HOCKEY IS BACK!!!!
by PPP on Sep 16, 2009 2:01 PM EDT
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PrintSweet Jesus. Hockey is finally back. Finally the focus can move back to the ice as the Leafs host the Bruins in the now annual Coca-Cola "Zero Fans" First Game. Yes, I got that correct. Some people want to have you believe that this is some massive outreach program by the Leafs and that they are showing that they have a heart. To those people I ask "are you shitting me?" Aside from the fact that they lose no ticket revenue, still charge obscene amounts of money for the concessions, AND that they add to their million person contact list (seriously, that is what Richard Peddie is most proud of in that brutal book I have to review) I guess it's nice that the team does their best to ensure that true fans get tickets to the game. I mean, sure they make you give them every scrap of information in order to qualify for their draws and you have to buy tonnes of sponsor's products but it's just like going for free!
Well, not quite all of them have managed to avoid landing in the hands of scalpers. I'd appreciate anyone walking down letting me know if Soprano and friends are out in full force or if Toronto's finest is doing their job. Anyway, enough of the Debbie Downer routine. The important part is that hockey, albeit in a watered down form is back. And who is playing? Find out after the jump!
First off, did you know that there is a rule about how many veteran players must be dressed per game? This is actually comforting news since I only managed to finangle tickets to two exhibition games and no regular season games. Look at me Feschuk! I'm not really part of the problem!
As per NHL rules, the Leafs must dress at least 10 NHL veterans to give fans their money's worth, even though tonight's game is free, with Kadri counted in that group. Teams also can agree before the game to add or subtract the balance of veterans and rookies.
Thanks to HFBoards for being great at finding information quickly.
Update: From The Official Site gives us tonight's lines for the Heroes:
Goalies
Vesa Toskala
Joey MacDonald
Defence
Jeff Finger - Francois Beauchemin
Garnet Exelby - Ian White
Phil Oreskovic - Jonas Frogren
Forwards
Andre Deveaux - John Mitchell - Jay Rosehill
Nikolai Kulemin - Jason Allison - Jiri Tlusty
Wayne Primeau - Nazem Kadri - Colton Orr
Viktor Stalberg - Tyler Bozak - Christian Hanson
While the Bruins reply (via some reporter named Bish) with:
Steve Begin, Patrice Bergeron, Drew Larman, Jeff LoVecchio, Michael Ryder, Shawn Thornton, Derek Morris, Mark Stuart, Dennis Wideman and Andy Wozniewski are participating in morning skate. Tuukka Rask and Dany Sabourin are in goal.
Add Jamie Arniel, Byron Bitz, Guillaume Lefebvre, Brad Marchand, Vladimir Sobotka, Blake Wheeler, Matt Hunwick, and Adam McQuaid and you have tonight's roster.
Finally! Andy "Are you shitting me?" Wozniewski returns to Toronto! Dear God, I can't believe that I am missing this game. Not only will our young forwards gain a lot of confidence by flying past Wozniewski but Ron Wilson has banned fighting at training camp meaning that Deveaux, Orr, Oreskovic, and Exelby are as primed to scrap as one Michael Vick's dogs. Last night I set the line on fights tonight at 2.5 but I think that's going to be low and I'd definitely take the over.
I don't put too much stock in preseason games because the Leafs, from memory alone, are traditionally horrible. Even when the team was good. The last few years though might indicate that the preseaon is a predictor of things:
- 2008-2009: 2-5-2
- 2007-2008: 3-3-2
- 2006-2007: 0-3-1 and four game results are somehow missing from the Maple Leafs' website
- 2005-2006: 4-4-0
So...uhhhh...I guess this game is important now?
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How about “it depends whether they’re winning”…
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by 1967ers on Sep 16, 2009 2:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
PPP
check your email…
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=291316
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions
WOOOOOOOO!!!1
PLAYOFFS!!!1
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions
Actually I read somewhere that even though Coke is sponsoring the free game the Leafs are forfeiting about 2 Million in ticket revenues by doing this. I know it is a small pitance but you try to get a company as massive as MLSE to do anything involving giving up revenue and it will be a hard sell. I know there is the whole intangible goodwill thing but still.
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Is it a hard sell?
Coke are covering the costs of the tickets but are the Leafs giving away the luxury suites as well? Even so, you weight the cost of tickets against:
- the increased sales in merchadise from first time visitors
- the money from coke
- the money from the other sponsors because Coke is just the premier sponsor there are a bunch of others
- the money they are getting from TSN for broadcasting it
And it’s an exhibition game. This is a no-brainer for them once you add in the ‘goodwill’ and the media coverage. It’ll be a fixture from now one I think.
