Like The Ending of Rocky
by SkinnyFish on Mar 28, 2011 7:00 AM EDT
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PrintGood fight. Embarrassing at first, but an impressive surge at the end got the crowd involved and made a name for themselves. Ultimate the belt wasn't to be theirs, but at least people know they're now a legitimate gamer.
Leafs Left Licking Their Wounds - James Mirtle
Playoff dreams often go to Detroit to die.
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ likely did just that this past weekend, as after landing in Motown on Friday afternoon only three points from the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and optimistic they could claw closer, Toronto is an overwhelming seven points back with six games to play.
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"What are you going to do?" coach Ron Wilson added. "There’s still plenty of time."
Even if Toronto now runs the table, however, the picture is pretty grim.
Sports probability website sportsclubstats.com gives the Leafs only a 0.42-per-cent chance of making the playoffs, with that figure rising to 29 per cent should they win their final six games in regulation.
I'd make a Star Wars reference here about why you should never tell me the odds but Mirtle, aka C3PO, has it right here. Time for Burke to plug in the coordinates of a playoff team into the navacomputer this off season and finally come out with a working solution. More links after the jump.
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It's been said before
But I’m not upset with the ending to this season. it’s almost April and the Leafs have were fighting their exit from theplayoff race this past weekend.
Many players have performed beyond my expectations and finishing 10th place, or even 9th if they run the table and Carolina doesn’t perform, is an improvement from last season.
I’m feeling good about this team, and I haven’t felt that way in a while.
And Boston doesn’t get a top 10 pick from us this year. thats good too.
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bleahhhh Boston !
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 28, 2011 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I saw Rocky Theme and I got a bit misty eyed. I LOVE ROCKY !
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I've actually never seen an entire Rocky movie
I thought he won? Didn’t he beat Drago?
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Leafs clearly need more workout montages in the woods and barns.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Stop what you’re doing for the next 10 hours and go watch Rocky I – IV right the hell now!
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Noooo.. ALL OF THEM. Rocky I thru V and Rocky Balboa…
Noooo.. ALL OF THEM. Rocky I thru V and Rocky Balboa…actually the best advice for life comes from Rocky Balboa (newest one) …
Noooo.. ALL OF THEM. Rocky I thru V and Rocky Balboa…actually the best advice for life comes from Rocky Balboa (newest one) …He was talking to his son who is fully grown and pretty much living in the shadows of his father and called Rocky JR by his coworkers and friends. Rocky tells his son he is fighting Cane and he gets mad at his father for fighting and for all the media attention because he has a bad attitude about his dad and feels that the world owes him something and Rocky says to him…..
Noooo.. ALL OF THEM. Rocky I thru V and Rocky Balboa…actually the best advice for life comes from Rocky Balboa (newest one) …He was talking to his son who is fully grown and pretty much living in the shadows of his father and called Rocky JR by his coworkers and friends. Rocky tells his son he is fighting Cane and he gets mad at his father for fighting and for all the media attention because he has a bad attitude about his dad and feels that the world owes him something and Rocky says to him…..Rocky Balboa: You ain’t gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here.
[taps on the inside of his hand]
Noooo.. ALL OF THEM. Rocky I thru V and Rocky Balboa…actually the best advice for life comes from Rocky Balboa (newest one) …He was talking to his son who is fully grown and pretty much living in the shadows of his father and called Rocky JR by his coworkers and friends. Rocky tells his son he is fighting Cane and he gets mad at his father for fighting and for all the media attention because he has a bad attitude about his dad and feels that the world owes him something and Rocky says to him…..Rocky Balboa: You ain’t gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here.
[taps on the inside of his hand]Rocky Balboa: I’d hold you up to say to your mother, “this kid’s gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid’s gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew.” And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilige. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you’re no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow.
Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!
Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!
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Whoah.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
sorry ,.. computer error .. it doubles for some reason .. Just read from the last NOoooo on down… forget what is above it as it is nothing but a repeat..
Dont know why computers do that.
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Please tell me this is a joke.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Meh
I know most of the memes from Rocky, but not the actual plot.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
At least I’ve seen Star Wars.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
i am showing my age.. I have seen all star wars. all indiana jones movies and all Rocky Movies.
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Star Wars and indy – yes
i as well have never seena rocky movie the whole way through.
I’ve got the jist though.
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Me to
I’m 28 though.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
so am I, but I don’t know when I’d get to watch them since m’lady has no interest.
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Get a new lady?
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Is she joined congenitally to you?
Like sacrificial virgins, we all burn in different ways. You are a fast explosion and I am the embers...
by TheBurnward on Mar 28, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
she has the money.
and I’m scared of her
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by elseldo on Mar 28, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
HAHAHA! Fair enough.
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by TheBurnward on Mar 28, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Best line in ages.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I was all set to say “hey this year is like the ending to Rocky but we all know how Rocky II ends!”
…now, evidently not.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m 22 and i can too. Ive also seen all the Rambos all the Terminators and all the Nightmare on Elm Streets.
by schennsational on Mar 28, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
#WINNING
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
In movies, that’s like saying you’ve passed kindergarten.
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lol
what do I have to do to pass all 12 grades ?
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Open for discussion but, here's my rationale.
K- Star Wars (Original)
1-Indiana Jones (last one doesn’t count)
2. Rocky
3. Goonies
4. Star trek Series ( Wrath of Khan, etc)
5.The Matrix
6.Jurassic Park
7. 3 Bond films from each of roger Moore, Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan
8.Christpoher Nolan anthology ( Memento, Prestige, Inception)
9. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, High Noon, Tombstone
10. Citizen Kane, Lawrence of Arabia, the Great Escape
11.Rear Window, Vertigo, The Birds, North by Northeast
12. Double Idemnity, the Maltese falcon, Chinatown
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I get a big F. Haven’t seen Rocky, any Bond films without Brosnan or Craig, the early Westerns, any of 10, or 12.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I LOVE the early westerns.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d go with strangers on a train
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TWSS
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
needs more Back to the Future and Die Hard.
by YakovMironov on Mar 28, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
oh my god i knew i was missing something. I was too focused on making the higher levels more classic/ rare
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I have seen each of the Die Hards dozens of times. And Predator. And Terminator.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeesh
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
you did say you’re not a big action guy, so I can understand now,
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
The first is one of the best action movies ever made.
Next thing you’ll tell me you haven’t seen Terminator I or II.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I always laughed at terminator, when the robot was chasing Sarah Connor around the stamping plant. looked so funny.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I and II were totally different movies but both awesome in their own ways.
In the “Women who kicked total ass in an action movie” category it’s pretty much Linda Hamilton in T2 and Sigourney Weaver in the Alien movies vying for the crown, right?
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Pretty much, except I would put Sigourney above Linda overall.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
But the chin-up scene… oh man, the chin up scene. Never seen a woman so embody physical, snarling menace.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
hey vasquez, you ever been mistaken for a man?
no, have you?
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Fun fact, she was Janelle in T2.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
fun fact, the line “someone said Alien, she thought they said illegal Alien and signed up” was add libbed by Bill Paxton who was mocking her because she initially went to the script reading thinking the movie was about illegal Mexican immigrants
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Michelle Yeoh…
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by article1 on Mar 28, 2011 11:12 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I know she’s a martial arts expert but I never believed her the way I did the other two. She seems more like “babe made into ass-kicker by movie magic”.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
This is my point, usually in movies women are babes first, ass-kickers second (if at all). Hamilton and Weaver were ass-kickers first.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d argue the opposite. Michelle Yeoh would kick ass in a street fight.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
She gets to play Aung San Suu Kyi. How bigger a heroine are you going to find in cinema?
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by article1 on Mar 28, 2011 11:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i was a teenager when Terminator I came out and Linda Hamilton showed a BOOB – Instant Teenage Woody.
Then in I Think it was T2 and she feeds a shotgun round with one arm by jerking and pumping it with the one arm (other was shot) and I was in my early 20’s and I got Another Woody.
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I love that you capitalize “woody.” Both times.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
And
“another”
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Hey, you’re in the military right? Can you actually pump a shotgun one-handed like that?
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
yes, but it pretty much breaks every gun safety rule and your risk breaking your finger/hand and shooting anyone in the path of the twirling barrel
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
You mean like when Arnold was reloading the shotgun with one hand in T2? That was pretty badass too.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
there were actually 2 versions of that shotgun for the movie (well 3 if you count the rubber prop gun) one had a larger custom lever loop so arny could flip it around like that, apparently during practice he accidentally grabbed the wrong gun and nearly broke three fingers delaying filming a bit
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
He grabbed the wrong gun? Wow that could’ve ended up a lot worse than it did.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
sounds like the gun wrangler messed up then.
by Nigel Cadbury on Mar 28, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
who knows, arny was known to do a lot of things without asking on set, if he wanted to practice flipping the gun around he might have just saw one and grabbed it
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m in this boat as well. No Rocky, no die Hards.
I’ll go cheer for the Sens now I guess.
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i think the christopher nolan ones are a bit too high.
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I was trying to put them in relation to some popcorn titles there.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
also the first two terminator, the first three Alien movies, predator, total recall, bloodsport, planes trains and automobiles, the naked gun series
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
ok .. what about Scooby Doo Movies and shows and Johnny Bravo
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My job is so fucking unbelievable. I’ll try to sum it up by first telling you about the folks I work with:
First, there is this supermodel wanna-be chick. Yeah, okay, she is pretty hot, but damn is she completely useless. The girl is constantly fixing her hair or putting on makeup. She is extremely self-centered and has never once considered the needs or wants of anyone but herself. She is as dumb as a box of rocks, and I still find it surprising that she has enough brain power to continue to breathe.
