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[forty_three]

Yeah, and he (Esposito) gave it to PK, I think it was... and I was like... uhhh.

Really? I didn't know that. I guess I will hear that tomorrow on Sports Express.

 

[rares]

I'm not familiar with the channel you mentioned but I listen to this one on the way to work:

SiriusXM NHL Network Radio | Sirius 207 | XM 92

And here are the award nominees:

SiriusXM NHL Network Radio | ESPO Awards

And I swear they were going over the winners... Markov got comeback player of the year... I'm trying to remember who else won but I kind of tuned them out or had to take a phone call over bluetooth.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Also, I was listening to Sports Express on Sirius, the BEST place to hear what Canadian Radio listeners got to hear Yesterday, and they were talking to Phil Esposito about the ESPO awards. He apparently gives awards every year. The part that caught my attention was the Bobby Orr trophy. They talked about the nominees:

Doughty
Beauchemin
Chara
Suter
Subban.

Then they asked him to talk about the nominees without giving away who he voted for.

Then he said "I've only seen Doughty play one game on TV and haven't seen Beauchemin play any".


Really? Guess neither of those guys is gonna get it...

So then he said "I called up some of my buddies that do those games on TV and asked what they thought".

Ah. So your assessment of whether or not Beauchemin is a good defenseman is going to be based solely on what the TV play by play guy in Anaheim thinks? Got it.

seems legit

 

[dare2be]

The Donald Trump Award

Executive of the Year

Ray Shero- Pittsburgh Penguins

Chuck Fletcher- Minnesota Wild

Bob Murray- Anaheim Ducks

Marc Bergevin- Montreal Canadiens

Stan Bowman- Chicago Blackhawks

Garth Snow- New York Islanders

He's a shero-in.


/not my best work.

 

[forty_three]

I'm not familiar with the channel you mentioned but I listen to this one on the way to work:

SiriusXM NHL Network Radio | Sirius 207 | XM 92

And here are the award nominees:

SiriusXM NHL Network Radio | ESPO Awards

And I swear they were going over the winners... Markov got comeback player of the year... I'm trying to remember who else won but I kind of tuned them out or had to take a phone call over bluetooth.

Yeah, for some reason I don't get that one. But Sports Express plays all that stuff the next day. It's in the 150s somewhere.

But I *DO* get three channels of Howard Stern and two that re-hash Jeff Foxworthy skits. So I got that going for me. Which is nice.

He's a shero-in.


/not my best work.

some evil genius you are.

 

[esls79]

What, no owner/ownership group of the year?

This year would have been a doozie, with Jacobs, Liepold, Edwards, and the Yotes ownership group all in the running.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

What, no owner/ownership group of the year?

This year would have been a doozie, with Jacobs, Liepold, Edwards, and the Yotes ownership group all in the running.

Chuck needs to be on this list. He's the only owner in the league who actually spends less than the cap floor & has a team in the playoffs. Nobody else has a 5M phantom cap hit.

 

[forty_three]

Add Gaborik to the list of Jackets playing hurt down the stretch. Needs Surgery.

Gaborik Facing Surgery | BlueJackets Xtra

No Worlds for him.

 

[HockeyDoug]

Am I correct that Patrik Berglund is also a RFA? Could be another offer sheet target if the Blues don't lock him up.

I think Berglund is a very good target for a 6 or 7 year contract at a reasonable cap hit.

Berglund, Stewart, Shattenkirk, Pietrangelo, Cole, Russel, and some players of less significance up for a raise on RFA status.

I have not seen a good reason to suspect STL will even crack the middle third for payroll spending. They're hugging the floor this year and have been only a few million off of the cap floor for more than a half decade+. Some of these players will be available I think.

Stillman screwed over hockey ops to make a few bucks selling the Peoria franchise (gives roster control to independent Chi group). He hasn't expanded the front office in his first year either. Things are going to be interesting in STL. Armstrong's budget may be tied to playoff performance, I think their postseason is as important as anybody's for the hockey ops dept.

 

[Vadered]

He's a shero-in.


/not my best work.

"All I wanna do is have some pun."

By Shero "Dare2be" Crow

 

[dare2be]

"All I wanna do is have some pun."

By Shero "Dare2be" Crow

OUCH

on so many levels.

 

[puckhead]

He's a shero-in.


/not my best work.

yes, but it has put this tune in my head for the last couple of days

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I think Berglund is a very good target for a 6 or 7 year contract at a reasonable cap hit.

Berglund, Stewart, Shattenkirk, Pietrangelo, Cole, Russel, and some players of less significance up for a raise on RFA status.

I have not seen a good reason to suspect STL will even crack the middle third for payroll spending. They're hugging the floor this year and have been only a few million off of the cap floor for more than a half decade+. Some of these players will be available I think.

Stillman screwed over hockey ops to make a few bucks selling the Peoria franchise (gives roster control to independent Chi group). He hasn't expanded the front office in his first year either. Things are going to be interesting in STL. Armstrong's budget may be tied to playoff performance, I think their postseason is as important as anybody's for the hockey ops dept.

Well they're off to a good start in the playoffs which like you said will help. They don't have that much coming off the books. A bit over 11M. I think some team is going to go after Shattenkirk. I figure they'll match any offer Pietrangelo gets.

 

[IPostedWhat]

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Is Jonus Brodin a rookie? If so the NHL completely blew it. This guy should be rookie of the year hands down. Nobody else should even be in the conversation.

 

[dash]

Is Jonus Brodin a rookie? If so the NHL completely blew it. This guy should be rookie of the year hands down. Nobody else should even be in the conversation.

When was the last time the leading rookie goal scorer wasn't even nominated for the Calder? Oilers fans aren't happy

 

[mattola]

When was the last time the leading rookie goal scorer wasn't even nominated for the Calder? Oilers fans aren't happy

i can see your smile from Delta Dash.... easy now

 

[DChero]

NHL 14: The Oh Face

 

[IPostedWhat]

So, how bout them refs?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

id lol if the Sabres ended up hiring Vigneault