Look Around You
by JP Nikota on Jan 5, 2012 7:01 AM EST
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PrintLook around you. Look around you. Just look around you. Have you worked out what we're looking for? Correct. The answer is 'Competent Goaltending'. Competent Goaltending can be found in Chapter 10 of the textbook that accompanies this series. Be sure to have your copy books ready, to make notes from the screen.
Experiment 1:
An experiment was carried out to see if Jonas Gustavsson was capable of being a competent goaltender. The conclusion: not usually. Write that down in your copy books now.
Experiment 2:
An experiment was carried out to see if James Reimer was capable of being a competent goaltender. The conclusion: usually. Write that down in your copy books now.
Experiment 3:
An experiment was carried out to see if Jonas Gustavsson had become a competent goaltender. The conclusion? Sigh. Write that down in your copy books now.
Gustavsson is getting the start over Reimer tonight.
Three Things I Learned on My Hockey Hiatus
"All too often we can't see the forest for the tweets." Write that down in your copy books now. From Danny Gray at the Leafs Nation.
NHL concussions: yes, they are a major issue
Surprise! From Michael Langlois at VLM.
A Case for Full Overtime In The NHL
The debate continues. Article from Copper & Blue contributor dawgbone98.
Blackhawks’ Dan Carcillo suspended 7 games for Gilbert hit
If someone smashed Carcillo in the head with an ice pick it wouldn't be enough. From Sean Leahy at PD.
Ducks GM puts ‘for sale’ signs on everyone but Selanne, Koivu
Brian Burke interested in trading for the entire team. From Wyshynski.
Someone celebrated Lars Eller’s hat trick with a sex toy
Ah, Montréal. Story from Greg Wyshynski at PD.
Young Stars, Meet All Stars (And Meet One!)
Nazem Kadri and Joe Colborne have received the call. From Jeffler at Marlies HQ.
Tortorella fined $30,000 for bashing refs after Winter Classic
If this isn't the Winter Classic, Torts probably gets a $2,000 fine. From Ira Podell of the AP at the Globe.
Backhand Shelf Podcast: Behind the scenes at the Winter Classic
With Rob Pizzo and Justin Bourne.
High School Hockey Player Jack Jablonski Paralyzed
More details on the story from yesterday from Justin Bourne at Backhand Shelf.
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by not norm ullman on Jan 5, 2012 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
Anti-Garry Gum?
more like Anti-PK Gum… amirite?
Now, "wait 'till next year" looks like "Watch out for next year!" GO LEAFS GO!
The guy second from the left looks like Bozak.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Jan 5, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Atlantapeg is here tonight, coming off a 7-3 loss, while the Leafs are playing after a 7-3 win.
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Rick Nash says he’ll waive NTC if asked
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/splurt
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
He’s only 27, but I’d be worried about having two world class RWers with no centers to pass them the puck.
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Nash plays LW no?
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Getzlaf?
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by elseldo on Jan 5, 2012 9:40 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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by clrkaitken on Jan 5, 2012 9:42 AM EST up reply actions 8 recs
That’s a guy I think Burke will trade a lot for. Pretty much everyone but the very core of the team is on the block (Kessel, Phaneuf, for optic reasons Lupul and Gardiner)
Imagine Phaneuf and Getzlaf on the same team? Every team in the west will hate us.
I fuckin love it
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I can understand if Murray didn’t want Lupul or Gardiner back because it might look bad, but if Burke wouldn’t be willing to trade one or both of them for Getzlaf he’s crazy.
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I believe Lupul has an NTC tho.
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“Here Murray, I fixed Lupul for you. But if you break him again you’re on your ow.”
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by elseldo on Jan 5, 2012 9:51 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I didn’t really mean from Burke…you think Murray wants Lupul back after trading him twice? No way. My guess is he’d want one of Schenn/Gunnarsson/Franson plus one of Kadri/Colborne/another close prospect or two and a 1st pick. Just to start.
We know that what Anaheim needs more than anything is depth, particularly at forward. The idea I was tossing around was something like MacArthur + Kadri + one of Bozak or Grabovski. Gives them an entire second line in one move.
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by Draglikepull on Jan 5, 2012 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
See the thing I’m thinking is that Anaheim in this mess because they lack depth. We finally have some and will ship it out for one player. Now whether you’re okay with this probably hinges on if you believe Burke can do an adequate job replacing the depth lost via another trade or free agent signing.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
Anaheim’s in this mess because they got old.
Adding depth while trading away one of their three best players doesn’t fix them.
They’re going to half-ass this and end up being a completely messed up hockey team, when they should be blowing it up, add Yakupov or Grigorenko, and add to their collection of young players coming up.
Fowler, Yaku/Grigo, Etem, Palmieri, Smith-Pelley, and everything they get for their big three. That’s a goddamned hockey team.
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Sure, but from the Leafs perspective, do we have the expendable assets to get a guy like Getzlaf or Ryan without damaging our ability to ice a team deep enough to be a legit contender.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
we’re not a contender this year, and Depth is something that builds over time. Remember, only now are we starting to get these young, Burke drafted players into our NHL system regularly (my guess is Kadri stays up if he keeps this play up) and each year we’ll add more: McKegg and Ross come up to the AHL next year, possibly among another one or two guys.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
Sure, but those guys are all question marks really. We don’t have too many players like Stajan, Hagman, Poni and Antro who were clearly not going to be part of a winning team yet still had value. Too bad we didn’t keep Versteeg he would be a nice chip in this sort of deal.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
Oh yeah I didn’t meant to say they were NHLers, but if you add that depth to the AHL team, the best guys will earn spots and fight there way up here. Some of those will pan out in some capacity, even if its a good 3rd/4th liner call-up that allows you to keep winning (while not young or drafted by us, think Crabb/Boyce players that replace your regulars relatively well)
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t think so, not yet. I don’t think we even have what it takes to win a bidding war if he goes up on the block.
only reason I think we have a shot is the long trading history between Murray and Burke, they seem to like to give each other a fair shake.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
I just got a sinking feeling… wouldn’t he be a PERFECT fit in Florida? And the Panthers have the prospects to acquire him without a doubt.
Maybe, but the Ducks don’t want just prospects, they want roster players – not sure Florida, in 3rd place or so, willl part with some key roster players at this point. Off-season? Yeah for sure. Now-ish? I dont know…
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
For Ryan would it really cost that much more to get him than what it did for Pit. to get Neal. Yes Ryan’s number are better but not by a huge margin
James Neal
272 94 79 173 (.63ppg)
Bobby Ryan
288 118 105 223 (.77)
It should cost more to get him but not every tradeable asset we have.
Plus I would still prefer Getzlaf
Bam Bam.- digga digga damm
Which is why I want Ryan, because he fits our window.
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Getzlaf is only 2 years older, though the view he is going into UFA does matter quite a bit when comparing a trade for him with a trade for Ryan.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
they won’t want Grabbo, who is an expiring UFA. At least not without a better, younger, ready player able to make the jump as well (e.g. Gunnar, on a cheap contract and going to RFA next year)
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
Colborne or Kadri would be the starting point for any deal.
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Burke won’t part with both, he’s not that stupid. Because Anaheim needs defenders too….what they want all of our number 1 pick guys? Might as well run with what we have.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
Gardiner, maybe. I don’t see Lupul moving.
Anaheim needs a 2nd pairing RD and a lot of forward depth. Probably a draft pick or two as well.
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yeah, though draft picks are not their priority.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
It’s tough to sell a trade for draft picks to a fan base. I’m sure the Anaheim fans, who are already unhappy, would be displeased to trade their #1 C for a couple of draft picks that won’t have an impact for 3 or 4 years.
