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onemillionzombies posted:I believe Brandon Bollig's only Stanley Cup Finals appearance was game 2 where he made an awful turnover that was almost instantly converted into an overtime winning goal. Yup, he was a healthy scratch for all of that, and should have been scratched for all of this one. Although if any of you are worried about the Hawks lacking punchmens, Bowman is already touting Brandon Mashinter as his replacement. He'll provide the same thing as Bollig does, but for a minimum contract. Here's just hoping they don't fall as in love with him as they did with Bollig and try to play him every game.
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a false posted:come michael. to the islanders. This would actually be pretty funny.
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toxicsunset posted:Rob Scuderi has two stanley cups. Two. That means we should get twice as much for him 2x0=0
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Jun 28, 2014 19:42
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That Klein-Del Zotto trade was dumb 
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Jun 28, 2014 19:44
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Del Zotto didn't play that badly, did he?
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Jun 28, 2014 19:45
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grack posted:Del Zotto didn't play that badly, did he? he was scratched a lot for nashville, no?
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Jun 28, 2014 19:56
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Is it worth paying for Hockey Prospectus?
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Jun 28, 2014 20:13
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With Spezza severely limiting where he'll go and Anaheim seemingly out of the running, the price is steadily dropping on Spezza 
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a false posted:he was scratched a lot for nashville, no? I think he was only scratched once or twice but I didn't think he was very impressive (though I dunno what his fancy stats were like).
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I love how the Hawks escape real cap consequences again! Until next summer 
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I thought Spezza was looking for a trade to a less "hockey" market where he wouldn't be under so much scrutiny. Nashville pretty much defines that. What gives? (come to DC Jason - our media only cares about Ovechkin)
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Nail Rat posted:I love how the Hawks escape real cap consequences again! Until next summer They'll dump Bickell's dumb contract on someone, surely. "He's a truculent, Cup winning, character guy who adds real grit and tenacity and experience," etc.
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Naet posted:They'll dump Bickell's dumb contract on someone, surely. Bickell does actually know how to play but not for four million a year
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Mike_V posted:With Spezza severely limiting where he'll go and Anaheim seemingly out of the running, the price is steadily dropping on Spezza they'll take berglund and they'll like it
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Aurora posted:Bickell does actually know how to play but not for four million a year Yeah, I'm not totally against what Bickell does but he's replaceable if they need to dump salary.
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Jun 28, 2014 20:38
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Bickell is the Bolland of wingers. Toronto will pick him up soon enough.
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Thank gawd Brandon Bollig and his 1 assist, lovely possession numbers, and 5 minutes a game in the playoffs will show the young kids how to be a true winner. You don't get 4 shifts and 2.5 minutes of ice time in a game 7 unless you've got proven playoff intangibles.
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Misanthrope posted:Thank gawd Brandon Bollig and his 1 assist, lovely possession numbers, and 5 minutes a game in the playoffs will show the young kids how to be a true winner. You don't get 4 shifts and 2.5 minutes of ice time in a game 7 unless you've got proven playoff intangibles. Now I can feel schadenfreude about these posts 
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Jun 28, 2014 20:48
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Spamtron7000 posted:I thought Spezza was looking for a trade to a less "hockey" market where he wouldn't be under so much scrutiny. Nashville pretty much defines that. What gives? Spezza had a list of 10 teams where he wouldn't go. Canada + lovely teams. Looks like he defined Nashville as a lovely team. Murray had the list pretty early in the process. Tough to blame a player when he was pretty up-front about what teams he would say no to a trade with.
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If I were Spezza I would definitely take a year of feeding pucks to Neal in Nashville, but I guess he can still ask for a trade at the deadline and get sent to a surefire contender.
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Mike Colligan posted:Mike Colligan @MikeColligan 3m A platoon of Fleury/Brodeur would be gloriously hilarious. There would be poo poo goals let in literally every time the Pens play.
