S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT!
by birky on Oct 9, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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PrintThe Leafs opened their season on Thursday with a big win over division rival Montreal. It was the first home opener win since 2000. One game isn't enough though. The Leafs opened the 2008-09 season with a win over defending Stanley Cup champs Detroit, only to lose five straight and finish October 4-7. I demand better. The Buds need to come out strong against a weakened Ottawa Senators squad, who will be missing their top offensive player. Expect Phil Kessel, known Sens killer, to see a lot of ice time. Oh, and Orr - Carkner V...duh.
Links after the jump
Saturday links:
Predicting the 2010-11 NHL Season
New DGB
Wilson: Komisarel still 'a work in progress'
Mirtle with some of Ron Dub's comments after Thursday's game.
Leafs HQ with some quick hits on the season opener.
Eyebleaf writes about game one.
Season Opener: Canadiens @ Maple Leafs
Slave Duris of Under the Helmet tracked scoring chances throughout the game.
10 good things about the Maple Leafs looking forward
Vintage Leaf Memories has some positive thoughts on the Buds.
First Leaf Goals of the Year: 1995-2010
mf37 looks at Toronto's earliest performers.
Goaltending the difference in Win #1
Mike from Budblog with a little blurb on good goaltending.
Josh Nicholls out with a concussion
MLHS updates the health of the young prospect.
Hitting from Behind: How is this still a debate?
More on the Nicholls hit from Puckworlds, with video.
Ondrej Pavelec collapses, rushed to hospital
Wysh with the big story of the night.
Introducing the NHL Writers League...
Some guy named PPP is fighting for the honor of all PPPdom over at fanduel.
Yakov puts the battle in Battle of Ontario
Maple Leafs 2010-2011: Game One!
Jr. shares his musings on Thursday's game.
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Not sure if this is FTB appropriate, but if any other PPPers are also writing the LSAT today I hope that we do to this test what Orr does to Carkner’s face.
best of luck! LSAT is a soul sucking test of awful….
BUT YOU’LL DO FINE!
...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd.
Thank you, I think it went well, although my soul is in pain right now.
by ShahofToronto on Oct 9, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks, its over and now all that matters is the LEAFS!!!!!!! (and applications, but LEAFS!!!!!!)
by ShahofToronto on Oct 9, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Tim who?
On HNIC radio last night Burke said “a lot of people were asking Tim Who?” Come on Burkie, that’s not exactly what they were saying. But still nice to see Burke is up on his memes.
by Leaf in Habland on Oct 9, 2010 7:37 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Les sighs.
Unfortunately I cannot repeat my beer-swilling performance at 6 a.m.. I have to start teaching a class at 7:45 in the morning and I still haven’t prepped. I look forward to reading through your GDT comments, though.
Defense! Defense! Common! Do you call that blowing!?
Poise?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
CBC SUCKS
I don’t get the game tonight because CBC is showing the dirty Habs play golden boy tonight. I’m more than a little rattled about this occurence.
You must be in the wrong region.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Home on PEI for the holiday. We usually get Leafs games unless the golden boy is involved in another. Parents only have cable so i’m limited in my options.
by schennsational on Oct 9, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Is streaming an option?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
WHAT????
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Oct 9, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
CRAP
I AM NOW SO ANGRY
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Oct 9, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
CBUT has TOR/OTT listed in my guide, at least… I think it should be okay.
Oh, four! I mean five! I mean fire! Now available in lite version!
I’m really hoping it’s just an Eastern Canada thing, and they’re showing Leafs/Sens in the West. But, CBC doesn’t say on its website what’s being shown in which region.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Oct 9, 2010 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, found it
Montreal @ Pittsburgh (Live Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI ONLY)(HD where available)
Leafs/Sens is playing everywhere else…including BC. Yay me.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Oct 9, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like Chara is set to sign a 7-year extension
Wonder if they are bold enough to try a Savard-like contract again?
