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Yeah, but is that extramoney worth playing for the Islanders? You would probably play with more skilled teammates in bridgeport..........

The good ol' City of Brotherly Love..............

Smaller arenaYes that does result in less fans in attendance, but the smaller arena also makes it sound much louder. Most of the arenas in the league hold close to 18-20k and are huge Winnipeg holds around 15k and is much smaller making it sound much louder. Throw in the fact that they are in the honeymoon stage of getting a team back and that place should be LOUD

I think I would stick with Bridgeport over playing for the Islanders...........

Anyone ask Tom Brady? He seems to have good reviews of Buffalo Hotels IIRC..............

Sharks also about to Sign Gomez within the next day or so according to reports

Good place to intern, most places you learn the valuable art of getting the GMs assistants coffee just the way they like it, rumor has it with the Isles you get to actually make player decisions and contract offers, including spinning the claim or don't claim waiver wheel!

I don't know, from what it sounds like gillis is saying, the deal is only not being done at the moment because the other team is insisting on the Canucks taking a bad contract back with them, of a player that they don't need or won't play because they might as well keep the guy they already know. Sounds more like the Flyers trying to dump Bryz on them in a swap and the Canucks don't want him or that contract cause they might as well keep Luongo if they have to take Bryz and buy him out brooklyn has a nice brand new state of the art venue that has a smaller capacity, it will be much easier to sell that place out cause theres less tickets to sell...............

i know, that was sarcasim.......

has anyone heard if Ruff said anything in any intervies if Enroth will start one of the 2 back to back games against the Canes? Was Ruff on WGR at all?

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=414190 A deal is close to finally end the Luongo saga in Vancouver? Gillis is saying he has a deal in place and its to a surprise team Seems the hangup is that this team is wanting to dump salary back to the Canucks who don't want to take on a salary dump (Says this other team is wanting to send a potential buyout player back to Vancouver in the deal but the Canucks don't want it) At first I was thinking my darkhorse team in this is Detroit, but I can't think of what bad contract the Redwings would insist on sending over to the Canucks. With Lidstrom retired, its making their goaltending look much worse (I think he really helped overrate their goaltenders in previous seasons) Now I'm thinking its the Flyers, and they will do the deal IF the Canucks take Bryz in the deal and they can buy him out at the end of the deal. Makes sense cause Gillis says that they are insisting the Canucks take back a player they won't play (he would be a backup to them) and that they might as well keep the guy they know (might as well keep Luongo and buy him out then since the only reason they are going to move him is becuase he is too expensive to keep as a backup)

From what it sounds like, he is just happy to be playing the game and feels he achieved his goal to play in the OHL (Sounds like he was realistic with his goal or just likes setting the bar low). He sounds like he isn't really all that interested in playing NHL hockey

Damn Hippy My favorite part is watching Bobs reaction to the puck being in the net...........

I read his article and the most I got from it was that he seems like he gave up on the NHL really quickly. has anyone ever successfully went over to play in the Italian league and come back to play in the NHL?

while true, we do view it differently when its Millionaires (who can afford to be off work for a while) fight Billionaires over how to divide their revenue, it is still different then the auto workers. The Auto workers strikes are over actual working conditions and keeping health care plans for their families, they are putting in 40 hour work weeks for a full year doing actual work making a decent pay making something we all need in day to day life. They are not being paid millions to entertain us playing a game we played as children and would be willing to play now for a fraction of their earnings if we only were blessed with the talent to do it.

Seriously, you need to stop trying to make this something its not.From reading the quote, it sounds more like he said it jokingly because people were asking him if he is going to be a regular fighter/enforcer now. If anything, him comment (like Ruffs comment trying to temper the expectations of the fanbase for Grigs this season) is to try and not have fans expecting him to go out and try to fight every game now. He is not and will never be that kind of player. So what if his last fight was 3 years ago and he said something similar, he is not a player that should be out there fighting, especially not someone like Hartnell. It was great that he did, but now everyone thinks he will do it every night.

The problem is, if he said nothing, you would probably jump on him for doing that too because you would expect him to be trying to pick a fight every game. I don't want players like Stafford fighting every time, thats what McCormick, Scott, even Kaleta and Ott or even Foligno are here for. But it is nice to know that Stafford has and will stick up for a teammate if necessary

Seriously? You must really hate Stafford with a passion if you are going to read into that and get pissed off Stafford is not a physical fighter and should not be out there fighting every game. Nothing that he said in that quote says that he won't do it again if necessary, just that you shouldn't expect him to be another Ray, Barnaby, Peters, McCormick, Scott, etc whos contributions to the team are with his fists and not his stick. The guys is a hockey player and is here because of his skill (or potential skill) to put the puck in the net, not to fight. I would have a problem if he came out and said that he would not stick up for a teammate ever again, unless of course you assume that every game someone willtake a cheap shot at a teammate that he will be on the ice for

From what I understand, they want the roster spot for some of their guys on the Marlies, looking like they are going to just play out the season seeing what they have in some guys like Kadri and try to have space for FA next offseason Toronto already has 2 "young goalies with" potential in Reimer and Scrivens, if they are going to get a goalie now, its going to be a better veteran who can take over the #1 spot til they feel Reimer/Scrivens is ready to take over fully (I can see one of those 2 being a part of a deal for someone like Luongo if they make a deal) This was a cut down to get back to 23 players, and they had to be waived to go back to Rochester, so theres no spots to fill unless they are released or claimed

Ah, ok, didn't hear the part about STH getting them for freeIts an even better deal for the STHs because mnost of them have probably put them up online and sold them already for more then face value (minimum price I saw on Stub Hub was $120)

The key is that the deal only gets made IF they can land Gomez. LA dumps a centre after picking up one on what can probably end up being a little more then the veteran minimum (or at the most $1-2 mil), and they get a defencemen in return

Going back to where it began.............. That is how most of "He whos name shall not be spoken here" rumors begin.......

Home Opener is against Buffalo and only a little more then an hour drive from the arena, maybe that can be included in what the Sabres are doing for the fans too?I never heard that the game was free for everyone, but did here tehy were giving away about a thousand free tickets to the game. But thats what these non hockey market teams in small markets like Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Toronto have to do to attract more fans compared to the big boys like the Sabres who don't need anymore fans They didn't need to do anything to help with their PR with the lockout. Just listen to most of the fans here in Buffalo, they Blame Bettman/Fehr, the players and some of the owners for the lockout mess. Everyone assumes that TP would never have wanted the NHL to have a lockout and it was the other owners that wanted it so they come running back praising him because he is a Saint who will buy us fancy trinkets for outside the arena and invest in realestate around the area.

I used GameCentre Live last year too (My cable company had me on hold for way too long when I tried ordering Centre Ice so I went this route), but if you read the agreement when you get it, it says that the charge is renewed every year, and you have to cancel it if you don't want it to be renewed so its not really them presumtuous because even if the season wasn't delayed, they would have renewed your subscription to it before the start of the season anyways unless you canceled it prior to the season

Don't know if you can waive someone who is currently injured though. Also, theres no point if you can IR them. Its not going to cost them cap space or a roster spot to IR them and make the decision later after having more time to evaluate some other players and possibly work out other moves/trades.