HOCKEY IS BACK!! <3, so psyched Options

[xlauren73x]

HOCKEY IS BAAAAAACK!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-n...ov=ap&type=lgns

i'm so excited.. i've missed it so much! the whole lockdown was pretty dumb if you ask me.. but whatever. at least its back now! i hear they're making some changes too, imo for the better.. like a few i heard..
- no more ties. they'll do a 5 min. OT if its a tie after regulation and then a shootout after OT if its still tied
- something about the red line? anyone know about this?
- something with offsides and / or iceing rules.. not sure about this one either. anyone know?

hehe and one more thing.. gotta show my team spirit..
LET`S GO FLYERS!
who's everyone else's fave nhl team?

[Teesa]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haha..this is the best news ever. Go Avalanche!!

[karrar]

Wow, people still care about hockey.

[*CrackedRearView*]

Let's go Sharks!

[miss barnes]

wow!!!! go...shit i dont know any hockey teams..oh except the nashville predators (because i live there) but i'm not really a fan

[avalon*]

YOU ARE KIDDING ME. Wow. I'm so excited now!
Woot! Canucks! =]

[elmogurly]

Hmm. I don't know any Hocky teams either..

I've never actually watched a game. I'm interested now..

[*anubis*]

why did they close it down for a whole season anyway?

[jeSs1cA]

SOOO HAPPY IT'S BACK!!!
We got season tickets for Flyers//
LET'S GO FLYERS!!

[xlauren73x]

why did they close it down for a whole season anyway?

'eh its kind of complicated.. but to put it simply the league wanted to put a salary cap on the teams.. meaning each team could only spend so much money total on their players.. and then the players association didnt really like this so they went on strike.. couldnt come to an agreement and they go into a lock down. for a whole season. pretty dumb if you ask me.. but at least its back now

oh and niiiice jeSs1cA - i'd soo love to be you w/ those season tickets. yay flyers fans!!

[gigiopolis]

YOU ARE KIDDING ME. Wow. I'm so excited now!
Woot! Canucks! =]

YOU LIKE THE CANUCKS?? I didn't think it was possible, Grace, but I think I love you MORE now!

Hockey's back, though that's kind of old news...anywho.

GO CANUCKS! ILU CLOUTIER! Oh yeah. =]

[Teesa]

aww, adam foote is going to the blue jackets! my poor avalanche

[*stephinika*]

YOU LIKE THE CANUCKS?? I didn't think it was possible, Grace, but I think I love you MORE now!

Hockey's back, though that's kind of old news...anywho.

GO CANUCKS! ILU CLOUTIER! Oh yeah. =]

wee, agreed! yaaay canucks!

[Trolling]

O_o... Ive never watched a full game of baseball, golf, soccer, and hockey. Ive seen the mighty ducks 1,2, and 3 looks fun 0.0.

[Teesa]

^lol.

ohemgee. they gave forsberg away! I think I will just go and cry now.

[xuperpinoy]

... i don't know what's more boring hockey or golf -_-

only hockey related thing i ever liked was the movie mighty ducks :P

[xlauren73x]

^lol.

ohemgee. they gave forsberg away! I think I will just go and cry now.

hehehe.. we got forsberg . altho we had to trade JR to the kings for him. which i mean honestly, forsberg is one of the best players in the league and roenick is still amazing but not as good as him. altho i am giong to miss roenick, i really loved him as a person and a player. AND WE GOT RID OF RAGNERSON hehehehe. i never liked him.

[Teesa]

But Forsberg will always be with Colorado, no matter what =] *sighhhhh*

[redpeony]

Go Canucks Go......
NEW YEAR, SAME TEAM, SAME RESULTS!
Woooooohoooooooooooooooooooooo

I'm still angry about not getting Scotty Niedermayer

by the way Teesa..... what's your view on Todd Bertuzzi

[Teesa]

^I hope he dies.

JK. But seriously, what he did was totally inexplicable, not to mention an incredibly cheap shot. I really, really despise him.

[redpeony]

I understand that you, as an Avs fan especially, will never support what Bertuzzi did (I don't and never will either)... but I encourage you to see that [with the signing of Brad May], what Bertuzzi did was entirely within the culture of the game. It all just went so wrong.

It was a split second of bad judgement followed by the worst possible result.

He needs to be reinstated. Moore is on the verge of being cleared to play (what team will want him, though, I do not know).

Enough is enough... both teams have to put it behind us. I greatly applaude your team for picking up May and fully showing that they understand why it happened, and also that they know these guys are not the monsters media was trying to portray them.

I know you guys will enjoy having May on your team. He's a character guy; he's got an awesome attitude and gives 110% every game. He'll stick up for your players now. The Avs are privileged to have him.

[Teesa]

^I loved reading what you had to say...very nice =] And yes, I'm not disappointed that he is on the team now, but looking forward to seeing him play.

[jeSs1cA]

The Flyers are bringin home the cup
I'm gonna miss Roenick though..

And, btw, Lauren.. just call me Jessica or Jess.
Do you live around Philadelphia?

Let's see what Forsberg can do for our team this year..

[Gigi]

WELCOME BACK, BERTUZZI.

NHL reinstates Bertuzzi for start of season
/ Associated Press
Posted: 8 hours ago

Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi, whose blindside punch left Colorado's Steve Moore with a broken neck, was reinstated by the NHL on Monday.

Bertuzzi was suspended for the final 13 regular-season games of the 2003-04 season and the Stanley Cup playoffs. His banishment continued throughout last season's NHL lockout, which kept Bertuzzi from playing in the World Cup of Hockey last September and the past two world championships.
He also was barred from playing in any European league last season.

Bertuzzi and Moore met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for Bertuzzi's reinstatement hearing on April 26. The Vancouver right wing needed the commissioner's approval before being allowed back into the league.

"I find that the appropriate discipline to be imposed for Mr. Bertuzzi's conduct on March 8, 2004 is the suspension that has been served to date," Bettman said in a statement.

The suspension cost Bertuzzi $501,926.39 in salary. He is due to earn $5,269,333 from the Canucks in the upcoming season.

Moore might never play again because of Bertuzzi's vicious blow in Vancouver on March 8, 2004. The NHL waited over a year to hold Bertuzzi's hearing because of the lockout. Bettman waited nearly four more months to announce his decision to let him onto the ice.

Bertuzzi was suspended indefinitely following the hit. Moore was left with a broken neck, a concussion and no guarantee that he'd still be a professional hockey player.

With the Avalanche ahead 8-2 in the game, Bertuzzi grabbed Moore from behind, punched him on the side of his head and then landed on top of Moore, driving his head into the ice. The bloodied Colorado player was removed on a stretcher.

The attack was seen as retaliation for a hit Moore put on Vancouver star Markus Naslund that left the Canucks captain with a concussion and sidelined him for three games.

"Mr. Bertuzzi's actions were deserving of an appropriately harsh sanction," Bettman said. "There is no question that Mr. Bertuzzi's actions clearly went well beyond what could ever be considered acceptable behavior in the National Hockey League. Mr. Bertuzzi must be held responsible for the results of his actions, and the message must be delivered loudly and forcefully that the game will not tolerate this type of conduct."

Bertuzzi first asked for his reinstatement hearing last December, around the time he pleaded guilty in a Vancouver court to criminal assault and was given a conditional discharge. He faced up to 18 months in prison.

Moore is an unrestricted free agent after not being re-signed by the Avalanche.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/3872892

[Teesa]

^

jessica, trust me, forsberg will be awesome on your team.