The Ducks sign Saku Koivu to a 1 year, $3.25 million deal
by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 11:18 AM PDT
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For quite some time, the hot rumor was that Saku Koivu would pull a Scott Niedermayer and follow his brother (in this case, Mikko Koivu) to Minnesota. Instead of paralleling Niedermayer, Koivu decided to follow him to Anaheim.
Surely, Sleek will have a more comprehensive look later today but here are a few of my thoughts:
1. My general salary cap rule is that it's OK to overpay a player when it's a one-year deal, but $3.25 million for a year of Koivu seems pretty reasonable to me.
2. This gives Teemu Selanne someone to hate Swedish people with.*
* I compare the Finnish-Swedish feud to watching a little dog and a cat fight. In their dog/cat worlds, it's a fierce battle but everyone else just has a good laugh.
3. The signing gives the Ducks two very nice scoring lines, which could look something like:
Ryan - Getzlaf - Perry
Lupul - Koivu - Selanne
ANYWAY, those are my spontaneous Saku thoughts. How do you feel, Ducks fans/haters?
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YES!
I’ve been hoping that Teemu would persuade his buddy to jump on board for a long time, before there was any realistic rumor about it.
These two guys aren’t the superstars they once were, but guess what? They have demonstrated chemistry from Team Finland and they are the second line and won’t draw other teams’ best defenders: not without leaving Ryan, Getzlaf, and Perry free.
Look, the Ducks went to the conference final before they got Pronger, and they did so with a weaker defense and a weaker offense. I like this move a lot.
by stormj on Jul 8, 2009 11:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Ducks are in my “gold standard” group of team building because they give veterans short deals and younger players mid-range deals with sexy small cap hits. They might be the best team of the off-season, even though I think they might have had a better chance at a legit Cup run with Pronger in tow (they sure as hell got quite a bounty for him, though).
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
First of all, this makes me sooo happy. Good practise for the olympics….
I compare the Finnish-Swedish feud to watching a little dog and a cat fight. In their dog/cat worlds, it’s a fierce battle but everyone else just has a good laugh.
Excuse moi? Getting your ass kicked by same stupid team year after year is NOT funny. at all (bronze games are so totally not counted)
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by sleza on Jul 8, 2009 11:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I just find it humorous that two seemingly benign groups of people hate each other so much. Perhaps another way of looking at it would be if Vegans and Bowlers had a blood feud.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i don’t hate swedish… i just don’t like to watch them to win hockey tournaments ;)
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by sleza on Jul 8, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually wrote a paper in college economics about the economic development of Finland (totally inspired by Selanne), and how it had quietly grown into a country with top-notch standards-of-living and per-capita wealth. Certainly Finland had some advantages — proximity to Europe and a natural abundance of lumber — but I think there’s a real case to be made about their innate competitiveness with the Swedes as a factor to their growth.
Well, at least that was the case that I tried to make, and I passed the class.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I found that any time I brought hockey-based demographic knowledge into a college paper, the professor ate it up — thinking I must have really dug deeply into international cultural nuances, when in reality I was just a lazy hockey fan.
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by Dominik on Jul 8, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Finland
I last visited Finland in 2006. I lived there in 1993 and visited again in 1994. The improvement in the place was marked, though it was still a very nice place to live in 1993. Now it is definitely a top tier place.
I used to live in Norway and my father was Norwegian. I found that if the language barrier could be dealt with, my Finnish friends and I had a bevy of Swede jokes to tell each other, so we shared that in common. In reality, I love Sweden and think it’s a great country, but a little bit of light-hearted joking around never hurt anyone.
These rivalries all arose from Swedish hegemony. Finland was a domain of Sweden until the early 19th century when they lost it to Russia. Approximately 6% of Finns, most of whom live in Åland, are native Swedish speakers, and, like Canada, the signs are bilingual almost everywhere. Norway was once part of Sweden as well. Anyway, familiarity breeds contempt, I think.
My favorite inter-Scandia puerile rivalry story revolves around the ferry boats that run between Helsinki and Stockholm—more or less booze cruises with a transport option. My first time on one of these ships, a bunch of recently graduated Finnish high school students were extremely drunk and vowing “to beat the first Swede” they saw when they got off the boat. I hope they didn’t literally do that, since if I recall that first officer was a customs agent.
by stormj on Jul 8, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Finland was a domain of Sweden until the early 19th century when they lost it to Russia.
Didn’t this go back and forth a few times? I kind of remember from researching my paper that Sweden and Russia would intermittently control Finland, until it was the other guy’s turn.
