Sleek's lame excuse for not posting for a while
by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 8:02 AM PDT
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Sweet! Yummy! Awesome!
Hey everybody, guess who's blogging again? Your second-favorite* Ducks fan, Earl Sleek! I totally apologize for the month-long disappearing act -- and I guess we'll get started with that explanation.
* besides yourself, I assume
I'm alive and well -- hopefully nobody got too worried there -- it's just that I'm less employed than I used to be. The company I worked for basically ran out of money, and while that may mirror a sad job story for many in this era of unemployment, for me it was a flat-out-awesome turn of events. You see, my life has been one of all-too-steady jobs: after graduating college, I spent exactly one week unemployed before landing a job -- seven years later, I took three days off between jobs. Sure, I've had vacations during those stretches, but being unemployed is a different matter entirely -- no e-mail to check, nobody threatening to call me with a question -- it's pretty damn cool.
Now I've watched former roommates go through unemployment stretches (plus my dad who goes insane when he periodically goes into retirement) and I know that it will drive me crazy over time -- but for the first month, at least, it's been great. A lot of video-gaming, late breakfasts, spur-of-the-moment excursions, bad movies, and morning liquor. I should add that I'm not hurting for money for the foreseeable future -- I'm still a lucky S.O.B., after all.
So why, then, with no day job and oodles of free time, have I fallen off the blogging map? Why is the lack of busywork and my recent inability to remember what day-of-the-week-it-is interfering with my ability to throw together a handful of posts every week?
A few things, I suppose. Definitely laziness, and perhaps some blogger fatigue as well (three years wears on the fingers). But the biggest factor, I'm sure, is that I haven't been reading anything -- news or blogs -- related to hockey since the Ducks were eliminated. It's not that I'm avoiding it, necessarily, but I'm not spending eight hours in front of the computer monitor these days, and that's been as huge a reason as any. I'm not even sure if anything has happened on the Ducks' end in the last month, other than losing Francois Allaire to Poppa Burke in Toronto and a botched-rumor Pronger trade -- feel free to let me know in the comments if there's been anything noteworthy I've missed.
So anyways, that's why I've been off the grid lately, but this isn't a "hang em up" retirement post. In fact, the main message of this post is that I'm back -- the month off was very nice, but it's time to dust off that swearing dictionary and get back in the blog game. I made this table a week ago -- it may even need updating -- but this looks to be what GM "Barstool" Murray will be building around this summer.
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We'll need to see what Scott Niedermayer and Teemu Selanne decide to do before we can make any serious commentary as to how to finish out this roster, but waiting for those two is already an annual summertime tradition in Anaheim. To me, the key question is "Will Scott play next year for a discount?" If not, then I suspect Murray will have to deal one of Pronger or Giguere, but we'll see. I offer this mainly as food for thought for now -- we'll get deeper into roster decisions later this week.
Oh yeah, and thanks to the rest of the BoC writers for carrying on despite the unannounced disappearance.
Go Ducks.
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Eh, it makes sense: A lack of school/work/anything-mandatory means that you don’t have to resort to writing about hockey to keep your sanity. Without employment, 98% of blogs wouldn’t exist.
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by TDTyler on Jun 22, 2009 9:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, plus add in that it was empty off-season and that is pretty much it.
I should add that my vacation may be coming to a close, though. I’ve been talking with a guy who sounds like he wants to hire me on, the bigger question is how resistant I’ll be to hurry back to work. We shall see.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m back, also!!! I’ve been gone for about two months. you can expect that to happen every season the Kings miss the playoffs… or every season, in other words.
Actually, for me, I honestly just kinda forgot to come to this site after the Kings got knocked out, and then the Ducks also. Then, when I remembered, my computer was acting up majorly, basically the internet shut down every time I tried going to a new site. So, I had to sneak out my dad’s laptop while he’s gone at work.
So, somebody sum it up for me in a couple sentences: what have I missed from this site in these two months?
