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Potvin is an idiot. Discuss.
"If you want money go to the bank, if you want bread go to the bakery if you want goals go to the net." - #21
i guess that big kazzoo like helmet he wore back in the day didnt protect his grey matter too well.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
Deet deet deet da-deet
Deet deet deet da-deet
Deet deet deet da-deet
DEET DEET DEET!
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 3, 2010 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
(I guess Scotty’s not around. Anyone…?)
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 3, 2010 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
does potvin-on-nilsson count as a check that ended someone’s career? (going back to F&B’s and WM’s discussion from about a month ago.)
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 3, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
What a recall. I’m not familiar enough to really know what the deal was with Nilsson.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
yeah, me neither. i’m reading broken ankle, though, and i can imagine a busted ankle/foot lingering for the rest of a career. still, a pretty freak injury if that’s what happened.
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 3, 2010 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah did look freakish. I would have guessed head or shoulder by that clip. Ask Forsberg if feet injuries can derail a career. (But BAMF Doug Gilmour didn’t let no fucking foot injury slow him down!)
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Man I'm getting anxious
I had a double planning block this morning and it’s half over. I need some trades! It’s not going to be as easy to hit refresh on TSN, or Z on here when I have to actually teach children…
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Think I could get away with showing Miracle right now? That would make it even better.
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Bill Nye The Science Guy was always the go-to educational programming back in the day.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
Middle school was all about Finding Nemo for me.
I’m young.
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I preferred Toy Story, myself.
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Wall-E is by far the best Pixar film (too OT for this thread?)
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:09 AM EST up reply actions
boooooo
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They’re saying Boourns!
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:14 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I agree, though Toy Story is a close second, probably tied with Ratatouille, for me.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
Damn, you ARE young. That came out when I was almost done with high school, I think.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:09 AM EST up reply actions
I was eight when toy story came out, greatest thing ever at the time.
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You are all young. That movie came out after I graduated from college.
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by Carl Putnam on Mar 3, 2010 9:20 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
No, you’re just old!
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I prefer the term ‘experienced’.
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Are you…experienced?
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by fat_daddyo on Mar 3, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
what age do you teach?
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
All juniors today.
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I’d say you can probably get away with whatever you want, then.
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Are they tattle-tale types? Because if they are, you need to teach them what happens to tattle-tales…
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:12 AM EST up reply actions
Sick Brads on them?
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by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
Relevance matters:
Show ’em the last 10 seconds of the world junior championship. 240 times.
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by redlineblue on Mar 3, 2010 9:12 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Not gonna lie, my 3rd period is watching a movie right now… :)
(3 hour block b/c of English SOL testing, not like I was going to do math with them for 3 hours!)
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Dead Poets Society… I ran to the library this morning after I realized all my VHS tapes are at my parents’ – and there’s no way I’m giving up my computer for 2 hrs for them to watch a DVD, haha.
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How are you not showing Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land?!!! Classic.
Sometimes, you really just want to hit a b**ch.
They didn’t have it in the library, haha – that’s actually what I was kinda looking for!
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When I think Math movies, I think Good Will Hunting….that might be to rated-R for kids though.
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Yeah, I would have loved to watch that, but pretty sure we can’t do R.
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That’s usually a no-no. I honestly can’t think of any other math movies…21 maybe but that’s probably encouraging poor behavior
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Haha yeah, I usually just bring in Disney movies, but I didn’t even think about it, and I have nothing but DVDs at my house. Eh, oh well – they’re not really watching it anyways, haha. Most are playing cards and playing hangman on my board.
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I’d just let them talk with their friends because that’s what I’d want to be doing
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Yeah, I put it on for background noise basically. I have like 100 Algebra 2 HN tests to grade, so I told them not to bother me, haha :)
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
Yep… you know me, haha. I can’t stay away. I’m going to have so much to do tonight b/c of this!
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I know! Which is why I NEED to finish it during the day today. But, trade deadline… rawr, too much going on!
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by what Juneau about that? on Mar 3, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
I’d say Pi is not one of the better math movies. It’s too inaccesible to the common viewer, and even kinda inaccessible to the target viewer, because the movie simply isn’t that good. It’s weird, though, and I do love weird.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
Good times. 7th grade wouldn’t have been fun without it.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
I like watching that movie because it validates my choice to go to grad school for English.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
I recently saw Doctor Zhivago; that was a fantastic movie.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
Just accept it
The Caps > A Child’s Education
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by Battenburg Baron on Mar 3, 2010 9:04 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Wait for something to happen, then do a salary cap math lesson and talk about the geographic differences between the two regions involved in the trade.
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This man’s a thinker.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
Think the kids would like a lesson on CORSI?
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by redlineblue on Mar 3, 2010 9:09 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
LOL
Rec’d
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Five Paragraph Essay: If the Caps deal for Vokoun, what goes through Varly’s head?
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:12 AM EST up reply actions
For me it’s out of nerves. I hate seeing guys I like sent out of town.
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For me it’s out of nerves because Pittsburgh has already had a strong deadline and we’ve done nothing so far.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
DarrenDreger: 3 or 4 teams interested in Seidenberg. However, he has a $1 plus million bonus at the end of June. Ouch!!
Does that lower what they can get in trade?
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I wish I has a $1,000 bonus.
Ya know, for “taxes.”
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:13 AM EST up reply actions
This trade stuff is killing me, because that’s what I’m supposed to be doing instead of hanging out here.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Compared to previous years, I owe a ridiculous amount this year. It makes me sad.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
Not mine, other people’s.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You can totally see how much money people spend on things like boats, yachts, schooners, rafts, canoes, and other boat, yacht, schooner, and canoe related paraphernalia!
JEA-lous!
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
GMGM not inclined to give away young players, or sacrifice long term success for short term.
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Maybe this is the year we push through.
We have room to do things, if things are there.
I really get the impression that the caps aren’t going to do anything.
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What has changed in the past 24 or 48 hours?
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I thought Sutton would have been a viable option, didn’t really think Hammy was a legit option. It just doesn’t seem like anything major is going to happen.
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The silence out of NSH and WSH easily could be your friend. They’ve got what each other wants; Poile calls GMGM “Gabby”; and a piece of the puzzle clears waivers in 68 minutes (but who’s counting).
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by redlineblue on Mar 3, 2010 9:22 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
People keep forgetting that Jones has to clear them waivers before we get a forward…
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Nashville waived a top nine forward yesterday which was really strange—it was like waiving Rich Peverley, almost guaranteed to get picked up. We have to wait until then for us to add anyone.
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Yeah, it was.
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Top-nine forward? Are you studying to become a player agent? ;-)
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
I don’t think he’s top nine in Nashville, but he will be to a team that picks him up. The potential’s there for it, he’s just in Trotzy’s doghouse. Didn’t feel like I was that far off.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
He’ll do it for the right player. He sent Theo/Ted/whatever Ruth to Columbus for Fedorov. Ruth hasn’t amounted to anything, but he is only 22…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 9:09 AM EST up reply actions
See, if I’m GM of a team like the Caps at some point I’m going to take a shot at the cup. Flash for Hamhuis neither gives away young players OR sacrifices long term success. Win!
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Flash for Hamhuis gives up a young skilled forward who won’t break the bank on his next contract. With Alex Semin questionable after next season, Giving up Flash ain’t like giving up a 2nd round pick – it’s something. Significant.
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Any reason to think that Hamhuis can’t be signed this summer though? With Pothier and ShaMo coming off the books, a couple of young guys in the stable coming up that are cheap (relatively). I know DH will be big money but you pay big money for legit top 4 guys.
Oh, and I traded for Hamhuis is NHL 10 and he won the Norris. The Caps need him.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
I could see them talking to him, but I’m sure lots of people will and he’ll probably get paid more than GMGM wants to give up.
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Somebody like Sather will vastly overpay and people will bitch because he’s underperforming based on his salary.
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with a guy like hamhuis, do you stand a better change of signing his as an FA if you get him for the playoff run (i.e. a hometown discount) vs. just trying to sign him over the summer? if you were targetting him over the summer, wouldnt it be better to make a reasonable trade for him now to eliminate nashville’s opportunity to resign him?
