Early Morning Links for People Who Oversleep
by SkinnyFish on Sep 29, 2010 8:10 AM EDT
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mf37 bring us this delightful Andy Frost-centric Venn Diagram
The Bloge Salming Podcast: Episode 5 - Sean Leahy
BCP knows what the Leafs need this season to not suck
Not Leafs related, but it has Jeremy Roenick saying Byfuglien sucks at defense
LeafsHQ is talking line combinations and d pairings
maplestirup has a history lesson for all those people crying over Kadri not making the big club
Who in the hell is Kris Vertseeg?
DGB previews the Eastern Conference for the upcoming season
VLM compares early 60s hockey to the game of today
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Sometimes perception and reality are not the same thing. Platinum seats sucks.
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Ever sit in platinum seats?
Allow me to break it down for you
http://hungryleafsfan.blogspot.com/2010/09/perception-vs-reality-platinum-seats.html
by Hungry Leafs Fan on Sep 29, 2010 8:32 AM EDT reply actions
I’m with clrkaitken, centre ice, first row, upper bowl is the best seat in the house.
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by The '67 Sound on Sep 29, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup
That’s why my TFC seats are in the upper West Stand.
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The tix I bought for the leafs this year are centre ice 300’s. My buddy was like, sorry they are 300’s. I told why you apologizing, I prefer those seats. You can see everything happen
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Exactly. I see way more from the upper bowl than the lower.
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by The '67 Sound on Sep 29, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
I sat in golds before, they were ok, but I missed a lot as I was behind the net
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I like standing room at the ACC. If you’re near the red line you have a great view and I like to stand up while watching hockey.
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The standing room we had in March were awesome
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Plus yelling at the Habs fans beside us made the experience that much better
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yea, i bought standing room for saturdays game against detroit for like…$34
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by Matt_Roberts on Sep 29, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
It really depends on the game. The one the PPPers went to last season was against the Habs and I believe it might have been the last home game. It was like $100 a ticket.
by Hungry Leafs Fan on Sep 29, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
those were from Stubhub though, no?
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Scalped tickets, yeah.
WORTH IT.
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wasn’t last game of season, it was last home game against Montreal. It was also 2 days before my bday, so happy birthday to me!
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Agree.
Saw the Leafs beat the Panthers last year from directly over the red line in the standing room, and it was a great view. The only downside is that you’re not supposed to have alcohol, but I brought up beer anyway and no one said anything to me.
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I’ve brought booze up there every time and no one said shit.
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I talked to a bunch of NHL scouts at an CHL game at Maple Leaf Gardens (likely in the mid-90s) and asked where they liked sit. They said corner seats, half-way up.
This taught me to never underestimate the power of suggestion as I’ve liked to sit in the corner seats about half-way up ever since.
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That’s where I generally get my seats as well. Half way up in the offensive zone corner that looks at the benches. It’s got the smallest hidden area of the ice compared to any other area.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 29, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Your seat is really really close to where I was sitting at the ACC last December. Nice seats.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 29, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Platinum seats were great for me
I was in section 110, row 8 and although that section is right next to the corner, the seats were awesome, just above the level of the top of the glass but still really close to the action. I didn’t see anyone order sushi. Burkie’s Doghouse was right behind our section so my dad and I indulged… ooooooh baby are Burkie’s Dogs good! I have to agree with you about the lack of scoring by the Leafs. With 10 minutes left in the third I was desperately hoping (almost got to the point of turning religous and praying) for even a lone Leafs goal.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Sep 29, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
platinums are a cool experience once in a blue moon (especially if your company has the the accompanying suite with free drink and food), and it’s kind of neat to be that close to the action, but it’s certainly not the best way to watch the game. my 2nd or 3rd leaf game ever was in platinums (courtesy of the bank i worked for at the time). i sat directly behind the visitor penalty box, chirping boston forwards was the highlight of the night. too bad we lost 3-1.
centre ice reds (or even upper golds, 15-20 rows up) offer a great view, and there aren’t too many deadspots. still not worth the price though ($150-$210) more than once a year (or less even).
my one friend has centre ice purples. they’re 10 rows from the top, so they’re up there, but the view is still great, and at $55 you can’t go wrong.
a guy at work has access to first row blues, directly behind the net the leafs shoot at twice. For $100 it’s a great way to watch the game, watching the play develop in the opposite zone and then progress towards you is totally different than the TV view, but still allows you to see all the action. i’m hoping to get my hands on a few of those this year.
