Yay September!
by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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Thank goodness it's September with training camp and the pre-season right around the corner. I can't take any more cap, SPC, or roster speculation. I am going so insane with the lack of any hockey to watch (although thank you TSN for re-playing so many Olympic games and the Bruins/Flyers game 7 lately) that I actually came up with the most insane idea ever to "solve" the Canucks' problem of Luongo's captaincy (co-captains!). Heck I even feel the Leafs Annual hasn't been enough to tide me over, since most articles cover things we've talked about at length here. Nevertheless, in a little over a week I will be heading off for a fine vacation in New York City and when I return, there will be preseason hockey to watch. YAAAAAY
Links after the jump.
- Kadri not afraid to stand out
Mirtle on Kadri: "Toronto Maple Leafs prospect straddles the line between confident and cocky." - Toronto Maple Leafs Legends: Luke Richardson
Joe Pelletier reminds us of another highly rated 1st round pick of the Leafs. - Lashoff working to impress new set of bosses
NHL.com has an interesting spin on Lashoff being traded twice before even making the NHL. - NHL's ultimatum: Amend CBA or reject Kovalchuk, Luongo deals?
From Puck Daddy. I find this highly entertaining. - Stempniak to Leafs: "If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it"
Loser Domi has some exclusive coverage of Stempniak's comments upon signing with the Coyotes. - Hiatus
Yakov Mironov is taking a break between now and the opening night of the NHL, so he looks at some expectations for the Leafs and other eastern conference teams. - Jonas Gustavsson 2010-11 Preview
Leafs Nation Online looks at Gustavsson's possibilities this upcoming season, and has some questions for you to answer. - Recap of a Busy Weekend
LeafsWire.ca looks at the various moves the Leafs made over the weekend, and exactly how they impact the team. In: MacArthur, Lashoff, Hanson, Out: Giliati, Berry, -
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If there’s one NHL player he reminds me of, it’s Corey Perry, and that’s pretty freaking awesome.
When I read the nickname Testicula, the first thing that popped into my head was a vampiristic scrotum that can only be killed with a silver cross driven through the vas deferens.
All the knocks against Perry, but he is in awesome player.
Someone compared Kadri to Mike Richards, I just didn’t see it
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Nah, some one is dreaming about the Richards comparison.
Biggest knock on Perry is that he’s a freakin’ d-bag, but a skilled freakin’ d-bag.
20 miles to Legoland!
You know what they say about him in Anaheim?
Sure he’s a skilled douchebag, but he’s our skilled douchebag.
When I read the nickname Testicula, the first thing that popped into my head was a vampiristic scrotum that can only be killed with a silver cross driven through the vas deferens.
You know what they say about him in Peterborough?
Sure he’s a skilled douchebag, but he’s our skilled douchebag.
I am Mikhail Grabovski's smirking revenge.
You know what they say about him in Canada?
Sure he’s a skilled douchebag, but he’s our skilled douchebag.
by hockeyphreak on Sep 2, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
As much as Burke preaches this “having ten defensemen is great” thing, I’d like to see a solid top four or five and a spot in the bottom pairing where a guy like Lashoff, Aulie or Holzer could fit. Sounds like a broken record I know, but paying all these defensemen now is ridiculous… No need for 6 guys that are capable of playing 25 minutes. Burke sounds like a lunatic when he defends the decision to keep the blue line as is.
Mirtle’s article about Kadri is the best I’ve read so far about him. Kadri gets 20-30 games in the minors this year I think
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I couldn’t agree with you more. We need to move a defenseman and Burke knows that too but I think he is just to cocky to admit it.
Mirtle is one of the few Toronto columnists that I love to read; unlike Simmons or Cox. With Grabovski, Bozak, Hanson, Mitchell in the mix for centre I think Kadri will get some AHL time. However I think it’s important that he plays around 35-40 games atleast on the Leafs.
by Schenn4captain on Sep 2, 2010 8:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I couldn’t agree with you more. We need to move a defenseman and Burke knows that too but I think he is just to cocky to admit it.
Really? Because I’m pretty sure he was open to moving a defenseman but didn’t find a deal worth it. I’m all for trading a defenseman but not just for the sake of trading. Burke’s not being “cocky” he’s being shrewd.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
don’t come in here with your “logic” and “facts” and ruin a perfectly nonsensical meme
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by blurr1974 on Sep 2, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Sorry
Burke hurts the Leafs because he is cocky.
Got it.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Changes will happen by next offseason
Regardless of how ridiculous Burke is being with all the d-men, at least we’ll have our defensemen and goalies getting proper AHL time before breaking the NHL.