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more than that, Anaheim has a clear core group of players. They want to turn it around for next season, not 3-5 years from now when some of their core guys’ contracts finish. So I think its clear they want roster players, and my guess is they want younger guys like Schenn/Franson, etc. etc. to join the team right away.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
If the Leafs are ever going to trade Kadri, Getzlaf or Ryan is the kind of player I’d trade him for. Schenn, Kadri and a first I’d do for sure. On top of their age, they’re under contract and salary controllable. Anaheim’s not a cap team and will not be taking players like Grabbo because they’re not cost-effective.
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
For Getzlaf, I’d rather trade Colborne than Kadri.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
YOu dont want Rick Nash?
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Was joking, of course I do. Depending on the price of course.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 9:43 AM EST up reply actions
Oh thank God. FOr a second there I thought you fell off the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down
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I mean I’d probably rather have Ryan or Getzlaf, but what can you do?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
I would – and then I’d bust my ass to resign Grabbo to play behind Getz and Connolly next year. I wouldn’t miss Colborne for a minute if our top 3 Cs are Getz, Grabbo, Connolly in some order.
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Jan 5, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
uh, I trade Grabbo and keep Bozak as the #3 C
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I’ll be heckled, but I’d move Schenn, Colborne/Kadri, Aulie, and Grabbo/Bozak plus a conditional first round pick for either Ryan Getzlaf or Rick Nash.
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That’s waaay to much. But probably about right.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
That’s what I would want if I’m an opposing GM. Demand the moon. Those guys are studs.
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Burke won’t part with that many assets, it leaves the cupboard empty but I agree that’s the other GMs starting point.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
It doesn’t really leave the cupboard empty. They’d still have several really good defensive prospects and with the exception of Connolly, their top 6 would be strong and all under the age of 28 or younger.
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4 players and a pick? No way in hell that happens. Burke would certainly offer those players, but not that many put together, that’s a totally ridiculous move on his part.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
With the exception of potentially Colborne, those players are all 2nd line or 2nd pairing guys. I just don’t see the Leafs getting either of those guys, if there’s even any talk, without giving up a big package.
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Yeah, but 4 NHL/NHL ready players and a possible 1st for 1 player? Do. Not. Want. (at that price)
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
If Anaheim’s actually going through with this they aren’t interested in guys like Grabbo or Bozak. They want either pure futures or prospects that are about to take the next step to the NHL.
I’d open with Colborne/Kadri, Percy and a 1st for Bobby Ryan.
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But is the Anaheim captain really available? Early rumblings this morning suggest Getzlaf isn’t the player Murray wants to move, and that Ryan is again the likeliest candidate for a trade. That would kill the notion of a trade to Toronto, as the Leafs don’t see a fit with Ryan either positionally or in terms of cap strategy.
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Where do the Leafs want to spend their money/assets? I’d wager C or LD.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 11:06 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
brb, inflating expectations by playing around on capgeek.
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by Bower Power on Jan 5, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
A player like Bobby Ryan doesn’t become available often. I agree those are our priorities (hence Getzlaf over Ryan) but if Ryan is available, you definitely strongly consider it.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
He’s the same age as Kessel and he’s cost-controlled for an extra year.
They could ride Kessel and Ryan’s entire apex for about 70 goals and 130-150 points a year and have an extra $2-3 million to spend versus other teams because those guys are locked down.
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Remember that time when Bobby Ryan was being shopped, and Burke was asked if they were interested in him, and his response was along the lines of “we can’t talk about players under contract”, so he wouldn’t say yes or no? Suddenly, they can talk about “fit” and whether or not he “fits” in Toronto.
What I’m saying is that, just in case it wasn’t really clear – if Burke says he “can’t talk about someone,” he’s probably thinking about them.
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Then again this is Damien Cox talking so he isn’t beholden to the same tampering rules Burke is.
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It’s Damo’s wording that makes it sound like he’s playing mouthpiece again. “The Leafs don’t see a fit” isn’t speculation – it’s “I [or someone] asked and got an answer.”
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Right.
But I’m legitimately dumbstruck if the Leafs don’t see Bobby Ryan as a fit going forward.
He’s like the Planet Express ship; you don’t fit Bobby Ryan into your team, you fit your team around Bobby Ryan.
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by clrkaitken on Jan 5, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, yeah, the idea that it wouldn’t be a good “fit” is bullshit.
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denied
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Exactly. Somebody asked him about Sean Avery this year and he said he had no interest. When he really doesn’t, he’ll say so.
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
it’s not tampering if you say you have absolutely 0 interest in another player.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t know if Kadri is a 2nd liner. We really are only starting to see him make the NHL this year. I think he needs a full season or two to determine his place, for all we know he could be a 1st liner.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
While I wouldn’t complain about landing any of them, the apparently available players I’d like go in this order:
1. Getzlaf
2. Ryan
3. Perry
4. Nash
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And if Jeff Carter is available (and he seems to be, because he wasn’t one of the untouchables Howson mentioned) I’d slot him in at #2 in my list there.
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For purely emotional and irrational reason:
Getzlaf
Nash
Perry
Ryan
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Bobby Ryan
Bobbeh Ryan
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Bob Ryan
Bobby Ryen
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by clrkaitken on Jan 5, 2012 9:52 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah I’m inclined to put Ryan first on my list as well.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
Is there any reason you guys would rather have Ryan than Getzlaf other than age? I think a big, strong centre is a bigger need for the club, and at 26 Getzlaf still has at least a few good years ahead of him.
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Age and contract.
Getzlaf and Perry are under contract for next season and then are UFAs.
Nash has a much higher cap hit and is under contract seemingly forever.
Ryan’s under contract for three more seasons, so he’s basically cost-controlled for his entire 24-28 year old apex as a player.
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Took the words right out of my mouth.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
Oh-it must have been while you were kissing me….
by JohnerstonRex on Jan 5, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
I said purely irrational reasons.
I can distinguish between the two.
Obviously my real list would be like getzlaf, ryan, nash, perry.
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I traded Kadri, Komisarek and Sjostrom for Ryan in NHL 12. Lulz, swoon.
by Kessel'sOversizedSuit on Jan 5, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
BUY ME SHOESTORM OR GO TO HELL!
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by SkinnyFish on Jan 5, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i miss that meme so mych
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
I suggest “Feather Touch.”
You have selected “Power Drive.”
In the court of public opinion, Steve Simmons is Lionel Hutz.
Ball is in ‘Parking Lot’. Would you like to play again?
You have selected ‘No’.
TWEET AT ME BRO
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 5, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
OMG SO IT MUST WORK IN REAL LIFE
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ahem Kadri, Brassard and Giguere for Stamkos
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
It totally worked in NHL 10
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
Sigh.
The next two months are going to be insane and ultimately a huge dissapointment
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at least there’s real fuel for the rosterbation.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 5, 2012 5:01 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
OMG possible 2nd line of Nash-Grabbo-Kulemin…
/faints
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
GET FRANKIE FUCKING BEAUCHEMIN BACK WHY DO YOU ALL WANT OFFENSE
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by Chemmy on Jan 5, 2012 3:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
does offence offend you?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
Look Around You
>10 PRINT “START REIMER”;
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by SkinnyFish on Jan 5, 2012 9:21 AM EST reply actions 7 recs
It’s like he is trying to tell us something
At least it's not Lebda.
by Nifty Mittens on Jan 5, 2012 9:43 AM EST up reply actions
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who thinks this.
by leaflover4ever on Jan 5, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
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by theninjagreg on Jan 5, 2012 3:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Starting Gustavsson makes me think that they’re trying to once and for all decide if he can be an NHL goalie with this team.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 9:25 AM EST reply actions
Yes.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
Honestly, I think it’s just the PK SV% advantage that Gus has. Sure, Gus will let in a weak goal every game, guaranteed, often at clutch moments.
