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  1. Gaunce similar to Hansen??? What???
  2. Were unnecessary toques mandatory for this video?
  3. I'd qualify him and play him with the likes of Fox and Shinkaruk in the A. Groom him to be a playmaking centre. Him and Shinkaruk would fly out there together. Look at Nyquist. He had 2 solid years in the A at a PPG pace. Schroeder definitely has that potential. He just needs to go show it now.
  4. Qualify him and play him as a top 2C with players like Shinkaruk and Fox. Look at Tatar, Nyquist, Sheahan, etc. They're all around their mid 20s and played in the A together. Same as the contributors on Tampa Bay. If Kesler is here, he's locked as 2C. If he isn't, I don't think the team is going to go with Schroeder as the 2C. Perhaps someone like Paul Stastny via FA or whoever we get in return for Kesler (NOT Ryan Johansen ). Playing together with other prospects destined for the big team in the A is ideal.
  5. Sometimes when I'm out and about I think to myself: "I cannot believe white people are the minority a lot of times in the Lower Mainland." Take a look around on public transit. I hear more Mandarin than English on the Canada Line. Don't even get me started on UBC .
  6. New immigrants to Canada who settle should learn English and not treat Canadians rudely when they can't understand what they're saying.
  7. Brutal...let's go Wings! DeKeyser can tell him off in the handshake line after they win the series.
  8. www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2014/04/in_defense_of_lucics_cheap_shot_-_welcome_to_playoff_hockey.html Wow... Though many will bemoan Milan Lucic's grape-busting stick work on Detroit's Danny DeKeyser in the second period of Game 1, the simple fact is that in the Stanley Cup Playoffs the ends do justify the means. Of course, most incidents like this aren't caught on camera, and most aren't perpetrated by someone as widely disliked as Milan Lucic, but anyone who has ever laced a pair knows how much cheap stuff behind the play can take an opponent off their game. Granted, it wasn't fair for Looch to mortgage DeKeyser's future kids to gain the mental edge but, especially when you're playing a team as composed and systemic as Detroit, getting in the other team's head is a game-changing intangible. Goading. Antagonization. Retaliation. These are all aspects of the game that get amplified when you're playing the same guys night in and night out. Call it cheap. Call it troglodyte gutter politics, but the fact is that, when you're in the hunt, tempers run hot, and there's no such thing as a short memory. Detroit, which finished dead last in the league with only nine major penalties in 2013-14, is one of the most disciplined teams in the NHL. Their success hinges on it. When they lose their composure, they fall apart - which was something that the Chicago Blackhawks discovered and exploited in the Western Conference Quarterfinals last year. They flipped the turtle on its back, and it put their series in their hands. And that's what it'll take for the Bruins to get past the Red Wings in this series. Lucic doesn't exactly have a Lady Byng reputation, but giving someone the business when the ref is up ice is all in the game. One thing is for sure - DeKeyser will be playing with his head on a swivel when No. 17 is on the ice, and that's an important advantage when your team is struggling to find the score sheet.
  9. Jordan Staal was a pending UFA. The value PIT got for him at the deadline was insane...
  10. Pretty disappointed in the organization right now. I don't agree with "oh he makes $5.3m a year! He should stop being a baby". I get that professional hockey players are assessed on their performances. I get that he is making a large sum of money that was GUARANTEED to him by OUR management. At the time the deal looked like a steal. He was (might still be if the team in front of him didn't blow) a top flight goalie and that AAV was low in comparison to other goaltenders. The issue is that instead of management getting full value for their assets (developing and grooming Schneider and then trading him when appropriate for a mammoth return - could've been a young roster player and a prospect and a pick if done right I believe) and riding their #1 guy (goaltending has not been an issue for this team since Luongo came here), they sold him down the river for these younger guys who could play MAYBE incrementally better. Schneider is a very good goalie and his technique allows players to feel calm (I play hockey myself). But the management and ownership has fully invested in Roberto, which is why they gave him that huge career-spanning contract to keep him in Vancouver at a cap hit that gives flexibility for other areas. THAT is the biggest mistake in the past few years. Can you imagine this squad bolstered by a young impact forward? For imagination's sake, let's pick Brayden Schenn (as the Flyers had a huge need for a tendy). With one of those two, we likely don't trade Hodgson and they form an offensive third line that gets minutes too. Or, if we do trade Hodgson, we put Schenn on Kesler's wing and Kesler finally gets a skilled winger to play with. Kassian can come along (as he's doing now) with LESS (relative) expectation. I'm not saying this team is a young impact forward from being elite again, but avoiding the goaltending situation (see: asset management) of the last few years would've helped the team OVERALL. Now with Lack...we could do the same thing. Groom him UNDER Luongo, and then trade him when his value is high. Repeat with Canaata. Repeat with Eriksson. That's how you develop your assets. Then you flip them for organizational needs when their values are the highest. I sincerely hope we get new management that understands hockey. Gillis has made some great moves, but his blunders have outnumbered them in my mind. Sigh...you realize "mysteries" is a word, right?
  11. dearth (dûrth) n. 1. A scarce supply; a lack: "the dearth of uncensored, firsthand information about the war" (Richard Zoglin).
  12. I can't believe I read this...proper spelling and grammar please. Who is Mike Gilles? Garry Bettman?
  13. I like The Listening better!

  14. kazin!

    Hahahaha I still remember a thread I made way back which was a letter to you when I injured Sturm in NHL 07. Good times.

  15. kazin!

    Haha of course, though your "Interests" don't hide the fact either. I can't believe I've already been on CDC for 5 years...wow, and you for 8!

  16. kazin!

    The first thing I thought of when we signed Mr. Sturm was you. Is that weird?

  17. Sorry didn't see your comment. Her name's Lara Veronin, half-Russian and half-Taiwanese singer born in California and now a popstar in Taiwan. Unless, of course, you were referring to Lights, who is a Canadian beauty ;).

  18. The one to my left is Lights and in my sig is Lara Veronin.

  19. She's a cutie let me tell you what.

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