From The Branches - MATS MATS MATS!
by PPP on Oct 23, 2008 8:48 AM EDT
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PrintThere is only one story today: Mats is working out. TSM will tell you it's not a story but he is somehow friends with Neil Smith so I don't know if we can trust his judgment. It's obviously a story. The Leafs have 3 SO losses so far this season. You know who scores big goals for the Leafs? Mats Sundin. I don't want him to come back but with so much cap room where else will he be going? Maybe the Leafs will take on salary from the Flyers or Rangers so that they can sign Mats. Hmmmm...anyway, here are some real stories:
- JP has a good point about fighting. When did it become a hazard to your health to lay a good bodycheck?
- The General veers from interesting (Not Ian White's fault? Tell me more) to logical (bench Blake) to irrational and insane (Tlittle Tlate? Tpreposterous).
- Kim Jorn recounts his hajj to to Canada's Bethlehem.
- TFC not world class? Crazy. Seriously though, it is the best level available in North America plus Toronto has sooooo much else to do other than the Marlies. Now, if tickets were $10 it might be a different story.
- Lowetide wonders what the media will report when the inevitable downturn hits the Leafs...moreso.
- HF10 concedes defeat by playing the "grown-up" card. Someone doesn't get how the internet works. It's serious business.
Toss any others in the comments.
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Funny thing with this whole Sundin situation is
The guy seems pretty torn up inside, he WANTS to play for Toronto, hell he doesn’t want to play for anyone else, I think that’s fairly clear. He’s received more then a handful of great or generous offers from a variety of teams (successful or not), and he still hasn’t signed with anyone. The issue is, he doesn’t want to waste another year being non-competitive, he wants to win the Cup because he’s going to retire soon and it doesn’t look like Toronto will even make an attempt at a run for a few more years to come. But the guy just can’t see himself wearing another jersey.
I feel for him, it looks like he’s in a no-win situation.
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I don’t think Sundin’s Cup-desire is that strong. I suspect he’s okay with it. I think it has more to do with “the Sundin-brand” and his relationship to the fans (which is still worth zillions in retiremnet). He’s never been the most popular Captain for the Leafs, and the last 2 years he’s lost more fans then he’s gained. That hurts, especially when you’re coming to the end of your career.
The question for Sundin this summer was: move on or shut it down? He chose not to move on. The show is over. All that’s left is the curtain call. One last hurrah.
Winning Gold for Sweden goes a long way, I think. He is a champion.
by general borschevsky on Oct 23, 2008 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I loved seeing this quote from Antropov (Kevin McGrann) this morning:
“It doesn’t matter who you are, you have to earn your ice time,” he said. “If you’re not playing 100 per cent and there’s a guy waiting to play and giving it his all, why not send a message?”
I added it to the bottom of my post. When he says, “there’s a guy waiting to play and giving it his all”, I don’t think he’s talking about the suspended Hollweg.
by general borschevsky on Oct 23, 2008 9:20 AM EDT reply actions
Everyone shut up about Mats jesus
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Someone's
Wearing their ovaries on the outside
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Oops
Thought I was talking to LD
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Consider yourself banned
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with winkle gone
the spam crown is MINE!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing
You'll have to
Pry it from my cold, dead, fingers LD!
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Little known fact
Chemmy is a hermaphrodite
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I know we met at “Hermaphrodites Anonymous” but I was just doing research for a book.
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I am a private eye and was tailing someone.
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But Marlies games basically do cost 10 bucks, 12 more specifically. At 20% capacity you can just buy McDonalds seats and then sit where you damn well please.
But they should all be $12.
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When I was in high school
I used to get ticks for a Marlies game at the ACC for TWENTY bucks (from Ticketmaster), GOLD seats too. It was fantastic, the place was only half full but hot damn it was more rowdy then a lot of Leaf’s home games.
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Yeah, a seat in front of the cheerleaders is about $40 now. Which people seem gladly willing to pay.
Honestly, looking at the people who go to Marlies games, the AHL is like the NASCAR of Toronto. Mullets everywhere.
