Make It Zero!
by SkinnyFish on May 12, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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PrintThe Blackhawks have done their job and eliminated a Canadian team from the playoffs; now the job of doing the same falls to the Penguins. Enough of the "root Canadian" crap; if a Canadian team isn't wearing a Maple Leaf on the front (red or blue), then you shouldn't be cheering for them.
What you should be cheering for instead is the nation, nay continent-wide embrace of the summer's newest dance jam; The Stanky Legg. What's the Stanky Legg you ask? Take a looksee.
Hells yeah. Now that's a dance that even I can do. Links after the jump.
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FYI
Sharks are the team with the most Canadian players left in the playoffs, technically you should be rooting for them if you’re “rooting Canadian”
Finally. Now PLEASE eliminate the habs penguins, If you don’t we may never hear the end of this from habs fans.
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The Blackhawks flew to Vancouver packed so they could travel on to San Jose where they will play the Sharks in the Western Conference final.
by hockeyphreak on May 12, 2010 8:33 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I wanna go to the nucks blog and watch them tear Luongo apart
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 12, 2010 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions
The Blackhawks have done there job
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the first thing I heard on the radio this morning…
“It was definitely all Loungo’s fault this time”
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 12, 2010 9:14 AM EDT up reply actions
An over-reaction, I’d say. Blame Vigneault. Bad line combos, bad use of final change. Didn’t help Salo played with one nut.
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 12, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
didn’t help that they didn’t dress an extra defenseman given that Salo was obviously playing injured.
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by Karina on May 12, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
For sure, bad non-use of a 7th D. And that’s the coaches call.
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 12, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I explained this to a friend
Who is going for the Habs cause they are canadian:
1) Fans of BU dont give a flying fuck that BC is from the same city
2) Fans of Michigan dont give a flying fuck that Michigan State is from the same state
3) Fans of Celtic dont give a flying fuck that Rangers is from the same country
4) My friend is a traitor
If you cheer the Habs you are a traitor. In fact, any hab fan cheering for the Leafs is also a traitor. Sure its just sports, you dont need to be shot or anything, But you are still a traitor.
by samspade on May 12, 2010 9:21 AM EDT reply actions 8 recs
Yea, and that one might be a bit misleading. If im not mistaken they used to fly an Irish flag at the Celtic ground, and once burned down the house of a player who left Celtic and later became the first catholic player on Rangers. Im sure there are people here who know more about it than me, so enlighten us.
Rangers = Protestant, Celtic = Catholic. So yeah, blood feud.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I have a Scottish friend who explained this to us once but I forget the exact details but yeah, it essentially breaks down along religious lines… I believe Celtics = Catholics and Rangers = Protestant, correct me if I’m wrong
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 12, 2010 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Buddy of mine is a Celtic fan, went to visit his wife’s family in Ireland, also Celtic fans. He broght them TML t-shirts, they looked at him and were like, sorry we can’t wear those, they are blue
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
shoulda got em st pats shirts
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
wasn’t Mo Johnston one of the traitors that did this?
October 25, 1966. Thank you Lord Kelvin
by Chuck Diesel on May 12, 2010 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
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If you go for any Canadian team that isn’t the Leafs you are a traitor. This “bring the Cup back to Canada” thing is a joke. The San Jose Sharks have alot more players I like than the Habs so I’d want them to win the Cup more than anyone really… but who even cares, it ain’t the Leafs so as long as Montreal don’t take it home, I could care less who wins
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we cheer for Canada when they play other countries. I’ll cheer for Crosby when he’s leading Canada. I will never cheer for Crosby vs. the Leafs. It is absolutely impossible for me to actually care about the outcome of a game if the Leafs aren’t involved. I don’t even care if Montreal wins or loses. It makes no difference to me. I can’t get emotionally involved even if I wanted to.
