Boot Camp
by JP Nikota on Oct 11, 2011 7:01 AM EDT
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PrintIn case you haven't heard, the Leafs are off to spend some time with the good folks at the Canadian Military base in Trenton, Ontario for some good ol' fashioned team-building. Dave Shoalts has the story:
The plan was for the Leafs to take Sunday off and then head for the Canadian military base in Trenton, Ont., on Monday morning for three days of training with the Canadian armed forces when they are not on the ice at a local arena. This diversion in a week-long break in the NHL schedule (the Leafs do not play again until Saturday against the Calgary Flames) is the latest step in the Leafs’ connection with the Canadian armed forces.
Also, in Mark Zwolinsky's Toronto Star report on the same story, we have this little gem from Ron Wilson:
“The little bastard is coming back quicker than I’ve been led to believe,” Wilson said of Nazem Kadri, who was back in full practice mode for the first time since injuring his knee Sept. 28 during an exhibition game in Ottawa.
In my imagination, Ron Wilson adopts a "Major Payne" persona for the occasion, and whips this team into shape. As a side note, in the linked video, I'd say that the red-haired kid resembles a very awkward, young James Reimer.
Many more links after the jump.
Squabble of Ontario: Leafs Go Two For Two, Kessel For Three
Owen Durkin has a recap of Saturday night's game up at his blog Inside The Blue And While Bubble.
Tim Connolly (and Sidney Crosby, for that matter)
But sadly, it may be a bit like watching that star in the NBA, playing in a game with 5 fouls. You need him out there, but one more foul and he’s out of the game. If the coach sits him to protect him from getting the 6th foul, the team may suffer and lose. From Mike at VLM
Other Hockey Links:
The ‘Pukes’ remain furious with Don Cherry
The players Don was referring to are now considering legal action. Huh boy. From Bruce Dowbiggin at The Globe.
Behind the Net.ca is up-and-running for 2011-12
OK, so there are still a few bugs to work out, but Hawerchuk has got advanced stats on the past couple games.
Open Source the Oilers
Tyler Dellow is trying to take his analysis to another level by examining 'touches'. Sounds interesting, if labor-intensive.
Panthers sign first-round pick Huberdeau
18-year-old forward will play with the Saint John Sea Dogs of the QMJHL this season. Capgeek says the deal is worth up to $3.175M if all the bonuses are met. The bonuses won't be met.
Gary Bettman receives hero's welcome in Winnipeg
Fans chant the NHL commissioner’s name in lead-up to Sunday’s Jets’ home opener at the MTS Centre. Don't get used to it, Gary. From Roy MacGregor at The Globe.
On-ice Shooting Percentage as a Talent
David Johnson at Hockey Analysis says it is indeed a talent, and less a function of luck than we have been thinking of it recently.
Pens' Crosby to meet with medical team
Syd could be cleared for contact as early as today. Fingers crossed. From Rob Rossi at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Video: Should Methot earn suspension for Sedin boarding?
Video link and quotes from the rulebook courtesy of Sean Leahy at PD.
Mattias Ohlund under knife for both knees, could miss 2 months
Tough news for the veteran defenceman, his team, and anyone who has him on their fantasy hockey team. From Wyshynski at PD.
Game 2 Recap: Happy Thanksgiving, here's 5 goals against.
I'm linking this recap from Matchsticks & Gasoline by Justin Azevedo because the Flames are the Leafs upcoming opponent. It's always good to know what the competition has been doing lately.
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Bettman
is neither a hero or a villain. He’s just a business man and he’ll continue doing what he thinks is best for the league. Atlanta fans (ones that really love the game) feel like shit and have been treated like it too. Haven’t heard a single mention of them from him. He’s a smart guy, but I doubt he cares about the fan bases or teams. Which is not in itself bad, because I wouldn’t a person is his shoes to care, clouds the objectivity. But, just don’t call him a hero, because he couldn’t care less if the franchise was in Winnipeg, Quebec or Mars for that matter, as long as it works. Winnipeg had the best plan for the team, a plan which included the MTS centre, that’s why the team is in Winnipeg. It has absolutely nothing to do with their fans deserving it (which they did BTW).
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 7:28 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
I completely agree. Fans seem to have trouble seperating their emotions and love for the game from the business aspects involved in running the league. At the end of the day, the NHL is a business, and in order for future generations to be able to enjoy the game we enjoy today, smart business decisions have to be made. This is why I’m neither here nor there on the topic of Bettman. He does what he has to do to grow the business. The league seems to be growing year after year (atleast in revenue, I don’t have any fancy charts to back up any other claims; I’m sure someone here can come up with a few handy charts). As long as the money keeps coming in and the league is profitable (which I don’t know if it is), then Bettman is the kind of guy that I’d want as a CEO.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions
The problem is that a big part of the profitability of the league comes from the Canadian teams. Bettman’s encouraging this in part by going back to Winnipeg, but it’s very dicey as the return to profitability came at about the same time as the return to parity. The loonie is not necessarily going to go back to US65¢, but it is weakening. And coupled with weak teams in weak markets like Ottawa, not to mention his disastrous sunbelt strategy, and there is a case to be made that Bettman’s successes have been due to macroeconomic circumstance and his failures have been due to strategy errors
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
So basically, anything good that has happened is not due to his efforts, but all the bad stuff is his fault?
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Bettman is the ideal magnet at deflecting criticism from the GMs to himself. That is his job to make the GM invisible and even benevolent be the scapegoat for any issues.
Bettman will rule as long as he has the support of the owners/governors. He bought himself a LOT of capital by breaking the PA and getting a hard cap. The fact that GMs have found ways to get around the cap since, well that’s just capitalism. People will find ways to take advantage of any given situation.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
You could make armour out of magnets. It would pick up a lot of random nails, screws, and paperclips, but it would protect you from incoming flying objects and knife attacks.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
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by Chemmy on Oct 11, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ha rec’d
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Strangely enough, this is often how electorates view politicians: good stuff is circumstantial and macro, bad stuff is specific and related to agency. (Don’t hate me for not being able to find the study that illustrated this.)
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by Berezin's Spleen on Oct 11, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
fyi
Bettman created the canadian assistance plan to help CDN teams deal with issues should the loonie go into the dump again (you’re welcome, Alberta and Ottawa) back in the late 90’s.
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by torleafsfan29 on Oct 11, 2011 11:10 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Bettman gambled with Phoenix. It’s his flagship for the strategy of growing the game. In a way, it has worked. For the first time ever, you have guys who started skating in the non traditional markets getting drafted in the NHL. You have hockey growth in the States. But at the same time, Phoenix is costing the league money. To put it simply, I think he is still prepared to lose money just so it can pay off in the future. As for Winnipeg, from a logical standpoint, the Winnipeg team is going to be relocated to the Western Conference where it’s harder to compete. What happens if, after the 3 years that the building is sold out for, the team still doesn’t even remotely compete for the playoffs? Also, one has to wonder what happens if, God forbid, Winnipeg loses that team again? Can’t imagine what it would feel like for the people there then… Lots of questions, not many answers right now. But, after all is said and done, having is franchise in Winnipeg is better than having a franchise in Atlanta. Having a franchise in Quebec City is always a possibility, and like Winnipeg, and after he tested his Phoenix idea, Quebec will welcome him with open arms. That’s why he’s a smart man.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
The jets lost money every year they played in that old dump. Nobody was willing to buy the team and keep it in the ‘peg. If David Thomson showed up in 1996 with his proposal the jets never move. Just like if a local owner had showed up to buy the thrashers they don’t move.
Quebec doesn’t have an arena nor an owner. When they have this the NHL will give them every consideration (won’t comment on the market nor speculate if fans and the business community will support the team financially- buy tickets at NHL prices and corp sponsorships).
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by torleafsfan29 on Oct 11, 2011 11:18 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Can we all agree that Gary Bettman is a turkey?
by Dirty Dangle on Oct 11, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Thats where its from!
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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That’s why, I kind of thought it was the exact same picture but didn’t want to be wrong.
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I wish it was a GIF of his chicken wing waving and Bettman saying “hey buddy”
by Dirty Dangle on Oct 11, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
*want a person in his shoes to care.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 7:28 AM EDT reply actions
enforcers threatening to sue
‘on the ice when we’re slighted, we drop the gloves! off the ice when someone hurts our feelings, we call our lawyers!’ weak.
Meh
Cherry was out of line. Do you expect them to assault him?
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:09 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Can Thompson really sue? I mean, Cherry was wrong about the other two but he was dead nuts about the comments Thompson made.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s likely not actionable, and certainly not in the US where they’re threatening to sue.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions
what did cherry say exactly? and i can’t believe it was as bad as something that say armstrong would say to a player on the ice to get under their skin.
It's on Puck Daddy
“But the ones that I am really disgusted with — and I hate to say this when the kids are listening — with Georges Laraque(notes) said about … but the bunch of pukes that fought before: Stu Grimson, Chris Nilan and Jim Thomson. ‘Oh, they reason that they’re drinking drugs and alcoholic because they fight.’ You turncoats. You hypocrites. It’s one thing I’m not, it’s a hypocrite. You guys … you were fighters and now you don’t want guys that make the same living you did.”
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Ya I’m no lawyer, maybe they can sue him, but it seems like namecalling in the 3rd degree at worst.
No more moral victories, no more excuses. Put up or shut up.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Well if any of them aren’t alcoholics that’s a false label.
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:18 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Meh it’s more likely I just don’t really care. I find myself too bored by this whole thing to get behind it one way or the other.
No more moral victories, no more excuses. Put up or shut up.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions
well where else is the food gonna go if there is no gut?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s the one avenue I see. I was chatting with @mc79hockey this morning and he thought Cherry’s tone of voice made it clear he was mocking critics who drew a causal link, not suggesting the three were in fact druggies/alcoholics.
If you could get a jury to draw an inference that he was actually accusing them of addiction, that could be actionable in Canada.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree with Tyler’s interpretation. I think what Cherry said was incredibly stupid, but I don’t see where they’d get grounds to sue out of it.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree too, I’m just setting out what the plaintiff theory would have to be.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Really?
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:21 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I was with family and the girl friend all thanks giving weekend. Wasn’t on the inter tubes
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:25 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
What’s an “other” hockey news website?
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
For the record, while I think Cherry crossed the line with the insults, he was absolutely correct about Thompson. He [Thompson] was definitely trying to correlate the deaths this summer to their role as players. I think this is what set Cherry off.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree. Typical Cherry. Start with a point that is, at the very least, arguably valid, then blow it out of proportion and end up horribly in the wrong because his brain switches off too much. Whatever he had going for him, he lost by opening his mouth. I don’t believe Cherry should be sued, but it was one of his uglier moments and I really don’t want to defend him from Canadians who don’t want to pay his salary anymore.
If people really wanna show how much they dislike him, then stop watching him. Dont let him get the ratings. Change the friggin channel.
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What if you think that what he says isn’t just disagreeable, but actually harmful? I don’t see how it helps matters to just ignore people who are doing harmful things.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
And for the record I don’t usually watch Coach’s Corner, but that doesn’t mean I don’t care when he uses his platform on a public broadcaster to advocate for things that are either stupid or harmful.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
He has a job because he makes the station money and he draws ratings. If his ratings drop there is a better chance he doesn’t get his contract renewed
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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How do ratings actually work? Are they able to track what I watch through a coaxial cable straight to my tv? What about with a digital box?
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 10:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ask elsedo, he prolly knows better than I do
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I think I do
BBM is the new standard of ratings detection. Instead of people recording in a journal what they watch, which was what the majority of Neilson familes did, you have a device that can “talk” to digital recievers to know what channel you’re o na and for how long.
This is much more popular since it takes into account bars, restaraunts, and public screenings so you get a more accurate count. (This made TSN pretty much the most popular cable network in the country)
Your digital box from Bell, Rogers, etc…does know what you’re watching and when and for how long but that info is not shared outside the signal provider at the moment (they could stand to make some more money if they did since it would make ratings almost 100% accurate and broadcasters & ad agencies would love it)
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most of my knowledge of BBM is from straining to remember in pre-BBM launch meetings.
Leaves ACC/Maple Leaf Square, north to Front, East on Front to Yonge, North up Yonge to Queen, West on Queen to Nathan Phillips Square. Planned.
burtch'd
also: good timing for me to sit at the comp when I did, not at work today otherwise i would have called research and asked them for sure
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Haha thanks dude. Do you work for a cable provider?
And if I understand you correctly you are saying no one can track coaxial cable usage fi I don’t have that extra BBM device?
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if you have digital cable then the cabler company can but BBM can’t so ratings are still kinda guessed at, but more accurately
Leaves ACC/Maple Leaf Square, north to Front, East on Front to Yonge, North up Yonge to Queen, West on Queen to Nathan Phillips Square. Planned.
Cool so in other words it doesn’t matter if I watch Don Cherry or not because its not tracked (I don’t have one of those receivers)
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Dammit
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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I have one of those BBM receivers. It’s like a little pager and it tracks what you’re watching using a hidden audio frequency embedded in the show. This is how it accounts for what you watch in a bar or a friend’s house etc.
Also I like to pretend I have the power to choose which shows live and die
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
This always scared me as 13 year old watching scrambled porn on PPV
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Armstrong doesn’t say it on national television. It doesn’t affect the reputation of the player army is talking too
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:17 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
yes. though point hockey players have thicker skins then to be offended by this..
avery might be a better example but he is in his own world.
Thick skin or not we live in a litigious society, especially in the US. If there’s an opportunity to sue, it just comes down to motivation and whether you have the cash to hire lawyers
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't know
Where are the lawyer regulars. I can’t even remember if this is libel or the or the other term.
