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And what does Jared Stoll do then??

What was that? "I promise my party and philandering days are over. I will now focus on being a professional and committing to training as hard as possible instead of clubbing and banging beach bunnies all summer"?

I wondered the same thing. Or traded to Columbus! :-P

I could never see Callahan going to Buffalo (unless it was just about money). I think Tampa has a really good team that is only going to get better. Why go to the basement bunny team of the league for more money. Oh thats right, Callahan was traded for that exact reason!!!

Things that make you go : Callahan at 6 years for 34.8 v. Gaborik at 7 years for 34.3. I know they are different players and all that and their is a slight age factor, but still Gaboriks signing makes Callahan look really overpaid (which I felt all along.). I get the intangibles that he brings and the leadership, but that money is still ridiculous in my mind. Kudos to Gaborik for signing what he did because that actually helps correct the market a bit. (the nhlpa is probably rolling their eyes, but so what).

If Hartnell can succeed, certainly Coots can. Also, lots of the Vets have stated that Coturiers hockey iq is off the charts and that can make up for allot of lack of blazing speed. Look at Recchi's last 5 years. He lost almost two steps, but used his hockey smarts / experience to continue to succeed. I think Coots is fine- he just not have a quick 1-2 step, but once he gets going he is fine. Also, I think he can develop more muscle (upper and lower body) that could bode well for him.

Oh yeah, forgot! Its okay, at least be easy on the ice (especially after looking at Tocchets mug).

Especially since they let Paddock (asst coach) go.

Just waiting for Gretzky to be named the other assistant!

They say for a ruskie, he plays a very north american game (hits, fights, scores).

I would disagree with that. I saw @ruxpin / Rads post regarding the same comment. I lived in Colorado when the Noridiques moved there and was an Avs fan. Like you, loved Forsbergs game. Great / amazing player. To that extent, just a different kind, I thought lindros was equally great / amazing. Their numbers are nearly identical with the exception has 2x as many PIMs (actually putting an exclamation point that he was producing equal clip to forsberg playing less minutes a game). Also, with the AVS, you have FIVE HOFers (Roy, Sakic, Forsberg, Blake, Bourque). So to bring cups into the equation seems a bit disingenuous. Especially when Forsberg did not have allot to do with the second one. I guess at the end of the day, what is the criteria to get in? # of championships? Individual play? Persona? * Parents? * FWIW- and I say this as a hockey fan, I think Stevens was a smug a-hole d i c k. Yet he was a heck of a hockey player who played on the edge similar to lindros. I would same the same of Clarke.

Not to defend him on that, but really from Pee Wee's on up, he was always bigger AND stronger than all the other players. So nobody never taught him that lesson at an early age that instills it for the rest of you hockey development days and eventual pro career. Then he gets to the NHL where, lo and behold, there are guys bigger than him and smarter than him and see the one glaring fault to his game: he skates with his head down. Combine that with that he had developed the attitude that he can do anything on the ice because of his physical dominance his entire development years, you have a player that comes into the NHL crash / banging everything in site, putting a mammoth bullseye on his "head" (back), so to speak. If he was a selke type of player, he probably would of had a glorious long career. But he wanted to make the opposition pay the tool- always. Thats fine if you have all your fundamentals of hockey "ducks" in a row- even then someone will always be gunning for you. Look at Forsberg, he was a tough SOB physically, but he did not go gunning for people non-stop. He picked his spots.

Exactly what I said yesterday!

I like the player, but that is too rich for my blood (plus the pick to boot).

This guy! http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/whl-portland-winterhawks-player-benefit-violations-coach-gm-mike-johnston-suspended-team-fined-player-112812 He had no choice but to go pro. Surprised he is jumping the AHL though. But then again, he is supposed to just be a patsy for a year and then its the Babcock show.

Its a bit unclear to me how Forsberg is a shoe-in and not Lindros. They there stats are nearly identical across the board, with two exceptions: Lindros had double the pims and Forsberg had double the rings (though truthfully Forsberg had not much to do with the second due to ruptured spleen. But, both players are nearly a 1.17 ppg in playoffs. I just don't get how every gaga over Forsberg was an obvious no-brainer and Lindros is / was not. I really don't mind black so much. We are talking a .7 ppg player in both regular season and playoffs. Thats pretty darn impressive to me. Blakes numbers are very near Ray Bourques (Bourques were higher because he played signicantly longer, but the ppg was about the same).

Reminds me of my wife.

He should just go to the sharks!! :-P

Darn, I thought we were going to start discussing Lisa Bonet.

Only at the trade deadline if it appears there is no marked improvement. The hartnell situation has been beet to death (he signed a long term, home team discount blah blah), but that wasn't Hextalls contract. Schenns is. To sign him and immediately or relatively quickly most definitely sends the wrong message to players. Its a business, but players don't want to be double crossed. And thats exactly what that would be.

Homer! ;-P

Where he would lift his outside leg and then snap it. That leg lift move was one of a kind and always baffled the goalies.

Um, cough, cough- Mark Recchi was a lefthanded shot playing right wing. There is an advantage too because when in possession of the puck, your stick is on the inside giving you options of allot more to shoot at.

The fourth line is for giving the first three lines enough of a breather so they can play at peak level, while not screwing the pooch in doing so. Its also for gooning it up when necessary so you don't waste skilled players sitting in the penalty box for 5 minutes at a shot. :-P

And will have nubile coeds galore at his beck and call.