Marlies vs. Bulldogs - Aaron Voros' Debut / Joe Colborne To Come
by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:08 PM EST
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PrintJust figured I'd post an AHL equiv. to the GDT so people can continue the trade convo. I'm not posting a serious preview of the game, but I will mention that this is the first game of Aaron Voros' career in the Leafs organization. Scrivens is in net, and Ryan Hamilton had a hat trick in the last game.
Oh and Nazem Kadri is in the mood to kick ass and take names recently so look forward to tonight's matchup of two playoff bound teams. Bulldogs have lost 5 straight... treat it like a Leafs-Habs game and we'll be all good.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:11 PM EST up reply actions
Aaron Voros
just got his first penalty…
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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WTG
Voros
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:12 PM EST up reply actions
less than
2 minutes.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:13 PM EST up reply actions
woops
ok make that less than 4.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:13 PM EST up reply actions
2 men down
early… wtg Zigomanis.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
not a solid start…first game back from a long western road trip
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:13 PM EST up reply actions
What does wtg mean? Is it just two wtf typos in a row?
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was that sincere?
wow… I don’t know if I should feel old? or in the know? or what? that’s a weird question man… wasn’t expecting that one.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
this is like a flashback to
15 years ago when you had to explain internet acronyms to people while playing DOOM with them over the modem.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
the what?
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exactly
I still am hoping this was a joke.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:51 PM EST up reply actions
not really. I know what a modem is, but I don’t know how you play over it. And I dunno what DOOM is
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A modem is something you use to stop getting phone calls and make loud, annoying bloopy noises that confuse your parents
I hated how going on the internet was such a chore because I had to convince my parents nobody important would call for the next few hours…
hey, people still use MSN
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I used ICQ
much more than MSN in uni… then it did die… MSN afterwards.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:18 PM EST up reply actions
my parents were ahead of the curve
we just got 2 phone lines.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
My mom had a “business line”. So we could often use it.
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well yeah
it was my dad’s “business line” but he also travelled for work so he was out of the country for weeks at a time.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
slight
exaggeration… knowing actual rich kids this idea makes me scoff a bit.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
no it's ok
I just don’t think of myself as rich in any way atm… trying to make ends meet as an adult makes it seem far away lol.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
Do you really not know what Doom is? Its a First person shooter… a classic
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ok.. I’m not really into gaming history so I guess that explains it :P
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I only played it at friends houses because I am a console gamer. But it was a fun game
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They made a movie 3-5 years ago. Starring the Rock (Dwayne Johnson). I really hope you at least know him as the Rock
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I honestly didn't know
You aren’t that much older than me, are you? I imagine you are born between 77-83? I am 88.
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I'm 79.
So yeah… 9 years.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
If there are people in my class your age or older (and there are) you don’t seem much older. hahaha
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If there are students in my class
that I teach… that are your age or older (and there are) then you seem young to me.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
j.k.
i’ve taught people older than me.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
yeah.
or summer school.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
This. The guy I hang out with most in my class is 81, and there is a doctor in my class who is in his late 30s.
what classes are you taking
that have 81 and 30ish year olds in them?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
We are trying to figure out if we know each other without putting our names on the internet.
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I’m not sure if we know each other but I MUST know your roommate. I didn’t go to the Med/Law school thing at Rouge… because it was at Rouge, lol.
I hate Rouge too. I did not go either…for the same reason…
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This past Wednesday? I didn’t go. Was planning on going to Ceeps after the Leafs game but just got lazy. I rarely go to the predrinks because Leafs play on a lot of Wednesdays and most students don’t have cable.
Haha. They showed up during the last 2 minutes and I wouldn’t let them change it.
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Dangit, if I had known the predrink was at a PPPer’s with cable I would’ve gone. It was originally supposed to be at a girl’s apartment but she cancelled because she’s British.
yeah heaven forbid
you use your real name… that would be dumb.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
this might be my real name. maybe…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
Its probably better as a name than as a description
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I’m too lazy to switch my name on here…so it stays
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
oh ok
I was gonna say… elderly people in school is cool… WTG OLD GUY
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
I have got this one guy in my 3rd year Anthropological theory class that has to be reaching 80 at least. I was talking to him one class and he was saying he was on his 6th degree or something like that. Man is a tank.
by Phaneuf's Rock Collection on Feb 18, 2011 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah my roommate was telling me about him. He’s the anaesthesiologist right?
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Yeah haha, he’s in my small group. He’s a great guy but that’s a crazy amount of education. He’s the least “doctorish” guy with an MD I’ve ever met though, we love to make jabs about his his job and his money because he gets embarrassed.
