Gustavsson's Defenders Don't All Play For The Leafs
by JP Nikota on Jan 10, 2012 7:03 AM EST
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PrintRecently, there is plenty of talk in support of our dear friend Jonas Gustavsson. Although I am among the greatest skeptics of The Monster's ability to remain a decent option for the Leafs in goal, numbers don't lie:
Even in the organization, few saw this coming, but Gustavsson has since posted a .922 save percentage and won eight of his past 10 starts, taking over the No. 1 role heading into Toronto’s meeting with the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.
Head on over to the Globe and Mail, where James Mirtle has the full story.
Plenty of links today. Hope you enjoy.
Leafs Links:
Why not Gustavsson?
Well, I've already explained why I think not. Cam Charron has his say at The Leafs Nation.
At the mid-way point, here’s what we know—and don’t know—about the Leafs
From Michael Langlois at Vintage Leaf Memories.
Nation Radio
I'm back on this week on Section 2 chatting about the Leafs' D, although technical difficulties cut the interview short. From The Leafs Nation.
Springing Malik: The Pain Game 2011/12 - Part Three
I love these charts. This fine gentleman puts together charts that show man games lost to injury, sorted by cap hit. As of the end of December the Leafs have lost the 3rd most cap hit time due to injury.
Marlies Hot & Cold: January 2nd-8th
The latest from the farm via Kyle Cicerella.
Leafs Week In Preview
From Andrew Bates at the Silver Fox.
Other Hackey Links:
Devils’ social hub starts to pay off
This is an interesting little tidbit from Fred Dreier at Sports Business Journal. Glove tap to Puck the Media for this one.
Marchand diary: On Canucks, critics
Brad Marchand has been dictating his thoughts to ESPN. Oh boy.
Ducks’ Jacques suspended three games for elbowing Jackets' Umberger
From the CP at the Globe.
NHL suspends Bruins’ Marchand five games for 'clipping' Salo
Most of you probably saw this already. Even if you didn't, you probably heard the weeping coming from Boston. From the CP at the Globe.
Here come the Los Angeles Kings
By Cam Charron at Backhand Shelf.
It finally happened: Columbus fired Scott Arniel
Just in case some of you folk haven't seen this yet. From JB at BS.
Hockey and Homework
An interview with Zach, a gay hockey player, over at Puck Buddies.
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I love reading the PPP Late night comments the next day. Very good way to start the morning.
i also love how crazy everyone gets when someone says they haven’t seen Blazing Saddles.
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don’t start that again.
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We don’t take kindly to your kind around here.
At least it's not Lebda.
by Nifty Mittens on Jan 10, 2012 8:12 AM EST up reply actions
We don’t take kindly to people who don’t take kindly around here.
by Tickle Me Aulie on Jan 10, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Now, calm down, Skeeter. They ain’t hurtin’ nobody.
At least it's not Lebda.
by Nifty Mittens on Jan 10, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
me either
I will fix that soon
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by Chemmy on Jan 10, 2012 10:31 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
You’re back?
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yah I’m back working again, so I need things to kill time during the day lol.
Being in school last semester and not being chained to a computer I rarely stayed on PPP past reading FTB for the links. Commenting takes too much effort.
yeah, i’m rarely in the GDTs for that reason…will probably be more now that my wife is back to work & on closing shifts.
isn't that something to look forward to?
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I’m rarely on GDTs because I don’t have cable so I watch games on my computer. Hence the desire to keep it full screen and not have a 2nd window open.
I do that sometimes, but usually I am too lazy to get out of bed (where I usually chill with my laptop) and go hook it up to my TV with the VGA cable…
Get a longer cable.
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TV isn’t in my bedroom… its out in the main room so we can chill on the couches and play xbox/N64 with multiple people. I have a 30 foot cable so its not a problem
Quick
Best game ever for N64:
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
My most played as WWF No Mercy, then Golden Eye, and the original Mario Party.
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NO particular order
No MErcy, Mario Kart, Golden Eye, Mario Party 2
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ugh, No mercy?!?!?
The following would have been acceptable:
Golden Eye
Mario Kart
and maybe:
Crusin’ USA
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
I tried to teach my son how to play Mario Kart 64.
He kept trying to turn the controller to make his car go.
/kidstoday
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Wayne Gretzky’s Hockey and Super Smash Bros?
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Wow I forgot Ocarina of Time.
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HOW THE HELL DID I FORGET OCARINA
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I’m ashamed with myself.
I feel shame
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Me too.
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I don’t.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
I went looking for the SNES Zelda game, and damn people want a lot of money for it.
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1 guy want $90. But that was 8 years ago or so, demand may have dropped off
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Get an emulator and dl the rom, or if you have a wii you can download it for like 4.99
it's sad, but living in B.C. has caused me to hate the Canucks more than the Habs. almost.
by Kevin Costner on Jan 10, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
i did that, and have an emulator on my phone
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I still play that game on the wii. new controller makes it so awkward to play.
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by thenumber14 on Jan 10, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
I never finished it. Maybe one of these days I’ll fire up the ol’ N64 one more time
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 10, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
I liked Majora’s Mask better.
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by SkinnyFish on Jan 10, 2012 11:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You’re the first person I have ever known to say that
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I have known one other.
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Yes I loved NO Mercy. I was playing it like a year ago, still love it.
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me too! i finally got my video game crate out of the basement and filled out entertainment centre with them.
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Revenge was fuckin awesome too. Summer of ‘99 was kickass. Everyday at my friend’s house playing Revenge or Blitz or Goldeneye or Mario kart
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I can destroy noobs in Mario Kart. Me and my roomates used to play it several times daily, and would do all 16 tracks each time. Speed boosts and short cuts FTW.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Fave course? Mine is Wario Stadium
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you time out your lightning bolt to shrink everyone at the jump and they fall onto the course below. Awesome
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Nothing more infuriating than getting hit by that.
by Self Destructive Zones on Jan 10, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
That, and getting stuff like banana trails and fake item boxes, and dropping them right at the top of that jump, and watching all the suckers hit them and fall down. Fabulous.
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I’ve seen it done, but could never do it myself.
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I’d spend half the bloody first lap trying to do it. Always paid off once I managed.
by Self Destructive Zones on Jan 10, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
it’s not a shortcut its a cheat. A short cut is, for example, going between the giant mushroom and the wall in Mario Raceway instead of following the track – you cut off a half second, can grab a bunch of boxes and take the lead. Wario Stadium’s “shortcut” is going backwards, making a jump and cheating. We banned such practices in our races.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
how do you feel about the rainbow road shortcut?
by JohnerstonRex on Jan 10, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
I’m not familiar with one. If it involves going backwards, or jumping across courses in a way that does not follow its original intent, we never allowed it. Ours was a straight race, following the course.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
I am okay with cheats but not with taking advantage of glitches.
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speakign fo video game short cuts. anyone heard of the Condor cluster?
US Military made a supercomputer out of a helluva lot of PS3’s
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IIRC it involved falling off the edge at a certain point and landing on the track again which is further along
by WizardofNaz on Jan 10, 2012 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
Ah yes, it happened by accident a few times, so we allowed it, but otherwise no one purposely took advantage of it.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
The one I know of is where you jump off the left side at the start of the track, before you go down the huge hill. If you time it right, you land further down the track, at the spot where the big Boo is located.
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My brother used to just go backwards on purpose to screw people over.
He successfully pulled this off in the NASCAR simulators at Daytona Beach. Crashed into my other brother as they came around the last turn of the race and the simulators were shaking like an earthquake took place.
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if you jump off the left side at the start of the track, and aim properly, you can jump to the track below and cut off 1/4 of the course., no backwards involved, but you definately jump the track.
by JohnerstonRex on Jan 10, 2012 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
Like I mentioned below, if my friends and I agree to it beforehand we’d do it, but if not we wouldn’t. That one’s tough, but the Wario Stadium cheats are a bit harder I think.
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I know of two _. Although, we always determined before the race started whether or not we’d use them. If it was a serious race, we’d do it properly, but if we were just messing around then we’d cheat our way to victory
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Bowser’s Castle was a big challenge, because even with the lead, there were plenty of places to screw up (sharp turn to the bridge was one), that was always a good one. Mario Raceway was a great short one too (I think thats the name), lots of shortcuts that have big pay-off if you get them done right. Need the speed boosts badly there to win.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
going farther out, my favourite track on Double Dash was the carnival track. small circle, 9 laps of insanity
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Yes, Baby Park. One of the best tracks ever.
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Yeah Wario Stadium is awesome. I also love Choco Mountain, just for the absolutely hilarious music
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I would add
Perfect Dark to this list as well
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by Semi_Colon on Jan 10, 2012 10:02 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I actually HATED Perfect Dark
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I loved it. The addition of bots was huge!
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This is the correct answer… I might personally add star fox 64
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by BetterThanBester on Jan 10, 2012 10:08 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Do a barrel roll!