The next chick is completely the opposite. She might even be one of the smartest people on the planet. Her career opportunities are endless, and yet she is here with us. She is a zero on a scale of 1 to 10. I’m not sure she even showers, much less shaves her “womanly” parts. I think she might be a lesbian, because every time we drive by the hardware store, she moans like a cat in heat.
But the jewel of the crowd has got to be the fucking stoner. And this guy is more than just your average pothead. In fact, he is baked before he comes to work, during work, and I’m sure after work. He probably hasn’t been sober anytime in the last ten years, and he’s only 22. He dresses like a beatnik throwback from the 1960’s, and to make things worse, he brings his big fucking dog to work. Every fucking day I have to look at this huge Great Dane walk around half-stoned from the second-hand smoke. Hell, sometimes I even think it’s trying to talk with its constant bellowing. Also, both of them are constantly hungry, requiring multiple stops to McDonalds and Burger King, every single fucking day.
Anyway, I drive these fucktards around in my van and we solve mysteries and shit.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWXMJP1J-3Y
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by Gary Roberts: Baby Eater on Mar 28, 2011 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
This is hilarious
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Mar 28, 2011 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Not enough Bruce Lee.
No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.
by article1 on Mar 28, 2011 11:14 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
well I get to Grade 8 and then it gets spotty. I have only seen Inception. I have seen all of grade 9. I have seen Lawrence of Arabia and the Great Escape. I have seen Rear Window, The Birds and Double Idemnity.
What .. No love for any Jason Bourne here ? And No Spaghetti Westerns ?
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The Higher levels I Tapped into my university Film classes . Really got an appreciation for the Noir genre there.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
You did film studies at Uni and decided to leave out Seven Samurai, City of God, Battle Royale, The Lives of Others, Let The Right One In, Audition, Hard Boiled and Infernal Affairs out of your curriculum?
Weirdo.
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by article1 on Mar 28, 2011 11:20 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
if it makes sense, I went to Brock and only took 2 film classes the whole time.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
No it doesn’t. YOU LEFT OUT SEVEN SAMURAI!!!1
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by article1 on Mar 28, 2011 11:40 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Godfather movies, Goodfellas, Die Hard films, Lethal Weapon Series. Also, Shawshank is kind of a must for anyone hoping to call themselves a man.
Casino is another must see
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 28, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Also maybe some Resevoir Dogs and Usual Suspects.
I would also probably include most of the Guy Ritchie flicks on my list.
lock stock and snatch for sure
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Absolutely.
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by Bower Power on Mar 28, 2011 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
ya like dags?
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
What?
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Casino is pretty good.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
This list is getting pretty long. We’re headed for post-doc territory at this point.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s probably more like an undergrad degree, you don’t need to watch every movie but some are requirements and then you need to see a certain number of the rest.
Also, after seeing “Paul” I think Simon Pegg/Nick Frost movies are going to become these kind of cult movies. Their spoofs are so dead on.
Have you seen their short where they remake the R2D2-C3PO scene from Star Wars? Amazing.
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I’ve never liked mob movies. Godfather was cool stylistically, and Goodfellas had that one good steadycam shot. but they never do anything for me beyond that.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I had a hard time getting into Scarface because Pacino’s character was so ridiculously over-the-top. He also had very few redeeming qualities to him.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Also, I’m not an aspiring gangster/stoner. I’m an Ad man with a potential drinking problem. none of those speak to me.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
So you like Mad Men then.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I love Mad Men.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Only a potential drinking problem? You’re not trying hard enough.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Needs more Leaf games, that has always drove me to the bottle.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
This kind of drinking problem?
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
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by Semi_Colon on Mar 28, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
FUCK CLEMMENSON!!!!!
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
This kind of drinking problem.
by schennsational on Mar 28, 2011 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Also a good one
And a classic movie.
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
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No
Clear and Present Danger/Patriot Games??
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
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I have a soft spot for Air Force One.
Get off my plane BAM
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Haven’t seen High Noon
Tombstone was crap
Soem acceptable westerns would be:
Once Upon a Time in the West, For a Few Dollars More, Fistful of Dollars
The Wild Bunch, Billy the Kid
Unforgiven
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
i liked both versions of 3:10 to Yuma, the remake wasn’t as good as the original, but well done for a modern western, Appaloosa had its moments but was a bit of a mess, though both Ed Harris and Vigo Mortison were bad ass
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Vigo Mortenson does such a good job of playing badasses in movies for a guy who’s such a geek in real life.
He writes paints, writes poetry and has put out a dozen spoken-word albums or some such. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Should be a comma between writes and paints
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
The Outlaw Josey Wales, True Grit, No Country For Old Men, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.
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by article1 on Mar 28, 2011 11:43 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I was really impressed with the true grit remake
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Moves much better than the John Wayne version.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
pretty much but that’s just (good) modern film making over 60s stuff
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
No Country was unreal. I love that movie.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Clockwork Orange and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest should be on there.
Also, I started watching the Matrix once and fell asleep about 20 minutes in. Still haven’t seen it.
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by daoust on Mar 28, 2011 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
eh, it’s alright, slighty overrated.
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it is now that everthing about it is so well known, but when it came out, the Matrix was ground breaking as fuck
the sequels, not so much
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Im stuck at grade 11. Give me a day and a half.
by schennsational on Mar 28, 2011 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
OMGagne ! You never saw an Entire Rocky movie out of all of them ? Rocky I thru V and Rocky Balboa (6 movies) … thats it !! one ov these days we have to have a Rocky Marathon on like a Saturday all day or something.
In Rocky IV he beats Drago – but thats all I want to tell you other than that – I dont want to spoil things.
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I’ve only ever seen Rocky IV. Good movie though.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Mar 28, 2011 9:44 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
GET OUT!
GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW AND DON’T COME BACK UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN THEM ALL!
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Well I’ve seen parts of the first three. First is against Apollo, second is against Mr. T(loses) and third is Mr. T again(wins)
That’s gotta count for something
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by Chris Stoikoff on Mar 28, 2011 10:00 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It counts for nothing, because you got it wrong.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
You’re right. It’s been too long since I’ve seen a Rocky marathon on tv to briefly watch before doing something else :S
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by Chris Stoikoff on Mar 28, 2011 10:06 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Wrong. The first two were against Apollo.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
WOW ! First he doesnt win but loses to Apollo but goes the Distance on Creed. you see .. No one ever could go the distance with Creed. and If he could just go the distance then maybe people wouldnt think he was a nobody.
LOL
then in Rocky II he beats Creed in a Rematch.
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1 – Fights and loses to Apollo Creed
2 – Fights and beats Apollo by 1 second
3 – Wrestles with Thunderlips, loses to Clubber Lang, Micky dies, trains with Apollo, beats Clubber Lang
4 – Drago kills Apollo, Rocky beats Drago
5 – Has to retire due to brain issues, trains Tommy the Machine Gunn, Tommy quits his camp and wins the championship but still feels like he’s in Rocky’s shadow so he challenges him to a street fight. Rocky beats up Tommy.
6 – Loses to the heavyweight champ of the world at the age of 60
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Now I don’t have to watch them
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I stand corrected. I’m gonna go stand in a corner now If that’s alright.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Mar 28, 2011 10:08 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You forgot about all the montages.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I actually have all the Rocky Montages on 2 music CD’s and I also have the ROCKY THEME as my ringtone on my phone..
I also have a 12 Inch Mini Rocky Statue on my desk here, and a couple of Framed Rocky Pics on the wall.
Hey what can I say .. I am from Philly !
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I’m really not surprised!
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh I forgot .. I have a small mini framed pic of me in my Desert Cammies standing next to the ROCKY statue with my arms raised up as a champion just like the statue. I have that pic here on my desk too.
LOL
I LOVE ROCKY !
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EVEN ROCKY HAD A MONTAGE
montage
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 28, 2011 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m dumbfounded.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m stumped that some of you guys havent seen these action movies (terminator, star wars, die hard, godfather, indy etc)
Aside from some of the rocky movies, I’ve seen them all and im a chick.
by bernsonline on Mar 28, 2011 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I find it hilarious when women refer to themselves as “a chick”
I have no idea why
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s beeter then a girl saying " and I’m a frigging classy broad" . My girl friends used to say that when they got drunk.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
oh i know, i just find it funny
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
i only use chick when I’m being very casual or with a group of guys (since im assuming 90% of the people here are guys)
by bernsonline on Mar 28, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Brodacious
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I have a friend who, when drunk, refers to his guy friends as brosephs and his female friends as brosephinas
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
broseph is new to me!
girls are big on calling each other “bitch”, though it can be a term of endearment
by bernsonline on Mar 28, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
You can’t use that word only we can use that word!
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
whats the deal with Boy-yo ? I have only heard that from Canadians
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you mean only girls right?
because that’s very true
by bernsonline on Mar 28, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
No I heard it from that Canadian Guy on Ice Road Truckers…. Calling the Indian Guy in on IRT “Boy-yo”.
I was like .. huh.. ? ok is he making fun of him or something?