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I know its a no brainer for the goodwill. I was just pointing out it wasn’t entirely for free.
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I think that at the end of the day the marginal concession and merchandise sales coupled with the marketing more than make up the ticket sales especially since I do not believe that the luxury suites are included bringing that finger way down from $2M.
Would be an interesting thing for a reporter to look into…
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Plus I read in the same article, (im gonna go try and find it in a second) that it was expected that there would be some no shows as well as free tickets are worth as much to some as a something that cost money.
Give me a bit and I will try and find it.
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Peddie complained about it last year and it’s in the Leafs book which isn’t a surprise. People come to our office and book for some of our free information sessions weeks in advance to make sure that they have a spot and then don’t show. It’s a pain.
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Lousy typo
It’s Leafs RAUP!!!1
Can’t trademark it if you can’t spell it.
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Leafs RAUP!!!1
will be represented, I think. Leafies and HLF are going, I believe.
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I was hoping “Who Wants More” is going to win me some money tonight, but it appears Lucic asked to not play.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
someone is a fear’d!
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Duh
Are you shitting me?
Really just yell that anytime he does anything.
Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by truculent osmosis.
And tonite's lineup is
Leafs vs. Bruins Lineup
Wednesday, 16.09.2009 / 1:12 PM / News
Goalies
Vesa Toskala
Joey MacDonald
Defence
Jeff Finger – Francois Beauchemin
Garnet Exelby – Ian White
Phil Oreskovic – Jonas Frogren
Forwards
Andre Deveaux – John Mitchell – Jay Rosehill
Nikolai Kulemin – Jason Allison – Jiri Tlusty
Wayne Primeau – Nazem Kadri – Colton Orr
Viktor Stalberg – Tyler Bozak – Christian Hanson
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Kadri with Primeau and Orr; Allison with Tlusty and Kulemin? Uh, what? Wilson should swap Kadri and Allison because those two lines make no sense.
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i think the plan is to get Kardri to rile em up than orr to knock em down
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
or Wilson is basically telling them, touch Kadri and die
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that is more likely.
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe Wilson is giving the kid a hint. Since he doesn’t seem to like to pass in scrimmages, give him too linemates who aren’t worth passing to.
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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 16, 2009 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Not disagreeing with you
But for a guy who doesnt like to pass, he finished with 50+ assists last year.
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And put Allison with some young offensive talent to see if he’s still got it
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by MapleLeafMole on Sep 16, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Who the hell is Jay Rosehill and what’s he doing on my Leafs?
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=72697
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/jay_rosehill
The strapping freshman defenseman enjoyed an outstanding rookie season with Minnesota-Duluth by being arguably the team’s most intimidating presence. Rosehill finished the season with five points (all assists) playing in 34 games for the Bulldogs. Not surprisingly, he led the team in penalty minutes with 103. He notched his first career point back on October 8th versus Notre Dame.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
Also, he’s a D? Playing forward? White’s nemesis?
Rosehill’s greatest assets are his size, strength and punishing physical style. He is never one to back down from challenge and delivers bone-jarring hits as often as the opportunities present themselves. He’s a solid defensive defenseman that progressed quite nicely over the course of his freshman campaign.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
One of those under reported signings…except here.
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by Leaf in Habland on Sep 16, 2009 2:59 PM EDT reply actions
If Andre Deveaux doesn’t grab the first Bruin he sees and start punching him, he’s an idiot.
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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 16, 2009 3:22 PM EDT reply actions
And I assume that he needs to punch out all of his opponents blood or he misses the cut, correct?
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
No kidding
Pretty clear what Wilson wants out of him and it’s not standing in front of the net on the powerplay.
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This
Like I said earlier, the guy turned down many invites last year to drop em. He needs to remember, he is a fighter
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Yeah
Watching him refuse to fight Goddard but then drop them with Fedotenko was embarassing.
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea, I remember that.
He didn’t drop em with Goddard I’m guessing because he didn’t wanna switch momentum, but common, Fedetenko?
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Fedetenko is scrappier than you think, and he dropped them first, didn’t he?
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah and then Deveaux fought back, but if you remember Goddard was beating on Deveaux’s head for a few seconds and Andre wouldn’t drop the gloves.
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
like leafer said, he didn’t drop ‘em because he didn’t wanna give the Pens any momentum back.
it’s not the stone ages, a guy doesn’t have to “drop ’em” just because the other guy does. a thinking fighter who knows when it’s the right time is a nice change of pace from Hollweg throwing his face into every fist he can find every time he’s on the ice.
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Like I said below, he was smart not to drop them at that point in the game, but dropping them in a similar scenario later in the game with Feds was just silly.
