Ottawa Still Second Rate "City" With Inferiority Complex: News at Eleven
by Chemmy on Mar 17, 2010 11:16 AM EDT
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In the season’s final chapter of the Battle of Ontario, the Senators might have managed to turn a sense of urgency into a city-wide state of panic.
With just 12 games left in the regular season, the Senators’ post-Olympic troubles hit a new low Tuesday night with an ugly 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in front of 20,405 spectators at Scotiabank Place. - Ottawa Sun
According to SportsClubStats, a website that runs simulations of the remainder of the season and gives statistical probabilities of making the playoffs, the Ottawa Senators chances of making the playoffs fell 2.0% last night all the way down to 95.7%.
Seems like a good time to panic. Ignore that the Senators aren't really a great team and rode unsustainable goaltending from future Metallurg Magnitogorsk superstar Brian Elliott to an 11 game win streak that solidified their playoff position. Panic because a team that probably should be on the bubble might end up near the bubble and has only a 95% chance at being swept in the first round.
The Senators, who are supposed to be getting ready for the playoffs, have to be embarrassed after losing their fourth straight game to the lowly Leafs. Only defenceman Andy Sutton was able to put the puck past Leafs netminder Jonas Gustavsson.
Curse you Mike Fisher. Why'd you have to miss the game? YOU COULD HAVE CHANGED THINGS.
"I can’t put a finger (on the offensive problems). We’ve obviously got our work cut out for us here," said Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson.
When asked if instead of putting a finger on it he could "hit their offensive problems from behind" Daniel Alfredsson turned in a four hundred page dissertation on how goals are created in the NHL with a two hundred page appendix laying out optimal ice time and line arrangements for 15 of the NHL's teams to maximize their production.
Nobody is sure what happened to the Senators team that reeled off 11 straight victories.
Nobody? I went over the reason that team disappeared casually because everyone knows what happened: Brian Elliott won't stop over 96% of the shots he sees forever because he's a bad goaltender. Sometimes bad goaltenders get hot.
Example: Patrick Lalime started his career 14-0-2 and no reasonable team would ever expect him to be their starter.
Alfredsson got under the Leafs’ skin in the third. He was given a boarding penalty when he took out Toronto defenceman Francois Beauchemin from behind. Alfredsson didn’t think his hit on Beauchemin was dirty.
Not really how I'd describe getting under someone's skin. Generally if you annoy another player or goad him into a stupid penalty that'd be "getting under his skin". Boarding a player on purpose in a losing effort just makes you look like a big baby.
In closing:
Rickard Wallin scored
is better than any insult we'll throw at Sens fans today.
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The people in Ottawa have their heads shoved so far up their asses…
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
nah not all of us…Just the Sens fans
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by MapleLeafMole on Mar 17, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup, and we just sit back, point and laugh!
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
yeah it’s pretty awesome…I went to my hockey game at 11 last night. About half the players on my team are sens fans. I’m the only Leafs fan. Good times – no one wanted to talk about the Leafs/Sens game.
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by MapleLeafMole on Mar 17, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
one leaf fan on a team with half sens fans and a conglomoration of what I can only imagine is a mish mash of habs and canucks fans
brave soul you are
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m completely surrounded by Habs and Sens fans. Habs fans seem to be more rational.
They (Ottawa) can take my social life, but they will…never …ermm…take my…ermmm… Leafdom? (Brutal Braveheart referrence)
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by MapleLeafMole on Mar 17, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
It was worth it.
You could have said freedom as I am pretty sure Sens and Habs fans support despotism and donkey molestation.
of coruse, sorry. Didnt mean ALL the people, just sens fans and Bruce Garioch
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
my bad, I was being a bit facetious
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by MapleLeafMole on Mar 17, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
no worries bro. I should have clued in that we have some brethren living in the nations capital
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
sens fans and Bruce Garioch
You can just say “sens fans”.
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by Down Goes Brown on Mar 17, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
touche
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Pom-poms and the whole bit.
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by MapleLeafMole on Mar 17, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
That empty netter by Wallin made my heart glad.
The mask fiasco with Ellott after Phaneuf dented his mask was annoying.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
seriously, two mask changes?
how was that not delay of game?
