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[Dark Knight]

"Through the first 16 pre-season games, there were 101 goals scored - an average of 6.3 per game.  That's up from 5.8 goals per game in the first 16 pre-season games in 2003."

"As you might expect, at least one goaltender wasn't too happy.

"A whole year on the power play? This is what we're going to get?" Ducks goalie Ilya Bryzgalov wondered in the Los Angeles Times. "A goals-against average of 3.5, and that will be the leader."

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[Francaise]

blah blah blah......So what, 15 years ago, 3 GAA was a good GAA...These goalies today are so spooled by the clutch and grab routine...........

[cayli'smom750]

Sorry, Bryz, but I, for one, am looking forward to more goals being scored.

Of course, I am one of the idiots who love to do the goal dance...

[Francaise]

That's us doing the goalie dance.....

[Kimi]

You can't use stats from the preseason after a year off. That make no sense no matter which way you look at it. People are going to wait until the season hits X-Mas before thay start analysing the numbers and get results of any meaning.

[hockey2k]

You can't use stats from the preseason after a year off. That make no sense no matter which way you look at it. People are going to wait until the season hits X-Mas before thay start analysing the numbers and get results of any meaning.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

This was exactly the comment I was going to post. Pre-season means nothing.

[ahtikullervo]

We can really come to this in mid October...