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Agreed. Personally I'd like the NHL season to start mid-September, Olympics or not. By September I'm ready for some hockey. Hell, by July I'm ready for some hockey! But in September it's generally getting cooler (at least here). One of these days ...when I'm commissioner. Will Olympic hockey get television coverage in the states? I know the WC and WJC don't, which is a pity because the World Juniours was the best hockey I saw all last year, especially that semi-final game with Canada vs Russia. I can't imagine how good Olympic hockey will be on NA ice.

I still don't understand what the point of putting CDs in this boxset that he previously released on their own (Riverboat, Massey Hall, Fillmore). He wants people to buy them twice? I also don't get why he put tracks from the original releases on here. Sure, the remastering sounds nice (although a lot of them were already released in remastered format with the Greatest Hits release a few years ago) but again, I don't like buying the songs twice and the novelty of the remastering will become irrelevant once those re-releases come out ...one day. I really think he should have gone the way of the

In highschool I dished out all the money I had on all the Beatle albums I could afford. Even though I'm an audiophile I'm not willing to dish out that kind of cash. I don't have the original Let It Be (trivia fact: first Beatles album I ever bought was Let It Be Naked) and some of the early records, so maybe I will purchase those and just download the rest never hear the rest.

Count me down for Via Chicago. Probably cause I love that first line so much.

Hate to be a nag but when I write a topic title and there is a part of it that is suppose to be in all capitals, for instance, NHL, it gets re-written to Nhl. Is there anyway around this? I understand that it's to prevent people from MAKING TOPIC TITLES LIKE THIS but I feel in this instance it is acceptable!

The 2009-2010 NHL Season begins October 1st. Calendar: Sept. 14: Canucks and Islanders open pre-season in Terrace, BC. Oct. 1: Start of the regular season (Leafs vs Habs, Flames vs Canucks, Joe Sakic's number retired) Dec. 26 - Jan. 5: World Junior Championship in Regina/Saskatoon Jan. 1: 2010 Winter Classic at Fenway Park Feb. 15 - Mar. 1: Olympic Break Apr. 11: Last day of regular season Apr. 14: Start date of Stanley Cup Playoffs May 7 - 23: IIHF World Championship in Germany June 15ish: Canucks win cup?! I for one am, very, very, very, (very!) excited for Olympic Hockey, in my own bac

I did not notice a direct similarity to any specific songs but I did notice that some of Nels slide-guitar work sounds a lot like George. Which, needless to say, I really like.

So Long should show off his shiny new user name by making the OFFICIAL NHL 2009-2010 thread. The thread that will over take the MLB thread in popularity. Oh yes, it will be grand. Or I can, if you want. I'm just voting for you cause you can lock this one. EDIT: Nevermind I'm procrastinating at work and did it myself. That's just what I do.

Pfft that will teach him not to mail qualifying offers to players. No I'm kidding! How did Dale Tallon lose his job but Bob Gainey & Bryan Murray still have theirs?

Thought he had retired! Glad to see he didn't actually retire.

No. No. No. No. Your country has many legendary bands... leave The Band alone. Besides one member, they were a Canadian band playing North American music.

Anyone else think An Arrow in the Gale is one of the coolest songs Molina has ever penned? Love that guitar bit...

Agreed. Ironically I could never get into Bright Eyes when I was a teenager. I loved folky emotional music like Elliott Smith and what-not and everyone told me I'd love Bright Eyes. I listened to "I'm Wide Awake It's Morning" many times but it never clicked for me till I was 20. It's a really good record and his best work so far. Emmy Lou Harris sings back up on it, it's lovely. Cassadaga was a good record, it had some really nice tunes like Four Winds, If The Brakeman Turns My Way, Hot Knives, Soul Singer In A Session Band, and I Must Belong Somewhere... but it also had some snoozers like Ma

Oh you Wings fans!!!

I never got the EP download from my preorder Really good album even on first few listens. O! Grace is my favorite Molina opening track since The Black Crow. Every time I hear that chorus it kills me. Too good. I love the full band version of Shiloh. I saw them play it as a full-band song in concert before I got my boxset and heard the acoustic version, and for some reason the acoustic version just never felt right to me. What I really like is how Molina and the boys didn't feel obligated to "rock out" on this record, I wonder how much of that is in response to the Crazy Horse comparisons? T

Just preordered this. Was suspiciously cheaper than the Wilco preorder.. hmm. Regardless!!

I know, nothing much will likely come of it but you can dream, can't you? I guarantee you if it was a team the NHL didn't favour, like Calgary, a few draft picks would go Vancouver's way... But since it's Toronto this will be dropped and forgotten about soon. But imagine a 2010 first round Toronto draft pick going to Vancouver??? That's a top-10 draft pick.

I know the Yashin contract wasn't front loaded and it was before the cap era but it's a good example of the dangers of any long term contract. Long term conracts might work out, yes, but maybe it won't. That's all my point was, it's very dangerous. You're mortgaging your future for a chance to win now... I just think there's better ways to go at it. Two things I'd like to note: 1) Toronto tampered with the Sedins via Ron Wilson on a radio show. They're being investigated now. I'm curious about what will happen. This is a clear case of tampering. No member of your management/coaching can dis

Walken, I know I am. The NHL has done a good job of making the off season fairly interesting. I only have a faint interest in the CFL and it looks like the Lions are in for a tough season which kills any interest I have. So that leaves just hockey for me. Only a few more weeks till training camps start. Well... like eight weeks... The front-loaded, long term contracts are irresponsible. They're a quick fix and very dangerous. Look at what happened to NYI and Alexei Yashin... 10 year contract, which they had to buy off and will be paying off for a long time. Very few players are great for an

Speaking of I'll Fight, the melody kind of reminds me of another Wilco song but I can't put my finger on it... any ideas??

Just got my copy in the mail! On first impression I like it a lot, a lot, a lot!!!! I don't know if I'll ever feel the way about it as I do about the Being There - A Ghost Is Born era but it's a really solid album and doesn't have the boring middle of the album sequence that a certain other Wilco album had. And that duet with Feist is absolutely beautiful!

The 12 year contracts are never meant to be played out in full, especially with those Euros signing. It's just an irresponsible way to get by the cap for a time. Gaborik to NYR for five years.

Very interesting day. God, I love Canada Day. Montreal looks pretty good, as much as I don't like to admit it. Now, got the Sedins locked up, I would like 1 Slovak sniper, please!!!! I'm really happy for Ohlund, he obviously had no future in Vancouver (Edler = Ohlund but younger), good to see him get paid well. I am, a little, intrigued that he got signed to a 7 year deal 15 minutes after free agency opening.....

Skater as in a player who's not a goalie, not his skating ability, though he is very fast apparently. He was predicted to go in the top-15. Lead the US in scoring in the WJC last winter. Was also one of the physically strongest players in the draft. He was a steal, don't see any reason why he won't be in the NHL in a year or two. Plus it's not like the Canucks have never had a player around that height be successful *coughcoughStanSmylat5foot9,firstCanucktoeverhavehisnumberretired,captainedtotheStanleyCupFinalscoughcough* Ehh, I'd be nervous if I was a Flyer fan. I wouldn't want to bet it all

Probably because he looks like a giant prick in that movie......... maybe. But it's the most video evidence we have of the Beatles in the studio. If only they had a camera crew for Revolver.