Haha
I think you’d be surprised by a lot of ppl in my class
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Well that being said, the people in my class are very un-lawyerish, probably something that comes as you get older.
my friends
that are lawyers generally went to UWO law… but they’re not lawyerish in my mind because I was in Engineering with them.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
Hahaha
I didn’t know you were an Engineer. Did you practice before oging to teacher’s college?
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no
I decided after my 4th year and a lot of shitty interviews for jobs i didn’t want that I wasn’t interested… I did techincal writing, freelance sports writing, I worked as a roadie with a friend’s music label, and I did a bunch of temp work and shit to get by and make ends meet… then I decided I wanted a career/pension.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:57 PM EST up reply actions
well
I was eventually nocturnal… and there was some other stuff in the middle that was kinda unsettling that I had to step back from eventually… but you come out the other side and yeah… I guess it was interesting.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
Mechanical
with a focus on aerospace design.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:59 PM EST up reply actions
Electrical is alright
I find materials science, electrical, and mech all interested me… anything that involved too much geology or programming wasn’t that exciting.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:06 PM EST up reply actions
my ex
that I lived with for a few years at uni’s father was head of anaesthesiology at vancouver general.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
crazy kids.
next I’ll have to explain the joke behind roflcopter…. although it’s one of those ones you need to be there for…
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
YES! I’m The Old Guy!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
Who ARE these babycheeks? I’m 51.
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by not norm ullman on Feb 18, 2011 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
winner winner chicken dinner
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:57 PM EST up reply actions
Why, when I was a boy, we HAD no chickens.
None that’d been domesticated, leastways.
Just wild birds, killers they were, that owned the woods. You know the woods, the deep ones, that used to be up yonder.
And then… Borje Salming I think it was… tamed, the first chicken.
Him and Ian Turnbull.
{removes teeth}
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by not norm ullman on Feb 18, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
did you ride giant wild chickens?
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
See? This is the kinda question you get from kids today. Damn fools.
You ride wild chicks. With huge hooters if you’re lucky.
But Chickens? You flee them. In horror.
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by not norm ullman on Feb 18, 2011 8:04 PM EST up reply actions
I’m 22 also, I’m turning 23 in a month so I’ve just gotten into the habit of saying it for the last month or so… That was basically a Freudian slip.
I think it's jumping the gun
not a freudian slip.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
unless
seeing your mother naked is somehow related to your 23rd birthday.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
Scrivens
still without any logo… he had no paint on his mask in college either… anyone see that continuing in the NHL?
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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maybe so. like Darth Hiller
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
Sketches me out
AS a matter of fact the only reason i logged on was to comment on it
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he could
paint a blue x-wing on it…
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
maybe
make his stick look like a lightsaber.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
Dammit
Scrivens lost the puck. 1-0 Hamilton.
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was it a goal
while we were down 2 men?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
yes
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
ok so
I’m blaming Voros…
does anyone else feel like he’s a step above Ryan Hollweg?
I shouldn’t say that because I actually advocated to sign him 2 years ago before the Rangers picked him up.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
does anyone else feel like he’s a step above Ryan Hollweg?
Yes, cause he cost a conditional 7th, and Hollweg cost a 5th.
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yikes
that almost makes me think step below… but then I have lower expectations.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
There is a big group going. Leafer1984 and clrkaitken are in charge.
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just look for Leafer, he’s identical to the caricature Canadian Maple did for him. And he’ll be the loud guy
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:18 PM EST up reply actions
Add me on twitter @clrkaitken, and I’ll tweet where we’re sitting once we get seats. We’re just buying the shittiest tickets at the gate and then moving.
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different seats different period!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:21 PM EST up reply actions
I'm considering it
also… but we’ll see what my wife has planned so I don’t trump her idea (since I’ve picked tonight’s event)
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
should be lots of them
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:17 PM EST up reply actions
LET'S GO MARLIES
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Is this game on TV in Toronto or something? Kinda wish I could watch it but I’ll settle for watching Kabby kick some SNES anus cavity.
no
they run Leafs games in HD… just not Marlies… I think it has more to do with AHL games … CBC has HD Cameras at theirs cuz they air them nationally… Marlies games are local broadcasts and they don’t bother with the equipment for the lower viewership.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
yes
because it’s just a 24/7 ad for the Leafs… they have virtually no ad revenue from major sponsors… they get money from subscriptions etc.
I don’t know how MLSE funds it… if they were smart they’d spend more on it, and improve the product further.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
doubt it
unless they completely siloed the organization I don’t think they could.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
I guess it would be hard when the channel is completely correlated with the Leafs.
The fact that you need to pay to get LeafsTV might explain things; there are a lot of Cable channels where it makes no sense how they stay in business, that $2/month/person must add up.
yeah
but the other thing is they charge bars a gazillion dollars more than the average viewer to carry it.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
I think the logic is more like
a lot of people don’t have it at home… so odds are leaf fans will go out to bars to watch… so the bars get the added revenue of having them there drinking.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
I called the Marlies to see if I could get a player appearance at our school. I figured it would help them with publicity and stuff, since we just went on a school trip to one of their games. The guy refused to book an appointment unless we bought more tickets.
