Leafs Name Dion Phaneuf Captain
by Chemmy on Jun 14, 2010 3:26 PM EDT
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PrintDion Phaneuf has been named the seventeenth captain in Toronto Maple Leafs history and he'll have enormous shoes to fill. Two of our last three captains have their names hanging from the rafters and the third will soon. Wendel Clark and Doug Gilmour took the team to two Conference Finals appearances as did Mats Sundin: this is an enormous job with enormous pressure.
Described as a bad guy in the dressing room in Calgary we can only hope that it was because there were too many guys in the Flames' room trying to steer the ship. Immediately upon joining the Leafs we heard great praise heaped upon Phaneuf's style at practice and in games but this is a totally different ballgame.
Stick tap to mf37 but Phaneuf arrives as a $6.5M cap hit d-man a few seasons removed from a Norris nomination. With that pedigree and that cap hit Phaneuf has to be more than a good hitter who's solid in his own end he needs to put up offense both at evens and on the power play. Is naming him Captain the way for him to find the spark that earned him his reputation in this league? We're about to find out.
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 14, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
PHANEUF CHAT GOES HERE.
JERSEY CHAT GOES HERE: http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2010/6/14/1517720/new-leafs-jersey-unveiled
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 3:22 PM EDT reply actions
45 minutes?!!??! Cuss
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 14, 2010 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think it’s televised. I think that we’ll just get to hear about it later.
"Defense! Defense! Common! Do you call that blowing!?"
Don’t take advantage of my lack of video feed!
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 14, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
so…..is that it?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 14, 2010 3:22 PM EDT reply actions
mf37 is Dave Shoalts?
dshoalts Phaneuf wearing new Leaf sweater. But Armstrong’s sweater is the sharpest.
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:23 PM EDT reply actions
How dare you!
But I do agree with Shoalts
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so…. scared
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Shoalts is a big fat balding guy with a moustache and a propensity for Hawaiian shirts.
I don’t have a moustache.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
do you also hate Phoenix?
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
No. And I’m unlikely to get punked into reporting a fake story about Phoenix in a national newspaper.
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Relieved, I am.
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I was there, and Shoalts was wearing perhaps the ugliest shirt I’ve ever seen. It was covered in this horrible print of saxophones, trumpets, and brightly colored drums. I can’t believe i had the restraint not to heckle him.
The new Real Sports bar is fricking enormous. Felt more like a club than a sports bar, had a bit of a Keg feel to it.
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.
It’s difficult to exaggerate just how badly field reporters dress, with the print journos taking on radio for the title of worst-dressed. Shoalts’ love of loud shirts is legendary.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
I was referring to legit media folk.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
That’s almost an oxymoron in Toronto
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 14, 2010 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
'Almost'
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’zactly
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 15, 2010 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, I was looking good yesterday!
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by James Mirtle on Jun 15, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Consider the competition James (I kid). Hornby was probably wearing a short sleeve button down and a filthy ball cap.
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I like Sittlers the best.
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
me too. i wonder if i can convince a leafs employee to locate one for me.
Who wants to hear a funny ass joke?
There’s a website that you may never have heard of, it’s pretty new and really obscure, but you could go to ebay and try to find one.
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed. Simple, classic
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we have a poll?
Are The Leafs making the right decision making Dion Phaneuf their new captain?
"Defense! Defense! Common! Do you call that blowing!?"
what is this? Hfboards?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 14, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
What’s wrong with that? MF clearly isn’t sold on the idea. I was wondering if there are others who are of the same mind.
"Defense! Defense! Common! Do you call that blowing!?"
just being a dork, pay no attention
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 14, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
polls are for democracies
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll be saying that once we start adding pieces.
by TheOtherAndrew on Jun 14, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m glad for the break from sucking.
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
no offense…but I can’t believe no one here touched that comment.
@LakerCaptain
by Another Good Kingston Boy on Jun 14, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hard to argue with the truth – no matter how much it hurts
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 14, 2010 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
eh, low hanging fruit
the more delicious insults are up high
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 14, 2010 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Did I just read that Mats’ nickname was Weeds?
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Please tell me Mats blows up a cone after every game.
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by maplestirup on Jun 14, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
mf37 looked it up, it was from Gilmour, partly because it rhymes with “swede” and also because Mats “grew like a weed”
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
This makes me happy!
I LOVED seeing him in that jersey with a C on it
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
he definitely looked good in it.
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
considering neither was at the presser
my gut says no
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Makes sense. Who gets them though?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 14, 2010 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Who knows.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 14, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Bozak
seemed peculiar he was there.
Schenn seems to be a bit of a leader, but maybe not the most vocal. same with Kessel..
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d be very surprised if Kessel got an A.
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
he needs the A to spell HACKEY
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by Chuck Diesel on Jun 14, 2010 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Probably just the young Leafs who were still in town. I’m sure the vets are at home with their families.