20 miles to Legoland!
I hate the Bruins so very much.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
$6.5M cap hit.
@RealKyper
45.5M extension for Chara over 7 years in Boston. Parents put your kid on defense. All the money these days is on the blueline.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
locking up bergeron and chara, can’t say i blame the bruins
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Oct 9, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Not at all, although they are going to have quite the log-jam up the middle soon.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
this is probably the final nail in the seguin to wing coffin
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Oct 9, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Pfft, they’ll just trade one of them for a bag of pucks mid-season.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Or for two firsts and a second the year after that.
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 9, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Next year's Big Cap hits
Chara 6.5M
Bergeron 5M
Thomas 5M
Lucic 4M
Savard 4M
Horton 4M
Krejci 3.75M
Seguin 3.55M (full cap hit counts as its a CBA year)
Seidenberg 3.25M
That’s about 39M in 9 players.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe they get rid of Thomas Giggy style.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
By taking on more salary?
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
Just spitballin’ here.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Chara’s new contract is also a mill less than his current one so it actually gives them MORE space than the one he has now
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Oct 9, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Giggy had about 1.33 years left on his contract, Thomas has 3 right now…. tough to move him, and its a +35 contract (Can’t bury in the minors)
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Had no idea he has that many years left.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
the only major contract they lose next year is Ryder too, who they will need to replace
but they some how have over 2 mill in cap space left at current
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Oct 9, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
However
the only cough “major” RFA next year is Wheeler again
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d have no problem taking him off their hands.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Meh
i think the offseason “hype” of him becoming a “free wallet” if they let him walk last season made us overrate him.
we’ll see what he does in, once again, a contract year.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh no question, but he is a big guy and has some skills, and is BFF with Kessel.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Kess is sooooo over him, he’s got @Bozie42 now.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
On the other hand
he’s still pretty good (or was last time I saw him play), however he did lose his starting job so he may no longer be in top form. Who knows.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
The NP
has a cool article about Jonas SIegel.:
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2010/10/09/the-man-who-cant-turn-away-from-the-maple-leafs/
Loving the Leafs is like being in love with a drug-addled, gambling addicted prostitute with a heart of gold and a bunch of humanitarian awards from her youth. It’s hard. It hurts. But dammit! I just love them!
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 9, 2010 9:50 AM EDT reply actions
Late add for the FTB
My $.02 about game one.
Note: not necessarily worth two cents.
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) CERTIFIED GRABBO LOVER
....and link postage fail.
Good Lord, I’m more than a little dopey today. As an aside, I woke up screaming in the middle of the night, as I’m sure Carkner did too, and I am absolutely beat.
My linky: http://heroesinrehab.ca/blog/2010/10/09/maple-leafs-2010-2011-game-one/
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) CERTIFIED GRABBO LOVER
Get used to it, you have a baby coming. :)
Be an Optimist Prime, not a Negatron. Certified Grabbo Lover!
Адразу Ліфс Перайсці !
by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 9, 2010 11:30 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Now don’t go giving Jr. false expectations. He’d actually have to be asleep in order to wake up and that isn’t going to happen with a newborn in the house.
by Mirinov's Nose on Oct 9, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
/begins looking around the house for suitable “noose-making” material and a reasonably high beam…
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) CERTIFIED GRABBO LOVER
Good point. Jr., get used to functioning on literally zero sleep. Parenthood!!!1
Be an Optimist Prime, not a Negatron. Certified Grabbo Lover!
Адразу Ліфс Перайсці !
by Sergei Puckizin on Oct 10, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Lines tonight per @jonas640
Versteeg, Bozak, Kessel. MacArthur, Grabovski, Kulemin. Sjostrom, Brent, Armstrong. Orr, Zigomanis, Brown.
Beauchemin-Phaneuf. Kaberle-Schenn. Gunnarsson-SchennKomisarek.
