Gratuitous Amounts of Energy.
by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 8, 2009 5:00 AM EDT
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Print...WITH ALL NEW FLAVORS LIKE KOMIKAZI!!!1, HAPPY TRAILS, MONSTER, XLB, TRUCULENCE WITH REAL ORR! SOUND THE ALARM BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA BE UNCOMFORTABLY ENERGETIC. HOCKEY, YOU'LL BE GOOD AT HOCKEY....THESE AREN'T YOUR DAD'S LEAFS...THESE ARE YOUR LEAFS..BABIES, YOU'LL HAVE 400 SCHENN BABIES!
Onto the esteemed links of the family, shall we? This is your Monster(!!!1) Roundup. Of sorts;
- Brian Burke would never strong-arm a ref....would he?
- FACT:
Bears Beets Battlestar Galatica.Gustavvson protects the ACC from Mothra and Rodan. - The Spits go camping with the Leafs. Sadly no s'mores or sleeping bags are involved.
- This is the Man Wall. Really it should be called WAC's Dream House.
- Eyebleaf wants to know how my [Tlusty Scale] taste, Habs?
- Odin has a one two punch; the first is how much he hates Robot Jarome Iginla. Second: he found us cookies!
- Oh, the Lightning and Coyotes are playing preseason games in smaller arenas. People like me who live a five hour drive from Everett are crazy excited.
- The Pittsburgh Penguins obviously aren't meteorologists.
- Snow Blow Joe Sakic hangs up the skates. Vintage Joe.
If I missed something crucial, drop it in the comments. It will be remedied at some point. Probably when you are eating lunch. Use the fun new Retweet feature.
Lunchtime Update;
- Old Guys in Blue and White gives a rundown on our strapping defensemen.
- Fear The Fin has some photoshop amazingness. Ever wondered what a puppy goalie would look like? Check it out.
- Pronger. Seven Years. The joke write themselves people. Also, cap problems? In Philly? Uh, doi!
- Monster post about the MONSTER!!!1. I wanna get all James Lipton and ask him what it means to be a Monster....
- Jared is being well....Jared again.
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I really hope Monster can play in NHL as good as he played in Sweden.
Weather news in french are seriously hot though.
KENYANS! Oh wait… it’s hockey site… CANADIANS!
miss u, CR baby...u want 2 get back 2gether?
I had an update yesterday that didn’t make it into the FTB… I hope nobody thinks I’m stealing eyebleaf’s blueline theme…
I see what you're doing
sucking up to wrap isn’t going to work…or is it?
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power thirst makes everything better forever
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
She’s much to smart to fall for gratuitous flattery
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by PPP on Jul 8, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I see what you did there
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
SNAKE-EYES!
man, I could really use some of that rawberry right now! I’m effing tired!
"I'm not surprised in anything that has happened." - Brian Burke
by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 8, 2009 7:31 AM EDT reply actions
Spits News - Engelage 'n Such
Wrap: Nice get on the Windsor Star story ‘bout the Spits alumni at prospect camp. I would’ve missed that without you should link to it.
Thank ye, o wondrous cupcake creator!
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"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)
I call fail on the Man Wall.
For $14,900, you think they’d throw in another $300 and put in a Blu Ray player instead of an upconverting DVD player. IT DOESN’T REALLY GIVE YOU HD QUALITY!!!1
Also the wine rack kind of womans the whole thing up a bit…..
Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by empathetic osmosis.
I think I’d rather spend $15K on one huge ass good TV rather than five Vizio TVs.
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* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
Yeah
Tim Allen used to have better Man Walls on Tool Time.
That wall isn’t fantasy-level. It’s functional. You could make that on your own time. Lame.
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by PPP on Jul 8, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
the mans kitchen was amazing
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Dare to Dream Gillis
Dare to dream.
.
Gillis characterized Raycroft’s time with the Leafs and Avs as a "dip" in his career, and suggested the 29-year-old still had upside.
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This reminds me of a report I read about the British school system – students were no longer said to “fail” a year, they were instead decreed to have “experienced deferred success.” What’s up with that, Mattblack?
Mikey G is a chump to try and defend this signing on that basis. Raycroft = stiff; as Tom Benjamin pointed out, the only way to attempt to defend this transaction is by explicitly recognizing that Raycroft is a human placeholder, someone other than a defenceman to finish up the game in net if Bobby Lu gets broken, only to be displaced from the ’Nucks goal by Corey Schneider in the length of time it takes to ride a plane from Manitoba.
