Mystery D-Man Day!
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PrintThat's right boys and girls, today is Mystery D-Man Day! Or for those of you not fans of the Maple Leafs, Tuesday.
Burke Hunting for Blueline Help - Eat. Sleep. Leafs.
"We're trying to add by tomorrow if we can," said Burke, who has indicated a willingness to move the hoarded draft picks. "We're trying to put a player in the lineup that can help us as soon as possible.
"We’ve done the major surgery as far as what we need to do, but we’ve still got a couple things we’d like to do."
Much of the rationale behind the Beauchemin swap was the readiness of 21-year-old Keith Aulie and while Carl Gunnarsson performed more than adequately in Kaberle’s place on Saturday, a deal for additional help on the backend is of top priority according to Burke.
"We’ve had some discussions about forwards we have to consider, but it’s not our priority," he said. "Our priority would be adding a defenseman."
Who's it going to be? Stay tuned to find out!
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That Neal trade continues to baffle me. Very interested to see what magic Burke works today!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 22, 2011 7:22 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t think it was particularly good value for Dallas, but they were offered a quality player in a position of need and took him. They might have fetched a better deal of picks and/or players in other positions in another deal, but here was a chance to add a pretty significant factor to a weak blue line.
It’s odd that Nieuwendyk couldn’t at least get a 3rd or something extra coming back since he was sending an extra body to Pittsburgh though.
Goligoski is a very smart puck mover from what I’ve seen of him, and Dallas had a very good top 6 while being thin on D. Pitt gets their winger for Crosby.
I know Dallas wanted to free up some cap space for Richards, but will he even want to stay there after seeing his young power forward linemate shipped out of town? I dint think this trade really diminishes the chance Richards is moved July 1 at all.
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by lucc on Feb 22, 2011 8:26 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
According to Dreger last night
Neal and Richards were close friends. I don’t think anyone has a problem with them moving out Neal (as you said deep top 6). It was just the poor value on return.
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I have no problem with the deal. :D
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
it’s not like I can help it…. It is what it is. :)
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
Fair, but long before Matt Cooke… Can’t help it, I was a Leafs fan prior to the being a Pens fan but only got to see Pens games for much of my youth… so I grew up a fan of both teams. It sucks when they play each other but it’s good most of the time…
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 9:54 AM EST up reply actions
Matt Cooke is a dirty player !
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
Hartnell led the league last year in minors…. But he is still not as dirty as Cooke.
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I’m not saying he is, I’m saying that Carcillo, Hartnell, Pronger, Shelley etc. combined really don’t give Flyer fans much moral high ground.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
Fortunately
I am a Leafs fan and I am criticizing you for liking a team with Cooke
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hahah, fair enough. Like I said, he’s far from clean, but the league is far from removing the “need” for such a player. I’m all for it, but more guys need to be removed. And like I said prior to this, that Richards hit on Booth should have been Cooke hit, and maybe the Cooke hit doesn’t occur. But, all mute points, he is a dirty player.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
Also, outside the nasty hits, I really like his overall game. He brings it every night, he irritates the crap out of people and can put the puck into the net…
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
“outside the nasty hits.”
“Ignoring that Komisarek is a terrible player with an awful contract, I really like what he brings to the team.”
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
No, really. I don’t care if he were on pace to beat Gretzky’s numbers; if you’re tossing career-ending cheap shots with reckless abandon, showing no remorse, and continuing to put yourself in these situations through bad decision making, it’s not an aspect that can be ignored.
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
I’m not ignoring it, and I agree with you. What I’m saying Cooke per se isn’t a problem, he’s a byproduct.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
And what I’m saying, is that’s bullshit. Matt Cooke is not some super-special guy whose dirty hits are some sort of accident. It’s not like he has a higher “compete level” or he “wants it more,” it’s that he’s the guy willing to lay dirty hits. There’s absolutely nothing about his style of play that demands he try to end peoples’ careers.
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
Ok remove him, you’ll just have another guy doing the same thing but his name won’t be Cooke. I guarantee it. New poster boy for dirty hits.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
Then I’ll remove him too. Until we get people who consistently make an effort to adhere to the line of what’s acceptable in the NHL and what isn’t.
As an aside, I’d love to have one of the resident historians think about who may have been “the dirty hit” guy before Cooke, and if they could tell us whether or not there’s been anyone along the same scale.
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
Yes. Exactly what I’m saying.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
Here’s my problem: I don’t think the answer would be a resounding “yes.” There’s always one guy who – “oh, he’s a cheap shot guy” – but not one who’s regularly delivering hits that people say “we need to eliminate those from the game.”
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
True. And with elimination, a players’ livelihood all that stuff comes into play, which is good, because of an intimidation factor must be greater for the said player. Cause let’s face it, most guys like that don’t earn as much as superstar players.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
Bryan Marchment possibly was one predecessor
by Bobby Paradise on Feb 22, 2011 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
Just because other guys do it doesn’t make it excusable. Thats basically your argument. If it wasn’t him it would be someone else. That is not an excuse. It means you fix the problem in the system (so there isn’t someone else) AND fix the player (remove him)
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Nope. That’s not my argument, because I’m not defending the guy. My argument is that he’s a prototype of something we need to get out of the game. I just don’t like hypocrisy in the fact nobody EVER talks about Richards’ hit so Cooke being the devil and not recognizing same exact plays and such players is hypocritical and part of the problem. Almost every other team has a guy that shouldn’t play hockey. But, that’s a topic for another time.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
People do talk about that hit. A lot. But when you’re talking about a pattern of behaviour that suggests a burning desire to injure people and end their careers the conversation for the moment begins and ends with Matt Cooke.
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Ok, fair point.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
I think the Richards hit was disgusting and he should have been severely suspended for it. But as PPP points out Cooke has a repeat history. THATS what makes it worse. With headshots we need an exponential increase in suspension length. ie if the minimum for the first one is 3 games, the minimum for the second (within 2 years or something) should be 15.
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I agree. That said, Ovechkin has a history of kneeing. What do we do there?
I’m a fan of him, so no, I’m not trying to be a biased dude.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
Don't protect all stars
I love Ovechkin. But you give him a 3 game suspension once. He may reoffend. But after that 3 game suspension you give him a 20 game suspension, I DOUBT he’ll reoffend.
The likelihood of the league suspending a star like Ovi for 20 games? Highly unlikely. But I do believe it is the solution
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Why
should Richards have been suspended? It was a perfectly clean hit at the time.
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I only said Richards should have been the reason of instating the blind side rule not Cooke who’s hit came after the Richards hit…
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:26 PM EST up reply actions
And then we can get rid of him. Eventually the meatheads will get the message.
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I don't get what you mean here
league is far from removing the "need" for such a player.
There is no need for these players… A player like Orr, Boogard (who I think are wastes of roster spots), can be argued to have their place in clean intimidation. But what need is there for a cheap shot artist?
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Not a cheap shot artist. But a player that goes overboard with the role he plays either because he doesn’t realize it quite well or because the coach asks him to go 120% every night and make people pay. It’s the only way guys like that can stick on a roster and they make the most of the opportunity… In a BAD way.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
And as long as coaches themselves, or GM’s for that matter (ok like Mario, and like Snow on Gillies) defend or stay quiet on their own players and the league dishes out laughable fines, suspensions Messier’s bumper sticker doesn’t do jack.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
I know. But it’s besides the point.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
Cooke’s a cheapshot artist. Except calling him an artist is an insult to artists everywhere. Cooke’s scum and if his career were ended during a game no one would shed a tear.
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“Not a cheap shot artist”
Just happens to have a body of work that makes a lovely montage.. That’s not “120%,” it’s outside the rules of the game.
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t get why you guys want to explain that to me, I agree with both of you. Guys like Cooke need to be out of the game. But, it’s a bigger issue and he’s just a scapegoat. A good one.
Ok, let’s use Tucker as an example. You guys liked him?
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
Yup
And of course it’s no comparison between both players.
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Other than the fact both of them were a little bit crazy no.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
Tucker threw one borderline dirty hit on Peca. Show me a body of work comparable to even 50% of Matt Cooke.
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Still, if we agree to eliminate Cooke, that’s basically the mindset of a player we’re trying to eliminate. I agree, not with as much body of work, but still.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
“That’s not "120%," it’s outside the rules of the game.”
Agreed. So why only 4 games?
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
Because Colin Campbell is an idiot. Next question.
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Ok, So, there another part of the problem.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
Yup
Agree.
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I believe there’s some sort of stipulation that the NHLPA had in place regarding behavioral suspensions for hits to the head – they didn’t want anyone getting a 200 game suspension, for example, so they forced a cap on the issue. I’m not sure this is a rule, but I seem to remember some talk of it.
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah
That was the understanding the PA had. They’d let them have this rule but they didn’t want Colin to use it as a stick to beat them over the head with and start dishing out 20 game suspensions.
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That is ridiculous. The PA should want it large as much as anyone. Unfortunately they fear suspensions more than having their career/season ended by dirty hits. Its kinda ridiculous when you think about it.
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Bingo. Players, livelihood etc. Round and round we go and we end up with 4 games for spine threatening hit. Great.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
cooke is a giant piece of shit, colton orr isnt
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
cooke is a cheapshot artist who is a danger to everyone on the ice
You can be a sarcastic dick because I stomped you last time we debated, but you can’t deny that
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
This is one big joke right?
People aren’t actually defending COoke right?
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I’m sure as hell not defending the guy, I’m mostly criticizing the league, but Cooke being Cooke and you have tons of responses. Like Hitler.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
what does goals/assist have to do with his character on the ice. cooke is a goal scoring POS. the NHL always have these guys – remember ulf samuelson. get over it…he can score, plays dirty and many team would want him their team rather than play against him.
yes, we should totally ignore how dangerous a player is just because there have always been dirty players, there has also always been cancer, we should totally stop trying to find a cure for that
your argument is stupid
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry but insulting me doesn’t solidfy your point, it actually makes you look week. There are plenty of these guys in he league – some can score, some play a little fairer than others. Its a grey line and I’ll leave it to the players and league to sort it out.
I won’t insult you.
The league is not a better place with guys running around taking out people’s knees and giving out concussion like it’s Halloween.
Just because something has been that way for a long time doesn’t mean it’s in any way right.
Ask yourself if you’d rather have a league full of Ulf Samuelssons or a league full of Cam Neelys. Or if you’d rather have a league full of Matt Cookes or Sidney Crosbys.
If you choose the first option, man, I don’t know what to tell you.
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no, I am insulting your argument, which is in fact quite stupid and poorly defended. if you wish to extend it to your person, that is your prerogative.
just because a player can play hockey at a decent level does not mean he deserves to be in the NHL, I dont care if it is Sidney Crosby, if they are a consistent danger to other players and refuse to even attempt to clean up their act they should be gone. At current, Cooke is the worst offender in the NHL. Are there other dirty players? of course their are, but that does not excuse Cooke in the least.
there are other people out there comiting assult does that make it ok for me to walk up to a stranger and punch them in the nose?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
he also spelled weak " w-e-e-k"
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by thenumber14 on Feb 22, 2011 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
I bet Tie was cheered around the league for this.
If you are actually condoning Matt Cooke, either you dislike the game of hockey or are opposing us just for the hell of it
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That was a great Tie moment.
