Good Morning Once Again From Vietnam!
by JP Nikota on May 5, 2011 7:00 AM EDT
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PrintI wasn't slated to do this morning's FTB, as I expected to return to Hà Nội later on today (er, this morning to all of you on EST) from a vacation in central Vietnam, but the train times worked out better than I'd hoped, and here I am, with your morning links. Xin chào, all.
In today's links, a couple of writers at the Globe and Mail touch on a couple points Chemmy made yesterday, in his article about Leafs players in the World Championships in Slovakia. Word from Ken Hitchcock is, Dion Phaneuf's game is coming along nicely:
"He's really composed," said Hitchcock. "He's receiving the rush now, that's the best way I can describe it. When he first came in the league, it was attack the rush, step up — and he created his gaps by that. ... (Now) he's in position to receive the rush, he's in position when the puck turns over to be an outlet.
This is great news if he can keep this kind of patience up against NHL competition. Fingers crossed.
Read on past the jump for a few nice words on James Reimer as well.
The Other Leafs Link:
James Reimer expected to continue heavy workload
I suppose this is also no surprise, especially on the heels of Chemmy's article at The Leafs Nation, but it's always good to hear this kind of thing repeated. From the Globe.
Other Hockey Links:
Lightning Sweep Capitals
Yikes. This is good news for one of the Leafs' picks, though - likely Philly's, at this point.
Sharks grab 3-0 lead series lead over Red Wings
Setoguchi completes the hat-trick in OT. This is, as many of you will recall, the only series that didn't affect the Leafs' pick in any way, and I think I'm happy to see the Sharks advance.
Who's hot and who's not in the NHL playoffs
Unlikely heroes are stepping up even as some big stars (like the Sedins) fail to produce. Naturally, this article isn't trying to ascribe the label of 'playoff choker' to anyone, it's more a sign of who is set to break out, and who is set to fall back to normal production. From James Mirtle.
Keith Primeau puts mind to educating youngsters
A few words from former Leaf Mike Van Ryn as well.
10 things I think would make the NHL game even better
Michael Langlois at VLM with a few ideas.
Getting Defensive: New Jersey Devils
Breaking down the TOI for New Jersey's defense corps, and noting the changes over the course of the 2010-11 regular season. From Bettman's Nightmare at Behind the Net.
Wednesday’s Three Stars
The latest from P-Diddy.
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by Chemmy on May 5, 2011 7:36 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
AS is going tio win this round i think
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Hopefully, with a lot of nurturing our baby unicorns can sprout wings..then they would be winged unicorns..Wingicorns.
by Future_considerations on May 5, 2011 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Actual name: Bubblegum Tate
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 5, 2011 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions
aha! i knew it was a pseudonym
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Hopefully, with a lot of nurturing our baby unicorns can sprout wings..then they would be winged unicorns..Wingicorns.
by Future_considerations on May 5, 2011 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
AS can’t win this round because he’s not eligible.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
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:P
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
You do realize we can change your username to ARMANDO SLAPNUTS whenever we want yes?
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Yes but it wasn’t that at the beginning of the first round so it doesn’t count. :P
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
didn't Tina Turner
run shit? I thought Master Blaster was just in charge of the thunder dome.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
he controlled the power generation – He Ran Bartertown!!!!
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on May 6, 2011 8:35 AM EDT up reply actions
that’s slap tastic
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
mr slapnuts has slapped all our nuts.
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by Future_considerations on May 5, 2011 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Not sure why all the smugness when his picks are clearly what they thought would not happen.
by Leaf in Habland on May 5, 2011 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
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by FiftyMissionCap on May 5, 2011 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Well doesn’t he know it’s now going to be Philly in 7?
"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!"
"You can't come in my kitchen, kick my dog, and take a box full of ballpoints! Your ass must be crazy!"
Man,
I hadn’t checked up on any hockey news while I was away (didn’t touch a computer at all, actually), and couldn’t believe my eyes when I checked out NHL.com.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
DownGoesBrown had a good question last night on twitter. If 4 games are sweeps and one is in 5, do we still have to wait a week for the conference finals to start?
"He should be wearing a Sens sweater" - describing someone acting less than sane or competent. Use it.
Don’t forget TV schedules
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 5, 2011 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes. The next round cannot begin until the previous round has concluded, for both conferences.
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no no, the question is if all of the series end within 5 games, the first schedule conference final game is still a week away. will that be moved up if all the series wrap up by the weekend?
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, pretty sure they would reschedule to have the games start earlier.
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i would hope so, but as others have pointed out, which I did not think of are TV schedules & arena bookings
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now THAT is a show
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Also, Rush
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 5, 2011 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions
no body wants to see Geddy Lee getting it on
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup
His Yiddish grandmother couldn’t pronounce his name: Garry Lee Weintraub. Hence Geddy = Garry
If you look up "Loyalty" in the dictionary you'll see a picture of a Leafs fan wearing a Todd Gill jeresy looking like he just got punched in the stomach
Bit of trivia: Geddy and I shared a physician for a while when I was in Toronto. He came in once when I was there.
by Leaf in Habland on May 5, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
And what’s Tampa’s excuse????
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 5, 2011 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Bryz going back to the Motherland... wow he must hate even the thought of Winnipeg
@dchesnokov
Dmitry Chesnokov
Credible Russian media is reporting that #KHL’s SKA has started negotiations with Ilya Bryzgalov. Last year SKA signed Nabokov.
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!'
Warning to Bryz:
After the KHL experiment inevitably backfires, signing back with the NHL may put you on a team you might not expect….
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!'
That’s a good point. I also suspect that the KHL, being on a different ice surface, and being against weaker competition makes a comeback somewhat more difficult. It’s possible that this isn’t true for him, but it’s something to think about.
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Nabokov didn’t really put up great numbers against that weaker competition when he was over there
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"You can't come in my kitchen, kick my dog, and take a box full of ballpoints! Your ass must be crazy!"
True. And he was pretty much INVISIBLE as an Islander.
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by FiftyMissionCap on May 5, 2011 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
it honestly
isn’t that much weaker.
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- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently Winnipeg has insufficient parks, says Bryzgalov.
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by FiftyMissionCap on May 5, 2011 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
taxes
for one.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
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by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
and secondly
having been to both Winnipeg and St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg is about a million times more interesting.
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by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Kingston
Is probably more interesting than Winnipeg
"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!"
"You can't come in my kitchen, kick my dog, and take a box full of ballpoints! Your ass must be crazy!"
I've only seen one WC game, and it was a grainy, choppy feed, at that.
So I can’t really comment much on Phaneuf’s play, but inopportune pinching and challenging have been perhaps his weakest points as a player. If he’s really improving in those areas like Hitch says he is, we may yet have one hell of a defenseman.
Naturally, I’m not getting too excited. Belarus, France, and Switzerland aren’t exactly powerhouses (although that doesn’t stop the Swiss from getting good goaltending and playing one hell of a systems game), and can’t be testing Phaneuf’s metal too well. Furthermore, Phaneuf is 26, and you’d think that if he hasn’t managed to iron out most of these brain cramps by now, he’s unlikely to do so consistently from here on in.
