World Championship Bound
by JP Nikota on Apr 12, 2011 7:01 AM EDT
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As James Mirtle reports, James Reimer, Luke Schenn, and Dion Phaneuf will all be playing for Team Canada in the upcoming World Championship in Slovakia. Clarke MacArthur may also join the team but is described in the article as a "bubble candidate".
Mike Brown and Mike Komisarek will suit up for the Americans, although Phil Kessel has declined, citing a need for rest as his reason for not going.
"I'm just going to take a break," Kessel said. "It's been a long year, a grind. Obviously I love playing for my country, I've played in three worlds, so I'm just going to take a break, relax, go home and take a couple weeks off. Then start training again, get ready for next year.
I can't help but wonder what Burke thinks of this, since he has extolled the value of playing in the World Championships on more than one occasion. Here is one quote in the National Post. Of course, there could be any number of more legitimate reasons Kessel has decided to forgo the tourney, so let's not jump to conclusions.
You should, on the other hand, jump the jump, and check out more of today's links.
Leafs Links:
Different Feeling for Leafs Entering Off-Season
"Compared to my first year it’s a whole different culture here," added Phil Kessel, "whole different team."
Season in Review: Grading the Buds
Mislav Jantoljak doles out the judgment.
Better Know A Prospect
Jon S, over at Puckin' Eh, has written up a profile for a potential target for the Leafs in the upcoming draft.
Wrap up day in Leafland; talking Leaf goalies
Michael Langlois believes that a Reimer-Gustavsson platoon can get the job done next year.
Other Hockey Links:
CBC's Plays of the Year
CBC always puts together great highlight videos. Schenner, Dion, and Grabbo each make appearances.
Grading The Playoff Beards of Champions
Rick Moldovanyi at The Score assigns grades based on thickness, shape, and color.
The 5 worthiest candidates for the 2011 NHL Masterton Trophy
According to Wyshynski, that is.
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Maybe no Komarov
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Leo Komarov (who a lot of people thought would come to the #Leafs next year) tells KHL.ru that he’s more likely to stay in the #KHL.
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!'
what does this mean for his ELC?
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Did he officially sign? I dont think so
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He hasn't signed, and it sounds like he may not.
Maybe he’s waiting for his rights to expire so he can go to another NHL team, sounds like in the interview he still dreams of playing in the NHL.
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 Apr 12, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Burke should trade his rights if he's not gunna sign him...
by WizardofNaz on Apr 12, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Nobody’s going to trade for the rights to a small 24 year old Russian 6th round draft pick, who says he wants to stay in the KHL.
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he said he wants to play in the NHL but after talking to the leafs he might stay in the KHL
To me this reads Leafs aren;t interested or are saying “you’ll be Marlies bound”
"you’ll be Marlies bound"
I think we have a winner
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probably not as blunt, more like “you have to earn your stripes and are not guarenteed NHL time”
but yes, same thing
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 12, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
exactly
so trade him to a team that has a weak bottom 6 and wants him… you getting a 6th rnd pick for him is better than nothing
Nobody’s going to trade for the rights to a small 24 year old Russian 6th round draft pick,
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Especially when most of them have their own small 24 year old Russian 6th round draft picks to worry about
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
What about a 24 year-old Belorussian 5th round pick? I hear you can get one of those for Greg Patyrn and a 2nd.
But who would ever be that stupid?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 12, 2011 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
With regards to Kessel...
I called him not going to the Worlds. For some reason, Kessel comes off as a guy who doesn’t really care in the media. Whether or not that’s true, I have no idea. But when your Captain is going after major surgery during the season, and you say no…the optics aren’t great.
Granted he could be tired, injured or have personal things to attend or just be plan worn out. I hope he is just worn out…
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Kessel played all 82 games this year, almost 20 minutes per game. I can understand him wanting a break and then a chance to get ready for next year. As he points out, he’s already been over there three times. I have no idea why you think he doesn’t care.
Phaneuf only played 60, and I think his game still needs more work. The Worlds make a lot of sense for him.
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by Back In Black on Apr 12, 2011 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think Kessel thought of how his words would be received but I think it’s valid for him not to go even though I’d prefer he went.
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I don’t think Kessel thought of how his words would be received
I think a summer of intense media training would be much more beneficial to Phil
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Agree
That’s almost the thing I most want him to work on.
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I did like his joke about being last again. I don’t know, from the kid that came in here after the trade to how he kind of jokes around with them now, I kind of get the sense that Ron’s “talking to moronsmedia 101” lessons are sinking in with him.
Mind you, at times Ron is the last person you’d come to for advice when speaking with the media.
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The only thing I want him to work on is being in game shape so that he can play 82 games AND still feel like he isn’t exhausted by April.
I plan on playing more games next april. And May. And hopefully June.
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by nhlcheapshot on Apr 12, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Your making the team!??!!?
I plan on playing more games next april. And May. And hopefully June.