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by Chuck Diesel on May 12, 2010 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
My fave part of last nights game
The mock cheer for Luongo. It’s game 6 and ya he didn’t play his best but the guy is your captain and goalie and he is there for 12 more years. Stay classy Vancouver
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
the guy is your captain and goalie and he is there for 12 more years
I wonder how many of those years until they really regret that signing.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Drunk Uncle Don might actually be right about the way the ’nucks deal with Luongo. He shouldnt be captain, he shouldnt have been thrown under the bus by Vigneault. The fact he was left out there while the hawks (and even a Canuck or two) were crashing the shit out of him. That is how you take a goalie off his game. Take notes Penguins.
Also, how bout those turnovers? Rediculous game from the entire Canucks team, not just luongo.
Lu really shouldn’t have let that shorthanded goal happen though. Channeled his inner-Toskala right there.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
oh yeah
the Nucks D was absolutely atrocious, I only tuned in for literally 5 minutes and I saw the Hawks get 2 goals on 2 horrid turnovers and get three 2-on-1 rushes
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 12, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
exactly, and 3 goals on breakaways (even if one was ugly)
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 12, 2010 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
solutions to the vancouver problem
1-fire vigneault
2-give the C to Kesler
3- trade us Hodgeson+Schroeder+1st for Kaberle
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
You’re the king of the mock lopsided trade.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Finger for a 6th round pick is even more lopsided.
In our favour.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions
the trick is to make it crazy lopsided but make it look like some disillusion fan might actually think it could happen
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I know, it’s not as easy as it looks. That’s why you’re the king.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Anything for Finger is lopsided. He has negative value.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Not in NHL10
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
So we just need to find a GM who plays video games more than he watches real ones…
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but how many times can we trick Darryl Sutter like that?
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by clrkaitken on May 12, 2010 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
finger can be moved easy enough….if the leafs take back bigger or longer useless salary
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
NHL 10 sucks for trades. Every team is always maxed out on contracts and they offer stupid stuff like “Komisarek for Alfreddson” or "Phaneuf for Pronger (WTF?)
Detroit traded datsuyk for bouwmeister
Just sayin, I got Kessel + Van Ryn for Stamkos. No Joke.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Nah, they underrated Kessel. Stamkos peaks near like 95, Kessel around 88. Not bad a trade at all.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
hilariously
Chicago offered me Pat Kane for a package including Blake because he was coming off his entry-level deal. I couln’t quite figure out what was going on. Once I did, i set a speed record for clicking “accept”
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Goalie as Captain is stupid. I didn’t think he played that bad. I’m not sure Neimi broke a sweat in the 2nd. Too easy to lump everything on Luongo
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 12, 2010 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Neimi didn’t really play that great during the series but he had a team to bail him out
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 12, 2010 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
At least
it is not a big stretch for the Nucks fans to go from ‘LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU’
to ‘BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO’
Pretty convenient.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on May 12, 2010 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
some were saying Lou-urns.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 12, 2010 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course, they’ll be right back to chanting “Luuuuuuuuuuuuuu” like a bunch of mindless sheep come october.
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How DARE those fans cheer on their team?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 12, 2010 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
well you spend the whole off season ripping a dude apart and then immediately go back to riding his greasy face next season it doesn’t speak well to consistency as a fan base
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
SPORTS FANS
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 12, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
here in toronto when we decide to run a player out of town, we stick to it until he is gone damnit!
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
hahahah!
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on May 12, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
two words
Ian White
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
he worked his ass off to get out of our dog house, it wasn’t an on off switch
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
the moustache didnt hurt either….
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by Matt_Roberts on May 12, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Goal 1: Bad pinch by SOB, Wellwood didn’t come back to cover and it was a 2 on 1.
Goal 2: Bieksa forgets that the puck was passed to him, another 2 on 1.
Goal 3: Demitra decides he doesn’t want the puck on the power play, and then gives the laziest attempt at backchecking a breakaway that I’ve ever seen.
After that I turned off the TV and went to sleep.
Sure, it’d be nice if Luongo stole some of those goals, but when the Canucks can only score one goal and they repeatedly give up 2-on-1s and breakaways, it’s rarely going to end up okay. Chicago was simply the better team, from front to back, as much as Canucks fans would rather blame it on Luongo.
Prefers pugnacity to truculence.
First two goals, bang on, but goal #3, he has to make that save.
