Leafs give Allison tryout
He's like the top 6 forward we never wanted.
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It’s time for a competitive seniors league for players over the age of 35.
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he’d even be too slow for the GHL (Geriatrics…). Only thing slower than Allison on skates, is Mats making a decision
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by blindfolded tank driver on Aug 28, 2009 7:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha
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by Robot Godzilla on Aug 28, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Whaaaat?
Of course I get into work and my work e-mail is filled with friends asking if they slept through to April 1st.
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Jesus, can he at least wait until my cable box can fast forward through unwatched programming?
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Aug 28, 2009 10:06 AM EDT reply actions
Today is April Fools?
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by blurr1974 on Aug 28, 2009 10:08 AM EDT reply actions
Always remember this about Jason Allison: in his year with the Leafs, he had a huge bonus due in his contract for playing 70 games and he fell just short because he broke his hand jumping into a fight to help a teammate. He never played in the NHL again. The Leafs owe him at least a tryout.
Of course, if he makes the team, they have to shoot him.
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by Down Goes Brown on Aug 28, 2009 10:12 AM EDT reply actions 7 recs
nothing wrong with giving him a shot. i just don’t see this ending well, either for Allison (if he doesn’t make it) or the Leafs (if he does).
by daoust on Aug 28, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
eh
I dunno. We’re not winning the cup this year, maybe it gives some rookies time to gel in the AHL and come up and play even better next year.
GAH I can’t believe I just tried to find a positive in this.
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by Karina on Aug 28, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Wasn't
he already the top 6 forward we never wanted like 3 years ago?
I'm not even supposed to be here today..!
Hold on...
60 points in 66 games in 05/06.
Those are numbers you can’t ignore, not matter how slow he skated or the fact he was a -18.
He claims to be in top shape, and unless he’s a complete fool one would think he’s worked on his foot speed over the last few seasons…
All I’m saying is that stranger things have happened.
Plus I really liked him on the PP. God it would be nice to have a scary PP again…
All that said...
He won’t make the team…
60 games in 5 years . No thank you.
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60 games almost 7 years, he didnt play most of the 03 season and missed the entire 04 season., plus the lockout.
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by Matt_Roberts on Aug 28, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
83 games in 7 years. Hey that’s more than a season!
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I think this is purely
a matter of Allison wanting a tryout so that he can display to the entire NHL that he is in game shape. He likely thinks, and he’s probably right, that some team with cap issues that wants some scoring punch (hello NY rangers) might want to sign a guy who can put the puck in the net for cheap.
He’ll help a lot of teams in that regard – just not the Maple Leafs.
"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.
oh please
can this be like last year when the wings gave Brent Sopel a tryout and then he signed with Chicago?
We will give Allison a tryout, and then he’ll be signed by Ottawa.
Yessssssssssss…
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by Karina on Aug 28, 2009 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
I never really understood why everyone used to bash him so much the last time he played. All he did was put up points and seemed to be a good teammate. That being said, I am against his signing with the Leafs for the same reason I didn’t mind seeing Mats go last season. Right now it is about letting the kids get ice time and seeing who develops. Every minute Allison would spend on the ice would be a minute a younger Leaf would have to sit.
Is it October yet?
I think it was because he was feasting on the PP while killing the team at ES plus his pathetic shootout attempts.
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yep
he was pretty good on the PP because he always had good hands and could make pretty nice plays but 5 on 5 he was like a cow on skates pulling a boulder.
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by Matt_Roberts on Aug 28, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
the zamboni finishes cleaning the ice post game before Allison evens hits the blueline on the shootout
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by blindfolded tank driver on Aug 28, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
League Min
2 way deal. Throw him on the 2nd line and PP. Done and done
by theothervatican on Aug 28, 2009 10:48 AM EDT reply actions
then
send him to marlies once they realize bozak is the real deal and we dont need him
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by Matt_Roberts on Aug 28, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
But it does give the Leafs some time to let Bozak work in the AHL.
hmmmm….nope, still not a fan.
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It's an idiotic move to actually sign him
Bringing him into camp for the Leafs kids to get a feel for playing against REAL NHL competition isn’t a bad plan though.
It’ll let Luke Schenn feel good about his positioning since it’ll give him an extra 5 minutes to move to the right spot before Allison sets up his plays.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 28, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Bringing him into camp for the Leafs kids to get a feel for playing against REAL NHL competition isn’t a bad plan though.
I like that idea.
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He’s only 34??? Wow, I thought he was 35 three years ago when he played for the Leafs
Put him in a gray track suit and make him catch a chicken… worked for Rocky – Go Flyers!
