Hold Your Breath....Make a Wish....Count to Three
by birky on Aug 14, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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For those of you who don't know me, I'm Birky and I'll be the Willy Wonka to your Charlie Bucket on weekends starting today. Please keep both hands inside the ride at all times. Oh, and lay off the Fizzy Lifting drink.
After a continent wide search, which took months of phone interviews, background checks, and bribes, I have been chosen from a cast of, um, well, let's not get into that. Anyways, I'll be handling the FTBs on weekends for the next while.
A little about me first: I am Canadian, but I live in balmy North Carolina, and have for a long time. I'm in my mid 20's, incredibly handsome and a Virgo (sorry girl(s?), but I'm taken). I've played hockey since age five, including ACHA club hockey at Appalachian State (yes, we sucked).
When I was offered this position I was told two things: Don't piss too many people off and don't blow anything up.
I plan to do both.
It's going to be a trial by fire for me this weekend. D-Day for a Tomas Kaberle trade is tomorrow. Personally, I can't see a way in which he isn't moved. I love the guy, but I think his time as a Leaf has come to an end. Regardless, this place is going to be bumpin' for the next 48 hours.
On to the links:
Jeffler puts down on paper what the rest of us are thinking in regards to the Fraud and his wannabes.
Highlights of BB's short interview covering a variety of Leaf and league-wide issues. Courtesy of MLHS.
Kaberle situation finally ending
Stirup offers his always excellent thoughts on the Kaberle Affair.
Don't expect Burke to hit a home run in Kaberle trade derby
Alan Adams of Fanhouse with his take on D-Day
The Bloge Salming Podcast: Episode 1
Bloge welcomes Justin Bourne to the first exceptional episode.
Bester, Bently, Ullman and more
More great photos from Vintage Leafs. You could spend hours at this place, no joke.
Around the league:
Who is the best shooter in the NHL?
Hockey Analysis takes a look at, well, the best shooters in the league.
NHL, NCAA need to reach a compromise
Bruce Ciskie of Fanhouse on the relationship between the NHL and NCAA
US, Canada to meet in Hlinka Final
NHL.com posts an update on the U-18 Ivan Hlinka tournament
Patty Kane in the sky with silver
Wysh with the Patrick Kane stuck on a ladder story.
Going to apologize in advance if I missed something. Throw 'em in the comments.
Be gentle, it's my first time.
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If you get a chance
can you add my interview with Justin Bourne?
http://www.blogesalming.com/2010/08/bloge-salming-podcast-episode-1-justin.html
Thanks.
I look forward to reading your FTBs, Birky.
I updated Vintage Leafs 10 times last night. Have a look and see if there is anything new on there worth a link.
Not that what I did last night was exactly genius, but the amount of people that either a) Still think I was trying to create that rumour for any reason other than to prove a point, b) Are supposedly boycotting LeafsHQ (riiight, none of them were reading it anyway), or c) Going “lol I didn’t believe it anyway this entire thing was stupid, you’re stupid” after going OMG TRADE DONE somewhere, is hillariously high.
I get why you did it
but it didn’t need to be done, and was kind of immature.
Sorry man, the point didn’t need to be proven. I thought it was pretty damn weak.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Aug 14, 2010 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s fair. I’m not going to back it up, other than the fact that I gave pretty much massive warning signs. (Combination of always saying I’ll never have inside info + Article that day on the issue + Literally saying an hour beforehand I was going to make up a rumour).
But yeah, I’m not going to deny it was kind of immature. Most of the stuff I do has a bit of an immaturity to it. At least it’s over with now (well, dust still settling due to just how dumb some people are with this).
Jeff, I think we all understand where you’re coming from. God knows most of us agree with your frustration with the rumor fabricators. That said, I think that by doing what you did may actually have made things worse. The best way to deal with those types is just let it go in one ear and out the other and don’t RT them. If people stop paying attention, they’ll fade away.
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
Nailed it. Best way to handle these people is to ignore them. The more people RT them and their lies, the more they lie.