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Can I just say that now Canucks tickets seem to be more expensive than Leafs tickets and it really bothers me? You can’t even find a Canucks ticket for $55 anymore.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
leafs tix aren’t as outrageous vs other teams as people think. i did a comparison last year of leafs tix vs sens and i think habs. pricing was very similar in all areas, the ACC just has a huge premium on their mid lower-bowl seats (so the golds basically). those are $205, where an equivalent seat in Kanata was like $140 or $150. but if you’re comparing upper bowl seats, they’re basically the same price. i’m surprised you can’t get seats at that price in vancouver.
the biggest problem with the $55 purples is that they’re never available. you can go online and find ticket brokers selling season tix (w/ seat license) for platinums, golds and reds no problem. NO ONE sells their purple or greens though, they’re just too good a deal.
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How many does the ACC hold?
Part of the problem here is that the Canucks’ arena doesn’t even hold 19,000 people, which is retarded.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
ACC’s 20,000 give or take.
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I thought it was lower, Wikipedia says 18,800 for hockey. I know the Bell Centre is like 21,000 which is what we should have.
That’s the problem. Leafs moved into the ACC which wasn’t purpose built for them. The ACC if designed for hockey should have been around 22,000 easy.
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i’m thinking of the geographic location though, and i’m not sure how that would have been accomplished in the footprint they have, it’s pretty jammed already (b/w bay, york, front and lakeshore/gardiner).
but yes, it would have been great to have an additional 3000 seats.
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Are they really only $55 a ticket? Don’t prices vary based on the “game type” (i.e. who they’re playing). My brother and I were at the same game as the PPPers last year but were sitting in about 10 rows back in the 300s, in the corner (really good seats). My mom bought them for us off a guy with season ticks at her work and paid $95 (which was the price on the tickets).
they haven’t started the variable pricing yet, that’s next year I believe.
yep, purples are $55 (price on ticket; actual cost to season ticket holders is $50). $95 is the price for blues/ greens (first 10 rows of upper bowl).
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Oh okay, gotcha. 6 of the last 7 games I’ve been to have been in Ottawa, and they do the variable pricing (where I’m always paying the most because I’m watching the Leafs). You could get Sens/Panthers tickets for $10 through the University.
the sabres have been doing that pricing for a while now. ‘platinum’ games were basically all leaf games + habs saturday games, ‘gold games’ were habs + teams like pitt and washington, etc. my buddy’s an oilers fan which was classified as a ‘bronze’ game or whatever the lowest one is (it was a tuesday night too)…. he got seats 5 rows from the ice for like $60.
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I think it’s a good idea in places like Ottawa where they have high demand for Leafs, Habs games and then have a hard time selling tickets for games against a lot of other teams. I don’t understand why they would introduce this in TO because they sell out no matter what.
i’m for it if they reduce the price of shitty tuesday games vs the panthers, or even do that while raising the saturday premium games (so net-net they’re even). but i suspect all they’re going to do is keep prices as they are now for all games, then the premium games are going to have the price jacked.
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The sabres invented a platinum tier for leaf games because they were going for close to that price on the resale market and the Sabres wanted some of that money. (this is pure speculation)
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It was cool during the Bruins rookie games to sit close to the ice (3 rows back for the 2nd game). It’s awesome feeling like only a cheap pane of glass is protecting you from the chaos on the ice, and being able to appropriately taunt Kirill Kabanov was cool, but anything past the opposing blue line was tough to make out.
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What to watch: Owner Charles Wang recently spent $250,000 to upgrade the Coliseum’s 38-year-old locker room, which for the first time this season will feature electricity, running water and walls.
I laughed so hard, my coworkers must think i’m nuts.
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by Future_considerations on Sep 29, 2010 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
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THIRTY MINUTES LATE?!?
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by Future_considerations on Sep 29, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I have woken up in the middle of the night worrying I was supposed to do the FTB.
But if I wake up and have forgotten to do it, it’s generally 3hrs after it was supposed to be up so…
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 10:39 AM EDT reply actions
Leafs lines
@Micheal_Traikos Leafs lines: Kadri/Bozak/Kessel – MacArthur/Grabovski/Kulemin – Sjostrom/Brent/Armstrong – Rosehill/Mitchell/Orr
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 11:30 AM EDT reply actions
Kadri to the wing?
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Worth a shot I’d say. Less defensive responsibility than a Center
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by MapleLeafMole on Sep 29, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Whoa Kadri with Kessel.
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RWR really is giving him every opportunity to succeed eh?
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by thenumber14 on Sep 29, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
that extra R is a typo, just like homers bbbq. the extra b is for byobb.
