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Print- If there was any justice in the world. Down Goes Brown would win the Internet with every post - this time he reviews Google's 'Similar Images' feature, with an NHL bent.
- Toronto Sports Media reports on the Tavares Jinx and speculates on why the Marlies draw such small crowds.
- And speaking of which, cursed by the presence of PPP...Marlies lose. With the series now tied at 2, game 5 takes place on Thursday at the Ricoh.
- A Gustavsson update from Maple Leaf Hot Stove.
- A busy day for loser domi, with a new round of LOLs and the heart-wrenching world of Czech slashfic.
- The Fanhouse reports on controversy in Carolina, speculation quashed by Puck Daddy. And Jesus, Umberger - get your head up. Don't you remember last time?
- The evidence is clear - as far as official baiting is concerned, Grabovski got nothing on Elias Grossman.
- Another Puck Daddy slot, this time on the thorny issue of respecting someone else's national anthem.
- Drug-taking loopholes rear their ugly heads in the summer months, reports Shoalts in the Globe and Mail.
- Does the shootout 'violate the essential spirit of the sport'? And is a tied game a more noble proposition?
- Scores from last night: Penguins 3 - 1 Flyers. Red Wings 4 - 1 Blue Jackets. Devils 3 - 4 Hurricanes. Canucks 3 - 2 Blues. Sharks 4 - 3 Ducks.
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The problem that people have with Second Coming is that it was 5 years after one of the best albums of all time, and all that time in between gave people the reason to expect something fucking massive. The thing is though, we did get something fucking massive and I can’t see why people hate it so much. Breaking Into Heaven alone is worth the price of the album.
Yeah, there is some shit on there (Tightrope), but I’d put some of the better songs up against the songs on the first album.
My roommate in university was the biggest Roses fan I’ve ever met. We went to the store to but the album the day it came, went back to her room to listen to it. She burst into tears halfway through Breaking Into Heaven.
Dean Brown and Gary Galley
Not sure if this was discussed in the game thread last night, but WTF? Brown and Galley are terrible. I almost feel sorry for Sens fans.
During the review of Crosby’s goal last night, Brown and Galley were convinced that the goal would not stand because Crosby interfered with Biron. These guys apparently do not know how the review process works. Is that too much to expect from two guys who get paid to talk about hockey and tell viewers what is happening during a game?
Near the end of the second period there was a penalty called against the Flyers. I knew this, because I saw a Penguin lying on the ice and the ref blew the whistle when the Flyers touched the puck. I’m no Veronica Mars, but I figured that one out all on my own. I had no choice actually, since Brown and Galley thought that the Penguins were getting a penalty and spent 15 seconds tracing it back to a mistake made a minute earlier. Because they were guessing? Flipping coins? Not paying attention? Checking out similar images on google?
Sorry for the rant. I wish I had another outlet for my views on hockey and sports media.
maybe
they’re still upset at the Penguins destroying the Senators in last year’s playoffs
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Could be...
…but it wasn’t bias (unlike Chico’s amazing performance on MSG after the Canes winner last night), just stupidity and ignorance.
yeah…he was fiercely pissed that Brodeur got bumped at the end there…I wonder if its a little goalie union protectionism too…but shit he was pissed, like the refs stole it from him personally…maybe he has a large sum of money gambled on this series…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Fleury
got bumped around way more then Marty
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true…and I think the refs made the right call in the Car/NJ game too…Marty wondered, got bumped…but still should have made that save
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
The talent gap in the NHL usually refers to the flotsam that fills up fourth lines. As these playoffs have revealed, the real gap might be between the two or three credible play by play and colour analysts and the dozens of others who somehow find themselves on air.
I’m not one to care about TV ratings, but it can’t be easy to draw an audience for a regional fourth ranked sport when the on-air talent sound like highschool AV boys trying to analyse their first cricket match.
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would be nice if they gave you the option of turning off the commentary in a hockey broadcast
the first time I watched an NHL live at the arena, the first period felt weird because there was no commentary going on as I watched, but after I go over it… it just felt sooooooo right
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Rugby coverage quite often has the option just to have crowd noise and the referees’ conversations with each other and the players. Like you say, it’s weird at first but is brilliant after a while.
You've had all your word nourishment for one day.
But then you don’t get skates on ice, bodies on boards, and the sweet, sweet ping of another habs shot going off a post.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 22, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
but then you cant hear the crowd noise, the players yelling, the pucks and sticks hitting things
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I almost feel sorry for Sens fans.
Sens fans love these guys. When they do Ottawa games, they’re both mindless homers that would make Rick Jeanneret blush. Senator fans eat that stuff up with a spoon.
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by Down Goes Brown on Apr 22, 2009 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
and then use that spoon to fling crap at Bob Cole for being awesome
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
As a Bruins fan, I’ve gotta say I love homer announcers, too.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 22, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Excellent FTB
The Viking’s back!
TSM’s post was really good. I’ll try not to let it discourage me from going to tomorrow night’s game.
Anyone worried about Pogge?
“You could see at the end of the game he’s punching guys in the back of the head and sticking them between the legs. I mean, we’re under his skin.”
