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Official NHL Off Season Thread
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ForzaItalia
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Leaf sign Peca when they clearly need scoring wingers.....
Wake up JFJ!!!
Wake up JFJ!!!
Kilger was damn good last year. He may have hands of stone but he has tremedous work ethic, the hardest shot on the team, and plays a gritty physical game. He was one of our best 5 on 5 players last year scoring 17 goals. The same amount as your captain, Saku Koivu.:lolMalakhov said:
if the leafs could dump belak and one of their backup goalies - they'd have $1.2 million extra to work with. After stajan, that would leave a little over $2 million to work with... and i think anson carter would take it
i believe the leafs should do something like that and be just under the cap, none of this "bu bu bu bu trade deadline" bullshit
i believe the leafs should do something like that and be just under the cap, none of this "bu bu bu bu trade deadline" bullshit
Malakhov said:
He has been a different player on the Leafs than he was on the Habs, I guess he realized that he better start trying hard if he wanted to stay in the NHL. He has found his niche as a strong checking forward. If he didn't have hands of stone though he might of had 30 goals last year.
ForzaItalia said:
Leafs aren't getting any scoring wingers, Sundin will have to carry some more scrubs on his line. But I think he plays better with scrubs than with superstars. His best years came with playing with Berezin, Hoglund instead of playing with Mogilny or Roberts. Look at this year he started scoring like crazy with Antropov or Pohl on his line. He didn't do much with O'Neill or Steen.
Mike Works
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Yeah, they'll be skating real fast back to the bench to get reamed by Carbonneau for giving up a lead leaguing 10th short-handed goal 5 games into the season.Malakhov said:
who the **** wants belak?DopeyFish said:
TemplaerDude
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DopeyFish said:now let's see if we can bag carter
And watch his performance drop dramatically because he isn't with the only players that made him good. Hoo ray!
Pat Quinn can start his own team full of players he loves! He can also be the GM and Coach.Fifty said:
It would look a little something like this:
Hoglund-Reichel-Renberg
Berezin-Antropov-Nolan
Kristich-Green-Valk
Fitzgerald-Corson-Domi
Cross-Belak
Berg-Lumme
Jackman-Berehowsky
Kidd
Healy
BigJonsson
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Peca and Tucker together? Is the world coming to an end?
BigJonsson said:
Peca said that he doesn't mind playing with Tucker and doesn't hold any resentment towards him from Tuckers hit on him. Anyways if Nieuwendyk and Marchment can get along, I forsee no problems with Peca and Tucker.
Come on Maurice:
Kilger-Peca-Tucker, make it happen. They can check the crap out of the other teams first line.
Neil Smith No Longer GM of Islanders
http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=171632&hubname=
Smith didn't even last a month. Maybe Milbury is back.
http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=171632&hubname=
Smith didn't even last a month. Maybe Milbury is back.
Mike Works
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Congratulations Toronto Maple Leaf fans, you now only have the second worst management team in the NHL!
Garth Snow, jesus titty****ing christ :lol
Garth Snow, jesus titty****ing christ :lol
ForzaItalia
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Mike Peca said:
:lol :lol :lol
Kabuki Waq
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dont you think you guys are going overboard here. I mean really just because he was a former Goaltender does not mean he is Worse than JFJ i mean really how could anyone be worse than JFJ?
This is truly one of the greatest days in NHL history. Wow. I mean, you go from a proven Cup-winner to Captain MaxiPads in less than one day. This is what happens when the owner hires the coach before the GM...****ing anarchy.
You realize, of course, that when Ted Nolan eventually gets fired from this gig - HE WILL NEVER COACH IN THE NHL AGAIN. Guaranteed.
You realize, of course, that when Ted Nolan eventually gets fired from this gig - HE WILL NEVER COACH IN THE NHL AGAIN. Guaranteed.
Mike Works
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"Whoa, what the **** was that? Two months, that's all I get?"