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 10, 2012 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
Golden Eye, Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Harvest Moon 64, Super Smash Bros
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It was so “avante garde” to put a “64” behind everything. Automatically made it cooler.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 9:54 AM EST up reply actions
i remember the Crusin’ USA arcade machines identified it as it’s codename ultra 64
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That was supposed to be the name orignally, no? Or am I remembering it all wrong?
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
going off the board with Banjo Kazooie. i 100%’d the shit
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by thenumber14 on Jan 10, 2012 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
Also 1080 snowboarding
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i'm to old for this game
so I’m going old-school with NES games:
Mario 3
Dr. Mario
Battletoads
Double Dragon II
Super-spike Volley Ball (4-player mode)
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in time.
/dropsmic
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by thenumber14 on Jan 10, 2012 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
no dude, teenage mutant ninja turtles 2: the arcade game
by JohnerstonRex on Jan 10, 2012 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
those games were such a disappointment to me.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
TMNT 2 was OK I guess. I dunno. I just loved the turtles as a kid. the games didn’t live up to my expectations somehow.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
fair enough. I couldn’t have played that game enough back in the day.
by JohnerstonRex on Jan 10, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
OMG YES
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Super Spike VBall was awesome. Ever play Super Dodge Ball? Amazing
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no, never played that.
i’m glad someone appreciates SSVB. the music alone is worth the cost of admission.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
One of my fave NES games ever
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i have a great ROM emulator on my Android as well.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
Ok I need the name of that emulator… I just got an android
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Has to be Contra
Ghost and Goblins also gets a nod for being the most frustrating game ever, I think it was rated the hardest video game ever by one of those game review shows.
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Contra without the konami code may be just as frustrating. They made games pretty damn tough in the nes and snes days
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by BetterThanBester on Jan 10, 2012 10:14 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I think the fact that with most games you could save made it hard.
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errr couldn’t
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That’s true. Most games had the Mario way of basically you either go back to the start of the level or some “checkpoint” at halfway through a level. That being said, Donkey Kong games were pretty easy and they did that.
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True. If you wanted to beat TMNT:The Arcade Game (or 75% of any other NES title), you needed to have 2-3 hours to spare and hope you didn’t run out of lives in one of the million death traps along the way. Also, it’s infuriating when you can’t beat stage 6, but you can’t get to that stage without going through 1-5 first, sometimes losing lots of health and lives along the way. There’s no way to practice a tough spot.
The flip side is that you got really good at the first few levels through sheer repetition, until you could finally get completely through without a scratch. That felt good.
That is why I like playing SNES and NES games on the computer. I can save it whereever I want.
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And most emulators have a “frame skip” button that allows you to do things like speed up the random battles in old RPGs. Final Fantasy V is so much better when you can just auto-level through the grind-y portions.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah the same thing applies for Pokémon, which can be a downright pain without a frame rate increase.
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Seriously, has anyone ever beat a Mega Man game?
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i could beat about half of the NES ones.
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I played a lot of video games as a could and I always found those to be the hardest
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agreed.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
I also beat SMB 1 when i was in second grade, only once though. I tried to do it again and never succeeded.
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I've beaten SMB 1 a few times
That god damn mother fucking hammer bro at the end of 8-4… Jesus.
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I got to the very end of Mega Man X and I just. Couldn’t. Beat. Fucking. Sigma.
Seriously, that motherfucker is a tough… motherfucker.
Actually
Now that I think about it, I may have just gotten to Sigma in every game and never actually defeated him. I did it on an emulator too.
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I liked Contra and Blades of Steel a lot.
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Blades of Steel was amazing, precurser to all the “NHL” games. Except for that the announcer could only say one phrase; “he gets the pass” or something like that.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
“gets the pass, gets the pass, gets- gets- gets the pass”
He could also say “fight”. And the refs whistle sounded like a bird or something.
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I forgot all about this game. I played it alot, as well as “Bases Loaded” which is one of my favourite baseball games ever
by JohnerstonRex on Jan 10, 2012 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
Ken Griffey Jr. Major League Baseball has to be the best baseball game of all time.
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also amazing. I had world series baseball on the sega game gear. That game was great, because it had the championship blue jays roster in it. You could always win games with that team.
by JohnerstonRex on Jan 10, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
Base Wars and Baseball Stars disagree
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When I was 7, my friend and I would play Blades of Steel non stop. The sound bites in that game were fantastic
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Leaf jerseys were green.
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by thenumber14 on Jan 10, 2012 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
There were only like 9 teams right?
You could be:
Toronto
Edmonton
Montreal
Calgary
Vancouver
Minnesota
Detroit
Chicago
NY (rangers not the Islanders, as if that needed clarification)
…Help me out here…
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
According to Wikipedia it was 8 teams.
Toronto, Van, Montreal, Edmonton from Canada
NY, Chicago, LA, Minny from US
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I could swear Detroit was there.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
I started with Atari 2600 only had one games, space invaders. Played that for a 6 months before my brother got a second game for his birthday.
best game was frostbite
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i vaguely remember playing some atari as a kid. there was a smurfs game i believe.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
frostbite was awesome. i still have my wood paneled 2600 set up
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Epic list
Mario 3 has to be one of the all time greatest games
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I never had Mario 3 itself, but Super Mario All Stars for snes was an epic compilation as you could play Mario, Mario 2, and Mario 3.
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I am really pissed as I had it, it came bundled with my SNES. I brought the SNES to my grandmas to play when there after I got 64. My cousin brought a bunch of his games too so we had a lot, but later when we got a bit older we both brought our games and I brought my system home. My cousin took Allstars as his own and all his stuff got sold at a garage sale.
My grandparents also sold my NES at a garage sale after it had been at their place for a few years.
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BATTLETOADS!
Also I am pretty sure Dr. Mario was SNES.
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Battletoads was one of the best 8-bit games IMO.
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by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
Why 99 in particular? 97 was the last one I owned for a console until 2004, I had 98-03 for PC.
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99 was the best one from that era, and frankly, one of the best N64 games ever made.
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Hm, guess it kind of sucks I didn’t have it for 64, but I do remember it being good for PC as well. I had some kick ass controllers for my computer which were basically PS controllers. 99 was the one with Lindros right? With Forsberg 98 and Pronger 2000?
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When a player in the NHL goes hard ot the net and just jams it in, I still say “BBBBBBBBB” (as in the button) as thats a good way to score in NHL 99. We played that a lot too, second most after Mario Kart (this was in the mid-2000s too)
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
I remember in NHL 2001 for PC, there was a glitch where you would skate behind your own net and then “dump the puck”, and the puck would go over everyone’s head, including the goalie’s, and into the opposing net.
I used to play Canada against some awful country like Latvia or something, and then just do that so Canada would win like 99-0.
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I used to try to beat the game playing with awful teams like Norway, who didn’t even have a complete roster, so the disclaimer in the game was that their players had to be made up. Beating the game with Canada was just too wasy.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
Super Mario 64
Ocarina of Time
Mario Kart
Goldeneye
Mario Party 2
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Crap I forgot Super Smash Bros
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Ocarina of Time, Wave Race 64, WCW vs nWo Revenge, Mario 64 and, uh . . . that’s basically it.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
Oh yeah, and Goldeneye.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
My list?
Goldeneye, Super Smash, Perfect Dark, Ocarina of Time, Wayne Gretzky hockey.
Also for the record I am one of hte few people who liked WWF attitude for a wrestling game.
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Fuck I forgot mario tennis.
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Mario Tennis was awesome. Always used the same character (as in Mario Kart): Peach. Totally underrated, and I don’t care who makes fun of me for it.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
Same, and Mario Golf. I dunno why but those two games were so awesome.
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Mario Golf was awesome.
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ONE TWO THREE FORE!!!
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Put a hole in your wall and set up an elaborate set of mirrors to watch the tv from bed.
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No Ice Hockey or RBI baseball? what the fuck you all
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 10, 2012 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
Fat medium mediun skinny
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two medium, two skinny
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 10, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
Those kill mi
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by Nifty Mittens on Jan 10, 2012 9:26 AM EST up reply actions
Chemmy’s comment last night was right on – don’t see it censored first. The only reason AMC plays Blazing Saddles on TV is so that everyone can remember how great it is when it’s uncensored.
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by Bower Power on Jan 10, 2012 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
neither have I, it’s on my list, it’s just that I don’ really watch that many movies.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t watch movies so I’m exempt.
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by WizardofNaz on Jan 10, 2012 9:30 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
When I was eight, my father made me watch it. Doing his duty.
I haven’t seen it since, so I’m due for a refresher.
by Kessel'sOversizedSuit on Jan 10, 2012 9:52 AM EST up reply actions
every couple months I’m going through my library of movies (Hundreds) and see it and decide its time for a refresher..
History of the World Part One
it's sad, but living in B.C. has caused me to hate the Canucks more than the Habs. almost.
by Kevin Costner on Jan 10, 2012 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
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by not norm ullman on Jan 10, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
The french hating comments are getting borderline.