Then again, those who are counting on me for accurate history lessons should re-examine their life strategy.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure...
I’m not sure that Finland was Russian turf before it was part of Sweden. I can say that the Russian takeover had the tragic effect of wars between Finland and Russia, and, ultimately, the Finns felt they had no choice but to ally with Nazi Germany to prevent a Soviet takeover. There were no death camps in Finland, and Finland was the only axis ally (as opposed to conquered territory) that did not deport and Jews. I have seen a prison camp there, in Lappland on Lake Inari made out of old timbers. It was spooky.
by stormj on Jul 8, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the way, this is a post I had to dig around the BoC archives for, but I’ve been to Finland once myself.
Maybe Koivu was influenced to sign with the Ducks by visiting that same sports museum.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
finland was part of sweden from about 14th century to 1809 when the Swedes decided to start suckfest, lost a war to Russia and Finland became part of the mighty east power. Though we were kinda autonomic part.
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by sleza on Jul 9, 2009 3:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and finland better be the cat in that metaphor…
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by sleza on Jul 8, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Be careful which animal you choose: you’d think the dog would win but cats always seem to be the aggressors. (Of course, it’s important that you remember I’m referring to LITTLE dogs. Poodle vs. cat fights = high comedy.)
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So where does Norway stand in this whole thing, because my granddad hated Swedes his entire life. I think because of World War II or something. I don’t know, he drank a lot.
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by RudyKelly on Jul 8, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When you go as far as hating based on nationality, I think we all just have to tip our caps at your commitment to specificity.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they can’t play hockey
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by sleza on Jul 8, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and they used to be the vikings along time ago..how cool is that? they might have even discovered america like some people claim
or im giving props to the wrong scandinavian country
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Norwegians were the ones who invaded England and founded Greenland (and spent a summer in Newfoundland), the Dutch invaded France, the Swedes and Finns were the ones who traded and allegedly went as far south as the middle east.
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by RudyKelly on Jul 8, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vinland
There isn’t much dispute anymore that the Vikings reached the Labrador coast in the 11th century, about 500 years before Columbus. It used to be considered an unverified myth, but archaeology has confirmed those sites now.
Either way, they didn’t discover it because there were already plenty of people here.
And yes, the Norwegians played a critical role in defeating Hitler. The Norwegian resistance destroyed the Nazi heavy water plant, which was a critical part of their atom bomb program.
But the fact that Shampoo was their best ever hockey player makes me embarrassed for my dad’s country. Though Norwegians are more into individual than team sports…
by stormj on Jul 8, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah, and the Norwegians are apparently really good crab fisherman…
From Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch website about the Northwestern…
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/bios/season-5/
Our favorite Norwegian skipper returns for season 5, leading the crew of the Northwestern…
by Wooster11 on Jul 8, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sig and Edgar Hansen are personal heroes of mine.
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by RudyKelly on Jul 8, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They are definitely entertaining to watch indeed.
They probably are my favorites as well, although I don’t think I’d be willing to eat a beating cod heart or the head of a carp.
Speaking of crab fishermen… do you think hockey players are “tough” enough to do that?
by Wooster11 on Jul 8, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we were busy trying to keep soviet union out of the country…
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by sleza on Jul 9, 2009 2:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You usually can’t go wrong with signing a one-year deal. As for this one… I don’t know. On average, he only scores about once every 4 games. That’s good for about 20 goals if he stays healthy all season, which is a question…
Ah, who am I kidding? I hate the Ducks, and they always seem to make the smart moves. Putting Koivu on a line with Selanne just feels like it’s going to work. To get him for only one season puts them in a good position next season if they feel like going in another direction, or if he desides to retire.
Koivu will end up scoring 70 goals this season, win the Hart and Conn Smythe, and Canadiens fans will be so incredibly pissed off for letting him go as a free agent as their team misses the playoffs, which would be alright for me, since we still have that dislike of the Habs after ’93 (ironically, Koivu was the first player they added to their organization after beating the Kings in the Finals, being drafted in the 1st round of the ’93 draft).
Fuck you, Saku.
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by Kevin Y on Jul 8, 2009 11:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, for some reason I didn’t expect to read the words, “Fuck you, Saku.” Well done Kevin.
(And not just because it rhymes.)
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it has a adam oates type feeling..no?…
whos gonna play defenese on that line? ok nevermind…sorry to kil the euphoria
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
whos gonna play defense on that line?
