NEW.ERA Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Went to the Team Canada Red & White game yesterday and it was probably one of the funnest environments I've ever been in and I go to plenty of Flames games, crowd booed the hell out of Dany Heatley in the shootout even if this game didn't play any part in naming Team Canada it should be interesting on how the first three months go. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I Wwent to the Team Canada Red & White game yesterday and it was probably one of the funnest environments I've ever been in, and I go to plenty of Flames games. The crowd booed the hell out of Dany Heatley in the shootout. Even if this game didn't play any part in naming Team Canada, it should be interesting on how the first three months go.Fixed that for you....Enough of the goddamned run-on sentences!!! Type like a adult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_cat_eyes Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 As much as they'd like to put all the top-scoring players on the roster, you still need those defensive-minded defensemen and penalty-killing forwards....Yeah but you can't just look at the leading scorers per position to pick a team like that... too much work for some.Most of all though, I don't see why Marc Savard is not there. He is not limited to being a centre. He was a left wing during his years with the Thrashers. He is a really good offensive player. For a final team though, this is what I would pick.Goaltenders:Martin BrodeurRoberto LuongoMarc-Andre FleuryDefencemanPair 1: Chris Pronger Dion PhaneufPair 2: Scott Niedermayer Jay BouwmeesterPair 3: Mike Green Shea WeberExtra: Dan BoyleForwards:Line 1: Rick Nash Sidney Crosby Jerome IginlaLine 2: Michael Cammalleri Joe Thornton Martin St. LouisLine 3: Danny Heatley Marc Savard Corey PerryLine 4: Ryan Smyth Jeff Carter Shane DoanExtra: Mike RichardsPowerplay:PP1Marc Savard Mike Cammalleri Danny HeatleyChris Pronger Mike GreenPP2Jeff Carter Joe Thornton Jerome IginlaDion Phaneuf Jay BouwmeesterPenalty Kill:PK1Ryan Smyth Joe Thornton Shane DoanDion Phaneuf Shea WeberPK2Rick Nash Sidney Crosby Corry PerryChris Pronger Scott Niedermayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Tanguay to the Lightning, not a bad pick up.http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=289156-Dan PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 As much as they'd like to put all the top-scoring players on the roster, you still need those defensive-minded defensemen and penalty-killing forwards....Yeah but you can't just look at the leading scorers per position to pick a team like that... too much work for some.Most of all though, I don't see why Marc Savard is not there. He is not limited to being a centre. He was a left wing during his years with the Thrashers. He is a really good offensive player. For a final team though, this is what I would pick.Goaltenders:Martin BrodeurRoberto LuongoMarc-Andre FleuryDefencemanPair 1: Chris Pronger Dion PhaneufPair 2: Scott Niedermayer Jay BouwmeesterPair 3: Mike Green Shea WeberExtra: Dan BoyleForwards:Line 1: Rick Nash Sidney Crosby Jerome IginlaLine 2: Michael Cammalleri Joe Thornton Martin St. LouisLine 3: Danny Heatley Marc Savard Corey PerryLine 4: Ryan Smyth Jeff Carter Shane DoanExtra: Mike RichardsPowerplay:PP1Marc Savard Mike Cammalleri Danny HeatleyChris Pronger Mike GreenPP2Jeff Carter Joe Thornton Jerome IginlaDion Phaneuf Jay BouwmeesterPenalty Kill:PK1Ryan Smyth Joe Thornton Shane DoanDion Phaneuf Shea WeberPK2Rick Nash Sidney Crosby Corry PerryChris Pronger Scott NiedermayerSidney not on any powerplay unit, but on a PK unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Cammalleri will not make Team Canada. I love Cammalleri, he's my favourite non Leaf but I highly doubt he puts up 82 points with the Habs. You have him on the 2nd line which is makes it even worse.Ryan Smyth is done in my opinion, he's a leader and a hard worker but his time has past. I dont think he'll be on the team either. beLEAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Big activity from the Canucks today:http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=289113-DanGillis is the man. Canucks give up to less than stellar prospects for a top 4 dman and Lukowich who is a solid player. Theeeeeeeeen he grabs Schneider who brings loads of experience and is still a good player. These moves make the Canucks the deepest team in the west after Detroit. A salary dump will have to be made, which can be done without losing a lot. I'm so ready for training camp, this has