Jonas Gustavsson on IR, Joey MacDonald Recalled
by mf37 on Oct 8, 2009 11:02 AM EDT
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PrintFan590 is reporting that Jonas Gustavsson has been placed on IR with a groin pull. Joey MacDonald has been called up on emergency recall (doesn't have to clear waivers).
It's estimated that Gustavsson will be out for at least one week.
blurr update - Hot off the presses, the Canadian Press is now reporting the same:
The Toronto Maple Leafs placed Jonas Gustavsson on injured reserve Thursday morning with a groin injury and recalled fellow goaltender Joey MacDonald from the Toronto Marlies of the AHL.
Gustavsson, nicknamed The Monster, is expected to miss at least one week.
PPP Update: Chemmy and I have been tossing around ideas on how to deal with this news. Here is what we have:
How to commit suicide quickly and without a lot of fanfare
- Cut femoral artery in a hot tub
- Jump off of a bridge into ottawa traffic
- The Wellwood - Try to eat as much as Kyle Wellwood
What ones can you come up with?
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well at least we wont have to worry about mcdonald getting claimed
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 11:08 AM EDT reply actions
Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
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here's what we do
every one pick a deity, and then pray/sacrafice/whatever daily for Toskala to play so well, Sather and Waddel start a bidding war for him.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 11:12 AM EDT reply actions
Actually I’m going to make a Vesa voodoo doll and repeatedly stab his groin so he can be put on long term IR once the Monster is back; so Gustavsson can start with MacDonald as the backup.
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Dear Poseidon,
I know your busy with your fish stuff but if you could see fit to help out with our goalie situation and give Toskala helping hand to actually play decent, I would really appreciate it. And at the same time if you could erase the other GM’s memory of the past couple years that would be good too.
Hugs and Kisses
JohnnyG
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by JohnnyG on Oct 8, 2009 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
that's the spirit!
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Jesus H Baldheaded Christ!
OK, that’s probably not what you had in mind, blurr, but it was the best I could think of on short notice.
Where’s my flask?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 8, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
so that leaves Sleza and Alix
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Just go lure someone over from SilverSevenSens.
Gods prefer virgin sacrifices anyways.
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by clrkaitken on Oct 8, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 15 recs
Virgins...?
Sorry lads, can’t help you there. LOL
MsC
God that was genius
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Oct 10, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
My Dearest Quetzacotl,
I know my people may have had a part in killing off your followers but I would like to make amends.
I will sacrifice one Connecticut-based Leaf fan to help kick-start your bloody reign of terror.
Let me know if they should be bearded or not,
Love,
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by PPP on Oct 8, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, most wise and just Forsetti, if it be in your will, I beseech you to use your omnipotence and bring justice to we Leaf fans. Sparing that, maybe Loki could trick Vesa into being a great goalie?
yours truly,
blurr
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Dear beloved Flying Spaghetti Monster-
We, your hungry but highly vexed yet devoted followers, humbly beseech thee to extend the glory of your noodly appendage to heal the cataclysm that is our goal-tending situation.
Roll down the glory that is your meatballs of justice and enable Toskala to play as if his entire wardrobe is on the line.
Cover us with the spicy, healing warmth of your tomato sauce and protect us all evil, especially that which oozes from the Snes fanbase like pus from an open, festering wound.
Your faithful servants-
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by kidkawartha on Oct 8, 2009 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Rec'd
for “meatballs of justice” and “the spicy, healing warmth of your tomato sauce”. Well done.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 8, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
lets pray that an alien symbiot comes to earth and takes over Toskala’s jersey so everytime he puts it on he will have advanced powers. He might also become evil, but who cares as long as he stops the puck
Evil Toskala?
Will he zap opposing players with his new-found laser eyes?
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I hope that MacDonald starts. Saturday’s game is against Pittsburgh who just got embarrassed by Phoenix. They are going to be pissed and come out with a hell of a chip on their shoulders. MacDonald will get into the game regardless of if he starts or not, so might as well already have him out there at the beginning.
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MacDonald will get into the game regardless of if he starts or not, so might as well already have him out there at the beginning.
Instead of SPG, PPP should have a betting line as to what point of the game Vesa will get pulled.