Maybe it’s against better judgment, but it’s still hard not to feel hopeful when an experienced NHL coach makes an observation like that, though.
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the swiss are getting better, I’sd say they make the IIHF top 6 in a few years (also due to the czechs and slovakia getting worse)
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Can't say I know anything much about their development program
But I do know that the National League mandates that a certain amount of players on each team be Swiss, so it seems reasonable to think that we’ll start to see a few stars coming out of there eventually. (Yes, I know, there have already been a bunch of NHLers to come out of Switzerland, but not with any consistency.)
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Heheh, 3 of their top scorers this year?
Glen Metropolit, Petr Sykora, Christian Dube. Admittedly, they’re only among the top scorers, but still.
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And the team from Fribourg (the hometown of a good friend of mine) has a logo that is obviously a Habs ripoff.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
Sykora was a really good player earlier in his career. Who is Dube?
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You know, I thought I recognized the name (and heck, maybe I did, off some old, obscure hockey card), but I later checked hockeydb, and realized that he only played a handful of NHL games.
Either way, he’s a typical case for the kind of NA player that winds up in the Swiss league. Francophone Quebecois that can’t quite make it in the NHL, and opts to be a top-tier player in a smaller league.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
Fair enough. I met a guy who did the same thing in basketball. He was offered a contract in the NBA around league min and was offered a slightly higher one in Europe. He was honest with himself about how good he was (not that great but ~7 feet tall) and said fuck it. He’d rather be a star than a bench warmer and maybe even make some more.
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Hahah, sounds a little like teaching in Vietnam. Honest about the odds of getting a good job off the bat, want to travel and earn half decent money = score.
Plus in Dubé’s case, the language thing must be a draw.
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Didn’t even think about the language. Thats true, Switzerland speaks French, German and Italian (or is that Sweeden. I always confuse them)
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Hahah, nope, you got it right. Fribourg is a French-speaking town.
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switzerland has 4 official languages, those 3 I believe + English
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Thanks for the info, I am really never sure between those two naitons.
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Sweden is Swedish, thats it. up until 2001 You couldn’t hold dual citizenship there, but:
Although dual citizenship is permitted, a Swedish citizen who was born outside Sweden and is a citizen of another country will lose Swedish citizenship at age 22 unless he or she is granted approval to retain Swedish citizenship
they’re very “This is Sweden, you have no other choice i nthe matter” when you’re there (tells my wife)
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it's
romanche… not romansh.
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by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Czech and Slovaks have really good goaltending too. Don’t expect them to disappear any time soon.
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they're better at development
that isn’t likely to disappear suddenly.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
a person’s “mettle” gets tested, not their “metal”.
Unless you are Bender and they are testing your shiny metal ass of course…
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by fair_n_hite_451 on May 5, 2011 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
26 is
basically what we’re gonna get out of him at this point. He might get more “reliable” defensively? but he isn’t going to improve his decision making much at this point.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Lets not get ahead of ourselves
Setoguchi completes the hat-trick in OT. This is, as many of you will recall, the only series that didn’t affect the Leafs’ pick in any way, and I think I’m happy to see the Sharks advance.
They haven’t won the series yet. Chicago came close to the 3-0 comeback this year and Philly did it last year.
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true you don’t want to get cocky, but a comeback from 3-0 is so incredibly rare that it’s not too cocky to assume the series is done.
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Not in the least. More just saying I would use words like ones you used for Philly:
Yikes. This is good news for one of the Leafs’ picks, though – likely Philly’s, at this point.
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Mostly, I just forgot that they haven’t been eliminated yet.
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Most excellent.
Got out of the hustle and bustle of Hanoi for a bit, to a couple smaller towns that aren’t so horribly polluted. Went to Hue (albeit briefly), and then to Hoi An, which is a bit of a tourist trap, but it has a good stretch of beach that’s at least as nice as the Thai islands I saw earlier in the year.
Also, took a motorbike trip to My Son to see some ancient ruins. Really cool.
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Sounds awesome. Didn’t realize you were in Hanoi. Must have been nice to not be in the over crowding.
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Definitely.
I do love Hanoi, though. It’s taken me a while to come around to it, but it’s got more character than any other city I’ve been to.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
the name
My Son is hilarious to read… seriously.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Which 2?
I think they are all good, just not very realistic. Going back to ties would be great, but the league would have to admit they were wrong. Shortening the schedule means less revenue. Not going to happen. Same with contraction. On the stick and equipment issue, it’s a matter of money again: the companies who make the equipment will not want to go back.
No touch icing is the easiest and most obvious. It’s a rule in almost every other league in the world. Just do it already.
by Leaf in Habland on May 5, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ve said it earlier but the goalie equip issue is fucking retarded and before we allow you to reduce our equipment again we want you to put on the “new” equipment and we’ll give Chara and Phaneuf and Weber wooden sticks (we’ll be nice) and you stand there and take those shots. If after feeling how much some of those can seriously hurt, we’ll let you suggest things.
Yeah that’s another reason it won’t happen. I think goalie equipment is different because it’s purpose is to a) get hit with the puck and b) protect the player. The elbow and shoulder pads the forwards and D play with are for hitting other players, so if all the equipment there is the same, then you cut down on injuries. But yeah, goalie equipment is probably best left as is, or at least, make sure it protects goalies before you go changing it for the sake of goal scoring.
by Leaf in Habland on May 5, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
So there is a C who is a veteran nearing the end of his prime. I am NOT particularly interested in him, but I am just curious if anyone else is because I think he’ll probably be available for cheap this summer:
28 y.o. Antoine Vermette
Positives:
3 time 20 goal scorer (with a high of 27 in 09/10) + has had 19 goals twice (total of 5/6 seasons). His low was 16 G in 79 GP when he was traded in 08/09
Career high of 67 points in 09/10 and has broken 50 points on another season
While he is coming ot the end of his prime (turning 29 this summer), he is still in it and not a bad pick up if looking at the next 2-4 years (after that I don’t know).
Pretty healthy player (never played less than 77 games in 6 NHL seasons)
Neutral:
His cap hit at 3.75 is par for a top 6 forward.
Negatives:
Wildly inconsitent year to year, points wise. He has been relatively consistent in goals (excluding his worse year when he was traded) he has been between 19 and 27 G ever year of his career. But his points have been wildly inconsistent. In his last 4 seasons (all with 79+ games) he has scored 53, 41, 65, 47 points. Its hard to know which Vermette will show up.
He is signed for a pretty long time so he’ll be a pretty big commitment. He is signed to 2014/2015, which would be his 32 year old season. While that is not terirbly old, for an inconsistent player its a long commitment.
