Lazy Friday
by SkinnyFish on Jul 8, 2011 7:01 AM EDT
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Leafs Ink Lashoff For One Year
Surprisingly it's not to a record deal.
Burkes Says Leafs Set for 2011-12
So are we re-signing Schenn or what?
Just How Strong is the Maple Leafs' Forward Corp
Lukas Hardonk takes a look.
VLM says there's no denying he's improved the blue line.
Lol, hump day.
Burke Says NHL Makes Most Mistakes on July 1st
This he knows from experience. See Lebda and Komisarek.
TML Prospects Profile: Tyler Biggs
The Hockey Writers take a peek at the Leafs first pick from this year.
The Leafs Nation likes Cody Franson.
Not really according to Dirk Hoag.
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the fact that Burke said he's done
means he is not
by pho king awesome on Jul 8, 2011 7:39 AM EDT reply actions
YESTERDAY WAS HUMP DAY, HUMP DAY
TODAY IIIS FAPDAY, FAPDAY
WE, WE, WE SO EXCITED
WE SO EXCITED
WE GONNA PLAY WITH SOME BALLS TOOOODAY
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03/08/2011 - I saw THE Wookie score his 1st NHL goal.
03/19/2011 - Watched Kadri's 1st NHL goal from the West Bank
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NESN showing fans in the crowd and a guy gropes his girlfriend which causes Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy to start giggling. This happens to them a lot and is an excellent reason to listen to them call a baseball game.
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by Chemmy on Jul 8, 2011 8:28 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
that was entertaining yeah, but a reason to not listen to them: Red Sox Games
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by elseldo on Jul 8, 2011 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
REC’D.
P.s. that jays game was just brutal last night. I hate our bullpen.
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
i turned it off in the top of the 9th assuming all was fine
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that was a good choice. It was painful.
by leaflover4ever on Jul 8, 2011 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions
As a Tigers fan I’d just like to say WTF?
Either you have an enviable memory, or a pitiable life, to know nothing of regret.
- Sten, of the Qunari
umm...
do you live in/around detroit?!? I couldn’t fathom why else you’d be a tigers fan.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jul 8, 2011 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, I’m in Windsor and there was no Toronto option when I was growing up.
Either you have an enviable memory, or a pitiable life, to know nothing of regret.
- Sten, of the Qunari
I see...
just wondering cause I’m across the river from you.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jul 8, 2011 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Go Mudhens!
Either you have an enviable memory, or a pitiable life, to know nothing of regret.
- Sten, of the Qunari
We have a shot at it this year. Verlander rules.
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- Sten, of the Qunari
by GreatKingRat on Jul 8, 2011 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah..
It’s refreshing to get on here and mingle with the Leaf faithful. Not too many Leaf fans around my parts. Actually, not too many wing fans either (considering they call themselves “hockeytown”); people here will candidly admit that the wings are a distant 4th when it comes to sport teams in Detroit (even with the pathetic-ness of the pistons over the last 4-5 years).
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jul 8, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Are you from Detroit or just living there?
Either you have an enviable memory, or a pitiable life, to know nothing of regret.
- Sten, of the Qunari
by GreatKingRat on Jul 8, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
moved here..
when I was 14. Originally from K-W (it’s okay you can let out the sigh of disappointment; people usually do after learning that because they get their hopes up that there’s actually a natural detroit-born Leaf fan.).
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jul 8, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I spent most of my youth in Cambridge. Sometimes when I go back to visit friends I feel kind of nostalgic, but I never miss it otherwise.
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m in ottawa now and its a pretty fun city, but yeah, most of my friends are still there and just miss it sometimes. I’m over it though
I’m also in Ottawa now.
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Me three, you are all following me
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by MapleLeafMole on Jul 8, 2011 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
definitely...
feel the nostalgia when I go back for a visit. The place has erupted since I left. I remember when the end of the city (on the southeast side) was where Fisher-Hallman cut-off there just a little past Ottawa. Now I go back and I’m like what the heck is “doon” and “Breslau”!??!? response: “oh, they’re part of the never ending suburbs being added to K-W”
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jul 8, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah that part is huge now.
I went down around april and they have the whole “boardwalk” area now, crazy
and waterloo is going nuts down by SJAM
Its been really long since I’ve been to Waterloo (since my when I go back I visit my family that now lives in kitchener/cambridge) even though I lived there since I was 9 and until I moved to the US. But, I bet St.Jacobs is just considered part of the city now. I remember a time when it was a drive to go out to the farmer’s market there.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jul 8, 2011 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Who’d have thought that we’d be missing Kevin Gregg…
by potvin vs hextall on Jul 8, 2011 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
LETS GO PHILLIES !
LETS GO PHILLIES !
