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by SkinnyFish on May 21, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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It's Friday and I'm not going into to work today. Instead, I'm headed North to the land of poutine, back bacon, government run liquor stores, and endless wonder. That's right kiddies, Uncle SkinnyFish is headed to Canada! I'll be crossing the border in Niagra Falls sometime this afternoon before a stop off in Toronto on my way to the Kawartha Lakes region.
Then it's three days of enjoyment celebrating May 24, with a two-four of beer of course, before I head back South to the outskirts of NYC. Hopefully good times will be had and I won't see a reason to have the Army invade your country. Seriously, I have that power. So you Canucks better be nice to me during my visit, or else Uncle Sam will be pissed.
Links after the jump.
Briere, Betts, and Pronger are team is just that much stronger
Just some amazing work from the Flyers' fanbase that endears me to them even more. Rap it sHERBS!
The reparations courts finds that the Blackhawks own the Sharks.
A Day in the Life of Gary Bettman
In case you missed it yesterday, Bloge Salming & DGBs latest masterpiece.
Hockey and traumatic brain injury
The scary numbers behind concussions in hockey.
Team Russia eliminates Canada in the IIHF WC quaterfinals.
Forbes magazines interviews the NHL's COO to discuss their online goals
Glove tap to PPPer ohshrit for helping to make NHL.com top notch.
MLHS takes a look at one of the Leafs' prospects.
Bettman Q&A on the launch of NHL Green
Stop 1) Stop wasting so many megawatt hours of electricity by refrigerating rinks in warm climates.
Penguins are not entertaining the idea of trading Malkin
Except him gone on draft day.
More talk of the Coyotes going to Winnipeg
Surprising to hear that the NHL has a schedule in hand should the Yotes move to Winnipeg.
WAC and LD cover the Shawn Avery / Lindsay Lohan spat
Some fantastic slashfic by the lovely ladies of PPP.
VLM looks at two different players who took two different paths.
Vintage Leafs has the damning evidence.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
because thats how Canada rolls B
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Excuse me, i’ve gotta call my congressman and alert them to this military manner.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ll saddle the moose
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
the beavers have been alerted
(that’s what she said)
Unabashed fan of the surprise 2012 Stanley Cup champs
Canada has amassed 90% of it’s population within 100 miles of the border! They’re clearly planning an attack.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 21, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
follow the only road to ottawa, we must alert the prime minister!
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions
May two-four
Because that’s the minimum amount of beer you should a) bringing and b) consuming.
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Oh, excellent.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
May 24 was the actual birthday. The holiday was adjusted such that it gave us a long weekend. This year is an oddity because the extra day actually is on May 24.
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It happens every so often. I believe Canada Day and Christmas are the only stat holidays here that falls on the actual date regardless of what day of the week it is… everything gets adjusted to the first monday before
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Kyle Wellwoods hair is so terrible
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 8:23 AM EDT reply actions
I hope you crossed the Rainbow Bridge and not Queenston. That’ll save you a couple hours right there.
Rainbow is bad too. Generally the fastest one in my experience is Peace Bridge but that requires you drive through Buffalo…
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 8:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Depends, if its the weekend both Lewiston and Rainbow are disasters due to all the cross border shoppers, Peace is busy too in that case but the last time I went cross border shopping with friends the wait at Peace was around 15 mins both ways.
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions
When I worked down there, I took the Peace Bridge most weekends because it was the most convenient to get to. If I wasn’t heading for downtown Buffalo, though, it was Lewiston all the way.
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fair enough, I don’t cross the border that much, only recently in the last 2 years because I’ve had to do some work in the States a couple of times
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Last time I was out by Bancroft I had to stop for gas at a store that also sold bullets and beer in the same building, it was awesome
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Bancroft, Dicky Lake for me. Yes, it’s called Dicky lake.
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 21, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Know why they named the town Kinmount?
Government of Ontario wouldn’t allow them to put Cousinfuck on the sign.
;)
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by Sergei Puckizin on May 21, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
heard that one about 10 years ago from a guy who was from there. held on to it all this time, and then, BAM! Opportunity!
Thanks ferg.
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by Sergei Puckizin on May 21, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHA
Amazing.
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Us locals say that they named Kinmount with that name because SiblingFuck was rejected.
I am Mikhail Grabovski's smirking revenge.
by kidkawartha on May 21, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry KidK, guess I beat you to the punch.
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by Sergei Puckizin on May 21, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
most of my crossing have been Queenston, Rainbow has gotten me thorugh fast quite a bit, but then again, never tried it on a weekend, so what do I know.
But yes, Buffalo-Ft Erie is best, but it’s out of the way.
depending on where you’re going or coming from, its not that hugely out of the way
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Who kept the Russians off you all these years?
The shortest distance between Russia and the US is right through Canada. I, personally, wandered out in the middle of the night a dozen times and said “Yo, Ivan, turn those tanks around and go home. Don’t be pissing us off.”
How do you think we’ve held this much resource-rich land with so few people all this time? Canadians are bad-ass. Initially GWB was looking to attack Al Berta for oil but we gave him a little geography lesson and sent him on his way to Iraq and Al Qaeda, bankrupting your country. We’re not only bad-ass but we’re sneaky too.
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Pretty sure Alaska is closer to Russia than Canada.
Also, just for you:
:3
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
not a single bacon or beer joke
disappointed is me
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
written by a Canadian, no less
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Alaska is closer. And thanks to your incredibly sharp governor whose name escapes me but could see Russia from her house, we were always well prepared when those pesky Russkies tried anything.