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
when you look at raises for Semin, Nick, Flash, Fehr and Schultz, that cap room starts to get eaten up pretty quick.
got about $20M of cap space (assuming this years cap) for next year not including backstrom, schulz, fehr and flash. assuming alzner/carlson/neuvy come up, thats about $3.5M in cap money. if nick gets $6M, then you still have about $10-11M if cap space. they will need some money to sign a dman and center to replace bmo…so yeah, not hard to spend that cap money. probably means the end for fehr, boyd gordon not to mention pots and shamo.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
Unless the former two are moved, they ain’t going anywhere.
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I just worry that by sitting idle while our rivals make moves we may be close to a point in which planning for future success is impeding present day possibilities?
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by Lunatic Fringe on Mar 3, 2010 9:12 AM EST up reply actions
i think the key words are “give away”. however, I’m going to put that through the GMGM trade deadline translator.
GMGM “I’m willing to part with young players or draft picks for your good players now, so long as they are UFA’s at seasons end. I dont have the patience to listen to your sports talk radio/blog trade proposals. I also have the best record in the NHL with the guys I have so dont think i’m desperate. Have a nice day”
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 3, 2010 9:14 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
More Vogs' genius on this point:
“Think before you make something up. Try to have it make some semblance of sense. (Or not. That way, you could charge people money to read them.)”
Six Hours....
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Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 9:12 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Not in the face, not in the face!
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I do have a request, though. Can we limit the image posting? I know they’re funny, but lots of them do make the page take forever to load.
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Indeed, if I put up an image, it is with title. :)
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
I tend to agree – be judicious in your use of image, peeps. 7 times out of 10, no one thinks they’re as clever as you do anyway.
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by J.P. on Mar 3, 2010 9:31 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe that was one of the three ouf of 10. And don’t forget, a 3-for-10 success rate gets you into the Hall of Fame in baseball, so there’s that.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
If you are scored on 3-10 times, Your name is probably Toskala.
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by Ovechwin on Mar 3, 2010 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
So weird, I was thinking about that show right before I saw the picture.
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I desperately need to watch this show. I was too young to enjoy it originally, and the only part of an episode I’ve seen is hilarious.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:14 AM EST up reply actions
You buggers are making me feel right olde.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
If you like The Tick, you might also enjoy a show called SpaceGhost Coast to Coast (which I liked a little better for it being slightly drier than Tick.
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That’s a great show. I haven’t seen that since it went off CN, though.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
Liked that one too. Brak is hilarious on that show.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
Sealab and ATHF are both much better than Space Ghost. Brak too probably.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
If I had them on my iPhone, I can guarantee you that one of Dumber Dolls or The The would be playing right now. Fuck work.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
Dumber Dolls is one of the best episodes ever. Love the David Cross cameo, love the Highlander stuff at the end.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
I’ve only seen a few episodes but it looked like it has potential. SME is trying to get me into Archer now as well.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Archer is hilarious.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Mar 3, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Saw only one episode, but it was freakin’ awesome.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
Seeing Lucille like that freaks me out…
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Scatterbrain Jane…
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
Archer’s money. I think I’ve laughed out loud more in the four or five episodes of that than I have at all other TV shows in the last three yeas.
The secretaries provide some hilarious side humor.
This conversation is getting a little OT, we may be entering the DAAANNGGGA ZONE!
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Mar 3, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
TRUCKASAURUS!
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
This thread is making me feel the need to see this.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Man, if only someone had told you about the show earlier.
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by Killer_Carlson on Mar 3, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
Quit wastin’ time and watch the show. It’s awesome
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
Obviously. It’s not even the same show after.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
The secret ingredient is love, dammit.
I really need to go buy the Sealab DVDs, season 1 is only 11 on Amazon, woot.
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1-3 are awesome. I don’t bother with anything after that.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
My personal favorite is the episode where Stormy and Quinn get caught in a timewarp for trying to pirate cable. The dodgeball machine is the best part.
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Yeah that’s a classic episode. There are too many good ones for me to limit. The Martian Law one, the Policy, Radio Free Sealab, In the Closet, Tin Fins, the Bizarros… I could go on and on.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
If there’s one [AS] show that’s really won me over, it’s The Venture Brothers.
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Just wait until K_C and SME get around. They both LOVE that show. I like it but I’m nowhere near as into it as them.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
That show’s so good!
I hate how the split up season 4, but I guess it is kind of for the best since I’m in Japan. It’s also fucking impossible to find it online for whatever reason.
Strangely enough I’ve had a much easier time finding Archer online than I’ve had attempting to find The Venture Bros. (unsuccessful so far).
I have all 3 season DVDs. So far the first season is my favorite, but the first have of 4 is making me think 1 will get a run for its money.
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My avatar approves.
Brock Samson was incredible in the first season, and I was a little disappointed that they scaled him back a bit. But they’ve done a good job developing supporting characters. Shore Leave is hysterical.
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by Killer_Carlson on Mar 3, 2010 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
Thoughts on the Pens’ Poni deal? I don’t think they gave up much at all. Caputi never impressed me.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
I’m sure the Leafs would take anyone. A prospect who’s NHL ready would be better than a 1st rounder who’s going to take 2-3 years to develop. Give it time
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Mar 3, 2010 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
He certainly adds some size to their front lines at very little cost. It helps some on the offensive end, but he’s not going to be the game breaker.
As for Caputi, he’s going to get to the NHL a lot sooner in T.O. than in Pittsburgh.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
My prediction is we pick up Halpern and Juice. Pieces that marginally address our needs and guys that GMGM is very comfortable with. I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
Juice, perhaps, given he has recent success within our system and could be had for cheap. I don’t see Halpern back; I don’t think he’s enough of an upgrade over what we’ve got.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:26 AM EST up reply actions
Anyone expecting Hamhuis… you’re going to be disappointed.
Anyone expecting Nolan… you’re going to be disappointed.
Anyone expecting Juice… you’re going to be disappointed… unless you head to the vending machine for a Tropicana.
The tea leaves are starting to settle in the cup, and they say “NO TRADES TODAY, CAPS FANS”
McPhee is nothing if not disciplined. Unless the player he’s getting is specifically an upgrade to a specific position, he’s not biting. Fans use a shotgun approach to these things (pretty much trade just to create the impression you’ve done something). McPhee uses a sniper rifle.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:22 AM EST reply actions
Tkachuk
Any chance he gets moved? Might be a Guerin-esque move to strengthen the Caps
(i know they have other pressing needs, but this could help)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
No…that was “sugary”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:32 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I like Nolan much more in the Guerin role.
Besides, this town’s all-you-can-eat buffet’s ain’t big enough for KT and BleuCheeseLife52.
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by J.P. on Mar 3, 2010 9:33 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
It’s an awful feeling when you fuck up a joke with a typo like that :/
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Don’t worry JP, we won’t be sending you here.
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Via Puck Daddy quoting Michael Russo
Wild — Michael Russo backed off the idea that Nolan was going to be traded after talking to Wild brass last night.
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Do they really have any parts to deal for him? I doubt Nashville just trades him straight up for a low pick.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
I’d actually rather have Parise.
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Anyone who wouldn’t is a fool.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
Where is that tweet? Must not be recent, its not anywhere on his page.
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By the way, NHL.com is streaming TradeCentre Live all day. If it hasn’t already been mentioned.
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Hilarious tweet from Bob McK this morning:
TSNBobMcKenzie The first trade of day has come and gone — Tim Horton’s gave me a coffee instead of steeped tea at drive thru. Had to swap it. Done deal.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:37 AM EST reply actions
Nick Kypreos tweets:
Tomas Vokoun has told Randy Sexton he will lift his no trade to a small list of contending teams only. Add him to a growing goalie list.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:39 AM EST reply actions
Someone is asking about him and there are only a couple of clubs that could swing that kind of deal with the Caps and Black Hawks topping the list.
They really need to come up with an NHL Trade Machine like the NBA one ESPN has. Then we could all be Bill Simmons!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
Sweet…thanks!!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
unfortunately, CHI is one of the few teams that has more toys than we do.
