Training Camp starts tomorrow without Lydman, Sleek
by Earl Sleek on Sep 17, 2010 10:12 AM PDT
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PrintSo the Ducks signed defenseman Paul Mara to a discount deal yesterday (1 yr, $750k), which does give them another useful option on defense -- you can see a list of some of these blueliner options in my NBC camp preview thingy yesterday.
Lubomir Visnovsky, Toni Lydman, and Andy Sutton appear safely penciled in the top six, but beyond that it's a mixed bag of possibility.
Whoops! Sorry, Lydman. Didn't anticipate this:
Toni Lydman’s debut with the Ducks will be delayed indefinitely as the club on Thursday revealed that that he has double vision and will miss the start of training camp.
According to the team, Lydman suffered an acute episode last week and has undergone a battery of tests that have ruled out most major medical concerns but have not identified the source of the problem.
A club spokesman said Lydman is expected to have more tests upcoming and will not skate or train until the problem is accurately diagnosed and those tests are complete
Yikes! Well, I can only approach this setback the way I approach all hard news: via cartoon.
Today the visual gag is better than the punchline.
Anyways, I'm out of town and offline tomorrow and Sunday, but I think I will be going to Monday morning's training camp -- look for the guy in the green shirt yelling "VAYOOOOOO!" In the meantime, make sure to follow the OC Register, Anaheim Calling, and ALLDUCKS tweets for all the Ducks training camp updates you'll ever need.
Feel better, Lydman.
Go Ducks.
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I wonder what could have caused his double vision? I’m guessing coral snake poisoning. Or maybe Ecstasy addiction.
More fun possible causes here.
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Alcohol-induced hypertension
he’s finn afterall
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Мы в любовь играли,
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Remember kids it's down the road not across the street
by sleza on Sep 17, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Haha! That’s very well done.
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I wonder what could have caused his double vision?
Walked in on Getz and Perry in an awkward moment.
There are some things you can’t unsee.
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by Niesy on Sep 17, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
let alone twice
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Sep 17, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
poor lydman :/ but at least his vision is now twice better than most refs…
epic cartoon :P
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Remember kids it's down the road not across the street
What the heck is up with referees and their CBA, by the way? Will we suddenly be missing NHL refs if ECHL stand-ins start calling games?
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this is all i know ;)
it would be fun to see how they’d do…
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И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Remember kids it's down the road not across the street
Maybe he’s just finding an “out” – so that if the season doesn’t go well for him, he can blame it on seeing the puck that was 5’’ to the left.
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Lydman lied, man!
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by Earl Sleek on Sep 17, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m not too worried about Lydman. He’s a vet, even without camp he should be set to go. Still does kind of suck though.
I'm against sigs......Fuck.
Yeah, I think I’m fairly unworried, too — though the week of testing doesn’t sound that optimal.
Still, Lydman or no, we’re likely to start opening day with Lubo and five #4 defensemen, or something like that. We’ll see who can step up from there.
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this could be a real problem right?…fuuuuuck
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, at least Cowardly Lydman served his most critical function: he helped lure Teemu into another year.
We shall see what the Ducks say next about it.
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yea we really cant afford to lose this guy..
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
It depends, really — I’m not sure that the dropoff from Lydman to our 7th-best d-man is severe as it could be. It’s a mystery until we see these new guys play, though.
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all i hear is bad things about bear bottom….i dunno man..lets hope he can at least be a o’donnell type…sturdy and smart..reliable but not flashy
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Whatever his faults, Mara is renowned for his playoff beard — that’s a positive.
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Our #2 Dman behind Lubo is Lydman. That’s saying something about our terrible defense.
All I can do is hope for Luca to be an absolute beast as our D is wayyy too shallow.
We shall see. Some bets will have to work out, but all our eggs aren’t all in Luca’s basket.
I understand uncertainty, but I have enough patience to see some of these d-men play together before writing them all off as failures.
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by Earl Sleek on Sep 17, 2010 4:12 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
so “bear” bottom in lydman out..i need to update my nhl 11..or maybe ill create another kopitar on the kings so i can keep lydman when im playing the kings..it will be realistic
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:11 AM PDT reply actions
mara is “bear” bottom….has got to catch on
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
It had better catch on better than the “Paul Mariya” gag that first popped into my head.