Our forwards… hell we’ll take them right out of junior or college and put them on our top 2 lines.
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i'd agree with you
except i felt the same thing going into last season, and the situation has only gotten worse (added Phaneuf and Lebda, with the unexpected emergence of Gunnarsson, and the only subtraction is XLB)
In truth, I suppose a surplus of NHL level defensemen isn’t a bad thing, except for its impact on the cap and ability to address other needs. And on that front, Burke is either overconfident in his scoring forwards, or he’s refusing to admit he’s miscalculated.
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I think Lebda was the real miscalculation. Presumably he assumed he’d deal Kaberle and needed a #6 D-man to hold the fort until the kids were ready. It’s not a mistake because he didn’t deal Kaberle—it’s a mistake because even if he had, there are still a ton of D-men available. Preissing, Mara, Lilja, McKee, Mottau, etc. would be fine as a #6 D and likely available on a one year deal for less than $1.45MM.
To have your #7-8 D-men making $5MM—even if you send $3.5MM of that to the AHL, as Mirtle appears to think is imminent—is not good.
by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Lebda is the worst Burke signing to this day. Even if Burke thought Kaberle was gone, why sign Lebda to 1.4M when there are much better options for cheaper.
by Schenn4captain on Sep 2, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
safe to say we shall wait at least until they play one game before we condemn them to the hall of fingers.
"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
Lebda’s far from the worst although what cheaper and better options are out there?
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Good point.
But I guess what it comes down to for me is that the Leafs didn’t need to sign him or any other d-man. They didn’t need any options at all
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Mottau and McKee jump to mind. capgeek’s list of remaining UFAs has some worthy options for #6/7D.
by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm really surprised McKee hasn't been taken.
Not a terrible option for SJ now with their $1.5M left and iffy defense.
Maybe his contract demands are unreasonable?
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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 2, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
the man is a shot blocking machine
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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McKee is still a UFA? Seriously? Dang. Yeah he’s a damn good option for your 3rd pairing and PK.
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His age may say 34 but his bones are at least 50.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
Yup
he was pretty terrible for the Blues – hence being bought out.
He also wasn’t much for the Pens last year.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. It’s not like the surplus is gonna hurt the club, but it’s still mind-boggling. As much as it seems like we’re beating it to death, it’s completely warranted. And I keep thinking “yeah Burke will deal two defencemen and bring it all together” but it never happens.
Luke Schenn or Carl Gunnarsson playing bottom pairing is a crime and doesn’t use them to their capacity at all. It’s a waste of cash, and at the same time a waste of skill and development. Blue line is a mess, no matter how much Burke denies it.
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knock on wood.
Komi and Beauch go down with an injury in March and the leafs are in the mix for a playoff spot, would you rather have Holzer or Lebda on your blueline?
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Yeah well the flipside is if Phil Kessel goes down with injury, who’s gonna pick up his slack? Can’t waste money based on chance of injuries on the blue line.
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yup
plenty of Phil Kessel type players around the league just waiting to be traded…
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by blurr1974 on Sep 2, 2010 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Well obviously not. But still no need to be grossly overstocked on defense and understocked at forward. There’s risk for injury up front as well is all I’m saying..
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Given our history with Coloaiacovo, Van Ryn, and Komisarek, I think it makes plenty of sense to overstock the defence.
by general borschevsky on Sep 2, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Understandable
But doesn’t this seem like A LOT of overstocking?
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Nevermind, I misread your comment. Haha. I guess Lebda. He is a proven NHLer.
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If I asked the same question last year but substituted Gunnarsson for Holzer, and Exelby for Lebda, what would you have said? I’d be happy to roll Phaneuf/Kaberle/Schenn/Gunnarsson/Finger/Lashoff rather than unnecessarily overpay for Lebda.
The point is also he likely could have gotten someone better than Lebda, cheaper, on a one year deal, today. There was just no need for that signing other than making Dave Poulin happy.
by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
i read this as
if I came in here with knowledge from the future that makes you choose the option I want, and make it appear to be an easy decision, it proves that I know more than Brian Burke.
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by blurr1974 on Sep 2, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Ha ha, rec’d.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Sep 2, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha, I’m gonna rec the actual tactic itself.
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Ha, I answered a cheap rhetorical ploy with one of my own. Guilty.
The point is one out of Holzer, Aulie and Mikus can probably handle 10 soft mins/gm if injury catastrophe strikes.
by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
they probably could
but if it’s another long term injury, is that what’s best for their development? Soft, minimal minutes?
