Mark Bell Claimed off waivers by....
The New York Rangers... hahahaha
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Wow
Sather isn’t even trying anymore is he.
by lordosis on Feb 25, 2009 12:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Was he ever?
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Let's Go Rangers!
by Scotty Hockey on Feb 25, 2009 1:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I used to think so but man this entire Rangers career is just ruining his legacy.
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
he did well
the year after the lockout when he stuck to a budget and didn’t make any crazy acquisitions.
by Karina on Feb 25, 2009 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s like one year out of 10
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
DAMN!
So much for Alfie wetting himself Saturday night.
Another contract off of the books.
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 12:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
half...
we’re still paying him, and tucker, and raycroft…
"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
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by blurr1974 on Feb 25, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but...
The physical contract is off the books. I am going to write a post about why ;)
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 1:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why that’s important.
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 1:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
goodie...
i know it’s important, and he’s off the books completely come 7/1, just felt like peeing on your parade… :P
"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
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by blurr1974 on Feb 25, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oooh, let me guess: it puts the Leafs SPC count at 47 or 48, giving Burke room to add two more contracts before he has to move a body.
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by mf37 on Feb 25, 2009 2:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
RUINER!
Way to blow my post based on the premise that you suggested ‘someone’ write about ;)
p.s. the CD is awesome.
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry for ruining a big surprise…glad you like the disc.
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by mf37 on Feb 25, 2009 2:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
For shame...
I was actually hoping to see him play.
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by eyebleaf on Feb 25, 2009 12:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You can edit the link if you want to change it.
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
done.
thanks…im new to the whole contributing deal.
by PeterZezel on Feb 25, 2009 12:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We appreciate it. I don’t check TSN all day because you guys are always faster than me anyways.
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by Chemmy on Feb 25, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
fastest keyboard in the east!
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 25, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually the more I think about it
The more surprised I am
Can any pull up the details of Bell’s salary and contract? I don’t understand why the Rangers are taking up MORE salary when their payroll is less then half a mil under the cap as it is.
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 12:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Unless
Sather is thinking he can use Bell are the trade deadline for something…
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 12:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Though I doubt anyone will want to trade for him, since they could have gone him for free like the Rangers (but I didn’t see him getting claimed either, so what do I know), Bell just looks like a player to change some of the same old, same old with the Rangers and add a little grit to an otherwise lethargic and soft-ish team. I’m guessing Voros (and Avery) will also get more ice time to add that toughness.
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by bkblades on Feb 25, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rangers are a mil under the cap.
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by Chemmy on Feb 25, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
maybe there is another trade almost ready to go adn bell is a stopgap
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 25, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
TSN sez 2.5 M remaining, split between the LEafs and the Rangers.
that seems like more than I would have thought.
by Godd Till on Feb 25, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Contract...
$2,166,667 ending July 1st.
so we pick up the tab for half since he was on re-entry waivers.
by PeterZezel on Feb 25, 2009 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But, obviously we are only picking up half of the the remainder. Just guessing it is around $200,000 by now.
by Kim Jorn on Feb 25, 2009 1:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
Still seems nonsensical to me, they have barely any room in the payroll as is, and Sather still seems hell-bent on bringing Avery back.
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it seems
nonsensical to me that Sather is still the GM.
by Karina on Feb 25, 2009 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
pretty good resource
http://salaries.hockeyanalysis.com/teams/toronto.php
looks like its accurate..
by PeterZezel on Feb 25, 2009 1:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
upon closer inspection...
not quite up to date.
by PeterZezel on Feb 25, 2009 1:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Has anyone asked
if this is the REAL Peter Zezel? Cause if not, you gots some ’splaining to do.
by lordosis on Feb 25, 2009 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just figured...
If he was the real Peter Zezel he would have said something when he said he looked like whatever ate Peter Zezel on TV.
Note: That was before we realized he had an illness that caused the weight gain.
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think any part of that is English.
and what illness? I have been banned from the Peter Zezel fanclub.
by lordosis on Feb 25, 2009 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
GAH
One day Chemmy and I were saying that Peter Zezel now looks like the thing that ate Peter Zezel.
PeterZezel didn’t say anything so we assume it’s not him.
And on his wikipedia page he apparently has an illness that leads to lots of weight gain.
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 1:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
obesety?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 25, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
no
but that’s funny. rec’d (sorry real Peter Zezel, where ever you are….)
rare blood disorder hemolytic anemia
"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
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by blurr1974 on Feb 25, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
NHL Numbers is good
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
sportsnet.ca also lists player salary and contract status on player bio.
by PeterZezel on Feb 25, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it seems strange to me
that Bell would get picked up, and not Devereaux. Man, I forgot how fast Devereaux was. And defensively sound.
by Karina on Feb 25, 2009 1:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Physicality?
