Ongoing NHL thread - Part deux

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Yah bennett was good tonight. That solo end to end rush late in the 3rd would have been play of the week material if he finished it

But galley referred to him as 19 year old sam bennett. When is this retarded dogshit gonna end from sportsnet. Are we gonna one day hear "28 year old sam bennett with the goal". Fuck off!

Yeah, I agree jstew, it is getting tiresome. How many more years is the Sportsnet contract? 11?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Yeah, I agree jstew, it is getting tiresome. How many more years is the Sportsnet contract? 11?

Too long.

 

[puckhead]

This year, Brandon Sutter has more points (7) than Perron, Hornqvist, Kunitz and Crosby combined (5) God hates the Pens.

 

[dare2be]

So, God joined the club.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Remember when Paul Gaustad was traded for a first rounder? How the eff did that happen? I think this every time I hear his name.

David Poile isn't a very good GM?

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Remember when Paul Gaustad was traded for a first rounder? How the eff did that happen? I think this every time I hear his name.

The Sabres did send over a pick (3rd or 4th I think) in that deal as well, so it wasn't a straight Gaustad for a 1st.

Thinking back, I don't think it was really that much of a stretch either. Nashville was a damned good team on the verge of breaking into the top tier (why does that sound familiar?) and thought it was maybe their year. And they were able to pick up a big body who was one of the top faceoff guys in the league.

In hindsight it didn't really work out for them, but I don't think it was a stretch at the time. Not by trade deadline standards at least.

On the plus side, Buffalo was able to package that pick and a 2nd to Calgary to move up a few spots and take Zemgus Girgensons. Which is good since they had used their own pick earlier in the draft to take Mikael Grigorenko.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

The Sabres did send over a pick (3rd or 4th I think) in that deal as well, so it wasn't a straight Gaustad for a 1st.

Thinking back, I don't think it was really that much of a stretch either. Nashville was a damned good team on the verge of breaking into the top tier (why does that sound familiar?) and thought it was maybe their year. And they were able to pick up a big body who was one of the top faceoff guys in the league.

In hindsight it didn't really work out for them, but I don't think it was a stretch at the time. Not by trade deadline standards at least.

On the plus side, Buffalo was able to package that pick and a 2nd to Calgary to move up a few spots and take Zemgus Girgensons. Which is good since they had used their own pick earlier in the draft to take Mikael Grigorenko.

Nashville gave the Leafs a 1st+ for Santorelli and Franson last Feb.

Poile should just leave the phone in his pocket during trade season.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Nashville gave the Leafs a 1st+ for Santorelli and Franson last Feb.

Poile should just leave the phone in his pocket during trade season.

He did do erat for forsberg a year after a first for Gaustad

Maybe he pulls another one like this out of his ass this season ... probably with Bennington

 

[DragonfromTO]

The Sabres did send over a pick (3rd or 4th I think) in that deal as well, so it wasn't a straight Gaustad for a 1st.

Thinking back, I don't think it was really that much of a stretch either. Nashville was a damned good team on the verge of breaking into the top tier (why does that sound familiar?) and thought it was maybe their year. And they were able to pick up a big body who was one of the top faceoff guys in the league.

In hindsight it didn't really work out for them, but I don't think it was a stretch at the time. Not by trade deadline standards at least.

On the plus side, Buffalo was able to package that pick and a 2nd to Calgary to move up a few spots and take Zemgus Girgensons. Which is good since they had used their own pick earlier in the draft to take Mikael Grigorenko.

David Steckel is 6'5" and was one of the very best faceoff men in the league. He averaged 18 points per 82 while Gaustad put up 27. Steckel went for a 7th rounder and a minor league body a year later. I'd rather have Gaustad, but I don't think the difference in value there is worth anything close to a 6 round jump.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

He did do erat for forsberg a year after a first for Gaustad

Maybe he pulls another one like this out of his ass this season ... probably with Bennington

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Bye bye Virtanen.

Maybe he's just good at selling but not so good at buying. Of course, he did lose Suter for squat, allowed Weber to get offer sheeted, hasn't found a first line centre in 15 years of existence...

 

[DragonfromTO]

So, about that "beer league" comment Bryan...

 

[DragonfromTO]

So, about that "beer league" comment Bryan...

Jesus Christ, why does that come up as a video?

Anyway, here's another attempt at the link


Goddamn it. There's no way around this apparently.

