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[KernelPanic]

Would Doan play for the Canucks considering they have French-Canadians Burrows and Lapierre on the roster, not to mention the coach ?

I'm watching the Wild press conference introducing Parise and Suter.

Parise looks like he's taking a shit.

Well at least he can afford the best TP money can buy now.

 

[SpectreFire]

DOAN SAID HE'D CALL. CANUCKS STILL WAITING. THEY'D CALL THEMSELVES BUT DON'T WANT TO COME OFF AS NEEDY AND DESPERATE.

Love the new thread title.

DOAN REPLIED THAT HE JUST WANTS TO BE FRIENDS. CANUCKS IN NEED OF A FEELING. SEND OFFERS FOR A JAR OF LOVE.

 

[Cake Boss]

Oh you guys are silly.

 

[RC]

Clearly I've missed something. We need to play hard to get.

Wait a sec, we resigned Raymond? Fuck. If it costs more then a bag of pucks I'll be pissed. It did? Damn it all to hell.

 

[Coldnoodle]

PRAH PRAH DOAN

Indeed.

 

[Kave_Man]

Zach Parise just changed how to pronounce his name.

 

[Quick]

Craig Leipold wants to curtail the increasing salaries for players.

Team signs Parise and Suter for $98 million each.

 

[SpectreFire]

Is that Adam West?

 

[Alucard]

Hoping Semin makes a decision this week. Would be an upgrade after the Pens lost Sullivan.

Dupuis-Crosby-Semin
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy
Glass-Vitale-Adams

Looks good to me! On D...

Letang-Martin
Orpik-Niskanen
Engelland-Despres/Lovejoy/sexy prospect

Not too shabby, though it would be great if Shero could land one more proven dman.

 

[TemplaerDude]

I'm glad the thread title keeps me up to date on all the hottest happenin' news in the NHL.

 

[cube444]

Hoping Semin makes a decision this week. Would be an upgrade after the Pens lost Sullivan.

Dupuis-Crosby-Semin
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy
Glass-Vitale-Adams

Looks good to me! On D...

Letang-Martin
Orpik-Niskanen
Engelland-Despres/Lovejoy/sexy prospect

Not too shabby, though it would be great if Shero could land one more proven dman.

That D sucks. :lol @ Martin for 1st pairing.

 

[bonesmccoy]

Craig Leipold

Well I see the resemblance

 

[DopeyFish]

Omg omgomg leafs news upcoming

What can it be

Holzer just signed

Leafs have been holding conversations with doan, unsure of pleasantness

They have filed arbitration for Kulemin

 

[DopeyFish]

Oh and holzer deal is one way

Leafs now have Phaneuf, Liles, gardiner, holzer, gunnarsson, komisarek, franson

Looks like franson is being used as trade bait

 

[Merguson]

Oh and holzer deal is one way

Leafs now have Phaneuf, Liles, gardiner, holzer, gunnarsson, komisarek, franson

Looks like franson is being used as trade bait

Actually Franson might sign soon.

 

[DopeyFish]

Actually Franson might sign soon.

Komisarek and a 2nd for luongo confirmed

 

[Cake Boss]

Hoping Semin makes a decision this week. Would be an upgrade after the Pens lost Sullivan.

Dupuis-Crosby-Semin
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy
Glass-Vitale-Adams

Looks good to me! On D...

Letang-Martin
Orpik-Niskanen
Engelland-Despres/Lovejoy/sexy prospect

Not too shabby, though it would be great if Shero could land one more proven dman.

LOLOLOLOLOL That D

 

[TemplaerDude]

Komisarek and a 2nd for luongo confirmed

Fuck it, I'll take that. I just want to stop hearing about him.

 

[Razorskin]

LOLOLOLOLOL That D

Look at detroit's and laugh harder.

 

[KernelPanic]

Fuck it, I'll take that. I just want to stop hearing about him.

You trade Luongo for Komisarek you're either missing the playoffs(if you play him) or your cap is fucked for 2 years (if you bench him).