Maybe the Rangers are looking for the edge Voros was providing earlier, that Avery used to have. Or maybe Sather finally succumbed to full out dementia.
by lordosis on Feb 25, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If Sather’s massive man-crush on Avery isn’t indicative of the status of his dementia then I don’t know what is
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Agree
Devo’s the much better pick up.
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thumbs Down frm Dr Mirtle
A pretty curious move, actually, especially when we’ve been hearing for weeks that Sean Avery was going to be the player the Blueshirts wanted off re-entry waivers. New York’s very tight against the cap, and even at half his salary, Bell is due $1.25-million.
He also has not been all that impressive in the AHL, so I’m not quite sure what the Rangers brass are thinking here.
by Godd Till on Feb 25, 2009 1:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
probably...
that he’s cheaper than Avery.
"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
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by blurr1974 on Feb 25, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Possibly
That Sather got tired of trying to convince Dallas to give them Avery for practically nothing
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or...
Tortorella launch a frightening broadside of f-bombs and Sather filled his Depends.
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by PPP on Feb 25, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Tortorella DESPISES Avery
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by Chemmy on Feb 25, 2009 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
other than wrap, is that not a universal thing?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 25, 2009 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone knew that
Which made Sather hiring Tort all the more puzzlng
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 1:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rangers brass thinking?
I thought that went out the window with Drury, Gomez, Naslund, Redden…etc.
by PeterZezel on Feb 25, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Redden deal is epic bad. It’s Rascal Flatts bad. It’s JFJ bad.
by Godd Till on Feb 25, 2009 1:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
lets not get carried away
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 25, 2009 1:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s been getting better in the AHL since the new year began, so I’m sure the Ranger are thinking they’re getting a guy with some grit, size, and can theoretically pop in a few goals at half-price.
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by bkblades on Feb 25, 2009 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pierre McGuireCommentarybad.
fixed
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 25, 2009 1:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bell's cap hit...
…is actually calculated daily. And since I’m often in the “math is hard” camp, these numbers should likely be double-checked/taken with a grain of salt.
There are 191 days in the NHL schedule.
Bell’s $2.17M salary breaks down to $11,361 per day. As he was a waiver claim, Leafs and Rangers split the cap hit.
That’s $5680 per day for the Rangers and Leafs.
There are 45 days left in the NHL schedule, so:
Total cap hit to NYR: $255,628.27
Total cap hit to TML: $255,628.27
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by mf37 on Feb 25, 2009 2:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Stupid stupid journalists
Paul Hunter is bringing back the Pronger to the Leafs idea.
Yeah right.
by Karina on Feb 25, 2009 2:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Thank you for reading that garbage so I don’t have to.
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by mf37 on Feb 25, 2009 2:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rumors
Philly newspapers are floating a rumor of Kaberle for Sbisa, Giroux, and Philly’s 2009 1st and 2nd.
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by Chemmy on Feb 25, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet Christ, let this be true. Giroux is a star in the making.
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by Mattblack on Feb 25, 2009 2:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
That’s a lot
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 2:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
and
Philly fans are OK with this?
Do they have the cap room? Or do they have to magically make Briere go away?
by Karina on Feb 25, 2009 2:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why must you spoil everything.
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by Mattblack on Feb 25, 2009 2:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't call her
Devil Woman for nothing
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 2:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a leafs fan
that means I’m pessimistic by nature.
by Karina on Feb 25, 2009 2:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Of course
But you’re also evil
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 2:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
evil is good
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 25, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
True
But not when its coming from her
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by Winkle on Feb 25, 2009 3:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, I’m rather enjoying it
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 25, 2009 3:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So I guess Philly is on Kaberle’s list?
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by bkblades on Feb 25, 2009 2:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
they are sending him on the quest to destroy the one ring, Gary Betman wants it for himself and is following them
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 25, 2009 2:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
so i’m not the only one who thinks bettman looks like gollum? i’ve got a great side-by-side of the two of them, i have to figure out how to post it…
by daoust on Feb 25, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
puck daddy had an ongoing Gary Bettman photoshop contest awhile back, and Gollum was a popular fellow if i recall. And Bettman was there, too.
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by bkblades on Feb 25, 2009 4:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
as was the Count from Sesame Street
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing
by loser domi on Feb 25, 2009 4:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought, admittedly just from the blurb on Kukla, Hunter was reporting on the Pronger comparison that Burke used for what he expects for Kaberle. So like Pronger, Burke wants a 1st rounder, roster ready player, and a top prospect. I should probably read the whole article before I dissent…
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