Nik Hagman Can Kill a 2 Minute Penalty in 30 Seconds.
by blurr1974 on Aug 18, 2009 5:00 AM EDT
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PrintAs resident Nik Hagman super fan, I have found some Leaf fan's lack of faith disturbing. A gentle nudge for those who have wandered from the path of St. Nik.
Player Tribute: Niklas Hagman (via Ibanucciani)
And, just in case you needed a reminder, the candidate for goal of the year. Not Leaf goal of the year, but league goal of the year.
Nikalas Hagman Score Sick Goal!! (via flyinggrandmas)
Now, on to the links!
- Down Goes Brown has the latest from the Team USA Olympic orientation camp.
- TML Nation has a post about Hagman, who is awesome, and a picture of Johnny Pohl, who is not awesome. Also, a job for zombie Chelios.
- The Old Guys in Blue and White don't see a problem with the number 10. In fact, it's PPP's favorite number of the season. It's that blasted 30...
- Did Brian Burke over-value Tomas Kaberle, or is the re-build on a fast track? MLHS tries to answer the questions.
- Are Burke's rebuild plans centered around this puck moving defenceman's ability to run the power play? TMLfans seems to think it looks that way.
- To stoke the fires of the Barilkosphere, the title of this blog post says it all: Leafs Set To Ice Worst Forward Line-Up In The League.
- The Dark Ranger promptly parks reality in Bizarro universe and seems to imply that Kaberle is a burden to the Leafs cap. Wade Redden says "WAT?"
Updates
- The Other Vatican read a book about Japan.
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Hagman Poll
I think there is something wrong with the poll. I wanted to vote for awesome, but couldn’t find it anywhere, can you please add an awesome button?
Its broken
Where’s the Awesomer option?
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That blog is retarded, I couldn’t help but question some of his statements in a comment. Like seriously, he cites the loss of Moore and Antropov as making the team made up of “3rd and 4th line playesr”… Moore is more of a 3rd liner than half of our forwards, and Nik leaving just makes more competition among the youngns.
I'm not even supposed to be here today..!
How will I know which awesome to pick? What if I choose the wrong awesome?
/worries
Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!
It’s the third one, it’s not too hot, not too cold, just right in the middle.
I'm not even supposed to be here today..!
by Shield on Aug 18, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
worst forwards in the NHL? Really?
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 8:15 AM EDT reply actions
apparently so
if they say it then it must be true, actual statistics be damned
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yeah, because the islanders drafted Tavares, that means they have a better offensive unit than toronto all around,
makes perfect sense
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
well you gotta love semantics, remember how the Habs were a dead ringer for winning the Cup at this time a year ago?
Exactly.
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yeah, and that made NO sense what so ever, at least Tavares has a chance at being good at hockey
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 8:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Yay for feelings and hunches. Boo for stats and logic.
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hey hey now, there’s always room fro twisted logic
Dull Skates and Broken Twigs "Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men win." -Brian Burke
for twisted logic to work, you must start with logic and then twist it to your needs
if you start with a twisted sense of things and try to ply logic out of it you get a 99th year centenial
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Dull Skates and Broken Twigs "Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men win." -Brian Burke
its how i live my life
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Hagman a “strong 3rd line” forward?
Balderdash.
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)
indeed, and poni as a 20-25 goal scorer as a third liner? really how many teams have 25 goal scorers on their third line?
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Outside of the Olympics? Methinks not.
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)
indeed, also how many teams can you think of that have 7 (Blake, Stempniak, Grabbo, Kuelemin, Poni, Stajan, Hagman) almost sure fire 20 goal scorers? sure there are no 40-50 goal scorers in there but that is some damned balanced offence, and probably harder to defend against when you cant just shut down one player or even on line.
Sure it would be wondrous to have a legit sniper, but 140 goals out of 7 players is nothing to scoff at
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
i would like just automatically find out all the “leafs can’t score” posts on the internet and auto-reply that last year the leafs outscored every Canadian team except for Calgary
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which is
sorta surprising, ’cause they relied basically on Iginla and Cammaleri
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by Karina on Aug 18, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
If I had to guess, I’d say Stempni-suck doesn’t produce enough to get the icetime required for him to bag 20. But I agree the other 6 provide some pretty balanced scoring. Far from the worst in the league.
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)
Actually
I was surprised when I looked at ice-time but at EV he was getting top 6 minutes. What he’d need is more PP time.
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and to stop sucking
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
11 g – 31 p in 61 games played with an 8.59 shooting % with the leafs last year
(3-13-6.98% with 14 games in St louis)
not terrible really, 20 goals is very doable
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree it’s do-able. I just don’t see him getting the same kind of ice time this year. I have to admit, I’m surprised he got that kind of TOI last year further testament to his invisibility, I guess.
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)
by jrwendelman on Aug 18, 2009 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I was surprised when I looked at ice-time but at EV he was getting top 6 minutes. What he’d need is more PP time.
Wasn’t the purpose of that trade to get a right-handed shot on the Leafs PP?