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by Fergus30 on Jan 10, 2012 9:14 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I for one would like to say I had words put into my mouth.
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I didn’t see any “hating” going on. Did I miss something? Voicing your perception of what the objectives are of a bill (whether correct or not) does not equal dicrimination against those who passed or supported the bill.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
the laughing and merriment at people who are genuinely upset because they feel their language and culture is being threatened could be classified as hating.
But hey, just forget what I said. I’m sure it’s not very important.
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Ah, I see. From BCapps response, I thought you were refering to his comment on the intentions of bill 101.
Mind you, this happens all the time with late night shows and people such as Colbert; I don’t see much outrage there.
However, I did find the interaction with the older gentleman in that video distasteful.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
I thought the video was actually pretty dumb. He was just ripping on people who could barely speak french. The only parts that made me laugh were the guy saying drinking molsons was pissing on Quebec and the guy in a Nordiques jersey at a Habs rally…
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it wasn’t a habs rally, it was a language rally. I would believe that you could wear whatever jersey you want at a rally that is about hockey and language.
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I don’t really have any sympathy because the french language and Quebecois culture is not threatened. Not by Randy Cunneyworth, and certainly not on a day-to-day basis in Montreal. If they feel that it is, fair enough, and they can march and protest, that’s their right, but they are wrong if they think there is a factual basis for concern. At the very least, they are going about “saving” their language the wrong way entirely. Passing laws to force the language on people (immigrants, mostly) is not a way to get people to use it. Make the language something people want to use, not have to use.
The whole thing stems not from a real threat to language and culture, but to a cultural insecurity that, frankly, comes from an inability to understand the role of culture at all (or an unwillingness to do the right thing), at least on the part of the politicians who craft these laws. Again, sure, I can understand why some guy from anytown, Quebec thinks this is an issue, but that’s only because the politicians have made it one, and have not given the population of the province any opportunity (unless they live in multicultural Montreal) to see otherwise. It’s telling that the seperatist party came out and said that multiculturalism has no place in Quebec.
So, like I said, no sympathy. And I don’t like your hockey team either, protesters.
by Leaf in Habland on Jan 10, 2012 10:32 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
An example of how bureaucracy enables the idea that the quebecois culture is oppressed: I just started a track club. We want to call it Montreal Endurance. We picked that name because it works in both french and English. We submitted it to the Office of the French Language (which vets all organization names to make sure they are french enough) and we were rejected because we did not put an accent on the E in Montreal. So our president called them up and said, no problem, put in the accent. They said, no sorry, you have to resubmit your request. That kind of idiocy has nothing to do with language. But they build it up as necessary to “defend” the language. And that makes people feel hateful towards that language (and therefore culture). So they are causing many of the problems themselves.
And the Habs suck. But that’s not really related.
by Leaf in Habland on Jan 10, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
See I think that is ridiculous that you have to put the E on it. Or frankly that there is an office you have to submit things to, to be “french enough”. I do find that discriminatory.
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It is absolutely stupid and discriminatory. The only thing that saves it from not being legally discrimination is that the Quebec government used the notwithstanding clause to by-pass the constitution to allow the law to be passed.
by Leaf in Habland on Jan 10, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
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by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t agree with the whole Cunneyworth kerfuffle, but I think Anglos consistently understate the significant challenges facing the french language in Canada, and look at the issue as if its no big deal – because we’re the majority, US speaks our language, etc. The Francophones in Canada, throughout most of our history, were repressed, controlled through various means (Anglo elites in control of Quebec business, etc.), discriminated against and ignored (Louis Riel, etc.). I also hear (not from you!) Anglos say things like “why doesn’t Quebec just leave Canada”,, Canada would be better without Quebec, etc. which is absolute nonsense that feeds right into the extreme Quebecois nationalist rhetoric – Canada is a MUCH better country BECAUSE of Quebec.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
why doesn’t Quebec just leave Canada
However, this one goes both ways, don’t forget, 41% of francophones felt this way. That’s too many to call it a “few dumb people”.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
Sorry, that should be 49% not 41.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
the vote wasn’t just francophones, and it only account of those who were of legal age and actually voted and had the ballot count.
plus it was 16 years ago.
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So, it was as legitimate as any other election, no?
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t think any anglo seriously wants Quebec to leave (apart from the nutjobs of course) … what they want is for the whining and sense of entitlement (and the pandering from our Federal government) to stop.
It’s like dealing with a child who threatens to take their ball and go home. Eventually everyone just gets fed up and says “fine, go then!”.
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Jan 10, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I fully understand that they have a serious complaint and that they have been discriminated since the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. I just don’t think that gives them the right to be so disciminatory themselves.
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by BCapp on Jan 10, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
well, for one thing they don’t view it as discrimination, but cultural protections. Given their hundreds of years of repression under the British and early Canadian governments, it’s easy to understand why. In addition, the french in general (goes for France too) view cultural safeguards as important, sometimes more than the individua’s rights. We have stronger ties ideologically as a state to Britain and the private property, negative rights views (Locke, etc.)
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
See I don’t care what they consider it. Telling people what school to send your kids too, or making stores take down their signs because of the language they are in is discriminating.
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The French were repressed because the British conquered them. They won the war. The only reason I can think of why the British didn’t just assimilate the French afterward was because they were worried that forcing the French to give up their culture and language would lead to insurrection and further violence. It’s a surprising attitude considering that most countries were pretty ruthless at the time. Basically it would’ve made more sense pragmatically for the country to either have on uniform language, or if Canada was going to go bilingual, go all the way. Don’t make it just Quebec (and New Brunswick, I guess).
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 10, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
Put another way, I’ve talked to people from other countries who have asked me why, if Canada is supposedly a bilingual country, why I don’t speak French too. I’ve never been able to give a satisfactory answer other than “because I don’t live in Quebec” which is inevitably followed up by, “How come people only speak French in Quebec?” Of course, then I point out New Brunswick, which doesn’t really help either.
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 10, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
Manitoba was French, until Riel was killed and the government flooded it with English settlers, attempting to destroy Métis culture. Justifying the Britishs’ policies by saying “well, others were doing worse at the time” is not a proper argument in any sense. The French government lost in the 1600s – by the 1800s these people were certainly what we would understand to be Canadians (officially British subjects, but within Canada)
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
Again anyone who had a proper educaiton on Canadian history (less than I can proudly state) would not argue with this.
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Sort of, I learned in school exactly what t for truculence stated – that the British were better than most and allowed the french to keep their language and culture. It’s not really that true – if you wanted to be a businessman or be in politics, you had to be bilingual if you were French. Anglos were almost never bilingual. So, you have what is “officially” linguistic protection but what was in fact discrimination in most forms of public life. Not to mention most business were run and controlled for a good while.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
proper educaiton on Canadian history
I agree. I spoke to some people in other schools who never even learned about Riel! In public schools. WTF?
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I remember learning about a lot of these issues in high school, although not actually being French Canadian I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to speak past whatever biases I have growing up in Ontario.
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 10, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not french canadian at all, but being relatively bilingual has helped me understand this much better, as working with many many Quebecois has.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
proper educaiton on Canadian history
My school board sucked for Canadian history
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My school board sucked for Canadian history
I think that stands for most school boards.
I had a course in high school called Canada in a North American Perspective. A part of the course was centred on how bad our school system does teaching Canadian history.
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ha. i had a few good courses in high school, but everything before grade 9 was all voyageurs, nothing post cabot/hudsons bay co.
thank god i had an interest in it and did some learnin’ on my own
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they did a really good job of making me think Canadian history was the most boring and useless field of study possible. Luckily, I’m intellectually curious and am slowly finding out that’s not really the case.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder how much of the sad history teaching in elementary/secondary school has to do with Canadian’s apathy to our culture/government.
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We talked about this a fair bit in my MA Canadian history courses. My theory is that Canadian historians have worked really hard to make the history of their country irrelevant to the actual lives of Canadians, so it’s not really surprising if no one can be bothered to learn about it.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
I can’t tell if you are being serious. Why would Canadian historians have done that?
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I don’t think they did it on purpose, I just think a lot of them are boring, self-absorbed ivory tower types who have really rigid views on “proper” history that make history seem really boring and inert. But anyway, that’s a long and probably boring discussion about pedagogy that this isn’t really the place for.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
Fair enough but I think I see where you are coming from. Whatever the etiology of it, it is a true shame the lack of interest Canadians have in our own history.
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by BCapp on Jan 10, 2012 3:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Canada A People’s History got monster ratings didn’t it?
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 10, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
but history isn’t necessary right? in the real world? We should pull more funding from it.
/sarcasm
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I don’t usually hear about funding getting cut from history. Usually its drama or another art. Does that actually happen? History funding cut?
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That is what I was referring to. It is pretty sad the history most of us got. We actually have a rich history but the only history a lot of people ever learn are the world wars. Its sad.
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World wars? really? Last history I took was on Upper and Lower Canada and how Mcdonald became the 1st Presi… err Prime Minister.