And I’m not condoning Cooke’s actions. I’m saying dirty play is part of the game. And Cooke has some hockey talent.
Does anyone recall (or know of) Bobby Clakre Love tap on Kharlemov during the 72 series?
That happened almost 40 YEARS AGO
What relevance could that possibly have to today’s game?
Or should goalies go back to not wearing helmets anymore?
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Dirty play is part of the game. Always been part of the game and will continue to be part of the game until league does something about it.
oh i get it, its OK as long as the league doesnt kick a guy out of the league for being dangerous, gotcha
there really is no grey area with you is there?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
I’m saying dirty play is part of the game.
NO IT IS NOT
Does anyone recall (or know of) Bobby Clakre Love tap on Kharlemov during the 72 series?
Yes I do, and any canadian who is proud of that should have their heads checked.
I also remember Samuelsson destroying Neely’s knee.
I also remember Quinn destroying Orr.
Did I like seeing that? No
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I don’t condone dirty play. I’m saying like fighting its part of the game. The league has it in powers to remove dirty play and does not. I don’t blame only Cooke rather I blame the league for tolerating and allowing his behaviour and for him to play.
so players are not responsible for their own actions?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
They are. Cooke is to blame but I see it as a 60-40 in favor of the league, owners, coaches, PA etc. blame wise….
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
no, cooke is 100 percent to blame for his actions on the ice
the league is 100 percent to blame for allowing it to continue
the two are separate
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Those to might be separate, but Cooke’s actions are a product. What he does and continues to do on the ice is a product of a misguided sense of role playing as much as it is reckless play.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
no one is forcing Cooke to make these plays, plenty of other NHL players play that roll and do not continually injure players on a near weekly basis
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Once again you make a valid point. But still you have players who do, like Cooke. They are also, unfortunately, a part of this league.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
just because something is a part of the league does not make it ok.
headshots, or rather hits to the head, have been a part of the game since long before I was born, and recently they are trying to do what they can to eliminate them, thanks in no small part to the danger that is matt cooke
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
EXTREME HYPERBOLE ALERT
I bet you blamed the parents of the Columbine kids right?
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I look at the situation like this. Is the league moving in the right direction regarding dirty play or do they continue to turn a blind eye. If they don’t deal with Cooke’s action sufficiently such that he changes his action (or suspends him indefintely) than yes I do lay blame on both the league and the player.
I give up.
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when is willfully injuring another player with a dirty player ever NOT the fault of the commiting party?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
When it’s rooted down… Just look at guys like Gillies, do you think his coach didn’t say “Go after that guy” Yes he did. And if Gillies realizes oh here’s a way I can achieve my lifelong dream I’m going to go after guys.
I’m oversimplifying it but you get the picture.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
yes, but the dscrepency lies in that while you seem to think I am removing blame from the higher ups in coaching and management. I am not.
I am just weighting the full responsibility for the dangerous act on the perpetrator
if someone tells me to kill a guy, and i kill that guy while being of sound body and mind, I am still guilty of murder
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
You are. But the blame is reduced if you have for some reason (be it insanity) skewed moral values… Not everyone that plays in the NHL will reason like we do, and not everyone cares that they hurt people. It’s sad, but it’s the way it is.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
because they are agitators and get players off their game, also are pretty decent at hockey and can contribute on the ice
that does not absolve the players of violent and dangerous acts
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
agreed. and i never once condoned dirty play by cooke or other (though I did like Tie Domi shot on Ulf). i said cooke was a better player than 1 diimensional goon (like orr). I don’t agree Cooke is 100% responsible. The coach and GM know the type of player avery and cooke are. If they don’t want that style of play in the game than they can buy him out, send him to AHL, bench him if they are so offended by his dirty play.
Hold up.
Sean Avery is not even remotely similar to Matt Cooke.
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exactly.
Avery is a grade A asshole, but he isn’t overly dirty like Cooke
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Why is Bertuzzi still playing?
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
I dunno, I’m not part of the league.
Should he still be playing, prolly not. However he made ONE bad decision. Cooke has made MANY.
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Agreed, but again, I’m not defending Cooke, and Bertuzzi’s “play” or mindset is something that needs to be eliminated and wasn’t. To me, career ending suspension.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
I can’t fucking believe you’re trying to argue that Beruzzi should be out of the league but it’s cool that Matt Cooke still plays.
Pick a lane.
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Where did I say that I want Cooke playing? Please, don’t put words in my mouth.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Let’s go through Cooke’s litany- he targets star players. Headshot on Savard, knee-to-knee on Sundin, knee-to-knee on Ovechkin, headshot on Lecavalier, etc.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
Also, NO Cooke hit can be compared to that of Bertuzzi… Yes, Cooke has more, but Bertuzzi’s was…
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
doesnt matter why, what matters is that he shouldn’t be
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
Oh it matters, because when analyzing a problem, we can’t start at the end. But I’m with you. He shouldn’t be.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
at the end of the day he is playing because the league lets him.which is their fault
that does not take blame off him for nearly paralyzing another player
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
His victim is suing him. And Bertuzzi is now suing the coach (saying the coach effectively told him to take care of the situation).
blaming other people for our problems is one of this generations major faults
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
No player should ever limit his personal responsibility, but then again, some players listen blindly to their coaches. Some are scared for the roster spot. Some think before they put someone in a wheelchair. That’s the type we want. No scratch that, we want guys that play hockey, not put people in wheelchairs.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
I want my soldiers to be smart enough to know when the general is an idiot and which orders to follow
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
Me too man, me too.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
“The league has it in powers to remove dirty play and does not. I don’t blame only Cooke rather I blame the league for tolerating and allowing his behavior and for him to play.”
This is true.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
its true the league can do something about it (and should) but absolving Cooke of any wrong doing is ridiculous
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
You are correct. But creating a culture in which (I’m not saying Bylsma does) supports and advocates his style of play behind close doors is making it hard for a player to really understand his role. Coaches don’t really have to say much for him to take somebody’s head off, but if a coach understands that and does nothing, he basically like his little animal.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
creating a culture of hard nosed physical hockey is a different thing than creating one where a player targets the head, sticks out his knee, slew foots people into the boards and continually puts people at risk when he is on the ice
While I agree that the league, and his team should do more to reign this dangerous behavior in it is not an excuse for Cookes play
his actions are indefensible, he is a grown man with no mental conditions that restrict his judgment and he is fully capable of policing himself, but he does not
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
I agree. But such individuals exist and are a part of the league to an extent. And if that’s the case, you have to deal with what you have, if the league isn’t banning them, it’s up to the coaches, staff, trainers, whoever to get his head straight. But few do.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
Check out the Justin Bourne article where he basically says that the league would be better off without such players in the league taking roster spots away from more talented players.
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I read that. I agree with that. I’m advocating taking such guys out of the game, but for that to happen they need to not have an impact on the game of hockey. This might sound stupid, but we instinctively know this happens: Coach tells a guy, take this guy out of the play, he does. Serves his minutes or a game misconduct but Crosby has a concussion. For a coach it’s a decent trade off. Not all coaches are like that, not all players would do that but it happens. Preventing such mindset (which is hard because in professional sports winning is everything) and the league increasing its punishment of offenders would go a long way. That why I have it 60-40.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, you are condoning dirty play. That’s fine. That’s your opinion but that’s what you are saying.
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Someone should have told Gretzky this because then he could have just shot anyone that came near him on the ice. Because he got so many points you see.
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Actually, you’re missing the point. Cooke does go out and hurt people in vulnerable spots. Orr consensually hurts people. There is a difference. I think goals, assists come second to players well being on the ice.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
Question. Is there a difference in checking a player to separate him from the puck and checking a player with his head down (leveling him, making the highlight reel and possibly causing injury)?
One can argue the second is intent to injure?
Yes. Take Scott Stevens. His every hit was an intent to injure. But, he was effective. Coaches love effectiveness.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
throwing a perfectly (then) legal body check to effectively make a play and fear of god in every forward who skates into your zone they love
Elbowing a player in the face, or taking out his knee or taking out his feet so he slides dangerously into the boards they don’t like
if steves was playing today throwing around those high hits, his coaches would hate it because it reflects poorly on the team and is illegal by the rules of the game
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, when Cooke made the Savard hit the rules were different too, yet everybody judges him according to the new standard, let’s not forget that.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
I judge him according to him likely ending a good player’s career in a nonchalant manner and I hope he gets lit on fire.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
So basically Scott Stevens would be worse than Matt Cooke if he was playing right now?
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
and I'm done
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Scott Stevens played within the rules that governed his time in the game.
Matt Cooke violates the rules no matter what they’ve been.
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Eddie Shore ended Ace Baily playing career. I don’ tthink that make eddie a saint.
The league can toughen rules and if they really felt his play is improper than they can suspend him indefinitely. Else they can hand out 4 game suspension for the nonse he does now..
Eddie Shore was a mean bastard, by all accounts.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
yup, and if he played a similar way in this era he’d be a dirty bastard too
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yes. I agree, but does the fact the rules were “worse” before justify the “intent” to injure? THAT my friends, is the point. And the INTENT to injure comes from the mindset of a player that is a byproduct of coaching bla bla.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
what I’m saying is that Cookes blatant disregard for others saftey was one of the catalysts of the new rule being brought in
do I think he should be punnished for it after the fact? No, that would be unfair.
BUT the acts that he has since done after that hit, and since the rule, he has continued to be dangerous and put other players in peril.
And Scott Stevens would be as bad as cooke if in the era of the new rule continiued to target players heads with zero regard for their safety yes
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
everybody is has their own way of spelling fLYERrOB’s name
by scrambles the death dealer on Feb 22, 2011 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
everybody is ams dems here durr durr
jesus christ speak english motherfucker
by scrambles the death dealer on Feb 22, 2011 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
My guess is that the new D-man won’t be better than Finger.
...rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony...
by My Poor Friend Me on Feb 22, 2011 7:42 AM EST reply actions
As little as I think of Komi & Lebda, Burke’s a fool if he gives up anything of material value for a D who won’t play in our Top 4.
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by The '67 Sound on Feb 22, 2011 8:15 AM EST up reply actions
My guess
JM Liles
A Columbus D-man (klesla, Hejda, or Tytutin (can you imagine Strahlman? hahah))
Radek Martinek
Johnny Oduya
Tom Gilbert (b/c he is overpaid)
Kurtis Foster (I would be REALLY behind tihs)
Jamie McBain (Just kidding. I wish)
Bryan Allen (Gah I hope not)
Filip Kuba (Yeah that’ll go over well here…)
Andy Greene (But they’re hot so I doubt they move out a piece right now…)
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Never heard of Foster?
Go youtube Foster icing. He had his leg broken in two on an icing chase back in Minnesota. Took a year off for recovery and then came back to have a career year in Tampa last year. I am a big fan
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Poor guy :(
Big ups to Minny for re-signing him for a year when he was recovering. I remember hearing insurance wouldn’t cover his LTIR salary that year.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
Good on Minnie.
I am mad at you btw for your picture!! :@
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Have you not learned that COrny is a troll and a jerk?
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Quite interested in Liles if he’s cheap. Kurtis Foster’s stats are interesting, though I don’t really know the player. I don’t see too many other names on this list to get excited about.