That’s why I’d drop Lupul down a line with Marchant — Todd knows how to watch his back — and let Nokelainen ride his countrymen’s coattails.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking this, too. But part of the reason I thought Lupul’s contract was atrocious was that Philly was playing him on the 3rd line a lot when they decided they could spend 4M a year on him. Should we make that same mistake? Isn’t that a lot of money to leave on the third line?
Although I’m sure Carlyle will bump him down there when he doesn’t backcheck. May even healthy scratch him. I love when Carlyle does that.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carlyle should put the best team out there, no matter the salary. And I think Marchant + Lupul seems an obvious fit — they worked out well together 3 years ago, at least.
I dunno, I’d spread the offense past line 2 anyway. By going down to line 3, you allow more of our plethora of RWs to play on their natural side, which I’d guess is important.
As for Lupul’s habits — I haven’t seen him in a while. Let’s hope he’s picked up some improvement over the 3-year absence.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
to morph your 2 entries..i would say yes ptu the best team on the ice…maybe lupul kouivu selanne end up having the best chemistry…and we end up with the cup year dynamic…or maybe earl is right and we drop lupul down..well…chemistry is the key
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here’s another question for you, and no wrong answers here.
After being one of the longest-serving captains in Montreal history, does Saku Koivu wear a letter in Anaheim? Or between Niedermayer, Getzlaf, and Marchant are the C and the A’s spoken for?
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would Todd take one? I don’t think he’s had one yet. Unless Rob comes back, he can’t get his back.
It’ll probably be a rallying point, like when they gave Kunitz an A. Whoever hustles in camp gets the extra A.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
arthur has the right answer i think…
reset the letters excpet the C
take the leadership..
the true leaders will rise and snatch the A’s
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I mostly picked Marchant and Getzlaf based on history and ice time — I figure good to have somebody out in most situations of the game, and as PP and PK specialists, they seemed to cover most of it.
But I’m not particularly campaigning for anyone, really.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Niedermayer with the C
And I think you have to give Getzlaf an A again- he’s going to be the bread and butter of the organization going forward.
Other than that whatever happens, happens.
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by Mr. Plank on Jul 8, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I say spoken for (even if not Marchant). I think they’d prefer team history to lead this one and let Koivu’s leadership stand alone without the letter.
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by SK eleven on Jul 8, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, Pronger did steal Teemu’s A when he joined up. I’m not sure if team history is definitive.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s strange, the Ducks used to have great defense and a top shutdown line but not much scoring, and now they have great scoring but a shitty defense and no shutdown line.
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by RudyKelly on Jul 8, 2009 12:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I was just thinking that the Ducks almost skew a little more “Eastern” now. They certainly don’t have a full shutdown line right now, but Marchant was really good in the playoffs if nothing else.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess we’ll have to wait for Earl’s State of the Franchise thing to find out how the Ducks are going to look next year because I’m not taking the energy to find out for myself.
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by RudyKelly on Jul 8, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, my Ducks knowledge is already exhausted.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What I want to know is: “Does this version of the Ducks beat San Jose in seven in Battle of California, II?”
I suppose you have to handicap it with some sort of Sharks Playoff Flop coefficient, though.
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by Dominik on Jul 8, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m kind of hoping that there isn’t a Part 2 — not soon, anyways. I can taunt for a while based on Part 1.
C’mon, Kings. It’s your turn this time.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pulling for a BoC threesome myself, but then I like weird porn.
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by Dominik on Jul 8, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I SPIT UP MY WATER ONT HAT ONE..TEE-HEE!!!
good work my friend haha
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Next year’s version of the Sharks? We don’t even have a legal NHL roster yet :(
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by Mr. Plank on Jul 8, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh, I remember the days of cap ceiling scraping. It’s a tough time to be a blogger — that’s when you really care about everybody’s nitty-gritty salary, and you’re head is spinning with (mostly scary) trade possibilities.
I know the Ducks would be better off if it had more bucks to blow, but I’m glad that the ceiling days are over. I’m much happier when I have a vaguer idea of what each player makes.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, and it’s even worse cause Wilson hasn’t done anything yet. The Heatley rumor is still floating out there (which would only hinder our cap situation considering he makes $7.5), but other than that there’s absolutely nothing in rumors et cetera.
I sat down and finished a post on trade possibilities but can’t even post it because I’m afraid they’ll come true.
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by Mr. Plank on Jul 8, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember we discussed this when I was drunk and you were drunk/distraught, but I strongly believe the Sharks should give it one more shot. Maybe just trade a smaller piece like Cheech so people will think they “did something.” For everything that has been said about their playoff struggles, the Ducks were a nightmare for the Red Wings and would have been for the Penguins too. Yes, they lost in the first round, but I don’t see that as their worst loss in my mind.