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
One mask change, acceptable. But two mask changes on back to back whistles in the Senator’s defensive zone? Throw in LeClair for 2 minutes while you sort it out.
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Back to back changes in the defensive zone ON THE PENALTY KILL. We were booing our lungs out while that was going on.
Phaneuf Phever, an upgrade in skill and alliteration!
seriously
it was worse than the Ovechkin stick fiasco at the Olympics. How has the NHL not learned anything from that???
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
How has the NHL not learned anything from that?
How has the NHL not learned anything
the NHL
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a feeling you’re trying to tell us something here…
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
honestly sometimes I’m surprised they mandated helmets when Masterton died.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Makes more sense. Fucking NHL
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
and it was grandfathered in, no?
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 Mar 17, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes. Craig MacTavish was the last player to not wear a helmet. I’m sure Oilers fans love him behind the bench making important decisions…
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To be fair
Pat Quinn never wore a helmet either… he seems to be causing them problems also.
Although he did ok with the Leafs so I won’t complain.
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Pat Quinn played without a helmet in 1997?
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Uhhh
huh? I’m referring to his playing days… before the helmet rules were enacted… if this is a joke I’m missing it.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
my point is that
their last two coaches didn’t wear a helmet when they played in the NHL… which I thought was the point you were making about MacTavish.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
No it’s mostly a risk analysis thing. Pat Quinn played when nobody wore a helmet so I don’t think he’s a moron.
Craig MacTavish didn’t wear a helmet in 1997 and thus objectively makes poor decisions.
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Ah ok.
Does that mean players that were early adopters are ahead of the curve?
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Now I'm wondering if
Ron Wilson started wearing one before the rule or not.
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re reading too far into this. I’m taking a cheap shot at MacT.
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Fair enough
His hair does have a helmet like quality to it btw.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I wore a full shield when I was 8 years old. I’m far ahead of all those players with broken jaws.
I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.
Don't all 8 year olds
have to wear a full shield?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
indeed
i’d hope the folks who oversee officiating talk about instances like that. it felt far too much like free timeouts
I have nothing interesting to say.
There is also a higher than warranted degree of bitching for the Sutton phantom elbow. Seriously, that shit happens all the time, the reffing in the NHL is horrible this year.
Its not like the fucking game hinged on it, settle down
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 11:42 AM EDT reply actions
It looked worse than it was in real-time, since his arm came up on the follow-through.
However, considering it didn’t even make the top 3 cheapest plays by Ottawa in that game, I have no problem letting it go.
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yeah, i didnt like how he hit Gunnar when another sen had him pinned, or that he straight armed him on the follow through, but it was still a bad call.
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Who gets to start the fire? I imagine the line up will be long
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by blindfolded tank driver on Mar 17, 2010 11:52 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah, what a piece of garbage, he needed ruutu to back him up in the scrum with Schenn
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m still confused as to how a team can have both Neil and Ruutu on the same team. That’s so much douchebag in the locker room.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
Those two sorry excuses for players and their fearful leader Alfie mean their douchebag quotient is through the roof.
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
I kind’ve pity them. Alfredsson is the clear cut best player to play for the Senators.
Daniel Alfredsson.
We have Sundin, Clark, Gilmour, Sittler, Salming, Mahovlich… I could keep going.
What a pathetic franchise.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
well they did have Hasek for all of 5 months
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Heatley?
I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.
good player, but i dont think he fits the “face of the franchise” mould
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, the face of the franchise is Yashin.
by The '67 Sound on Mar 17, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
You could say Heatley didn’t have his eye on the prize in Ottawa, or maybe even that he wasn’t an apt pupil.
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I think “What franchise has the worst best-all-time player?” is probably a pretty interesting discussion.
rick nash, gaborik, alfredsson are probably best all-time for some recent franchises, at least.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
hmmmm, that could be a great discussion.
Saku Koivu for the Wild
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You must mean Mikko, and I’d put Gaborik as better (when healthy) overall.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe
but I could see Mikko becoming their face if he stays there for longer.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
I think Backstrom will be the Wild’s franchise face, like Brodeur in NJD…
I have nothing interesting to say.
mmmmm, I do like me some backstrom
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Shane Doan and Phoenix, though they did have Selanne when in Winnipeg.