Not the best way to do community outreach IMO
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he probably had to
pass it up the food-chain and thought it would look bad if he didn’t attach a sales figure to the request.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
I get that they want to sell tickets, but when I told him we couldn’t go to another game he just said no player appearances at all
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that
seems like a bit of a dick move… I wonder if it’d be different if a teacher had called him.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:43 PM EST up reply actions
maybe
I’m trying to get authority people on board with the idea now :P
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hahaha
Not surprised at all. Fuck. Brutal.
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the Marlies
don’t seem to be doing such a great job of market penetration.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:58 PM EST up reply actions
Then I called MLSE’s fan relations’ number (or something like that), where they said they were committed to keeping the fans happy. I got transferred to the voicemail of some Raptors lady.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
they don't air
the Marlies games in HD… the Ricoh doesn’t have HD cameras.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
It’s in HD when it’s on CBC… crappy HD but HD all the same. The SD I’m getting is horrible quality too.
yes but those are CBC cameras
I don’t think MLSE bothered to put them in at the Ricoh.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
That sucks. Oilers games in “HD” use shitty cameras that are probably used from somewhere, you’d think MLSE would use that kind of things at Ricoh.
I don’t really watch Marlies games enough to care, but like they sell handheld HD cameras now that shoot in 720p, think they could put at least one is for the main broadcast camera.
TV Cameras
and hand held camcorders aren’t really the same … I mean essentially they are in what they do… but I don’t think youd want to watch a game shot on handy cam.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
Oh I’m not saying that, just that technology has reached a point that I don’t see how it is too much of an expense to put in an HD camera, just kind of annoying to pay for Leafs TV and they are in SD for everything, including Marlies games, other than when the Leafs are playing.
I think they'll
upgrade it further over time.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
particularly if
they force more people into getting it by airing more Leafs games next year.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
I hope they don’t do that, I have Leafs TV but a lot of bars/restaurants don’t subscribe. I had to go to a friend’s birthday at Moxies in December while the Leafs were playing and they had 2 NHL games on but no Leafs.
it's because
of how expensive it is… if they increase the number of subscribers overall then they can lower the cost to bars and restaraunts.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:46 PM EST up reply actions
Ryan Hamilton has got to bury that
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:25 PM EST reply actions
was a big hit…did that bulldog come off the bench to fight?
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:28 PM EST up reply actions
he’s pretty terrible
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:30 PM EST up reply actions
haha
Yeah.
Cowan just got beat badly.
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Cowan
is terrible also.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:33 PM EST up reply actions
he's not as annoying
as some in the NHL oddly.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:33 PM EST up reply actions
I am annoyed
that I missed the goal walking my dog.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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FIGHT
kill him Scott.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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ftw
wtg.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:43 PM EST up reply actions
Mitchell…still terrible
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 7:43 PM EST reply actions
don't worry
he’ll develop into a more complete AHL player eventually.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:43 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
And end up mentoring people.
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by not norm ullman on Feb 18, 2011 7:57 PM EST up reply actions
oh yeah, I forgot about the Kitchener Rangers. I’ll have something to do in Waterloo now!
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you mean
other than hang out at the Perimeter Institute and poke fun at M theory?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
you could
mock Jim Ballsillie’s fruitless pursuit of an NHL franchise for KW.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
You going to Waterloo or Laurier? I thought you were Grade 11?
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Econ co-op :)
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Waterloo is known for their Co-op programs. Good choice
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Waterloo
is also known for being the largest city in North America not on a major body of water… if the world dries up you’re going to die of thirst there first.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
I didn’t know that. Thanks for the optimism
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it's actually
on the Grand River… which isn’t particularly Grand… it’s more like a big creek…
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
haha, well is there anything to do on the Grand River?
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From the way Steve is describing it I am going to guess wash your ankles
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From the looks of it, I’ll be spending lots of time watching Rangers games and going skating.
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I said that about hte Knights. I have been to one. I am going next Friday though
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haha well I would’ve gone to see Naz in London. I guess if D’Amigo’s still on Kitchener next year (which he probably won’t be) I’ll watch more often
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maybe Burke will trade all 10 picks
for the 1st overall to land Landeskog.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
if burke had first over all you gotta be the goes Coutourier
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
I was going for players
currently on Kitchener… and I dunno about Coutourier
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
why?
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
combination of size and skill, plays center and wing
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
he was invisible
at the worlds to me.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
Larsson was also pretty bad. NH didn’t even make the team
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
I said Landeskog… I think the reports of his Mike Richards like demeanour is a positive.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
well i just ment that the Jr’s arn’t the best way to determine future production.
