SpectreFire
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He wants to make the playoffs.
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NHL 2011-2012 Offseason thread of Cash Rules Everything Around Me
- Thread starter Dastardly Jerks
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Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
No state income tax, either.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
Well he obviously can't handle a big market team like Vancouver so Florida would indeed make sense. And all the talks of him going to Toronto made me lol. If he couldn't handle it in Vancouver, he would shit himself in TO.
So that's why he wants to leave the Canucks
Literally anyone but you could've made that joke and it would've worked.. Just not you.
SpectreFire
Member
Keith Ballard also smells.
How does that joke even work? Especially from a Leafs fan.
Luongo handled Vancouver fine. You're acting like he asked for a trade. Schneider made it impossible for him to remain here.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
Well to be fair, Luongo's play gave way for Schneider. In a perfect situation, Vancouver would've used Schneider as trade bait to a team that needed a goaltender. Instead now, there are teams that are looking to decide whether or not they want to have Luongo's contract on their team.
Dastardly Jerks
Banned
Ahahaha Landeskog... Captain... Still on ELC... Aaaaaahahahaha
CrazedArabMan
Member
And this is coming from someone who tortures himself with Modern Warfare MP. :lol
Now Black Ops 1 had some decent MP, much more balanced compared to MW2, but still doesn't beat Battlefield.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
I can understand if Landeskog was hands down the Rookie of the Year, but dude was close with Henrique. You dont see Adam Henrique being the next captain of the Devils.
Unless....
This. BC2's multiplayer was awesome except for snipers and chopper circling. BF3's MP is just a buggy, broken, unbalanced mess of shit.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Even as someone who flew choppers all the time the circle strafing was completely broken.
BC2 is still king. Now if they has BC2 on BC1's maps it would be bliss.
Yep. It's gonna happen.
It pretty much ruined certain maps. I just started skipping them when they came up in the rotation.
BigJonsson
Member
.....ovie shaved his head
wtf
wtf
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
They fixed it in BC3. The roll limiter was removed so it actually takes skill keep a consistent circle. Choppers in BC3 are flying coffins though. You get picked off by jets or constantly pinged by stingers.
Yeah I played quite a bit of BF3 the first month before I got sick of it. 2 guys with flares pretty much gives you an indestructible chopper so it doesn't matter if you can't circle anymore.
brucewaynegretzky
Member
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Landeskog is lightyears ahead of Henrique. He's a two-way hard nosed player who CREATES plays, vs. Henrique's capitalizing on convenient line pairings.
Henrique is a great player, just so I don't get accused of Devils bashing, but Landeskog and RNH were BY FAR the best rookies last year and Landeskog has displayed FAR more leadership potential through multiple aspects of his game.
It's a ridiculous comparison.
What play was that? He had a great season; same form as always. Schneider had a superb (two) season(s), is much younger, and comes with a much more manageable contract.
Luongo also plays better at home than on the road. Saying he "couldn't handle it" in Vancouver doesn't make any sense. He had several great years here.
(Some) Toronto fans just feel slighted that Luongo prefers Florida, so they try and paint his choice as guided by some fear of high-pressure markets, ignoring the fact that Florida is actually a playoff-calibre team and where his wife and children live.
SpectreFire
Member
What the fuck are you smoking that makes you think Lamdeskog and Henrique were in the same calibre? That kid got thrown into every shitty situation on ice and came out smelling like roses.
He won that Calder handidly.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
But if you look at Florida's stand point, they have no reason to trade for him. They too have a rising goaltender in Markstrom who is currently playing on a rookie contract. It doesn't make sense for Florida to give up a decent amount for a goaltender that they don't need right now, especially when that goalie has $50 million left on their contract.
Also Toronto fans would rather not trade for Luongo because that would require a first round draft pick. I don't think that Toronto fans would be happy to give up a potential lottery pick for Luongo, it would be like the Kessel situation all over again.