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"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)
I think its more appropriate to describe the calder season as a large speed bump
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
I guess Leafs and Avalanche games were blacked out in Vancouver?
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they are two of the teams Canucks fans hate most (plus Calgary)
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 11:38 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
(peeks head in)
Not Maple Leafs related, but you guys might enjoy this thread. Sharks players photoshopped as animals.
Marc-Edouard Vlasiraptor is my personal favorite.
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Haha, that one is excellent. SwisherThresher teaches a Photoshop Seminar at University.
/well at least she should!
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Hey Plank what’s your Twitter?
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twitter.com/fearthfin
I like to get really creative with these things, ya know.
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
make that fearthefin
Woe is me, I am a fool.
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Just followed you, I’m twitter.com/felixpotvin
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Done and done.
I’ll read all of your past twats after work. Huzzah!
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
That sounds really sexy, I’ll be sure to douche or something.
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by Chemmy on Jul 8, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Hahahahahahah the Poochie photoshop.
“Always recycle… TO THE EXTREME”
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Is anyone else finding it extremely relaxing that Burke has made all these moves while the Omen has been at Wimbledon/on vacation?
It’s nice to be spared the article about how Burke’s doing it wrong / fighting is bad for a couple of weeks.
Resident Capologist
Definitely
It’s nice now to have people shit on your dreams as soon as they manifest.
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Also of note,
Not Leafs news, but Pronger did sign a 7 year extension yesterday which in all likelihood means he is finishing his career as a Flyer and means that we will see a lot more of him now that he is in the East
'But I don't want to go among mad people' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.
According to Friedman (via Bill Daly) this will be an over-35 contract since Pronger will be 35 when the extension kicks in. They’re on the hook for the cap hit even if he retires.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
that is so awesome
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 11:49 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
There is a little button that does all that magic for you!
The little chain looking button for a link, just highlight the text you want to make into a hyperlink and click that button, a window will pop up for you to insert the link and the SBNation magic peoples do the rest!
'But I don't want to go among mad people' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.
IT elves = magicians
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"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)
LOVE the hats.
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"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)
Or to make it easier put your wording in quotation marks, then a colon, then paste the url
like this
which is this in quotation marks followed by the link.
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could the CC get promoted to the front page so that I can get there? I can’t get to fan shots from the mobile site….
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 11:51 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
thanks, but that gives me the full site version… :( I’ll e-mail IT
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 12:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Darren Dreger addresses the Pronger cap situation that we discussed in the other thread.
Looks like the Flyers are in trouble.
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they need to clear them some cap space, Gangne for VanRy anyone?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
oops just noticed wrap’s update.
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not the wild? wow, i thought that was a sure deal
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
doesn’t $3.5 mill seem a bit pricey? Either way, he’s a good second line center.. but what about Ebbet or whatever his name was who was playing in that position in the playoffs?
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 1:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
3.5mil for 1 year? Yeah seems a little high I guess, but he’ll probably be the best 2nd line centre in the league. Between him and Getzlaf that’s pretty damn impressive.
I’d like to make a fan post on speculating who should be the Leafs #1 Center (either from within, free agency or via trade) but if someone else wants to I’ll be happy to join the comment-crowd! :) (lazy/busy at work)
current Leaf options at center include Grabbo, Stajan and Tlusty……
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
My hope is that Bozak can step up into a second line center and Tlusty can play wing
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Still a bit of a void at centre.. Hm who are some other candidates that might be gotten via trade.. brainstorm!
I’ve beaten the thornton thing to death already, J.Staal wouldn’t be a good 1st line C.. hm..
Gagne? Carter? Philly has the cap issues, but its unlikely.
Frolov?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe, i always thought he was a center…or was that Brier
oh well, i still want Gagne
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Gange Grabbo and Blake would be the speediest line in the NHL
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I think a first line center is one of the hardest thing to find. Briere we could probably have for a song, but I do not want him. Playntje kids thisnyear, get Savard or Jokinen next year.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Bleh not a fan of either of those guys.. But it does seem like the top centre is a rare commodity these days.
I still think if they could sign mats to a reasonable amount that would be excellent for this year.
Also, woo mobile!
I’d love to see Savard in Blue and White, but I want a truck of a first line center, a Joe Thornton type, Jarome Iginla type, etc etc, but they are as rare as ducks teeth on the open market
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Jokinen is one of those. I’m thinking Calgary will have to let him walk next summer. Who else is a potential UFA next summer?
(Wow… getting ahead of myself much?)
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
DO NOT WANT
i have never liked Joikenin, he bothers me
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
why?