Don’t get me wrong, this is very much a symbiotic relationship, we protect you, you send us all your great comedians, oh wait . . .
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wait until said former-governer
becomes President in 2012!
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
That would make the U.S. the Edmonton Oilers of political powers.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 21, 2010 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Washington Generals, more like.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh god please no.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Please do your part good sir to save the rest of the world.
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I voted and will continue voting. Don’t know how much help it is in massachusetts
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
If Sarah Palin wins the presidency I’ll donate all of my money to al Qaeda.
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Yeah, they’d be fucked because she has experience hunting wolves via helicopter
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
This is a hilarious video of Sarah Palin’s core supporters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXKuDYvM6Wk
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Ugh youtube blockage @ work
I’ll be sure to view this at home
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
MSNBC interviews Sarah Palin supporters at a book signing and it’s absolutely hysterical.
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hahaha
“did you know Palin supported the bailout?”
“…uh…where did you hear that?”
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
FROM THE NEWS THAT YOU FUCKERS DON’T WATCH OR READ!
GAHHHHHHH!!!!!!
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But this guy on talk radio yelling down my ear all day gives me updates on all the news I need AND a dose of indignation.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
If FOX NEWS isn’t covering it then I don’t wanna hear about it.
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Not to nit-pick but that looks more like the face of an American Bulldog, pit-bulls don’t really have the jowls.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I dunno
I just googled Pit Bull with Lipstick and that’s the first one I got
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
It is still hilarious.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
old joke
How do you get 100 Canadians out of the pool?
Say, “Please get out of the pool.”
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I just like the idea of the Canadian invasion force dressed up like lumberjacks and carrying hockey sticks.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
We had a recruitment booth from the Canadian Armed Forces at my high school once, I walked up and asked them if I had to supply my own pitch-fork, they thought it was funny and replied “Yes but we provide the beer”
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
God Canadians are funny and good humoured.
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I prefer the wacky neighbor angle, sure you dont get the camera time or star money but you get more freedom in character development
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
You’ll like it until you have to stare it down. (glares menacingly)
Better have beer and donuts as a peace offering…. :)
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Dunkins! Dunkins and Harpoon for everyone! Welcome to Massachusetts! (except you in the bleu blanc et rouge back there. You can get the hell ou- Oh, didn’t realize it was you, Mr. Gill. Welcome home)
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Tim’s has at least made it to Buffalo. If the horde gets to you and you have Tim’s, they’ll think you’re already conquered and put the sticks down….
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DUNKS
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Bring it on. Plenty of people from Massachusetts will probably die with a dunks in hand.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
See, that’s your problem. Unless they’re dead stale, you simply can’t fight with donuts. They’re not sharp enough.
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you under estimate the density of a timmys walnut crunch
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
4 hour old McChicken patties are perfect substitutes for hockey pucks
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
The coffee is the real threat.
By the time you bring your “tims” or whatever it will have cooled. We will have the tactical advantage.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Coleman thermoses, keep coffee warm in the harshest cCnadian winters
advantage revoked!
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Sorry, that violates CanCon laws.
William Coffin Coleman (May 21, 1870 – November 2, 1957) was the founder of the Coleman Company, a maker of camping equipment.
He was born in Chatham, New York in 1870.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, and the inventor of the zipper was canadian either, but that wouldnt stop you from using em on your armys camo pants now would it?
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s why you can’t use the thermos, you’re already using the zipper
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d kill for a Tim Hortons in Boston. Tims > Dunks.
by Bower Power on May 21, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Tim’s >>> any coffee house in american history.
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by Sergei Puckizin on May 21, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I think he needs to be a forecheck BEAST. Another Sjostrom, if you will. Lead hands, but good wheels and great positioning. You can never have enough bottom 6 Sjostroms.
Tim Horton’s Coffee is going to forecheck?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I prefer top 6 coffee my self
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Gonna be tough, he’ll have to put on a lot of muscle.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I closed and re-opened the tab with this page up. Everything started exploding when I tried to post.
Sounds like a blockbuster, we’ll sell it to Michael Bay and make a mint
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
that was the problem with transformers 2! Megan fox WAS the script!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
news to me.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Have a nice May Two-Four
…to SkinnyFish and all the PPP Peeps!
To all non-Canadian resident PPPers: look up Queen Victoria on Wikipedia, drink copious amounts of beer this weekend and then take Monday off – this will be a reasonably good simulation of what we’re doing here in Canada.
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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)
We do that next weekend, only instead of looking up Queen Victoria we might attend a parade for veterans. might.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Happy Memorial Day
Let’s make hot dogs!
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by SkinnyFish on May 21, 2010 9:32 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hot dogs are the least-good thing you can put on a grill.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
ever had grilled tofu? I’m just sayin’ the bar has been lowered . . .
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That is probably 1000x worse than hot dogs. Except for maybe Tofu dogs
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by Kevin Sellathamby on May 21, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
false.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 21, 2010 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Please provide an example of a food best cooked on a grill.
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It’s not that it gives the best-cooked food, but that cooking outside is fun to do.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Burgers & Steak.
It also provides meals that are synergistic with the consumption of alcohol.
It’s also possible that said Burgers & Steak taste better because of the alcohol.
Regardless, it’s the bbq experience that delights the senses.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 21, 2010 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
i cant think of a better way to eat a steak than to bbq it
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Burgers and hot dogs, whatever. Steak is most certainly not best cooked on a grill.
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meh, personal opinion.
