Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
by blurr1974 on Aug 20, 2009 5:00 AM EDT
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- Clawson imagines a sadomasochistic pineapple serenading Grabovski.
- MLHS takes a deeper dive in to the Leaf Prospect rankings. Thankfully, it's no longer a shallow pool.
- ...and TML Nation likes the deep prospect pool themselves.
- TSM has the price of Marleau, even more zombie Chelios benefits and the latest from Brian Burke: Just Say No to Free Agents.
- ...and Why, pray tell, does Burke say no to free agent forwards? It's the depth on defense. TML Central looks at who could be on the move if Burke can make it happen.
- However, what does a team need to make the playoffs, and possibly win it all? Defense you say? Why, the Leafs have that in spades! So, LeafyMcLeaf wants to know, why all the haterade?
- New to the Barilkosphere, Leaf & Lion is handing out report cards.
- Boston Blue Line is voting the most hated left wings in to hockey hell. Somehow, former Leafs Tie Domi and Darcy Tucker are beating Jarkko Ruutu. It is your duty as a Leafs fan to head on over and fix this miscarriage of justice.
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That picture is hype.
It makes me think of R. Kelly.
“eyebleaf I can fly. eyebleaf I can touch the sky. Think about it every night and day. Spread my wings and fly away. eyebleaf I can soar. See me running, through that open door. eyebleeeeeeeafffff I can fly…”
Big tune.
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
by eyebleaf on Aug 20, 2009 5:54 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Chorus: I CAN FLY
eyebleeeeeeeafffff I can fly
Chorus: I CAN FLY
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 20, 2009 7:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Every time I pee I think of R. Kelly.
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drip drip drip
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Voted 5 times for Jarkko Ruutu
There is no way I am going to let Tucker or Domi become enshrined as a hockey scumbag on some obscure internet website I’ve never heard of until today hosted by a fan of an opposing team.
It just means too damn much!
I don't care what the game says! It's pronounced Krushel-NIT-ski!
Totally the right attitude.
So awesome.
by general borschevsky on Aug 20, 2009 8:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Wait, we don’t want people to hate Darcy Tucker?
I loved Darcy Tucker because everyone else hated his guts. Wearing my Tucker jersey to the grocery store in Connecticut would result in no less than three people telling me to go to hell every time.
<3 Darcy Tucker <3
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Also totally the right attitude.
As long as we give a crap one way or another, that’s what counts. It’s what Darcy would want.
by general borschevsky on Aug 20, 2009 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Wearing my Tucker jersey to the grocery store in Connecticut would result in no less than three people telling me to go to hell every time.
This happens no matter what Chemmy’s choices in attaire are, I might add.
Harder, better, faster, stronger because our work is never over.
does help that he tells them to bite him first
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
and you said you were over him
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Wait, we don’t want people to hate Darcy Tucker?
I hate Darcy Tucker.
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Generally, you should wear pants and underwear with your hockey jersey in downtown areas, Chemmy.
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by kidkawartha on Aug 20, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
then how would he show off the scars?>
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know whether to laugh or throw up.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
by kidkawartha on Aug 20, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
dont do both, you’ll choke
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
The throat version of a shart.
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by kidkawartha on Aug 20, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Never heard of until today?
Because Burke’s still on hold, you know.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 20, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
that is the lamest rogues gallery ever.
How can you only have 4 players and use two of those players on Tie Domi and Darcy tucker.
No Samuelsson (on a friggen bruins site), no Simon etc etc etc
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 9:20 AM EDT reply actions
That’s just left wingers though.
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ah, still
its crap
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
so’s your face
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Aug 20, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Regarding the Masthead
It is beginning to look like PPP’s nickel defense is missing two down linemen next to Triple P and Chemmy. Linebackers and secondary look solid.
/congrats 1967ers. Did I miss an announcement about a new free agent signing?
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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)
Yes
It was on his second last post.
I guess since Chemmy is the offensive co-ordinator (get it?) I have to sort out the defence.
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Can we have JaredFromLondon added as a Chatty Cathy Chief, just for the 2-3-3-2 symmetry? That’s the only reason I ask.
by general borschevsky on Aug 20, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think Jared can handle that responsibility ; )
A Nation of Masochists I can't believe "Stay Truculent!!!1" replaced goodbye.
responsibility, whats that?
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Also, I am ashamed of myself for referring to American, rather than Canadian football. Clearly, there are THREE players missing.
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by jrwendelman on Aug 20, 2009 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
/raps jr on the knuckles sharply
"I want a song I don’t want to have sing it
I want your love right now, did you bring it? Did you bring it?"