"I'm excited for this chance to parlay a career as a mediocre goalie with stupid-big pads into becoming, somehow, the GM for a major market team with absolutely no relevant experience of any kind. But wait till you see the shoulder pads on the suits I'm getting made, I'm talking huge!"
"Why did I let a shitty player at the end of a totally lackluster career talk me into firing a GM who'd been on the job for about half the off-season and hiring him instead? One word: I'm an idiot."
"Lol, bitches never saw that shit coming. Heads up Nolan, you're getting kneecapped and replaced by a nub ex-player who'll do what I tell him next!"
Mike Works
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Report: LaFontaine leaves Islanders
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CP) - The fallout continues on Long Island.
New York Islanders senior adviser Pat LaFontaine advised Islanders owner Charles Wang on Tuesday night that he is resigning, a source told The Canadian Press.
LaFontaine was hired on June 8, the same day the Islanders hired Ted Nolan as their new coach and Neil Smith as general manager.
In the wake of Smith's stunning firing on Tuesday, LaFontaine handed his resignation to Wang following the news conference.
WHAT THE **** IS GOING ON
:lol :lol :lol
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CP) - The fallout continues on Long Island.
New York Islanders senior adviser Pat LaFontaine advised Islanders owner Charles Wang on Tuesday night that he is resigning, a source told The Canadian Press.
LaFontaine was hired on June 8, the same day the Islanders hired Ted Nolan as their new coach and Neil Smith as general manager.
In the wake of Smith's stunning firing on Tuesday, LaFontaine handed his resignation to Wang following the news conference.
WHAT THE **** IS GOING ON
:lol :lol :lol
professor_t
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Seriously, what is the deal with Nolan? How does a guy go from winning the Jack Adams award (best coach) to not having an NHL coacing job for 8 years?
professor_t
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R_GILL said:
Then he must be crazy, because the GM at the time was John Muckler, who was riding high back then as the NHL's executive of the year.
The hot rumor in Buffalo was that he had slept with Hasek's wife, but even that shouldn't be enough to ostracize a guy for 8 years. A Cleveland Steamer, maybe, but not just some run of the mill hide the salami.
LaFontaine is a smart man. He knows that the organization is going to shit so he is getting the hell out of there.
By the way, I heard that Charles Wang plays tennis with Carol Alt, supermodel, actress, and Alexei Yashin's wife. That is the reason why he doesn't want to trade or buy out Yashin.
By the way, I heard that Charles Wang plays tennis with Carol Alt, supermodel, actress, and Alexei Yashin's wife. That is the reason why he doesn't want to trade or buy out Yashin.
Yeah, I really doubt Nolan is behind this latest mess, he's probably hiding under the desk in his office hoping the shit blows over and wondering how good a knob-polisher Garth Snow (!) is to go from worthless goalie to GM over a 2 month period.
As fun as it is to assume Mad Mike is responsible behind the scenes, based on the reports it sounds like Garth Snow chatted up Wang and positioned himself to take over after Smith ran into some early troubles with some other Islanders front-office personel. I think Wang just was pissed at Smith after actually working with him a bit and used some flimsy pretext to can him quick before he got entrenched, having Snow (!) as a ready replacement.
As fun as it is to assume Mad Mike is responsible behind the scenes, based on the reports it sounds like Garth Snow chatted up Wang and positioned himself to take over after Smith ran into some early troubles with some other Islanders front-office personel. I think Wang just was pissed at Smith after actually working with him a bit and used some flimsy pretext to can him quick before he got entrenched, having Snow (!) as a ready replacement.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
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Didn't Snow sign a three-year contract last year? A GM f*cking the salary cap with his own contract...
ForzaItalia
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I'd say Milbury has some dirt on Chang and Snow probably likewise too. That's the only logical explanation I can come up with here.
P.S. Good for Lafontaine. Always liked the guy and he obviously has integrity.
P.S. Good for Lafontaine. Always liked the guy and he obviously has integrity.
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