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I don’t know anybody who uses that, ironically or otherwise.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve heard others say it but would never say it myself
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I like it better when they refer to themselves as a BABE and they are like 350 LBS
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Im interested to know what you think a “chick” implies
by bernsonline on Mar 28, 2011 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
same with that .. a chick is a little tiny yellow baby chicken . so if you call yourself a chick and your FREAKEN HUGE… your lying to yourself Lady. LOL
Call yourself
LADY
Madam
Woman
BBW
but not a chick or babe.
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so “bigger people” cant call themselves a babe or a chick because they’re overweight or don’t live up to your standards?
You sound like a real asshole right now
by bernsonline on Mar 28, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
And with that, the conversation comes to an end.
How about that local sports team eh?
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Crazy weather we got here eh?
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
we never should have gone with that printing company for the school calendars
"He should be wearing a Sens sweater" - describing someone acting less than sane or competent. Use it.
hmm “do not touch willie”. That’s some good advice.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
PLAYOFFS!!!11 amiright?
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry if I brought something up
I enjoy this site a lot and don’t want to see comments like that – it’s a real turn off
by bernsonline on Mar 28, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Stick up for what you believe in. You have my support.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
pbth…Flyers fans.
"He should be wearing a Sens sweater" - describing someone acting less than sane or competent. Use it.
Yeah.. FLYERS FANS ! Ppbth . .. What do we know..
Yeah.. FLYERS FANS ! Ppbth . .. What do we know..Wait ! I AM A FLYER FAN ! HEY !
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well – the physical dynamics of a Chick are a tiny creature.. the physical dynamics or a babe are a tiny creature. Sorry to offend you and if you think i am a A hole. Ok. Your entitled to your opinion.
Its like me calling myself a STUD or a Hunk and I am not.
Like Men who call themselves STUD and they are a DUD.
but yeah.. and now back to the HOCKEY
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they are tiny creatures indeed
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They look delicious.
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by SkinnyFish on Mar 28, 2011 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
with a little Fava beans and a bottle of Chianti … mmmm
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OUR PETS HEADS ARE FALLING OFF
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 28, 2011 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bHPjx7hfb4
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haha yes, one of my fav movies ever. love it
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 28, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Shaggin wagon
Pics and soundbyte all included
http://www.hark.com/clips/cwbtcmvcjf-hey-chicks-love-it-its-a-shaggin-wagon
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Chemmy,
Do you think that Ron Wilson will be back next year?
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I think he is a pretty good coach. I would like to see him with a full loaded talented team and see how he does.
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Though…that’s a trend that didn’t exactly get resolved by him leaving.
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Half joking, yeah (though they also won the President’s Trophy and made a first round exit the year after RW). He’s not the guy I want making a playoff run, but he seems to be good with kids, so…
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To be fair, Wilson did make 1 conf finals appearance as coach oft he sharks
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 28, 2011 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Just curious
If we do get rid of RW who are the possible alternatives?
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by Leafswinthecup on Mar 28, 2011 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Now see thats the smart man..
BEFORE you fire someone .. explore your options.
BEFORE you quit your job… obtain a better position.
So .. who is out there that would come to Toronto .. work well with the kids .. and push for a playoff run.
John Stevens?
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We need more help, but I think the strength of schedule is there. Buffalo has two back-to-backs to our none, and we get to play Ottawa and a deflated New Jersey. A loss Tuesday is the dagger through the heart, but until then, OPTIMISM!!1
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god bless you. In my mind I’ve already discounted the notion of playoffs this season, I’m more looking forward to a strong finish.
that and angry Dion kicking any garbage can in sight.
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by Chemmy on Mar 28, 2011 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
Forget it, he’s rolling.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
DOWN 3-1 WITH A MINUTE TO PLAY
HAD TIME RUN OUT ON BOSTON UNIVERSITY’S SEASON?
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by Chemmy on Mar 28, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part!
We’re just the guys to do it.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL - ANIMAL HOUSE !!!
Dean Vernon Wormer: Here are your grade point avarages. Mr. Kroger: two C’s, two D’s and an F. That’s a 1.2. Congratulations, Kroger. You’re at the top of the Delta pledge class. Mr. Dorfman?
Flounder: [drunk] Hello!
Dean Vernon Wormer: 0.2… Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son. Mr. Hoover, president of Delta house? 1.6; four C’s and an F. A fine example you set! Daniel Simpson Day… HAS no grade point average. All courses incomplete. Mr. Blu…
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Dean Vernon Wormer: MR. BLUTARSKY… ZERO POINT ZERO.
[Bluto shrugs]
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Just for the sake of discussion, Canes remaining: @WSH, MTL, @NYI, BUF, DET, @ATL, TBL.
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I believe you’re in stage one.
Chemmy loves Peter Karmanos.
I’d self-diagnose myself as in this stage.
I’m just kinda surprised that DET is the loss that kills spirits. I mean, when I looked at the schedule at the start of Death March, that was one of the given losses – they’re a better team than us, yeah, even without Datsyuk and Franzen. So we’re in the same place we were last week and the week before that: We have some winnable games ahead of us, but we’re going to need some help from other teams screwing up. I think they’re more likely to drop games than we are, given the strength of schedule.
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by Bower Power on Mar 28, 2011 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
It was losing to DET combined with Buffalo’s 4 point weekend.
It’s the drive to stay out of the top 10 picks at this point.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s always been a drive to stay out of the top 10 picks. Playoffs has always been “can we get some icing on this cake, please?” and has always been a bit of a long shot…so, as far as I can tell, nothing changed.
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by Bower Power on Mar 28, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I guess. The coffin was probably closed a while ago, Detroit just felt like the final nail to me.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
4 more wins before the final game against Montreal and it might make the final game meaningful. perhaps not, but if that’s what it comes to, i’ll call this season a rousing success.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Mar 28, 2011 8:59 AM EDT reply actions
The month called “Death March” is over on Thursday, and the Leafs have gone 7-5-1 with 2 games to play. 9-5-1 or 7-7-1. Big difference.
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I figured we’d finish 20th this year.. i’m not at all upset as I see the upside going forward. Also, a LOT of these games have been enjoyable to watch. Thank you Reimer.
I'm never any good at standings predictions so I had no idea how we'd finish.
Regardless of how we ended, my favourite part of the season is the steps we took towards putting kids in the pipeline – Gardiner, Colborne, 2 1sts.
Also happy with how we got them (Except Versteeg):
- Turning a UFA signing into Lupul (even if he’s a “salary dump”) and a prospect (2008 1st rounder)
- Turning a pending UFA into a late 1st rounder, a prospect (2008 1st rounder) and a possible 2nd
- Versteeg (young, locked-in salary, 50-60 point producer on the 3rd line) for a late 1st and a 3rd. (ugh)
Even though the Versteeg trade probably didn’t move us in the “right direction”, it is still a decent haul.
I guess we also added one NCAA UFA so far and maybe a few more before the end of the year, so it’s not over yet. Signing Frattin once the Frozen Four is over will be another test to see if Burke can coerse him to sign instead of testing UFA waters.
And of course Reimer has been a revelation. I’m still on team “Bryzgalov if he makes it to July 1”, even though Reimer has been awesome it’s hard to say he could do this well forever. Pairing him for 50% of the games or less will give him a chance to be awesome and not get run down or shit on by fans when he can’t post back-to-back shutouts every time.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I just think it will be a big surprise if either of the picks we get from his trade turn out to be as good as he is right now.
I guess we gained $3M in salary to use this offseason… but I’m terrified how Burke is going to use it.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
whether they turn out or not, he didn’t want to be here, don’t let the door hit his ass on the way out.
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he didn’t want to be here
I don’t think he ever said that, and I don’t believe it. He said he was “never given the opportunity to play a top 6 role” which isn’t that far from the truth. He didn’t click with Kessel at all and you can’t break up MGK, so 3rd line duty was all he could get + PP time, which he was actually pretty good on (relative to our shitty PP anyway)
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Exactly, it’s wasnt that he didn’t want to be here, it was that Burke didn’t want him here.
I thought Burke was pretty clear about that.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I just never liked him even when we traded for him in the summer. So in my mind, I was glad to see him go
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I was the opposite… I was a huge fan of his on CHI even before they won the cup, so maybe I’m biased in the other direction.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
While the farm still needs more all-around depth IMO, this year was a good start for sure. Another couple of years and we should start really reaping the rewards of solid player development. Of course, finally having an NHL team that is positioned for future growth will help. A year from now hopefully we’ll finally have the structure in place that allows proper sheltering of prospects.
As for Reimer, I agree we really do have a potential gem of a player here and I’d rather see him gradually earn a #1 role over the next year instead of being thrown in from the start. I have a (mildly) sinking feeling, however, that we will begin next season with a Gustavsson/Reimer tandem. Burke still very much wants to give Gus a chance to get his game back and I think he’ll be given a fair opportunity to fail before Burke tries to acquire a veteran.
Truculligerestosterugnacity.
It seemed like Phaneuf was standing around, trying to play goalie rather than the man against Detroit. I noticed this on Thursday’s game too. And what happens? He tips in a goal both times.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 9:43 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
That’s something that’s been a theme this year: fronting.
Defencemen try to get in front of the forwards and block shots. It’s a terrible strategy and it’s led to I’d say 10-20 goals being tipped or screened in.
