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He should work for the Ottawa papers. I'm sick of looking on the front page of my sports section and seeing this bitch whine about the Leafs....like he does every year...only to be proven wrong as we make the playoffs and generally prove his bullshit wrong. I don't want him to blindly praise us, but to do the opposite is even less enjoyable (to read)
 
Manics said:
What the Leafs WON'T be needing to adjust to is the neutral zone trap bullshit hooking and holding that teams like Ottawa and Jersey have perfected over the last 10 years. Those teams are in for a rude awakening.
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I disagree. If anything, a team like the Sens will benefit most from these rule changes. As for the Leafs, their season rests on the shoulders of one man....Eddie Belfour.
 
It looks like they've made defense illegal. What bothers me the most is the 7:20 mark where they're penalizing a skilled pocket pick. Hopefully they end up being lax on this and that should end up being a fair balance. It will be real intersting, not only the adjustement, but how consistent and how long it lasts. Especially playoffs. The way Scott Hannan played last playoffs against Forsberg would have put the Avs on a powerplay for the next 60 years.
 
Drensch said:
It looks like they've made defense illegal. What bothers me the most is the 7:20 mark where they're penalizing a skilled pocket pick. Hopefully they end up being lax on this and that should end up being a fair balance. It will be real intersting, not only the adjustement, but how consistent and how long it lasts. Especially playoffs. The way Scott Hannan played last playoffs against Forsberg would have put the Avs on a powerplay for the next 60 years.
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They're penalizing the hook, rather than the steal.

What bothered me about the video was the choice of music.

I think that they've only made the grabbing and hooking aspects illegal and the only questionable one is the interference after the puck has been dumped in. Sometimes it's gonna be hard to call, so I can see few chances taken by the D to pick the guy dumping it in.

But defense is more about blocking passes, stealing the puck, poking it away, delivering a hit...there are so many legitimate ways to steal the puck. Which means the Calgary Flames are screwed. :P

Well, I'm not claiming to say things will all work out...but my feeling is that these changes are appropriate and they are looking for the right things. Conceptually sound IMO, but I'm skeptical on the execution.

calder I think if you played this file once, it should be in your temp files folder, which you can transfer to USB Flash drive if you want to share it with your friends. Actually I'm wrong it's in there as a DAT file...unless you can convert it (renaming didn't work for me).
 
Kovalchuk
From a very good source, "Atlanta was informed by Kovalchuk that he signed today in Russia with NO escape clause. (e4)" Looks like he will not be playing in the NHL along with Datsyuk. More on this as it develops.
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Hmm
Could it be true?

If so... not good for the NHL.
 
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/hearsay.jsp

According to nhl.com.pl, the Toronto Maple Leafs have agreed to terms with Polish hockey player Mariusz Czerkawski.
Czerkawski officialy confirmed his plans Wednesday morning, during a special press conference at the Champions Pub at the Marriot Hotel in Warsaw. The only thing which will prevent him from being a Leaf is a failed physical. The club will announce the deal on either Thursday or Friday
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Holding a press conference at a hotel pub? Soft or not, you've got to like that move.
 
ForzaItalia said:
I'd honestly take Steve Thomas over Czerkawski......seriously...I would...
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Hey Forza, quite the game by the Azzurri yesterday huh? An early scare from Belarus when they went down 1-0, but a great finish to the match. With only 2 matches to go, Italy's home and cooled away to finish top of the group for qualifying.
 
Manics said:
Hey Forza, quite the game by the Azzurri yesterday huh? An early scare from Belarus when they went down 1-0, but a great finish to the match. With only 2 matches to go, Italy's home and cooled away to finish top of the group for qualifying.
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Was never worried dude. This is the year (well 2006) that we bring it home.

Paolo Rossi for life baby!!!
 
Leafs released their TV schedule today... thank GOD! LeafsTV will show the Avalanche, Canucks and Flames games ( :( ) as well as 1 boston, 1 atlanta, 1 NYR, 1 NYI, 1 washington and 3 buffalo games

Sure a lot of the good games are for RSN/TSN/CBC but man... Flames and Canucks? We only play them once :<
 
DopeyFish said:
Leafs released their TV schedule today... thank GOD! LeafsTV will show the Avalanche, Canucks and Flames games ( :( ) as well as 1 boston, 1 atlanta, 1 NYR, 1 NYI, 1 washington and 3 buffalo games

Sure a lot of the good games are for RSN/TSN/CBC but man... Flames and Canucks? We only play them once :<
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Do we play detroit?
 
Hatcher hurt his OTHER knee. Not the one that kept him out last season. I doubt he will be out very long.
 
Mike Works said:
Canucks and Leafs only play once in the next 3 years, which is fucking retarded.

But guess who's going to be at that game :D
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Loud drunken leafs fan on vacation buying all the good seats?
 