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
it’s not the stone ages, a guy doesn’t have to "drop ’em" just because the other guy does.
It’s not the stone ages, but it is the Burke ages.
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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 16, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I could understand not fighting Goddard when your team is only up by a couple of goals, but dropping them with Fedotenko when the game is already out of reach is pathetic.
I hope he changes that.
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I’m ready for some hockey.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions
Oh yeah, hold on.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it might be a bit early, but I’m out of practice so I’m going to fall back on
GOLF LEAFS GOLF
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
LET’S GO BRUINS
CLAP
CLAP
CLAP CLAP CLAP
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
So will Hab fans chant the Lolipop guild song during their games or do we have to do it for them?
`“We represent…the Lolipop guild!”`
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we’ll have to.
And it will be so sweet. So so sweet.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Phil Kessel
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Tuukka Rask
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Jonas Gustavsson
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
LEAVE RAYCROFT ALONE!!!!1
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
thats the only way he wont get scored on glove side
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s that gaping hole on the other side from the hand that holds the stick.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
the giant gaping hole on his left side
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
and
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
What role does Wendel currently play in the leafs organization?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Terrifying presence behind the curtain in Brian Burke’s office.
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
bingo
what does Neely play?
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
http://bruins.nhl.com/club/page.htm?bcid=27149
Vice President and Alternate Governor
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
so
you can think him for the contract mess…?
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
If anyone’s going under the bus for that, it won’t be neely. Not for a year or two, anyhow.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
He plays Sean Avery’s stunt double in lost fights(aka all of them)
See how well he turtles?
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll give you about a 5.1/10 for that one. Most of which is for effort.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess what you’re saying is that the only thing you can really make fun of neely for is losing one fight to wendel clark. I didn’t know Jack Edwards posted here, you homer!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Jack Edwards is the #1 modern NHL homer. I can’t stand that guy. =X
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m a huge fan. You would be too if he was a homer for your team.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
joe bowen rules!
as long as he isnt saying holy mackinaw
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, that, and the fact that he picks up gay sex in diner bathrooms.
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I’ll show you happy place.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Let me FTFY
LET’S GO BRUINS
CLAP SALARY
CLAP SALARY
CLAP CLAP CLAP CAP CAP CAP!!!
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by SkinnyFish on Sep 16, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Any word on Bruins lineup? Any scrappers to watch?
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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 16, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Shawn Thornton will be willing to fight and so will Wozniewski’s face.
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Shawn Thornton, Steve Begin, Byron Bitz, and based on PIMs on hockeyDB: Guillaume Lefebvre, Adam McQuaid
and of course Patrice Bergeron.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
i would ask that
if you post something about the game, shoot me an email with the link.
quicker than waiting on my reader feed.
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 3:38 PM EDT reply actions
I’m just excited that Stalberg, Bozak and Hanson are in the line-up, and playing together.
Ladies and gents, witness the birth of the “Animal House” line.
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Stalberg is awesome.
Hanson really needs to rock some taped glasses.
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
We need Steve from Hockey Analysis
That guy has been talking up Stalberg and has made me jump on the bandwagon for him as well. I saw some highlights from the rookie tourney, the dude has skills
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I can’t wait to watch him play tonight. SO EXCITED
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by Karina on Sep 16, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Veganism and Smurfs
George Laraque (or BGL) is a vegan
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/laraque-happy-to-veg-out/article1289191/
Wendel Killer Joseph
Laraque, who also does yoga daily, an activity he picked up as a member of the Edmonton Oilers, said he’s never felt better and reported for training camp at a comparatively svelte 245 pounds.
Comparatively svelte to whom?
/not making a Wellwood joke. Too easy
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing. Also rather truculent for a chick.
It’s the muscle to fat ratio that sets than one up.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
Do you count muscle that’s only half-digested for wellwood?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
haaaahaha
Currently tracking outbreaks of Hogtown Flu, specifically the LS02 strain.
by Robot Godzilla on Sep 16, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought the same – svelte? at 245? I thought he was always svelte in that case.
anyways, I went off topic. I just always pictured enforcer’s as carnivores.
Wendel Killer Joseph
245 isn’t svelte, I don’t care who you are.
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing. Also rather truculent for a chick.
Maybe if your a 7 footer.
You don’t think Laraque is slender, sleek and suave? In his underarmour, prancing around the habs dressing room, giggling, chasing down munchkins in a fun game of catch and release?
Wendel Killer Joseph
by MapleLeafMole on Sep 16, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
ok, now THAT was funny
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing. Also rather truculent for a chick.
the visualization is comedic to say the least
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
are we going to get people bent out of shape if we talk about non-hockey in these GDT? Even if it’s safe for work?