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If Brayden Irwin can play 1 game in the NHL, anybody can.
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by nhlcheapshot on Apr 12, 2011 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Or we could just train the local media on how to deal with the awkward Midwestern kid and Kessel could just work on his actual game.
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They seem to be dealing with grumpy guff Phaneuf just fine.
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by nhlcheapshot on Apr 12, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
MLSE can let only Henny interview Kessel to protect his image.
After his last media scrum I’m left thinking Kessel is not a great team player.
What on earth is this based on?
After his last media scrum I’m left thinking Kessel is not a great team player.
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That seems like a pretty silly assumption. He’s clearly shit with the media, but hard to question his “team player-ness”
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by nhlcheapshot on Apr 12, 2011 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Phil Kessel is probably the most socially inept, publicly awkward, and goofiest player in the entire NHL. People read this the wrong way and think he’s some sort of dick. He’s not, he’s simply the quiet kid in class who randomly gets yelled at by the teacher for eating paste.
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by SkinnyFish on Apr 12, 2011 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Mr Wilson? I don’t have a red crayon.
by Learn2Leaf on Apr 12, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Basically
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Agreed. And his media scrum left the impression that he is not a great team player (which is not to say he is or is not a terrible team player) but that he doesn’t interview well.
Agreed. And his media scrum left the impression that he is not a great team player
You just don’t get it, do ya Scott?
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I think he is trying to say that it gives the impression to OTHER people.
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For a guy who gives the impression that he’s not a “team player”, he sure spent an awful detailed explanation of why Tyler Bozak is better than people give him credit for.
by Draglikepull on Apr 12, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
He’s an awful interview with the serious ones but he’s pretty good in funny ones.
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I like the ones where he randomly swears. Sportscentre needs more morning bleeps.
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Frankly, I’ll start caring about Kessel’s ability to talk to the media when the NHL starts awarding points for snappy soundbites.
paul maurice would be a top 3 coach of all time under that system
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 12, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Fuck that
Kessel has gone 3 times. Many other players have turn it down (read half the Canadians who get invites). He played the entire season, playing the most minutes of ANY forward on the team, 37th most of any forward in the league, or 16th most of a forward not in the playoffs (of which 3 players played 81 games and 4 played 82).
Lets see how many of the forwards with more minutes than him except invites from their countries.
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I think it was the one to fix that deep laceration in his leg
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In relation to a Triple heart bypass , no. In the sense it kept him out to the lineup 5 weeks, yes.
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5 weeks is not a major surgery. It was minor. Major would be Parise, or Hemsky, or Edler. Phaneuf’s was NOT major.
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Yeah but most of it wasn’t because of the surgery it was because of the injury. I’m probably just being overly anal on semantics, but if he said major injury I may have been quieter. The procedure he had was pretty minor.
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Does it really matter?
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Yeah I had a knee op and I’m running around 3 weeks later… Major surgery would be Malkin/Parise/Malhotra.
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by happiergilmore on Apr 12, 2011 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I meant major leg/knee sugery. The thing is, he should have missed more time. His injury was potentially career ending, was supposed to take a half hour took over three once they saw the damage. I believe his MCL was severed which is supposed to be three months off for pro athletes.
I understand you had a deep laceration as well but I wouldn’t assume you had the exact same damage to the same area. I’ve had ACL and Meniscus surgery along with damage to the MCL, it sucks. It was extensive damage and it only took an hour and a half. Clearly he did have a bad injury, and probably came back too soon.
Unfortunately since I am not a surgeon, nor have I seen his report I can’t say for sure, but neither can you.
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getting this information about the surgery?
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by Steve Burtch on Apr 12, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
What Dion had
Cut his calf, knicked his MCL, found some damage in there already and decided to fix it.
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Yeah well I (personal story) so therefore (subject’s personal story) must be similar. If you had an (own personal story) you’d know these things like I do.
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As a person who took the MCATs and was rejected from medical school for a lack of biology and chemistry undergraduate study, I think I would know more than the guy actually in medical school.
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To be fair
I am doing musculoskeletal next year. I am learning about peeing right now.
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Why does it burn?
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by SkinnyFish on Apr 12, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
You guys are so polite to new commenters…I was just pointing out as someone who played a sport at a high level (Soccer, Provincial Team) and experienced an injury, I find it frustrating when people say pfft no excuse man up.
However, sorry that you didn’t get in. I have a few friends studying for their MCATs, not fun.
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Meh, weren’t that hard. Bought study books, read them threw, rocked it. What sucks balls is that Med schools value an easy undergrad like biology or pre-med more than a difficult undergrad in bio-mechanical engineering. Whatever.
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There is ZERO preference given in most schools in Canada. One girl in my class’ undergrad was in classical opera.
Western’s (my school) theory is that if you can do well on the MCAT you know enough science for a baseline and they just want you to have an honours degrees. A bunch of schools in Canada have a handful of required courses, but they are generally just 1st year bio, chem, physics, and organic chemistry.
