Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes to be announced NOW!!!

[Oreo]

Here we go... draft lottery time.
I'm listening on Fan 590 http://www.fan590.com/

I'm going to call Buffalo as the winner (as bad as that would be!)

GAME ON!

[getmeouttahere]

1. It's gonna be a weird, wild ride...

I heard the schedule is coming out Tuesday...can't wait!

[Oreo]

2. Shoot out is a done deal!!

wow

Bettman just said shoot-outs will decide regular season games

"We will do everything to be the best that we can be and to earn your continued devotion. We know this was a terrible time for everyone associated with the game"

No center line!!!! WOOHOO!!
Tag up reinstated for icing
Space behind the net is smaller by 2 feet!
Smaller goaltender equipment

Sweet!!!
Everything I wanted except for the old rule where a goal on a power play ends a 2 minute penalty.

More dynamic schedule emphasizing divisional and conference rivals. (sucks... probably means there will be less inter-conference games)
Going to the Olympics... no all-star game during Olympic years

[getmeouttahere]

3. Oreo, you wouldn't josh me about the space behind the net thing...

would you????

I think that is as important as anything!!! Denis Potvin had a great article about it in the Hockey News a couple of years ago. This is a great move. Think about it...4 more feet in each zone is a lot more space to play offensively...they weren't doing anything behind the net except clutching and grabbing!

Sorry, but I like more division and conference games. Except that might mean the Habs won't come to L.A. this year

[Oreo]

4. I would not

No more "gretzky's office" BS. They're doing this right.

[Oreo]

5. I'm from the East coast

but have always been a Western conference fan. I still like seeing the Eastern conference teams on a regular basis though.

oops... meant to reply to your post not mine!

[Oreo]

6. Game points...

Not clear on what they said. I think it's going back to 2 points for a win, 0 for a loss. I guess it would have to be that way with a shoot-out.

Just said current points system... 1 point for end of regulation tie, 2 for win. I'd rather have the 2 for a win 0 for a loss. A lot of teams made the playoffs because they tied a bunch of games.

[getmeouttahere]

10. Agreed, I didn't mind ties, but...

those neutral zone trap teams would just play for ties to make the playoffs

[Oreo]

7. Question on US TV Contract

Bettman hemming and hawing...
justifying lockout as necessary.

Have relationship with NBC. Confident new nat'l cable package will be signed in the not to distant future.

[getmeouttahere]

14. US TV contract will always be negligible...

although if these rules changes open up the game enough to attract more viewers...

but I still think that hockey is going to stay behind NASCAR and golf in the US for awhile

[Village Idiot]

8. I am SOOOOOOOOOO hoping that he goes to Montreal.

It's where he belongs, after all.

[getmeouttahere]

17. Who? Crosby?

That would be fabulous, but chances are slim!

[Telly Savalas]

9. October 5th, all 30 teams!!!! Drop the fucking puck!!!!

:woohoo:

Also, for those watching the press conference, aren't ya just proud that Brendon Shanahan is a fine upstanding Democrat!

[getmeouttahere]

11. Well, he's Canadian, so...

he might be a liberal...then again, he could be what they call a new democrat

[Telly Savalas]

12. He got U.S. citizenship a while back.

I distinctly remember him being at a Kerry rally last fall.

[getmeouttahere]

15. I hope he has dual citizenship!

but cool that he was at the Kerry rally!

[Telly Savalas]

19. I'm sure he does.

Neither country requires one to relinquish citizenship of the country.

[Oreo]

13. 10 minute warning....

until the Wild get Crosby

[getmeouttahere]

16. NO, not Minnesota....

although I would prefer them over Atlanta, Carolina, Nashville, Florida, Tampa, etc.

He needs to play in a hockey city!

[Oreo]

18. WHAT!?!?

Are you serious? Do you consider Detroit a hockey city? They really showed it in the 80's when the Wings sucked.
Hockey is bigger here than in any other US city hands down.

Or is the only hockey city to you one that starts with an M and ends with ontreal?

[getmeouttahere]

20. How could Minnesota NOT be a hockey city???

I just want to see one of the struggling small market teams get a shot at Crosby, and Minny doesn't count as struggling OR small market in my book.

I consider all the Canadian cities, Detroit, New York, Minny/St Paul, Boston, Philly, Buffalo to be hockey cities. Here in L.A., only a small group of hard-core fans pay attention to hockey. The TV ratings are shit! The only reason they have decent attendance here is because of corporate season tickets. That's both Anaheim and the Kings. Chicago probably should be included in my list, if only because they are original six.

[Oreo]

26. Chicago doesn't deserve him

Wirtz is a cancer on that team

[Oreo]

21. TSN and Fan590 sites just stopped

Everybody must be hammering them. Any other live sources?