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I wasn't suggesting
That its an exciting list. Its a piss poor list. Just the people I think are available on teams that would be willing ot move a D-man at this point. I am a big Foster fan.
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We still have pretty good organizational D depth, some of it is just a year or two away. If only Komisarek could rediscover how to play hockey…
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What the Hell did you do to his face? It’s all, like, Tyler Perry Presents: Phil Kessel.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Feb 22, 2011 7:56 AM EST reply actions
Wild Card?
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
by birky on Feb 22, 2011 8:27 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
WTF is this from?
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by theninjagreg on Feb 22, 2011 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
Burkie
Did anyone else notice that Burke, had a totally different tone to his voice? Sounded confident like what he was working on could be good!!
"Pass to the Left, Cause the Right is Wrong!!"
Yeah. He just had a lot of offers out there. I am sure some are good, some are poor, most are average. We’ll see which goes through.
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by LeafsLaughToo on Feb 22, 2011 8:56 AM EST up reply actions
Anything that pushes Komi and Lebda down the depth chart.
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Thats is going to be hard to do?
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by LeafsLaughToo on Feb 22, 2011 8:56 AM EST up reply actions
So...
Stick skates back on Wilson. A 55 year old player who could only make the NHL for 3 seasons then went to play in Europe? Yeah thats better than Lebda!
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Yikes, even sticking “skate” on Wilson would be better than Lebda, let alone “skates”.
by potvin vs hextall on Feb 22, 2011 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Saw lebda got carried off the ice at practice yesterday. He may have pushed himself down the depth chart. Hate to see a guy get hurt, but I love to see lebda not playing.
by Dyler on Feb 22, 2011 9:38 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I was at the Marlies game yesterday...
and I would just like to say I have a colboner.
he really is using to learn his size well, and he’s unreal along the boards.
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I was there as well. The puck seems to follow the guy, he needs to put on some muscle but there is a lot to like about the kid.
Oh, and the Pizza Pizza ‘Chuck a Pep’ Contest?! That alone almost makes a Marlies game worthwhile, just because it sounds like something you may do after a University keg party.
Chuck a Pep? Is that like Chuck a puck?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
I continue to hate your avatar and it burns my eyes.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
Seconded
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I suppose I could change it to him in a uniform and that would be slightly harder to see, but I don’t think that would be less of a pain to y’all.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
I think this picture may be acceptable to all
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by PKSube on Feb 22, 2011 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah but we’ve had Lucic for a while and that was 2 pre-seasons ago.
On the other hand Kaberle rules so I’d like to celebrate his arrival.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
how about rich peverly? you could use the peverly hillbilly!
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
He has his first game as a Bruin tonight! So, maybe.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
Plus he’s apparently switching to #49 so the peverlybilly’s numbers are wrong now.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
Well this is the story of a man named Rich
Who played for Atlanta, a team stuck in a ditch
And then one day his life suddenly was made
When his GM called him up and said there was a trade…
To Boston that is. Black and Gold. The Spoked B…
by Arenacale on Feb 22, 2011 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
why is this aborted limerick green?
by scrambles the death dealer on Feb 22, 2011 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
It’s not a limerick.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
What the heck is Chuck A Pep? Pepperoni ?
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pepperoni coloured pucks you throw on the ice to try and win something
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by thenumber14 on Feb 22, 2011 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
Now I have to read the GDT. See what you’ve done.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
What would it take...
…to get Jonathan Blum or Cody Franson out of Nashville do ya figure? That would fit “the blueprint”…
I’d LOVE Cody Franson. I wish we trade Versteeg for him…
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Too much. Leafs need a stop-gap at left-D for at least a season, until one of Blacker or Gardiner are ready.
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Fuck that
If Franson is available he is exactly what Burke is targetting. Young players with high end potential ready to step into the lineup.
I don’t know nearly as much about Blum
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Blum should be ready. Rock solid, offensive upside, ran the show in Vancouver when he was there.
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Franson and Blum are both right-handed shots. Leafs need a left-handed shot on D.
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I have to think Nashville is still butt-hurt from giving away the store in 2007 for 22 games of Peter Forsberg (and a 1st round loss to the Sharks)…Philly said thanks though.
I’m just spitballing here, but if Clarky Mark doesn’t want to re-sign, do you flip him for Franson or just play Brian Burke hardball RFA style?
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
If he can’t come to terms with Burke then I think he’ll send him to the highest bidder. Things seem a little nuts this year so better to move him when he has peak value than to risk him coming back to earth next year.
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But D-men seem to have a LOT higher value than forward right now
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I'll give both our 1sts for Bogosian.
I am sad at how poor this draft class is looking and how mediocre our picks are going to be.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
MacA + the 2 late firsts for Bogo?
Anyone here have TML letterhead and the fax number for the Thrashers?
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Could the Thrashers take Mac after walking from him last summer? It would be a little awkward.
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
The whole plan would be to watch them go to arbitration and walk away from his award…. again.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
Does Bogosian want to play in Winnipeg next year?
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
Bogosian has the physical tools to be a MONSTER. Problem is, he hasn’t shown enough growth on the defensive side of things. That could still be fixed with ease.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
You got me :D hahah
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
It’s awfully tempting to try & move him right now. We could get another big bounty.
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What we you deal him for?
To me the biggest thing is chemistry and the fact we are building something with Mac. That said, I can’t say he’s not movable for a good enough price. It sucks but that’s just how it is.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
I know he’s said he’d like to stay. I think he’d be crazy not to, playing in a city like this with linemates (Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin) like that. But we haven’t put amounts on it. That’s going to happen this week.
I’d like to know how much of his production is driven by Grabbo and Kulie.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
Me to but I like the fact that he’s gelled nicely with the group we have, sometimes, you can’t replace that… No matter how good the return… I don’t know, I’m not high on trading that kind of guy.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
If someone wants to overpay by a boatload for Clarke MacArthur they can have him. He’s a good player but lest we forget the Leafs picked him up as a UFA because the Thrashers walked away from his arbitration award (think they’re regretting that one just a bit?).
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
I agree with this. My heart’s not in it but my brain is.
TWSS?
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
Here’s the way I look at (using a hypothetical)- if Garth Snow goes into Mike Milbury (i.e. dipshit emeritus) mode and says “Burkie…Tavares ain’t working out here and Wang wants to cut bait…MacArthur and a first for Tavares”…you’re making that deal.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
Not only am I making that deal but I’m building a IQ lighthouse (whatever that is) for Snow.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
throw in Blacker and our 2nd and D’amigo too
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
And a complementary waffle cart.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
I might stop here. Thats 3 top 40 picks plus a guy putting up 60 points and 1 A-/B+ prospect and one B prospect.
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Why stop? Keeep going. Its never gonna happen
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MacArthur’s game is all about puck possession. He likes that little curl move in the corner and lets the offense set up in the attacking zone. I think he’s the least important part of that line though.
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I’m not so sure about him being the least important part of that line. Just from the shots of them on the bench, he’s always the one running his mouth, pointing things out, and seems to be very leadership-y. If he didn’t have his nice passes, the puck possession game would be much less important, but if he really is the brains (Kulemin is the muscle, Grabbo the wild card, of course), I really hesitate to take anyone off that line.
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
Burtch pointed out
That he has the most first assists on that line.
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Yep, his playmaking is underrated.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
Does it scare anyone else when Burke says:
It’s a player who’s averaged roughly 40 points his whole career and now he’s on pace for 80 or whatever it is. It’s not easy to quantify what a player like that’s worth."
He’s on pace for 61. Shouldn’t Burke know these things off hand? It scares me how often he makes mistakes like this in interviews
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Or how he says that they haven’t begun to quantify his value? I mean, why the hell hasn’t he?
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
It’s Burke.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
What does Wayne Enterprises actually DO anyways?
That whole company seems like one big front.
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Garbage disposal.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Honestly, what do they do? I watched Dark Knight again on the weekend, and what do they do??
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Errverything
Seriously they are just supposed to be like a mega corporation that owns everything
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well because of the bat suit, and tumbler and all that I am going to go out on a limb saying they develop technology for the military
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
bean counters didn’t think a soldier’s life was worth 300 grand. So what’s your interest in it, Mr. Wayne?
Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
Or, a bit like PPPPP and their amalgamated businesses.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
We still have the kitten ranch but we also added a puppy dojo.
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Rule #20
by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Diversification FTW!
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
I hear the puppy market is about to boom.
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by thenumber14 on Feb 22, 2011 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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It does everything.
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I’m just saying that it is probably something not worth getting worked up about.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
or he has and doesnt want to say it in the press and it could be much lower than macarthurs idea. i dont fell he has to say anything on the topic other than their beggining to work on a deal, which they are
Meh.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
My guess is Burke is like a lot of CEOs. They are responsible for the overall vision and direction of the organization but they may not be able to put their finger on the finer details of day to day operations.
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I dunno
Resigning and trading are his responsibility. If he doesn’t know a simple box score like a players points how can he properly assess value?
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Because perhaps of the top of his head he made a mistake. I’m sure when it comes to making a decision on resigning a player he does his homework. Jesus.
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It seems like he makes these mistakes a lot. And their is a huge difference between a 60 point player and an 80 point player. I was just pointing something out.
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So because he doesn’t have Clarke MacArthur’s stats and projected stats memorized at all times in the day, that means he’s making a lot of mistakes? Wow.
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by clrkaitken on Feb 22, 2011 2:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You misinterpretted what I said
For the record I got the term mistake from Leafer:
Because perhaps of the top of his head he made a mistake
I am not sure how him being inaccurate on a fact (someone’s stats) is anything but a mistake… I never claimed it was a large one.
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It just seems you’re making a mountain out of a molehill and kinda nit picking.
Burke knows what he is saying and knows what he is doing
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Stajan 2.0 (or more accurately Stajan is Weiss 2.0)
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Stajan has never had more than 55 points or 16 goals, whereas Weiss’s best year had him at 28-32-60. That doesn’t make Weiss elite, Stajan just sucks a little bit.
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Do not want Weiss for 2 first-round picks. I’d rather Burke sit on the picks.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 9:54 AM EST up reply actions
full court press today on Weiss
radio today is pushing Weiss like its their job… Blair show was basically subtitled “TRADE EVERYTHING YOU CAN EXCEPT SHENN FOR WEISS”. And now, on the sportcentral noon show they’re at it again.
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Derek Zona at CnB has a major hard on for Weiss. I respect his opinion but haven’t looked at him myself.
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by The '67 Sound on Feb 22, 2011 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Radio is by far the stupidest place left to learn about Leafs news except for maybe Bleacher Report.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
ya, wouldn't disagree
I work full time, so day time is spent listening when i can(and often shouting at it in my head), not learning from it
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I’d take weiss for cheap (as in below market) but he really is just a slightly better version of Stajan. He is not the legit first line C we need
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
Of his counting stats? Yes. Of his advanced stats? He’s much better than Stajan 2.0.
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he is Stajan +
I just don’t think he’d be worth what it would cost to attain him
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Ah but perhaps Mr. Tallon is interested in our MAGIC BEANS.
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Excluding Vokoun, pretty much anyone worth value on that team is basically on fire sale – magic beans may just work.