I rock the hockey mullet. :(
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You can do whatever you want
But never associate the abomination that is NASCAR with hockey in any way ever!
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TRUE STORY
My wife and i were out at the movies one night, and there was a commercial playing before the previews for the National Guard. It was set up like a music video and it said Kid Rock featuring Dale Earnhardt. It would show these military guys doing stuff, Kid Rock and his band screeching their heads off to some horrible “nü mëtal” song, and then CGI of Dale zipping around a track racking a la Lightning McQueen from Disney’s “Cars.” My wife and i were laughing trying to figure out what Dale had to do with the rest of the story, and some NASCAR hag turns around and yells at my wife “HE’S SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD!”
No point, just always found that gals response comical, and typical NASCARian.
The Marlies, me thinks it really is a matter of two thiings. The piss poor job MLSE has done in promoting the team, and the lack of stars, both hit on in the blog…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Hollweg over Blake
You guys really are in favour of this move?
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no
anyone but ’weg
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ll take White on the wing over Blake
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Yup
I want to see more of White on the wing.
I am in favour of getting a message to Blake.
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Play him on the 4th line
but don’t bench him.
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Yes, yes, yes. A good way to send a message to Hollweg is to sit him one more game.
by general borschevsky on Oct 23, 2008 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
A better way
is to send his dumb ass to the minors.
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thirded but he’d have to clear waivers!
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No one
would go near that douchebag with a 10-foot pole.
He’s a lousy thug.
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Without Hollweg the Leafs wouldn’t be able to give up a three goal lead and lose.
He’s not going anywhere.
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When you put it that way...
Should we maybe be thanking him for his douchebaggery? I mean, with his mad game-wrecking skillz, the team can play well, still lose, and get a high in the draft. Then everybody wins.
I’m a firm believer that douchebaggery should never be awarded…
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I don’t like to reward douchebaggery either, but if it helps us eventually get better (and of course, his douchebaggy ass is sent packing long before we’re back in actual contending position) then maybe just this once I can be okay with it.
Though I reserve the right to change my mind when he next screws up a game that should be a Leafs win (which will probably be the next game he is in the lineup.)
I don't know
I might spring for cheap tix so I can hurl insults and heavy objects at him. He could be a real draw that way. And the Marlies do want to increase their attendance, no?
Strangest word combos
I’m trying to figure out what key word has triggered google ads to serve up ads for “portable sterile lab rooms” (Is anyone else seeing these?). I think it might be the very rare combination of nascar and hermaphrodite.
I was at a gun range in Vegas one time and a very serious gun instructor asked, “What two words will you never hear combined?”
Seeing the big gun on his hip and saw the crazy in his eyes, I got the feeling I shouldn’t say what was going though my head, (“You’ll never hear anyone say, ‘beautiful scrotum’”) when he provided the answer: “armed victim.”
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Good move
Best not to go with the smart aleck answer.
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strangely enough...
twss
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
You’ll never hear anyone say, “beautiful scrotum”
It ought to be our challenge to slip this into a conversation between now and the end of the weekend.
You’ll never hear anyone say, "beautiful scrotum"
I consider that a challenge, good sir
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing
I wouldn't bet against LD
Its just not a smart thing to do
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Mats
So the non-story story…if he’s over here, working out, getting a physical done and the like, why else would he except to* come back?
I’m not saying that means it’s the Leafs, but if he did, and he didn’t ask for a NTC, do you think Cliff moves him at the deadline?
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 10:56 AM EDT reply actions
He won't sign
w/o a NMC
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I used to think that, but then I also thought he wouldn’t come on part way through the season, and it looks like that’s what he’s thinking now. If he doesn’t care about a cup, then the general is right and he’s just looking out for future income prospects and wants his curtain call, but if he does care about the cup, then there’s no chance he’s coming back to the Leafs.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
So
coming back mid-season means he doesn’t care about a Cup?
There is no way, after all of last season’s bullshit, that he doesn’t get a NMC. Especially if this is his last season in the league. No way he signs anywhere without it.