Hey, that hurts my oskee-wee-wee!
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by jrwendelman on Aug 20, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh. Right. A Ti-Cat fan. Sigh…. And you were so close….
"I want a song I don’t want to have sing it
I want your love right now, did you bring it? Did you bring it?"
close?
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by jrwendelman on Aug 20, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
…to being a real person.
"I want a song I don’t want to have sing it
I want your love right now, did you bring it? Did you bring it?"
/returns to his fictional life, secure in the knowledge that some author, somewhere, has ensured that everything that is about to happen is pre-ordained anyway. Hopefully, these events include “lunch”.
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by jrwendelman on Aug 20, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
mmm lunch
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Heh.
Sorry. Slings & Arrows quote. It seemed to fit.
You’re real. And awesome, Ti-Cat love aside.
"I want a song I don’t want to have sing it
I want your love right now, did you bring it? Did you bring it?"
go bombers!
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Bite me
Arrrrrrrrgggggooooooooossssssssss!!!!!
Despite the total pit of suck they are.
"I want a song I don’t want to have sing it
I want your love right now, did you bring it? Did you bring it?"
i didnt even like CFL football (i was indifferent) until the Roughriders got good a couple years back and every one was all over their nuts, that season they played the bombers for the Grey Cup, and since then they have been my team
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
And I thought
we could be friends… Go Stamps!
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by Sergei Puckizin on Aug 20, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
It would be nice if they could play some offence and score some points once in a while.
Still…
AAARRRRRRRGGGOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSS!!!!1
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Offence? Score some points? What the hell are you talking about? What’s that got to do with playing good football?
AAARRRRRGGGGOOOOOOSSSSSS!!!!!1
"I want a song I don’t want to have sing it
I want your love right now, did you bring it? Did you bring it?"
You're right
What the hell was I thinking? :)
AAARRRRRGGGGOOOOOOSSSSSS!!!!!1
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BOOOOMMBERRRRRS!!!!
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Your team sounds like my team. You want Vick? GO FLYERS!!!!
…er, GO EAGLES!!
by Death_By_Leafs on Aug 20, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep!
Loiter outside the candy store long enough and good things happen….
Leaf, the universe and everything.
Good for you; better for us!!!
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Let’s make sure they get some Canadian content on there.
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by Down Goes Brown on Aug 20, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions
I would be shocked if our sites weren’t on there.
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Sidenote: Why are the Leafs the only team outside of the Thrashers not to have a twitter account? I would’ve thought Brian Burke would be all over this… I’m not pointing fingers but cough DGB cough
What’s this? The Maple Leaf organization technologically backward, overly secretive and relating to their adoring public clumsily if at all?
I, for one, am shocked! :-)
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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)
They do… apparently @Leafs_TV_Dude is their official team feed. It’s even on the web site navigation now.
My best bet, and this is based on nothing but a guess, is that they’re trying to get the @MapleLeafs tag away from that moronic bot that’s using it now. They may be waiting on that before they really start using twitter.
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by Down Goes Brown on Aug 20, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Wooo Burke talking trade woooo!
MOAR RUMOURS MOAR!!
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 10:01 AM EDT reply actions
lots of Marleau talk floating around
i dont think i want
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
lots of Marleau talk floating around
i dont think i Burke, Wilson, Marleau, MLSE, Leafs, Sharks want.
fixed.
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yeah, im pretty sure it wont go down, but Burkes talk of taking on salary for defensemen, the sharks talk of moving salary to make room for heatly.
who knows
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ve always been a HUGE Marleau fan, So I wouldn’t mind a trade
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ditto
are you me?
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by blurr1974 on Aug 20, 2009 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
You know who’s not a Patrick Marleau fan? Ron Wilson.
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not true
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by blurr1974 on Aug 20, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
That seems like the two of them being professionals.
Rumor has it that during the 07 post season Wilson walked into the dressing room and wrote down the name of the player who let the team down the most that game: Patrick Marleau, and left.
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The coach acknowledged the two had a difficult time during the 2007 post-season … ""Patty struggled in the playoffs, I might have overreacted — I certainly did." But Wilson said the two quickly patched things up.
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by blurr1974 on Aug 20, 2009 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Right. I think the two of them are being professionals now after the fact. I really doubt Marleau and Wilson want to work together.
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i think Ron Wilson doesn’t bullshit.
if he doesn’t want Marleau, then he’s already let it be known. I don’t think he’d go to the media and say “Patty’s a good guy and i kinda screwed up with the way I handled things” unless it were true.