-Jason Jaffray of the Moose.
by general borschevsky on Apr 22, 2009 8:48 AM EDT reply actions
But I like it when my goalies punch the other team in the head and stick the legs.
The highlights dont make Pogge look too bad, there was one goal he definetly should have had, but the others were tips or deflections
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of goalies, I love that it was a completely legitimate goal against Gerber when Laich shoved him and the puck into the net, but last night it was clearly no goal when the Blues nudged Luongo’s leg and the puck went into the net…
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I thought
it was because they couldn’t see the puck go behind the line?
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also no Leaf goalie was involved
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions
But I like it when my goalies punch the other team in the head and stick the legs.
Hopefully it works out as well for Pogge as it did for Potvin back when he snapped on Ciccarelli in game two of the Wings series. Turned the entire series around.
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by Down Goes Brown on Apr 22, 2009 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I am going to write a recap but on the punch Pogge skated about 5 feet out of his crease. It was hilarious.
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the kid has nutter potential…I like it
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Better trade him to Boston.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 22, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
FOR EYEBELEAF:
Courtesy of Down Goes Brown Twitter:
Odd stat: Mats Sundin’s teams are now 4-0 in playoff series where he’s out for the deciding game, 4-9 when he’s healthy.
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I still wonder what would have happened if he hadn’t come back in that 2002 Carolina series.
-formerly known as Carcel Mousineau
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how’d you change the user name?
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
furcifer
joined Apr 22, 2009
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my name is retarded enough that changing it now seems like too much effort…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
You can actually e-mail me with what you want your name to be and I can tell the tech guys.
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I’m currently satisfied with the idiocy that is my name…thanks for the info though…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
we wouldn’t have even made it to overtime, my friend, that’s what would have happened.
Blame Sundin. It’s like the Blame Canada song. It’s ridiculous.
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I am not going to re-hash everything but wondering if the Leafs could have done better without having a number of hurt players return all at once is a valid question. The Leafs’ makeshift line-up had won game 1. They won 1 of the next five games afterwards.
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well then when it’s brought it up, it should be stated that a number of players who were hurt returned and fucked the chemistry. not just sundin. it’s always picking and choosing with the sundin haters. that’s what gets me. that’s what needs to stop.
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Well put it this way….one guy who came back had to be dragged kicking and screaming. The other took 8 months and decided to stab an entire city in the back. Which one is easier to blame?
decided to stab an entire city in the back…
LOL
you’re hilarious, dude.
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Sure
And with Sundin lovers there is no way that having him return at less than 100% could ever have possibly caused any problems.
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Sundin was a part of the issue re: chemistry. Not the be all and end all as you, DGB, Clawson, and co. make him out to be.
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Wait.
Sundin was a part of the issue re: chemistry.
This is a big step. Let’s stop talking about this for today and let this sink in.
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Well. I think we’ve made some good progress today. We’ll have another session next week.
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by Travis Hair on Apr 22, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
WHOA WHOA WHOA!
Sundin was a part of the issue re: chemistry.
Did Eyebeleaf just admit that the Captain of the Maple Leafs had a part in the team chemistry that outsiders have called lazy, entitled, and country club-like?
I think I won the internet!
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I’ve never denied it.
Just if you’re going to bring it up, bring it up for everyone who was hurt.
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I’ve never denied that the culture of loserness that permeated the Leafs dressing room wasn’t also a result of a horrific coach, Bryan McCabe, Darcy Tucker, and a number of other culprits.
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I’m not a Sundin hater eyebleaf. I went to his return to Toronto and I gave him a standing ovation. I consistently defended him when people attacked him while he played here.
My question was one of chemistry. That 2002 seemed like magic, winning games and series that they had no business winning until the influx of the formerly injured players.
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What a shock that it comes from DGB.
For the love of God, move on.
Just the other day you were lamenting on the fact that it was Mogilny who killed us in 2002, so why are you re-spewing this nonsense then?
Unreal. Just unreal. And extremely disappointing.
I want nothing for than for Vancouver to win it all, so both Sundin and Wellwood can win a Cup.
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it’s also just like me being called out for saying Sundin has scored the most game-winning goals. If Mats scored goal number 5, to make it 5-1, and the Leafs win 5-4, how clutch was that 5th goal?
And here we have DGB and PPP tweeting and re-tweeting about Sundin’s record in a deciding game, when it’s 3-0.
Well done, boys.
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head. exploding.
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If I score the 10th goal in a 10-1 game and then my team collapses to a 10-9 win was my goal clutch? Of course not.
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lol
We’re just busting your chops. It’s a humourous observation just like I assume your betrayal of Leaf fans everywhere is just one big joke right?
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I’m so not talking to you for the rest of the day…
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Awww
We’ll hug it out man-hug-style eyebleaf… after the Canucks get crushed in the conference/cup finals
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Not happening, mate.
You see that penalty killing display? The Leafs should have been taking notes. Or just swooning over a good bloody goalie.
Luongo’s 96.2 SV%…not too freaking shabby.
Looking good, looking good those Canucks.