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funny thing
Giggy was the face for a while after Kariya left, but I’ve mostly seen Perry when it comes to Ducks ads locally.
I have nothing interesting to say.
ya
could be different, I don’t pay that much attention, just noticed it last time i was in their neck of the woods.
I have nothing interesting to say.
Getzlaf is going to be George Costanza level bald by the time he’s 27. Not exactly face of the franchise material.
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maybe he’ll just shave it all off.
It is pretty funny that he’s already more bald than mark recchi (by a hair)
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Bobby Ryan may beat out both of them
He’s also got the advantage of being American.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
In Anaheim, it’s more important who the upper lip of the franchise is.
Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.
by Brunswick Bruiser on Mar 17, 2010 3:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Neids?
I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.
The male pattern baldness hurts though.
I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.
I went to look for an ugly picture of a famous Leaf on Vintage Leafs.
Instead I found this:
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
O_o
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An Artists rendering of Salming?
Awesome!
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by MapleLeafMole on Mar 17, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Uhhh Bobby Hull was amazing.
I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.
but noone remembers that he played for them.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
Truth, but only for 14 games while in the NHL. The rest were WHA games.
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he’s remembered as a Hawk, though. Unfortunately for Travis Hair.
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He’s not allowed to have been a Jets fan.
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The New York Jets
do suck
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Mar 18, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
BRETT FAR....INTERCEPTION
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 18, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
All jets suck. Of any kind.*
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
I dunno, the f-18 is kinda bad ass
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 18, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Fine… non-sports jets also okay. Other jets, especially teams named such and the cities that harbor them are not good.
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
Really? Maybe it’s just because I was born in the ’Peg, but I thought everybody knew that Hull played for the Jets. Also, Dale Hawerchuk was amazing.
...rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony...
by My Poor Friend Me on Mar 17, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Looked like the penalty was for his hand to Gunnar’s face. I thought it was for the hit too and thought it was a bad call originally too.
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yeah, it looked like one of those “no THATS what I meant when I called it” situations
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Rec'd.
For being awesome and for tying a bow on the Leafs’ ownage of the pathetic Senators once again. Can’t wait for somebody to “nudge” Alfie the way he “nudged” Beauch last night; there’ll be clown juice all over the boards.
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From SSS's GDT last night...
Every scrum has Luke Schenn in the middle.
What a piece of shit.
YOU MAD?
I love it when opposing fanbases cry about how awesome Schenn is against their team.
haha i read that there as well. Definatley puts a smile on my face
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll be a very happy camper if
Schenn & Kessel become big-time Sens-Killers in the seasons to come.
by Marc Pilgrim on Mar 17, 2010 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Kessel
already is.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
6 goals
and 1 assist in 5 games this year. At least 1 goal in every game he played against them.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Stat checking
Phil Kessel has a 13 game point streak and a 7 game goal streak in games vs. Ottawa, both of which date back into his Bruins days…oh yes he is a Sens killer, no wonder they’re starting to boo ;)
Truculence...starting 10/1/09
Yeah, clearly scrums involving CHRIS NEIL and JARKKO RUUTU when the Senators are losing a game are all Schenn’s fault.
Are you kidding me?
Chris Neil and Jarko Ruutuu
led the idiot brigade to the pen. box last night. If the Sens want a reason to be angry, they should look at how many moronic penalties they took in the 3rd period.
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I am so glad Burke didn’t sign that piece of garbage last summer.
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He doesn't seem to fit the mould
Although I would point out that Jarko Ruutu once played for Burke and Nonis.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
If burke had of signed Neil I was ready to stop watching
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s the blog that claimed we stole their idea of giving money to charity when I linked to their first promotion twice on twitter and once in our post announcing the charity drive.
They’re not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
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no kidding, i remember that. Its like they stopped reading after the first 2 or 3 words and just starting crying about stolen ideas…
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe we should consider placing them in
the Safety Drawer… the one with the rubber padding to prevent them from cutting themselves.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
i’unno… the sounds of suffering snes fans is like music to my ears
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
The advantage of the padding is
it might deaden the noise… I’m happy without the din.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
to be fair
it wasn’t the blog overlord who cried, it was one of the members
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
Sort of. His members went on a big tirade and called us some pretty nasty stuff. The blog overlord came here to tell us his users weren’t jerks when I called them out on it so I consider him complicit.