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Where are they going to find the Cap space, though? And if they do get Vokoun, they’ll have 11 million dollars in Cap space devoted to two goalies next year.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
Chicago has an excess of talented young forwards. FLA is looking to rebuild. Makes some sense…
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They definitely have the pieces to make the trade, but the salary cap is a huge roadblock for them. It’s probably contingent uon a team being willing to take on Huet’s salary.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
Not necessarily. Shift out some guys like Versteeg/Kopecky/Bolland/Brouwer/Byfuglien and you’re starting to get close.
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I would hate to see Byfuglien 6 times a year in FLA.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
He also reported earlier that Kaberle handed in a list.. which was shouted down by two or three folks.
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Don’t know…just saw it RT’d by Mirtle
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
Aaaaannnnd Tarik’s last tweet was 13 hours ago
/facepalm
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
It’s not like anything exciting is going to happen.
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Can’t blame him. No one is really developing any truly new leads from what I’ve seen, especially dealing with the Caps.
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Exactly. I feel like everyone else is getting these juicy rumors and we’re stuck with crazy Laich + for vokes trades.
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This is pretty consistent with TEB’s style. He doesn’t like to speculate at all unless something is 100% sure. I think he’s a better journalist than we sometimes give him credit for.
I feel like I would turn into Tyler if I just kept ripping the guy, but he could at least say SOMETHING about what’s going on…doesn’t have to be speculation.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
He’s also probably on his way to Buffalo at the moment, which makes getting any information difficult.
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by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
F’real. Contemplating choice of venue. My couch is awesome but I have developed a disturbing habit of falling asleep upon settling on the couch with hockey.
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
I’m tempted to go out and get some wings and watch at a bar. but it’s also Wednesday night, and I’m going to be very sleepy after work.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
Where are you? I’m on my own for venue tonight and would love to hang out with the Rink f it’s not too far.
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I’d be coming from Gaithersburg/Silver Spring
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Oh. I’m coming from Owings Mills, so how messy is Columbia for you to get to?
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It’s not terribly far (15 miles or so), but traffic going that direction is 50/50. I’ve never been to a sports’ bar in Columbia, where would you go?
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
There’s a Green Turtle in Columbia that I hit up a lot. There’s also Buffalo Wild Wings in College Park or another Green Turtle in Laurel. Farther for both of us is Glory Days in Bowie.
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Not to bust all your bubbles, but all those places will probably be showing Maryland/Duke with sound starting at 9pm, especially the Turtles, so you might have a hard time getting audio.
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Columbia probably won’t. It’s too far out for the Maryland kids to get to easily; they tend to stay local.
You can get audio by getting a both, easy.
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The game is sold out and it’s a home game. This is a huge game. It’s not just going to be college kids. Lots of alumni in Columbia and game watch parties all over the state.
But if you can get a booth, you’d be set either way. Didn’t realize they had separate audio.
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Is that the Greene Turtle in Columbia next to Cheeburger Cheeburger? We go there all the time (Cheeburger Cheeburger that is)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
HMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm. I will think about this possibility! I do know where that GT is, but I’d forgotten it was there.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
The caps play actual hockey? We don’t just win based on how badass we are on paper?
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see, but why doesn’t TEB have any leads? why doesn’t he have sources inside the organization? the TEB news shouldn’t be identical to what nate ewell is selling.
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 3, 2010 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
I think TEB is in transit to Buffalo right now…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
Wonder how much Flash talked to Vokes during the Olympics.
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Probably a lot – they share a 1st language.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:41 AM EST up reply actions
I’m with you. I’ve been saying “he’s the guy” for a while. Great timeline re: Varly/Neuvi with one more year, too.
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I’d be content with one of Hamhuis and Vokoun. Both would be awesome.
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I'll give you ShaMo for him
…or is that not what you meant?
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In a sense. “Santa Claus” is more of an idea than a fat guy in a red suit, but as a concept, a spirit of giving and peace, yeah, I buy it.
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Giving and Peace are bunk.
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by D'ohboy on Mar 3, 2010 9:52 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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by Doncosmic on Mar 3, 2010 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
why, probably means another year of bus rides for neuvy, presuming varly isnt part of the deal. i’m sure he likes the camaraderie but i’m guessing neuvy views himself as part of the big club next year.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
“Hey Vokes, lift your NTC so I can be part of the deal that sends you to Washington!”
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
Re Bob McK
NYI forward Sean Bergenheim was a healthy scratch last night and is on the market today.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I loved burger time.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 3, 2010 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
More than that, I don’t see GMGM giving up any firsts.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
I could. It’s going to be essentially a 2nd rounder anyhow.
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John Carlson and Mike Green were essentially 2nd rounders.
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and Johansson too…considering he’s outpacing Gus in the prospect pool right now.
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Well, they were, what, 7 spots apart? Not much difference, that late in the round.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
Just because you get lucky with a few…
We also got AnGus and Finley in the same area. . .
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Right. I just really don’t like the argument that moving first round picks isn’t a big deal because “they’re essentially a 2.” They’re still very valuable, and without the first we’re “essentially starting with a third.”
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Meh. From 20-40, I don’t think there’s as much of a difference in actual talent level as there is from 10-20, except in the most ridiculously deep drafts.
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But were talking 25-55, not 20-40. 40 is an early 2 (which is essentially a 1?), but we won’t be picking there. Without a first we are starting off in Eric Mestery territory.
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Dmitri Orlov?
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I would have gone with Shea Weber probably. Russian picks should all have an asterisk now. They have been falling at least a half a round because of the lack of transfer and KHL risks.
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What are the chances of landing Volchenkov?
Are those chances “slim” or “none”? I think we could get Volchenkov for Alzner and a 2nd rounder. I don’t think Halpern has much to offer (sadly) because I really liked him as a player a few years back. Hamhuis would be possible, but it might take a first and a good Hershey prospect. To me, the most real scenario is we “do nothing”.
I would say “none.” Also, Volchenkov is good, but you don’t give one of your top defensive prospects for a rental.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
If you guys see any Nashville rumors (not Eklund, pls), feel free to post them in our open thread-trying to get the constituents out of the woodwork this morning ;).
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I have to think we will deal with EDM, or no one. I’m going with Cogs and Staios for Fehr, a 4th and a bucket of chicken. Srsly.
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were it to happen, do you think Cogliano could slide into the 2C?
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by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
Screw the parade, bring on the Blingee!
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Aim for the sky. The Lubomir Visnovsky.
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Shoot that shit to the sky?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:54 AM EST up reply actions
11 post Olympic trades so far...
I think 25+ is close to what the magic number is as far as number of trades. There have been a lot of trades pre-March 1st however.
TPanotch: Source in fla says they want carter for vokoun. Vokoun would waive NTC for flyers
Interesting.
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Not that surprised: the Flyers would be decent with his goaltending.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
wow
If Florida got Carter, who wins that deal long-term?? Carter’s their best offensive player, easy.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
FLA wins long term. PHI is a beast now.
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I don’t know…Carter’s a big chip. Dude was close to 50 goals last year. David may be right, though, win-win. Carter/Horton/Booth/Ballard/Markstrom is a pretty sweet core.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
Carter going nowhere, apparently.
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by snakegriffin on Mar 3, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
From Bob McK
CBJ’s Raffi Torres is an interesting possibility for a number of teams but the asking price is a first-round pick
From me: Even more reason I do not want.
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Yeah, thats insane. I’ve seen him play. The guy we put on waivers yesterday is almost as effective.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
That’s his “asking price.” CBJ is high if they think they’ll actually get that – that’s why they’re called “negotiations.”
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I don’t know if that Ovechkin guy will ever pan out.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
Good skills but he can’t win.
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by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
And he only scores empty net goals!
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by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
From Craig Custance on Torres
As of right now, there are ten teams interested in Columbus forward Raffi Torres. That’s why you’re hearing the price is so high
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
Peca would say that. Not sure I give a crap what his opinion is.
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I like how they saw Myers making it in 4 years, but apparently Green has reached his peak in every aspect of the game already.
