This is true.

He's making millions... why doesn't he just buy his own plant? 

Pfft, he's a good Canadian boy... he should take a canoe trip through the Gonq and whittle himself a stock of them

What is wrong with this city is that there are too many people who run to the newspapers and then the newspapers make the whining and complaining into "a story"!  Seriously.  Do cities of any and all sizes not get complaints on a regular basis about noise, etc?  Why do the Sun and the Citizen run with this muck?  How many people live downtown and how many complained?  I know lots of people who live downtown and they LIVE for Bluesfest...they buy tickets the nights they really want to go and the others, they sit on their apartment balconies and listen from a distance.  Gee....think if THEY called the newspapers and said that, THAT would get in as "a story".  Nope.

A couple of years ago, the papers ran with the "fights" between the sitters and the standees.  Guess there was not much whining about that this year, so they called the local councillor who put them in touch with the "noise" complainers.

Can't sell one's house because of Bluesfest?  I doubt it.  More likely, the house is a dump!!

that's it, you've won my vote for mayor!!!

It'd be a real shame to lose Bingo as an affiliate...
Of course, for the big team, the main role of the AHL team is to develop young players... but really, which environment do you think best fosters the development? One in which they finish dead last and the prospects get tons of ice time but hung out to dry on every shift or one in which they get moderate amounts of ice time and play shoulder to shoulder with veterans in a winning environment? You need to teach the kids not just to play, but to win, and this usually starts at the AHL level (actually it starts well before, but in the professional ranks at the AHL)

As far as moxie's assertion that Ottawa barely deserves an NHL franchise, I don't think the city would walk on the team after a few losing seasons, now that they are firmly implanted in the city's identity... i don't know where that came from... I agree with most of what you said, and certainly anyone who undervalues the importance of a healthy AHL affiliation is completely ignorant about the off-ice workings of the game, and if you've watched the AHL, it is very exciting hockey, but I do take some offence at the notion that our city is 'pathetic'... sure, there are stupid fans, those exist everywhere, I'm sure in Bingo, too... frankly any bar talk, and i didn't really hear much, i think was a simply due to people being at a loss of what else to point the finger at while the team was inexplicably sliding... i couldn't care less how many jack n cokes a player drinks, who he sleeps with, or what kind of fender benders a player gets in on his days off as long as he's ready to play come game time, and most players on most nights for much of last season were not...

Perhaps we shouldn't take someone named Alexander_Ovechkin as representative of Senators fans

This is from hockeysfuture.com:
"While he may be small, Shannon is durable, tenacious and works hard. He is smart and possesses great on-ice vision. He is an excellent skater with very good speed who moves well through traffic."

Sound like a theme is developing here?

holy... anyone see this one...
http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jersblackwf9.jpg

I like it a lot, but do i need to bring up the inevitable comparisons of that 'O' to a '0'... i mean, to some extent who cares what insults the opposition hurls, but do we really want to invite it??

is tsn2 gonna be like car racing and golf and other B sports???

if so, i don't need it

It doesn't have to be one or the other. Sign a player like Shanahan to a 1 year contract, and you'll still have your cap space next summer.

no, i know, that's what i was getting at, sorry re-reading i didn't express that well, i just mean i'd rather he go the FA route, so we have room next summer than make a trade... of course if the trade knocked my socks off, like that Schubert + SJ pick for D. Brown (E4 now ), well I could change my mind...

It did

almost, but not really what they said... the pick was never dealt back to Tampa, and tsn reports have put the signing at closer to 4 mil than the 5 that was suggested

sorry for breaking gossip everyone... how sweet would that have been, though, 2 first round picks for the next 2 years... i couldn't hold in my anticipation

By some of these comments, I have to think that the TB management talking points in the local press/media is where they are getting most of their information.  Calling Meszaros a defensive "stud" is something that poster either heard somewhere else or he doesn't know much about defensive play, IMHO.

Yeah...he handles the puck really well.....in practice!

more than that, I was reading some tampa boards in the hours after the trade, and a number of people commented on his great physical play as well as the defensive ability.... what what what????      are they mixing up andrej with anton?

Sure, he's got the offensive upside, but just watch that plus/minus turn into a big minus on a defensively porous Tampa squad

This is my favourite part of that post:

*Jay Bouwmeester rumours once again. Yes indeed! I was told this past hour, on VERY good authority, that Jay would be a Panther to start the year. from my source: "Something may have happened with Toronto that has brought Jay back into play"

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout Eklund??