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I think if this year’s trades have taught us anything, it’s that we are all very bad at identifying a player’s value.
by scrambles the death dealer on Feb 22, 2011 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
Exactly. Those are counting stats. One of the reasons they aren’t higher is because rather than face middling competition in easy set ups (O zone face-offs) he’s playing the toughest competition every night.
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but then if he played in Toronto he’d still play the toughest competition, and the Leafs arn’t very good either
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
We should be cautiously optimistic that something gets done today. He did say he was trying, it didn’t mean anything was a certainty but heres hoping!! Ahhh, the life of a Leafs fan!
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So far, Burke has nailed 2 of the 3 deals (very solid return for Beauch and Kaberle, I’m not that thrilled about the return for Versteeg) he did in the last 10 days (the Voros deal was pure filler).
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
Burke was "lucky" he was in a position to have excess veteran defenseman when demand was so high for them.
Note that “lucky” could just mean he knew they would be in demand… hard to tell.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
What a team needs during the summer is much different than their needs during the season. Players either grow or regress and holes open up via injury.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
there is a certain degree of luck involved no doubt, but im sure he took a gander at UFA’s and the status of teams last year (when he was offered crap) and did some mental arithmetic that the return stood a good chance of getting better.
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
No doubt
There’s no doubt in mind for a non-playoff team, the return we got for 2 vet defensemen was great.
As for how brilliant Burke was to be put in that position to deal those is up for debate. Hell, if JFJ had that opportunity he may have gotten the same return and we might be singing his praises. Okay I take that last one back.
Just saying that sometimes a GM benefits more from the competitive landscape, supply/demand environment and current positioning with the league than actual management skill. Same as in any business, not just sports.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
True, but I think being able to read that landscape and acting sooner rather than later is a plus.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
I think its the reverse
Its acting later rather than sooner. NOT acting in the summer and acting now instead.
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I just meant with the Beauch deal. And making the moves prior to the deadline. Setting the market as opposed to responding.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
An act and a non-act could essentially be viewed as the same thing as long as both are conscience decisions that arise from analysis.
There are great moves and great non-moves, as well as bad moves and bad non-moves.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
of course, just saying that, if anything, we have to give Burke credit for being ballsy enough not to take the “best offer” last year and hope, despite any long term analysis he did, that the market would improve
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
I have this problem at my job all the time.
The very definition of management “skill” is hard to qualify/quantify. Often it comes down to the will to make a deal (or NOT make a deal) that another manager wouldn’t, and evaluate over a long time period to show consistent positive results.
Ugh my mind is going off on tangents today.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
Wow
Hockey’s future has no faith in Ryan Ellis. 7.5D. They really think his height will limit him. Weird he is not THAT small at 5’10" and he is putting up RIDICULOUS numbers and his defensive game is supposed to be pretty a good
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That would have to be an off-season move…but it would be an awesome one!
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Nah
I am sure Nashville has WAY more faith in him than Hockey’s future. I was more just pointing something interesting out.
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For a minute there, I was really high :D
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
I wonder what they would have rated Marty St Louis
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by Matt_Roberts on Feb 22, 2011 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
The man who was never drafted? and then got waived by Calgary? No one had any faith.
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mostly cause of his size
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by Matt_Roberts on Feb 22, 2011 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
From what I saw in the WJC he gets a lot of brain cramps on his own zone
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Curious If anyone thinks kaberle for Neal could have been done. I know the salaries don’t line up as dallas obviously wanted to clear some cap space, but I have to think that kabs had better value than goligoski
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The only time it could have happened was in the summer (when Kabs didn’t have an NTC). Kabs had no want to go out West. In the summer Dallas seemed to be willing to role with their D-men and see if Niskanen could have a bounce back year, Grossman could progress, etc.
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I was trying to figure out a scenario where the Leafs could’ve traded for Neal, but the part that would’ve been going back is Schenn.
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Really? I mean Goligoski is so much < Schenn it’s mindblowing.
I don’t think they ever get Schenn in that deal, but much like you insinuate, there is no deal without a dman, so there is no deal. I also don’t know how Shero pulled that off, must have been a shotgun, point blank range.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
Whoah. Kessel looks like a Whoville character in that picture.
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complete with a grinch like double chin
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Pure Speculation
If the idea is to throw out names of potential d-men BB is targeting, here are a few…not that I would or would not want any of these guys, but I think they could be possibilities.
Cam Barker (over paid and under-used in MIN)
Denis Wideman (FLA sell off)
JM Liles (over paid)
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I think Fla keeps Wideman. Barker will return a forward and we don’t have any.
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And I heard the Avs are asking for too much for Liles….
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by LeafsLaughToo on Feb 22, 2011 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
BAH
grabbed my tix for the game tonight out of the folder on my bulletin board. player featured on the tix? KOMISAREK. this is a bad sign.
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I was planning to bring a change of clothes tonight and throw on my Kabby jersey. Couldn’t do it though – too soon.
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:(
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With Kaberle out of the picture…I think it’s time you try on that beautiful #2 Schenn sweater. It’s been known to make anyone feel better (side effects of the Luke Schenn sweater include excessive attractiveness and incidental impregnation).
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
Or it’s a reverse jinx. He’ll play really well against his hometown team.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
Did anyone catch Burke say something along the lines of
If I tell you [who I am targetting] I’ll have to kill you… I am not trying to be snarky but it would be tampering
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along the line of “I can tell you, but then I’d have to kill you”. He then said “but seriously, I can discuss names because it’s tampering”
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You misheard he said “I can tell you, but then HE’D have to kill you”
by Leaf in Habland on Feb 22, 2011 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
More like, I can’t discuss names because Gillis listens to everything I say ever.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
Gillis is the guy who would rat his friends out in high school for smoking weed at parties by calling their mums.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
Burke doesn’t make jokes, he tampers :D
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
I wish he’s just cut out the middle man and kill most of the MSM.
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Plus, there’s so much going on right now that actually has to do with HOCKEY I don’t talk about much else anyway.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
I mean, whenever I go into the CC, I have to resist the urge to say “OK, but why don’t we talk about the Leafs?”.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
Pretty much.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
The CC was created in the first place because there was too much off-topic posting in the FTB and such.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
Tell it to the CC.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
Caramel Chocloate Chip from Tim’s.
SO MUCH CARAMEL
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
Tims > Dunkin Donuts.
Fact.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
I wonder if in england, they just call them muffins and call regular muffins american muffins?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
Wow. You went there
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FUCK YOUR MUFFINS AND THE HORSE YOUR MUFFINS RODE IN ON
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this is the worst american pie remake ever
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:18 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So all of the reporters are saying Brown and Armstrong are back tonight, but that would make us over the 23 man limit. It looks like Christian Hanson will be the odd man out and is probably on his way to the Marlies:
James Reimer expected to start in goal. No sign of Christian Hanson.
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Makes sense
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Gets the short straw because he’s the only waiver eligible guy on the 3rd or 4th lines not named Rosehill who’ll will suit up tonight to punchisize Konopka.
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Doesn’t have to go through waivers because of Burke’s awesome management of the situation.
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I’m starting to really like Rosehill.
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He’s just like Orr, only about twice as fast and with better hands. I liked him before it was cool to like him.
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I agree.
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Also one time Jay Rosehill stole a car from a strip club parking lot to drive across the street to another strip club.
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Oh yeah
He’s the best.
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he is probably about two steps saner though
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
can i borrow your scarf?
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by thenumber14 on Feb 22, 2011 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
I am taking bets
For how long it takes for Skinny to decide breathing is “too mainstream” for him
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Would you guys like Gonchar from Ottawa?
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Are you high or drunk?
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by leafer1984 on Feb 22, 2011 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes I am and dang PROUD of it ! I am a respector of the Maple Leafs and Ontario Maple Leaf Nation.
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you’d better!
/shakes fist
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
Unlike a certain Bruins fan…..
/StaresatCornelius
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Dude, Corny is a very well like person around here.
He’s a jerk and a troll, but our fave troll.
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indeed, I want to buy the man a beer…and put exlax in it
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
I'm gonna see
What kind of prescription level ones I can get for this prank. Or just antabuse. Enjoy that, punk
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PS I feel the need to state
I would never do this, or abuse my privileges as an MD. This is a joke
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Why do things like this need to be clarified, it’s kind of difficult to take it as anything other than a joke
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
Haha
I make a lot of stupid jokes, but I consider my profession very serious. It makes for a weird situation I guess.
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Surely the medical books would classify Exlax-to-Cornelius as “feeding the animals.”
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by not norm ullman on Feb 22, 2011 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
Exactly.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
Don’t worry, we got your back
Troll
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FLYERROB is alright. Wait, didn’t it use to be FLYERBOB? Is this like Jasper’s Rink?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
Never – It has always been FLYERROB – MY dad is BOB I am Rob.
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Always read it as FLYERBOB, I feel shame.
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“You go to the box. Two minutes by yourself and… you feel shame. You know… and then you get free.” – Slapshot !
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And a spear /spears host
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LOVE IT ! – I can watch that movie A MILLION TIMES and still laugh over and over.
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Has anyone ever noticed?
In one scene (and never commented on or explained) the bus driver is wearing a hat with a swastika on it
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Never
Really?
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LOL
Only in that movie can you get away with that crap. NAACP would have been ALL OVER THAT like Stink on Sh!t if it was done in todays movies.
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sure – its the National Association for the Advancement of Canadian People.
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by FLYERROB on Feb 22, 2011 11:27 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Point to FLYERROB.
Next.
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by not norm ullman on Feb 22, 2011 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
NAACP is for racism against black people. That owuld be covered by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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anything nazi in America and the NAACP is all over them. KKK and Nazi go together sadly. White Supremists or Neo Nazi’s. NAACP is always flushing them out. and rightfully so.
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Probably, using a similar logic to when he was smashing holes in the side of the bus “to make it look mean”, he thought wearing a Nazi helmet would do the same.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
The cross itself is skewed but the SS seems bang on to me. Freaky.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
No I never noticed it. I will have to look now.
Do you know that in Indian Culture that the Swastika was a religious symbol hundreds of years before the Natzi’s used it ?
I know because my Fiance is from India.
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I believe its in Buddhism. There are a lot of theories of why they used it. Some think he got it from them. Some think its a bent cross. Some think he just made it up…
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I think he stole it from the Indian People. My Fiance is Punjabi from New Delhi India. They were sikh Religion prior to coming to America and converting to Born Again Christian like me. Half of Sikh is in Northern India and the other Half is in Pakistan. So yes – I am almost with a Paki
LOL
Lesser known facts -
Manny Malhotra is Punjab Pakistani Decent.
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Budhism, early Mesopotamia, even some Celtic religions I believe. I might be wrong on the last one.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
Also a Hindu symbol, used heavily, which came far before Buddhism
by ShahofToronto on Feb 22, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
nope, it’s a Hindu sign
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Yeah. He starts dressing like an SS member. You can see it when he takes the sledgehammer to the bus “What are you DOING?’ ‘Makin’ it look MEAN!”
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I noticed something
Rewound and saw it. My friend and I cracked up for 5 minutes.
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Cuss. No.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
As, like, a personal servant?
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
NO!
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
No
Never, ever, ever.