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Yes, they looked good against a fairly impotent Blues team… clearly they should start planning the parade over in Spamcouver now
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funny, now that they’re out, they’re impotent, but going in, they were the hottest team in the NHL…
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Ummm you watched the series. What description do you think applies best now?
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impotent is not how i’d describe it, by any stretch.
three one goal games, including an overtime finish.
i’d describe it as solid defensive hockey by the canucks, and some incredible goaltending by luongo, along with some suspect goaltending by mason.
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If they could score on the powerplay they would have swept the Canucks. Keep that in mind. Not every team will be missing their top powerplay defenceman.
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saz who?
the analysts?
dood, I knew the Canucks were gonna mop the floor against the Blues, maybe not a sweep but I had no real expectations of St. Louis putting up much of a threat against Spamcouver
either way dood, tne Nucks haven’t really been tested yet and you can’t say they will be able to keep those numbers up for the rest of the playoffs
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and wasn’t the canucks, like 14 points back of Calgary a month ago and leaped past them…sure Calgary bombed, but Vancouver was steaming into the playoffs!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Vancouver was just as hot.
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Osgood vs. Luongo?
I’ll take LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU everyday of the week, my good friend.
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Luongo’s proving to be pretty clutch himself.
It will be a great series.
If Anaheim wins, it’s Ducks/Detroit…and Vancity/Chicago or Calgary.
I think Detroit/Vancouver conference final is likely.
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that is the likely conf final…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I'll take Osgood
As he is less injury-prone
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I’ll take Luongo, b/c he’s the best goalie in the world.
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He’s probably having a hissy fit right now
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Now
we all know why Hasek’s coming back, cuz he just heard what eyebleaf said
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GOOD GOD! IS THAT HASEK’S MUSIC!!
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by PPP on Apr 22, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah cause we all that is regular for Brodeur. Man, a week of cheering for the Canucks and you’re already as blind as their fans.
It must be a disease. We need 100ccs of Leaf hockey now. Somebody get this man the All Heart video now.
go canucks.
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I just
threw up in my mouth!
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ahw, I missed the Sundin rage off
this needs to be a weekly schedualed show
we could put it on prime time!
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Marty Brodeur says GOD ##$)_$(##
* smashes stick on wall repeatedly *
$%$)$(*$)(
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Cox is adding that to the second book…it’s called lip reading research!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
My new book
Lip Reading Research: How to tell if a player is really saying “Fuck” or Not, by Chemmy.
Chapter One:
He’s probably saying fuck. Deal with it. The end.
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Artwork by Tlusty?
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Brodeur adds:
I am going to bang my sister-in-law
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Plus, I think if your cousin is super hot you should be allowed to bang one time.
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Yup. Seeing how hard SJ has to work to beat the Ducks, I don’t think they can do that for three more games. Ducks move on to face Wings. Canucks get Chi/Cal.
On a side note: It’s amazing how the Chicago/Calgary series has been the series that noone knows is even happening.
Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by empathetic association.
I don’t care enough about it to watch it in SD on Center Ice.
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They got shafted on TV by TSN.
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yeah…McGuire makes that series unwatchable…he’s pissed Elisha Cuthbert got his sloppy seconds
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
He has 2 rings as a starter and one as a backup. He is super clutch.
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it also helps his lateral movement
Brodeur uses canola oil
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh God
It was a fucking clinic. The Marlies could have used it last night.
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Fine
That’ll give me time to pull the knife out of my back.
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no back-stabbage going on bro. back-stabbage would be happening if the leafs were in the playoffs, and i was cheering for the canucks…unfortunately, the leafs are no longer in the playoffs-making business, so until they are, i’m cheering for the guy who did more in a leafs jersey than anyone else before him. b/c he deserves a cup. period.
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I hope the senators win the Stanley Cup next year because Brendan Bell once played for the Leafs.
/Eyebeleaf’d ;)
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b/c Brendan Bell is the greatest Leaf ever.
makes sense.
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Cheering for a rival? check.
Tenuous reason? check.
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It’s tenuous to you, bro. But you don’t know that I’ve been supporting Sundin my entire life, just like this, against all the haters.
I got in fist-fights in school b/c Sundin wouldn’t get the respect he deserved, while clowns couldn’t get Gilmour and Clark’s cocks out of their mouth.
Tenuous only to you. It was my dream for Sundin to win a Cup in Toronto. So that he could finally get some God damn respect. The way it ended, he’ll never get respect in this town. But he can still get that Cup. So, believe me buddy, it’s tenuous only to you.
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Well, at least you’re not surrounded by Gilmour and Clark fanboys anymore. We haven’t written a glorifying post about them in well over six hours.
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I’m sure DGB is either watching the “all-heart” video right now, or working on a Clark post.
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And thank god for that.
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no kidding
Imagine if we ever forgot?
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The way it ended, he’ll never get respect in this town.
He had respect. Even the knuckle-draggers had come to give it to him. Then things ended the way that they did. I wonder how many Packers fans cheered for Favre with the Jets and how many revelled in his failure?