His line mates this year were good which is a little scary (from dobber hockey):
13.59% EV 20 HUSELIUS,KRISTIAN – 18 UMBERGER,R.J. – 50 VERMETTE,ANTOINE
10.07% EV 20 HUSELIUS,KRISTIAN – 61 NASH,RICK – 50 VERMETTE,ANTOINE
7.59% EV 61 NASH,RICK – 50 VERMETTE,ANTOINE – 93 VORACEK,JAKUB
7.19% EV 28 FILATOV,NIKITA – 18 UMBERGER,R.J. – 50 VERMETTE,ANTOINE
So I am not interested, but would anyone else be as I can definitely see them trading him with Brassard and Johansen as their young C’s and Umberger and him as their vets.
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you forgot he was a dirty dirty sen
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions
taint is a funny word
and no
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
time in the wilds of Ohio didn’t help make him clean?
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that shit’s like herpes, it’s with you forever
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:14 AM EDT up reply actions
if we're trading for dirty sens C's
I’d rather see us go for Spezza.
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by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Interestingly
His chane in production from last year to this year is based almost entirely on ES production.
09/10
PP
2.6 TOI/60
3.09 Pts/60
12 points
ES
14.27 TOI/60 (#2 on the team)
2.46 (led the team)
51 pts (led the team)
10/11
PP
2.72 TOI/60
2.15 pts/60
10 points
ES
13.6 TOI/60 (still second on the team)
1.82 pts/60 (8th on team. THATS A HUGE DROP)
36 points
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From the VLM post above in the links
Want more goals? Make the goalie equipment even smaller. If you get rid of the 300 mile an hour shots, goalies won’t need to look like the Michelin Man out there.
I can’t stress enough how much I disagree with this. Even without composite sticks as Michael also suggests in his post people like Shea Weber and Chara will still hover around 100mph on their shots. And as a goalie trust me. Those HURT when you take them in the chest even with the “Michelin Man” upper body equipment. My goalie partner had his hand broken by a slapshot in gr12 highschool hockey so trust me even 80mph shots can do damage. I would always have a bruise or 2 after a game from the puck hitting in awkward spots.
If you suggest reducing the size of the pads any further, your practically shortening goalies careers or your going to force them to abandon the butterfly style. The smaller pads, especially with the thining of the knee stacks are directly causing the hips and knees of goalies to wear out. I personally think the league needs to allow companies to redesign the pads. They can keep them at 12" I think but they need to have all control beyond that to do whatever they need to do to make them easier on the legs. If they don’t Reimer and Cam Ward among others will have to have some sort of surgery on a hip or knee in the next 5 years.
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Can you not narrow them (not suggesting making them thinner) without harming the goalie?
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Leg pads are restricted to 11" in width as it is. There’s really only about 2-3" on either side of the leg channel. Chest protectors are probably the only place where goalies really get to add any size, and that’s based on the difference between a “mobile” chest protector (think Gustavsson’s) and a “blocking” chest protector (Reimer’s) – the difference being the shoulder padding coming up a bit higher, which is also restricted by the NHL.
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I thought they were 12" dropped from 14" before the lockout? Wow I’m a goalie and I didn’t know this… I think I’ve been using illegal pads!
The leg guards worn by goalkeepers shall not exceed eleven inches (11’’) in extreme width when on the leg of the player.
(Then you get into the form-fitting formula that encourages the trend of staying away from small goalies)
http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26287
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Phil Kessel can unleash a 90+ mph wrist shot. It’s not just the monster slappers that are crazy fast.
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exactly
If you think that is all in the sticks you obviously don’t remember players like Al McInnis. I dare you to put on reduced padding like some suggest and go stand in front of Kessel, Phaneuf, Chara, Weber, Heatley etc taking shots at you using wooden sticks, and see how much you like it. Then come back to me and tell me to do that every day. Fuck off.
Stastny still uses a wooden stick (unless he changed this year)
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Kessel
also has a hard slapper…
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- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, furthermore, the 82 to 72 comment seems arbitrary (not to mention we’d be stuck to the 6 games in division, 4 in conference, one cross conference format of scheduling, with no spares).
And he missed the biggest one for me: Ditch that stupid goalie-restrictive trapezoid behind the net. Arbitrary restrictions aren’t fun, and it would make plays into the end-boards less dangerous.
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yep and also could open the game up as most goalies usually are good enough passers these days that on a dump in then change they can go into the corner and fire up a pass to someone on the far blueline and boom scoring chance. Its one of my favourite things to do. I had 14 assists in one season a few years ago (about 35 games)
Question for you: Turco grip or standard grip? Tried using the Turco grip for the first time in a game yesterday. It’s crazy how much more whip you can get out of that setup.
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He would be had he not covered the toast with BBQ sauce and eaten it.
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by SkinnyFish on May 5, 2011 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
That’s just how he likes his ice cream, okay?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 5, 2011 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
in his defense bbq toast is fantastic
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
There are very few things that bbq sauce wouldn’t taste delicious on.
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too much of a good thing….
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it’s like having 2 sedins on your team i nthe palyoffs.
They cancel each other out.
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by elseldo on May 5, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Toast...
with club sauce
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Here’s a stat to consider:
Alex Ovechkin has 614 points in 475 career regular season games, that’s 1.29 points per game. Impressive to say the least.
Now, including his 10 points in 9 playoff games this season, OV has 50 points in 37 career playoff games, that’s 1.35 points per game.
I don’t want to hear that OV can’t produce in the playoffs.
No, it’s Mike Green, it’s Backstrom, it’s Semin…this year, even guys like Arnott.
Mike Green is the Sheldon Souray of this generation. He’s very gifted offensively, but he can’t make a team better, and he can’t win. The Caps have some tough decisions to make…
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:20 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Mike Green – 6 points in 8 games as a defenseman playing injured. Not his fault.
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Semin + Backstrom + Hagen das getting coached the fuck out
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Also
Semin wasn’t great 6 pts in 9 games. But his job is heavily on the goal scoring from and 4 G in 9 games is right where he should be.
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He was awful
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there was one play last night that was probably one of the most pathetic things ive seen on the ice, he bumped into someone, fell over, and slowly skated up the ice with his face piled up crying to the ref while St Louis just danced in and scored
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Pierre Maguire went ballistic after that play. It was hilarious.
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GET HIM…YOU JUST GOTTA GET A GUY LIKE THAT OFF THE T…YOU CANT HAVE HIM ON A WINNER!
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
haha
I laughed at that play and reaction. Pierre was so distraught
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He doesn’t know who any of Tampa’s players are. How’s he going to slobber all over them next round?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 5, 2011 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
What? He is in love with Teddy Purcell
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He has a week and a half to do his homework. don’t worry; Pierre is like a drunk sorority girl at a kegger… he’ll find someone to throw himself at.
by Learn2Leaf on May 5, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
you heard me
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
brucie likes the iced cream
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
so is your face
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
it's
Haagen Daz… what is wrong with you guys and the reading and writing.
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
if you haven’t seen 24/7 you probably won’t.
They were filming boudreau shopping for christmas presents and he wanted to hit the haagen das store first, but his kids were protesting that it’s 10 in the morning.