If Myers can make it, I don’t see why Franson doesn’t have a shot. I only saw Myers once but he didn’t impress me too much.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
Myers is a stud. He’s my Calder pick right now. Absolutely eating minutes in all situations. With his size and skating ability I have to think he’s a favorite for 2014. But he’s a total fucking Douche. USA USA USA!
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Myers is a beast. There’s a reason he’s frontrunner for the Calder.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
Tavares has yet to really impress me in the NHL. I think Duchene will be better long-term.
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not watching
Any Preds on ’14 Team Canada? Weber? Franson, maybe?
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
Franson has a long way to go. After this year Weber is going to be a lock.
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Totally wishful thinking on Franson. How much have you seen of him, though? If he had played all season he’d be a top Calder candidate.
I think in four years he’ll be a better power play point guy than Weber or Suter. You wouldn’t believe the effectiveness difference when he’s out there on the PP than Suter or Weber. Its a totally different look.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
I’ve seen a little of Franson but not much. He’s got great potential but Team Canada D is a whole other level. Plus, Canada heavily favors more experience on their blue line. How many guys from this team are going to be gone? 3? Maybe 4? Nieds and Pronger, probably Boyle, maybe Seabrook. You’ve got a toooooon of young D fighting for those spots so it’s way to soon to tell.
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Yeah. You’re already jammed with locks with Doughty, Weber, and Keith in four years. Doubtful he gets a look unless he explodes. If he was American, though…
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
He’d have a much better chance, but for the first time I can remember it won’t be a picnic making Team USA’s D. I could honestly see John Carlson being left off.
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Hopefully we won’t be seeing Jack Johnson in four years, is all I gotta say. I’m pretty confident Gleason and Whitney will be even more washed up.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
Hate to break it to you but USA Hockey is in love with the Johnsons. Can’t get enough Johnson. Big Johnson, young Johnson, old Johnson, it makes no difference. They’ll both be there. Gleason and Whitney played their way off. Martin and Komisarek are still in the running. Then you have Bogosian, Carlson, Fowler all lurking plus any other uber-prospect that may develop in the next 4 years.
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I didn’t really think that J. Johnson stood out in a negative way. The only US D who really did that in my mind was Whitney.
I personally think Carlson’s a lock for the 2014 team, but that’s a long ways away.
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Carlson should make the team, but lock is too much too soon.
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I will not hear anyone doubting Carlson.
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…Alzner’s better…
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You’re drunk.
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You’re dry?
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
Never. I was drinking this last night.
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Awesome. You ever been to any of the Goose Island brewpubs? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamazing.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Mar 3, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
Are there any nearby? I LOVE that beer. I had two and a half bottle of wine. I was feeling pretty rough last night.
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As far as I know, they’re only in Chicago, unfortunately.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Mar 3, 2010 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
No you’re just spoiled and impatient.
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I wanna be spoiled. How does one go about being spoiled? ;-)
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
Tavares is getting force-fed a crapload of PP time, and that’s responsible for fully 1/2 of all his points production. His skating is unimpressive.
He’s going to be decent, but in a few years, when Hedman and Duchene are perennial All-Stars, and Tavares is a 20-goal scorer and defensive liability, Isles fans are gonna be pissed.
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I don’t know that they’ll ever really be pissed. They needed Tavares at this draft for so many reasons. I agree he’ll be a PP specialist but I think he’ll be more than a 20 goal guy. He should be 30 every year. His skating isn’t very good but he knows how to find those open areas and has ridiculous hands. He’s always been a finesse guy but channeling his inner Mike Knuble could really take his game to another level.
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The problem is, he’s just not that big. He’s only 6ft/200lbs. Duchene is about the same size and skates like the fucking wind.
(I fucking love Matt Duchene, though.)
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I love Duchene too and I agree that he’ll be better. I just don’t think that Tavares is going to be a bust or anything. 20 is selling him short, especially with some of the young talent that will be around him. I could see him getting damn near 20 PPG a year.
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Yeah, my crystal ball says Tavares gets 30+ next year and 40+ thereafter. I don’t see him as the bust that you do. The guy’s got sweet hands and by all accounts is no slacker/headcase.
40 is pushing it but he’ll still be productive. I think 40 requires a little more ability to create on your own and I doubt he has the skating for that.
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of course, you add a badass to Tavares’ line, I could see him getting 40 easy
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I dunno. They’d need to have like a 30% PP for that to happen. Okposo is going to be with him for the long term. That’s a pretty awesome line.
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Maybe I’m doubtful because, as F&B points out below, he doesn’t have the speed (or size) to make his own room out on the ice. He’s going to be very dependent on getting tons of PP time and having a center that can set him up. Right now, he’s currently getting the former, but doesn’t really have the latter.
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He is the C. He’ll stay the C I think. He’s going to be a Jokinen/E. Staal type C (give me the fucking puck!). Not a traditional playmaker.
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When he’s out on the PP, he’s the L, Dougie Weight is the C.
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Doug Weight plays PP still! Hysterical.
In other news, no chance NYI makes the playoffs.
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Wait. . . are you suggesting these two things might be related?
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Just saw that. And they also left off Mike Green because he’s “not responsible”
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And clearly won’t get better in 4 yrs.
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Obligatory
He’s a winga!
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Waste of breath. Brooks Laich is great for all things.
by David Getz on Mar 3, 2010 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
IOC has a strict rule that only mortals with ordinary powers can play. Kind of ironic, given the name of the event.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 3, 2010 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
Per Craig Custance on Twitter:
Not much of a market yet for Garnet Exelby. But that could change as more d-men move. Looking at a late-round pick.
So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen: our fallback option.
GUTEN TAAAAAAAAAAAAG!
Tyler Sloan > Garnet Exelby.
And I kid only a little.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
From DGB
Breaking: Eklund reporting that as a kid, Luca Caputi had a framed painting of Bernie Federko.
LOL
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Dreger:
To encourage a trade, Sheldon Souray has softened…won’t go to a CDN team, but will waive for 19 other teams.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:17 AM EST reply actions
Only problem is all 19 clubs don’t want him or that god awful contract of his.
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I honestly can’t think of another Canadian team he could go to. He won’t go to MTL, Ottawa just made a deal for Sutton, Calgary or Vancouver can’t afford him, Toronto isn’t adding, and he already plays for EDM.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Winnipeg Jets?
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Long live Les Nordiques!
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
Seattle Metropolitans!!!
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They’re not in Canada! ;-)
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
Exelby falls under the category of “making a move just to make a move”.
by JSchon on Mar 3, 2010 10:18 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Malkin to the Kings update
Washington wants Whitney!
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Nice alliteration.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Now, why whould whashington whant whitney? whe have a whealth of whings.
by wittcap79 on Mar 3, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Whow! What a whesponse. ;-)
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
Wysh's tweet response
Thank god. They’re way off their 400-goal season pace right now. RT @SunGarrioch Washington interested in Ray Whitney
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Wysh twitter Gold:
Thank god. They’re way off their 400-goal season pace right now. RT @SunGarrioch Washington interested in Ray Whitney
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
From TFP
Rangers & Oilers in trade talks (Souray not involved)
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Twitter lulz
Russo from the Minnesota trib tweeted Robbie Earl was on his way to Calgary, and then realized he goofed and clarified that he was just joining the team there. Apparently (according to McKenzie) other people are now taking credit for breaking a Robbie Earl trade.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:22 AM EST reply actions
Besides, what “superstar” is available?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
BMckenzie:
Tampa Bay players have been told their flight has been pushed back to 3:30 ET and not to be surprised if there are moves made.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:25 AM EST reply actions
Sloan for Stamkos!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
and C-Bo to sweeten the pot
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by ns on Mar 3, 2010 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
LOL. Flight’s not leaving because we ain’t takin’ any of you with us!
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I’ll take the little one please with the three part name
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
He can play on my team any day of the week too…
Even if he did score a series clinching goal against us in 2003….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
Uh oh
Capitals are interested in adding a player with a Cup ring and/or playoff experience as a stabilizing influence. Ray Whitney fits the bill.
