My Conversation with a Not-So-Clever Bot
by SkinnyFish on Jul 23, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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PrintSo who remembers back in the mid to late 90s when AIM released a bunch of "smart" bot accounts that you could "converse" with for a laugh? Good times had by all, let me tell you what. Well now there is a new smart chat bot on the scene; a clever bot if you will. It's name is, well Cleverbot.
It's got a rudimentary A.I. system built in to it and will learn better and better responses to questions asked by judging the reply it gets from the user. Pretty neat stuff, though still with a lot of kinks to be worked out. Seeing as how there are a lot of questions about the Leafs and the NHL in general, I decided to have Cleverbot answer them for me. Here we go.
SF: What do you think will happen with Kovalchuk?
Cleverbot: You will die.
SF: Why? Will his signing with New Jersey bring about the apocalypse?
Cleverbot: Just the people who eat the chicken.
SF: So the people who eat chicken shall be the ones to perish once Kovalchuk signs with New Jersey?
Cleverbot: Come up with soemthing that contains these words - dog, cat, aether, taffy, and make them into a pie.
SF: O_o
Cleverbot: Who is calling please?
SF: Apparently I'm the one calling but no one is home.
It was at this point that I realized Cleverbot had no useful insight about what was going to happen with Kovalchuk, or really insight on anything of matter all. If you wish to follow Cleverbot on twitter, it's account can be found here.
Two Minutes in the Box with Luke Schenn
Calm down ladies, it's not what you think.
On a related note; Grant Clitsome signed a 1-year contract with the Blue Jackets
Why the Leafs should make the 2010-11 postseason
MLHS breaking it down with advanced statistical wonkery.
Seven GMs who keep life interesting
Duh Brian Burke is on the list.
Mike Komisarek is the focus of this week's YouTube Yoinkage at WWoLD
He's dreamy and love kids. How can you not like the guy?
The Curious Case of Colby Armstrong
BoO and Brad Pitt are confounded by Armstrong and his contract.
Also be on the lookout for the latest edition of the PPP Podcast with special guest mc79 later today.
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Luke's Favorite movie is "Night at the Roxbury"
He just keeps on cementing his Legendary status.
by L510 on Jul 23, 2010 7:46 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I bet Luke knows what love is
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions
but Luke’s favorite musician is Garth Brooks. What a hick!
(As a hick I can smell a hick.)
"I'd walk into the Leafs dressing room to get ready for the day and Harold would be there in his boxer shorts shaving. King Clancy would drop by a little later, play the fool, and then head off to the racetrack." John Brophy
by Mike Pelyk's Hairdo on Jul 23, 2010 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
He's a Saskatchewan boy
What did we realistically expect?
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
So Western Canada= American South??
by L510 on Jul 23, 2010 11:01 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The American South will be happy to challenge Western Canada to whatever drinking competition you’d like.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha let’s get that started ASAP!!
by L510 on Jul 23, 2010 11:20 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
We outlawed booze because it was such a problem but they kept making it in bathtubs and shit.
Your move, Canada.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
We loved it too much to outlaw it and supplied you guys during your temporary insanity.
by The '67 Sound on Jul 23, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Prohibition indirectly led to the birth of NASCAR
The Southern United States is the reason that a sport exists that is more boring than soccer.
Resident Capologist
Prohibition also directly contributed to widespread mafia violence in America.
Please ignore that when talking about the war on drugs.
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by Chemmy on Jul 23, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thats it people keep it up!!
(As a Northeastern American I have to support Western Canada in this one)
by L510 on Jul 23, 2010 11:53 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Luke vs. Cap space
Luke likes Jeff finger. Is it bad that our Franchise Player (version 1.0) likes the guy we’re all trying to get rid of
What would we have to do to get Crosby on the Leafs...?
Wishful thinking never ends in Leaf Nation
nope, Finger has a rep as an all around great guy, and he is a useful NHL player who just happened to get a pay day
I don’t think too many people want to get rid of Finger as they want to get rid of his contract
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Personally I don’t hate Finger, I would be perfectly happy with him on our as a 4th through 6th defenceman depending on the situation.
The problem is with his contract, He was given a contract that would have only made sense had he been given the PP role (2nd line) and was producing like an offensive d-man. But with our other guys he doesn’t have the chance to be put into that role and as such can’t succeed, he makes too much to play as a 5th or 6th guy, and he isn’t as good as our 1 through 4 guys
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
that about sums it up
decent player but in a cap world his deal is hampering our team.
Either he’s got to go, or multiple other Dmen go to bring in scoring Fs and Finger moves up the depth chart.
Personally I think Finger can be a No 4 dman and give you 15-20 minutes a night, be good in his own zone and chip in on O. Problem is he’s overpaid for a No 4 and wildly overpaid as a No 6-7
Unabashed fan of the surprise 2012 Stanley Cup champs
The Dugout has a piece on Jim Thome today.
http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2010/07/23/the-dugout-homers/
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thats gre
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
great
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was on Jim Tho
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
I don’t see Colby Armstrong mentioned anywhere in that piece.
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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)
A-Rod and Barry Bonds are there and they are excellent Dugout characters.
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hunh huhn...
“cory you keep lyin to tapanga that thick bitch will bust you up”
by Death_By_Leafs on Jul 23, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
“These steroids taste like chex mix.”
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WHY ARE JOO YELLINGK AT ME, STOP YELLINGK AT ME
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
There’s some really really good A-Rod Dugouts.