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I’m engaged to a Packers fan. When Fav-ruh left Green Bay I bought her an adorable little Tom Brady jersey and we never spoke about Fav-ruh again.
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Tom Brady should be hung, drawn and quartered. Along with every other member of that team who shall not be named.
We’re going to have issues.
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Wrong
Don’t talk about Brady like that here. There’s places where you can get away with that (see New York) but they are likely infested with sub-humans.
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fuckin chuds
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Tom who?
He’s not sowing up on any NHL roster. I have no idea who this could be.
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by Travis Hair on Apr 22, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Don’t worry I hate everything to do with New York too. I just can’t stand Captain Fantastic in Boston.
If you hate New York then you’re a Boston fan. Welcome aboard.
What size Sox hat do you need?
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One shaped like a nucleur bomb so I can drop it on Yankee Stadium during the next Sawx/Yanx series. Both cities can burn for all I care.
I don’t see why you hate Boston. We ended the Yankees dynasty in comical fashion.
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by Travis Hair on Apr 22, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
WOOOO
GO SOX GO PATS
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 22, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Point proven ;-)
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by Travis Hair on Apr 22, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I should love the city of Boston, but I don’t. Whenever I’ve visited I feel like I’m in a satellite town of a major centre…in terms of travelling, I’ll take New York, Washington, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Savannah, over Boston every time.
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Savannah is really nice.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 22, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
And it’s great fun going to see the Sand Gnats play ball.
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Sure
But they didn’t just end the Yankees dynasty they absolutely destroyed it and it the most comical fashion ever. Whenever a team goes down 3-0 for the rest of history it will get brought up. That’s awesome.
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So awesome. It was a great time to be going to college in Connecticut.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 22, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't know
Blowing a 3-0 lead is embarrassing and the Yanks deserve all the stick they get for it.
However, sucking shit for 86 years is worse.
2053, here we come!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 22, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I could tell you
but my language would get severely NSFW.
And Clawson’s right. You became Evil Empire 2: Electric Boogaloo.
"If rubbing frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right."
He never had respect like Gilmour and Clark did. That’s my point. That’s why I was fighting with morons as a kid. Hell, not even a kid, in like grade 12.
And you can’t tell me he had respect like those two before him.
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That big ass standing ovation we gave Mats Sundin shows him absolutely no respect. Why won’t we respect Mats?
Clawson, dude, where’s the hatred for Gilmour asking out of town?
Why isn’t it talked about every 2 fucking days on this site?
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I’m sure, eyebeleaf, that if this site was active back in the ‘90s when Gilmour did his little “Please trade me” whine, the discussions would have roared on….
But it wasn’t and everyone’s since got over it.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
you’re right…the sundin issue just happened…
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Give it ten years and everyone will have forgotten.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't yell at me, eyebleaf
But I’m guessing part of the reason Gilmour asking out of town isn’t talked about every two days on this site is because it didn’t happen recently. Plus, he’s retired, so that helps. Talk to us in a few years and we’ll see if you’re right.
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agreed, i just said that above, the wound is still fresh.
i’m fucked up, i know. i don’t know why this all continues to rile me. just seeing tweets like DGB’s, and then PPP re-tweeting it, and then seeing it as a message to me on the site…it’s like fuuuuuuuuuuck…why can’t people just move on?
but i get it…
i’m kind of amazed that we can do this every couple of weeks. it just goes to show how passionate all of us are…and that’s never a bad thing
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Because it it fresh for everyone
for you, for me, for the rest of the gang here. Even for Mats, I’d assume.
So, just as some people here get hurt by the fact that he’s playing for Vancouver (vomit) and revel in any possible failiures (real or perceived), you’re going to get hurt by any real or perceived slander against him. Everyone needs to calm down and hug.
Also? I can’t believe you actually included Welly in your “I hope they win a cup” statement. Mats? I can see that? But Welly? He never did anything but eat all the donuts.
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I like Wellwood. Always have. Donuts, and all.
I like him more b/c everyone around here hates him.
Same with Sundin. I’m more entrenched in my pro-Sundin stance b/c of all the hatred spewed at him here
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I can understand your love of Sundin. I don’t condone it but I get it.
But your undying love for Wellwood is just fucking insane. There is no understanding it. He is a useless piece of shit. The fact that he scored a playoff goal devalues the entire exercise.
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can
I love Sundin but not love the Nucks?
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Sure. If your love doesn’t include him winning a cup.
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Really?
So, you say black simply because someone else says white? That’s not a healthy way to live.
And I used to like Wellwood. Then he mouthed off about crap, and now he’s dead to me.
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Because it's funny
It was a funny observation and I tweaked your nose. Like when I put up a post about United losing 4-1 to Liverpool. Mattblack doesn’t respond though. He’s less fun to troll.
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I hope we crush them in the derby so you guys can take the League. I might have to kill if United wins again.
God
Liverpool will screw it up :(
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PLUS!
Dougie came back.
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Maybe because Dougy accepted the fact that the team was shit and wanted out? Or maybe because Dougy didn’t claim that he couldn’t imagine himself not going on the full journey with a team to win the Cup? Or maybe he wasn’t talking about retiring as a Leaf? You know instead of talking about how a team that was full of a bunch of lazy bastards who wanted everything on a platter for them had a chance at the playoffs when they really didn’t.