(McKenzie’s Twitter)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:26 AM EST reply actions
crap
Beat me
Stanley, meet Washington…
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
I disagree. He’s soft and one dimensional. Don’t really need that. I wouldn’t cry myself to sleep, but he’s nowhere near the top of my list.
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You with your anti-Wizard stance…
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Sorry — trying to mix in a little work. Agree with F&B that he’s somewhat one dimensional but in a way probably similar to some other wingers we have (who have done well). He has a ring and my recollection is he was a good performer in the playoffs. I think we have more pressing needs but I do think he would be a good fit in the Caps system.
Interesting, what would Carolina want in return?
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
draft picks? someone who isn’t old? prospects?
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They want a first and a top prospect.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
Not happening. Fuck Jim Rutherford. You know who is pretty good? Jack Johnson. You know who isn’t? Tim Gleason.
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by Rob Parker on Mar 3, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rutherford appears to be a total douche. He wanted an early 2nd for Corvo.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
Well the market probably supports that, I’m surprised he didn’t ask for a first. Corvo is much better than Torres.
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not being greedy or anything. “Hey, I’ve run my team into the ground! AND the farm system is barren! Maybe I can get some poor sucked to bail me out!”
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yeaaah, they can F off
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by ns on Mar 3, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
I’d rather get Cory Stillman.
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Fedorov, v2.0.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 3, 2010 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
I dunno, I just can’t put Whitney in the same category as Feds.
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Yeah, because he’s like. . . actually still productive.
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Hey, if he can still be productive for another year or two, I’d gamble on the re-up, but we went through this exercise before and paid for a two. If it pans out at were looking at a pick and a player, it’s an overpay.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 3, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
Bienvenue, bitches! Can’t believe I overslept this morning.
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I beat RedBirdie to the Rink!
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clearly, a sign that the apocalypse is near!
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(Or I have shit to do today… which I’m not doing.)
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of course you’re not doing it, it’s trade deadline day!.
Personally, I about ready to kill to people who schedule 1 pm and 3pm meeting today. WTF?! Do these people not look at the calendar when scheduling shit?
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Essay? Not check.
Cheat sheet for midterm? Not check.
Math homework? Not check.
NHL Trade deadline coverage? Cheeeeeeeeeeeck.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
I have an essay on Locke’s theory of property. Booooooooooring.
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I have one on the physical and mental burdens suffered by soldiers in “The Things They Carried”. Sounds easy, but when it involves flipping incessantly throughout the book for quotes, and the fact that my teacher will never give me an A on one of her papers, then I sorta don’t wanna do it.
I feel for you, though.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
I loved that book.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, me too. It’s a great book. It’s just the “type the paper” part that isn’t so great.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
It’s amazing how paper’s and the like can ruin a good book.
It’s also amazing how John Steinbeck can ruin anything.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Aw, “Of Mice and Men” wasn’t that bad. The movie was decent, too.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
“Of Mice and Men” is my favorite book, and no it’s not because of its length. Great story.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
He didn’t write it, that’s my theory.
He realized everything he spews onto paper is complete and utter crap, so he hired someone else to write it for him so he could at least have one decent book to his name.
John Steinbeck sucks, if I could go back in time and beat him with a shovel, I would.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
Well, his utter crap has made him one of the timeless American authors, so I guess you could say people like his crap.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
It just reinforces my opinion that people are dumb.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I can always agree with you there.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
It’s amazing how effortlessly more high school English classes can ruin a good book.
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It’s sometimes both, to be honest. I hated reading Thoreau’s Walden in senior year, but I loved my teacher. Then, when my teachers were changed in the middle of the school year, it was the other way around.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
but I LOVED “Heart of Darkness” and found “Great Gatsby” to be readable years later. But when I read them in high school, I thought they were awful.
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Hated them both. Read “The Great Gatsby” is 8th grade and “Heart of Darkness” in H.S. My wife is a high school ENG teacher. I give her crap all the time about what kids have to read.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
Ha Ha. Plenty of good age appropriate stuff that is well written that they could be using to teach instead of some of the “classics”.
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“Cat in the Hat” will always be a timeless classic for me.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
reading Heart of Darkness as a very thinly veiled account of what Conrad saw on the Congo River was a FAR more enjoyable experience than having to dissect each sentence in search of some sort Freudian psycho-babble.
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Ah, that was college. Totally ridiculous crap. Try tutoring undergrad students having to do it. Brutal.
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I don’t think I finished any books in HS because I hated doing it for school. I had to go back and read so many of them to appreciate them.
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I was the same way…hated “Waiting for Godot” in school but now it’s one of my favorite books. Now I feel like I’m just “Waiting for McPhee.”
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Mar 3, 2010 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
Never even read that. Both Lord of the Flies and 1984 had to be re-read. Same with Catcher in the Rye.
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Just read 1984 last semester. Fahrenheit 451 is eerily similar, and much more action-y.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
“Fahrenheit 451”was pretty good. It at least moved along at a decent pace. I couldn’t stand “Lord of the Flies”. I had the whole plot and message figured out before I even read 100 pages. Bored me to tears.
The book I loved most from high school was “To Kill a Mockingbird”.
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I love Lord of the Flies. So fucking accurate. Take women away and dudes are fucking ridiculous.
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The point of the book was fine. We actually had some great debates in my ENG class. However, the book itself was boring and so obvious.
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It is pretty obvious but I don’t care. Some great quotes. I’ll still bust out a nice “IIIIII’ve got the conch!” when the mood strikes me. And “sucks to your asmar” is still a favorite.
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Take order and leadership away and humans are ridiculous.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
HATED “To Kill A Mockingbird”
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HATED The Scarlet Letter.
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That book was AWFUL That was sophomore year of HS for me. I hated almost every book that year. American Lit.
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This thread is starting to make me depressed. The Scarlet Letter was an excellent novel.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
I’m neutral on the Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne could have done a lot more with thebook, but its ok.
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I dunno, Hawthorne got forced down my throat a lot junior year of HS. Can’t stand him now.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
Is that related to D’ohboy’s comment above?
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by Rob Parker on Mar 3, 2010 11:23 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Heh. Negative. I just found Hawthorne to be massively boring reading.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
This made my day.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
I actually ended up reading 1984 on my own before it was even a school assignment, so that helped.
I once had a substitute teacher for a day in my 10th grade English class who spent the whole period ranting about how terrible “Catcher in the Rye” was. It wasn’t even part of the class.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Mar 3, 2010 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
My favorite thing about “Catcher in the Rye” is that the vast majority of people who love it or hate it still fail to interpret it correctly.
You’re implying that there’s a “correct” interpretation of a book…
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
Which is why I hated HS English. Why can’t my understanding of the book just be my understanding of the book?
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And that is why college English classes sucked. I have NO idea what professors were trying to get me to say.
Sometimes, you really just want to hit a b**ch.
So agreed. I had to take a bunch, too, since I was a Journalism major. My very first semester I took an upper level english because I had already taken 101 during HS. I got a C and cried. It was so hard. The next semester, the same class was offered as an Honors Only class. Yay for me being screwed.
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And that is why college English classes sucked. I have NO idea what professors were trying to get me to say.
My issue, especially in high school, was that so many teachers were so in to pushing allegory and symbolism that it felt like every reading assignment was a code to figure what the author really wanted to say. I very much resented that.
My issue, especially in high school, was that so many teachers were so in to pushing allegory and symbolism that it felt like every reading assignment was a code to figure what the author really wanted to say. I very much resented that.
same here. High school ruined a lot of great books.
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High school almost ruined my on books period. If it weren’t for Hemingway I’d probably never have been saved.
I had this experience too. I was saved by a great college lit class. After that class, I became an English major and haven’t looked back.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
The problem is that there is a belief that ENG classes are the place to teach critical thinking skills. This more so than the other disciplines due to all the reading/writing. I understand the purpose, but from what I’ve seen it doesn’t work well. Everything feels like a task. As you mention it takes the enjoyment out of reading.
In addition, the focus of the curriculum on what ENG lit folks like doesn’t help one bit.
