For those of you who thought "The Hammer" was dead and buried fear not, I was just on holiday. I don’t know if it is watching hockey at 9 AM, or the bigger ice surface, but I have to sheepishly admit that (first I am not from Belgium) I like the Euro style hockey. Fast action but not a lot of hitting – we need to find a happy meduim. Maybe make the AHL rinks bigger or show those Euro fruits how to drop the gloves.
By the way #25 still stinks and I don’t like him.
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I didn’t think you were dead, hammer. I thought you’d been abducted by aliens. You make Chris look like frickin’ Stephen King.
I am glad to see you paid the bill