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If you’re not going to actively block shots, get the hell out of the way. Kids have learned ever since peewees that screening the goalie is a bad idea.
It’s be interesting to see what percentage of our goals against are tips/deflections off our our players.
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I wish Ian Laperriere could come back.. DUDE blockes shots with his FACE .. not once but twice !
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Based on the condition of that nose, it’s a fair bet he’s blocked shots with his face many, many times.
yeah he has a Rod Brind’Amour Nose all right.
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Brindamour looks like an eel
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
My wife hates Rod Brind’amour and for that I love her.
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facially he may be butt ugly
But Dayyyummm
I wish I had a BODY sculpted like that with my name on the Stanley Cup and able to have the Stanley Cup all to myself for a day next to that waterfall..
Dont you wish you were him right now ?
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jeez, is that Brind’amour or Mickey Rourke?
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 28, 2011 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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No this is Mickey Rourke
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heh, it sure is.
Brindamours got the body of a wrestler, thats pretty muich what I was getting at.
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 28, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
100% according to Greg Millen
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by clrkaitken on Mar 28, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I think it was tipped Joe
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 28, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think that’s recorded anywhere. You’d have to actually watch the games.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
3 goals in the last 4 or 5 games have gone off Dion. Frustrating.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Listen.. I think Toronto has one heck of a stud Player in USA WJH Player D’Amigo.. I am very very high on this kid.. I think he can be a stud in the NHL. I just wish my FLYERS had him.
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D’Amigo was a huge revelation during the WJC’s last year, but when he decided to join the Marlies early it didn’t really work out for him (he’s only 19).
Ever since he got sent back down to junior for the Kitchener playoff push he’s been putting up great points. We’ll see if he’s ready for the AHL again next year.
For a 6th round pick, he’s coming along fine.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
some players struggle at some levels but then have break thru’s .. Look at Giroux.. He was Killing it at the Q (QMJHL) and then he comes to FLYERS and struggles a bit his first NHL 20 games during the playoff push.. takes break during off season .. comes back next season and establishes himself as an everyday player in the NHL.
D’Amigo is going to be a stud. If you dont want him.. I know we will take him for dirt cheap. LOL
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That’s the draft for ya.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
But then we never would’ve had NSFW. And where would our memes be then?
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey maybe we won the Kessel trade after all
Seguin doesn’t look like he’s all that, and a 12th choice this year isn’t great.
Seguin is 18, I’ll give him a few years
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by TheBurnward on Mar 28, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
As we've been saying for a while, it will take years before we know who "won" the trade in the long-run.
Seguin is 18 and on a pretty deep Boston team, if he was given Tavares or Duchene or Hall type ice-time, he might be a phenom. I wouldn’t go calling him a bust just yet.
Plus Knight + whoever 12th choice is, they’ve got plenty of opportunity to get a good player or 2.
12th choice could get them an awesome player, the draft is a crazy lottary.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
He doesn’t play nearly as many minutes as Kessel, but for now, and I suspect the next couple years, Kessel >> Seguin.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Don’t kid yourself, Seguin is going to be a very good player. You can see when he gets the puck on his stick he’s got above average speed/vision/puck skills. That said, getting Kessel together with a 1C will turn that kid into a lethal weapon for us.
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Funny, I get the feeling that Seguin and Kessel would’ve looked good together.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Destiny had different plans. It was not meant to be.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
On the flip side, Boston could end up saying the same thing.
I know they’re confident in their chances to win a cup down there, but how much closer would they be if they still had Kessel screaming down the wing? If their “window” closes without a Cup win, you could look back on the trade and speculate that giving up Kessel for a few players that aren’t ready to contribute yet was a poorly timed move.
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Especially since they basically chose Savard over Kessel. They’ve now basically got $28m+ invested in a basket of broken eggs.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
nah, it was more of Lucic over Kessel
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Man, imagine if Savard had waited until UFA instead of signing that mega-deal with BOS, and then got that massive concussion? He might have ended his career “broke” (i.e. didn’t get a contract at all in the summer)
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Kessel wanted more than Boston could give him. We’ve since also shipped out a couple other players (sturm for nothing, for one)
Seguin is improving every game and it’s exciting to see him get better.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 28, 2011 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
If the B’s had given Lucic a tweener contract coming off his ELC instead of a full-sized deal, say $2mill instead of 4, would it have been relatively easy to sign both? It’s not like Lucic’s performance by the end of his ELC demanded $4 million. I’d check it all myself but capgeek is down.
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they signed Krejci right before trading kessel, that probably had alot to do with it as well
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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 28, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
The word going around at the time
Was that Kessel was offered the same contract as Krecji but he wanted over 5 mil.
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Yup
No one ever said he wasn’t a greedy little bastard.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
That contract doesn’t look so bad now
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 28, 2011 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
GIMME GIMME GIMME
Stephane Da Costa is flying to Toronto on Monday morning. By Wednesday, he should have a new home.
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........ sweet?
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
It could be both….
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
CBA rules indicate he must sign a multi-year contract with his new NHL team. But if he gets into a game before the end of the regular season, he’ll burn one of those years.
Tryout contract loophole?
Also:
Ottawa (two sources said Senators scout Lew Mongelluzzo spent more time at Merrimack than many of the school’s students), Boston (same for the Bruins’ Ryan Nadeau), Minnesota, Anaheim, Nashville and Pittsburgh.
On the Canadian side, Toronto and Vancouver have also watched Da Costa closely.
haha, I agree, elliott, I agree.
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by Bower Power on Mar 28, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Ottawa just moved 2 centers this trade deadline. They need him.
Boston is crazy deep at center; he’ll never get playing time.
Minnesota sucks.
Anaheim would be a good place because he could slot right in in a year when Koivu is gone.
Nashville just got Fisher and has Wilson. No.
Pittsburgh needs another center? hahahaaha No.
Toronto could tell him he’s playing with Phil Kessel.
Vancouver has Sedin and Kesler and normally Malhotra. no.
So to me it’s down to Anaheim, Ottawa, and Toronto.
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I was just pointing out: Elliott starts off with “Ottawa,” but then says “On the Canadian side,” which would suggest that Ottawa is not “on the Canadian side.”
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by Bower Power on Mar 28, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Da Costa to Minnesota. It’ll be like going to Merrimack all over again!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 28, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
How LA and Anaheim don’t get every NCAA free agent is beyond me. Lord knows were I about to be a 21 year old millionaire I’d want to live in SoCal.
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I could see a lot wanting NYR too.
But how Ottawa gets any is beyond me.
EDM just… doesn’t get any.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
the only reason Ottawa makes sense is if he wants to be able to speak his native French a good hunk of the time
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Why not go to MON then?
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
less opportunity to play?
who knows, they havn’t been mentioned in the interested teams as far as I’ve seen
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s not short enough.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
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I wonder …
Do they have this sign outside the Montreal Canadiens Locker room ?
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by FLYERROB on Mar 28, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
There are rumours flying now that the probable list is MIN, OTT or FLA.
I don’t know why.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
the only people who probably know are Da Costa and his agent, the rest of us will have to wait till he signs
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
From all accounts it seems he was scouted by 20 teams, and only 15 showed any interest. Maybe MON just wasn’t one of those teams.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
you and chemmy really hate NYC eh? is it a conneticut thing? I love NYC (to visit anyway).
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It’s crowded, smelly, pricey, and the people are jerks. I’m a country boy.
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ha, thats how I feel about Toronto, I guess i should just stay away from NYC then.
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Take Toronto, multiply the population by 5 and reduce the size by half.
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also, the random smell of garbage and decay, make that a full time thing and multiply the intensity by 10
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
also piss. It also smells like piss on top of garbage and decay
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 28, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
NYC is 305 sq miles to Toronto’s 263. If you’re talking Manhattan only it’s 23 sq miles with 1.6 million people.
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Not to open a can of worms or anything but I watched “102 Minutes that Changed the World” on Passionate Eye last night. Still sends chills down my spine 10 years later.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I had a feeling someone was going to say that.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
i just hate big cities in general, and TO is the onyl one I’ve been to.
If the population is over 200k that seems to be it for me.
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Maybe cause I grew up here, but I love Toronto.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I love the city as well, when you come from endless suburbs surrounding it, Toronto is a gem.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I just don’t like NYC aside from the restaurants. Cities rule.
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I like it when they sign with Boston.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 28, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Tryout contract loophole?
I think what Elliott meant was that if he gets into an NHL game before the season then it burns a year (a la Brayden Irwin), the ATO only works if he stays with the Marlies only.
He may well want to play in the NHL before the end of the season. Hopefully not.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Okay, cool – I was genuinely asking. I didn’t know whether or not an NHL game would allow for the tryout contract loophole or not. If it’s AHL only, then that would give us an idea.
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by Bower Power on Mar 28, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
So I was at the Marlies game on Saturday
The girlfriend bought me tickets right on the glass, on the corner, to Scrivens right. Great seats as I saw the whole ice.
I tried to focus on COlborne and Gardiner as much as I could. I was able to see Gardiner much better as the defence was in my end twice.
The one thing I noticed about Gardiner is he is easily the most NHL ready of any of the D. His skating is amazing as well as his handling of the puck. His defensive zone play needs work, he needs to make better decisions out there.
Colborne is a big dude. He can stick handle VERY well. From what I saw, he needs to use his size better. He doesn’t play like a 6’5 player.