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by FiftyMissionCap on May 5, 2011 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
not liking the talk on toronto radio about wanting Boudreau to replace Wilson…
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by Matt_Roberts on May 5, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
remember when they wanted gilmour?
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Is it about points or is it about his defensive play? Souray could score, but it was his defensive and team play that was his fatal flaw.
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Mike Green is Mike Green, he is there to score
how was ovie’s defense?
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
i think washington’s fringe & role player types weren’t fringy or role-play’y enough
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by Future_considerations on May 5, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Laich and Knuble were decent.
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yeah they did ok.
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by Future_considerations on May 5, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Erskine scored a goal. i mean if he could do it, how hard could it be?
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but the bergenheim (sp) guy has 7 goals or something.
Tampa’s intangibles are so intangible, its hard to compute.
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by Future_considerations on May 5, 2011 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
The duo of Moore and Bergenheim are amazing
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Fuckin’ Dominic Moore…
At least we got Jesse Blacker out of him.
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The guy can play his role perfectly, he was just a greedy fuck. I would have still loved him on the Leafs
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Also Steve Downie
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Yes, I forgot he was the 3rd member of that line.
What an awesome 3rd line. They can shut down and chip in goals.
Also, everyone who says Yzerman inherated a great team and he doesn’t deserve the nomination for GM of the Year. That line dominated the Caps and 2/3 were Yzerman pick ups
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Previously, no one realized how good Bergenheim was because he played for the Islanders.
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Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
The Capitals never figured out that nearly every TBL goals involved a guy going down the boards with the puck and sliding it across the front of the net to a guy either standing there or coming in hard on the rush.
All Neuvirth had to do on half of those goals was poke the puck with his stick.
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The Caps defence also played most of the those plays like shit
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Pretty much.
Lots of people were harping on Varlamov. He got little to no help in that series
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Lots of people were harping on Varlamov.
Fucking lazy ass. All he did was sit on the bench wearing a baseball hat all series.
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Ahhhhh fuck
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On that note. They have 3 very good young goaltending (well Holtby is a very good prospect). Think one is on the move?
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I think Varlamov is. He’s an RFA who is kinda selfish. I think Phx might make a move for him if Bryz walks
Russian stereotype mostly. But I thought I heard it somewhere idn really.
The fact he’s not against going to the KHL for more money and that he wants to sign to be the starter only kinda thing…
I mentioned this below – they didn’t play Varlamov in a game where they could clinch, they didn’t play varlamov when elimination was on the table. I think he’s on the block.
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It was Neuvirth in net and he played well.
Washington does have some decent pieces on D (looking at you Carlson, the best rookie D-man this year IMHO). I just don’t like their systems.
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Damn russian goalies. I meant Neuvirth
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yeah he didn’t get a lot of help but he’s no James reimer though..
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by Future_considerations on May 5, 2011 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Neuvirth played okay. There were some serious defensive breakdowns, but there were a couple of goals that were within stopping range.
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there tangibles were not in enough
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Caps fans all love Mike Green in the regular season, hate him in the playoffs. Maybe he just is what he is? He’s certainly not going to drastically change his game for the postseason.
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The guy was also prolly incredibly injured.
I dont particularly like him, but he shouldn’t have been playing most of the games
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Backstrom and Semin were terrible, absolutely terrible against the Lightning
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Word is that Backstrom might have been playing with a broken thumb.
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Something had to be up with him. He was doing nothing out there.
How about Semin?
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if we’ll find out that Ovechkin hid an injury, despite his strong play throughout the Tampa series.
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
That would make sense……….except that Ovechkin bested his regular season ppg in the playoffs.
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As he has throughout his career…
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
The point is that Ovechkin isn’t the problem is he gives it 100% all the time?
We saw that the one man show didn’t work early in OV’s career. The Caps haven’t found the right supporting cast yet.
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Eh. Most of the games were close and Dwayne Roloson stood on his head while the Caps goalies played slightly worse. More than anything they need to look at the Sharks. They were just as favoured as the Caps and are only now looking like they can go all the way.
People need to be patient.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
This
Look at Detroit from ’02-07. They went out early a bunch of times, while still building up with their current roster.
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It’s tough because people see teams like Chicago, Pittsburgh, Carolina and assume that you can go from not being in the playoffs to winning the cup in a few years. Luck plays a huge roll in all of this. Patience is the way to go. They’ll be even better next year.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Well yeah, but I was speaking specifically to playoff teams. Teams that consistently make the playoffs with the same core and eventually see success.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
There is probably 2 or three.
Teams who have drafted high multiple times over the last decade:
Successful:
Chicago, Pittsburgh
Neutral:
Colorado, Columbus, Phx, Wsh
Failure:
NYI, Fla, Atl
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Columbus is a fail, only 1 trip to the playoffs with Rick Nash is ridiculous
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Colorado
Is also probably unfair to include. Their high picks were/are recent.
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they only have one pick higher than 14 since 98 when they drafted tanguay at 12th
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m being conservative by just looking at teams with high picks. Whether or not its because of them.
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But your whole point was teams who draft high who had success. Thus it should be based on what those high picks do. At least I assumed you were countering the common Edm argument of you need to draft high to succeed.
I was but if I am more liberal with who I include it proves the point even better.
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Who were Col’s high picks outside of Duchene? Also their success were based on lower picks producing and FA signings (Anderson last year…)
Columbus’ high picks have done next to nothing to take the team to the next level.. Brassard, Klesla, Voracek Filatov and Leclaire haven’t done anything really important.
Phx high picks havent really done much either, again its Vets and lower picks that have really helped the team.
I did a quick study last night
The only team to win a Cup in the last 15 years without an overall top 3 draft pick of their own on the team was Detroit in 2008 and Anaheim in 2007 (though Anaheim had a #2 overall Pronger, and a #3 overall Neids.)
Think about that for a second.
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of their own??
Fuck.
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Yes
Chicago – Kane and Toews
Pittsburgh – Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Fleury
Carolina – Staal, Ward
Tampa – Lecavalier
Jersey – Neids
Detroit – Yzerman
Colorado – Forsberg (6th) Sakic (15th)
Jersey – Neids
Stars – Modano, Hatcher (8th)
Detroit – Yzerman
Detroit – Yzerman
Colorado – Forsberg (6th) Sakic (15th)
it goes on and on
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Wait I thought you said a top 3 pick. COlorado didn’t have one, and Ward was 25th.
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There’s more holes in this theory of yours than Toskala’s butterfly.
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Yeah, all of 3 picks for Forsberg and accidently adding in Wards name despite the fact that Staal went 1st overall.
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Actually, the 3 picks for Forsberg makes me happy. We have a whole slew of players drafted around 4th-7th…
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Forsberg was drafted by Philly and traded for Lindros…
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
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how many teams with a top 3 pick didn’t win the cup?
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
3 of the six first overall picks on the team that drafted them were eliminated in the first round, at least.