Toronto loves honesty (if you don’t work for the media) and Mats gave us the opposite and we still put it aside to give him a standing ovation in enemy colours in our own arena. But he plays for Vancouver, a team with a bunch of idiot fans who hate us for no reason. So why the fuck should I cheer for him to do something for them they he couldn’t do for us?
I’m not asking you to cheer for him or the Canucks. Never have. Never will.
I’m asking for the nonsense surrounding his Leafs legacy to stop. Clearly, you don’t understand that.
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You mean how I have constantly appaulded him for his efforts during the pre-2004 years? His legacy turned to shit after the lockout. The huge goal-less drought, the whole “October-June” speal and the shitty dressing room shouldn’t have happened.
Dougie did ask to retire a Leaf when things went south back in ’95 or whenever the hell it was.
Between Stavro going bankrupt, Fletcher being told to sell everything that wasn’t nailed down and Mike Murphy coaching like Barry Melrose in Tampa Bay, there was no way Gilmour was retiring a Leaf.
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So he asked for a lifetime contract and didn’t get it? So he asked to be moved? Meh…at least he tried more than someone I know.
He asked to be moved, then he asked for the lifetime contract. The order is vitally important.
If this board was around back then, Dougie would be burned in effigy. Those were ugly days.
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Good for him and us that it wasn’t. I can now pretend it never happened because I was 12. I was not an adult and fully aware of what was going on.
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Was that at the old Civic Centre? I saw many a 67s game there, but never managed to see the Sens.
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don’t worry eyebeleaf… I’m still with you.
I may have had a bet with the hubby that if the Canucks swept, he’s allowed to buy me a real canucks t-shirt. Like one that will clearly identify me as cheering for the canucks.
Thing is, after that game last night, I’m not as pissed as I thought I would be that I lost…
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Incredible
You’re the only person in history to make my “dead-to-me” list twice
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woot!
I’d been worrying. We’ve been incredibly civil to eachother lately.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Karina, you rock.
And clearly after 4 games of watching them, you’re seeing the light that they’re a great hockey team. lots of character and skill over there. mitchell and kes blocking shots…burrows with big goals…and luongo…oh, swoooon
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they have incredible character, it’s true.
I still have doubts about them making it past detroit. Their top end talent on Offence and Defense can’t touch Detroit’s. It’ll all be up to Luongo in that series.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Detroit is going to absolutely humiliate Vancouver, should it come to that.
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they may. But Vancouver also happened to play them very closely in the season, and does well in tight matches.
Still. I hope they don’t make it to the final.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
care to make a wager?
put your money where your fingers are, jammies
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Detroit is sleepwalking past Columbus.
Luongo’s a lot lot lot lot lot better than Osgood but I’ll take any one of: Lidstrom Datsyuk Hossa Zetterberg Franzen Holmstrom over anyone on the Canucks roster.
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OK, so bet me.
$100?
$200?
put your money where your mouth is.
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I’d consider making a wager but I hate both teams and don’t want to have to care about said series.
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oh come on, man.
let’s put the jammies on the line.
i’ll buy them for you if the canucks lose.
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I already own them. We’ll talk later, I’m going to lunch.
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Character?
They give a good effort and they try hard but character is about the last thing I would say the Canucks have. From Wellwood taking potshots at the Leafs to Sundin’s entire saga to Bieksa’s constant cheapshots to Kesler ripping on Backes’ wife character is something that they do not have.
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uh
Burrows? Mitchell?
Sure they get a couple of cheapies – usually Kesler and Bieksa, which ticks me off. But Mitchell, especially, is about as loveable as a non-Leaf defenseman could ever be. I also have fondness for O’Brien. His favourite player is Wendel Clark!
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
FUCK O'BRIEN!
I used to play against him in our childhood :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS6wL5Mr3Qg
Still f’n hilarious. Never gets old…
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by Travis Hair on Apr 22, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha
I know. But that just makes me want to give him a hug.
He’s shown some real growth in the playoffs. Nice outlet passes, and is finally learning not to take the dumb penalties. Sometimes you can see him standing there thinking, looking like he wants to do something stupid but, I’m sure, repeating Alain Vigneault’s voice in his head.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m sure Tucker never said ANYTHING about someone’s wife…
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I don’t know that I’d use the word character to describe him either.
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jammies!!!!!1
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Yes my soft jammies keep me warm when I root for the Leafs through the cold winter of a rebuild.
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I just thought it was interesting. Just one of those flukes that shows up in numbers every now and then. That’s why I called it an “odd” stat, as opposed to “telling” or “not surprising”, etc.
What did I say about Mogilny?
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by Down Goes Brown on Apr 22, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
On the subject of Mats....
quite possibly one of the 5 greatest Leafs of all time.
If you deny that, you’re stupid.
He was an amazing player for the Leafs and was an integral part of this team
The Canucks are on a great streak right now, but facing off against the Blues is NOTHING like having to face Calgary or Chicago in the next round.
