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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: sonickteam2 on March 03, 2004, 12:45:00 pm
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this is what i wanted for like 6 weeks. I really couldnt be happier, i thought he was going to the Leafs.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1749847 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1749847)
The Washington Capitals further slashed payroll via trade Wednesday, sending defenseman Sergei Gonchar to the Boston Bruins.
The trade was reported by TSN, a Canadian cable sports network, on its Web site Wednesday.
Sources told TSN that the Caps likely will acquire Boston defenseman Shaone Morrisonn and two draft picks. The deal will not be official until the teams report it to the league.
In order to reduce payroll, the Capitals have jettisoned Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra and Robert Lang in recent trades. Gonchar, 29, is in the final year of a four-year, $13.95 million contract that will pay him $3.65 million this season.
Gonchar's 49 points are tops among NHL defensemen.
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Gonch really wanted to go to Toronto.
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well tough titties for him. He'll like Boston. and when they beat Toronto in the playoffs, he'll be happy he's there.
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So now he's a Boston wanker, assuming he signs for them long-term. Does that mean he'll have to get a good arse-kicking (fighting) like the rest of the Bruins do when they visit?
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Tuesday March 3, 2004
Toronto Maple Leafs 3
Boston Bruins 2
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Hey sonick, do your fellow Canucks know you're a Bruins fan...do they let you back in Canada knowing it?
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Originally posted by mankie:
Hey sonick, do your fellow Canucks know you're a Bruins fan...do they let you back in Canada knowing it?
they dont mind. i get a lot of shit for it but until the Leafs are better than the Bruins, i guess i have nothing to worry about. :)
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
Tuesday March 3, 2004
Toronto Maple Leafs 3
Boston Bruins 2
one game pal
series is tied 2-2
they play twice more in the regular season, buddy.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by mankie:
Hey sonick, do your fellow Canucks know you're a Bruins fan...do they let you back in Canada knowing it?
they dont mind. i get a lot of shit for it but until the Leafs are better than the Bruins, i guess i have nothing to worry about. :) [/b]
I'm surprised you didn't just become a Redwings fan like all the other home-town traitors.
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Originally posted by mankie:
I'm surprised you didn't just become a Redwings fan like all the other home-town traitors.
thats fucked up, mankie. I have good reasons to be a Bruins fan. :D
in fact, i lived in Boston for almost as long as i lived in Toronto
i do not like the Red Wings.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by mankie:
I'm surprised you didn't just become a Redwings fan like all the other home-town traitors.
thats fucked up, mankie. I have good reasons to be a Bruins fan. :D
in fact, i lived in Boston for almost as long as i lived in Toronto
i do not like the Red Wings. [/b]
okay, my apologies...I didn't realize you'd lived in Boston.
But you do agree, most folk jump on the Redwings bandwagon.
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The Red Wings top farm team was in my hometown growing up. If I were still into hockey, I'd pull for the Red Wings.
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
The Red Wings top farm team was in my hometown growing up. If I were still into hockey, I'd pull for the Red Wings.
And that I can understand.
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Originally posted by mankie:
But you do agree, most folk jump on the Redwings bandwagon.
YES! in fact, of all the Detroit Red Wings fans i know...not ONE of them have ever lived in Detroit, had family in Detroit, or have ever even BEEN to Detroit for that matter!
its easy to like a winner i guess. :(
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you all are missing the most important story in hockey, it looks like the Blues won't make the playoffs this year, thus ending the longest running playoff streak for any team out of the 4 major North American sports leagues :(
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caps are done
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GO FLYERS
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Originally posted by pollard:
you all are missing the most important story in hockey, it looks like the Blues won't make the playoffs this year, thus ending the longest running playoff streak for any team out of the 4 major North American sports leagues :)
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Leetch to the Maple Leafs.....Woooooo Hoooooo!!!!!!!!! :cool:
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
Leetch to the Maple Leafs.....Woooooo Hoooooo!!!!!!!!! :cool:
i knew that was going to happen when they didnt get Gonchar. He's pretty old though isnt he? Why are the Leafs trying to get such old players, trying to be like the Red Wings i suppose. sigh.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
i knew that was going to happen when they didnt get Gonchar. He's pretty old though isnt he? Why are the Leafs trying to get such old players, trying to be like the Red Wings i suppose. sigh. [/QB]
Wasnt Ray Bourque old when he won that cheap championship with Colorado?
