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[DopeyFish]

I've never seen the puck logo. I quite like the shield...maybe they should just tweak that.

 

[Malakhov]

They're talking about a whole new logo Dopey.

 

[bishoptl]

http://www.1460thefan.com/tf.php?pid=82

Holy crap, this Blue Jackets fight song is the worst thing I've ever heard!

THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS

...at least I think that's what they're chanting.

edit: woops, that's "WARM UP THE BUS". I like mine better.

 

[mightynine]

http://www.1460thefan.com/tf.php?pid=82

Holy crap, this Blue Jackets fight song is the worst thing I've ever heard!

THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS
THROW EM UNDER THE BUS

...at least I think that's what they're chanting.

edit: woops, that's "WARM UP THE BUS". I like mine better.

Agreed.

 

[Malakhov]

HEATLEY! 1-0 CANADA!

 

[calder]

Woot. Heatley is going to fucking DOMINATE this tourney just like the last 2 Worlds.

 

[bishoptl]

They left the goddamned Stanley Cup off a plane! Idiots!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1865882

FORT ST. JOHN, British Columbia -- The Stanley Cup spent Sunday night in luggage limbo. The fabled trophy disappeared during an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Fort St. John over the weekend when Vancouver airline officials removed it from the plane because of weight restrictions.

Walter Neubrand, keeper of the Cup, was delivering the trophy to Jake Goertzen, head scout for the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning. As the two waited by the baggage claim, it didn't take long for them to realize something was wrong.

"We were waiting for it to come out," Goertzen said. "Everybody's bag was there, except the Cup."

Air Canada agents checked the plane, but there was no sign of the Cup or its special travel container. After a call to Vancouver, they learned the 35-pound Cup was sitting in the Vancouver airport's luggage area 750 miles away. It was too heavy to fly.

Air Canada spokeswoman Laura Cooke said the Cup was held in a secured facility overnight and flown to Fort St. John to be "placed in its rightful hands" early Monday. Cooke said the airline is reviewing how the mistake occurred. Goertzen described the situation as a nightmare. "[Neubrand] told them specifically it was the Stanley Cup," Goertzen said. "He is just so distraught."

Fitness gym owner Brent Lock, who had planned to view the Cup Sunday night, said he doesn't understand how Air Canada could have left it behind.

"It's not like it's a brown paper bag; it's the holy grail," he said. "It's probably the most important non-religious artifact in Canada."

Somebody needs to be fired.

 

[calder]

Damn this sounds like a great game. This is going to be so awesome.

 

[Socreges]

Either this commentator is really excitable or its just an unusually intense exhibition game.

I've got to really savour this tournmanent. Who knows when we'll get to see these guys [NHLers] play again...

 

[Mainline]

Kipper making just under 3 is fair I guess, but I don't like the reports that he was a bit pissed at how the Flames made their case in arbitration. Ah well, the players always pout about it when someone says something bad about them but when they switch teams to make an extra $50 somewhere suddenly it's all just business.

NO ONE DESERVES A 268% RAISE. Hummm I wonder what's wrong with the NHL....

 

[Malakhov]

Either this commentator is really excitable or its just an unusually intense exhibition game.

Heh, he just said that this didn't look like an exhibition game at all.

And as far as the lockout, I don't think we'll miss that much of hockey this year. It'll get resolved pretty quickly once the deadline has passed me thinks.

 

[dem]

Guerin(?) scores about 2 seconds after they put in Luongo

 

[Malakhov]

Luongo comes in, first shot on him and U.S.A scores.

Yay Luongo~

Edit: Yes it's Guerin.

 

[calder]

NO ONE DESERVES A 268% RAISE. Hummm I wonder what's wrong with the NHL....

YOU DESERVE THAT 268% RAISE. Kipper was very underpaid for a #1... if they had lost in the first round I'd say 1.5 mill would be enough for Kipper but he did follow up a great season with a great playoffs. That's ususally enough to get you ranked in the top 10 of goalies, so the money isn't that bad. If he'd gotten a long term deal for that much then that would have been a real danger, but if (god forbid) he's a flash in the pan then it's only 1 year of being overpaid.

Fuck Leetch or Guerin scored. This second period is not agreeing with me.



EDIT: DO NOT REPEAT DO NOT do the math and think about what you'd make if you got a 268% raise. It's just a downer.

 

[Malakhov]

Theo's in net for the next game, hopefully he gets a shutout and fucks Luongo up the ass.