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From what I’ve seen, most of Colborne’s goals have come from < 3 feet from the net (rebounds, etc.)
I wonder if that is a source of problem longer-term, or maybe that’s just the type of player he is.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
motherfuck. it’s on the fan 590, not AM 640
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m looking forward to the TSN station. Fan 590 is getting boring.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
TSN radio?
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yep, it’s coming.
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
You know what Toronto`s really been missing? Another all-sports radio station, only they don’t own the rights to any of the local sports teams broadcasts.
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If it’s CTV running the station, they’ll outbid everyone.
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Aren’t a couple contracts up for review as well? Obviously not the Jays, but I think TSN has the rights to broadcast Argos games (LOL)
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it may take a while, but they’ll try and grab some leafs games away from 640, maybe some tfc games and i don’t think anyone broadcasts amrlies games (or would lsiten….)
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The Leafs don’t really fit into AM640’s station concept anymore as the broadcasts were a holdover from when it used to be a guys talk station. But I bet they’re biggest moneymaker 640 still has. Wonder how long it takes until TSN buys them out for it.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you sure? Don’t you want to listen to Old Man Adler go batshit insane about some inane comment of the day?
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I find Adler entertaining. But I think he’s become a bit of a teabagger recently.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
boo fan 590
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Was listening to it this morning and I think they were replaying a segment from yesterday
People that call into the fan 590 are 95% legally retarded and certainly not qualified to be on the radio
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by Chris Stoikoff on Mar 28, 2011 1:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Have you heard Leaf Talk with Andy Frost? Don’t make me pull out the Venn Diagram.
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I was surprised with Sat’s Leafs Talk, there were 3 callers that were optimistic and hopeful about this team.
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the callers on the show will forever be stereotyped thanks to mr. " send blake and toskala to PIT and WAS for Crosby and Ovechkin!!!1"
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nah I listen to it on my way home from hockey….it’s over 50% gotard
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I like the ones that they point out that they were at the game and are season ticket holders.
I was at the game and I ’m a season ticket holder, I thought the night was great, sure they lost 8-1 at home but I signed a lucrative client today and the waitress was very speedy at bringing me my merlot and sushi
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Almost everything that people say when calling into the fan 590 or leafs talk on am 640 is either obvious, stupid, incoherent, or some combination of those three
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by Chris Stoikoff on Mar 28, 2011 1:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I want to kick mike from buffalo in the nose
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I almost unfollowed someone on twitter because they rt’d him
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by thenumber14 on Mar 28, 2011 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Too bad the Marlies might not even make the playoffs now
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Nazem Kadri says he expects to go back to the Marlies if the #leafs miss the playoffs.
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Probably as soon as it’s a mathematical certainty. So Wednesday morning.
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Ok, this is kind of amazing.
If Kadri is sent back to the Marlies Wednesday morning if the Leafs are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs by the Sabres, he will have played 24 games this season. Why is that important?
Because were he to play 25, he’d lose his rookie status for next season. The Calder hopes may still yet be alive!
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did you include the one game he played last year?
by Nigel Cadbury on Mar 28, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Doesn’t matter.
It’s either 25 games in a season, or 6 games in back to back seasons. Because last year he didn’t play 6, only the 25 games clause comes into effect.
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doh that’s right. Cool if they do send him down then.
by Nigel Cadbury on Mar 28, 2011 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
did they add him to the Clear day list? can’t remember if they did.
by Nigel Cadbury on Mar 28, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Boom
Jussi Rynnas, Ben Scrivens, Keith Aulie, Mike Brennan, Fabian Brunnstrom, Joe Colborne, Jeff Cowan, Josh Engel, Alex Foster, Simon Gysbers, Ryan Hamilton, Christian Hanson, Justin Hodgman, Korbinian Holzer, Nazem Kadri, Matt Lashoff, Juraj Mikus, Marcel Mueller, Danny Richmond, Greg Scott, Aaron Voros, and Mike Zigomanis.
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Here comes the BOOM !
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ya I was misrembering it. It was Reimer who wasn’t on the list thats on the Leafs now.
by Nigel Cadbury on Mar 28, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Which makes sense
We want to see what we have in Scrivens and Rynnas.
I am pretty undecided on what I think is best for our goalie situation next year, but the one thing I DON’T want to see is Scrivens in the ECHL.
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maybe we deal one of the goalies is the plan is to go after a UFA.
by Nigel Cadbury on Mar 28, 2011 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
chances are it’s Gus that gets dealt if we sign a UFA goalie.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Mar 28, 2011 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, which was a good call. We want to see Rynnas and Scrivens and what they can do. Reimer looks like a pretty sure thing for at least a backup position on the Canadian WC team also, if you look at list of non-playoff goalies. Cam Ward is the obvious number 1, but who knows if he wants to go?
I wouldn’t say pretty sure thing.
The Canadian goalies who are on teams who are not going to make/bubble team are with 20 GP:
Ward
S Mason
Ellis
Reimer
Elliot
Theodore
C Mason
Giggy
Garon
Dubnyk
McElhinney
I will remove the following goalies because they are not good enough for consideration (Ellis, Elliot, McElhinney, Garon, Giggy), C. Mason has had a bad year and had a bad year at the WC last year. That leaves:
Ward
S Mason
Reimer
Theodore
Dubnyk
I guess Reimer does have a good shot at going. Ward should be the first one they call and Theodore’s age may count against him…
I believe (can someone confirm or deny) that they bring 3 goalies.
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Plus Nonis is picking the team. Reimer will be one of the 3.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I was not aware Nonis was picking the team. Yeah I guess Reimer is pretty much a lock then. My money is Ward/Theodore is the starter and Dubnyk or Mason is the other backup.
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I would be pretty surprised if either Ward or Theodore accepted an invitation to worlds.
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I agree with you just looking at what players have done in the past. But I don’t really get that. If you can compete and represent your country, isn’t that a huge honour? I understand that they are tired from a long season, and it is not the same as chasing Stanley’s mug, but still you are playing for Canada. It seems to be only the Canadian players that turn down the invite.
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If you can compete and represent your country, isn’t that a huge honour?
I can wear a Team Canada jersey around town, but that doesn’t make it a big honor. It’s just not a particularly prestigious tournament. No one can pretend it’s the best of the best – it’s the best of what’s left.
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Younger players usually go either because their management knows its good for their development, or because they want to get in the good graces of Hockey Canada for the Olympics. Although considering how young the latest Team Canada was, I think we won’t be seeing too much turnover for 2014.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I understand that
I think other countries seem to take it more seriously and even Canadian’s used to. Its not like its a complete backwater tourny either. It just seems like a huge honour to wear the Leaf in competition and I can’t imagine ever turning it down.
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There are a lot of things that are unbelievably life changing the first time but you’re less willing to revolve your life around once it becomes old hat.
Representing your country may be one of those things.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
While I would love him to be eligible for the Calder. Do we think he could actually win it? because otherwise it would just cost us extra cap.
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Do we think he could actually win it?
Based on his performance this year….no.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t see it as particularly likely. I guess it is not impossible. Couture had 5 G and 9 points in 25 GP last year to Kadri’s 2 G 9 pts in 23 GP this year. That being said he had about a 1.2 ppg in the AHL last year to Kadri’s ~0.95 ppg this year.
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It’s kinda like Frattin with the Hobey Baker… it’s nice to get an award, but I don’t really give a shit if he wins it or not. I just care that he contributes in a positive way to the Leafs next year, the year after that, and hopefully for years.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s petty, and I know bonuses will count anyway next year, but in general I prefer our guys not to win awards because awards don’t make them a better player but they do make them more expensive.
Obviously I’m happy for our guys to play well enough to deserve awards.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m going to take the opposite approach.
If you take
- our current foundation of four guys (Kulemin, Kessel, Grabovski, MacArthur) all scoring close to 60 points
- a young defensive core taking a step forward
and if you can add
- sustainable 915 – 920 goaltending from Reimer, and
- a Calder-calibre year from Kadri on an ELC
That team’s a lock for the playoffs and is probably a dark horse Cup contender.
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That is some optimism right there, son.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Its all based on one part of that comment
sustainable 915 – 920 goaltending from Reimer, and
That is no easy feat for the Leafs. We have shown it enough time. A year of that (which is average to above average) would have stuck us in the playoffs.
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Yup
That’s why I’m on team Bryz / Reimer, I don’t know if Reimer can keep it up next year. He’ll need some one to share the load. Who knows if that can be Gus or not.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I am undecided but leaning towards the
Sign Vokoun/Bryz and if that fails sign Theodore. Trade Gus for whatever he is worth and have Scrivens and Rynnas battle it out in the AHL.
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Add in
Solid bit players in Bozak and Army in the bottom of the top 9 and ideally a 20/50 year from Lupul.
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3rd line
Kadri – Bozak – Armstrong, that could work.
Kadri and Armstrong can draw 10000000 penalties
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
now if the Leafs just had a PP
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
It seems like Wilson only has them practices the setups in the zone and forgot to tell them how to gain the blue line and get setup.
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[Toronto Maple Leafs Player] clears it to the line… but not out
Fuck I hate hearing it…and I hear it so damn much!
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Wilson has them ALWAYS making an extra pass to the middle on the breakout and it never works. Play it safe and take the dump out to the other team’s defense every chance you get and only skate it out when you have a clear path. But no, the Leafs try to force the puck out every time and it never works.