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by blurr1974 on Sep 2, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
No, but that’s worst case scenario. A more reasonable scenario than “Beauch & Komi suffer long-term injuries” is “we have too much of the cap allocated on defence and are hamstrung as a result” (h/t mf37 on the “hamstrung” point).
by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Burke most likely misjudged his ability to trade Kaberle, however, having too many defencemen is never a bad thing.
Burke probably could have waited and signed someone for cheaper.
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I kinda wish I knew
What players he wanted but didn’t get this offseason, what the reason he didn’t get them was (i.e. they wanted a contendor, didn’t offer enough $, etc.), and what he would have done differently.
These are all questions we’ll never get the answers to unfortunately.
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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 2, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m OK with that. Know why? Jeff Carter + 1st.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
You're right
that one still hurts.
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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 2, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
He could have probably signed Lebda for cheaper.
Whatever, I just want them on the ice already.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Everything is inter-connected.
We have a surplus of defenceman, the rest of the leaugue doesn’t. If Burke signs Lebda cheap or waits, he drives DOWN the market on the remaining available defenceman. Better to drive it up and make things even more difficult for teams that have a shortage.
The fewer defencman available to other teams, the better, especially when we’re looking secure. If the market for the remaining defenders goes up becuese of the Lebda signing, even better.
by general borschevsky on Sep 2, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
It would be interesting to know what other teams were looking at Lebda when Burke signed him.
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It doesn’t have to be Lebda specifically. Any comparable defenceman, their agent, and any team negotiating them wil have had their process impacted by the Lebda signing.
by general borschevsky on Sep 2, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Woulda had to say Exelby at the time, and then get proven wrong.
Really all I’m trying to say is that overpaying defencemen to play in the bottom pairing seems dumb, and also playing 20+ min guys in reduced minutes isn’t really getting much value out of them.
Like I said, injuries can happen at forward as well.
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I’m with you. Most of our D will be getting less minutes than their talent and cap hit warrants.
by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
In Feds’ defence, he ain’t that physical
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One team.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Sep 2, 2010 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m defending Ruslan Fedetenko!
"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.
Exactly, he doesn’t play for the Leafs.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Sep 2, 2010 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m not allowed to defend anyone who doesn’t play for the Leafs?
"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 just giving you a hard time for being a Pens fan.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Sep 2, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
ah, the perils of liking two teams..
/sigh
"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.
Eh, it’ll make victory that much sweeter
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Only if one of those teams is the Leafs 
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 2, 2010 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
In Lashoff’s defense, he seems like he’s an AHL defenseman.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Your eyes do not deceive you.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 2, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
So, the NY Post is claiming that the NHL will de-register Luongo’s contract if the NHLPA doesn’t agree to new terms regarding deals past 40 years of age.
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
hilariously
i bet Vancouver wouldn’t hate that.
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it makes Luongo a free agent. I bet Vancouver fans wouldn’t like that.
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
Assuming for a second
that all 3 of Kovalchuk, Luongo and Hossa had their contracts rejected or whatever, does anyone think they would really not find a way to come to an agreement with their own teams?
The real question would be – would it be with a higher cap hit, or would the players be forced to take less money? VAN, CHI and NJ are all in tight cap situations as it is.
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depends. Blackhawks and Canucks are at the cap right? Those players are going to have to take major cuts in the total value of their contracts.
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
Can you imagine
if Luongo and Hossa decided to go to another team this late in the offseason because their deals were voided? I could see a team like Colorado or something throwing cash at Hossa.
No way in HELL luongo ever gets a sweetheart deal like his last contract again. He’d be furious.
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And his wife is from Florida and Tampa Bay sure could use another quality goaltender…
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
But Tampa is currently sitting in a position to get revenue sharing. You think with Smith and Ellis they’d throw enough money at Luongo to sign him?
I don’t.
Even if this threat is true (which I kinda doubt) Luongo stays in Vancouver. He’s made a huge fuss about winning here and being captain and the face of the franchise, he’ll stay. The Canucks just might get screwed on their cap.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Luongo should actually have to pay teams to let him play with them. I’m pretty sure that’s what happened at the Olympics
“Uhhh… Mr. Babcock? I know Marty wasn’t that great last game, and you know I’ve got some cash kicking around that the Canucks foolishly threw my way. Let’s make a deal”
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They are already planning the parade route in Vancouver.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Sep 2, 2010 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions
In Boston they are hoping it rolls past the Savard residence.
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.
