Lanny Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) I'd like to know the extent of these "dumb offensive zone penalties." My gut tells me it's overblown. He had 38 PIMs the entire season/playoffs last year, and 12 of them were in the first 3 games. Edited August 2, 2017 by Lanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 I'd like to know the extent of these "dumb offensive zone penalties." My gut tells me it's overblown. He had 38 PIMs the entire season/playoffs last year, and 12 of them were in the first 3 games.It's like the concept of Kassian. Ppl hear a narrative and they run with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 This has to be one of the most Canadian paragraphs in print: "My locker was next to Marian Hossa’s when I came into the league. He actually recognized me from like seven years before — when he was still playing for the Ottawa Senators and I was just a lowly equipment boy, doing laundry and filling water bottles in exchange for high school credits." I didn't read the article but based on the quote you've highlighted I'd have to think it was his community service credits which most highschools recognize in Canada. Its generally grades 11 & 12 where you can get credit for charity work or volunteering. I suppose its to encourage those pursuits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Sabres Preview from Joe Yerdon https://www.nhl.com/news/2017-18-buffalo-sabres-season-preview/c-290563864 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 More from Joe Yerdon. Three questions facing the Sabres https://www.nhl.com/news/2017-18-sabres-breakdown-key-factors/c-290560338?tid=290471364 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 More from Joe Yerdon. Three questions facing the Sabres https://www.nhl.com/news/2017-18-sabres-breakdown-key-factors/c-290560338?tid=290471364 Video in there has us again not making the playoffs. I've read so many season previews, and they all say the same. It's becoming depressing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Video in there has us again not making the playoffs. I've read so many season previews, and they all say the same. It's becoming depressing You're young yet, the emotional callouses will form for you in a few years. Also, if it makes you feel any better, I distinctly recall Pierre McGuire arguing that the Sabres could be a dark horse playoff contender on the eve of the tank season. Sometimes, it's all just poo being tossed at walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Video in there has us again not making the playoffs. I've read so many season previews, and they all say the same. It's becoming depressing Ya, let's hope they are wrong. We need playoffs this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoPuckYourself Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 5 Best Blue Lines in the NHL, can you guess them? I'll go 1) Nashville 2) Anaheim 3) Calgary 4) Minnesota 5) SJ https://www.fanragsports.com/nhl/five-best-blue-lines-nhl-heading-2017-18/ 1. Anaheim 2. Nashville 3. Minnesota 4. Calgary 5. Pittsburgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 I didn't read the article but based on the quote you've highlighted I'd have to think it was his community service credits which most highschools recognize in Canada. Its generally grades 11 & 12 where you can get credit for charity work or volunteering. I suppose its to encourage those pursuits. I'm sure that's right, but I prefer to think there's an Independent Study course in Canadian High Schools called, "Hang around a hockey rink." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 I'm sure that's right, but I prefer to think there's an Independent Study course in Canadian High Schools called, "Hang around a hockey rink." Yeah we had a course in grade 12 called CR or community recreation where we went curling,bowling, swimming , ice hockey etc. The one high school course I excelled at. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Another book to consider is The Ballad of the Whisky Robber. It is the true story of Atilla Ambrus, a backup goalie turned bank robber in post-soviet Hungary. It's an interesting and often hilarious read. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28805.Ballad_of_the_Whiskey_Robber This book is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Worst contract on each NHL team. Good list https://www.fanragsports.com/nhl/craigs-list-worst-contract-nhl-teams-books/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Worst contract on each NHL team. Good list https://www.fanragsports.com/nhl/craigs-list-worst-contract-nhl-teams-books/ I know that different contracts have different impacts on individual teams and their cap situation, and must therefore be considered in context, but Bobby Ryan at five more years and $7.25 per... wow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BagBoy Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) Here's the latest from TSN.ca: HOW WILL THE SOLAR ECLIPSE AFFECT THE LEAFS’ DEFENSE? We here at TSN have an undying passion to report on what we, as Torontonians, feel is important to the nation that as a whole barely tolerates us. So in light of today’s solar eclipse, with our fingers planted vaguely in the neighbourhood of the pulse of some people who can actually read a full TSN article without projectilely vomiting a la Linda Blair in her pea soup grandeur, we give you the ruminations of the defensive corps of what may very possibly be one of the best hockey teams in Toronto this year. TSN: So tell us, what did you think of the eclipse, and how it will affect you and your peers on defense? Connor Carrick: I ###### love eclipses, especially the chocolate ones! Jake Gardiner: No, you moron, you love eclaires, not eclipses. You hate eclipses. You’re afraid of the dark. Morgan Rielly: I don’t know anything about any eclipses today. TSN: It started early this afternoon. Morgan Rielly: Funny. I thought it got late kind of early today. Coach says when it gets dark, it’s best to just go home and stay out of trouble. Now that it’s light again, does that mean it’s actually tomorrow already? And time for doughnuts?!?! Eric Fehr: What are you asking me for!?!? I’m a center dammit! What, just because I only got 11 points last year you assume I’m a D-man? ###### you TSN!!! Martin Marincin: I didn’t know there was an eclipse. I’ve been in my basement, on the phone, with my agent, since May. Ron Hainsey: Why are you picking on me? Just because the only country that this eclipse crossed is the US, and I’m from the US, and the US just recently elected…never mind. Nikita Zaitsev: I think maybe I make mistake coming to Leafs…BIG mistake… Edited August 22, 2017 by BagBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted August 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 https://www.theplayerstribune.com/category/letter-to-my-younger-self/?utm_source=theplayerstribune&utm_medium=now-trending-banner&utm_campaign=now-trending This is a great first-person reminiscence by Mike Bossy, who was the 2nd-greatest goal scorer I've ever seen (after 99). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Summers over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Summers over. SUMMER IS NOT OVER FOR THREE MORE WEEKS DO NOT TRY TO TAKE THE REST OF MY SUMMER AWAY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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