Fuck you, Denis Gauthier. You suck at hockey... and life.
by Kevin Y on Jun 22, 2009 9:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Since the Ducks have been eliminated, I believe I’ve written one post — about the Discovery Channel’s Alaska Experiment. Rudy’s been busy, though — you may want to scroll back, there’s lots of Kings stuff I’m sure.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SBN Ducks Draft Pick
Welcome back, Sleek!
So, Mirtle directed Ducks fans to BoC to vote on the draft pick for the SBN Mock Draft. And unless I missed something, there was no voting for the Ducks draft pick here, right? But we still managed to make a best-player-available pick of Kulikov. Who made the pick? ’Twas it thee, Sleek?
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 9:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that’s been going on in the background by e-mail. I picked Kulikov, but I’m totally just picking names off a list — I’m terrible at knowing anything about kids. Here was the reasoning I gave (which he abridged):
What, you guys think I’m putting a lot of thought into this? Let it be known — I have zero idea about prospects and the like, my interest and fandom only really occur on NHL ice. So I have no fracking idea what I’m doing, but with the 15th pick I’ll play along.
Lacking any insight whatsoever, I think it’s a proper move for any under-educated GM to not rely on “gut” or “needs” or whatever and just focus on consensus pre-draft rankings. Heck, I’ll trust scouts who know one name from the next before I’ll trust my own intuition — at least a highly-projected kid has some “hype” value in future trades. So in that light…
With the 15th overall pick in the fake draft, GM Sleek selects Dmitri Kulikov from the QMJHL (really?), because I haven’t seen a draft projection that has him picked later than 16th, and I’ll have to assume he has some value.
Really, the Ducks don’t have a great history of picking Russian defensemen with their top picks (argue all you want about Tverdovsky or Vishnevski), so I may be off-base; GM Murray may not go this route at all. Still, old man Burke’s no longer around, so that means that the pick doesn’t have to be North American-born any more, so I guess anything’s possible.
James, it’s entirely possible you’ll have to re-write my reasoning with some actual on-ice reasons. Sorry, prospects ain’t really in my wheelhouse.
#16 — you’re up!
I’ve also never used a poll as a blogger, so you could have seen through Mirtle’s claims right there. :)
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good work, Sleek.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
welcome back Sleek, sorry to hear about the job.
Mike Brown signed an extension for a couple years, and the contract was very economical for us. (under 600k)
Also, I caught this in the TSN post about the NHLPA meeting:
One thing that wasn’t officially decided here was whether the players will enact the five-per-cent inflator on the salary cap — a decision that will affect next year’s number by US$2 million
It sounds like the cap may increase this next season irregardless of the actual revenue?
by Mike in OC on Jun 22, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The news on Mike Brown is awesome — he’s been stellar, even away from the MME arena.
And as for the cap, that’s interesting. I don’t anticipate that the Ducks spend near the cap ceiling next year, but allow me to play armchair economist:
We know that salaries in total across the league are fixed, insofar as they are a fixed percentage of a revenue calculation. So for players to allow teams to spend more on paper is good for the Ducks. Anaheim I think cares more about actual dollars than fake cap numbers, but if enough teams are willing to spend high next season, I think what that does is dilute the actual dollar damage of each contract. A $6M contract may cost less than that, if my understanding is correct and the proper assumptions occur.
What that does for the Ducks is enable them to possibly commit to more than they’re really wanting to spend. Maybe Pronger/Niedermayer is still affordable for another year, if paper salaries get diluted. It would, however, help cap-ceiling teams out of a jam (probably San Jose is one of them).
Am I way off-base, or is this rudimentary understanding somewhat sound?
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what I was thinking, but then i’m an idiot when it comes to this stuff.
I still think Giggy goes and we see a linemate for Teemu to replace his $’s, but that little tid-bit makes Pronger/Niedermayer not out of the realm of reality for one more season. Murray might have the chance to grab the cup.
by Mike in OC on Jun 22, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if anyone is willing to take on jiggys salary…errg hate saying that cuz i love the guy…
i think were missing a wiley vetren and some maturity from ryan
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 22, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t trade Giguere right now. His value is low, and frankly, Hiller could be just a flash in the pan. I don’t think he is, but its possible. Give them both time next year, maybe Giguere a little more, to try to raise his trade value, and then deal him partway through the year, if Hiller still looks solid and you feel comfortable giving him an extension.