Problem now for Vancouver is that they lost their bargaining chips when Luongo said that he wanted out.
I was speaking points wise. But I would say that it's pretty impressive he was able to have the season he did considering he played in a conference with Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and the Rangers. Wouldn't go as far as to saying he was the same calibre though.
I know this doesn't count towards regular season trophies, but he had a good post-season as well.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
What the...'some'? I'm not sure any of Leafs GAF age feels this way?
I sure as hell don't care if he prefers Florida since I don't want that albatross of a thing he calls a contract and unless the Canucks take salary in return and something else, I don't want him here.
So now we're talking about different stuff entirely. I don't disagree with much of what you're saying here, but we really don't know what's going on at this point beyond Luongo obviously pushing for Florida.
brucewaynegretzky
Member
Calder is about more than points....
And yea.... Henrique was on a line with Parise and Kovalchuk. Let's see him do it again. He could turn out to be Gomez 2.0
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
There is a reason for him which is to ease Markstrom into starter role. His knee issues are still a question mark so having Markstrom do a full year as starter in the AHL makes sense. I think that was the plan last year but Theo and Clemmer missed a lot of time due to injury last year making Markstrom ride the pine for extended periods. Add that to Markstrom aggravating his knee for another surgery it would help to have someone proven in the role like Lou take pressure off of Markstrom so he can get the starter role at his own pace.
Otherwise Theo is on the last year of his contract and is expected to retire so that leaves Clemmer and Marky. Again if we trade for Lou, Markstrom can ease into the league.
KingHenrik30
Member
The Calder voting from last year:
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th)
1. Gabriel Landeskog, COL 1,383 (116-29-4-0-0)
2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM 1,001 (26-83-22-16-2)
3. Adam Henrique, N.J. 620 (3-19-59-50-12)
Henrik, that's all well and good, but Henrique was only 113 1st-place votes behind Landeskog...
I've seen a few posts previously about how apparently he'd prefer Florida because he wouldn't be able to hack it in Toronto. Those aren't necessarily from fans that want Luongo (although there are some here: Cactus, Dopey, BJ, etc), but just those that feel insulted that Luongo isn't making their city a priority after all the media hoopla about Toronto being a key destination.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
But he was mainly a second/third line player this season.
I think at this point, Toronto fans would rather Luongo pick anybody at this point so that the media would shut up about it
He was only on the first line when Zajac became injured.
Once again, nobody watches the Devils
Why you hating on my man Kyle Calder?
OriginofHysteria
Banned
He was only on the first line when Zajac became injured.
Once again, nobody watches the Devils
I do.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
I actually have a lot of nice conversations with Devils fans at the Rock, especially when I'm on the smoking patio outside.
You must be a schizo, we have no fans
Maybe he thought the hobos outside were Devils fans?
SpectreFire
Member
Yeah, why would you need another goaltender when you've got the AHL All-Star tandem of Reimer/Scrivens.
Well at least the hobos have something in common with the Devils.
They don't have any money either
Probably. The smoking patio is where all the bums light up their crack pipes during each intermission.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
To be fair, the Leafs held a playoff spot for four months with average goaltending. I mean it doesnt mean much if you dont make the playoffs but thats pretty good I think.
There were some interesting people there....and rarely any chicks
No need for Luongo when you've already got a 1A, 1B, and 1C.
Those were Prudential Center employees.
SpectreFire
Member
No. 1b plays for Detroit now. Now the Wings can share in the Leaf's riches of goaltending.
The Leafs system is so deep in goal that they'll never run out of 1B's
OriginofHysteria
Banned
There were some interesting people there....and rarely any chicks
I dunno if it's the same anywhere else but the only chicks at Devils games are the ones with their boyfriends. Usually they're not watching the game and like licking their man's neck and he's like "yo chill, I'll fuck you after the game"
I always wanted to know if that was a Dirty Jersey thing or if that happens across the league.
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