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by pollard:
you all are missing the most important story in hockey, it looks like the Blues won't make the playoffs this year, thus ending the longest running playoff streak for any team out of the 4 major North American sports leagues :)
They just decided they'd choke a little earlier this season.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
Leetch to the Maple Leafs.....Woooooo Hoooooo!!!!!!!!! :cool:
And he really is SECOND choice behind Gonchar...oh well, beggars can't be chosers.
Who do you think will get Witt? I hope to God he stays for two reasons.....we need a defenseman like him to lead the backs, and he's my connection to free Caps tickets in VIP seating!!!!!
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
Wasnt Ray Bourque old when he won that cheap championship with Colorado?
Brian Leetch is NOT Ray Borque. no way , no how.
oh, and Ed Belfour is not Patrick Roy either.
Joe Niewendyk is NOT Joe Sakic
Bryan McCabe is NOT Adam Foote
Mats Sundin is almost but NOT Peter Forsberg.
two words for you sir
Alexei Ponikarovsky. (i just love that name)
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Originally posted by mankie:
Who do you think will get Witt? I hope to God he stays for two reasons.....we need a defenseman like him to lead the backs, and he's my connection to free Caps tickets in VIP seating!!!!!
i think that witt will stay. . .the caps will probably stop the dealing after they get rid of kolzig, probably to colorado. or so i've heard.
course, a witt trade will probably be announced shortly. :)
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Alexei Ponikarovsky. (i just love that name) [/QB]
And Tie Domi
I saw in the box score the Bruins and Maple Leafs had three fights. One fight had Gary Roberts fighting against ex teamate Green who they say looked like he didnt want to be fighting.....Thats probably why we got rid of him......No panzies allowed on our team.....Well except for Antropov......For a big guy, he's an absolute wuss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So this is the rebuilding of the caps that should have been an ongoing process. Either we go way overboard in the acquiring big names, or go way overboard getting rid of them, I hope there is an inbetween after the new CBA. That is of course if there still remains a Washington Capitals or an NHL for that matter.
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another one bites the dust, and Sonick likes it!
Bruins acquire Nylander
The Boston Bruins have acquired center Michael Nylander from the Washington Capitals in exchange for Boston's second round selection in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, it was announced today by Bruins General Manager Mike O'Connell. Nylander is expected in the lineup tonight when the Bruins host the New York Rangers at the FleetCenter in a 7:30 p.m. game.
"Michael is a proven scorer who gives us an additional offensive threat," said O'Connell. "He has fully healed from his injury and we look forward to having him on our team."
Nylander, 31, is in his 11th NHL season and Boston becomes his sixth NHL team. He has twice scored 20+ goals in a season and has scored 50+ points in each of his last four seasons, including a career-high 61-point campaign in 2001-02 as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Another young pup i see.
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We're not exactly an old team
Nylander is 31 and we dont have ONE guy on our team older than Leetch. :)
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
another one bites the dust, and Sonick likes it!
Bruins acquire Nylander
The Boston Bruins have acquired center Michael Nylander from the Washington Capitals in exchange for Boston's second round selection in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, it was announced today by Bruins General Manager Mike O'Connell. Nylander is expected in the lineup tonight when the Bruins host the New York Rangers at the FleetCenter in a 7:30 p.m. game.
"Michael is a proven scorer who gives us an additional offensive threat," said O'Connell. "He has fully healed from his injury and we look forward to having him on our team."