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
true enough
I’m just saying the best of the best usually make the team and make an impact.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
Landeskog wasn’t there either, because of injury I think
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
Made it, i think he played the first game and that’s it.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
yeah he was injured
I’m just thinking his level of play is very impressive from what I’ve seen.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, he’s probably who I’d take first over all, I just see Burke taking Coutourier
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
He’s a complete player. Not as big as Couturier, but ‘works harder’ as in he forechecks as hard as he backchecks and hits and does everything you want from a hockey player. If he’s doing that at 18, that’s very good.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
Most under-agers don’t make the team.
I’ve heard reports of Landeskog being a very hard worker and a Mike Richards-esque player.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
ive heard that about probably 100 players since mike richards became good. at least they arnt comparing him to sakic or yzerman
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
It was actually
Landeskog’s own coach that made the comparison… and he also coached Richards… so I think there’s a bit more to it than 100 players.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah exactly. I just don’t like QMJHL players to be honest.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
that crosby kid is terrible =P
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
and Lecavalier and Richards suck…. and Roenick did also… and Lemieux… what a pathetic loser… etc.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
That’s one…
If you compare all three leagues, the Q is far and away consistently the shittiest.
What are superstars played Q?
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
Vinny and B. Richards were also in Rimouski IIRC, and Mario
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Lecavalier
Lemieux
Bossy
Lefebvre
Richards
Roenick
Lafleur
LaFontaine
to name a few
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
Okay, but do you not agree that the WHL and OHL are both currently better leagues?
When I say consistently the shittiest, I’m talking from when I’ve been watching CHL hockey, so since about 2000.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
the WHL is traditionally the better defensive league, the OHL the better rounded
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
Hemsky
Bergeron, Crosby, Richards, Lecavalier, Briere, Brassard, Kulikov, Vermette, Lombardi, Tanguay, Voracek, Clowe, Gagne, etc.
Most of those are since 2000
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Kulikov, Vermette, Lombardi?
If you want to talk players that are serviceable NHLers, the OHL and WHL are by far better.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
Kulikov made the NHL
as a 19 year old playing D… just like Schenn…
as for Vermette and Lombardi… they’re both a fair bit better than just “serviceable” NHLers.
Lombardi had 53 points last year and Vermette had 65 points last year.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Robitaille
Hemsky, Vrbata, Pominville, Carbonneau, PM Bouchard, Kevin Lowe, Dale Hawerchuk… the Q doesn’t suck.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
I haven’t been yet. I wanted to get tickets for next Friday but never got around to it. Blacker is coming to town and I played golf a few times last summer with his D-partner, who played minor hockey with my younger brother.
I am going next friday. Just bought tickets about 5 minutes ago.
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There’s a park in Guelph where you can go rafting and stuff, I think.
I’m really only familiar with the downstream part, which is good mostly for spitting in.
I think it’s weird when a city’s OHL and their rep teams have the same team name. Like, I played against the Kitchener Rangers, just the like A minor Bantam ones.
Marlboroughs?
toronto? AHL marlies?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
It;s too bad we didn’t have the room to give Lashoff a chance at a 6/7 spot
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we do
and we could.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
We've moved out
2 NHL D men… and called up 1 AHL D man… there’s room for one more.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
correct
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
are you writing
a paper on Wizard of Oz? Cuz I wouldn’t use this place as a resource.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
it was a simple answer
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
lol
I’m kidding.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
My girlfriend was wearing one of those green skin mask things, I wanted to make sure I got the right witch before I made fun of her.
When did Kadri start wearing number 13????
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when he got sent down this season
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
better than 43 I guess
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
ruh roh
And here we go
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Thank you for using titles. Too soon
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like a band-aid
RIP IT RIGHT OFF
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
always have.
it’s a classic… all of the original 6 unis are pretty solid.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
Ehh the Rangers is pretty bleh.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
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by PassivelyTruculent on Feb 18, 2011 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
It's hard to find serious fault
with it though… it’s not flashy… but it’s not hideous either.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
But it is very boring.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
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by PassivelyTruculent on Feb 18, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Craig Anderson
for Brian Elliot? wtf Colorado.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Anderson is a UFA…also they seem to be tanking
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
anderson
was having a bad year… to be fair
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
I guess…must think they can’t resign Anderson and need a warm body to fill the net until the season is over
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:21 PM EST up reply actions
Anderson is a UFA, had “personal issues”, and was terrible this year. I believe his SV% is under .900
so Avs want problem goalie out and Sens want to see if Anderson can return to last years effort.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
Sens best goalies lately have been Gerber and allegedly drugged out Emery.
And yet Toskala and Raycroft were somehow worse….