You misspelled “Thomas”
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 2, 2010 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions
I call bullshit on that article
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
apparently they’re infesting TIFF
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It was
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by PPP on Sep 2, 2010 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice pun.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Sep 2, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
we’re heading to NYC in October for the Leafs game. My wife is all over the bedbug registry.
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.
Yeah, I don’t yet know a single person who’s had a bedbug problem (and I’m not a shut-in, I swear). It’s all a little bit hysterical…
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by Berezin's Spleen on Sep 2, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Heh it’s just because the sheer volume of hotels makes it seem bad.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Like Karina said, I understand it to be largely a hotel issue.
by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
TONS of hotels have them, I was very wary of where to book.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL next Saturday…. I told you this before ;)
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Clearly I am not that important to you. Humph.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I had a quick look at team building models
Trying to dispel the myth that tanking is the best way to make a successful team
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Luca Caputi….what do you think of him?
He seems to have been present at a lot of Leafs PR events this summer and constantly hanging around the team’s facilities. Is this just because he lives in Toronto or does he have a good shot at a roster spot?
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
I think he lives in Toronto and has made himself available for PR appearances. Not all NHL players do, or are so willing to do so.
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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 2, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
@DarrenDreger NHL sources say no ultimatum was given to the NHLPA.
If I'm losing an argument, I ask myself "What would a real journalist do?"
Then I cower behind: "You still don't get it. Deal with it." Thanks, James Wallace.
Heh
beat me to it.
On Wednesday, league sources told TSN that no ultimatum had been issued, but the NHL and NHLPA did agree to extend the deadline for a decision on the Kovalchuk deal until Friday at 5pm et.
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=332412
Seems odd that the Post had such a specific detailed ultimatum if it wasn’t at all true.
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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 2, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s the Post
Didn’t Brooksie have some ridiculously wrong Kovalchuk speculation earlier?
by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
He stated the Devils had signed him about 2 weeks before they did.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s right. My bad. But IIRC he said it would be announced the next day, and then nothing happened for 2 weeks, so his bad too.
by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
oh yes
definitely a goof up on his part
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe
but he was also the first one to report the 17-year, $102M proposal like a week before anyone else figured it out.
I dunno, the only thing that bothers me is the fact of how specific the ultimatum terms were… it wasn’t just a vague Eklund-esque trade proposal.
I stand to think that there is/was some validity to the ultimatum, but the NHL is denying it or its at least partially incorrect.
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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 2, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m just wondering, but do we have any advanced stats that are measure the value of defensive players? Especially defensive defensemen?
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GVT
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I thought it was agreed that GVT terribly underrated defensive players?
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Then I cower behind: "You still don't get it. Deal with it." Thanks, James Wallace.
It measures it, but not in an entirely satisfactory manner.
"That’s why stats are so important – anecdotal evidence just doesn’t cut it when you’re talking about history." - Bower Power
by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
UM, WHAT?
“Khabibulin’s Pending Border Troubles From GlobalTV ":http://www.coppernblue.com/2010/8/31/1661961/khabibulins-pending-border
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Then I cower behind: "You still don't get it. Deal with it." Thanks, James Wallace.
fixed
Khabibulin’s Pending Border Troubles From GlobalTV
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Please Read This
Great article by Wyshnyski on Eklund.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 3:59 PM EDT reply actions
Wow, Eklund is a dick
Being a Philly fan so explains everything.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 2, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
This is from 2007.
When I read the nickname Testicula, the first thing that popped into my head was a vampiristic scrotum that can only be killed with a silver cross driven through the vas deferens. - Certified Grabbo Lover
Still relevant.
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Price finally re-signs in Montreal
Apparently the deal is 2-years, $5.25M (2.625M cap hit)
Not bad at all.
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Very good deal
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I wonder if that was
Price holding out for more all summer or Habs lowballing him all summer.
Also kind of wonder if the threat of signing Niemie was there until now.
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Seems fair to both sides.
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by The '67 Sound on Sep 2, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm
@TonyMarinaro: Reports of Carey Price contract 5.25 million over 2 years are not correct. Deal is 2 years 5.5M. Take it to the bank!
Don’t know who this bum is. Whatever, same shit either way, either $2.625 or $2.75.
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2.6-2.75 being the average of goals Kessel rips top cheese on Price this year
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 2, 2010 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
$1M a year less than Halak and for two fewer years. Seems they made the right choice.
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Any bets on which guy will have a better season?
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 2, 2010 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Dollar-wise maybe
Performance wise, we’ll wait and see. You can bet they’ll be compared all season.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 2, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
What a montage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmsyZn3oyjQ
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by Karina on Sep 2, 2010 4:59 PM EDT reply actions
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