some gems in today's Down Goes Brown

[Nasty_Magician]

Go Outside and Play «

"Also, not even bothering to design new uniforms for an outdoor game is the most Lou Lamoriello thing ever. Can’t you just picture him barking “Just find some old ones!” at the terrified intern who mentioned it?"

 

[SLY]

lol, but ouch.

Fashion Police: In a very Canadian show of friendliness, the two teams unveiled their uniforms together. The Canucks will be sporting a much different look than usual, wearing burgundy jerseys with a large “V” on the front, in recognition of the Vancouver Millionaires. The Senators jerseys will feature a large “O” on the front, in recognition of how many Stanley Cups these two franchises have combined for

 

[mooger_35]

 

[dare2be]

Copycats!

 

[mooger_35]

Mattola'd?

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

A good one today.

Get Your NHL Playoff Quest On «

 

[mattola]

NHL Grab Bag: Free to Be You and Me «

they say the best free agency signing this weekend was Dave Bolland. lol I love these guys

 

[Darkstone42]

NHL Grab Bag: Free to Be You and Me «

they say the best free agency signing this weekend was Dave Bolland. lol I love these guys

The Lack/Luongo thing was hilarious.

 

[dash]

2. Deryk Engelland, three years, $8.75 million, Calgary: All you need to know about this deal is that when it was initially announced as “three years, $2.9 million,” everyone assumed that was the total, not the per-season average. And we still all thought it was too much.

Would have been disappointed if it wasn't listed...

 

[Judge Fudge]

Laughing so hard about the whole Lack and Lou back and forth. I had to send it to my brothers

 

[puckhead]

2. Deryk Engelland, three years, $8.75 million, Calgary: All you need to know about this deal is that when it was initially announced as “three years, $2.9 million,” everyone assumed that was the total, not the per-season average. And we still all thought it was too much.

holy crap that contract is still so very funny.
truculence, mufuqua!!!

 

[mattola]

These guys are simply the best at what they do

NHL Free Agency: A Decade of Decisions «

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

These guys are simply the best at what they do

NHL Free Agency: A Decade of Decisions «

Always some great lines. My favo(u)rite from today:

Why? Because this is the deal that caused the Toronto Maple Leafs to say “No, that’s too much money to pay for a gritty third-liner.” Think about that for a second. Until two weeks ago, Maple Leafs fans didn’t even realize that was possible.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Didn't care for that one. Typical Canadian bashing the Devils article. Gary Bettman wimped out giving the Devils their pick back this year? They never should have taken it away. The Volchenkov deal was the worst that year? The Devils have been near the top of the league in PK since he joined and he played in every crucial moment of the 2012 cup run.

The Hossa Blackhawks deal has led to them winning 2 cups and you can't say the Parise/Suter deals are bad because it's still too early. Really not crazy about this one.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Didn't care for that one. Typical Canadian bashing the Devils article. Gary Bettman wimped out giving the Devils their pick back this year? They never should have taken it away. The Volchenkov deal was the worst that year? The Devils have been near the top of the league in PK since he joined and he played in every crucial moment of the 2012 cup run.

The Hossa Blackhawks deal has led to them winning 2 cups and you can't say the Parise/Suter deals are bad because it's still too early. Really not crazy about this one.

I feel like he's very fair in explaining why the Hossa and Parise/Suter deals take the worst spots for those particular years and even stating that he expects they will be controversial choices.

And while I agree with you that the Devils shouldn't have lost that pick in the first place, I also agree with him that it was wimping out to give it back. It speaks to his larger theme that appears in this article as well as many others he's written that the league changes the rules constantly.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Didn't care for that one. Typical Canadian bashing the Devils article. Gary Bettman wimped out giving the Devils their pick back this year? They never should have taken it away. The Volchenkov deal was the worst that year? The Devils have been near the top of the league in PK since he joined and he played in every crucial moment of the 2012 cup run.

The Hossa Blackhawks deal has led to them winning 2 cups and you can't say the Parise/Suter deals are bad because it's still too early. Really not crazy about this one.

Relax; he could've also brought up the fact that the pick in the Devils' Malakhov dump to the Sharks eventually was moved by the Sharks to get the pick to draft Logan Couture, and the Blues used it to draft David Perron.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Always some great lines. My favo(u)rite from today:

It's true. They showed restraint; it's a new thing to us.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

It's true. They showed restraint; it's a new thing to us.

I guess like any true fan, he's harder on his own team than anyone else could possibly be.

 

[DragonfromTO]

It's true. They showed restraint; it's a new thing to us.

They tried to do something exceptionally stupid and got outstupided by Dale Tallon. It's certainly better than signing Bolland, but it doesn't exactly fill me with confidence or convince me that they know what the fuck they're doing.

 

[puckhead]

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