- Bieksa looked like Aki Berg and #5 he cheated
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
Meh, it’s tough for me to blame a goalie on a breakaway, but at the very least, he shouldn’t hang out in his crease like the floor is lava. I’ll definitely agree to that.
Prefers pugnacity to truculence.
someone needs to photo shop a Luongo “THE CREASE IS LAVA” picture
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Demitra was back checking decently on that play, Luongo didn’t NEARLY force him enough
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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http://twitter.com/felixpotvin/status/13827750035
I could watch Wellwood and Demitra trying to catch Bolland forever. Literally. I’ll let you know when they get to the net.
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by Chemmy on May 12, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_TKJIfKUZs
Demitra does hack at him a few times before he shot.
Regardless, Luongo backed up too early and didn’t even challenge him
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
You’re really into this new NHL thing if you think those are hacks.
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Just watch Wellwood coast after the blueline. What a joke.
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I agree, I never mentioned Wellwood.
TWICE he coasted and didn’t backcheck and it led to goals. TWICE. WHile facing elimination.
But ya, Leafs were dumb to let him go.
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
I’d chew out someone on a men’s league team for doing that.
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I remember being at a game 4 years ago and yelling at him for that kind of crap.
Fat and lazy is fat and lazy. He’ll never change.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
PLAYING THE BEST HOCKEY OF HIS CAREER
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
heh, i love how people keep saying that. im pretty sure his 48 pts in 42 games with us was his best hockey
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by Matt_Roberts on May 12, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
they also all say Wellwood has been their best, most consistent playoff performer.
Think about that.
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by Karina on May 12, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
his 0.42 PPG playoff pace over two years certainly is scary to other teams
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
My response is two-fold:
1. Wellwood? LOL!
2. What the hell happened to the Sedins? Where did they go?
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
they reverted back to the 2008 edition of the Sedins.
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by Karina on May 12, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
then got split up, to hilarious results
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I missed that
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by Karina on May 12, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
You can’t maintain a persecution complex without a scapegoat.
Since the Leafs haven’t done anything that relates to Vancouver in a while, and the Hawks don’t have anyone who either used to be employed by the league or have a relative who is, they have to blame someone internally.
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BUT WELLWOOD WAS PLAYING THE BEST HOCKEY OF HIS CAREER?!?!?!?!
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Interesting
I was on Defending Big D looking at their comments on the Lehtonen deal (they like it, but a bit risky to me locking in for 3 yrs, ~$10MM for an injury-prone average goalie), and noted in the comments there’s apparently a self-imposed cap on the Stars until Hicks sells the team. They were talking about having another $15MM to spend once ownership is resolved. That suggests an internal cap of $45 MM max, and they’ve already spent $43 with 6 guys to sign… including Neal. If true, someone will have to be moved.
Their defence is also atrocious. They could use Kaberle.
I can’t imagine we’d be able to pry Neal from them but I wonder if Burke would take a run at a guy like Brad Richards to solve our centre ice hole. There are no doubt other minor pieces that would have to be involved but Kaberle for Richards could make sense if Dallas really are salary constrained. From the Leafs’ perspective, it’s $7.8MM for one more year, it gives you a bridge to Kadri in ‘10/’11, and then you could deal him to a contender for a Kovalchuk-lite package at the deadline.
A perhaps insurmountable obstacle is Richards’ NTC.
Brad Richards is not the answer to our centre ice “hole”. Give Bozak a full year to see if he can do the job, he put up good numbers last season
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Equal oppurtunity asshole
Yeah, I’d rather let the kids play but I fear Burke is obsessed with the rapid turnaround.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d prefer to get Neal or Benn for Kaberle (still unlikely to happen) but if the stars offered up Richards for Kaberle straight up, I would sign and run like i was on fire
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
To me it depends on what else could be got for Kaberle in terms of prospects. Richards gives us nothing long-term (except what he could fetch at the deadline).
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
well yes, it would come down to what other offers were, but I really don’t see too much more value than a 1.2ppg legit number one center coming back
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
It's about time horizon
Richards is awesome for next year, but I’d rather get someone who won’t be as good next year but has promise for 2011 and beyond.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I think I’m the only person who wouldn’t take him. He is 30 years old, makes almost 8 mil and is a UFA in ’11.
