Hockey

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Here are the scores from Dec 10th's games. The good guys did not fare so well tonight.

1. Boston beat Toronto 5-2. Arghhhh! Well, Toskala was in net so I will blame him. I've gotta have a scapegoat otherwise I will not be able to sleep tonight! Nah! Just kidding. It's just that Toskala is such an easy target.

2. Ottawa beat Philadelphia 2-0. It seems the power shortage is back for Philly. There has got to be something foul going on in the locker room.

3. Pittsburgh beat Montreal 3-2. Not even Ila was able to taste sweet victory tonight.

4. Nashville beat Columbus 4-3 in the shootout. Yay. The shootout. I love it. Just like I enjoy root canals. I'd actually rather have one of those than watch a shootout.

5. Vancouver beat Atlanta 4-2. Daniel Sedin had a hat-trick. He has been pretty hot since coming back from his foot injury.

6. LA beat Phoenix 3-2 in the shootout. Yuck.

Toronto's next game is against Washington. That could be ugly.

[dauls]

Originally Posted by shadows

Toronto's next game is against Washington. That could be ugly.

You'll have to hope the 'Canes rough the Capitals up tonight.

Be positive, the last time the Leafs hosted the Caps, you thrashed them in a shootout!

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Originally Posted by dauls

You'll have to hope the 'Canes rough the Capitals up tonight.

Be positive, the last time the Leafs hosted the Caps, you thrashed them in a shootout!

I hope for a repeat performance(but I would prefer it if the Leafs won in regulartion).

[dauls]

So the NHL are closer to selling the Phoenix Coyotes to Ice Edge Holdings, who claim they will keep the franchise in Arizona.

How long will Ice Edge want to or have to keep the Coyotes in Arizona after they acquire the franchise?

Will the Ice Edge deal include the plan to play approx five games per season in Canada, possibly in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan or Halifax, Nova Scotia?

Is it true that Ice Edge are expected to pay considerably less (about 30%) than Jim Balsillie was willing to pay to take the franchise to Hamilton? Would a location west of Hamilton have given Balsillie a better chance of acquiring a franchise?

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Originally Posted by dauls

So the NHL are closer to selling the Phoenix Coyotes to Ice Edge Holdings, who claim they will keep the franchise in Arizona.

How long will Ice Edge want to or have to keep the Coyotes in Arizona after they acquire the franchise?

Will the Ice Edge deal include the plan to play approx five games per season in Canada, possibly in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan or Halifax, Nova Scotia?

Is it true that Ice Edge are expected to pay considerably less (about 30%) than Jim Balsillie was willing to pay to take the franchise to Hamilton? Would a location west of Hamilton have given Balsillie a better chance of acquiring a franchise?

According to the article I read on tsn.ca, Ice Edge has said that they are going to keep the team where it is and honour the contract with the arena. If that is the case, then they are going to be stuck there for 25 more years, as that is how much time is left on the contract.

I honestly can't see how they can expect to NOT lose money. Could Phoenix be a successful hockey markey? Perhaps. But not in their current location. The spot they chose to place the arena(unless the arena was already there, then they should have just built a new one elsewhere) is horrible. I would not want to be a shareholder for Ice Edge(if they have shareholders), as they would be pissing away my money!

Their offer is $150 million. I believe Basillie's was $215-$230.

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Here are the scores from Dec 11th's games.

1. Florida beat New Jersey 4-2. Dauls will not be happy with this result, especially since they did not play well.

2. Washington beat Carolina 4-3 in overtime. Carolina had a 2-0 lead at one point, but Carolina being Carolina(them sucking and all) coughed up the lead and lost yet again. They were lucky to go away with a point.

3. Buffalo beat Chicago 2-1. Buffalo just keeps on truckin'.

4. Detroit beat Anaheim 3-2 in overtime. Detroit can from behind to snatch victory away from Anaheim.

5. Edmonton beat St. Louis 5-3. Down 3-1, Edmonton scored 4 unanswered goals in the third period. Sloppy game from St. Louis.

6. Colorado beat Tampa Bay 2-1 in the shootout. Tampa Bay has suddenly suffered from a loss in power.

7. Minnesota beat Calgary 2-1 in overtime. Minnesota badly outplayed Calgary and deserved the win. The ONLY reason Calgary even got a point was due to the stellar play of their goalie, Kiprusoff.

8. Dallas beat San Jose 3-2 in the shootout. It went 11 rounds. Fun stuff.

[dauls]

Originally Posted by shadows

Here are the scores from Dec 11th's games.

1. Florida beat New Jersey 4-2. Dauls will not be happy with this result, especially since they did not play well.

Getting beat by the Caps or the Penguins I can understand, but losing to Florida is a fg disaster. At least the game wasn't on ESPN-UK last night, so I didn't have to suffer a bad Devils' performance.

Flyers tonight... should be interesting.

Overtime and shootouts in 5 of the 8 games last night, I'm sure they do it just to annoy the OT/SO haters.