But undergrads are REALLY different between Canada and the US. There is no such thing as premed in Canada
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It’s exactly the same for law at Western too. We have people with engineering degrees, science degrees, arts, English, etc. Next year they are starting a program where you can get a masters in geology and law degree at the same time (mining companies love that).
In fact there is a combined degree offered at Western in Engineering AND medicine. They do both degrees in 7 years (instead of 8). There is a girl in my class in it.
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Yeah that’s crazy. It’s a lot like all the kids in my class who are in Ivey and are in their “4th year” and will have their Business degree (or whatever Ivey gives) and JD in 6.
haha. The first 2 aren’t bad. They are just regular undergrad. So its just 4 years of ridiculous tuition
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Oh wait, I see what you’re talking about. But yeah, it’s still more expensive than the traditional path, though it takes a year less overall and you end up with an arguably better looking CV.
Is it more expensive than an undergrad with Ivey, THEN going to Law school?
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No it’s not, but who would do that? Basically that would only happen if you couldn’t get into Law after your 3 years of Ivey.
Ivey is only 2 years. You do two years of undergrad than 2 years of Ivey. And a lot of people do. They only except 5 people into the co-Ivey-law program. And a lot of people with a business degree want to go into law.
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I’ve never understood why you’d want to go to Ivey and then waste two years of university not going to Ivey.
After talking to the Western rep at the University Fair for like one minute about the Ivey process, I locked out of going to Western right there.
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Some Universities (Laurier, Mac etc)
Have started a “Health Sciences” undergrad which is pretty close to the states pre-med. The one at Laurier even has a partial credit course which helps you prep for the MCATs apparently (im not actually in it… Phsyc FTW!)
by WizardofNaz on Apr 12, 2011 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Close but not the same. Mac’s is the closest and I think the MCAT prep as an undergrad is complete and utter bull shit.
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It’s silly that not taking Chem 101 and Bio 101 because you’re an engineer is worse than taking a cupcake pre-med undergrad path.
Objective science is objective science. I may not know much about bio but I could figure it out. A biologist probably doesn’t know shit about the work I do but I’d expect they’d catch on.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
I work in the semiconductor industry designing the machines that print the computer processor you’re using right now.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Thats why I like Western’s system.
Wanna hear stupider? I didn’t take a full year English course so there were 3 medical schools I couldn’t apply to.
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by Shield on Apr 12, 2011 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Zing!
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s even weirder, because at BU everyone who wanted to go to med school was Biochemical engineering, rather than bio. Granted, BU’s BME program had a pretty heavy bio/chem course load, if I heard right, but that just seems ridiculous.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
You guys are so polite to new commenters
No excuse, man up.
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A severed MCL would be ridiculous. There is no chance in hell he had a severed anything.
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by happiergilmore on Apr 12, 2011 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
you know who had major surgury?
Phil Kessel
Twice
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 12, 2011 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Losing a testicle is major surgery in my book, regardless of how long it took!
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
yup, not just removing a nad, that’s removing Cancer
cancer aint something to fuck with
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 12, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
As a matter of fact
If you organize it by total minutes played for forwards (instead of per game), than Kessel is 18th in the league, or 8th for non playoff.
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32 goals & 64 points – with tyler bozak as his centre? I’d say the guy has earned his time off.
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by Future_considerations on Apr 12, 2011 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, if they take him. He needs playing time and the Leafs need as many looks as they can get.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I think it would be good for him
But not make a huge deal either way. Any games he get into is great, but even with the invite I imagine he plays 3 games max (unless he plays lights out).
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In his massive sample size of 6 GP/174 shots again, he was 1.79/0.937 last year at the WC. Further its on European ice which is probably still advantageous to him.
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Yes. Get some game experience, because he definitely didn’t get any NHL experience recently.
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by Bower Power on Apr 12, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d just love to see him play again, we haven’t seen him stop a puck since his stint with the Marlies.
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by nhlcheapshot on Apr 12, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
In case anyone is a little confused about who to cheer for this post-season
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Hawks: Something happened to the Hawks this season: they became sort of douchey. After being the coolest team in the league last year there’s something about them that is really unlikeable. I think I felt that way all year, but when they chirped Shawn Thornton after he suffered a frightening cut to the face I turned on them. But they still have Olympic Hero Johnathan Toews, Duncan Keith, and Brent Seabrook and they still have the league’s best goal song. It would also be really nice to see the Canucks lose for the third straight year to the Hawks. They are the Canucks’ daddy.
I was on board with this until the mention of the goal song. Having to suffer through it all of last year’s SCF I can honestly say it might be the most detestable goal song in all of hockey. And while we are on the topic of detestable, the Hawks are the epitome of douchebaggery.
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Good use of titles too
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Best.Goal.Song.Ever.
Mostly because it drives Canucks and fans crazy. But I can get why you hate it.