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by IAmJoe on Jun 22, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i’m really afraid to see what Giguere plays like with no Allaire.
by Mike in OC on Jun 22, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
intresting comment….and hiller for that matter
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 22, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree keep him if u can…but if scotty comes back…then what do you do to upgrade your scoring?
i know im alone on this..but my pens roomate agreed..i would have inserted jiggy after those 2 bad performances in a row by hiller…in hinesight could it have made a difference?..would jiggy have stopped that trickly game 7 clincher…jiggy being stronger on the 5 hole could have…who knows..or maybe just the playoff jiggy magic itself would have led us to the cup….
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 22, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe if they need a goalie, and if indeed teams can take on extra salary from the player 5% option.
But he’s still got a no-move clause, so fate’s still in his hands. I’m not uncomfortable keeping him, though. The Ducks’ two most successful postseasons happened in Giguere’s last two contract years, and we’re only two years out from seeing if it three-peats.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If there is an increase in cap, it will be very small. I believe the players have activated the +5% kicker every year so far. So last year, the 5% kicker was in place, meaning the salary should’ve actually been lower, but the players kicked it up another 5%. This year, revenues have been fairly static, so the cap should mostly be what it should’ve been last year, and then the players decide whether to kick it up 5% more or not. If they choose to do so, we’ll have a similar cap to what we did last year. If they don’t, then the cap would likely go down a little (instead of about ~53M + (53 * 0.05) = cap, it would just be the ~53M).
I think the only reason players wouldn’t really want to put in the 5% kicker is because it effects escrows, by altering projected revenues. If the players kick the cap up too high, and revenues fail to match it, then they will eat the difference by not recieving money back from their escrow. Basically, putting the 5% kicker in there is good and all as revenues increase, because higher caps mean bigger contracts and more room to spend. But if the revenues can’t match the artificially raised salary cap, the players lose that money back to the owners, and basically were paid like the cap was lower. The increase of the cap though would still give teams more ability to be flexible in movement of salary, and it might trick stupid owners into bestowing stupid new contracts onto players because they have a massive hardon for spending cap room. To my way of thinking, the players should always vote for the 5% kicker, because it creates that room to manuever for teams, and can help push stupid GM’s to award new guaranteed contracts. Even if revenues fail to match what the artificially raised cap (after the 5% kicker) is at, either way, the players are making the same amount of money, its just an issue of whether it looks like more has been taken out of each individual check for escrow.
(This is all based on me thinking I understand things. If I don’t, everything in this post is wrong. But I’m pretty sure on the 5% thing not raising the cap this year, because it was already applied last year too. But I might be wrong on the reasoning for the 5% kicker)
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by IAmJoe on Jun 22, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To my way of thinking, the players should always vote for the 5% kicker, because it creates that room to maneuver for teams, and can help push stupid GM’s to award new guaranteed contracts
Yes and no. Every time you trick owners into overspending what they should, it affects some players favorably (those who sign contracts every summer have higher demand for their skills) and some unfavorably (those who are locked up long-term watch some of their negotiated pay get diluted). Franzen should probably not vote for the 5% kicker, I’d guess, except it does help Detroit find wiggle room.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sleekster
I thought u did tell us you were gonna be gone for a while..so I wasnt shocked you werent around…I recalled you werent gonna say anything till scotty situation got resolved… ive been on this site maybe 4 times since we were elminated..i think to laugh at hossa getting what he deserved..
was hard seeing the wings steamroll the hawks..that could have been us..
do we beat pittsburg? i think so…
who do the ducks get to add more scoring btu isnt a douche like heatly? names anyone?
p.s.
Im I the only one who just realized Deadwood is a great series..it start showing up free on my direct tv..(i never had HBO)..and was like whoa….a western…with modern cussing..fuck and cocksucker is in every sentence..a Rudy Kelly paradise..I just ordered season one on amazon…I guess I should have paid attention when that show was winning awards
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 22, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Arthur, didn’t you send me a note a while back about a Saku Koivu campaign?