Dear Toronto ,
Thanks for Roy Halladay
Meet the Future ~ Vance Worley
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! www.naawayland.com Robert Wilson - I JUST GOT MARRIED May 07th 2011th !!!! WE GOT BRYZGALOV ! BREEZY AND THE FLY BOYS !
This is what I think of your Pineapple
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! www.naawayland.com Robert Wilson - I JUST GOT MARRIED May 07th 2011th !!!! WE GOT BRYZGALOV ! BREEZY AND THE FLY BOYS !
aaarrrrooooo ????
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! www.naawayland.com Robert Wilson - I JUST GOT MARRIED May 07th 2011th !!!! WE GOT BRYZGALOV ! BREEZY AND THE FLY BOYS !
aaaarrroooooo
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by elseldo on Jul 8, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I see you’ve played knifie spoonie before
by Tickle Me Aulie on Jul 8, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
ahhhh
ananas!! the french are so weird!
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jul 8, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
How does it feel to be so wrong?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 8, 2011 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions
another reason: fuck baseball
Congratulations Tomas!
by daoust on Jul 8, 2011 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
somebody blue/green this
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There were a few articles in the Star about it. Apparently Blacker and Gardiner impressed, Brad Ross was pissing off everyone, and some undrafted kid there on a tryout was impressive. I’ll have to look up the name.
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Mitchell Heard I think is the kid's name
Article from the Sun on it here:
Hughes doesn’t have final word on the non-drafted players, but a contender has to be the Bowmanville native Heard.
"He did a good job this week, (but) we have all our draft picks we need to give an opportunity to grow and develop. We’ll grab some invites and get them into the mix."
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/07/07/leafs-prospects-go-all-out
Another German kid apparently stood out, Martin Buchwieser
The camp’s first fight on Thursday involved a 5-foot-10 German, Martin Buchwieser, who is looking for a shot down the road in the Leafs’ system. The left winger had a lively scrap with 6-foot-3 Kevin Tansey from Cumberland of the Eastern Ontario-based Central Canada League.
"I’m not afraid to fight if I have to. I don’t really know how it started today. We were half-looking at each other and decided ‘let’s go’. But I don’t care if he’s bigger."
The 22-year-old had 43 points in 47 games playing at home last year. He is one of three Germans who were ostensibly invited just for the North American experience, along with Adler Mannheim forward Matthias Plachta and defenceman Florian Kettemer.
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/07/07/feisty-german-impresses-leaf-scouts
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Yeah when the list of undrafteds came out I put up a list of a few kids to look at- both of these guys were on there.
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Nihlsson (3rd round 2011) did well, too. Completely upended ross at one point, apparently.
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(should’ve read lower down first)
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The swede defenceman the leafs drafted this year, Tom Nilsson is apparently hitting people all over the place
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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think he got into a scrap with Ross too.
by Nigel Cadbury on Jul 8, 2011 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
“Nilsson Schmilsson” – Cliff Fletcher
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by GreatKingRat on Jul 8, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
The Leafs’ skating and conditioning guy is on twitter. He said Gardiner’s skating is so good, that he wishes he could pop in a tape of Gardiner during his lectures and say “Skate like this.”
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Kaberle 2.0?
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
At skating or in general?
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Skating, sorry
He’ll probably be a more all-around player too, not that I think Kaberle was ever that bad two-way
Cant really say about how the offense will translate
Lol
Where’s that dude from the flame war ;)
he wishes he could pop in a tape of Gardiner during his lectures and say "Skate like this."
Isn’t that what ultimately caused Gretzky to fail as a coach?
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by SkinnyFish on Jul 8, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I suppose there’s a reason the guy’s a skating and conditioning coach, and not a head coach.
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I was looking at Hockey’s Future top prospects today, and they dont have the newly drafted players factored in yet,
but Kadri is at like 10 or something like that (on the top 5) and I was suprised to see Gardiner at 43, above some pretty decent prospects. Nice to see.
yup. He’s legit, and I continue to be surprised that we got him in the Beauchemin deal.
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Considering we were also in need of a decent top 6 forward (yeah, he’s overpaid but he’s not a misfit), its a pretty fantastic deal
I think Lupul was really seen as a salary dump. We’re lucky he’s turned it around for us. Would be amazing if we can get the same thing out of the Lombardi/Franson deal.
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s 13
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
This meme should never die.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
I hate Christian Ehrhoff because he should have been Tomas Kaberle.
No it really needs to
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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Isn’t that what makes it a meme
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by T is for Truculence on Jul 8, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought memes were supposed to spread organically, but then, I never really liked Richard Dawkins so I don’t know.
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Millhouse is not a meme.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 8, 2011 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Man you used to be all about the music
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by T is for Truculence on Jul 8, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ve changed, man.
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Correction
I hate you
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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I can change that
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
My hate doesn’t end at memes.
