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??????????You have to be kidding me, he was anything but solid The first goal he just left the Leafs player stand right in front of Miller and watched as he took his time to shoot. Leo is a joke I would say teh Caps may not be as good as they have been previously, but they are still a good team.As for Carolina, they are MUCH better then what their record was to start the season and definitly a Cup contender this year with the additions of Staal and Semin in the off season

Nope, Has to be all Lindys fault being a brain dead moron who can't see the oozing talent that we all see in Saint Grigs. Has anyone finished the Bronze Grig statue yet?

True, but its becuase more and more people now are trying to make their money back re-selling the tickets and the markets becoming saturated

More like its the price you pay when every season ticket holder tries to get their tickets paid for by Leafs fans when tehy put those ones up on Stubhub to get their money back...........

i don't know how involved he is besides just commenting by saying that they should watch themselves because building the arena expecting an NHL team before they have something in place can be dangerous and piss off the NHL. The guy leading the Quebec City new arena came back at Gillette and reminded him about the jets, and how you have to have an arena in place in order to get a team. No arena for the Moose (AHL team that played at the MTS before), no Jets. He did say that they need to tread carefully and not rock the boat about getting a team, but that a new arena doesn't guarantee an NHL team, but no arena almost guarantees no NHL

Just make sure your the last one to leave the centre......(But the first one to get the treatment, thats one place i doubt you want to be the second one to get the treatment done)

Markham is voting on proceeding with the planned new arena tonight at their council meeting...............

the video could include you with a couple other posters here walking out the treatment centres doors giving a thumbs up!

How is Gerbe lower on the totem pole then Ellis and Scott? i could understand maybe keeping Scott in because the Leafs have Brown and Orr, but gerbe is lower then Ellis? I think he is out cause he still is not 100% from his injury yet. As for Sultzer, he has been one of the better defencemen out there for the Sabres this season (not saying much though compared to the other defencemen), unless they want to keep Leopold in because he has more experience as a veteran and without Regher they wanted some more veteran experience on defence to counter the youth of Weber and Brennan

He is a business man who sweet talked a huge group of people into falling in love with him when he bought his new toy He is a hockey fan and a fan of the team, he has more money then he needs so he has the ability to buy lavish toys and spend tons of money to get what he wants. He also comes accross as a guy who may be a little too nice and too loyal. He went out and used his cash to get accessories (new locker room and updates to the arena) and additions (players) for his new toy. He also realises this is a business and made business moves to make money with his toy (the property deal outside the arena, the 50% off sale as the teams "apology/thank you" for the lockout) that will help him stay in the good graces of the area. Being a business man, he knows what works, and he knows what will continue to make the fans praise him and continue to give up their money to him. Not really, just because "every guy says the same thing", it doesn't make it true because most of the time (especially in the case of this with the media), one guy is only saying it cause he is repeating what the other guy says. It happens all the time (and not just here or in sports) where someone in the media says something and everyone starts believing/repeating it cause now they believe its truth/fact One could argue better players considering a huge chunk of their team remains unchanged year after year and are guys who have been here and brought up through the teams system. Most of their moves on the player front have been minor in nature (3rd/4th liners). 5/6ths of their top forwards are guys who have not played outside of the Sabres organisation for their proffesional careers

Leo may be a vet and has played long minutes, but for anyone who has watched him play this season, he hasn't done that well at itHe wouldn't be someone that a team is going to give up alot for right now, even if they need a defencemen, theres plenty of options out there right now that could provide the same for less.

its what the lockouts/strikes just show/prove to all the fans, Its all a business

Yeah, but thats also back when Leafs fans had hope before being beaten down many times by the front office and truly believed their team was actually going to make the playoffsThey still think they are going to make the playoffs, but they are a little more realistic about it now

Damn, guess I should have waited to buy mineBought them just before the season started and paid about $90 each for corner 100 level about 20+ rows up. Even at that time I figured that was a decent deal. But this is what happens today with how easy it is to re-sell tickets on the internet. People now buy multiple season tickets just to re-sell the majority of them and try to turn a profit. Its great when the teams are doing well because the demands high and people get stupid and pay huge amounts for them, when the teams struggle you better be ready to take a loss........ Yesterday the Sabres sent me an email saying a block of tickets were now on sale for tonights game

Are you sure about that? I though he can still be sent down IIRC, but if he is he can't be called up til after the junior season is over. The team is less likely to send him down because he is now using up a year on his entry level deal. As for the pressure, I would think the pressure is on for him now, now its time to show your team and coaches and GM that they made the right decision and you belong and deserve to be up here. He is going to cost the Sabres a player now when the teams healthy (trade, waivers, sent down to Rochester). As I said in previous posts here, this wasn't the no brainer that even here makes it out to be. There were pros/cons to either decision. He didn't do anything to play himself off the team and back to juniors, but he also didn't do anything to make keeping him up on the roster a lock. (Just because other guys have struggled to produce, doesn't mean he is better). Its good that they are giving him the chance to stay, and from what it sounds like, Ruff wanted him to stay and he has shown enough promise/potential in his tryout in roughs mind that he wants to continue to see what he can do. After Sundays game, it seems like Ruff made that game the test for Grigs by taking away the protection he put on him during the first few games, and gave him the ice time to sink or swim. From Ruffs comments after Sunday, it appears the results were at the worst he treaded water which was enough to say he should stay. I think it was more Regier who would have sent him back down because its the easiest move to make right now. He can go back down and it opens the spot up for one of the guys coming off IR. Now theres little to no chance that Grigs will get sent down later, so he has to get to work and try to move someone in a deal, or find someone he can sneak through waivers to Rochester.

Besides the Stage, Standing ovation for the tv timeouts (personally I think that sounds like a really dumb tradition), and the Ice Girls, almost every single game I have been to there have been similar things going on at the arena. Maybe not exactly the same, or as much, but they do the same things

It better be a win tonight, I hate the silent drive home with the wife from the game if the Leafs win. Shes a better person then me and will atleast talk a little bit and not take it so hard if the Leafs lose.....

In a few weeks, looking back on those 'Canes games, its not going to look as bad losing to them They have a very good team thats gonna do some damage this year

Wow, shouldn't you have told us that those photos were NSFW before posting them, those are borderline pornography :rolleyes:

I don't know what kind of security scans you have been through......... If it was a metal detector wand, then its a quick pass up and down the front and back, if theres no noise then continue on to the next one. No going 18" from "Pretty Parts" with virtual carassing

Nope, thats it.I wasn't sure if a player could be called up directly from a Junior team, or if callups have to come from Rochester

Must be all Ruffs fault

yup, it just means his contract with the Sabres starts and he will be considered to have played one season in the NHLJust not sure weither a player can be called back up directly from his junior team later if sent down, or if they have to come up from the teams minor league affiliate (Rochester)

He has been doing ok for them, but hardly anything worth kicking and screaming over losing. I think he was given the A because they still think he can be the guy who started out last season hot, and he is one of the remaining veterans on the team now...... As for the others mentioned Bernier and Torres? Is Bernier still in the league? Torres name is only familiar because of the suspensions. Pailles has been as inconsistent (when Healthy) for Boston as he was here, Pyatt has been bouncing around the league since leaving. I don't know of anyone (MacArthur is the only really debatable one) that it can be said that they have flourished or reached their expected potential for a long period of time since leaving Buffalo.......

I don't know if theres a rule because its Juniors that if he is sent down he can't be called back up, and that all callups have to come from Rochester.If there isn't, they can, but if he plays in a 6th game he is considered to have been part of the team this year and will be given a year of service in the NHL. So if they could and do call him back up, his contract kicks in with the Sabres for the season