All that said, if you wish to talk Canucks, kindly do it over here
I was once an unabashed Sundin hater. I’m over him now, and I suggest everyone else do the same and leave Eyebleaf be to cheer on one of the greatest players we’ve ever had the good fortune to watch play.
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by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Yes
But razzing Eyebleaf playfully is ever so much fun
Although I suppose some peeps may not understand that
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some peeps being me, I assume.
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it is...
like the issue of Sundin, getting old.
seriously.
and seriously, this is not a Canucks blog…
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by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Ahead of Syl Apps, Johnny Bower, Frank Mahovlich, King Clancy, Borje Salming?
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George Armstrong, Teeder Kennedy…too?
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
the rankings will forever be subjective.
he is ONE of the greatest Leafs ever. Period. Where he fits in the final standings, that’s up to you and your God. But there’s no denying what he accomplished here.
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quite possibly...
greatness is subjective.
depnds on how you’re defining it.
if you use the cups won argument, then you’re saying wendel clark sucks, so define it as you will.
that said, go back through the archives when Mats was still on the Leafs and read what you said about him. i haven’t bothered, I just decided that, when he was a Leaf, he was awesome.
all this other bullshit is fucking old…so SICK of this argument.
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by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
how can you compare players of different eras, that we never saw play?
yes, some of those players won cups. in a 6-team league.
yes, mats is the all-time leading leaf scorer. he played in an era of longer seasons of course, but even still he’s had a longer and more consistent career than just about anyone.
totally subjective of course. but if you’ve only watched the Leafs from the 80s onwards, to say Mats isn’t one of the best 3 Leafs you’ve personally seen play, that’d be pretty surprising.
I remember when Mats took the puck off the face in the first game of the 2005 season, such a sinking feeling in my gut. First game in, and I knew our season was over.
He was an awesome Leaf, he’s now a Canuck.
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by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
God
Yeah, me too. I thought his career was over and almost cried.
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"How could FTB generate 100 comments?"
…. i thought to myself.
of course – SUNDIN talk. i love it.
eyebeleaf, you know i’m with you man, although my level of agitation at all this chatter is probably a 7 to your 10.
hopefully mats comes back next series and actually starts to have an impact. otherwise i may have to stop not cheeering against the canucks.
There should be some sort of rule added so that when new peeps join PPP they know not to poke eyebeleaf about Sundin…
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
a little disclaimer, please…
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I’m down with his pro-Sundin love, cuz I share that love, but it is against every fibre of my being to cheer for any Canadian team that is not called the Toronto Maple Leafs
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Also
add to the disclaimer that Karina is the Devil-Woman
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Karina rules.
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she’s pure evil though
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I love everyone!
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
of course Mabel, how could not?
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I threaten to beat you up a lot. That can reduce feelings of love in some people.
And I love you too Jared.
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yeah, ive been hearing that beating up thing all my life. It stopped having an effect a loooong time ago
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
tough love…what everyone needs…and not enough people give
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Like I’ve said before, I’d have been cheering for the Rangers had Mats signed there.
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Canucks…Vancouver, in general. Sundin going there just put it all over the top. I wanted him to go there. It was a nice fit for me, personally.
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hahahaha
I think we might be getting cabin fever from no Leafs in the playoffs…
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You guys should pull a Varlamov and pretend that you don’t speak English when you see Sundin jabs.
Don’t worry, if Schenn ever pulls the same shit I’ll disavow any previous feelings for him too.
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NEW TOPIC
The NHL PLAYOFFS ARE THE BEST.
Discuss.
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You know who’s in the playoffs?
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!@%*!@$*
Ok, so we’re going to do this?
Mats Sundin: bad leader or worst leader?
Discuss.
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by a country mile: Alfredsson!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
alfredsson doesnt even qualify as a leader
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
was it Koivu who got out-skated at the end of the game on Monday?
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yes, wasnt it ever so comedic?
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
he’s all about effort
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I KID, I KID.
Let’s not go down this route.
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Ok, we’ll draw down from Defcon 1.
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Just nuke this place and rebuild I guess…
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by Travis Hair on Apr 22, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
i say we take off and nuke the site from orbit, only way to be sure
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The b-2s are in the air as we speak.
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RUN!!!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
i was just kidding c-PPP-0.
let’s not go there anymore, this has been beaten to death. time will heal all wounds, and mats will be remembered as one of the best leafs of all time.
to me, mats is like that ex who broke up with me for good reason, and I know I was a dick, but im still pissed at her for leaving, so she is a bitch even though I still love her
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
nice analogy…very fitting…that bitch!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, one day, out of the blue, after we are both totally moved on, we’ll meet for coffee and be best of friends again
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
you know that day will be sooner than you think…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
i prefer not to dwell on it, i have a new love
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
you got it
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Some of you are the guy that goes over to the ex’s place to fix her plumbing (that’s what she said), replace doorknobs, listen to her problems, and replace the intimacy that she isn’t getting from the new guy that is rocking her world.