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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LMAOLMAOLMAO
look at this trade proposal from the Lashoff article on MLHS
Jay_Berg [Moderator] Yesterday 05:05 PM
Alright we have tons of depth. Let’s trade some of it to get stamkos and be on our way:
To Tor: stamkos, prospect
To TB: Aulie, kulemin, Bozak, 1st
I know everyone is going to freak out and say this is an overpayment. We are getting a 21 year old generational talent. Gotta overpay And 5 years from now nobody will give a shit about those players we are giving up. They are replaceable
And an even better response
Pent_House [Moderator] Yesterday 05:09 PM in reply to Jay_Berg
a generational talent who is average without st.louis and underwhelming in the playoffs?
And one last one
Skar [Moderator] Yesterday 05:14 PM in reply to Jay_Berg
Love Stamkos…but it’s simply too much…like I said in the earlier thread…
Grabo, Gunnar, Rynnas and a 1st gets it done…
I’m not saying that I wouldn’t do that trade. I’m trying to justify where the poster could get the idea that it was an overpayment.
Agreed. But here’s a thought: let’s say Stamkos’ price (based on a potential offer sheet) has been established at 4 first round picks.
Would this not come close to being equivalent to 4 first round picks, given that many first round picks end up as bottom six players or don’t even make it to the NHL? Or is the appeal of the 4 first round picks the fact that those picks are unused and therefore could be better than Kulemin et al?
Just getting opinions.
There is nothing you could say that would make a statement of “Kulemin is valuable enough to not trade him for Stamkos” Justifiable
Right. It’s Kulemin+++ though. I’m probably putting his words in his mouth but that might be what he was trying to say.
I guess I’m just tired with Stamkos trade rumours. My heart isn’t in it. They all seem stupid. He’s going to sign in TB.
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I’m tired of hearing about Stamkos altogether. Unfortunately, he’s the big ticket item right now so all the news and discussion seems to focus on him.
If he's still not signed in September it'll be newsworthy. Now it's just part of the process.
Seems this time of year there is always a bit of game of chicken with big name RFAs – wait and see what other teams offer their RFAs, then use those as comparables.
Schenn’s agent may be waiting on Doughty, Bogosian before focusing in on a figure/term.
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Puck Daddy yesterday had a post about how the negotiations are going well, both sides say they’re getting closer, and Meehan says negotiations are at a point where it doesn’t make sense to consider an offer-sheet. People will speculate anyway, because once a rumour involves the Leafs it never goes away (Jeff Carter was almost traded to the Leafs about 10 times, if we believe everything we read).
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Today's off-topic thread
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/7/8/2265736/chatty-cathy-july-8th-2011
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/7/8/2265736/chatty-cathy-july-8th-2011
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/7/8/2265736/chatty-cathy-july-8th-2011
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/7/8/2265736/chatty-cathy-july-8th-2011
Pension Plan Puppets
I hope YouTube comes down to film this.
…URNS?
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by T is for Truculence on Jul 8, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
We should start front-paging it, lots of people don’t wade into the fanshot page.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 8, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Nathan Horton is bringing the Stanley Cup to Dunnville next weekend. im torn, it’ll be a good party, but it’s then Bruins Stanley Cup party….
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 8, 2011 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I know a girl from there, apparently went to the same high school (different age though)
Might try to head down there as well
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Is that girl elseldo? It could be. You should check.
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whoa me either
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 8, 2011 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think elseldo is. In fact, I have no idea.
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too late now, the thread has spoken…
by Tickle Me Aulie on Jul 8, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Daniel Paille is coing to Welland which is closer..but i have a lead on some…um….“found” Bruisn jersey and i know he has horton for sure.
"He should be wearing a Sens sweater" - describing someone acting less than sane or competent. Use it.
SO do I.
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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Im trying to start win threshold iv
but first check out this list:
rookie season, from age 18 to 26, playing goalie, requiring Games Played >= 25
http://www.hockey-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&year_min=2001&year_max=2011&season_start=1&season_end=1&age_min=18&age_max=26&birth_country=&franch_id=&is_active=&is_hof=&pos=G&handed=&c1stat=games_goalie&c1comp=gt&c1val=25&c2stat=&c2comp=gt&c2val=&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=games_goalie
reimer has the 2nd best s% on that list, but really if he becomes any of them.. even steve mason.. im pretty happy
From the Leafs Nation article on Franson
Predators GM Poile told him it was all part of the business and Toronto offered up something they couldn’t refuse
Oh, they offered Lebda?! Better accept the trade before they change their minds!!
by potvin vs hextall on Jul 8, 2011 9:35 AM EDT reply actions
He offered them 5.5 million dollars.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
I hate Christian Ehrhoff because he should have been Tomas Kaberle.
Slow hockey news day, let's throw out a random trade suggestion
Sergei Bobrovsky “reportedly” has been put on the block.