Nylander, 31, is in his 11th NHL season and Boston becomes his sixth NHL team. He has twice scored 20+ goals in a season and has scored 50+ points in each of his last four seasons, including a career-high 61-point campaign in 2001-02 as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Why don't the Bruins just have the Caps enter the fucking playoffs for them for crying out loud!!!
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Originally posted by mankie:
Why don't the Bruins just have the Caps enter the fucking playoffs for them for crying out loud!!!
cause they suck. i would guess. ;)
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by mankie:
Why don't the Bruins just have the Caps enter the fucking playoffs for them for crying out loud!!!
cause they suck. i would guess. ;) [/b]
Can't suck that much, it's a feeding frenzy for all our players!
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yeah. why is that. how does a team with all that talent, just suck so bad? seems wierd to me. they play Carolina 6 times a year no less!
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<img src="http://www.6v6gt.com/humor/World%20according%20to%20US.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
yeah. why is that. how does a team with all that talent, just suck so bad? seems wierd to me. they play Carolina 6 times a year no less!
Not unlike the Rangers really.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
yeah. why is that. how does a team with all that talent, just suck so bad? seems wierd to me. they play Carolina 6 times a year no less!
Not unlike the Rangers really. [/b]
exactly, that map is very funny by the way.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
yeah. why is that. how does a team with all that talent, just suck so bad? seems wierd to me. they play Carolina 6 times a year no less!
Not unlike the Rangers really. [/b]
exactly, that map is very funny by the way. [/b]
If they give Dubya four more years there'll just be one big stars and stripes over the whole lot!
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Since Hockey won't be around for a few years, I thought you guys would like to know that Terrell Owens just got traded to Baltimore for a second round draft choice.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Since Hockey won't be around for a few years, I thought you guys would like to know that Terrell Owens just got traded to Baltimore for a second round draft choice.
Oh, right, very interesting, thanks smackie...that's great *yawns*
Runny-catchy?
Hitty-runny?
Bass Fishing?
Crab eating?
Which sport are we even talking about...or for sonick, aboot?
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Originally posted by mankie:
Oh, right, very interesting, thanks smackie...that's great *yawns*
Runny-catchy?
Hitty-runny?
Bass Fishing?
Crab eating?
Which sport are we even talking about...or for sonick, aboot? [/b]
I believe it's the one you folks refer to as Runny-Catchy or American Football.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Since Hockey won't be around for a few years, I thought you guys would like to know that Terrell Owens just got traded to Baltimore for a second round draft choice.
now i have an even bigger reason to hate t.o. and the ravens. rot in hell art modell. i really don't want the steelers to play him twice a year though. he lit up the black and gold.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by mankie:
Oh, right, very interesting, thanks smackie...that's great *yawns*
Runny-catchy?
Hitty-runny?
Bass Fishing?
Crab eating?
Which sport are we even talking about...or for sonick, aboot? [/b]
I believe it's the one you folks refer to as Runny-Catchy or American Football. [/b]
or proper football, not that runny-kicky soccer shite ;)
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
Originally posted by vansmack:
Since Hockey won't be around for a few years, I thought you guys would like to know that Terrell Owens just got traded to Baltimore for a second round draft choice.
now i have an even bigger reason to hate t.o. and the ravens. rot in hell art modell. i really don't want the steelers to play him twice a year though. he lit up the black and gold. [/b]
i think Art Modell isnt the owner anymore though.
i still hate the Ravens
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by mankie:
Oh, right, very interesting, thanks smackie...that's great *yawns*
Runny-catchy?
Hitty-runny?
Bass Fishing?
Crab eating?
Which sport are we even talking about...or for sonick, aboot? [/b]
I believe it's the one you folks refer to as Runny-Catchy or American Football. [/b]
or proper football, not that runny-kicky soccer shite ;) [/b]
Football, foot - ball
Other than the skinny hispanic/caucasian one, who the hell uses their foot on the ball?
Runny-catchy is far more accurate, because they either 'run' with it or 'catch' it.
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Looks like my Steelers are gonna suk again this year.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by mankie:
Oh, right, very interesting, thanks smackie...that's great *yawns*
Runny-catchy?