But at least on the PK, he’s been OK. That .792 SV % vs a .699 % for Reimer can make a big difference in the Leafs game. Maybe the Leafs played so poorly in December because they’re so afraid of going on the PK. (I know you’re going to say that a three goal performance isn’t poor play, but for this team it’s often not enough. Also, you will say that it didn’t prevent the Leafs from taking bad penalties, but playing tentatively and still taking bad penalties isn’t mutually exclusive)
When our PK wasn’t as bad (back in November) we were at least winning games.
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by Peter de Chatham on Jan 5, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
fingers crossed, but Gus hasn’t let in a real stinker in the past few starts.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
I hope sooner rather than later Wilson gives Reimer a chance to show what he can do behind the magically revamped penalty kill.
I wouldn’t bet on it being revamped. I would definitely bet on it collapsing again before the month is done.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
yep.
Fi-re Wil-son! Clap-Clap Clap-Clap-Clap!!!
by Peter de Chatham on Jan 5, 2012 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
GET THE ROPE, WE’RE LOSING THEM!
by Kessel'sOversizedSuit on Jan 5, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
he’s really only let in about 2 real stinkers all season.
still needs to stop a few more of the ‘could have had it’ variety.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
UNless the Leafs plan on playing the entire game tonight short-handed, benching the guy with a 930 ES SV% because the other guy’s PK SV% is marginally better is without question the single stupidest coaching decision Ron Wilson has ever made.
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Wilson’s probably betting that Gus can get up to that .907 overall percentage he showed in November, if he lets him get “hot”.
We’ll see. If the Leafs do improve their PK, I’m sure we’ll see Reimer tried out behind it at some point.
I’m still not a fan of Wilson, but mostly I blame Burke for not picking up a vet goalie this summer. Ray Emery, who entered the Blackhawks training camp without a contract, just on a tryout, is sporting a 9-2-2 record and a .908%, 2.54 GAA. We should have had him, or someone like him, taking over while Reimer sorts himself out.
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by Peter de Chatham on Jan 5, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
That’s what we think every time, but they keep trying again and again and again and again.
by Tickle Me Aulie on Jan 5, 2012 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
Question
Wikipedia has Ryan’s position listed as LW/C/RW. wtf? hockey db has him as RW, has he actually switched at the NHL level before, did he play different positions in juniors? What’s the deal-io?
Most good forwards played at least some centre in Junior, as they were usually the best overall hockey players on their teams.
Ryan has played some centre on the Ducks.
Really doesn’t have to be if he is flanked by Kessel and Lupul……..
Lupul-Ryan-Kessel
Run that line and to hell with defense. You don’t need defense if your line is peppering 20+ shots a game at a goalie
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NHL All-Star “starters”: Tim Thomas, Erik Karlsson, Dion Phaneuf, Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek. bit.ly/A70bCh
Does this mean we’re gonna get to see a “2nd line” in the ASG of Lupul – Giroux – Kessel? /splurt
The NHL needs to stop letting fans vote.
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I hope YouTube comes down to film this.
by birky on Jan 5, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 8 recs
yup. ASG should be at the start of the pre-season, picked by people who understand the definition of “all-Star”
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That or make it so all six players have to be on different teams or the ballot is invalid.
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by Ubiquitous on Jan 5, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
They should also stop cheating when people vote in Rory Fitzpatrick.
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by Ubiquitous on Jan 5, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
ASG blows anyway. Let them vote the entire roster in if they want.
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I hope Kessel doesn’t get picked last again this year
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
I hope he does and he sits there awkwardly and then spends another 12 months kicking ass and taking names
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I hope he gets picked last, gets up gives the finger to everyone and walks out. And then proceeds to kick ass for another 12 months.
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
bonus points if he rides of the arena on a unicorn shooting lasers with his hands and screaming YAAAAAYYYYYY
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
I could see it now
While leaving the arena, his rainbow lasers destroy the Senators’ infrastructure.
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by Frag on Jan 5, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
I’m sure he’d like the free car again. Hell, he should sit inside of his car from last year while he waits to be picked.
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by SkinnyFish on Jan 5, 2012 11:12 AM EST up reply actions 10 recs
This is the greatest idea ever.
by Bobby Paradise on Jan 5, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
He should just sit there and blast gangsta rap a la Michael Bolton in Office Space.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 5, 2012 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
I think thats a great idea. if the NHL wants to include fans, let them pick like 6 players.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
Let them pick the starting lineups after the teams have been picked.
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that sounds like a great plan for the NHL – make it look like the fans matter, but actually you don’t care as much for them as for that sweet, sweet money.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
Thats sounds like a fourth line to me
At least it's not Lebda.
by Nifty Mittens on Jan 5, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
Michalek almost deserves to be there. As do Karlsson and Phaneuf. Spezza and Alfredsson are a joke, but really, I’m not going to get worked up about it.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
Kessel for sure, probably not Lupul though. I’m not sure.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
the guy is over PPG, if he can’t get in on that I don’t understand this exercise at all.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
6th in the league in scoring Joffrey Lupul?
If he doesn’t make it, I’m completely opposed to all future ASG’s
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
if they’re going to do it, they might as well do it right. They interupt my normal Leafs watching for a useless game, at least reward the guys who are doing best in the league.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
It’s a corporate event and it’s a glorified pick-up hockey game.
Considering how many players eventually pull out of the game with undisclosed injuries I’d say they care about it as little as I do.
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Kind of my point, if no one cares, why do it?
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
Dollar dollar bills y’all.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
My point is it’s hardly worth the effort to get upset about it.
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This is the internet. I thought the point of it was to get upset over things we have no control over?
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 11:12 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Hey now, only Red Wings pull out with undisclosed injuries that don’t exist.
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I strongly respect their level of not giving a fuck
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
They cared so little it got Pavel Datsyuk suspended once.
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So he got to play in two fewer games, and I think they won the cup that year.
Not saying Kessel, Lupul, or Phaneuf should do it since the Leafs will likely be trying to squeeze into the playoffs, but there isn’t much incentive for players on a playoff lock to show up.
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
And it only cost Pavel Datsyuk $80,000! Worth it.
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Thats pretty steep, but considering the Wings biggest problem each year seems to be keeping guys healthy… not a terrible trade off for anyone
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
The NHL should just throw in the towel and do what the fans apparently want: Host team VS NHL All-Stars as the format.
One way lima beans defend themselves is by emitting a chemical warning system against spider mites (which eat lima beans) that attracts predators of spider mites, which then in turn defends the lima beans
Ottawa would lose like 150-10.
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I think that was a type. He wanted to give them a pity goal, but then hit the more realistic 0.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
Its the all-star game so no one will bother to play defense.
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"Ville Leino may stink but he’s still way better than Matt Ellis."
So what you’re saying is the Sens would already have that advantage…
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 5, 2012 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
even more motivation
One way lima beans defend themselves is by emitting a chemical warning system against spider mites (which eat lima beans) that attracts predators of spider mites, which then in turn defends the lima beans
Karlsson and Phaneuf are solid, but that Ottawa line makes a mockery of an all star game
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Karlsson and Phaneuf are solid, butthat Ottawa linethe fans makes a mockery of an all star game.
One way lima beans defend themselves is by emitting a chemical warning system against spider mites (which eat lima beans) that attracts predators of spider mites, which then in turn defends the lima beans
That’s some good sarcasm there. The ASG is always a mockery with fan voting…in every sport. It’s for the home town fans and corporate jerks.
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Filling the ASG with Ottawa players is not going to do anything for TV ratings.
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I never said the NHL was doing it right
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
Well, maybe you should be more specific.
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You’re just saying that because italics make me look like I’m a big jerk.
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I just like to emphasize certain things.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
Isn’t Spezza PPG over half the season now? I’d say that warrants consideration, but yeah don’t know why Alfredsson’s there.
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Kessel was blowing everyone else away in Voting just the other day.
