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The Isles' Grabner does have 8 goals so far (Mar 4th)... I'd consider that decent output for a guy making 3mil.

I don't know a ton about him, but you'd think in the right situation, he'd also be a great PK'er with that speed.

Ohhh.... how different things could have been.

Pat. Kane scored 2 ridiculous goals last night vs. Wings.

Ties the game with 2 mins to go.

Then he embarasses Jimmy Howard in the shootout.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5mSPc_17H8

Haha! Who was it that had a penguin in a noose for awhile?

oooh oooh.... me me!

Here's the video of the slash to the stomach.... he might have very well deserved it :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cbsiHPxZfY

Holy crap... how can this sort of thing happen!?? Of course we're all human (except for rux) but jesus.... that was like 5 feet offside.

Lavi would have **** himself if we'd gotten screwed like this.

And of course.... They're going to get fined if they say anything, and the NHL will continue to sweep mistakes under the carpet. That linesman should never ref another NHL game again.

You serious hf? Or just giving him a hard time? I don't see anyway how they can discipline him for this. It's not like it's a kick, or he stomped, etc. Seems just like a freak thing. Yeah, of course, it's that ****head Cooke, but do you really think he 'tried' to do that??

As I said in the Sbox... the guy attracts a lot of this criticism himself. Anyone who's as cocky and showboaty as this guy, is going to attract a lot of attention. Some positive, a lot negative. Tweeting pics of yourself with large stacks of money and shaving 'cash money millionaire' into your hair is not going to bring you close to a blue collar/working class city like Winnipeg.

I'm sure some of the criticism is racially motivated... there's a lot of idiots out there. But I'm fairly confident that his behaviour has not helped himself.

Instead of speaking to yourself, join the game chat?

Maybe the change of scenery was all JVR needed?

A change of attitude is what I see. He's not playing such a soft/periphery game. He's banging and crashing and finally using his size to his advantage.

The Brothers Schenn.

Voracek is... well... what he is. He's an inconsistent skilled forward. Not as frustrating as a Zherdev or anything though. I think as he matures, he'll get slightly more consistent, but I doubt he ever blossoms to be a first line player.

Schenn... well, he's still finding himself. I think he does much better when he's got a very defined role. Same with Luke. Brayden's been bounced around a lot b/c of injuries etc., but I think as the 3rd line center, he'll have a good season.

There's no way he was trying to lift his stick. the puck was already gone and Dillon's stick was already waist high.

I think they're both ******* but Staubitz's is far worse. What kind of grown man does that?? I hope he gets his face re-arranged... but yes, a game or two off is deserved for that crap.

Not sure how I feel about the obligatory fight after a hit... but if Mayers was Couts or Roo... I'd be proud of Grossman I guess if the teams were switched.

The other thing I notice is that the game was tied... after Keith stands up for Mayers?.... Chi scores the next 2 goals for the win. Maybe coincidence, maybe not. Maybe Desjardins pulled a carcillo :-)

What a plug... at least have the balls to admit you screwed up. To completely deny it, even in the face of video evidence is just absurd. I'd say that I lost some respect for that player/team, but I didn't really have any to lose.

Sounds like Simmonds is a member of the Flyers' medical staff... "whiplash" seems to get thrown around on this team but I never hear it for other teams' players.

I guess he couldn't do any worse than our current staff.

Also, I guess he'd know better, but it really looks like he cranked his head off the ice.

EDIT: uhh... yeah.... he does in fact smack his head off the ice. The fact that he doesn't remember might not be a good thing :-)

Kaleta turned when he knew he was coming... I'm sure Brown could have 'let up' but this is not suspendable. Kaleta made this a lot worse than it had to be. Plus... it's patrick kaleta. If anything, brown should be given a raise!

He does stink, and shouldn't be in the NHL anymore, but he wouldn't have been able to 'lose' us the cup if he hadn't have gotten us their either.

Just example #5843902 why drafting is such a sketchy process. At least you rarely find people like alfreddson going in the 7th round anymore. I think teams on the whole do a very good job considering all the intangibles. You can complain about subban... but look at all the people drafted ahead of Claude "what's his name".

Wow... some teams really botched the 2006 draft. Jiri Tlusty, Derek Brassard, James Sheppard?? Riku Helenius????? Mark Mitera?? David Fischer? All drafted ahead of Giroux...

I consider myself a fairly knowledgable hockey fan... even juniors... but I've never heard of a few of those guys!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_NHL_Entry_Draft

You gotta wonder with all the scans and tests they must've been doing on gags for years... how does a tumor get THAT BIG without being detected!?

ahhh... just found this on HF Boards

"This is an interview with Simon Gagne , in which he speaks about the

the mass (size of a tennis ball) that was removed from his neck .

http://www.simongagne.com/2012/07/17...s-in-the-neck/

It was three years growing and the cause of pain for all that time. He says the Philly and TB team doctors wouldb't remove it; the Kings doctors did and he feels good, really good.

He said that the Dec injury was treated as a concussion but really wasn't; the pain he suffered originally attributed to concussions was really due to the mass and the location.

Good for him, good for the Kings, he''ll be 100% and pain free for the first time in years."

I missed the BUF game entirely and even though it appears there was good stuff to take away from it, I'm not hopeful. It could be the goalie we have, or the D, or the "system" or all of the above. I predict a low-scoring loss.

I've watched both so far, and imo they have the same problem as last year. They are getting horrible starts and having to chase the game AND

they are unable to get all of the aspects of the game going at one time.

They can't get their offense/defense/special teams/goalie having good games all at once. Bryz has been good, but their special teams have been HORRRRRIBLE. They've scored a few goals but then had huge defensive breakdowns.

Sure you can blame the lockout, but why weren't the other 2 teams showing the same issues. This is not a new problem.

Schenn really seems to get caught 'flat-footed' a lot and is forced to take penalties. I'm sure having better foot speed would help out, but I think a lot of it is mental as well. Even Hatcher didn't get caught out of position so much.... ;-p

Bob Mackenzie feels it's b/c the Leafs ownership was transferred to a new group and they were looking for a more PC/Fan friendly face for the franchise.

Carcillo is a knuckle-dragging moron. He's so stupid he doesn't even realize how lucky he is to be in the NHL.

Things aren't always as easy as we'd like them to be...

1) Cap world bud... pretty sure a new contract would eliminate the cheap deal he's on and put us in cap hell before we need to be.

2) He's still RFA so it's not like there's any rush. We'd match any offer given to him and if not... it's going to be a shat load of 1st rounders as compensation.

3) Maybe he's not comfortable negotiating right now.

I know what you're saying, but I'm more worried about other things... like our huge hole in our d-core and the drop of offense!