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
Kaberle is 32 and is a UFA in 11
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
So we are trying to deal Kaberle because he has value and can get us something long term, so we ship him for a player in a similar situation. That deal helps us this year, but not going forward.
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
well it depends. Teams trading for Kaberle will probably be looking to resign him for max value, i dont think Burke would trade for richards if he didnt think he could resign him
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Or dump him at the trade deadline for a pricey return
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 12, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I would NOT want to re-sign Richards long-term. He’s on the wrong side of 30 and will cost a small fortune.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I still like him… but I’m still trying to get out of the mindset of signing mid-aged vets to fix our team. That’s old school JFJ thinking.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
You and most GMs
Resist the temptation, Burke
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
He has at least 4 more good years left in him (baring injury) is a crazy good playmaker who would be perfect to center Kessel and wont make 8 mill again
I’d take Richards for 6 mill at 4-5 years in a heartbeat
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s some food for thought right there
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 12, 2010 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
of course, in all likelyhood dallas is probably more looking at trading away Ribeiro than Richards
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Ya let’s hope Burke doesn’t bite on that one.
The only contract dump I’d want to take on from Dallas would be Richards. The dude is pretty damn good.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
depending on whats going the other way, yes
Ribeiro, for all his faults is a better center than anyone on teh Leafs has proven to be
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
me too
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Sure, but they’re not trading Neal. It makes no sense.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Can we just stop perpetuating this nonsense that any contract can just be wished away to the Marlies?
Ribeiro’s good enough to play for any team in the NHL, he’s just gutless and a giant dick and I don’t want him on my team. That isn’t a good enough reason to send him to the AHL. Also, if Burke didn’t send any of the trash that was here this season, any of whom are 10% of the players Ribeiro is, to the minors, it’s not happening.
I need to see it happen once before I conclude it’s a legitimate avenue.
Next person to suggest sending a Leaf to the minors as a means of cap circumvention gets to taste the back of my hand.
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by clrkaitken on May 12, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I still think it happens to Finger IF and I mean specifically IF the Leafs need the cap space to sign and/or trade for a player(s) who Burke really wants and who will make a significant positive impact on the Leafs
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s a legitimate question because at best Finger is the #6 defenceman.
Mike Ribeiro would be on our first line on talent alone. It’s a ludicrous suggestion to send him to the Marlies.
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yeah, no good NHL player will be traded for just to be iced in the Marlies, fringe players with over blown salaries, maybe
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Seconded
I’ll believe MLSE will burn contracts when I see it. What’s the name of this blog again? Something about how the team’s fortunes are manipulated to favour retired teachers rather than winning at all costs?
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
that's a rec'n
i’ll hold the person down for you. Until i see any evidence that anyone making over $1M could possibly be sent down, i refuse to admit this.
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Yeah I would think so. Little Portuguese diver
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 12, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
yes, but
like i said the last time this topic emerged, if he’d resign at more reasonable dollars ($6M) then why is Dallas trading him?
He’s coming off a 91 point season. Brad Richards might actually BE an $8M 1st line centre.
If Dallas trades Richards its to save cash, and get younger. I’m fine with eating the $ but I dont want any young talent going the other way for what might amount to an expensive rental.
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7th in total points this season with 91, 62 pts in 63 playoff games in his career, and a0.91 ppg rate for his career so far.
where do I sign?
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Richards is a pass first playmaker. He’d be terrible unless we could somehow acquire an elite shooter.
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it’s like you’re reading my mind
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Watching Halak stymy these teams should tell us all what we have in Kessel.
Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin, Semin, Backstrom, none of them are sniping goals off the rush on Halak.
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Is Kessel better than those guys? Probably Alex Semin but otherwise no. He does have a dick nasty shot though.
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by Chemmy on May 12, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ovie is probably the only one on the list with a better shot, and by that i mean harder, faster with just as good a release.