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Yup. Here’s the TOI at 5-on-4 for the Leafs last year. I would guess that only Antropov played more time than Stempniak.
Maybe what he needs it to shoot better than 8.59%
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yah, i just included him because i am pretty sure given the right linemates and ice time (and a little bit of a turn around) he could easily pot 20 goals
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Stajan?
I dunno, I have my doubts about how well he’ll do this year…
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by Karina on Aug 18, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
again, its just a list of players that have a better than average shot at being able to score 20 goals
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah
I just doubt that Stajan even has an average shot at being able to score 20.
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by Karina on Aug 18, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
probably not but dooder is an assist-machine, 40 of them last year… that’s where he’s excelling
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40 playing with Antropov and Ponikarovsky
If he doesn’t play with two 20+ goal scorers again – which he probably won’t – then he wont put up 40 assists.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 18, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
he had what? 15 last year? if he gets similar top six mins, with improving yougins around him, i dont think another 5 is a huge stretch
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
I do. I think he maxed out last year.
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by Karina on Aug 18, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m with Karina. I don’t see Stajan scoring more than 10 this season, with a max of 20 helpers.
Truck You Lance.
ok, well lets look at this from a different angle then. Not that he will score 20 goals, but that he might some how could possibly.
You are an opposing coach and you have to divide up your defenders to adequately defend against the Leafs best scorers. does having 7 goal scoring threats make it harder to do that?
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
It does, I mean look at detroit (we’re not detroit), but they’ve got three bonafide scoring lines, so do the sabres.
Truck You Lance.
indeed, but both those teams have some elite scoring talent mixed in there
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Nik Hagman
scored goals at a higher rate than every regular forward on the Sabres other than Tomas Vanek.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 18, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
did you miss the poll?
that’s because he’s AWESOME!
:)
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by blurr1974 on Aug 18, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
No I didn't miss it
But I already knew he was awesome.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 18, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno
he was good with Blake last season and Blakey-boy was fairly inconsistent for a few stretches there. If they get paired up again and Blake plays consistently, I don’t see how he won’t rack up more goals and assists this season
also Stajan racked up decent numbers when he was paired up with Steener although Quinnster broke them up pretty quick except for the penalty kill
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GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11
I might
have been wrong.
I looked at the players with ice time from 16:45/game – 17:00/game (Stajan avg – 16:55).
The only players who averaged more points per game than Matty were:
Gionta
Recchi
Krecji
Lang
Those who didn’t include:
Higgins
Bouchard
Tkachuk
Cleary
Little
Modin
Burrows
Sundin
Moore
Zherdev
Cullen
Gagner
Truck You Lance.
Stajan
sucked with Blake. He didn’t produce alongside Blake and Tucker at all. Please don’t think he did.
When Stajan and Blake played on the same line, Stajan managed to produce a grand total of 2 points last year.
That is NOT good production.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 18, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh and Blake
managed 5 whole points while playing with Stajan.
Players he scored more alongside:
John Mitchell – 10 points.
Grabovski – 6 points.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 18, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
thank you
if Stajan was so great with Blake, why were Moore and Mitchell playing with Blake this year?
Stajan had some good time between Antro and Poni, but I don’t think he’ll be there this year. He may start as the 2nd line center (though I’d rather see Mitchell there if that’s what we’re doing) but I feel Bozak will finish the season with the big boys.
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by Karina on Aug 18, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Stajan was entirely dependent
upon Antropov and Ponikarovsky for most of his production last year. He played well with Devereaux and Hamilton at the end of the season, and Steen and Sundin in the past, but 5 of the 6 players I just mentioned no longer play on the team.
If he should strike it off well with some of the newer Leafs he might survive the general purge Burke is undertaking. If he doesn’t, kiss his ass goodbye as a top 6 forward.
Ponikarovsky and Blake both produced better with Grabovski and Mitchell respectively. There is no reason to retain Stajan as a top 6 forward considering their play last season, and the inclusion of Tlusty and Bozak this year.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 18, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Jared said “indeed, also how many teams can you think of that have 7 (Blake, Stempniak, Grabbo, Kuelemin, Poni, Stajan, Hagman) almost sure fire 20 goal scorers? sure there are no 40-50 goal scorers in there but that is some damned balanced offence, and probably harder to defend against when you cant just shut down one player or even on line.
Sure it would be wondrous to have a legit sniper, but 140 goals out of 7 players is nothing to scoff at”
I Hope you are right, but I doubt more than 4 of those guys’ll score 20
by Aschendancy on Aug 18, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
potential be the word of the day
Grabbo, Kuelemin, Poni, Hags and Blake are near sure fire to get 20 baring injury
Stemp if he gets PP time and is able to reclaim some sort of his st louis form
Stajan is a streach, but who knows
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, it’s not that all 7 will do it but at least 7 guys could.
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Poni
is not a 3rd liner. He’s a 1st liner. He played the 3rd most ES minutes of any Leafs forwards last season, after Blake and Hagman.
Of the remaining Leafs forwards he had the 3rd most PP time last season after Blake and Stajan.