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We have Schenn #5, 3 # 7s, Kessel a # 5, and Phaneuf a #9… Of which one 7 and one #5 are ours…
I do like our young top 10 picks…
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I refused to count Komi at a top pick!
so a #5 and #7 of our own and one #5 one #7 and one #9 of other teams.
I’m fine with that
we will be addign 2 more 20 something overalls this year as well, i like it
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by Matt_Roberts on May 5, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Like we all know our medium to high end prospects/young players are starting to look good. Its that elite talent that is lacking and its very hard to get that out of the top 5 (or as Skinny analyzed top 3) picks.
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that problem has been haunting us for a long time….
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by Matt_Roberts on May 5, 2011 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Wrong, they both go in the trade for Stastny.
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by nhlcheapshot on May 5, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
wrong
Since Wash is obviously looking to get rid of Backstrom. Both go along with Komi (as they obviously need him) for Backstrom!
/HFboardstradeproposal
On a related note, the Rangers haven’t drafted in the top three since 1966.
Anyone have a guess on the five franchises that have drafted in the top 3 only 1 or 2 times: the easy ones are Nashville and Minnesota Wild.
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Calgary has to be there…
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Is it possible Montreal makes that list?
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Shoot, i forgot Columbus…
LA: 6
Tor: 3, but none are recent.
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Alright oh magic one, reveal!
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Buffalo and Edmonton. Taylor hall was their first ever top-3 pick.
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Wow, good on Buffalo. Edmonton, I feel like I should have gotten.
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Don’t forget LA either. Also pretty neutral: they’re a good team, but they have yet to get past the first round of the playoffs.
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by FiftyMissionCap on May 5, 2011 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve never been that impressed with Semin.
I wonder if this makes Backstrom available? If he is this bad, his contract is horrible.
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by Back In Black on May 5, 2011 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Go to Japers Rink. Caps fans seem ready to let Backstrom go.
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
caps fans who want to let backstrom go are stupid
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s not their fault. They only started following hockey 4 years ago.
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by SkinnyFish on May 5, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
77 games. 18 goals and 65 points, playing 20 minutes a night with the best winger in the world.
9 playoff games. Two assists.
8 more years, 6.7M each year.
Kinda seems like they paid more than twice what he was worth this year. I agree, he’s better than this, but wouldn’t that make you a little concerned?
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by Back In Black on May 5, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s 23 and had 101 points last season, I would not be at all concerned
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yup, plus the whole caps offense was horrible at the start of the season, I mean ovie only had scored almost 20 less goals than he ever has, this season
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh noes he was the 34th highest scoring player, or 17th highest scoring C. Thats so terrible that he woudl be the best C on almost half the teams in the league. Wait a minute…
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121st in goals
For only seven million dollars. That’s as many goals as Dominic Moore.
I’m just saying: as an organization, how would you like to look forward to eight more years of Jason Spezza?
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by Back In Black on May 5, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d be fucking ecstatic. What world do you live in where Jason Spezza is not an undisputed number 1 C?
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In my world, Jason Spezza scores like an average #1C, but has a negative relative Corsi and makes $7M per year for the next four seasons. His GVT this year was slightly less than Colby Armstrong in a similar number of games. I don’t want him.
Backstrom actually does quite well in advanced stats – almost as good as Grabovski. He’s a very good player and I’d like to have him. I’m simply suggesting that Washington may be re-evaluating his worth after his last 87 games, and he may no longer be the untouchable player he was a year ago.
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by Back In Black on May 5, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
First off I’d like to apologize because even though you didn’t seem take offense, I was rude with “what world…”
An average number 1 C scores MUCH less than Backstrom. Backstrom is #11 in ALL TIME point scorers in 4 seasons by age 23. Let that sink in…
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Pretty fucking impressive, I have to admit. Very many good players on that list, too.
If I wanted to troll you, though, I’d point to #22 all-time: Jimmy Carson, who scored fewer points after age 23 than he did before.
PS, no need to apologize, I’m being a bit of a dick. But if Boston can dump Thornton, it’s not ridiculous that Washington could decide they need to move in a different direction. They don’t want to be the new Ottawa Senators.
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by Back In Black on May 5, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s a big playmaking centre…
HENRICK SEDIN SUCKS CAUSE HE ONLY HAD 19 GOALS ZOMG
Joe Thornton only had 70 pts in 80 games this year. Does that mean you’d get rid of him too?
Fact is Backstrom is 23 and one of the best young centres out there. I’d probably put him 5th-7th on my list of centres under 25 who I would build my team around.
For C 23 or younger, he would be my 3rd choice (behind Crosby and Stamkos) and I am not sure on Toews and Kopitar and if they continue to improve potentially Duchenne and Tavares.
For C 25 and under, I would still take him third, but would have to include Getzlaf in the “considering section”.
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You would take Backstrom over TOews?
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I really don't know
Offensively Backstrom is the much better player thus far in his career. Obviously he has Ovi on his wing but still.
Toews on the other hand is the much more all around player…
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Backstrom and Toews have both played 4 seasons and are 23
So if you look at C’s points by first 4 seasons until 23 Backstrom is number 2 in active players to Toews at 8th.
Look I’m probably wrong I just don’t see enough of Toews play. Regardless Backstrom is damn good an elite.
He is 11th all time in points scored by age 23 in 4 seasons
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
you mean a center right?
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
It looks correct to me.
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
wiggity wiggity wack
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Just go to sleep already
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I was doing 23 and under. I forgot to include Malkin in the 25 and under. I would take Malkin around Toews.
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I personally wouldn’t touch Malkin.
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his recent inability to stay healthy is worrying, but he is a top 3 NHL talent
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Also that he’s easily goaded into dumb penalties.
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that only really worries me about players who are not generational talents
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
He still very well be the the 3rd best player in the NHL.
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He still may very well be the the 3rd best player in the NHL.
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Here’s a nice list with Backstrom on it
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Try this for how valuable he is
He is 5th in active centers in points scored by age 23.
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9:40am is a little early to be drunk isn’t it?
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Are you allowed to trade an entire roster for Backstrom?
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well as many SPC open spots Wash has we can!
Even if we gave them the entire M-G-K line I’d still do it.
Basically I would give them any 3 Leafs players (except maybe Schenn) and both firsts
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I guess I should also give credit where credit is due. Something the Lightning lacked after they won the Cup with a team built around Lecavalier is stability. Well, they are now in the Stamkos era, and they have stability. Yzerman is going to keep that team competitive for a long time, which smaller market teams need to do to sell, just as the Devils have for decades.
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
he is also witch
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
zombie witch
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
There is an extreme surplus of goaltending in the NHL. As long as they can find someone better than average (okay, the means having never played for the Flyers), they’ll be a good team for a long time. They’ll have their opportunity to get a younger goalie. Varlamov could be traded, Cory Schneider could get moved, perhaps McIlhenney in anaheim (if they decide they can rely on Emery/Hiller long-term), hey, maybe even Vokoun. They might even sign Nabokov if he can escape the Island.
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McIlhenney is in Ottawa first of all and secondly he sucks
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Whoops, forgot about that. That’s an E4.