Kessels shots are, well the only way I can describe them, illusive. they are dirty dirty snipes, but unless the goalie is already in line with the puck it just handcuffs the shit out of em
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
i don’t want to sound crazy but…
I feel like Kessel’s shot is more wrist than slap. He’s like a right handed Sakic in that aspect. IMO
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
his snapper/wrister? no they are about the same
but ovie has one hell of a slap shot, kessel..not so much
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
upper body strength will do that.
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m hoping Kessel adds some more muscle this off season to help remedy that
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Kessel’s slapshot is brutal, especially relative to his wrister. I remember seeing him do one near the end of the season and I had to blink twice.
Did he REALLY just do that?
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
If Kessel ever learns to do an above average one timer, look the fuck out
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Him and Kadri.
I was double face-palming during the WJCs whenever they set up Kadri for the one-timer.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
that one timer shit with Kadri is so over blown its not funny
he wiffed on TWO one timers at the WJC. sure he probably shouldnt have, but its not a huge issue with him. after watching many a knights game i can assure you that he has no trouble with them on a regular basis
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Not overblown enough. Harumph.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
rec’d for dick nasty
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by Matt_Roberts on May 12, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Dont get me wrong, great player.
However, you understand where I’m coming from right?
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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If Dallas wants to move him for cap space we’d take him.
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ya
he’s old-ish (although I keep telling myself 30 is the new 20!) but I’m a huge Richards fan. if he hadn’t had such injury troubles the past two seasons, you’d hear a lot more about him. Couple that with his arrival in Dallas at about the same time Marty Turco forgot how to do his job, and I’m not surprised people are spooked at his cap hit.
i’d still take him.
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
he is still paid about 1.8 a year too much, but i’d still do it up
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Next July 1st as a UFA, SURE!
Not for Kaberle tho
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hell yes for Kaberle
Richards not only fills the 1C slot, but he also QB’s a power play just as if not better than Kabby
of course if there is a better option on the table for trading Kabby then go ahead, i just dont see it
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
The way I’m looking at it is, if Richards walks next July then we gave up Kaberle for nothing.
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yup, and to a dallas fan if Kaberle walks next july then they gave up richards for nothing
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Sweet we won’t have Kaberle.
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and a shit ton of cap space to go after the decent crop of UFAs
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
And we have $8M cap space to sign someone better.
/looks at 2011 UFA list.
Works for me.
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theoretically
if the Stars really did want to move him for Kabby and Grabbo, that’s not much of a cap savings for them (if at all…), but if it was Kabby for Richards straight up, that gives them $3M+change to play with, and secures the Leafs a legitimate pass-first #1 center to play with Kessel.
It also creates more work for Kadri (in a good way) if he wants to be in the NHL this season, and safely pads any criticism for him, if he isn’t ready.
Finally, having two former Conn Smythe winners on the Leafs would be nothing to sneeze at either.
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Grabbo would not be involved because I’m speculating at a money-saving motive. Obviously Richards is a better player than Kaberle. In fact, we might have to take someone like Steve Ott too.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
fuck and yes
Steve Ott is a nut job who can actually play hockey
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
sign me up
i’m on record as saying the Leafs need a pest (although I’m a huge Downie supporter…) and Steve Ott would drive teams to fits.
He’s also a half decent hockey player
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Ive bee saying this for a while. Leafs need a shit disturber
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I wish Komarov would come to the NHL, dude is a grade A pest
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I have a feeling DiDom will eventually take that role, if he can make it to the NHL.
not taking anything for granted, or away from the guy, just being honest
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
yup, he is certainly feisty and ballsy enough to be a good pest. If he cant translate his offensive game fully to the NHL it would be a great second option for him
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
no turtling though
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
We need our enormous team to just hit teams until they die.
Phaneuf, Schenn, Komisarek, Kulemin. Those guys need to just start torching people.
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Hanson too, he showed a few times how he could just power through people on the boards and in the corners, he starts doing that and chucking his body around more often, look the fuck out
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Kulemin needs to get with Bozak and Kadri and explain to them how he went from 180 pounds to 220.
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
“If you eat the heart you gain their courage.”
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by Chemmy on May 12, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m hoping and praying this will be his breakout season
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as long as we sign him
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Ott’s a bastard but I have a feeling I’d love him as a Leaf. Not going to hold my breath waiting for it to happen though.