I’m thinking Beauchemin gets an A, maybe the other goes to Komi.
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I doubt it.
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Then it would just go to Rock #1 and Rock #2.
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After Kaberle goes, won’t they be pretty much the oldest guys on the team(not counting Giggy, but he’s a Goalie and who would make a Goalie Captain or Alternate Captain???)
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 14, 2010 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I just got to change the A to a C on the leafs roster page….awesome.
Who wants to hear a funny ass joke?
Who gets the As?
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explain?
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
if i took away an ‘a’ from someone on the roster page (i.e. Kaberle) and someone on the internet (eklund) noticed it, how fast do you think the ‘kaberle has been traded’ rumors would start?
and once hockey ops got wind i’d be in shit.
Who wants to hear a funny ass joke?
but you’re changing jobs anyways
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but to be fair he’s not that great of a leader. Jussayin’.
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by TheOtherAndrew on Jun 14, 2010 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
purple ribbons for EVERYONE!
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
YAY
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Dion Phaneuf is three years younger than me and he’s the Captain of the Maple Leafs, what the hell have I done with my life!
Who wants to hear a funny ass joke?
PHOTOSHOPPED A ‘C’ ON DION PHANEUF’S JERSEY!!
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Feel better –
At age 30 Julius Caesar became governor of Farther Spain, where he saw a statue of Greek general, Alexander the Great, who had conquered much of the known world by the time he was 30. Caesar felt very inadequate when compared with Alexander’s accomplishments.
You’re Caesar!
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i’ma big fan of you chicken caesar wraps
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Jared’d
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Could have played it off like you were talking directly to the wraps.
I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.
i could say some incredibly inappropriate things to a caesar wrap…
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank God
Someone updated Wikipedia already.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 14, 2010 3:49 PM EDT reply actions
For those in Toronto
MEET YOUR NEW CAPTAIN
When: Tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Where: Real Sports Apparel Store
Be one of the first 150 people to purchase the new 2010/2011 Reebok Toronto Maple Leafs Sweater and get your Sweater autographed by the newest Leaf Captain Dion Phaneuf.
Wristband policy will be in effect, you can get your wristband starting NOW at Real Sports Apparel. Store is open today until 7 p.m. Wristbands will be available Tuesday morning starting at 9 a.m.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 14, 2010 4:07 PM EDT reply actions
Wristbands people! Don’t forget your wristband!
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Chris Neil was seen collecting and subsequently scalping a large amount of wristbands in what appeared to be dishwasher’s clothing.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jun 14, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Chris Neil isn’t qualified to wash dishes.
I heard he was good at it because he never takes the gloves off.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 14, 2010 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
/rimshot
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 14, 2010 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m here till Thursday! Try the Veal!
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 14, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
dammit
the wristbands will be gone before I can get a flight to Toronto.
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry…i’m still getting used to how things work on this site…is there an edit button?
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by whyevenbother on Jun 14, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
unfortunately, no
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll edit your button
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
She'll sick her Shibas on you
They are very tenacious Japanese hunt-and-annoy dogs, then they get bored and sleepy. Nothing to worry about.
Nope
Live and learn. Don’t sweat it.
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Photos and animated gifs slow down people’s computers. Titling them allows people to hide them so that they can keep up with a thread.
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so stoked for Oct 1st…. damn does it ever feel far away
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by Matt_Roberts on Jun 14, 2010 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
is there video from the presser, or a recap up yet anywhere?
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TSN already has a brief one, but i can’t watch at work. I’m sure mapleleafs.com will have a full-length (or mostly full length) one up later tonight.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jun 14, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Videos
http://mapleleafs.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=802&id=72421 Burke
http://mapleleafs.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=802&id=72420 Wilson
http://mapleleafs.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=802&id=72419 Phaneuf
by the cat's meow on Jun 14, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not gonna lie, I shedded a tear watching him speak
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
Same here.
As a woman, I bawl over just about everything.
Hopefully we can one day see Dion lead our beloved team to the ultimate prize.
by the cat's meow on Jun 14, 2010 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Watching Burke and Wilson repeatedly say that there wasn’t anybody on the team in the last two years who was worthy of being captain, and all I could think of was Kaberle somewhere crying into his pillow.
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Jun 14, 2010 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
They really do seem to waffle on some things though
6 months ago they’re waxing philosophical about what a great hockey player Kaberle is, and all the “leadership” being brought to the team by Beauchemin and Komisarek… now they’re saying nobody on the team was fit to lead them?
As for why the latter two weren’t present, I’m guessing it’s because they likely live in Quebec and NY in the off-season respectively.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jun 14, 2010 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
plane tickets are expensive…
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
especially for hockey players who both made $4 mill (or more) last year
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Especially
when said players wouldn’t pay for them… the team would.
