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Shoalzie wrote:Quality wytch work over HF Boards...some brilliant movie posters for the whole Malkin saga...

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=280457

Well, except that you have to log in to actually see them.

Sorry, but I ain't doin' it!!

JD

Tarnstrom is flaky at best. True, but Edmonton signed Tarquvist they did not re-sign Tarnstrom Ha, my bad. I did not realize that. I have no comment on Tjarnqvist because I can't recall ever noticing him play. But I'm going to say with full confidence that he won't be replacing Pronger's minutes ei...

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Edmonton's D is mediocer, but it's not a bad as alot of people think. It's comparable to the pre-Pronger 2003-04 team. Smith - Tarnquvist Staios - Bergeron Smid/Gilbert/Heja - Green Sorry, gotta disagree with you here... that is just ugly. Staios and Smith are the only ones I would have any faith i...

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I wonder if Kevin Lowe is ever going to acknowledge that NHL teams generally have 2 defensemen on the ice at all times...

Petr Sykora is a pretty good player, but that's certainly not one of the Oilers' needs! That team might never get the puck out of their zone when the opposition gets cycling.

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Apparently Eric Desjardins has retired, so the lack of moves on defense should be even more alarming for the resident Phillyfan. Also, Harry Sinden has quit the Bruins. Huge news for B's fans. This could be the pebble that gets their momentum towards competitiveness... kinda like us hiring Darryl Su...

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Last piece of the puzzle.... http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/07/278006.html Overpaid....maybe. But I really don't care. Hurry up October. Like Shoalzie says, he might be overpaid now, but in a few years he won't be. Still, six years is a risky thing. A lot can happen in that amount of time! But I don'...

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I really can't see such a competitive guy as Sutter watching someone else coach his team. Sutter puts trust in people though. In this case, with the amount of energy required for both jobs, having trust in someone to coach the team is almost his only choice. He's long talked about how he regrets no...

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Ever since Sutter took the GM job with the Flames, he maintained that within a couple years he would relinquish one of his jobs, and it wasn't going to be the GM role. This is no surprise, other than the fact that it was this year. I thought he'd coach for one more year. But Jim Playfair has been in...

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1) His wife hated Edmonton. (Before JD or the rest of you Flamers start bashing Edmonton, was your team on his list?) Who knows, who cares... Lowe wouldn't have traded him here anyway. But it doesn't change the fact that Edmonton is a fucking sewer and the citizens nothing more than dirty rats that...

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Hobbes wrote:So are Kings fans still going to boo Blake every time he touches the puck?

My bet is no, but if things such as that amuse you, I encourage you to tune in to every Ducks game in Edmonton this season. You will hear boos like you've never heard before.

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Now they have Luongo, I think they become a top team in the West. That's a bold statement given the state of the rest of the Canucks' lineup. Past Ohlund and Salo, they've got nobody to play defense. Beyond Naslund, Cooke, and the Twins, they have nobody to play forward. Vancouver will be in tough ...

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JD--The Flames signed Jeff Friesen today http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=170566&hubname=nhl Yeah, I saw that. A bit of a surprise, but Sutter's been rumoured to acquire Friesen ever since he took over the GM's chair. Tanguay has been signed to a 3 year deal worth 5 and a quarter per as well. A...

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Glad to get Jarkko Ruutu out of the conference. What a pus-bag-shit-disturber. Got the Flames running around wildly every time we played the 'nucks.

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Steve Montador is still out there.... :D Tanguay-Langkow-Iginla Huselius-Lombardi-Amonte Nilson-Yelle-Kobasew Nystrom-Lundmark-McCarty extra - Ritchie Regehr-Zyuzin Warrener-Ference Hamrlik-Phaneuf extra - Richie Regehr, Giordano Kiprusoff nobody yet UFAs - Brian Boucher, Craig MacDonald, Chris Simo...

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Steve Yzerman was my favourite player as a kid, and that was way before many people knew how to even pronounce his name. His will always be the only non-Flames jersey I ever own or wear. Much respect to the guy and his accomplishments. A truly great career has had its last chapter written. Even thou...

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i like the guy from tsn, huston??? he is voice of ea hockey. Hughson worked for TSN many years ago, but went to Sportsnet when they started up to be the full-time Canucks play-by-play man. Last year Hughson was added to Hockey Night in Canada as their secondary play-by-play guy (does the 2nd game w...

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Supposedly Pisani has been re-signed by the Oilers.... $8M over 4 years has been reported. That's an overpayment, but not by a lot. Pisani was nails all year for the Greasers, scoring some big goals in the playoffs and against the Flames during the season.

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Sucks for TV viewers...Davidson was the best color guy on TV by far. He'll do well in the STL. Disagree. I always found him condescending to the viewer. Maybe that's because he's not speaking to the hard-core fan, but I'd like a little more analysis than, "Whoa, that's a great play by ______, ...