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History classes are a better place to do this, and I think they are in the AP history classes, but the regular history classes are mindless facts
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my vote is we don’t teach history until kids get to college. Too many kids in the 200-level history classes I TA’ed were completely unprepared for college-level history but thought they were hot shit because they passed AP. And too many in my 100-level classes were just completely misinformed donks.
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You probably get more misinformed donks if you don’t teach it earlier, though.
Business students…there’s a whole other level of absurdity.
Disagree. The MBA students I had classes with were insufferable. As a general rule their egos outweighed their talent.
I have to say, 99% of the MBAs I meet make me go “Do they just hand out MBAs to everyone who asks for one?”
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I have to say, 99% of the MBAs I meet make me go "Do they just hand out MBAs to everyone who asks for one?"
I think a big part of it is that MBA is viewed by a lot of people as the path to a great career in business and, for many of them, a big house, a Jaguar, a nice wardrobe, being a known person in their industry, etc. As a result a lot of people go for the degree and it’s starting be somewhat cheapened, unfortunately.
MBA programs tend to have a broader range of students in terms of age and experience compared to other higher education programs. I agree that there are many MBA students who were cocky and jacks-of-all-trades, masters-of-none. It’s usually those who go right into grad school from undergrad. But those who actually had professional experience and treat the classes as forums for thinking and problem-solving and application to real shit tend to rise to the top.
The other issue is MBA programs vary widely from school to school much less the different btypes of MBA programs. You’ve got traditional, evening, and executive programs at many schools. The way each is run can be very different even at the same school.
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Perhaps that’s the case. I just had far, far too many MBA students in my graduate classes who thought they were really slick and VP of a big company in waiting and who had zero interested in critical thinking or problem solving.
That was actually my specific issue. A lot of them seemed to want to memorize and regurgitate rather than use the tools they’d been given to evaluate a problem.
That said, I only took courses with about 40 MBA students, and it wasn’t an elite school, so, small sample size and all that.
I had a beyond awesome hs world history teacher my senior year. So I took some american history classes at Maryland and loved them. The professor was brilliant. He really helped you get a good grasp of what was going on. I still remember random factoids because of those classes.
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D’ohboy beat me to it.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
You’re right, poor choice of language. I guess I should say that people tend to jump to conclusions about the book based on how they feel about the narrator.
That I’ll agree with.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
Perhaps what I should have said was people too often fail to interpret it at all. I’ve encountered a lot of people who love it (or perhaps loved it, since this was when I was younger) because they thought Holden’s observations of society were brilliant and therefor love the book, and a lot of people who think he’s a whiny dope who therefor hate the book.
Too many people who never get past the narrator.
Novels like Catcher are a double-edged sword. It’s easy to read and accessible, so people tend not to look below the surface.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:16 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
“catcher in the Rye” is a book I need to read a second time. Had to read it in 10th grade, hated it.
Pretty sure I’ll still hate it, but I should read to prove my point.
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“Waiting for Godot” is awesome. But this conversation got me thinking, I’m more or less the same way. The great books I’ve read and really like (“Waiting for Godot”, “1984”, “As I Lay Dying”, “Catcher in the Rye”) I’ve read either on my own or by choice for school. The only assigned ones I can think of that I really loved (at least off the top of my head) were “A Farewell to Arms” and “Lord of the Flies”.
“All Quiet on the Western Front” goes down as my favorite “forced read” in school. It’s been assigned to me twice, once in HS once in College, I read it both times then. I’ve also read it twice on my own. That’s gotta be up there for favorite book of mine too.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
English teachers need to update their reading lists. There’s so many good modern books out there that would be more likely to mean something to a kid today. I mean, Steinbeck? Really?
My class uses a lot of Palahniuk. That guy is the MAN.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
Wow. A little racy for school. What’d they assign you?
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Noooooo way. Read Fight Club last semester and reading Stranger than Fiction for this class. They’re both great.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
Fight Club is one of the few movies that I think is better than the book. Not that the book is bad.
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If you want another to add to that list read “Forrest Gump.”
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed about Fight Club. Forrest Gump was horrifyingly awful. The movie, that is, Didn’t read the book.
I never read the book and that long ass movie does not make me want to.
“You know what I like about the movie? No reading.”
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Agreed. I didn’t even like the book very much truth be told, but I had already seen the movie first.
Ditto. A lot changes from the book to the movie, so if you liked the movie, I’d say there is a good chance you’ll find parts of the book to be unsatisfying.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
Opposite to that, Dracula (book) was significantly better than Bram Stoker’s Dracula (movie). Reeves absolutely killed that movie (not in the good way).
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Did his character not call for monotone with a touch of stoner?
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Sadly, no. It called for emotion and a well executed British accent.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
The Pearl is the fucking worst. And I’m with SME that there’s plenty of trash to follow. Can you tell we came through the same Steinbeck-heavy school system?
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Steinbeck’s star has really faded in the academic world, though. Four years of undergrad English and a year so far of graduate-level English and I haven’t encountered him once. He’s read more often in history classes than in lit classes these days.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
Henry David Thoreau.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson!
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
We already have the Friedman/Keynes thing going on. Emerson and Thoreau would be too closely aligned.
Greatest piece of American philosophical work: Self-Reliance or Civil Disobedience?
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Civil Disobedience was the only Thoreau work that I somewhat liked.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
It may be the only one that I really read come to think of it. I’m pretty sure there’s more but I don’t remember what they are.
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“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” silly. Complete with lotuswrench tattoo.
Can you dig it?
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Nothing about law school is cool.
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Heh. This essay right now… not cool.
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Unless your law school has an attendance policy.
My law school is really uncool.
by Hello Dahlen on Mar 3, 2010 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
Well you got out in time. The ABA mandates an attendance policy now or threatens to pull accreditation. I have one as well.
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Hehehe. But our laptops are for class related use only…
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Cut to tech looking at a key logger…
“WTF does ‘’zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’ keep showing up?”
↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → b a (select) start
Ha. I know they can do that but our school doesn’t. They are way too cheap/lazy. They didn’t even do it when it would have proven/disproven a cheating allegation.
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McKenzie:
Capitals are interested in adding a player with a Cup ring and/or playoff experience as a stabilizing influence. Ray Whitney fits the bill.
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Hey…I heard something about the Caps wanting add a player with Cup ring and/or playoff experience…any truth?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
We don’t need what Whitney provides offensively, but I have always liked Whitney as a player, and he does perform under pressure (Game 7 OT goal v. Calgary in 94, for example). I think it’s interesting that Whitney was Pat Falloon’s underrated linemate in San Jose, and Falloon dropped off the radar years ago, while Whitney’s still going strong.
Anyway, not a need I see, but there’s worse players to have on your team.
The fact that you have to go to ’94 when he won a Cup in 2006 says a lot…
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I think he played well in the 2006 cup run as well. I just remember his 94 performance. I was a big Pat Falloon fan at the time, and the Sharks were upstarts. (Now that I think of it, maybe it was 95). It was a cool moment.
You were the one Fat Balloon fan?
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I had a fat balloon burst in my stomach once. Bad times.
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Seeing double…double vision!
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
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Derek Morris traded
Derek Morris to Phoenix from Boston , pending trade call.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:29 AM EST reply actions
Who heads back to Boston? Mueller?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
Why? Already getting plenty of production from the blueline.
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Well I’m assuming they didn’t give up a ton, and I think Morris is better than at least a couple of the guys they have now.
Not so sure about that. Morris has been mediocre in his own end at best over the years. Yotes need more scoring, not defense.
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Yikes…
Derek Morris thought he had been traded to Phx on the weekend, even though trade freeze was on. Then he was told it wasn’t happening.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
I think Morris is the typical trade deadline tease. He is always there come deadline day and seems to con alot of teams in thinking they are getting more than he is worth.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
Problem is Yotes should know better. Not like they haven’t seen enough of the guy.
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Maybe they want to flip him to the Rags…
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Back to the future… he was there three teams ago…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
Aaron Ward
Cup ring, experience, leadership. Replaces Erskine/Sloan. Fits need better than Whitney.
Thoughts?
Would be a nice fit for the Caps.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, by all accounts he’s been awful this year. I’d rather roll the dice with the kids, and maybe even the existing guys.