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
butter steak, cast iron
mmmmmmm
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
A few reasons;
1. you can get more heat onto the surface of the steak in a heavy pan
2. the juices fall between the grates on the grill and go up in smoke whereas in a pan they caramelize on the surface of the meat
If you have a nice thick steak sprinkle it with salt and leave it out on the counter for an hour or so to come up to room temperature. Throw a cast iron pan in the oven and turn it all the way up. Pat the steak dry, put the pan on the stovetop and turn that all the way up. Take a couple drop of canola, vegetable or peanut oil and brush across the top and bottom of the steak.
Sear on both sides for two minutes or so, if you want it cooked past rare you’re a bad person but you can throw the pan and steak into the oven for a couple minutes.
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You can finish ribs on a grill, but they’re best cooked low and slow to let all that connective tissue dissolve into gelatin. Smoking them or braising them before finishing them under a broiler (hotter than a grill) is preferable.
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yeah, you put them off to the side on indirect heat for long time and then sear them with high flames for a nice crackle.
I’m not too fussy on gelatinous meat.
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I mean a long long time. Like four hours.
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Gelatin is what makes meat moist and delicious.
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Fatty cuts of meat cooked low and slow also contain a lot of connective tissue, especially parts still connected to a bone.
Fat is fat, it offers flavor but it doesn’t dissolve and move through the cut of meat like gelatin does.
Most people interested in food science would tell you that marinades don’t do anything to meat at all.
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Oh, I thought we were just playing around. Gelatin is actually a protein derived from collagen commercially primarily from piggy hides and piggy and moocow bones. It adds no flavour but does contribute to a gelatinous texture in food.
Most people interested in cooking will tell you that a well prepared marinade – injected and/or immersed not only tenderizes the meat by breaking down the protein connections but also adds supplementary and complementary falvour to the food..
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Muscle fibers in meat are surrounded by collagen. All of them.
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http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/Season2/Pork/PorkTranscript.htm
Gelatin is a secret weapon in food. Have you ever had chicken soup where the broth really coated your mouth and felt rich and full?
Have you ever had chicken soup where the broth tasted nice but was thin and watery? The difference is gelatin.
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Fat’s not water soluble, so no.
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It doesn’t have to be soluble, fat is suspended in soup.
Are you a cook or a chemist? They ain’t the same this you know.
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I don’t think you can be good cook without understanding the basic principles behind what you’re doing.
A good stock has the fat separated off at the end in the fridge and protein scum skimmed off its raft during the simmer.
It has mouthfeel because of all of the gelatin you get into it via bones.
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I thought gelatin came from the connective tissue . . . was I mistaken when I said bones and hides . . . oh crap I must be confused . . .
You don’t need to know the chemistry to be a good cook.
You know, back in the olden days, before we were afraid of fat and every thing had to be clear to be healthy, nobody skimmed the fat off of their soups and broths.
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They skimmed the fat because it separates out and sits on top in disgusting blobs.
Liquid rendered fat is oily, you don’t want pools of fat on your gravy. You do want beautiful white marbled fat in your steak.
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well, I will give up.
All I will say is that in my experience and opinion a good cook knows how to emulsify fat into soups and sauces without it being “disgusting” and preserve both the flavour and the “mouth feel” provide by animal fats. If you’re ever bored, the next time you make mashed potatoes, don’t stir in any butter, try some Knox’s and see which you like better.
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Mashed potatoes aren’t a liquid.
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I want to make ribs this weekend
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by Karina on May 21, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I also am not a big fan of fish, but I love grilled salmon.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 21, 2010 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
look up Queen Victoria on Wikipedia, drink copious amounts of beer this weekend and then take Monday off – this will be a reasonably good simulation of what we’re doing here in Canada.
Except for the “looking up Queen Victoria” part…. :)
We have two birthday parties to attend. Won’t be much grown-up partying.
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You know that in Alberta I’ve been made fun of incessantly for referring to it as May 2-4? Incessantly!!
Apparently they just call it May Long out here. How unoriginal. Sorry, I’m from Ontario. I go to the cottage, on May 2-4, and drink beer out of a bottle. Got it?
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by Sergei Puckizin on May 21, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
May Long? As in short for May Long Weekend? What the hell is going on in Alberta that’s so damn important that you can’t take the time out to add “weekend” on there?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
cows and oil
Alberta is like texas where instead of the heat driving people retarded the cold does it
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
I almost rec’d this one Jared.
They are people of few words. Mostly because they don’t know many I suppose.
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by Sergei Puckizin on May 21, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
almost?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
alright, you twisted my arm.
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by Sergei Puckizin on May 21, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Also, during the summer I’ve never seen so many boat trailers in a province with NO WATER!!
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by Sergei Puckizin on May 21, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
http://maplestirup.com/?p=407 – Re-visiting Kulemin
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I am officially sick of talking and reading about Nik Kulemin’s contract and trading Grabovski.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s cuz Bozak is the fuckin’ man
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I dunno.. the more I look at the Leafs options, the more I get the Howard Berger-ish type attitude that they might blow next season, if nothing changes. They really have to deal some guys.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
with the current team, the best the leafs can hope for is 15th over all and thats only because the east is so fucking weak
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Man the current lineup of forwards for the Leafs is laughable, honestly
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
it has been for a while now
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
October 2010 Forwards, hopefully > March 2010 Forwards
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
But yes you’re right they were much better
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I really think anyone that Burke can let walk, will walk
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, id be surprised if any of the Leafs UFA’s are back
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I can’t see why they would be
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
they sign for league min to play 4th line minuites because other UFAs are too expensive?
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I just want to see something new. The Leafs will go nowhere by putting stock in a bunch of losers and hoping they get on track and turn out to great players.