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by Joe Ferguson on Jan 5, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Fun exercise
Pick a 4th liner you want to keep:
Joey Crabb or Darryl Boyce.
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by not norm ullman on Jan 5, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Realistically they will both probably be sent down once Bozak Brown and Armstrong are all back.
But due to his performance last game, Boyce.
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by Joe Ferguson on Jan 5, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
I had forgotten he was still with the team
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
Keep both, send down Mr. No Scorey Frattin
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by Peter de Chatham on Jan 5, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
You’re ridiculous and illiterate
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by leafer1984 on Jan 5, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What’s ridiculous is that Mr. No Scorey Frattin is still up with the Leafs.
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by Peter de Chatham on Jan 5, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
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L O L………….Frattin has no where near earned a demotion, he’s been very good
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didn’t he have a 2 point night last game?
by JohnerstonRex on Jan 5, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
By my count, that’s 2 more goals for Frattin tonight!
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
Boyce, but can Crabb get claimed on waivers?
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
I would rather risk Crabb.
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I would actually send Frattin down for this reason – he’d likely be back up within a week anyway given our team’s boneitis so why risk losing a guy on waivers.
at half-salary, no? Someone might take Crabb if they need a depth guy for cheap.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
Crab is my young sister’s favourite player. She doesn’t watch hockey, but she finds his name funny and calls him Joey the Crab. She also waves around a cute crab plushy. Gotta be Crab.
I have to admit, the Crabb factor weighed in on my decision. I still say Boyce, but when you need someone to shuffle across the ice, pinch off someone’s leg and maybe pot a goal by standing in front of the goalie with an armoured shell, Crabb’s a good one to have.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
shit
@mirtle James Mirtle
Wilson says Liles is suffering from bronchitis and still has concussion symptoms.
by ChrisFromParadise on Jan 5, 2012 11:38 AM EST reply actions
He spelled “boneitis” wrong…
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Jan 5, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
concussion
that’s the only thing I saw. and really the only thing that matters.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
Winnipeg Jets
Home Record: 14-6-1
Away Record: 5-9-4
Hmmm… what are they going to do without second period at home penalty calls?
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They’re an interesting case study because they go on long road trips followed by long homestands.
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Pretty much. It was pretty evident to me why the Jets are so good at home if that’s the kinda reffing they get at the MTS Centre.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 5, 2012 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
Per Mirtle and Jonas, Burke says Orr cleared waivers.
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Burke received a shit tonne of emails about this, so he wants to make a general statement
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same sources + tsnscottymac
“I know the greenpeace folks will be happy about this.” Says he admires Orr, hasn’t slept much knowing he’d have to tell Orr about getting sent down.
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Aaaand now it’s the Brian Burke show. No accountability in the game, “rats” have taken over.
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I love Burke, but his rant about Downie is wrong. DOwnie didn’t fight Aulie, what would Orr do? DOwnie would have ran away or turtled
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Orr’s footspeed has cost him, doesn’t think Orr has played his last NHL game, only Shanahan holds players accountable now.
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’It’s classified. I could tell you, but then I’d have to rent a barn.’
by Tickle Me Aulie on Jan 5, 2012 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
Someone on twitter is trying to argue that the Leafs didn’t have a bad December.
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I hope YouTube comes down to film this.
Relative to some of their last few “bad” months that’s extremely impressive.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
I guess having a losing record in only one of the 3 months that ends in R is better than having a losing record in all of them.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
Last year: 5-8-0. One more win, one less point in one more GP.
So if you think the Dec. 2010 Leafs were terrible….
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 5, 2012 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
the problem with december last year was that it followed october and november of 2010
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
And thus, we were expected to suck that badly.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 5, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
How should a Getzlaf trade package compare with the Carter and Richards packages the Flyers got this summer?
Getzlaf at his best is more dominant offensively, but Carter and Richards were locked up long-term (very long-term), at least as good as Getzlaf defensively, as young as Getzlaf and not horribly slumping like Getzlaf is now. Put all that together and I don’t think the Ducks should be able to command a bigger package than the Flyers did for those two.
Not that those returns were trivial, of course.
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What about Grabbo/Kuli + a pick or prospect?
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by Joe Ferguson on Jan 5, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Earlier, I threw out Schenn/Franson, Kadri/Colborne, and 1st. That’s our starting point, realistically.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
I could see Kulemin factoring into a deal to give him a fresh start, but I dont know what level of interest he commands these days.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
prospect near-ready. Kadri or Colborne. maybe Aulie/Franson/Another young D-man.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
Schenn + Kulemin + Bozak + … something?
You see I’m hoping we hold onto Colborne, Kadri and the 1st.
For reference
Richards was traded for Schenn, Simmonds and a 2nd.
Carter was traded for Voracek, a 1st (the #8 pick) and a 3rd.
Overtime loss: The new black.
So that sounds like:
Colborne/Kadri + Kulie + 2nd
Colborne/Kadri + 1st + 2nd (assuming we don’t have top ten pick)
Am I the only one who thinks that the cost for those two might have been low because there wasn’t a bidding war established. Same with the Joe Thorton to San Jose trade back in 05? (I think it was 05 anyways) You have to figure that if more than 3 teams knew players of that caliber were available the return would have been higher.
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
Grabbo is an ideal trade candidate, i’d be sad to see him go as he’s one of our best forwards in terms of puck possession and generating offence but he’s an expiring contract to UFA status so I’m not sure how much other teams would value that lack of control.
Kulimen’s value is probably quite low right now.
Colborne probably could be a prospect heading the other way as his value is likely good. I think Schenn is the guy the Ducks’ would be looking at as the centrepiece of any major trade.
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again, as pointed out earlier Anaheim won’t want an expiring UFA who will command a greater salary.
by Goosemonster on Jan 5, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
and when Murray laughs you off the phone?
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SOmeone will pay up for Getzlaf
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Skyrim question for those who have played:
Horse? Companions?
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I;m not really sure what the question was, but I am a member of one, and I own another one.
Daedric item quets are the shit.
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I meant followers on quests, not the companion guild
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Depends on the soup. I’m a fan good hearty chunky soups, like beef and barley. Pureed soups can be good too if made right.
Oh you were making a joke…
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I haven’t found much need of companions. If I find myself over-matched I summon my Dremora buddy. He kicks royal ass while chirping the enemy in a bad-ass voice. As for horses, once you join the Dark Brotherhood you are given an awesome black horse named Shadowmere. I thought he was indestructible until I rode him over a waterfall and killed him.
Either you have an enviable memory, or a pitiable life, to know nothing of regret.
- Sten, of the Qunari
I’ve found magic is really useless in early rounds, so I’ve never really seen it in action at higher levels. Is it really that wicked?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im5IpE2rleo
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As a sneak character they just get in the way as they are terrible at sneaking. The mage by Azura’s shrine can sneak a bit though. When not fighting undead I enjoy the use of illusion magic. Let them kill eachother while I wait in the shadows with an arrow for the last man standing.
As a Toronto sports fan I proudly follow the lessons of lachrymology.
"He drives that new car around town and feels really good about it." - Ron Wilson
"Vancouver, BC: A massive inferiority complex with a city." - TheOtherAndrew
"HOPE is more than a postponed disappointment" - Epica
I haven’t used a horse yet, but then again I’ve only been to Stormcloak-held towns. I just walked there, I aint made of money yet.
I just spend foolishly. I already have a housein whiterun, horse and some fancy armor (level 21)
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
I used the Speech exploit to get that up to level 100 and then joined the Thieves Guild. Now I just steal everything and fence it
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Yeah. You can level up to 100 quite fast in Riften.
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CHEATER
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My character, as a master thief, would approve
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Based on you, is he a giant asshole with a low IQ?
<3
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by leafer1984 on Jan 5, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
he’s a thief. of course he’s an asshole. But he’s not a Milan fan, so I think he’s clear of the second part.