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ah right
although do you ever call any of us on our crap posted on other sites?
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
nucks misconduct, five for howelling, various other teams as the thought strikes me
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Are you spying on them?
Or spying FOR them?
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh right. I’ve been meaning to comment at FFH more brb
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the SBN Thrashers site is also decent
I forget what it’s called though since I don’t bother reading titles often.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
birdwatchers anonymous or something
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah I think that might be it
the guy who runs it does a good job of incorporating stat analysis to his postings… keeps my mathematical mind engaged…
unlike the comedy in here apparently…
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think you commented on our last stats post.
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I did not.
I was away all weekend without computer access… which is when it went up if I recall… if it was the weekend before that… I was in Philadelphia with other priorities also… and if it was before that I was in Ottawa… again with different priorities.
I read it but the commenting was past due to my mind.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I currently have the opposite issue
I can’t post to my own blog since apparently I have no access from where I am now… so until Friday all I can do is comment on other people’s
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Most of the SBN sites are pretty good. I like Five For Howling, St. Louis Game Time, Second City Hockey, the Kings blog, and Battle of California a lot.
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oh yeah I really like St. Louis Game Time, Second City Hockey and BoC. And Japer’s Rink.
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I knew I was forgetting an obvious one. Jasper’s is great.
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Nice dig
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Mar 17, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
speaking of St. Louis
did anyone else notice (or care) that Steen scored his 20th of the season last night for the Blues.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I was watching half asleep last night and heard 20th, I still managed to mutter “son of a bitch”
Fairweather fans can go to hell
I have an authentic Steen EDGE jersey. :(
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He has 20 goals
and 18 assists in only 55 games. he has the highest shooting percentage on the Blues, and 6 of his goals are on the PP.
Oh and he’s only playing 15:44 a game in ice time.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
so he is unlikely to replicate this season
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Why?
He’s only shooting 12.6%… it isn’t a crazy high percentage. the Blues have alarmingly low shooting percentages as a team.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
wow
add a question MARK there.
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Me too... 2:30 PM!
I need food.
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Double what he shot last year.
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And that includes one year of 10% on Mats’ wing.
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Basically the same numbers as Stajan
Only he’s playing 3rd line Centre Minutes rather than 1st line Centre.
I still think we kept the wrong one… although that’s neither here nor there now.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
He also has more points
in fewer games than Stempniak had with the Leafs, and fewer minutes… and more PP goals… and more assists than Hagman…
basically he has been better than most of our dismissed 2nd/3rd line forwards… I just find venting about such things makes me feel better about my assessments.
I acknowledge that none of this makes a huge difference at this point.
Colaiacovo also has 4 goals and 19 assists for 23 points. Both he and Steen are + players.
Let’s just say that Stempniak deal was a bad one, and I don’t care how much “effort” Stempniak put in.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Between that trade
the Jeff Finger signing…
Selecting Luke Schenn over Tyler Myers…
I’m beginning to think less of the whole Cliff Fletcher redux…
Perhaps I’m alone.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
oh and trading 2 picks
in order to take Schenn… when we could have stayed where we were and picked Myers.
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
One wonders what we’d think about Luke Schenn if he played in front of Ryan Miller.
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His defensive stats would be better for sure
But he wouldn’t have Myers’ offense… or size.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
or his WHL
playoff MVP
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess it's the sum of 3 things
2 draft picks… and Tyler Myers… (who I think they should have taken and could have although obviously that’s a moot point right now)… vs. Luke Schenn.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Does Buffalo have another offensive defenseman on their team though, like Toronto has Kaberle and had Kubina?
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Nope
but do you think Schenn would replace either of those?
Myers has regularly (including BEFORE the draft) been rated as a better offensive prospect than Schenn.
They have Chris Butler and Craig Rivet, and they regularly play forwards on the point.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
also
only 12 of his points are on the PP…11 of Chris Butler’s points are on the PP. Myers has 24 ESP.