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by thenumber14 on Sep 29, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
especially considering the shit they’ve been churning out the last few seasons
by Juggy Gilmour on Sep 29, 2010 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I literally woke up this morning as was like I wonder why we haven’t seen Kadri with Kessel. Now I feel weird.
by fatassjackson on Sep 29, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Like the third line too, I guess Hanson and Mitchell will be battling for the 4th line spot. The other in the press box? with Caputi?
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Sep 29, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Hanson over Mitchell in a heartbeat.
I think Caputi could take MacArthur’s spot eventually.
by general borschevsky on Sep 29, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Hanson is bigger, tougher, better with the puck, probably has more heart, has had a better camp. Mitchell only wins in experience and speed.
I was about to say that Mitchell is a shootout whiz, but he ain’t never broken a water bottle like Hanson did last week.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 29, 2010 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Kulemin has one move too, pump fake, glove side from just inside the hash marks
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 29, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed -Hanson over Mitchell. Would be a well sized and physical 4th line – based on Hanson’s play thus far.
Honestly thought Caputi would find a roster spot with the Leafs to start this season
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by MapleLeafMole on Sep 29, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Numbers game. Of everyone fighting for those top 9 spots (excluding Kadri), I think he’s the only one who’s still waiver-eligible.
I will say this though: the guy has shown that he can score at the AHL level. Starting Kadri on a line with Caputi and Zigomanis (13 A in 7 GP for the Marlies last year) would set Kadri up very nicely to torch the AHL as a rookie.
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Versteeg and Brown aren’t in that lineup.
Rosehill’s going down
Hanson vs Mitchell for the 4C spot; loser goes down
kadri vs Caputi for the 13th forward; loser goes down
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Actually that might be what ends up happening, because I think we’d lose Mitchell on waivers.
Sucks for Caputi; guy has done everything that’s been asked of him this summer
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I don’t know that we’d lose mitchell, given he went UFA this summer and still re-signed for $750,000.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I think somebody who’s hooped on the cap and is in need of depth down the middle might take a flyer on him now because they don’t have the same flexibility they did in the summer.
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yeah maybe
or even just Calgary since all of their centers are injured.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I left that part out. I think everyone is well aware that Brown and Orr are the 4th line Wingers and the top line is Versteeg-Bozak-Kessel
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Sep 29, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
shoestorm!
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by Future_considerations on Sep 29, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Paul Hendrick is on crack
No schenn …looks like danny richmond will take his place.
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Richmond is going to be in Chicago for the cup ceremony
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the other guys say it’s Holzer
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
hahaha, now Henny says Rynnas will be a back up in one of the Detroit games? Even though he’s already been sent to the Marlies…
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
DGB goodness
Buffalo Sabres:
What to watch: Tyler Myers’ neck, which at its current rate of growth will be awarded its own expansion team by 2012.
BS
One change: Caputi is in. Either in place of MacArthur and Kulemin.
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I hope he wows and makes the opening night roster.
It wouldn’t hurt me to see Mitchell placed on waivers.
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by MapleLeafMole on Sep 29, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I hear ya. He is dedicated to the Leafs
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by MapleLeafMole on Sep 29, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
who did?
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Mitchell. Though, I’m not sure of the details
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by MapleLeafMole on Sep 29, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
ahh I missed the Mitchell comment earlier.
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HAHAHA Colaiacovo hurt already
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Who wants to hear a funny ass joke?
What did they expect?
That’s like being surprised that DiPietro or MVR is hurt. Splodeybones unite!
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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 29, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I have MVR’s autograph, it just looks like the pen exploded on the hat.
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by thenumber14 on Sep 29, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
terrible joke i know, but I really do have his autograph!
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by thenumber14 on Sep 29, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Imagine an entire team of splodeybones. Their combined habit of getting hurt would be canceled out. In fact I believe they would be invincible and unstoppable.
by ShahofToronto on Sep 29, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Or more likely they’d have to start forfeiting games beginning with the second game of the preseason because they didn’t have enough players to fill the roster spots.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Sep 29, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
it is pretty common vernacular round these parts
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 29, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish I could take credit but I totally stole it from multiple comments here.
Still funny to say though.
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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 29, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it’s an LD original
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 29, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
yessssssss
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Steen would be a rockin’ 3rd line center for us right about now
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
well now we have….Sam Carrick?
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 29, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Instead we have some guy at 3rd line center. His name eludes me
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Sep 29, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
TIM BRENT!
Now you know his name. I hope to GOD he makes opening night roster so that joke DIES!
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I’m OK with it now.
I have decided I do not like him.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Still hate it.