Really, the only losses that I think advance the “choking” crutch are the early Thorntonian era letdowns against Edmonton and Detroit, because the Sharks let those series slip through their fingers.
Although I guess going 0-2 at home IS kind of bad.
(Man, I’m really bad at giving pep talks.)
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, dude. Don’t EVER volunteer at a suicide hotline.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“While life is precious, it DOES kind of suck that your sister slept with your boyfriend. (Sigh) I guess it’s your call.”
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The problem is what’s available for management to do. Here’s the current cap situation.
I’m not on the trade Marleau bandwagon (which is probably a complete 180 from that night haha), but I don’t think it’s far from the realm of possibility.
Oh, and James, do you have a noose handy?
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by Mr. Plank on Jul 8, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh, that is a 180 although your cap scenario makes a compelling argument.
Seeing Dan Boyle play from Sleek’s seats was an almost artistic experience, but I wonder if his deal’s going to go sour over the years. That’s a big, long-term contract for an old defenseman.
But, damn, Boyle blew my fucking mind.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, we’ve discussed it over at Fear The Fin a lot. It’s going to look ugly three years from now, but I think you have to take that shot when you’re on the cusp of landing a Cup.
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by Mr. Plank on Jul 8, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I vote for take the shot. Because 1 in 30 isn’t good odds, you have to make your run when you get there.
I don’t envy you guyst but envy you, if that makes any sense. Don’t envy the nerves. Sitting in last-place incubation mode with the Isles is at least a little less stressful, if infinitely humiliating.
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by Dominik on Jul 8, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait until Tavares goes into the boards and doesn’t get up right away, you’ll poo yourself. There were like 4 times this season Drew took a shift off and I almost cried each time.
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by RudyKelly on Jul 8, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crap, I hadn’t really thought of that … that is going to suck. And now it will probably come via a Pronger elbow.
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by Dominik on Jul 9, 2009 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, and it makes them significantly less scary now.
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by IAmJoe on Jul 8, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
u guys are wrong on the shutdown line
miller-marchant-brown
should suffice…if anything this verison of the shutline has more speed…u might lose some size but not any physicallity….just ask jiri hudler
now defense…yea..ill give u that
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
miller-marchant-brown
should suffice…if anything this verison of the shutline has more speed…u might lose some size but not any physicallity….just ask jiri hudler
I wanna throw up on your new shoes
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sleeks gotta be busy writing an article…cuz hes hasnt responded….he should be that lazy bum doesnt work anymore
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It depends a LOT on what kind of job you have but the last job I was at was the most productive blogging time of my life. I was pumping out 2 posts per day for CLS and a couple BIG ones for BoC every week. Of course, that job involved very little work, was OK with me looking at random blogs and kept me in front of a computer for 8 hours per day. Obviously that can’t be typical.
I imagine my next full-timer will involve harsh penalties for going on the Internet or something awful like that …
(But the point is, a job can actually benefit your blogging productivity. The world doesn’t make much sense sometimes.)
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(But the point is, a job can actually benefit your blogging productivity. The world doesn’t make much sense sometimes.)
Damn straight. Unemployment is awesome, but it’s tough to devote those hours of idleness into something productive. Much easier to take supposedly-productive hours of work and do something distractionary instead.
But I’m finding a nice stay-at-home rhythm, I think.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, dude. The Ducks of course picked the day when I was miles away from my computer to do something big.
It’s probably coming tomorrow now. Not only do I have to add in some “Saku Quacku” puns, but I didn’t finish up the pre-Koivu stuff last night either.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea big deal we need our fearless leader…
throwing the “saku quacku” pun is a good bone to throw for us duck mongrols
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hot Sweaty Finnish Tape to Tape Action
Nothing to say. Just had to edit that out of my blog post, and it seemed a shame not to use it somewhere.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 12:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You edited that out? Disappointing.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Without the intro to “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby” playing in the background, it just seemed superfluous.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alternative idea
Refer to them as the Wonder Finns
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by Bleys on Jul 8, 2009 12:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
For some reason, that sounds familiar. Wonder Finns powers activate! Form of a 22-year old goal scorer!
If only…
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And that, ladies and gents, was how Bobby Ryan was born.
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by Bleys on Jul 8, 2009 12:58 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Refer to them as the Wonder Finns
I am quickly coming around to this — hits my pun instincts and 80s childhood in exactly the right way.