Big, powerful center, didn’t he uput up 100 points one year?
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure, but he makes your team eat it like nobody’s business…
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well him going to a young team that needs an identity and just turning the corner to become competative, like Phoenix, was probably a bad idea.
Wait, isn’t that where we should be this time next year?
Crap.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
he reminds me of Alfredson for some reason, i cant put my finger on it, irrational hatred ftw
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Yah that’s exactly the type of C I’m thinking of too.. We had that with maaaaaaats!
We used to be spoiled for that type of player.. Mats, Jason Allison (before his slowness was exposed), Lindros.. And crafty centres like Francis, Super Joe Nieuwendyk etc.. And that’s only in the last 5 years!
How tall is Bozak?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
6'1
currently 180 lbs.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Stefanovich
is listed as a center as is 6’2" and already over 200 lbs…
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
/tents fingers
excellent
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
for some reason, I thought he was a winger.
Apparently not overly physical though.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
meh, neither was Mats, As long as he takes the puck to the net strong and the other team bounces off of him that works for me
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I know
us Leaf fans are incredibly spoiled when it comes to centers…. i think we are going to have to be patient for a while.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
we used to be spoiled at forward in general, Roberts, Clark, Mogilny…
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
ahhh Berg
thank goodness. And to be truthful, you don’t need the big, dominating center to win – neither Datsyuk or Zetterberg are that big.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
need, no, want, yes
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly. Big centre with acres of reach and can place laser precise passes while winning faceoffs and crashing the net when they have to.. Yeah!
I like my centers ginormous and powerful, and my wingers speedy and insane
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
well
Grabbo is a speedy, insane center…
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
two out of three is good enough for me
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
yes I’m soooo happy for the mobile commenting.
I’d rather draft our own #1 center, and I have hopes for Kadri, but seriously, it’s hard to find a good center that’s available.
Though I’m partial to Marleau, I don’t see him as a Leaf as long as Wilson is coaching.
In my dreams, we’d land Getzlaf…
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Never been a huge fan of Marleau, would much prefer Jumbo Joe. Getzlaf would be ideeeeeeeeal but never happen.
Getz and Iginla are the two perfect #1 centers in my mind, big, strong in all zones and crazy talented.
and total pipe dreams
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Iginla
is a RW…..
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
yah, i know, but i ment a player LIKE him, at center, clarity fail
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
ahhh
ok, it’s probably my mushy brain that misunderstood.
I’d love a player like Iginla at any position.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Iggy is more of a winger but he wins faceoffs like nobody’s business, so I guess he’s sort of a centre.
I think he learned that skill due to never having a true # 1 center to play with before
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
He did really well with Conroy back when Conroy was still young and spry. Those were probably iggy’s most productive seasons.. But he definitely is a faceoff master.
yeah
but Conroy was never a true #1 center….
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
what I mean
is imagine if Iggy had played along Thornton his whole career….
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
with Nash on the other wing….
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I think my pants are wet
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
bow chicka bowow
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
see I’m not sold on Joe. Marleau just seems like he’s too hard on himself.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think Joe would do well in Toronto, I’ve fully accepted that. But marleau probably wouldn’t either, and he lacks joe’s size and fierceness.
yeah neither of them would do well here, I just have a soft spot for Marleau. But really… there’s no options out there that are reasonable.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
If they could work some cap magic somehow I would loooooove to see lecavalier here.. I think he’s great AND it would really honk off habs fans in a big way.
yeah
that would be awesome, and we do have surplus D, but I can’t see Burke taking on that contract.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
for the right deal (say a Finger / White /Pick deal) id say burke would be all over it, but tampa would probably ask for Kaberle / Tlusty / 1st for him
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
to be fair
that’s not really too much to ask for, if I was the one giving up Lecavalier…. but way too much for us to give up.
Besides, Kaberle doesn’t work for them, they need some of the TRUCULENCE that we now have in spades!
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
That would be super awesome, man his fight with iginla in the playoffs was great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_c5fj0r3uk
Decision iginla but it was still great.
Kabby / Tlusty and a second i could live with and be happy, no first
Id rather see (and it would make more sense for the bolts) to take VanRy or another defender in the deal
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I doubt Philly will make a move for more defencemen which is all we have to offer.
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yeah, maybe a young puck mover (Straleman and White) which I dont think they have, I doubt even more than they would move one of their current scorers, especially carter and moving vanrymsdyke or Giroux wouldnt clear any cap space for them, and i cant think of anything else they ahve that i want in a leafs uni
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
They do have only two defencemen signed after this season though.