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as someone mentioned above, Franson or Blum would also be fantastic, but I doubt they are available never mind attainable
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
I wouldn't be upset
with Kurtis Foster or Kris Russel if they are available. (whats with hockey players spelling their first names with K)?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
The Marlies are short on players and he’s not waiver eligible is my guess.
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Bring up Gysbers. And the Marlies are not short on defenseman. Mikus has been a healthy scratch
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I said it in yesterdays Marlie's GDT
But lets trade for LA’s Juraj Mikus. I want to see them both on the same team.
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then we can give them swords and have a highlander battle
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
Pipe dream my friend. Pipe dream
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I understand why people like Bogosian’s upside, but we don’t need him.
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screw the porsche, i want a Lambo
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
Doughty?
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by Matt_Roberts on Feb 22, 2011 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
or we could opt for the konigsegg and get Weber!
powerrrrrrrrrrrr
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
If Burke IS indeed going after a d-man, and considering the other options, i'd swing for the fences for Bogo.
Then again it’s more likely to be some one with a bad contract if all the media reports of “philly’s 3rd being involved” are true.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
apparently ATL turned down the kessel package (two 1sts and a 2nd) for Bogo, so if that is true, lord knows what it would take
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
Roster players.
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
would you trade phil kessel for bogosian?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
This was suggested above
Both firsts and MacA! Just because it would be awesome seeing what they do with him after turning down his contract
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
I am making a point.
Phi Kessel cost 2 firsts and a 2nd
Altanta turned down that package for Bogosian
it was stated that ATL would want a roster player of atleast that value
that is apparently phil Kessels value
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
They probably realise that the odds of getting a kid as good as Bogosian for those picks is slim since they have a good idea of where the team offering them will finish.
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probably because they want roster players and to compete sooner than later and have holes in their roster they want filled
it makes sense, I just think they are setting the value a little high, Bogo has a shit ton of potential, but he hasn’t earned that price tage yet.
but then there was the gologoski trade…..
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
I wouldnt be surprised if his salary a year or two hit that, but yeah, his cap hit will average at about 4
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
were it anyone but Schenn, I’d agree. But I’m sure burke will give him at least an extra half mill a year for potential+intangibles
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
I doubt its that high. He is an RFA. My guess:
3.0 3.5, 3.5, 4, 4.
5 years 18 million. (3.6/year)
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I think it will be a 2 or 3 year deal. A 5 year deal means Schenn will be a UFA at the end. Keeping the deal shorter allows the Leafs one more re-negotiation while Schenn is still an RFA.
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I’m guessing his deal is similar to Seabrook’s current deal, about $3.5 million per year. Maybe a little less, since Seabrook has a bit of a better offensive game.
by Draglikepull on Feb 22, 2011 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
That’s probably really high.
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O_o
Good gracious no. We get a break on Schenn because his offensive game isn’t nearly what his defensive game is yet. I think he’ll get exactly what Ryan Suter got, $3.5M a year but for 3 instead of 4 years so he’s still an RFA at the end of it and available for a raise if he earns it.
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I hope so, I just have a feeling
and it tingles
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
There’s definitely smoke there. Adrian Dater, the COL writer, says they are looking at moving him and Working Class Howard says he’s heard the Leafs are interested.
It’s just rumours at this point.
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Yeah, but in his 30 Thoughts, he says they want a young goaltender. And we don’t have any to give up really.
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I have heard rumours of a Stastny for Bernier trade (with a lot of other pieces). I don’t buy it though
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So what reasons do I have to hate the Flames? I like Jarome Iginla and they beat the Habs yesterday…so how to get my ire up?
Some of their fans still think they won the Phaneuf trade, maybe?
It’s gotten a lot harder though ever since Darryl Sutter was fired.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
The best is that they think that this run means they don’t have to make any large scale changes, like Ottawa last year, everyone is going to be one year older and they’ll come back down to earth. It’ll be great.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
really, this run (unless by some miracle they make the dance and win the cup) will probably be worse for the team than just firesaleing and tanking in the long run
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
If they win cup, no it wont
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unless by some miracle they make the dance and win the cup
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
Well I totally read that wrong.
As you were
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What are the odds of that though?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Loved that game ! I hate MONTREAL and their Snobby Fans !
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Montreal media riled up because the Canadian anthem was English-only version, plus they played the Star Spangled Banner before a game with two Canadian teams.
by Leaf in Habland on Feb 22, 2011 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah
Why the hell did they play the American anthem? And deal with the english thing. Do they always play it in English in Montreal?
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pretty sure they played the Canadian one at the meeting of two american teams last week
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
There was a big argument last year
If they should play it at the SCF last year. They did not.
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Was a canadian team in final?
No.
So no canadian anthem.
Whats the big fuckin deal?
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Nothing
i was just bringing it up that this topic has already been discussed.
Whats weird to me is that they play both anthems at the outdoor games but not the stanley cup finals. I would think consistency…
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In indoor games, the anthem of the nation that houses both teams’ stadium is sang. Often this means just one is sang.
In outdoor games, as well as all-star games, they sing the American and Canadian anthems because those are one-off events.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah I get that
But it just seems to me if the outdoor games are special so are the SCF. Personally I would only include both when both teams are playing and at the all star game. Besides that? just who ever is there
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That’s them being drunk and forgetting the words. It’s different.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
There was a giant-ass Canadian flag hanging off the Green monster last year.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
They sing it first 2/3rds in french rest in english
by Bobby Paradise on Feb 22, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
They played both anthems at all four Winter Classics. I guess turnabout and stuff.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
Exactly
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GOOD ! So we found a way to get back at them from 2001 when the boo’d the American National Anthem in Montreal after 09/11/2001 and the attacks on Afghanistan.
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Ehh
I don’t think it has to be related to 911. Its a disgusting move anyway.
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They boo it all of the time. Doesn’t have to do with politics just stupidity.
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Boston just traded half of their american players away. There are 2 left on the team – Thomas and Kampfer.
Some retards are going to be chanting USA USA USA at the next home game against a Canadian team anyhow.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
Prolly when Bergeron scores. Assisted by Lucic and Chara.
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right after a nice save by Rask and a breakout pass by kaberle
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
I liekd when Anaheim won the cup, they chanted USA. They had like 19 canadian players on that team
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When I went to the Mellon, Pens people laughed at the Leafs for not having Sid or Geno, and then started chanting U-S-A right after. It was pretty funny
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Screw you corny, you get the point
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I’m not disagreeing here, you’re supporting my point. Which is that sports fans are dumb.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
That was an idiotic article
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Indeed. Pretty sure if the Habs had won it would not have been written. But they needed to bitch about something, I guess.
by Leaf in Habland on Feb 22, 2011 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
BINGO
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Love that smug little bit at the end about how classy they are in Montreal. From the same media that gave Koivu shit for having the gall to be fluent in only one of the city’s languages.
why do anthems need to be played before games anyway? Its as dumb as having an anthem before you sit and watch a movie or something. There is no need to have anthems played before a local sporting event. The teams do not represent the countries. Its just a dumb new tradition.
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Agreed. I’m so used to hearing them at sports games that it doesn’t really bother me exactly, but when you stop and think about it it does kind of seem to belong on the same spectrum of empty patriotism as stuff like Boston fans chanting “USA!” for a pro team with barely any Americans on it. Leave the anthems for international competition where they really mean something.
I like it in Canada
I can’t speak for the States, but in Canada I think we have a severe lack of outward patriotism. We listen/play our national anthem so rarely I like it there.
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I think that’s less true than it used to be. Plus, I think our perspective on that is slightly skewed since our sole comparison is usually to the US. Anyway, I’m not trying to steer this into an overly political discussion, but I think that more flag waving type patriotism means less nothing when most people know absolutely nothing about the history of this country.
But don’t get me wrong, I like O Canada. It’s a nice anthem. Like, I said, it doesn’t bug me to hear it or anything. (In either language!)
Can’t really argue with much of what you said. Well put.
The one thing though is most European countries seem to have that pride too.
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Thanks. And for sure. I wish we did have a stronger popular sense of identity and pride in this country, I just also wish that it also ran slightly deeper than beer commercial level. I know too many educated people who are more than happy to wave the flag or talk about how Canada is “the best country in the world” but don’t have even the tiny faintest clue about our political system or will turn around in the next breath and say how we have no history or culture, or that if we do, it’s boring. To me that’s not real pride. /soapbox
Hmmm
I think pity is a better emotion. They seem to be in a similar situation to Ottawa last year. They have been playing extremely good (perhaps unsustainably good) hockey over the last few weeks and now have decided against a rebuild. They are going to be one old team next year with less young pieces.
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Plus they’ll hand out big raises with NTCs! Oh wait, Sutter is gone, maybe not.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
they also have boychuck and kostopalous they got from the ian white trade
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
pssstt Babchuck
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babchuck is solid though. hes worthy. so basically they have Stajan and Babchuk for Aulie, Phaneuf, and Sjostrom. still a terrible trade.
no debating that, you could also argue they got the cap space from dion, but they immediately blew that on Stajan and white (and then babchuck/kostopalous)
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
ok. but still. thats an awful trade for the hard hitting phaneuf, the tower or power Aulie, and penalty killing Sjostrom
Aulie is really the only gem so far and he's still a prospect-ish.
Phaneuf massively overpaid although he does log big minutes, and Sjostrom isn’t helping nearly as much with the PK this year as it he did last year.
It hasn’t been a HUGE win for us, but it certainly was a loss for CGY.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
@jonas640 Gustavsson back with the Marlies.
So Jonas will resume his conditioning stint.
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Any idea how many days he has left on his stint (for the purposes of when it’s time to shuffle the goalies again)?
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
it probably gets rebooted back to 2 weeks because of the heart issue
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t think it does… or at least this is the 1st i’d read of that being a possibility.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
well he was initially sent down for one thing and then another thing happened, I don’t see why they couldn’t
but then I have no idea on the particulars and am open to being proved wrong
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
I believe his conditioning stint was suspended as of whenever he went on IR. Not restarted.
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
Only like a week I think. Then it’ll be Gus up/Scrivens down, or Giggy back and Gus pressbox/waived.
It will be a sad day if we have to waive Gus. Still not sure he’d get claimed with how he’s played lately.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Taking on the NYI tonight
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29. Maple Leaf fans must be patient with Joe Colborne. He’ll likely need another year in the AHL. This has been a big adjustment for him, but he’s in good hands with Dallas Eakins.
Patience has become a lot easier for me lately. Especially now that Boston doesn’t have us by the balls next season.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
he has 3 goals in two games. i think the trade will be the turning point in his career. his dad said, “maybe we can help them out.”(the Leafs win)
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small sample sizes are a wonderful thing, lets be happy, yet realistic on this one
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
Too soon to judge. Cool your expectations! He’s not putting up McKegg-esque numbers.
My expectations on Gardiner’s contributions (eventually) are much higher.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
28. Quote of the week: One executive on Kris Versteeg and Toronto. “Sometimes a rebound girlfriend doesn’t work.”
Damn.
26. Another player is rising out of “nowhere land” is Toronto-born Jamie Oleksiak from NCAA Northeastern. He’s 6-foot-7, 244 pounds with room to fill out more. But he might not be there when teams pick late in round one.
