This Richards vs Crosby debate is geting old. They are both good but clearly Crosby is the more skilled of the two and crosby has the better chance of being that player who can step up and just win a game on his own as we saw in last years playoffs.

Crosby > Richards.

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Originally posted by Bernek77:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjCa5T9EsKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_cj3_kQXuU

Heres a few for you!

Entertainment!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3atOIUzMb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCZJTv4boVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGDLOYNsjuc

Are you SERIOUS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1-aihcjH7Y

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Funny that Crosby has the Cup.....

But I personally like the last one. How they say Ovechkin is better...where is the youtube video where Crosby steals the puck off him, skates down on a breakaway and burns the goalie in route to a 6-2 win in Game 7 last year? Oh right....why post that video of the "great 8" getting smoked by the best player in the world?

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Originally posted by quasargaming:
Sports games suck in general!

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Originally posted by puregoblinboy47:
Ugh.

Crosby > Richards.

I mean really. Richards is a fine player, but Crosby's in an elite class that only Malkin, Ovechkin, and Datsyuk join him in.

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Crosby is better then Richards and Richards should be serving suspension for the hit he threw three nights ago. That was the exact same type of hit that Downie got 20 games for. Shoulder directed straight to the head.

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Originally posted by sys41o:
Crosby is better then Richards and Richards should be serving suspension for the hit he threw three nights ago. That was the exact same type of hit that Downie got 20 games for. Shoulder directed straight to the head.

So far the hockey this year has been pretty good but as usual the NHL has been so inconsistent with its officiating that is it repulsive. A post game suspension, five games non the less, for slew-footing and Iginla and Richards walk away clean as a whistle after their cheapshots.

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Really serving a suspension for that......Ummmm Scott Stevens on Eric Lindros, nuff said! That wasn't a cheap shot, someone tell Booth to keep his head on a swivel.

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Originally posted by Bernek77:
Daner I have never stated Richards to be better than Crosby, AlL I have ever said is he is a crybaby and he runs from Mike Richards. Sit here and deny that fact all you want. I love how quick u bring up the cup that he has won and other awards. I am a Dallas Cowboys fan and I try to avoid bringing up rings to other Eagles fans here in Philly. I bring up facts.

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What FACTS do you have that Crosby has run from Richards? Seriously? Where is your ****ing proof??!!?!?

Right, you don't have any! Would you like to comment on how Richards ran Fleury then Turtled in the net a few weeks ago? I mean, if he's such a beast of a man why was he hiding in the net? Especially when he had Pronger out on the ice to protect him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uzdut5j0Tk

Here's all the proof I need. ^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKv2UlneVbk

oh wait....here's some tough guy proof^^

Er wait.....not. Nice of how Richards hit a man from the side of his head with his elbow going completly out of the way to do so.

It's one thing to try and compare to Scott Stevens, but Stevens' hit was straight forward. Lindros skated right at him, as did Ron Francis. Stevens didn't fly halfway across the ice with hid elbow up trying to decap Lindros.

Again...The headhunter makes his move, then skates behind Pronger. WHAT A MAN I TELL YA!

It's not biggie, bc in the end someone will destroy him, and it will be well deserved. Or someone will kill Gagme in his place. All Richards is doing is putting a giant target on his head, or the head of another teamate.

Is this the video of the Flyers Practice session you were looking for?

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Originally posted by Thanos:
Dane,

Is this the video of the Flyers Practice session you were looking for?

http://video.yahoo.com/network/100743807?v=6255496&l=100000248

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Originally posted by sys41o:
Crosby is better then Richards and Richards should be serving suspension for the hit he threw three nights ago. That was the exact same type of hit that Downie got 20 games for. Shoulder directed straight to the head.

So far the hockey this year has been pretty good but as usual the NHL has been so inconsistent with its officiating that is it repulsive. A post game suspension, five games non the less, for slew-footing and Iginla and Richards walk away clean as a whistle after their cheapshots.

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Tons of top guys have gone down.

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Why does ppl think Wings will not win division, let alone the conference?

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Cause they are awful right now, just like this one sided battle of Penn discussion going on right now.