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the “accent” is perfect
i’m going to track them down and waste my day over there…
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s funny because A-Rod’s english is really normal now.
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Here’s a link to the archive of old Dugouts:
http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/playerindex.html
I’ll link a bunch I really like:
http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/archive/dugout4-29-06.htm
http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/2k6.html
http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/archive/b83.html
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/06/09/the-dugout-live-draft-results/
The Cubs:
http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/archive/jon108.html
http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/archive/b58.html
http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/archive/jon114.html
Manny:
http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/archive/jon54.html (This might be the best Dugout, no pictures but it’s Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon and Papelbon’s mom.)
There are a bunch of characters that make everything awesome: Mark Prior, Lou Piniellia, Manny Ramirez, PECOTA, Barry Bonds, Dmitri Young
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AWESOME!
MOOCH-OZ GRASSY-ASS
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
There’s a ton of baseball in jokes especially for the Red Sox (Sam Horn was a promising prospect who sucked. There’s a message board called Sons of Sam Horn that’s like PPP if we had a hundred times more members. Curt Schilling came to Boston because he posted on Sons of Sam Horn who convinced him using stats that he could win a World Series here. Unreal stuff.) but that’s ok.
This one rules too:
http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/archive/jon113.html
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PECOTA: IS HE EATING HIS CRUSTS?
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duploooos
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
went on the disabled list again on May 28, 2005 after getting into a domestic dispute with an emaciated 13-foot-tall man who could run 45 miles per hour and breathed Africanized killer bees out of his mouth when he shouted, transferred to the 60-day disabled list shortly thereafter…
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…placed on the disabled list March 28, 2006 due to injuries sustained from trying to “arm-wrestle Jesus” by climbing the tallest sycamore tree in the forest, fastening a noose to the highest branch, slipping his arm through and jumping off, transferred to the 60-day disabled list two months later…
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…went on the disabled list yet again July 14, 2006 after ill-advisedly sticking his arm into a wormhole on a bet and pulling it out to find that it had aged 12,000 years in a scant few seconds and had been tattoed with some sort of electronic silicon barcode that projected a hologram of a shaven, cloaked four-year-old whispering “Xonxor is your master” in a hybrid of English and Mandarin, then scarred and diseased from decades of nuclear fallout, then finally repeatedly bitten and poked with sticks by ghastly, mutated humanoids with heads six inches in diameter…
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Uhhhh yeah.
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.
Hilariously so.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Shouldn’t we trade for him? The question of what to do wiht the Finger would be solved.
by Aschendancy on Jul 24, 2010 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Send them both to the Marlies? Just think of the poor announcer.
“Reimer dishes to Clitsome who plays it deep. Finger catches up with the play, pinches hard, and ohhh, terrible positioning of Crabb down low ends the rush. Finger must be exhausted he’s logged 18 minutes holding down the back end tonight, but this is the first we I recall seing him with Clitsome.”
by Wan Ihite on Jul 24, 2010 3:03 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
he fits right into that roster slot
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
By 9:40AM I fully expect someone to step-up in this thread and make a high-quality Clitsome & Semin joke.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
I was going to, but I just couldnt swallow the innuendo
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I was having problems getting a hold of the joke, myself. Couldn’t quite put my fingers on it. I mean, it’s a mouthful.
Unabashed fan of the surprise 2012 Stanley Cup champs
I like the way you slipped that one in right at the 9:40 deadilne.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
timing is everything.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Clitsome is consistently a cunning linguist, but with Semin it only comes in spurts?
Blue and White has been alive and well in Ottawa since waaaaay before 1992.
By 9:40AM I fully expect someone to step-up in this thread and make a high-quality Clitsome & Semin joke.
Counting my blessings that Albert Pujols is a baseball player.
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"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)
Someone gave my kids a collection of Winnie the Pooh short stories. One of them features the bear getting wedged in a rabbit’s hole. The title of the story slays me every time my kids ask me to read it.
I kid you not, it’s called “Pooh Gets Stuck.”
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
by mf37 on Jul 23, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
bwahahahaha amazing
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
all christopher robin needed was a bran muffin and that whole thing woulda been over after some digestion
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
i like how the rabbit is helping too.
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
The wonderful thing about tiggers
Is tiggers are wonderful things!
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs!
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about tiggers is
I’m the only one
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
tigger is such an elitist
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s good to be the king.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m the only one
Considering Tigger was created in 1928, he’s likely dead/extinct by now.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
if that’s your reaction, do NOT see Toy Story 3.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
SPOILER ALERT
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.
Here’s a spoiler – people around me in the theatre were openly sobbing.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
Here I think you’re wrong. The creations of the human imagination can never die.
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.
unless we nuke our imaginations
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
/mind asplode. Literally.
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"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)
by jrwendelman on Jul 23, 2010 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
unless we nuke our imaginations
Michael Bay re-makes Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuOCeRuhqL8
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Someone needs to do a matrix-tigger mash-up.
Tigger is apparently the only one.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
Or a Tigger/Highlander cross…because there can be only one. Or two. Perhaps three. No more than four, tops.
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"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)
by jrwendelman on Jul 23, 2010 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh you didn’t read the one entitled “Tigger drinks from the fountain of youth”?
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Am I the only person who watched this?
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I bought “The Fountain” without ever watching it. Maybe the worst movie choice of my life.
but no pop
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
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You’re not alone, Chemmy. Saw it and liked it.
