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Of whom four have tickets? Terribly wrong. You could argue wrong-headedly that he is currently the second best player in the world, and I would understand your bias. But he most definitely doesn't suck. His series against World Number 2 Sid the Kid last year was classic. Preaching to the choir. I still have a very noticeable mark from one I took at age 8. I only saw the last 25 minutes of the Thursday morning game but I simply was gaping open-mouthed of the incredible skill of Montreal at it. Caps totally dominated the play, Montreal totally deserved the W. Mind you, not

Fantastic job, never heard of that many blocks. Stunning. Washington totally dominated the game, but the Habs got the job done. Tell you though, it all came down to THE worst defensive lapse of about one second in the third period, four minutes to go. ONE mistake and it gave the Moray Awls their second goal and Caps came right back and got their first -- without that one solitary error by the Caps, it would have gone to OT. Good for the Moray Awls, they went and won it. .

VERY impressive. Who would have thought they could do English? .

Brothers from the same small town!?! Heck of a coincidence. Heh. Anyhow. Fastest three goals off the third man on that line. Hell of a record. 21 seconds! There's a record that is truly unlikely to be broken. .

Hard to believe. Europe doesn't subsidise. That is a well known, frequently reported FACT. Did anyone notice that several days after this sensational story of panic at Bangkok International Airport broke, that the Daily Mail is still exclusive, that no other media has managed to match or better this story? So did I. Join the line of socialism-drugged "it's not my fault" Europeans, then. Sorry, but to me a "crisis" is just a teensy bit more than being stranded somewhere with free food, board and entertainment. Do British embassies do loans? I don't think so, but if they do, I d

This Round of 16 as the Brits call it has been damned good -- MOSTLY on form, but goodbye Buffalo, which floored me. AND New Jersey. That pushed Lemaire through the door. Marvelous coach, but truly I wish he had never invented the bloody zone defence. I only got to watch the last half of the Montreal game but they really brought it -- very slick and superior to the Caps on the night. I'd risk about, oh, 10 baht on the Caps in Game 7 but not much more - Moray All might have one more game in them. Ah, you old chicken-counter, you. You bypassed the hatchery again. .

Fair enough, but what crisis was there and what help was provideable? "These people" are to represent the UK government and do whatever boosts British interests (at the pleasure of the government of course). The idea that they work for British citizens is actually wrong. It *is* nice when they do it, but it's not what "they are for." I would guess that the person at the airport was sent there to do a report on what the British mobs were doing at the airport and how things were going with them -- since there was no actual crisis in progress. Just a guess, mind you. .

Now, now, don't sell yourself short. You ought to hear what these guys say when you're not here. I try to defend you, but they never listen, mind-stuck buggers. .

I'm missing something. The blog is there, the website is there, the guy is being attacked by women's lib types -- seems to me like the world is functioning normally. I'll say that a university professor is a damned fool for hanging his axx out like that, and it is almost certain he will get cut off, because he's a perfesser and because he's on the public payroll and so on. But then I think that a very strong percentage of university perfessers are fools anyhow, so again, nothing to see here, move along. .

McNab was from a big town, surely known worldwide. The other Max, the REAL Max, was from Delisle. Of course you can google "max delisle saskatchewan". But if you don't have to look it up, you ARE a hockey fan. .

Yes. My post was in reply to the April news story "The Pirate Bay Guilty". It was April of last year. .

You need to clamp down on these selfish women. She saves up her Foodland bags and stitches them together into a carry-on or she doesn't travel. That's what I'd do, anyhow. Demanding a suitcase for one freaking plane ride? Get out of here! .

2009 was last year. Mininova stopped all its pirate operations months ago. .

Your pants are on fire. JoeK pointed out that the whiners and whingers at the airport are a bunch of low-class, no-class complainers with no gratitude. JoeK didn't have to make any complaint himself about races, since no one tried to comment on a race or even a nationality that he saw. Even the dreaded packhike only said it was typical of low-class Brits - tasteless but not worth a boot from JoeK. He did make a general statement about the British media, though. It was very impressive and accurate. Go back and read it, it's ever so educational. Correcto, but the name of the airport

How can any nation that eats Marmite call bugs disgusting? .

So I'm trying to understand this. He got AIDS from a dirty toilet seat. .

My (strong but personal) opinion: Ovechkin is the best around, by quite a bit. He is just a fabulous, totally committed hockey player, a throwback kind of guy, not slightly worried by personal safety or next year's contract in case he might get hurt. Not too many of those guys WITH fantastic talent left. I'd take one of him for my team, otherwise you'd have to give me three Crosbys. I'm serious. The Caps look pretty sharp and motivated. Wouldn't surprise me to see them in the final. It'd be good for the NHL if it was NOT Pittsburgh and Detroit. Sorry, Pittsburgh, but your recent success ha

Yeah, the very first thing champions do is give up three goals, because who wants to win in 60 minutes? By that standard, the Sharks have no chance at all, all they did was TOTALLY dominate Colorado for six games and never were incompetent enough to win four of them, they had to do it the losers' way, by being better AND scoring more goals. San Jose won IN Denver, by the way. Stat du jour: Dupuis was the first player to score his first playoff goal EVER in a deciding overtime game since Max McNab, the pride of Walton, Sask, when his Wings were on the way to the 1950 Cup. .

Sharks, Penguins through. The Sharks looked really awesome for the sixth game in a row. The Penguins definitely did not. Ottawa really brought it, but the Penguins did not look really confident, even though they won. I have a feeling that the western final, Sharks vs Detroit???? will settle the Cup this year. .

... which they didn't need, since Suvarnabhumi airport provided free bed, meals, Internet, phones, TV and more for many days for hundreds of stranded passengers. These are just boorish, dreadful, horrible people with no sense of shame, gratitude or politeness. That is ASSUMING this one solitary unique exclusive media report is correct, by the way. The British press have been known to bring in ploughs and make very high hills out of molehills. .

You're impressed by 28 saves? You should be impressed by the Sharks' defence that only allowed 28 shots. Terrific game for Sharks fans. No contest. Anderson had nothing to do with it, it was San Jose all the way, FINALLY breaking through. As I said, they had totally dominated the first four games and lost two and just barely won the other two, and they could have lost those and been out 4-0, it was that touch-and-go. On Friday morning, the dominance finally paid off. They were smooth, fully confident and it showed. San Jose are the only Western team that really impresses me this year,

How can they tell what race you are? .

It seems to be in your nation's capital. .

My nomination: Third period of the LA-Vancouver game this morning was best period of the season. DAHM but playoff hockey is wonderful. .

This is all handled by a Thai production company. They make the necessary arrangements, if you catch my drift. There are no work permits or anything like it -- but there are ALSO no hassles for anyone involved in the movie production. If you catch my drift. Being a movie extra in Thailand is one of the world's worst jobs, but on the other hand it's extremely poorly paid. The highlight, actually, is that you get to stick the paltry cash money in your pocket without worrying about little details like work permits and the like. It *is* an experience so I wouldn't actually discourage anyone, b