Now, lately all the news and reporting from Philly has been just outrageous, especially in regards to Stamkos – but at least this makes sense. Kid is 22 and now behind a 9 year megadeal for Bryzgalov.
Varlamov (injury prone but very good #s) just got traded for a 1st and a 2nd from a currently low-standings team in COL. That deal has the potential to be a disaster, or maybe they got their franchise goalie. Who knows.
I don’t think Philly would be dealing from any position of strength here, and I imagine they wouldn’t expect the same type of return. If they deal Bobrovsky, they could either go with a backup in Leighton who they have signed for one more year, or take a goalie back in the deal, or hire one of the remaining FA goalies on the cheap.
I’m not sure how a Reimer/Bobrovsky tandem would work – both young goalies, both have talent, both only have a handful of games under their belt. Unproven but have shown potential to be great goalies.
Any interest out there? Let me start by saying any suggestion NOT HAVE GUSTAVSSON GOING BACK THE OTHER WAY. IMO he has minimal trade value, and not including him makes a deal more interesting. I can’t imagine Philly would be ecstatic with him as a backup any more than many of us currently do.
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Im all for it.
If Reimer isn’t the real deal then we hope Bobrovsky is.
if you look at the list I posted, they’re both up there, and there are only 11 goalies in the last 10 years, so I think its a worthy gamble
it obviously depends on the asking price
but until one of them establishes themselves as a super #1 goalie then we run the platoon, and once one does (hopefully Reimer) you deal the other in a Halak deal.
I dont think Montreal was upset having two great goalies last year.
I’d worry about sending back a goalie (Scrivens, Rynnas, hell even Gustavsson) as it would feel like Rask for Raycroft all over again.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 8, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d do Gustavsson for Bobrovsky but Philly likely wants something like a 7th round pick.
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Meh, I still have faith that Gus is going to turn into a good NHL goalie.
by potvin vs hextall on Jul 8, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Bob’s already younger…
You don’t know that Gus won’t get even younger!
But in all seriousness, goalies just seem like such a crapshoot with only a small portion establishing themselves and maintaining a consistent level of play. It would not surprise me to see Bob flame out and Gus being good, or vice versa.
by potvin vs hextall on Jul 8, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
ok… you have to ask yourself.. why would the FLYERS do a trade like that ? sure it makes Toronto better … but how does it make the FLYERS better ?
No…. Holmgren will not do that.
Boston has Thomas and Raask both are highly paid
so if your argument is money… were under cap and Holmgren referenced this the other day on sports radio about the Salaries of both Goalies being in the Million Dollar amounts is philly prepared to pay for a million dollar back up and he mentioned the Boston goalie situation and that their salaries are high for both goalies as well.
So .. .Unless Paul Holmgren is selling a story and hiding a possible trade (Which he does allot) .. I doubt we are trading The “BOB” any time soon.
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! www.naawayland.com Robert Wilson - I JUST GOT MARRIED May 07th 2011th !!!! WE GOT BRYZGALOV ! BREEZY AND THE FLY BOYS !
Tuukka Rask cap: $1,250,000
not that high.
He’s also their goalie of the future to replace thomas in … 2-3 years
I hope you’re not shipping out Bryz that early for your sake
Bobrovsky cap $1,750,000.00 ~ Paul Holmgren has said
"I think we’ll have one of the best goaltending tandems in the league," Holmgren said, when talking about Bobrovsky’s role as backup with Bryzgalov in the picture. "I feel confident in saying that, anyway."
On Sports Radio Paul Holmgren stated
“We have the best goalie tandem in the league in Bryzgalov and Bobrovsky. We feel that Bob is the future.”
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! www.naawayland.com Robert Wilson - I JUST GOT MARRIED May 07th 2011th !!!! WE GOT BRYZGALOV ! BREEZY AND THE FLY BOYS !
who said that Bryz is going to last that full term of that contract ?
You know .. .you guys (around the entire NHL) are quite fickle …
for years you knock on FLYERS for not having a Top 10 Goalie in the league. .. we finally get one…. and you STILL Criticize?
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! www.naawayland.com Robert Wilson - I JUST GOT MARRIED May 07th 2011th !!!! WE GOT BRYZGALOV ! BREEZY AND THE FLY BOYS !
Not criticizing Rob, I’m saying now that you have your elite goalie – what are you going to do with Bobrovsky? He’s definitely not “the future” anymore.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 8, 2011 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
First of all I dont get a shit about the flyers
if they dont want to have goalies that’s their own problem and they can deal with it
If they would have opened their eyes and gotten a good goalie though it sure woulda helped
IMO that’s what bob was.. he’s super young has a relatively good chance to be a good goalie
then they went and fucked up their team by trading away all their good players for a ‘youth movement’, which would be fine I guess but then sign a 30 year old goalie to be your goalie for 10 years til he’s 40? that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.