(I left Canada in grade 8.)
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
My Canadian history education was actually pretty good considering I only tok the mandatory course.
It was actually really good in elementary school. Than in highschool we had a course that went from the battle of the plains of Abraham to the world wars. Spent a lot of time on Battle of the Plains of Abraham, War of 1812, Confederation, Settling the Prairies (The Last Best West and Camut Wheat, etc), the role of Canadians in WW1, and the history of native canadians.
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Sounds a lot like what I got. In university I also studied WWI, which had quite a lot of focus on the Canadian perspective, and then the American Civil War because I knew nothing about it
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 10, 2012 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
When I was at school (wow starting a sentence like that makes me feel old) The focus was world history. The Candian history courses at high school were purley electives and often cancelled dued to low attendance.
In the course I mentioned above we watched a short documentary film on the battle of Vimy Ridge which protrayed the Americans winning the battle. This was a film that the teacher said had been used as an aide in years past.
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I really enjoyed learning about the early period after confederation when Canada was kind of “unified” for lack of a better word.
Also I do enjoy learning about Canada’s role in the two world wars. It is just annoying when it is the only thing they teach. I think our roles as sappers, training the air forces, Ypres, and Juno (just to name a bunch of things off the top of my head) are fascinating. Also learning about the BS way we were equipping our soldiers because of contracts (the boots and guns) was also really interesting.
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The issues facing Francophones in Canada are very real, but my position is simple – language can’t be controlled by the government and it shouldn’t try. I have no problem with official bilingualism in terms of government services and departments, but a government can not control how language is used; L’Académie française has been fighting that failing battle in a predominantly French country for centuries. It doesn’t work, and it won’t. Language can, does, and will evolve, and it’s not the government’s job to get involved in trying to “fix” that.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
I just can’t stand the heavy handed approach. Our language is being threatened so we are going to force everyone to use it. People have the right to use other languages.
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That’s exactly right. The goal of saving/promoting French language and culture is a good one, but the way they are going about it is wrong. Yes, there may have been significant oppression up until the 70s, but there is no such oppression now. A francophone quebecer faces no employment challenges in Quebec today, at least not related to language and culture. The war is over. Some may argue this is a result of the loi 101 policies and the like, but it’s more likely in spite of them. Culture and society, like language, changes. It’s time to move on. Quebec could be a.powerhouse if it wanted to.
by Leaf in Habland on Jan 10, 2012 12:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You listening to this Jews? Blacks?
He said get over yourselves, that was then and this is now. Suck it up.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Jan 10, 2012 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
And I think I am just sensitive this morning, because when I woke up I see I was accused of calling all Quebeqois:
are just a bunch of June 24th type guys, amirite? A bunch of poutine-eating, thin-lipped, small-nosed discriminators, them people.
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Wait Quebeqois are all NHL draft type people? Does that mean they constantly rank and draft each other? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? AM I A FIRST ROUND PICK?
Also, Bill Watters never used the word faggot, so he’s cool.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Jan 10, 2012 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not sure it’s appropriate to feel one’s language and culture is being threatened because their local sports team promoted someone within the organization, and that person hasn’t happened to learn a second language over the course of his life.
It wasn’t a “rally to promote french culture in quebec”, it was a rally to lament the management decisions by a sports team. So at that point, it isn’t a language rally – it’s a habs rally.
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by Bower Power on Jan 10, 2012 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
One thing I will agree with the protesters on is that the Habs are an integral part of their culture. I think it is fair to say it is a language rally. It’s still going about things the wrong way, but it is about language.
by Leaf in Habland on Jan 10, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
The thing with the Habs is that they have fans accross NA so it is a part of their culture but it is also bigger than just their culture.
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Honestly though he is taking French courses just like Bowman did when he was there…
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Which is another reason why it is dumb.
by Leaf in Habland on Jan 10, 2012 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
You are thinking too broadly. Think small-minded and provincial and you’ll start to understand.
by Leaf in Habland on Jan 10, 2012 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
yeah….its sad that an incredibly vocal minority is raining crap down on everyone.
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How would you use “Tea Party” as an adjective here?
it's sad, but living in B.C. has caused me to hate the Canucks more than the Habs. almost.
by Kevin Costner on Jan 10, 2012 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
Holy underwear! Sheriff murdered! Innocent women and children blown to bits! We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!
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by Chemmy on Jan 10, 2012 10:38 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
so accurate in predicting the “security theatre” aspect of modern political culture it’s not even funny any more…
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Jan 10, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
I will rec this, and then I will go home. Thank you, Fergus.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Jan 10, 2012 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
Leafs notebook
http://mapleleafshotstove.com/2012/01/09/leafs-notebook-january-9/
I notice you guys don’t link to this ever. Imho the best piece on the leafs going.
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Nice piece. Well worth the time.
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by not norm ullman on Jan 10, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
Like it
Wish he’d flesh out some of his ideas and make more posts though. That Detroit goal is crying out for a video breakdown. Might do that tonight.
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I’m sure you’re wrong but when we miss it, it probably has to do with their publishing time and when it goes into our Readers. But that’s what the comments are for: dropping in any pieces we miss.
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Although
6 teams had a positive GD when he published not 4.
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In the top eight.
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by Chemmy on Jan 10, 2012 10:56 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
OH WELL LAADEEDAA
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I like the observations on Kadri.. looks like this guy is the real deal (with some obvious rough edges). Looking forward to what he will do in a year or two!
by GettinGiggy on Jan 10, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
Why I love that Marchand blog, you could tell it was written by him. You can picture him writing it with crayons or something
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This has to be the best description of it. Although it’s missing all the stick figure crayon drawings to go along with it. Why has no one done this yet? C’mon Internet!
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
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stick figures & crayons?
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by elseldo on Jan 10, 2012 8:52 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
It’s like rain on your wedding day?
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
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a free ride, when you’ve already paid?
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
not at all. It’s more like a free ride when you’ve already paid.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
It’s pretty evident everybody has heard the same song. What a coincidence
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 10, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
It’s a little bit ironic, don’t you think?
(actually, no, it’s not at all, and its a terrible song)
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
But, for what it’s worth, she is an icon of canadian 90s pop/alternative-pop that has survived through today.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 9:25 AM EST up reply actions
Canada: Celebrating our Musicians’ successes in America, or their mediocrity at home.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
Or Andre the Giant.
I shot a moose once, in upstate New York.
by not norm ullman on Jan 10, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
Heard You Oughta Know on the radio the other day and was jamming to it. Aged very well
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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Surviving..in that she’s still alive?
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Jan 10, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
look back, clarified that it was her music that “survived”.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
As Golden Words pointed out
1000 spoons when all you need is a knife? That’s not ironic. You can still sort of cut with a spoon. What would be ironic is if you needed a knife and you had 1000 egg timers.
by c_gee on Jan 10, 2012 9:53 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
And rain in your wedding day isn’t ironic… Unless you are marrying a witch… Caus we all know witches melt when hit with water.
by c_gee on Jan 10, 2012 9:55 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, “ironic” wasn’t the word my wife used on our wedding day. It poured all day, it’s still a sore subject.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
unless the rain prevented you guys from getting married, or somehow turned you into a creep for life, i don’t see the problem.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
His wedding present to his wife was a mogwai and then the freshly multiplied thousands crashed the reception after midnight and then they ended up with gremlins running amok
by WizardofNaz on Jan 10, 2012 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
It was supposed to be an outdoor wedding, under a gazebo and little white chairs set up around it. She didn’t have a “plan B” because she said that it would be like “inviting rain”.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
seems to me not having a “plan B” was “inviting rain”
but yeah, that kind of sucks.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
What would be ironic was if you needed a knife and all you had was a cutter (small sailboat). But no-one uses the real definition of irony anyway…
I've been looking at the sky
by Back In Black on Jan 10, 2012 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
Engineering humour. Ho boy, who do I send my subscription payment to?
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It actually has almost nothing to do with engineering. Engineering students at Queen’s are too busy and humour-impaired to write their own newspaper, so they get film studies and philosophy students to do it for them.
It is awesome. Neil Parischa, the Book of Awesome writer, was the editor when I was in school.
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To be fair, GW made up a lot of the stories that it broke.
by Peter Lynn on Jan 10, 2012 7:24 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
That song is not ironic at all
Someone just has shit luck
it's sad, but living in B.C. has caused me to hate the Canucks more than the Habs. almost.
by Kevin Costner on Jan 10, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
fail
it's sad, but living in B.C. has caused me to hate the Canucks more than the Habs. almost.
by Kevin Costner on Jan 10, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
isnt it ironic that the song isnt actually ironic?
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Jan 10, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
Based on Marchand’s blog, this is how I imagine he talks.
TWEET AT ME BRO
Leaf fan for life! (No, really. They gave me a no-trade clause when I was born.)
by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 10, 2012 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
It hurts my everything
At least it's not Lebda.
by Nifty Mittens on Jan 10, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
I guess it's not surprising that Montreal is leading the CHIP Index
I think Scott Gomez missed 3 games.