I haven’t looked at who’s really available, but if Saku Koivu and Jere Lehtinen are both available, in a dream world I’d grab ‘em both and use ’em to convince Teemu to play out his last year in Finnish glory. They were a regular force on international ice (granted, going a bit back here), but I’d pay full dollar to watch them put together a swan song, or whatever it’s called in Finland.
Of course, that’s idle dreaming, but who knows? There’s a lot of clean slate.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least your being bold and throwing somthing out there..that commendable..
should be intresting to see what murray does
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 22, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess, but again, I haven’t even looked — does anyone have a handy list of free agent possibilities I should be considering? I’m not up to speed just yet.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea i know…if u read the general hockey news..you would assume only heatly is available..and some swedish goalie
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 22, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn! Saku and Jere would cost to much.
Free agent list:
http://nhlnumbers.com/freeagents.php
by Mike in OC on Jun 22, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d think Saku would be on a pay cut to come play with Selanne. He’s still a quality center, so I’d think 1-yr with a 3.75M ceiling. Selanne should give him the hard sell for 3M even, or something. I’d think Lehtinen would be overkill.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sports City list is handy. I sometimes use the TFP top 30, only because it comes with the rumored interested teams.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice. Yeah, they’ve been costly in the past, but they’re both on the Selanne end of their careers — I’m not sure either guy will be breaking the bank for anybody, but we’ll see.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From what I’ve read, Saku’s dying to play with his brother Mikko in Minny. Scott Niedermayer is nodding his head in approval.
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by jamestobrien on Jun 22, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really? I read that Saku reiterated this season that he doesn’t want to affect his brother’s situation with the Wild. I know that was his previous position.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, TSN reported on May 27th (by translation of a russian newspaper) that the Habs were moving on, and giving Kovalev a shiny contract and the team captaincy.
We jumped on it the next day. It’s more logical than anything else, as Selanne to Montreal became a perennial rumor. Since then, a few Finnish trades picked up on it (and by it I mean the logic, not us), and Beauchemin was even asked about it last week. I don’t read Finnish, but this spread in Iltalehti looks awesome.
I made the argument that he’s reliable in the circle, and can play with Selanne, which could prove valuable as Selanne renewed his commitment to cherry picking, abandoning assignments and making bad passes this post-season. Daniel pointed out that even sans cancer, he’s not an 82 game guy. To which I added that in his best campaign of 75 points, he was minus 21. (Wow. It’s amazing how much I’ll summarize so people don’t have to go to my blog. I really have no idea how this whole blogging thing works.)
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really have no idea how this whole blogging thing works.
Don’t look to me for advice — I think it’s reasonable to say you probably shouldn’t disappear for a month. Still, I’ll be re-activating my dormant hockey interest, which includes more blog reading. This summer’s an interesting one for Anaheim — interested to see how people think it should go.
Generally, I think the easy theme is “fix the second line”, but there’s still a question mark about the third line. No Pahlsson or Marchant yet, no Moen or Rob — does it get rebuilt, and with whom? Or does Getzlaf take more Thornton minutes a la postseason?
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who else would train me in the ways of Ducks blogging?
There’s an offer on the table for Marchant. I think he gets a permanent promotion for handling Datsyuk. I was kicking around the idea of signing Laperriere if the Avs have insulted him enough. Just because Brown/Laperriere/Parros is awesome. But you never know, Brown could be a 3rd line guy.
If the 2nd line center fix comes via free agency, I really do like Koivu. I’d think the young guys would want a sweet multi-year deal, and I really don’t like the idea of multiple years of Cammaleri.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, there’s a spot for Marchant no matter what, though — he’s a bottom-line swingman, PKer, and faceoff guy, and we already know about the stone hands, so that’s cool.
I don’t suspect we’re in the market for Cammy — I’d be shocked and disappointed if that came to pass.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d be shocked and disappointed if that came to pass.
I feel like there’s an alternate blogging dimension where you and I had this same exchange about Brendan Morrison.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I was much more pro-B-Mo than most — I guess the part that shocked me was that he was sought by some 10 or so teams and turned down better money to fit into Anaheim. Salary-sacrifice like that was sort of foreign to me as a Ducks fan.