I’d worry about Bozak, Kessel, Kulemin, Kadri, Stalberg, Hanson, Orr, and maybe one or two more and the rest can honestly get the fuck outta town.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d rather have Jamie Lundmark on the 4th line than Rosehill
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Someone has to play on the fourth line and the easiest (read: cheapest and most cap-friendly) way to do that is with internally developed players. If you tell every guy that doesn’t become a first liner (ie John Mitchell) to fuck off then who are you going to play there?
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I’d keep Sjostrom, Mitchell (for the right price), then probably look elsewhere for some new guys
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
And you’d overpay and have no cash to give the guys like Kulemin who deserve the money a new contract, and then you’d have to trade a useful player like Grabovski to fix your mistake.
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I’m not saying they go and blow cash on Colby Armstrong but Burish or Eager should be on the radar. They won’t cost as much
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
they’ll cost more than players in the leafs system
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Eager is a little much if he wants a million, but I wouldn’t mind Burish at 800-900k.. he’s a prick and the Leafs could use one.
The Leafs have not many moves they can make this off-season though I have to say. Next year maybe, but they’re hand-cuffed unless Burkie starts busting out major trades
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
chicago also needs cheep roster fillers, and they arnt going to let those guys walk if they can help it, im sure eager and burrish would rather play for a contender than the leafs if they are getting the same money and ice time
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d be willing to bet that if Burish leaves chicago he gets more than $1 M per
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by Karina on May 21, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I would spend some coin on Colby Armstrong, and Bird Watchers Anonymous is the one who convinced me.
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by blurr1974 on May 21, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s a really good post, but I wouldn’t get into a bidding war, which is what I suspect will happen. Colby Armstrong’s great at $2MM, not at $3MM.
And there are other guys who offer what he brings and might be had for less. Matt Cooke, Raffi Torres, Taylor Pyatt, Matt Lombardi, Eric Belanger, Glen Metropolit, Manny Malhotra—these guys all do well on the advanced stats and while most of them get paid probably one will fall through the cracks and be available on the cheap. Wait it out and sign whomever falls through.
by The '67 Sound on May 21, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
re players you listed
no, no, no, meh, no, no, no
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by blurr1974 on May 21, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
You don’t like Metropolit? But he always looks like he’s hustling!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’m happy to go in house but if Burke’s determined to go UFA shopping this is the strategy I’d like to see him pursue. And again, only if one of the above gets desperate and signs in the $1-1.5MM range. That probably rules out Armstrong and Lombardi but I’ll bet one of the others will be had in that range (or less, as with Malhotra last year).
by The '67 Sound on May 21, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Kaberle throws a wrench into this as well because it’s so up in the air what the Buds will actually get for him
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Putting anything but homegrown talent on your third and fourth lines is salary cap suicide.
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True. Sjostrom, Mitchell, Hanson, Orr in the bottom six.. ya only got two more spots to fill really
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
And like you said, depending on if Kaberle is traded you might have another bottom six spot filled.
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True. the Leafs really have zero wiggle room for moves and no assets outside of Kaberle. Trying to pick a lineup for next season is easy, and tough at the same time.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Super easy: Look at waiver eligibility. Anyone with it, on the Marlies.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Jesus I forgot about Caputi too
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
and paying more than a mill a peice for those players would be stupid, so throw league min at Lundmark and say tim brent or someone and use em as low min pluggers
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I just made up a name
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Brent played Marlies last season. I think he’s up for free agency but I’m not sure
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Haha damn you guys
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
yup, he is, and he wont make any more than 800K in all likelihood. he is a competent if not spectacular 4th liner who will be on the cheap
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Tim Brent actually made more money than John Mitchell last year.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
thats because mitchell was on an ELC
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh yeah I know. I just thought it was pretty hilarious. Now Mitchell is going to want probably 800k-1mill and to that I say ‘good luck’
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Mitchell at 800K-900K would be livable, but not ideal, he is a good 3rd liner who can play in all situations and chip in some offense when he doesnt think he is mike bossy
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I think he gets the 10% bump and thats it, maybe 15% if Burke feels generous
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
there we go
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I think he’s better than that though. I can’t see how another team wouldn’t give him a shot at 800-900k
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
they’d have to offer sheet him
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know many teams that would waste a draft pick to offer sheet a guy for less than a million.
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True. But Burke could deal him for a really low pick like 6th or 7th round
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I can’t believe we even got a 7th for Joey Mac.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 21, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
why the hell would he do that?
Mitchell is the perfect 3-4th liner, cheap, versatile, tough, much more valuble than a 3rd 7th round pick
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. If one of us were making the team he’d probably be there, but I don’t think Burke is sold on him and wants to clean out as much as he can
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
what makes you say that?
The Leafs faults this year dont rest on the bottom 6 players, especially the ones who were forced to play out of their element in the top 6 for good portions of the season
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey man I’m just trying to find where some of these guys are going. They all can’t stay with the Leafs. When you lose, you change out the guys who lost. Only makes sense. Sometimes good coaches get fired
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
have forgotten about jan 31st already?
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
the only free agents left who are staying with the Leafs are Kulemin, Hanson and Mitchell
one or two of the career marlies might get signed to pennies to flesh out either roster but not very many
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Go look at 7th rounders. Most of them never make the NHL.
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I just don’t think the Leafs can go into October with the same lineup as last year. If they do, they’ll be battling it out with Florida for 12th in the conference.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
the lineup they had from feb onwards was on pace for 92 points
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
a. It won’t be.
b. Burke can’t make any changes yet anyways.
c. You’re going to drive yourself crazy if you don’t stop talking about this everyday
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haha man I’m already crazy from it. The speculation is killing me. The Draft just needs to happen already.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
cant we just skip the draft and go straight july 1st?
