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Official NHL CBA Conclusion thread! HOSANNAH, BITCHES
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Mike Works
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How about you just send me some money considering I was at Game 7 in the Minnesota series AND the Calgary series.Wolf said:
How about that.
ForzaItalia
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Here is how I rank the Canadian teams:
1)Ottawa
2)Vancouver
3)Calgary
4)Toronto
5)Edmonton
6)Montreal
1)Ottawa
2)Vancouver
3)Calgary
4)Toronto
5)Edmonton
6)Montreal
Mike Works
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I might rank Vancouver over Ottawa (it all hinges on Hasek, really), but I'd definitely put Montreal ahead of Edmonton. Edmonton was a good club last year, but just that. Good. Not even good enough to make the playoffs. They've improved for sure, but I dunno. Their division is tougher than it's ever been, and I'm just not scared of their offensive potential, let alone having Ty Conklin starting.
ForzaItalia
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At the moment the Leafs simply have more question marks than the Canucks do. Suspect defense. Geriatric goalie with a wonky back. Injury prone forwards that were signed. Questionable lack of depth on the wings.
1) Ottawa
2) Vancouver
3) Calgary
4) Edmonton
5) Montreal
5) Toronto
I think Hasek is a disaster, but the Sens are too good to have it affect their regular season that much. It's the playoffs where having Hasek as your #1 goalie ensures utter disaster.
I have the Habs last, but I don't think they'll suck or anything. I don't expect them to do quite as well as they did in 04, but both the Habs and Leafs will have to scrap to make the playoffs.
2) Vancouver
3) Calgary
4) Edmonton
5) Montreal
5) Toronto
I think Hasek is a disaster, but the Sens are too good to have it affect their regular season that much. It's the playoffs where having Hasek as your #1 goalie ensures utter disaster.
I have the Habs last, but I don't think they'll suck or anything. I don't expect them to do quite as well as they did in 04, but both the Habs and Leafs will have to scrap to make the playoffs.
1) Ottawa
2) Vancouver
3) Calgary
4) Montreal
5) Edmonton
6) Toronto
Must we compare rosters? I really don't think the Leafs' potential top line is as good as the Canucks, and there isn't much depth behind them. The situation at defense is even worse, minus McCabe, and who knows what kind of season Belfour will have after two more years passing since his last season. Though history favours Belfour, and I'll give the Leafs the edge on that alone, there's no guarantee that he'll outplay Cloutier this year.
2) Vancouver
3) Calgary
4) Montreal
5) Edmonton
6) Toronto
I'm very surprised that you're surprised.Tedesco! said:
Must we compare rosters? I really don't think the Leafs' potential top line is as good as the Canucks, and there isn't much depth behind them. The situation at defense is even worse, minus McCabe, and who knows what kind of season Belfour will have after two more years passing since his last season. Though history favours Belfour, and I'll give the Leafs the edge on that alone, there's no guarantee that he'll outplay Cloutier this year.
ForzaItalia
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ForzaItalia said:
"But Domi brought a roar from the crowd when he acknowledged that some aren't expecting much from the team this season.
"Everyone's writing us off," he said. "It's nice to be the underdog."
Shut up Tie. You can't spend the money the Leafs spend and consider yourselves underdogs.
Socreges said:
So the last time we had an NHL season the final standings for Canadian teams looked like this:
Toronto 103
Ottawa 102
Vancouver 101
Calgary 94
Montreal 93
Edmonton 89
Now everyone seems to think the Leafs have gotten so bad as to finish dead last amongst Canadian teams?
So many Leaf haters out there....so sad.
Everyone knew Heatley had an off season last year in Europe (with the eye injury to boot) and the last WC and World Cup he was ordinary at best. I was assuming it was the injury mainly but since the trade there are more reports around about Heatley not looking good at all during the recent Oly camp too. I still think he'll rebound nicely and become an elite player, but it's not quite the sure thing I was expecting - playing like crap in Europe for most of a year doesn't get noticed here in NA, but that combined with the tourneys and minicamp is a bit disturbing.