Brain: The irony of it all, Pinky. Years of trying to take over the world, and all I had to do was say "truculence".
Follow me I'm Boring!
by blindfolded tank driver on Aug 14, 2010 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions
That was the idea I was going for, just did this as final substantive evidence. The people who took the bait took it way the wrong way though.
I was hoping this would teach those people not to buy into shit like this. Naturally though, didn’t work out.
I still think it was a good idea in concept. I still think it definitively proved the point. But I agree that it went the wrong way.
Being one of the people who took the bait, I didnt find it funny at all.. And ample warning was not given.
I got some snarky comment from jared and embarassment is all..
Thanks.. Point proven, and that is..not to visit Leafshq anymore
Today's tears will become tommorow's rain.
My twitter! http://www.twitter.com/tangerinedream9
by Future_considerations on Aug 14, 2010 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions
how do we see this if we dont follow you..
Today's tears will become tommorow's rain.
My twitter! http://www.twitter.com/tangerinedream9
by Future_considerations on Aug 14, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
You go back into my timeline? Generally, when someone comes out of nowhere and claims something like this, I check out their history. Apparently fact checking is a thing of the past now shrug
if joe blo with 19 followers makes the proclmation of course.
Today's tears will become tommorow's rain.
My twitter! http://www.twitter.com/tangerinedream9
by Future_considerations on Aug 14, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Seriously, I’d trust Joe Blo with 19 followers over the teenager that regularly says he has no inside sources, and just wrote an article bashing people for jumping on everything they read.
Look, I think you’re fantastic, and if you’re going to stop reading LeafsHQ, I respect that and I thank you, because that means you’ve read in the past. But we’re clearly not going to agree on this topic.
Ok fair enough..
so
Kaberle & Hanson & 2013 1st
for Ryan ?
Today's tears will become tommorow's rain.
My twitter! http://www.twitter.com/tangerinedream9
by Future_considerations on Aug 14, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s all well and good if people are following you…
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
Like reading thoughts confined to 140 characters? I'm on Twitter too.
If they’re not following me, they should probably check the history of a guy they just heard of before believing the rumour
Problem is that they don’t necessarily see that the rumour is coming from you.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
Like reading thoughts confined to 140 characters? I'm on Twitter too.
Plus it’s twitter, sometime I re-tweet things without performing due diligence, RT something doesn’t mean I’ve bought it hook-line-and sinker.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 14, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
But that’s the whole point of what he was trying to prove. It is Twitter. If you don’t stop and look at where something is coming from before retweeting, then it’s on you for doing it. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t “bought it hook-line-and-sinker,” you’ve passed on the message anyway.
Look at it this way. If David Shoalts RTs it, we’d all be making fun of him right now saying he’s an idiot for not checking where it’s coming from. And yes, he may be a legit journalist, but we spend almost as much time pointing out that we’re just as savvy as the MSM (if not more) as we do talking about the Leafs.
Complaining that there wasn’t enough warning? That’s weak. The whole point of this is that people blindly believe whatever happens to pop up on Twitter. The actual crap doesn’t come with a warning.
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Aug 14, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
This is why I live by, “if it’s not from TSN, take it with a small grain of salt”
Waiting on the Dave Nonis era.
by PassivelyTruculent on Aug 14, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. Twitter has created such a culture of fear about not having the very latest info that people will move on things so fast they don’t take the time to think about it first. There’s the same issue with web reporting but this is on an even greater scale as it is so instantaneous and easy.
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Aug 14, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Dr T in the hizzouse dropping mad knowledge
word
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
But does twitter create that culture or is it more those that follow twitter are that culture?
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
its like the chicken and the egg
only less delicious
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
As Marshall McLuhan famously said, the medium is the message. It’s never been truer than now.
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Aug 14, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
My point was that it’s twitter and I don’t take anything on it seriously.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 14, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
.
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
INTENSE
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Aug 14, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh yes, my bad.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 14, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Interesting experiment. I missed out on this so didn’t have the first-hand experience, which may have pissed me off had I been fooled.