And then when you put the fact that he’ll be 39 and under contract still with the fact that Bob is young and good, and then include the fact that they traded away their winning pieces.. its lunacy
If I’m Bobrovsky I walk in 4 years when I’m UFA cuz Bryz is still under contract for 5 years and I can get a payday elsewhere. Same with if I’m Schnieder
If they feel that Bob is the future then why sign Bryz to that dumbass contract?
I think Snider might be hoping for a buyout window come the new CBA.
Hoping to buy out Bryzgalove after the first year?
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
to develop BOB.
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again… who says that Bryz will go the entire term of that contract in philly ?
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I guess. It just seems weird to sign a guy to a 9-year contract if you have no intention of him playing on your team for 9 years.
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 8, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
right….. just like it was weird to sign Richards to a 12 yr contract and in 3 yrs later trade him away.
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EXACTLY!
It was weird to do that… Richards and Carter both have said they wouldn’t of signed those contracts if they knew they’d get traded the year before their NTC kicked in.
and Philadelphia isnt the only team to do this and you know it.
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give you a couple off the top of my head
Edmonton
Wayne Gretzky was supposedly locked up for 99 years.
Alexi Yashin (sucked)
Ottawa / NYI
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I thought Yashin held out? I don’t think he had a long-term deal with the Senators.
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Alexei Yashin was traded because he refused to sign a contract with the senators. (and the year before that, refused to play for them at all)
for clarification:
Gretsky in fact signed 3 consecutive 7-year contracts, where the last two could be voided at any time before they started. Or something.
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if other teams jumped off a bridge would the Flyers do it too?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
oh GAWSH …
Spare the Kindergarten Analogies please
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if it applies, use it
you used a kindergarten rationalization so I used a kindergarten analogy
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remember when richards was a Flyer?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Remember when Richards called Steve Simmons a dweeb over Twitter?
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Was it? I mean, I’m not much of a Simmons fan, but I thought it was petty and childish.
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I love all you all.. .. I know you dont like my team…. I know your all nice people and I probably would have a good time over a cup of coffee with most of you all…
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by Semi_Colon on Jul 8, 2011 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would like you to name me 3 trades in the last 10 years where someone who had 5+ years left on their deal was traded…
yeah campbell is one that I was thinking of, but again, there are specific reasons behind it
Florida needed to reach the floor and Chicago needed to escape the cap, so they were doing each other favourites
plus there was no NMC, and he was signed well above value.. everyone agreed it was a poor contract
AND HE WAS TRADED TO THE SAME GUY WHO ORIGINALLY SIGNED HIM
not really the same IMO, but we can count that as 1/3
Phaneuf had 4 1/2 years left on his contract when we got him me thinks.
by Tickle Me Aulie on Jul 8, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure, but that was pretty f-in unsual man. If Bryz is playing great in 3 years or 5 years, why would they trade him? And if he’s not, and Bob’s turned into your goalie of the future, how many teams are going to want an underperforming 34-year old goalie with 5 more years on his contract at $7M a year or whatever it is?
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yeah completely weird..
except that Richards is an elite #1-C who is super young and signed to a below-value contract.. frankly he’s WAY more covetted than Bryzgalov
If you’re at the point where you’re trading Bryzgalov, that means that either Bobrovsky is the next Partrick Roy, or Bryzgalov is broken, and if its the latter then he’s not going to be tradable
How long do you reasonably expect? 5 years at least? 6? Bob will then have been a 6-7 year backup… think he’ll be happy with that?
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 8, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Not only do I not think he’ll be “happy”… I don’t think he’d re-sign with philly
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 8, 2011 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
the only way I can see this making any sense for Philly is if they plan on Bryz Giguering,
that is to say that Giguere was a fantastic goalie and signed a lucrative contract, then got broken and is just kinda hanging around right now
If this happens with Bryzgalov.. which it very well could considering he’s signed for 10 years and is already old… then Bob can slide in and take over.
but why the fuck would you sign him for so long if that’s going to be the case? And when he’s just hanging around he’s going to be a cap burden
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hey may or may not be happy. he may be ready in 3 years and we may trade him away or trade away Bryz .. who knows….
all I know is that I am Happy with our goaltending going into this season … happier than a junk yard dog in mud !
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The last 4 years of that contract contain 14M for Bryz. If anything, he retires with two years left. That’s still a seven year deal.
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I want the league to put in a rule in the next CBA that makes any deal longer than 5 years that tails off at the end $$ wise (and maybe takes them past 35) count against the cap regardless if someone retires (barring injury). And I want them to NOT grandfather these old contracts in. Finally the league will allow teams to admit that these deals were intended to circumvent the cap and the league will void them. However they’d give them the same punishment they gave the NJD.
I’d take out the part that the offending team gets to pick which year they give up their pick in.