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:13 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
At least in Canada, Defamation is the correct legal term. Libel and slander are subcategories. Libel is written or transmitted defamation, while slander is spoken defamation.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions
twas slander I could not remember. Thanks!
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Guess who has two thumbs and is going to RCAF Flyers Arena today?
Let the Wookie win.
Twitter is a thing!
I'll give you a hint...
He’s taking a sharpie and his Schenn jersey.
Let the Wookie win.
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Either that or Harper is a lot smaller than I thought…
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Logo looks sharp on the coin. They should do a series of quarters with all the cdn teams on them
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d love to see fans start throwing these at the team when they’re 5-20 in December
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions
They do
http://www.mint.ca/store/content/productSeries.jsp?cat=Toronto+Maple+Leafs+Collection
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MLSE has a license to print money rabble rabble
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
This money bit is a bit ironic don’t you think? And symbolic at the same time. The Canadian dollar was the reason Winnipeg left in the first place. Now it symbolizes Canadian strength… hm.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
If it was MLSE making the money they’d be printing out $1,000 bills, not stamping out $0.25 coins.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
I meant ones in circulation like the Loonies with logos from a few yrs back.
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
They did one for the Habs 100th. Why not one for the Leafs when we hit 100?
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha
Calgary Flames
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Which Canadian team will finish the lowest: Calgary, Ottawa, or Winnipeg?
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Ottawa. Kane and Enstrom will lead that team all the way out if the lottery picks.
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:05 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Winnipeg seems to have a slightly older team. Some of the players just suck.
Ottawa, on the other hand, sucks because like half the roster has never played in the NHL before. If they’re smart they trade Spezza, Alfredsson, Phillips etc. They’re going to end up at the bottom anyway might as well let those guys go while they’re still worth something.
Calgary is bad, but I think Feaster is misguided enough that he’ll try to be a buyer at the deadline and push for a playoff spot.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Calgary is bad, but I think Feaster is misguided enough that he’ll try to be a buyer at the deadline and push for a playoff spot.
…But remember, they won the Phaneuf trade!
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
no reasonable calgary fan(there are some) believe that.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 11, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
the consensus on the internet seems to be ‘pissed at the return, but we don’t miss dion at all, nope, nuh uh, I am not crying. STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT"
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha ha, this is great. I love looking at the Flame blog debating the trade back last year. It’s like getting into a time machine and traveling back in time to laugh at how absurd some of those opinions are now.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
bowmeester is better (cries into beer)
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 11, 2011 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Did anybody really expect him to be that bad when he jumped from Florida? I remember the knock on him was that he didn’t perform at crunch time/never made it to the playoffs, but he’s been consistently terrible since going to Calgary. At least he put up points in Florida.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Apparently his non-offensive game has still been good there. If nothing else he has been logging a TONNE of minutes.
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Playing system/strategy could be drastically different in Calgary vs FLA and affecting his ability to jump in the play and contribute offensively
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Or Calgary just ruins defensemen
and Toronto re-builds ’em!
"I will actually score as many times as Kulemin assists me."
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
2nd/3rd line centre playing in a 1st line role – Bozak (or Lombardi I guess…)
overpaid borderline top 6 forward whose had decent point totals in the past- Lupul
Leaf defenseman who has played top 4 minutes in the past – Komisarek (tough to find a connection to White lol)
Pluggy McPlugsalot- Orr
for Bouwmeester, a speedy PK 4th liner and a top D prospect
all the pieces are there lol
How is Lupul a borderline top 6 forward?
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He hasn’t proven he can get back to the level that saw him put up 50+ points for a full season… Although if he does back to that great. Also he is obviously better than Hagman but he’s the closest tradeable asset I could think of to match in that scenario
I guess time will tell.
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Yep although I do think he gets overtaken by Kadri some point this year. Kadri is just too damn good to stay out of the top 6.
I’ll bet that Lupul ends the year with 10 more points and 8 more goals than Kadri.
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Or not.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Peca said on TSN that he loved to play against bowmeester. Something about him being really soft. Doubt they still have the clip.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 11, 2011 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
On my phone so I can’t link it. Google ‘peca on bowmeester video’
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 11, 2011 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqof09PxEmM
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Winnipeg has some really good youth in loktokinov (sp?), Kane, bogosian, schieffle, etc. Then they have a bunch of good young/prime aged players in pavelec, Ladd, little, Enstrom, byfuglien, etc. With a few more pieces Winnipeg could compete for the playoffs in a year or two. Not Ottawa.
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:42 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I like Pavelec but I dunno if he’s consistent enough to be a starter. And on a team like this they really need a No. 1 to bail them out
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Time will tell. Do they have any other goalie prospects in the pipeline?
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 10:19 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Edward Pasquale and Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel. The latter seems like a really talented kid.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s also a leading candidate for longest name
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Pavelec has shown talent, and will likely do fine when he’s got a bit more of a defense around him. Per the Goalie Guild, Mannino is their other prospect – they have him ranked at 49th best prospect – and then Pasquale at 51. For reference, Owuya is ranked 55.
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by Bower Power on Oct 11, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
So they can have some hope in their goalie pipeline if not feel content. I think with the right moves they have a lot of pieces at good ages that can contribute to a contender in the future.
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Atlanta had a lot of good players move through its ranks over the past 10 years. It just never came together.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
They couldn’t keep them long enough or build a good team in every position. Maybe a new GM can do it. I did specify the “right moves” will be necessary. They are far from a slam dunk to be a great team in a couple years.
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it was hilarious when they resigned Phillips and gave him an NTC
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Ottawa because they’ll sell Spezza mid-way through the year.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Playing the role of the departed Alex Kovalev apparently
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Holy shit Gonchar is exceptionally bad
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It’s why you don’t sign players who are above 35 to big money, multi-year contracts.
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:11 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Simpson was on him all night Saturday. The guy made lazy play after lazy play. It was ridiculous
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I’m looking forward to 5 more games of our forwards blowing by him
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions
The best part is that Gonchar’s horribleness comes as a surprise to exactly no one except Bryan Murray.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Remember this goal?
This was May 2010. This writing was on the wall then.
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I didn’t remember that goal, that was the laziest fucking defensive play I’ve ever seen sweet jesus
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
And that summer Ottawa spent a fortune on him. Thought of that play immediately
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Is that the Moen goal? I think I would have put up more of a defence than Gonchar did on that one.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, yes it is.
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When I saw that play, I first though. It must be like 30 seconds left in the 3rd and already down 3-0. Then I rewatched it and checked the clock… Wow
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yeah, that is the definition of “gave up”
by pho king awesome on Oct 11, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d never actually seen that before….wow…next time I feel like bashing our D for being lazy…I’ll remember this. ;)
remember this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOcAtAOkj9g
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I knew it was that before I even clicked the link
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
But he wazsh sho good pashing to Shidney Crozshby!
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
The Calgary Flames are bad but Ottawa is like Lindsay-Lohan’s-acting-bad
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions
The Flames also have Kippersoff, with him in net they still have an outside shot of making the playoffs, he just needs to shorten his usual slow start to the season.
by Nigel Cadbury on Oct 11, 2011 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
The Flames don’t have a hope in hell of making the playoffs
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I’ve seen several predictions putting them at 15th in the West.
Possibly Flames haters, but still. With Edmonton & PHX, dead last in the West would be a spectacular collapse.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
They have enough good pieces to be on the bottom of the bubble teams. If everything goes right for them they could probably sneak in, but its unlikely.
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Iginla will have to have an absolutly monster season for that to happen
that wont happen
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I consider them basically the 06/07 Leafs. We weren’t that far out. They need injuries/shitty seasons from their competitors, Kipper to have a decent season, their first line to click (namely Iggy and Tanguay to play well with each other), depth scoring (Hagman/Stajan/Stempniak/Glencross/Bourque/etc), and their defense (which isn’t terrible) to play VERY well. It could happen, but I don’t see it as likely. I think I put them in 11th or something in my predictions.
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am i crazy for thinking Edmonton is going to get good in a hurry one day? Perhaps not this season, but there’s a ton of high-end talent, and enough savvy vets to help. I honestly think they’re one defensive defenseman away from making some noise
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They’re about 4 defenceman (if Whitney is healthy) away from having a good defense, and they still need help up front past their top couple of players. Goaltending is also a big question mark.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
they need to turn MSP into a solid young top 4 defender
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Eberle, Hall, and RNH are Edmonton’s future. While MPS looked okay he couldn’t crack 20 goals or 40 points and he is not even a center. Edmonton should probably move him for a big body on the back end to clear the crease and protect Edmonton’s goalie.
-Burke hustling Tambellini into trading MPS for Komi.
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they will pull a washington of 07, tons of goals, and just win by outscoring everyone 7-5
then they will have cap issues
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
For some reason I don't buy it
I probably would on another team I just don’t see them being able to put it all together. My guess is once they start “competing” Hemsky will be gone and Smyth will be too old to matter so the only vets left would be Whitney and Horcroff. I think they’ll need some more prime aged players but it is possible.
They should be trading (as Jared suggested) one of Eberle/MPS or Omark (if someone is stupid enough to think he is that good) for a young top 4 D
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Bozak and Gunnar for MPS
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
The problem with that trade is I think Frattin would throw a lawn mower at MPS for trying to steal his spot on the team.
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MPS is Lupul’s replacement
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
MPS needs to prove he is deserving of top 6 time. None of MPS/Frattin/Kadri has shown they can score 25+ goals or 50+ points. Until one of them can do that I don’t think any of them deserve Lupul’s spot.
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should say “eventual replacement”
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Stop trying to trade Gunnar!
I’m almost to the point where all things considered, I’d rather trade Schenn than Gunnar.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I would because of the differences in what they’d return.
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Yeah that’s a big part of my calculation. I think Gunnar’s extremely underrated and underpaid. Luke: accurately to moderately overpaid/rated
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I am a huge Gunnar supporter, but for a piece like MSP?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Gunnar’s played nearly 21 minutes a game so far this year, playing on our top pairing. Good luck replacing those minutes if we trade him. Say hello to Aulie/Phaneuf 2.0, in that case.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
so you are saying MSP+ Klefborn?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
WOOOOOOOO
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if we’re dreaming can we also get EBERLE?
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by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
:(
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I dunno, I’ve have to look at MSP more closely.
But I honestly think I might prefer to trade Schenn. It is not a no brainer. I’d have to do more research.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Think they’ll let Hemsky walk? You gotta think that if he’s healthy at deadline time he’s either extended or traded.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he’ll either be traded, they’ll try to resign him but he’ll pass (perhaps moved for a mid pick in early June like Ehrhoff, Bryzgalov, and Hamhuis the last couple years), or signed to a hilariously terrible contract. Like 7 years at 6.5 with an NMC/NTC.
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He just might get an insane payday in UFA, not many higher-end forwards expected to hit the market (assuming Parise doesn’t get there)
Or possibly short term/high dollar value like Connolly due to the injury risk.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Hard to believe he doesn’t get traded to a contender before the year is out.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
The only way I see it not happening is if they try too hard to overvalue him that they end up not getting any trade done.
I know they were just rumours and DAL was still trying really hard to re-sign B. Richards, but the rumoured trade demands for him at the deadline were mindboggling.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently Edmonton was asking for Schenn for Hemsky last year. Eventually got the Penner deal done instead.
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schenn for Hemsky? lul
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Brayden Schenn
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think its so ridiculous. If it weren’t for ihs injury concerns, Hemsky is one of the best wingers in the game.
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sure, and if it weren’t for Bobby Orr’s age and knees made out of dust and jello he’d be the best defenseman in the NHL still
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Kipprusoff is no longer a good goalie. He is just a goalie they play WAY TO MUCH so he is able to rack up a lot of wins. While he was great from 03-07 he has had one good season since then and 3 terrible-bad ones. Check out his save percentages with GP’s for his career.
2003/2004 38 0.933
2005/2006 74 0.923
2006/2007 74 0.917
2007/2008 76 0.906
2008/2009 76 0.903
2009/2010 73 0.920
2010/2011 71 0.906
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His reputation as an elite goaltender stems from two things:
1) Being great for his first 3 seasons in Calgary.
2) Racking up a tonne of wins (he cracked 40 3 times in Calgary which is more than a Leaf’s goalie has EVER done), but goalie wins are a terrible way to track goalies. Not only is it HUGELY effected by the rest of the team, but it should probably be considered in a per game fashion as well.
For example if you look at the list of the top 5 seasons by wins for a Leafs goaltender, Raycroft is tied for the lead with 37 wins. He did that however with 37 wins in 72 games. Belfour (who is tied with him) had 37 wins in 62 games (10 less games). Thats a much better season.
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His reputation for being a top goaltender is entirely the result of dragging the Flames to the 04 Cup Finals.
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So what you’re saying is that Raycroft is the best Leaf goalie of all-time?
:D I can buy that!
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
They will. Their franchise has had a lot of top draft picks.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I hope that Andy can keep them out of the lottery. Or that they find another daigle
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:26 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
They need to upgrade their “defensive defensemen”. They are just hanging him out to dry with Gonchar on the ice, and Karlsson/Rundblad/Cowan all seem a lot like offensive-defensemen to me.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Winterpeg will, they showed an unexpected push back vs Leafs on Saturday
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by Future_considerations on Oct 11, 2011 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions
*Substitute Ottawa for they in above sentence
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by Future_considerations on Oct 11, 2011 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Judging by their last two performances, Ottawa is going to lose every game with a score of 5-4 or something similar.
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Having Craig Anderson as my 3rd fantasy goalie is probably not going to win me many matchups. I’m scared to simply try and play him tonight even though he could be my only goalie in action if he starts.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
me too. He’ll get some wins but his gaa and sv% are going to suck.