I am Mikhail Grabovski's smirking revenge.
by kidkawartha on Jul 23, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
You sir have good taste.
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I sort of liked it
3/4 of the way through the movie I was like “alright man this started weird but its starting to tie itself all together and could really be something.” I also thought the blues would make the playoffs this year.
It needed to explain itself as a creation story better.
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.
i bought the extended “final cut” of alexander
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I was going to but never did. You’re saying I should?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh dear god yes.
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by Chemmy on Jul 23, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not on Netflix streaming. Going to have to find it via…other means.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
One of the best movies of the decade easily.
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by Chemmy on Jul 23, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I saw it
but I have a thing for Rachel Weisz… in fact my wife looks like her so that worked out well for me.
It’s a bit overblown, but a lot of Aronofsky’s stuff is I suppose… overall it’s visually impressive though.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
See
I don’t question his bounciness, his trounciness, or his pounciness.
But I’m not quite sold on his flounciness.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I kid you not, it’s called "Pooh Gets Stuck."
Looking forward to the second and third books in the trilogy, “Pooh Happens” and “Pooh Gets REAL.”
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"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)
haha, hopefully finger and clitsome somehow cross paths in the future
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
The Blue Jackets tried to have an "Army of Darkness" theme night
Unfortunately, their tagline “Come Clitsome!” was quickly BizNasty’d by the legal department…
by Death_By_Leafs on Jul 23, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw that
hilarious.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Bee ay enn ay enn ay ess.
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on the huge version, Datsyuk looks so…shifty.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Look at the fake moustache on the guy up top in the middle.
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.
Anyone have a link to the full version?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
It looks like Valtteri Filppula is Datsyuk’s date.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
His head looks
like it was pasted in by a collage artist.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I personally like the two kids leaning against the rock (a little left of centre). Badass.
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
the one with glasses and body issues?
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
No the wanna be Jersey Shore cast members.
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.
ah, the dude with the beer and armband tat
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
The one on the Left
is pulling a Sid Vicious face… he just needs to find his Nancy and a bucket full of Heroin.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
bottom row of sitters, far left is totally checking that chick to his right out.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
how about the two dudes behind him in the babrbershop quartet hats?
cold as ice
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
This entire photo is like a Where’s Waldo of Swedish awesomeness.
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 know what my wedding is gonna look like now
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Man I want to read a Where’s Waldo book right now.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
There are words?
I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.
the description on each page!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I was going to write “I want to do a Where’s Waldo book right now” but then I rewrote it because it sounded kinda weird.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Search? Search might be the verb.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Going forward, I’ll probably just say “I wish I had a Where’s Waldo book right now.”
Yes… that’s a nice and safe way of putting it.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Anyone remember when the Leafs used to do annual theme photographs back in the late 80s/early 90s?
They did one at “Pat’s Garage” with Wendel behind the wheel of an old car and Gilmour on a bike and another as a B-52 squadron…
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
That jog’s my memory. I remember the bomber squadron one.
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
My buddy has the picture of the B-52 in his house. It’s awesome
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole
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holy shit, look at domi
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
hahahhaha
The mustache on the middle squatting guy on the left is pretty dorky for such a large mustache.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Jamie Macoun rules hard
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Now I want to see how many I can recognize. In addition to Domi and Macoun, I see Sundin, Burns, Andreychuk, Jonsson (?), Murphy, and Thomas (?)
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Not gonna lie, that’s pretty slick.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
That's either a B-25 or a B-26
Not sure which. (B-26 shown)
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.
B25, says so right on the pic
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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more like a B-50-poo amiright?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHA I didn’t even notice that
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you sir are observant
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
what?! You didn’t even notice an ass in the middle of the picture?
"...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd."
I didn’t really look at the picture to be honest
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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also look at Pat Burns rocking that bomber jacket, stone cold pimp
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
SkinnyFish is on a roll and it's only 10am
Two Minutes in the Box with Luke Schenn
Calm down ladies, it’s not what you think
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Stars and Fabian Brunnstrom agree to terms prior to arbitration hearing this morning: $675,000 one-way contract. One-year deal.
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bahaha
I remember when we were all sad we didnt get him
especially after that hattie in his first game
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes…keep your glut of left wings…yes…you have so many LWs already signed, Dallas! finger tent
by Bower Power on Jul 23, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
never heard of that guy
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Joel Champagne signs Europe
EC Salzburg (Austria)
http://ecredbulls.seso.at/2006/news_detail.php?id=10726
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feel much better about not signing him now
i mean if he cant even get an AHL gig with atlanta or something, there has to be issues we dont know about
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha!
I just laughed out loud in the office. Couldn’t help it.
What a scary looking dude.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
reminds me of this dude
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
oh salo, you brittle brittle man
Finnish media: #Canucks Sami Salo tore Achilles playing floor hockey, out 4 mths.
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:44 AM EDT reply actions
Didn’t he get hurt during a team photo last year?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
that does sound familiar
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Jeez. 36. Tears MLC. Not able to come back until December at the earliest. Never played a full season in the last 5 years. Last year on his contract.
Retirement?
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.
Well
There’s some cap relief for Vancouver on the LTIR (although not nearly as much as we thought! Capgeek’s FAQ on that was eye-opening)
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Remember that while Sami Salo is a good player you can not have players like him on your roster if you want to be a good team.