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Emery was absolutely psychotic. But I didn’t know/don’t remember him having drug problems
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
like Grant Fuhr?
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
First it was Emery, when he was gone Heatly, when he was gone…..
I thought I heard Fischer was a coke head as well.
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Redden was the big one, it was as common knowledge as “allegedly” gets.
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by BetterThanBester on Feb 18, 2011 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
Ottawa
is a weird town… particularly in the downtown part of the city during the week.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
whistles innocently i live in the market :P
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by BetterThanBester on Feb 18, 2011 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
exactly.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
Hah, yeah, I’ve seen some things that just make me shake my head, where I don’t even know what to say.
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by BetterThanBester on Feb 18, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
when I was doing the roadie thing
I toured through there… and lets just say that my experiences all involved a lot of offers of illicit intoxicating substances.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
Yep, I’ve seen that on the walk home… the only other time i’ve been solicited that way was in Amsterdam, and i wasn’t scared for my safety there.
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by BetterThanBester on Feb 18, 2011 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
I actually met a guy who claimed to have smoked pot WITH Emery; wouldn’t have believed him except I knew they were next door neighbours. He also said Emery did cocaine but hadn’t seen him do it.
It was common knowledge
in Ottawa that Emery, Redden, and McGrattan were huge coke heads.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
Beat me to it
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by BetterThanBester on Feb 18, 2011 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
well
lets say it amounts to knowing people that partied with them.
Nobody caught them doing it that wasn’t doing it themselves.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
Technically that’s not necessarily true. But it would make sense.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
I wasn't saying "necessarily"
I know a bunch of people that lived in Ottawa and went out in Ottawa a lot when all 3 were there, I’ll leave it at that.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
Supposedly that was the reason Jeff Oniel tapered off as well
by WildWolfdog on Feb 19, 2011 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
I thought it was booze
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by PassivelyTruculent on Feb 19, 2011 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
I know it sounds like one of those “my brother’s friend’s girlfriend’s dad’s” type of sources – but according to my “source”, the reason Oneil wasn’t successful with the leafs was because he became a hardcore party guy.
Constant partying, boozing, illegal substances (pot + cocaine) and apparently he’s really into fashion as well lol
Pushalaj
goddamit
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
WOOT
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nice
wtg JFM… Marlie superstar!
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
and that isn't his first goal with the Marlies
it’s just his first with them this season.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:21 PM EST up reply actions
Mitchell was near the crease…goal happens…now will he remember what he did
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:22 PM EST reply actions
who cares
he’s never making the NHL again.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
not with the Leafs anyway…and nowhere else anytime soon
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
not directed at you.
and to think not so long ago some here defended his uselessness. What were they thinking?
by Jack rides ducks on Feb 19, 2011 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
Marlies
PP
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
5 so far
and nothing to show for it.
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28th PP in the AHL
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
not much
in the way of offensive talent beyond Kadri to be honest… add Mueller, Brunnstrom and Colborne and Lashoff and that’s a decent PP.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
Kadri is really good at drawing penalties
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:28 PM EST reply actions
I’m washing the Generals game and one of Gens just got dummied from behind into the boards. He’s lying on the ice in a crumpled mess. His teammate dropped the gloves to throw down with the Soo player that nailed him and they ended up scrapping right on top of the injured player. Literally standing astride him throwing punches.
One of the stranger things I’ve seen.
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Junior
isn’t the best and BRIGHTEST… from what I’ve seen.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
He hasn't really
improved the way they expected… gudbranson in Kingston hasn’t done great either.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
Ryan Sproul on the Greyhounds looks bigger than Chara out there. He’s 6’ 4" but might as well be Fezzik compared to some of these smaller players.
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Who does spooner
play for? Is that soo?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, he plays for the Soo Greyhounds. Here’s his player page.
Oshawa just scored on a shorthanded 2 on 0. Gotta love junior hockey.
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lol
And we wonder why these kids don’t know how to play D.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
it's like watching
College Basketball in a lot of ways from the excitement perspective.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve never thought of it in those terms but you’re right.
Interestingly, my wife’s two favourite sports are NCAA basketball and CHL hockey. She’s the one that has the Gens game on.
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well there you go
Is she a Gens fan? Or just CHL in general?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
Gens. She has two brothers and her family used to go the Friday night games when she was a kid.
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Behind NHL, those are probably my favourite two as well.
I was a little upset when the Majors moved out, I loved going to games now and then.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
Inconceivable!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
GOAL
good job.
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I almost thought they made one pass too many
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
Holy shit, batman
what a passing play!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:31 PM EST reply actions
that was hilarious, Scott had no need to pass that, the only way it makes sense is if he wants to embarass Sanford
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:32 PM EST reply actions
Hamilton
4 goals in his last 2
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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but he's a POWER FORWARD
and I know… which is fine.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
Mueller hauled down
PP Marlies
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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Who the hell is being interviewed?