Top notch.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what would u say if i sang..outta tune?…
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Usually people choose between the Joe Cocker (“do”) and Beatles (“think”) lyric. I like how you went your own way (“say”), Spade.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least u know..no one highjacked my profile..its meee!!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BTW, Arthur — feel free to link your blogposts, especially when you’re trumpeting an old prediction come true.
Don’t worry — so long as it’s hockey related, we don’t give a shit. We won’t hassle you like that Viagara-selling commenter, anyways. :)
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what?…that lead me to a grand place to buy my viagra..i would disagree with u earl
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
S’all about Cialis. I need to find a way to get those Cialis ads to redirect to my blog. Now, there’s a traffic starter.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they need to state erections lasting for 10 hours in the begining and need to underline it…how is that a bad thing? why do u have to go to the doctor? sounds like u need to go to vegas
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Sleek
I was only faux-gloating because I called the salary. Really, I just don’t like how they credit the rumor to the guy from RDS who asked Beauchemin about it. The true source was the Russian newspaper report in May, which said Koivu was done in Montreal. That and logic.
I still think we could’ve given the rumor some real legs if you’d been around at the end of May, Sleek.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like to think my playing cool about it really helped seal the deal. :)
I’ll convince myself of anything that helps justify my laziness.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TIME FOR THE FINNISH LINE
As much as I would love to have Lupul play with Selanne, I am looking forward to this line.
Drop Nokelainen to RW (he sucks anyway, this can’t hurt) and play Selanne – Koivu – Nokelainen.
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by Wild Wing on Jul 8, 2009 12:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wasn’t Noki pretty damn good in the circle during the playoffs?
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by Bleys on Jul 8, 2009 12:59 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I’m surprised Nokelainen gets a “he sucks” already — he was playing through injury also, I thought.
I’ve got nothing rotten to say about Nickelodeon yet — well worth the return for a month-and-a-half of Montador.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea i dont think he sucks yet..i thought he did some good things…
be intresting to see how rc shuffles the lines…still think lupul goes tot he 2nd line..and nokelainen and miller duke it out to see whos the 3rd foward on brown and marchants line
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The other scenario I could see (though I probably wouldn’t start the season this way) is that Lupul might eventually get Ryan’s spot on the Getzlaf-Perry line. Not that I think Lupul would do “better” in that role by any means, but I’m not sure he’d do a lot worse — those two can carry a lot of guys around.
That would free up B-Ry to be an impact on another line, which he could probably do better than Joffrey.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
intresting…(twisting evil greasy mustache in a twirling pattern)
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Drop Nokelainen to RW (he sucks anyway, this can’t hurt) and play Selanne – Koivu – Nokelainen.
Hey, that was what I was thinking — Nokelainen gets the job by birthright. Except I would have used the word “backchecks” instead of “sucks”. There’s plenty of forward options of who-can-play-with-who and which of the four RWs (Perry, Ryan, Selanne, Lupul) gets put on the left side, but if I was coach, opening day lines might look like this:
Ryan – Getzlaf – Perry
Nokelainin – Koivu – Selanne
Brown – Marchant – Lupul
Parros – Carter – Christensen
Fourth line is awfully negligible, though — I didn’t find a spot for Ebbett or Miller.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
im surprised we resigned Christensen…i guess for depth purposes…and his occasional flash of playmaking on the 2ns PP unit
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The guy re-signed quickly and didn’t even demand his CBA-mandated 5% raise. I don’t think it’s possible for me to rue any signing of $750k — it’s just not enough cap-wise to lose sleep over, and I can’t see how he underperforms the contract.
There’s only upside potential — that’s fine with me.
And like a lot of deadline-day pickups, I’ll need to see more of the guy before I can really close the book.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea ebbet is gone to a non-chops minor leauge club near you
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh, in SoCal, I don’t believe there is a minor league club near me. :)
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea there is…the ontario reign
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I should hire on a minor league specialist for BoC. I’m horrible.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the idea of a Lupul/Koivu/Selanne line because then I can call it the NBC (No Backcheckers) line. Or maybe NBA (No Backcheckers Anonymous) line.
But do you really think Carter gets fourth line center? In interviews last season, Carlyle was really adamant about bringing Christensen along properly: asking him to be the best fourth line center in the league, and then working him into the second line. Do you think Christensen maybe gets the 2nd line LW nod? He is one of the best passers on the team.
I know Carlyle likes two centers on a line when possible. I just wonder who the centers will be.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But do you really think Carter gets fourth line center?