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Aug 28, 2009 10:48 AM EDT reply actions
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by PPP on Aug 28, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Jason Allison? Did we just transport back to 2005 and nobody told me?
Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!
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by Matt_Roberts on Aug 28, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Daniel Marois far behind?
Someone on Leafs Lunch just suggested he would be a good set up man for Stempniak!! Surprised he didn’t finish w Go Flyers!!
Seriously if he doesn’t crack the team perhaps he is angling for some type of coaching/head office job?
by The Meatriarchy on Aug 28, 2009 12:38 PM EDT reply actions
Ah
The Chris Chelios Defence?
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Burkie does seem to like to have one old fucker on his team – Brad MAy, Bertuzzi….. Jason Allison could be our Reggie Dunlop….. with a much more awesome beard.
In fact Jason should let the beard grow real long like Bill Flett.
by The Meatriarchy on Aug 28, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, but we already HAVE one old fucker. That being said, Allison has more of an upside than Primeau Jr. any day.
by Blue and White Expat on Aug 28, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you remember Allison at the World Juniors? He had a Stanley Cup Final quality beard and he was 19!
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At least Stempniak
can actually skate reasonably well.
I don’t see how Allison fits in with Ron Wilson’s concepts of a forecheck – but hey he did run a team built around Joe Thornton with a lot of other fast guys to put the puck in the nets.
I wonder if this is an indication that the Leafs don’t think Grabovski can handle being the number 1 guy for a whole season… insurance plan etc.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 28, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I Believe In Jason Allison
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 28, 2009 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions
you are legally obligated to love all Leafs (except Pogge, and he’s gone)
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Follow me I'm Boring!
by blindfolded tank driver on Aug 28, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Any attempt for me to conjur up a reality where Allison has NHL foot speed results in an image of Oprah catching Usain Bolt in the 100m.
In the Name of the Holy Truculence
by steve_w on Aug 28, 2009 12:52 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
A caller on leafs lunch opined “we don’t have to worry about him having lost any foot speed – he didn’t have any to begin with”
by The Meatriarchy on Aug 28, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
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by Matt_Roberts on Aug 28, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it just me, or does it seem that there’s a surfeit of old guys wanting to “come out of retirement” and take a crack at the Leafs? Do they sense a sea-change with the team having Burkie and Wilson et al on board?
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That or they figure they’ll have an easier time cracking the lineup.
My Response to the news:
Log onto TSN
“Report: Leafs to grant tryout to Jason Allison”
“Oh Jesus”
Flashbacks of the dreaded 05/06 season
by PassivelyTruculent on Aug 28, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 28, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
…so he won, what, five of ’em?
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something like that.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 28, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
nope
they see peddie behind burke waving them all over while mouthing “its ok”
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by Matt_Roberts on Aug 28, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Said the guy who lost 3 Presidential elections.
A Nation of Masochists I can't believe "Stay Truculent!!!1" replaced goodbye.
He did win the Scopes Monkey Trial though.
creationism win!
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 28, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
haha My only image of Bryan is from Inherit the Wind, one of my favourite movies and the character loosely based on him
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I picked up a bio about him, going to read it one I’m back at school. I just always picture him as mildly sweaty with suspenders in a rocking chair drinking lemonade.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 28, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
On wikipedia
it says that his reputation of being a slow skater was created when he purposely skated slow on a shootout attempt.
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What the fuck, is he a bear?
Evident from his grizzly beard, his slow, plodding movements, and the fact that he’s asleep during the winter, it is clear that Jason Allison is indeed a bear.
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Anybody have a link to a video of the shooutout attempt? I know of it based on reputation, but I don’t know that I’ve ever actually seen it!
YouTube caps movies at 45 minutes so you’d either get the first or second half depending on what I upload first.
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by Johnny Toronto (in Ottawa) on Aug 28, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
what? Hoglund was unavailable for a cameo?
Brain: The irony of it all, Pinky. Years of trying to take over the world, and all I had to do was say "truculence".
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by blindfolded tank driver on Aug 28, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Robot Godzilla on Aug 29, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t have any problem with this. I’m no Allison fan (do those even exist?) but there is no risk in giving him the chance. If he makes the team he will most likely get paid very little and the Leafs will likely need all the help on offense they can get.
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I used to be an Allison Fan. Then he came to the Leafs.
Something similar happened with Owen Nolan.
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by Karina on Aug 28, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
A reverse Komisarek?
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Aug 28, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
hah
yup, it does seem that way
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by Karina on Aug 28, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
and
probably a good reason to not get Marleau… I LOVE him, therefore, if he comes to the Leafs, he must suddenly suck.
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by Karina on Aug 28, 2009 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
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