Overall he had the 2nd most ice time of all Leaf forwards last year behind Blake.
On a per-game basis he wasn’t top 3, but considering totals for the season, that explains his production.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 18, 2009 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
COUNTERPOINT POSTING
Just an update but yeah I argued against that posting’s idiocy here.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 18, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
That link doesn’t seem to work. Try this one
A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.
Yikes
Ummm sorry Zombie Chelios. You can coach if you want.
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Apparently zombie Chelios can’t read and doesn’t have access to a television or radio.
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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 hear he is hitching a ride on the yukon express to the alaska panhandle to mine for gold
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't believe it
Its a joke. We’ll take him if he wants to play for free though… well… maybe…
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Then something about a trans-Atlantic voyage abroad something called the Titanic…
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 18, 2009 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
and catch a flight home on the Spirit of St Louis
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
that thing
worked pretty well
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with emelia erhardt as the pilot!
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
too soon
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i still think its funny
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Chris Chelios is the Lindbergh Baby.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 18, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Chelios wears an onion on his belt
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It was the fashion of the time. “Gimme five bees for a quarter”, he says.
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)
by jrwendelman on Aug 18, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
That
was back in nineteen dickety-two as I recall.
Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!
I’m not saying Chris Chelios is old, but one time he was a contestant on a game show where the main prize was “fire.”
/loves that joke.
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)
by jrwendelman on Aug 18, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
haw haw
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
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that joke is full of win.. i’m stealing that just in case I ever need to say something funny aside from the internet in the “real world”.. who am I kidding, I’ll end up using it on the internet and just linking to you
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by PapaLasagna on Aug 18, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Could well be. I heard it from a buddy a few years ago and have always loved that gag.
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)
by jrwendelman on Aug 18, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Glad to see you appreciate Nik
I loved Hagman when he was with the Stars, and if it hadn’t been for a certain Vogue-interning diva, we’d probably still have Nik. It’s nice to know that you all see how great he is!
by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Aug 18, 2009 11:18 AM EDT reply actions
welcome!
thanks for signing up.
I love your handle. I’m a big Brad Richards fan as well.
There are a few Nik Hagman non-believers scurrying about, but they’ll come around. I’d like to see him wear the C for the Leafs.
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by blurr1974 on Aug 18, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
so many newbies
so much lunch money…
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Woohoo
Go Awesome 1!!!!1
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Hagman rules!
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
she's
just jealous
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11
that
we love Hagman more then you
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11
well no
why would I? what have you done for me?
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11
yeah… he still hasn’t done anything for me… he wins olympic gold and we’ll talk.
Would you make me number one on your playlist?
even the hagman cannot stand up to canadas mite
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 18, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I hear he changed his name to Hagman because it used to be Manman and just seeing that on the sweater made opponents’ testicles shrivel up and fall off. The NHL weren’t happy about the cleaning bill.
Also, it was pronounced “MAYONNMAYONN” like in the song by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Therefore “HAYGMAYONN” is the correct pronunciation.
Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.
by Brunswick Bruiser on Aug 19, 2009 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Great poll
Blurr, props on the poll. Anyone who doesn’t have anything nice to say about Hagman should just keep their mouth shut.
I want what the Hagman and Ponikarovsky haters are smoking. Because that shit is clearly good.
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
Nik has a hot wife
Hagman is the prototypical ‘middle’ six forward. He can play 2nd line and score a ton or play 3rd line minutes and score and check. I swear, the hockey writers in this town have totally forgot he is even on the team. The think Primeau and Orr will be on the top line..
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
House Cleaning in San Jose
Marleau stripped of captaincy and all alternate captaincy postions are vacant.
A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.
yeah
I saw that yesterday… but how is that house cleaning? It’s just leadership vacancy at this point.
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by Karina on Aug 18, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
stripping Thornton and Marleau is a pretty strong statement
A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.
but
it doesn’t change anything.
He took his captain who has a fragile ego and shamed him publicly.
Honestly, I think Marleau’s done in San Jose. I don’t know if it’s that he should never have been given the captaincy (which was done at the suggestion of Alyn McCauley) or what, but I don’t know how he can continue to play for an organization that he has so much negative history with.
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by Karina on Aug 18, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Why go to that hassle? Whay not scream, “STOP BEING SHIT IN THE PLAYOFFS YOU FUCK!” during a press conference.
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This is what I would like to have seen.
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Yeah I’m behind a day, my bad.
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HAHAHA
TSN just texted me that Bertuzzi is officially a Wing, pending a physical.
HAHAHAHAHA
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by Karina on Aug 18, 2009 1:13 PM EDT reply actions
again? atleast they didn’t give up another prospect like Shawn Matthias
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WHY DOES THE 4TH AWESOME HAVE MORE VOTES THAN THE 1ST AWESOME?
1ST AWESOME IS CLEARLY MORE AWESOME THAN 4TH AWESOME!!!1
This is going to tear us apart :(
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internet gerbils, get on this. work your tiny gerbil magick.
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