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
It’ll all be about goaltending. If that’s fine, the rest will be too.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
It will be.
They won’t run roughshod over the east or anything, but if this team gets actual goaltending, they’ll muddle along ok.
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True. I’ll agree with that.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
with good goaltending you only have to score 3 goals on most night to win
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
We don’t need to deal Grabs to re-sign Kule. As long as Kabs and Finger are gone there’s plenty of room for both. And I don’t know why we’d trade one of more effective scorers when that’s our biggest weakness.
Grabs can play wing if Kadri makes it.
by The '67 Sound on May 21, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
if kulemin, Grabs and Kabby are all non-Leafs
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by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
haha
scat
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Guh
Dion Phaneuf is under attack on my blog by a dirty Oilers sympathizer
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ask him what he thinks of Grebeshkov and how good he will be for the oilers in the near future?
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha, it has to do with captaincy. I thought of saying something about having the most overpaid captain-core in the league between Horcoff and Moreau might be appropriate but I chose to address his points instead
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one word
Luongo
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
haha, yeah, I didn’t want to make a list of captains that I thought were worse either
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Meh
Concede that he COULD be a bad captain but that guy clearly has no idea. All you know is that since Phaneuf has arrived in Toronto everything said has shown that the younger guys are equal parts in awe and wonder and there are numerous quotations about the positive impact he has had on the team’s attitude and dressing room.
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not to mention the music in the dressing room is always at 11
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I said that the Leafs record with him in the lineup is much better than it is without him in the lineup and considering his mediocre stat line, we could only attribute that to improved goaltending and a better locker room attitude or chemistry
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the Leafs were also over 500 with grabbo in the lineup last year, and he was there for the abysmal start
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
im really excited to see how phaneuf helps schenns development. Luke became a much more confident player once dion arrived.
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Offensive numbers perked up a bit too. Not that I expect him to be prolific or anything but we could get 8ish goals out of him a season that would be a healthy contribution
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If Schenn can develop a decent enough one timer to play 2nd PP time I’d be pleased as punch
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
i could see phaneuf and schenn being paired up in the near future. I think their skill sets compliment each other well.
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Bash Brothers!
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
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So much smashulence.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 21, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
in 2 years
Phaneuf Schenn
Gunnar Komi
Aulie Blacker
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
this i can get behind.
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I think he should publish his playlist.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 21, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
hello
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:15 AM EDT reply actions
Yes, I hate the Habs.
Im rooting Hawks at this point.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
haha
I hate the Flyers. I want Carcillo to feel pain.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Carcillo is Avery minus the fashion and front teeth.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
hahahaha
I hate Carcillo more. I think i can honestly say he is my least favorite player in the NHL.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I wrote an article on the NHL ‘Jerk’ power rankings and he’s currently first http://bluechipprospects.blogspot.com/2010/05/nhl-jerk-power-rankings.html
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I like it.
But Matt Cooke should be on that list.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
He and Avery are both ‘on the bubble’. Couldn’t justify putting Cooke on after Kane smashed his face… kinda like kicking a handicapped kid
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haha
That knockout punch ruled.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
FYI
Hello posts are only acceptable in the CC.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
NP
Live and learn
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, with these rules we are separated from the riff raff that go to hockeybuzz and hfboards
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
confusing
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uh, no thanks.
I am only signed up for one other community, and thats the Lax forums
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Just one rule
Is this where I should be posting this comment?
Ask yourself that comment and the answer will guide your actions.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Trade Proposal:
Bruins get:
Kaberle,
Leafs get:
Ryder, rights to Wheeler, Bruins second rounder
What is Kaberle’s cap hit?
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:17 AM EDT reply actions
Kaberle’s is $4.25M.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
No thanks
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
why not? I think it would work.
Wait a minute.. duh Kaberles a defenseman. Thr Bruins still need to keep Stuart and Boychuk
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
We don’t have any interest in Ryder unless we’re being compensated for taking him on. I would think Wheeler and your first woul be much closer but Boston’s weakness is at wing which was exposed in these playoffs. My guess is that that’s where they spend their money this offseason
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Yeah, Bruins need wingers. Wingers who dont suck. And Wheeler sucks. Hopefully Taylor Hall can solve all our problems.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
edmonton is drafting hall
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Seaguin works too.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I would keep Seaguin a center and move Savard to wing. He sucks at faceoffs anyways.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Good call. Put one of the best play making centers over the past 5 years out of his natural position
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Equal oppurtunity asshole
With another playmaker. They’ll just pass the puck back and forth about 80 times a shift without ever shooting.
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UGGGGH
I hate the endless passing!
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
If that Happens, do the Bruins trade for Kaberle to make a perpetual passing machine?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
In this franchise we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Savard plays on the LW during PPs anyways. He doesnt play in front of the net, and cant win faceoffs.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I watch every Bruins game
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
so no
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
???
I watch a lot of hockey.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Savard, other than Thornton, might be the most centre-ish centre I’ve seen
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Joe Thornton, I assume?
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I think he was probably talking about vaunted 4th-line winger Shawn
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Nick Backstrom could contend for that one as well
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Crosby
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Most center-ish centers I know are vying for the rocket richard because of all the goals they pick up from 5 feet out
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
if you watch just the bruins games you dont watch “a lot of hockey” you watch the Bruins
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I watch other games too.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
well you didnt say that, when asked if you watched a lot of hockey you stated that you watch “the bruins games” implying that is all you watched
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
it’s so crazy it just might work.