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Originally posted by skizzikmonger:
Uhhhhhhhh......what? Are you talking about sports, or sports video games like Madden, etc?[/B]

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Thanks Florida for letting Anderson walk

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Originally posted by quasargaming:
Sports video games

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Whoever made mention of the injuries is right...this season has been BRUTAL on players so far.

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Originally posted by skizzikmonger:
I know it's early, but the Avs have the best record in the league right now. I didn't think I'd be saying that this year after the abomination that was the 08/09 season.

Thanks Florida for letting Anderson walk

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It is early, and they have 2 more points but played 1 mor egame than the Penguins...still an impressive start none the less and one I sure didn't expect.

You are lucky Florida got rid of Anderson, or let him walk, but with Vokoun in the mix you can't have 2 startnig goalies on your roster. You can't with the way the NHL works now with the salary cap, especially for a small market team like Florida. It's not practical, and can actually hurt your team if too much money is rolled up into one position with the cap. It's not like a position player, where you have 4 lines to make up, you can only play one goaltender, so even tho you want a good backup keeping a starter as your back up and having to pay him good money is just not practical since you only need or can play one goalie.

The key is to find a goalie who might be a decent starter but having to pay him backup money. Like I said you want a good backup, you just don't want to have to pay him like a starter. Florida knew they couldn't afford to keep Anderson as their backup to Vokoun, and had to let him go.

These are the players (of which my interests are higher ) that have seen some sick/injury time so far. Plus no Hossa means Toews is not playing to his potential. Definitely a brutal season on the injury front.

As far as teams and where they stand the big surprises so far would be LA and COL. Figured LA would be decent, but not that high and COL I figured no where near this high. Boston was due for a drop, the rest of the division got better. Pitt won the cup though to be playing as strong as they have w/ injuries is well above what I thought they would be doing. NYR are performing great, though PHI should be doing better but aren't. WSH is doing good but still not where they should be, watch out for TB. Can't say too much else about the west as I don't watch much. Would say that the devils are doing alright though and should prove to be a tough team in the playoffs this year.

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Jesse

EDIT: Marc Savard, Simon Gagne....

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Originally posted by daner:
Malkin, Gonchar, Datsyuk, Hossa, Kovalchuk, Markov, Wideman, Franzen, Gaborik(don't know to what extent...seems minor), Sedin, etc etc....and the list sems to get bigger every day.

EDIT: Marc Savard, Simon Gagne....

I'm sure I'm leaving off a few good players too, but the injury bug (along with the swine-flu) is running rampant.

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Add Loungo,the Canucks could have used him last night.

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Originally posted by daner:
Malkin, Gonchar, Datsyuk, Hossa, Kovalchuk, Markov, Wideman, Franzen, Gaborik(don't know to what extent...seems minor), Sedin, etc etc....and the list sems to get bigger every day.

EDIT: Marc Savard, Simon Gagne....

I'm sure I'm leaving off a few good players too, but the injury bug (along with the swine-flu) is running rampant.

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Unfortunately, seems like Montreal is in the not so good category Without Markov, our defense looks terrible!

But is it just me, but on paper, Montreal defense is wonderful? Roman Hamrlik, Spacek, Bergeron, Mara, Gorges (Decent young D) and the very infamous HAL GILL. When our Defense comes back from injury, it will be Gill, Mara, Spacek, Hamrlik, Bergeron, Gorges, Markov, O'byrne. That's pretty good on paper...

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Originally posted by Omega:
With all those guys gone, thats when you can separate team with depth from team with some good players and the rest bad

Unfortunately, seems like Montreal is in the not so good category Without Markov, our defense looks terrible!

But is it just me, but on paper, Montreal defense is wonderful? Roman Hamrlik, Spacek, Bergeron, Mara, Gorges (Decent young D) and the very infamous HAL GILL. When our Defense comes back from injury, it will be Gill, Mara, Spacek, Hamrlik, Bergeron, Gorges, Markov, O'byrne. That's pretty good on paper...

Robert

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Montreals defense was suspect before Markov went down.