bonesmccoy
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He only 'handled' Winnipeg in the loosest sense: One season as a rookie.
I'd of course love to see him in the Blue & White, but I don't think he'd like living in a city like Toronto.
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He only 'handled' Winnipeg in the loosest sense: One season as a rookie.
I'd of course love to see him in the Blue & White, but I don't think he'd like living in a city like Toronto.
Not to say he'd crumble under pressure, but coming from the hockey hotbed Phoenix to centre of the hockey universe Toronto is quite the leap.
bonesmccoy
Banned
I know, the post Dastardly was replying to was me saying just that. He's a great competitor - the kind of player Burke wishes he had the gams to bring in on the easy - hence why I'd like him on our team.
Him being an 'anti-francophone' wouldn't surprise me in the least. The farther west you go in our grand country, the more open the racism and ethnic bigotry.
So Canada's West = America's South?
bonesmccoy
Banned
If you happen to be First Nations or French Canadian, absolutely.
Not exactly, bible belt = oil belt. BC is the same as the rest of Canada, not racist/bigoted at all here oo
Dastardly Jerks
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bonesmccoy
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I'm obviously speaking from personal experience; 18 years in the GTA, 12 in Victoria/Vancouver. I've just encountered much more pure racism out here than I ever did back in Ontario.
'Course, I didn't mention Quebec itself <Herouxville>
Crazymoogle
Member
Hell, if you really wanted to deeply follow that mass generalism, BC is Asia.
Not surprised Doan is testing the waters. My guess is that he badly wants to re-sign but Coyotes ownership situation is such a mess he may as well drag out his FA period until there's more info.
KingHenrik30
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I'll take Doan on the Rangers
Dastardly Jerks
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But is he Doan what's best for his family?
Doan't bring that pun shit in here.
I think he'd rather stay in the desert, Coyote fans watch more games then you do.
I wonder what his favourite Doanut is?
@DarrenDreger: As a pending UFA Doan has earned the right to see what the market is offering. With solid ownership a new deal would have been done long ago
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@DarrenDreger: Shane Doan wants to stay in Arizona, but ownership instability may force him to test free agency. The list of interested teams will be long.
Ownership isn't management.
If management knew if they had money to resign Doan, they would have a long time ago.
CrazedArabMan
Member
I'm sure the tax payers of Arizona would love to fund Doan's new contract to stay in Phoenix.
brucewaynegretzky
Member
What's the anticipated cap hit for Doan? Would he sign for a Jagr-esque salary? Cuz then I'd imagine Homer would make an offer because why not.
EDIT: O who am I kidding.... Homer will make an offer whether we can afford it or not....
EDIT: O who am I kidding.... Homer will make an offer whether we can afford it or not....
Doan would easily get $5M+
Dastardly Jerks
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And she wore the (old, new) Nashville third before it got released too. And look what happened to them.
brucewaynegretzky
Member
Homer will make an offer.... won't matter that we still need to resign Voracek. He'll end up taking a short deal and leaving in two years when we can't afford him.
SpectreFire
Member
Good lord. Are Tyler Kennedy's parents siblings?The curse of Taylor Swift...
Only one guy left from when this was taken in October 2009.
You guys can trade Briere to clear some space!
brucewaynegretzky
Member
That actually is what people are expecting in a few years.... if anyone will take him at that point.
Dat G, Schenn, Couts, Talbot.... and 20th overall Laughton :lol
SpectreFire
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Put Jagr and Doan on Schenn's wings. A young kid in between two grizzled old men. You can call it the NAMBLA Line!
brucewaynegretzky
Member
Nah, Briere has a NMC and a huge cap hit so we'll get nothing and like it....
EDIT: Danny's also safe until he loses his ability to raise superhumans in his home.
Seeing the term "SOB" in this thread always confuses me a little at first...
The Internet
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Southern Alberta is full of social conservatives with Calgary being the capital. Vancouver is liberal compared to here.
To keep this hockey related, Ralph Krueger is going to be named Oilers head coach tomorrow. I'm actually fine with that.
Ralph Krueger's great, his work with the Swiss National team was good and he was very well liked. Plus, he seemed like a great guy. Good choice. I hope you guys finally make it out of the lottery picks... you're past the "it's getting embarassing" stage and now in the full "if you don't make it next time you should be relegated" phase...