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Its that half second pause after “the line” where I always get hope. Then I see the fumble and “but not out” is said. And then I get a sad
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In the tiny grain of time that is that pregnant pause, Joe Bowen holds a microcosm of all the hopes and dreams of Leaf fans everywhere. One of these days.
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by Nirbo on Mar 28, 2011 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
There doesn't seem to be a solution on the horizon for that yet.
And until we do, no talk of “contending” will be considered serious.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
If thats the third line
Than I (and probably many others) envision the team as:
Lupul-XXXXX-Kessel
MGK
Kadri-Bozak-Army
I still have no idea where that XXXXX comes from.
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Oy, neither do i.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Make that
MGK
Lupul – XXXXX – Kessel
KBA
And suddently that XXXXXX becomes a lot easier to find.
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Exactly, More than anything this team needs goaltending a Bryz/Voukon paired with Reimer offers us the best chance of .910-.920.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 28, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Interesting
So would guys around here be happy with a guy like Laich? Looking at the UFA list there doesn’t even appear to be a #2C out there (ie a guy who can put up 15-20/50-55). Besides Richards the best offense I see that isn’t very old would be:
J Jokinen
Fleischmann (serious injury concern)
Zherdev (serious attitude issues and Burke has shown zero interest in the past)
Connolly (having a terrible year and is injury prone. Though he may be the perfect Kessel pivot. Savard-lite if you will)
Frolov (has had a steadily declining career the last 2 years and was shut down for major injury this year)
Gagne (same as Frolov and has injury concerns)
Upshall (he seems like a player unable to take that “next step” in his development. Has never been more than a mid 30 point player)
Alex Tanguay (I’d be all over him, personally)
Laich (not having a terrific year. Simply is not THAT good).
From that entire list I think the only C’s are Frolov, Connoly, and Laich (but apparently he has been playing LW recently). I am not sure what Upshall plays but I believe LW. Jokinen may also be able to play C.
It seems to me either Kadri plays C next year or we trade for a C.
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I can’t imagine either of those kids suddenly becoming the Leafs’ 1C all of a sudden. If they were that good they’d both be in the NHL by now. Maybe something will suddenly click but I doubt it works that way.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
grabovski’s the 1C…I can see Colborne as a 2C, considering darryl boyce has been doing that at times this year
elephant shell
If we go the patient route and leave Bozak there until Kadri (if he goes back to C) or Colborne or another prospect (Da Costa ;) ) brought in this summer usurps him. Maybe we can trade for a young guy who is closer to being ready.
Turris for a first and Bozak? C’moooooooooooooooooooooooon /HFBoards
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Colborne maybe in January at the ABSOLUTE earliest. He seems pretty damn raw. Maybe in the long run. Don’t know enough about da Costa, but is he supposed to be nearly NHL ready? Like Stalberg/Bozak/Butler/whats his name on the Ducks? They all took about 30 AHL games to make it up.
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Whats the difference between Colborne and those guys?
They did it in their first season of the AHL…
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Yup
That being said its not a crime to need some seasoning. I don’t have stats to back it up, but anecdotally big guys who have recently come into their body often need more time to learn how to use it properly. I can seriously see him needing a tough summer and most of next year (if not all) to develop under Eakins and I am fine with that.
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If he was a guaranteed first liner we wouldn’t have snagged him for two months of Tomas Kaberle.
He’s a prospect with a ton of upside and worrying that he might not be Joe Thornton is pointless. We keep acquiring young talent with upside, give it time to develop and eventually we’ll get the players we need.
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by Chemmy on Mar 28, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I am not sure where I appeared to be worrying that he might not be Joe Thornton. We were discussing if he could even be a #2 C by the end of next year…
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I don’t agree with your guarantee that Colborne is going to replicate Gretzky’s age-22 season next year
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My problem with this, though, is that we need to be “pushing talent down from the bottom.” So unless we can swap those back when Colborne is ready, we still need to look to add talent in to the organization from the top. We also need to consider that, while he looks great, Colborne’s talent may not translate to the NHL as well.
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Even without a Calder year from Kadri… take the team’s performance this season, add .910 to .915 goaltending and we’re in.
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0.910 I don’t know if we are in. 0.915 probably. We have 0.906 goaltending on the year right now. Improving it by 0.004 over 82 games (at 30.26 shots/game) is a difference of 10G on the year. Not a huge difference.
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I’d be happy with .910 on the condition that next year we skip that whole “winless in 8” thing.
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Winless in 8 is infuriating. But expect winless in 5. There was a post about 1-2 years ago on (I think) hockeyanalysis.com showing that almost every stanley cup winner had had a 5 game losing streak and winning streak in the regular season.
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Yeah winless in 5 is fine. But to have a stretch where you go something like 0-8-1 like the Leafs did this year (if I remember correctly the OTL was against Vancouver)… 1 of a possible 18 points. That’s just a dagger in the heart of your season. The agonizing part about it is that if the team had managed to go 3-5-1 over that stretch they’d be playing Buffalo tonight with 8th place on the line.
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Not my point.
Obviously I want a Calder-calibre year from Kadri or anyone else. I just don’t want him to win, because then bonuses kick in and he may have more leverage on his next contract.
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by The '67 Sound on Mar 28, 2011 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
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Would you still buy him out now?
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Watched it - response !
DORK !
You know.. its sad because he probably is the MOST TALENTED Person who has donned that Jersey in the last 12 months.
I wanna see Bryan Murray singing that and spraying everyone around him..
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and this guy sitting next to him who came to the game with him is like…..
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What in the GD hell is up with @NHLfanchat. That acct is all sorts of hilarious.
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I… don’t know. They’ve bugged me to follow them before.
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have you seen some of his tweets? He really hates talking about headshots.
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I’m trying to spread the love in a less dumb way than saying “FOLLOW THIS PERSON”.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh oh
The group of disgruntled Toronto Maple Leafs fans over at We Want A Cup is talking about a revolution. The unofficial voice of Toronto’s hockey fans proclaimed today that "Something Big Is About to Happen!" and implored the rest of Leaf Nation to join them in what appears to be a protest movement of sorts.
A band of some of the Leafs’ most faithful fans have started a website (wewantacup.com), and plan to hold some kind of demonstration after the Leafs’ next loss, or when they are officially eliminated from the postseason.
Rumours of revolt amongst Maple Leaf faithful
I predict this “demonstration” will be shameful and embarrassing.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
I half expected this to be an article in the Star.
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by T is for Truculence on Mar 28, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
From a star article by a some dumb leaf fan blogger:
If you are content to patiently watch this team develop under the thoughtful tutelage of Brian Burke and Ron Wilson, I cautiously and wearily submit that you may be a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs but you are not a real Leaf fan.
If you are not as deeply saddened at the sight of Tomas Kaberle donning the putrid brown and yellow of our hated division rivals as you would be watching your own son or daughter go off to war – on the side of the enemy – you are not a real Leaf fan.
If you have the patience to happily wait until next season to taste the playoffs, if you can talk about trading Clarke MacArthur or Mikhail Grabovski without having a little sick well up in your throat, if you can enjoy the NHL postseason after the Leafs have been eliminated from contention yet again, then you may be a hockey fan, possibly even a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, but you are simply not a real Leaf fan.
FUCK THIS GUY
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block quote fail
If you are content to patiently watch this team develop under the thoughtful tutelage of Brian Burke and Ron Wilson, I cautiously and wearily submit that you may be a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs but you are not a real Leaf fan.
If you are not as deeply saddened at the sight of Tomas Kaberle donning the putrid brown and yellow of our hated division rivals as you would be watching your own son or daughter go off to war – on the side of the enemy – you are not a real Leaf fan.
If you have the patience to happily wait until next season to taste the playoffs, if you can talk about trading Clarke MacArthur or Mikhail Grabovski without having a little sick well up in your throat, if you can enjoy the NHL postseason after the Leafs have been eliminated from contention yet again, then you may be a hockey fan, possibly even a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, but you are simply not a real Leaf fan.
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there is only one word for people like this
tarded
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
there isnt even a comment system so we can flood them with comments about how fucking stupid they are
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
TWITTER!
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We already are
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So you can’t wait for your team to develop AND you’re against giving up assets in order to improve your team in order to be a REAL Leaf fan?
by YakovMironov on Mar 28, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
If you are content to patiently watch this team develop under the thoughtful tutelage of Brian Burke and Ron Wilson, I cautiously and wearily submit that you may be a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs but you are not a real Leaf fan.
No wonder Toronto gets the rap that we “won’t support a rebuild”.
A lot of nerve being the ultimate decider on who has the “right” to be called “real Leaf fans”.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Unless we have to trade Kaberle Grabbo or MacArthur for them.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 28, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
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They should be so lucky.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Mar 28, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
The comment about sending your children off to war was particularly tone-deaf.
Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
what comment?
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If you are not as deeply saddened at the sight of Tomas Kaberle donning the putrid brown and yellow of our hated division rivals as you would be watching your own son or daughter go off to war – on the side of the enemy – you are not a real Leaf fan
Oh, I'm sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
I read the first bit and skipped it.
I seriously hate these people
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I predict this "demonstration" will be shameful and embarrassing.
between this, the sens danceathon, and calling 9-1-1 on Chara the fans of Canadian northeastern teams aren’t looking so great.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 28, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
It’ll be like five people yelling after a loss. Big deal.