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Coming back mid-season with any other team means that he fucked the Leafs. He won’t come back without a NTC so I hope the Leafs don’t sign him.
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And by "he fucked the Leafs"
you mean not being dealt at last year’s deadline?
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Yup
By flip-flopping and ensuring that the Leafs would get no help from him.
Ask DGB, I think he has an argument or two that look prescient now.
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Believe me
I know what DGB thinks re: Sundin.
Mats didn’t flip-flop. He didn’t want to be moved at the deadline. And he wasn’t.
He had no reason to “help” the Leafs by being moved.
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Yup
But instead of concocting, what seems like and might be confirmed as, a BS story about wanting to retire a Leaf, etc. etc. why not just say:
I’ve given this team 13 years of my career. I’ve loved my time here but they are going in a different direction and I think it’s best for both of us if we rode out the season and I evaluated my options in the off-season.
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You're living in
fantasy land if you think he would actually say that to the media.
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And
have you ever, in your life, changed your mind about something? About a decision that you were sure about, and then had a change of heart about? Has it ever happened?
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never, but i’m a winner.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
So
you’re saying Mats is a loser?
(I can do this all day, friends.)
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show me the cup…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Then
Wendel is a loser, and so is Dougie.
If that’s your basis, hold all the Leafs since George Armstrong to the same level. Sittler, Salming, MacDonald, everyone.
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technically...
i was being sarcastic, but if that is the vein of thinking (which has been discussed on this blog before. Winning the cup is what matters…) then yes. and now, all my blood has been punched out. are you happy?
not sure why you’re getting this worked up over a purely hypothetical question i asked. i’ve not said Mats owes the Leafs, I’ve not said Mats is the spawn of Satan sent from hell to torment the Leafs with his candy goodness skill, I’m just wondering what he’s thinking, aren’t you?
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not getting worked up
I defense Sundin very calmly and, in fact, I spend many sleepless nights wondering what the hell is going on in that brain.
I’ve never quite understood why Sundin has never been accepted on a level that Clark and Gilmour were in this town, and that’s one of the reasons I defend him as strongly as I do.
Don’t take my Sundin defense as me acting negative towards you. I love a good debate.
I’m used to it. I’m used to being the contrarian (or dumbass, you pick) thinker around here.
I like Jason Blake. I like Ian White. I love Ponikarovsky.
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being as far removed as possible
from the cesspool that is Toronto media, I can tell you unequivocally, he is accepted. It’s just that Clark and Gilmour never had to deal with the 24 hour news cycle we now have…
Clark and Gilmour, we’re looking at through a 15 year lens. In 2023, we’ll be saying the same things about the then current crop of leafs against Sundin, Poni, Antropov, Kaberle and the like.
all that said, i get the deabate thing, what i don’t get is what you’re taking from my innocuous comments as being negative against Mats…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s the natural defence mechanism in me. I’ve had many a debates with guys who think Sundin is no where near the level of Clark and Gilmour, and I just can’t buy that argument.
My apologies if you took my comments the wrong way.
Should we hug it out?
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dude, i'm not queer or nothing
but I love Mats Sundin…(hugs)
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Hug it out bitch
I’m used to it. I’m used to being the contrarian (or dumbass, you pick) thinker around here.
There’s no group think here (except about Hollweg) everyone can have their own point of view. You, however, are frequently wrong :P
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i agree
at least, that’s what PPP told me to think…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
That's the beauty
of opinion. I think Blake’s decent at his salary, and I don’t quite understand what you all expect from White, considering his age and salary.
But let’s just hug it out.
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http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000431989.html
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with the Leafs
smart ass
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Rule # 1 of debate
Be specific ;)
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I figured
he knew what I meant, being each man’s tenure with the Leafs.
My apologies.
Should we hug it out as well, the three of us?
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Is this what Allan Watt (Oilers’ PR Guy) was talking about when he mentioned threesomes in basements?