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by PPP on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
so….next year?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
and they have Pronger signed for the next millenium.
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whether or not he retires!! WOOO! Haha…
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
What a bunch of goofbags.
I find it amusing how so many teams are making huge gaffes this offseason.. Chicago with their UFAs, Montreal signing the midget brigade, Philly being retarded with trades then signing a stupid extension..
Whoever says the Leafs are poorly run isn’t paying attention to the rest of the league..
whoever says the Leafs are poorly run is living in the past. Besides, even if we win the cup, these nay-sayers will say it’s because someone on the other team was injured, and so we didn’t deserve it…. idiots.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
but we will be so insuferable, they’ll need something
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d rather be insufferable and them have nothing.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Karina – this may be my favourite comment ever.
I'll be on the veranda, since you're already on the cross.
I can be rather merciless.
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
this is a side of you i like
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
This is EXACTLY RIGHT.
/rec’d!
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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)
All I’ll ever write is We Won The Cup Bitches! for an entire year in any argument.
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just a year? Im gonna make the habs fans who milk 93 look tame
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
hehehe
this is reminicent of my intention to just say “You signed Raycroft!” to my husband any time he says anything negative about the Leafs for the rest of this year…
"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero
by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I still think Gomez is the best second line centre…oh wait…
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Ok refresh the page. Other links tacked on.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 8, 2009 1:48 PM EDT reply actions
:(
no love
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude, I haven’t even touched my google reader. I’ll fix it. Refresh again in 1.5 mins.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 8, 2009 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
woo!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Also why the balls is Eklund following me on twitter….
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by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 8, 2009 1:48 PM EDT reply actions
BCWW
Everyone needs some Ek lovin.
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word on the street is Hudler agrees to contract with Dynamo Moscow
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I saw that
though he’s still going to go through to arbitration with the Wings…
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Excellent. I never liked him on the Wings. A little small and weak.
Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by empathetic osmosis.
hell of a shot though, maybe thats why they brought in Williams, a direct replacement
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
gah
please rid this city of its idiotic journalists.
I’d rather read Berger an Cox than anyone in the Province…
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow are they that bad? Cause WCH and Cox are EPICLY bad!!
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they’re horrible homers who rag on tjw Leafs while tjeir team has never wom anything…
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 4:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The comments section of that is ridiculous.
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Jimmy Hayes
he’s signed a pro contract with us, right? Do we expect to see him up?
I am amazed, I did not know he was 6’5"….
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:23 PM EDT reply actions
yah, he is a big dude, tehre was also another kid at camp, cant think of his name, that was a big ass forward, 6’5 too
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Isnt Devane like 6’4?
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yeah, Greenop is huge too, but there was another skilled forward that is huge
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
no wait, it was Rollheiser, a goalie, i was off a might, big goalie tho 6’4
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I like this combo we have going… a fair number of smaller skilled forwards, mixed with big skilled forwards…. something good has gotta come out of this group.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
look how low Bozak is listed on our prospects depth chart.
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yeah, but they still have vorbiev at second and he hasnt played hockey in 2 years
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
their site is screwed… Pogge is not our #1 prospect by any stretch of your imagination…
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Bozak’s profile is imcomplete…I assume they just assigned a random number to him.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 8, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Part of me REALLY wants to see him on the team, but a part of me wants to punch him in the dick for the hot dogging shit he did at the WJC
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I cant remember, refresher?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
After he scored to make it 2 -0 or 3-0
He skated by the Canadians bench with his hands by his ear.
You can see it in this vid
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that was him?
crap. Now I don’t know if I like him.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
he has moxie…and plays in an organization run by American overlords…I doubt they dislike his style in the least
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 8, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Ya I could forgive him for that if he turns into a good player. Apparently, he was used wrong on that team
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yeah, its not like he sticked a player in the face or hit from behind, and its no less dickish than Grabbos double peace sign
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly
They are all young and full of emotion.
The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW
hence the use of the word moxie!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 8, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
ah yes, i forgot he was american and was struggling to remember him on team canada, then they clipped one of the canadians for doing the same
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
poor dido, cant catch a break
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
don cherrys hat is amazing
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
from Nucks Misconduct
what do you guys think of this:
Toronto
-Here’s my fave trading partner. The Leafs need a bit of help up front and have a shitload of defencemen.
-Proposal: Michael Grabner or Mason Raymond for Ian White. I’m a big fan of Ian White.
Honestly…. that’s something I could see happening, and not being so upset about.