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
There is an extreme surplus of goaltending in the NHL
This statement is highly incorrect.
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well not really, there is a huge surplus of goaltending, just that most of it sucks
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Techincally its true
There is a surplus of every position out there. There just isn’t a surplus of NHL quality goaltending. There are MAYBE 35 goalies I would want to go into next season being my starter and thats pushing it. Probably closer to 25 or 30.
First of all, name the 3 Vezina finalists from LAST season.
Miller, Brodeur and Bryzgalov. All three of those teams were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Pekka Rinne was out in the first round, Lundqvist didn’t make the playoffs, Vokoun missed the playoffs, Luongo was out in round 2.
The goalies in the Stanley Cup finals last year: Niemi and Leighton. Not exactly brand names…
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
if you’re shopping for a goalie, do it at no frills.
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Its the worse idea. Goalie is the most important position and you only have to invest in 2 of them. Don’t cheap out.
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Its like shopping for TP
you might think going cheap is good when your paying for it, but when your in progress your going to regret not going for the higher end brand.
because then you'll end up with toilet paper on your ass.
or so tv tells me.
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am i the only one who that never happens to? cause the commercials make it seem like a huge deal
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
You don’t need to spend a significant amount of money to keep a franchise goaltender. That’s the point.
Teams need to put emphasis between what Philly puts in and what the Sabres put in, if that makes sense…
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Most teams try and do this, but goaltending in general can be unpredictable from year to year. It’s why guys that have proven they can put up consistent numbers get paid more.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I whole heartedly disagree. One year of cheap goaltending (one of which is no longer cheap this year) making it to the Stanley cup and all of a sudden people think you don’t need good goaltending. Here is an exercise for you, check out the S% of the goaltending left in the playoffs right now.
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You don’t need to spend a significant amount of money to keep a franchise goaltender. That’s the point.
Niemi, gone to SJS. Leighton, gone to the AHL. Chicago signed Turco in the off-season, he sucked balls, and they got lucky that Crawford knew how to stop pucks. Philly has yet to figure out goaltending. Same with Washington.
There is only about 10 reliably good goaltenders in the NHL and after that it’s a complete crapshoot year to year.
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Exactly, which is why those 10 get paid the money. You just hope you get lucky one year and have Roloson when he goes into Leafs mode.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
What a great strategy for GMs; hoping to get stupid lucky between the pipes.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
remaining goaltenders
zombie witch roloson
best statistical season ever Thomas
last years cup winner Niemi
I play for the fucking red wings Howard
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s a reasonable point, but it’s not as easy as you make it sound. Chicago was lauded last year for not going broke on goaltending – and then Turco basically screwed them out of any chance of repeating.
Philadelphia went the “any of these guys can do the job” route, and ended up (likely) sunk.
The Sharks, on the other hand, are making out like bandits.
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by Back In Black on May 5, 2011 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
So you’re saying that if someone pays a reasonably capable goaltender a reasonable contract, they won’t be held back by goaltending? Deep.
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I hate when people make that point. First of all Niemi is making a name for himself this year for being a good goaltender. But basically all you are proving is that one year a bunch of the best goaltenders had shitty teams around them. How nice…
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What it proves is that teams should not be built around goaltending in this league.
There’s no Hasek, no Brodeur (well, in his prime) anymore. Goaltending is important, but it’s not the most essential factor. You need a deep team that can score and play a solid, 2-way game.
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Tim fucking thomas
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Teams that made the playoffs which were built around goaltending
Boston, Nashville, New York, Buffalo, Montreal, Phoenix,
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isn’t nashville built around a defense core than jsut goaltending?
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Pekka Rinne: second best goalie in the NHL this year
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 5, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Nashville is built around Mitch Korn.
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by Bower Power on May 5, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
you can also add vancouver in there, they are solid all around but Luongo can tend that goal….in the regular season
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Meh
He’s been great in pretty much every post season except when they play Chicago
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also the olympics
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
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Fleury played pretty well down the stretch, if I recall
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 5, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Varlamov is definitely on the block. They went to an elimination game and still didn’t change up their goalie.
If the trade is right:
Bernier
Schneider
Varlamov
If the briefcase of cash is big enough:
Bryzgalov*
Vokoun
Emery**’
Theodore**
Relative to the number of places whose #1s are in question:
Philadelphia
Toronto
Tampa
Florida
Phoenix
Colorado
I’m surprised to hear he’s in talks with the KHL. It seems more and more like he’d be willing to leave Phoenix.
*I don’t know that they’re good enough to really seal up a #1 slot, but they’ve gotta be on some of the worse teams’ lists.
So yeah, no “extreme surplus,” but we should see some good movement, to which I’m looking forwards.
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Hypothetical
Would Philly do a JVR for Schneider + 1st?
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JVR is untouchable. But they’d be all over moving Versteeg.
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interesting how no one hates that deal anymore
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someone on BSH demands a refund on that deal approximately every hour.
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Ya but you would take Backstrom over Toews so what does that tell us?
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by leafer1984 on May 5, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
For the record what I said was I am undecided over the two…
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For C 23 or younger, he would be my 3rd choice (behind Crosby and Stamkos)
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Read the whole sentence
and I am not sure on Toews
. I was trying to say he was tied with Toews…
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Or more accurately
I was not sure who I would take first.
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Bower: All russian UFAs are “In talks with the KHL”
And Bryz likes Pheonix but he is afraid that it’ll be Winnipeg he ends up signing with.
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Yeah, I realize that it’s a pretty empty phrase – especially since all the NHL teams are unable to talk to UFAs at this point – but it may subtly change the “Bryz won’t see open market” train of thought that I’d been on.
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I’m not sold that LA wants to move Bernier. He & Quick are signed for 2 more seasons on the cheap and Bernier put up damn good numbers in the second half.
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I think they role with both for next year. Quick looked much better this year not having to play every game like he did last year.
Maybe they move one at the deadline or NEXT summer.
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role?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
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by Future_considerations on May 5, 2011 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Rolo?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Dwayne Roloson: Waffle Hater.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Winter is awesome.
On a very loosely related note, in one of my classes, I took a poll of what Hanoi should have that it doesn’t have now, and the number one thing the students desired was snow. They thought that it would be cooler than everything from decent infrastructure to the presence of a clean toilet. Not a single person had ever seen it in their lives. I told them that was like never having seen rain and they all laughed at me.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
Well, he DID play for the Oilers. As someone who goes to school in Edmonton, let me assure you not to speak about that unless you’ve actually lived in Edmonton.
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by FiftyMissionCap on May 5, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
What about Waffles?
Dwayne isn’t too high on those. Also, sushi over steak? what kind of a man…
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Sounds like he sits in the lower bowl at the ACC.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No, it's not.
Bacon your sausage…after you butter your bacon, of course.
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by FiftyMissionCap on May 5, 2011 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I don’t think they’re looking to toss him out ASAP, but I think “if the trade is right,” they’d pull the trigger. It should be painfully obvious how reliant they are on one particular forward, and selling high on Bernier is probably the best way to deal with that.