Heh, like I said, fourth line is up for debate — it’s really a place for somebody to win that spot. I’d be happy if EC stepped up and took it, or if Carter, or anybody I’ve yet to hear of.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve got a freakish set up for you if you’d check it.
Lupul – Getzlaf – Perry
Nokelainin – Koivu – Selanne
Brown – Marchant – Ryan
Parros – Wirtanen – Christensen
Perry and Getzy can take anyone on their wing and make them look good. This set up makes our shut-down line dangerous with breakouts from Ryan. Wirtanen (or Kontiola) can be thrown in on the 4th line to maximize Finnishness.
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by Bleys on Jul 8, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only trhing I would hate about that setup is Ryan’s total ice time. I want to see more Perry – Getz – Ryan this season, but in the long run that would probably hurt us more than help (if Ryan finished in the top 10 in total points in the lg.)
Hey if the team keeps it’s penalty ways up maybe he does get the ice time.
by Mike in OC on Jul 8, 2009 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We tend to rely a lot on our shutdown line. Which is why it seems to me putting a pretty good backchecker with a ton of solo offensive force behind him seems like a great fit.
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by Bleys on Jul 8, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Drop Nokelainen to RW
that’s Teemu’s spot, RW
by Mike in OC on Jul 8, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Copyducks
Soooo…the Captain of the Canadiens decides to come to SoCal a week after we get Captain Canada to come play at Staples Center.
Just remember this Ducks Fan: we called ours Captain Cocknose first, so don’t go trying to rip off anymore bright ideas from us!!!
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Jul 8, 2009 1:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What’s the defense going to look like? Niedermayer-Brookbank, Wis-Whitney, Festerling-Sbisa, something like that? Your defense is going to end up being younger than ours.
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by RudyKelly on Jul 8, 2009 1:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably Wisneiwski with Niedermayer, but yeah — it’s a bunch of question marks for me, mostly because I don’t know what Sbisa’s all about.
Could use another NHLer, maybe of the Ruslan Salei variety. Whether there’s budget for that now might hinge on whether Giguere is tradeable.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did the Ducks sign Wisneiwski yet? My guess is he would be the Ducks’ second best defenseman barring big moves.
The Ducks and Bruins have the market cornered on right-handed wingers. Both teams would be a pain in the ass for left handed pitchers at imaginary inter-NHL team company picnics.b
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Think he’s still on the arbitration list. This deal may make it difficult to get his deal done with the budget and all. We may actually need to go to a hearing and de-value him.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Murray says…
With Wiz, I’m not going to jump and give him a lot of money and a lot of terms until I am damn sure he can prove what he can be. We’re probably going to end up at arbitration and arbitrations are ugly, but that’s where we are headed right now.
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by SK eleven on Jul 8, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wiz will get creamed in arbitration. Daniel and I did a mock arbitration hearing for him on our blog. His right knee is held together with rubber bands. He’s sprained the MCL and torn the ACL twice in the last 18 months.
And he still makes enough stupid mistakes where he can be de-valued by a short highlight reel.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of my memories of the BoC trip was Sleek and I coming away highly impressed with Wiz.
I will say this, though: solid right-handed defensemen are hard to find.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His decision-making, offensively and defensively, can be powerful-bad. Sandis Ozolinsh bad. But he hits and blocks shots. Though, to that, I say that Greg Zanon was valued at 1.93M per this year. His blocks per-game are almost twice Wiz’s numbers.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I feel like it wouldn’t be too tough to come up with an argument to keep the Wizard’s salary down. He did get Beauchemin’s old spot, which isn’t necessarily the league’s most rigorous.
I like the guy, though. Hopefully he doesn’t come away scathed from any arbitration badmouthing. Sorry, Wiz. It’s a Biz.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would either Nashville or Atlanta want Jiggy? Both have the cap space, but I’m not really sure about which teams are taking on contracts and which aren’t.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Jul 8, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t get wide-eyed at teams with space at this point. Most I think are largely done spending, and those that aren’t have plenty of over-the-cap teams to poach from. Why make a deal with Anaheim when you can rape the Hawks or Sharks (or whoever)? There’s way more salary shedders than acquirers, and I don’t see the Ducks as being the most desperate.
I’d guess we can’t move Jiggy, but I don’t really think sitting on him is a terrible plan b.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Jiggy to Montreal could work if we take Price. I can’t imagine Montreal isn’t on his list. That’s the bigger question. Even if we CAN move Jiggy, what teams are on the list he gave management?
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. I don’t know what teams he picked (assume Toronto and Montreal are cool, though), but there’s enough complications that it just doesn’t seem feasible.