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Am I a horrible person that whenever I see an injured defenseman on another team, the first thing that crosses my mind is “How can Burke turn this into an advanteageous trade situation for the Leafs?”
Yes, i am. That sucks for Ohlund.
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It sucks for my fantasy goalie Dwayne Roloson
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I was wondering if leafs could get the oilers Fedun as an extra if the teams decide to trade. Not sure if he will ever play again though.
Who is Fedun?
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Can’t be traded then
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:43 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don’t know actually. Maybe I’m mistaken
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:47 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think you can trade him, but the receiving team has the right to cancel the deal if they find an injury upon the physical.
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You are allowed to do anything you want with an injured player except for something that reduces/cancels their paycheck. Basically you can trade/waive an injured player because they will still get paid by someone but you can’t send them to the minors where there is less money/ worse treatment and you can’t buy them out.
but you can waive them!
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No, you can’t. Hence the Flyers’ insistence that Betts passed a physical prior to getting waived.
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It was a joke….
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Maple Leafs acquired goaltender Olaf Kolzig, defencemen Jamie Heward and Andy Rogers and a fourth-round pick in 2009 in exchange for a prospect Richard Petiot.
The 38-year old Kolzig, who is sidelined for the remainder of the season with an arm injury, will become an unrestricted free agent this summer. He played only eight games this season with the Lightning, posting a 2-4-1 record with an .898 save percentage.
Heward has two assists in 13 games this season. He is also sidelined indefinitely with a concussion.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Hmmmmmmmm………. perhaps I’m miss-remembering then. Just the waivers then.
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You are correct that you can’t waive players on the IR…. I still think Philly was trying to be sneaky by stuffing an injured player in the minors or pawning him off on another team rather than putting him on the IR.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe their physicians should be reviewed
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:44 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
They did a great job with Lindros, why question them now?
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I think its fine to trade an injured player as long as both teams are aware of the injury. Not sure how the new teams insurance would feel about it, or if they can get insurance. I would think the team would be on the hook for the salary for the newly acquired player.
by Nigel Cadbury on Oct 11, 2011 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
So...
… Schenn lists Home Improvement as one of his favourite shows… Hockey Players is dumb.
by Kessel'sOversizedSuit on Oct 11, 2011 9:24 AM EDT reply actions
I used to love this show (I was 12 years old at the time). But I remember in the mid-90s it would constantly be on the top 10 lists for primetime TV shows.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions
It was a really funny show
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
ya when you’re 12, then you grow up
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I will withold judgement until I have an opportunity to watch it again.
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 9:45 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
airs on YTV and CMT weeknights!
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He watches cause he can picture himself on the show
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Damn sorry no title.
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
At least he was in good TV/movies.
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can’t unsee it.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
i think it kind of falls under the domain of “so bad it’s good”.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
For it’s time, it really was on the cutting edge (not quite up there with Seinfeld, but good enough that it stands out for the other shows that were there at the end of the sitcom golden era).
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
i’m not so sure. some of it was clever and original. but a lot of it was cliched, family-oriented pablum.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh c’mon, the concept of a “show within a show”?!?!? Remember, Tim Allen was hot stuff in the early to mid-90s coming off blockbusters like “The Santa Claus”. and JTT was the biggest deal with the girls.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
at the time it was a great family sitcom, kinda cheesy now but still something you don’t have to know any back stories to get into.
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By the time the show was over the kids were all like 26
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
…But somehow still in highschool.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Nah they grew up, I remember the last couple of seasons JTT only appeared a few times because he travelled to South America or something, and I’m pretty sure Brad went to college.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
on a soccer scholarship!
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Your mom goes to college
Gosh, I dunno why I found that movie so funny!
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
thats most shows though. you can keep young adults on set longer than people the actual ages. oldest daughter on modern family is 23 i think
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That’s why you gotta love cartoons.
Bart & Lisa are still rocking the 3rd and 4th grades or something.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I actually did recently. While they are no where near as good as they were, its still an okay show.
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Yeah, used to watch it every day… now, it’s been like four years since I tuned in. Have Season Four sitting on my shelf – I should go watch it. Such a good season.
If you go in with expectations for something even approaching the quality of old school Simpsons you’ll despise it. If you go in comparing it to the typical cartoon comedy’s on tv today its okay. I don’t go out of my way to watch it but its fun enough when on.
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Fair enough. In truth, I haven’t been quite impressed with any TV show that I usually watch this fall. After enjoying GoT and The Walking Dead, I think I may be done with regular cable.
I blame that show as a driving factor in my love of cars
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
a driving factor in my love of cars
/rimshot
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
glad someone finally got that
I am ashamed of most of you
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
That show was a growing factor in my love for Pam Anderson.
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Pam Anderson was on Home Improvement? Was she the original Heidi?
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Exactly my point. It is definitely cheesy now. But, not as bad as say “Saved by the Bell”. When I look back at this show I think “how did I ever find this to be so awesome?” (I used to race home every day in grade 3 to catch it on Global TV (my family wasn’t too well off and we couldn’t afford cable)).
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
i just don’t think you can mention it in the same sentence as a truly revolutionary show, like Seinfeld.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
the real revolutionary family sitcom was Rosanne
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Now you’re talking
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by Bower Power on Oct 11, 2011 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Also this was the sixth episode, aired in 1990. It seems pretty rare that single-style, basic cable sitcoms really provide any meaningful commentary nowadays. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQtDXxXyPYQ
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by Bower Power on Oct 11, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I re-watched this episode in my twenties. Got all choked up. Sad as fuck. Poignant
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh man, I remember that episode. I don’t usually like when sitcoms try to get “poignant” because it usually comes off as weird and tone-deaf, but that show definitely pulled it off.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
definitely pulled it off, and I normally dismiss that type of crap in sitcoms too
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I could never stand Rosanne and her nasal voice!
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, but the show focused on a not perfect family who dealt with real issues like job loss, poverty, depression, mental health, sexuality and many more
then they threw it out the window with an insane final season
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
And John Goodman rules.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Roseanne wrote a really interesting article earlier this year about how hard it was to convince TV execs that those ideas could actually make for a good show.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
You know what else was an overrated show?
Full House. Boy, was that show a bore.
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Horrible acting. Cheesy X1000 all around. But for some reason, a smash hit in the 80s!?!?!
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
At least we got the Olson twins out of it.
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I used to love those two
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“Uncle Jesse I broke yout $100’000 studio”
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Love the stuff MC79 is trying to record. Time consuming as all hell, and I could never commit to it. That type of specific hockey data – touches, pass attempts/completions, etc… – is pretty much boner juice
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Why teams aren’t doing this kind of stuff is mind-boggling. Think of the competitive advantages of devoting just $1 million towards this kind of stuff.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe they are and just don’t make it public?
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Mirtle reported on this and is quite convinced only a handful of teams are.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
In particular, I’d love to see some detailed pass completion/attempt data. The ultimate conclusion might be a little skill and a lot of luck, but I’d still love to pour over the skill part of it all.
Who is winning puck battles and how, would be great data as well.
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, just because teams aren’t using any advanced stats, doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t collecting the data.
Ronny W is getting those iPad stats from somewhere.
Either way I agree, it would be incredibly useful, and for a team like the Leafs, there seems literally no downside into at least collecting the information whether you use it or not. Maybe down the road it will become useful.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Again, Mirtle is convinced that the stats people like RW are collecting aren’t advanced. It’s rudimentary stuff like pts/60.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Wooooooo Pts/60.
Also collecting how well goalies stop Left-shot and Right-shot shooters in the shootout apparently! That’s one that we don’t really follow.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
That stat came out of left field when Wilson talked about it. His heart was in the right place, but I just don’t think the handedness of the shooter is more important than good ol’ fashioned “hands”
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey, they got the win. Who am I do argue with results.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Good point.
(still don’t think it matters)
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
nhl.com has stats on what part of the goalie goals are scored, eg. blocker, globe etc. But not where shots are saved.
by theninjagreg on Oct 11, 2011 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Elliotte Friedman, on the other hand, is convinced that most teams use them and were just being coy or misleading with Mirtle. My guess would be that Friedman is right only because what he’s said makes sense, but we all know NHL GMs don’t always make sense so who knows, really?
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Check your DMs. I’m convinced Mirtle’s right here.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Friedman also reported on this and said a lot of teams are and are playing coy about it to not give away any advantage.
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I would take that job happily, for any NHL team, for 3/4 of my current salary. Pick up and move my family anywhere for the season.
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-Mikhail Grabovski
by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s an insane amount of commitment to data collection though.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Imagine a team though. Dellow estimated it would take 15 people 30 minutes each to do a game. So 450 minutes (7.5 hours) per game. A group of 10 interns could cover your entire division easily and still have plenty of time for other duties.
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Ya it seems like it would require an organizational commitment to such an endevour. Doesn’t seem to be a strong push there with the Leafs.
Flames seem to be doing a bit more work with it.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I am somewhat skeptical about the value of this work given the effort required to record it, though it may make for some interesting observations (i.e. who is a good passer, who engages the play the most – i.e. most touches, etc.). But as for actual value in terms of player evaluation, I am not so sure. I just think that there are a lot of ways that a player can contribute positively to the game, some that can be measured (passing percentage) and some that can’t (good positioning, making timely passes that actually advance the game positively). My personal opinion is, while all these other stats might be interesting to look at, true player evaluation works best by analyzing the end result – goals for and against.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
So how do you make a valuation on a guy like Kulemin, who had a huge breakout year last year? I know you’ve said you like to use multiple years of data, but I think there are lots of cases where the goal data from several years strongly conflicts, and you can’t just run with an average. You need better stats to determine where the true value lies.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Ken Dryden said it best when he described Bob Gainey in The Game. Except Kuli is more talented and can score.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
My HARO+ (offensive) stats for his first 3 years in the league: 1.092, 1.050, 1.264
My HARD+ (defensive) stats for his first 3 years in the league: 0.757, 1.034, 1.024
So, I have him rated above average offensively from his rookie season and defensively he had a poor rookie season but has been good since. Much of Kulemin’s improvement last year was due to more ice time, particularly in the PP. It wasn’t a breakout year so much as it was a “given more responsibility” year.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
The benefit to me doesn’t lie in player evaluation, but in scouting.
If you can break down a teams’ tendencies when breaking out of their zone, and you can put concrete data down to back up what you’re seeing on the game film, you can tailor your game plan to force the opponent into making poor decisions.
Best example; the Dallas Mavericks use this sort of analysis to understand the tendencies and results of their opponents (if lamar Odom goes to his right, he’s a better shooter than if he’s forced to his left, or something to that effect.)
So if you can watch tape of, say, the Caps, and you track the puck movement of their breakouts, maybe you see that Mike Green tends to come up the right-hand side and make a pass up to the right winger. But if he’s forced to pass to the left, the percentage of successful passes decreases. That’s extremely useful information to a coach, because now he can tailor his forecheck to close off the right-wing passing lane and force Green to go to his left.
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by clrkaitken on Oct 11, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions 12 recs
I want to rec this 100000000 times
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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Yeah that was pretty awesome right there.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Very well said. This also ties in with what Corey Pronman was saying about how our statistical analysis should drive more intelligent scouting of junior players. The best teams will use all methods of analysis and observation at their disposal.
"[Phil Kessel]'s as streaky as a flipped coin" - Shift
by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree, but I don’t think you need to document every touch and every pass to understand those tendencies. Scout a couple of games and you can get a good idea of a teams playing style and tendencies.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Seems rather bizarre that you’re advocating an approach that is rife with observational bias and reduced sample size issues.
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You don’t need large sample sizes to determine playing style (i.e. is Mike Green more apt to pass out of the zone or skate out of the zone). You do need large sample sizes to determine overall effectiveness though.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
So if you could pay an intern $30,000 a year to track all that data and give it to the coaching staff so they don’t have to watch hours of game tape to figure this stuff out, and can focus their time on implementing strategies to take advantage of these tendencies, doesn’t that seem like a worthwhile investment?
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Pretty sure you can’t do every team with a $30,000 intern, plus get that intern to interpret that data to make it useable to a coach. Oh, and when a team makes a coaching change or a players gets traded, all bets are off as to the validity of the data going forward. But with some assistance from an advance scout and an hour or so watching video a coach can get a pretty clear understanding of another teams playing style and tendencies.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Coaching change would be perfect. You could review the data before and after, and see what type of tangible effect the coach is having on team systems.
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Sure, you could evaluate how things have changed (though as I have argued, I don’t think you need to go through all that work to see how things change), but what really matters is not so much what has changed, but whether those changes are for the better. And for that, I’ll argue we need to evaluate the stats that matter: goals for and against.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
yes, yes, yes we know goals for and against.
Tracking systemic differences following a coaching change, and whether it was successful would be interesting, no? Maybe even useful?
"I will actually score as many times as Kulemin assists me."
-Mikhail Grabovski
by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
definitely interesting.
As a person who coaches minor sports, I’d love to see that level of work done to my own teams to determine if there are tendancies which come out beyond “the system” being coached.
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Oct 11, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
If you can break down a teams’ tendencies when breaking out of their zone, and you can put concrete data down to back up what you’re seeing on the game film, you can tailor your game plan to force the opponent into making poor decisions.
For the win.
"I will actually score as many times as Kulemin assists me."
-Mikhail Grabovski
by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
is this what other teams were doing to the Leafs all last season, cause our breakout was terrible!
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Could be, could be.
Also, if you have a predictable breakout, it won’t take much scouting to figure out
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
great concept, great example.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 11, 2011 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
My personal opinion is, while all these other stats might be interesting to look at,
Understatement. As I said before – boner juice
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Just curious if this was same train of thought many people had with Corsi (and other advanced stats) at the beginning. Unless the data is collected and reviewed for trends can we really know how valueable or accurate in measuring performace it can be?