Phew just came back

[Telly Savalas]

24. Sorry...I should have wrote them down. I'm watch TSN in the other room.

They've done 21-30 and gone to commercial.

No chance of Crosby=

Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Florida, Tampa Bay, St. Louis, Colorado, and 3 other teams I can't remember.

edit: sorry didn't see the later post.

[Oreo]

22. Here we go - RESULTS HERE!

30 Tampa
29 Panthers
28 Stars
27 Avs
26 Calgary
25 Edmonton
24 St Louis
23 NJ
22 Boston
21 Toronto (heh heh)

They're stopping for some reason.
Here we go again

20 Flyers
19 Detroit (WOOHOO!!)
18 Nashville (good)
17 Phoenix
16 RANGERS!!!! YESSSS!!!!!!
15 Islanders
14 Caps
13 Buffalo (2nd 3 ball team)
12 San Jose
11 Los Angeles

Another pause... I'm getting nervous! Who's left?
Habs, Wild, Thrashers, Hurricanes, Ducks, Sens, Nucks, Blue Jackets (I hope not!), Pens.
All 3 Canadian teams are 1 ball. Wild have 2 balls.

Here we go!!

10 Vancouver
9 Ottawa

oh....hell

8 Atlanta!!
7 CHICAGO!!!
6 Columbus... holy shit!!
5 MONTREAL!!! sorry dude
4 Minnesota... I'll take a 4th pick. :P
3 Carolina... sucks.

Another pause... Anaheim or Pittsburgh left

2 Ducks
AND THE WINNER IS!!
PITTSBURGH!!!!!!

[getmeouttahere]

23. Yeah, TSN stopped too!

who knows!

[Oreo]

25. Maybe they're stopping to let

all the Laughs fans cry it out and regain their composure.

[Telly Savalas]

27. Now that I have done that...

20 Philly
19 Detroit
18 Nashville
17 Phx
16 NYR
15 NYI
14 Wash
13 Buffalo
12 San Jose
11 LA Kings

On edit: of course another commercial break. I'll post 1-10 when I get 'em if the feeds are still down.

[Telly Savalas]

31. 10 through 3

10 Vancouver
9 Ottawa
8 Atlanta
7 Chicago
6 Columbus
5 Habs
4 Minnesota
3 Carolina

They're pausing for talking head blather to boost suspense.

Edit: Commercials..gimme a few. Only Pittsburg and the Mighty Fucks remain.

Edit again: Sorry, I missed the other post! My apologies for the redundancy.

[getmeouttahere]

28. Habs still on the board, Sens too!

Where did the Wild finish in '03-04?

[Oreo]

29. Western Conference Finals

beat the Avs and the Nucks. Swept by the Ducks :P I had a ticket to game 5

[Oreo]

30. They both have 1 ball

less chance

[Oreo]

32. I have to hope for Pittsburgh

Maybe save the team for Pittsburgh and keep them from moving to Portland

[Telly Savalas]

33. I'm with you.

If it's Anaheim, then I'll be anticipating Emilio Estevez coming out of retirement to make another one of those movies.

[Oreo]

36. Fan 590 made a good point

The NHL needs him in the Eastern time zone...

[Telly Savalas]

39. It's probably the best place for him to go.

Of all the old-school teams that play in places that are viable hockey markets, Pittsburg is the one most in trouble. Crosby might be the answer to reviving the moribund franchise.

[getmeouttahere]

34. Rooting for Pittsburgh!

[Telly Savalas]

37. woohoo!

:woohoo:

[Oreo]

38. Now Pittsburgh needs an arena

[getmeouttahere]

42. Funny how our teams ended up right next to each other...

on a day like today, and a board like DU!

[Oreo]

35. Different conferences only play each other once every 3 years

So if you're a Western team, you'll only play the Habs once every 3 years.

[Telly Savalas]

41. This I don't like at all.

The divisional rivalries are nice, but there's still wiggle room to schedule out of confrence games. If you play 8 games versus each of the 4 other members of your division, that's 32 games, which leaves 50 spots on the schedule to play the other 25 teams. Instead of emphasizing confrences, why not just make the remainder home-and-aways against every other team?

As an east-coast fan, seeing how the team will stand up on a long west-coast trip is part of the fun of the game. Furthermore, a lot of the Canadian fans like to see all 6 teams duking out with one another.
It means that no matter who your team is, there's 10 teams you won't see them face.

[Oreo]

40. Now that that's done... TSN's top 30 Draft prospects

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/draft/feature.asp?fid=7329



1. Crosby


2. Johnson


3. Pouliot


4. Ryan

[getmeouttahere]

43. The Habs need size, whether on the blue line...

or at forward. What are Minnesota's big needs?