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Yeah, but it’s beginning to bug me and I like the Fratellis and the song. Continually hearing the same portion just ruins it.
It is a great tune when applied against the Canucks, and vaguely annoying in other situations.
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by Future_considerations on Apr 12, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I disagree with
After being the coolest team in the league last year
I have just never been THAT high on them. They were a fun team but I was cheering for (/gasp) Philly last year in the SCF
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Brad Ross suspended 3 games
For this hit
Yikes. I mean, some refs wouldn’t even call that a penalty
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Hard to tell because it only shows the hit in the corner, but it looks late and potentially (this part I am really NOT sure about) at his head?
I understand them being tougher on potentially dangerous plays in junior…
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Not a smart hit by Ross… I don’t like how he comes straight out of the box and nails the guy. Probably deserves more than 3.
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It’s obviously a charge and the kids gets hurt, meaning per the rules it becomes a charging major. If he contacted the head (hard to tell but probably so) then yeah suspension worthy. Ross is lucky he didn’t get 20 games as other head shotees have gotten in the CHL over the last two years. He got lucky with their leniency in my opinion.
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This is also true, they are pretty strict with head contact ( I think, I don’t really follow the junior leagues that closely but I remember some hefty suspensions for charging).
yep, things get pretty strict in the CHL, which they should be, since the players are under 20, and can be controlled their emotions a lot easier than NHL aged players.
(of course it’s cool to toss a goalies stick behind the net in the OHL apparently. Nice try Generals. Jerks.)
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I have to remind myself sometimes that most of these kids are still in HIGHSCHOOL. They are YOUNG.
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20yr old vs 16 yr old
other tidbits about the Liambis on Fanelli hit:
Fanelli missed this entire season as well as most of last, although if there wasn’t a clearday roster for the OHL too he might’ve gotten some games in near the end of the year as he had just started to join full contact practices when they had to name the clearday rosters and Steve Spott didn’t feel comfortable putting Fanelli on the list in case of another set back, however he should be good to go for next season which is great news
Fanelli has spent this last year promoting the awareness of head injuries and trying to get headshots eliminated from hockey.
I was at that game last fall and was sitting in the end it happened
It was truely sickening to watch.
Also I’m proud of my Rangers to cover all medical expenses as well as keep him as a member of the team so he gains another year of uni scholarship for if I understand it correctly you get one year of university for every season you spend on an CHL team.
The Rangers could’ve easily told Fanelli after they still couldn’t get a doctor to clear him this fall that they’d done all they could do, instead they kept paying for the best doctors available and they helped him get back to the point where he will be able to play hockey again
That is pretty commendable of them. It is pretty sickening to watch video of the hit, can’t imagine what it was like being at the game.
Are you sure about this part?
kept paying for the best doctors available
I’ve always wondered about that, ie how do athletes get to the front of the line in Canada? Do they just send them to the States for procedures? There are many services they can pay for (mostly rehab type things), but any primary procedures they shouldn’t be able to pay for in Canada….
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well "paying" for the best specialists might not've been the best word
Most doctor appointments would be paid for by the Gov’t true…
However teams “know” people who can get them appointments with the top specialists on the drop of a hat. They can also jump the line for tests and all of those things.
Where they spent the $$ though would’ve been on the rehab. Although I did hear he went to a couple doctors in the states so they would’ve paid for those too
by WizardofNaz on Apr 12, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh and when it comes to jumping lines for surgeries
they almost ALWAYS have it done in the states where you can pay $$ to get it done ASAP
by WizardofNaz on Apr 12, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
In regard to the knowing people
Thats a good way to lose your license if you do it a lot just because they are athletes.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Your right its not illegal to move your appointments around to fit someone in
If you do it at the cost of another patient then yes… but for something like this it wouldnt be hard to say when is the best time in the next couple days to squeeze in ‘_’. It might take a little bit of appoitment juggling or working a bit later but its not that difficult if you have a good assistant
by WizardofNaz on Apr 12, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
From someone in the system you can do it no problem. But their is a limit to how far you can take it. Especially when it involves (as most things with athletes do) the use of hospital resources (scopes/ORs/etc).
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exactly which is why all the line cutting for the big things usualyl happen in the states where money talks
not to mention the best surgeons cough Dr. Andrews cough tend to live in the states.
For things like tests and scans and appointments which is all you usually need for concussions you can get away with care in Canada
by WizardofNaz on Apr 12, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I remember one of the commenters on here said he got bumped to hte head of the line for ACL/MCL surgery because his parents were doctors. Preferential treatment doesn’t surprise me in medicine any more than it does anywhere else.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
For sure you can do it. Particularly for personal reasons. But you can only take it so far. If you are constantly doing it PARTICULARLY because of someone’s fame, you are going to be (and should be) investigated.