How long is he out for? I’d love to keep making fun of him for being terrible, but its hard when he hasn’t played in a while (but who noticed?). I wonder if he wants to stay out just because he sucks so badly.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
lol habs
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by Frag on Jan 10, 2012 9:48 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
Sure is nice to have a baseball team!
by 9 Dollar Beer on Jan 10, 2012 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
The Star still uses the Buffaslug as their logo in the papers.
Is it just mocking the opponent by saying “hey you know that stupid logo you had? yeah we remember”?
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I think their sports writer/editor is just that dumb.
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It seems like that kind of thing (not updating a team’s logo in paper/on tv) happens a lot. On TSN they used the “old” raptors logo until last season, for example (not that anyone cares about basketball).
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i completely forgot about the NBA until today while reading the sports section.
now I know how non-NHL fans felt post lockout
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I only notice it because I get annoying at how much time it takes away from hockey on Sportscentre. Basketball season makes PVRing SC necessary so I can fastforward through the highlights.
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Loved Gunnar on Gus
Gunnarsson added he admires how Gustavsson has dealt with all the adversity – and criticism – the past 2 1/2 years since coming to Toronto. "What he’s really good at is doing his own thing," Gunnarsson said. "He never listens to anyone. People have been giving him a hard time for a while now, but he just doesn’t listen. He comes down to the rink, and he does his best every day. Media especially [are hard on him], asking him how that play felt, to have five [goals] behind you – that’s tough. But he’s a pro about it. He doesn’t really care. I admire that about him. It’s really hard [to do]."
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by not norm ullman on Jan 10, 2012 10:02 AM EST reply actions
It is unquantifiable by statistics, but from my eyes it has appeared that Gus has been a little stronger mentally this year. Last year everytime he let in a few goals you could see him get angry and frustrated. This year, not so much
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 10, 2012 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
Especially that one goal where he cursed, grabbed the syrup bottle, and took a chug before putting his mask back on and getting back in net.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 11:06 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
I dunno man, a few games into this season I thought Gus basically looked like he had given up on himself and figured he was done in the NHL. It’s cool that a stretch of playing well seems to have helped him regain his confidence, though.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
I’ve always thought that his two biggest issues as a goaltender were his weakness mentally (for lack of a better term) and his tendency to overplay/over-slide a lot. The overplaying of the puck leading to some soft goals, which then destroyed his confidence and frustrated him, leading to a horrible spiral.
I don’t think there’s any question that he’s got a tremendous amount of athletic ability for a goaltender to make some pretty spectacular saves, it’s always been an issue of not stopping the shots he should be able to stop 100% of the time.
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 10, 2012 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
Late addition to the FTB from Puck Buddies:
http://puckbuddys.com/2012/01/08/hockey-and-homework/
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new article on TSN about Phaneuf
from Jonas Siegel
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What a locker room cancer.
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by Bower Power on Jan 10, 2012 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
oh my god the image of him losing his shit on the ping pong table and people ribbing him about it just kills me.
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by thenumber14 on Jan 10, 2012 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
Terrible captain and leader
"They build a statue, they knock it down and piss on it, and now they will be out there building it again."
by ThickSkinnedAlive on Jan 10, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
I was impressed when we traded mostly useless players for Phanuef and Aulie, but it still amazes me to this day the kind of player, talent wise and off-the-ice (captain), that we got out of this.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
i feel like
as a group leafs fans are kinda manic with Gustavsson. He’s still under .905 on the season.
"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.
We are pretty bipolar on him. But I don’t think it is him specifically. We are just like that about everything. We get high (and low) on players based on 5 or 6 games all the time.
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Ehh, I’m glad he’s playing well and I hope it continues, but I still think he’s a longshot to have a career as more than a below-average backup goalie. As long as he keeps playing well though, I’m going to enjoy it.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
905 you say
So, really, better than any Leafs goalie (other than Reimer) since Belfour? Why would fans be (mildly) excited about that?
I've been looking at the sky
by Back In Black on Jan 10, 2012 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
If Leafs fans are excited about goaltending that’s well below league average, we are, to use a polite phrase, so very fucked.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
A good stretch will do that to people.
Honestly, I hope Gustavsson improves. Even if he doesn’t cut it as a starting goaltender, he’d make a decent backup.
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Even if he doesn’t cut it as a starting goaltender, it would be nice if he’d make a decent backup.
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i feel like
as a group leafs fans are kinda manic with Gustavsson. He’s still under .905 on the season.
"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.
feel very strongly about it too
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by elseldo on Jan 10, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I feel you felt BCapp concurrence was enough so you posted it a second time?
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Really? I feel like most of what I’ve heard or read is, “he’s hot now so let’s keep rolling him until he isn’t”
I think I agree with the average fan that right now, he gives us the best chance to win.
http://bluechipprospects.blogspot.com
I think Chemmy’s point about the EV Sv% is a good one. Gustavsson’s still the same he’s just doing better on the PK.
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I agree with that, but you can’t completely discount PK sv%.
It’s less a product of skill than even strength sv% is, but it’s still relevent
http://bluechipprospects.blogspot.com
It’s much less repeatable. Basically every year Ryan Miller “struggles” you can look at his PK Sv% and he likely struggled there.
But there’s definitely something this year between Gus and Reimer on the PK beyond just variations in luck. Roll with Gus until the wheels fall off.
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everyone used to slam Gus for the PK, saying “the PK would be better if the goalies could just make a save”.
now all of a sudden Gus as a strong PK SV% (better than Reimer) and it’s “just luck”?
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
That’s because Gus is also bad at evens.
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I have a feeling I know where this is headed.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
Hopefully it’s trending up like Gustavsson. I’m just explaining things.
Bad at evens and bad on the PK = bad goalie.
Great at evens and bad on the pk = something stupid is happening.
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Gus doesn’t have a “strong” PK SV%, it’s 56th in the league (a bit higher if you take out goalies with only a few GP).
On Minnesota, Josh Harding and Niklas Backstrom have an identical .935 ESSV% (as does James Reimer). On the PK, Harding’s SV% is .929 and Backstrom’s is .875. On that basis, would you be giving Harding the bulk of the starts over Backstrom?
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Okay, now I know you’re making this up. Everyone knows Niklas Backstrom is a forward on the Capitals. Nice try buddy!
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 12:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
For the next little while I be posting with bad-grammar-like-symptoms.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
Isn’t that what we have Jared for?
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
that and to make you all look less pretty compared to
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 10, 2012 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
his EV SV% is on the rise though, right? if you take out games against boston (or even the first blowout against boston, after he hadn’t played a game since like February of last year) it rises to like .920+ on the season. it might be a little disingenuous to say it hasn’t changed or that it isn’t improving.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
IMO it’s a difficulty with needing such a large sample to determine “true” talent. Players may actually be getting better or worse over the 3-4 seasons involved, and so the talent level becomes a moving target.
I’m hoping that Gustavsson is actually getting better, and so his relative success this year reflects a higher talent level than he demonstrated previously (rather than just a large spike from an .898 goalie). I’m skeptical that the stats can definitively show this either way.
I've been looking at the sky
by Back In Black on Jan 10, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
It’s not terribly complicated… either he wins the next 41+ in a row, or we revert to Reimer
unless Ron Wilson is not to be trusted...
by GettinGiggy on Jan 10, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
Just an FYI that today’s Top 25 Under 25 post will be going up this evening as opposed to around noon due to technical difficulties and general rage towards my computer.
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Sounds like you guys need new IT staff…
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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That’s Unlawful.
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by thenumber14 on Jan 10, 2012 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
My work computer blew up this morning. Our IT guy works in the other office.
If I wasn’t on an old-ass computer that asks me if I want to update Adobe Flash Player each time I load a webpage, I could probably do it.
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Sounds like you need an IT person at that office
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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Our company is only like 40 people. I doubt we need 2 IT staff.
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WHAT IF HE GOES ON VACATION OR IS SICK?
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To compensate for being late, today’s game preview will be posted yesterday.
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by Bower Power on Jan 10, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
We have been talking about mental health and the CMHA recently so I thought this may interest some
This years Detroit Free Press Marathon (there are lots of other options like half marathon, and other shorter options) has a Canadian charity as one of there official charities for the first time: The Windsor chapter of the CMHA (Canadian Mental health Association). So anyone in the Windsor or Detroit area should look into this if they are interested.
Cheers.
https://www.facebook.com/events/188465767919166/
http://www.freepmarathon.com/charities
http://www.freepmarathon.com
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by BCapp on Jan 10, 2012 11:32 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
THE TRUTH BEHIND PROJECT MAYHEM
This may shatter your worldview
http://theleafsnation.com/2012/1/10/the-truth-behind-project-mayhem
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http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2012/1/10/2696803/help-out-archi
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2012/1/10/2696803/help-out-archi
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2012/1/10/2696803/help-out-archi
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This is what I don't get
11. Murray said Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu are his untouchables, since they have no-trade clauses. But, there is real doubt he would deal Corey Perry or Cam Fowler. Bobby Ryan will be the interesting one, because, when he was available last month, some of the offers were reasonable.