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Low blow dude.
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no. there’s a glitch in the black-briar meadery with the bartender
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just keep talking to the bartender and use persuasion.
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Me neither, I just spent money on the carriage to go to all of the main towns and then walked places from there
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
well yeah, I basically just built up a range of fast travel sites between each town from there so I can fast travel near to any place I haven’t discovered yet pretty easily
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
Not if you haven’t been to a town yet. I havent even been to the west side of the province, really I’ve only been to Whiterun, that city with the Stormcloak king, and Riften, discovering little places between the two.
Even though I’m a wood elf, I’m real partial to the two-handed Sword I got from the Companions, which I use in addition to my bow. Really, I either sneak around and ninja/stealth kill, or just run up to someone and hack and slash. No magic at all, really, I don’t find it very useful.
magic is really only useful if you dual wield destruction
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Hmmm..May have to try it. Only problem is I get destroyed by opponents quickly if I dont use my best weapons (two-handed sword, orcish bow)
totally kidding, I have no idea what these nerds are talking about.
That's "Da-ooo". I killed a turkey once, with a shovel.
by daoust on Jan 5, 2012 1:35 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Dremora Lords one-shot bosses. Other than that, conjuration isn’t very useful.
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soul trap
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"He drives that new car around town and feels really good about it." - Ron Wilson
"Vancouver, BC: A massive inferiority complex with a city." - TheOtherAndrew
"HOPE is more than a postponed disappointment" - Epica
soul trap is boss. none of my weapons ever run out of charges
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and when you swing a sword and capture someone’s soul in a gem, way more satisfying then stealing their clothes.
Dion Phaneuf: turning the tunes up since '10
It’s called interspecies erotica fucko.
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by SkinnyFish on Jan 5, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Ugh don’t talk about Skyrim while I’m at work, now all I want to do is go home and play it.
I now have a new meaning for “It’s 5 O’Clock somewhere”
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
I’m actually a little mad I won’t get to play it tonight on account of a Leaf game
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I have it all worked out:
5:15 – home
5:17 to 6:00pm – Skyrim
6:00 to 7:00 – Outdoor hockey (if ice is alright, if not, Skyrim)
HOCKEY TIME LOPPED OFF HERE
when hockey finishes to 11:30pm – Skyrim
11:30pm?
Would you like a cup of warm milk, grandpa?
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
7:15 is early?
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if I wake up for 7:15 I’m either boned or up too early. #University-life
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
You get a whole 8 hours (minus 15 mins) of sleep a night, wow!?!? Lucky!
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d for having to do the math in the actual comment.
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I guess I’m just cranky today considering I was sick all night last night and finally got to sleep at about 4:30 only to wake up to that dreadful alarm at 6:30.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
i’m with you on this.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
Whew, glad I wasn’t the only one thinking this!
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
You weren’t, but I challenge anyone to find someone under the age of 30 to join our old-man protest thread.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Jan 5, 2012 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t have the game so I’ll join in, just to be a dick.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve never liked an Elder Scrolls game. I played Oblivion for 10 minutes and then shipped it back to Gamefly.
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I don’t think it’s a question about age, rather one about how much of an awkward social outcast somebody was that they feel the need in their late teens and 20s to dress up like a wizard wielding a dorky wand and play out their imagination through a video game.
btw… I’m 26.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
People have been playing out their imaginations with books for hundreds of years. When you get right down to it, all fiction, video games, movies, television shows, etc are forms of escapism, and there’s nothing wrong with that in moderation.
it’s possible to experience escapism without being a total dork too.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
Cocaine is one helluva drug.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
This. Also, this “moderation” Smithy speaks must be lost on the hundreds of people I came across at the rennaisance festival I went to in October.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
Again, moderation? A ren fair versus tailgating outside of an NFL stadium 8 Sundays a year? One has beer sponsors so that makes it ok?
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
once again, refer to my comment below, I admit that I enjoy a ren fair every now and then, and have never actually been to a tailgate. Sports just seem more acceptable for all ages where as the wizards, knights, dragons, so forth is usually for the younger crowd and the comic book guy from the simpsons.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
This seems appropriate here to me.
One way lima beans defend themselves is by emitting a chemical warning system against spider mites (which eat lima beans) that attracts predators of spider mites, which then in turn defends the lima beans
Dorks are just people who get excited about things they like. Nothing wrong with that. What’s dorkier – Someone dressing up as Spiderman for 1 convention a year, or a person who decorates their house in swag with the logo of their favorite team and wears a jersey of their favorite player for every game they watch on TV? They’re roughly equivalent in what’s being done, but 1 is clearly more radical.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
by SkinnyFish on Jan 5, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What about the people who do both? Those are the real dorks right?
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
I think it comes down to “acceptable norms”. Cheering or even being a sports fanatic is acceptable for all ages, where as something to do with comic books or magic cards is usually acceptable for kids under say 14?!?
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
Sports = cool
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
People escaping to a land of magic and elves and wonder.
People escaping to a land of large sweaty men in tight fitting clothing who crash into each other repeatedly.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
I don’t think you’d find too many people who would buy the arguement that enjoying football or rugby (sweaty tight clothes) is dorkier or creepier than dungeons and dragons.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
Merely pointing out that many “fantasy” related escapes are at least more creative, thought provoking, and engaging than watching grown men run into each other.
That being said, the New Yorker comics are fucking terrible.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
They are more creative, definitely, and sometimes can be more fun. I enjoy sci-fi movies, going to ren festivals, etc. But not enough to spend my days trying to unlock secret magic dragons or to invest in authentic chain-mail armor for a costume.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
Correct. Just like how I love the Leafs but I don’t have a jersey collection or break into the ACC to collect player hair samples from the locker room drains.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
It’s gotten harder with all the upped security, ya know!
But, seriously, I never wanted to admit around here since I’ve seen people posting pictures of their jersey collections which could fill a whole museum, but I only have one leaf jersey.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
Phaneuf, Schenn, Versteeg.
Fun fact, I only wear one now. I also have 3 or hoodies.
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I need to get a name/number on mine, but I just can’t decide.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
PHANEUF
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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Strongly agree.
I want to get one, but I bought a Kulemin one on draft weekend,and well, I fear I cursed him.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
I wanted a Kulemin one too, but I’m holding out until he gets an extension. If not, I’ll pick either Kessel or Phaneuf since they’re both safe bets.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
Man I think January 31 2010 is still prolly a top 5 moment in my life
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Oh, I was, however, the lucky recipient of an “Optimus Prime” tshirt from puckinghilarious (which I must say is awesome). My wife catches on quickly, I dropped a hint only once and found it under my tree for Christmas.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
eh, that should read ‘optimus reim’ not ‘optimus prime’.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
My girlfriend wears my Optimus Reim shirt more than I do.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
I forgot I have a Gilmour shirsey too
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Don’t own a single leafs jersey. Never have, All I have is 2 Wendel Clark “Shirseys” and my leafs hat. Hell I’ve never even been to a game before. Closest I came was the team skills competition in 93. That was also the only time I was ever in the Gardens
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
Don’t feel bad, i’ve never been to a Leaf game in TO either. The only times I ever saw the Leafs play live was at the Joe.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
Here’s the kicker. I grew up about a 15 minute drive from the Gardens till I moved to Brantford in 94. Now Brantford Smoke games? Sheeeeiiiiitttt. Been to a million of those. PAUL POLILLO FTW!!!
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
There aren’t usually cheerleaders at Dungeons and Dragons. Usually.