Holy Christ! He is a Toronto boy too. I checked out this guys stats:
2010-11 Northeastern University H-East GP30 G3 A8 P11 PIM47
So, I guess his ceiling is a bigger Hall Gill? Also, isn’t Hockey East a weak conference after BC & BU? I don’t know enough about the NCAA, but maybe a couple of you guys can enlighten me, and maybe you’ve seen this kid?
No, Hockey East has sent a team to something like 12 of the past 13 national championship games.
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Hanson is OFFICALLY sent down
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How about Montador from Buffalo for a few seasons to help fill in the Kaberle slot. You know Buffalo is always Salary Dumping at the Trade Deadline.
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defensemen buffalo has that i want
Tyler Myers
that is all
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
is that lindy’s wife? why would you want her? i bet she doesn’t even Play the Penalty Kill.
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O-VER-RA-TED
CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
Buffalo’s scouts make due by watching youtube videos of prospects streamed off free AOL. I think Lindy would do good here with more resources.
lindy ruff has benefited from arguably the best goalie of all time and now Ryan Miller
he is a good coach, but has been pushed to elite status by the insane goaltending luck he has had
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
good coach made to look better by having amazing players, it is not unheard of
Pretty sure scotty bowman wouldn’t be a coaching god if he never had lidstrom, yzerman or federov etc
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
Bowman was a coaching god before Detroit. Mind you, one of the teams he coached was the late 70s Habs IIRC. So, yeah…
Bowman will probably go down as the greatest coach in hockey history. He was already in the HHOF before he coached the Penguins or Red Wings. He only had a team miss the playoffs twice, and both of those were in two successive years with the Sabres.
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So we want their scouting department. That doesn’t mean we want their coach.
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by Bower Power on Feb 22, 2011 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
I like our current amateur scouting department, they were aces last draft
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Tyler Myers is a dang good player
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I am hesitant on Stafford
He had a subpar season last year and his numbers are inflated this year by having 2 hat tricks in one week. I think he has the most hattricks on the year. I would like to see if they only happen in blow outs.
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How many guys score hat tricks in games that weren’t blow outs…or high scoring?
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Well highscoring and blow outs are a big difference. The goal has less meaning in a blow out. The point I am trying to make is that his goal scoring this year appears to be higher than the actual value of his goals scored (or at least they may be if it turns out he has potted a bunch of them late in blow outs).
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Yeah but now they have an owner with big pockets who is apparently going to let Darcy spend some money to make the team good.
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Steve Montador sucks
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I still don’t believe that.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
I still chuckle a bit every time i type “Steve Montador is good”
Hmm.. Maybe he was replaced by an alien body double that doesn’t suck…
On the Mike Weber bandwagon.
Shane Hnidy got PP time in Minnesota, that was more a function of Minny not being so great.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
Doubt this is true anymore
Buffalo is always Salary Dumping at the Trade Deadline.
They have an owner with $$ now. I am interested (and scared) what Barfallo can do with cap flexibility
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And an owner that takes personal interest in the team' success. As opposed to soulless corporation.
He wants to create family atmosphere and ensure that players get all the little things so hopefully the team is more attractive to free agents in future.
/sighs
by transmogrifier on Feb 22, 2011 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I wish the Leafs had a single owner like Harold Ballard or Eugene Melnyk or Mark Cuban. Those guys guarantee titles.
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ensure that players get all the little things so hopefully the team is more attractive to free agents in future.
You realise that Burke has been a huge proponent of doing that right?
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Have you heard the chatter that Murray might be able to keep his job since he’s done a good job with the fire sale?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 2:19 PM EST up reply actions
hahaha yes.
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I know right.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
There’s also a limit to how much of those perks you can hand out before it is considered cap circumvention. Like how Roger Clemens requested a private jet or something from the Houston Astros and all kinds of other crap. Can’t do that in the NHL.
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by T is for Truculence on Feb 22, 2011 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
ARMY
Certified Grabbo lover. GET WELL SOON, SID
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You finally get it.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
Reimer
Kind of feel for the guy, playing well in the NHL and then his defencemen are gutted.
Looks good though
Welcome
Thanks for joining. It’ll be a good test for him I guess. Tough situation for sure.
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If they have to play Lebda in front of him it will be a Herculian task.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
Elliotte Friedman
“Starting today, there will be no financial mandates” on the front office.
oh boy looks like buf jus got some money
Meh
they now have the flexibility, let’s see if they put together the personnel to walk the walk.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
Phil kessel..Kurt Russell?
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by Future_considerations on Feb 22, 2011 11:25 AM EST reply actions
Also from the 30 things...
Please, please NHL, don’t kill the goose laying the golden eggs by holding too many outdoor games. 1 per country per season is enough. It’s a novelty, and that’s why it works. Don’t screw that up.
it is the perfect stupid goofy ass spectacle that would make the allstar game into the cash cow they want it to be
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
The all-star game is a cash cow already.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
So they have a brand-new cash cow in the winter classic now. And if they combined the events it would shrink it into one cash cow event instead of two.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
Worse, the Winter Classic at least has the potential to be an entertaining game, and the ASG is never entertaining, so combining the two would inevitably drop ratings and ruin both cash cows.
if people are not going to watch the allstar game because it isnt entertaining being indoors wont help that
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
doubt it, fans of both teams would still flock to it, especially if it was nowhere near where the ASG was held
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
the allstar game is “all the cool kids” and the winterclassic/ heritage classic are peoples favourite teams, I doubt there would be too much impact, especially if they were placed far enough apart
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
Im waiting for them to implement shootouts in the playoffs. Is there anything the NHL won’t do?
Being a Leafs fan makes me bipolar.
that would be the worst thing ever
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
I would stop watching playoff hockey after regulation.
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Damn
Another player is rising out of “nowhere land” is Toronto-born Jamie Oleksiak from NCAA Northeastern. He’s 6-foot-7, 244 pounds with room to fill out more. But he might not be there when teams pick late in round one.
Him and Aulie
/splurt
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The only team to not beat BU in the beanpot this year. Terrible.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
I got row AA Sox – Yankees tickets behind home plate for face.
Owned.
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I saw that, great job!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
YANKEES ! GGGGGRRRRR !!!!
LETS GO PHILLIES !
PHILLIES Vs RED SOX in 2011 World Series
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Phillies will need to add some pitching, hitting, defense, and handsome fellows to be able to hang with Boston.
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WHAT ? Oh No You didnt !
ADD PITCHING ? YOUR NUTZ !
1Hamels
2Halliday
3Oswalt
4Lee
5Blanton
BEST IN THE LEAGUE ! 
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Halladay’s good, Lee’s good. The rest? Pass.
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Oh Really ? will you say the same when we get to 109 Wins this year?
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Which is why the PHILLIES are often referred to as an AL team in the NL East.
Our Pitching is Killer and our Batting is Long Ball 80% of the time.
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Pretty sure the Blue Jays would win 100 games in the NL East.
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WHAT ?
Ok Ever heard of Jay Hay in Atlanta ? the Braves and the Mets will be tough teams this year and the Florida Marlins are always difficult to compete with regardless of their records.
And I doubt Blue Jays could win 100 games in AL or NL at all.
Talent is talent guys. Give respect and credit where its due. the Blue Jays would stink in the NL East. and If the Phillies were AL East we would Dominate.
Get real
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Really ? 85 ? I am predicting 70 wins for the Blue Jays
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That's what they predicted the Blue Jays to win last year
How did that turn out? I predict 82 wins.
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Because they face NL competition. In the AL East you could give the Blue Jays a race for 4th place.
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I’m close to flagging all of this baseball talk, where the hell is daoust?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
even though I am perpetuating it, – I agree, I am a HOCKEY FAN First. Lets talk HOCKEY. Would you take Ryan Suter from Nashville as a D Man for the Maple Leafs ?
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not to worry, one of these f-ing posts was already flagged.
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by daoust on Feb 22, 2011 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
Designated Hitter Rule Stinks – takes away from the Purity of the game. Thats why I dislike AL
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Wow.
You honestly have not followed the PHILLIES last year.
Charlie Manuel didnt have as much faith in the bullpen so the starters actually pitched Deep into the games last year. Look it up. Oswalt, Hamels and Halliday were used all the way up to the 8th or 9th inning or complete games.
Before you make comments like that, it would be wise to know what your talking about before you say them, because that would be like me saying, “Raycroft was Beloved in Toronto” before I look into it.
Just saying. Dont get offended
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what does this have to do with the phillies
Designated Hitter Rule Stinks – takes away from the Purity of the game. Thats why I dislike ALi dont like having to pinch hit a pitcher thats why i dont like the nl
I dont like the fact that the Pitcher is totally Exempt from batting in the lineup. takes away from the purity of the game. thats why I dont like AL. At least in NL sometimes the Pitchers bat. Heck Joe Blanton hit a homerun in the World Series a couple of years ago. Look it up.
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240 as an 18 year old? holy fuckballs
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
Pegula Buys the Sabres and on the Sabres website – he addresses the Sabres fans in a letter stating that he was ALWAYS a Sabres fan.
Really ? Hhhmmm ?
Pegula comes from Pennsylvania – and he donated money to the Penn State Hockey Funding.
Just comes across as bogus to me when you claim that you were always right there in the HSBC Arena and the Aude (Memorial Auditorium) and a fan of Western NY Hockey.
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What is he going to say? He needs to endear himself to the fanbase, and who knows, he might be.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
actually – I would take it that you endear yourself to the fans better than saying a false comment.
Arena Football owners Ron Jaworski and Jon Bon Jovi own the Philadelphia Soul.
Bon Jovi stated and admitted he was a NY Giants fan. Now he got boo’ed sure, but he was respected for being honest. When Bon Jovi stated that he wanted to win a Championship and was going to try his best to put the best arena football team in philly, we believed him because he was HONEST from the start.
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But, unless you know he’s dishonest, or rather insincere, why judge him?
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
I dont judge my friend.
I question the Validity of the statement. Just how Truthful is it.
I am happy to see that
A) the Sabres were purchased by a saavy business man
B) that a fellow PA man bought an NHL team.
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I’m happy to see them not having to scrape for leftovers and overpay on mediocre players just to keep them there. All makes for better hockey, more enjoyment and of course more satisfactory Leaf wins.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
A colleague of mine is from Central PA and is a Sabres (and Bills) fan (went to Penn State). Also likes the Pirates (a TON) oddly enough.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
Canada’s number one beer brand is?
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sold or for actually being good?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
Also genuinely Canadian?
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The #1 beer purchased and consumed in Canada
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Coors Light?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
Bud and Coors.
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budweiser, coorse is 2nd, molson canadian 3rd
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
Coors Light is Canada’s favorite beer.
That’s gotta sting a little bit, you guys are so proud of how much better Canadian beer is than American…
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Old joke but Coors Light is like sex in a canoe…that is, fucking close to water.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
Doesn’t surprise me, we also seem to think our beer is stronger, which it is not, but whatever.
Also how we’re taught that America is a melting pot and Canada is a mosaic, w/r/t immigration. All bullshit obvs.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
pretty sure Coors is licensed by molson and brewed in Canada too
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
They’re one big company, sure.
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prior to the merger it was licensed by Molson and brewed in Canada, same with Bud. Neither are/were imported.
by Nigel Cadbury on Feb 22, 2011 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
yup, I’[m more irritated that most people like something terrible than where it is from.
