Sugar High

goddamn man, get well soon and take of that injury! thanks for posting (and welcome abroad). It’s a great video! I’ll check out the rest of your videos and hopefully learn more about hockey down under. Do they always do a form of the Haka before sporting events? Because that’s awesome! I really would love to Leafs to do it Game One against the Lollipop Guild (does anyone else see them climbing up Hal Gill in terror?!) but I imagine the league would frown upon it.

Welcome, and great video!

Take care of that injury, man – glad to hear that the prognosis is good.

Jesus. Sorry to hear about the neck. Get well soon! Will you be able to play again after the brace comes off?

Thanks for joining the site, I’ll check out the nudie videos when I’m not at work.

Just as a word of warning, there’s a bit of nudity so it might not be something for those who don’t like that stuff or have a weak stomach.

Or to make it easier next time: NSFW

good luck with the recovery, mate.

Hopefully you can get back to playing hockey and release truculence on the NZ hockey world.

So sorry to hear about your neck. I hope you have a speedy recovery.

I played with a guy a few years back who was one year removed from a broken neck and the whole head-screw neck brace contraption. It was amazing to see him come back on the ice and play in our men’s league. I don’t know that I’d have the stones to do it.

Welcome, thanks for joining and hope your recovery is speedy and complete!

I was in NZ in 2005. Awesome country. I was mostly in Wellington, but took a trip to Kaikoura as well. Went on a nice hike.

I have a question: is Haka just a Maori thing, or has it been adopted by all?

I love the haka. I spent one afternoon reading up on it. It’s truly something great, I think.

Good luck with your recovery.

Wow, hockey in New Zealand… hockey’s world domination will soon be complete!

Also, the haka is the greatest pregame ritual in any sport, anywhere, unless and until proven otherwise.

that was great.

here’s another one: Dany Heatley: Well Done

for sharp, I think x to the B is gone

I assume you have to be a never nude to eat it.

How can that be called a Tobias if it doesn’t include any bangers in the mouth. Oh I forgot, over here, we call them sausages in the mouth.

Believe me, I considered it. But I think I’ve used it before.

This is why you’re fat is kind of disappointing. Let me show you my recipe for deep friend butter. Go Flyers!

Excuse me, that’s in section 11.9 (e)

any current SPC or with respect to Deferred Compensation earned under a prior SPC

Nothing there mentions future SPCs. He’ll still be getting every penny he is entitled to under his current SPC.

To answer my question as UFAs under Fletcher post-Muskoka Five we signed Finger and Hagman. Most people agree we overpaid for Finger.

Given two teams both with equal salaries, good teammates, good system, good cities, would you sign with the one that HAS buried players in their prime in the minors for three years or the one that hasn’t?

I’d argue that under the current cap system a player isn’t likely going to find himself in such a situation where the decisive factor is whether a team has stashed salary in the minors. By your own admission it’s already at least the 5th decision criteria without taking into account previous relationships with players or management, playing time, opportunities outside of hockey.

I’ll concede that it’s possible that it is a decision factor because never having been an NHL player or signed one to a contract I don’t know that it’s not somewhere in the matrix but it would be way down the list.

The rest is just hypotheticals that we were discussing. As you noted, Fletcher was able to sign two UFAs. Not necessarily big guys but they are two guys that would have cause to think that their might be negative consequences if they played poorly especially at their salaries.

If the Leafs are a precedent, the cap hit won’t count and then if the Hawks lose it will count and they’ll get screwed over.

Yes but he was injured.

well they are wearing all black, maybe its a tribute?

As some people have already commented on, the Haka is NOT just an All Black thing. It’s a traditional chant/“dance” perfomed by polynesian men. It’s become synonymous with the All Blacks because they do it as a war chant before their matches. It is also done as a sign of respect at funerals, and it’s also performed by other sports teams (unfortunately it seems to happen too much so it’s losing it does lose its lustre at times). I’m a Canadian living down here and out of respect I would never do the Haka myself. The one in my video that I put up is the New Zealand national ice hockey team, which is mostly comprised of kiwis. To be a part of that team you must first become a New Zealand citizen. The video that was posted on here was done by the Ice Blacks as well, and again it would have been either kiwis on the ice or players who have become New Zealand citizens. Just to let you know, there are All Blacks that aren’t Kiwis (or more importantly Maori’s) that do the Haka, and it has caused some tension when they are playing against teams that contain some New Zealand born players.

Just so it’s clear though, it’s not necessarily a New Zealand thing, it’s a Polynesian thing, so there are countries in the south pacific that do the Haka (Tonga does a version before a lot of their matches too).

Sorry, just wanted to clear the air there……and I can’t help it, I have a lot of time on my hands being stuck at home in a neck brace all the time!

Cheers!