Just remember what happened when the Flames AND THEIR FAMILIES got swine flu vaccines last year when it was only supposed to be for kids and at risk populaitons
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Wow if that had happened now, during the election campaign…well it’d be the first interesting thing to happen during this election campaign.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Does it actually happen though? The cynical part of me says no.
I just hope it isn’t too badly to the detriment of regular joes waiting in line.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Like we've said its easy if you know people...
All you need is access to the doctors calender/ tell the doctor to book you into the first avaiable spot. Its not too hard for a surgeon to put in a couple extra hours one week…
by WizardofNaz on Apr 12, 2011 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Okay I have to go, but its not the way it works. Surgeons can’t decide when they get into the OR.
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Really?
they can’t say “I want to do an extra surgery than what I normally do in a week when can you fit me in?” I thought they’d be able to request extra OR time
by WizardofNaz on Apr 12, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
They can request it but its not that simple. OR time is already over booked and its hard to get in (its why we have more surgeons than surgery jobs in Canada). To get OR time, depending on the procedure you can need 6 or 7 different people in there.
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Ahh thanks for the clarification...
so basically your telling me if I open a buisness that is just operating rooms for minor surgeries that don’t require overnight stays in the hospital I could make money?
and yes I know the regulations probably wouldn’t allow it but if hospital OR’s are so packed why not get the ligament/cosmetic guys who just let you sleep off the anethesia and go home anyways to open smaller operating clinics sorta like how dental surgeons work…
Are you talking about a private clinic? Cuz these things do exist. I read a feature on one that was in downtown Toronto. Basically they are designed for rich people.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
yes but i mean make them more mainstream
Like for all orthopedic surgeons make them operate away from the hospital as really they don’t need the rest of the hospital outside of OR and recovery room. Hell the “clinic” can be involved with the hospital to and they can run it but it would allow them to create more OR’s
But again I have a disclaimer that I don’t know the regulations and if this is possible even remotely as I am in no way a doctor or a surgeon… I’m a phsyc major in university
I don’t know the technicalities but there are private clinics for specific procedures. An example I can think of is the Hernia one just outside of Toronto.
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cool
well I stand by my thought to open a bunch more and make things like orthopedic surgeries all out of hospital
Its a big business, but I doubt you have the capital to get into it lol. To be fair I have no idea who you are, and your last name could be Walton.
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haha I was obviously kidding when I said I should do it
I’m a 22yr old 3rd year psych major with about $1200 to my name…
But I don’t know how serious the OR situation actually is but if it is serious I would suggest the Gov’t put money towards this if they can’t afford a bunch of new hospitals
if I understand it correctly you get one year of university for every season you spend on an CHL team
This is the standard but it’s possible to negotiate a better deal. I know some top players will get all 4 years paid for.
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by WizardofNaz on Apr 12, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
me too. especially since my brothers and i sit behind the opposing treams net and we get caught up in taunting the goalies.
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I wonder if they would to his face now.
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by nhlcheapshot on Apr 12, 2011 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions
they never did it to his face. Safely from the middle of hte stands. lol. He was telling me to watch out for him from the day he was drafted.
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All I can picture is that story of PPP & crew shit-talking the Caps players at the ACC.
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by nhlcheapshot on Apr 12, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
hehehe. Hilarious. Was it PPP that got yelled at or all of you?
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I’m sure it wasn’t intentional, he was practicing his wrap-arounds
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I believe this is in order (with the assumption that Chimera isn't much of an offensive player)
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by happiergilmore on Apr 12, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I will give you the charge as he did take like 7898 strides, the contact to head is iffy
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Without another camera angle, I’m going to go with not iffy. Generally hockey players don’t lie motionless on the ice from taking a hit anywhere other than the head.
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He could have got a concussion from his head hitting the ice, no?
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Fair enough
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Worse is
that it’s 3 PLAYOFF Games.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Apr 12, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
also
he was hitting him in a horribly vulnerable position, the guy was just finishing a shot and had no chance to protect himself + the hit wasn’t entirely blind-side but he was definitely NOT focusing on the direction Ross was coming from.
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by Steve Burtch on Apr 12, 2011 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
either way
I look forward to seeing Brad Ross in a Leafs uniform one day
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I don’t want to see him pulling blind side shit like that out of the box.
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Sure, but I wanna see him be Tucker 2.0
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and I mean the good parts of Tucker. Tucker pre-lockout
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I know what you mean
But I also know (I believe the converesation was with you) that you like borderline hits much more than me, who they make squeamish. (if it was you, we were talking to Scott Stevens’ career).
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Exactly
So we’re going to have differing opinions on this kinda stuff.
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However, aside from the Kapanen and Peca hits, I dont remember Tucker giving many dirty hits. I remember him yapping, fighting, forechecking and pissing everyone off
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For sure. For the MOST part I liked Tucker. Especially that time he took on an entire line (I believe it was against Boston).
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Best of 7 I think
So far Portland has been just fine without him, but hopefully he’ll be back for next round.