For the Leafs? Kaberle has 25 pp points and only 21 ESP.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Schenn is not an offensive defenseman whereas Myers is. The point is, Myers’ numbers are high because his team lacks other skillful veteran d-men. And Schenn’s are low because he plays defensively.
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Myers is actually pretty solid defensively
Long term I feel Myers is a better all around D man than Schenn.
His offensive game is far superior to Schenn, and his D isn’t a lot worse as far as I can tell.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Myers' numbers
are high because he produces at Even Strength… his being offensively skilled has nothing to do with an abscence of other offensively gifted D men when he plays at Even Strength.
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought this page was supposed to be about ripping on the SNES and their fans, not doing our best Pierre McGuire impersonation.
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I agree with you somewhat on the Steen/Cola/Stempniak trade. The Leafs felt they needed a RH shot at forward on the PP and Stempniak had good numbers.
Cola had a horrific history of injuries and was surely gone, but I always liked Steen. Seemed like he stalled under Maurice.
I totally agree with you about expending picks to move up for Schenn. Wasn’t a fan of that move.
Have to admit Myers wasn’t a big draw for me at the draft. Why do you think he slid to #12?
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All I remember about drafting Schenn is being glad we didn’t draft Mikkel Boedker.
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To that point
a lack of polish defensively… he was still rounding out his game. He hadn’t played at a high level competitively until he was 11 when he moved from Texas to Calgary.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
But once he was the go to guy in Kelowna
He became a lot better all around.
I actually think it helped him that Schenn went to the NHL. If Schenn had remained for another year of Junior, they would have split the duties more. It might actually have hindered the development of both of them… less responsibility individually and all that.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn’t we also have like 9 defenceman at the time of that trade?
I can’t really be bothered to cry over spilled milk on the Schenn deal; if Myers slid all the way to 12, odds are probably pretty good we wouldn’t have taken him. Given Schenn’s play so far I can’t overly complain. 2 season after the draft we have the 5th best NHL player; if that’s what you get out of the #5 pick, that’s all you can ask for.
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I think I’m more pissed that we didn’t draft Drew Doughty.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 17, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea! why the hell didnt the Leafs draft doughty>?
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm on the record saying we should have
why we didn’t take him #5th overall I’ll never know. The kid’s a STUD.
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hindsight is 20/20.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 17, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
We should probably draft Crosby in this year’s draft he’d really help.
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I’m looking forward to Burke stealing bobby orr in the 3rd
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I think if you look at the first 12 players selected
They are all quite comparable. It was a very deep draft, and I’m particularly partial to Myers.
Myers also happens to be the first D man taken AFTER Schenn. If we had left ourselves in the 7th slot, and Schenn had gone at 5 to the Isles (or whomever they traded with other than the Leafs), we might well have taken the next best D man available (Myers).
It’s not as big a logical leap as it appears.
You could also suppose we might have selected Colin Wilson who went 7th overall to Nashville, which wouldn’t have bothered me a lot either. Or perhaps Kyle Beach.
Power Forwards are something else we’re lacking.
Either way… I’m just saying on the whole there are a few things in Fletcher’s redux I wasn’t a huge fan of (and I’m still not)… but this is all irrelevant right now.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
yea, looking back at fletchers second reign isnt very pretty. Aside from signing Hagman he didnt really do much that im a fan of.
Mayers, Hollweg and Finger are particularily bad deals.
At least we got to say goodbye to cujo
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with you about Fletcher’s moves but can you imagine the damage JFJ might have caused if he’d been left in place?
by Mirinov's Nose on Mar 17, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
drafting the likes of Gunnarsson, Stalberg, and Rask implied he had some idea at the draft table.
The problem was his free agency signings and way too many NMC’s and addiction to the elderly.
He was too weak to stand up to the board, and that was forever to be his downfall. I’m glad he’s gone too, but he’d be a great director of scouting.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think I have a reputation for coddling any of the members of this community.
I would absolutely call anyone here out if they were factually wrong and I was aware of it.
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In front of Toronto’s net…after the other two try to injure Leafs…yeah, what a jerk.
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Thank you for not writing S*nators or SNES. Because that’s just stupid.
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by wrap around curl on Mar 17, 2010 2:38 PM EDT reply actions
I think I popularized S*nators.