You'd have better results throwing a Canucks jersey on a traffic cone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieCSl4BHhC0 (Mike Komisarek in all his $4.5M NMC glory)

 

[TemplaerDude]

Then give me a second rounder and a bag of pucks. I just don't want to hear about him on the morning shows anymore.

 

[DopeyFish]

You trade Luongo for Komisarek you're either missing the playoffs(if you play him) or your cap is fucked for 2 years (if you bench him).

You'd have better results throwing a Canucks jersey on a traffic cone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieCSl4BHhC0 (Mike Komisarek in all his $4.5M NMC glory)

Shhhh komisarek can do magical things with that bench

 

[Red_Man]

Guy from the 4th period said Doan won't go to a team thats not a cup contender. Not a surprise, but teams like Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, etc aren't going to be on his list.

 

[Razorskin]

Guy from the 4th period said Doan won't go to a team thats not a cup contender. Not a surprise, but teams like Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, etc aren't going to be on his list.

good :lol

6 years in Detroit!

 

[Unhandled Exception]

Fuck it, I'll take that. I just want to stop hearing about him.

How only a few months can change everything.

 

[Plinko]

Hoping Semin makes a decision this week. Would be an upgrade after the Pens lost Sullivan.

Dupuis-Crosby-Semin
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy
Glass-Vitale-Adams

Looks good to me! On D...

Letang-Martin
Orpik-Niskanen
Engelland-Despres/Lovejoy/sexy prospect

Not too shabby, though it would be great if Shero could land one more proven dman.

Only Detroit's is worse.

 

[Unhandled Exception]

Guy from the 4th period said Doan won't go to a team thats not a cup contender. Not a surprise, but teams like Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, etc aren't going to be on his list.

One of the few times I'm glad the avs have been shitting it up lately.

 

[TemplaerDude]

How only a few months can change everything.

Never said I was happy about seeing him go, but the writing is on the wall.

 

[Dastardly Jerks]

Dastardly

Unfortunately the Caps won't be able to sign Nathan Walker due to some rule about being unable to sign an undrafted European league player. He'll be in the draft next year unless the new CBA gets rid of this rule. The Flyers tried signing someone last season but they couldn't and he ended up being drafted by the Kings this year.

That's a kick in the groin. Thanks for the info though man. He'll get drafted next year - book it.

 

[Cake Boss]

The days of cup contenders are over. With this parity, you just need to get in the dance to have a chance. Oooohh that rhymed.

 

[KernelPanic]

The days of cup contenders are over. With this parity, you just need to get in the dance to have a chance. Oooohh that rhymed.

Maybe in the West, some teams are most stacked than others but it's closer than ever.

I still think the healthiest team to make it to the Final wins it, not necessarily the best.

 

[Red_Man]

The days of cup contenders are over. With this parity, you just need to get in the dance to have a chance. Oooohh that rhymed.

Kings are the first team to win it all being lower them the 5th seed, I wouldn't expect anymore 8th seeds to be winning for a while, also Kings one of the better 8th seeds ever.

 

[Alucard]

LOLOLOLOLOL That D

It's honestly not as bad as it looks, minus the third pairing. Letting Michalek go makes it look pretty bad, though. :-/ Pens still had one of the strongest goal differentials in the league last season with pretty much this lineup. Still think the first round was a flukey aberration that came out of bizarro world. Those weren't the Penguins that I had watched all season.

Things that need to happen for the Pens' D not to fall apart...

-Letang needs to be healthy, and he needs to keep his cool in the playoffs.
-Martin needs to have the kind of season he had in 2010-2011.
-Niskanen just needs to keep doing what he's doing. He was the best dman for the Pens in the playoffs, and very consistent throughout the season.
-Orpik needs to stay in his zone and knock guys around.
-Lovejoy needs to mature ASAP.
-Engelland is solid. Not much to say about him.
-One of the young guys needs to step up and steal a spot in camp...probably from Lovejoy. I'm looking at Simon Despres or Joe Morrow.