Let’s be honest… this was a non-event in the grand scheme. It’s the Leafs doing something to stay in the news cycle so they can continue to sell tickets. The Phaneuf being captain thing has been relatively common knowledge for months, and the new jerseys thing (as much as I prefer them to the last edition) is just another shot at making some more money.
I don’t really see why Komisarek or Beauchemin are necessary for either, especially when neither one is going to be the face of the franchise in 5 years… the others that were present are supposed to be. That has a lot more to do with it than who is going to wear the A’s next year.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jun 14, 2010 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I was really not surprised that Kaberle wasn’t there. Really, did anybody expect him to show up, unless he crashed the party in a drunken fit?
Actually that would’ve made the whole thing much more newsworthy. And a heck more awesome.
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Jun 14, 2010 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
i imagine Kabby's at home, handling everything just fine...
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by blurr1974 on Jun 14, 2010 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I want to watch t his movie right now.
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
500 Days of Summer
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Not being a captain doesn’t mean that they can’t be leaders as well.
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From Puck Daddy
• Damien Cox: “It’s possible Dion Phaneuf(notes) may be a terrible choice as Leaf captain. Or, he may be an excellent choice.” Well, we’ve clearly established our range of expectations, haven’t we?
Gotta love it.
well...
he seems to be covering all his bases…
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by whyevenbother on Jun 14, 2010 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s kinda like saying, “Today my son was born. He may end up the leader of the free world, or he might die penniless in a ditch. We’ve clearely established our range of expectations, haven’t we?”
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Pretty sure Cox’s spawn would be the anti-christ sent to Earth to bring up about the rapture.
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.
would be?
He has a daughter (that he refers to regularly in his blog) and I must say it might be pretty unfortunate to be a young female with the last name “Cox”… seriously… think about the combination of having to be a girl with the last name “Cox” and being related to one of the least loved sports writers in the city.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jun 14, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I suppose it's more
of a Gossip Column relating to athletes and the Jet Set world of the ATP tour.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jun 14, 2010 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
you have the " in the wrong place at the end.
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by Karina on Jun 14, 2010 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, the “bracketing of expectations” part was from wyshynski.
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Damien Cox has earned our respect by being paid to write opinion columns and you shouldn’t take cheap shots at him.
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Yes and we all respect
Tennis far more than we used to also.
Wimbeldon or Stanley Cup Finals? Where would Damien rather be?
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jun 14, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
You guys read Damien Cox 7-8 years ago?
He was a Leafs fan back in the day when Quinn was around. Thought he was a pretty good writer for a long time until he started taking cheap shots at the Leafs with Howard Berger.
I FINALLY GET TO USE THIS!
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Just because Jay McClement is the best defensive forward in the NHL doesn't mean he should win the Selke.
LOL
Best argument in his favour ever.
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He's not wrong
If the Leafs had just named Duncan Keith captain, there wouldn’t be anything to say but “excellent choice”. Phaneuf could still turn into a cap anchor with a Shayne Corson attitude.
I’m not second-guessing the choice, but it will be an interesting ride.
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by Back In Black on Jun 14, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Finally, Elisha Cuthbert has accomplished something in her life by dating the Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Congrats to her.
@LakerCaptain
by Another Good Kingston Boy on Jun 14, 2010 6:24 PM EDT reply actions
And an alternate Captain….
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 14, 2010 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he might have played some hockey at some point.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 14, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe you are thinking of his role in the movie The Rocket. I assure you this was acting and he does not actually play hockey as an agitator on the New York Rangers.
by ShahofToronto on Jun 14, 2010 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh
I was sure Elisha Cuthbert banged 3 hockey players, I guess she banged two and a shit-talking dickweed
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 15, 2010 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I for one welcome out new overlord.
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Off topic entirely
Darren Dregger of TSN Sports Center fame called the Blackhawks over the Flyers in the finals back in September 30th, 2009. This man knows his shit. God I love Canadian hockey coverage!
Wasnt that James Duthie?
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by Matt_Roberts on Jun 15, 2010 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
I picked Flyers Sharts for the final
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 15, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Sharts?
Is that thier official name?
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by Karina on Jun 15, 2010 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
origionally it was a typo that I was going to fix, but then thought about it and it was fitting, I mean you look at them play, they look great, all the talent and ability and then you let them go and BAM, they shit their pants
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 15, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
It sucks that no one in the media asked him to recite the previous sixteen captains in Leafs’ history…
"Maybe subconsciously [Jason Kendall] feels the need to throw the ball in the outfield since he can’t hit it there." - AJaha25 on Kendall leading the Royals in errors
We’re not actually sure how many Captains there have been.
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 15, 2010 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Meaning?
"Maybe subconsciously [Jason Kendall] feels the need to throw the ball in the outfield since he can’t hit it there." - AJaha25 on Kendall leading the Royals in errors
can’t make Phaneuf recite them when you can’t tell him how many to recite.
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by Karina on Jun 15, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
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