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JaysFan wrote:A good move since Roberts is just the person to get O'Neill in game shape..

A good move that basically falls into the Leafs' laps? Perhaps that is the only way Ferguson could make a good move. Thanks for driving up the price of one-dimensional defensemen, Fergie.

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He was tied for 3rd. That's a great thing..career best season. Obviously, Sutter didn't have a clue how to use him. Yup. Obviously. Chris Clark spent a season or two patrolling the 2nd line RW spot in Calgary and never broke out. The Flames continued to miss the playoffs. As soon as Clark was pushe...

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Canucks are supposed to be in the running for Luongo too. Apparently they're dangling Bertuzzi as trade bait. If that were to happen, it would be an amazing turn of events for the Canucks organization. Goaltending has long been their achilles heel, and Bertuzzi will drag that team down for as long a...

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Shoalzie wrote:Most of those guys will eventually be on the big club soon. It should be considered a promising sign for the Capitals.

Which is what Rattie's point was at the time. May be, maybe not. Until then, the Caps gotta work at getting someone other than Chris Clark to be their 2nd leading scorer... BWAH!!!

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Shoalzie wrote:I guess that fling with Matt Leinart must be over with...

Well, not necessarily. She is a slut, remember...

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I guess the banned hair-enhancing substance is paying off.

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Shoalzie wrote: I don't like the idea of trading Kronwall but I wouldn't mind seeing Datsyuk, Mr. Invisible in the playoffs, disappear once and for all.

Paging silkyjohnson....

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Every FlameFan's worst nightmare: a day on which the Oilers could win the Cup.

Fuck me runnin' if these playoffs could have gone any worse.

Only one chance to make things right now, Carolina. Don't fuck it up!!

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Cicatrix wrote:As for shooting the puck......If I see Ales Hemsky I will fight him.

Just blow some air on him and he'll be sure to fall over. I've got you winning in 1 round.

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The point being that if only 600,000 people are watching the Stanley Cup Finals, there might not be anything to watch in the future. Who the hell would want to put something that anemic on TV? My point being that if you like it, just watch and ratings will take care of themselves. You can't tell me...

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Who fuckin cares. If you like it, watch it!

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Vancouver still needs a coach. Potential candidates are probably waiting to see how the personnel thing unfolds, since Bertuzzi and/or Naslund are likely to be shopped this summer, and Jovanovski's free agent status leaves some question marks.

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One thing's for sure... if you have any lazy Europeans on your team that you're trying to get rid of, there's now a market for them with Smith back in the GMing community. As for Nolan, with all his crying racism over the past few years, I'm surprised he got another shot. You just know that if you e...

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The Oilers D is going to need to block every shot coming at them. Yep, they will... and this is why I fear the Oilers still have a shot. No team has been as good at blocking shots this post-season. I take back what I said after thinking about it for a day... the Oilers ain't done yet. The 'canes ne...

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As hard as I was cheering for the 'canes in that game, I hate to see a team lose like that! Well, I did cheer and chuckle when the goal went in... Shoalzie might not be willing to start shovelling dirt on them, but if what MacTavish said is true about Roloson being done, so are the Oilers. I've had ...

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Especially when it comes to being drunken, bandwagon-jumping idiots. I almost tempted to cheer for the Oilers since they'll probably burn the whole city down if they win the Cup. I don't think it matters if they win or lose... that city is going down in flames (no pun intended). It makes one wonder...

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From a personal stand point, the best part of this is that Flames fan has nothing on Edmonton anymore. Especially when it comes to being drunken, bandwagon-jumping idiots. I almost tempted to cheer for the Oilers since they'll probably burn the whole city down if they win the Cup. I don't think it ...

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I think I'm going to vomit. This has been the worst playoffs, since, well, 1991? I suppose actually losing to the Greasers first hand is worse than seeing them in the Finals. I don't care what virtues the "new NHL" holds.... if one of those is seeing the Oilers in the Finals ever, I don't ...

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Cicatrix wrote:I missed it all. I was in prenatal class watching geeks write down EVERYTHING the instructor said.

You're reproducing now???

Good God!!!

:wink:

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I was happy with making he playoffs, then I was happy with winning one round, then two rounds, then all I wanted was the split, and now I want to go back to Edmonton 2-0. it's all I want until I get it, then I want more.I'm starting to sound like my wife... Actually, you sound like me in 2004. It's...

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BFD. The "market" comprises anyone with a pulse and a disposable income to spend on an evening of entertainment within a reasonable distance from the arena. In Anaheim, that's a hell of a lot of people. Legal ones, too. We're mostly talking about TV audiences, and those hell of a lot of p...

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Cross Traffic wrote:Love to know how Anaheim is a small market.

It's a small market in terms of hockey fans. There are probably more hockey fans in Edmonton than all of SoCal.

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