EDIT: whew, the article in the Calgary Sun was saying how the rumour mill had Heatley going to Vancouver for Bertuzzi. That could have been a Pronger-to-Edmonton level disaster!
EDIT: whew, the article in the Calgary Sun was saying how the rumour mill had Heatley going to Vancouver for Bertuzzi. That could have been a Pronger-to-Edmonton level disaster!
BigJonsson
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So the Devils payroll is now at 44 million dollars....
WTF
WTF
Yeah, they're going to be trading someone (or more likely a couple of guys) but who? They'd have to trade either one star or 2 guys making around 2-3 million, guys like Friesen and Gomez. Those guys would have a fair bit of trade value, and I assume the Devils would be looking to get either picks or good rookies/quality veterans making near the minimum.
Crazymoogle
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Wow, hard not to feel sorry for the Thrashers now. First they tinker with chemistry, now their young #1 goaltender is basically forced to retire. :\ Sounds like Lehtonen is ready to step up, but he'll have to right off the bat if the team intends to make the playoffs.
Kabuki Waq
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bishoptl said:
Peter Ing was a goalie for the leafs in the early 90s. He had potential to be great but sadly he never even reached the lofty heights of an Allen bester.
Mike Works
Member
Canucks re-sign Mattias Ohlund to a 4 year deal!
Awesome Nonis. Next up, Cooke.
Awesome Nonis. Next up, Cooke.
Rocket9 said:
I think any predictions should be put on hold until we AT LEAST see the first 10 games or so of the season. The new rules, the players that are older etc etc. All the teams have been shaken up with new faces, guys have had a mega long rest, who knows how all those factors will come into play?
Guys I got questions about the fantasy draft,
1)The pre-rankings, that will only be used if I choose to have the cpu draft, right?
If I manually draft then there's no need for it?
2)If I draft a great goalie, lets say brodeur, is there a need to draft another great goalie(theo, khabibulin) or would that be a waste of a pick?
1)The pre-rankings, that will only be used if I choose to have the cpu draft, right?
If I manually draft then there's no need for it?
2)If I draft a great goalie, lets say brodeur, is there a need to draft another great goalie(theo, khabibulin) or would that be a waste of a pick?
Yeah, preranking helps a lot even if you do the live draft. Like dem says, it can really make a huge difference in the middle/latter rounds when you have 30 seconds to pick and there's a list of 100 guys that all look about the same fantasy-wise, and then a few picks later someone else takes a guy you really like but forgot about.
Hopefully we can still afford Cooke. How much would it suck to lose a strong player like that over just a few hundred thou.
It has nothing to do with hate or spite. On paper, the Leafs appear to be worse than any other Canadian team. I don't care what happened two years ago, especially since the records weren't so far apart.Manics said:
Mike Works
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I just can't see Nonis not ponying up 1 - 1.5 for Cooke, especially given what he showed in the playoffs. I'm quite glad we've got Ohlund locked up, but I really want Cooke back on the team.
Mike Works
Member
I suppose if we lose Cooke, we could try and get someone of lesser value when it comes to playoff production. Like Ryan Smyth.
I dunno, just throwing out names here.
I dunno, just throwing out names here.
Crazymoogle
Member
Malakhov said:
I'd trade clouts, iron chef, and a bag of pucks for Luongo. I'd have to tell Keenan the pucks are playoff experienced, but it might work.
Malakhov
Banned
Kipper had a great run but he is far from being a proven goaltender. Only an idiot would take Kipper ahead of Luongo at this point.
Anyways, Keenan and crew tried to play hard with Luongo and lowball him and now their game just blew right in their faces. They pissed Luongo enough for him to want to leave.
Anyways, Keenan and crew tried to play hard with Luongo and lowball him and now their game just blew right in their faces. They pissed Luongo enough for him to want to leave.
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