Here’s the deal, we lock savard and julien in a room together, Hans Moleman style.
Julien spends the next 4 months convincing Savard that he was the winging sniping all those goals and Kessel was the one setting up the goals.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
hahaha
I want Claude to be fired.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Claude Julien is the only reason the Bruins made it to seven games in the second round. Well, along with Rask
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
no Claude sucks.
I think it was all rask, Recchi, and Bergeron.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
whatever dude
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
its not like juliens styfling defensive system has anything to do with bostons success
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Hey man someone (Chemmy or SkinnyFish, I think) proposed that Grabovski be moved to the wing. Pretty decent idea if ya ask me. If he’s gonna stay, it would round out our top six a little better if he could play the wing.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
So long as the transition involves locking him in a motel room Hans Moleman style, I’m on board.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
12 playmaking centers up front, 6 in on the blue line, and 2 in net.
Our powerplay is going to dominate in the “completed passes” category.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
then matt cooke hits the rink and its like fainting goats on ice
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
>:(
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
only after he blindsides you though
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
haha
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by Fergus30 on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
…….
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
i was just looking for that!
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
TRUMP
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i am
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
not me
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
smaller, poorly edited…gonna go with no on that one.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
there is a better one, but im hard pressed to find it
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
hahahahahahahaha
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
lol! thank you for that
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rookie max for one of those spots, hopefully 1 mil on recchi again (please come back recchi, pretty pretty please) and then the second half of the year of Sturm but
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
COME BACK RECCHI!!!!
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d take Wheeler and the second, you can keep Ryder’s cash though
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
TAKE WHEELER! I NEVER WANNA SEE HIM AGAIN!
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
you saw that hit in december, huh?
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and our first
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
no way dude
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
ya way dude!
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no
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
YOU ARE NOT GETTING BOYCHUK EVER!
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
He would look good in blue and white. I think he would rather be a Leaf anyways
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NO!!!!!!!!!!
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I feel obligated to mention that Boychuk is an UFA
Not even the Toronto Maple Leafs could kill my optimism
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
He’d have been RFA if you lost to the sabres instead of the flyers.
Not even the Toronto Maple Leafs could kill my optimism
Tyler Ennis: Freed from Portland!
He better not go to the Flyers, then Id have to hate him
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
How do you feel about Glen Metropolit?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
He kills us
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Incorrect. He’s a UFA because he hasn’t played enough playoff and regular season games.
If he had been in the lineup earlier in the season he would be an RFA, but we figured we may as well sit him for 20 games.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I had thought i’d seen him early in the season, but i guess i didn’t.
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He was in for about three games in October when Wideman got hurt
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
He laid a pretty big hit at the ACC in December, but he was sitting for a good chunk of the beginning of the season.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
He needed 24 playoff games to hit 80 games and go RFA, and didn’t get it.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
didn’t he demo stajan?
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh he killed him!
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
ugh
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
nah, I don’t think he broke anything. I forget, exactly. It was a hell of a hit and a lot of fun to watch live.
Of course rask let in a softy and jonas stood on his head so the outcome was less than ideal but fun times anyhow.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
That Boychuk hit ruled.
And it was CLEAN
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
So was the Richards hit, and that turned the series around.
Advantage Richards
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Taking Krejci out was big. Getting Gagne back was bigger.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
difference in the series
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Richards was going headhunting all series, He was trying to hurt people.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
i hope he keeps it up against the habs
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not really me, I hate headhunting and illeagal hitting
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
seriously, its not that funny
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
oh yea?
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I get emotional about headhunting, sorry
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
no I just think its not a good part of the game
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
unless its a hab
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
strongly agree
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
that guy needs his teeth punched down his throat in a big way.
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That just made me smile.
I wanna see his head put thru the glass
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oh if it happened to any Flyer, Im giddy.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
….you are on the wrong side of the tracks here missy
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
trolley tracks?
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
before you go any further I should warn you that they’re banning anyone rooting for montreal in the series.
Rooting for a massacre and both sides losing is acceptable though I’m pretty sure.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Im rooting for injuries
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s almost a polite way of putting it
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
NO! HE IS OURS
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
/crys
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Big defenseman, hits hard, cannon of a shot.
You don’t want him.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
ugggggh
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
he’s a UFA
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by Karina on May 21, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
No love for Wheels?
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I hate Blake Wheeler
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Seems like he could be pretty good in a couple years. He’s a fuckin’ mammoth that’s for sure.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought that for a while.
Then I relized he sucks
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
he plays like he is 5’7
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
ugggh I know
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I like wheeler but most bruins fans go “6’5”? You must the second coming of Thomas Holmstrom!" and then whine about him not hitting enough.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
For gods sake, Sobotka at 5’9 hits more than Wheeler.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Sobotka is also a checking line center
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
if by wheels you mean Tyler Bozak, then yes lots of love for wheels.
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so, does anyone think montreal can win this series after watching last nights game?
philly looked slow and undisiplined
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sadly yes
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
As much as I hate to say it, yes. But no matter what happens now, no one is beating the West anyway… Two absolute powerhouses
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
fingers crossed
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Eh
Philly had played about 6 must win games up to this point. I think they were gassed. Plus the Habs were do or die and first game at home. They got the sort of bounces the Flyers were getting in one and two. These are long series one game isn’t enough to change the dynamic.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Just curious, how do you guys feel about the Kessel deal after one season? Do you feel like you won or lost the trade?