 

[Malakhov]

Dipietro makes a great save and all of a sudden Millbury is a genius lol

 

[calder]

Haha, yeah one good sequence and suddenly Dipietro > Heatley and Gaborik. I do kinda like the announcer though, he is probably somewhat overexcited but I like that on the radio. And he agrees with me about hating goalies who play the puck too much.

 

[Mainline]

YOU DESERVE THAT 268% RAISE. Kipper was very underpaid for a #1... if they had lost in the first round I'd say 1.5 mill would be enough for Kipper but he did follow up a great season with a great playoffs. That's ususally enough to get you ranked in the top 10 of goalies, so the money isn't that bad. If he'd gotten a long term deal for that much then that would have been a real danger, but if (god forbid) he's a flash in the pan then it's only 1 year of being overpaid.

Fuck Leetch or Guerin scored. This second period is not agreeing with me.



EDIT: DO NOT REPEAT DO NOT do the math and think about what you'd make if you got a 268% raise. It's just a downer.

I know I'm not worth a 268% raise BUT I'd gladly take...$800 000 or whatever he was making last year....you know what, I'd take a 268% PAYCUT from $800 000 dollars.....can you get me a job over there at that salary? OH by the way, I'm off to Montreal this Sunday, I'll take some pictures for you Calder *winK!*

 

[calder]

I hope an unclean Montreal lapdancer gives you the clap.

I still want to figure out a WJC package to get with my family. I'm down with a few road trips to ND for the Juniors. You planning on going to that to?

SHIT Ralston? What the fuck Luongo?

 

[Malakhov]

2-1 U.S.A.

GO LUONGO!

There goes all the Luongo would be better than Brodeur on a good team talk going up in the air.

 

[dem]

Hockey on the radio is terrible...

 

[Mainline]

Yea I am thinking about WJC roadtrip man, there are 2 or 3 people here who want to go...but I only want to see good games....ie. only team Canada.

 

[Malakhov]

Erm dude, Russia etc.. also play extremely good games, there's not just Canada.

 

[calder]

Enjoy the press box, Luongo!

 

[Malakhov]

Well the thing is we're not seeing the game, maybe it's goals he didn't have any chance on. We'll see in tonight's highlights.

One thing for sure all the pressure is on Theodore now. If he performs extremely well tomorrow he might be the backup instead of the 3rd goalie.

 

[Malakhov]

Well tomorrow they will be dressed:

 

[Malakhov]

Hmm after taking a second look at my post, it looks like Quebec is gonna rescue Team Canada tomorrow

 

[dem]

a quick look around the hockey forums and it seems everyone is already panicking..

so silly..

 

[Malakhov]

No kidding.
Our best line wasn't even dressed.

 

[Socreges]

Our best line wasn't even dressed.

Without having seen them played, I'd sooner take Sakic, Iginla, and Gagne. I think they'll contribute more this tournament, but we'll see.

 

[Malakhov]

No one will contribute more than Lemieux in this tournament, in points sure, in presence? No one is even close.

Heck, St-Louis was nervous as hell practicing with Lemieux, Lemieux had to tell him to stop worrying and play his game and that he was the nhl leading scorer for christ's sake.

 

[Socreges]

No one will contribute more than Lemieux in this tournament, in points sure, in presence? No one is even close.

Damnit, you've got such a woody for the guy. Quiet.

I don't think Lemieux will light up the scoreboard, but his "presence" can be determined by his line's performance.

 

[Malakhov]

Damnit, you've got such a woody for the guy. Quiet.

Well after all, he's the best player of all time.

 

[Socreges]

Well after all, he's the best player of all time from the Wales/Eastern conference.

Most definitely.

 

[Malakhov]

Even Gretzky and Orr said he was the best

Also, interesting thing I've found out tonight:

http://www.puckerings.com/research/harmonic.html

 

[dem]

Its so lame to say "even Gretzky said Lemieux was the best!".

Whats he going to say? "No, obviously I'm the best ever!"

 

[Socreges]

Even Gretzky and Orr said he was the best

And Lemieux would say that Gretzky was best. If he hasn't already. Not sure what Orr's been smoking, though.

Also, interesting thing I've found out tonight:

http://www.puckerings.com/research/harmonic.html

That was ridiculous. Interesting, sure. But much in the same way that I find Most Extreme Elmination Challenge interesting.

 

[calder]

Even Gretzky and Orr said he was the best

Also, interesting thing I've found out tonight:

http://www.puckerings.com/research/harmonic.html

Holy crap is that link dumb.

And enough already about Mario being the best ever. He wasn't.