Why would he keep Perry and trade Ryan?
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I’m speculating, but perhaps he’s worried about the message trading the Hart Trophy winner would send to the fans.
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by Back In Black on Jan 10, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
Peter Chirelli traded an MVP in mid season of the year he was named MVP. Can’t do much worse than that
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
That wasn’t CHiarelli, it was Mike O’Connell
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But Chiarelli did try to trade Thomas the summer before he won the Vezina.
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Sometimes the best trades are the ones you dont make
I look forward to the flaming this comment shall receive
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 14 recs
well done
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by leafer1984 on Jan 10, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Shit, titles, my bad.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Sometimes the best trades are the ones you dont make
just for fun….how can it be a trade if you don’t make a trade?
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I hope YouTube comes down to film this.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
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by SkinnyFish on Jan 10, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
its just a figure of speech.
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And his fans didn’t forgive him for years. Luckily Boston is a strong hockey market and he didn’t have to worry about it.
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by Back In Black on Jan 10, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe it’s not a matter of who he’;d rather keep, but who he’d get better value for………….i’d say teams would be giving almost identical offers for either Perry or Ryan but Perry is the better player so he keeps him…………….or he just thinks teams would not be willing to part with what he wants for Perry.
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by LeafFan1989 on Jan 10, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
I would argue Ryan has a good chance of being the better player. Until this year Ryan’s numbers were way better at the same age. And Ryan is 2 years younger and not a Free Agent after next year.
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I think they’re already roughly equivalent in terms of talent level, but Ryan takes less penalties and is younger. And is also locked into a longer-term contract, making him better from a cap perspective (Perry is almost certainly getting a raise next year). A rebuilding team (which Anaheim is, whether Murray likes it or not) would be stupid to trade the younger, possibly better, cheaper player. But apparently they want to.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Anaheim’s rebuilding but they also already have a number of good young players coming through the system.
Fowler’s already there, Smith-Pelley made the jump this year, and Palmieri and Etem join next season. Maybe even Yapukov or Grigorenko.
If they can trade Ryan, they still have their core of Perry & Getzlaf, plus all of these young kids in supporting roles, plus what they get for trading Ryan, plus Koivu and maybe Selanne sticking around as vet leaders.
If things still don’t turn around they’ve got two of the most highly sought after UFAs to deal for way more pieces and then they have a full rebuild underway with a crapload of good prospects and young players already in place.
They have a built-in Plan B. Plan A is trade Ryan and try for a Philly style “rebuild”
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I think Plan A would be to trade for Getzlaf as he goes UFA after next season and will probably follow the money.
Ryan’s under contract for the next long while.
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Getzlaf and Perry’s contracts both run out in 2013.
Getzlaf is also their captain.
If they want to do a Philly style rebuild on the fly, Bobby Ryan’s the play. Then they have flexibility to either re-sign Perry & Getzlaf the following summer (Selanne, Koivu and Blake are all gone by then, freeing up cap room), or blow it up and trade both as pending UFAs.
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But can you explain why it is more advantageous to trade Ryan than Perry. Your scenario still works but the core is Ryan and Getlzaf instead of Perry and Getzlaf.
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I think Ryan has more value in a trade than Perry, because he’s 2 years younger and cost-controlled for virtually his entire apex of his career.
You trade Ryan you can solve a lot more problems in other areas of the org. than by dealing Perry.
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For me those are the reasons you keep him. He is the ideal piece for them to keep.
I guess everything can just be seen two ways.
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Remember that I’m a big proponent of making sure that your key guys are all about the same age so that you establish your team’s window as they hit their prime.
With Anaheim, they have Perry & Getzlaf turning 27 and then a bunch of kids around 19-21. By the time Perry & Getzlaf hit their early 30s and start looking at diminshing returns, the next wave are turning 24-25 and hitting THEIR prime.
At 24, Bobby Ryan could theoretically fit in either window and help bridge that gap. But he also has enough value that in the long-term he can add valuable pieces to the organization in that 19-21 age group, and in the short-term dealing him frees up some cap space so the team could add another key player to the 27-28 age group.
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For me when it comes to age I really think only one group matters: your core. So they could have there core at 19-21 and everyone elses age can be varied. I don’t see it being necessary for hte rest of their veterans to be 26-28 instead of 24-28;
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You’re saying the same thing as me but misunderstanding me in the last sentence.
I’m not saying they have to sign another vet in the 26-28 age range, just that if they traded Ryan they would have cap space to maybe try and get another guy that fits into their core, and if they’re doing that then they probably want to go after a guy in the same age range as their two other core players.
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So are you saying the only advantage to trading Ryan over Perry is that he’ll return more?
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I think Ryan has more value in a trade than Perry, because he’s 2 years younger and cost-controlled for virtually his entire apex of his career.
I said exactly that.
Like you said, that’s also a reason maybe you keep him. We might have differing philosophies on this.
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hmm, FA is the key………seems kinda dumb to hold onto the guy who might want to bolt if the team goes through a rebuild………should trade Perry instead
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by LeafFan1989 on Jan 10, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
Yotes claimed GIlbert Brule off re-entry waivers.
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Oh no, we’re screwed! maybe NYI will claim him just to fuck another team out of a player.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
Yay hockey tonight. It’s always the best thing to look forward to in my day, followed by time to play Skyrim.
Well actually, outdoor hockey is a big thing too. There’s a rink literally a stone’s throw from me and there’s always 10-20 people out playing. Even had a goalie last night.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
It is really sweet. I can glance out my balcony to see how many people are playing to see if its a good time to go out. Wish I knew the general areas fellow PPP Ottawans were in, as it would be good to hit up the rink with a bunch of Leafs jerseys (there’s always a few when I go anyways – more non-sens jerseys than Sens for sure)
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not always on the site, but if I see you mention a time/place I’d try and make it out. I’m always game for some outdoor shinny.
by LeaferinOttawa on Jan 10, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
the rink is Jack Purcell, I’ll try to do a fanpost sometime soon, I suppose the best time for most is on weekend, though they have lights until ~11pm. I basically play every weekday there isn’t a Leafs game on (best games are usually ~7pm)
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
Sounds good. I’ll try and make it out sometime in the next couple weeks. I’ll be the one with the ‘Perry’ Leafs jersey (foresight??…possibly).
by LeaferinOttawa on Jan 10, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
there are no outdoor rinks in my town.
once the old canal freezes over we’re okay.
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stupid warm this year.
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its gonna be cold soon!
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by pho king awesome on Jan 10, 2012 1:26 PM EST up reply actions
I am going to skate once a week (or more) this year with my buddy. I am hoping to be actually competent by the end of the semester.
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I had that plan too, until I had my wisdom teeth out and was told not to exercise for a while. Hopefully I can get back on it soon.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 6:07 PM EST up reply actions
So the other day i was asked who i thought was the better defenseman, Liles or Franson and i quickly said Franson, but i decided to look into it, and my opinion changed quite a few times through out it. My dad can beat up your dad: John-Micheal Liles vs. Cody Franson edition.
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by pho king awesome on Jan 10, 2012 1:23 PM EST reply actions
Wow, just met a recently converted Sabres to Leafs fan… said he was sick of Miller acting like a baby all the time
uh…ok pal. welcome aboard
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POTENTIAL TRANSLATION: I was a Leaf fan until 2004, then the Leafs stopped making the playoffs and the Sabres started so I rooted for them. Now that Toronto is in a playoff spot and Buffalo isn’t, I am switching back.
ACTUAL TRANSLATION: DURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 10, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
hahahha yea thats pretty much what i was thinking.
That, and that Ryan Miller is the toughest guy on the Sabres roster… so if hes bailing on the buffalo bandwagon, he’s got his reaosns all mixed up. Maybe those retarded contracts for Leino (lulz) and Erhoff would be a better start
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by Matt_Roberts on Jan 10, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Exnay on the etardedray
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I always thought it was ixnay (nix).
But yes
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 10, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
I always thought it was ecksnay
…no wait…
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
ack
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by Matt_Roberts on Jan 10, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
No worries we all know it is not intentional. It is very hard to cut words out of your vocabulary.
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yea, i feel bad ’casue I caught that conversation around here too. Ive managed to get a lot of offensive remarks out of my vocab over the past year or so.
Hopefully I didn’t offend anyone.
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by Matt_Roberts on Jan 10, 2012 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously don’t feel bad. I “dropped it” a few years ago and I still catch myself saying it once in a while. For what ever reason I was able to drop calling things “gay” completely from my vocabulary much easier. CAlling things retarded has been much harder to drop.
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Its the fans fault for running Connolly out of town and then they had to replace him with someone worse.
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Stupid small market team! Why won’t you spend any money!?!?!?
Stupid team with money! Why are you blowing all that cash on these useless players!?!?!?!