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:42 AM EDT reply actions
here let me take this
- like kessel
- wouldn’t mind the picks
- tired of talking about it
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Bingo
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I was asking Leafs fans anyways
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
and
he’s been around these parts a lot longer then you (you as in BBS)
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
but you’re my brah so you outrank him any day of the week
by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on May 21, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
:(
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
dood
I already gave you a compliment like a month ago, that’s my entire allotment of positive-comments-about-Bruins fan for the 2010 year
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100%
Achievement unlocked: Blood from a Stone
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high-five!
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<3 big spoon
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank You.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Exactly
Can we stop talking about the Kessel deal and stop discussion Kaberle until the draft
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
readership increases to record levels, chemmy and ppp retire from their real jobs to tell dick jokes full time
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I like to put my face in boobs and make fart noises
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
sigh
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m too real
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Of course! So much better than using my hands!
I’ve been blind for so long, Jared you’ve changed my life.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
what man doesnt love the motorboat?
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Were they built for comfort or for speed?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
YOU’RE HIRED
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Nah discuss other hockey stuff, just we are gonna go crazy discussing Kaberle.
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Equal oppurtunity asshole
yes, just talk hockey
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Good point. So from a hockey perspective, what do you guys think the Leafs will get for Kaberle?
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
A lot more than Blake Wheeler and a second.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
if thats the best offer Burke gets, Kabby gets extended
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I think you’ll get a second rounder and a good young player
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Dominic Moore is worth a second round pick. Tomas Kaberle is one of the highest scoring offensive d-men in the league every year.
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then why do you want to get rid of him so badly?
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Because he sucks at defense and I hate him personally.
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because he sucks
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Too much money tied up in defense.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s got one year left on his contract, we have replacements for him and he’s part of the old guard of this team which we’ve been working hard to get rid of.
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he is part of the old guard
he has the most value for a player that has no long term future with the Leafs
he doesnt fit the new leafs
he is the best chance at bringing in an NHL ready scoring forward to play with kessel
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
cock-a-poo
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I think burke is going to surprise again this summer. something will happen (in a good way) that none of us saw coming
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
He turned me into a newt!
…Well, I got better.
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unless that 2nd is 31-34 over all and the good young player is say Vorachek, the leafs will get more
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Please select a topic that hasn’t been beaten to death, raised from the dead, beaten to death again and then shot.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Kessel and Kaberle for Iginla
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Kessel has an NTC
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by Kevin Sellathamby on May 21, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Limited
But I think CH was joking, Iggie makes no sense for the Leafs.
by The '67 Sound on May 21, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
So does Kaberle, no?
And I bet Iginla does too.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
They all do!
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
No really though, you didn’t take that seriously, did you?
I mean, I guess 1pm isn’t too early to be spacing out, as you do.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
speaking of iggy
a thought i had in the “trade Malkin” thread yesterday.
Iginla plus Calgary’s 1st rounder + good prosect for Malkin?
Intriguing, no?
CGY gets to rebuild younger. Pitt finally gets a winger. Staal moves up to No 2 and gets the 70 points I’ve been predicting he can do if given the chance
Just pulled it out of my ass but seemed like a win win trade.
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Nah, Iginla is too old to contribute to the Pens long term.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus, getting rid of Malkin is pretty dumb
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Well yea, but IF one were to consider doing it you’d need to get a lot more back, like a winger of comparable age and production.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed
but there seems to be talk.
I dunno. Just seemed like an interesting idea that could work for both. If it was a total gong show, Iginla’s a UFA soon. And its not like Pitt would be completely gutted. They’ve still got whatshisname to fall back on.
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But how will we know what we can get for him?!?!?!!?!?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
What else will we talk about? The weather?
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
well summarized
please read the previous 4 million comments if you would like our views on the Kessel deal.
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Probably doesn’t help us rebuild despite him being an amazing talent.
Gave up a pretty good pick and another first.
Bruins definitely need Kessel more than Hall or Seguin.
Everybody loses.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m ok with the trade. Toskala’s generationally bad goaltending got Boston the 2nd pick. If we had finished with the 10th pick we’d be laughing all the way to the bank.
The thing is the pick is gone; we don’t get it either way. Finishing this low blows hard but if it was one simple thing: Toskala… well he’s gone.
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by maplestirup on May 21, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
i think the deal could be lose-lose like you said, or potentially win-win. too early to tell, i think we need to wait another couple of years at least.
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if Kessel is a perenmial 40 goal scorer who rounds his game and the Bruins turn Seguin into a first line player and the other picks range from servicable NHLers to good NHLers
both win
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
the fear is that next years 1st is also a homerun
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
hell that pick could be 30th over all and turn into a inside the park home run
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
true
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
hell, the 2nd could turn out to be the best player in the deal who the fuck knows
If Kessel turns out to be as good as I think he can, it doesnt fucking matter what the Bruins get
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
So how far into the year do you think we’ll have to wait for the first Kessel vs. hall/seguin scoring article?
Think we can make it to opening day?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Berger’s book about it is due out in November.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
first time seguin scores in the preseason
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
That article will be great. Hall and Seguin aren’t Stamkos or Tavares, and look at their rookie seasons.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow. That long?
I give it 1:10, basically long enough for TSN to finish the highlight package that McGuire will talk over the whole time.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll like it alot more when Kessel scores fifty as a Leaf
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ugh
I miss Kessel
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Fun speculation.
Which player does Glen Sather sign to a 7 million dollar contract this year?