Damn, it says on ESPN that Kovalchuk has signed a deal to play in Russia, just like Datsuk.

That really has to hurt Atlanta's chances this year.
 
Kingpen said:
Damn, it says on ESPN that Kovalchuk has signed a deal to play in Russia, just like Datsuk.

That really has to hurt Atlanta's chances this year.
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eklund was saying that he's hearing as long as he doesn't play a game in russia then he can come back. If he plays a game, he's stuck there for the season
 
news out of russia is saying that dats isnt signed to any team, because his contract was never sent to league authorities, supposedly he will make his final choice on sunday.

and reporttedly the wings have offered him a contract more to his liking - 2 years @ 3.8 mil per.
 
Kovy will be back as long as Atlanta offers him a good contract. And they had better, they can't afford to lose Heatley AND Kovalchuk.
 
Another twist in Datsyuk saga may bring him back to Detroit
Friday, September 9, 2005
By Ansar Khan
DETROIT -- There was another strange twist to the confusing Pavel Datsyuk saga on Thursday. And this one could lead him back to the Detroit Red Wings this season.

The Wings have offered Datsyuk a two-year contract worth $3.8 million a season, and his agent, Gary Greenstin, said the star center will make his final decision on Sunday.

Greenstin told Wings general manager Ken Holland on Tuesday that the one-year deal Datsyuk signed with Siberian club Avangard Omsk of the Russian Superleague -- which on Wednesday was matched by Moscow Dynamo -- does not include an escape clause enabling Datsyuk to return to Detroit this season. But Greenstin apparently has not registered the contract with Russian hockey officials, which could provide an out for Datsyuk.

Holland initially was reluctant to offer a two-year deal because it would take Datsyuk right into unrestricted free agency at age 29. He preferred a three- or four-year pact, so that the Wings could buy one or two of Datsyuk's unrestricted years.

"I told Gary, `If a two-year term would get a deal done, I'll pay him the (same) amount (annually) I offered (for three years) and make it a two-year deal," Holland said. "I expect to talk to them this weekend. I'm assuming a decision will be made on Sunday."

Details of Datsyuk's Russian deal have never been verified. Some Wings players and league officials said they find it hard to believe it could be worth more than $2.5 million. Some also are questioning the way Greenstin has handled the whole situation, wondering if it's just an elaborate negotiating ploy and whether he is steering Datsyuk down the wrong path.

Wings senior vice president Jimmy Devellano said he's tired of the runaround his club has been getting and that the team's latest offer is final.

"That's a pretty good offer for what (Datsyuk) has accomplished," Devellano said. "That's a big raise (Datsyuk earned $1.5 million in 2003-04). It's 10 percent of our payroll."

Devellano said he remains hopeful that Datsyuk will sign.

"He's a good young player and we need him," Devellano said. "But, a whole coaching staff got (fired) because we didn't have any success in the playoffs (in 2003 and 2004). Guess what, Pavel has zero goals in the last 16 playoff games."

Greenstin has been in Russia and unavailable for comment.

As for the apparently erroneous reports out of Russia that indicate Datsyuk's deal with Omsk/Dynamo is worth $6 million, Devellano said, "If he can get $6 million in Russia, I say go get it. I'll help get you to the airport."
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this whole Datsyuk stuff is tiring and i hope its done sunday
 
Kabuki Waq said:
wow thats just horrible personally i think the Leafs/Wings Rivalry is one of the most intense.
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No. They had 1 or 2 good games the last few years but at the moment there's basically no rivalry to speak of.
 
3 years deal for Crosby at rookie max (i think). Well we all knew it was coming i guess.

However, wasnt there supposed to be a loophole or a special rule that could've gave him more money?
 
Hmm.... something else is brewing in Pittsburgh, they just traded away the lone player from the J. Jagr deal 4 years ago who had a hairline chance of making the team as a center, Kris Beech to Nashville. I have the suspision that they will make a trade for a 2nd line center now.

They have basically Crosby, an unproven guy named Lasse Pireja and Rico Fucking Fata as their centermen now.

New Jersey needs to dump some salary and have a few players they could deal.... Perhaps Jokinen has fallen out of favor with Keenen and is trade bait..
I don't think Pittsburgh is done splashing around with big moves as this dump is really puzzling to us Pens fans unless something else is in the works


On another note, I think I might be the lone person on this board that actually took the plunge and bought NHL 06. Everyone else is in the pro-NHL2k6 camp, and I can understand that. I still will keep NHL2k5 as the series is fantastic with the ESPN presentation.

I wanted to see what the competition brought to the table this year and getting NHL94 as a bonus sealed the deal. I'll be posting my impressions sometime this weekend on it.
 