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
nope, and he makes Grabbo money till 2014, while providing (at peak) about 20 points less. BUT he brings the pest aspect, toughness and some insanity. evens out me thinks
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
agreed in the not happening aspect
but if you’re talking points, Richards and Ott combined for 127 with a PPG rate of 0.83. Grabbo and Kabby combined for 84 with a PPG rate of 0.60 (with rounding…)
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
WOOO
Leafer’s on board.
PPP, any luck on the Nonis impersonation front? We’ve got a job for you…
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Love Steve Ott, but Ott and Richards for Grabs and Kaberle. Am I reading that right?
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 12, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
also their first and Jamie Benn
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Just ignore trade proposals they all stink.
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the Stars D is young
but “atrocious” is a bit of a reach. Don’t think Kabby fits here anyways. Daley and Niskanen are alright puck movers on there own. Just need a few more years…
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Niskanen was horrible this year.
Daley, Fistric and Robidas were their only real NHL calibre guys if you look at GVT. Robidas the only one with more than 22 pts. And the Defending Big D commenters were bemoaning how Lehtonen is going to get murdered behind their terrible D.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
this year
he’s only in his third year as a pro, and quite frankly, Turco wasn’t exactly “money” these past two seasons.
i’d wait and see how the team looks in front of a better goalie (who I think Lehtonen could be, when not injured…)
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
You are sad too often, how can we cheer you up?
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 12, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
prevent finns from doing things that make me sad?
i’m doomed…
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И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
At least we were able to eventually trade Toskala away. He’s no longer a Leaf, but he’ll always be a Finn… I’m so sorry.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah…that’s gonna be a hard one Sleza, sorry.
You should just think of Teemu whenever you’re sad. That guy was amazing.
Saku’s comeback can bring tears of joy
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by MapleLeafMole on May 12, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
You guys are in for a treat in 9 minutes.
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I HOPE ITS CUPCAKES!
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Better not be as big of a letdown as last nights Lost.
Not Liking Nikolai Kulemin Means You Have No Soul
Lost sucks
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
what she does in her private time is her own buisness
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions
PPP’s going to do an interpretive dance version of the Aristocrats.
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random question
Whats Brian Burke’s history with offer sheets to RFAs? Is he gun shy on those like some NHL GMs?
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seriously gun shy?
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by Chris Burton on May 12, 2010 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
so I hear you like mudkips
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
You’re seriously asking, or just making fun of us?
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
haw haw haw
On the front page of Nucks Misconduct is a poll: who do you cheer for now that Vancouver is out?
50% Chicago
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Most are probably going with the mentality of “well at least we can say we were eliminated by the cup champs”
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
Yup. I mean personally I’d want them to be absolutely embarassed in the next round and gorge myself on the schadenfreude, but I’m a petty person.
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cheering for spite, spoken like a true leafs fan
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
I helped!
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Damn I hate the Canucks and loved watching them get blown away last night.
Go Sharks for the Cup
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Jim Hughson was killing me last night.
It’s a sad day
Common, that’s national TV, not a regional fuckin game
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by leafer1984 on May 12, 2010 10:07 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Agreed… what a joke.
The last five minutes of the game was him and fat-head SImpson making up excuses of why the Canucks lost because of injury. Made me wanna barf.
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by maplestirup on May 12, 2010 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I fully expect Hughson to just go the next step and broadcast while wearing a Nucks jersey next season.
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nah, he’s just going to get the logo tattooed on his face
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d say Luongo will be in the booth with him next year anyway..
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by maplestirup on May 12, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Luongo is probably in hughsons “booth” right now
knowwhatimean?
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Ain’t that the truth!
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by maplestirup on May 12, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2007/10/suzyn-waldman-cries-on-air-following.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m6CRBsWb3U
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Hilarious
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by maplestirup on May 12, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I would have paid thousands of dollars to sit next to Suzyn Waldman in front of a TV to watch the 2007 ALCS and World Series in their entirety.
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So Glendale is coughing up the money apparently.