He maybe has one good run left in him…. I think he’s definitely a step above Erskine or Sloan.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
If you wanted someone slower than Erskine…
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Only Jurcina and Pronger are are slower than Erskine
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
Could have had him two months ago on a waiver claim. No need now.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 3, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
Ding ding ding ding…we have a winner.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
who goes to five hour meetings?
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
Text TRADE to 81812. It’s official trade updates from the NHL.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
Oh. Well, you could always use carrier pigeons.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
I am, but Addison H. is the one with the dilemna.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
I know. I was sharing my opinion re the NHL text which you mentioned and offering other alternatives.
Ah. I’m still half asleep.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
wow,
Morris only garners a fourth rounder.
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I imagine the Bruins are going to go for Whitney now.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
What kind of bizarro world am I living in where Andy Sutton goes for a 2010 second rounder, and Derek Morris goes for a 2011 4th rounder?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
He’s not even worth that. I have no clue what Maloney is thinking. I have liked almost all of Don’s moves, but this one is a head scratcher.
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Dude, Morris for a 4th is a steal. I’m not a huge Morris fan, but…
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
I just spent years watching the guy choke in his own end and then not put up offensive numbers like he should. I’d rather draft an AHL depth guy than watch his ass on the blueline again. I’d rather they traded to get Carcillo back.
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Well, we gave you Ballard for him. What you did with that was up to you.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
If you mean the Avs, I think you meant with him not for him.
Avs got Stasny out of that deal. They definitely won that one long term.
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From TFP
B’s after Torres, Whitney, Corvo
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I officially have the worst day of the year to have meetings from 11am-5 pm.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
Would you be more pissed if you come out of the meeting to see no trades, or come out of the meeting to see a giant trade?
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
probably no trades, extra extra pissed if the Caps made a dumb trade.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Mar 3, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
Remember the days when you found out about trades from the Sports section of the Washington Post? I still remember the back-to-back headlines for the Ciccarelli and Johansson trades.
Weird.
Living in Canada, I remember hearing the Ciccarelli trade on the radio
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
BTW
Check out today’s dead-tree version of the Washington Examiner.
It’s “Caps Extra” day, and Corey has nice interviews with Boyd Gordon and Lainger, plus a look at the Jagr trade (the trade that sent Jagr away), and a Q&A with GMGM, who tells us that all the NTCs and NMCs really create a mess at the deadlines.
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Damn you trade deadline. I have class in the AM and have to be up in 6 and a half hours.
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Re Ice Chip
Canes could be close to deal on Aaron Ward. Keep an eye on Anaheim. other deals in the works, apparently. Stay tuned.
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Via DLozoNHL (NHL.com writer):
Martin Skoula is headed to the New Jersey Devils.
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And McKenzie confirms it.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
downGoesBrown:
Just got back from the pro shop with my brand new Martin Skoula jersey. Did I miss anything?
He’s on a roll.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
I like when he said yesterday after the Poni trade, Caputi looked at the standings and said
“My name is Luca, I live on the bottom floor”
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
Dreger asks
Morris trade spring Boston into the Hamhuis hunt?
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Uh, I thought they wanted offense.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
They have to get a D now.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
Yeah, but they can’t score right now either.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 3, 2010 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
Puckmoving defensemen can make your offense look a lot better. Strange that they’d ship out Morris in that regard, tho.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
Who knows what Boston is thinking… they don’t know what they’re thinking
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
Larry Brooks says
Much interest around league in Isles’ Richard Park
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NHL online shop is offering free jersey customization today.
Now helping to keep an eye on all things Gr8 at Alex Ovetjkin.
Now that’s what I call customer service!
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
Via adater from the Denver Post:
Svatos to Phoenix is a possibility.
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Beware, buyer must provide their own shoulders.
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Svatos is one of the most depressing players in the NHL. He’s such a joy to watch. He’s fast, shifty, and he’s 5ft 9in but plays like he thinks he’s 6ft 2in.
It’s too bad that injuries have robbed him of his effectiveness.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
He probably gets hurt a lot because he’s 5’ 9" and playing like he’s 6’ 2". Sometimes it’s ok to back away from a hit.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
Ha. Beat me to it.
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Hee hee… so you’re ahead, what 473-5?
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
It’s all about Rink presence. If you don’t go away it’s easier to win.
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Meaning… I should quit my job and hang out here??? :)
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
What Do We Really Want?
I’d rather GMGM do nothing than trade away a valuable pick/prospect for a marginal rental player. That said, there are a few players who would make our club better who would be worth parting with some assets:
Hamhuis, Niedermayer, Vokoun and Thomas.
The later in the day it gets, the less likely a Caps move becomes, IMO. As GM’s scramble to do something, the asking prices may go up. I just don’t see us making a ridiculous move.
No way Tim Thomas ends up here. George has had enough with big albatross contracts…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
And his GAA in the Olympics must have been like 6+!
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DId Thomas even play???
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
Roll out the “Tim Thomas: Real American Backup” gif.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
Second half of the 3rd against FIN.
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I guess I missed that being at work.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
I agree on Hamhuis and Vokoun. Niedermayer would be great but isn’t going anywhere. That’s probably true of all 3, actually. Thomas would be a cap disaster. I think Owen Nolan and Seidenberg and guys like that could still contribute, but I’m beginning to have my doubts the Caps do anything.
Not trying to call you out or anything, but what rational reason do you have to to think this? Several others have expressed this sentiment in this thread for no reason other than the fact that the Caps haven’t done anything yet.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
This was directed toward grapejoos^
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
I think values of guys that could move are extremely inflated, if reports are to be believed. GMGM isn’t the type of guy to step in and win a bidding war, and the Caps don’t “need” to do anything if you believe the standings. For example, 10 teams are in on Raffi F’ing Torres? The experience of last year’s deadline doesn’t help me shake the feeling, but it’s just a hunch.
Last year, GMGM was hamstrung by the salary cap.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
I’m aware. That’s still my hunch. I think GMGM is just a very risk averse guy (at least with this core he’s put together) and he’s not going to sacrifice anything more than a 2nd rounder, a minor prospect, or a fringe roster player for the types of guys that seem to be available.
I wish he would make a swing-for-the-fences move with Vokoun, but it sounds like FLA is going to wisely hold him to trade in the offseason.
Calling on missy!
Hope she comes across this. I heard that Kessler made some comments about Luongo fighting the puck in the Olympics and it caused a tad bit of strife in the VAN locker room. Can anyone (even if you aren’t missy) expound on this at all?
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In other words, Kesler obviously needs to be moved to maintain peace in the locker room. You can have Gordon and a 3d.
Just got this e-mail from a Devils fan about Skoula trade.
Maybe we could trade him back to TO for Kaberle….
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Sure. Just throw in everything you have of value as well.
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From Bob McK
Toronto gets a 5th rounder in 2010 from New Jersey for Skoula, as per Darren Dreger.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
Various tweets have 43-year old Tony Hrkac signing an AHL deal.
The Hrkac Circus Lives!
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
Did anyone else spend a lot of time in the early ‘00s making fun of this guy’s name? He was a running gag for me and my friends.
Sometimes, you really just want to hit a b**ch.
Early 00’s? How about in in the early 90’s?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
Cut her some slack, she was in elementary school then.
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Found a live update for you ladies and gents:
by robertgreen79 on Mar 3, 2010 11:20 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Gracias. I’m on deadline and just want a quick way to watch the trades, this is perfect.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 3, 2010 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah I’m at work. Perfect window to hide :)
by robertgreen79 on Mar 3, 2010 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
Can the PM Thread be devoid of the 150 book club comments?
kthxbai.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
by macvechkin on Mar 3, 2010 11:21 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, you’re probably right. Blame the GMs for not making deals.
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You gotta cut the OT shit in these threads, F&B.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Guilty! I blame DMG…
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We’re still working out the kinks. We got a fresh new thread coming up in 20 and we can be a little more vigilant.
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Open threads are wild and untamed!
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
Like the sacred planet Red Mars!
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Mar 3, 2010 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Like Mike Commodore’s pubes!!!