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I don’t care much about that option, because teams like Philly have 2 contracts (Pronger and Bryz) that they’d probably void so they’d lose 2 firsts
However someone like Yzerman might be able to void Lecav’s without any repercussions because its a whole new front office so they could come up and say “we didn’t sign this deal, however we have reason to believe when signed the player didn’t intend to fulfill it…”
I’d rather have Vokoun/Neuvirth, especially when you consider that in 5 years Bryzie will be a very expensive backup.
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Vokoun/Neuvirth
Thomas/Rask
Luongo/Schneider
All unquestionably better tandems than Bryz/Bob.
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If we’re taking contracts into account, I’m not sure I’d include Luongo/Anyone on that list, but Thomas/Rask, Vokoun/Neuvirth? All day every day.
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Luongo/Anyone is the same contract as Bryzgalov/Anyone
and I would 1000x prefer Luongo as my goalie to Bryzgalov
and Schneider is probably better than Bobrovsky
Luongo has 11 years to go, and won’t be off the team until he’s 43. 5.33M cap hit.
Bryzgalov has 9 years to go, and will be off the team when he’s 40. 5.67 cap hit.
I also think Schneider gets moved. But if I had to pick between Bryz and Luongo, contract in hand? I think I’d take Bryzgalov’s.
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I still dont think that those 2 years make that much of a difference, as you’re saving .34 million per year anyway
I mean when they’re 40 you definitely dont want either on your books, but im more inclined to believe luongo will be good whereas bryz will not
Plus Luongo is a damn good goalie, and while Bryz is too, i dont think he’s in the same realm
Plus Luongo is a damn good goalie, and while Bryz is too, i dont think he’s in the same realm
That’s probably the source of our disagreement. Luongo’s up-and-down seasons of extraordinary to league average, versus Bryzgalov’s 3-of-last-4-seasons-at-920+ are a big tipping point for me. I discount his recent playoff performance as a particularly small sample size, (combined with being fairly outclassed when you compare the teams).
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Remember Friedman wrote a while ago that Luongo loves the city and the team, but hates the Van fans (blaming him for everything).
I wonder if the Canucks don’t try to move him, and if there aren’t teams that would be interested. Just thinking out loud, but Anaheim if Hiller is done, Phoenix, perhaps the Islanders.
I wonder if the Canucks don’t try to move him
Luongo has 11 years to go, and won’t be off the team until he’s 43. 5.33M cap hit.
Hiller isn’t done, Islanders have a god-awful lifetime contract, Phoenix doesn’t have the cash, and most of all, Luongo would need to waive an NTC off a team that was one win away from the cup.
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For what it's worth
His contract does have years where he can be traded, just not right away
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Yeah, he’s really good. The Canucks were one game away from winning the Cup with him. They’ll be great next year as well, which scares me a whole lot. I can’t remember the last team who made it to or won the cup and went into the next season looking just as good. They lost what, Erhoff and Torres? Oh no.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 8, 2011 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
This is pretty indisputable.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 8, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Well the Lightning were pretty- oh.. wait.
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Boston only lost Ryder and Recchi. If Thomas remains one of the top goalies in the game, Boston will have a shot.
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Anyone else here think Thomas slows down next year?
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
of course, he put up the best statistical season ever, so by comparison it is very unlikely he repeats or improves
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean, significantly. Like, below .910 goaltending. I just feel like he’ll have a significant decline. Maybe I’m only saying this cause it would help us out a lot… hahah
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Even if he drops down
To .920 or something close the Bruins would still be letting in a ton more goals, because of how many shots they give up
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Well we don’t know how their defence will fare (fair? feir? fayer?… SP) next year, but I would not be shocked in the least if Thomas was ‘disappointing’.
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
fare
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Lies. Its all his fault they lost in the finals. I mean he should have made those saves so the team could have scored more than 8 goals in 7 games.
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Lungo’s making all that money, why wasn’t he pitching in on the offence??
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
He can share the money with Luongo…
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 8, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
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Bryzgalov / Bobrovsky
Better tandem than
Reimer/ Gustavsson
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We’ll see.
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I think ROB is right on that one, but I’d still rather have Reimer at 3 yrs/$1.8 million than Bryzgalov at 2 millenia/$US National Debt.
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Allot of Players FLYERS sign never see the End of their Contracts in Philadelphia.
Kevin Hatcher
Keith Primeau
Roman Chekmanek
Mike Richards
Jeff Carter
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The shocker is that the last two on that list didn’t even see the start of their contracts.
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I bet they will be. But guess what else we can see: The cap hit for Reimer/Gustavsson is just over 40% of the cap hit for Bryz/Bob.
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Really? a All-star level goalie and a 2nd year 23 year old coming of a solid rookie season are better than a 2nd year player coming of a great half a year as a rookie and a goalie who while talented as hell flamed out last year and hasn’t played an nhl game in over 8 months?