As happy as i am for the ’Yotes fans, if i lived in Glendale i might consider the bejesus out of the city council for that, especially if the team is sold to Reinsdorf (because this will just happen again in five years). I dont care if no money every actually changes hands, it sets a bad precedent. What happens if the Cardinals come knocking some day?
Phoenix fucked itself over a long time ago when they built the Coyotes that arena. What’s worse: covering their losses or having an empty arena? At least covering the losses means people who work at the arena have jobs and citizens have something to do and maybe there won’t be losses.
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Mexico has issued a travel advisory to all citizens against traveling to Arizona at all, which could end up costing the state billions in tourism revenue.
should be an interesting time in the desert for the next few years…
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Have to love America’s stance on immigration. Poor people walk here from Mexico to pick lettuce for pennies a day and despite this being a country founded on immigration we stand around and complain that they’re taking our jobs.
If you were born in America with opportunities like high school available to you for free and someone who sleeps in a ditch “took your job” too fucking bad.
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by Chemmy on May 12, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
seriously
get into politics
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
rec’d x1000.
Its called, stop being so lazy and do something with your life. Stop complaining about other people who are willing to work to support themselves, even if its for pennies
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by Matt_Roberts on May 12, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Also it’s not half as ridiculous as the fact that the NEW YORK YANKEES took upwards of $800 million in public money to build their new stadium.
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The way I understood it from McKenzie was that they were only covering up to a maximum of $25M IF the team isn’t sold in the next 60-90 days.
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Paying millionaire sports owners with public money is flat out offensive.
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by Chemmy on May 12, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll never understand why there isn’t more of an issue with this stuff? Does anyone read the news and realize this shit is going on? That’s what boggles my mind…
By the way guys, I got an article at msu about Reimer/Rynnas if you want some Leafs stuff to link up today or tomorr
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by maplestirup on May 12, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s on of the things I give Bill Simmons major credit for.
He gave the NBA copious amounts of shit for the stunt they pulled with Seattle/Oklahoma City.
So long as MSM members continue to get comped with free access to the game and the players, they won’t say boo because they don’t want to lose their access.
In other words, pretty much every MSM hack has less balls than Phil Kessel or Sami Salo.
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by clrkaitken on May 12, 2010 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
To this day he refuses to call them the “Thunder”. They are the “Zombie Sonics”.
by The '67 Sound on May 12, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Rec’d
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by maplestirup on May 12, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
http://maplestirup.com/2010/05/12/hold-up-jussi-reimer-aint-no-push-over/
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AH AH AH! You didn't say the magic word!
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.
Tell me!
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by maplestirup on May 12, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
That third goal last night was absolutely atrocious. All I could think of when it went in is “how how how how how how do you let that turn into a goal?” It’s bad enough to allow a third liner to get a breakaway on the PP, but then to put up a half-assed attempt to catch him in a 2-0 game, and THEN to have your goaltender make one of the most feeble attempts at a stop I’ve ever seen…in an elimination game no less.
The ’Nucks deserved nothing. Amen.
I just loved watching Bollad on a breakaway. Dude skates like the tin man.
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I also loved watching Luongo trying to stop it.
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by maplestirup on May 12, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Pat Kanes 5 hole goal was the funny one for me, you coulda driven a truck through those wickets, terrible lateral movement coverage
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I liked that Chicago tried about five wrap arounds in the first period, all of which came pretty close.
Scouting report probably pointed out that Luongo doesn’t move well and the Canucks defense won’t go behind the net.
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I can’t type for shit today.
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hello
go Bruins
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by bestbostonsports on May 12, 2010 12:25 PM EDT reply actions
how do you feel about the Canucks?
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by Karina on May 12, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I picked them to win that series.
I like the Blackhawks better.
Sami Salo is some kind of tough.
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by bestbostonsports on May 12, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
tough
i don’t think that word means what you think it means
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by blurr1974 on May 12, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
How about ‘Ballsy’?
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by nhlcheapshot on May 12, 2010 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
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by JaredFromLondon on May 12, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
7 reasons Torontonians can't root for the Habs tonight
Good to know at least one writer at the Toronto Star isn’t rooting for the Habs.
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