And if they don’t get a good bidding war going, they hold on to a good goalie. Win/win for them, really.
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The Kopitar injury was disastrous, but they were a level below the top teams in the West anyways.
LA shouldn’t be doing anything crazy. Everybody important is under contract. They’ll give Handzus and Ponikarovsky’s money to Doughty, and Schenn’s coming up next year.
They stil have Muzzin, Loktionov, Toffoli, Kozun… they’re set up very well.
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Yup, steady as she goes.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. Like I said, there’s nothing wrong with a take-and-hold setup. But Colorado ain’t got jack all at the netminding position for the next 3 years, and Florida would be stupid brave to pin it all on Markstrom. Phoenix would have an issue if Bryzie does walk (Is Climie even ready for the show?), and Tampa would get pretty interesting if they shove a slightly longer-term goalie into that position when Roloson falls apart moves on.
LA’s a young team, they don’t need to shake anything up. But anyone can be moved, and I think there’s likely to be some interest in Bernier…if the price is right.
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But their issue is the lack of a top flight goal scoring winger and depth on defense. Once can be filled through free agency, and I’m not sure where they can find the other.
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They drafted their solution to the first problem, and they know it. Why else do you think they’re being so fucking careful to put him in situations where he’ll succeed?
They know he’s the guy who will put them over the top and they can’t afford to fuck it up.
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They didn’t draft Dustin Penner.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
You should have been more specific.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
he is like best friends with Aulie and he loves his big brother so yuh!
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
like, hello birky
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Exactly.
Everyone is talking about how the Caps lost and what they did wrong, lets talk about what the Lightning did.
They completely out worked them all over the ice. They were the better coached team, got bettr goaltending, and their star players played like star players.
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I was hoping Lou Lamoriello would have gone after Guy Boucher or Kirk Muller last year. First of all, they’ve won 3 Cups with Habs’ alumni, but Boucher is an extremely knowledgable hockey person, and I think he got snubbed by the Adams Trophy voters.
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He was robbed
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No he didn’t.
That team was still a mess before Yzerman brought in Roloson.
Bylsma and Trotz did far more with less.
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The Lightning were 3rd in the conference at the time of the Roloson trade
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Playing firewagon hockey and getting lucky on the odds. A team winning the way they were is likely to regress over time.
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you know, i keep hearing that term, but i would love to see hockey played in wagons that were on fire
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by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I would like to see a lot of things done in firewagons.
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Unless I am mistaken
Fire wagons were an old war strategy to light a wagon on fire and use it as a weapon.
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Firewagon hockey? They have been playing 1-3-1 since the beginning of the year.
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And until Roli showed up they were still giving up more goals than they scored.
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I agree, thats because Dan Ellis is a terrible goalie
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And Guy Boucher didn’t make the trade to fix their problem. Which is why Yzerman got nominated for GM Of the Year and Boucher got “snubbed”
I have a real problem handing the Adams every year to the coach who’s team overachieves the most based on the media’s preseason predictions.
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I suppose none of us should really be surprised by Philly being done in by goaltending. I am still impress, however, by how hard they worked at self-destructing. They had two goalies that everyone knows aren’t very good, and a rookie with a solid season. So they dump on the rookie and are shocked by getting lousy goaltending from lousy goalies.
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I would love Philly to come back from a 3-0 again this year.
just for the reactions from bruins fans.
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I think it would be amusing for Philly to tie the series and for Boston to win in 7.
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by DownGoesAvery on May 5, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
In Boucher's defense
He ihas been a solid playoff goaltender through his year.
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He had a good run back in 2000. Three good games in 2002. Not much since.
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Can anyone direct me to that story/fanpost/fanshot or whatever it was, that breaks down playoff success for the Leafs compared to other teams over the past 20ish years? I need to drop some fuckin’ knowledge on a coworker ASAP.
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So, I just started my first office job and was initially upset with the lack of comments for me to read
I was always jealous of you guys who got to comment at work and whatnot and was excited for when i got to start. The last few days had fewer comments than I hope though,
thankfully, today is full of comments! hooray for me!
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Are they legit enough to give my credit card to? I’ll do it for 3rd round.
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I’d have chosen about 75% of those players (100% of those goalies)
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bleh, i picked St. Louis..
shoot out vs actual hockey play.
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eberle is going to win the next round anyway
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I did to. I refuse to vote for a shootout unless its against another shootout. Besides MSL’s was quite the beauty. Grabs is in the tourny twice, the other one being his GWG against Timmy T where he scores from the goal line after dekeing 2 defenders (one may have been a forward)
I am drinking the Kule-aid!
Certified Kule lover!
Fuck, I saw that live. It was a beauty to watch in the ACC.
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by FiftyMissionCap on May 5, 2011 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
/tumbleweeds
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole and a proud member of the PPPPP
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Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
I'm giving Twitter another go
by PassivelyTruculent on May 5, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
We'll try a different plan
James Reimer is a terrible goaltender and will be worse than Toskala.
Oh lord i can’t even say that when i don’t mean it its so blatantly false.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
I'm watching you!
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
I'm giving Twitter another go
by PassivelyTruculent on May 5, 2011 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
There isn’t even the freakin’ WC on today.
Ugh I hate no hockey
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 May 5, 2011 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
so GMGM is saying he doesn’t see any major changes coming to his team. I guess that means trading Komi+Lebda for Backstrom and Carlson is out then :(
From our earlier discussion
The only team in the last 20 years to win a Cup without a pick of their own in the top 13? Montreal in 93.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
Luckily we have Kadri and Schenn
Argh ’93
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 May 5, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Montreal did have Detroit’s 1st overall from 86 in Joe Murphy though.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
I’m also assuming you just blatently ignored the fact that Getzlaf was the highest ANA-own pick on the winning Anaheim team in 2007.
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 May 5, 2011 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
At #19
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 May 5, 2011 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Cleary was drafted by Chicago and foppa by Philly
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by BCapp on May 5, 2011 2:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yea i though it was US,
i knew we played second place in the US’s division and they got beat up by the sweds, Should be a really good game especially for a quarters
buddy, you gotta figure out the reply feature
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I hope YouTube comes down to film this.
If CAN loses to the US with Reimer vs. Montoya in net, and Mike Brown and Mike Komisarek on Team USA (not knocking Brown, but c’mon), then I just don’t know what to say.
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!'
Montoya has been terrible
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!'
You and I have different definitions of "doing well".
I’d say Reimer has been “doing well”.
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!'
Is Reimer starting this Friday?
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
Yes
Reim Time All the Time
He may sit on Saturday though because I think it’s Fri/Sat back-to-backs
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!'
Thanks
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
I mean it’s a lot less work for me to just stop linking articles in the FTB if you guys let me know in advance you’re not going to read them. Frees up about 45 minutes of my night.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
random playoff stats
the sharks have more players than any other team (11) producing 0.5ppg or better.