LTIR and its attendant obvious drawbacks negate any positive effect as a player he can have on your team. You can’t have injury prone guys on your roster in a hard cap league.
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I read this as an endorsement of the need to sign MVR
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like you are pro-Savard.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup
LTIR + anywhere near the cap + any bonuses = cap overage. Deadly combination
by The '67 Sound on Jul 23, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
wow implody-bones does it again!
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Also
Vancouver “currently” doesn’t have anyone on their roster with perf. bonuses, HOWEVER I would not be shocked to see Hodgson make the jump so he may end up being the only one.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s a good point… in theory then, does having Salo on LTIR get them to the cap as long as they’re not over by 3.5?
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Not sure
They’re roster on capgeek likely isn’t going to be their starting roster in Oct… plus they currently list 24 on the roster which is just silly.
However, Janik Hansen is the 7th highest played player on the roster at 825k… their top 6 is fine, but their bottom 6 is not slightly impressive.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
err
Janik Hansen is the 7th highest paid FORWARD.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Damn.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
That will change once Mason Raymond is re-signed and Hodgson makes the jump though.
Still.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Did you actually
just put BOTH spellings of Their (They’re?) in the same sentence?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
SPELLING AND/OR GRAMMAR NAZI ALERT
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Also
I used the word played instead of paid, and said player instead of forward.
Overall, not my best work.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
It depends on who the “replacement player” is.
I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.
This is me trying to correct my incorrect knowledge on LTIR
The way I read it, if once they replace the player, they get relief up to the cap up to the value of the LTIR player. So if they replace Salo and their cap overage is under 3.5 (Salo’s cap hit), then they get relief up to the cap. Am I off, is it based on the replacing player’s cap hit instead to measure how much cap relief they can possibly obtain?
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It's a subtraction not a "relief" as you're making it sound
Basically the relief equals however much they exceed the cap by during the LTIR stay of the player in question as a result of any call-ups or traded players replacing them on the roster.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Okay, I think I have it now. I think I was just about there, just making an assumption that it was for the year as opposed the days the player stays off the roster. Mucho gracias, señor.
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So you have a 10 Mil cap hit and then you Salo yourself at the start of the season, you are gone. If, at the end of the year, your team is less than 10 Mil over the cap, they get to subtract the cost of whatever “replacement” player they came up with from their cap hit.
The wrinkle is that they don’t count bonuses when they are wroking out if you were over (the relief only kicks in if you are over)… or wait, I don’t have that part quite right. The point is that bonuses can screw you at this stage.
The Canucks already have cap issues too… they still need to sign Mason Raymond, who will probably be in the 3ish range, which then puts them around 4mil over the cap. They have 9 defensemen signed, so they have to get rid of someone (probably Bieksa and Alberts). They’re squeezed badly right now.
Prefers pugnacity to truculence.
If they actually let Raymond hit arbitration they might be in trouble, considering some of the awards that have been handed out so far, but if they can re-sign him similar to Perron’s cap hit they’ll be fine if they can find a lander for Bieksa. It might be a straight salary dump though.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 23, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
like, say, the 1.4 million penalty that the Leafs got this year?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe. For kicks, look at his injury history on TSN: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=1550
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
ouch
in 11 years, he’s missed almost 3 full seasons with injuries.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Courtesy of Nucks Misconduct
The Sami Salo Injury Guide
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bigger – http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/400206/saloInjuryList.jpg
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’m going to help out on SkinnyFish’s little kids hockey team this year as an assistant coach and a goalie coach.
I have to wear a helmet and I’m going to throw on a visor because I don’t need a cage. Mirrored or non mirrored visor?
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mirrored
all the kids will think you’re cool and maybe pay more attention to what you’re saying…
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
SKATE! SKATE FASTER! FASTER! KEEP SKATING!
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.
/that guy in the mirrored visor is telling me to skate. i better do what he says, he’s in his 20s AND has a mirrored visor…
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Seriously they thought I was the coolest guy ever. A couple said I should play in the NHL. Bless their little hearts.
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.
so, they ride the short bus to school is what you’re saying…?
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, the short bus to their school…..that’s cost more per year for 4th grade than what I paid for college.
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.
special education is expensive…
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
but
they won’t be able to see your eyes and thus will have no idea who you’re speaking to unless you address them all constantly by their last names.
You could also just call them all “maggot” or “moron” regularly… yanno… come up with nicknames for them all.
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by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I helped out a little last year, the kids are young enough that they think people in their 20s are really cool.
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However I will think I’m cooler with the mirror, and since Skinnyfish has to do most of the talking I think looking cool is a big draw.
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That’s what I did last year. Bobby would be talking and I’d be dribbling the puck on my stick looking cool in the background.
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I’m a better stickhandler though. I’m hoping to develop my slapshot and something that you’ll see when it’s ready.
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by kidkawartha on Jul 23, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
You have to wear a helmet and visor?
Is this some sort of special league for children/coaches with head injuries?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
USA hockey mandate that all coaches wear a helmet for insurance reasons.
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Wow that's intense
I hope this isn’t required when you’re behind the bench.
U.S. Insurance companies are out of control… agree? disagree? I’m pretty firmly of that belief.
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by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I think a coach tripped and hit his head and died two years ago.
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Still
that’s a random freak accident… I’m going to go with insurance companies out of control… it also doesn’t help that health care down there is pay as you go… (despite your new government insurance policies – which are also insane).
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
USA hockey insures all coaches and players and pays out money for death and people who get paralyzed. Helmets help that out, so helmets are required.