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by blurr1974 on Aug 20, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I definetly think if Burke decides to go after Marleau, he is gonna have a chat with both about the working situation
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Marleau could do well in a place where hockey actually counted.
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by kidkawartha on Aug 20, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
come down to California mi amigo.
I’ll take you to a Sharks game.
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by blurr1974 on Aug 20, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I would love to take in a game at the Shark Tank.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think Marleau and his C was the problem last year. He scored two GWGs in the playoffs and wasn’t completely healed from an earlier injury.
I love Marleau and if he and Wilson could work together, I would be all over trading for him.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 11:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
to be honest I cant say ive seen him play much so i dont know what he is like on the ice as a player and stats only tell you so much
i do like the stats tho
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
read Mike Chen’s defense of him. He may not be a generational talent, but he works hard and scores goals. I would take him over Spezza or Gomez any day.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 11:40 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
ive heard him described as a bigger, slightly less tallented Mogilny
does that hold any water?
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
uh, not from what I’ve seen….
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, the source was not reliable
compare him to someone
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Patrick Marleau in under 10 minutes
If anything, he’s a left handed Sundin.
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by blurr1974 on Aug 20, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
hmm little bit of sundin, little bit of vinny
i wouldnt kick that off the ice
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised of a Marleau for Heatley trade.
Supporter of the Sergei Berezin "Give and Go" - You give me puck, then you go to hell
me either
but i don’t wanna have to hate Marleau.
And it would be death for the Sharks plaoff hopes.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
if he doesn’t want Marleau, then he’s already let it be known.
Yeah, and then people in Vancouver would complain about “tampering”.
by Death_By_Leafs on Aug 20, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I still remember
Jermaine Franklin interviewing WIlson while he was on SJ, and he said something about Marleau and Wilson snapped. He basically got pissed that the first thing they asked was about “his captain” and then he said, “it’s always you guys, it’s always TSN”
The price of success is hard work.
Truculence FTW
“It’s always negative, that’s TSN for you, that’s Canada for you!”
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by PapaLasagna on Aug 20, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Thank you sir. I wish I could find that vid, it was awesome
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surprised the whole “Canada” part of the rant wasn’t dragged through the mud
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by PapaLasagna on Aug 20, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
No
But you are obviously a scholar and a gentleman
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Truculence FTW
and a cheap date to boot!
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by blurr1974 on Aug 20, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I wouldnt mind bringing in Marleau, the part that i dont like is what the Sharks would want for him, if its say white, vanry and a 2nd i could live with it, but they probably want young prospects
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m 99.4% sure it won’t go down.
Marleau has a NTC and the last man he wants to play for is Ron Wilson.
The Sharks can’t take on any salary, the Leafs don’t have any value contracts to spare.
The Leafs need youth not old guys – Marleau is 30 (recall what Burke said about the Pronger rumours, his age doesn’t fit the profile of what Burke is trying to do)
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Thank god. Marleau couldn’t get anything done in San Jose surrounded by a lot more talent than we have in Toronto.
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agreed the likely hood is minimal at best
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Dude is on the last year of his contract tho. And if there is actually Wilson and Marleau manlove goin on, I wouldn’t mind it. But wouldn’t his 6mil put us over the cap? Something more than an Ian White or a MVR would have to go back their way. Would they take Finger? Doubt it…
by theothervatican on Aug 20, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
yah, if they ship him out they will want prospects and as minimal cap return as possible
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Pros and Cons of Trading for Marleau
Pro: He looks like Ron Livingston
Con: He always gets fuckin’ penalties in NHL09
I’m definitely torn.
I'm not even supposed to be here today..!
Whoa. You’re right. He DOES always get penalties in NHL09. Weird.
by theothervatican on Aug 20, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh Brian
This is why we love you
“I love that Nazem Kadri says he’s going to make our team,” Burke said. "I love that attitude. We’re perfectly prepared to send any player on a one-way contract to the minors if someone beats him out.
The price of success is hard work.
Truculence FTW
Agreed. Burke was hired to make the best team he can, and if a player can’t fit that mold, someone else probably wants to.
Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.
by Brunswick Bruiser on Aug 20, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
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by Chemmy on Aug 20, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
someone needs to put that and the bell hit on infinite loop, i dont think id be able to turn away ever
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
My Kadri jersey should ship soooooon
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what number did youi get?
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
19. He wore 19 in Kitchener and it’s open on the team. If I’m wrong, whatever.
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makes sense
my damned Grabovski jersey better get here soon
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
He wont wear 91 thats for sure. Burke HATES high numbers. He made Perry switch from 61 to 10
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Truculence FTW
I believe he was still in Anaheim at the time… he made Bobby Ryan wear 54 until he established himself.