But I can see there being some merit in a very blunt demonstration of why unproven sources should not be believed. I was quite shocked at how many people ran with this “rumour”. I hope a lot of people will be a lot less credulous in the future.
by The '67 Sound on Aug 14, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I shit you not, some guy made up a Kaberle to Ducks rumour like half an hour later and people STILL ran with that one.
I just don’t get why people think they have the right to be pissed when they fall for something that has no real bearing in reality. Sure if Mackenzie or Shoalts or Dreger ran with it and it turned out to be a hoax on their over zelous hopes, than sure.
But some random guy on the internet? really?
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
The boycotters are dumb. If that’s what gets a boycott then they would have found some other reason to boycott. Also, that word is dumb.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
Like reading thoughts confined to 140 characters? I'm on Twitter too.
In this case it’s pointless and blowing things out of proportion.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
Like reading thoughts confined to 140 characters? I'm on Twitter too.
Pointless usage of a word doesn’t make the word dumb just the users.
Guns don't kill people, people kill people ... with smaller guns
‘in this case’ is written in white in my sentence above. Or at least, pretend it is ;)
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
Like reading thoughts confined to 140 characters? I'm on Twitter too.
Guess who wrote this
“Names I am hearing coming back are all over the map, with the most interesting possibility being that of Bobby Ryan. Of course this deal would require much more than Kaberle were it to be the case…”
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.
name that fraud!
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
U-18 CAN vs. USA
starts at 9am this morning EST.
Link here for the hockey canada website update, I don’t think it’s being televised.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
so many sports channels, so few live sports! fools!
Brain: The irony of it all, Pinky. Years of trying to take over the world, and all I had to do was say "truculence".
Follow me I'm Boring!
by blindfolded tank driver on Aug 14, 2010 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions
and lawn darts!
Brain: The irony of it all, Pinky. Years of trying to take over the world, and all I had to do was say "truculence".
Follow me I'm Boring!
by blindfolded tank driver on Aug 14, 2010 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions
1-0 Canada
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Possible Bruin via Leafs pick – Kill me now. Kill me now. Kill me now. Kill me now. Kill me now. Kill me now. Kill me now.)
by Bloge Salming on Aug 14, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
what kind of time that is to play hockey???
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
One more year!
It’s in Piestany.
Hmmmm…that place rings a bell. Is that where Gandhi was born?
by Bloge Salming on Aug 14, 2010 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
they had the world juniors there in 1987, huge brawl between ussr and canada
although i have a feeling you know this and were just joking around.
by ShahofToronto on Aug 14, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
1-0 Canada Final
HockeyCanada
Canada has won the U18 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka for the third year in a row with a 1-0 victory over the U.S.! http://bit.ly/9JWXLU #fb
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Aug 14, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Congrats on the potential new gig. Try and learn the secret Kitten recipe and whether it has 11 herbs and spices or not!
Brain: The irony of it all, Pinky. Years of trying to take over the world, and all I had to do was say "truculence".
Follow me I'm Boring!
by blindfolded tank driver on Aug 14, 2010 8:37 AM EDT reply actions
So..
Does it happen today? I think it’ll happen today. I have a gut feeling that we’ll see something go down later this evening.
I’d make a prediction about what the trade will be, but I know I’ll be wrong. My gut feeling also tells me that we’re not going to be getting any of the usual suspects (those who have been touted as possible returns on many occasions, however implausible), and that our return will be a bit out of left field.
However, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see more than Kaberle go. I think Kaberle as a rental + a prospect or two is more likely to get us the top 6 scoring forward we need. If only this was a video game, then we could totally abuse the system and get an unrealistic return!
by NinjasFromSpace on Aug 14, 2010 9:53 AM EDT reply actions
ack
I’ll be away from a computer all day today. The worst part is, no one will know why I’m so stressed because almost no one in my family follows hockey enough to know the significance of today.
"Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience... hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive." - Stephen Leacock.
I’m in the same boat. We’re going on a nice beach vacation, and all I want to do is be able to hear what we get for Kabby. We’re in the states, too, so it’s not like some sports bar will have a TV covering it.
by Bower Power on Aug 14, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
going to a pig roast at my inlaw’s family…
yes, a pig roast.
Thank you, TSN mobile alert!
"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 Aug 14, 2010 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Can’t register for TSNMobile alert if you’re in the states. ARGH.
by Bower Power on Aug 14, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
well that stinks.
get someone who has TSN mobile alert to forward you the text?
"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 Aug 14, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Don’t know anyone with my number who’s getting them, but I’ve got Dreger’s and Mirtle’s tweets headed to my phone now, so I know whatever comes across them should be legit.
by Bower Power on Aug 14, 2010 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Awesome
Haven’t been to a pig roast in a long time.
Cousin’s getting married so I’ll be counting on text messages to alert me of what we are getting.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
Like reading thoughts confined to 140 characters? I'm on Twitter too.
did I forget to mention that the pig roast is in the province of Quebec and I have never met 90% of these inlaws?
"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 Aug 14, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
and my Francais is shoddy, at best
"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 Aug 14, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
bonne chance!!
stupid me forgot to charge my phone, so I’m delaying going to my aunt’s house so I can at least get TSN’s alerts
"Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience... hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive." - Stephen Leacock.
PS
I had to wash my hair twice to get the pig-smoke out of it.
"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 Aug 15, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd almost prefer that..
My wife is gone for the day, and I’ll be sitting here, refreshing PPP, Twitter, and several other pages over and over again until something happens.
I MAY shower at some point.
GameNorth.ca - Gaming north of the border.
by NinjasFromSpace on Aug 14, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I am Jack's
restless anticipation.
verbeauty!
by A Lindros Jaw on Aug 14, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Did we ever clear up exactly what time the NTC kicks back in?
Is it midnight tonight? Noon tomorrow? Midnight tomorrow?
"Defense! Defense! Common! Do you call that blowing!?"
I'm also confused about this..
The author of that Tampa Bay article seemed to think that we needed to deal Kaberle before midnight tonight.
by NinjasFromSpace on Aug 14, 2010 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I won't link to the article,
but Cox wrote today that Burke is planning on going to watch tennis tomorrow afternoon, and that the deadline is tomorrow at midnight.
"Defense! Defense! Common! Do you call that blowing!?"
That’s how I understand it.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 14, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm almost 100% sure
it’s Sunday night (as in 11:59pm Sunday is the last minute to trade him)
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Aug 14, 2010 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Now that I’m looking, I think that’s probably the case, too. I almost wish it was earlier so we could just be done with it.
"Defense! Defense! Common! Do you call that blowing!?"
At least this way we’ll be near a computer and be able to drink away our sorrows when shit goes down.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 14, 2010 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Also, Miss PFACNF and Miss Fox will be able to do their own thing while we wring our hands over a laptop.
"Defense! Defense! Common! Do you call that blowing!?"
Yea…I don’t know how long they’ll put up with it, but yes.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 14, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
On the plus, it’ll only be 9:59 Mountain!
Now with 25% fewer operable limbs.
by Sergei Puckizin on Aug 14, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not the last minute to trade him. It’s just the last minute he doesn’t have control over the process.
Resident Capologist
Yes sorry, that’s what I meant.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Aug 14, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
New Sweaters, I saw one of the new sweaters up close last night and I see Chemmy’s point re: the shoulder patches, they are the suck on the replicas.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 14, 2010 10:15 AM EDT reply actions
Yeah I saw one the other day too at the mall, they just had a single white Phaneuf hanging up. It sucks because on the old replicas with the same patch they were a LOT better looking; won’t stop me from buying one though.
Oh god no, but I will look into getting replacement ones.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 14, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea, not prohibitive, and they look good from a far but are far from good.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 14, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
@DarrenDreger
One team presented an interesting offer. A player and a pick IF Kaberle signs an ext. If Kaberle becomes a ufa, the Leafs send a pick back. I was told Toronto declined that offer.