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
“What kind of cheese is that?”
“American?”
“That’s right. American. American cheese.”
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
one time, i checked the wrong box when ordering dominos on line and hit “american cheese” worst pizza ever
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
I never understood that. WHat the fuck is american cheese? Is it Kraft singles?
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Yes it’s terrible. But the sportscenter ad was pretty funny.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id_kJ4cqwUo
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
American cheese is processed crap (allegedly it’s good when you’re stoned). There are a number of American based cheesemakers who make great cheeses, but the nuclear orange shit…that ain’t cheese.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
allegedly it’s good when you’re stoned
This is true of damn near everything though.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
YUP!
You know what the largest fully canadian owned brewery is? Moosehead. Which, in my opinion, is delicious delicious beer.
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I’d rather a Millstreet, or a Unibroue
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
Fair enough. We have separate opinions. Also delicious? Creemore
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tank house, all day every day
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
THIS
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
this is a good beer. If you’re ever here, try it
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
I’m might be alone, but I have good beer :D
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
Not sure if you guys saw this or not but it’s a take on longest-serving leafs: http://nitzyshockeyden.blogspot.com/2011/02/nikolai-kulemin-longest-serving-leaf.html
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 12:01 PM EST reply actions
Would you guys like Ryan Suter if he became available ?
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Yes. Very much so.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
I can’t imagine why he would be made available but yes.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
Do you know something we don’t? Nashville recalled Blum from the AHL this morning…
by Bobby Paradise on Feb 22, 2011 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Man, what did CGY do to our ex-players
TSNBobMcKenzie CGY’s Niklas Hagman clears waivers.
20 miles to Legoland!
I think someone would take a flyer on him on re-entry waivers at 1/2 price.
by Nigel Cadbury on Feb 22, 2011 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
I don't see why
CGY would do that. They can just bury him in the minors instead of having $1.5M against the cap for this year and next.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
I dont know but Regehr look GREAT in the Heritage Classic. Would you take him back ?
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9 goals on the season. 0 is his last 15 games…..a span during which the Flames have been on fire.
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he is a Defensive Defensman – Meszaros 4 goals on the season – doesnt make him a bad D man.
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Meszaros is a perfectly servicable bottom pairing defenseman who can log 2nd PP time
as a top 4 defender he is not very good at all
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
I never said Nik Hagman was a defenseman I was talking about Regehr.
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then you replied to the wrong series of comments
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
He was talking about Hagman, who i’m fairly sure isn’t a defensive defenseman…. or else CGY has been REALLY using him wrong.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
White and Hagman didn’t appear to adapt to CGY’s system at all… and Stajan has already been a healthy scratch several times.
Another case of TOR players only playing “well” in Toronto…. that’s a loose version of the word “well” also.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
So at this point all Calgary has to show for the Phaneuf trade is Stajan and two stiffs from Carolina. Is there still any doubt who won the trade?
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by T is for Truculence on Feb 22, 2011 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
The arguments have been done to death, Leafs probably won the trade because of Aulie more than anything but who knows what he’ll turn into.
Whether the Leafs “won” or not in terms of making a trade to be a better hockey club is open for argument. (i.e. did we really need to take on Phaneuf huge salary, would could we have done with the cap room instead, etc.)
It’s hard to say the Flames did anything but lose though. Unless Koustopolus is actually an incredibly hockey player which has been responsible for turning their team around.
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by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
I think we should steer this conversation to the topic we’re all thinking about:
Mexican jumping beans
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funny enough, im making chili!
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
I made indescribably hot chili a few weeks ago. :(
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Oh, I admit it. It’s only two-alarm, two-and-a-half, tops.
I just wanted to be a big man in front of the kids.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
Awesome.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
i bought some dangerous looking peppers, this is gonna rule
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
in related news, I would really like a burrito right now.
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
Made from Mexican jumping beans? Weird.
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Tyler Bozak tweeted about loving the Chipotle in Toronto last week.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 1:22 PM EST up reply actions
Just one question, how do you guys end up insuring the quality of writing on this site for years? I mean, every time I come here I feel great when I’m talking about the game, Leafs etc. because it’s full of knowledgeable people that really know hockey and love to debate. I gotta admire how you kept it so clean for years. Is it the ban hammer? How did you get your “core” group together?
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
It’s an accelerated rebuild
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by clrkaitken on Feb 22, 2011 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Most of it comes naturally because I’m so good at blogging.
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Your rec’s don’t lie.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
That doesn’t really answer my question but it kinda does. I mean, I’m not a member of many forums/posting sites etc. Just one aside from this, mostly because I don’t want to engage in useless banter. This is a really refreshing change. Just that.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
I LOVE ALL OF YOU!
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
and you’re here because your good at gif’ing
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
PS this isn’t sarcasm. I can see how someone might construe it as such because of beans topics above :D but no, I’m being honest.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
Beats me, to be honest.
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Luck?
Probably luck.
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DOES PPP EVEN WATCH THE THREADS?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 2:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
GASP!
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
Continuous development of prospects.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
Ban hammer, people have actually met, and a good base.
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I lament the fact that I haven’t met any of you in real life. For all I know, you’re all figments of my imagination.
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by T is for Truculence on Feb 22, 2011 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
I wish I could forget him
/shudders
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Better topic - Cameron was a Red Wings fan in the 1980's when the sucked and they were in Chicago. WHY?
He’ll keep calling me, he’ll keep calling me until I come over. He’ll make me feel guilty. This is uh… This is ridiculous, ok I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go. What – I’LL GO. Shit.
-Cameron
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In all honesty you might be the best new commenter on this site.
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I wholeheartedly agree.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
Dirty little secret – Wendel Bark writes all the Negative Nancy Notebooks
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I dont believe a pug could ever be that negative or snarky
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
thanks, But really ? Ferris and Cameron were from Chicago, Not Detriot. Remember Abe Froman, The Sausage King of Chicago? Remember the Cubs game ?
The Red Wings sucked monkey nutz back in the 1980’s – so why did Cameron wear a Red Wings Jersey?
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Because Cameron was really in Detroit the whole time and Ferris, Sloan, and Chicago were an illusion.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
yes, but then what about Ferris’ family? the whole thing with the principal and sister? why would Camerons mind create an amusing side plot?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
Because the whole movie is actually Cameron telling the story later in life.
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“What’s in the box Ferris? What’s in the fucking box?”
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
It wasn’t just a Wings sweater. It was a Gordie Howe sweater. You don’t need to justify Gordie.
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i used to have a gordie whale jersey, true facts
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:22 PM EST up reply actions
Never happened. There was no “Gordie Whale.”
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by not norm ullman on Feb 22, 2011 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
Cameron’s a fatalist and the Red Wings sucked shit in the 80s.
just as easily could have been wearing a Leafs sweater, sadly.
Though I do appreciate that he’s a fan of the Norris…
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But he was in Chicago, if the movie took place in Toronto he’d be wearing a Habs sweater for sure.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
If he was wearing a Habs jersey he’d be a bandwagoning dickhole and you’d hope he drowned in Sloane’s pool.
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Correct.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
Man I wish I came out on Saturday
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Ok Honestly
who all wished they they could Bang Sloan and that she would wear nothing but the Hockey Jersey afterwords ?
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She reminds me of calm.jpg
Anyone else know what I’m talking about? Nevermind.
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Never made that connection, but you’re right.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
I am totally lost, but intrigued by your revelry
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
So what do you think is going on below the bottom of the frame there?
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No – I looked it up and it was a picture of a calm lake ?
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incorrect
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Apparently calm.jpg is an easily found pic so I should warn you it’s intensely NWS
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NO
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Great Question.
One thing I’ll give Cameron is he’s wearing a Gordie Howe sweater. That’s defensible. Would be completely different if it was Reed Larson or Willie Huber.
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Gordie Howe is My Favorite all time HOCKEY Player prior to the FLYERS 1967 entrance into the league. If I was around in Philadelphia in 1940’s or 1950’s – I would have been a Gordie Howe Fan.
I was also a big Mark Howe fan.
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I actually did some googling and it turns out John Hughes was a big hockey fan. From Vanity Fair:
John Hughes spent the first 12 years of his life in the affluent Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. (He adored the Detroit Red Wings hockey team, in particular its Hall of Fame right wing Gordie Howe, which is why Ruck’s Cameron, a Chicago-area rich kid, incongruously wears a red howe jersey throughout Ferris Bueller.)
Now I’m wondering if hockey made any other appearances in any of Hughes’ films…
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No but hockey appears in every Kevin Smith film
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and superman appears in every Seinfeld episode!
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
ehhhhhhhhh sometimes its just a superman action figure in the background
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ITS STILL THERE!
I don’t even like Seinfeld that much
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
I like Kevin Smith, but there’s one film maker who needs a professional editor. His films would be so much better for it.
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no no, it’s SBIG. Tracy Morgan makes it SBIG.
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Tracy Morgan is great, I cannot fathom how bad that would have been without him
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
You watch 30 Rock?
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
Tina Fey could recite all of Margret thatchers speeches and I would watch, so yes, I do
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d for Tina Fey awesomeness.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
Great show. It’s always great. Like Seinfeld.
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by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
That’s Crazy!
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
His cameo in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is one of my fave parts
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Crank 2. I just watched and… I dunno. I… nothing I say fits.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
High Voltage? Movie was nuts and hilariously so.
Plus, how many movies have horse-cock in them?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
seriously, that movie is so nuts it’s brilliant the godzilla scene is fantastic
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
I’m still pissed about what’s in the box.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
Yep. Off the charts nuts about covers it, I enjoyed myself.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
I watched Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back this weekend.
They always make me crack up.
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Lest we forget a Leafs sweater being worn in “Chasing Amy”…Potvin, IIRC.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
It was Potvin
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
Fuck, you ever try following him on Twitter? Jesus pal. Start a blog. And I love the guy.
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ditto
He talks about his wifes ass WAY too much
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In Not even supposed to be hear today !
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he was supposed to be smell today
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ba Ha ha ha ha ha.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
Lesser Known points
Did you know that Gordie Howe’s Father was an American who Migrated to Canada. So, Hence, The Greatest Hockey Player of all time (not talking greatest scorer – Thats Wayne Gretzky) Has AMERICAN USA BLOOD in his roots.
Anyone who has a play (Gordie Howe Hat Trick) named after him has to be all time Great Player.
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bobby orr, Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky were all better hockey players than Howe
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:04 PM EST up reply actions
in pretty much everyone’s opinion
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
Really ? Take a poll and put it on fanpost. I beg to differ.
I dont hear the Gretzky Hat Trick or the Bobby Orr Hat trick or the Lemieux Hat Trick.
I even laugh at the Ovechtrick.
But there is a Gordie Howe Hat Trick.
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that’s because the other players were too busy scoring real hat tricks
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
There’s a Sean Avery rule.
Is he in your discussion for the greatest ever? Didn’t think so.
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Note: Gordie Howe never actually got a Gordie Howe hat trick. Ever.
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actually he got like 3 or 4
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, just looked it up, in fact he wasnt even the first one to do it
Harry Cameron of the Toronto St Pats did it in 1920
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
why would you name something after the person if you’ve only ever had two of them?