to be the most optimistic I have been about the Canucks in awhile, and I usually think they have a good team.Canucks still need scoring. I can see Gillis flipping Ehrhoff and Bieksa over to Ottawa for Heatly, but we'd still need to unload salaries, i.e. Demitra.I'm not too worried about scoring. Let's say you dump Bieksa, you still have two great pp units with Schneider and Ernhof manning one and Edler and Salo another. The Sedins will get you 70-80 points maybe even 90 if they continue to improve, Kesler can get 40-50 points and Demitra if he plays like he can will get you another 40-50 points. Then theirs guys like Bernier, Raymond, Wellwood who havn't shown what their capable of just yet. Throw in Hogdson who could contend for the calder and this is a very deep and talented team. I'm very optimistic about this team and can't wait till October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 As much as they'd like to put all the top-scoring players on the roster, you still need those defensive-minded defensemen and penalty-killing forwards....Yeah but you can't just look at the leading scorers per position to pick a team like that... too much work for some.Most of all though, I don't see why Marc Savard is not there. He is not limited to being a centre. He was a left wing during his years with the Thrashers. He is a really good offensive player. For a final team though, this is what I would pick.Goaltenders:Martin BrodeurRoberto LuongoMarc-Andre FleuryDefencemanPair 1: Chris Pronger Dion PhaneufPair 2: Scott Niedermayer Jay BouwmeesterPair 3: Mike Green Shea WeberExtra: Dan BoyleForwards:Line 1: Rick Nash Sidney Crosby Jerome IginlaLine 2: Michael Cammalleri Joe Thornton Martin St. LouisLine 3: Danny Heatley Marc Savard Corey PerryLine 4: Ryan Smyth Jeff Carter Shane DoanExtra: Mike RichardsPowerplay:PP1Marc Savard Mike Cammalleri Danny HeatleyChris Pronger Mike GreenPP2Jeff Carter Joe Thornton Jerome IginlaDion Phaneuf Jay BouwmeesterPenalty Kill:PK1Ryan Smyth Joe Thornton Shane DoanDion Phaneuf Shea WeberPK2Rick Nash Sidney Crosby Corry PerryChris Pronger Scott NiedermayerSidney not on any powerplay unit, but on a PK unit?And also, I'd be damned if Ryan Getzlaf doesn't make the team. He scores. He passes. He's big and physical. He kills penalties. I'd say he's one of the top 5 or 6 forwards in the NHLThe only reason he's not participating in the Olympic camp is because he had sports hernia surgery last month.He'll be there come February. | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Ryan Getzlaf is pretty much a lock for Team Canada.I also dont see Phaneuf making the team and if he does he's on the 3rd pairing or the 7th defensemen. He struggled last season and Id rather see Duncan Keith over Phaneuf. beLEAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Cammalleri will not make Team Canada. I love Cammalleri, he's my favourite non Leaf but I highly doubt he puts up 82 points with the Habs. You have him on the 2nd line which is makes it even worse.Ryan Smyth is done in my opinion, he's a leader and a hard worker but his time has past. I dont think he'll be on the team either.Agreed, Smyth is no longer needed on the team. There are other younger, faster, players who can do what he does. He's been a great competitor, but he's on the down slope. Including him would be a mistake IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Big activity from the Canucks today:http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=289113-DanGillis is the man. Canucks give up to less than stellar prospects for a top 4 dman and Lukowich who is a solid player. Theeeeeeeeen he grabs Schneider who brings loads of experience and is still a good player. These moves make the Canucks the deepest team in the west after Detroit. A salary dump will have to be made, which can be done without losing a lot. I'm so ready for training camp, this has to be the most optimistic I have been about the Canucks in awhile, and I usually think they have a good team.Canucks still need scoring. I can see Gillis flipping Ehrhoff and Bieksa over to Ottawa for Heatly, but we'd still need to unload salaries, i.e. Demitra.I'm not too worried about scoring. Let's say you dump Bieksa, you still have two great pp units with Schneider and Ernhof manning one and Edler and Salo another. The Sedins will get you 70-80 points maybe even 90 if they continue to improve, Kesler can get 40-50 points and Demitra if he plays like he can will get you another 40-50 points. Then theirs guys like Bernier, Raymond, Wellwood who havn't shown what their capable of just