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My thumb is up to the Sunday afternoon game between Carolina and Washington, because it happens to be the last exhibition game prior to Wednesdays start of the regular season. Lets face it, the real reason pre-season games are played is that they are money makers. The other stated reasons are concocted simply to avoid the real reason. Coaches dont need to look at their teams seven or eight times to determine who should earn roster spots; they just prefer to spend as much time as they can avoiding decisions. Players dont need games to skate themselves into shape. Fans dont need to watch meaningless games, and they certainly shouldnt want to pay for them. However necessary the NHL might suggest the warmup games are, theres no case to be made that their number cant be reduced. And when no exhibition games were played prior to the 2012-13 season, what was the harm? Eliminating exhibition games can be done because it has been done. So it should be done. My thumb is down to the Arizona Coyotes, for the simple reason that they are no longer the Phoenix Coyotes. Hockey announcers who aspire to the achievement of the perfect broadcast have no chance when they must refer to the Coyotes. This season, in the early part at least, the troubled team in the desert will inevitably be the Phoe-rizona Coyotes. Okay, theyre not actually located in Phoenix, and Glendale Coyotes doesnt work, so why not call them the Arizona Coyotes? Because theyve been the Phoenix Coyotes since they were no longer the Winnipeg Jets in 1996, and if they think any reference to Phoenix brings back bad memories of a franchise struggling to stay put, they should realize that any reference to Coyotes does that, too. Arizona Deficits, anyone? For me, theyll be the Phoenix Coyotes until theyre the Seattle Needles or the Quebec Nordiques. Id check with the owners to see if thats okay, but their names keep changing as well. Cheap Cleveland Browns Jerseys .The other side of the Bruins special teams unit delivered in the end.Gregory Campbell netted the game-winner with less than 10 minutes remaining and the Bruins fended off a late four-minute San Jose power play to earn a wild 5-3 win over the Sharks. Cheap New York Jets Jerseys . The question all fans want to know heading into this light heavyweight affair is will Rua display his true potential. Working with UFC welterweight fighter Demian Maias team in Sao Paulo Brazil and having training partners such as fellow UFC stand outs Fabio Maldonado and Daniel Sarafian, the 32-year old feels very well prepared for Friday nights encounter. http://www.wholesalejerseysstore.net/?ta...-chiefs-jerseys. According to TSNs Farhan Lalji, Richardson is heading to Toronto for a physical and is expected to sign with the Argonauts. Cheap Minnesota Vikings Jerseys . Rodgers was ruled out on Friday by Packers head coach Mike McCarthy. Matt Flynn will make his second consecutive start for the Packers. Cheap Oakland Raiders Jerseys . His actions are much louder on the Fenway Park mound. De La Rosa had another strong home start, going seven solid innings to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.Sacramento, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Josh Smith scored 21 points with 13 rebounds, five assists and five blocks to help the Detroit Pistons in a 95-90 win over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday. Greg Monroe led the Pistons with 21 points and Andre Drummond checked in with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Detroit has won two straight following a 13-game losing streak. Rudy Gay tallied 20 points to pace the Kings, who have lost three straight and four of their last five. Carl Landry supplied 15 points and 11 rebounds off the bench, and Ben McLemore had 14 in the loss. I thought we missed a lot of great looks, said Kings coach Michael Malone. I wasnt overly disappointed with the offense tonight. Monroes two free throws gave the Pistons an 83-73 lead with 4:41 left in the fourth; then Landry made consecutive jumpers as part of a 6-0 run that made it a two-possession game. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope responded with a 3-ppointer and D.ddddddddddddJ. Augustin followed with a pair of free throws. McLemore canned a pair of 3s around another two free throws from Augustin to cut the deficit to five, but Monroe converted a dunk with 24.4 seconds left to seal it. Sacramento led 24-23 after 12 minutes, then stretched the margin to 46-43 at the break. Detroit opened the second half on an 11-0 run for a 54-46 lead at the eight- minute mark. Monroe made a pair of jumpers as part of a 9-0 run later in the quarter to help push the lead to 67-53. However, the Kings scored the final seven points and trimmed the deficit to 67-60 entering the fourth. Game Notes Detroit has won four straight over the Kings ... The Pistons shot 44.3 percent from the floor and limited Sacramento to 35.5 percent shooting ... There were 10 lead changes and seven ties ... The Kings had a 55-43 edge on the glass. ' ' '