Post-Burke when Ryan was tearing it up he switched to 9.
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I remember him saying he makes younger players play with higher numbers until they earn the lower numbers…
by PassivelyTruculent on Aug 20, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, its a good policy
Makes the kids think they’re still temporary. Once they’ve established themselves on the team, then they get to pick “their” number and feel like they belong.
This would help change that culture of crappy players with good numbers that was mentioned on some other post. Back to where Syl Apps passed Armstrong the #10. Return that kind of a culture to this organization.
by Death_By_Leafs on Aug 20, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly
Don’t just give a rookie #10!
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or 14, or 13
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Very very true.
Im still waiting for my fuckin Schenn jersey
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Truculence FTW
I already got one of dose.
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Me too.
I just ordered a vintage Wendel jersey.
I’m rather excited.
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I wish those came in women’s
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 11:37 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Mens small!
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
doesn’t fit my curves
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
hockey jerseys arnt supposed to, they are supposd to fit over gear, be it hockey or outdoor game watching (ie a heavy hoodie)
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t like looking frumpy.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
you wont, no dude in his right mind things a girl in a hockey sweater looks frumpy
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
there isn’t much hotter than a girl in just a hockey sweater.
A Nation of Masochists I can't believe "Stay Truculent!!!1" replaced goodbye.
there is nothing hotter
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd
i remind you all to watch Chasing Amy. Potvin. #29. That is all.
Identical to Sergei Berezin in every way, only 1/10 his size.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Aug 20, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
sexiest image ever.
She used to play for Penn St. She got to face some shots from the Capitals too, for charity.
Oh, and she was Miss Virginia too, like THAT matters…
by Death_By_Leafs on Aug 20, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Must… resist… urge… to crack… obvious joke…
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well she’s wearing pads, so its not like you can have too much fun with her
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
big deal
shooting on a goalie with pads still beats stickhandling on an empty net.
by Death_By_Leafs on Aug 21, 2009 5:57 AM EDT up reply actions
which one?
“a priest, a rabbi, and joe paterno walk into a bar…”? that one?
by Death_By_Leafs on Aug 21, 2009 6:07 AM EDT up reply actions
that’s what my husband’s are for.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
husbandS??
i never knew you were mormon
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
husband’s – ’s denotes ownership.
He owns many jerseys. Including a rad Caps one.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Pfft
Typical Canucks fan. Can’t stick with his team.
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i bet he has a leafs jersey hidden away in a false wall that he holds and crys when she isnt around
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
maybe….. maybe.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Who are you wearing it for?
Another chick? Because I 100% guarantee that any guy with testes would be all over it. So gd far from frumpy…
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by Sergei Puckizin on Aug 20, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
for me
I don’t like big bulky clothes.
I also don’t need to attract guys.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, you must be married. :)
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by Sergei Puckizin on Aug 20, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunately. le sigh…
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God damn I love Nasty Nazem already.
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
If he goes back to the Knights this year we could probably score a few tickets to a knights game if people could make it down from TO.
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i get to see him play in the can euro cup!
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Apparently there is still a bunch of tickets left for single games for that tournament too..
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'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.
ive got tickets to all the knights games and the finals,
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice I wish I had picked some up, but I never think about these things.
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'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.
yeah, my one friend is in love with Sam Gagne so she bugged me forever to go with her to the games, i didnt even know it was happening until she mentioned it
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I can’t imagine there are going to be a lot of the known names there. Pretty much going to be Kadri and friends but I suspect it would be good just for that anyways
'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'.
yah, i think Kadri, Gagne and Schremp will be the only real big names
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m up for a road trip.
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by jrwendelman on Aug 20, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
it’s so awesome that I can see this on my phone.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 11:42 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
alrighty quick question, I’m done a first draft of a new version of the hockey name story to post on my blog… should I just post it as text or record myself telling the story (as long as I don’t sound like an ogre)?… gah, gone for lunch now though, i’ll be back
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I’m going to be selfish and say text because I can’t watch youtube at work
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gooooooood point
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Apparently, Dany Heatley will finally talk.
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yeah
I bet Team Canada has written out something for him to read, though.
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by Karina on Aug 20, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus his agents will review it multiple times… it will probably be as enlightening as someone saying the sky is blue and water is wet.
Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!
sky is blue and water is wet.
Source?
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wikipedia
Dull Skates and Broken Twigs "Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men win." -Brian Burke
Oh, well, as long as it’s reliable.
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The only poll both Domi and Tucker should be on is ‘the players who have the hardest time staying on their skates.’
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