So the deal is that Wikstrand wants to play in Sweden because his brother has leukemia, and since it was personal family shit he didn't want to go and share it with the world. I'm sure Murray is going to say "we'll if I'd known...", but that's why you don't yap off irresponsibly, especially about something relatively minor like a teenager wanting to play in a different league than you want him to. It's not like he wanted to take a year off and try cricket instead.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Bye bye Virtanen.

yah ... he's probably going back to junior

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Jesus Christ, why does that come up as a video?

Anyway, here's another attempt at the link

Use tinyurl. SN always comes up as a video.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Use tinyurl. SN always comes up as a video.

Thanks, I will keep that in mind.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

So the deal is that Wikstrand wants to play in Sweden because his brother has leukemia, and since it was personal family shit he didn't want to go and share it with the world. I'm sure Murray is going to say "we'll if I'd known...", but that's why you don't yap off irresponsibly, especially about something relatively minor like a teenager wanting to play in a different league than you want him to. It's not like he wanted to take a year off and try cricket instead.

and that came on the heels of the Sens hosting Hockey fights cancer awareness night last night

 

[forty_three]

This year, Brandon Sutter has more points (7) than Perron, Hornqvist, Kunitz and Crosby combined (5) God hates the Pens.

Brandon Dubinsky is good, but he's hardly a God.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Jesus Christ, why does that come up as a video?

Anyway, here's another attempt at the link


Goddamn it. There's no way around this apparently.

So the deal is that Wikstrand wants to play in Sweden because his brother has leukemia, and since it was personal family shit he didn't want to go and share it with the world. I'm sure Murray is going to say "we'll if I'd known...", but that's why you don't yap off irresponsibly, especially about something relatively minor like a teenager wanting to play in a different league than you want him to. It's not like he wanted to take a year off and try cricket instead.

I put a post in here ripping him for exactly that at the time.

I know everybody is on Murray's dick for his illness and I understand that, but the fact nobody called him out on that shit pissed me off. The kid's 21 years old. Even if it was just pure homesickness, he could've handled it better but be the adult in the room, do your homework, then come out and say what's on your mind.

 

[elocomotive]

I thought the Pens looked pretty solid overall, PP excluded. Phil and Geno seem to have something going, the fourth line of Bennett-Porter-Cullen were great, MAF was superb (has been basically all year), PK strong, bounced back from Kuznetsov goal quickly, didn't get off track after big hits, etc. Mostly positives. I have to think goals will come. Their shooting percentage is around like 4%, sommmmmehow that has to regress to the mean.

:stare:

Congrats on the win. I agree their shooting % will definitely rise, but I thought the Pens looked awful.

I honestly barely watched the 3rd period and did laundry instead b/c the play in that game was so bad. It was fitting the game winning goal was a pass that just fell off Malkin's stick and the Caps only goal was some pinball BS. Lousy effort from the Caps (OV was dreadful). Lots of teachable moments for Barry Trotz in the film room there.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Jesus Christ, why does that come up as a video?

Anyway, here's another attempt at the link


Goddamn it. There's no way around this apparently.

So the deal is that Wikstrand wants to play in Sweden because his brother has leukemia, and since it was personal family shit he didn't want to go and share it with the world. I'm sure Murray is going to say "we'll if I'd known...", but that's why you don't yap off irresponsibly, especially about something relatively minor like a teenager wanting to play in a different league than you want him to. It's not like he wanted to take a year off and try cricket instead.

I feel for the kid, but he has a job (a contract). He's already been paid by the Senators and he reneged in year one.

I've had members of my family become ill, and die(like we all likely have), but I was able to take five minutes and let my employer I wouldn't be coming to work for X amount of days.

As for the "didn't want to share it with the world". He wouldn't have been, he would have told his boss. Instead he went to the media. I guess he doesn't mind sharing it with the world after all.

And for the record he's not asking to go to Sweden to stay home with his brother. He's asking to go home to Sweden and play for a team that is about a 3 hour drive from his brother. A team that travels around Sweden, often up to 6-8 hours away from his brother.

I hope the guy's brother gets well and I hope Wikstrand gets his shit together. However, if I just hopped a flight to Ireland to be with a sick relative and told my boss NOTHING, then tweeted how certain employers were so much better than mine, then told a journalist the whole situation in an effort to gain pity points I doubt I'd get a grocery clerk comment. I wouldn't need one because I'd be fired and blackballed in my field, unlikely to get a job in my line of work. A suspension would be a godsend.

Kid needs to grow a pair and start dealing with real-life situations like an adult.