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I still argue that corsi is a flawed stat that doesn’t tell us the complete story as it ignores ones ability to drive/suppress shooting percentage (which I argue is significant), and one day I think everyone will realize that limitation.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
There is no one stat that tells the complete story. That’s the beauty of the game, and also why using statistical analysis for hockey requires a multi-faceted approach.
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90% of what I care about is who helps his team score goals and/or who helps his team stop the opposition from scoring goals.
Once we have that down pat we can get into the how players do that and how to optimize team building (matching complementary players like passers and shooters), but I peg that as a 10% benefit.
But when someones comes out and says that Player A is better than Player B because he has a better corsi, better RelCorsi and better QUALCOMP I cringe because all that is irrelevant if they shoot the puck like Scott Gomez. I rarely hear people talk about that significant aspect of the game – the ability to shoot the puck – or better yet use goal based/derived stats. Until we begin to consider that it is pointless to consider passing percentage or touches.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we just get a bot to quote this every time the word corsi is used?
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by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think a single stat ever shhows the “the whole story”. But more information / access to more stats can help show / quantify the story.
These kind of stats would be useful when looking at a players play when he switched from the right side to the left…. Do they complete the first pass out of the zone better or do they have more difficulty clearing the puck.
Bam Bam.- digga digga damm
Can we please, please stop with this bizarre idea that anyone believes Corsi tells “the complete story”? No one thinks that because Grabovski had a higher Corsi Rel than Datsyuk last year that Grabovski is a better player. No one. Many of us like to use it because if helps us evaluate part of a player’s skill level, and we all recognise that it has limited value if you don’t use it in combination with a variety of other statistics, including goals and assists.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
David has gotten into many heated arguments with the behind the net people over what you are discussing. Frankly I think they overly rely on it and David out of frustration with their over utilization, under utilizes it.
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(No offense intended David just trying to fill him in on the back story).
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No problem though I don’t like the term “under utilize” because IMO I don’t under utilize corsi. I choose not to use it much because I think goals, not shots or shot attempts, is what we should care about and corsi is only a component of that.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Did anyone watch the Caps – Bolts game last night? Another barnburner.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 9:55 AM EDT reply actions
goaltending as well. oddly, none of the big guns recorded any goals. the shoot-out was pretty dirty though.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Every single joke about Tampa losing the shootout because they couldn’t skate behind the net and bank it in off Vokoun was completely warranted.
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The only problem I have with this joke is I have Vokoun in fantasy hockey. :D
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
as do i.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s playing down to his contract
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Myself as well. The bum
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 10:22 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Neuvirth in 2 pools!
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 11, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I took Vokoun 9th overall in PPPPP2. I’m convinced he’ll bounce back, though.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m ecstatic he didn’t get the first start last week.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Al Montoya – keeping me in the game.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
That right pad save in OT on the cross-crease pass was insane.
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by Bower Power on Oct 11, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think any of the superstars had any points at all, assists or goals. Ovechkin sure as hell didn’t, as my opponent in this week’s matchup is reminding me every few minutes
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Ovie is still dealing with that family tragedy so I’ll give him time before start yelling at him for not scoring. I will need him to though.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Defence is optionalthis yearin the Southeast
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
How did Vokoun do in net?
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
He looked like a clown on crack. He also wore skates and let pucks in from spots you don’t let goals in, unless you never played goal before. And even then some don’t go in.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
he was awesome in OT actually.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, and in the end, that’s all that matters. I’ve always been a spokesman for goalies that win games. I don’t care how you do it, how good it looks or what the SP in certain situations is, all I care about is you not giving up five or six, when we score five and keep the team in it when the game is on the line. That’s why I love MAF.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
and Ed Belfor?
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Grant Fuhr was the best ever at that.
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Don’t ever read this. Or pretty much anything else at that outstanding blog that demonstrates over and over again that “playing to the score”, “clutch goaltending” etc. is a myth.
"[Phil Kessel]'s as streaky as a flipped coin" - Shift
by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Good piece. but still think there are guys, like Michael Jordan, that are either the luckiest SOBs on the planet or… it’s like poker. A game of skill involving luck (over a short span). The law of big numbers says that if you’re a skilled player that plays with good bankroll management you’ll be a profitable player. Over s short span (say 10 hands) a bad player can beat you at poker. Over 1000 hands he probably can’t. And despite all this I bet you there is one guy who plays like an idiot, has no bankroll management and constantly wins. There are also guys who do everything right, and always lose. But for the most part, your “luck” over a large span is dictated by your skill. Or something… I lost my train of thought. It’s more of a car really.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Thx, now I wanna go to the casino and sit down at the tables. All I need is a proper bankroll.
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Jordan always won because he was far and away the best player on the planet.
Fuhr was the Chris Osgood of the 80s. Still can’t believe we turned him into Andreychuk.
"[Phil Kessel]'s as streaky as a flipped coin" - Shift
by The '67 Sound on Oct 11, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
BOOM
There’s been a ton of debate about what would happen to Stevens now. Shanahan and Rob Blake have said that most of Stevens’ big hits would be clean, because body was the principal point of contact. The exception? The one on Paul Kariya in the 2003 Stanley Cup Final. That may have been late.
I completely agree (SHOCKING I know)
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Quite a gem we've found in Connolly
DavidAlter590
Tim Connolly has left practice only 15 min in #leafs
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Oh hell no…
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Fuckin’ Tim Connolly
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
wasn’t this yesterday?
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Yesterday was 45 minutes. I assume tomorrow he’ll leave after 5.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
When the leafs signed him, I told my buddy that I thought it was a very shrewd signing in the circumstances. My argument was that if he only played 50 or so games, that we’d still get decent production out of him and it would still offer time in that slot to our up and commers (thought Colbourne would be more ready than he looked in pre-season).
Now I’m thinking that if he plays 50, it’ll be a miracle.
by Kessel'sOversizedSuit on Oct 11, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
He hasn’t actually played for us yet, so it really doesn’t feel like we’ve lost anything. I’d be a lot more worked up about this if he had played well for a bunch of games and then gotten hurt.
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
This is exactly why the Preds were so willing to give Lombardi away too. Got hurt in his 2nd game and continued to draw a salary. Can’t really miss what you never really had.
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I bet Poile still felt like he got suckerpunched when he saw Lombardi score a goal his first game back.
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by T is for Truculence on Oct 11, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Sat there rocking in his chair clutching his picture of Weber.
WORD to yo Momma
by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
probably left a drunken message on radulov’s answering machine that night “dude…money, buckets and buckets of it…just miss you so much”
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Carrie has a girlfriend she can hook you up with.
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Things that make me laugh
Filatov is already on 4th line duty and possibly a healthy scratch
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I got a chuckle out of that on the weekend too.
Almost as much as when in the summer they promised to make him a “Top 6 forward with powerplay time”
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
giveaway master
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Steckel for a 4th is looking a hell of a lot better than Filatov for a third
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 11, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Via @Ian_mendes
OTT forward lines in practice: Greening-Spezza-Zibanejad. Michalek-Da Costa-Alfredsson. Foligno-Regin-Neil. Smith-Konopka-Condra.
The definition of “hope”:
Must win for OTT tonight? Since the lockout, only one Eastern team (’06-07 NYI) has started a season 0-3-0 and made the playoffs.
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by Bower Power on Oct 11, 2011 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
lol for “must win” and “playoffs”
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
“Playoffs” really is a waste of 8 letters in this context. Unless of course its for mocking purposes.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Wonder what the earliest a team can possibly be mathematically eliminated?
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunately there’s no one answer as it is path-dependent on how the 29 other teams in the league do.
But we can watch Ottawa closely this year to find out!
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I think the SNES will beat the Panthers this year.
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I think you’re underestimating Mike Weaver.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh noes!
I forgot the hockey god of defense!
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Where did all this talk about Mike Weaver come from? Can somebody fill me in?
Also who the fuck is Mike Weaver?
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Big argument surrounding a defenseman in Florida with stats suggesting that Vokoun wasn’t actually an “elite” goalie as has been suggested due to his high sv%, but instead was playing behind a statistically “elite” defenseman Mike Weaver.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
In a nut shell, HockeyAnalysis claims Mike Weaver has been one of the best defenders in the league the last few years (he is pushing Vokoun’s numbers). He is a depth defenseman on Florida.
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Depth defenseman?
He had more ice time than any other Panther defender last year including the most PK ice time. League-wide, only 35 defensemen had more ES ice time than him and only 6 had more PK ice time than him last year. Hardly a depth defenseman.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
He was a depth defenseman who was just getting a lot ofo time because Florida’s defenders sucked
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Maybe, but with all that ice time he didn’t suck.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Because he was playing in front of allstar Vokoun…
Anywho thats all I meant.
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Last season Vokoun’s 5v5 ES goals against average when Weaver was on the ice was 1.66, when Weaver wasn’t on the ice it was 2.79.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
What was his GAA in other seasons when not playing behind Weaver? How many minutes did he play with Weaver on defence?
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry, made a mistake. Vokoun had a 2.14gaa with Weaver, not 1.66. Still better than without Weaver.
Last year was the first year he played in Florida. The previous year in St. Louis.
Chris Mason w/ Weaver: 1.44gaa
Chris Mason wo Weaver: 2.58gaa
The year prior in St. Louis as well:
Chris Mason w/ Weaver: 1.68gaa
Chris Mason wo Weaver: 2.01gaa
And previous year in Vancouver:
Luongo w/ Weaver: 1.45gaa
Luongo wo Waver: 2.14gaa
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m starting to buy into the Weaver hype-machine.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t ask about Weaver, I asked about Vokoun.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry, Vokoun played 897:53 minutes behind Weaver last year and 1653:24 not behind Weaver.
In 2009-10 Vokoun’s gaa was 2.14.
In 2008-09 it was 2.18.
In 2009-10 it was 2.38.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
WEAVER IS A GOD!
That is all.
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by not norm ullman on Oct 11, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve decided to watch as many Panther’s games as I can (so maybe 2 or 3 before I lose interest) to get a better feel for this whole Mike Weaver thing.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Do some number crunching. It’ll be more interesting.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Rec’d for most hilarious comment ever.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s true, by the way… I was at Leafs-Panthers over March break
If I could erase memories Eternal-Sunshine-style I would choose that night.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Who was Weaver’s partner? Who else was on the ice with him?
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(who’d Weaver play against)
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IT DOESNT MATTER WHO WEAVER PLAYS AGAINST
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Seriously?
In what way? Unless he’s blocking five hundred shots a year I don’t think losing a depth defenseman is going to make Vokoun go from “top 5 in the league” to “.000SV% on shots behind the red line” over the course of a summer
How did I miss this conversation
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Weaver is the best defenseman to ever play the game.
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I think it was Leafer who said, he makes Bobby Orr look like Bobby Dollas
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I’m really proud of that one
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That is a good one.
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I’d give it a 7.
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by not norm ullman on Oct 11, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
That guy’s so fast he makes Speedy Gonzalez look like regular Gonzalez.
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by Chemmy on Oct 11, 2011 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This movie is gonna make House Party look like House Party 2.
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Or maybe even House Party 3.
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Shut the fuck up
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they made a house party 3?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh dear
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Now, why would you call his mother a garden tool?
by Nigel Cadbury on Oct 11, 2011 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Peverley extended
3 years x $3.25M
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I like Peverley, but that seems like it may be a tad pricey
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I take it back. He is a 40-50 point player who can play C and W and is good defensively. Thats appropriate money.
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Ya that seems okay to me.
3 year deal is good. Maybe Boston learned about the risk of LT contracts from the Savard one? Bergeron and now Peverley both on 3 year deals.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s a little better than Bozak, but not by much. He’s a 15g, 40pt, mediocre defensively guy. Borderline second line guy, not good enough defensively to be a third line guy. I probably wouldn’t have paid him that much.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
15 G 40 point is underselling him. Over the last 3 years he has scored 55 G and 140 points in 230 games. Over an 82 GP season thats 20 G and 50 points. In fact over the last 3 seasons his lowest G total has been 15 G in 66 games.
Over the past 3 seasons he is 40th in goals for a centre and 42nd in points by a C. Offensively he’s an average 2nd line centre…
He’s also good in the dot. Last year he had a 55.9% (12th in the league) and the year before his 54.2 was 14th in the league (the year before he didn’t take enough faceoffs to be considered a “faceoff leader” on NHL.com so I can’t compare him to th eleague, but he was still above 50 with a 51.8).
Finally 3.25/year would make him the 64th highest paid C if he were to make it this year, I would argue that, that is a very fair contract for both sides.
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Good analysis there.
Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
Yeah, he played quite well when he was playing with Kovalchuk when he first joined Atlanta. Last season was a much more ordinary 18g, 41pts. He’s a decent second line player, but nothing too special. I didn’t see a need to rush to sign him.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope this inspires him to save the C position on my fantasy team
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Can’t wait to see this kid in the AHL next year.
by Goosemonster on Oct 11, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunately the team itself is doing awful.
Might see a deadline trade to a contender.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeaaaaaaah Sting!
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Screw you! Go Knights!
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WHAT EVER TEAM HAS A LEAF PROSPECT ON IT
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Shut up and go meet Leafer already!
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Uggh
I felt dirty even typing that with the diffrence in ages…
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Ok seriously, lets never bring this up again
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I sincerely apologize
I will never do that again.
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too late
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey-o I just remembered that I need to change my profile to say I’m 20
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
As of September 13 it is
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
oh thats less creepy than I thought it would be…
I thought it would be like you were messing with someone and changed your age
I’m only 13 when I’m creeping Justin Bieber fan forums
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
just puked a bit
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by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
would you mind taking a seat over here?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
OH GOD IT'S CHRIS HANSEN
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
“I was just coming over to teach her a lesson, I swear!”