In short: you’re cuddle bitches (p.s. a great and hilarious site)
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I just get drunk and pine some times
but my new love keeps me warm at nights
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
and that dood is just saying what everyone already knows…NHL is the bestest at everything…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
NCAA Hockey tourney wiped the floor with the NCAA basketball tourney, too.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 22, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
and that dood is just saying what everyone already knows…NHL hockey is the bestest at everything…
/fixed!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
NHL Playoffs ARE the best
that guy has it right. There’s nothing like sudden death overtime. Why does the NBA get so many time outs? It’s basketball, you throw a ball at an unguarded net – seems dumb to me.
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To be fair
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 22, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Here’s a strange phenomenon, I would agree that Mats Sundin is one of the all time greatest Leafs.
But if I were to make a list of the five greateast Leafs I’ve been fortunate enough to see play the game live (and I’m talking peak value here) Mats doesn’t make the list:
1. Sittler
2. Gilmour
3. Salming
4. Clark
5. Vaive
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My memories of Gilmour and Clark are obviously tinged by 1993 but Mats left me in awe more often than anyone else I have ever seen wear the Maple Leaf.
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exactly. my “holy shit mats sundin is a fucking ox” memories outnumber the closest competitor at least 3 to 1.
watching him absolutely dominate below the goal line or tossing defenders off on a one on one rush are some of my finest memories
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
i think i might cry.
this is the type of stuff i want to see about mats around here.
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yeah, but he’s still a bitch!
god i miss him
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
i never saw sittler play, and never saw salming in his prime.
mats is ahead of vaive, clark and gilmour for me easily, just based on consistency/length of contribution.
mats is ahead of vaive, clark and gilmour for me easily, just based on consistency/length of contribution.
I can see that. It’s why I said “peak value”
If you want longevity or consistency, Mats is your man. But if you want peak contribution, he doesn’t make my list.
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I wish I saw that crusty bastard Dave Keon play…he was my dad’s favourite…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
1. Dougie
2. Sundin
3. Clark
4. Vaive
5. Potvin
Never saw Vaive or Sittler…
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by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
the power of positive thinking!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
favourite Leafs for me has not a lot to do with how good a hockey player they were, but how much I enjoyed watching em
1- Clark
2- Dougie
3- Mats
4- Tucker
5- Potvin
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
1 – Sundin
2 – Dougie
3 – Clark
4 – Sundin
5 – Sundin & Kaberle
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once for every time he came back from injury?
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I read these lists and feel old.
Sittler doesn’t get enough love. I guess it’s a generational thing. He nearly won the Art Ross trophy and was crazy good.
Gilmour’s performance back in ‘93 was jaw dropping. I’ve never seen another player carry a team like that.
Salming makes Kaberle look like a minor-atom player. Dude could skate and gain the zone like nobody’s business. Was tough as nails too. Leafs all-time assist leader.
I have a love hate relationship with Clark. At his best, he was amazing. Unfortunately, he was hurt so often that he just became a shell of his former self. At his peak he was scary.
Vaive could hit, fight and score 50 goals. One of the few bright spots of the early 80s.
Lanny MacDonald almost made my list. I remember when he was chasing 50 back in the late 70s. That guy was a great sniper.
Mats’ career is easily number 1 for me, but in terms of peak performance, he comes in 6th or 7th on my list.
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Lanny is one guy that gets missed a lot…like Turnbull
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Turnbull and McKennie had huge potential and just never made the jump to the next level.
Randy Carlyle was another very talented Leaf D.
Bitter Leaf Fan: a life-long Toronto Maple Leafs fan comments on the team, the media and the exasperation...
yeah, its hard to pick a player when you never got to watch him, for me Dougie and Clark were the catalists to my Leaf fandom. I was the perfect age in 93 to be smitten by them forever.
Lanny, Iafrate, Vaive, Salming, Sittler and Keon all get mad respect, but I cant say they were favourites when I never got to experience them
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
i was 10 years old during the 92/93 season…
arguably the greatest season of my life.
A Toronto sports blog, where we unequivocally and unapologetically support the home team, and Mats Sundin, the GREATEST TORONTO MAPLE LEAF EVER...
PLAYOFFS!!!!1
same, it was also the first time my dad let me stay up to watch the full games, OT and all.
such good times
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not sure I was ever as quiet, silent, and dejected as I was in the aftermath of losing game 7 to the Kings…
I’ll always remember Burnsy patting Dougie on the back as he skated off the ice…what a warrior.
A Toronto sports blog, where we unequivocally and unapologetically support the home team, and Mats Sundin, the GREATEST TORONTO MAPLE LEAF EVER...
PLAYOFFS!!!!1
No argument
Greatest (and worst) season of my life so far.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
I wish I was old enough to remember Bobby Orr. He was still playing when I started going to Leaf games, but he only put in about 40 games between 1976 and 79.
I saw Dave Keon absolutely kill the Leafs once back in 1979 or ’80 when he played for the Whalers. My dad took perverse delight in the results. I still get angry thinking about it.
Bitter Leaf Fan: a life-long Toronto Maple Leafs fan comments on the team, the media and the exasperation...