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
Yes. I suppose that he could shave them.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
There are plenty of places to get professional manscaping. Even in whatever crap town he’s currently playing in.
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Most of those places have strict “No Gingers Allowed” policies.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
Luckily, gingers don’t satisfy SCOTUS’ protected class jurisprudence…
I’m an ass.
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True. But isn’t Commodore in Columbus or Ottawa or something?
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If he’s in Ottawa, he’s protected. Canadians coddle everyone. Remember the fatties-on-airplanes law?
Yeah good point.
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Source?
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
I’m going to flag stuff like this for making stuff up. If it turns out to be true, I’ll un-flag it.
Game-Over Green? Canada-Over Carlson!
by Scott in Shaw on Mar 3, 2010 11:40 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m hearing that there will be a new open thread at noon. Seeking confirmation…
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E6 – JP to make new thread and possibly one tomorrow with an option for one on Friday. Stay tuned.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 3, 2010 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
Is it going to cost a current roster player, a pick, or perhaps future considerations?
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Historically, JP has shown a willingness to make a big splash if it improves the team.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
I’m just going to keep plugging away, working on my game and hope management takes notice and gives me a shot one day!
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You just comment here?
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by J.P. on Mar 3, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
C’mon, don’t ruin his day. He’s on a high after last night’s Two and a Half Men episode.
by Cluster on Mar 3, 2010 11:29 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
from DGB
Reports say the Leafs will get a fifth for Skoula. No word yet what on whether it’s whiskey or scotch.
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DGB might force me to join the twitter world. Guy is hysterical.
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You would love Twitter F&B. Witty banter in 140 characters or less.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
Ha. Best selling point ever. I just need to take the time to figure it all out. Whenever I look I can’t figure out who everyone is talking to.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
Source, Source, Who needs a Source?!
Just intuition, I think he would fit perfectly in Boston. I have a gut feeling that this is why they were clearing cap space earlier.
I completely agree, but the way you said it made it sound like you had the inside scoop.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
Speaking of Hockey...
I’m going to be somewhere between “a little bummed out” and “depressed” if the Caps don’t make a move. It would be one thing to take no action had the Pens and Devils done the same, but doing so now would be terribly unsatisfying.
Meh. I still don’t think the Devils have really made themselves that much better. They’re going to go as far as Brodeur’s aged haunches take them. After watching him in the Olympics, I don’t think that’s very far.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
Speaking of… did anyone see Dan Boyle get abused by Kovalchuk last night? Awesome.
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Did he clean check him into the boards? Scoring against him wouldn’t have been as awesome.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
I didn’t see a check but on one shift in the third Boyle turned the puck over to Kovalchuk in his own end and gave up a great chance, then went down the ice and got caught pinching and Kovalchuk got a breakaway the other way (big save Nabby). Boyle is a fucking mess.
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that Boyle is an Olympic gold medalist is an insult to olympic gold medalists everywhere.
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E. Staal: Singlehandedly devaluing the Triple Gold club.
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Frankly, the World Championship and a dollar is worth a cup of coffee. The top NHL’ers are usually not in that tournament because they’re still busy playing in a much better one.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Alex Ovechkin makes a sad face.
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Yeah, maybe should have worded it better, but I did say usually, not always. And definitely not ALL of the best players.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
I know, I’m busting non-balls again. I’ve ragged on the WC because Jamal Mayers made Team Canada. I agree with you.
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Heh.
Hey, the golden child didn’t win the year he played, so that must be worth something, right?
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
did Boyle then slew-foot Kovy?
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by RedBirdie on Mar 3, 2010 11:37 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
He does, but the system is going to stifle him, meaning he essentially becomes a PP specialist. That team is never going to score much more than 3 goals/game – they’ll live and die with Brodeur.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
And Brodeur looked pretty bad last night. (Also, anyone that wants to see real ENG goal hanging, watch Kovalchuk last night. Hysterical. Great play by Doug Murray to keep the puck out of the net.)
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From TEB – Caps here on edge. “It’s too quiet,” one just said as we passed in hall.
Almost…too quiet!?
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by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 3, 2010 11:32 AM EST reply actions
I forgot the part where we cue the dreadful music and GMGM goes on a trade spree.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 3, 2010 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
Fehr in the fetal position in corner of the locker room rocking back and forth.
If you want to survive out here, you've got to know where your towel is.
by ns on Mar 3, 2010 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
Go ninja go ninja go!
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by Rob Parker on Mar 3, 2010 11:32 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Almost…too Raph.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Mar 3, 2010 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
Ch-ch-ch…ah-ah-ah…ch-ch-ch…ah-ah-ah
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
is this a good thing, maybe?
fewer buyers for Hamnhuis?
by bilspacecadet on Mar 3, 2010 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
Full deal:
Full deal: Boston acquires Seidenberg and Bartowski from Fla for Craig Weller, Byron Bitz and a 2nd round pick.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
You know anything about Bartowski? Bitz is a throw in and I think Weller is as well.
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I don’t. I think the Seidenberg for Morris swap is a win for Chiarelli. Apparently the 2nd is Tampa’s, which is like a first*
Driving under the influence of hockey since godknow's when.
Yeah that is a good move for BOS. They had picks to burn and just upgraded their blueline. Still can’t score though.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 11:38 AM EST reply actions
11:36
Pierre LeBrun: FYI on the Ray Whitney front: hearing Washington and LA are the main two suitors
Meh. Why do we need another winger, who is old. I don’t buy this experience/cup winner stuff. We already have that (ad much more) in Knuble. This trade is not worth it.
still think it’s more likely GMGM moves fehr than flash. fehr’s ATOI has never quite added up, and at some point BB gets asked.
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 3, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
I think so too. I also think Fehr’s been reading the blogs and that’s why he’s afraid of his phone ringing.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
as it’s been said, I don’t think GMGM goes through with this unless he moves Flash.
do not want.
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Um, any particular reason why?
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
I stand in the old school GMGM corner with the “why trade a reasonably priced young guy for an old rental” view. Unless Hamhuis is the result, I don’t feel good about swapping Wizard for Flash in the top six.
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Can’t decide how the Seidenberg deal affects Hamhuis’ price…kinda a strange combo platter of players I don’t know much about.
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I would say it probably doesn’t affect it too much. Hamhuis already had a higher price. Seidenberg was going to be about a 2 anyway. I don’t know who those other guys are really.
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Of course included in the meal was the special of the week : a 2nd Rounder
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
From Friedman
Teams scouting Cory Schneider closely: Dallas and St. Louis. Don’t know if Dallas makes sense now with Lehtonen, but St. Louis does
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If STL wants a young goalie with great AHL numbers I know a place they could look…
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Hey STL, want Michal Neuvirth for Patrik Berglund?
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
Chris Mason and Ty Conklin living proof.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
Via icechip:
Ward to Anaheim for fourth-rounder and goalie Justin Pogge.
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TFP confirms as well
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
As does McKenzie
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
I am guessing the B’s no longer want Corvo now
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Interested to see who picks up Ryan Jones, and if that sets in motion the forward acquisition for us…moments away?
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I don’t know the particulars (salary, etc), but if he clears, does he get sent to the minors if roster space or cap space is needed?
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Yep. He’ll be Milwaukee bound if he clears, but consensus around everyone (Mirtle, McK, Dreger) was he’d be the first one picked up. Real shame.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 3, 2010 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
There was mention at one point the Wild as looking at him but Russo for the Wild shot that down.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 3, 2010 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
Via Corey:
How valuable are Varlamov/Neuvirth/Holtby? Blues drafted 4 goalies in 1st 85 picks b/w 03 and 08 and they’ve combined for 1 NHL win.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 11:53 AM EST reply actions
That’s one more than Holtby has. Zing! Or something.
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Alright, whaddya say we open up a new thread? How does this one look?
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whoo! That OT stuff was really bogging down.
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| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Washington
|
53 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 60 |
|
Florida
|
52 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 59 |
|
Winnipeg
|
55 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 56 |
|
Tampa Bay
|
52 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 51 |
|
Carolina
|
55 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 50 |
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