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bummer...
we don’t have basments in CA…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah yeah yeah
Just sun and surf and beach and perfectly toned and disproportionately built women.
Damn you.
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it's true
i’m working on the beach along with the other 33 Million California residents, being served mai-tais by perfectly toned beauties. We call it “stuck at the office.”
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
you thought I was pissed about Sundin.
You better stop with the weather bit because it’s FUCKING freezing here. I’m already walking to work in my parka.
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That is just your soft Indian upbringing! It’s barely sweater weather.
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sweater?
man, i was bitching because i had to start wearing socks and pants… :P
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
You mean have I ever said unequivocally that I wanted to do something and then when the opportunity to do it arose I decided not to?
Sure, but by the time Britney offered herself to me she had shaved her head so it made sense to waffle.
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Is this where the line to hate Tucker starts?
I love that Mats is still getting the heat from fans about refusing a trade while Tucker collects his big fat buyout in Colorado, the Leafs carry that his cap hit and no one says boo.
[/deadhorse]
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It’s also where the line ends.
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Cue the Gilbert O'Sullivan
Oh Chemmy, I’ll never understand your man crush on that sociopathic, locker room toxin, career minus, power play specialist who screwed over the Leafs. But to each their own…
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i not so secretly love Tucker…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
or...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_aq3WlwPJM
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
So Tucker'ed-Licious
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you got Tucker’d out!
by one baaaaad mutha tucker!
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He Tucked My Pants Out
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seriously
you see these hits, and you forget he weighed less than 180…as our favorit sportscaster would say, he’s a MONSTER!
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe you mean “career awesome” Tucker.
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If you meant an anagram for a sewer era comes, than yes, that’s exactlyl what I meant.
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That is an awesome anagram though.
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ummm, not what i said at all, hence the word “if” preceding the sentence. I was just curious as to why he would come back to Toronto at this point. Seriously, if he wants to win a cup, his best shot is anywhere but Toronto. I’m not saying he’s a horrible person who kicks kittens and eats babies (looking at you Hollweg…) i just don’t understand what he could be thinking about coming back to Toronto if he does, and to me, the only thing he might get is more recognition as a Leaf. Or, he might get torn to shreds, who knows?
On the other hand, if he does come back, and signs with the Leafs and gets his NTC, and then at the deadline, agrees to be moved for a sweet package…
who knows. kinda sorry i brought it up. can’t figure this guy out to save my life…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
can’t figure this guy out to save my life…
I don’t know how you got into the kind of mess that requires you to figure out Mats to save your life but good luck because you’ll need it!
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If he signs with the Leafs
it’s because he feels he is a Leaf at heart, and can’t imagine putting another sweater over his shoulders.
I don’t think that’s the case, because no athlete should be that tied to a franchise. It’s a business, and if Sundin wasn’t producing, they would have dealt his ass or cut bait a long time ago. They tried to trade him last year, anyway.
The Leafs owe Sundin nothing. Sundin owes the Leafs nothing. There is no loyalty. I think this notion that Sundin should have “helped” us last year at the deadline is completely ridiculous.
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You’re right. Until he doesn’t sign with the Leafs he hasn’t done anything wrong ;)
The Leafs don’t owe Sundin anything because they’ve already given him over $70M. Sundin doesn’t owe the Leafs the right to trade him for assets but he does owe them the truth which apparently he wasn’t interested in providing.
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Again...
neither you or I will ever know how genuine he was when he said what he did. He could have had a change of heart, or he could have been lying out of his teeth.
Me, I’m choosing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I think he deserves it.
As for the Leafs, the kids are playing, we’re losing, everyone’s happy, so why would you be bitter if he goes and plays somewhere else? Let him go and try to win that Cup that eluded him here.
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bacon ya da bacon ya da. that’s what i think
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I would have been perfectly willing to let him go and try to win a Cup if he just admitted that that was what he wanted.
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ditto
and I would have cheered him the whole way, like the Bruins fans did for Bourque in Colorado.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
And if he wanted to win a cup we could have dealt him to a contender at the deadline.