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Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke 25m Loiselle on TSN Radio "Polak is a guy we've had our eye on for awhile. He brings more sandpaper to his game & he's a right hand shot" comngrautlions on your sandpaper guys
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I think Dallas winds up getting Spezza for peanuts. Brodeur on Toronto or Pittsburgh would be incredible
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Gotta feel bad for Spezza, Karlsson, and Alfredson. They looked like a team on the upswing, until Melnyk went cheap and basically drove Alfredson away while handicapping any personal decisions by the "internal budget". Can't really blame players for wanting to get out of that type of environment.
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So according to Anaheims top scout, the 10th overall pick was never in play this offseason, Murray assured them he wasn't going to trade it for Ryan Kessler. chocolateTHUNDER posted:Gotta feel bad for Spezza, Karlsson, and Alfredson. They looked like a team on the upswing, until Melnyk went cheap and basically drove Alfredson away while handicapping any personal decisions by the "internal budget". All I hope for now is that Karlsson can get out. 
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Coyotes keep their streak alive by drafting Al MacInnis's son. Only a few years away from being able to assemble a team completely made up of star children.Naet posted:I would love to see what Nashville could do with a good offense, especially now that Detroit is in the East. Spezza/Neal could've been interesting. deafmute fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Jun 28, 2014 |
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I feel like all these "sandpaper" and "meat and potatoes" moves are GMs deliberately ignoring stats in order to prove the old ways work.
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Well the guy (Nikita Scherbak) that the Habs took in the 1st round this year seems a lot better than last year's Mike "Bad" McCarron, so that's nice. Not ready to throw in the towel on McCarron yet but he seems like he's a long way from NHL-ready.Captain Geech posted:I feel like all these "sandpaper" and "meat and potatoes" moves are GMs deliberately ignoring stats in order to prove the old ways work. lol the Habs traded up to get Brett Lernout, who the scouting report makes sound like Doug Murray 2.0 "Very large intimidating defender who projects as a 6 or 7 who takes advantage of his chances to play by arriving in a bad mood ready to punish the opposition with ever chance." "There is room for him to get bigger and stronger, and with that his balance and feet may catch up." Read: he is slow as gently caress, a bad skater, and is going to punch people
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If we get real big tough and scary the other team's players will run away and not shoot on us! My proposal: Clone Hal Gill for every position.
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Stanos posted:If we get real big tough and scary the other team's players will run away and not shoot on us! 
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VJeff posted:I mean I'm just guessing based on recurring patterns here, but he'll probably wait until his number 1 center has an infection all year and do absolutely nothing to secure an alternative, embarrass his country on an international stage, ice a bunch of replacement level players and then blame the coach as if it was his fault. God you're just horrible a good 90% of the time
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Ginette Reno posted:A platoon of Fleury/Brodeur would be gloriously hilarious. There would be poo poo goals let in literally every time the Pens play. Backup goalie brodeur isn't a terrible option if he could be signed cheap. He has unrealistic expectations on his worth tho so I'm betting he's expecting 3.5
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Ginette Reno posted:A platoon of Fleury/Brodeur would be gloriously hilarious. There would be poo poo goals let in literally every time the Pens play. The only thing better than Brodeur loving up the Devils for 20-30 games a year would be him loving up the Penguins for 20-30 games a year. I don't know what I did to deserve this.
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HOW COULD YOU posted:Backup goalie brodeur isn't a terrible option if he could be signed cheap. He has unrealistic expectations on his worth tho so I'm betting he's expecting 3.5 Brodeur in any type of situation where he's actually playing is a terrible option. He's 42 and his last two seasons have been awful. You want him to mentor a younger goalie? Hire him as a coach or consultant.
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grack posted:Brodeur in any type of situation where he's actually playing is a terrible option. What if I want the team to crater so hard that MLSE has no choice but to flush the system from Leiweke on through to Carlyle, and pick up Connor McDavid in the process?
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Hand Knit posted:What if I want the team to crater so hard that MLSE has no choice but to flush the system from Leiweke on through to Carlyle, and pick up Connor McDavid in the process? Clarification: A terrible option if you want your team to be any good next season.
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Are the Leafs going to trade Reimer or are they just going to not give him a QO?
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