Just Dropped In
by wrap around curl on Jul 15, 2009 5:00 AM EDT
in From The Branches
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Editor's Note: If you are a regular reader of this site you will likely have noticed that our Britishness has fallen by approximately 47.6%. Unfortunately, it's going to stay at precariously low levels for the foreseeable future. Mattblack had to scale back his role after finding a new job that didn't include being forced to read 500 websites for links and unfortunately he'll have to curtail his weekend participation for the time being as well. We'll always hold the door open for that Manc bastard (mostly so that I can slam it in his face) and hopefully we'll see him back soon.
In the interim, the only female Princess, Wrap Around Curl, will be taking over weekend FTB duties. If you have any links that you want to pass along for Saturday or Sunday keep in mind that she puts it together the night before around 10PM PST. Google Reader is notoriously delayed so toss her an e-mail once you publish. Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.
I know you all are just looking at the clock, waiting for the NHL schedule to come out. Be patient! Then you can start planning all your hockey adventures. I know I will be. It's another thing to occupy time until the season starts again. Off season is rough.
Here is your short list of links. Slide me anything I missed:
- Archimedies has done the fashion inventory of Rikard Wallin. Verdict? He's so Euro.
- So, the Habs think they are going to bring the ruckus with their massive size and all...
- Here is something to ponder: Will the regime change in Chicago make some trades possibly happen?
- A two-fer from Puck Daddy: more details on the Chicago fallout and would you believe it if I told you the Islanders are grooming John Tavares to take down the Pittsburgh Penguins?
- Leafs rookies will take on their counterparts from Ottawa, Boston, and Pittsburgh in Kitchener.
- Your non hockey link: Awkward Family Photos!
Lunch time powerup;
- A TSN article on Chicago and Martin Havlat's twitter. We've reached the point where twitters are news makers.
- Cycle Like the Sedins is doing a new running feature about favorite hockey memories. James was kind enough to let me kick it off so skip on over to CLS to read about just how far back this me being a Chiefs fan goes.
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Oh wow, Awkward Family Photos is great. Thank you!
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by jamestobrien on Jul 15, 2009 6:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
awkward family photos…hilarious until you realize that people are laughing at your family’s photos…I wonder if they fit the “Go Flyers” concept.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 7:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
3pm can’t come fast enough. The NHL couldn’t have scheduled their Fenway press conference any earlier?
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by Zachary Zielonka on Jul 15, 2009 7:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congratulations Montreal!
For effectively recreating our defence from three years ago; big, slow, ineffective and tear-your-eyes-out frustrating.
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by clrkaitken on Jul 15, 2009 8:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t call a d-corps with an average height of 6’2" big. Plus most of that height is from Mara and Gill who are both pylons and don’t fight.
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by Chemmy on Jul 15, 2009 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The recent additions to the Canadiens blue line make it one that rivals the Alouettes’ offensive line.
Ahahahahahahahahahaha…
Hahahahahahaha…
Ahahahahahahaha…
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… etc.
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GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11
by Winkle on Jul 15, 2009 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Canadiens’ rearguards are just about at the top of the heap in the Northeast Division, weighing an average of only 0.2 pounds less than the Bruins blue-liners do, with the towering Zdeno Chara tipping the scale in Boston’s favor. A three-way tie brings parity to the size sweepstakes with Jacques Martin’s d-men, Boston’s and Ottawa’s all averaging 6-foot-2.
What about the truculence sweepstakes, huh? I don’t hear nothing about your truculence. do you think you’ve got enough? Cos if your short some, it’s alright. We’re gonna be sharing it out.
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by article1 on Jul 15, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh, Beauchemin 6’0, Exelby 6’1, Kaberle 6’1", Finger 6’1", Schenn 6’2", Komisarek 6’4" is an average of 6’1.5".
However Beauchemin at 6’0" is a lot better than anyone in the Northeast save for Chara.