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i need help from the commentors to make it stick…were arr my peoples!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
looks its paul mara with one of his friends
gawd it was disturbing looking this up…o gawd….o gawd……
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
and thank you so much for allowing us to share in your pain.
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the things i sacrifice for you people
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
...
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i dont think bear bottom would like those guys
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
“Bear Bottom” = power bottom, no? Or… I think it’s that all bear bottoms are power bottoms, but not all power bottoms are bear bottoms. A slender athletic workhorse that doesn’t fit the bear mold can still be a power bottom. I’m pretty sure Dennis would concur.
It's the Chicago Blackhawks man...
hahaha
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 19, 2010 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
naw the punchline was classic….i could tell this joke to non hockey fans and they would laugh there ass off
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:14 AM PDT reply actions
I guess so — I was worried it was too corny. Still, I like the four-eyed dude. He cracks me up.
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slightly off topic but Nabby is really not having a great start in KHL
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yea i heard….i also heard dont dare ask him about how it compares to the NHL..or hell take a skate to your throat
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
his sv% is 89.3… i can see why he might feel bit murderous
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They started their playoffs already? :)
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by Earl Sleek on Sep 17, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
KHL defensemen suck balls. I feel bad for Nabby.
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yea thats it…it might not be cuz he sucks or anything..or your shark shaped glasses
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Alright, you win, KHL defensemen are great and Nabokov is terrible.
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a) there are lots of goalies with better sv%. so if they can be good nabby should be able to be that too
b) SKA’s defense really shouldn’t be that bad
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hmmm
okay, the defense that is supposed to be at least decent is not being very good. but nabby ain’t showing his a-game either
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I’ve heard that somewhere before.
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just saw a goal he let in… no mask, not so hard shot from blue line and wide open five hole for the puck to go. not his finest moments
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Remember kids it's down the road not across the street
He wasn’t wearing his mask?
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Battle of California
uhm… there was no one between him and the player who scored who he had perfect view to the puck
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Remember kids it's down the road not across the street
Haha, no “screen”. For future reference.
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i really should stop trasnlating the finnish terms directly without checking if they actually work…
Мы в любовь играли,
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Remember kids it's down the road not across the street
Don’t sweat it. We’ve got Spade around to set worse examples. :)
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by Earl Sleek on Sep 17, 2010 1:48 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
:)
someone needs to do finnish-english hockey dictionary
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
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Teemu = Awesome.
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that’s something even I get right :)
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И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
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Ancient Roman Analogy ZING!
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Whoa, I'm seeing double! Four Krusties!
that is all.
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by PNK on Sep 17, 2010 11:43 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
im lost..why is this rec’d and funny
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 17, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The Simpsons episode when Homer goes to Krustie’s clown college. Brilliant line the first time around, just as good here.
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The Ducks have signed forward Matt Beleskey to a two-year contract extension.
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It is a one-way contract that will pay Beleskey $625,000 in 2010-11 and $850,000 in 2012-13. He had stood to become a restricted free agent after this season.
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so for the remainder of this year they’ll do their best to send him back and forth a few times…
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On the upside, though, he could play some top line minutes without fear of immediately having to pay for any success.
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by Earl Sleek on Sep 17, 2010 3:56 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
well, I’m all for it. I personally like him better on the line with Getzlaf and Perry than having Ryan up there…but maybe that’s just me.
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They had moments the year before last when the Ryan Getz Perry line absolutely dominated and cycled around the net the entire shift . Somehow they lost a bit of step or something last year and never really got to where they were towards the end of the year/playoffs from before. If they can find that chemistry again that line will be one of the best in the NHL. That is of course if the D ever gets the puck out of our zone this season which i don’t see happening too frequently.
Not a positivity subscriber, apparently.
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by Earl Sleek on Sep 17, 2010 4:13 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
so for the remainder of this year they’ll do their best to send him back and forth a few times…
I think your thinking of a two-way contract.
Beleskey’s extension isn’t for this coming year — he signed it a summer early. He’s not one-way just yet.
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i hope he turns into a consistant “2-way” player…we could use some home grown talent panning out
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 19, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
The ol I see everything twice! excuse.
Here’s to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.
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