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This could be a good thing.
After last week, we were on the verge of a full-fledged goalie controversy. And it didn’t sound like Toskala was taking it well. Wilson was in a no-win situatiuon, because if he made the right call then Toskala might pull a suck and end up being a distraction.
Instead, we can play Vesa for the next few tough matchups, watch him get lit up, and then when Monster comes back there won’t be a controversy anymore.
And also, we’ll be 0-6.
And Gustavsson seems injury prone.
So yeah… a good thing.
[bang]
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by Down Goes Brown on Oct 8, 2009 11:15 AM EDT reply actions
FYI
0-5-1.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Watch Vesa step up now that the pressure is off.
Please.
by Leaf in Habland on Oct 8, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
jesus h. christ on a crutch!!!!
We finally get a goaltender with some real potential and he has unnatural relations with Vesa Toskela and catches the dreaded “groin of wet brown paper” disease.
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goddammit!!!1
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 8, 2009 11:17 AM EDT reply actions
I wonder how much of this is related to his surgery? I mean, they went in through the groin, did they not? Could be he just pushed a little too hard to get going.
i don’t think we can call him injury prone yet…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 11:18 AM EDT reply actions
Yeah the heart thing really doesn’t count,
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Oh crap, do they have to cut into his heart to fix this now?
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by Down Goes Brown on Oct 8, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
the fastest way to a man’s heart is through his groin, perhaps the obverse is true?
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think you actually get to his heart if you start at the groin. You’ll get sidetracked at his stomach. Remember that, after sex, 92% of all men ask for a sandwich . . .
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they ask for sandwich
or something to drink….maybe through his bladder would work better?
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We have a winner!!!
Groin action, a sandwich and a drink?!?!? You’ve captured my heart!!!
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Good Question
I hope it’s just a by-product of a shortened pre-season…
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that’s the only leg i have left to stand on. please be true!!!1
prediction – in March, when they’re battling for a playoff (!!!1) spot, we’ll laugh humourously about all of this and chalk it up to “early season adversity”. then we’ll wish they could have won a game or two around now, because those points they gave up early in the season could really be helping now!
/resumes banging head against wall
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 8, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I HATE YOU LEAFMOBILE
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by Chemmy on Oct 8, 2009 11:22 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
I’m scared to know what’s under the orange plastic sheet. I think that lady should leave it alone.
by general borschevsky on Oct 8, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
updated
to add a link from the Canadian Press. nothing new of note, but if you don’t believe the radio…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 11:24 AM EDT reply actions
That magic talking box is full of lies.
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That magic talking box is full of lies.
Chemmy’s right, Chatterbox was one strange film.
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Well Radio(star) was killed by the Video….. and I just don’t trust zombies.
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Rule #2
double tap
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Someone needs to break into the Leafs dressing room
and put this on the wall:
Maybe Toskala will take notice.
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 8, 2009 11:27 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
nooooooo
I am just going to accept the fact right now that we won’t make the playoffs.
Bring on Joey Mac.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 11:28 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Tank nation is dead.
Cue apathy nation.
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Tank nation is dead.
Cueapathydrinksuicide nation.
Yup, I think we’re almost there, not even 4 games into the season.
Also, we’ll be 0-5-1, for the record.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
We might never win again. I think I might wear a paper bag over my head on Monday.
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ugh, and the canucks had to go win 7-1 last night.
Please shoot me.
Alternately, give me a ticket to Toronto and I’ll work out of our Toronto office until all of this passes over.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
but
I don’t live in Montreal.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Tank nation is dead.
Cue apathydrink suicide nation.Screw tank nation.
Never give up, never surrender!!
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
it is now
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
The word u were lookin for was optimism i believe
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Oct 10, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
So what you’re saying is, the Maple Leafs need to activate the Omega 13?
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YES
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Chiralli must be skipping around his office right about now.
Burke: “Hey Cherelli, can i have those picks back”
Chiralli: “…………Its a wonderful life……wonder if Taylor Hall is the guy we should pick?”
Burke: “C’mon buddy, for old times sake!”