yet. Throw in Hogdson who could contend for the calder and this is a very deep and talented team. I'm very optimistic about this team and can't wait till October.Yes, the twins are good for 80-90 points this season, and if Burrows is on their line, he can be good for another 60-65. The second line, as it stands, looks to be Demitra-Kesler-Samuellsson, and this is where the points start to drop dramatically, since Demitra is only bound to be around for 55-60 games; his salary for that many games and so few points tells me he's overpaid, quite honestly.Now. According to nhlnumbers.com, the Canucks are currently 1.21M over the cap. Bieksa is a 3.75M cap hit, so moving him brings them down to 2.54M under the cap (still not a lot of space). Raymond is $883k, and Demitra is an astounding $4M, so if we can package them up, or dump them off somewhere, that's about 7.4M under the cap, more than enough space to add Kessel, who is expected to be a cap hit of around $5-5.5M (36 goals in 70 games).I think it's something to shoot for.EDIT: I just double-checked that site, and M Schneider's salary isn't included as of yet. If it's the 1.55M that we're hearing, then feel free to do the math for the numbers above (1 M for dumping Bieska, almost 6M by jettisoning Raymond and Demitra).I don't really like Demitra. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I agree Demitra is over payed and can be replaced. I don't know if theirs a team that's under the cap and will take on Demitras salary to get over, but if Gillis can find a way to unload Demitra that would be the best option. Gillis has to be planning something else or the Schneider signing makes no sense. I just hope its not Heatly, but if it's Kessel that Gillis has his eye on and can land him that would put a smile on my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 The Schneider signing makes perfect sense, really; Gillis is bringing in former superstars at the end of their careers for a) a last shot at glory, and 2) to show the young guys in the room how to be a pro.Sundin didn't produce the way the Canucks had hoped, but from all accounts, the effect he had on the room was phenomenal. Schneider is being brought in to do the same thing- he may not necessarily need to produce, and may even platoon with Lukowich (or be in the top 4 when Salo goes on one of his LTD runs), but he's being brought in, on the cheap, to show the kids how it's done. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 But when the Canucks had just gone over the cap and traded for two dmen why bring in another. I think there has to be another trade in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 But when the Canucks had just gone over the cap and traded for two dmen why bring in another. I think there has to be another trade in the works.Which is why I went through all the trouble of posting the cap numbers above. Bieksa is probably on his way out the door. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 So Versus really tried to challenge DirecTV and DirecTV is now balking, effective today. DirecTV said it already pays Versus more than any other independent distributor and that the 20% hike it is seeking "for what is basically a paid programming and infomercial channel with occasional sporting events of interest is simply piggish." DirecTV, noting that it offered to continue Versus through the end of September while negotiations continued, said it has heard from a small number of subscribers who were unhappy about the network being pulled."But we want them to understand that we must hold the line on programming costs and protect them from unwarranted price increases, especially in this challenging economy," according to DirecTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 The NHL. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Luongo gets a Hossa deal.http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=289692 PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 So much more him wanting to go to the East Coast anytime soon. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 I'm very happy with the Luongo deal. Likely makes him a Canuck for life and reduces his cap hit. This now gives the Canucks the flexibility to move Cory Schneider without worrying about the consequences of Luongo not re-signing. Now they can use Schneider along with other prospect as bait to land a top forward that could really put this team over the top. Once again, I can't wait for October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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