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Hindsight is 20/20. At the time nobody thought paying Ville Leino a lot of money was a bad idea.
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Pretty sure everyone laughed at the contract
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that money in particular yes but he was going to paaaaaaiiiidd. I don’t really know why.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yikes.
Well then, excuse me while I jump out of this window
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Come on we’ve been making fun of that deal since July 1st.
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We were pre-emptively making fun of whomever signed Leino to a hilarious contract.
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I thought it was a bad idea but I still thought he coudl get 15/40. I definitely didn’t see him being this bad.
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Did you really see him being this bad? Less than 10 goals and 30 points over the season?
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No, but $4.5M cap hit for a 15/40 guy is shitty.
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$4.5M for 10/30 is jokes all night.
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i had him at 35 points which he would be projected to get if he hadn’t missed games.
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Considering the Leafs play Buffalo twice this week, I don’t think a 6 Years/$27 Million Sparklee is an unreasonable request.
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Please do.
JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS PPG AGAINST YOU IN THE PLAYOFFS DOESNT MEAN YOU NEED TO SIGN THEM TO A SATHER CONTRACT
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20$
says you can find Buffalo News articles dated July 6 or so saying that shipping out Connolly for Leino was a great move because Leino isn’t a locker room cancer and can “score when it matters” “clutch” “heart” blah blah blah.
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Really they just like to complain. Even when the Sabres miraculously win, everyone just says “Well they won’t win 2 in a row”
At the end of the season if the Sabres are on the bubble they’ll claim they won too many games in the beginning of the season when they should have been tanking.
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Uh oh
Blazing Saddles isn’t on Netflix
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by pho king awesome on Jan 10, 2012 1:42 PM EST reply actions
that’s surprising, since Netflix has the market on crappy movies covered.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
zing!
Netflix Canada is just godawful. no Disney, HBO, Warner Bros..
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yeah i never even bothered with the free trial…looked through their selection, wasn’t worth the bandwidth.
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I did sign up to netflix.ca (free trial) and it does suck. It has nothing new and it is flagged for not having Blazing Saddles and for recommending Desperate Measures as movie I might like. One of the worst movies ever!
Bam Bam.- digga digga damm
I find it recommends a lot of cool things to me,
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probably because you rate things. If you don’t rate enough things, it has no idea what the recommend you. Mine’s gotten a better the more I rate.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
I try to rate everything. My one complaint is that it automatically includes “movies watched” in its analysis. I feel like it should ask me if I want it included (because sometimes my roommate watches on my netflix, or my gf chooses a movie I don’t like).
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happens to me too, my wife watches terrible TV, but some recommendations are clearly for me, so I do like that. They also say “Movies like: (blank)”, often movies I’ve watched, and some recommendations are quite good. I’m glad they finally added a “saved” folder for movies so I dont have to find them again (as I did in the earliest Netflix PS app)
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
It does have some good suggestions, I was just offended that it recomended Extremes Measures.
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No idea what that is. I won’t deny sometimes it says I’ll dislike movies I like, or like movies I hate, but it is surprisingly good.
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the only good thing about it is Breaking Bad
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by pho king awesome on Jan 10, 2012 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
Mad Men gives Breaing Bad a run for its money. That series right there is worth the 8 bucks a month. All 4 seasons too
it's sad, but living in B.C. has caused me to hate the Canucks more than the Habs. almost.
by Kevin Costner on Jan 10, 2012 6:06 PM EST up reply actions
also, where else can you get that many movies for 10$? Nowhere. They also have excellent shows – the Boondocks, Afro Samurai, Arrested Development, etc.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
Better off Ted was recommended to me and it was incredible.
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Sadly it got the axe, just like arrested development. wtf were they thinking?
At least it's not Lebda.
by Nifty Mittens on Jan 10, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
Because (as I have realized) TV show success is about exposure marketing, time slots (think competition at the slot), and luck and how they all lead to ratings, moreso than their actual quality. Often a great show just didn’t get the word of mouth until years after it was cancelled.
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Plus the Neilson ratings system is super archaic.
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Yeah, someone explained it ot me on here a while back. Seemed pretty wild.
The point still holds though that I (and many people I know) never hear about great shows until long after they are off the air. A show needs to get a lot of word of mouth fast to make it.
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yeah, while i was in the states last week i checked it out and it was miles and miles ahead of netflix canada
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by pho king awesome on Jan 10, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
it really is.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
and yes, this get’s a rec. So true of the online streaming option.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
Could always just google “us netflix in canada”…..
it's sad, but living in B.C. has caused me to hate the Canucks more than the Habs. almost.
by Kevin Costner on Jan 10, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
This comment will probably be deleted. We do not discuss illegal streaming on this website.
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Sorry :( can’t discuss generic search terms?
it's sad, but living in B.C. has caused me to hate the Canucks more than the Habs. almost.
by Kevin Costner on Jan 10, 2012 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
I probably exagerrated with teh delete comment, but because of some problems with the illegal streams we just don’t discuss it around here (protecting PPP from having legal action taken against them).
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…And here I am thinking you guys just haven’t discovered all those.. ahem… “alternative viewing methods” yet.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
Keeper league
We keep any 8 players and 6 more with less than 100 games. That means that the 1st round draft pick will give you your 15th player.
Should I trade:
Tuuka Rask
James Neal
5th Round Pick
for
Corey Perry
Jacob Markstrom
Yup. Go for it
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No. Rask and Markstrom both have potential, but Rask will walk away with more Ws per year when Thomas can’t hold down the starter’s gig. James Neal plays with Crosby and Malkin. Corey Perry isn’t likely to have another Richard winning season in him, and might be losing his pass-first center.
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I’m assuming you mean trade away and get Perry/Markstrom in return.
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Thomas will have the starters gig for another couple years probly.. and Crosby and Malkin bnoth have a hard time staying in the lineup
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by Matt_Roberts on Jan 10, 2012 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
Tim Thomas has started just 26 of the Bruins’ 38 games. Even if he’s the “starter” going forwards, Rask is looking at 30+ starts a season, and likely more next.
Crosby and Malkin have had a hard time staying in the lineup this season, and Neal is still 36 points in 40 games, or 73.8 point pace. Roughly the equivalent of Perry, and two years younger. At best they’re a washout, though I’d take Neal before Perry in a draft, let alone when giving up assets. Then you want to throw in Rask – who’s far more of a known quantity proven than Markstrom – for the privilege of moving sideways? And a pick?
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For this season and maybe next I’d take Perry just because they are close in G/Pts but Perry takes it with PIMs. After next year it is almost definitely Neal.
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Right. Once you start talking “keeper league,” I don’t think there’s much of a discussion to be had.
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I agree. Perry is probably worth a tad more today even in a keeper, but could be argued they are even. But Rask has way more value than Markstrom.
Anywho that is my two cents.
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fair enough. Hard to argue with your poijnt in a keeper format
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by Matt_Roberts on Jan 10, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
for sure
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by Matt_Roberts on Jan 10, 2012 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
No
Neal and Perry will be comparable from here on out, possible slight edge to Neal.
Rask > Markstrom who keeps getting stuck in the AHL, whereas Rask will be the go to go in 2 seasons.
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If PIMS count, edge to Perry
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by Matt_Roberts on Jan 10, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
Nope. Rask has the best S% and GAA in the league. In the long run he is the real deal. Markstrom is still a ? and the difference in value between them is not equal to the difference in value between Neal and Perry. (But does Neal get the PIMs that Perry gets?)
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I know eh?
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Darn, sometimes I wish the Leafs would have been the smart ones and drafted Rask instead of —
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
He’s a locker room cancer.
Right? Right?
by stevesmith19 on Jan 10, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
A good read by former basketball player Paul Shirley on life after career.
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Really? Think he gets sent down soon? I don’t like a rookie sitting much. (Personally I would rather he plays to Aulie.
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I think somebody will get traded before too long, but really Aulie should be in the AHL and we should have a sheltered 3rd pairing in him and Franson.
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Didn’t Gardiner/Komi do pretty well early on? I think I remember it was a nice mix of a versatile, quick skating defenseman and a slow, hard-hitting shut-down guy.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
it could also have been confirmation bias
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
Komi is still doing well. Gardiner was doing well, but making rookie mistakes as should be expected; trying to do to much. He’s still better than Aulie.
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much, though Aulie has stepped up his game from “Definitely should be in the AHL rather than up here” to “Should be in the AHL”
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
Meh. I still doubt he is ahead of Holzer. Holzer has looked a lot better in the A from everything I have heard.
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I think he deserves a chance too – he’s what, 24 now? Give him a shot if you’re going to call him up. Otherwise don’t call anyone up, you’re wasting his time when he could be playing in the A.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
That pairing was very good
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I don’t mind giving him some rest occasionally, since he’s never played more than 40 games in a season before, but I’d like to win games too. I’m not convinced that dressing Schenn, Komisarek and Aulie at the expense of Gardiner is the best way to do that.