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because he had a lot of points and also fought a lot, people assumed and it grew in legend
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
that’s like saying a threesome with swedish twins is called a jaredfromlondon threesome (I’m assuming)
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I’m sure Jared likes the Sedins but I doubt he likes them that much.
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they creep me the fuck out, i prefer russians
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:39 PM EST up reply actions
Mario has the 5 goals 5 ways thing. I dont know what it’s called
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"I'm glad we've got the best fans in the league." - Tomas Kaberle on Leaf fans
It’s called: one team.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
Of course, his father’s ancestors were most likely Brits who migrated to the States, so he also has UK ENGLISH BLOOD in his roots, as well.
It’s not like Floral, SK has a cluster of families all of whom built a great cathedral there in the 13th Century. They had to arrive from somewhere.
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No his father was born in the USA. I have the Biography Book Written about Gordie and read it while in Kuwait and Iraq.
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yes, his father was born in the states, but unless he was a native american, he probably doesn’t have “American” blood in his veins if you go back 50-100 years
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
Now, I lived in the States for a couple of years. During that time, I certainly generated red blood cells. Did I have American blood in my veins, or just resident alien blood? :)
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by 1967ers on Feb 22, 2011 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Since you likely weren’t an American Citizen, they were illegal alien blood cells.
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They were anchor cells, maybe.
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by 1967ers on Feb 22, 2011 2:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i guess that makes me part mexican, american and cuban in combination with canadian
i am one multicultured mother fucker
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
Mongrels are always healthier and smarter.
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He likes things that smell gross. When I get home from playing hockey he’s real into my ankles.
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Look Dip – Dont be a smart aleck, I am not talking about Native American. You can be a wise aleck you know that. I mean American USA blood.
Just like my Canadian Relatives say that they have Canadian Blood in their veins.
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Yes, but they hadn’t been there forever.
My own grandfather is from Boston, his parents were Maritimers, their grandparents were New England Planters and they all came on a boat from England. What difference does it make to Floral, Saskatchewan?
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Kuwait and Iraq? You should hire a better travel agent.
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That's even taken off a Gordie Howe card:
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Thought his name was Woodrow?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
This is fucking adorable
Mikhail Grabovski on MacArthur: "He don’t want to move anywhere. He just wants to play in Toronto."
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So did Kaberle but that didn’t stop Burke from shipping him out for the right price.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Feb 22, 2011 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
Err he is a UFA in 2012
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It’ll depend on what kind of raise he wants. If Burke nails Mac down close to Grabbo’s price then seems likely he can keep him at a great deal.
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Simmons is hating on BOZAK on twitter, wish Burtch were around to set him straight.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:22 PM EST reply actions
Burtch has all the numbers and the stats, I’ll do some digging though. Hate Simmons.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
On it.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
I told him, he backtracked. “Maybe bombed isn’t the right word.” You think? If Bozak ends up being a good PK center that can be used in all situations and also wins his fair share of faceoffs I’d be happy with that.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
LET’S SIGN BROOKS LAICH
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it’s funny how well that rhymes with – looks like.
GWWWHAAAA!
by Mislav Xterratu Jantoljak on Feb 22, 2011 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
@Simmonssteve Bozak has 47 points in his first 96 games in the NHL and he’s only 24.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
Black and gold stones
Drew Brees in this motherfucka
Don’t make me start talkin
Quarter keys in this motherfucka
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What’s black and rhymes with ‘snoop’?
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Cradle to grave is on, gotta get my DMX fix
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
I’d totally tip my hat if he just bid “1967” on everything while making the :smug: face.
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I mean, you could win a trailer and a jet ski or you could enrage millions of strangers.
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I don’t even know what we’d do with a dune buggy, but I want it!
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by clrkaitken on Feb 22, 2011 1:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’d love to him see win a car and then set it on fire in celebration.
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by SkinnyFish on Feb 22, 2011 1:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
He made it on stage
In the final bidding game.
Playing for a hot tub now.
Aulie Do Is Win Win Win No Matter What
setting a full hottub on fire!
challenge accepted!
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
If he wins they’ll have to have an hour-long ceremony honouring this.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
Damn him
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
Ooh!
Tiny brunette girl spins a 95.
Habs Jersey going home empty handed.
Aulie Do Is Win Win Win No Matter What
WOOOOO.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
BURN!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
Must have been scared by Drew
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:51 PM EST up reply actions
First round Exit!
Time to riot, loot, and burn stuff.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Ha ha nice.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
Which spinner is he?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
It’s even worse because you had to drink Tim Horton’s Coffee.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
Doesn’t make it any better.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
In the parthenon of cheap coffee coming from chain stores…it’s not the worst.
I hate myself for liking Timbits.
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
tim hortons rules and don’t let any of these nuts tell you otherwise
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
I like McDonald’s coffee for that. But Timbits are delicious.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed- but you eat a few, and then a few more and then you’re just full of regret and Timbits. I swear they put crack in them they’re so damn addictive.
Tim Hortons coffee>Coffee Time
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by torleafsfan29 on Feb 22, 2011 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
I like their sandwiches and baked goods, the coffee, not so much.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
I hate that commercial because all they do is put a bit of caramel syrup on top of the whip cream, she should be pissed off.
and they use a shot of caramel in the coffee too.
I had it, it was meh. The caramell choc chip muffin tho? WOW that was good
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So many times I’ve just wanted to grab the whole stack of those from behind hte counter and run
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by T is for Truculence on Feb 22, 2011 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
the funny thing about that would be that the cops would have to roll up all the stolen rims to know what to charge you with
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2011 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
i wonder if the cups have serial numbers on them? Would they know a cup was stolen if you went back and claimed it?
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by T is for Truculence on Feb 22, 2011 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
Wow
The Leafs, Isles and Devils are a combined 23-5-3 since the all-star break and sit 11th, 13th and 14th in the standings.
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Teams with no pressure are lighting it up.
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Something tells me they’ve had an easier schedule as well, not sure, but just a feeling.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
No pressure? Like no one is telling them or wanting them to get into the playoffs? What is this no pressure you speak of?
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
It’s a pretty common hypothesis among the media that teams that are so far back that they know they’re out of it by now (such as the Leafs the past few years) can just relax and play without having to deal with the WIN OR DIE pressure that teams in the playoff race may be dealing with. I don’t know if it’s something that can be conclusively proven, but the fact that the Leafs have had an amazing record post all-star break the past few years (Mirtle had some numbers up a while ago on this) without ever coming close to the playoffs suggests there is some correlation between the two.
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by T is for Truculence on Feb 22, 2011 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t buy into that philosophy and I believe it has more to do with how dumb and narrow minded writers in the MSM really are. If a team does poorly wouldn’t make sense that players try to prove their worth to an organization by trying and showing them that there is value to having them on the team next year… even teams such as the Isles and Leafs where there is a lot of turn over especially true? players need to show their worth otherwise they will be deemed as replaceable and like in any job force out there, you don’t want to be replaced, ie out of work. I personally think teams that are out of the playoff picture have more to lose than just not making the playoffs hence the late season pushes… I think it has absolutely nothing to do with, “well now that the pressure is off to make the post season is gone” BS we are accustomed to hearing, though that does probably make better reading than what is really happening.
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
Like I said it’s not something that can ever be proven conclusively, so this seems more of a question of whether you look for the best in people or the worst.
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by T is for Truculence on Feb 22, 2011 2:38 PM EST up reply actions
lol I read the first part of that and thought they did a three-way trade or something. Stupid trading deadline season.
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by T is for Truculence on Feb 22, 2011 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
Whenever Tallon gets off the net to check his messages.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
I really do love Iggy
From Friedmann’s 30 thoughts (linked above):
21. Couple of Jarome Iginla stories we had to cut from our interview: last year, he was taping a commercial for Scotiabank and was asked to say something along the lines of, “I’m proud to represent Canada at the Winter Olympics.” He was also asked to say, “I’m proud to captain Team Canada.” This was before the selections, and he refused. Scotiabank promised nothing would be seen unless they came true. He still refused. That’s pretty impressive.
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HAHAAH
I said nothing of the kind…. Wow that actually made me smile
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“I’m getting the minimum here (US$555,000) and it’s 10 times more than I got down (in the AHL),” Reimer said Tuesday before making his fourth straight start against the New York Islanders. “It’s a lot bigger. It’s weird. It feels like you don’t deserve it sometimes — what am I doing to deserve this?”
you’re doing just fine and earning every penny.
The NHL salary is ruining his confidence, keep him on the Marlies for the rest of the year.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 22, 2011 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
I had a huge Colboner and now I just Reim’d in my pants
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The Marlies are 2-0 since he joined the team!
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by T is for Truculence on Feb 22, 2011 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
If he keeps playing like this people should shower him with twenty dollar bills after games
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"I think the players today are p——," said former NHLer Craig Ludwig, who played with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars over his 17-year career. "I remember we were playing Boston in the playoffs and (Bob) Gainey and I were both sitting in the room before the game started, both getting shot up because they were broke, but that’s the way it was. But again, that was a different time and guys didn’t have cannons for sticks."
"It’s pretty simple when you think about it," said Ludwig. "If you’re in the shooting lane and turn sideways, you’re an idiot. If you lift your foot, a la flamingo, you’re an idiot. I need not say more."
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Craig Ludwig played with enormous shin pads to block more shots. Kinda cheatin’, really.
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IS THAT PLAY LEGAL?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Jesus
Those things are massive
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Wasn’t Bob Gainey the one who wanted to get rid of shit blocking?
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Thought that was Exlax?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
The cannon stick thing is pretty important. When little guys like Kessel blow 105 on the gun regularly it’s a completely different game then when Iafrate hit 103 and we were all terrified.
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To be fair
Iafrate was wearing an onion on his belt….
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As was the style at the time.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
BOZAK!
For single seasons, from 1st to 2nd season, playing center, requiring Points >= 25 and Time on Ice >= 15, sorted by descending Points Per Game.
Yea, BOZAK should be embarrassed.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 3:23 PM EST reply actions
This is a more accurate list
As it takes only those who were 23 or 24. (Bozak was 23 last year)
The problem is thought that it doesn’t include this year. He played a lot better last year than this year
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Nice, but the point remains, Simmons is a Leafs baiter who cannot do basic research.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
For sure
Unfortunately if you run this years numbers, he would be second last on that list 0.34 in points per game and fourth last in gpg with 0.14. So what we have now is a player who entered that league at a typical time (maybe a year late) for a non-star, who had a good rookie season and poor sophomore season OFFENSIVELY. Who is at the same time playing mature hockey with strong defensive play.
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Not bad for an undrafted player thrown right into the NHL.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
This is a more accurate list
Centers up to 24 years of age since 2000 ranked by overall PPG.
69 DUDE!
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Nice, but he should be embarrassed.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Feb 22, 2011 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
Rejoice?
While Burke was already shaking the bushes looking for blueline help, another defenceman got hurt at Monday’s practice. A hobbling Brett Lebda had to be helped off the ice after he took a Dion Phaneuf slap shot off the inside of his left leg. He has a bruise and will be evaluated again Tuesday. It’s not thought to be too serious.
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by T is for Truculence on Feb 22, 2011 3:27 PM EST reply actions
move out
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