I don’t recognize him.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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my dad changed it to CP24. I’m watching Rob Ford ceremoniously throwing packages into a giant Canada Post mailbox
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Rob Ford
is an ass… his Brother is also an ass… they are asinine… together they are returning me to the Mel Lastman mindset.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah but its incompetent left wing politics in TO for so long that pissed the populace off forcing them to vote in a crazy right wing. Obviously people can’t be rationale and not just yo-yo around like that…
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yes
incompetent… that’s why they ran a surplus for multiple years.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
he was catering to idiots
and they repeal every tax possible, spend the surplus to make their budget short falls go away… and then next year when they cry poor we get to have every service in sight cut by the idiots in city hall.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
crying poor
and bitching about “difficult decisions” like they hadn’t made the decisions THIS year when they took away tax income is ludicrous.
People are stupid… and I can’t believe how much he won by… it alarms me how many ignorant and/or self-absorbed people live in the city.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
The city is just split between its centre and its periphery.
Remember the map of Smitherman wards and Ford wards?
well
to be honest… Smitherman wouldn’t have been much better in many ways… but yeah I remember.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
he would have been like the lesser of two evils
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 9:44 PM EST up reply actions
he’s mailing me a cheque
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
for what?
did you do something? break a hip?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
vehicle reqistration tax got repealed, so when I renewed my license plates for two years, I paid two years of tax, so he’s refunding me one years worth (well the city is). This tax was very unpopular, but I’d rather pay it then have him as my mayor.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:51 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
the tax is something I escape at the moment.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
also
calling it a tax is just for optics… it’s really a vehicle registry fee… people just call it a tax because it makes people think it’s evil etc.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
fee, tax, levy, tariff…its all money out of my pocket…personally I didn’t find it that terrible…
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
no
because if you stop and think about it for 10 seconds you know where it’s going and what it’s funding.
People that complain of wasteful spending tend to imagine city councillors lighting cigars with flaming $1000 bills… they’re idiots.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
Paying for the services for millions of people is apparently expensive. If everyone in Toronto gave up 2 extra dollars….
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This is fun
Rob Ford Spazzing Out
dude is our fucking mayor… way to go TORONTO.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Watching Bs – Sens…pretty boring affair.
What I want to talk about is what the hell Burke is going to do with these draft picks.
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
we won’t know until it’s done
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 8:56 PM EST up reply actions
likely a package deal…but who knows
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
I mean, you know Burke is going after a certain Kings prospect. But that aside, I hope he doesn’t try to trade up in the draft. I doubt he can get high enough to pick up a vastly superior player.
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Right
this is why I keep saying I think he should just re-stock the cupboards… pick a bunch of players… and let a bunch of shittier vets go slowly over time.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
this is how you prune the tree
you let the developing kids come up in 2 years… or you just don’t re-sign them and you let the new kids you drafted come into the pipeline.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
I’d actually prefer he’d move out of the first round. Trade back into the mid second and pick up an extra first round pick next year, in a better draft class.
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if anything he moves the picks+ lesser prospects for better more developed prospects
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, guys closer to playing now as well
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
I'd be ok with this
but I think for that to work you’re going to need to give up multiple picks.
I’d just sit tight, and not give up our picks in a year.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
true…he’ll try…but he likely doesn’t move those high picks until the draft
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
He has also clearly said
that “drafting” isn’t part of his “mandate” or “plan”… he’s pretty up front that he isn’t interested in drafting his way to a good team.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
which makes no
sense to me.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
it’s easier to assess talent when it’s later in development, whether it be in the OHL or the NCAA or the AHL
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well
that I admit … but MORE chances vs. BETTER chances… I guess I’m not sure which is better at this stage.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
to me that means (all names for expressive purposes and not true value) say Blacker + Boston 1st for B.Schenn
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, there is no way LA would take that deal though, not even close to value for them
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
Haha
I know. Thats why I said it. I just don’t think Schenn is moving. they have other prospects to move. I hope Hemsky goes to LA
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do we think Hemsky
gets Edmonton Schenn?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
That would be ridiculous…
Edmonton, if all their young players signed back, would be scary good in a few years.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:06 PM EST up reply actions
No. Two different thoughts. I think Edmonton could get a decent return. Moller maybe?
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they should try for Tuebert and Bernier for Hemsky and a pick
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
yup, and the oil could do well by a goalie prospect like him
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
goalie depth is what they need
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
I think Bernier still has pretty high value. He is finding his NHL game now. I could see Bernier Hemsky straight up. Maybe even send back GRBZKR to be a back up
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he's still the 2nd highest rated goalie
prospect after Schneider by the goalie guild.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
It would cost Edmonton a lot to get Bernier. He’s a piece LAK will only move when they’re looking to make a cup run, I think.