Chiralli: “Ladedadeda…..and a good day to you. See you on draft day”
Burke: “Fuck you, man” (click)
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 8, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Heres a suicide trick unique to the maple leafs:
lie down in the net behind Toskala, put your face between his fivehole and wait for the inevitable puck to hit you in the face. Prevents a goal, kills you at the same time and makes you the most popular dead leaf fan of all time.
by LeafFan1989 on Oct 8, 2009 11:53 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
the leaf mobile is evil and i hate it
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 11:55 AM EDT reply actions
Suicide...?
glad we’re not the over-reactive types.
still, courtesy of the Darwin awards, I present to you, death by enema
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions
Overreacting? No.
Forward thinking? Yes.
Tongue in cheek? More or less but I see a red liquid pooling by the door to Chemmy’s side of the basement…
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red liquid...
did he try my suggestion with some brandy…?
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
mmm brandy
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm in
a weird mood, I feel like running around and screaming.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
you sound like the voices in my head
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
you have the voice of a crazy woman in your head?
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
nah, but i do hear screaming and the pitter patter of crazy feet running around
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
How to commit suicide quickly and without a lot of fanfare
Courtesy of snopes, the Pencil suicide
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wow….thats a new one
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
is that one debunked? i can’t tell…
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s definitely never happened but it definitely would work.
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I have a weird sense of humor—kinda dark at times.
Another suggestion: listen to Gloomy sunday. Inspiration should follow
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I've got one
Go find Luke Schenn somewhere and insult the guy. You’ll be extremely lucky if you survive the wrath of Schenn.
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You won’t exist anymore. Conservation of Mass doesn’t apply to OLAS
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Oct 10, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I KNEW IT!
That asshole.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 8, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
ill bet that toskala shuts the door on the pens and we win on saturday.
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
I’ll take that bet.
The Toskala shutting the door, that is.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
shutting the door
to the bench after being pulled?
HEY-O!
thank you, i’ll be here all week
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
try the fish
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
I asked Odin to get his players to y’know… incapacitate some of the better Penguins last night… but they didn’t :(
Also, I want Shane Doan on our team.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I like Shane Doan
but i’ll take one of Boedker, Hanzal or Mueller first.
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by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Turris!
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
they have
a lot of young players that’ll be great… I just want someone up front who can lead the team.
Doan is the epitome of a Burke player.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Which makes me wonder
which of our players is the epitome of a Burke player?
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 8, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Luke Schenn
booyah
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
And if he grew back the source of his powers, the moustache.
I'm not even supposed to be here today..!
Mike Komisarek
but I want someone up front.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Mitchell would be as close as the leafs have
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Drive the 401 blindfolded.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 12:34 PM EDT reply actions
iron poisoning brought on by overdosing on Flinstones chewable vitamins
/almost happened to my math teacher as a kid. He just thought they were really tasty
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weird
I used to love those vitamins too. Didn’t they come in interesting shapes? Like the Flintstones’ car?
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
i like the vitamin C ones
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
‘Flintstones kids, 10 million strong and growing!’
When Chernobyl happened, i was 13.. i started singing
‘Chernobyl kids, 10 million strong and glowing!’
Man, I’m a right bastard, aren’t I?
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 8, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
snort australian fire ants (I saw it on one of Spike’s shows the 100 weirdest ways to die)
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 12:40 PM EDT reply actions
Force yourself to watch senator games and read the Ottawa Sun.
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by RepressedOptimism on Oct 8, 2009 12:43 PM EDT reply actions
Listen to Vancouver sports radio when they talk about the Leafs. Then try to lift Wellwood with the Clean & Jerk technique.
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by RepressedOptimism on Oct 8, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions
oh man
you have no idea… I think the Vancouver idiocy is what’s pushed me over the edge.
Must maintain faith in Burke… must maintain faith in Burke…
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
if the Leafs fail, it wont be burkes fault, all the players he has brought in were good ideas, if they cant get their shit together, its on the coaching staff to bring out the best in em
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Wilson’s lost his shine for me :(. I was not impressed with him putting Exelby in against the Sens.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, if exelby doesnt get his ass stapled to the press box i will be very pissed. He should also be the first one shipped down when vanry is `healthy
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Exelby should be the 8th defenseman even before MVR comes back from injury. An injured MVR could play better.
