Rick Nash Re-Signs in Columbus - The Dream is Dead

Finally, we can start being irrational about someone else!

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Ya bummer. I just made a post about free agents next year, and fuck!

Anyways, get this guy some fucking teammates over there Blue Jackets!

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by Cat Smasher on Jul 3, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jared

is going to beat something when he gets back from camping.

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

also

I got a text from TSN telling me of this, which is what woke me up from a nap.
I kinda wanna beat something myself.

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who will be the next irrational great white hope?

2010 UFAs

Lidstrom
Luongo
Kovalchuk
Marc Savard
Boogaard

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by mf37 on Jul 3, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

clearly

Boogaard is the class of that group.
But I think Tavares will be the next one to caush the type of fever the idea of signing Rick Nash caused.

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Karina…that would be in 3 years for Tavares.I believe that Brayden Schenn will prove to be the better overall player by then and will be a Leaf when he is able to sign an offer sheet…in 3 or 4 years.

by wayne scarlett on Jul 4, 2009 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Zack Kassian, please.

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jul 3, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I get the feeling Kassian is going to go one of two ways: Milan Lucic or Pat Kavanagh.

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by mf37 on Jul 3, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think he has Lucic’s raw skill, but, man, is he a menace on the ice. Watch that prospect interview, mf, he’s a really interesting kid.

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jul 3, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i would take kovalchuk…

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by sleza on Jul 4, 2009 2:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As would I, but he’s not leaving ATL. It’s like my love of Alexander Semin – he ain’t coming to the Leafs, so I’ll have to watch him afar.

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by bkblades on Jul 4, 2009 2:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey, semin stays in washington…. or then i’ll jump to toronto’s bandwagon

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by sleza on Jul 4, 2009 2:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clowe also re-upped, I think he had been discussed of someone of interest.. I think it was a day or two ago, didn’t see it fanshottered

by LeafFanInVan on Jul 3, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah

but that was more of wanting to trade for him. He put the Sharks right at the cap, and they need to sign a number of players. So there’s still some (faint) hope.

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it didn’t really seem like a sign-n-trade, but who knows. I bet they’d be more likely to try to move one of the big guns of marleau or thornton if possible.. Thornton yes, although I dunno if wilson likes him..

by LeafFanInVan on Jul 3, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t know if Wilson likes any of their big guns (I’m still hoping we get Cheechoo though)

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you think Cheechoo can re-gain his form? A $3M cap hit is a lot to carry for a guy who’s NHL goal production is almost a perfect bell curve: 9, 28, 56, 37, 23, 12.

Smells a bit too much like Mark Bell to me.

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by mf37 on Jul 3, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pavelski and Cheech (the former more so than the latter) are the two i’d target if the Sharks are in dump mode.

or Michalek, but I don’t think he’s going anywhere…

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by blurr1974 on Jul 3, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’d like Pavelski too. He’s an american, isn’t he?

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yup

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by blurr1974 on Jul 3, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sweet

means Burke and Wilson are probably going to be quite familiar with him, too….

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’d love Pavelski on the Leafs – he was a huge part of SJ’s PK and Mirtle named him one of the top defensive forwards in the game.

But there’s no way he can be considered a salary dump. His $1.6M cap hit is one of their better value contracts.

I can’t see Pavelski being traded as it just doesn’t move the needle on their cap situation.

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by mf37 on Jul 3, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pavelski and Michalek

for Tlusty and a bag of pucks should give them about $4M or so in cap space back…

bags of pucks are hard to come by.

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by blurr1974 on Jul 3, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think

he’ll ever be a 50 goal scorer again, but I don’t see why he can’t get back up to 20-30. He was used on the third line all season last year, I don’t know if he even got PP time. But he is a heart and soul player who brings intangibles. He was also one of the few Sharks to score multiple times in the playoffs.

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t mean to be a grump, but I think $3M is too much to pay for a guy that might hit 20+ goals – especially since the Leafs will have to trade someting to San Jose to get him.

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by mf37 on Jul 3, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

meh

there’s a reason I’m not a GM.

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love him and would love to see him at least 2 years as a Leaf, to see if the Blue and White brings his best back, but he needs to be on a highly skilled line or we’d be wasting him.
Also, there’s some question about his health- knees I think?

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jul 3, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There was something posted on,I believe TSN a couple days ago about a 3 way deal between the Leafs..Sharks..and Hawks.Never saw or heard anything else about it,but it had me looking at the rosters to see what might be enticing….I won’t put anything out there as even an alledged rumor,but we all can dream.Then comes word about Barker and Versteeg…hmmmm!!

by wayne scarlett on Jul 4, 2009 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

MLHS has some heavy speculation about that going on continuously, wayne.

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by kidkawartha on Jul 4, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Again I Say

Stupid Reality.

Now he gets to spend most of the rest of his career with the Bluejackets.
Good job, Rick.

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Albert Einstein

by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 3, 2009 8:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I feel

that he has been stupified by the water in Brampton. It does things to people, I tell you. He should never have gone back there in the summer.

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I Guess

We could always revert back to the Pre-Burke strategy and sign superstars that are well past their prime.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 3, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

8 more years until NASH!!1

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 3, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or we could go the Montreal route, and pay third-tier stars first-tier money after they had second-tier contract years. That’s an option too.