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they need a 1st line winger, they want a cup run this year/next year
Hemsky for Bernier
makes sense
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
They’d definitely want Kadri. It’s not about giving 4 mid-level prospects, because you can’t combine them into one person.
If Kadri is the starting point, what else do we add around, picks?
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
hmm
but I think they really like Blacker, and our need for a big C prospect has dropped now that we got Colborne… and we need a puck moving prospect… which blacker is.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
A while ago when everyone was so infatuated with our “big four” D-prospects I was really concerned that they were all (relatively) defensive D-man. Now Gysbers has really been developing, Blacker (who I considered our only one) is really coming along, and Gardiner has been brought in. I’m happy
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yeah, it was just the first “high value” prospect that popped into my head, to use as a value example without considering needs, same with schenn
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
But with Gardiner now in the fold, do we need Blacker as much as we did before?
IMO, the best course of action would be to let them both at least get into the A and see how they do. Don’t want to pick the wrong prospect.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
puck moving D are a tricky thing, it is a hard position to translate to the NHL, we should hold on to both
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
Blacker
is probably more developed right now than Gardiner from what I’ve been reading/seeing.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
I think they’re a different type of player. Gardiner is more of a jump in the play type of offensive defender. Blacker is more of a passer.
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argh, now I’m dreaming about Luke + BabySchenn on the same team again
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I’m not a huge fan of B Schenn, but his numbers this year in the W are insane. And I think the slip of the tongue today was just in no way a coincidence.
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no I think
he’s got braydens on the mind.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
for sure
I love him because he’s Luke’s brother and for both WJCs. Not the best reasons, but eh
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Eh
His being unable to stay up this year was unimpressive to me. I think he is vastly overrated. He has been mostly predicted to be a #2 C. People are just overvaluing him because he is good at playing against those inferior to him. We’ll see if he can do that against men soon…
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he kicked the shit out of the WHL last year too
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
also
he’s on LA… they’re not exactly soft in the middle… Kopitar and Stoll in the top 2 spots aren’t going to get knocked out anytime soon.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
From what I understand, the Kings want a top line winger with puck skills and a better option for their #2 C, which they hope Schenn is
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right now the only way I think the move schenn is for a legit top line winger, or at least a player who is well on his way to developing into one
the Leafs would need to offer Kessel (but would get more than schenn back)
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
im still convinced he ends up in pittsburgh one day
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
and
there’s a huge difference between roughly 100 points in 60 games and 30 points in 13 games.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
his ppg rate
has gone from 1.66 to almost 2.3
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
yes
B Schenn… he went from 99 pts in 59 games last year with brandon to 30 in 13 with saskatoon so far this year.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
he actually has
34 pts in 15 games overall… which is 2.27
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, Kopitar was a quiet PPG (81 in 82 games, basically PPG) last season.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
eh
Naz didn’t stay up this year either. Even if he isn’t the next Crosby I’ll still love him for those two reasons :)
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Naz looked better. From what I could see/heard. People always over value WJC
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yeah, but it’s not like Schenn was just “good” he was historically good
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
True. But after a certain point I don’t care what they do against other kids. Some people just excel at that and can’t translate it.
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dude
he’s scoring at a 2.27 point per game pace in Junior… he’s not just excelling he’s dominating everyone in his age group… that likely continues going forwards.
He’s a very elite prospect.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
and Saskatoon
has two 20 year olds… and eight 19 year olds… it’s not like he’s the only guy that’s 19 in the league.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
For sure. But I want to see what he actually does when he gets here. Look at Sam Gagne in his draft year. With Kane sure. But still. Anyway. Got to go. Later guys (and Leafer)
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Nice
goal!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 9:01 PM EST reply actions
Well…tie game
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 18, 2011 9:11 PM EST reply actions
for some reason
I wikipedia’d Vesa just now. (Saw his name further up the thread and was curious) All his profile consists of is “Vesa Tapani Toskala (born May 20, 1977) is a professional ice hockey goaltender, currently without a contract.”
someone should add “thank god” to the end of that
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
shit
another goal for Hamilton
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in off the face
ouch…
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
crap luck for
Holzer
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
I remember when Coliacavo did that for us one year….
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
it was in preseason, I can’t find the video but his pointshot smoked the defenseman in the face and went in.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
he'll be fine
just a shitty goal.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
hahaha
the gold and brown P bruins…
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
fucking john mitchell
stick handling towards the blue line again… dammit.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
john “fucking” mitchell. bye bye johnny.
by Jack rides ducks on Feb 19, 2011 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=98503
Go to that link, then go to Share then to embed and the code is there.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
is there any other questions in here? anybody> buehler? buehler?
by mick mcgeough on Feb 18, 2011 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
C’mon baby Leafs!!!