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Its kinda annoying.
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by wrap around curl on Mar 17, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh I know. I just think its a beaten to death joke.
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by wrap around curl on Mar 17, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I still like it. :(
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it lasted longer than SNES to me, that one is groan inducing
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve never liked that. The SNES might be my all time favourite gaming console.
I hate to see the name besmirched like that.
by Mirinov's Nose on Mar 17, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
i thought it was kinda funny when i saw the jersey for the first time in a “heh, i bet they never thought of that when they designed that monstrosity”
but other than that, ugh
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions
most jokesaround hereget beaten to death
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 17, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
perfect example is the in November when it matters, my God was I happy when the overlords said enough with that joke
Fairweather fans can go to hell
yeah, that joke only mattered in November
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
when it mattered
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
november
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
RICK NASH!!!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Hi, I'm Doug Maclean
And I drafted Rick Nash!
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He built Columbus from the ground up!
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Mar 17, 2010 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
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Does anyone anywhere have any idea how much interest
the Leafs have shown in Stephane Da Costa? That french kid from Merrimack?
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Apparently every team has at least talked to him.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok
well that’s something at least.
He’s 5’11 and 180 lbs, and he’s from France… those aren’t positives from a Burke perspective… but he looks like a very skilled player.
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
great, now I am going to have great big sea stuck in my head all day
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
It bothers me that you pointed that out
I don’t think GBS ever comes to my mind.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m a Newfie, they always spring to mind
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
You're excused then
"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 Mar 17, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Merimac’s mother’s making Merimac marry me!
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
AND WE’LL ALL BE FEELING MERRY WHEN I MARRY MARY MAC!
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
someone hacked Jared’s account
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I know my Mary variations
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
i’m still waiting for SLC’s expletive filled tirade about how he hates losing to the Leafs and we Leaf fans are all mouth breathing troglodytes.
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 2:59 PM EDT reply actions
SLC?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Senators Lost Cahones, the angriest senator fan in the land, proprietor of five for smiting.
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
So, basically a Sens-themed version
of that Sens_Suck fellow on Twitter?
by Marc Pilgrim on Mar 17, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I like him
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he entertains me
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
he’s the one with the weird homophobic rant about flying over Toronto, right?
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its the dude who think the leafs are going to win the cup this year
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
It was weird.
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The first thing I thought when I read that thing was “people from Ottawa can afford to fly? I call bullshit”
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From someone at the game...
The Sens fans around me were pretty loud…until Kessel scored. Then…hell may have frozen over here folks but they were starting to boo Kessel. Still wasn’t as loud as us booing Alfredsson but still…lol.
A Sens fan was my ride to the game… :S Although he’s actually not bad for a Sens fan. When John Mitchell scored I told him “At least it wasn’t Wallin.” Wallin hit the empty net and I was like “You know everything’s going wrong when…” ;)
I had a “Yell if you like Phil Kessel” sign. Needless to say there was lots of yelling :)
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You could hear them booing Kessel on TV a little.
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It was almost cute in its pathetic-ness.
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
If only Kessel could stick it to Boston like that, I have a feeling that next season he just may.
I still beleive that Kessel is going to burn the Bruins in a playoff series in the near future and all the media will be on the “Kessel was totally worth it!” bandwagon. Or at least thats what I dream of…
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
note
not that I care if the media agrees or not…
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 17, 2010 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
We get the feeling it will happen eventually.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 17, 2010 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
The booing of Kessel was sad though from their perspective, it was nowhere near as loud as our Alfie hate. You can hear the Alfie boos on the game in six right before the SNES goal.
I also love how they have a “go sens go” cheer that they try and use to drown out “Go Leafs Go”, they are basically just helping contribute to two-thirds of our cheer.
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Very astute assessment of the reason for Ottawa’s struggles. Ottawa’s goals for in their games since the Olympics are: 1,1,1,4,0,1,1. It’s clearly Elliott’s fault they aren’t winning right now.
Seeing people from this city constantly take shots at other cities is one of the most entertaining things about living here. Torontonians are the most insecure group of people when it comes to the perception of their city. I’ve never seen a city that wants to be loved so badly. I guess it comes naturally when all the sports teams here are a joke, and almost everything north of Eglinton is a dump.
no one said that Elliot was the reason that they were losing, just that the pace he played at during the win streak was unsustainable and probably not a good tell of how his career will go, with some snark thrown in for good measure
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 17, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Look everyone, a troll!
Let’s all be nice, because we know trolls have the worst insecurity issues of all. You won’t even tell us who you are a fan of—you create a new account just to post here.
Anyone who thinks that Toronto natives spend more time bashing other cities than vice versa… well, you’re either willfully blind or you’ve never lived in another Canadian city. The national pastime in Canada isn’t hockey, it’s Toronto-bashing. Me, I love Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal, the list goes on. All great cities. Their sports fans? That’s another matter. You are Exhibit A. Congratulations.
by The '67 Sound on Mar 17, 2010 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
As a non-Torontonian
It is quite obvious that every city in Canada loves to bite the hand that feeds them.
and almost everything north of Eglinton is a dump.
Aw crap I live 2 streets north of Eglinton.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 17, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Does that mean you live on Broadway ?
weird… me too.
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Whoa,
Really?
I live on Davisville.
Chemmy is coming to town on friday night and we’re looking for somewhere in the area to grab a beer.
Any suggestions? I’m thinking the Twisted Kilt
Willing to trade humour for cash, straight up.
The Kilt
is a decent enough place, though a bit overpriced.
The Monk’s table down towards St. Clair is also pretty decent.
I’d probably go to the Twisted Kilt if I wanted to avoid straying far though.
+ their waitresses are attractive.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
St Clair
Has a few places that are good times.
Think I might take Chemmy down there. We’re looking for something that won’t be too busy on a Friday night so we can make asses of ourselves
Willing to trade humour for cash, straight up.
Given Chemmy’s interest in different beers, you might want to try the Granite at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton.
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Great call
Even closer to me as well.
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by Archimedies on Mar 17, 2010 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Broadway – winnar!
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 17, 2010 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
So is Montreal
And Cornwall where I live, but I probably could have told you that before now. ;)
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Boom. Roasted.
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Also, are you a racist?
As this map shows, “north of Eglinton” and outside the downtown core are home to many of Toronto’s minority communities. Is that what you find so objectionable? Or is it Hogg’s Hollow and Lawrence Park that you are calling a “dump”?
by The '67 Sound on Mar 17, 2010 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey Look! It's an illiterate troll!
It’s not Elliott’s fault that the Senators are losing right now. It is his fault that he put together a ridiculous 11 game run that confused Senators fans, never big on things like ‘stats’ or ’logic, into thinking that their team was actually good.
Seeing people from this city constantly take shots at other cities is one of the most entertaining things about living here. Torontonians are the most insecure group of people when it comes to the perception of their city. I’ve never seen a city that wants to be loved so badly.
HAHAHAHA (pretend that I am actually laughing in your face in front of a huge crowd of people that are also laughing at you) anyway, the irony is thick when every other city in Canada’s only unifying trait is a hatred of Toronto that does nothing more than highlight their inferiority complex.
Who wants to be loved? We’re just laughing at the shitty cities in Canada thinking that they are better. Newsflash champ: if Toronto blows then what does that say about Ottawa?
ps. Don’t forget to join Silver Seven or any of the other number of SBN blogs dedicated to Ottawa’s professional sports teams. Oh wait.
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Senators “fans” after the game were mentioning that at least Ottawa’s going to the playoffs. Well…first of all, we don’t know that yet, and then, how is your team going to beat another playoff team if they can’t even beat the Leafs? … ;)
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I’d wager that the Leafs will win as many playoff games this year as the Sens.
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
Thank you!
I live one block South of Eglington in a very nice apartment. I appreciate the compliment.
Willing to trade humour for cash, straight up.
Davisville is more than one block south of Eglinton
it’s a subway stop south.
I have a friend that lives in those buildings across the TTC depot… his place is alright.
Overall I’d say using Eglinton as a dividing line is pretty idiotic… what bothers me about it more is that Rosie DiManno did it in an article about the MPP for Owen Sound wanting to make Toronto a separate province earlier today.
Is Rosie DiManno trolling on here now?