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Yep that's still crazy
I’m so glad I don’t have to worry about that.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
injury prevention is lame
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Of course
I’m usually coaching High School Hockey, so the insurance liability is covered by my employer… it may be quite different for amateur stuff run through local leagues. I don’t think it’s that different though.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
If it keeps premiums down whatever. It’s not like I’ve never fallen and hit my head before.
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and it caused you
to require to make an insurance claim?
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Is a bunch of coaches in the US wearing helmets really that big of a crime to you?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
umm nope
I just find it odd… that’s all.
No crime… it’s just a bit strange a mental image, and it’s a direct result of your out of control insurance industry … so I find it funny.
No big deal.
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by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
What’s your angle on this?
USA Hockey will literally pay all of your medical bills if you get paralyzed playing hockey in the US. If they want me to wear a helmet on the ice I’ll wear a helmet.
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Right, but no helmet, no medical bill payment so you gotta wear the helmet.
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.
Right
and here the helmet thing is irrelevant for the most part…
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
So……I should give Canada’s minister of hockey insurance policy a medal?
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umm
we don’t have “hockey insurance” in that regard… we have universal medicare in Ontario.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
So that guy gets a medal?
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.
So he’s already gotten a medal?
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.
he got the best Canadian Athlete in the world award last year.
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also – http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4747320
"...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd."
Participation ribbon
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll get right on convincing the rest of the dopes that live in my country that universal healthcare is a good idea.
Until then it’s a pretty nice deal on USA Hockey’s behalf extended to everyone who plays hockey here.
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Hey
you guys are taking the helmet thing a tad more personally than you probably should… it’s not like I’m calling anyone an idiot here.
I also find it a tad amusing that you’ve got your back up over having to wear a helmet one second, but a couple of minutes ago you freely toss around the idea that parents only care/have money if they travel with their house league hockey teams around the country side.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
i think you’re taking it personally Steve.
The “only care/have money” quip was quite obviously a joke.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
oh
guess I missed that part… next time please cue laugh track.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
and how
am I taking USA hockey’s insurance coverage personally?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I like the idea, just be cause it promotes safety to the kids with the added benefit of not having your skull crack when you fall.
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
and
the US has privatized healthcare. that’s not really Chemmy’s fault is it? Or is it the kids’ fault?
or, is it Canadian doctors coming to the US, taking the cash they get from insurance companies and putting it to work with political lobbyists who crank up their political dogma machine and convince the general electorate to keep the status quo?
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Who said anything was
Chemmy’s fault? or Skinny Fish’s for that matter?
relax.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
your use of personal pronouns in your statements:
“your insurance companies”, “force you to make a claim” etc.
In the grand scheme, who cares?
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
personal pronouns
Hmm… 2nd person plural in english is identical to 2nd person singular… this is an unfortunate problem with the English language… I will be contacting the Queen shortly.
Problem solved?
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
You
was intended to mean “americans”… sorry for not clarifying.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
yes, my wife is American, and my daughter, so I’ll be sure to let them know.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
ok fine
people LIVING in America… or who happen to work there coaching kids hockey on occasion but may or may not reside there on days that end in Y.
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by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
We renamed the sixth day of the week to “Fridai” to finally avoid that joke for legal purposes.
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I get that, it’s fine.
Just remember though; the Americans who travel to other countries are generally the Americans who would vote for universal healthcare for everyone.
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high-five!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
This
I’m aware of. the whole thing stemmed from my interest in the whole requirements to wear helmets thing.
I just know some states don’t even require motorcyclists to wear helmets to the opposite end of the spectrum in hockey coaching surprised me.
I wasn’t trying to offend anyone.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Ben Roethlisberger wears a helmet to play football but not to ride a motorcycle.
America gets caught up in “individual rights” even when they infringe on everyone’s rights in the form of higher medical costs (helmet laws, until recently smoking, etc.)
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Yeah we have the same issue
it just doesn’t get discussed very often when it comes to subjects like smoking… or wearing ski/hockey helmets etc.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Right, it’s all individual rights, except if the hockey organization is taking on financial liability for your health while you are playing for them, In that case injury or death on your part becomes phenomenally expensive to the insurance co that is covering them (like unbelievably expensive – tens, hundreds of thousands of dollars easily, possibly even a million or two),… So to avoid that liability they would require that your voluntary participation in their programs be accompanied by wearing a helmet.
It’s all very internally consistent. The fact that the overall system is insane is a completely different point.
We fixed that problem, y’all.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s my fault. I’m so….so sorry.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
i’m suing you
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Right
and here my government will… so Canada Hockey doesn’t have to be involved.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
could...
I think the cases of it are more rare than is being implied.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd be curious what the
liability coverage is, what the seasonal payouts are, and what the deductibles look like from USA hockey’s perspective… I’d also imagine they’re collecting fees on the whole thing.
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by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
And when it doesn happen an acquired brain injury can be expensive and horrible to recovery from
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Doesn’t matter – head injuries are the worse to recover from – they are ver difficult to predict. A lot different than a fractured bone.
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
if it's my fault
you better believe i’m gonna sue your ass
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I prefer to live in a land
where I’m not about to sue anyone for that kinda crap… and I don’t have to wear a helmet when I’m coaching – so much feeeeeeear.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
THAT'S IT
You’ll be hearing from my lawyer buddy!