Hitty-runny?
Bass Fishing?
Crab eating?
Which sport are we even talking about...or for sonick, aboot? [/b]
I believe it's the one you folks refer to as Runny-Catchy or American Football. [/b]
or proper football, not that runny-kicky soccer shite ;) [/b]
Football, foot - ball
Other than the skinny hispanic/caucasian one, who the hell uses their foot on the ball?
Runny-catchy is far more accurate, because they either 'run' with it or 'catch' it. [/b]
haha, i was just turning the usual rest-of-the-world complaint around
and yes, unless the steelers can get a new qb, they will indeed suck
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salo got traded to the avs. . .no word yet on kolzig going to ottawa.
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yeah, the Caps traded Anson Carter too, the guy they JUST got for Jagr.
i dont think Kolzig will go now, cause Colorado was really the only team in the market for him.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
yeah, the Caps traded Anson Carter too, the guy they JUST got for Jagr.
i dont think Kolzig will go now, cause Colorado was really the only team in the market for him.
Any trades the Caps made after Gonch are just for spite. There was absolutely no need to trade Carter. Leonsis is pissed because they didn't make his 5 year plan, so now he's getting back at them, the twat!
Personally I couldn't care what they do at this point. I'm done with them, and I hope there's 35 people at every game from now on like there was last night! It doesn't matter to me because it looks like there wont be a season next year, and then I'm outta here!
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well the caps just picked up
Bill Lindsay and
Jean-Luc Grand Pierre today.
which in French, roughly translates to Big Peter.
nice.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
well the caps just picked up
Bill Lindsay and
Jean-Luc <B>Grand Pierre</B> today.
which in French, roughly translates to Big Peter.
nice.
...and who did they give up for these two chumps? Mario Lemeaux, Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretsky perhaps??
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Originally posted by mankie:
Any trades the Caps made after Gonch are just for spite. There was absolutely no need to trade Carter. Leonsis is pissed because they didn't make his 5 year plan, so now he's getting back at them, the twat!
Personally I couldn't care what they do at this point. I'm done with them, and I hope there's 35 people at every game from now on like there was last night! It doesn't matter to me because it looks like there wont be a season next year, and then I'm outta here! [/b]
I don't think that's true about Leonsis. I think he's doing what everybody else who is out of the playoffs is doing this season - dumping before the lockout.
This trading is becoming ridiculous and ruining the game. All of these stars on 4-5 select teams without enough time to play together will dilute the playoffs - exactly the opposite of what hockey thinks it will do. I'm sure they're hoping that with enough big names in the playoffs there will be more fan outrage at the lockout and it will end sooner.
Instead, you've got 80% of the teams in the league dumping every high dollar player they have and pissing off fans, many of which are bound to react just like Mankie and give the sport or their team up for good. Hockey is no baseball in America, and while Canada may return to support hockey after a long lockout, the majority of the new hockey fans will not. The NHL got too big for it's brithches way too fast. The Canadians were right - big American dollars ruined a great game.
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What adds insult to injury is George McLie's rehersed response to all these trades.
"I'm only interested in trades that make sense for Washington, that make us a better team"
Dumping Jagr I'll accept. When we got him I said it would fail.
But Bondra, Gonch, Carter Lange??? How can trading your best players make you a better team.? If he said, "we are dumping high salaries and buying youth for the future" I would accept. But that "makes us a better team" is just bollocks.
Just tell the fans the truth.
FUCK EM~!
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Can't remember which one of you hee-haws is a Leafs fan, but here's some good news for you.