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by nhlcheapshot on Apr 12, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Michael Yormark will apparently be the reason that jersey ads come to the NHL. How long until we hear Tomas Vokoun start a post-game scrum with, “Well, the Target/Energizer Florida Panthers played well tonight…”
I honestly
don’t give a crap about on-jersey advertising “corrupting” anything.
Sports leagues all over the world have advertising on their jerseys and it doesn’t make the sport any worse.
It’s just another revunue stream… it’s not like the sponsors have input on player decisions.
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by Steve Burtch on Apr 12, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
In America, I worry that they will.
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well
the US is one giant corporation, so I guess that’s valid… but the biggest impact it’s likely to have is a quicker change on head hunting etc.
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by Steve Burtch on Apr 12, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Its not about "corruption" for me
Its about aersthetic. I just don’t want jerseys to busy
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yeah, i mean, if they want to put one sponsor on the back under the number i’d deal with it, but if we get a whole panel of sponsorships i’d be outraged or something.
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by SkinnyFish on Apr 12, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Eh
Europeans do it. It looks silly for sure, but if it saves money on ticket prices? Its worth the trade off.
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Not a chance. Additional revenue streams always lead directly to more money for owners and higher salaries. Ticket prices are set by demand for tickets.
This is why I hate uniform ads, as well as ads on the ice and even ads on the boards. From a fan’s perspective, there’s plenty of profit in the sport already. This junk just damages the product for someone else’s gain.
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by Back In Black on Apr 12, 2011 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Meanwhile Toronto FC’s got a big BMO logo on the front of their jerseys but nobody seems to mind. Frankly I’m surprised most major league North American sports have resisted it this long when pretty much every exposed surface everywhere else in the arena has an ad on it already anyway.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not a fan of the big round BMO logo beside where it says “BMO” on the jersey. Chivas Corona sponsor is awesome though.
Also, I don’t see where or how you could put an ad big enough to make money off of on an NHL jersey, what’s wrong with Reebok just being the “jersey sponsor”?
Logos show up on closeups on TV, which is where it really matters.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
If I followed Toronto FC it would bother me.
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by Back In Black on Apr 12, 2011 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s the norm in soccer though so TFC fans don’t mind because only joke clubs don’t have shirt sponsors.
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Right so it’d be weird for us because we’re not used to it. But if they started now, in 10 years kids will be looking at old footage and wondering why the jerseys have no logos on them.
Kind of like if you watch footage now of games in the 1970s and wonder why there’s no ads on the boards.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no problem with teams struggling to make money like florida or Phoenix slapping logos on their jerseys if they want, but seeing one on an origional six sweater would make me vomit with rage
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 12, 2011 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty much.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 12, 2011 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
If this were to happen (and despite my comments I’m not actually pushing for this or anything) it would have to be a league-wide decision. Bettman and the NHL brass would never let individual teams do something that would so fundamentally change the way the game is presented.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I just can’t see it as a good thing for the sport. Especially if we’re talking about expanding into new markets and competing with football/basketball/baseball fanbases – it’s not a really North American thing to put ads on jerseys, and I can’t imagine hockey is the one to start the trend. It’s also something we shouldn’t have to do when the league revenue is growing.
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pretty much, if you need to slap adds on your pro sports team jersey to get into the black, you probably shouldnt have a pro sports team
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 12, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
So again, does Toronto FC have the BMO ad because fans are “used” to it and they can get away with it? Isn’t that even worse?
It’s certainly not that they need the money to stay in the black because they’re owned by MLSE.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
i have no idea, i know nothing about soccer
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 12, 2011 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
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I would rather the NHL jerseys don’t look like the european teams with a sponsor sweater featuring the team logo. However, I don’t understand Puck Daddy sometimes. To hold up the Panthers ‘innovation’ as something that clearly all teams will follow is a tad odd.
The naming of the rink sounds horrible and doesn’t even mention how the naming rights owner to the complex feels about sharing its sponsor naming placement. And their willingness to sell ad space on the jerseys in is no surprise, anything to generate revenue. I really hope this doesn’t become a trend
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by jrwendelman on Apr 12, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I used to really like the Star but that’s rapidly become my default reaction when I read their stories now.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Don’t really care. Just more “ZOMG PHENIX NEEDS TO MOOOVE” crap. At this point, I don’t care about that stuff anymore.
by Marc Pilgrim on Apr 12, 2011 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Was in Montreal over the weekend and got an ear full about how American cities don’t deserve hockey teams and how it’s Canada’s game. League should just retract to 24 teams and get rid of the Islanders, Panthers, Coyotes, etc….. because Gary Bettman is a weasel and hates Canada.
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Y’know, I used to be all for the Winnipeg thing, but the downright xenophobic “America doesn’t deserve hockey teams” has soured me on the whole thing.
by Marc Pilgrim on Apr 12, 2011 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I can’t stand that crap. The worst is when they include Minnesota as a sun belt team and I am always like wtf?!
