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Feedback/Wishlist/Issues / "Current" News
« on: May 06, 2009, 07:52:01 AM »
The most current news story in the "Current News" forum is John Paddock Fired.  How about archiving it?  All the issues of the day get discussed in Sens Talk anyways.

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General Hockey Discussions / Leafs chasing #1 pick
« on: April 14, 2009, 12:25:48 PM »
No link yet, but Brian Burke has announced his intention of pursuing the #1 pick and draft John Tavares.

"We will find out where we draft tonight and immediately try to move up."

Reporter:  "Just to clarify, is it Tavares that you want?"
Burke: "Yes"


So. Let's just say you're Garth Snow and the lottery went your way, what's your price?

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General Hockey Discussions / Hey Gary, tell me again why we can't have more Canadian teams.
« on: March 24, 2009, 11:44:16 AM »
For all the problems Winnipeg may have had, it can't be worse than this.



And the league is propping up the team! Even if Winnipeg/Quebec/Hamilton/Kitchener or whatever didn't make money, at least you wouldn't have to beg people to show up.

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Trade Deadline 2009 / Leafs and Tampa in a weird one
« on: March 04, 2009, 04:27:47 PM »
The Leafs aqcuire a 4th rounder, Jamie Heward, Olaf Kolzig and Andy Rogers from Tampa Bay for Richard Petiot.

This is obviously a money move and really shines a light on trouble in Tampa.

Once again, Tampa Bay's ownership is an utter disaster.

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Trade Deadline 2009 / 3-way deal - Kings/Hurricanes/Oilers
« on: March 04, 2009, 04:01:58 PM »
Patrick O'Sullivan, native of North Carolina is traded to the Hurricanes for Justin Williams.  :happy dance:

Not so fast, Patrick.  :???

Actually you've been flipped to Edmonton for Erik Cole.  :byebye:


To Kings: Justin Williams
To Hurricanes: Erik Cole
To Oilers: Patrick O'Sullivan + 2nd round pick (carolina)

So who wins?  :smily677:

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Trade Deadline 2009 / Dominic Moore to Sabres
« on: March 04, 2009, 03:11:47 PM »
For a second round pick.

Not a bad return on a waiver claim.

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Trade Deadline 2009 / Nik Antropov to Rangers
« on: March 04, 2009, 02:49:00 PM »
No word on what comes back yet.

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Trade Deadline 2009 / Carcillo to Flyers. Upshall to Coyotes.
« on: March 04, 2009, 02:48:24 PM »
The Flyers have acquired Daniel Carcillo from the Coyotes, for Scotty Upshall and a 2nd round pick.


Putting aside my feeling of Carcillo and giving him the benefit of the doubt, that still looks like a pretty hefty price.  But if his head is on right they do get a tough guy that can take a regular shift.

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Trade Deadline 2009 / Jordan Leopold to the Flames
« on: March 04, 2009, 11:43:48 AM »
Both on TSN and 'Net. Nothing yet on what's coming back.

TSN says it's Nycholat, and a prospect.  Has that poor guy ever been passed around in the past year.

EDIT:  for Nycholat, 2nd (from Montreal) and defenseman Ryan Wilson.

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General Hockey Discussions / Penguins aquire Chris Kunitz
« on: February 26, 2009, 01:00:22 PM »
And prospect Eric Tangradi too.  In return the give up Ryan Whitney and prospect Eric Tangradi.  They desperately needed a winger.


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General Hockey Discussions / Leafs aquire Brad May
« on: January 07, 2009, 12:42:33 PM »


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Brian Burke, president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Wednesday that the hockey club has acquired forward Brad May from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a conditional sixth round draft pick in 2010.

“Brad will provide character, toughness, and he is a proven winner,” said Burke. “We look forward to the veteran leadership that he will give our team.”

May, 37, was a member of the 2007 Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks. This season he has played in 20 games for Anaheim collecting five assists with 28 penalty minutes and has registered a plus five (+5 ) rating.

In 963 career NHL games with Buffalo, Vancouver, Phoenix, Colorado and Anaheim, May has recorded 285 points on 126 goals and 159 assists, along with 2,121 penalty minutes.

Well the needed some toughness and they got it.  I assume Deveaux gets sent down;  He wasn't doing that much for them.

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General Hockey Discussions / Gaborik out 10 weeks
« on: January 03, 2009, 12:09:53 PM »
Today's least shocking news story...

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=261646&lid=sublink06&lpos=headlines_main

So he turns down the extension offer to cash in at free agency and...whoops!  I wonder what this will do to any contract offers.