 

[Mike Works]

Just saw the hilights. The first goal was weak as hell, Ryan Smith got high sticked (went undetected), and the last goal came off of slopping backchecking by the forwards.

Wait, nevermind, I was just watching the Canucks last regular season game.

 

[Malakhov]

Luongo allowed horrible goals, just saw the highlights, 2 went between his legs, the first shot was deflected though.

 

[bishoptl]

blah

I had to leave work at the end of the first period. Got off the train at the last station, hopped into my Jeep and turned on the radio only to hear some BULLSHIT about 3-1 USA with Canada's goalie pulled. Ridiculous. I'm not even going to watch the highlights, I'm waiting until tomorrow so I can cool down first.

 

[calder]

Yeah, now that I've seen the highlights I'm going to tie the can to Luongo on this one. By all accounts the US played better almost the whole game though, but the highlights looked like great hockey (excluding the 2 soft goals 'Berto allowed).

 

[dem]

Leopold out with a concussion.

The kid is already on his second NHL concussion.

 

[Malakhov]

Leopold out with a concussion.

The kid is already on his second NHL concussion.

DAMN YOU LEOPOLD, YOU ARE RUINING MY PLANS TO SEE GAUTHIER WITH THE HABS!@#

 

[calder]

FSN World Cup fantasy!

Looks pretty fun, just creat a team and pick the winners for each game, adding total SOG and final score as tie breakers. If anyone's interested we can whip up a GAF league - it's a very small time committment.

Well, it took 5 seconds to make, so here's a league. To find it, after you sign up and create a team go to the League Directory and search for a *private* league, FSN's search (and interface, and most things) kinda sucks.

League name: "Gaming-Age"
password: "gaffer"

 

[calder]

WTF?

Report: WHA makes Crosby $7.5M offer

TSN.ca Staff

8/25/2004

According to a report in the Ottawa Sun, teen phenom Sidney Crosby has been offered a three-year, $7.5-million contract by the Hamilton franchise in the World Hockey Association.

The paper, citing an NHL source, reports that team owner Mario Frankovitch made the offer to Crosby. It would pay the 17 year-old $2.5-million for each of the three seasons and, reportedly, would pay Crosby a guaranteed $2-million even if the fledling league can't get off the ground.

Crosby has been widely touted as the next scoring superstar in professional hockey and he scored 135 points in 59 games as a rookie with Rimouski in the QMJHL last season.

Hamilton selected Crosby first in the WHA Amateur Draft on July 17.

If that league plays a game I'll be shocked, Sidney should take em up on it and consider it a 2mill dollar PR contract for a paper league that'll last about 6 months.

 

[Socreges]

calder, can you link me to a shot of Sakic like the one of Iginla?

 

[calder]

I just found and resized a pic of Iggy, don't have any of Sakic, sorry. If I have time later I'll look for one and link you to it. I want to redo my Iggy avatar anyway, it could be framed better.

Martin to replace Leopold for Team USA

TSN.ca Staff


8/25/2004

OTTAWA (CP) - The defending World Cup champion United States suffered their third major loss on the blue-line Wednesday when Jordan Leopold of the Calgary Flames pulled out because of a concussion.

He suffered the injury in the third period of Monday night's 3-1 exhibition win over Canada in Columbus, Ohio - a game in which he scored the final goal.

It may prove to be a crippling loss for the Americans, who have already seen Detroit Red Wings star blue-liners Derian Hatcher and Mathieu Schneider pull out. Leopold, a key part of Calgary's Stanley Cup run this spring, was on a top pairing on this U.S. team with veteran Chris Chelios.

Paul Martin of the New Jersey Devils, coming off his rookie NHL campaign, will replace Leopold.

``Unfortunately Jordan will be unable to participate further in the World Cup due to his injury status,'' American team GM Larry Pleau said in a statement. ``However this represents a tremendous opportunity for Paul Martin, who is a rising young star in the National Hockey League and a player who can contribute for us on defence.''

Martin had 24 points (6-18) and a plus-12 rating in 70 games with the Devils last season.

The U.S. face Canada in a another exhibition game Wednesday night at the Corel Centre.

Martin is a solid, underrated young Dman.... but still it's a bad sign when he's on your elite team. That's like Phillipe Boucher or Bergeron making Team Canada. I still have no idea what play Leopold was concussed on - I assume it was a hit but no big hits were replayed that I saw.

 

[Malakhov]

1-0 Canada. Lecavalier!

 

[Malakhov]

Sakic!

2-0!

And I would of picked Komisarek ahead of Martin