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing. Also rather truculent for a chick.
if its safe for work, its all gravy, unless the rules have changed
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s what I was asking
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing. Also rather truculent for a chick.
i think PPP changed the rules, because he’s a party pooper.
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
i have no idea what that means.
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing. Also rather truculent for a chick.
we’ll find out soon enough.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
in my pants!
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by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
The new version of adding “in bed!” to everything?
by Its Cold In Here on Sep 16, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe
he wants to keep the GDT about hockey and non hockey chat still in the CC….
Tabbed firefox FTW!
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by Karina on Sep 16, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
New home in the Ottawa area – interwebs and Cables not hooked up yet, no TSN 2, no online streaming.
It’s like walking into a dark cave.
I’m outtie
Wendel Killer Joseph
Some must suffer so that others may experience joy.
Get your Leaf-wear on and go start a fight with a Sens fan in the nearest sports bar. You’ll fell much better.
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All of us Leaf fans close to (or Luke forbid) in Ottawa need to set some dates to invade Kanata…stupid Kanata.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 16, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Jersey Numbers
BOSTON BRUINS:
6 D Dennis Wideman
22 F Shawn Thornton
26 F Blake Wheeler
27 F Steve Begin
32 G Dany Sabourin
37 F Patrice Bergeron
40 G Tuukka Rask
43 F Drew Larman
44 D Andy Wozniewski
45 D Mark Stuart
48 D Matt Hunwick
53 D Derek Morris
54 D Adam McQuaid
57 F Jeff LoVecchio
60 F Vladimir Sobotka
61 F Byron Bitz
63 F Brad Marchand
72 F Jamie Arniel
73 F Michael Ryder
92 F Guillaume Lefebvre
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS:
3 D Garnet Exelby
4 D Jeff Finger
7 D Ian White
11 F Jiri Tlusty
18 F Wayne Primeau
20 F Christian Hanson
22 D Francois Beauchemin
24 D Jonas Frogren
28 F Colton Orr
29 G Joey MacDonald
33 F Jason Allison
35 G Vesa Toskala
38 F Jay Rosehill
39 F John Mitchell
40 D Phil Oreskovic
41 F Nikolai Kulemin
42 F Tyler Bozak
43 F Nazem Kadri
45 F Viktor Stalberg
56 F Andre Deveaux
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 4:49 PM EDT reply actions
what would happen
if Wozniewski and Jason allison got into a fight?
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing. Also rather truculent for a chick.
Remember the superman movie where superman went so fast that he turned back time? It would be like that only slow.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 16, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
so they’d be fighting…backwards?
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing. Also rather truculent for a chick.
It’d be like the CBC intro to the final’s last season. The one with coldplay.
by Its Cold In Here on Sep 16, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Well let’s hope they can fight all the way back to 1993 so someone can punch Kerry Fraser in the throat and threaten him to make the right call or else.
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
My biggest complaint about last years game: every commercial break had those same dumb coke zero commercials. I KNOW THEY ARE THE SPONSOR, but they could mix them up a bit!
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What are you guys doing?
We’re drinking coke, mate!
tHAT’S NOT cOKE ITS coke zero DUMBASSES GOD
sTFU EYEBAll
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, I’m gonna go get ready for pre-season. (Aka I’m out of beer).
Boo hoo!
by Chris Stoikoff on Sep 16, 2009 5:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
-1 for the Vick reference, but +1 for Brad Marchand. So a wash I suppose.
FYI, the Leafs pre-season media guide has the 06-07 pre-season record at 3-5-1.
Identical to Sergei Berezin in every way, only 1/10 his size.
From Russia with GLOVE SIDE!
by Sergei Puckizin on Sep 16, 2009 5:37 PM EDT reply actions
so.. uh...
what time does this game start??
"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 Sep 16, 2009 5:52 PM EDT reply actions
1 hour
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
4 PM pacific
"Sanity is not statistical." - George Orwell, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...
by blurr1974 on Sep 16, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
:(
I wonder if I could watch it while I work….
"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 Sep 16, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Not soonefukinnuf o’clock
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 16, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Great Post PPP, one mistake
To those people I ask Andy “are you shitting me?” Wozniewski
Fixed
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 16, 2009 5:54 PM EDT reply actions
UH....
TMI
"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 Sep 16, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I need new pants.
You wear pants?
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 16, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
KADRI!!!!1
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Colton Orr already has a nice shiner
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions
Wheres the game thread?
I’m assuming it isn’t seen as that important, but does anyone have an online feed for this one?
http://beyondbeleaf.blogspot.com/
main page, she’s up and runnin
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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