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reminds me of the commercial
ONE MORE GOAL
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that's
game
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
shitty way to lose
puck off of Holzer’s head… man that bites.
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howd kadri play?
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
he was alright
Hamilton was really good.
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
haha Bob McGill really does suck
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heres an interesting thought for plugging the Leafs defensive holes for cheap
Matt Gilroy, Burke wanted him before, and the rangers seem to be done with him
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:30 PM EST reply actions
He played at BU right? On the Nat’l Champs from a few years back, with Colin Wilson. I saw him play a couple games in college, seemed like a solid D Man. Definitely offensive, what makes you think the Rangers don’t want him?
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah. Reliable depth defenseman, nothing flashy.
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by Bower Power on Feb 18, 2011 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
they do?
he was on the NHL team for most of the year wasn’t he?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Wasn’t he sent down to the A?
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
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by PassivelyTruculent on Feb 18, 2011 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
from what gather he’s been a healthy scratch a bunch, his totals are kinda bad for an offensive D though
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
I don’t have much interest … he’s also 26 already.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 18, 2011 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
thus the “for cheap” bit. I’d take a flyer on him for a later pick just to keep lebda out of the line up and shelter the kids some more
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
wouldn’t you rather a more defensive dmen?
To me Gilroy just seems like a minor improvment over Lebda
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by PassivelyTruculent on Feb 18, 2011 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
Well improvement doesn’t say much.. So a minor improvement, meh.
He’s only got 9 pts in 43(?) games, and he’s an OFD.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
Leafs have 3 pure defensive defenders in their line up right now. they have one “offensive specialist” in Dion and an all arounder in Gunnar. then there is Lebda who is good at nothing
I’d rather take Gilroy for cheap than something the Leafs dont need
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
To be fair it’s not like he’s lighting it up.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
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by PassivelyTruculent on Feb 18, 2011 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
Dion is offensive alright , and it hasn’t made him special at all.
by Jack rides ducks on Feb 19, 2011 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
love the stitches on his left eye. TRUCULENCE!
As a Toronto sports fan I proudly follow the lessons of lachrymology.
kid looks totally overwhelmed
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
I dont have leafs TV in N.S. , is Colborne playing?
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nope, first game is tomarrow
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 18, 2011 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
he got to the Ricoh like 10 min before the end of the game, so he didn’t play
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Awesome, thanks.
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no problemo. Where are you in NS?
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Wolfville, Acadia University. About 40 mins outside of Halifax
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I’ve heard of that place, I think Sid has a house/cottage there
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Borderline creepy.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
WOOOOOOW.
what an ending to this game.
Majors vs. Rangers on sportsnet. majors tie it up with 4 seconds.
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-Florida, buffalo losing 3rd
-Carolina winning 2-1 end 2nd
-Rangers lost
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by Future_considerations on Feb 18, 2011 9:41 PM EST reply actions
yeah 2-0 St louis over buffalo
3-2 Det over fla
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by Future_considerations on Feb 18, 2011 9:43 PM EST reply actions
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by Future_considerations on Feb 18, 2011 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
ok i'm going to the bar
later kids.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:44 PM EST up reply actions
Kabby with the assist.
Dirty snipe by Seidenberg.
Man I can’t believe he’s gone. His cheeks don’t look as rosy in Black and Gold.
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sigh. I’m avoiding picturing him in that jersey
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No they don't
And Krejci was credited with the assist.
Cyril: I'm not sure that's technically irony.
Archer: What? This is like O. Henry and Alanis Morissette had a baby and named it this exact situation!
Yeah I just double checked that. Kabby had it originally. Can I still call him Kabby? Even though he’s not on our team.
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by happiergilmore on Feb 18, 2011 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
Once he grows a playoff beard he can be evil Kabby
Cyril: I'm not sure that's technically irony.
Archer: What? This is like O. Henry and Alanis Morissette had a baby and named it this exact situation!
I can’t imagine Kabby with a playoff beard
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actuall I can’t imagine any of our guys (the ones that are usually clean-shaven at least) with playoff beards
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Good 2nd interview with Kabby after the game on TSN, if they put it up on the site.
http://ca.movember.com/mospace/718288/
by McCabe the Martyr on Feb 18, 2011 10:50 PM EST reply actions
Trade insanity continues.
No joke, kids. STL-COL trade is legit. @jprutherford has it – Erik Johnson/Jay McClement for Chris Stewart/Kevin Shattenkirk. Done deal.
weird freaking trade
I don’t get that one.. I guess Shattenkirk wasn’t defensive enough and Johnson wasn’t offensive enough?
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by Steve Burtch on Feb 19, 2011 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
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