“with a 12-pack of bud light?”
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve actually been told that once, I don’t see the resemblance though
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
We’ll let the good people decide when your caricature comes out in about a week.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Chaim Weisswasser getting one, or would that actually be legally actionable?
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The user known as Chaim Weisswasser has not requested one, so I will not include him unless that happens. This is the third request for Chaim to be included, by the way! haha
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh Hai!
I’m Chaim Weisswasser, and I’d like my caricature done.
Also, could you include this snazzy phone I won?
Thanks.
- Chaim Weisswasser.
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by not norm ullman on Oct 11, 2011 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
we need a caricature of Admin Bot 3000
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by Matt_Roberts on Oct 11, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Now the idea’s planted in their minds like inception, everyone’s going to be calling me Bieber
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I lul’d
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
YAY HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY
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Thank yah very kindly
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
My birthday was Sept. 21st.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s true, I was the only person who commented on his facebook wall to wish him a happy birthday. Must be rough having no friends :(
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
And likewise for you, I was the only one who commented on your wall. So there!
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
d’aw happy belated birthday to you too!
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bahaha
Get well soon Sid, Geno, Naz, canoli, Bozie and Marc
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I am not stalking you!
Get well soon Sid, Geno, Naz, canoli, Bozie and Marc
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That’s what every stalker says…
This space for rant...
by fair_n_hite_451 on Oct 11, 2011 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
so its less like an episode of to catch a predator and more like a poorly written ‘barely legal’ porn
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Its sad is what it is
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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exactly… she “just so happened” to become a Leafs fan to find me on here… then followed me to my home town so she can live near me and then adopted my junior team as well so she could feel closer to me.
has your underwear started to go missing?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
meanies
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You’re in step five. This is good stuff. Step six involves sex. Step eight involves crazy, angry sex.
…you probably don’t need to know what step seven is.
You know… 14 is legal in Ontario so long as it’s a “trusted relationship”
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
not if you’re more than 2 years older than the person. if i remember my criminology correctly.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
5 years for either 14-15, legal at 16. In strictly criminal definitions.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Oct 11, 2011 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
What about someone who’s 16 and someone who’s several years older like 21
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
This is such a weird conversation.
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t mind if they kept him with Olden, but I also wouldn’t mind him being on a team with a couple more offensive guns.
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by Bower Power on Oct 11, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Cue Yakupov and Galchenyuk’s music.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
If anyone is bored
Who would you rather have: Lupul or Fleischmann?
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Not a huge difference but I’ll give the edge to Lupul. More offensive upside I think.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve got a few more coming this week to kill the boredom of no Leafs games… I was surprised myself who were very close statistical comparables for a few of our lesser-talked-about guys.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Battle of the Blood Requisition Boys. I’d take Lupul because his issue is cleared up. Fleischmann blood issue is on going and requires meds and constant monitoring.
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Choo choo!
All aboard the Phaneuf train!
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by FiftyMissionCap on Oct 11, 2011 11:55 AM EDT reply actions 16 recs
Question
Who’s uglier, Da Costa or that thing standing next to the train?
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Next question:
Who’s uglier, Zibanejad or Da Costa?
(1) Fish face
(2) Ugly leprechaun
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
the correct answer is Cowen
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Guy on the bottom looks like the yellow dude from Sin City.
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Elmer Fudd
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Ricci and Gino Odjick
now there are some faces that only a mother and a woman who loves a rich loaded bank account could love !
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The right answer every time this is asked about hockey players
As a bonus, the most child-molester-looking-player is Malkin
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there are uglier hockey players
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He just looks like a rockstar. Besides everyone knows he’s better than Sidney!
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bahahahahaha
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or I should say “ahahaha”
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Damnit
My attempt at baiting you did not work!
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OH NOES I AM SO ANGRY!!!1
better?
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That's not a man, that's a troll
I just fell off my chair after opening that.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
that does not count as a beard
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It was an attempted beard, so it counts.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
meh, it looks perfectly fine when paired with a beautiful silver trophy
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reminds me of scene from Jackass when they crazy glue their pubes on the dudes face.
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by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
LEAVE ARMY’S NOSE OUT OF THIS
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Come on any bigger and he could use that thing as a stick. Although if he did he might get a penalty for an illegal curve.
Bam Bam.- digga digga damm
Army’s nose is beautiful
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From one of the two token jews on this site (happiergilmore where are you?)
I can happily declare thats a massive nose.
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You’ve never seen Tim Hunter or Patrick Roy’s nose? Now those are some hideous noses.
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Orpik’s eyes also put him on that list
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I think there's a REAL winner of the Molester Look-Alike
These aren't the droids you're looking for.....
Ryan Miller or is it Rod Jeremy
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t forget their pet fish, Cod Jeremy
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL… ohhhh man bad joke !!
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You wouldn’t know a bad joke if you made one yourself…
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I'm telling you I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie)
Now the Leafs call me up to drive the Zamboni
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
This blog is a testament to that
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
We serve one purpose and one purpose only
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Now the Leafs call me up to drive the Zamboni
Twitter me this.
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t feel bad, its for the greater good.
by Tickle Me Aulie on Oct 11, 2011 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
what the fuck
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Syd could be cleared for contact as early as today
>:(
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Clearly referring to Syd Barrett.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
who?
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oh. Google ftw
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Why you heff to make me feel old?
Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
because chilling on peoples’ lawns in fun
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When I was your age
We knew the value of a brass bog, called an entrenching tool an entrenching tool and wore our dungarees so high our hips clicked when we walked.
Dignity, that’s what your generation lacks.
Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
o.O
did you also walk barefoot to school uphill both ways?
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In the snow in the morning and in the blistering heat in the afternoon. And a coka cola only costed a nickel. In those days we called it nickle drink…
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We also spelled “coca” funny.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
You better believe that’s a rec’n.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:01 PM EDT reply actions
And also a reply fail.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
RECPLY FAIL
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Let’s see if I can avoid another.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Success!
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Heh. The Rangers sending Avery to Connecticut has put Dallas under the salary floor
Cynically Sarcastic
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Heh, the NHL doesn’t really care about the cap floor.
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That is kinda cool…. Now quick trade them Komi!!! /notserious
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MORROW (one of their largest salaries) RUMOURZ!!
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
They need to get up to the floor not go down.
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Yeah, that’s usually how that works.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought the capitalization of my comment would make the facetious nature obvious.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
404 Sarcasm font not found
WORD to yo Momma
by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is this confirmed? I asked Capgeek about it on Twitter, but I’m still waiting for a response.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
capgeek CapGeek
It was gone on opening day and they’re over the floor for now. RT @draglikepull does Dallas fall below cap floor with Avery’s cap hit gone?
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
mirtle
Bozak still wearing a big ice pack on his wrist. Believe that’s the same injury he had in camp and has been playing through.
1) Might be partially responsible for his “okay but not spectacular” play since pre-season (when I thought he looked great with Armstrong and Kadri)
2) Hopefully this week off will help him get back to 100%
3) Holy fuck can we get a healthy #1 (or #2) center for Kessel yet?
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Kessel is a star player that can do it on his own. Brown-Dupuis-Kessel will be a line this season at this rate.
WORD to yo Momma
by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d actually love to see two bangers ride shotgun with kessel. hit everyone in sight, feed him the puck.
in practice it’s probably a horrible idea.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Your plan falls apart when hands of stone try this “feed the puck” thing
WORD to yo Momma
by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
If by pass you mean fall down while taking a shot then yes.
WORD to yo Momma
by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Reliving the Magic
WORD to yo Momma
by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
He meant to do that. As soon as he shaved the stache he transformed from bruising grinder to smooth-cheeked puck distrubution wizard.
by TheCeej on Oct 11, 2011 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ve been in favour of trying Armstrong on Kessel’s opposite wing.
Doesn’t solve the C problem though.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
This doesnt make any sense at all:
Sens’ anniversary team d-men: 1st pair Chara-Redden; 2nd pair Phillips-Volchenkov; legacy pair Hall of Famers King Clancy-George Boucher
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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I went to the Leafs/Sens pre-season game in Ottawa, and the pre-game ceremonies celebrated the Senators “11 Stanley Cups”.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I forgot to save it, but someone mentioned about a month ago how the sens “won” those 11 cups, part of which was how they won 4 times in a week for some random tournaments or something
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
So they’re celebrating their 20th anniversary including two legacy players that never played/maybe weren’t even alive during those twenty years?
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
so the three goalies i have in my fantasy team are
Vokunn, Steve Mason, and Cam Ward. Oh goodness me I’m kind of boned.
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It’ll be a bad week if you’re in a head to head, but in the long run, bench Mason and you should be more than fine.
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I’ve got Ward and Kipper. But my offence is pretty damn good
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Ward is awesome and Kipper sucks.
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No right now he isn’t… Ward is killing me this week.
by 9 Dollar Beer on Oct 11, 2011 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Its a long year
I mean over time thats what will happen.
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probably, mostly because lol Calgary
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Also, to make matters worse I forgot to throw Rask in last night. Yay!
by 9 Dollar Beer on Oct 11, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I had Rask last year. Never again.
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Eh, it was late in the draft. I also have Thomas so I’m mainly relying on him and Ward.
by 9 Dollar Beer on Oct 11, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I added Al Montoya in my league. I’m hoping he can hold the fort for this week until Vokoun can get things together again.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
i’ve got vokoun, ward, and reimer. i left reimer on the bench. :/
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Rinne, Crawford, and Reimer. I got Malkin 11th overall, but now he’s injured again, so my offense just took a hit.
Never play Mason if your league has categories for GAA and SV%- his stats are so bad he’ll ruin you every week. There’s only a chance he’ll get wins if Carter/Nash somehow score more than 3 goals a goals a game.
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The coworker I’m playing against in week 1 has played Mason twice already, I’m smoking his ass in SV% and GAA by a mile
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s the thing about categories for goalies over skaters- besides for +/- and maybe ATOI, you won’t get ruined by one bad skater, but one goalie with even slightly below average stats will lose your pool.
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Kari Lehtonen is a hero
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Not really…
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In standard H2H leagues where you only have 2 or 3 goalies, but they’re 40% of the categories, each one is extremely important.
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Yeah but having one slightly below average shouldn’t kill you.
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Slightly below average is like a 0.912
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urm, if you only have like 15 people in your fantasy league average is probably around .920
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It might not kill you, but your other goalie has to be good.
We’re not talking about winning real games here, where your forwards just have to be able score more goals than your goalie lets in for you to have a winning season.
@yearofme
I play lots of fantasy
If its a head to head league, its quite possible they have one goalie having a shitty week too. If its roto a slighlty below average goalie won’t kill you completely (hurt you more though).
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You can rely on that, or you can just draft 2 goalies in the first 4-5 rounds, and never have to worry.
@yearofme
Until one gets injured or one has an off year. Have a look at where Miller, Halak, and Kipper (lol to whoever picks him early) ended up last year. Its no guarantee that an early goalie pick will have a good year.
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Or
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Then draft someone slightly more consistent in Luongo, Lundqvist, Vokoun, Bryzgalov. (Brodeur used to be part of this list).
@yearofme
I take goalies early, don’t get me wrong, but I just don’t think having one goalie “slightly below average” is that big a deal. Having a goalie suck is, but not just slightly below average.
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I see what you’re saying, but it really depends on who your #1 is to balance it out. Losing by .001 every week is the same as losing by .250.
@yearofme
Eh if you’re talking head to head every goalie goes on hot streaks. Its all about trying to predict when to play your goalie (ie not playing against high scoring teams when it can be avoided).
Also my policy on goalies up until Miller’s stupid breakout year was draft Miller/Vokoun/Lundy, because they used to be available AFTER the Luongo’s and Brodeur’s of the world, but still gave you great stats (not as good wins).
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My forwards are Phil, both Sedins, Geno, Dats, Giroux, Stamkos, Bobby Ryan, Grabbo, Getzlaf, Sid, Landeskog, and Thornton. Mind you there’s only one other person in my league
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Wait, you’re doing a 2 person fantasy league? That’s . . . interesting.
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
leaflover and I were bored. We do “interesting” things when we’re bored.
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Don’t apply logic to what Leafer and Leaflover do together.
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hahaha, yeah pretty much this
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it’s true
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It really, really is.
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I presume Skinner went 1st overall.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
he actually wasn’t picked. A travesty, really.
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haha we had to pick a rookie. I took my Rangers boy
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BCW… wait a minute.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
we tried to get someone else in it too but he refused.
by leaflover4ever on Oct 11, 2011 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s because he’s a loser
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Stop making fun of WizardofNaz
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
So.... Field trip tonight?
Heatley is returning to Ottawa…. SilverSens….
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Nah. Though planting that idea on the Wild’s site isn’t a bad idea….
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On it.
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Done
I may or may not be here to start shit….
Leafs Fan here and I realized (which I am sure you are all aware of) that tonight is Heatley’s return to Ottawa…. Maybe you should go say hi (with lots of snickers) at Silver Seven particularly when/if Heatley scores!
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 10:34 AM PDT reply actions
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I-N-C-E-P-T-I-O-N
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I was real subtle, eh?
Particularly with that subject line…
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Any replies?
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
No one is around.
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You sure you didn’t post it in SilverSeven? /rimshot
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
My Easton Stealth RS stick just arrived… pumped to try it out tomorrow night in our first league game. Anybody else out there have one? What do you think of it?
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seems like half of the NHL is using it this year
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and I think Mr. Hackey himself is sporting one
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I thought so too but I’m sure I saw him testing a Stealth RS in the preseason and he’s definitely using Easton here against the habs
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Weird
He’s a Bauer sponsored athlete, but he’s one of those guys who’s really superstitious with his sticks. Remember when he went into that slump last year, switched to black tape, and then tore it up? Candy cane, no candy cane. Hell I bet he sleeps with his stick.
