Ongoing NHL thread - Part deux

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I haven't lived in Winnipeg since '85, and I've been around the world a few times in those 30 years - I won't even visit anyplace where the police carry automatic weapons, or the army or paramilitaries patrol the streets - but I'd take Wpg over at least half the places I've visited or lived. Some places like TO-ONie Town just seemed like a bigger and harder to get around version. Numero uno on my criteria for rating a city is how quick and easy it is to get out of the city. Second would be how friendly the people are, and how likely they are to try to fleece you, or cheat you on your change. Looks like the hockey team has managed to get rid of all the hockey players that don't want to play there, anyway. See y'all in the p-offs, eh.

Comparing Toronto to Winnipeg is like comparing a new Ferrari to a 73 Datsun that has been stripped for parts. There are maybe 3 cities on this continent I would choose to live in over Toronto, and 2 of them are more for weather-related reasons than anything else.

 

[forty_three]

I guess he's a better choice than Sandis Ozolinsh ever was.

 

[IndyAndy]

Keith Ballard is out of the hospital, but will be out of Minny's line-up indefinitely as he recovers from the hit he took in Tuesday's game vs. the Isles.

www.foxsportsnorth.com

 

[forty_three]

Didn't know that.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

I guess he's a better choice than Sandis Ozolinsh ever was.

Better name at least, that's for sure.

 

[Cobiemonster]

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Of course it would be Tallon lol.

People keep getting players off the Blackhawks thinking they're swindling them for top-tier talent. If they were top-tier talent, dontcha think the Hawks would be keeping/playing them??

 

[dash]

Of course it would be Tallon lol.

People keep getting players off the Blackhawks thinking they're swindling them for top-tier talent. If they were top-tier talent, dontcha think the Hawks would be keeping/playing them??

What are you talking about BBB, Bollig has worked out great for the Flames.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Of course it would be Tallon lol.

People keep getting players off the Blackhawks thinking they're swindling them for top-tier talent. If they were top-tier talent, dontcha think the Hawks would be keeping/playing them??

Well the Blackhawks can't keep everyone

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

What are you talking about BBB, Bollig has worked out great for the Flames.

Oh, Versteeg and Bolland were rock stars in Toronto.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Well the Blackhawks can't keep everyone

Exactly. They keep the ones worth keeping and hype up the others to get a good return.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Exactly. They keep the ones worth keeping and hype up the others to get a good return.

Brandon Pirri's a pretty solid player though, he's on a line with Vinny Trocheck and that line has been superb for the Panthers as of late

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Brandon Pirri's a pretty solid player though, he's on a line with Vinny Trocheck and that line has been superb for the Panthers as of late

They might trade decent players away from time to time (Ladd and Buff are examples), but for the most part they're holding on to the good stuff.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Of course it would be Tallon lol.

People keep getting players off the Blackhawks thinking they're swindling them for top-tier talent. If they were top-tier talent, dontcha think the Hawks would be keeping/playing them??

The Isles gave up next to nothing for Nick Leddy. The only player Chicago got who might make the NHL is D Ville Pokka.

 

[tducey]

Looks like Mike Babcock will be staying with Detroit, lots of teams are going to be disappointed in not getting a shot to have Babcock as their coach.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

The Isles gave up next to nothing for Nick Leddy. The only player Chicago got who might make the NHL is D Ville Pokka.

Leddy good. Like I said, sometimes they just can't afford to keep the talented guys. Sometimes, they fool idiots into Bonino.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Looks like Mike Babcock will be staying with Detroit, lots of teams are going to be disappointed in not getting a shot to have Babcock as their coach.

No.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Leddy good. Like I said, sometimes they just can't afford to keep the talented guys. Sometimes, they fool idiots into Bonino.

???

 

[jstewismybastardson]

theres a laundry list of players that Coach Q used for energy that dumb teams end up biting on ... He spots the players and plays them in specific roles and they excel (hard not to when they are surrounded by all world olympic calibre players) and then dumb teams think they can get more out of the player ... rarely turns out

but alot of scrubs made some good money thanks to Coach Q
Carcillo, Eager, Burrish ... yet to be mentioned above

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

???

Bollig. I was eating lunch :/