That's gonna be a crazy week.
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NHL Off-Season 2013 |OT| Celebrate Good Times Come On
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That's gonna be a crazy week.
I've done pretty well so far not getting spoiled on any of what seems to be the major GoT spoilers.
The No book readers thread for the most part is good but some readers definitely come in there to spoil it as much as possible. Some are really subtle and some are idiots in how they try to be subtle.
Then there are a few who seem to take great enjoyment out of spoiling it. At some point last week apparently someone came in spoiled last night's episode then edited it out with "oops!". Luckily I didn't see it but some others weren't as fortunate.
The No book readers thread for the most part is good but some readers definitely come in there to spoil it as much as possible. Some are really subtle and some are idiots in how they try to be subtle.
Then there are a few who seem to take great enjoyment out of spoiling it. At some point last week apparently someone came in spoiled last night's episode then edited it out with "oops!". Luckily I didn't see it but some others weren't as fortunate.
I didn't get to watch last night's episode yet, which pretty much means I have to avoid the entire internet until I get home.
yankeehater
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Nice, hopefully the flyers have 2 to announce right away.
Somebody came in the thread just before the episode started I think and said something along the lines of, "from what I hear, make sure you avoid the book readers thread tonight, sounds like something big will happen." As if anyone needed any reason to avoid the spoiler thread.
KernelPanic
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I suspect Ottawa will sign or trade Briere. Even reading some buzz that we're the only he'd waive his NMC for.
Don't know how I feel about that.
Don't know how I feel about that.
You should feel honored if that's true because Briere waiving his NMC basically amounts to him setting a couple million dollars on fire.
yankeehater
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He is a good guy and a great playoff performer, why wouldnt you be happy about getting someone like that?
KernelPanic
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It's more of a question of how good he still is at his age.
brucewaynegretzky
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Loving the new av Curufinwe!
Lone_Prodigy
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I lost interest in the show after the first season because I've read all the books and book 2 isn't that memorable.
Caught a peek of last night's episode and it was pretty well done. I think the reaction I had when I read that part would've been the same as watching that scene without having read the book.
Caught a peek of last night's episode and it was pretty well done. I think the reaction I had when I read that part would've been the same as watching that scene without having read the book.
Haven't watched them all but I love that sort of stuff.
Not very. You're better off waiting for him to be bought out than to try and trade for him. Anything the Sens give the Flyers would be an overpayment.
Agreed.
Thanks. I hope a month from now Homer has not made any rash moves at the draft and I'll be able to keep it.
Apparently Brad Richards' fate isn't going to be decided until the Rangers have a new coach who will have input on what they should do with him, so they better hurry up on that.
A little bit surprisingly the Rangers have not pursued Lindy Ruff at all thus far and do not have permission to speak to him. According to Dreger, Gretzky says he's not on the list for coach of the Rangers. And Dave Tippett is apparently out of the mix for everybody.
So right now it looks like the main candidates are:
Vigneault
Eakins
Messier
I haven't seen the episode yet, but it's foreshadowed heavily in the books. (spoiler is fine if you've seen the episode)
The whole time I was reading, I was like: "No, no, no. Come on. No." and that was a chapter or two before shit went down. When it happened, I knew it was coming, but similarly, I did not expect it to be so brutal.
Nice, that's going to be a ridiculous week.
Freyjadour
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I'd watch / listen to hours of open commentary like this. Thought it was borderline amazing that the Banjo and Conker teams shared zero code and early Conker builds actually forced a complete redesign of Banjo.
I'd love a count of how many times the word cunt is said by the end of it.
Can't wait.
Incredible blog post by a (former) writer talking about dealing with John Tortorella. The man always seemed kinda off when it came to his interactions with Larry Brooks, but apparently he was a jerk to almost everyone? Hilarious.
http://davelozo.tumblr.com/post/51833408147/one-mans-perspective-on-dealing-with-john-tortorella
http://davelozo.tumblr.com/post/51833408147/one-mans-perspective-on-dealing-with-john-tortorella
That's gold Jerry, GOLD!
This doesn't surprise me though, Torts always came off as a giant dickhead.
Dastardly Jerks
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Welcome Pens-age.
Yeah he did. But that was probably the best part of the 24/7 series with the Flyers.
You're being a tosser you is!
ZeroGravity
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So the Lightning hired Rick Bowness as an assistant coach. Canucks-GAF want to give me an idea whether this is a good or bad thing?
T.M. MacReady
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I lurked the no book thread after last night's ep to read reactions. Would never post in there, its not for me to take part in. Saw your posts in the GoT thread, but here in the bubble, I'd like to say
I lurked the no book thread after last night's ep to read reactions. Would never post in there, its not for me to take part in. Saw your posts in the GoT thread, but here in the bubble, I'd like to say
spoilers for episode 9:
Robb was one of my faves man, didn't expect that at all. To be honest I thought at worst he'd get maimed or maybe they'd kill his wife that's it but didn't expect a complete massacre
hahaha <3
Decent writeup about his responsibilities and experience.
He's a good hire - could help the Lightning generate offense from the backend. Also comes with a lot of experience.
ZeroGravity
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We're in sore need of a coach with experience who can actually turn our defense around, so hope he works out.
yankeehater
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But they are the best team of the last 40 years.
Coldnoodle
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So 7 years?
yankeehater
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So that is almost 1/5th of the salary cap? God damn that is a lot of money.
Dubbedinenglish
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Isn't it 8 for retaining teams and 7 for new teams?
You're right.
Coldnoodle
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Nah, I'm pretty sure I misunderstood that. I think Meta was talking about max contract length strictly.
KernelPanic
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So this is basically "We fired Torts so now will you resign ?"
Yeah, it's 8 years when a team is re-signing its own Player.
No way they'll pay him $12.8 million a year. I think 8 years, $64 million is the most they could pay without severely limiting their ability to pay their other guys, and they have a lot of FAs to sign in the next year or so. Their only players contracted past next season are Nash and Richards.
http://www.capgeek.com/rangers/
No way they'll pay him $12.8 million a year. I think 8 years, $64 million is the most they could pay without severely limiting their ability to pay their other guys, and they have a lot of FAs to sign in the next year or so. Their only players contracted past next season are Nash and Richards.
http://www.capgeek.com/rangers/
KernelPanic
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Arthur Staple ‏@StapeNewsday
Just filed to @NewsdaySports: sources say #Isles captain Mark Streit will not return. Turned down team's best offer, will hit open market.
Here's something for UFA day.
Just filed to @NewsdaySports: sources say #Isles captain Mark Streit will not return. Turned down team's best offer, will hit open market.
Here's something for UFA day.
ZeroGravity
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Break open your wallets.