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Yeah, it’s really weird. I bet Bauer isn’t very happy. That’s an Easton Stealth S19 in his hands against the habs.
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I miss the old Koho revolutions
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Obligatory Kessel candy cane video
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Obligatory Tyler Kennedy licking his stick
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
when the hell was this
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
This needs two more panels. One of “TOO MUCH MAN” and then one of Kennedy looking sad.
Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.
by Brunswick Bruiser on Oct 11, 2011 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Are any of your designs coming down soon? I am going to make a bulk package sometime in the next couple weeks. Want to know if I should jump on anything.
Also are you expecting anything new coming up soon?
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
Certified Gunnar & Kule lover!
I don’t know for sure but I would jump on the Optimus Reim design while you can. I’ll have some new stuff at some point soon but not sure how soon that will be.
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This is my first Easton, been a Bauer guy for years. Expecting a hat trick tomorrow.
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i got a CCM U02 last year for my B-day, first game i scored 2 goals, 2nd I scored 1 on a crazy rocket of a shot, which is funny because I have a horrible shot
the third game it shattered into a million pieces when i tried a one timer
Now Im using a Bauer
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I will fucking cry if this stick breaks in the first few games. I went with a 65 flex for the first time, watch it snap like a twig on my first shot
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I wasn’t a fan of the CCM, it had an ovie curve which was comical
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Taylor Hall curve. I’ll probably put the puck over the net all night with the 65 flex.
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65? Did you buy an intermediate stick?
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I use a 105 flex and it still feels like it might split in two.
Cynically Sarcastic
Сертыфікаваны Grabbo Палюбоўнік
No offense intended you aren’t Arnold Schwarzenegger you don’t need a 105 flex.
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Easton sent it to me, I’m 6’-0" but light as hell… typically use an 85 flex. Figured I would try out 65 since it was free and all.
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Why does Easton send you free $260 sticks?
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I told them I wouldn’t tell anyone that Kessel is secretly using Easton sticks
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I want a free hockey stick. :(
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all I have is this crummy blog and tens of fans
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I’m only here to pimp my own twitter account
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m only here cause they blocked Cox’ blog at my work…
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I use a 95, but I don’t like a ton of flex in the stick and my shot is brutal as it is, using something with more snap wont make me a better shooter
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
It might. You won’t need to push as hard to get a good wrister off. Back off on raw power and worry about soft touch.
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well yeah, it probably would make me better, but not by any noticeable or significant degree, 90% of all goals I score are garbage goals from under 2 feet
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
A cricket bat might work better for you. Great for swatting in those rebounds.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
85 is pretty typical for me too, 65 is ridiculous
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m a 75 guy. It’s nice.
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ever break a 75 taking a wrist shot?
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No, but I snapped a Vapor XXX clean in between my hands taking a one timer.
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when I broke my CCM my buddy gave me his backup stick (an Easton something or other with a phil kessel candy cane tape job) he is all of 120lbs and uses a 65, first shift i took a one timer and it broke like a matchstick
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh god, now I’m worried this stick is going to snap on the opening face-off when someone looks at it the wrong way
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I broke the one 75 I had practicing my (shitty) slapshot. Never again
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I use an 85, but I don’t cut anything off. They come perfect size for me.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
Same here. I found a cut 85 was too stiff but I started using a longer stick and am liking it so far.
that’s what she said
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Dan Ellis demands he be waived
BTW, players on NHL deals in minors (Avery, Redden, Finger etc) do not pay any escrow. So they get more money in minors than NHL, FWIW.
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by SkinnyFish on Oct 11, 2011 1:47 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Don Cherry's Past Legal Threats
In 1989, he referred to Finnish-born Winnipeg Jets Assistant Coach Alpo Suhonen as “some kind of dog food”, which triggered the threat of a lawsuit from Jets owner Barry Shenkarow who called him a racist.
Lol. His name is “Alpo”.. that’s a kind of dogfood, that’s good.
Flugenweb, space code, twit zone, ass mode, check ze tweets.
I also remember Cherry doing a commercial for some sort of herbicide, and the tagline was him saying “WEED killer??? I thought you said it was SWEDE killer!” I thought it was hilarious.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Ovechkin 41 minutes on ice this season, 5 shots.
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apparently he’s actually in good shape.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh yeah I’m sure he is. Just being an idiot.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
..which came after the story that he was fat
Get well soon Sid, Geno, Naz, canoli, Bozie and Marc
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He went to Russia because of a family tragedy… his mindset still probably isn’t where it should be.
http://mapleleafshotstove.com/author/mislav-jantoljak/
@Xterratu on twitter
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Oct 11, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s letting my fantasy team down hard
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I would find this amusing if I didn’t have a beer bet on the NHL trophys this year
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
yikes. not helping my fantasy team. I thought I could at least count on him to take a bazillion SOG.
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Wonder what’s up with him. His goals/gm have been on decline for three years. Shots per game on decline the past two years.
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Trying to think too much about defense?
"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!"
1 word: Accutane.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
lolololol
Get well soon Sid, Geno, Naz, canoli, Bozie and Marc
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Heatley’s peak was 26.
Kovalchuk’s 25.
Gaborik (PPG) 26.
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so you are saying we have 3 years max to get what we can out of Kessel?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
well, we’d better get on that then
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Peak points-per-game according to BTN is at age 25, with 26 close behind.
Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
GPG is a little different I believe.
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
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Thanks, I would’ve assumed it was similar. Do you happen to have a link or somesuch?
Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
I think I am basing this off repeated Burtch rants unfortunately.
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
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Heh, for sure :)
I ask because I haven’t been able to find a good resource on the subject. I like the points-per-game estimate on BTN because it factors in professional players in other leagues.
Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
OMG he sucks!!! He should be replaced because if you prorate that….
/Burtch’d
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
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by BCapp on Oct 11, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
smugly rec’d
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Does any one have a link that will give me faceoff wins? Trying to find faceoff wins for grabbo.
by Tickle Me Aulie on Oct 11, 2011 2:21 PM EDT reply actions
Maple LEafs website has a faceoff report for each game under stats. Grab’s was 60% last game
"I will actually score as many times as Kulemin assists me."
-Mikhail Grabovski
by MapleLeafMole on Oct 11, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
NHL.com also tracks faceoff reports in the boxscores.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
HEADS UP
We’ll be running a cool promotion this week but you’ll need twitter. Get twitter if you don’t already and follow me @felixpotvin.
If you’re from here and I don’t follow you tell me and I will.
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sig
Get well soon Sid, Geno, Naz, canoli, Bozie and Marc
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I followed you, and it suggested that I follow a bunch of Pens fans’ twitter accounts.
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Me on Twitter
totally not my fault.. /shifty eyes
Get well soon Sid, Geno, Naz, canoli, Bozie and Marc
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Ok, take two. Mention me on twitter and I’ll click follow there.
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@therealbcapp
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
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was there a fake bcapp?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
There was a BCapp and I was trying to decide what to use
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
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You’ll always be the only BCapp in my life.
/twinkleeyes
by Tickle Me Aulie on Oct 11, 2011 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
How could she not be with that name?
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Oct 11, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
No tweets. Not followed.
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I don’t tweet… I just follow people (like you)
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
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I’M THE BEST
* tweets about dogs and beer *
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your dog has a wicked good twitter
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
it’s actually Chemmy’s cat
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I like when people tweet him asking for a RT because he’s their favourite player.
No more moral victories, no more excuses. Put up or shut up.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Dumber: celebrities actually do it.
Some feel guilty because it’s a “good cause” they’re often asked to RT for.
No more moral victories, no more excuses. Put up or shut up.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
as I read that Chris Jericho follows suit
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I get a lot of those too and I’m not sure how to handle it. Like I got someone asking me to RT an anti-bullying video he recorded but it was like 20 minutes long. Do I have to watch the whole thing to make sure it’s not a dumb joke?
Ugh.
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your tweets about your dog are the most inane things in the world.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
you spelled insane wrong
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole and a proud member of the PPPPP
Follow me on twitter: leafer1984
i know right? Chemmy goes from witty, clever, somewhat asshole-ish man-about-town with a penchant for good food and beer to a crazy old man blathering on about his dog.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
VRN just wants you to tweet more about Bourne’s cats instead.
RIP Former-and-forever Leaf Wade Belak
Me on Twitter
LOOK! THE DOG GETS SLEEPY AND DOESNT WANT TO GET OUT OF BED! HE THINKS HE IS PEOPLE!
silly pug
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
my dog would destroy your dog.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
come at me bro
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
he does like treats
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
meh.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
rar
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
if we're showing off our dogs i might as well join in
This isnt my dog, but its practically a carbon copy
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Oct 11, 2011 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s a good lookin dog.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
thems fightin words
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Oct 11, 2011 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
with chemmy, not me
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Oct 11, 2011 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
your dog
looks much more comfortable in a car than mine:
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember what I wanted to ask.
A while back there was a discussion over hockey-themed dog names. Wendel Bark was obviously brought up and somebody suggested Dion Phanwoof, but there was at least one other I can’t remember. Anybody remember the others?
No...
But off the top of my head…
Cam Barker
Drew Staffordshire
Collie Johansson
Nikolai Kooliemen
Felix Spotvin
Phil Kennel
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
that’s awesome
October 25, 1966. Thank you Lord Kelvin
by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess my pathetic attempt is Lindy Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruff
October 25, 1966. Thank you Lord Kelvin
by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice I like that too.
October 25, 1966. Thank you Lord Kelvin
by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
My wife went with Matt Lombarki
October 25, 1966. Thank you Lord Kelvin
by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok I’m taking this way too far but Byron Kibbles N’ Bitz
October 25, 1966. Thank you Lord Kelvin
by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
lol nice that’s way better.
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
and twittered with the hashtag #NHLdognames
"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 12, 2011 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Returning to this:
Girlfriend’s suggestions included Phil Kibble, Tyler Bonezak and, by far the best, Luke Chien. Bilingual punning.
Me either. Unless I’m drunk.
No more moral victories, no more excuses. Put up or shut up.
Lebda-free since July 3.
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I got twitter on the day of the Kabs trade and basically used it a lot in trade deadline season and then again around the draft, all to follow people like BMac, Dreger, and the funny regulars around here.
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
Certified Gunnar & Kule lover!
I originally signed up for Twitter to follow BMac and Dreger. It’s kind of ballooned from there.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Mine has yet to balloon. I basically haven’t been on it for 2 or 3 months besides to do a quick search for a minute or two (ie Bergfors just signed, I should check how much it was for…)
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
Certified Gunnar & Kule lover!
I apparently have written 4000 tweets, though I’m assuming about half of those are just RTs.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Guess I’m more important than I thought, I haven’t used twitter in around a year and I’ve still got you following me
Does this mean I have to actually check twitter once in a while for the promotion details?
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think you follow me. Fortunately that can be remedied by clicking the big ugly button in my signature.
by theninjagreg on Oct 11, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
damn i guess i’ll finally sign up for twitter… just need a “cool” name or something
by Nigel Cadbury on Oct 11, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
do you follow me?
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 2:28 PM EDT reply actions
shit. reply fail.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
you do now. you probably haven’t put 2-and-2 together. my twitter handle is my actual name.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
something like that.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Went to the practice in Trenton today and saw Franson wearing a helmet with #4 on it… is that his official new number? Has Finger given it up? I haven’t which number he has decided to go with since that fateful day when we acquired Franson and Lombardi.
Also, I formally welcomed Steckel to the team since nobody else in the group of fans I was in seemed to know who he was.
Let the Wookie win.
Twitter is a thing!
Nice! Sounds like the crowds were crazy
When Finger was demoted Franson officially acquired the number 4. He was likely told that he would have to wait until after camp to get it.
No more moral victories, no more excuses. Put up or shut up.
Lebda-free since July 3.
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Here’s an interesting tidbit regarding Turris per Friedman’s 30
As mentioned on Hotstove, Don Maloney re-iterated that he will not trade Kyle Turris, saying that if Turris wants to play anywhere in the NHL this year, it will be in Phoenix. After talking to a few people, here’s the picture that emerges: Turris wants to be traded. “The feeling is he will sign a reasonable contract with a new team,” says another GM. That eliminates an offer sheet (should we actually see one), because Maloney would match. If Turris doesn’t sign by Dec. 1, he can’t play this year.
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whenever he accumulates 7 years of NHL service or turns 27 (whichever comes first)…………..he’s 22 now and has 2 years of service so in 5 year’s hell be a UFA
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i thought when an RFA doesn’t sign with their team by a certain date they become UFA
by pho king awesome on Oct 11, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
noooo. If he doesn’t sign by December first, he doesn’t play in the NHL this season. That’s it. He has no other recourse.
RIP Former-and-forever Leaf Wade Belak
Me on Twitter
RFA all over again.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe so.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Only if they are arbitration eligible and either the team or the player elects for arbitration.
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
Certified Gunnar & Kule lover!
I can understand playing hardball with a player that has unreasonable demands but if he really doesn’t want to be there why not get something in return? Bad asset management to let one rot especially when your team could use a few. Even if he bows to pressure he could become a massive cancer in the room.
WORD to yo Momma
by ThickSkinnedAlive on Oct 11, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
My cousin is a reporter for Post Sports
He usually covers basketball, but with the strike is covering the Leafs some. Here is his page, Eric Koreen, and here’s an interesting article by him:
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
Certified Gunnar & Kule lover!
Ya I read that article.
I originally thought – maybe he’s a pessimist… or maybe he’s discouraged or upset with being traded to the Leafs? I hope he’s fitting in in the dressing room and all that shit, last thing we need is a useful player that’s disgruntled.
