I know more from the AHL than I do the NHL but I did watch a few games last night, with the Blue Jackets vs the Capitals Game that was a 3-0 shut out against Washington even with their rising star number 8 whos name I cant remember and the thrashers vs blues game, which I am not surprised they lost 4-2 at home but I bet in a couple of years they will be as good a team. Now for others. I have seen Colorado play, I remember watching the Avs win the cup in 01 when I was 12 (19 now) but I'm not sure if they still are a good team? I heard Patrick Roy retired 2 years after, Peter Forsberg is in the SHL right now, Borque retired after that season and I heard around that Sakic is retiring after the 08-09 season. but other than that I mostly know AHL stuff if people are interested in talking about the new 08-09 season, Me personally am a huge fan of the pirates and monarchs (Season ticket holder for 2 years now.) But it will be interesting to see others discuss the AHL here if they do, even after the Iowa Stars switched affiliates to Anaheim and became the chops, I forgot about the renaming till a few weeks ago when I saw they changed it on NHL 09. and real quick a buddy from manchester told me that there were talks with Johnathan quick and the kings bringing him on as a full part of the team, since last season he played three games for the kings due to Erik Ersberg suffering a groin injury.