Getting rid of Beech isn't all that puzzling. He might have made the team, but it probably would have been as a fourth liner, a third liner at best. He's soft, takes bad penalties, and doesn't have much goal scoring ability. Add in his salary and it's no wonder he was dumped. He along with Kraft and Morozov are soft underachievers the Pens won't miss.

I certainly could see another move coming, but it's not a given. The Pens centermen are questionable at this point for sure. Right now, like you said, we're looking at Crosby, Pirjeta, probably Endicott, and Fata as centers. However, the team is strong at wing with Lemieux, Recchi, Palffy, Malone and LeClair, and Lemieux and Malone could always move to center if someone doesn't work out. I'm pretty happy with the way the team's looking at the moment. I'd be thrilled to see the team get someone like Jokinen, but he's not going to come cheaply. More realistically, the Pens would be looking to trade for someone like Jeff Friesen or Victor Kozlov on the Devils. It would take very little to get them, but I'd really rather just see Pirjeta get the opportunity. He's got talent, and actually playing between some good wingers like Malone and Recchi should bring the talent out of him.
 
Calder... I cant believe you just gave me Demitra for Hammer.

I offered kingpen Zetterberg and Hammer... and still couldnt pry Smyth out of there.
 
I am also puzzeled by the Beech move, he had a decent year, 14g, 48a, 62p +17. All I can figure is that the Penguins are moving him from the roster to make room for someone else...hopefully, there is still cap room. I also bought NHL 06 Kingpen, I have been buying the 2k series the past 2 years, and really wasn't liking it, the Dynasty mode in 06 is what I was after. I am not impressed by either the 2k or the EA gaming having fairly outdated rosters on the disc, I haven't gone online yet, but I hope there are some roster patches out now/soon.
 
Not that we didn't all know already, but it's official now.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=135778

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ForzaItalia said:
7th row? Lucky bastard....
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I always go to games with my dad. Last 3 or 4 years we've had 11 game ice packs. This year we found someone else at the clinic he works at that wanted to get an ice pack, so we decided to get half season tickets and split them with him. There were multiple packages we could choose from, and he was reading them to me over the phone;

"Well, this one has teams like Detroit, Colorado, Minnesota, Phoenix-"

"Dad? Is there one with Toronto?"

"Yes, I think the second package has a Toronto game."

"I don't care if every other game in that package is against Columbus, Anaheim, and Florida. Get that one."

Canuck/Leaf games rock.
 
dem said:
Calder... I cant believe you just gave me Demitra for Hammer.

I offered kingpen Zetterberg and Hammer... and still couldnt pry Smyth out of there.
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Demitra is going to do damn good in LA, much better numbers than Hammer will give me obviously. But Demitra isn't much good to me on my bench, and there's almost no chance he'll be good enough to take over a regular C spot from Thornton or Richards. I'm sure there'll be spot starts or slumps from my top centers which will have me dressing my third center, but the improvement on D from Brewer to Hamrlik is good to pass up. It's a lot to give up but I just picked up Nedved to warm my bench and start every now and then, as long as Nedved continues to play as well in Phoenix as he did in Edmonton after his escape from the awful Rangers I think Nedved will be nearly as effective as Demitra. It's a good fit for you since I felt you'd need insurance at C for when Mario isn't able to play, and it helps me improve my larger weakness on D.

Also, I get to post the classic "Fuck no I won't go to fucking Edmonton!" photos!
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"Baby, please! They have.... a big mall! And shit!"


EDIT: Kingpen is crazy if he wouldn't take Zetterberg and Hamrlik for Smyth! :lol
 
Who the fuck wouldn't take Zetterberg for Smyth, let alone Hamrlik too. Zetterberg's going to be fucking integral to the Wings this season. Jesus.
 
I personally think that Zetterberg is a little over rated... I hope he proves he can earn that contract he just got. Hammer wasn't that much of an upgrade for me on Defense... I would have had to drop someone that was equally as good. There for I kept Smyth..

I'm favorable to Penguins, so I try to trade for them
 
By the way... just got done playing a few games of NHL 06 after making the remaining roster moves they missed.

I got the game for 25 bucks and couldn't be happier. It is a nice 'complement' to NHL2k6 sim style. It is very fun, and they did accomplish their goal of trying to bring back the fun of NHL94. The retro 94 is fun as well, even without the proper player names and numbers.

NHL 06 oozes with presentation that is solely lacking, even in the ESPN NHL 2k5 version. And the graphics are a lot better then 2k6's
Left analog stick deking rocks as well.

I'll post more impressions later. EA has actually provided some good competition this year.

EA TRAX suck
 
Anyone know what stores will put names and numbers on jerseys and how much it costs?

I'm thinking of getting Selanne put on my Ducks jersey and someone put on my Team Canada jersey too!

Any adivce?
 
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