No more moral victories, no more excuses. Put up or shut up.
Lebda-free since July 3.
by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
i love the post sports section. and their arts section. their editorials are sometimes interesting. but their “editorials wrapped in news stories” are just terrible.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Great!
He’s a good writer. I just never cared about his subject matter (Raptors) to follow his writing much
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
Certified Gunnar & Kule lover!
I feel like I might have met your cousin at a poker game once.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
hrmm. this article makes me want to finish my Fan Post about all the Wisconsin players our team has right now.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
TRADE HIM
Get well soon Sid, Geno, Naz, canoli, Bozie and Marc
Certified Grabbo lover & self-appointed Prime Minister of the Colby Armstrong Fanclub. Now a twit.
Shut up and be a Leafs fan!
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
Certified Gunnar & Kule lover!
I shall not shut up
Get well soon Sid, Geno, Naz, canoli, Bozie and Marc
Certified Grabbo lover & self-appointed Prime Minister of the Colby Armstrong Fanclub. Now a twit.
There’s a Mike Koreen that writes sports for one of the Kingston papers – you related to him as well?
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Its his older brother. He used to be a Sun sports reporter, left for a bit, then got the job as Sports Editor for the Sun Media paper in Kingston.
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
Certified Gunnar & Kule lover!
Ah right on, didn’t think it could just be a coincidence!
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah they both did Ryerson’s journalism program. My first cousins, huge sports fans.
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
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That’s cool. Can’t honestly say I’ve read much of either of their work, but I just might have to start.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I glance at their pages periodically to see if they have written anything that interests me. But this weekend at Yom Kippur dinner Eric told me how he was writing Leafs stuff during the NBA lockout so now I am watching it.
Confused why people think Aulie is better than Gunnarson. Please ask me to explain
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BTW
Are you a Queens student or something? I can’t imagine anyone outside of Kingston reads The Whig
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From Friedman's 30 thoughts
I knew Burke used to be NHL front office, but I never realized he was in charge of discipline (like suspensions)
Hotstove partner Eric Francis reported Saturday that a group of NHL GMs complained to Gary Bettman and Bill Daly about the severity of Shanahan’s suspensions. He is learning what Brian Burke and Colin Campbell discovered before him. This is the hardest job in professional sports because, if you suspend, you get ripped. If you don’t suspend, well, you get ripped.
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From what I remember he was fairly controversial in that role too, although it was a while ago, I was pretty young, and I’ve had way too much to drink during the interim years.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
He didn’t suspend Claude Lemieux after he destroyed draper’s face.
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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I just never realized that was his job in the Front office. For some reason I thought it was a back door, paper/legal type job.
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He’s so being groomed as Bettman’s replacement down the road.
Man people are going to HATE him even more than they do now.
No more moral victories, no more excuses. Put up or shut up.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
and it will be awesome
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i’m not so sure about that. Burke strikes me as a guy who enjoys competition. there’s no competition as league president.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Tell that to the NBA
Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.
by Brunswick Bruiser on Oct 11, 2011 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, but that’s not the fun kind of competition.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
yes he did, lemieux got 2 games of the next round. Correct me if im wrong
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by Matt_Roberts on Oct 11, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
my apologies
It was 2 games
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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only threw “correct me if im wrong” in there because im too lazy to double check myself, not trying to be rude.
/justsayin’
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by Matt_Roberts on Oct 11, 2011 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Just tweeted this, but I'll post here as well:
Gardiner – Franson
Not a great pairing. Hopefully, they’re sheltered.
Not followin' @JPNikota on Twitter? Oh, you better believe that's a paddlin'.
yeah, i’m so fucking scared for that. Franson either needs to learn how to play LD quick or we need to acquire one to play with Komi
by pho king awesome on Oct 11, 2011 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
yep, draglikepull pointed that out to me on twitter that komi is sitting because franson needs game action and sucks at LD
by pho king awesome on Oct 11, 2011 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds stupid, why would we put him in to get “game action” at expense of having a weaker 3rd pairing?
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yeah i dunno, i’m scared. I think the only reason Gardiner hasn’t looked god awful is because Komi has actually been playing good hockey. (draglikepull didn’t say Franson needs game action, i’m just guessing that’s why he is playing Saturday)
by pho king awesome on Oct 11, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
should make for another high scoring game.
by Dirty Dangle on Oct 11, 2011 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
“This is highly technical, pretty boring stuff that you need to know a little bit about…”
This is going to be a fun three hours.
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in class? We started off by watching an Old Spice Commercial.
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If it wasn’t the Bruce Campbell one, it wasn’t a good choice.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
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by Draglikepull on Oct 11, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
still better than usual. A few classes ago we did the wave. He’s trying to make it interesting because we’re doing accounting now (it’s business class)
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nevermind, now we’re doing marketing
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Yeah, we have a guest speaker, but all the “guest speakers” are my dinosaur professor’s dinosaur friends.
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I’m currently skipping a class because: (A) it’s boring; (B) it’s useless; © the prof is terrible.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Oct 11, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I skipped class earlier because I have major assignments due in every other class that I need to catch up on
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually only skipped class twice so far. Once cause I was sick, the other time cause I had a midterm. I don’t usually pay attention in econ though so I dunno if that counts
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Twice here as well, same classes a couple weeks ago too.
“Student Success for Higher Learning” and “Foundations of Writing”, AKA “Bubbly Personality Quiz Bullshit” and “Grade 9 Grammar”
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
haha sometimes I get worried that I’m being overconfident when I don’t pay attention :P
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I hope you’re not on here in class. Its a bad habit.
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just today. I’m actually paying attention though, now that we’re done accounting
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I don’t have lectures in college so unless I’m in com tech usually don’t have a computer in front of me. Uni next year might be a different story
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
ooh which uni?
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Either U of T or UWO, leaning towards Toronto but it depends on how things in my personal life go for the next little while
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s cool. Good luck :D
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which college?
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
UofT college that is…?
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh I haven’t looked at individual campuses yet to be honest with you. All I know is that UofT in general has a pretty good History program.
I hope it’s downtown and not in Scarborough…
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
you’re gonna take history? I’m jealous.
by leaflover4ever on Oct 11, 2011 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
me too :(
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Always loved history, particularly ancient
I had a great grade 11 history teacher who made me love it even more because he seemed to really love what he did. Ever since I finished high school I’ve been setting myself on the same path to teach history. That’s the plan right now, at least
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
thank ya!
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Age of Mythology was so badass
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I learned everything I know about history the same way I assume everyone else did… Assassin’s Creed
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
On a Gladiator-related note, sort of…
I watched both seasons of HBO’s Rome about a month ago and that is the sickest show I’ve ever seen.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Gonna be an interesting season, with a new Spartacus
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by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe so
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by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
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by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Never seen it, is it on television right now?
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
No, first season is done, there is a prequel miniseries, the main actor just died of cancer so a second season is coming out with a new actor.
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I might have to check it out. Didn’t even know it existed to be honest, I don’t watch current TV shows much
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Also watch Game of Thrones, though if you like to read then read the books first.
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Doesn’t Game of Thrones have Boromir in it or something?
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Great show!
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by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
hey, I live near UTSC. I might hate it but I feel loyal to it :P
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you owe that prison absolutely nothing
elephant shell
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True story, the Humber campus in Etobicoke used to be a mental institution.
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there’s the hospital there too thought right? makes sense I guess
elephant shell
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I think so, it’s right across from the Mastercard centre though so my brother can watch Leafs practice between classes, kind of a good perk.
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Downtown Toronto in general is amazing. I loved UWO’s campus (it has a freaking river running through it) but if UofT has it’s history program downtown then it’s going to be a pretty tough choice
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
UWO campus is awesome, I love it. Makes uOttawa campus look like a soviet prison… that being said the location in Ottawa was one million x better and London kind of sucks for most things.
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except that it has a freaking river running through it
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
meh. the river is only fun when you’re 10 and you go BMXing around the banks and end up falling into the river and you have to walk with your bike along the shore line for a few 100 meters until you find a place you get get out
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
The location of everything in London kind of sucks, yeah exactly. It’s the worst city to get around in due to lack of good roads and an abundance of horrible drivers.
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there’s nowhere to go in London though (other than the JLC) so the lack of good roads isn’t really a problem.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
But it is. Getting from my apartment to school, getting from my school to my g/fs school, getting to the grocery store, the beer store, etc is way too difficult.
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if the city was’t so fucking stupid they would put things downtown or in funcitonal neighbourhoods instead of building big box stores on the outer reaches of the city limit that you only can get to by car.
that, and the fucking LTC sucks.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Well the whole problem is the lack of highway through the city. They have to build shit on the outskirts because its impossible to get downtown due to constant traffic on Oxford, Richmond, Dundas, Wellington, etc.
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it’s not entirely true. they debated putting an expressway downtown like 40 years ago but never did. now it’s definitely too late.
but downtown doesn’t have to suck. the Galleria actually used to be a cool place. and there used to be more stores around there. the city could have also chosen to develop some of the areas down there. if they added more bike paths and better public transport the traffic wouldn’t be so horrific.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 12, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Vic is the best college.
I applied for a job at Scarborough. If I get the job and you take a psychology course, I could be your prof…
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I got no complaints about how UC treated me.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, UC or Vic for sure. everything else is crazy/trash.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
innis might be ok too i guess.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Vic was definitely the only other College that had much appeal to me. Don’t know a thing about Innis or Woodsworth really either.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I would in fact be taking a psychology course and I would expect straight A’s in everything.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve already picked up a ton of bad habits. I didn’t think I could be worse than I was in high school, but I am.
by leaflover4ever on Oct 11, 2011 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
In undergrad, most of the classes you skip will be to get work done in other classes. Bonus points if you skip a class to finish work due for THAT class.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Oct 11, 2011 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
ugh sounds like high school
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In undergrad, most of the classes I skipped were to sleep or drink or play video games. You are the one who gets bonus points.
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That was first year. In upper year, when I actually cared about my GPA, that changed.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Oct 11, 2011 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah okay, I kind of made the mistake of never caring much about my GPA, my GPA was actually the exact same every single year (sometimes it would be higher or lower first semester, but somehow the second semester would balance it out).
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I skipped two classes today to finish an assignment that was due at 4; this class only has 18 people so if you are away you get docked marks. It’s also a no exam class so coming is completely pointless as there’s no reason to take notes.
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we have a tutorial where we get marked on attendance. None of my friends (in engineering and math) get marked on attendance
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For this class it’s 20% attendance and then 80% either an exam or paper. Since his lectures suck and the class is boring almost everyone has chosen paper. He knows that if you do a paper there’s no reason to go to class so that’s why he has attendance.
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There’s this one annoying girl who keeps ranting in class and it’s annoying
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Oh my is there ever
There’s always the one person who wants to answer every question or give their two cents on every topic, and they’re usually weird
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
she’s so enthusiastic it’s scary
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I blame those people for me getting distracted and stuff in class, I am good at paying attention to a prof while he’s talking about something relevant, but when people like that start talking I zone out and don’t realize when the prof begins talking again.
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I generally pick up on cues like a prof saying “anyways” or “moving on”. Failing that, 90% of my class is on laptops so I just wait for keys to start clicking again.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Oct 11, 2011 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah exactly, like generally I get back into it, but if it wasn’t for idiots asking dumb questions or making smart-ass comments class would go by a lot quicker and result in better notes.
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This is the guest speaker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Peterson he’s interesting but really old and goes on tangents just like our prof.
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ooh which class?
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NAFTA and its role in international trade and investment law
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oh that’s cool, but I guess it can get boring depending on who’s talking :P
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Exactly, the prof is one of those formerly really well-known respected guys on the topic who’s now going senile and teaches at a few different schools.
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haha we had one of those in high school comp sci. He was teaching us deprecated code
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Peterson first came to public attention in 1974 when he helped ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov defect from the Soviet Union during a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet in Toronto.
That is probably a cool story.
But this isn’t what he’s talking about, he’s talking about inter-provincial trade conflicts.
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ugh we’re doing clicker questions now.
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40 dollars on this thing?!
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hahahaha you had to pay forty bucks for it?
by leaflover4ever on Oct 11, 2011 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
yes. It’s annoying.
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dude it came free when I got mine like 3 years ago as long as you bought certain textbooks (aka they just included the cost in the txt book so I don’t know how much it cost)
dhsjfkdshfkdfhj we have to pay extra
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I don’t see the point of that thing when you can just use an internet polling site
by leaflover4ever on Oct 11, 2011 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Not everyone can afford a laptop for class, it also like records each persons answer so they can mark you on it if they want.
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I forget that everyone doesn’t get a laptop included with tuition. :P
by leaflover4ever on Oct 11, 2011 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
high five!
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
We so get ripped off. I assume they gave you the T510’s?
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by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
There are like 8 exchange students in my class right now and they all have variations of the same laptop, I have a sneaking suspicion that either; a) they got them free, or b) Sony is the only laptop company in Europe (one seems more likely than the other).
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Whaaaaaaaaaaat?! What program are you in?
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by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
No fair
Business & Humanities always get shafted.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
mwahaha
y’all won the orientation thing though, so you can enjoy that. :P
by leaflover4ever on Oct 11, 2011 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
2 years in a row!
Back in my freshman year the Engineers won it. Cheating bastards
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by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
apparently health sci is supposed to like the engineers, but I don’t
by leaflover4ever on Oct 11, 2011 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
They can go lollygag in the ACE building for all I care.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I still haven’t been in there. I have all but one class in UA & UB
by leaflover4ever on Oct 11, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s all labs for Engineers so most likely you’ll never set foot there. Most of my class have been either in UA, UB, the glorified tent (UP1500), and the portables
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
THE ONION TENT
I have one in the portables, it sucks
by leaflover4ever on Oct 11, 2011 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
In a couple of years they’ll have a building where they are. Might even be while you’re there.
