That was a battle of wills by two very strong dudes. An immovable object vs an unstoppable force. Something had to give and I guess it was Polak's muscular wall.

I agree, Tim. I will say though that he seems to have the desire to succeed in the NHL that could keep him from being one of the big contract busts. I honestly don't think $ is his biggest motivator. I think he truly loves playing the game at its highest level.

http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/717008 I think we all know this already, but: "Bob McKenzie of TSN reported on TSN 1260 in Edmonton on Monday. I think (the Blues have) seen enough this season to believe Tarasenko is the real deal. That this guy is a legitimate, front-line scoring winger in th...

Welcome Pete! I wasn't sure if you saw my message or not. Glad to see you made it over here.

I'll work on getting Beatoni, Simon in Canada, Siberian Tiger and some others here. Looks like we can make it into whatever we want, as no one was really here. I hope the operator will cooperate with us. We need HockeyPete as well. I sent Pete a message, but I don't know if he's seen it yet. He sho...

You play until you hear the whistle and that whistle was blown too late. I think the lineman was definitely more at fault than Phaneuf.

I joined today after reading about the bans over at Blues Talk. I've been frustrated with that place for awhile now and I'm looking forward to some good hockey conversations here.