J.S. Giguere starts again in goal
Komisarek as the 5th/6th D-man… godamnit. We have so much EXPENSIVE depth. Most team’s depth players cost <$750k each….
20 miles to Legoland!
yeah, but unlike most 5/6 guys Komi and gunnar will play more than 5 mins a game
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Oct 9, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
And aren’t necessarily a gut-wrenching liability.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Let’s not go crazy, because Komi did take a lot of unnecessary penalties last year.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I think my statement had an adequate amount of pessimism and caveats.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
we DO have a lot of Ugh factor on the team this year – Komi brings that level up a bit.
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 9, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
He didn’t take any penalties in the last 40 games last year!
Oh, wait… never mind.
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 9, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I personally like the Schenn/Kabby pairing way better than Kabby/Komi…And so does Kabby, as apperant from Thursday. Schenn seems to make more space for him, and both blue liners GEL.
Now, Komi/Gunner that freaks me out a bit, especially the way CG is playing right now. Maybe Lebda/Komi would work well though?
"The usefulness of a cup, is in it's emptiness"
by Maniel Darois on Oct 9, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I love what Wilson said about Kaberle/Schenn… he basiscally said that Luke is the perfect partner for Tomas, he’s smart enough to know to just give Kabby the puck and get out of his way.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Oct 9, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
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Done and Done, I dressed Upshall today.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Go Yotes Go.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
You know what else is awesome?
Capgeek.com is calculating cap space for every team DAILY, including LTIR and overage limits. Wow.
Every single time they impress me they step up their game even further.
20 miles to Legoland!
Are you getting payed by the word or daily?
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Jay McClement for Selke in 2011. Justice will be served. Penalties will be killed.
I bet Sather and Sutter are bank-rolling them.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I think he’s referring to it sounds like im dropping in spam, ‘cept I’m just a kissass fan of their site haha
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I know, just wanted to get a dig in on Sather and Sutter.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah you did sound like an advertisement there. My only complaints with capgeek are that it doesn’t show you a total of the actual pay which is what a lot of teams go by instead of cap.
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Jay McClement for Selke in 2011. Justice will be served. Penalties will be killed.
Ya the fun tracking stuff like LTIR, cap space and stuff, but you can see individual salaries for each team by clicking on the team then hitting the “show salaries” button at the top (instead of cap hits).
You can see though, as a Leaf fan, salaries don’t mean nearly as much as cap hit for me.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
give them the Finger!
"The usefulness of a cup, is in it's emptiness"
by Maniel Darois on Oct 9, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
BLATENT
cap circumvention.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 9, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Simmons just tweeted a blog entry about other team’s droughts, I wanted to respond with something witty and a link to 1967ers wonderful article from June found here. A little help please.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Oct 9, 2010 11:56 AM EDT reply actions
Interesting
Chara will be the first player whose contract is impacted by the forever-to-be-known “Kovalchuk Rule”
@Real_ESPNLeBrun: Cap hit on Chara is $6.917M first six years of the deal and $4 million in final season. New Kovalchuk rule applies.
20 miles to Legoland!
Geez, not like Kovalchuk didn’t have a big enough ego – now his name can be used as a verb – ie: Chara’s contract is getting Kovalchuked.
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 9, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
What's the status on Opening Saturday Meet Up?
I missed out on Thursday’s festivities at the Loose Moose… any plans in the works for a Part 2?
Interesting note
while watching the Marlies game:
- Burke and Nonis are in the building, watching the game closely
- Kadri is doing a good job drawing penalties, but hasn’t done anything offensively impressive yet
- Dallas Eakins has said he’s carrying all 3 goalies (Reimer, Rynnas, Scrivens) on the Marlies roster, and isn’t quite sure how he’s going to fit them all in for games yet. None of them have been sent to the ECHL.
20 miles to Legoland!
A little late
But you missed my blog on the superhero concept:
http://50-mission-cap.blogspot.com/2010/10/six-likely-nhl-superheroes.html
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