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its not funny to me anymore either, but i laughed on Monday at the game when they introduced the opening lineup. everyone got at least a smattering of applause but when they introduced Tim brent i swear i heard crickets. Everyone around had that “the fucks a Tim brent?” look on their face
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by Matt_Roberts on Sep 29, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
sneak preview
I have a quote from Tim Brent ready to go in a post I’m going to publish tonight. The joke has reached its zenith.
"It’s kind of nice to fly under the radar and quietly go about my business."
by general borschevsky on Sep 29, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
too funny.
All the credit in the world to him though, he really had flown under the radar this preseason/camp and done a pretty solid job. If i was John Mitchell id be seriously worried about my position on the big club.
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Jonas649 – Luke Schenn has a back problem. The extent isn’t known.
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 29, 2010 1:04 PM EDT reply actions
Didn’t some one “joke” earlier on that we’d see a number of injuries to our d-men so that Burke would look like a genius for signing 9 of them?
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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 29, 2010 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah yes. The Vancouver model.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 29, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
they’re saying they’re keeping Andrew Alberts over Shane O’Brien.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Last year they had like a thousand defensemen and they all got hurt.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 29, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
not quite, this year they have a thousand defensemen, last year they were calling up guys like Nolam Baumgartner.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I still have no idea why they qualified O’Brien at 1.6. He’s terrible, they had already traded for Ballard (and could have brought Mitchell back if they hadn’t got Hamhuis) and they have all sorts of cap issues with their D. Just silly.
He’s not terrible. He just should be played on t he bottom pair and they played him in the top 4 too much.
They tried to bring Mitchell back anyways but he wanted a 2 year contract.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Depends on if Alberts returns to how he looked in Carolina. He looked absolutely horrible for Vancouver last year. There’s potential there, but it all depends on if he fits with them or not.
SOB is a decent 3rd pair defensemen, probably reasonable for the cap hit. That whole defensive situation in Vancouver is a huge mess though.
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He’s looked good in the preseason, for sure.
Agree on it being a mess. They currently have Bieksa on the top pairing.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
that was me.
:D
Loving the Leafs is like being in love with a drug-addled, gambling addicted prostitute with a heart of gold and a bunch of humanitarian awards from her youth. It’s hard. It hurts. But dammit! I just love them!
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Sep 29, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Too heavy at 235lbs. Shed some weight
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Sep 29, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
shit, hopefully its just precautionary, and they are resting him for the start of the season.
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Sep 29, 2010 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not that worried. Every team every year ends up with a few guys hurt at the start, and then that continues all year round. This is hockey, not baseball. No Tommmy-John surgeries here.
Loving the Leafs is like being in love with a drug-addled, gambling addicted prostitute with a heart of gold and a bunch of humanitarian awards from her youth. It’s hard. It hurts. But dammit! I just love them!
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Sep 29, 2010 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
SO i was reading the puck daddy live chat, and then... WTF
Whoa, the Panthers acquired Michael Nylander on loan for Rochester of the AHL? Link (Leahy)
This raises many questions, like “He still exists?” and “Why would the panthers pay (most) of his 3 million dollar salary?” “Couldn’t they use that money on someone that doesn’t suck?”
On the Mike Weber bandwagon.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
I think he’s actually on loan to the Panther’s AHL team, the tweet seems misleading.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
well now I read the story you linked to and am even more confused
how could a player be “leant” from one NHL team to another?
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Only works at the AHL level me thinks. That’s probably what was happening when the Ducks prospects played for the Marlies.
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
Dual affiliation works slightly differently than a loan, but not by too much, if i remember correctly.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
I don’t the the Marlies were affiliated with the Ducks, just that the Ducks didn’t have an AHL affiliate they were loaning their players out to various teams.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I probably should have reworded it but Cntl+V is just so easy.
It is correct, though very poorly worded.
If he were playing in the NHL the Panthers would have to acquire him from the caps (I imagine the asking price is “free”) and pay all of his salary instead of just most.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
I don’t understand how the Panthers are paying his salary either? It seems to me that players get loaned to AHL teams all the time (ie. the Marlies having Ducks’ players last year) but the parent team doesn’t pay?
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
as there wouldn’t be any player sharing agreement in place between the two teams, they would have to negotiate compensation. Apparently GMGM is a good negotiator.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
AHHHH
heh, Leonosis must be happy.
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
that initial report is wrong
Real_ESPNLeBrun
FYI, Caps still on hook for Nylanders’ $3M salary even though he’s been loaned to Rochester. Panthers will pay him $100,000 AHL salary
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Just read it and came to ppp to see the rxn
He deserves a final shot
by BCapp on Sep 29, 2010 3:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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