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  1. DeNiro how is this franchise going to sign a top line winger? Sure it would be nice but how? Unless they're from BC I don't see anyone wanting to come here. Take Vanek for example. How do we convince him to play here? Assuming no changes are made. Conversation would go like this. MG "Vanek we'd like to give you a bag of money to come play for us" Vanek "Hmmm I like money, but I can pretty much get a huge amount from 5-6 teams" Vanek "I hear your owner likes to meddle in hockey affairs" MG "Umm yeah he's a big fan" Vanek "Wasn't your coach suspended for like 6 games? and isn't he kind of thought of as a big nut case?" MG "Umm yeah he's a hoot, hey you like blocking shots?" Vanek "Isn't your team kinda falling apart?" MG "It's a process" Vanek - Click MG "Tommy, Tommy you there?" "Hmmm line must have dropped. Lawrence get Vanek back on line 2"
  2. Imagine a full season at this pace? McDavid would be gift wrapped to us.
  3. If you're Henrik and you see guys dogging it (not saying anyone is) how can you possibly call them out? A one dimensional captain is just that.
  4. Somwhere in South Florida an Italian man is laughing.

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    2. nuckin_futz

      nuckin_futz

      He's laughing that he gets to bank his dough away from the circus.

    3. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      Somewhere in Florida, and Ex Canuck player and former GM of Chicago is laughing his butt off.

    4. drummer4now

      drummer4now

      I'm sure dale is pumping his tires as we speak.