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by RepressedOptimism on Oct 8, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
touche
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Agree. Can’t help feeling, especially considering XLB’s sloppy play on the first goal, that if Finger had been in the line-up, we would have won that game.
by general borschevsky on Oct 8, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
yup, and to make matters worse, he didnt even throw a good hit on the play.
he is full of fail
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Beauchemin is the new Larry Murphy.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Ya!
Wait. When did we start talking about Beauchemin?
by general borschevsky on Oct 8, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
right now.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh ya. He seems to be the least popular choice for next Captain at the moment out of the 3 Alternates.
I would still prefer they wait and gave it to Schenn.
by general borschevsky on Oct 8, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
I see no reason to name a captain this year.
Neither does Burke, apparently.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Preferred method of suicide
Stick my head in a meat grinder. Better make that assisted suicide ‘cause I have a feeling I’m gonna try to chicken out at the last minute.
-Graham-
Just saying...
You know, Vesa did go 3-and-0 against Pittsburgh last year. And it’s not like last year’s Vesa wasn’t also really, really bad at stopping pucks.
I've joined the truculentsia.
I will have none of your positivity around here!
Also, that was pre-coaching change, wasn’t it?
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope. Those were all Ron Wilson starts (although one of them might have been pre-GM change). But he’s actually always had good luck against Pittsburgh for some reason — 6-1, 2.87, .905 over his career.
Ah, who am I kidding. JONESTOWN!!!
I've joined the truculentsia.
coach change for the Pens i think she means, they were one of the many teams that lost to the leafs last year and then fired their coach the day afer
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
we didn’t face them after Therrien was fired, did we?
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m going to show up at a Republican townhall meeting on health care reform with a sign that reads:
I’m Canadian and we have the best health care in the world.
And on the reverse-
Thanks for being the best in the world at “friendly fire”.
Support the troops!
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
Apparently Berger is saying that Stalberg is OK and will play on Saturday.
So I guess we have that.
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Where is Arch with an inspirational message
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
VESA TOSKALA HAS BEEN FREED!!1
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first I read that and thought it said he was fired
that would have been better
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
wooo
a ray of hope!
Now, can we sit Blake and give Kulemin a spot?
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry, no.
Where’s the faith in Blake?
He started rough last year, too.
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yeah
Blake’ll be fine, but he had to sit down last year too before he turned it around.
Also, Kuleim = Future, while Blake will be gone by the time we really make playoff noise.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
We’re making playoff noise this year. Blake can help us.
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Blake would look great in Florida reunited with Dominic Moore.
by general borschevsky on Oct 8, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think we’re trading him away.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
but
I would like to see him reunited with john mitchell.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha
Blake for Nathan Horton?
A man can dream…
Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!
we’ll even throw in Mayers and exelby
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
2012/2013...?
i’m not waiting another season after this one!
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Stalk me here...
by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
we’ll be in the playoffs, but no, I don’t think we’ll necesserily be serious contenders until that time.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
from the Star
In the meantime, rookie forward Viktor Stalberg will not play Saturday against Pittsburgh. Stalberg left Tuesday’s game against Ottawa with concussion symptoms after a devastating hit from Anton Volchenkov.
After examinations by the medical staff, though, Stalberg was pronounced free of symptoms.
“We should have him back on the ice Saturday and hopefully ready to play by Monday,” Wilson said.
I think they’re probably right, and Berger is wrong.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
You beat me to it. We’re on the same wavelength today.
by general borschevsky on Oct 8, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Stupid question but
Where does Berger get his info from?
Wilson says ""We should have him back on the ice Saturday and hopefully ready to play by Monday,"
by general borschevsky on Oct 8, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
what?
coming up with creative suicide methods is fun!
new method: Sneak onto wherever the Mythbusters do their experiments, and jump in for Buster (the test dummy) at the last possible second
Un ananas (truculent) qui parle? Impossible!
oooh
I like that one.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Kari Byron…………
whoa, I blacked out there for a second.
Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by truculent osmosis.
really?