He would have the benefit of seeing who’s good come playoff time, and Toronto gets handsome compensation. Win win.
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and
he gets treated as a savior for waiving that NTC and helping Toronto kick off the re-building with a bang…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
He wants to win a Cup
But with Toronto
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I want Leafs season tickets.
Not happening.
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Mats
doesn’t owe the Leafs jack, and people who claim to know what he ‘really thought’ over the last six months are kidding themselves. I don’t know if even he knows what he has really been thinking this whole time.
Then why not just say that? Mats has never been forthcoming with any details in his career but last year he comes out with his desire to retire a Leaf. If he wasn’t sure then why say it at all? The media pestering him never bothered him before.
Also, you don’t think that at the very least he owes the Leafs the truth? Even if it’s “I have no friggin’ clue”?
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How do we know
What he told the Leafs? I thought he did tell them he had no clue, but maybe I remember it wrong. If he just wanted to bolt the LEafs for a quickie contender he could have
a) signed somewhere on the cheap
b) signed somewhere by now
I think the chain of events are perfectly in lin with a guy feeling his way to a decision.
The only problem I have is that Mats himself said he’ didn’t want to be traded because he respected the idea of a team too much and that he wanted to be a part of that dynamic, from training camp until the season ends, however that may unfold (all paraphrasing there…)
Now it seems he’s decided he misses playing and wants back in (good on him) but apparantly to the detriment of his previously held beliefs.
i say all this knowing full well bleaf is coming at me with both barrells…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
S**& Happens,
Situations change, etc. I’m sure Mats’ desire to play again is stronger than the ‘82 games’ principle, which I don’t really have a problem with. I
Mats
had a change of heart.
Sue him.
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Do I have any legal standing?
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none whatsoever.
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I worked at a law publishing firm
For 2 summers… I have seen lawsuits fly for far less
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'F*** Tank" Nation
Is a way better term. That way, you can call people f***tanks.
“Damien was sure f***tanking it up this morning when he said Fletch should deal Kubina for a 3rd…”
I dunno
see, I see F** tank and I imagine a tank that has a giant dildo in place of the gun barrel. And then I start laughing
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Must be part of the Swedish Military
Dildo Shower Mars Swedish Hockey Game
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already posted it
but it’s a great image, ain’t it?
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I’ve seen some rather large fake penis myself, but I don’t know about inflatable, and I ‘m afraid to search for fear of what I’d find
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Giant Snow Penis
We used to build them on the university grounds all the time during winter at McMaster.
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
There used to be at least one of those hanging around at Queen’s in the ghetto all winter long, too.
one year a school near my hometown had snowmen mooing people
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Mooing?
Am I the only one who thinks this should say “mooning”?
I’ve never heard a snowman moo…
by Karina on Oct 23, 2008 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Golden Gael?
Yeah, at least one.
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Google is your friend
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Thank you
I heart you LD
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Unless
This is some sick scheme to get my guard down and then hit me when I least expect it
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
just be glad
I didn’t just post the image
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You should realize
If you get me fired, I’ll be free to spam this place all day and you’ll never see that crown again.
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Oh who am I kidding
I’ll probably end up playing Rock Band all day every day
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rock band
in between spraining your wrist watching porn, right?:P
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That's why both wrists
Are always busted.
My copy of RB2 arrived last night, now I am tempted to skip the Leafs game tonight for it. So tempted…
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“hays guys checks out my really cool codpiece!” vbrrrrrrrrrrrrr
by LeafFanInVan on Oct 23, 2008 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
“you are a GMILF. dat stans for granmother I like to —”
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I just...
Had this horrifying image of a grandmother wearing a cod piece flash in my mind…
A cod piece made of bacon…
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“I woke up with a clown’s hand…in my pants. That’s, that’s what I did today”
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“What is wrong with this dumb dildo thing? They give us all the free coffee in the world and no instruction on how to cook it!”