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
Hot chicks at conventions >>> NFL cheerleaders, and much more approachable.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
i like attractive women in short skirts, i find the act of cheerleading uninteresting
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
Congrats. You’ve broken the Grammar Nazi meme with that one…
This space for rant...
by fair_n_hite_451 on Jan 5, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
To that claim, I would respond with a muted “meh”. I find proper grammar quite useful in general, and as a principle I would agree it should be more highly valued by our society. However, sometimes I just to screw with them there sentences for the heck of it and what not.
orange,Francis burger pre-bodega crash site.
monetary organic sloth
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
Easy for you to say.
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I’ve actually never been to a convention, so I shouldn’t really be talking
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions
the social element of sports (tailgating, games at bars, etc) makes it less dorkier. but sure, if you just sit alone in your basement watching games and typing away about statistics on the internet, then sure, you’re a dork.
/awkward glances
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
cripes, you got me!
/glancesaroundlookingforboss
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
Oh noes! I might not fit in with societal norms based on consumerism! Whatever shall I do?
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
Join a WoW raid.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
Never liked raiding, or even instancing for that matter. Always got flaky idiots who would pull in too many creeps and wipe the group.
Oh no. I’ve been outed.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
Pickup raids were the worst. Game stopped being fun when blizzard insisted on making them viable. Gotta get a good guild who shoots the shit on vent during the down time.
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I haven’t understood a single word in this entire thread.
Cynically Sarcastic
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It’s because you aren’t cool enough to be a nerd like us. Actually, I dont play WoW, but I did understand that conversation.
If i could, i would do that instead.
Stupid sun belt. (well, the northern border of it…)
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"Ville Leino may stink but he’s still way better than Matt Ellis."
Silly Flyers fan, Philly isn’t in the sun belt.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions
sun belt goes up to ROchester?
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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I was traded to DC.
Mike Weber Pressbox Incarceration Status: Free to roam the blueline.
"Ville Leino may stink but he’s still way better than Matt Ellis."
I haven’t gotten my pads in yet, but there are enough rinks around that you could swing 4 or 5 pickup sessions a week around here, before you get into mens league territory. Gotta imagine Kettler has some pretty good competition.
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Yeah, if i were in DC i’d probably have enough ice around but im not even inside the beltway.
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"Ville Leino may stink but he’s still way better than Matt Ellis."
Oof. Where? I played at Laurel a lot as a kid – some good ice there, but their mens league / pickup stuff is usually during “do stuff” nights like Friday and Saturday.
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a couple mile’s north of king’s farm.
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"Ville Leino may stink but he’s still way better than Matt Ellis."
Oof. Skated at Wheaton – their outdoor rink BLEW when I was there, but their indoor was pretty nice (though they only have one). Laurel is still nice, and Ashburn is nice but a bit of a drive for you, as is Kettler. Rockville probably has a rink somewhere, but I have no idea what the pickup would be like there.
Also, we should get beers somewhere at some point. Maybe next Leafs-Sabres game, just so I can come back and tell people that you secretly cheered when the Leafs scored.
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Sun belt goes up to DC?
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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Northern Virginia (Alexandria to Leesburg) is really blue. Central and southern VA is definitely The South. Anacostia is a free-for-all.
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Not trying to be a dick, I really didn’t know. Washington wants a Winter CLassic, could they realistically have on with decent ice?
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You can have fantastic ice with temps below 50F and cloudy skies. But a little sun and some weather and it all goes to shit.
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Maybe if they did it in February. It was in the 40s here on Christmas. It’s 48F / 8 C right now. January 5th, and it’s not even freezing.
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Case Study: Last week weather in DC
1st: 60 (we’re too cool for celsius) sprinkles
2nd: 50 wind
3rd: 32 wind
4th: 35 flurries
They’ve said they have a slightly better than 50% chance of having decent winter classic weather first week of Jan, don’t know how accurate that is.
Mike Weber Pressbox Incarceration Status: Free to roam the blueline.
"Ville Leino may stink but he’s still way better than Matt Ellis."
Now that would make a fine video game.
My character is a 27th-level Bryzgalov
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Jan 5, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
I just got a epic-level GPS, i can no longer get lost in forests!
Mike Weber Pressbox Incarceration Status: Free to roam the blueline.
"Ville Leino may stink but he’s still way better than Matt Ellis."
am grinding in a huMANgous way until Husky companion is unlock
This space for rant...
by fair_n_hite_451 on Jan 5, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
how is spending $60 for a game to play on $1500 computers not a product of consumerism?
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
The cost per time used on videogames is insanely good. Even if you only play 10 hours of Skyrim, that works out to $6/hour. For the people who complete the main game and clock 50+ hours, it’s practically free.
masturbating is cheaper if you have a good imagination or are stealing wifi
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 3:09 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That you can get books for free is a small miracle, as far as I’m concerned.
In the court of public opinion, Steve Simmons is Lionel Hutz.
BU’s library had a fantastic old book section. I once stumbled on a book entitled “Military History of Europe” published in 1925. I just yelled at the book, “LOOK OUT!”
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You can get a truckload of videogames free, some even legally.
But I agree with your sentiment. Until the Internet, no other stockpile of information was available for free, to anyone, regardless of class or wealth. Most places guard that information vehemently. Think old guilds, artisians and the like.
who me? wait? what happened? huh?
by Kessel'sOversizedSuit on Jan 5, 2012 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
Fine, but the cost is the same whether you borrow 1000 books or 0 books.
In the court of public opinion, Steve Simmons is Lionel Hutz.
Indeed, unless you consider public services you don’t use and are also paying for, and factoring that into your overall library costs as a way of determining how your taxes factor into the cost of each book.
This, Bart, is a crazy person.
In the court of public opinion, Steve Simmons is Lionel Hutz.
by The Bag on Jan 5, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t get me started about all those taxes I’m paying for the school system
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
Markham Libraries lend console video games……….most cost effective ever
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Fuck it
Trade: Any 8-10 things (roster players, prospects, picks) not named Kessel or Phaneuf.
Receive: Getzlaf and Carter
/dropsmic
Anyone know the details of Schenn’s NTC?
http://capgeek.com/players/display.php?id=187
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"He drives that new car around town and feels really good about it." - Ron Wilson
"Vancouver, BC: A massive inferiority complex with a city." - TheOtherAndrew
"HOPE is more than a postponed disappointment" - Epica
doesn’t have one until his last season
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Ah K thanks. I figured people wouldn`t be throwing around Schenn`s name in trades if he had one.
As a Toronto sports fan I proudly follow the lessons of lachrymology.
"He drives that new car around town and feels really good about it." - Ron Wilson
"Vancouver, BC: A massive inferiority complex with a city." - TheOtherAndrew
"HOPE is more than a postponed disappointment" - Epica
Sending out the Cox Bloc Bat Signal
From today’s horseshit screed by Bruce Dowbiggan:
Winter Classic Future: No sooner had Usual Suspects suggested that Canadian teams need not apply for an NHL Winter Classic Game (and HBO 24/7 treatment) than rumours cropped up that the Detroit Red Wings will host the Toronto Maple Leafs next January at either Comerica Park in Detroit or the University of Michigan’s 109,000-seat football stadium. Which could mean a Winter Classic & 24/7 team that did not make the playoffs the year before. We won’t suggest which team, but do point out that Detroit is currently in a playoff spot.
But when it comes to the Maple Leafs, the exceptions are the rules (Owners with two NHL teams at the same time?). And why not? You could hold a bottle drive with the Leafs and still get a million people watching on TV. So it’s always going to pay off in attendance and ratings. To say nothing of four weeks of Brian Burke as Citizen Kane ("You’re right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I’ll have to close this place in… 60 years.")