Not even the Toronto Maple Leafs could kill my optimism
Tyler Ennis: Freed from Portland!
colby armstrong
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Volchenkov
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I still think he ends up in washington after they trade Semin for Vokun
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
And then Washington goes undefeated against the Southeast Division?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Crazy Glen will outbid WSH, if it’s the last thing he does
BS
by MapleLeafMole on May 21, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Volch will take less money to play for wash (unless of course its like 2 mill less)
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Marleau rules
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh. I got lost in the comments. Yeah.
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
right there with you homie
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
yep
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn Alex Tran and his getting me thinking of ways the Leafs can get a pick and draft Jeff skinner DAMN HIM!
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 12:06 PM EDT reply actions
Dude is good.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Heres something interesting: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5204892
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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
Follow up to comment above
Assuming $3MM for Kule, we can keep Grabbo and still have almost $3MM to fill the final forward roster spot. This assumes Finger’s gone but Kaberle’s in (you could flip those assumptions without too much impact), and I’ve put in Mikus as #7D even though Aulie or Holzer are just as likely.
If Kabs and Finger are gone you have that much more room.
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Phil Kessel — $5,400,000
Tyler Bozak ($2,850,000) $3,725,000
- Nikolai Kulemin — $3,000,000
Mikhail Grabovski — $2,900,000
Nazem Kadri ($850,000) $1,750,000 - Christian Hanson — $1,000,000
Colton Orr — $1,000,000
Viktor Stalberg ($65,000) $850,000
Luca Caputi ($265,000) $833,333
Fredrik Sjostrom — $750,000 - John Mitchell — $650,000
- Jamie Lundmark — $600,000
DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf — $6,500,000
Mike Komisarek — $4,500,000
Tomas Kaberle — $4,250,000
Francois Beauchemin — $3,800,000
Luke Schenn ($2,100,000) $2,975,000
Carl Gunnarsson ($170,000) $800,000
Juraj Mikus — $563,333
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by The '67 Sound on May 21, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Im still torn on whether I want Kadri in our lineup. If he wows in the preseason and training camp then bring him in at the beginning but it not (and I mean really wows) then send him down.
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Yeah, if he doesn’t make it then Stalberg or ? gets bumped up and Lundmark’s into the 4th line. No biggie for the cap either way.
I’m not making a suggestion, just a prediction.
by The '67 Sound on May 21, 2010 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I really like ?‘s progress last year. Let’s hope he can have a breakout season.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 21, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
The next nothing
He’s the first Stalberg.
But seriously, let’s hope he shows up to play this season.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
That he does, he has replaced Poni as the guy I call ham-hands.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Poni has always been much more sound defensively. Stalberg needs a lot of work on that.
by The '67 Sound on May 21, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea, he can learn though, I’d say it’s more likely he learns to be defensively sound than developing hands.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I would be okay with this.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Assuming he’s not going to turn into a 50 point, top 6 guy—and I think that’s less than likely—I’d like to see him become a speedy 3rd line shut-down/pest type guy with some offensive upside. He’s not physical but he does have size and speed, which can be just as valuable defensively. I’d like to see him focus on developing his defensive game next year.
by The '67 Sound on May 21, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Unless he finds a nose for garbage goals, or somehow discovers a scoring touch this would be fantastic, dude has wheels.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
his wheels are easily his best asset
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by Matt_Roberts on May 21, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he needs to be a forecheck BEAST. Another Sjostrom, if you will. Lead hands, but good wheels and great positioning. You can never have enough bottom 6 Sjostroms.
I think maybe 6 would be enough.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 21, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, and Sjostrom sure was drafted higher. I know we hope for Stalberg to be Top 6 and maybe he will be, but bottom 6s around the league are filled with guys who once hoped to be top 6. By working on his defensive game Stalberg gives himself something to fall back on if his offensive game doesn’t game around.
Hell, I know it’s a bad comparable, but even Dougie was a defensive specialist for a while early in his career. Had 53-57 points his first 3 years, which was the equivalent of 35-40 points today.
by The '67 Sound on May 21, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
needs to work some things. like shooting, passing, stickhandling, checking, positioning, defense, endurance
way to objectify someone
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by Chemmy on May 21, 2010 1:23 PM EDT
"...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd."
I was talking about the Hungarian Soup Exhibition.
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by Chemmy on May 21, 2010 1:24 PM EDT
"...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd."
A woman brought some really enormous titmouses to try the goulash.
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by Chemmy on May 21, 2010 1:46 PM EDT
"...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd."
there are similarities
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by JaredFromLondon on May 21, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
How the "History Will Be Made" commercials have ruined the playoffs
I really think that these history will be made videos have had an impact on our collective consciousness when it comes to these playoffs. They have made us believe that each series hinges on every game, that the smallest achievements will have the largest impact. Flyers go up 2-0, make a Leighton commercial, Philly is going to take the series. Montreal wins last night, and all of a sudden everyone thinks they’ve got the momentum. It’s driving me crazy.
These commercials will have a shelf life of about 30 days (most already think they’re up). There has only been one moment that will live on past these playoffs regardless of the cup outcome, the Flyers epic comeback.
The rest are footnotes to entirely forgettable Conference series.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 1:44 PM EDT reply actions
Sorry that they replaced the usual “50 articles from the mainstream media” from every year previous with “30 second commercials” that they have now.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
When you put it that way, it may be an improvement.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 21, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
There are still plenty of articles though.
And the commercials still bother me though.
Lesser of two evils I suppose.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 21, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Leaf support from Snoop
“The Maple Leafs [logo] remind[s] me of a chronic leaf and I was representing that, you know what I’m saying?” Snoop said. “I didn’t know the Canada flag was so close to the chronic leaf; I just liked the way it looked, so I was representin’ and it was blue.”
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Denial and then TRADE! ;)
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