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...
by blurr1974 on Oct 8, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
STFU!!11
I heart her.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 8, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
DAMNIT
Why did I have to go and read the TSN comments on this story. Now the rage is back again.
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Titannica says...
Try Suicide. (One of my all time favourite videos).
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from the Sun
Meanwhile, the Leafs added a third figure to their goaltending controversy — kind of, anyways.
Move over, Monster. You too, Vesa Toskala.
Woody is now on the scene.
With fans debating between Gustavsson and Toskala, the coaching staff brought in a wooden cutout of a goalie and had players attempt to pick the corners on it.
“We’re missing the net far too many times,” Wilson said.
I wonder how well we did with t hat. (Full article here.)
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 3:17 PM EDT reply actions
what about
run around outside with an aluminum baseball bat and a piece of sheet metal in a thunder storm?
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I’m going to sacrifice three Senators to Thor, and desperately pray that he’s a god for the Finns as well. FML.
by Blue and White Expat on Oct 8, 2009 3:18 PM EDT reply actions
No need to find a scapegoat, or pray to false gods
As an leaf fan living in rural Québec, it was I who channelled negative energy at Jesus, Price and made him suck. It is also my fiendishly devious plan (though less so now that I am exposing it to everyone) that MacDo the goalie shares time with the Monster between the pipes. I am pointing as we speak to the giant hole of suck that ends in China into which the next game Vesa will tumble and not return. If it doesn’t work, well… I’ll blame the suitable people . Patience grasshoppers.
Normally I don’t like James Duthie of TSN that much, I think he is a bit pompous and thinks he is the funniest thing on TV which is clearly not the case. However his recent post on TSN.ca is pretty spot on when it comes to panic around the NHL these days.
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PE
I certainly have a case of that going on right now.
Must. Remain. Calm.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Francois Beauchemin will not be minus-47.
Oh thank God, i was really worried about that. /sarcasm
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
San Jose and Detroit suck, are likely headed for the draft lottery, and are frantically sending their scouts to Windsor to watch Taylor Hall.
At least Detroit’s scouts don’t have too far to go…
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Detroit’s scouts are so good, they’ll take Taylor Hall in the 6th round.
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by mf37 on Oct 8, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
It's only a groin injury
Those never return over and over again for goaltenders, do they?
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nope
in fact, I say we should sign him to a 12 year extension right now!
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s the Detroit/Philly/Vancouver/Chicago thing to do… and since they are all ‘Cup favourites…’
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 8, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I am losing my horny…..
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 8, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
This is information I could have used yesterday
I bought 4 tickets for the leafs game in ottawa in November.
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November?
he’ll be back by then.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
So, when can we start calling Joey the MacMonster???
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 8, 2009 4:25 PM EDT reply actions
According to the Team 1040 and some threads, Carey Price punched a hole in the dressing room wall after last night’s game. Perhaps he was aiming for Jacques Martin and missed.
Now, this is from the Canucks sports radio, so take it with a grain of salt… but… wow.
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by Karina on Oct 8, 2009 4:45 PM EDT reply actions
someone finally told him that he wasnt allowed to have 14 year old girls in his room on the road
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Wilson was just quoted on the Fan590 saying Toskala will get the next three starts.
0-8-1 sound like a reasonable outcome?
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From Zwolinski in the Star today:
“I got points in the first game (overtime loss to Montreal), and I’ve lost one game … it’s only three games into the season and I’m working on being ready for the next one,” Toskala said.
Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Jerry tries to convince Elaine that spending another week at his parents condo will only seem like a couple of days.
Ya know, I’ve sort of been on the fence between the “Waive Toskala” crowd and the “All We Are Saying, is Give Tosk a Chance” crowd, but this meh attitude of his really fucking irks me.
Given the Leafs’ luck, they’ll tank and take 1st overall…wait Boston’ll take it. Taylor Hall will turn into the best player since Gretzky and Burke’s hair will grow even whiter.
Go Houston Rockets!
If that happens I will stop blogging; buy 10 Copies of Abomination and immediately start cheering for another team.
In another sport.
by The Meatriarchy on Oct 8, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Remember to slice with the vein, not across it.
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 8, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
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