Attendance and ratings? Bruce, being one of the Globe’s media commentators, presumably knows that Canadian viewers wouldn’t be counted in any American-based evaluation of the number of households watching HBO’s program, right? That is to say that he would know that when HBO opens up its ratings reports, they know that those reports refer to the number/proportion of American households watching HBO. He would also presumably be able to reason, with some justification, that (oddball exceptions such as Chemmy, LD, Skinny, Blurr and many others hereabouts) the majority of Leaf fans live north of the border. So he would surely understand that to suggest that the Leafs are being inserted into 24/7 by either the league or the network in some attempt to artificially inflate American ratings…well that would just be bullshit, right? So that would mean that whatever kind of anti-Leafs bellyaching is going on here amounts to confused and aimless baby crying, right?
Secondly, the reference to Brian Burke and Citizen Kane…WTF? Anyone?
I would also pause to note that elsewhere in the same article, Mr. Dowbiggan opines at length about the “excellent night” that TSN’s broadcasters had during the recent WJC semi-final. Not sure you’d find agreement among the legions of viewers who noted – among other similar transgressions – that Miller, Ferrarro et al conspicuously declined to point out an obvious (and unpenalized) punch to the throat of a Russian player by Connolly early in the third.
Seems like the sort of thing some youthful zambonics or blocked Coxes might be interested in. Just sayin’. (And waiting in hopeful anticipation.)
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the exceptions are the rules (Owners with two NHL teams at the same time?)
My favorite part about this is that the rules specifically allow for owners to be involved in two NHL teams, as long as they are below a certain percentage share. His one example…isn’t right.
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I saw that too. Too many easy targets, not enough time!
HELP US COX BLOC!
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Today’s article aside, do you people really throw Dowbiggen in with all of your other hated MSM writers?
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Jan 5, 2012 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t even read him anymore, so meh
Professional cusser causer.
by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
I haven’t read anything thoughtful and informative from him for years, so – speaking for myself only – yeah.
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Which could mean a Winter Classic & 24/7 team that did not make the playoffs the year before.
If he’s got some powers to be able to concretely declare this, I gotta start talking to him when I play PRO-LINE, cause right now, only a tie-breaker is keeping Toronto from being “in a playoff spot” as he says.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
I would still wager that the Leafs will make the playoffs. It’s the safe bet.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
And yet, the Sabres missed the playoffs the year they played in the Winter Classic. As did the Oilers with the Heritage Classic in 2003.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 5, 2012 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
huh
according to sportsclubstats, if we were playing with next year’s re-aligned divisions, the Leafs would have a 72% chance of making the playoffs right now.
I like those odds.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 1:52 PM EST reply actions
Yeah, our new division is going to be an absurd cakewalk until pheonix relocates and ruins everything.
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I imagine our standings will look like:
BOSTON- 140 pts.
TOR/OTT/FLA/BUF- 85-95 pts.
TAMPA BAY- 80 pts.
LOL HABS- 65 pts.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 5, 2012 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, expect the playoff cutoff point in the new division to be like 80 points. (for the right to get skewered by the bruins until tim thomas and Zdeno Chara disintegrate)
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Sure
Historically, QC didn’t have the same English Upper Class / French Working Class tensions Montreal did. Montreal used to have an English team (the Maroons) and a French team (the Habs)
The city is French (not french & English), and the team history is newer. They’ve got nothing to prove. While the coach better make an effort to speak to the media in French, I don’t think fans would care in the same way. They’ll just be happy to get one back. I don’t think they’d be stupid enough to want Tippet replaced if the team is successful. None of that ‘team identity’ bs.
knowing many, many Quebecois, while your history is mostly right, I totally disagree. A coach in Quebec City will have to be francophone, it’ll be a huge issue otherwise. It’s an all-french town. Not even like Montreal where like 20% are english.
It’s irrelevant because it’s not ingrained in the history of the franchise.
The Canadiens were rooted in the Original 6 era of the game, where they had territorial rights to every Quebecois player.
The Nords were established in the WHA and the the post-expansion NHL, so they’ve only ever known the side of the game where you have to take the best players available regardless of their heritage. I mean, the most famous players in Nordiques history are three Slovakian brothers, a kid from BC and a kid from Sweden.
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Nords were the Quebec nationalist team before they left. When they left, those people either switched to the QMJHL team near them (some), stopped watching (some) or, more rarely, switched to support the only other “Quebecois” team left, the Canadians.
atwo kids from BC and a kid from Sweden
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
Cripes!
Editing fail:
a kid from BC and a two kids from Sweden
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:37 PM EST up reply actions
Plus
If i know my hockey folklore correctly, the Habs and Nords fans had a total bloodfeud going. So I imagine there would be a bit of a push to be the opposite of Montreal.
The one reason the coach would have to speak French would be that, unlike in Montreal, a lot of the fanbase would be actually unilingual. But if he spoke French on the level of, say, Malkin’s english, I don’t think the fans would care that much.
Still a pass, I’ll take it!
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
So I wrote on tumblr today that I wanted Reimer to be in net tonight, and was accused of hating Gustavsson. So, I blogged for the first time in a month :P
My thoughts on why Reims should be starting tonight: http://gingersnowflake.blogspot.com/2012/01/reimer-vs-gustavsson.html
and on a related note, tumblr fangirls are freaking crazy.
by leaflover4ever on Jan 5, 2012 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
Mhmm.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
I dont “get” tumblr
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Myspace 2.0
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
That’s facebook.
Tumblr is like Twitter but it’s a blog.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
Tumblr’s more like myspace, annoying ass profile themes & mostly non-sense.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
pretty much. You can find some awesome pictures on there, but the comments are mostly whack.
by leaflover4ever on Jan 5, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
Exactly, it a friggin blog. I dont get it
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Well you have to see the backend for it to make more sense. You can scroll through the blogs you follow like Twitter.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
yeah. there’s a ‘dashboard’ that shows the posts of everyone you follow, and you can reply to them. So in that sense it’s like twitter.
by leaflover4ever on Jan 5, 2012 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
Well that makes more friggin sense now
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Yeah, I used it for a while, but then just put the ones I liked in my google reader.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
LukasHardonk
#Leafs prospect Greg McKegg has been traded to the London Knights.
#FREEDOM
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BCapp and I are definitely going to see a game now.
The lucky SOB is in Cuba right now though, I do believe.
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See Skinny’s update below. McKegg still stranded on the Otters.
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and I’ll say it again: Yay! Sucks to London.
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But I wouldn’t mind McKegg tampering with Domi. “Hold out for the Leafs. Don’t put that draft jersey on.”
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FINALLY
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This is turning out quite funny. Everyone’s all, like, Yaaaaaay, then they scroll down and they’re all, like, awwww.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Jan 5, 2012 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
ya…..i was definitely like “awwww”
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I said Yay. He can go anywhere else in the West.
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I was more like “augh” than “awww”. I don’t find him too cute.
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 5, 2012 2:50 PM EST up reply actions
Why not the Gens!
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mckegg will get the biggest return from a for sure contender
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by elseldo on Jan 5, 2012 5:22 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
THEY HAVE FREED GREG MCKEGG!!!
LukasHardonk #Leafs prospect Greg McKegg has been traded to the London Knights.
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Nevermind
Thanks, Brian. My bad. Just read @max_domi’s tweet. RT @BrianHuddle @LukasHardonk No he hasn’t.
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by SkinnyFish on Jan 5, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Lupul rules
"Obviously, Ottawa just wants to see all their guys play," Lupul said. "Why don’t they just get a ticket to a Senators game?"
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by leafer1984 on Jan 5, 2012 2:42 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
How can one not love that funny funny bastard?
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
First Buffalo, now Ottawa. With half a season left Lupul is in good position to successfully troll everyone else in the Northeast.
Troll ALL the Northeast.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 5, 2012 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
Lol, my wife
Sends me this email and nothing else:
Rumour has it: Kulemin + 5th round = Getzlaf
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You’re married to Eklund?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I’de prefer incarcerated bob
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
Oh. She heard it on “TSN Radio” apparently.
-"I'm not drinking and driving, I'm driving while I'm drinking....Right boys!?"