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by clrkaitken on Jul 3, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait a sec...

you mean that’s NOT what we just did with Komisarek??

by Richard S. Argent on Jul 3, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

HA!

love it.

Welcome, and thanks for joining PPP.

Couldn’t agree more with your comment.

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by blurr1974 on Jul 4, 2009 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey!

Blurr found an ally!

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by Karina on Jul 4, 2009 2:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

heh

Maybe.

Welcome, thanks for joining.

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by PPP on Jul 4, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey that isn’t the montreal route at all…that is known as the JFJ master plan.

by wayne scarlett on Jul 4, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

So when do we find out that Komisarek got a NMC?

by Resolute on Jul 5, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Limited NMC, he submits a twelve team list every September, he can only be traded to those teams for that year.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 5, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think the bluejackets look like they’re on the cusp of being a very dangerous team for a very long time.

Brassard
Filatov
Nash
Umberger
Vermette
Voracek

Lots of skill and youth right there. Mason in net…ya i’d stick around to

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by blurr1974 on Jul 3, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you mean

guys like to look at the quality of the team when signing? I thought all Toronto boys would ALWAYS just wanna wear the blue & white…

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is Brule permanently broken now? I liked him on the giants..

by LeafFanInVan on Jul 3, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i thought he was in the oilers system, part of the Torres trade.

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by blurr1974 on Jul 3, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yup

from what I hear, they expect him to get a shot at the NHL this year

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by Karina on Jul 4, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My thoughts exactly.

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by ingmarWbergman on Jul 4, 2009 6:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t want to sound like a prick, but post-lockout:

Blue Jackets Playoff Record: 0-4
Maple Leafs Playoff Record: 0-0

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by ingmarWbergman on Jul 4, 2009 6:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey Prick!

Just kidding. Looks like we’ve got the same record to me: 0 playoff wins.

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by PPP on Jul 4, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not a lot to brag about, considering this is the first time ever the BJ’s make the playoffs

And from now on, I refer to them as the BJ’s

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 4, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

’Tis better to have been in the playoffs and lost
Than never to have been in the playoffs at all.

by ronniech on Jul 4, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like something someone who went 0-4 in the playoffs would say ;)

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by PPP on Jul 4, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know, I’m betting Tennyson never made the playoffs at all. He was kind of a shitty skater, not to mention the worst hands I had ever seen.

by ronniech on Jul 4, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, I’m thinking if I’m not even going to win a single game in the playoffs, I’d rather have the draft pick thanks very much.

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by clrkaitken on Jul 4, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thank God

Ok, that solves that. Now we just need Brayden Schenn to sign a contract.

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by PPP on Jul 3, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But wait...

Who’s going to play on the line with Kovalchuk next year now?

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by Archimedies on Jul 3, 2009 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Antropov

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by mf37 on Jul 3, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

woah

did anyone see this?
Chicago may not have filed their paper work for their qualifying offers properly which may mean that Versteeg, Barker and others are UFA’s…..

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by Karina on Jul 3, 2009 8:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Fanshotted

More fun speculation!

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by PPP on Jul 3, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BALLSSSSSSSSSS.

(843): the red head has a bf
(1-843): just because there's a goalie doesn't mean u can't score

by wrap around curl on Jul 3, 2009 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well this just sucks

…and proves that Columbus isn’t managed by idiots. Sucks he won’t be a Leaf…unless they’d take Kaberle for him!

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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 3, 2009 9:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

god damn

by daoust on Jul 3, 2009 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

7.5 mil cap hit for Gomez, 7.8 mil cap hit for Nash…

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 3, 2009 10:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

the gomez albatross,er…I mean contract,is just another speedbump on the road to mediocraty that nets the havenots a lottery pick for the next few years.

by wayne scarlett on Jul 4, 2009 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Say what you will about the leafs, but at least they give you suckage at a reasonable price :)

by Richard S. Argent on Jul 4, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just got home from drinkin’ 2 pitchers of beer and this is what I have to fuckin’ deal with. “Plan” can tell you just how fuckin’ pissed off I am right now, I even made my own trading card of the guy in a Leafs uni. Good friggin’ luck with the “Boo” Jackets for the next 8 years ya fuckin’ dope. I’m goin’ back for more pitchers. “I was saying FUCK YOU NASH!” Holy crap!! ARRRGH!!

by fantasyrealm.ca on Jul 4, 2009 12:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The always nasty combination of large amounts of beer and dashed hopes logically distill into rage one more time. :( for frealm.

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by kidkawartha on Jul 4, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What’s going to happen when Jared gets back from his 2 day drunkfest…

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 4, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It becomes a six day drunkfest?

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by mf37 on Jul 4, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Because Taking The Leafs Seriously Is Not An Option

by JaredFromLondon on Jul 5, 2009 10:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

….gard?

jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog

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by jrwendelman on Jul 5, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's all?

or did you hop a plane to beat people down in person for this?

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by Karina on Jul 5, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

im pushing the rage way down and pouring booze on it to make the hurting stop

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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 6, 2009 6:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe we are witnessing the evolution of JfL from “kill ’em all and let God sort ’em out” to “revenge is a dish best served cold”. Either that, or he’s just off his form due to alcohol intake and exhaustion.

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by kidkawartha on Jul 5, 2009 9:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs