I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday for a Hamburger Today
by SkinnyFish on Mar 4, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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The picture says it all. You know what happened yesterday. In case you forgot take the jump to a plethora of links.
Starting off, the Battle of Cali has a quick rundown of all the trades made yesterday [Battle of Cali]
Another quick trade wrap up [Suite 101]
A look at all of the Leafs' trades from the deadline [Frozen Leafs]
Mirtle's take on the Leafs trading [Globe and Mail]
The winners and loser of the deadline [NHL Fanhouse] [On the Forecheck] [Puck Daddy]
The Stempniak to Phoenix trade [Five for Howling] [Hockey Centric]
The Skoula to New Jersey trade [In Lou We Trust]
Saying goodbye to Martin Skoula [WWoLD]
The Peluso to Toronto trade [Kuklas Korner]
Come on Pookie, let's burn this mother fucker to the ground [Bud Blog]
Looking at the whole Kaberle thing from another angle [MLHS]
el oh el [Matchsticks and Gasoline]
Ponikarovski could have perhaps been a Predator. Alliteration is awesome [Predator Insider]
Lost in the craziness (yawn) of the trade deadline, the sale of the Tampa Bay Lightning closed yesterday [Raw Charge]
The results of the Maple Leaf Memories Poll [Vintage Leaf Memories]
Morning Additions
Games 63 thru 82; consider it spring training [Bitter Leaf Fan]
Weighing in on the Leafs' moves at the deadline [Vintage Leaf Memories]
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I had a good time reading over the comments at Matchsticks and Gasoline. They’re like Leafs fans, but not yet resigned with less audible sighing.
Supporter of the Sergei Berezin "Give and Go" - You give me puck, then you go to hell
Funny they seem to view the Toskala acquisition as an UPGRADE. One mans treasure….
If God didn't want me to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?
by The Meatriarchy on Mar 4, 2010 8:27 AM EST up reply actions
Toskala is a treasure like the aztec gold in Pirates of the Caribbean. once a GM trades for him every signing turns to ash in his hands
Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That
by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 8:50 AM EST up reply actions
They imported the entire losing core of the Leafs into the Flames dressing room. Somehow I doubt this will end well.
scary thought
if it does go well, how many headlines screaming “FIRE RON WILSON AND BRIAN BURKE!” will we read?
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Mar 4, 2010 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
The Flames are going down in fl-… nevermind.
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I’ve got a post up over at Bitter Leaf: Why the next 20 games are really just an extended exhibition season.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
How dare you besmirch the memory of our excellent preseason.
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possible lines tonight?
Kulemin (23) – Bozak (23) – Kessel (22)
Caputi (21) – Hanson (23) – Lundmark (29)
Stalberg (24) – Wallin (29) – Sjostrom (26)
Mitchell (25) – Primeau (33) – Orr (28)
Average age of our forward group: 25.5
wow.
yeah, now that is a youth movement. One forward over 30 and two 29 year olds that wont play for the leafs past this season. throw in a 25 year old grabbo instead of wallin and it gets even younger.
Now we just need some of these kiddos to break out and become legitimate NHL scorers….please?
Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That
by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
Choosing a mid-80’s Leaf team to profile this year was prescient.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
Quiet, you!
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Mar 4, 2010 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
We have the offensive depth of the New York Islanders.
/facepalm
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 4, 2010 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
the term “rag-tag” immediately springs to mind.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 4, 2010 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
I’m going to bring my gear to the game on the 20th just in case.
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I actually told Fleet Fox that it would be prudent to call Burkie to see if he could get a try-out.
There should be a contest at each home game, winner gets a one day contract!
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 4, 2010 9:12 AM EST up reply actions
I want to suit up for one shift just so I can punch scott gomez in the face
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 9:13 AM EST up reply actions
this also works. Someone tell Monika about this, she could make it happen.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 4, 2010 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
The Leafs have dressed a couple players I have never heard about tonight, in fact I can’t find anything on these guys at all, apparently they were signed to minimum dollar contracts moments before the game. And now they are lining them up against the Gomez, Gionta line to start the game. Maybe Wilson knows something we dont because this may get ugly right off the draw
And here’s the puck drop OH BABY, the new guys are totally ignoring the puck and are now beating the Montreal forwards with their sticks
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
This is what I imagine you day dream about all day.
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it is a re-occurring theme
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks for joining, by the way.
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We already have a Hanson.
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.
this?
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.
Are the Leafs now the Battlestar Galactica of hockey teams?
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Mar 4, 2010 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
More like Burke Trek – The Next Generation.
by Army13 on Mar 4, 2010 9:44 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Phil Kessel is so Wesley Crusher.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 4, 2010 9:55 AM EST up reply actions
Nah, more like Captain Kirk. With a Bostonian accent.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 4, 2010 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
i know it's only one game
but Lundmark kinda sucks. not at all impressed or even mildly pleased with him on the team.
not that i have any better ideas…
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Mar 4, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
We should really just call him Jamie Stopgap because he’s just a warm body for us as we tailspin through these last 20 games.
he has now been christened “door stop”
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
pretty sure we claimed Lundmark off of waivers so we gave up nothing, and judging the reviews of his performance we got nothing, hence nothing for nothing, unless you’re counting roster filler as something
one game
is not a review. just a stated opinion
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Mar 4, 2010 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
Lundmark does suck.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah. Unfortunately at this point we really just need warm bodies to fill jerseys.
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there goes my dream of us signing Chelios.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 4, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I see what you did there. Rec’d.
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Do zombies classify as being warm?
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
That’s the joke.
/insert Simpsons gif.
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 4, 2010 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
I can’t wait to have some players that we actually know are going to stick around for a while. At this point, the list is: Kessel.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
Gunnar and Komi too (if he stays healthy) pas them there is just an ass load of question marks
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
Should have mentioned up front.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
ah, yeah, out of the forwards the only guys I see sticking for 4 or so years are Kessel and Kulemin, maybe Bozak
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Nazem?
Proud supporter of Leafs/Flames trades since 1991.
by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
MAYBE BOZAK?
MAYBE?
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Mar 4, 2010 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
he looks legit, but 30 NHL games does not a guarentee make
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
There’s always Jeff Finger.
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Darcy Tucker hasn’t really ever left.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 4, 2010 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
his ghost and cap hit linger till 2012
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
question, if they cant find his body does he come off the cap?
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
I dunno let’s do an experiment.
If anyone asks you were watching TV with me all night. We watched the episode of the Simpsons where they go to New York City a hundred times.
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on it
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
no plate, stick..stick.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 4, 2010 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Mountain Dew or crab juice?
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
Ewwwwwwwwwwwww! I’ll have the crab juice.
jrwendelman
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Got a bathroom in there?
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
If it does, we wouldn’t have bought him out in the first place.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 4, 2010 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
I hate sportsnet, and let me tell you all why…
All of a sudden, Toskala becomes (in their eyes) a solid and experienced back-up goalie. How on earth can they say that when Kipper gets a night off, he wont have to worry about coming in and bailing out Toskala (as he apparently did for Curtis McElhinney)? Really? Do they know the kind of “experience” the Vesa had in Toronto? He is not reliable, and is statistically one of the worse goalies in recent memory… This was the case when he was with the leafs, but NOW he is somehow better? Can anyone even remember when he last played? (not that we want to). Bottom line, I hate sportsnet.
...Being surrounded by Sens and Habs fans makes me lose faith in humanity...
he is also in the western conference now….huzzah!
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
Unfortunately we’ve already played the Flames for our 1 game this year and don’t get to play our automatic win against Toskala.
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he’s like the free space in bingo.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 4, 2010 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
V35, V35
BINGO!!
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there was a time when i thought the R30 square was free too….
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
Boston still has our Calgary game. 
But it’s at home so we’ll probably lose.
Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)
by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 4, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
Toskala last played on January 30th against Vancouver.
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I hate Calgary radio.
On Mike Richards’ morning show (Fan 960):
Darren f’ing Dreger(!): “Toskala was run out of Toronto, some say unfairly. He had injury problems”
Scott Taylor (Winnipeg): “The Ponikarovsky trade might be the worst trade in history”
What the fuck is wrong with the media? Send an underachieving, overpaid PoS away from Toronto and all of a sudden he’s a decent player? Has anyone checked the standings this year? I suppose it’s not Toskala, Stajan, White, Hagman, Poni or Mayers’ fault that they’re in second last place?
Does Scott Taylor not see any merit in dealing a 29 year old with an EXPIRING CONTRACT for a prospect and a draft pick? Some days I just want to claw my ears off.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
Ponikarovsky trade WORST IN HISTORY?
is he suddenly going to become mario in pittsburg? does Millen not exist in the minds of the west?
I can see arguing how it might not be a good trade but worst ever? yikes
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, they seem think history began March 1, 2010. And even at that, I think some of the trades yesterday were worse than that one.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, off the top of my head i can name 5 trades that were astronomically worse than that one, but meh
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
How about trading a 26 yr old D-man for a (more expensive) 34 yr old one, and throwing in a draft pick. Then giving away Dustin Boyd for nothing. I would have loved to see Burke send a pick this way for him.
People think the Leafs’ cupboard is bare, the Shames have almost zero draft picks this year.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
I looked over at Matches & Gasoline, looks like you guys have about the same as us. We might have a few more more extremely late rounders, but no 1sts or 2nds.
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
I feel a new kin-ship with the Flames fans… I feel like their team is right where ours was before we imploded (2-3 years ago)… still holding onto meek hope of post-season success, furious at management, on pace for a 9th place finish… If Iginla for some reason walks as a UFA in a few years, the situation will almost be identical…
Sneak peak for Flames fans: It isn’t going to get better quick. Join us in our anguish.
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
That
and nearly a quarter of their team was our team a few weeks ago
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Mar 4, 2010 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, what gives? Don’t “you guys” me!! I’m blue and white through and through, just stuck in a land of “1 Cup is more than 11”.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
Calgary Maple Leafs
It sure sounds that’s exactly what the Flames are:
"I was disappointed in our execution. I was disappointed in our intelligence. I thought the emotional level, as the game went on, dropped off. That was disappointing, too. I’m not pleased with how we played tonight. How can we be? It’s unacceptable — every game is such a big game for us — to play with a lack of intensity, to play like there isn’t even a system in place." – Brent Sutter
He should call Ron Wilson…
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 11:54 AM EST reply actions
One of my coworkers (who happens to be a native albertan and a rabid flamers fan) has been bugging me all year about Toskala. The tables have turned!!!1
If this team doesn’t win the Cup this year then Darryl is gone.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
so Darryl is gone
because there is absolutely no way this team wins a cup this year, without asteroids kill all other teams, save Toronto and Edmonton.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
I’d be shocked if Cal even made the playoffs at this point, barring a disastrous collapse by Nash or Ana or someone.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not sure if some one has answered this or not yet
But can some one explain what happens with the conditional draft pick for Pogge? I know it was a 6th that could move up to a 3rd (based on playing time, etc.), but that’s not really in Anaheim’s control anymore now that they traded him.
I’m confused.
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
im sure the pick still applies if Pogge plays X number of games, but I think its pretty much impossible at this standpoint for the necessities to be met (i think it was something like having to play 20 games this year)
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
6th rounder!!!
was it this year or 2011? We’re loaded with late round draft picks!
How many 5ths, 6ths and 7ths does it take to trade for a 1st? Please say the answer is 3.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 4, 2010 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
as long as they turn into Gunnarssons, Mikus’s or D’Amigos we’ll be golden!
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
I was thinking
Kaberles and Stalbergs… but sure!
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
at this point Gunnar looks better than Stalberg has, but finding a Kabby would be dynamite if not stretching the premise too far
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
Kabby stretching the premise too far? Heck no! I expect every one of these picks to turn into a Zetterberg, Dastyuk, Hornqvist, Demitra and Salo! ;)
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 1:04 PM EST up reply actions
there is that unbound enthusiasm that I have been missing since Eyebleaf stopped coming by regularly!
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 4, 2010 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
oh
and a Lundqvist for good measure.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
good catch
I didn’t realize he was drafted in the 6th round. I thought he was higher, given how he made the Canadian World Jr. team and then had to pull out because of Mono.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
wait
or pull out because of a broken ankle.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
Whatever the reason, bottom line is Ian White had to pull out. hehe
by CanadianMaple09 on Mar 4, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
Tommy Salo? Do not want, thank you.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
Sami Salo.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
Oh yeah, that guy.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
except he was a Sneator, so pass.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
so was Demitra.
The great thing is they were both traded away by the Sens for fairly little, and went on to become rather important players to their new teams.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
so were hossa and heatley, but i don’t have to like them.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
/sigh you’re missing the point…. low (extremely low, in fact) draft picks that went on to be successful…
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 4, 2010 2:12 PM EST up reply actions
Oh yeah.
Sorry, got caught up in the whole “former snes douchebags” thing. My bad.
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by Sergei Puckizin on Mar 4, 2010 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
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