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by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
A buddy of mine plays in a Sunday night league here in Toronto and the fees are adjusted based on your headgear: just a helmet is the highest fee, visor is in the middle and full face shield is the cheapest rate.
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helmets are required for everyone on the ice per USA hockey. Visors are so I don’t catch an errant stick in the eye because 9 year olds don’t have the best control.
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I don’t want to smash up my glasses.
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Coaches gotta wear a bucket in Canada too – as far as I know.
Not when I was growing up, but at some point the rule changed
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Team I helped caoch last winter – amateur 13 year olds – all coaches needed buckets
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Are there professional 13 year olds?
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Is child labor ok in Canada?
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.
Only when it comes to hockey and possibly curling.
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
As opposed to high school kids. Still amateur – meant to imply minor hockey as opposed to high school hockey.
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
FAILED JOKE
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
No worries, mate. Didn’t mean to come off like I was getting my back up. Sorry for that.
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Well
as I said… I coach… in Canada… and I’m not required to wear one… none of my coaches were ever required to wear one… it may vary from location to location, but I don’t think it’s because of insurance liabilities… it’s likely just a safety precaution.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Probably location to location, league to league and it’s merely safety/setting a standard with the kids.
Do you coach in a minor league or high school?
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Goalie coach, and couldn’t even lift my bucket on top of my head.
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
A lot of rinks won’t let anyone on the ice without a helmet for liability reasons. Certainly the rink I play at is like that.
by The '67 Sound on Jul 23, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup…not even the zamboni person or their “assistants” can go helmet-less
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably cuts down on insurance payments or something.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Most likley – they’re employed so worker’s compensation
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I tend to hang out
in sketchy places that have probably never heard of insurance… so yeah… I assume it varies.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Mirrored for sure. That way they won’t be able to see the frustration/high blood pressure rise in your eyes.
by L510 on Jul 23, 2010 11:22 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It’s a “C” team. In Canada they’d be house leaguers but parents are rich enough here to pay for travel hockey so everyone travels.
It’s our job to work on the basics with these kids and make sure they have fun.
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lol @ parents are rich enough here
that’s a bit of an odd statement… the idea that poor parents are putting their kids in house league in canada is funny.
House league’s here costs thousands of dollars a year… most kids parents who put them in house league can AFFORD the travel costs… they just don’t want to bother taking the time for a bunch of kids that aren’t going to make it to the NHL… and I don’t blame them.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Well our parents care more about their children then.
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lol
I don’t see how… kids tend to travel to X-mas tournaments and crap like that here in house leagues… but why travel when there’s a gazillion teams within spitting distance?
How many teams are in the league?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh and just to be clear ...
I’m not trying to belittle the travel part.
I’m saying it’s an odd comparison to make in terms of “parents care” or “parents are rich enough” etc.
You’re implying Parents here are neither rich enough, nor care enough… it’s just a bit of an unreasonable perspective from my experience.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m kidding around because I don’t care about the difference between nine year olds who “aren’t destined for the NHL” in the US and Canada.
They’re nine.
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Do you know how many tournaments a AA or AAA team will go on in a season?
It’s a lot more than and x-mas tournament
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't refer to an AA or AAA team
as a house league team.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I know …you said house league costs thousands of dollars. I’m telling you AA/AAA costs thousands more…I’m not saying house league is necessarily for the poor. But AA/AAA is pretty much for the “rich” or “in-debt”
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
House league is still more affordable than AA or AAA hockey. From registration to travel
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes by far
but it’s still not cheap… in either the US or Canada.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Jul 23, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ve always been interested in the “cost of sports”. I never got to play hockey as a kid. Hockey has got to be one of the most expensive sports out there.
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Let this be a lesson to all future parents…stay together for the kids (hockey bills)
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup, that was me. Soccer and rugby. The only thing you have to buy is cleets and shin guards.
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Registration is affordable, Great exercise, and lots of ties – everyone wins!
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Jul 23, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
How could I forget! I loved them, heck it was pretty much the only time I at oranges.
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
So parents – have your kids play soccer or they’ll get scurvy!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
My soccer team rarely lost a game my less than 5 goals… over six years.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon.
Tyler Ennis: Freed from Portland!
Good prep for Buffalo fandom.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Good god no. Although, as a hooker I did use a bit of tape.
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
And before you ask, I didn’t use soccer cleets. I bought boots.
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m a hooker too. I had played flanker, but when I moved to Wales I was switched to hooker. First practice, I am packed down against a guy who has been playing since the year I was born. He kicks me as hard as he can in the shin. We come up. He looks me in the eye and says “First lesson of hooking: buy a set of shin pads. If your opposite number isn’t wearing any kick him as hard as you can every single scrum”. Almost every hooker I played against over there wore shin pads. Almost nobody in North America does.
Never wear much tape though….
...rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony...
by My Poor Friend Me on Jul 23, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Back in high school, my friend played lock and use to feed the other teams’ prop uppercuts in every single scrum
Resident Capologist
Yeah I learned to keep my head turned sideways so I caught those punches on the cheek instead of the nose.
...rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony...
by My Poor Friend Me on Jul 24, 2010 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I was viscous against other hooker’s shins. It got to the point where they would lift their leg away and knee their prop in the face.
good times
by WendelMadeMe on Jul 23, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I in a game played against a uni team (for my senior men’s team) a few years back. Their hooker was young and probably playing his first season, so I figured I’d take it easy on him and not put him off the game all together. First scrum, our ball we’re going forward, I get a nice clean strike, he starts flailing his foot around in the tunnel. I tell him “I’ll make you a deal, you keep your feet on the ground and so will I.” He shoots back “Screw you dude, if the balls in it’s fair game”.