It's really not that bad to Pens fans who watched almost every regular season game last season. If Byslma can get some structure back into the Pens' defensive system, I'm honestly not horrified. There are far worse defenses in the league. But hey, if Shero could snag a proven guy and slot him in Lovejoy's spot, or even rotate him with Martin if Martin continues to look like he did this past season, that would be all for the better. Somebody has to be open for a fleecing.

 

[RC]

Zach Parise just changed how to pronounce his name.

Is it spelled with a dollar sign now?

 

[KingHenrik30]

So apparently we've signed Halpern. Wondering what the fuck that means.

 

[Razorskin]

So apparently we've signed Halpern. Wondering what the fuck that means.

You have a hard working bottom six center.


Oh and he's good at faceoffs.

 

[brucewaynegretzky]

Is it spelled with a dollar sign now?

:lol

 

[KingHenrik30]

You have a hard working bottom six center.


Oh and he's good at faceoffs.

Like both of those things. Rangers need to get better on faceoffs as a whole.
We got a logjam down the middle now. Could mean AA is gone. Could mean AA and Dubi are gone.

 

[Cake Boss]

Maybe in the West, some teams are most stacked than others but it's closer than ever.

I still think the healthiest team to make it to the Final wins it, not necessarily the best.

This. The year before that Boston had to win 3 games 7 series.

 

[yankeehater]

Like both of those things. Rangers need to get better on faceoffs as a whole.
We got a logjam down the middle now. Could mean AA is gone. Could mean AA and Dubi are gone.

Nash incoming.

 

[KernelPanic]

This. The year before that Boston had to win 3 games 7 series.

Hey we took NYR to 7 games in a series that was supposed to be a sweep of a team that wasn't even supposed to be in the playoffs. You never really know.

 

[DopeyFish]

Anyone else remember when QC was only going to replace the colisee air conditioners and dehumidifiers when they were getting an NHL team? (To bring it up to NHL spec)

http://translate.google.ca/translat...Upx&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns

Well... The contract was just awarded

http://www.seao.ca/Recherche/adjudi...CategoryCode=&callingPage=2&Level2=AdjResults

 

[Cake Boss]

Hey we took NYR to 7 games in a series that was supposed to be a sweep of a team that wasn't even supposed to be in the playoffs. You never really know.

We should have beat them in 6 like I predicted but the coach decided to fuck over chemistry and change the line up for 6 and 7.

 

[SpectreFire]

Doan reportedly has around 3 teams in mind and the Canucks are almost certainly on it. I don't see how the Penguins are in the mix considering he wants to stay in the West, but I'd imagine Detroit would definitely be in.

He's looking for 4-5 years, good location, good management group and a cup contender. The 4-5 years really scares me though.

 

[bonesmccoy]

The anti-arena lawsuits in Quebec were tossed out, right? And was't there some July 9 deadline for the Phoenix signature collection? Marvie, please come in.

Komisarek (oddly) would be pretty useful in a limited role for the Canucks, maybe giving them that size and grit Gillis felt they lacked.

 

[SpectreFire]

Komisarek (oddly) would be pretty useful in a limited role for the Canucks, maybe giving them that size and grit Gillis felt they lacked.

I don't see where we would place him. He'd be out of the top-six to start, and I'd imagine the Canucks would much rather keep Tanev in.

 

[DopeyFish]

I don't see where we would place him. He'd be out of the top-six to start, and I'd imagine the Canucks would much rather keep Tanev in.

He's better than Ballard. Actually, almost everyone is better than Ballard.

 

[SpectreFire]

He's better than Ballard. Actually, almost everyone is better than Ballard.

Ballard is actually useful. Komisarek... not so much.

 

[Cake Boss]

Semin signing 1 year with Pits?

 

[DopeyFish]

Ballard is actually useful. Komisarek... not so much.

I watch both teams enough to know komisarek is actually good on most nights - sometimes he has an off night. I have watched Ballard play since his Florida days, and he sucks just as much as he always did.