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by Steve Burtch on Mar 17, 2010 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
quick – somebody mention Mats Sundin and we’ll see what 29th place does!
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Mats Sundin was enough to beat the Senators
…and Phil Kessel seems to be enough to beat the Senators today :)
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You’re underselling Mats’ accomplishments. After all, Alyn McCauley was enough to beat the Sens.
by The '67 Sound on Mar 18, 2010 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, yeah
It’s more than a block, but I figured the troll wouldn’t know.
Willing to trade humour for cash, straight up.
I don’t know. In the big city we only count major intersections as blocks. Anything inbetween is half-a-block.
by general borschevsky on Mar 18, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Hi. I’m not from Toronto.
Or Canada.
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But if we want to get specific I’ve lived in Boston and NYC and in both places people think Toronto is a modern metropolitan city. No one has an opinion on Ottawa because it’s a shithole and they have no reason to visit.
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this is what really drives ottawa citizens crazy. “we live in the capital city, damn it – why is no one paying attention to us???”
one of my best friends is from ottawa, his hatred for the city and people of toronto is borderline unhealthy. i’ve never seen a torontonian hate any city like that, ottawa or otherwise.
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Y’know what I don’t get? My impression is that Americans, no matter what state they’re from, love New York City. They even wear t-shirts that say so. They may not like the Yankees or the Knicks or whatever, but they still love New York, the city and are very proud of the way it represents America.
Why don’t Canadians feel this way about Toronto? Honestly, what did we ever do to earn the contempt of our countrymen instead of being celebrated as a proud, world-class city?
by general borschevsky on Mar 18, 2010 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t love new york city…too cramped.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 18, 2010 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
But I did visit Toronto and it was quite nice.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 18, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Canadians’ first instinct is to tear down our best.
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jealousy, its the Canadian way
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 18, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I lived in the US for seven years - all in the northeast, but surrounded by people from all over- and had a different impression. Southerners resent northerners (“The War of Northern Aggression” has not been completely forgiven in some circles), Midwesterns resent the coasts, the West Coast resents the East. Many viewed NY as a modern day Sodom & Gomorrah. People from NYC thought the rest of the country was cute in a parochial sort of way. So the US wasn’t that different from Canada in that regard.
To be fair, I think a lot of that changed post-9/11, when the whole country (hell, even the World for a brief period) adopted NYC. I lived in the US ‘92-’99, so a very different atmosphere.
In my experience Toronto, Montreal and (maaaaybe, pre-Olympics at least) Vancouver are the only three Canadian cities the vast majority of people outside Canada have heard of.
by The '67 Sound on Mar 18, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Seeing people from this city constantly take shots at other cities is one of the most entertaining things about living here
sweet jesus, this may be the funniest thing i’ve ever read on this site. maybe in my entire life. are you being intentionally obtuse for our amusement?
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Grabovski scored that game
Pineapple juice enters wounds
Of Senators fans
Keep firing Assholes!
Blackout is always right
lest we forget
Rickard Wallin scored
Rickard also scored another time this season, ON A GOALIE!!! and it happened to be Marty Broduer. Clearly Ottawa has nothing to be ashamed of, he’s a sniper – like Cheechoo.
Dmitri Yushkevich was so tough, he once blocked a Chuck Norris kick with his teeth and finished the shift.
Colton Orr
Scored on Brodeur.
I love Colton Orr.
Strictly platonic, please don’t kill me Mr. Orr, sir.
Aaaw, the adorable rantings of a team last in the East. Criticize when you actually have a hockey team and not a fifty year study in failure :p
by JohnnySpectacular on Mar 18, 2010 12:30 AM EDT reply actions
Aaaw….the adorable rantings of a pre-schooler last in his class. Criticize when you can actually count without using your hands.
by Theodles on Mar 18, 2010 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Only needs four fingers to count the Leafs win streak vs. the Snes.
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Aww
At least we know we’re suiting up a team of AHLers… what’s your excuse for losing to us 4 straight?
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 18, 2010 7:30 AM EDT up reply actions
you suck at math
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 18, 2010 8:23 AM EDT up reply actions
At least our franchise didn’t fold in the 20s.
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that was owen nolan
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