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I'm sorry
I’m not a master quoter like you
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You are
Such a cheat
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Off Topic
And not Leafs related, but did anyone see Simmons latest rant? How does one go through life with that much hate bottled up inside? Forget the whole “Canada won a Gold medal under Gretzky’s leadership” logic, the fact that he hasn’t won anything with a borderline AHL roster in the NHL is what makes him a sham and a mockery, a shamockery…
Anybody throws me against the boards I'm gonna piss all over myself.
by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 1:43 PM EDT reply actions
A mockery and a sham and a fool
Shamockerfool…
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Not to mention
That he holds Punch Imlach up as a great GM that never played but if you look at the end of his career he’s also a shitty GM that never played.
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i hate how logic gets in the way of everything, because if it were up to me, the leafs would have been the 42 year reigning Cup champs, as decided by me, because I think all the other teams weren’t Leafy enough.
Besides all that, he’s talking Olympic hockey, and using NHL stats to back up his logic. Sure, it’s the same sport, but the entire dynamic is different. Forget the fact that everything you read about Stevie Y is that he may be the next great GM, or that he’s had over a year of upper management experience, or the fact that he built the last jr. team. He sucks because he played hockey, and we all recognize his name.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I also love that he mentions nine medals have been handed out and Canada’s only won one. Well, the most Canada could have won was three unless someone can figure out how to win a gold, silver and bronze in Men’s hockey.
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that's easy
much like giving toronto another team, we should have three olympic teams, we just love the sport that much…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
On a tangent: am I the only one who would rather see amateurs at the Olympics than professionals?
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I only watch Olympic hockey and I love that the pros go…all the other sports can stick with the amateurs, although I’m not sure what the pro-lugers and pro-skeleton folks would do every four years.
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Bacon-ya-da
Translation: Agreed
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personally
i’m indifferent. i like the current set up, but it’s just as much fun watching college kids.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I really liked watching the Lindros and Kariya-led Olympic teams. If countries are sending real amateurs then fine. If not, I want Canada sending NHLers.
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Except
The IOC will never have the balls to punish countries who send professionals
For example, they can’t go after China for using under-aged female gymnasts because the official method of age certification is whatever it saz on their birth certificate. Well that point is moot when the government who issues the damned certificates is in cahoots in the first place, and the IOC will never do anything to nail them even though everyone and their blind half dead grand mothers know they’re under-aged.
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I coulda determined their age..
..what, I meant analyzing their teeth wear like I saw on CSI one time! What were you thinking? PERVERT
by LeafFanInVan on Oct 23, 2008 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
No. Let the amateurs have the Olympics and bring back the Canada Cup.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
Yeah
I like the Canada Cup (and damn right it’s Canada. You want it? You take it from our cold dead hands!)
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No – that was the WORLD Cup.
The only problem with the Canada Cup was that it would put your eye out.
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ah yeah I get all confused by that crap. The world cup one is freakish.
As for the canada cup.. err.. it’s not really a cup or cup like in any way, is it?
by LeafFanInVan on Oct 23, 2008 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
blasphemy
’tis a thing of beauty.
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That would make me
An awfully classy pointy stick for me to poke people with
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TD Banknorth Garden
Nothing makes kittens cry like trying to merge corporations and naming traditions together.
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No kidding
Just name it Boston Arena like in old video games.
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They named it the TD Banknorth Garden with the intention of people in Boston just calling it “The Garden” again.
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Ah
Makes sense, but also un-necessary if you ask me still.
I mean speak to people in Toronto and 90% of them will still be calling the SkyDome, SkyDome and not the Rogers Centre.
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wait what?
Rogers Centre? when did that happen…
ya, i don’t pay much attention to the bazeball
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
A couple of years ago the SkyDome (Cost to taxpayers: $600M+) was sold to Ted Rogers (cost to Uncle Ted: $25M). He then changed the name. No one’s ever used it.
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awesome
i’m so glad i moved before i started paying real taxes…i’d feel like i got bent over and became intimate with a broom handle…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 23, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll always call it SkyDome. I’ll never call it the whatever-Centre. SkyDome for life.
by general borschevsky on Oct 23, 2008 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
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