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
Well
at least they’re getting more interesting.
Tick Tock, Tomas. Tick Tock.
A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Aug 14, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm slowly dying on the inside...
In any case, I hope this is one of those times where we trade many players (e.g. Kaberle plus others) for a “no doubter” star. I know the philosophy of “whoever gets the best player in the trade wins the trade” isn’t always correct, but I like it.
by potvin vs hextall on Aug 14, 2010 12:15 PM EDT reply actions
I want a Phaneuf Trade 2.0
.. and I know it’s probably not going to happen.
Even so, I ditched my family and came back to the computer
"Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience... hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive." - Stephen Leacock.
I am breathless with anticipation
for the complete lack of anything to occur…
This is my signature.
by blurr1974 on Aug 14, 2010 1:26 PM EDT reply actions
Wooooo, also dm me your inception theory please, I need a distraction…
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Aug 14, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
he was a ghost the whole time
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Shhh!!! I havent watched it yet!!!
by hockeyphreak on Aug 14, 2010 2:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m out and about, what’s your twitter handle again?
This is my signature.
by blurr1974 on Aug 14, 2010 2:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
From Nick Kypreos’ twitter:
If these so called interested teams don’t step up offers dramatically between now and Sunday midnite, Kaberle’s area code will remain 416
That's not so bad
at least we’ll still have the Tomas Kaberle song
"Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience... hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive." - Stephen Leacock.
Perhaps..
We could even make a new one? The lyrics are out-dated, and what a better way to celebrate his extension as a Leaf than a new song.
Or just blatantly dub Dion’s name over Sundin’s, Simpsons style.
GameNorth.ca - Gaming north of the border.
by NinjasFromSpace on Aug 14, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Ooh
That would be fun!
Except we have to keep the Bettman picture
"Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience... hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive." - Stephen Leacock.
this one
"Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience... hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive." - Stephen Leacock.
hehe
Today's tears will become tommorow's rain.
My twitter! http://www.twitter.com/tangerinedream9
by Future_considerations on Aug 14, 2010 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Kypreos is the bleacher report of sports analysis.
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn't that a J5?
If ever make a fake trade rumor again, make sure to put no more than 5 tweets between when you announce you’re making a fake rumor and when you actually announce it, so its even more rediculously obvious.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
Quick Nick, tell us something we don’t know!
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Aug 14, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Welcome, Princess.
"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 Aug 14, 2010 2:56 PM EDT reply actions
Will there be hazing involved?
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Aug 14, 2010 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
re: Burke's comments on the 540 interview
Mirtle posted a link to an interview he did with a FAN affiliate in Vancouver (holy rampant homerism…) and after managing to tune out the stupidity that was both the host and the callers, I kept coming back to Burke’s comments about acquiring a guy with size and scoring touch.
Why did he trade Poni, if that’s what he’s looking for….? :(
This is my signature.
by blurr1974 on Aug 14, 2010 3:31 PM EDT reply actions
so he could bring in a 5th round pick in Sam Carrick and a guy with a funny, yet easier to pronounce funny name in caputi!
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
acquiring a guy with size and scoring touch.
Maybe its one that uses it to score and score more often or in clutch situations both of which I don’t recall Poni doing that too often?
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
And who scores on an empty net and doesnt have the stick lifted… Im talking about the game against the hurricanes.
by hockeyphreak on Aug 14, 2010 4:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
blurr do you have a link for that? Looked cannot find. All thumbs here.
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
My guess? Age.
When we traded Poni, he said they couldn’t agree on the term. Poni wanted 4, Burke 3.
by Bower Power on Aug 14, 2010 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Have a 2 part Kaberle question, I know... sigh.
How many he believe that no matter what Kaberle is a goner come anytime between now and 11:59PM Aug 15th? and if he is gone, would you be happy with said scoring forward with size or what I think may happen futures as per his recent 590 interview?
