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Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:00 am
by Mickey107
Doyle Hargraves wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:00 pm What Peters did... he deserved to get fired. The rest of this shit is little more than a witch hunt.
Your right! Peters said "the n word" and that cannot be forgiven but even he had every right to say "turn that fucking music off in the dressing room". IMO.) Now the flood gates are open for every single, (supposed transgression), by a coach in the last 20 years.
" My coach wore such stinky aftershave and it affected my game so bad I missed out on millions".
"Oh ya! My coach called me a pussy!!! :shock:

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:14 am
by Tciso
Madcombinepilot wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:40 pm Wow.

We are close to hockey disintegrating as we know it.

What is Chirping but a form of verbal assault??

Fighting will soon be A criminal offence, complete with police investigations.

Hard coaching will be character assault.


Fuck my life.

We love hockey because it's where guys who are MEN come to play like MEN. We have hockey so we don't have to have Wars.

And before you people or the SJW gets on me, I am not being sexist when I say men, I mean all peoplekind can play, but the NHL used to be a sport that people who were tough and skilled played a hard and fast contact sport. Guys who were pussies didn't play hockey because, well, they were fucking pussies. (And I love a good pussy. Those things are tough. They take a pounding!)

The point I am making is that people who are not even fans of the NHL are taking the toughness out of the game, and using social media to do it. If they don't like the game, they can watch soccer with the flops and dives because that's where this game is headed.
As a self-identified "You People", I agree.

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:45 pm
by Strangelove
https://twitter.com/andystrickland/stat ... 4926446592
Andy Strickland
@andystrickland

I too was verbally attacked and intentionally intimidated by Mike Babcock outside the Red Wings dressing room back in 2007. Former Detroit video coach Jay Woodcroft brought him to me. Had me up against a wall while screaming and pointing in my face b/c of a story I had written


Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:40 pm
by Mickey107
New Jersey Devils
BREAKING: The #NJDevils have made a coaching change
RELEASE: Devils Name Nasreddine Interim Head Coach
The Devils today announced that they have relieved John Hynes of his head coaching duties and have elevated Alain Nasreddine to interim head coach and Peter Horachek to assistant
1:20 PM · Dec 3, 2019·
Nothing else, yet..

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:46 pm
by Cousin Strawberry
I wonder who will bite on David Booth the 2nd -Taylor Hall....The lames are rumoured to be in there on him and might even give up Rats little buddy Johnny_Hockey

Oh please let that one happen!

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:10 pm
by Mickey107
The Brown Wizard wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:46 pm I wonder who will bite on David Booth the 2nd -Taylor Hall....The lames are rumoured to be in there on him and might even give up Rats little buddy Johnny_Hockey

Oh please let that one happen!
Yikes! Suckers, all...https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nhl/new ... 70cqkfnuij

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:04 pm
by Strangelove
micky107 wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:40 pm
New Jersey Devils
BREAKING: The #NJDevils have made a coaching change
RELEASE: Devils Name Nasreddine Interim Head Coach
The Devils today announced that they have relieved John Hynes of his head coaching duties and have elevated Alain Nasreddine to interim head coach and Peter Horachek to assistant
1:20 PM · Dec 3, 2019·
Nothing else, yet..
OMG the Great Strangelove is a GENIUS!!
Strangelove wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:06 pm Lol, the Devs are down 5-zip after 1 period to the Sabres!

John Hynes the next coach to get the axe? :drink:
:mex:

(on your knees Micky)

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:27 pm
by Per
Chef Boi RD wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:19 pm I feel bad for Johan Franzen, the dude is and still is a mess, was suffering heavy bouts of depression from concussions.
Franzén himself was interviewed about it in Swedish media.
”Babcock is a very consciencious coach, always prepared. Excellent at handling the media. But he is also a terrible human being. The worst person I ever met. A true bully. He would attack and harass anyone, say a janitor at the arena. He would jump people just because.”

Franzén still suffers from PTSD and panic attacks. Things have improved though since he moved back to Sweden. He no longer suffers from constant migraines and insomnia, but yeah, he’s a wreck. :(

When he tries to play some hockey with his kids, he gets completely exhausted and has to rest for several hours.
That’s his greatest sorrow; that he cannot be a role model for his children and teach them the benefits of hard work, as he spends most of his day on the couch napping. And he can’t follow them to their hockey practice.
He has built a hockey rink on their lawn though.

And this is the guy Yzerman named the Mule, as he had never seen anyone work so hard... :(

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:30 pm
by Madcombinepilot
I wonder if I could handle the PTSD for the 10's of millions I made playing a sport....

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:53 pm
by Cousin Strawberry
Madcombinepilot wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:30 pm I wonder if I could handle the PTSD for the 10's of millions I made playing a sport....
I wonder how many normal average people had pricks for bosses yet still managed to overcome the associated "trauma" and went on to lead healthy productive lives....

Fuck babcock just sounds like every cocksucker foreman i had as a young apprentice

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:09 pm
by mr perfect
Madcombinepilot wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:30 pm I wonder if I could handle the PTSD for the 10's of millions I made playing a sport....
No, you couldn't.

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:19 pm
by Carl Yagro
I'm sure Babcock had many jerk moments, just like most of the past and present coaches.

I empathize with these guys, but at the same time, when do you stop? How long should it take before you stand up to the bully and say something? Or do you wait for 10 - 15 years, then pile on when you see an opportunity? You're all adults now.

Agree, Yoodles. Most if not all of us had psycho classmates, teachers, co-workers and bosses that acted exactly that way. We survived.

So Torts, Keenan, Bowman and a host of other current and ex-coaches don't get dragged through the mud? Sean Avery and Dan Carcillo don't get all their dirty shit aired for what they said and did on the ice? Chelios didn't abuse anyone during a game?

Hardly fair to single out only one or two. When do you stop?

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:49 pm
by Per
Madcombinepilot wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:30 pm I wonder if I could handle the PTSD for the 10's of millions I made playing a sport....
If you could, it’s not really PTSD... :roll:

That being said, Franzén’s problems mainly stem from the repeated concussions, but having a coach that was bullying him for not playing as good when injured as he did when healthy probably didn’t help much.

The good thing is he is now getting better. He suffered four years of constant migraine and insomnia.
Now at least he sleeps and the headaches only come at times.

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:53 pm
by Raile
Madcombinepilot wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:30 pm I wonder if I could handle the PTSD for the 10's of millions I made playing a sport....
Would you say the same thing about Rick Rypien?

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:32 am
by Per
Lehner on Babcock, Peters, Crawford et al:
https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/rob ... usv2_clean

"Everyone deserves a second chance"