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"It was my understanding there would be no math in tonight's debate."

Based on what I've seen of Chiarelli, he's not a wait and see kind of guy. He was quick to pull the trigger on an underperforming Kobasew and he sounded hopeful that his departure would serve as a wakeup call for the rest of the team. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw Ryder or Sturm packing the moving vans. We're looking at a team who has scored 4 goals in the last five games and 1 in the last three.

And the countdown for Chiarelli blowing up this team and starting over again begins in 3.................2..................1..........................

I think you should change your user name to Job. Good luck.

I watched some of the latest Wanda Sykes special and she does a great bit about coming out to her parents.

Slapshots into traffic, period.

Someone really needs to take off his homer glasses. Did Booth make a sudden move at the last second that put his head where his shoulder should have been? No. It is good that he was remorseful but that doesn't change what he did to Booth.

Seriously? It wasn't like Booth made a sudden move before the hit and Richards had plenty of time to line up his hit. He knew exactly where he was going to hit Booth.

Not only is it a classy thing to do but it can instantly diffuse a touchy situation.

Sometimes it can happen if players are unsure of the system and that slight twinge of hesitation can make it appear that they aren't hustling. Other times teams believe their own press and they just don't play with the sense of urgency that they should because they think they can always pull it out.

Sounds like a keeper.

And not a word about how the team is doing. Nice.

Unless they toss him into Kobasew's spot on Bergeron's wing then I don't see Paille topping the 10 mark for goals.

Last night could have been post-trade jump. Let's wait a few games before we fall in love. I am liking how Bergeron is playing. He finally seems to be rounding out into the player he was progressing towards before his noggin issues. I still think he is on his way to being a Forsberg-esque type of player.

Hamill getting a call up?

Most self respecting hockey players will end a bad shift with, "Get me the f--- off the ice."

I don't have a problem with that, per se, but I have never quite understood why folks do it.

Maybe that Kovalchuk rumour can grow some legs.

Sounds to me like they were trying not to run up the score further and just get the game over with. It would have made more sense to gain the zone and pass around until there is a shot that they have to take. Ragging back to their own zone isn't the best move.

I'm curious if the Kobasew move was simply a way to open a roster spot. There are a few guys off to strong starts in Providence, most notable is Sobotka.

If the Bruins have tuned out Julien then they are idiots, plain and simple. They only have to look at their results last season to see that it does work. I was perplexed by two decisions yesterday. The first was going with Thomas in back to back nights with travel thrown in and the second was calling up Lefebrve. When a first liner goes on the shelf then you should be filling that roster spot with a talent guy and not a 4th line mucker. That way you're only tinkering with one line and not 3 like they did last night. I still think Morris is proving to be a big mistake. Heck, I don't think he was even a top pair guy when he was with a struggling Phoenix squad, who by the way are playing inspired hockey so far this season. Say, who pegged that team as up and comers, again.

Not so sure. Coach firings usually occur within weeks of such gems from a GM.

I hope so. I hate watching a whole game only to be left wondering how Jack feels about those sticks. As for Ott, we'll get to spend the whole game hearing about how lucky he is to be injured. Over/under on Edwards speculating that Ott is "injured" just to miss the B's in town, 2 minutes into broadcast.

I'm not a fan of Komisarek by any means but he is a strong defenseman. He gets off his game when he tries to play the tough guy role.

He's not the best. His catchphrases are only slightly better than "laser beam" and "stapled". The whole game in Dallas will be a comparison to the game last season. Edwards will be all over it each time the Stars take Ott off of the ice with the last change when one of Chara, Lucic, or Thornton are on for the B's.