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  1. I'm hoping that was said toungue in cheek.....because if it wasn't, then despite your bitterness, sour grapes and lack of obejectivity, the fact that he's only the 8th different goalie in the 100+ year history of the NHL (which probably includes a hundred thousand games give or take) to ever shoot the puck and score on the other teams net, proves that it is a pretty big deal. Pretty sure if it was a Canucks goalie scoring a goal, that most, if not all Canucks fans (including you) would be thinking that it was a siginifacant achievement and pretty cool. And I'm FAR from a Bruins fan, but that's not going to prevent me from taking away from a very rare accomplishment.
  2. Agreed. They need to get at least one more good arm for the bullpen. I think they're probably hoping Merryweather fill finally be able to stay healthy (which has never happened) and that Pearson will also help. I could see them trying to trade Grichuk or Gurriel for a left handed bat, or poking the tires at what it would cost to sign Conforto. And then if they sign him, trading one of those guys after that.
  3. Not to mention that the Jays aren't a great defensive team. and Freeman is a gold glove quality player. Unless you're a catcher, the gold glovers are too important to DH other than as a rest day every couple of weeks. Vladdy is still so young and he has some good hands and a good arm, and with the weight he lost last year, he was much more agile. I'd like to see them give him another shot at 3B rather than make him be the regular DH. Have him DH when Ryu pitches if need be.
  4. If you're going to be a good team, you have to have good depth.....and Biagini is NOT good depth. He's a bad pitcher, and if he ends pitching for them, then that's definitely not a good thing. Some people can't differentiate their sensitive feelings from the facts.
  5. Some people are overly sensitive. He's a really bad pitcher, and the stats and facts prove it.
  6. I agree with that. Even though Bryant would be another righty bat, I like his versatility, because of the Jays poor outfield corner defense and the fact that Espinal can hold his own at 3rd. They have enough offense to carry Espinal's lack of power at 3B or at 2B if they decide to platoon him and Biggio there if they pick up a guy like Ramirez.
  7. That's a more logical Although it's a low risk signing, Biagini is dog**** and his stats prove it.
  8. If the Jays are going to be as good as everyone is predicting, then you'll probably/hopefully never get the chance too see him alongside the core. Because Biagini is trash, and if he makes the team, then the Jays bullpen will be a bigger weakness than they're already worried about it being.
  9. They're a lot more worried about infield shifts than they are outfield ones.
  10. The whiners will think so, but the facts tell a different story.
  11. Can't win if you can't score, and whining about it won't change the facts...or the outcome.
  12. What difference did that make? They couldn't score!
  13. It's the same thing every playoffs and whining about only makes it sound like sour grapes. You need a team that is built for the physicality and attrition of playoff hockey, and Boston was a more well rounded team. If you're going to blame anyone, then blame Tim Thomas, because he was the one who the Canucks couldn't beat.
  14. With the new GM being a Swede, I highly (and sadly) doubt that adding size and especially size with some toughness is going to happen.
  15. Just watched the Colton Orr fight and it wasn't that one. Lucic started the fight, and Orr definitely won, but Lucic didn't call the refs in. And based on the fact that he not only fought Orr, but started the fight, helps excuse him from being a spot picker and also disputed your comment about him not fighting some of the better fighters. Orr was one of the toughest guys in the league and also one of the hardest punchers. Lucic's fight card is littered with some of the tougher guys of that era. I never said anything about Bieksa being a heavyweight, all I said was that he was a spot picker, and you can't dispute that. He was 6'1" and around 200lbs which isn't big, and yet he often found himself fighting smaller guys or non fighters. Even his peers called him out about that. I remember Ryane Clowe trying to fight Bieksa several times, and Bieksa always declined, and Clowe mentioned it. Clowe wasn't that much bigger than Bieksa, and he was a good player as well, so it's not like Bieks would've been fighting a heavyweight or some fourth line plug. McCarty would NOT whoop everyone except for Lucic and Chara. The guys I mentioned would all hammer McCarty, and I could add other guys to that list too. McCarty was more brave and fearless than he was a good fighter. Buchberger was of the same ilk. You say that Reaves wouldn't make it back then, but he's tougher than McCarty was. He definitely wouldn't be the bully like he his in todays NHL, but he'd still have a role as a secondary type of guy. I agree about the league being softer and not seeing those exciting smaller fighters that you mentioned.
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