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by Chemmy on Jul 15, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d rather have a mobile d, then the Lollipop Guild and 6 Tin Men
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Size only means so much, there are plenty of big guys who don’t throw their weight around or only use it to throw dirty hits and then cower in a corner when they get challenged to fights… Chris Neil I’m looking at you. Remember, Tie Domi was a little guy but he would out-hit folks twice his size even if they were occasionally dirty and illegal.
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by Winkle on Jul 15, 2009 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the thing i find mos hilarious about that post is that it implies Gill will contribute to some sort of intimidation and or tough factor back there, sure Mara might, but Gill? Hal ’Matt Stajan is granite tough compared to me" Gill?
laughable
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 15, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hal ‘Not The Face!’ Gill?
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by article1 on Jul 15, 2009 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea I noticed that too… ahahahaha Gill hitting tough, they must have forgotten the time he played for Toronto… but I don’t blame Habs fans for that cuz I don’t think even us Leaf fans noticed him when he was here he was so invisible
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by Winkle on Jul 15, 2009 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I noticed him when 50% of the goals that he was on the ice for were deflected off of some part of his freaky giant body
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 15, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
50% of the goals against the Leafs that he was on the ice for?
So he’s McCabe Version 2.0?
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by Winkle on Jul 15, 2009 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, except he didnt direct em in by shooting them at his net
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 15, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, fair nuff.
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by Winkle on Jul 15, 2009 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, there’s a huge difference between a DION and just plain scoring on yourself!
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by Sergei Puckizin on Jul 15, 2009 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved Hal Gill. He is a great penalty killer and could shut down Jagr like nobody’s business. I was happy for him when he won the cup. But now I am morally obliged to hate him. Now it’s all about Komikazi!!!1
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by Karina on Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
I could never hate the gentle giant. He’s sort of like Koivu was now, great respect and admiration and a blind eye cast towards the logo he currently wears.
by LeafFanInVan on Jul 15, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not casting a blind eye. Can’t wait for the first habs@bruins game.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 15, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I cannot wish for Gill to win anything as long as he is a Hab.
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by Karina on Jul 15, 2009 12:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Me either. Also he sucks.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 15, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He does sort of suck, but I like him. It’s a strange conundrum. And It’s fine that he won’t win anything with the Habs, he got his ring already so he can quietly plod along.
by LeafFanInVan on Jul 15, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a local boy, so it’s good to razz him.
he can quietly plod along.
Like usual! (ba-Zing)
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 15, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yah foot speed not his forte!
Still, after putting up with crap like Berg and Lumme for extended periods of time, I have a superhuman patience level for D-men who aren’t total useless spastics.
by LeafFanInVan on Jul 15, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, he may have had the foot speed of Lumme, but at least he was smart positionally. Man, I hated Lumme. And Berg.
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by Karina on Jul 15, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think there’s anything quiet about the way the SS Hal Gill plods along!
Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!
by stucky on Jul 17, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
MattBlack may be gone, but you still have me.
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by article1 on Jul 15, 2009 9:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
dance British monkey, dance!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not drunk enough to dance.
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by article1 on Jul 15, 2009 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you could start…but then a lot of us will be jealous
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Later.
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by article1 on Jul 15, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, the Habs think they are going to bring the ruckus with their massive size and all…
- Go Flyers!
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by article1 on Jul 15, 2009 9:49 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Rec’d
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by Sergei Puckizin on Jul 15, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Martin Havlat
Great interview with Darren Dreger
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by PPP on Jul 15, 2009 10:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
something about the situation seems shady. New people want to bring in their team, and remove the old guard, and sometimes without regard to the results and the preception of the fans.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting. I read some speculation on the Second City Hockey site that the mess with the qualifying offers was basically somebody sabotaging Tallon in order tofacilitate his firing.
If Havlat’s comments about the guys on the team being behind Tallon are half correct, the Hawks have a BIG problem brewing in their room.
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by jrwendelman on Jul 15, 2009 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that it leaked out twice is very suspicious.
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by PPP on Jul 15, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is, particularly since it seems that none of the players/agents involved seemed terribly interested in significantly capitalizing on the situation (i.e. nobody pushed the envelope and filed a grievance claiming to be a UFA). That suggests that the leaks were from inside the ’Hawks rather than outside.
