The_Admiral Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Shane Doan is also a case study in why I don't give a crap about Olympic hockey. When the captain of the Canadian National Team is more than happy, at the expense of potential professional achievements, to live not only in another country but in a U.S. state with political sensibilities and human rights violations diametrically opposed to his home nation so that he can make a lot of money and live on a big horse farm where no one cares who he is, what kind of a Canadian is he, anyway? It's an All-Star Game and nothing more. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Yeah, but it's a way more fun all-star game with more teams and better looking uniforms.just for grins, here's a picture of Shane Doan with the worst trophy in the history of sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Where did they get that, a Crate & Barrel outlet store? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGM13 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Paul Ranger(remember him?) signs a contract in Toronto after stepping away from pro hockey for almost 3 years. GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Where did they get that, a Crate & Barrel outlet store?It's as baffling now as it was then.It looks like they never removed it from its protective packaging. Nothing about it is attractive, nothing about it represents the game of hockey, the plastic pieces look cheap, and it doesn't even looks like a prize you'd want to win, which is kinda the whole point of a trophy. How did Frank Gehry explain that thing?I'm a big advocate for bringing back the world cup of hockey, and playing it on a regular fixed basis (and not just whenever they feel like it), but whenever they start it up again they need a new trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBubba Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Paul Ranger(remember him?) signs a contract in Toronto after stepping away from pro hockey for almost 3 years.Not quite. He played with the Marlies last year and was actually pretty good. I'm pretty sure he made the team out of camp, but wanted to stay in the AHL because he felt he wasn't ready.Anyways, it's a good signing. He should compete with Fraser/Holzer/Rielly/Brennan/O'Byrne (if he's back) for the 6th and 7th D-man spots. Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigBubba Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 NHL expands to Québec and Seatte, leaving the Coyotes with no place to go...so we think.OITGDNHL Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 You know what, let's have an OITGDNHL thread and make it good. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 In offseason news, the Sharks are half a million over the cap with 22 contracts and I can't figure out how they're going to get under it with no compliance buyouts available and no one to put on LTIR. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I think Winnipeg has a third rounder they can send over for Pavelsky. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 In offseason news, the Sharks are half a million over the cap with 22 contracts and I can't figure out how they're going to get under it with no compliance buyouts available and no one to put on LTIR.Maybe they're banking on Torres to do something dumb in preseason and him getting suspended for the season.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Jets sign Wheeler, 6 years at 5.6 million.http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2591613 BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 So the Jets held onto their money while everyone good got picked up, and now they're overspending on everyone they have. Welcome, division rival! On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 People talk about expansion diluting the talent pool for players. It also dilutes the talent pool for management, too. Cheveldayoff is just as much a career AHLer as Steve Maltais. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 "Cheveldayoff" is Canadian for "Waddell".....Getting there yet, admiral?Most of the free agents the Thrashers signed were just retaining their RFA's while letting the big-name, team-changing UFA's sign on with just about everyone else. The UFA's the Thrashers did sign were the likes of Todd White, Ron Hainsey, and Bobby Holik. I'm struggling to come up with even one name that the Thrashers signed that wasn't their own UFA/RFA that made a big impact.Granted, most of the blame goes to an ownership group that didn't want to put much money into the team, which did handcuff Waddell some. And, to his credit, Waddell made some amazing trades/pick-ups while giving up nothing of note (Slava Kozlov, Marc Savard, Rich Peverley), but damn did he make some whiffs too (the returns for Hossa, the returns for Kovalchuk).Meanwhile, the Jets now have ownership with real money and are making big money, yet are employing what looks to be the exact offseason gameplans the Thrashers used annually. I don't pay as much attention to free agency in the NHL as I used to, but there weren't better options than Bryan Little and Zach Bogosian this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Well actually, no, there really weren't. Other than Lecavalier, the biggest splash of the summer seems to have been the Leafs signing David Clarkson at 37 over 7, and that's a hell of a lot of money to give a guy who basically functions as a pinball bumper. Free agency really isn't what it used to be. Still, that doesn't excuse paying Little and Wheeler so much. They're fine enough players, great on a bad team and good on a good team, and I know the Jets had to hit the salary floor, but man, that's an awful lot for RFAs. This is all just a sideshow to drafting, though. If they can't draft, then they're really in trouble, because that's the way elite talent is coming to Winnipeg, not via free agency. Scheifele over Couturier looks pretty bad so far. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Jets sign Bogo for 7yrs/$36M.http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/29/jets-sign-bogosian-seven-years-36-million/ Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Bogosian's not worth $5 million a season.Winnipeg must like finishing 10th every season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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