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NHL is one of the most popular sports in the winter months. It is fast and furious with plenty of heated action to keep the fans alive and involved. The game is also popular amongst the visitors to SportsViews with videos, bets and buzz posts in numbers. Here are some of the current submissions to check out.

Washington Capitals vs Nashville Predators. Oct 28. Who will win?

Detroit Red Wings Vs. Anaheim Ducks. Oct. 29. Who will win?

Air Force Hockeys Eric Ehn in an amazing shootout goal in the East West competition.

Adam Burish Moonlights on Jerry Springer

That is just a taste of the material available on the NHL. You can add your own, videos, bets or simply have your say at SportsViews.com.

Some NHL teams are looking at the number of games played by individual players, particularly that ever important position of goalie, and looking to ensure they have backups fit and ready.

The San Jose Sharks and Buffalo Sabres have already given the backup goalies a run this year following last seasons massive 77 and 76 game hauls by their respective goalies.

There must be a point where you give your players a break. Having to play 77 games is probably not that arduous for a young and fit player. However, as they get older is certainly starts to have a telling effect. Careers can be cut short because of overuse in the early days.

By regularly using a backup goalie, particularly in games where you feel you have a distinct advantage gives you mainstream goalie a break and the chance to heal any minor injuries. It is not just the goalies of course. Every position needs some consideration. Depending on how many minutes they spend on the ice each game and how many consecutive games they play, it is often the case that active team members also need a small break.

Teams that play backup players on a regular basis also know that if their regular player, in this case the goalie, loses form or suffers an injury, they will have a reliable, competent and match fit replacement ready to fill the shoes of the regular goalie. It does beg another question however, are there too many games for athletes in the modern sporting arena. What do you think?

The NHL is one of the fastest competitions in the world, certainly when it comes to the speed of the puck. One wonder how the cameras are able to pick it up sometimes. As for the players, well ice hockey was never a gentleman’s game. Just watch these videos and see for yourself.

I love the preseason games, everyone is playing for their place, everyone wants to impress. See the preseason game: Detroit Red Wings 4 - Atlanta Thrashers 1 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

Two players take each on in competition - sometimes there is such intent rivalry. NHL game: David KociV VS Colton Orr

Vengeance can be a joy to watch - the Philadelphia Flyers Vengenance.

What Pens fans can look forward to hopefully starting next year.

Jim Fox looks at the young guns on the Penguins. Is their youth a strength or weakness?

Hockey, as a player it’s not for the faint hearted. As a spectator - they can go for it.

For hockey fans, now that the season is getting started, people are getting to the point where they’re anxious to talk about hockey and what they can expect from the season.

One of the things that they’re going to be talking about, of course, is what can be done to keep the best players when the Kontinental Hockey League has the money to try to entice all of the best of the best away from the NHL. Another big topic - whether or not the Anaheim Ducks are going to have more success than they did last year (perhaps competing as well as their MLB counterparts), whether or not they’ll make it to the Stanley Cup.

Add a few discussions about the Washington Capitals into the mix, think about the possibility that the skaters from Detroit could conceivably bring in back to back Stanley Cup wins and the fact that, after a number of years without making it to the really big show the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be making every effort to work their way into the final games of the year and what you’re going to find is that the excitement just keeps building - and the more that there is to talk about.

The National Hockey League is one of the few “American Sports” that’ focuses on all of America; loosely translated, it’s one of those sports where there are more than one team outside of the US (in Canada) and where a lot of the players who call North America home were born and raised in Canada as well.

Interestingly enough, of course, the Pittsburgh Penguins have long been the topic of discussion for hockey fans - ever since Mario Lemieux came onto the scene. Now however, one of the Penguins making news it Tyler Kennedy:

(source) The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed forward Tyler Kennedy to a two-year extension on Friday.

Kennedy, 22, made his NHL debut with Pittsburgh last October in a game versus Montreal and wound up playing 55 games on the season, totaling 10 goals and nine assists. In addition, he added four assists in 20 playoff games during the Penguins’ run to the Stanley Cup finals.

His strong rookie campaign earned him a spot in the YoungStars game during the NHL All-Star weekend, but a bout of mononucleosis kept him from participating.

For those who are fans of the NHL - and, particularly fans of the Penguins - this is the kind of news that they want to see - the kind of news that gets them geared up for the season to start.

It’s hard to believe how quickly the start of the NBA season and NHL seasons are, but given that the New England states have - in some areas - already had their first frost, people who care about basketball and hockey are starting to get ready for their sports to come into season.

The Buffalo Sabres fans are going to be excited to know that their general manager will be staying on for another two years:

(source)The Buffalo Sabres signed general manager Darcy Regier to a two-year contract extension on Saturday.

Regier, who has been the GM of the team since 1997, is entering his 12th year as the GM of the club and his current contract will carry him through the 2010-11 campaign.

“I’m obviously thrilled to stay here,” Regier said. “I think back to when I was first hired… with all the turmoil back then, Lindy [Ruff] was hired shortly after, I didn’t know we would last one year let alone how many years this currently is. You move along not taking anything for granted.”

Sabre fans are going to find that they are in a position in which they can feel fairly good about their team for another couple years - after all, they’re keeping the GM who helped get the team to the playoffs seven of the past 11 years.