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I’m a proud Canadian, but this sense of entitlement about American cities and NHL teams is just irritating.
by Marc Pilgrim on Apr 12, 2011 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
May already have been posted, but did anyone see this from wyshinski’s article yesterday?
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I know this was news from a couple days ago, but I can’t get enough of the Grabo/Kulemin press conference.
It’s hilarious, they’re such an awesome combo!
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Burke says unlikely to add veteran backup goaltender. Implied that Jonas Gustavsson will get an opportunity.
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Have to use someone in the organization, too many goalies competing for Roster spots.
Reimer and Gus probably going in the NHL and Scrivens and Rynnas competing in the A. Nowhere to really put a veteran backup
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by BCapp on Apr 12, 2011 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
when did we all start turning against Gustavsson?
by Marc Pilgrim on Apr 12, 2011 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
In November.
No, seriously!
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Too bad that was in September =P
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
My posting was stronger than I feel. But honestly I don’t feel comfortable with him as the back up and don’t see another option
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out of all the leafs crappy goalies since the lockout, he’s the only one I’m still rooting for
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I’m still rooting for him if it makes sense, but not at the risk of the team. I don’t feel comfortable with a Reimer/Gus tandem and don’t see room for him in the A.
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to be honest I’m pretty interested to see how scrivens or rynnas can do at the NHL level. Probably more scrivens than rynnas, I think rynnas needs a bit more time on north american ice, especially since he spent a significant portion of this season injured
if gus can somehow ~.910 for 20 games or so, I would be ecstatic
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yeah he hasn’t exactly given us any reason to think he can do that, although crazier things have happened
if we bring in a UFA what effect would that have on our depth chart though?
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Burke is tough situation. If Reimer/Gus tandem does not work out the media will run with how Burke didn’t plan a contingency for this. And if he brings in a third goalie, how foolish he was because that uses a roster spot that could be better used to give experience to some AHL skating prospect.
Fine by me, to be honest. When asked if he felt the need to add a veteran backup, his response wasn’t “no,” it was “not now.” If we’re in deep in November, we start looking then.
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That’s been the “plan” the last two years and it hasn’t worked yet so why keep trying it?
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Presumably he’s made progress over the past three months, and will continue to do so over the next three. We’ve also got at least a “reasonable” option in Reimer, and should have options if we still need to sign a goaltender after training camp.
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Its too risky to say “should have options”. I am not willing on gambling on getting barrel scrapings
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Unless you’re advocating a bid for Vokoun/Bryzgalov, the only UFA goaltender that might offer better than replacement-level goaltending and sign a one-year deal would be Theodore or maybe Roloson. There’ll be a good number of backup goalies looking for jobs next fall.
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A lot of backup goalies aren’t going to get you better than 0.905. Is that what we want? Another April saying, “if we had 0.915 we would be in the playoffs”.
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by BCapp on Apr 12, 2011 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
A handful of backup goalies who are likely to be around and their S% over the last 2 years
Please feel free to respond with ones with better numbers (I did not try to pick them selectively)
Name 09/10 10/11
Smith 0.900 0.899
Conklin 0.921 0.881
Budaj 0.917 0.895
Drouin Deslaurier 0.901 DNP
LaBarbara 0.928 0.909
Auld 0.896 (or so. Using cap geek which didn’t give the full year) 0.914
LolClaire 0.887 0.908
Hedberg 0.915 0.912 (but the 4 years before were sub 0.900 and he is 38)
Osgood 0.888 0.903 (38 y/o)
Garon 0.903 0.901
MacDonald 0.892 0.917
I basically say sign Theodore. None of those options look appealing to me and the guys who do look better I expect to be gone by late October. Those “better guys” (besides Vokoun/Bryz) are:
Rolo maybe (but he is 42)
Turco maybe (terrible year this year)
Harding maybe (coming off serious surgery)
Theodore
So yeah I say sign Theodore.
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what happens to gus then? does he split time with rynnas in the A? does scrivens spend ANOTHER year in the ECHL? I mean it seems like the safe move but it’s tough to make the call
if jose craps the bed then we’re in a REALLY tough situation
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Try to trade Gus to a team who has an established #1. Otherwise send him back to Europe.
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Waive to the AHL, on loan to SEL – the Huet Treatment. Would be only so that he doesn’t take AHL time from Rynnas/Scrivens, which I would be seriously opposed to.
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Wouldn’t Gus have to agree to it?
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He’d have to agree to the loan, but not to being waived.
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Which, as I think about it, is pretty easy when you say “Hey, want to play in the SEL or be a healthy scratch forever in the AHL?”
He’s only under contract for next year. We’re not winning a cup next year. He’s a cheaper in-house option than going from backup to backup until Rynnas/Scrivens are ready.