But not for Mason Raymond… he’s a younger Jason Blake. One of those is enough, thanks. I still have a feeling we are going to end up with Grabner somehow…
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:41 PM EDT reply actions
Grabner
yes please.
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Future
Expect Grabner to be returned to the Moose after a few exhibition games this season unless he shows the Canucks something they haven’t seen before. He is still a raw talent who needs refining but the potential to score 30 or 35 goals is there. He’s the kind of player, much like a young Alexei Kovalev, who can exhilarate and exasperate fans in the same shift.
Sounds not bad.
The only thing is, he’s the same type of prospect that we have lots of….. we need someone established.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
also
if you need a laugh, go read the list of Canucks prospects…. hehehehehehe….
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
that’ll will take seconds!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 8, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
that hensen kid looks apealing too
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
no. He’s weak and pathetic. We’d only get him if Burke was hungry for some Dane.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 4:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i know nothing past the profile
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I probably know more about Canucks prospects than Leaf prospects because I watch more of their games…. I need NHL center ice so badly. Truthfully, they don’t have a whole lot I want.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 4:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
so the acceptable wants are Hodgeson, Schneider and Grabner?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Which is basically: untouchable, not needed and not great?
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yup, and I am not sosure about Grabner. I just know Gillis doesn’t like him and have a hunch Nonis does.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 4:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
who are the other viable trading partners though?
who is weak ass on defense but has some delectable forwards for us to plunder?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
St Louis?
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 4:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Oshie? Eh, a guy can dream, etc.
Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!
Perron is definitely a Burke player. I am not so hot on Oshie.
Coyotes need D tooo
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 4:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ive had a mad man crush on oshie since he trucked Nash and then scored
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
past oshie, Berglund, Boyes, backes, perron….this has potential
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought St. Louis was pretty deep with D? Erik Johnson, Pieterangelo, Jackman, Cola, Cole…I can’t think of the other guys, but they do look like they need a defensive defenseman when I try to recall the names.
Supporter of the Sergei Berezin "Give and Go" - You give me puck, then you go to hell
why do I keep thinking Atlanta got Pieterangelo?
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 4:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
they got that other guy…zach bossian?
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 8, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
aaaah
Bogosian… it’s the g that confuses me.
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 4:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
man I butchered his name
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 8, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Regardless
St. Lou has some good d-men but I think they would need more, especially if Johnson can’t stay away from rogue golf carts.
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I EFFING LOVE GRABBY!
He was such a great Chief. Truly awesome.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 8, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
the grabby Grabbo line would be awesome
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
and fun to cheer for? Grabbo Grabby Man? Or Lemon?
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 8, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
sold
Burke needs to rescue him for wrap
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 4:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I still don’t know if she has forgiven Burke for… well let’s not bring that up again.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 8, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I am trying to have faith in the ways of the universe. Like maybe in three years he is rescued from the Sens and ends up a Leaf.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 8, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
we should also get that other guy he failed to get from Dallas
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s going to be tough since he’s hung up in the Czech Republic again. They have yet to release him to Dallas.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 8, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Ondrej Roman.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 8, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
ONDREEEEEEEEEEEEJ ROOOOOOOOMAAAAAAAAAN
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
almost as fun to say as levko koper
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
if anyone can do it, Burkie can
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
He was phenomenal as a Chief. In like a two week span he seriously had like 3 hat tricks. Insaneeee. But then he got the flu, and suffered some injury because he was playing while sick. He got back on track though. I know he’s been working his face off because he so wants to crack the NHL.
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by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 8, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
If you ever want entertainment
read Ottawa Senators columnists
Oodles of fun/
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especially tasting their bitter tears.
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are they crying over Heatley? Cause that never gets old….
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 5:05 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
pretty much
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
This is my favourite part
Heatley had merely tied the hands of GM Bryan Murray when — one year after making a mutual commitment by signing a no-movement, multi-year, megabucks contract — he demanded a trade the Senators essentially had to make.
That and his reasons for wanting out are ignorant enough, but with Murray’s mitts bound, Heatley then proceeded to take a couple of pokes at him seemingly on the way out.
You might remember it as the last time Heatley hit something since Dec. 29, 2006, or thereabouts.
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so good
I also love the omission of any wrong doing on the part of Sens management for giving him that rediculous contract in the first place
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Sifers Signs In Minny
Per Twitter.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
godd all over it in the other thread
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
where?
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 5:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
thre gustavsson thread…i think
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Before I forget...
It would be remiss of me if I didn’t say… I freaking LOVE that video!
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