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@Polaris922 Yes I read about the advantage to black pads for rebounds also...& how Patrick Roy used to paint the white triangle at the bottom between his pads to give the illusion of an open 5-hole..haha pretty crafty!

@jammer2 Oooh the humiliation of it all! haha...

@jammer2 A good point. Lu seems to be pretty hooped no matter which way he turns, play for a city that may not want him back, walk away & retire from NHL? As far as I know, he definitely still wants to be in the game...I don't see retirement happening. I thought Toronto may have been a good place for him if that could have worked out. There was speculation on that. He would still have been close enough to Florida for his wife.

@yave1964 Yes, congrats to all! I'm glad Shero finally got in! Would like to see that Shanny/Roy fight...haha

@ruxpin @Samifan For this reason, I hope Luongo does come back to Van!!

@yave1964 At this point, I guess nuthin' would be surprising! lol

@hf101 Since I've known him as a Canuck, I've always thought he was such a horse's a**....he should do the right thing for once & be respectful (tho' I don't think he understands the concept) & take a different #....at least attempt turning over a new leaf.

UGH & DOUBLE UGH!! I may have to switch teams! Oh I heard tonite that Lu did apparently do a call-in interview with a rock music station here, but only talked comically about Torts when asked who he thought Torts would make cry 1st- Hank & Dank, Bieksa, etc...sounded like he was in favour of the coach swapping. But didn't discuss the white elephant in the room! Hmm...

@Hockey Junkie You're right, I was waiting for news on this too, but haven't heard or seen anything yet. I didn't hear anything about the width, it still seems to be 11" (see rules at http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26287) but I read somewhere that they were going to try to reduce the length by 10%. And how that was going to greatly affect goalies like Carey Price, who seems to wear them higher over the knees than the avg. goalie. But I did find this interesting article about how they may be looking at changing the rules about wearing 'white' goalie pads cuz of how this gives the goalies an advantage over the shooter: http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2013/03/05/do_white_pads_give_goaltenders_an_unfair_advantage.html

@mojo1917 Thanx mojo, that's reassuring & helps settle my doubts a bit...esp after the news today about Burmistrov not working out with the Jets..but they stuck him in the NHL way too fast...couldn't fill the big shoes.

A-ha! Oh yes, lest we forget Tim....I know the least about Dipietro, so I'd say least of 3 evils for me??

omg...we may have to end up sigining Bryz after all like @yave1964 said! Or Dipietro? But we don't have cap space? We have 2 farm guys that are supposedly going to contend for the back-up position (if he returns!) Eddie Lack (who had hip surgery this year & re-habbing!) & Joacim Eriksson. Seems the favour is leaning a bit more towards Lack. But otherwise, no idea who we'd get for a starter...not sure if Lack would be up for the task!

Yah, you could be right. I wasn't sure if this may have fallen into a 'verbal contract' category or not. These things can be so grey. It would be nice to know what he was really told, but it seems he was 110% sure he wasn't coming back & mgmt didn't give him any reason to believe otherwise. He is still refusing to do any interviews with the press at the moment, so that doesn't look too good for the Canucks for his return at this point. Looks like it's gonna be a 'long, hot summer' for Lu! And after a poll taken, looks like some of the fans here still don't like him & don't want him back! So, will he see any incentive to play?

If we signed Bryz, then I'd REALLY have to leave this site! hahaha...

I'm no legal expert but I believe it was something to do with being mislead by mgmt over the year that he was definitely going to be moved from Van and that the deal was as good as done. Lu put his condo up for sale & looked like he had planned to play for the Panthers in the end. I dunno, it's all such a mess...interesting to see what transpires though.

@jammer2 hahaha....you got that right!

OMG...laughing so hard... Thanx a lot Dave!! (Yah I rip on the Sedin Sisters too! How can you not? hahaha....)

'Know Thine enemy'...haha, that's a good one! Thanks for the effort Polaris...really really nice of you!

@yave1964 Carrie Underwood's husband...hahaha! I like that. Kariya...like that guy.

@yave1964 Thanks for the encouragement Yave! I am willing to try it for a while & see. Prob is that where I am, I don't get to see much of those division's hockey teams play, unless I decide to subscribe to a new sports channel..haha. It would help if I could watch those more Eastern teams play. If I decide to stay, I may just do that! I'd really be interested to watch Emery & Mason play for Philly next season. Prob is I don't have friends who would join a forum like this, they have other priorities, let's just say..haha. But I totally agree, I really like that it is a smaller forum to get to know each other, that is a big plus amongst others here.

@jammer2 Tim Thomas= 'Man boobs'? hahaha....that's funny! Ohhh how I dislike Thomas! Yah I thought of Dipietro as an option too...it may be a sucky situation but the Canuckleheads are already in a majorly sucky situation...haha....imo I'd take anyone besides Thomas...well, maybe not Bryz...

@hf101 Now he's saying it was 'hackers' that posted that comment on his Twitter account...haha, nice try kid! Too bad your reputation precedes you! http://www.theglobea...rticle13055323/

@hf101 The dramas in the NHL just grow bigger by the day...well, sure can't say it makes a boring off-season, I guess...the Stars obviously are gonna have to watch this kid like a hawk....let's see what other trouble he can get into before next season starts? Wait a minute...is Tyler actually calling himself 'queer' then?

@hf101 I don't think from what I know of Lu's personality that he would ever show up to play poorly to get his payback on management...firstly, he has too much pride...& past drama with the fans (remember the humiliation he suffered from them in Game 7 with Boston in the 2011 Final?). Secondly, I just can't see him making his teammates suffer for what crappiness has transpired between him & managment. He has too many good friends on the team & I can't see him letting them down by making them look bad with him. I've heard commentary that he could opt to seek legal action against the org. & that he may be within his rights to do so. I thought that may be one viable avenue he could take & the org. deserves that. There's a lot placed on the fact that it's Lu that's being difficult, like a child that doesn't want to play anymore, cuz "it's not fair!" But I actually heard that it's his wife who, after his being screwed around with the past year & half or so by mgmt., doesn't want anything more to do with Vancouver. They left for Florida & she wants to stay in Florida & that's that. So of course, that would heavily sway Lu's decision as to wait & think all this through or even decide to not come back at all. It really isn't his prob if Canucks remain goalieless. If he doesn't return, I really don't know what their options are. His possible back-up Eddie Lack had hip surgery earlier this year & is in rehab. They originally thought he'd be ready for next season, but who knows?

@Polaris922 Guess not many Nashville fans here? That's one thing I wish, that this site would be somewhat more spread out with its fan base. So I'm not sure if my involvement here will be long-term. I know some of the guys make effort to comment on non-Flyer content but can't help feeling bit left out. It's a shame cuz such good content & writing on here with many knowledgeable guys. The fact that I'm no expert either I guess doesn't help..haha. One of my fave goalies of all is Pekka Rinne...can't forget his play in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics! He was unbelievable...but I guess his record has waned a bit recently? I read that he had hip surgery not long ago but is supposed to be ready for next season if there's no setbacks. The curious thing is that they've now signed Carter Hutton as his back-up in order to take some of the load off Rinne, even though Carter is a junior leaguer whose only NHL experience is playing 1 day for the Blackhawks end of last season?? Hopefully, they've got a good plan in case there's any issues with Rinne's hip! (Sorry you had no response here for all your research work!)