Hurricanes Trade Francis to Maple Leafs
By MARGARET LILLARD
Associated Press Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. - Carolina captain Ron Francis was traded Tuesday to Toronto in a deadline deal that stripped the Hurricanes of their captain and one of the NHL's top career scorers.
http://kevxml2adsl.verizon.net/_1_2JMYTO103UPR6ZF__vzn.dsl/apnws/story.htm?kcfg=apart&sin=D8170NKG0&qcat=sports&ran=27173&passqi=&feed=ap&top=1 (http://kevxml2adsl.verizon.net/_1_2JMYTO103UPR6ZF__vzn.dsl/apnws/story.htm?kcfg=apart&sin=D8170NKG0&qcat=sports&ran=27173&passqi=&feed=ap&top=1)
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Originally posted by mankie:
Can't remember which one of you hee-haws is a Leafs fan, but here's some good news for you.
Hurricanes Trade Francis to Maple Leafs
By MARGARET LILLARD
Associated Press Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. - Carolina captain Ron Francis was traded Tuesday to Toronto in a deadline deal that stripped the Hurricanes of their captain and one of the NHL's top career scorers.
http://kevxml2adsl.verizon.net/_1_2JMYTO103UPR6ZF__vzn.dsl/apnws/story.htm?kcfg=apart&sin=D8170NKG0&qcat=sports&ran=27173&passqi=&feed=ap&top=1 (http://kevxml2adsl.verizon.net/_1_2JMYTO103UPR6ZF__vzn.dsl/apnws/story.htm?kcfg=apart&sin=D8170NKG0&qcat=sports&ran=27173&passqi=&feed=ap&top=1)
WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO........Stanley Cup here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Check this out I just read on the Caps website!!
Calle Johansson Signs With Leafs
"I got the itch to play about a month ago. In the short term I think I can be an asset to a playoff team, and I want to pursue my dream of winning a Stanley Cup. I spoke with George [McPhee], and he and Capitals' ownership have encouraged me to follow my heart. Toronto approached the Capitals about the possibility of me joining the Leafs for the playoff stretch and postseason, and I'm excited about the opportunity. When the season is complete, however, I will return to the Capitals organization as a scout. They have been great to me throughout the years, and I appreciate their understanding my desire to compete for the Cup." -- Calle Johansson
full story
http://www.nhl.com/onthefly/news/2004/03/205694.html (http://www.nhl.com/onthefly/news/2004/03/205694.html)
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO........Stanley Cup here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dude, the guy is OLD. Leetch? Johanson? Francis?
do they think they are the Red Wings or something? they will lose in the Eastern Conference Finals...AGAIN. i guarantee it.
unless they have to play Boston in the first round ;)
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"Capitals Acquire Jakub Klepis from Buffalo for Mike Grier"
Can someone explain how this one makes sense please?
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i think its racist, Doig is next.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
i think its racist, Doig is next.
Well...3pm has passed and I haven't heard wether Witt or Kolzig have gone.
As for the bro's...you'd think they'd want to hang on to the black players in DC because it might get the locals behind the team.
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HASEK FOR MVP!!!!!
No play, no pay: Hasek rejects Detroit's checks
Associated Press
DETROIT -- Red Wings goaltender Dominik Hasek has refused to accept about $3 million of his salary because he is out with a groin injury.
Hasek, who announced Feb. 10 that he would miss the remainder of the season with the injury, has not accepted pay since Jan. 9, general manager Ken Holland said Friday.
Hasek
That was the day Hasek and the team agreed the goaltender should rest the injured groin for two to four weeks.
Hasek tested out the groin in early February, but later said he could no longer play this season. The nagging groin injury has limited him to 14 games since he came out of a one-year retirement.
"He just felt that he wasn't doing what he really had set out to do, which is to play hockey and play at a high level," Holland said. "At that time, he told me that he did not want to receive any further salary until he was ready to play."
By Jan. 9, Hasek had received a little more than $3 million of his $6 million salary for the season.
"I think it's an unbelievable gesture," Holland said.
One of the NHL's greatest goalies, Hasek won two MVP awards and six Vezina Trophies, given to the league's top goalie, during a nine-year stint in Buffalo. He also led the Czech Republic to a gold medal in the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
Hasek joined the Red Wings before the 2001-02 season, winning his first Stanley Cup that season. He retired in 2002, but came back to Detroit before this season.