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
depends on who the scoring forward with size is or what the futures are
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Well lets say it wont be a, for lack of a better word, perennial all star like Kabs has been, in both cases. I know its tough to think of this sort of like Let’s Make a Deal, where you know you possess something of value and someone is offering to consider curtain 1, 2 or 3. Removing ourselves the notion that it will be one of the leading rumors, such as Ryan, Schenn and all that nonsense, I am leaning myself that since I don’t recall a time where the team that trades their star ever comes out ahead, the best one can hope for is a sideways deal. I don’t see a Phaneuf Trade 2.0 coming too.
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
At this point, I really don’t see Kaberle going anywhere.
If he does go, I’d much rather have futures. If it’s a top-6 F, we’ll be overpaying him for several years, almost unquestionably. At least with Kabs, we’re paying a #3-ish D appropriately for one year, and we have the cap flexibility (or trade deadline flexibility) next year. Futures will give us one/two more lottery tickets to work with when we’re actually contending again.
I’d still like to figure out a way that Kaberle can stay a Leaf past this year, I just don’t see a way.
Prefers pugnacity to truculence.
no one knows what anyone is offering, all potentials mentioned are pure speculation based on what Burke said he wants and what other teams have an access of
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish
You may be taking Jared a little too seriously
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
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use the reply.
"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 Aug 14, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
id rather not cause then everything ends up on one side of the page, hard read
Jembries
by oneKesselcul on Aug 14, 2010 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re right, that’s annoying, but it’s not as annoying as trying to figure out which post your response is referring o.
by CanadianMaple09 on Aug 14, 2010 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
usually the one that has my name below it plus im usually specific when i talk but whateva im used to being ignored i am married ahhh… and as a girl you should know that
Jembries
by oneKesselcul on Aug 15, 2010 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions
No sweets, its how things work around here. Otherwise those conversations are ignored.
Keyboard shortcuts make this place pretty easy to cruise.
"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 Aug 14, 2010 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
This is quite true… until I started using the Z-button, the GDTs were unmanageable at best.
Now I really miss the fact that most sites on the internet don’t use that system.
Prefers pugnacity to truculence.
I try to press Z when I’m reading ONTD. It doesn’t work.
"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 Aug 15, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
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We speculate, within reason. We leave other slop and undesirable bits for HF boards or Eklund. We have better things to do with our lives than to obsessively speculate ridiculous things. For instance, I have brownies to bake today. And a deep hair conditioning mask to rinse out.
"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 Aug 14, 2010 4:52 PM EDT reply actions
Priorities!
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Aug 14, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
ESPN_Burnside
Toronto GM Brian Burke tells us looking more likely that Tomas Kaberle will remain a Leaf. Could change before midnight Sun. Of course.
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
Its like watching your two friends drag out breaking up and they have resorted to arguing about stupid things. Like who gets to take the bathroom towels when they move out. Take all the spoons. I don’t even care. Just end it.
"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 Aug 14, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Except in this case the issue isn’t what to take once the breakup occurs, it’s whether to break up or not!
by CanadianMaple09 on Aug 14, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Which sucks just as much.
I’ll end it for both of you!
"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 Aug 14, 2010 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Oooooh a third person jumping in to end things? This could get kinky. Actually make that a fourth person, Kaberle’s unibrow should be considered an entity unto itself.
by CanadianMaple09 on Aug 15, 2010 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions
its more like hearing your friends complain about each other and how theyre going to break up only to have them ‘stick it out’ in the end. but for how long?
by gnarlybattleship on Aug 14, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
to be fair, it’s not tomas’ or burke’s fault that the internet exists and people find the need to talk about this stuff endlessly. this kind of stuff happened all the time before the internet, we just didn’t have to hear about it.
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.
That is probably tattooed to his butt, and he doesn’t want to bother with the laser treatments. Yup, that’s why he doesn’t want to leave.
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Aug 14, 2010 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
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