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They should fire some Tear Gas at them anyway.
by YakovMironov on Mar 28, 2011 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
load the canisters with cement and fire em at their heads
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok, here's the plan.
Jared, I need you infiltrate their ranks for this alleged protest. You need a sign that denounces not only Leafs management, but the Conservative government, and local police. Then from inside the pack of people, you need to peg a cop in the head with a beer can or something like that, then book it and let the riot cops take care of the rest.
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on it
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Having watched Generation Kill and played a lot of Call of Duty I am a bit of a military expert and a tear gas canister fired from an M-203 will kill a man if it hits them point blank in the head.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, pushing down on your left thumbstick when right beside someone causes death.
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I did as well because it made it more like Halowhich I was actually good at unlike CoD
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by Chris Stoikoff on Mar 28, 2011 5:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I shouldn't admit this
The organizer is italian.
I AM BEING EMBARRASSED TWICE!
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well we have nothing to worry about then, he’ll just fall flat on his face
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The protest march was halted after 15 feet when the group’s leader was grazed by a passerby on the shoulder and fell to the ground clutching his knee in agony for 15 minutes.
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by SkinnyFish on Mar 28, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
sounds like Hasek whenever someone sneezed in his goalie crease
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More like Luongo…
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
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The protest march was halted after 15 feet when the group’s leader quote “Saw a really hot broad and yelled out the window of his sweet civic if she wanted a ride” then proceeded to follow her down the street slowly for another 15 minutes
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Gym
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Protest
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by SkinnyFish on Mar 28, 2011 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He just tweeted at @Leafgirl85. Maybe the two of you should be tweeting.
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Ya I saw that.
/sigh
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I hate you.
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Next time you’re in town I’m coming out in the italy jersey and all the ferrari gear I have and gonna be a walking italian stereotype
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EYYY WHAT’D YOU FORGET TO DYE YOUR HAIR RED WHITE AND GREEN AGAIN? COME ON.
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that was meant for chemmy
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this is from an article the Sun ran in early February with quotes from the guy who runs the site:
"We’re tired. We’re real tired," he sighs. "We’re sick of hearing it from Habs fans and Sens fans."
So, uh, you’re real sick of hearing smack talk from your biggest rivals about winning the cup, despite the fact that one of those teams has never won the cup and the other hasn’t won one in almost 20 years?
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that cup finalist banner makes me ever so jealous!
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
“2007 – LOST FOUR GAMES OUT OF FIVE TO ANAHEIM, CHRIS PHILLIPS SCORED CUP CLINCHING GOAL”
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A sens fan earlier in the year
Went on this whole rant about how the Sens have more cups/year played. She refused to accept that the discontinuity of the team mattered as she didn’t understand what the current leafs had any more to do with the past than the past Sens. I thought that was crazy, but was more or less the argument. Then I looked it up. The old Sens won a SINGLE cup in the NHL. The rest were pre-NHL stanley cups which included winning it Ottawa HC winning it multiple times in a few days. Including 3 times in 7 days. March 10th, 13th, and 16th of 1911 Ottawa HC won the stanley cup! Idiot sens fans….
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Zero divided by 18 is zero.
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That’s correct. However 18 by 0 is not still 0!
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YOU CAN’T DIVIDE BY EIGHTEEN
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Do you even CALCULATE the formulas?
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Dividing by zero brings intangibles that don’t show up in your math book
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Mike Brown’s mustache can divide by zero.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
They’ve played 34 total seasons if you say the old Sens count (they don’t) with one Cup. 34 years to win each Cup.
The Leafs have won 13 Cups. Assuming they took 34 years to win each one then they’d have played 442 seasons.
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She came with the number (she included all of the ‘cups’ they won before it was the NHL’s trophy). I had no choice but to believe her as we were at a party. I later looked it up and saw that she was crazy and you could only include the 1 cup (even if you include the old sens). That shut her up the second time. She just sneered at me and said whatever.
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1. I don’t know why, but Habs fans who troll in English always seem terribly lonely.
2. Getting upset at ribbing from a Sens fan is like getting upset because a homeless man called you a loser.
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Yeah, don’t get upset about that, just cut his head off and leave his body in a dumpster.
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Those Bastards
They have a poll on their front page about who is your favorite Leafs goalie of all time. Missing? Felix Potvin.
How bad are the choices? Andrew Raycroft is an option. These people know dick about hockey or the Leafs.
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THEY MISSPELLED DAVE ANDREYCHUK
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They emailed me to tell me they thought I was cool and that I should help them.
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Last 50 goal scorer was Dave andrewchuck in 1993
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. We want a cup.
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YUP
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These guys are worse than Jared
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A leaf has never won the scoring title.
Longest time without a Stanley cup of all original 6 teams. 43 years.
0 leafs in the top 50 goal scores in a single season.
Leafs may officially become a loosing franchise by the end of the season.
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hey now, lets not say things we can’t take back
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Fail
Drillon, Pratt, and Kennedy (I believe 3 /=0)
NYR with 54 years
WTF does that even mean? Kessel (19th), Grabs/Kule (21st) this year.
They may have been trying to say that there is no Leafs Player in the top 50 seasons, for goals scored by a player in one seasons.
But that is an odd thing to gripe about. Considering that they are upset with the current Leafs and there are only 2 current players in that list (Ovi once and Selanne once).
Further because of repeat seasons there are only 24 players in that list. Further there are only 14 current teams (and 2 former teams) represent in that list.
First learn to spell losing. Second the leafs are currently 2633-2616-783 (including OTL’s as L). That ain’t a losing team.
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2633-2616-783
If that is the record, doesn’t that mean that during the late 1980s we probably were a losing franchise?
Wait, wait
Cancel the fire alarm, the building already burnt down once.
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Tons of multiples:
Bossy 6
Bure 4
Dionne 2
Esposito 4
Gretzky 5
Brett Hull 4
Kerr 2
Kurri 2
Lemieux 4
Yzerman 3
Goulet 1
Bobby Hull 1
Jagr 1
Lafleur 1
Leach 1
Maruk 1
Lanny McDonald 1
Mogilny 1
Nicholls 1
Ovechkin 1
Robitaille 1
Selanne 1
Shutt 1
P Turgeon 1
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10 guys have 36 of the top 50 goal scoring seasons.
6 guys have 27 of the top 50 goal scoring seasons.
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NEVER won a Scoring Title ? WHO FREAKEN CARES !!! I dont want to win the Scoring title.. I want to win the DANG STANLEY CUP ! after all thats the name of the game right !
I mean look above – Kerr – 2 Scoring TItles = ZERO STANLEY CUPS !
Ok how many teams have won a Stanley Cup with NO scoring titles in the last 10 years ?
Chicago
Carolina
Anaheim
Tampa Bay
Detroit
New Jersey
Detroit
& Again New Jersey
I think only Pittsburgh with Crosby is the only time a team in the last 10 Years who had the scoring title and Stanley Cup Championship together.
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A leaf has never won the scoring title.
Two Dynasty’s built on hard-nosed tough defense, lunch pail hockey. Our TEAMS won cups, if you wanted flash you were a habs fan.
Longest time without a Stanley cup of all original 6 teams. 43 years
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Didn’t New York go 54 years? And Chicago just ended at 49. Also, we still have more cups than both those franchises combined.
0 leafs in the top 50 goal scores in a single season.
WTF? Kessel, Grabbo and Kulemin are 20-22. Unless he means all time, in which case see above.
Longest current drought I assume.
Top 50 goal scorers all-time I assume.
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Funny how many assumptions you’re willing to make in order to validate this tripe. Sounds like you’re trying to be reasonable or something.
If you are content to patiently wade through the tripe on wewantacup.com and tease out actual facts, I cautiously and wearily submit that you may be a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs but you are not a real Leaf fan.
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players on that list Gartner, Nieuwendyk, Andreychuk, Lanny Macdonald, Mahovlich and Francis
all played for the leafs….ok francis is a bit of a stretch
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
No
Look at Chemmy’s list above, or go to the link I posted. For your reference the cutoff was Hull’s 57G season. The highest a Leaf ranked was Vaive with 54 in the 70s
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The better part
Of Andreychuk’s 54 G season was with us. 29G in 52 GP with Buffalo and 25 G in 31 GP with the Leafs
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If only he had scored three more goals we wouldn’t be in this mess.
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Interesting thing about that list
The youngest was 21 (WOW! Bure and Gretzky) and the oldest was 32. Goal scorers peak young. Enjoy NJ….
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r we talking scoring title the same year as the stanley cup ?
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yeah but like I posted above.. who cares.. if you win the scoring title but you dont win the ultimate .. the Stanley Cup. The last 10 years I think only 2 times was there a scoring title winner who’s team won the Stanley Cup the same year. What ? Crosby and thats it right ?
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Well I've got news for that guy...
We’re always going to hear it from Habs fans, even if they never win again. Unless the Leafs win a large number of Cups soon (here’s hoping), the Habs fans will always brag that they have more. They’re that dumb, yes they are. They’ll barely look at their overrated roster anyway. It’s not like they’re going to win another Cup any time soon, and the Habs have never had to rebuild ever. They won’t know what to do.
Sens fans? Really? What do they have to chirp about? 1927? Or never?
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Living in the NYC suburbs I see people who wear shirts with the Yankees 27 championships to Boston’s 7.