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This is the problem I have. It seems unreasonable to give up on Gustavsson without having seen him in another NHL game situation after having taken a long time to develop / grow. He’s clearly better than the AHL and SEL. Giving up on him before giving him another series of NHL games to start seems like falling under poor asset management.
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I understand that and even agree. But the way I see it is a lesser of two evils.
The two basic situations are:
We sign a back up and waive Gus. Risk is that we have done poor asset management, not given him a shot when he has been working his ass off since his AHL stint.
We run with Reimer/Gus tandem. Risk (and I stress risk, I am not saying this is guaranteed) is that he shits the bed and Reimer can’t handle the starting job. We are thus royally fucked
I am not willing to gamble on that second risk.
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Even if we signed Theodore, we’re in a bad place if Reimer can’t handle the starting role – sure Jose’s last year was .916, but when it comes to more than 40 starts, he’s got two years of .910 and one of .900 (the three years prior to playing in Minny). With the exception of Roloson – again, a gamble due to age – I don’t see any of the players on that list who’ve kept up a solid SVP while playing more than 35 games (the amount needed if Reimer’s not handling the starter role of 50+).
In a year where we’re probably not going to be cup contenders and we have our own first rounder, I’m okay with gambling on the risk associated, partly because the options out there are only seem to be marginal improvements.
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2/3 I should say. I would not be against Emery either.
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And if we were another team (without so many goalie prospects) I would be all over Harding. He doesn’t make sense for our team but I think someone could win out real big on him.
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It still looks like it would be just as contingent on Reimer being able to handle the bulk of the workload. If Theodore needs to play the bulk of the starts, does he still put up .910? Or closer to .900? At .900, aren’t we better with a budget deal on Gustavsson (Not that I think Jose would be markedly more expensive).
And totally agreed on Harding. I think Colorado should jump on Harding, but I advocate for them to get on every mid-aged G prospect, because…they don’t have any.
I’d also be up for Emery. So now there’s another question to ask: Of Roloson, Emery, and Theodore – all of whom we’d be okay with having if Gustavsson doesn’t work out in camp – will any of them be available in November? I wouldn’t be shocked if the answer was “no” – they clearly fill a veteran / second tier of goaltenders this year, but there aren’t exactly a ton of vacancies open.
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Those three won’t be around. Colorado will take one, Anaheim another. Don’t know after that, but someone will. Ottawa maybe?
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Yeah, there’s at least 3. =(
Reminds me – no one claimed Greiss, did they? That’s crazy.
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I'm fine with that.
If Gustavsson is terrible then waive him and re-sign post-surgery Giguere (ugh) or whoever is left available on the FA market. Or bring up Scrivens or Rynnas and go with superyouth goaltending.
All that says to me is we’re not going for Bryz or Vokoun.
Sounds like he is really keen on getting a #1C though… wink wink. You know who.
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 Apr 12, 2011 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
gonna be tough to sign him, especially with the Tortorella connection in NY and Sather’s tendency to overpay for anything
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He was choosing his words very carefully when it came to issues with special teams.
And I’m surprised pmd-man like erhoff or other ufa was not that high a priority.
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“Some people are confusing me with someone who cares about their opinion”
" We dont run this team by consensus, I don’t give a rat’s ass about the consensus"
Again, I’m very okay for a trade for a top C as well, but most other teams aren’t willing to trade away #1Cs.
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 Apr 12, 2011 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Not if we turn computer trading off.
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by T is for Truculence on Apr 12, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
So Im watching classic leaf games on Leafs tv since the press conference link on Facebook is still live. Weird things: Leafs PP is 2-6 but Cole and Neale are taking about John Chabot’s amazing pk. They are also complaining about the refs calling everything. The irony: Kerry Fraser is doing the game. It’s 5-5 in the third, playing Detroit, down 3-1 in games. Im pretty sure we lose this one. But why does Leafs tv show losses?
by Leaf in Habland on Apr 12, 2011 3:39 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Apparently someone from Leafs tv is lurking here cause they took it down. Screw you i don’t live in Ontario so i can’t buy it anyway, just let me watch once in a while.
by Leaf in Habland on Apr 12, 2011 3:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You can't just show
the wins all the time, really.
by Marc Pilgrim on Apr 12, 2011 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
just watched kessel’s presser…man I love that guy, I don’t care how awkward he is or how many times he touches his face
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Another one bites the dust
@mirtle: Stars fire Marc Crawford. A lot of coaches getting ax quickly
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!'
If they fire Healy to make room for him I’d be fine with him on HNIC.
by YakovMironov on Apr 12, 2011 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
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Marlies finished the season with the best penalty killing percentage in the AHL. #begslotsofquestions
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#AnswerToTheQuestionIs They had Gustavsson with a 0.955% for 5 GP, Scrivens with a 0.924 S% for 33 GP, Reimer with a 0.920 for 15 GP, Rynnas with a 0.911 for 30 games and 2 games of crap by Engelage. Overall team S% of 0.919.
It was great goaltending.
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