I feel more for the Wild, who I'm sure we're hoping to hold a bidding war at the deadline.

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General Hockey Discussions / Brendan Morrow out 6 months with torn ACL
« on: November 21, 2008, 11:10:38 PM »
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=256752&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl

Well we may be bickering about our team's fortunes, but in Dallas it's now officially a disaster.

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General Hockey Discussions / Here comes the salary crunch...
« on: November 21, 2008, 10:19:22 AM »
http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081119.wspt_shoalts20/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home

Players will likely lose their escrow money and the drop in the cap itself will be small, but it has arrived.  I'm willing to bet the following season will have a further drop.

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General Hockey Discussions / Barry Melrose fired
« on: November 14, 2008, 04:28:07 PM »
Rick Tocchet to go behind the bench in his place.

A lot of us had him in the first coach fired pool, but I did think he would go a little longer.

What a shock that guy who hasn't been behind a bench in 13 years couldn't do the job.  They sacked Tortorella for that?  Nice work guys.

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General Hockey Discussions / All-star ballot shenanigans
« on: November 08, 2008, 09:47:31 PM »
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2008/11/06/thomas_feeling_left_out/

Ok so it's a Boston article so it's a little self serving, but here are some stats:

Thomas: 1.83GAA, .944 SV%, 5-2-2 record
Brodeur: 2.16GAA, .916 SV%, out 3-4 months
DiPietro: 3.91GAA, .883 SV%, injured
Biron: 3.79GAA, .874 SV%, 3-4-1 record
Lehtonen: 3.44GAA, .903 SV%, 2-5-2 record.

Now guess which one is not on the ballot.

Ok, so it's the All-Star game so I don't get too wound up about it, and I'm sure if it keeps up he'll be on it anyways.  But man he doesn't get much love.

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General Hockey Discussions / Blackhawks fire Denis Savard [merged x2]
« on: October 16, 2008, 12:49:46 PM »
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=252791&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main

Well that's a surprise.  He had a good year last year and 1-2-1 is hardly reason to panic.  I wonder if there was a personality conflict of some sort.

Looks like they just looked for the first excuse to axe him and install Quenneville.  Don't why they wouldn't just do it in the off season







MOD EDIT: threads merged

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Sens Talk / TSN's 30 teams in 30 days - Senators
« on: October 03, 2008, 10:20:14 AM »
TSN has been previewing one team per day on their site.   The Sens were up a couple days ago:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=251308

First of all it's good summary of last year's debacle.  Then moves on to the coming season.  Nothing too earth shattering there, brings up what we've discussed quite a bit here:

1.  Another forward to bring scoring depth.
2.  While the blue line is retooled, no one stands out as someone who can quarterback the power play.
3.  As always. Goaltending.

I like our blue line, but hoping Brian Lee can be relied on for the power play is quite a gamble.  Sure, Alfredsson can play back there, but we want him there all season?

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Anything But Hockey / Do-not-call list approved.
« on: July 30, 2008, 10:26:46 AM »
Yay!

INDEX:Business, Social, Telecom
 Do-Not-Call list to be available to Canadians Sept. 30: CRTC

    OTTAWA - Canadians will be able to register on a `do not call' list to screen out pesky telemarketers starting Sept. 30, the CRTC is expected to announce later today.
    The process will allow Canadians who do not want to be contacted by telemarketers to register their phone number.
    Earlier this year, the federal regulator put out a call for a contractor that would investigate complaints under the list.
    A similar system is already in place in the United States.
    The list will have exceptions, including charities, political parties, pollsters and established business relationships.
    Bell Canada (TSX:BCE) was named last year as operator of the do not call list, under a five-year contract.
(The Canadian Press)

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General Hockey Discussions / Leafs aquire Ryan Hollweg
« on: July 14, 2008, 05:33:03 PM »
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      Cliff Fletcher, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Monday that the team has obtained left-winger Ryan Hollweg from the New York Rangers. In exchange, the Rangers will receive Pittsburgh’s fifth-round pick in 2009 which was previously acquired by Toronto in the Hal Gill trade on February 26, 2008.

      Hollweg, 25, scored two goals and added two assists to go along with 96 penalty minutes (third on the team) in 70 games for the Rangers in 2007-08. He dressed for eight of New York’s 10 playoff games in 2008. Hollweg was an integral member of the 2003-04 Medicine Hat Tigers as they captured the Western Hockey League Championship and advanced to the Memorial Cup.

     The native of Downey, California was originally the Rangers’ eighth round choice, 238th overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

Is this supposed to replace Tucker?!?  :smily677:

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