How’d you ever possibly come to that conclusion…
WE’LL. SEE.
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Carter/Richards> Cotourier/Schenn/Simmonds/Vorachek
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
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Even if Gustavsson bounced back, at least we could say we gave him a shot at the NHL level. But unless we’re in the middle of November and Bob is still on the table, there’s no way Burke moves Gustavsson after this whole process of months of hiding Gus from the NHL.
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Cliff Fletcher the lioness is the best part
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Does QualComp Matter?
Not really according to Dirk Hoag.
The comments are worth reading here. Corsi doesn’t correlate inversely with QoC basically because good players face good competition, so the positives (good player) balance out the negatives (facing tough comp).
So it’s not that QoC doesn’t matter, it’s that it doesn’t correlate inversely with corsi (unlike zonestart) because it’s not an independent variable. QoC does matter, a lot, you just have to look at it (and various other factors) in context.
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My whole thing is what defines quality? Like what I mean is, if you’re looking at a team like Vancouver, which centre would be defined as hardest to play against? That’s the part I can’t wrap my head around.
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Strictly speaking, corsi rel QoC measures “quality” in terms of who sees a positive ratio of shot attempts while on ice as compared to how the rest of the team does when he’s off the ice. If your opponents have high corsi rel figures, you are typically facing tough competition.
There are individual exceptions. Some guys will have a high corsi rel because they’re sheltered. But when factoring QoC your averaging everyone the guy plays against, so those outliers tend to balance out.
As to Vancouver, I’m guessing Sedins would have the highest corsi rel because they face such soft minutes. Malhotra wouldn’t look very good. But the Sedins are probably harder to play against than Malhotra overall, because with Manny you really don’t have to worry about defence much.
I suspect Kesler’s the hardest VCR C to play against and I’m betting it wouldn’t be reflected in corsi rel but as I said that’s the kind of outlier from individual team circumstances that gets evened out over an entire QoC calculation.
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The one article linked in the comments that I think is by Vic Ferrari is worth reading.
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Its hard to articulate my question/point online. What I have an issue is that each player has different qualities. So a player like Maholtra his role is to be a shutdown guy and take the tough assignments where has the Sedins are a puck possession offense first line. So say the MGK line for example, would most likely see Maholtra more than Sedins but that may bring down their QoC.
Im not sure this makes any sense, but it does in my head!
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Yeah, I think that stuff just evens out over a season’s worth of games and opponents.
Malhotra as a shutdown guy shows up in his corsi rel QoC and his zonestarts.
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by The '67 Sound on Jul 8, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Turns out the Sedins faced a higher quality of competition this year, and Kesler had a higher Corsi Rel.
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Makes sense Sedins faced tougher comp—most teams like to play power v. power. Impressive Kesler had a higher corsi rel though given that the Sedins had such amazingly cushy zonestarts.
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by The '67 Sound on Jul 8, 2011 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
From what I know of Vancouver, Vigneault would try and get the following matchups:
Sedins were getting forward zone starts (something ridiculous like 70%Ozone start) and toughest competition (i.e. matching against the Thornton line vs San Jose)
Malhotra was getting defensive zone starts (once again, something ridiculous like a 70%Dzone start), but his line was not what you would call a checking line (i.e. he wasn’t used like Dave Bolland was vs the Sedins)
IIRC Kesler was a bit of a rover. He was lined up against the other teams sheltered scoring line (ie Horton-Krejci-Lucic, Clowe-Cotoure-Heatley). Kesler also got PP time with the Sedins.
I didn’t watch Vancouver during the regular season, but in the playoffs it seemed like Vigneault primarily matched up Kesler against the other team’s top line, rather than the Sedins.
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Also remember it plays out totally differently road v. home. I think AV focuses more on zonestarts than line matching per se. I.e. he doesn’t care if you have your top line out, he’ll put the Sedins out if it’s an OZone F/O.
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by The '67 Sound on Jul 8, 2011 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
That was because Malhotra was hurt until the final.
If Sedins, Kesler and Manny are all in the lineup and healthy the Canucks run it something like what I described.
Also, 67sound makes a good point about home/road, and how the line matching and zone starts should not be confused as being the same thing. I tried to state that above (because Vigneault takes both into account), but he made it clearer.
Anyone else have a weird front page on TSN.ca?
Looks like we jumped back in time about 6 months. All the front page stories are from like December 2010 or something
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Wow – how old is this archive:
Headline: BRENT SCORES WINNER AS LEAFS BEAT FRAGILE THRASHERS
Apparently there the Leafs had some guy named Tim Brent who helped them be a hockey team in Atlanta of all places… history is weird.
Who the fuck is Tim Brent?
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by Draglikepull on Jul 8, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
the fucks a thrasher?
