If you live in an area where there simply are no other fans to get together and watch the game with, which I've noticed is a good portion of us posters that go into the game thread during game time, the game thread provides somewhere to make observations, and at times vent. The post game thread is more of an analytical assesment, compared to the game thread...obviously. So to say that the game threads are too long may be valid from a certain point of view, but not one that actively takes part in the discussion during game time. If you want up to the second text play by play, yahoo, ESPN and even NHL all them on their websites.
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