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by Back In Black on Jan 10, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
Gardiner has similar SA/60 numbers as Schenn despite a 10% advantage in zone starts and slightly tougher competition. Aulie is better than both of them with respect to SA/60 and quality of competition, with an o-zone % lower than Gardiner and higher than Schenn.
by stevesmith19 on Jan 10, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
The shots against are close but the corsi (a better measure) is not. Gardiner is miles ahead of both and Schenn is ahead of Aulie.
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For sure
I would say his harder qual comp though is balanced by his much better qual team (best on the team). I think he looks worse.
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wow
Boyes only has 3 goals.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 2:50 PM EST reply actions
His ice time is all over the place. 9 minutes, 18 minutes, 4 minutes, 18 minutes…
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Which is to say “huh, that’s weird” more than a counterpoint or anything.
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huh, that’s weird.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 10, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
He plays on a different line each game.
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It would help if the Sabres could have the same lineup for two full games. They have another opportunity tonight to succeed at this. (It would be the first time since Nov. 11)
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by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 10, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Crazy Flyers fans, who can understand them?
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by Tickle Me Aulie on Jan 10, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Terrible year. I picked him and Umberger in a “no change after draft” draft. (at 89th and 99th overall in pure points). Both are having TERRIBLE years.
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Last comment from Friedman's 30 thoughts
I found it interesting that both of these comments were in there:
3. Don’t believe for a second Roberto Luongo didn’t want to play in Boston. Do think Alain Vigneault believed, with his goalie’s confidence riding high, the coach was going to keep him away from the scene of the Stanley Cup crime, whether Luongo liked it or not. If Luongo’s mad about it, he’ll play great against everyone else, which doesn’t hurt Vigneault any.
29. There are times in a season where a coach can really win over his players with a simple move. Brian Elliott shut out the Avalanche on Saturday, which would normally guarantee another start. But he will sit, because Ken Hitchcock knows how badly Jaroslav Halak wants to play in Montreal. Players notice these things and appreciate it when organizations pay attention.
I am not saying they are contradictory, just that they kind of look at both sides of similar stories.
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Mistake
3. Don’t believe for a second Roberto Luongo didn’t want to play in Boston. Do think Alain Vigneault believed, with his goalie’s confidence riding high, the coach was going to keep him away from the scene of the Stanley Cup crime, whether Luongo liked it or not. If Luongo’s mad about it, he’ll play great against everyone else, which doesn’t hurt Vigneault any.
29. There are times in a season where a coach can really win over his players with a simple move. Brian Elliott shut out the Avalanche on Saturday, which would normally guarantee another start. But he will sit, because Ken Hitchcock knows how badly Jaroslav Halak wants to play in Montreal. Players notice these things and appreciate it when organizations pay attention.
Meant to quote both numbers.
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Dont forget that Schneider is from Boston….
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Yep, and his family is from there; I’m pretty sure that was his first appearance in front of them where he wasn’t coming in relief for Luongo.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 10, 2012 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
Not sure they’re contradictory. One says “Goalie wanted to play, coach granted him that, and players [goalie and others] notice it.” the other says “Goalie wanted to play, Coach thought otherwise.”
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That is what I said.
I am not saying they are contradictory, just that they kind of look at both sides of similar stories.
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I keep breaking PPP – I post a comment, the comment content disappears but my name and the up/reply/actions remains, and usually it turns 1 comment into two just like that. Then when I z down the comments, it says that one is new (even though its by me). So weird.
That happens to me if I leave the screen open, then put my computer on sleep. When I reopen and try to post that happens maybe 1/4 times.
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Then how will he swag on all the haters man?
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Jan 10, 2012 3:23 PM EST reply actions
Isn’t anybody going to help that poor man??
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by Isosceles Kramer on Jan 10, 2012 4:26 PM EST up reply actions
Hush, Harriet! That’s a sure way to get him killed!
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Inaugural blog post on the Canucks/Bruins drama:
http://50missioncap.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/an-open-letter-to-bruins-and-canucks-fans/
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 10, 2012 3:53 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Best
Watching your games is a lot like the Republican primaries; we’re not really sure who to root for, and we think you’re all fucking insane.
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by theninjagreg on Jan 10, 2012 4:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yep
And another one (I made up a couple posts before going public, just edited them today):
http://50missioncap.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/goalie-talk-regressing-reimer/
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 10, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
Latest post on Bleeding Blue and White is up. It is the shot differential chart for Leafs vs. Wings on Saturday.
http://bleedingbluenwhite.blogspot.com/2012/01/shot-differential-chart-for-leafs-vs_10.html
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damn, he should have taken Muhammed_Aulie.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
@TheWookie
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Jan 10, 2012 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
Meanwhile a new Hockey Reference page has been sponsored.
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my money is on scott gomez
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He doesn’t need any more money. He has enough.
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Nobody is more overpaid then Gomez. That might be one of the worst contracts in the history of contracts. In fact it is so bad that I don’t think it is possible to match it. The money to point production ratio cannot be topped.
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Last season the habs paid him over 1million dollars per goal. For a Forward.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 10, 2012 4:31 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Computers would generally output NaN for a divide by zero error.
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I was just using the Excel formula function. #isnotoverlycomputerliterate
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 10, 2012 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Depends
The old company I worked for used -32600 for “NULL VALUE”. Rather than an actual NULL or NaN. Good times.
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by theninjagreg on Jan 10, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
In the recent history of contracts, it is absolutely among the worst. While not on the same level, paying Komi 4.5 million is no laughing matter either, though. For another year no less.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
Komi I would say is about 1.5mill over paid. Gomez is about 4.5 mill dollars overpaid
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I’d say he’s 7 million overpaid but what do I know.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
Even money that if there is an amnesty clause in the new CBA negotiations, Philly buys out Bryzgalov.
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Anyone still wanna buyout Dion?
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At $6.5M we buy him out and he gets 2/3rds of that money. The $6.5M goes off the cap. We re-sign him for $2.16M so he gets $6.5M and the Leafs get 4M+ in cap space.
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Probably should do that with all our players to be honest.
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Komi and Dion would be nice, i think everyone else is getting fair dollars
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 10, 2012 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
I doubt the NHL would be cool with that.
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by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 10, 2012 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
if there is a buy you amnesty period they can not be cool with it all they want
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 10, 2012 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
I wouldn’t be surprised if they added a condition that you couldn’t re-sign the bought out player.
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by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 10, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
they didnt seem to mind when the Sens did it last time
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 10, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
Guessing that
a) any amnesty period is like one silver bullet.
b) that you can’t re-sign them because that’s clearly cap circumvention.
Going into next summer though who you would you turf? Does getting Komi or Armstrong off your books for one year make sense? Schenn’s the only guy with long term money that might not be earning it (right now) and he’s 22.
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I’d buy out Komi for that one year if it left a cap hit of zero. Lombardi too if we couldn’t get someone to give us like a 5th round draft pick or something for him.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 10, 2012 6:11 PM EST up reply actions
Can you himagine? That buyout is like humangous big.
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2012-13: $875,000
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and thus the lulz were brought
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 10, 2012 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
Amnesty clause would have to be limited to one or two contracts, though, or players will flip. Also, I would actually support it if it were dubbed “The Idiot GM Clause”
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
Redden, 6.5 mill to play in the AHL
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 10, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
still a hilarious amount of dollars to be spending on your AHL team, any team but an original 6 money factory it would be funnier
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 10, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
I have to think that like Souray, someone would pay him 1 million just to see where he’s at. I kind of feel sorry for those guys (when I don’t think about them getting paid so well) just because they get burried due to GM incompetence.
by Goosemonster on Jan 10, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
Leafs tv mobile iphone app
Guys does anyone here have the leafs tv mobile iphone app.
I working late in the office and i want to watch the game, i’m in toronto but have a US I.P what are my options!
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US IP? Gamecenter Live should work.
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yeah but wouldn’t that require me paying $100?
Do they have a one game rate like leafs tv
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by Juggy Gilmour on Jan 10, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
Woah I just looked back at my post and I can’t type.
Does anyone have any experience with the leafs tv app.
I’m thinking I may as well shell out the $20 and i’ll be able to watch leaf games on the bus ride home.
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by Juggy Gilmour on Jan 10, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
Game is on sportsnet tho
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If your a Rogers customer, you should get the game for free by streaming it of their site.
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US IP address probably won’t let me do that, stupid amurican companies.
We require, as a team, proper levels of pugnacity, testosterone, truculence and belligerence
by Juggy Gilmour on Jan 10, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
Really? This is intriguing as I am a Rogers customer…Do you have a link?
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by theninjagreg on Jan 10, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure leafs tv online carries everything except hockey night in canada games.
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by Juggy Gilmour on Jan 10, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
If you have a phone that can play flash, and don’t mind breaking the law, you can probably find a way to watch it on your phone.
AFAIK the offical NHL game centre app only works on US Verizon phones. Which is lame for people like me in Canada.
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by theninjagreg on Jan 10, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
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