My top 5 are:
1. Killer
2. Sundin
3. Clark
4. Salming
5. Vaive
Running over terribleness in search for something positive about the Leafs. Anything? Anyone?!
by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 12:18 PM EDT reply actions
Yes
He is. Poor bastard.
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Go Everton!
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Five For Howling
by Travis Hair on Apr 22, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Good Point
Only positive Liverpool talk in hockey threads.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
is there such a thing?
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok so I am up early and there are 315 comments here? Wowwwww.
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
Now Princess Game Thread.
by Wrap Around Curl on Apr 22, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions
Sundin was brought up
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
noobs baiting eyebeleaf ‘cause they don’t know any better
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Um, not exactly Karina
There’s more to it than that. And let’s not act like eyebleaf is some sort of innocent.
"If rubbing frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right."
some gentle sparing among friendlies
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
oh no
I know, just how it started. It sure got out of control fast.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
shoulda
inserted the word unintentionally before baiting. Hence my suggestion that a warning be given for new people who sign up, so we don’t have to go through this again.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh I’m completely innocent.
It’s my middle name.
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
and if you notice above, the comment begins: FOR EYEBLEAF
that’s bait. i just fall for it every time. so i’m an idiot. but that doesn’t mean it’s not bait.
A Toronto sports blog, where we unequivocally and unapologetically support the home team, and Mats Sundin, the GREATEST TORONTO MAPLE LEAF EVER...
PLAYOFFS!!!!1
Never said it wasn't
Wait, you know what? I’m sorry I said anything. I just wanted everyone to take some responsibility, in the hopes that it would stop it. Next time, I won’t bother.
"If rubbing frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right."
i'm with you...
let’s go have a drink.
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
can I get in on the going for a drink thing….it heals wounds
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re both welcome to join me for a drink. To the bar!
"If rubbing frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right."
i call not DD
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I…um…lost my car…
Running over terribleness in search for something positive about the Leafs. Anything? Anyone?!
by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t have a car, and live on the subway line for a reason.
"If rubbing frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right."
i live in California. It’s a law that I own two cars.
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Why don't we just take a taxi?
That way, we can all booze it up without worry.
"If rubbing frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right."
shotgun!
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
trunk!
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
which is where i keep the shotgun!
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll just sit the back, like a normal person.
"If rubbing frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right."
I’ll take a seat…possibly the roof…I might even stand!…and the subway route is a wise place to live…that’s why I live on it…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re good people, BTD.
"If rubbing frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right."
ditto.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
what’s responsibility?
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
You may be an idiot, eyeb-
But you’re OUR idiot.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
Mine is Schennanigans...
…so I can take some blame for it. Plus we all know that there is a bunch of hugging out afterwards. We’re just waiting till Vancouver gets knocked out and eyebleaf comes to his senses. /bait
Ahhhh. So no one will offended if I don’t read the prior comments?
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
Now Princess Game Thread.
by Wrap Around Curl on Apr 22, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
course not, how could we ever get mad at you?
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
indeed, you will be saved much frustration and the feeling of being in a time warp.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
i will...
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, kudo with the Shaun of the Dead reference, MB.
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
Now Princess Game Thread.
by Wrap Around Curl on Apr 22, 2009 12:55 PM EDT reply actions
Uhm no I don’t.
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
Now Princess Game Thread.
by Wrap Around Curl on Apr 22, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Do I really?
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
Now Princess Game Thread.
by Wrap Around Curl on Apr 22, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
Gustavsson: " It would be a dream to play (in Toronto). It is probably the most famous team in the world. With such great fans, I’m told it is a great place to play."
I think I’m in love.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 1:14 PM EDT reply actions
swooooon.
Should I make cookies?
Gustavsson Loves Karina?
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
Now Princess Game Thread.
by Wrap Around Curl on Apr 22, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
if he signs for the Leafs, he clearly loves me.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
in this pic here...
clearly he’s saying “I love you THIS Much Karina”
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
that jersey is both fail and win
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
strange that I like it too.
I dislike his pads being the colours of the Dallas Stars though.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
and dallas too!
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
and dallas’ mom’s couch!
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Funny that’s what I said about the Flyers.
Ain't nothing but puck drops and poke checks, babydoll.
Now Princess Game Thread.
by Wrap Around Curl on Apr 22, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
oh Karina...
it gets better…
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Apr 22, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
ahhhhh
that just made me squee. And I don’t squee.
by Karina on Apr 22, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
/tents fingers
excelllent
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 22, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
and the jade monkey....in the glove conpartment, sir....excellent
everything is falling into place…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Apr 22, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm
Why do I feel like the guy who flicked a cigarette out the window, then came back later in the day to find the entire block burned down?
Down Goes Brown - Unapologetically nostalgic for the past. Brutally realistic about the present. Grudgingly optimistic about the future.
by Down Goes Brown on Apr 22, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions
That's Bay St., BTW - old City Hall at the end.
Great Fire of 1904.
Online archives. Can’t beat ’em.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
I spend hours*
writing these and then you come along and start something like that….
*0.2 hours.
You've had all your word nourishment for one day.
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