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2010-11 NHL Season part I: Blackhawks Down in Atlanta

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It was definitely an elbow, but it wasn't blindside. Franzen got caught watching the puck.

Sounds like the team doctors aren't finished evaluating him yet though.
 
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Thrashers waive big man Boris Valabik.

Bobo wasn't too happy with the organization...
Boris Valabik now waits for a phone call.

The Thrashers defenseman was waived by the team on Friday. He hopes to be informed that he was claimed by another team and will get a second chance. However, if he goes unclaimed he will be assigned to AHL Chicago and work toward a return to Atlanta.

“I have been preparing for the last month or so,” Valabik told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Professionally, I know it’s part of the game. It’s also tough knowing that people I respect, the coaches, [GM] Rick Dudley, didn’t think I could play there.

“Whatever happens, happens. If some team picks me up, I will look forward to a second chance. I feel like I owe a lot to Atlanta for drafting me. I had hoped to win a Stanley Cup here. There were 24 guys on the roster and they could only have 23.”
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Funny, when I had to suffer through watching wings games at school half the arena was empty seats. :rolleyes:

Also, apparently "cool old arena" is now a synonym for "**** box that smells like urine"
 
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aparch said:
You can thank the Chicago Cubs for starting that trend...
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So will the Red Wings ever build a new arena or will the Joe become like Wrigley and Fenway and just never go away?
 
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So will the Red Wings ever build a new arena or will the Joe become like Wrigley and Fenway and just never go away?
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It's pretty much a given at this point. Old Man Pizza is finalizing his purchase of the Pistons, and owns a lot of land downtown. It's strongly believed that he will eventually move them into a brand new arena that they would split with the Wings.

A new arena is needed; the Joe is a dump, but it's our history-laden dump. Unlike Fenway and Wrigley, which have been around for nearly a century, I think we're capable of giving it a good send-off and parting ways with it.
 
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It's pretty much a given at this point. Old Man Pizza is finalizing his purchase of the Pistons, and owns a lot of land downtown. It's strongly believed that he will eventually move them into a brand new arena that they would split with the Wings.

A new arena is needed; the Joe is a dump, but it's our history-laden dump. Unlike Fenway and Wrigley, which have been around for nearly a century, I think we're capable of giving it a good send-off and parting ways with it.
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While I can see where it needs improvement (from just the public spaces I've seen during my two trips to the CCHA finals), it definitely isn't that bad of a dump. Then again, maybe I'm just used to crappy stadiums that NEED(ed) to be torn down like the old Milwaukee County Stadium, the Humpty Dump in Minneapolis, and Wrigley Field.

I suspect that the complaint of a new arena for the Wings is more based off of the players/staffs assessment of the bowels of the Joe than the more commonly heard casual fan complaints about pi**ing in a trough or the "lack of space" on the concourse. The lack of space to expand (thanks to Cobo, the Lodge, and the River) really cuts down the options the Wings have. I doubt the City would allow Cobo/The Wings to shut down the road around the arena (between the arena, the people mover/parking lot, and the river) to expand and build a better main floor concourse with escalators to the current floor.
 
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Lundqvist with a whale of a first period making 16 saves to keep the Leafs off the board and give the Rangers a 1-0 lead after the first 20 minutes.

Good action so far on both ends.

I thought the Leafs would be a bit of a sleeper team this year and the first period reaffirmed those thoughts. They've got a nice quick and hardworking team. They are probably missing a top line forward or two still. But definitely a solid core starting to form there.
 
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Good luck to the Rangers this year who have a defensive corps who thinks the plan is to just give the puck to the other team every time they get it in front of their own net.
 
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Drury and Gaborik both done for the game. Drury probably a broken finger, Gaborik is out with a shoulder injury.
 
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Drury and Gaborik both done for the game. Drury probably a broken finger, Gaborik is out with a shoulder injury.
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Well no defense AND no offense will be nice. Avery will probably get suspended for a couple of games for his away from the play slash on Komisarek. So the Rangers will have a top line of Frolov no one and no one, and Frolov shouldn't even be a top line player.
 
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The NHL Wheel of Justice has spun, and Coyote Shane Doan has landed a 3 game suspension for his hit last night on Sexton.

So, a game more than Hjarallmsson (sp) got for the hit on Pominville? Ohhhh Kayyyyy
 
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