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by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Mhm.
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by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
it’s still annoying
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You’re taking paleontology? Awesome.
by theninjagreg on Oct 11, 2011 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I lol’d. Rec’d
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THIRD LINE, BITCHES
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
by thenumber14 on Oct 11, 2011 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
most pros arn’t into the fisticuffs while being 5’9
Resident Internet Tough Guy
by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Brown’s forearms are ripped from the constant repetition of shaving to maintain the handlebars
www.dirtydangle.com @dirtydangle
by Dirty Dangle on Oct 11, 2011 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Err.... Ummm....
I’m scared.
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Bozie is pretty
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his arms look huge too.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Bozak has the Ghost perk because he disappears during games amirite
by theninjagreg on Oct 11, 2011 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
it’s a fun gun
Resident Internet Tough Guy
by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I get a kick out of all D&D references for some reason, man I miss Baldur’s Gate
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked Sheldon’s quote about D&D on Big Bang last Thursday when Raj says he doesn’t want to play anymore due to being depressed about being single:
Because you don’t have a girlfriend? Well, good lord. If that becomes a reason not to play Dungeons and Dragons, this game’s in serious trouble.
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Haha, winning
I’ve played the D&D board game once in my life and wouldn’t touch it again. But Baldur’s Gate II for PC is easily one of the sickest games ever made
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve never played D&D, just liked the joke. I never played Bulder’s gate either actually. I played Diablo which I guess is kind of close.
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what would have been cool is if Gunnarsson was holding one of those weapons.
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Would’ve been even cooler if Gunnar’s male child was holding one of them.
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hahahaha.. Gunnar sson .. ahhhhh get it .. get it.. get it..
hahahaha.. Gunnar sson .. ahhhhh get it .. get it.. get it..AAAAGGGHHH SSSHHAAADDDDAAAPPPP !!!!!!!
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I get it but I don’t get why it needed to be said twice.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
He does that a lot. Sometimes 3-4 times. Either he has a full sentence stutter or we should start calling him Jimmy Two Times
I’m gonna go get the papers, get the papers
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Its because he uses dot dot dot a lot. For some reason when you use a lot of … a code gets activated that repeats stuff.
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oh………I……….. see……………………
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know how to activate it, but I have seen it happen to other people besides him.
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Eh it’s ok. I’d rather not repeat my pointless posts anyway.
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t worry, I got it.
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Pineapples beware!
Grabbo Pineapple Killer 2.0 – Now more equipped to destroy all pineapples!
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
he has the crazy eyes
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Why isn’t this green? Grabbo, check. Crazy eyes, check. Dangerous weapon, check.
The only thing missing is the pineapple…
by 300 Stitches on Oct 11, 2011 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I rec’d it
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FYI
You guys do know that these pics of these weapons are Simulators. see the mats on the ground and see the hose cables hooked up to the weapon to the electronic eye. When you aim at the paper target and shoot .. that electronic eye beam shoots out to the paper.
We have used those sometimes but its kinda like an arcade game. Nothing beats putting REAL lead down range on REAL distance targets.
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I didn’t expect anyone to really give Grabbo a real gun. That guy would mow down a row of spetznas
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope
I play a lot of Call of Duty so I am in expert in all things gun related so I know those are reals guns.
by theninjagreg on Oct 11, 2011 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
In all seriousness
If they were real guns they would not be allowed to put their fingers over the triggers, even to pose for a photo, even if they were empty.
by theninjagreg on Oct 11, 2011 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Common sense, and a rule anywhere that common sense is followed.
This is the trigger, this is the thing you point at whatever you want to die.
by theninjagreg on Oct 11, 2011 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
You Should NEVER EVER put your finger on any trigger fake or real. Its called weapon discipline.
BUT THEY DO MAKE SOME AWESOME COOL PICS !!!!!
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Its called F.A.T.S. (Firing Arms Training Simulator)
LOL
funny .. it is a simulator. used to keep your skills and the basics .. but its not as much fun as Shooting rounds downrange.
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I played a lot of Lethal Enforcers and Area 51 when I was a kid. Pretty sure I’d be an ace on one of those.
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LOL …
Rainbow 6 Fuggers !!!! Yeah Biatches !!!
The FATS is used to keep the basics fresh.
1. Sight Alignment
2. Breathing Control
3. trigger finger placement and trigger squeeze
4. not anticipating the shot and allowing it to surprise you.
Its meant to master those 4 basics. My Shot group if I am practicing, .. after a while I can get a 3 shots on a 300 Meter Target in a tight shot group the size of a Dime.
Thats what this is used for….and its fun.. you get the shoot dont shoot scenario with maybe a little old lady popping in front of you suddenly.
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You’re supposed to shoot the old lady right? Because she’s a terrorist in disguise?
by theninjagreg on Oct 11, 2011 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
At the very least, she’s a communist.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Or even worse… a SOCIALIST
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm getting a new Leafs jersey!
Since the place I usually go to up here in Vaughan is having going out of business sale. I’ve narrowed down my choices to Reimer, Phaneuf, Schenn and a late 80s vintage Clark, but I can’t make up my mind between them. Could you give me a hand making a decision and maybe even suggest a new place that I could frequent?
Schenn.
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That’s what I’m leaning towards too
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
This will be my first jersey since I got a Sundin jersey for my birthday the year I turned 8. I would get a new 3rd, but the place is liquidating so they don’t have any of the really new stuff.
Wendel Clark is a God
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by Dirty Dangle on Oct 11, 2011 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Can't go wrong with a C
Phaneuf
Mats
Dougie
Wendel
Borje
etc…
These aren't the droids you're looking for.....
There’s a reason 1/2 of those I have in consideration are Cs. My first ever jersey was a C as well, a Sundin I got for my birthday back in 99. I don’t think Borje was ever Captain, offered but declined I think, since I remember it being a big thing Sundin was the first European captain that the Leafs ever had.
Damn
Yeah you’re exactly right, I have no idea why I wrote that….
These aren't the droids you're looking for.....
close enough. He’s a legend anyway you can’t go wrong with a legend’s jersey.
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Grabovski is the best player so get his jersey!
by theninjagreg on Oct 11, 2011 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Only problem I have with getting current player jerseys is that they could get traded the next day and then I have a jersey of a guy who potentially plays for a rival. I know it isn’t too likely to happen, but I got burned a couple of times by the early 2000s Blue Jays and have generally gotten vintages ever since, there’s no chance that the Leafs will trade Wendel Clark tomorrow.
There’s no chance they trade Phaneuf or Kessel either.
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I know, it’s just a couple of bad experiences with the almost immediate trade (bought a Shawn Green jersey in August of 1999, traded that November and an Alex Gonzalez one in July of 2001, traded that December) made me gun shy. I know it’s the Jays, not the Leafs, but still…
KESSEL!
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t understand how our only 30 goal scorer in the last 10 years or so gets so little love.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
he doesnt cross check enough and his name isnt 2 1st rounders
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
plus, he’s American.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
In time it will come. He needs to keep scoring game winning goals and avoid scoring droughts when the leafs are losing.
Also interesting how maple leafs website background took down Kessel and replaced him with Reimer (but they did keep Dion).
possibly it’s a personality issue i guess? he’s not got a great personality. he’s also not a typical Leaf hero, in that he’s not very tough.
still…30 goals. twice.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
He was a tough player. Try taking him off the puck.
But I think the reason Kessel isn’t as liked is that he carries the negativity of what he cost to acquire.
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Sundin cost us one of the most popular players ever, Wendel Clark. It took a while for that to fully be overcome.
he wasn’t embraced for the first few years. it was only later in his career that fans really loved him.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
and even then, it wasn’t always a love-in with Mats.
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I had something really clever to say here. But I forgot.
I suspect this was why he was chosen last at the All-star draft.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
?
Kulemin had 30 goals last year too…
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yeah i just remembered that too. i think it was the 32 he scored for the leafs last year. first time since Mogilny or something.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
so first since sundin to hit 32. he never hit the 33 of mogilny
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I vote Clark. My signature agrees.
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Those Army Maple Leaf Jerseys are BANGING !!
I want ONE NOW !!!
Do you think while at Trenton Ontario .. if they said .. Komi !!!.. for every person you let skate by you in the D Zone you owe us 20 Pushups !!! Do you think he would get better or just get bigger arms like I did ?
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20 pushups for Komi is like a mosquito bite. He might suck but that guy is a strong beast.
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Brian Gionta named
Shrimp Douchebag .. Oooppss .. Freudian Slip there.. I mean.. named Captain of the Habs.
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Pretty sure he’s been Captain for like 2 years already
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by Chris Stoikoff on Oct 11, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I know but
they had him on NHL Network and I just couldnt resist a chance to rip him in here. Kinda like the Salient free flow of my conscience mind on how I feel about him.
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then why did you mention that he was named captain?
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Because, FUCK YOU, that’s why!
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Oct 11, 2011 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
my cat’s breath smells like cat food
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
some jokes are not translated well in typing rather than saying it.
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some jokes arn’t funny
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by JaredFromLondon on Oct 11, 2011 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Some jokes are better left unsaid.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
some jokes aren’t jokes
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s the joke.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Oct 11, 2011 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
GIonta is a joke
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GI onta? You and your hidden US Military bias!!
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
no it was a Caps error. I tend TO mess UP WIth the caPS Key somEtimEs
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Oh, we KNOW
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright, I’m watching Pens-Panthers on TSN2. Time to Weave some magic for me here, Mike.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 7:43 PM EDT reply actions
But then they couldn’t because HockeyAnalysis took him first overall.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Still have yet to hear his name called. That might be partly a good thing though, in his case.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
How can they not mention the best defenceman in the league? C’mon! Can’t be good!
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
We gotta get NHL award for the top defensive defenseman. We can call it the Weaver Award.
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by HockeyAnalysis on Oct 11, 2011 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll be honest with you, when I was actually paying close attention to Weaver, I liked what I saw. He’s very responsible in his own end, rarely appears to be out of position, covers the man very well and isn’t drawn by the puck into making stupid decisions. His priority really appeared to be ensuring that Pittsburgh’s forwards did not have the time and space they needed to capitalize on opportunities in Florida’s end. The puck really seemed secondary to him, which may seem odd/irresponsible, but if you’re covering your man well, you’re going to know where the puck is – its the primary thing the forward your covering is following, most likely.
That said, this is one game I watched (and not all that closely much of the time) and thus really is the epitome of small sample size, but If much of his play tonight is indicative of his play generally, I can see why some of his stats are as impressive as they are.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
That was a really long way of saying you like his poise.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Oct 11, 2011 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha, I suppose so. I notice a great number of NHL defensemen who lack that “poise” however. There are a lot of fairly simple things you can do in your own end as a defender that can seriously limit the opportunities afforded to opposing forwards. From that game, I can see that Mike Weaver’s game includes a focus on doing a lot of those things.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Well he’s not a big guy, I was expecting him to be bigger before I looked him up. You’re right, he probably does alot of the little things right.
Just my casual observations from one game though, a game in which he actually didn’t see a ton of ice time (fourth most among Panther defenders although some of this may be due to the fact that the Panthers saw a fair bit of PP time). Mostly I just wanted to see for myself if there was a relationship between his defensive stats and how he looks on the ice, particularly in his own end.
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Here is a video of Phaneuf on his recent trip to South Africa
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:35 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Who’s the one in the helmet? And Gus looks way to comfortable with that gun.
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Pretty sure it's Army in the helmet
And Phil continues to look awkward
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahah wow you’re right. He looks pretty awkward pretty much anytime he’s not on the ice, looks like he’s got a future once the whole “NHL goaltender” thing blows over.
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Reimer is suspiciously missing. I’m assuming he’s got a pacifist thing going on.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually a bunch of guys are missing…. im sure they made it in different shots.
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by nhlcheapshot on Oct 11, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
seriously he does.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Hot Girl Awkward Man
Lol Phil….
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
That one isn’t terribly awkward. And wow she’s fine.
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better?
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Mats and Eddie say....
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by Chuck Diesel on Oct 11, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
what’s the shirt he’s wearing? it’s got a maple leaf on it!
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
woah
a search for “maple leaf skull” yields this:
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
what the sweet hell is that thing?
by Self Destructive Zones on Oct 11, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I see Hatebreed, but keep seeing shortbread.
Now I want shortbread.
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
A shitty fucking hardcore band that “Found Jesus” like losers.
Pension Plan Puppets*
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or the “found Jesus” after being a shitty fucking hardcore band?
by Nigel Cadbury on Oct 12, 2011 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
some nice tattoo’s coming up when doing that search.
by Nigel Cadbury on Oct 11, 2011 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
fuck. this is really bugging me now…
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
ya nothing even close coming up on either bing or the google.
by Nigel Cadbury on Oct 11, 2011 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
another occasional bing searcher!
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
hey, free Xbox points why not use it? plus it’s the default at work.
by Nigel Cadbury on Oct 11, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
i usually only use it for flights or images. but it’s not a bad engine. people like to hate on everything microsoftt. meanwhile they jerk off for anything apple.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Phil in the blanks
Phaneuf, Gus, ____, ____, Kessel, Lupul, Orr
_, Lombardi, Brown, Bozak, Liles, _, Armstrong.
It’s hard to tell who’s who without the giant name and number on their shirts.
by theninjagreg on Oct 11, 2011 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
If only they put numbers on their foreheads
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by happiergilmore on Oct 11, 2011 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
rec’d.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Oct 11, 2011 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
i laughed
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Oct 12, 2011 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Almost a brawl breaking out in Ottawa-Minni game over a Neal goal.
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Well Ottawa is a mini team so I guess it make sens for them to play in a mini game.
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