Boston has 9,
Vancouver 5,
Detroit 8 (including Modano’s 1gp, 1 assist),
Philly 8,
Tampa 9,
Nashville 9 (including dumont’s 2gp, 1 assist),
Washington had 6.
the worst +/- of remaining players
PHI Matt Carle -8
VAN H. Sedin -6
VAN Christian Ehrhoff -6
Wellwood is 12-6 on faceoffs. 66%.
Blair Betts, despite being counted on for philly’s PK, leading remaining playoff players with 4:38 avg minutes short-handed, is 53W-80L on faceoffs. 40%.
Tampa is leading in both goals per game 3.46, and goals against per game 2.18. You might want to mark that up to special teams. Their PP is at 26%, good for first of remaining teams, and is oft, 45 chances, second to Philly’s 46. Their PK even more impressive at 94%, having given up 3 PPGA, the fewest of remaining teams, Vancouver’s 6 is next lowest.
You’re right, that was a random assortment of stats.
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!'
And these are random facts
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
The numbers ‘172’ can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bingbin/
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
They’re not really random, just obscure.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
It is a random assortment of facts from different areas, technically
"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!"
"You can't come in my kitchen, kick my dog, and take a box full of ballpoints! Your ass must be crazy!"
Right, the assortment is random, not the facts themselves.
A random fact would be something like:
Pickles cannot hear their own quack
That’s not even random enough.
Pickles grocery adverb penalty.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
You know what I hate about summer? Semantics
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!'
You know what I hate about Summers? The fact that Alex was such a bigger bad ass than Scott.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
both were too moody. Lighten up a bit will ya’s?
by Nigel Cadbury on May 5, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
orcs cant play the piano
Y'all Heard About Me, You Just Didn't Know It was Me
by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD
Y'all Heard About Me, You Just Didn't Know It was Me
by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll have you know that my acne’s been in check for years ever since I switched to Clearasil daily face wash.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
pepol tink dat I eat to many chocolat bar or dat i dont wach my face
Y'all Heard About Me, You Just Didn't Know It was Me
by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Visit my blog at: http://50-mission-cap.blogspot.com/
Leaf fan for life! (No, really. They gave me a no-trade clause when I was born.)
by FiftyMissionCap on May 5, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Nerd ? Where ?
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And these are random facts
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
The numbers ‘172’ can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bingbin/
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
We should try and break the site again, always good times.
The Leafs are my Rushmore
Certified Grabbo Lover and member of the PPPPP
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 5, 2011 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
.
Hmmm…
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!'
Double Rainbow Win
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by FiftyMissionCap on May 5, 2011 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Seal 6 win
"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!"
"You can't come in my kitchen, kick my dog, and take a box full of ballpoints! Your ass must be crazy!"
California raisins win
Y'all Heard About Me, You Just Didn't Know It was Me
by JaredFromLondon on May 5, 2011 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Error.
I could have a pocket with 19 loonies in it.
I still wouldn’t have change for a dollar.
And yet, the coinages I held would CRUSH your measly $1.19, like Zdeno Chara would CRUSH Alexander Semin.
Follow someone else on Twitter.
by not norm ullman on May 5, 2011 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
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HEY ! Check this out !
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FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! www.naawayland.com Robert Wilson - I JUST GOT MARRIED !!!!
I like those 3 first news stories
Hockey Blog Adventure: New Post: Round 1: NO HABS NO (I'm also on Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)
by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 5, 2011 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Flyers fans love the Versteeg trade.
This is where a witty signature might go.
This is where a witty signature might go on drugs.
the homophobic
comment in the posting is a tad… predictable?
Why is it that meat heads have to resort to the same old same old when it comes to insinuating that an athlete’s ability is directly related to (a) his sexuality and apparently through proxy (b) his masculinity.
Sure Wayne Gretzky married Janet Gretzky and he set scoring records, but the guy is far from the most masculine player in hockey history.
Anyway… I digress, but yeah… why do Flyers fans have to go and confirm how idiotic I think they are every time I deal with them.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah. Nucks just scored. God I hate them.
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I hope YouTube comes down to film this.
Yeah, it’s kinda painful. I really wish the Preds had been a little more aggressive at the trade deadline. Would’ve been nice for them to have a little more offense.
This is where a witty signature might go.
This is where a witty signature might go on drugs.
They could have only gone after expiring FA, or cheap depth. Don’t really know who was around they could have gone after. Maybe Neal? They probably had someone they coudl have traded for him…
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cody franson
doesn’t snipe… he just sort of shoots the puck at the net and prays.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
god Luongo
sucks balls sometimes.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
do I need
to read all the postings in here… I haven’t been on the site for like 3 days… wtf is going on with the Leafs in Europe?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
it was a nice goal
you must admit… but yeah he’s a dick.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
dick or not
would you let him be our No. 1 C?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
In a second.
Am I the only person that really like Ryan Kesler?
"Callgirl! She was a callgirl!"
"No Cyril, when they're dead, they're just hookers!"
24/02/11: I was there.
Don't particularly
like him as a person… or a Canuck… but he’s a very good hockey player.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
ok just
checking.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
What would you SERIOUSLY
give up in a trade for Stamkos?
Of the following 5 players, pick at least 2:
Kessel, Grabovski, Kulemin, Schenn, Phaneuf.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Phaneuf, Grabovski. Then I suppose every first round pick between now and forever.
I love Grabbo, but we’re a young team, and we’re adding to the depth at center here. He’s also the oldest of the lot.
Phaneuf goes mostly for his contract, but also because he’s older than the other two by far.
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I could live with that
I could probably live with losing any 2 of those to be honest.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. Of the three, I’d like to keep Kulemin the most, but the idea of Kadri really becoming a wing-based passer, then putting him and MacArthur on a line with Stamkos is just beautiful. Then a second line of Kulemin-Colborne-Kessel? It’d let us really build both a rush-play line and a zone-play line.
Ahhh, nothing like a little rosterbaiting.
This is where a witty signature might go.
This is where a witty signature might go on drugs.
Phaneuf and Grabbo.
Or Phaneuf and Schenn.
Or Phaneuf and Kulemin.
Really anyone except for Kessel.
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!'
Unless it was 1 for 1, obviously.
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!'
four first round picks in an offer sheet – tomorrow…
"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on May 6, 2011 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree on Rinne
I think it’s cool that Nashville is very supportive of the Preds… I think they deserve a star player at some point.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I think
over the longer term, Nashville and Carolina can build decent hockey markets.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on May 5, 2011 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Shea Weber should probably be considered a Star player…. if by Star offensive forward, then ya, but then they’d have to start drafting forwards in the 1st round.
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!'
that's
the damn game.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
Agreed. My brothers team once played that for their warm-up music in minor hockey…against a team from a Native reserve. Ahhh, youth.
"You said you didn't give a f#%k about hockey. And I never saw someone say that before..."
Rinne is just beautiful to watch
What incredible saves he makes to keep his team in the game. If only his team would give him some support offensively.
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
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