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Fuck that...one more ass reaming by the coil and they're in the big 3. We've already been humiliated...one more humiliation lands the team a true blue chipper ready to step into the line up NEXT YEAR. Fuck pride for one game...Lancer wrote:
The only sure thing is if the Canucks blow it against Deadmonton... yeahno. I'll cheer for Vancouver and Columbus tomorrow.
Uncle dans leg wrote:Fuck that...one more ass reaming by the coil and they're in the big 3. We've already been humiliated...one more humiliation lands the team a true blue chipper ready to step into the line up NEXT YEAR. Fuck pride for one game...Lancer wrote:
The only sure thing is if the Canucks blow it against Deadmonton... yeahno. I'll cheer for Vancouver and Columbus tomorrow.
Go greasy coil go!
Says he feels very bad about sticking the Wings with the 7.5 million cap. Wonder if that's salary too? 7.5 million is a lot to walk away from.Island Nucklehead wrote:Datsyuk confirms he'll return to Russia after the season, sticking the Wings with a $7.5M cap-hit for next season.
He's "only" walking away from $5.5M in salary.Hockey Widow wrote:Says he feels very bad about sticking the Wings with the 7.5 million cap. Wonder if that's salary too? 7.5 million is a lot to walk away from.Island Nucklehead wrote:Datsyuk confirms he'll return to Russia after the season, sticking the Wings with a $7.5M cap-hit for next season.
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/04/10/pr ... -nhl-stars
It was a slump that was measured in months — not days, or even weeks.
Ryan Getzlaf went without a goal in his first 13 games of the season. He scored only once in November. By the end of January, he had managed three goals in four months for an Anaheim Ducks team that many had picked to win the Stanley Cup, but was now treading water in the Western Conference standings.
Had Getzlaf been playing in Toronto or Edmonton, teammate Andrew Cogliano said, “he wouldn’t have been able to leave his house.” Lucky for Getzlaf, his house was in California — not Canada — and was soundproof to the criticism concerning his captaincy and the effectiveness of his head coach.
“North of the border, I think I was getting beat up pretty bad,” said Getzlaf, who grew up in Regina. “Fortunately enough, out there in Anaheim, it was quiet and we could deal with it and it doesn’t get overwhelming.”
Getzlaf didn’t lose his captaincy or his patience. Instead, he was allowed to work his way out of his slump, and the team is the better for it. In February, he rebounded with six goals and 20 points. Before last night’s season-ending game, he had scored 63 points in 70 games for an Anaheim team that is again expected to contend for a championship.
“When he was going through his little slump,” said Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau, “I’m sure he was a lot happier that he could walk in Newport and have nobody say anything, than be in downtown Toronto.”
“That’s a luxury we have out there,” said Getzlaf. “When you do go through tough patches like that, personally and as a team, you don’t deal with as much riding on your shoulders and with people beating you down or pressuring you to do different things.”
According to agents and general managers, Canadian teams appear a lot more often than American teams on players’ no-trade lists. And when it comes to free agency, Canadian teams either lose out on the big fish or have to overpay.
“I have never had a player that hasn’t put the large majority of the teams on their no-trade list from Canada,” said player agent Ritch Winter.
“Some guys don’t like it, because you’re in the fishbowl,” said Canucks general manager Jim Benning, who says he has tried to trade for or sign players who would rather not play in Canada.
All sharp objects and shoe strings should be kept away from BlobbeeBlob Mckenzie wrote:I can't say as a I blame guys for not wanting to play in Canada.
The pressure can be too much.
The taxes are up the ass compared to down south.
All of the Canadian teams are the shits.
The weather is generally a lot shittier up here.
As Nathan Jessup would say:RoyalDude wrote:All sharp objects and shoe strings should be kept away from BlobbeeBlob Mckenzie wrote:I can't say as a I blame guys for not wanting to play in Canada.
The pressure can be too much.
The taxes are up the ass compared to down south.
All of the Canadian teams are the shits.
The weather is generally a lot shittier up here.
Yeah, his heart ain't exactly glowing with true patriot love for the true north strong and free...RoyalDude wrote: All sharp objects and shoe strings should be kept away from Blobbee
How can one love something if they don't love themselves? Blob needs to do some soul searching. He's mid-life'ingStrangelove wrote:Yeah, his heart ain't exactly glowing with true patriot love for the true north strong and free...RoyalDude wrote: All sharp objects and shoe strings should be kept away from Blobbee
There is a huge risk giving a massive contract to an aging power forward like Lucic. Those types of players tend to fade faster than your Sedins.Island Nucklehead wrote:Pay them enough and they'll come here, it's not Edmonton or Winnipeg.
A guy like Lucic, already with his name on the cup, local boy, wouldn't turn down $7.5M to come to BC. The problem is he's not the kind of guy you build around. But I am warming up to the idea. If we're going to lose, I'd rather lose like a Winnipeg, big, scrappy, gritty, than lose soft and weak.