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by jrwendelman on Jul 15, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if any of this will make some big names bolt next year. Cue the Toews to the Leafs speculation!
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by Karina on Jul 15, 2009 11:41 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
mmmmmmm, tasty!
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
by jrwendelman on Jul 15, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t even kid!! My poor heart can’t take it!
by LeafFanInVan on Jul 15, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Hockeyanalysis.com blog on the Hawks lack of trade leverage was interesting. Burn all your “Sharp for Exelby, Tlusty and a draft pick” suggestions because they’re totally bogus now.
A minor leaguer and Matt Stajan for Versteeg and Sharp. Exelby for Sharp straight-up. Maybe Exelby and a draft pick for Sharp and Byfuglien. They’re hooped on the cap front and it will only get worse next year! The market ain’t what it used to be.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Jul 15, 2009 11:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
When they were making that initial pitch on MLHS I thought it was absolutely ridiculous. The Leafs are helping the Blackhawks. They should make out like bandits on any trade.
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by PPP on Jul 15, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed 100%. If Tlusty goes it better be for someone better than Sharp. I have had enough of the trade Tlusty crap
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by leafer1984 on Jul 15, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soooo, who wants to go to Kitchener in September?
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by leafer1984 on Jul 15, 2009 11:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
early oktoberfest road trip?
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rookie tourney
It’s only an hour drive from Toronto, and the games are prolly cheap too. See Kid Kadri dangle the Sens rookies.
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by leafer1984 on Jul 15, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sounds like fun!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
someone who goes should make a sign taunting Murray that we got Kadri
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by Karina on Jul 15, 2009 11:50 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
HAHAHHA
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by leafer1984 on Jul 15, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kitchener = not far from my home. I like this idea.
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by jrwendelman on Jul 15, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could be a decent PPP sanctioned event LOL
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by leafer1984 on Jul 15, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
could be? sounds like a party! WOOO!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I should be good to go on the Labour day game
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by leafer1984 on Jul 15, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could drag my ass from Guelph. But I’m lazy.
by Clawson on Jul 15, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I used to live in Guelph. Now I’m two time zones away. I’m so jealous…
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by Sergei Puckizin on Jul 15, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What weekend, I’m in a wedding in September. :(
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by Chemmy on Jul 15, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Starts the 6th and goes thru to the 10th.
Tickets are $15/$20
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by leafer1984 on Jul 15, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sounds doable.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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by Chemmy on Jul 15, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you missed a few U’s
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
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by Chemmy on Jul 15, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So does this mean you aren’t coming over for the Marlies games?
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by article1 on Jul 15, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn’t really say too much about it but Sharp would look great in Blue and White.
by Jawsh on Jul 15, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
heh
interesting to see that a team source said this….
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by Karina on Jul 15, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and
I don’t get this:
And the ugly
The signings of Adrian Aucoin, Jassen Cullimore, Cristobal Huet, Brian Campbell, Nikolai Khabibulin, Brent Sopel and Dustin Byfuglien, to name just a few.
If you value character at all, Aucoin, Cullimore and Khabibulin never would have received those contracts.
Sure, the were ugly contracts, but what’s with the shot at the players?
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by Karina on Jul 15, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No Idea, I haven’t really heard anything bad about them character wise before. With regards to Khabibulin maybe its because he only shows up to play in contract years?
by Jawsh on Jul 15, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe, but that’s pretty weak. And Aucoin was captain for a few years, so that seems unfounded.
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by Karina on Jul 15, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was Al Strachan the source?
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by bkblades on Jul 15, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
see link above (No)
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by Karina on Jul 15, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh, I should have word that differently, since Strach has been known to make dressing room disharmony as one of his go-to information to suggest a trade no matter how implausible or out of the blue.
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by bkblades on Jul 15, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, is that Sundin in the background of this Awkward Family Photo?
by Mirinov's Nose on Jul 15, 2009 5:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hahahahah!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 15, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He certainly is representing the Tre Konor colours well.
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