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She is not being very detailed in her emails, this is quite upsetting haha. My response:
Whaaaaa??? Where did you hear this from? I can’t find it anywhere? Who said it?
Her response:
TSN radio.
I think she is trying to rile me up or something :P
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Subtle troll is subtle.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
by PassivelyTruculent on Jan 5, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
She means the entire 5th round. Leafs need to trade for 29 5th round draft picks, then flip them to the Ducks.
by potvin vs hextall on Jan 5, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
funny how
most people saying that Wilson is an idiot for starting Gustavsson are the same ones who defend him when I say he should be fired.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 2:56 PM EST reply actions
“I disagree with the starting goalie,” is not in conflict with “I don’t think Ron Wilson should be fired right now.”
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I understand that. but it’s another knock against him in the ‘makes good decisions to help the team win’ department, no?
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
To be fair I’m explicitly calling the people making the argument Gus is starting because his PK SV% is better idiots.
I’m implicitly calling Wilson an idiot if that is actually true.
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I actually don’t mind the decision to start Gustavsson. Reimer will be the better goalie and probably is right now. However, Gus gets the game tonite in my eyes.
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i should note
I dont think he deserves it due to PK SV%. Thats just silly
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I imagine it has more to do with Tim Stapleton being on Winnipeg’s first line than anything.
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WE NEED DEFENSE
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So what you’re saying is: We need Bobby Ryan
/ducks
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
He won’t be a Duck after we’re done with him… ;)
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by LeafBoy on Jan 5, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Step 1: Acquire Getzlaf
Step 2: Trade Him for Ryan Suter
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
my personal trade mantra
always trade for elite talent if you can get it, no matter where it fits in your roster
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Yes duh, trade for Getzlaf, offer Suter league max, run Mike Komisarek and and Matthew Lombardi over with a bus.
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Can they stand back-to-back, or will we need two buses?
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by T is for Truculence on Jan 5, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
I just learned something today
4/4 americans I polled had no idea what ‘mini sticks’ are.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 3:28 PM EST reply actions
Taken out of context that could be a really inappropriate comment.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Taken out of context, your name is about cat torture.
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by JP Nikota on Jan 5, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Possibly.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
Yes. It was.
and now in context I know what you are speaking of.
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
There’s gotta be a better way to say that.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
you called them small sticks?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t believe any Canadian male doesn’t know they’re called mini sticks. Impossible!
by Kessel'sOversizedSuit on Jan 5, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
- source of school yard violence where I came from
by Self Destructive Zones on Jan 5, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
There should be a number sign before that 1
by Self Destructive Zones on Jan 5, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Who the fuck did you ask?
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1 dude from Wisconsin
1 dude from South Carolina
1 dude from Arizona
and a girl from Baltimore
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
the wisconsin dude is the only one who maybe should have known
did the girl from Baltimore shoot you for asking?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
Hard to tell if it was for asking, or just for fun.
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sorry. the one guy’s from North Carolina. and plays/follows hockey. Still had no idea.
i showed him a youtube video and now he wants to get some for the office.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
Fucking everybody knows what mini sticks are.
I learned something today too: 1/1 Canadian I polled was illiterate. I forgot to get Mr. Demers’ autograph, however.
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by Chemmy on Jan 5, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
here it is
X
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
I’m American and for Christmas Fergus’ mom got me a Canada mini hockey set.
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Like Team Canada, or like the thing I refuse to open, containing 6 mini-sticks and a pair of squash balls?
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Jan 5, 2012 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
WHAT?!?!
The HHoF store has a tonne of them. I almost bought them for all of my cousins.
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by PPP on Jan 5, 2012 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
I actually kind of agree with Burke on one thing: I don’t think these cheap shot guys are going to get punished sufficiently by either the referees or the league disciplinarians to actually prevent that from becoming the new norm. I don’t know what to do about it (I think a player like Orr leaving is good for hockey) but I don’t think Carcillo getting 7 games for that dirty, filthy cheap-shot of a hit is going to stop this from continuing at all.
Phaneuf, Aulie, and Boyce all tried to fight Downie. Why does it need to be a career fighter like Orr? Is Orr supposed to be more intimidating because he can drop his gloves off the faceoff to fight against Parros, Carkner, and DJ King?
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Yeah I don’t know why he was defending Orr given the way the game has gone (other than him being a good guy off the ice, which I know nothing about). I just mean the league may need to figure out a better way to do this if that’s the path they want to pursue.
Although for the record, Phaneuf didn’t try to fight Downie. Downie tried to goad phaneuf, Aulie and Boyce stepped in. Downie didn’t want to fight anyone, just draw a penalty (mind you, he took one)
The Downie thing was one of the few times I wished Orr was still around. I’m willing to lose him for a misconduct for regardless of Downie’s desire to fight, grabbing and beating him into a bloody pulp for taking a run like that at our captain.
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 5, 2012 4:27 PM EST up reply actions
Downie would turtle faster than CLaude Lemieux ever did
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he would also skate away much faster than Orr could skate
also grabbing someone unwilling and smashing their face in, no matter how douchey a hockey player they are is stupid, mindless, detestable and would hopefully ban them from the NHL for life
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
Tucker? Tucker wouldnt have fought Orr
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DOwnie wouldn’t have done that to Orr either. He did it to Dion. Tucker would have probably been a bigger bastard
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he did try to fight chara that one time
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
I think that’s what Burke was getting at. He started by saying that players used to police themselves, then the enforcer evolved. Now guys don’t answer the bell, a la Downie and enforcers are gone, so he’s worried about what will result from that. Not saying I agree, but I think that’s his concern.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 5, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
shifting focus from the teams struggles and trolling the media with a needless press conference
Burkie knows what he was doing
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
What did Downie do that was such a blight on the game, exactly? He tried to get under the Leafs’ skin by playing on the edge of the rules and generally making a nuisance of himself. He was 100% in Dion’s head and he convinced Tim Connolly of all people that an elbow to the chops was a good idea.
For the most part his antics worked and if his goalies hadn’t been sieves he would have done a great job in doing so. I still have no idea why the refs broke up the fight between him and Aulie and then him and Boyce.
Basically I tolerate Downie over Raffi Torres or Dan Carcillo running around and legitimately endangering other players with their bullshit.
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I wouldn’t say Downie “convinced” Connolly to elbow him in the chops in the traditional sense, more or less made tim raise his arm in an “oh fuck!” fashion as he charged with his own elbow aimed at the noggin
but other than that I agree
still, fuck steve downie
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
The replay of that penalty made it pretty obvious Connolly was taking his shot.
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not what I saw, but ive been wrong before
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
has this been posted already?
sorry if it has…. flyers fans beat up rangers fans after winter classic, guy admits to it on facebook….
That's "Da-ooo". I killed a turkey once, with a shovel.
what a hilarious result of a terrible and stupid action
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
Twitter says
The police concluded he was probably not the culprit, just stupid. Though the cops came to his house so I’m sure that was a fun time for him.
Mike Weber Pressbox Incarceration Status: Free to roam the blueline.
"Ville Leino may stink but he’s still way better than Matt Ellis."
as stated in the comments over there:
Edward Neary is BSH’s version of Chaim Weisswasser.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 5, 2012 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
without the vexing eyebrows
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
or the extensive phone collection
This space for rant...
by fair_n_hite_451 on Jan 5, 2012 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
He makes Brock Anton (the Canucks riot guy who posted a FB status about it) look like a genius.
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 5, 2012 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
this guy just seems to be taking credit to look like a big tough ass kicker, was Anton ever found to be guilty or just stupid?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not sure if he’s been charged. Vancouver is taking it’s sweet time getting around to charging/prosecuting rioters.
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 5, 2012 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, they are doing due diligence, making sure as many charges as possible stick
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 5, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
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