Training camps have started!
First broadcast preseason game is tomorrow on NHL network at 7.
Why this keeps changing the "NHL" to lowercase I dunno.
Detroit sucks!
Detroit sucks!
You wish you sucked that good!
You wish you sucked that good!
Recently, Pronger -- out of action with concussion-related symptoms since taking a stick to the eye in November 2011 -- stepped onto the ice with his kids. He hadn't skated all summer, but it seemed to be going well.
"I was surprised," Pronger told ESPN.com in a recent interview. "I was like, Oh, I feel all right. But I was just going in a straight line. And then all of a sudden, I started to spin and go in circles. ... I was like, OK, apparently this didn't get better."
The 6-foot-6 Pronger, selected with the second overall draft pick by the Hartford Whalers in 1993, continues to work with doctors to try to deal with symptoms from the combination of injuries that, essentially, cut his career short. Although most people believe Pronger's issues are strictly concussion related, they are much more complex than that. They involve Pronger's eyesight, the relationship between the body's optical center and things like balance, headaches and overall stability.
"A lot of the stuff that I'm doing now is more eye related, vestibular related," he said. "It's not concussion or what have you. I still get symptoms, but I think a lot of those are due to my eye.
"There's a lot of the things that still trouble me are things that are associated with my vestibular system and my ocular system and those are things that's an ongoing process."
Great article on what is going on with Chris Pronger: NHL - Scott Burnside: Philadelphia Flyers' Chris Pronger has a new normal - ESPN
That was kinda a shock to me, that he is still having such severe issues. I never knew his issues where not just a concussion, but much more:
Let's go Sabres.
Some random thoughts from the preseason so far.
Edmonton might not make the playoffs, but they are going to be incredibly fun to watch this year and they are going to be a top team in the next couple years.
Vancouver however has all the makings of a train wreck.
How is it Chicago has probably the best color commentator, and the hands down worst play by play guy in hockey?
Speaking of Chicago, the offense so far looks really scrambly and inconsistent.
And on defense, Pitt wants to fix what went wrong in the playoffs. Not happening so far.
Big Buff is poised to have his best season. Several reports of him being slimmer, stronger and more motivated than ever before. About time. Now if they would end the whole defense experiment with him...
Any one taking bets on how long till there is officially another goaly controversy in Philly? 1 month? 2?
More later, got to go babysit.
MG I am ready for you to start hating me again.
Well if you wouldn't cheer for such a whiny cry-baby ***** team, then we wouldn't have a problem, eh. :2razz:
Heck, I have a big moral dilemma come Sochi. Marchand got invited to play for Team Canada. If he makes the team, and happens to score the winning goal in overtime of the gold medal game, I am not sure if I will cheer.
Yes, the hate is that deep.
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