Mind if I join the hockey talk, annually disappointed Flames fan here.
We found you a new friend, Zedge!
Mind if I join the hockey talk, annually disappointed Flames fan here.
ZEDGE YOU HAVE A BROTHER!!!!!
Mind if I join the hockey talk, annually disappointed Flames fan here.
What'd you think of the draft? General consensus here was/is rofllol@your management... Similarly to Toronto, refusing to admit they need to rebuild and lacking good prospects... and this draft picking someone from High School...?
PS: I like Baertschi.
How long before we ask him if he likes furries too?
Pumped for when you replace Iginla with that new draft pick in 10 years?!?!?Mind if I join the hockey talk, annually disappointed Flames fan here.
The curse of Taylor Swift...
Only one guy left from when this was taken in October 2009.
I love how Crosby is never around when a hot girl appears. Hmmm.
I remember when he got called up and scored like 3 goals in his first 4 games and everyone was extremely confused as to since when Calgary had a prospect worth remembering.
The curse of Taylor Swift...
Only one guy left from when this was taken in October 2009.
So she's the reason we suck now.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Why do you think he faked a concussion to grow a "mustache" brah?
:lol :lol :lol
Is this what I think it is?
Definitely no furry interest here.
Re: the Draft... was ready to throw my TV out the window when Calgary traded away their #14 pick at a time when so many highly-ranked prospects had slid and were still available.
I admired that they were one of the few teams that had a jersey with the kid's name ready to go on it, showed me a serious commitment. Don't see that very often.
I can't say one way or the other if it was a smart move, I've never seen Jankowski play. Couldn't even find a youtube vid of him in action, so he's a complete mystery to me.
Not thrilled they used a pick to draft a goalie though, Flames have more than enough goalies in the system, Kiprusoff, Irving, Karlsson, Ramo, Ortio and Brossoit. Why they wanted another is again, a mystery to me.
But hey, in management we trust, right?
Re: the Draft... was ready to throw my TV out the window when Calgary traded away their #14 pick at a time when so many highly-ranked prospects had slid and were still available.
I admired that they were one of the few teams that had a jersey with the kid's name ready to go on it, showed me a serious commitment. Don't see that very often.
I can't say one way or the other if it was a smart move, I've never seen Jankowski play. Couldn't even find a youtube vid of him in action, so he's a complete mystery to me.
Not thrilled they used a pick to draft a goalie though, Flames have more than enough goalies in the system, Kiprusoff, Irving, Karlsson, Ramo, Ortio and Brossoit. Why they wanted another is again, a mystery to me.
But hey, in management we trust, right?
Was going to ask about him since I'm not familiar with his work or style at all. Glad to hear some positive feedback on him. The Oilers really need to step it up with the talent they've been getting with those picks.
Definitely no furry interest here.
Re: the Draft... was ready to throw my TV out the window when Calgary traded away their #14 pick at a time when so many highly-ranked prospects had slid and were still available.
I admired that they were one of the few teams that had a jersey with the kid's name ready to go on it, showed me a serious commitment. Don't see that very often.
I can't say one way or the other if it was a smart move, I've never seen Jankowski play. Couldn't even find a youtube vid of him in action, so he's a complete mystery to me.
Not thrilled they used a pick to draft a goalie though, Flames have more than enough goalies in the system, Kiprusoff, Irving, Karlsson, Ramo, Ortio and Brossoit. Why they wanted another is again, a mystery to me.
But hey, in management we trust, right?
Guys, guys, everyone go home, nothing to see here... poor zedge, still no friends.
also, in SOME managements we trust... You sure about yours?
:lol that's what it looked like, you just don't do that as a pro-athlete, sorry.. or at least not with your official account. -facepalm-
Agreed.
I'd argue though, that things are more promising from a prospect perspective than they have been since I started watching hockey many, many years ago.
Sven Baertschi, John Gaudreau, Laurent Brossoit, TJ Brodie, Tyler Wotherspoon, Roman Cervenka, Max Reinhart... and dare I dream... Mark Jankowski?
If you know anything about these players, that's a pretty exciting lineup of fresh faces getting ready to make this team over the next few years. It will be a welcome change of pace, at the very least.
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