  5. He sends a letter to the STH every year. This is nothing new.
  6. We are all Canucks, but hopefully you won't be for too much longer.
  7. That's all that's changed since 2011? On a positive note I am looking forward to all the suicide emoticons in the PGT thread.
  8. Canucks' War Room today. Kind of looks like MG was told to stand in the corner and not say anything or touch anything, doesn't it?
  9. He didn't hire Torts, Aquaman did.
  10. Mt. Gox Exchange Files for Bankruptcy Mt. Gox, once the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy in Japan, focusing attention on the digital currency’s risks. The company, which had revenue of 135 million yen ($1.33 million) in the year ended March, applied in Tokyo District Court today with debt exceeding its assets by 2.7 billion yen, Mt. Gox said in a statement. The exchange announced on Feb. 24 that it had lost 750,000 Bitcoins belonging to users and 100,000 of its own, it said. The collapse follows weeks of turmoil amid reports that hackers had pilfered the missing $473 million in Bitcoin from Mt. Gox, leading the company to halt withdrawals on Feb. 7. The regulation of Bitcoin, let alone derivatives of it, is an unresolved question in many parts of the world. Mt. Gox Chief Executive Officer Mark Karpeles said his company lost Bitcoins because its computer systems were weak, according to remarks broadcast on NHK today. The firm had 6.5 billion yen in debt. “We are in a situation close to what you would call Chapter 11 in the U.S.,” Karpeles said in an e-mailed statement. ********************* Not really a surprise to anyone but a proper eulogy is in order. rest of the article can be found here. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-28/mt-gox-exchange-files-for-bankruptcy.html
  11. While the answer is unknown. The most likely answer is that what is coming for this digital currency is a poop storm. Think back to when Bear Stearns collapsed. Then six months later Lehman Brothers buckled. When confidence and liquidity dry up it's over. Some of these BTC exchanges are run by some very dumb and untrustworthy people. A little history on the Mt.Gox exchange. It was originally created as an online exchange for "Magic:The Gathering" trading cards. That's where the name came from. Magic The Gathering Online Exchange. It was then rebranded and sold to an unqualified buffoon. In 2013 The Winklevoss twins (yes them), led a $1.5 million in seed funding of BitInstant, a bitcoin payment processor. However, in January 2014, Charlie Shrem, CEO of BitInstant, was arrested and charged with money laundering related to the Silk Road online black market investigation. Some of the shadiest people are involved in the financial industry. If you let them operate without regulation what do people expect to happen.
  12. 1.Mt.Gox is no longer the largest BTC exchange. In fact it's no longer anything, not even a website. All posts have been wiped from it's Twitter account and the CEO is thought to be in hiding in Tokyo. Anyone who has money there is most likely fracked. 2. You are absolutely correct on this point. The price swings are undeniably violent and at this time only for hardened investors/gamblers. 3. It's very easy for large players in the markets to manipulate just about anything. Even in regulated markets. Take Natural gas for example. In a 5 week stretch from January - February of this year the price of Natural Gas rose approx 30%. Natural Gas is a bit more important to the economy than Bitcoins. Heck in the early 90's George Soros is credited with forcing the Bank of England to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism and devalue the pound after he shorted more than $10billion dollars in pounds and forced their hand. Soros is quoted as saying "Our total position by Black Wednesday had to be worth almost $10 billion. We planned to sell more than that. In fact, when Norman Lamont said just before the devaluation that he would borrow nearly $15 billion to defend sterling, we were amused because that was about how much we wanted to sell."
  13. Embarrassed to admit I only know this from a McDonalds commercial.
  14. Currency can be manipulated in many ways. For example intervening in markets, or via interest rates, even jawboning the market can sometimes be effective etc. That's all within the rules and regulations. Would you not agree that some sort of framework is better than none? I have traded many different commodities. WTI, natty, gold, silver, copper, soybeans, corn, rough rice etc.
  15. That was only on the Mt.Gox exchange. Which obviously was imploding in scandal. That price was not achieved on any other venue. If there was a central market place like how the stock market operates you wouldn't have one market center trading so out of whack with the others.
  16. There is a strong desire for an alternative to fiat. Digital seems like a good method. If a digital currency eventually takes hold IMO it won't be Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a good concept with amazingly flawed execution. No one who cares to secure their wealth would put it into BTC. Sure fiat currency is manipulated, but there are rules and regulations. As someone who has traded financial products for 16 years I can say unequivocally a completely unregulated financial market is not only asking for trouble. It's begging for chaos. Look no further then the CDO, CDS mess of a few years back. Mt.Gox is/was a perfect example. Not even the Federal Reserve takes it seriously. Charles Plosser who is a voting member of the Fed recently said "Bitcoin is the Pokemon card craze of our era". Mind you they've been known to talk out of both sides of their mouths. Something will take hold and survive but I doubt it will be BTC.
  17. To further erode any credibility, the Winklevoss twins (yes those two knobs who sued Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg) have launched there "Winkdex" which is a Bitcoin index. http://winkdex.com/#/
  18. Some of Duncan Keith's finest work: This is an incredibly reckless player.
  19. There is no better way to beat the Americans than to snatch the gold medal right out of their hands. Congrats to the Canadian Women. You did the entire country proud.
  20. I think you might have misunderstood. The friend with the Mt.Gox account has never been able to fund his account. There has never been any money in it at all. Despite his many attempts to fund it. He gets little help from Mt.Gox in his effort to fund it. These Bitcoin dealers are not regulated by the SEC. So they will do nothing. I have dealt with the SEC before and can assure you they're completely useless. FINRA is a little bit better, but not much. How is anyone supposed to trade this market when like you said it could take a week or two for the coins to end up in your wallet? You've seen how fast this market moves. I doubt many would find that acceptable.
  21. Please for the love of God tell me you're not actually buying and selling Bitcoin through those charlatans? Was just on their website and saw that you can purchase 1 BTC for $762.56 CAD and sell the same BTC for $626.06. That's a spread of nearly 18%. That's insane. That's way worse than the currency exchange thieves at any airport. By way of comparison, The larger exchanges currently quote a price of $663.25 x 664.17 for a spread of about 1/4 of a percent. Mind you this price is in USD but we're only talking about the spread. The Canadian Virtual Exchange is currently quoting BTC at $740.01 x 747.88999 for a spread of approx 1%. That price is quoted in CAD. Buy from Bitcoiniacs and sell it right back to them. The price would need to appreciate 18% just to break even.
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