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Musta Been The Rapture
Lebda’s gone.
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Srsly
I think Jesus musta took him, cause nobody else would’ve.
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nah, it was the reverse rapture
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Which raises the question
If you had Jesus and Lebda in your Top 4 defence pairing, would you play them together – and hope JC covered for Lebda, or maybe put Leba out there with someone like Exelby, knowing they’d drown, but figuring Jesus could freestyle you back into the game when he was on-ice?
I donno.
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by not norm ullman on Jul 8, 2011 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
this is a good question
so do you do Lebda and XLB and just allow 4 goals a game
but then pair Jesus with his brother Luke, and score another 4
it really depends what kind of hockey you wanna see
I like the run and gun, a little excitement
Sure, we might get more balance with Jesus and Lebda paired, but even if we came away at -2, it’d make for a pretty sucky game – what with Jesus all the time worrying what numbnut was gonna do.
A lot more fun to see Jesus going end-to-end, Luke taking care of business at home, even if it meant dying a little inside, every time Leba and XLB hit the dancefloor.
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Could Jesus raise Lebda’s game from the dead? Probably not, just too much cross to bear.
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Thescore.com article on the Isles and the cap floor. If we managed to trade Komi to them for anything at all I would actually poop my pants.
seriously, we should trade him for future considerations, or a 2017 7th rounder. anything.
Congratulations Tomas!
The only way Komi moves before next year is if we take back bad salary in return. In other words, you couldn’t get him for a 2072 7th rounder. He has negative value so you need to basically pay someone to take him.
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by The '67 Sound on Jul 8, 2011 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
and it will be like the Giggy deal, probably bigger money than komi coming back, but shorter term
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Mirtle with a piece on the development camp.
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From said piece.
Ross was a bit of a forgotten man here, but he’s gotten considerably bigger in the interim and looks much more like a pro player. He said he’s up to 182 pounds and hopes to get to 190 this summer,
Excellent.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 8, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
You should see me when I’m listening to Boyz II Men.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 8, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Gardiner, Blacker, and Percy’s pieces all made me quite happy.
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Definitely. The one about D’Amigo was interesting. Wonder if his breakout at the WJC and subsequent hype made him rest on his laurels a little?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 8, 2011 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll allow it.
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LOOK AT ALL THOSE FREE AGENTS!!
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 8, 2011 3:40 PM EDT reply actions
Some were trades, but yeah they added looots of pieces. They’re not tanking right…
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
So...
In Colborne’s first NHL game he recorded his first ever point by assisting on Phil Kessel’s 32 goal of the season. In Gretzky’s first NHL game he recorded his first ever point by assisting on a goal by Kevin Lowe.
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Wash announces it has traded Eric Fehr to Wpg for Danick Paquette and a 4th rd pick. Fehr played junior in Brandon and is from Winkler MB.
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No idea who Danick Paquette is but that doesn’t sound like a great return. Guess that helps WSH’s cap situation though
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Canes won’t go to arbitration with Joslin. Signs 2-year deal for $1.4 million.
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who?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
AHL superstar by the looks of it. (Deep deep depth defenseman).
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oooooooooooooh I remember him! he was the prospect that was rumoured to be coming in a Kaberle trade from the Sharks
something like Joslin and a 2nd which some people were mad we never took
thank fuck Burke didnt bite
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
think they dumped him the sabres I think.. or thats one of their other defensive prospects who came up looked real good then fizzled out.
by Nigel Cadbury on Jul 8, 2011 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
nope that wasn’t Joslin.. thinking of someone else.. came before Carle in San Jose.
by Nigel Cadbury on Jul 8, 2011 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
ZIGOMANIS IS BACK
Can’t link the tweet here but check out @mikezigomanis, he broke his own news.
ZIGOMANIS VS DUPUIS – BATTLE FOR 4C
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 8, 2011 6:03 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
ZIG’D
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I DEMAND AN ENTIRE THREAD WITH CLEVER REFERENCES TO HOW MUCH A MAN ZIGOMANIS IS, AND ESPECIALLY HIS FACEOFF SKILL
Zig’d for Zigging
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by nhlcheapshot on Jul 8, 2011 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll ZIG one up
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
sorry i was playing ball hockey! Atta babe, taking initiative
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I meant it this way hahaha
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Zig a Zig Ahhhhh
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 8, 2011 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
(correction: clip starts about 1:20)
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Anisimov signed with Rangers
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Callahan iz all ourz
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Or Dubinzzzzzky
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by happiergilmore on Jul 8, 2011 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
We have like 5 C's but most are either injury prone or Bottom 6.
NYR on the other hand is going to have like 6.
Richards, Dubinsky, Boyle, Anisimov, Stepan, Rupp
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Zigomanis Re-ups with the Leafs/Marlies
Zigomanis is running wild! Appreciation thread (care of samspade)
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