Next scrum, same result, but after hooking the ball back, I kick him. He comes up scream “what the hell man? what is your problem”. Again I tell him “you keep your feet on the ground and so will I.” He tells me he’s going to take my next ball off of me.
This goes on for about four more scrums. Then one time I go to kick him, and he moves completely out of the way, and I caught the second row clean in the face. He crumples, but we don’t run them over because both of my second rows are dying of laughter. Their second row gets up and screams at their hooker “he told you to keep your feet on the ground man. why didn’t you listen?”
...rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony...
by My Poor Friend Me on Jul 23, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
You learn to play in the front row against Welsh farmers, and American college kids don’t really phase you.
I’ve only got a few seasons left, and I know I’ll miss playing when I’m done.
...rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony...
by My Poor Friend Me on Jul 23, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I sometimes thought about playing rugby, but this doesn’t make it sound so appealing.
Anyway I’m teh old ;(
These dirty tricks are a lot less common in North America. The game is rough, but it’s not nearly as bad as we are making it sound here.
...rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony...
by My Poor Friend Me on Jul 24, 2010 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh well then mirrored so u can look cool and they can’t see the Sheer delight in your eyes.
by L510 on Jul 23, 2010 11:49 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Come on Fergus!
The delight of coaching and teaching hockey at its basics and having fun doing so!
by L510 on Jul 23, 2010 1:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Would you rather be a cool rockstar like Ovechkin with a mirrored shield or dorkus malorkus like Crosby with a clear one?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
grrr
I’d rather be Crosby
What would we have to do to get Crosby on the Leafs...?
Wishful thinking never ends in Leaf Nation
Dorkus
Malorkus
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
CrosbyFTW
What would we have to do to get Crosby on the Leafs...?
Wishful thinking never ends in Leaf Nation
He’s the best player in the league but really I’m concerned that he doesn’t look cool enough for the 12-year-old set.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Well if there are girls on the team..
I’d rather have Sid.
If there aren’t, well Sid’s still cooler :)
What would we have to do to get Crosby on the Leafs...?
Wishful thinking never ends in Leaf Nation
Most of the kids are Rangers fans (local team) and love Ovechkin. Two of the boys got the yellow laces and one taped his stick like Ovie.
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.
wow
well there’s gotta be Sid fans too!!
What would we have to do to get Crosby on the Leafs...?
Wishful thinking never ends in Leaf Nation
Actually, most of them called him Sidney Crysby.
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.
Nevermind
Very original _
What would we have to do to get Crosby on the Leafs...?
Wishful thinking never ends in Leaf Nation
9 years old
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.
oh well, they’ll grow up soon enough.
Maybe by the time Sid wins another gold in Sochi :)
What would we have to do to get Crosby on the Leafs...?
Wishful thinking never ends in Leaf Nation
???? BAN THE NHL PLAYERS FROM OLYMPICS!!!
/runs away crying
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
One more year!
hmmm
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
doubtful, yeah.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
damn italics!
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
More importantly – rangers fans
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
what I’m saying is rangers fans are assholes
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
this needs saying?
oh yeah. habs suck.
by not norm ullman on Jul 23, 2010 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I wear yellow laces because I’m cool.
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Blue laces, because I’m a Maple Leafs Supporter!!!
by L510 on Jul 23, 2010 11:50 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I wear green laces because they were free
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
wa wa wee woo
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t play Crosby’s polite game though.
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crosbys just not a cool last name
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Saying “Ovechkin” is like tearing into a raw steak.
Saying “Crosby” is like eating over-boiled carrots.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Saying “Stanley Cup” is like opening a champagne bottle
What would we have to do to get Crosby on the Leafs...?
Wishful thinking never ends in Leaf Nation
If he’s not polite in real life, so be it.
Still awesome
What would we have to do to get Crosby on the Leafs...?
Wishful thinking never ends in Leaf Nation
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Amirite, ladies?
"I don’t know what it is about me that makes people think I want to hear their problems. Maybe I smile too much. Maybe I wear too much pink. But please remember, I can rip your throat out if I need to."
by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 23, 2010 2:58 PM EDT reply actions
What, did he instigate a fight or something?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Only a fight for my love.
"I don’t know what it is about me that makes people think I want to hear their problems. Maybe I smile too much. Maybe I wear too much pink. But please remember, I can rip your throat out if I need to."
by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 23, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
am i the only person who’s getting all the comments from Cornelius’ “More importantly – rangers fans” post and below in italics…?
or is my browser doing very odd things?
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 4:19 PM EDT reply actions
no, what i mean does it all look italicized?
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
no you’re just crazy
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
no it isnt
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Everything below Leafer87’s comments at 11:41 is in italics for me.
Also, clicking on the Direct feed for the podcast and it doesn’t play.
If I click on the Itunes or RSS feed, my browser blows up.
Just upgraded my Firefox – anyone else having this issue?
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 23, 2010 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Except for my comments… strangely they aren’t in italics for me
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 23, 2010 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
if you back out of the thread, then come back in, your comments will be italicized.
at least, that’s what’s happening for me. new comments are not italicized until I leave and reenter
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
this is correct
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 23, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
internet is broken
sleza broke it
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
This is happening to me in Chrome. Maybe some browsers are immune?