And I’m not in any camp of “trade Giguere regardless”. If there’s nothing useful out there, keep him for sure.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the Finns have those teams covered. Rinne was great for Nashville, and I’m sure Lehtonen will get a nice contract soon.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe
But this team is better than the team that went to the conference final in 2006.
by stormj on Jul 8, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not sold on that just yet, or maybe I hold the ’06 team in a bit higher esteem.
Remember, even though they were green, Getzlaf and Perry were fourth-liners on the ‘06 squad. We won’t be finding anything like that under this year’s Christmas tree. And the blueline with Beauchemin, Salei, O’Donnell, and a younger Scott probably has this year’s bested, at this time anyway.
That’s not to say I’m not optimistic about this year’s version, but I thought 2006, even pre-Pronger, was a pretty darn good team. They swept the Avalanche before it was trendy. :)
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
2006
I guess I’m basing that on the assumption that another top 4 d-man is coming, and that Getzlaf, Perry, and Ryan are significantly better than they were in 2006 in both scoring, experience, and leadership and that the top two lines will be so much better than 2006’s top two lines that it will compensate for those issues you flagged.
Your point about Nidermayer being younger is well taken. I was so busy chalking up experience that I forgot to deduct for mileage.
by stormj on Jul 8, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and not to nitpick too much on your photo caption, James
…but I think there’s a decent argument to be made that Andy McDonald was never a successful second-line center for the Ducks. He worked out admirably when Selanne helped him be a top-liner post-lockout, but by the time Getzlaf started passing them in the 07-08 season, McDonald’s second lines were often very shitty.
Of course, we’re talking about linemates like Mark Mowers here, but I think most of Andy Mac’s Anaheim heyday was when he was the top pivot.
So I guess I’d say that Koivu probably represent’s Anaheim’s best 2nd-line-center since Ryan Getzlaf.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 1:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
mark mowers…wow that was a dark time
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not as dark
as Sean Pronger and Travis Green!
by stormj on Jul 8, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d agree there. Though we ended up missing his speed entering the zone, the only time I genuinely missed McDonald was as a faceoff guy that we could have used in the ’03 playoffs.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the NHL 09 rating system is any indication, the Ducks will have three great options in the faceoff circle with Koivu, Marchant and Christensen (is that how you spell his name? Cannot remember). Even Getzlaf is semi-solid in that regard.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even Getzlaf is semi-solid in that regard.
Not according to the NHL 09 rating system.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or the fan rating system…
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by SK eleven on Jul 8, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oof. I was almost feeling smart there :)
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It probably wouldn’t work out, but you know what would be awesome?
If Koivu and Selanne made it a summer-long project to grow Parros moustaches for opening day.
Well, maybe not “awesome”, but I’d applaud like crazy.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 2:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Even better would be if there moustaches intertwined so they were connected at all times. People would have to duck to go between them, they could use their moustaches as a tripwire on defenders, they could swing one another into position, it would be awesome.
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by RudyKelly on Jul 8, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it would get intresting once a girl gets involved..would it be “moustache rides” plural?
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
ahhh, NOW it feels like hockey season is just around the corner! :)
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by SK eleven on Jul 8, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a comment fron angie and you would the think the season started yesterday
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did someone say mustache rides? -———→
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by Mr. Plank on Jul 8, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two moustaches but only one ride
Would make it a Moustaches Ride, I believe…
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
holy shit im laughing my ass off
(i didnt use the abbreviation to emphasize how funny it was)
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, they would just play The Whip and Red Rover in practice then?
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
moustaches = awesome
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jiri Hudler going to russia to play?
did mike brown scare him outta the country?
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 8, 2009 3:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Awesome.
The KHL probably lured Hudler with some sort of marketing brochure that claimed he could admire every one of his passes next year.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know about that. Chris Simon plays out there. You might get stabbed looking at a pass, whether it’s yours or not.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
*Stab
“White power!”
“I’m… white…”
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by RudyKelly on Jul 8, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hahaha, wow, I haven’t thought of that hit in ages. I’m glad to see him go, mainly because I grew tired of Hudler being overrated by self-flagellating Red Wings fans.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zing!
I think a lot of the Wings players are leaving because their core classy players are being replaced by whiny titty babies that complain about handshaking protocol after they did the same thing the year before.
by stormj on Jul 8, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean Chris Chelios who wouldn’t even shake hands after losing – twice!
by Wooster11 on Jul 8, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so not important
but this is nice to know.