Surely the fact that your grandfather saw the Yankees win a pile of World Series’ makes up for blowing the 3-0 lead and seeing the Sox win the World Series twice. Surely.
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I’m seeing guys 17-20 years old bragging to me about the Habs. I mean really…at that age, you don’t remember their last Cup win anyway!
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I am just old enough for my friends to vaguely remember it. It fucking sucks (’88 birthday)
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I don’t think your friends remember a hockey game from when they were four years old.
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You have pieces of memories from that age. My one buddy describes watching one of the stanley cup games. He can describe the whole scene in the family room and a goal scored. HIs brother (87) can describe when they got the cup
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There’s no way they could have watched replays and decided they saw it live.
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The hippocampus gets restructured around 3 years old IIRC; memories that are formed after that can definitely stick around, particularly if they were formed at a time of high emotion.
You make a good point about the reconstructive nature of memory though—in most of my memories from 5 or 6 years old, I can see the scene with myself in it. That’s not how I perceived it originally :)
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My one buddy describes watching one of the stanley cup games. He can describe the whole scene in the family room and a goal scored
That could not be more vague and more bullshit. “A goal”? Come on…
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No he can describe the goal. I just don’t remember
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I’m an ‘87 and I have some vague memories of walking home from a parent’s friends house after watching game 7 against LA crying and screaming about how much I now hated Wayne Gretzky. That’s all I remember though. And I’ll never forget…
by Self Destructive Zones on Mar 28, 2011 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember being at one of the games in that series. And shuffling between seats. We were there with friends and there was a better set of seats so we switched between periods. I also remember asking my which one Gretzky was.
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I was not even two years old and I can still remember jumping up and cheering after seeing my dad cheer when Borchevsky scored against the Red Wings in round 1
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by Chris Stoikoff on Mar 28, 2011 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
There is for sure away. But it is also possible they have memories. As Nirbo explains scientific research has repeatedly found 3 years old to be the point past which you do not have memories.
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The two aren’t actually incompatible. The guy has a memory; originally it’s quite faithful. Each time he remembers it, though, the scene is reconstructed by his sensory areas, and things might get smoothed over so it makes a tighter narrative. Details of how people look, how the room looks might get conflated with current knowledge of those things. Each time you remember an episode this will happen. Pretty soon what you have isn’t a memory at all but a story.
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Let’s come back to the cruz of the issue
Why in the hell is BCapp friends with Habs fans?
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Yeah I know. I have learned a fair bit about reconstructive memory.
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Cool. I was pretty sure you were a medical type but I figured on a public forum it’s worth posting anyway.
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lol no worries. I actually have not learned anything about it at medschool yet (probably will next year). But I took ~8 psych courses in undergrad.
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Nice; I majored in Psych, though I’m finding my English studies more useful these days. Out of curiosity, did you do the survey, or focus on particular areas?
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My major was Physiology. I was going to have a minor in psych, but in fourth year all I had left to get the minor was to take the psych stats and psych research methods course (I had already done both for science), so I dropped the minor. I took a wide variety of psych. I believe this is all of them:
first year psych
Cognitive neuroscience (more of an anatomy/physiology style one)
Social Psych
Applications of Psych (we went over a different field each week, from sports psych, to engineering psych, etc)
Health Psych
Theories of the mind/consciousness
Developmental Disorders
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Some overlap there for sure; the two that I didn’t take on that list are equivalents to Health and Applications.
I focused on cognition and psychopathology, but the neuroscience stuff in those areas was often what I found most interesting. It was a bit frustrating to get at it without a strong hard science background; if I were to do that again I’d take bio and chem early.
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When I was 4, I got run over in my backyard by Mark Messier, who then brought me and my dad back to our neighbours house where a party following the Wayne Gretzky Tennis Tournament was going on.
I don’t remember a second of this; I remember it through being re-told the story by my dad.
You could lawyer this guy in about 5 seconds on his claim.
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I can remember times when I was 2 years old. We had moved out to B.C. and i remember being at a hockey game with my father out there, not sure if it was a Vancouver Blazers or Canucks game, but I remember being there. Plus I remember our apartment and the Datsun we had when we lived there. We never had the Datsun when we moved back.
by Nigel Cadbury on Mar 28, 2011 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Lived in Boston then. Was amazing. Disappointed we didn’t burn a building down just to see it happen.
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Sens fans have 1927 to chirp about like Americans have the 866 AD capture of York to chirp about.
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by Nirbo on Mar 28, 2011 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I love Reimer
And am happy he is included here. But Bob should be too
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=359871
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He is...
Sergei Bobrovsky – Philadelphia Flyers
The Flyers, who always seem to get by without a name goaltender, are doing it again this year with Bobrovsky. The 22-year-old free agent from Russia has split time with veteran Brian Boucher throughout the year, and his strong play is a big reason why last year’s playoff hero Michael Leighton is riding the bus in the AHL.
Bobrovsky is second in wins among rookie goalies with 27 and third in save percentage (among rookies with 25+ games started).
While he certainly wasn’t a household name coming into the season, the goalie they call ‘SpongeBob’ is quickly becoming one.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
They updated it. The first time I read it he and Ennis weren’t there
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Haha Reimer is winning the vote by a landslide. Should probably be Bob though.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
“SpongeBob”? really?
Compared to Optimus Reim, that’s a pathetic nickname. No offense to Bobrovsky.
by Marc Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2011 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Burke on am640
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Burke on Reimer: “We think he’s the real thing.”
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Burke on Bozak"He’s a important player. Our best Pker, but playing on the first line is a bit to much to ask" #Leafs
If Burke means what he says (and we all know he knows how to play word games), sounds like he’d be happy starting the season with Reimer as our #1.
Also sounds like he knows that he’s asking too much of Bozak as a #1C and its his job to go get us one (either at the draft, trade, free agency, etc.)
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
All I could think of when I read that bit about Bozak was:
OH DAMMIT: BRAD RICHARDS.
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(…unless he’s cheap)
Oh you. He’s going to get $8M.
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by nhlcheapshot on Mar 28, 2011 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
If he agrees to a 2-year contract while Colborne develops, sure!
Also, if that happens, I’m buying a lotto ticket on that day, using his last 5 seasons’ point totals as numbers for the ticket, because it’s just as likely to work out.
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Now that Burke has essentially said that Reimer is going to be the #1 goalie next year, I wonder how that affects the contract negotiations with Reimer this off-season.
by Draglikepull on Mar 28, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
RFA. It won’t affect them much.
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You don’t think so? I think a few months ago he would have been lucky to get a raise of any kind. Now I think he gets at least Gustavsson money, and probably higher. My guess is about $1.5 million, which is a lot more than anyone would have figured up until very recently.
by Draglikepull on Mar 28, 2011 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
A few month ago and the Leafs were nowhere near the playoffs. Fast forward to now, and Reimer essentially got them there. Since he will end up playing close to the same amount of games as Guss did last year but with better stats, wouldn’t you assume 1.35- 1.75?
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Look at the goalies who signed last year. Look at what Rask got. Rask had more GP, more W, and a higher save percentage than Reimer will have at the end of the year. He got 1.8.
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Niemi won a cup and got 3.8
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 28, 2011 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
But that was an offer-sheet wasn’t it? And the hawks wanted to keep Hjalmarsson
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by happiergilmore on Mar 29, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
yup, its also about 1.5 mil too much if you ask me
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 29, 2011 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Did I? o_O
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by happiergilmore on Mar 29, 2011 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Forget negotiation; as part of our future plans it means he’s doomed.
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Now that Burke has essentially said that Reimer is going to be the #1 goalie next year, I wonder what terrible injury is going to afflict him this off-season.
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But he has such a great history of no injuries
/Checks the data
Shit….
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I thought I played in flan territory. The fans threw waffles? If the fans threw waffles, I guess I deserved waffles.
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Flan?
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Saying “we think he’s the real deal” doesn’t equate to “he’s going to be our #1 next year”… although I do think that we will start with a Gus/Reimer tandem. But you still can’t count out Burkie signing a goalie this summer based on those comments.
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If you listen to the whole interview, Burke said something about the #1 for next year being settled. I think it’s pretty unlikely he means anyone but Reimer.
by Draglikepull on Mar 28, 2011 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a hard time believing anything Burke says. He plays around with words all the time.
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
LIKE A BOSS
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by theninjagreg on Mar 28, 2011 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
NHL.com "Top ten best HITS" weekly list
- hit was the hit on Lupul in the Colorado game, BUT, Komisarek’s hit on Oliver which was 10 times more devastating didn’t even make the list.
Are these guys on drugs or what?
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It was “*controversial”. My favorite: Draper (I think) on Lupul onto Howard.
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So long
And thanks for all the fish. Heck, the Leasf will now run the table, Miller will tear an MCL, Carolina will get caught looking at empty seats and think the net is empty, and TO will speak in by 1 point. Then we’ll run the table and win the Cup, just like Burke planned all along.
Then Burke’ll trade 3 draft picks for Kovalchuk and we’ll be a cinch to win for the next decade.
While I appreciate your optimism...
…it won’t work like that. The Habs won’t score again the rest of this season, the Leafs will win out, and it’ll be the Habs on the outside looking in…just like 4 years ago when the Leafs eliminated the Habs in Game 82, except the Leafs will make it this time. (The rest of it will go as you said.) ;)
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