Perhaps sad to say, but I’d take a B-Mo sized bet again — still better than the Bertuzzi deal.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it was foolish to look for speed in a guy coming back from that injury. Murray says he’s committed to not going “0 for 3” at filling the position, which has a whiff of desperation. So, I’m really just looking at the worst-case scenarios of what he’ll do. I think I read in the OC Register that ownership will put in a pretty stiff budget this year, though.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Murray says he’s committed to not going "0 for 3" at filling the position, which has a whiff of desperation.
That’s kind of generous of him. I’m the kind of guy who would stick the running “0 for 2” part on departed Mr. Burke.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Murray was Burke’s pro scout in Vancouver, which means he probably scouted Morrison for the initial trade that brought him to the Canucks, and was maybe still sweet on him last offseason. And then the Ebbett thing is just the decision to stick with him I’d guess. Both former Wolverines, funnily enough.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And then the Ebbett thing is just the decision to stick with him I’d guess.
Hm, I would have guessed the misses were Bertuzzi and Morrison, not Morrison & Ebbett.
Sure I suppose there could have been an upgrade on Ebbett, but it would have cost more than the half-a-million or so, and the Ducks were against the ceiling as it was — they couldn’t afford to start B-Ry on the big club, remember — I don’t really see how Murray could have improved drastically on Ebbett for the money. He was painted into a cap corner by then.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he was talking specifically about 2nd line center, “The Search For Fake McDonald,” I’d guess you’d say.
I would’ve thought the pre-deadline option would be to put Marchant on the 2nd line, as they tried last season. Post-deadline, Murray signed two centers, one of whom was always played Top 6, the other who could have replaced Marchant on the 3rd line. Carlyle chose to bring Christensen along slowly. But I think there were always alternatives to Ebbett. Maybe not enough to call it “0 for 2” but options nonetheless.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You cannot have Lappy, dammit. He’s ours :(
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by texacogirl on Jun 22, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t read Finnish, but this spread in Iltalehti looks awesome.
Reading Finnish doesn’t help, as the picture is too small to read the text and it seems to be a scan of the paper (as there’s nothing about it on their site). Still, it’s a tabloid and I suppose they are just going by those rumors.
The only discernible information (the larger texts) is that Teemu thinks that Saku joining Anaheim is possible and would be nice. Whoa, real news.
by Malurous on Jun 22, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry Malurous. It was meant to be humorous as there was a big picture and big BOLD type. I hope “awesome” didn’t imply “substantive” to anyone else.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I do humor ;) Just figured I’d tell you guys (or assure, whatever) that it doesn’t say absolutely anything.
by Malurous on Jun 22, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt that’s what Finnish people are concluding about my post, as well. “Just some Yank says he’s returned to blogging, that’s all.”
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Saku Koivu and Jere Lehtinen would be awesome.
by Mike in OC on Jun 22, 2009 10:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Iowa
Oh, in the getting up to speed department, we forgot to mention the CHOPS. Turns out the owners were using the franchise as collateral in a loan, which is against AHL rules. That’’s why they couldn’t pay the Ducks, and the franchise is now up for sale.
The prospects for getting a new affiliate don’t look good, as the OC Register reported that Bonino was going back to BU, so he wouldn’t have to play for some random team this year. Unfortunately, players like Sharp, Sexton and Mitera may have no choice. Looks like none of the new minor leaguers will have a chance to learn the Ducks’ system until next season.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 22, 2009 11:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hmm, yeah that is an oversight. I knew that affiliation was over, which was regrettable — my cartoon pig wasn’t bad.
Oh well, I suppose the kids will have to play elsewhere off my radar.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 22, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Glad to have you back Sleek.
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by Mr. Plank on Jun 22, 2009 7:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Glad to be back, at least so far. We’ll see how smoothly it goes when Pahlsson signs elsewhere.
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 23, 2009 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what if he signed with LA?
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by IAmJoe on Jun 24, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap, you're back!
Welcome back from the void, sir.
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