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by SK eleven on Jul 8, 2009 3:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
God, between this and Twitter I feel really old. I don’t know how to do any of these things. I don’t even have a back to my phone.
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by RudyKelly on Jul 8, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s gangsta. I use to have a pager like that. Only the clip side of the case, no front.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they even make them small enough to fit in your pocket these days. No more Zack Morris phone for you!
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by SK eleven on Jul 8, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I figured it out today when I was checking here earlier on my phone and i saw a sign in link. Thus why all my comments earlier say “by Bleys on Jul 8, 2009 12:45 PM PDT via mobile”
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by Bleys on Jul 8, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s funny you mention that, I was having a conversation with Vance from Bangin Panger about how hysterical it is whenever some old newspaper reporter writes one of those “Gee Garsh, that Twitter thang sure is fancy!” type articles.
Twitter, in a nutshell, is a glorified version of a Facebook status update. It shows its usefulness in four intertwined areas:
1. Lightning fast news updates, which is greatness for free agency/the draft/in-bedroom sexual encounter updates.
2. Up-to-the-minute snarky reactions to today’s top stories (I think I made at least 30 dismissive Michael Jackson comments when he went to the big ice cream truck in the sky).
3. Priceless fake twitter accounts. You might have heard of Down Goes Brown’s hysterical fake Brian Burke account but they’re everywhere. My recommendations: Sleek running a Pahlsson deification Twitter account and/or Rudy running a bitter, mullet/crying-joke heavy Ryan Smyth account. Just sayin’.
4. And my favorite: shameless self-promotion. Sure, only about five people go to my blog because of Twitter but that’s enough for me, dammit!
In other news: I’ve become tragically addicted to numbered lists. I need help.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In other news: I’ve become tragically addicted to numbered lists. I need help.
you should tweet that
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by SK eleven on Jul 8, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m still kind of resistant to using the term “Tweet.” I tend to go with the awkward “Twitter update” or just update. I’m difficult and eventually I’ll cave. This is why I can’t have children: eventually enough whining and they’d get every damn Transfomers doll they want.
It’s a lot like how (since I’m from New Jersey, now in Texas) I’ve been very reluctant to use “Y’all” in casual conversation, instead stubbornly saying: “You all” or the just as bad “You guys.”
You can read more about these shortcomings in my un-published manifesto, “Why I am isolated from the majority of humanity.”
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they’d get every damn Transfomers doll they want
I’m sorry…Transformers DOLL? uhhhh…? haha
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by SK eleven on Jul 8, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Action figure is almost a politically correct term to make boys feel like they’re not playing with dolls. They’re dolls, that’s right. I said it.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Preach, brotha. Preach.
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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jul 8, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m relatively new at twitter, and I’ll say for July 1st, your reason #1 is spot-on. The rest? I dunno, I could still use some convincing.
I just wish I had some breaking news. :)
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Judging by your high volume commenting, I could see you getting hooked on Twitter if you gave it a full-on try.
Yet, with a lot of these things, it’s debatable if that’s a good thing for your life or not.
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by jamestobrien on Jul 8, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By my estimates, I will post my first mobile comment somewhere around 2014. Be ready for it!
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 8, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to speak for Habs fans...
Judging by the reaction to the news, I think a lot of us are going to be flipping over to Ducks games when Habs games are finished. Hope you guys enjoy having Saku on your team.
by kevincrumbs on Jul 8, 2009 9:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And I hope you guys enjoy flipping to a good hockey team
Sorry, couldn’t help myself. I’m glad he’s that sort of player. Can’t wait for the Wonder Finns. In the same manner, I’ll probably try to catch more Flyers games.
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by Bleys on Jul 8, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, Nokelainen must be thrilled to have two of the most famous active Finns on the same team.
On the same note, I kind of like the idea of putting all three Finns on the same line. It should at least be tried. Given Nokelainen’s strengths (two-way awareness, lack of huge weaknesses) and youth (leading to the possibility that he brings his dirty goal tendency from lower levels to the NHL level) he could be the poor man’s Lehtinen that line needs.
Oh, and leave it to BoC to turn a Koivu signing comments section into stuff about WWII, Nazis, moustaches, twitter and Viagra…
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Phoenix
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73 | 46 | 22 | 5 | 97 |
|
San Jose
|
72 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 96 |
|
Los Angeles
|
70 | 41 | 24 | 5 | 87 |
|
Anaheim
|
71 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 76 |
|
Dallas
|
72 | 31 | 27 | 14 | 76 |
(updated 3.21.2010 at 7:53 PM PDT)
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