Wonder if it helps to put italics close tags.
Testing testing.
I tried it. It didn’t work. The italics are everywhere. It’s somewhere in the code. Not the comments
A Nation of Masochists
1967 - Owning the drought since 2010
I believe the italics have been vanquished for the time being.
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
i never saw any italics
you are all crazy
mass hysteria
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s actually in sleza’s post. that the hanging tag opens.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 23, 2010 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
actually yes, from Sleza’s post down italics
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 23, 2010 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
it’s all normal for me
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
browser you using?
Chrome?
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 23, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
All italics confirmed here also
sleza broke internet i agree!!
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s lying. Plus Jared probably hasn’t even exited this page all day.
A Nation of Masochists
1967 - Owning the drought since 2010
I believe
he is a man of many tabs
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 23, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
yes this one and Chatty cathy tabs !
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
you’re all crazy
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Jul 23, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Just realized
even the links on the sides and bottom are italicized
A Nation of Masochists
1967 - Owning the drought since 2010
now i have to read everything with either my head slightly tilted to the right, or in an emphasized tone in my head…
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
posting a picture to see if it kills italics
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 5:00 PM EDT reply actions
Nope
I found it in the page source but have no access to edit it.
A Nation of Masochists
1967 - Owning the drought since 2010
that puppy shoots light out of its pooper
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Jul 23, 2010 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
It goes in and out. worst feng shui dog ever.
A Nation of Masochists
1967 - Owning the drought since 2010
Fleshlight!
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Italics are gione now!
Rejoice!
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by Future_considerations on Jul 23, 2010 5:11 PM EDT reply actions
As far as I can tell, it is fixed now
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 23, 2010 5:12 PM EDT reply actions
Unreal - Sami Salo's injury history, not including the floor hockey Achilles injury.
2010/04/15 Missed 2 games (leg injury).
2010/04/10 Leg injury, day-to-day.
2010/02/02 Missed 4 games (groin).
2010/01/23 Groin, day-to-day.
2010/01/11 Missed 1 game (eye injury).
2010/01/09 Eye injury, day-to-day.
2009/10/29 Missed 7 games (sprained right MCL).
2009/10/13 Sprained right MCL, late November.
2009/05/09 Missed 2 playoff games (lower body injury).
2009/05/05 Lower body injury, day-to-day.
2009/04/30 Missed 1 playoff game (undisclosed)
2009/04/21 Undisclosed, day-to-day.
2009/01/20 Missed 15 games (broken rib).
2008/12/20 Broken rib, late January.
2008/12/18 Missed 3 games (groin).
2008/12/09 Groin, day-to-day.
2008/11/24 Missed 2 games (undisclosed).
2008/11/20 Undisclosed, day-to-day.
2008/10/28 Missed 2 games (groin).
2008/10/21 Groin, day-to-day.
2008/02/05 Missed 2 games (groin).
2008/01/31 Groin, day-to-day.
2007/11/23 Missed 8 games (broken nose).
2007/11/03 Broken nose, sidelined indefinitely.
2007/10/24 Missed 9 games (left wrist injury).
2007/09/17 Left wrist injury, sidelined indefinitely.
2007/04/29 Missed Game 1 and 2 of Round Two against the Anaheim Ducks (flu).
2007/04/25 Flu, day-to-day.
2007/04/03 Missed 2 games (groin).
2007/03/29 Groin, day-to-day.
2007/03/27 Missed 3 games (groin).
2007/03/19 Groin, day-to-day.
2006/12/21 Missed 6 games (shoulder injury).
2006/12/08 Shoulder injury, day-to-day.
2006/11/11 Missed 3 games (left knee injury).
2006/11/03 Left knee injury, day-to-day.
2006/10/16 Missed 1 game (groin).
2006/10/13 Groin, day-to-day.
2006/04/15 Missed the last 23 games of the regular season (shoulder injury).
2006/02/23 Shoulder injury, day-to-day.
2004/01/11 Missed 8 games (leg injury).
2003/12/27 Leg injury, day-to-day.
2003/12/26 Leg injury, left Friday’s game.
2003/02/22 Missed 2 games (shoulder injury).
2003/02/18 Shoulder injury, day-to-day.
2002/12/07 Missed 1 game (groin).
2002/12/04 Groin, day-to-day.
2002/03/27 Missed 1 game (back spasms).
2002/03/24 Back spasms, day-to-day.
2002/03/19 Missed 5 games (back spasms).
2002/03/10 Back spasms, day-to-day.
2002/01/11 Missed 6 games (broken finger).
2001/12/29 Broken finger, day-to-day.
2001/10/20 Missed 1 game (flu).
2001/10/18 Flu, day-to-day.
2001/10/09 Missed 3 games (groin).
2001/10/02 Groin, sidelined indefinitely.
2001/04/13 Missed the last 3 games of the regular season (knee injury).
2001/04/03 Knee injury, day-to-day.
2001/03/24 Missed 1 game (foot injury).
2001/03/22 Foot injury, day-to-day.
2001/03/10 Missed 38 games (left shoulder surgery).
2000/12/14 Left shoulder surgery, mid-March.
2000/12/02 Missed 6 games (shoulder injury).
2000/11/18 Shoulder injury, early December.
2000/10/13 Missed 2 games (right ankle injury).
2000/10/05 Right ankle injury, sidelined indefinitely.
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