Around the NHL - 2013-2014

[Member Berries]

I use every finger but my ring finger and thumb.

[Wyldnwoody44]

 

Nice..... News Flash, it's gonna be a shocker ;)

[inkman]

I use every finger but my ring finger and thumb.

Post of the year!

[MattPie]

Overheard in Philly: 15-year-old kid, "I wonder why the Danny Briere jerseys are on sale." Dad: "That's because the Flyers cut him." "What? The Flyers are so stupid."

[apuszczalowski]

Overheard in Philly: 15-year-old kid, "I wonder why the Danny Briere jerseys are on sale." Dad: "That's because the Flyers cut him." "What? The Flyers are so stupid."

Well, he got that part right, but it has nothing to do with the first part..........

Theres plenty of other reasons why thats true

[IKnowPhysics]

Overheard in Philly: ..."What? The Flyers are so stupid."

 

Flyers fans are becoming self-aware... Judgement Day is coming, whereby the earth will be destroyed in a hail of D-cell batteries.

[26CornerBlitz]

Turnstyle signing:

@JoshRimerHockey

Canadiens sign Douglas Murray to a 1yr deal!

[LGR4GM]

Rumor is Grabovski is going to sign with the Caps but no one has said it is definite.

[deluca67]

Rumor is Grabovski is going to sign with the Caps but no one has said it is definite.

It's official. http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/9593789/mikhail-grabovski-play-washington-capitals

 

Good signing for the Caps.

[TrueBlueGED]

It's official. http://espn.go.com/n...ington-capitals

 

Good signing for the Caps.

 

Great signing IMO. Wish the Sabres would have done it (with Miller and Vanek still here I've given up on the idea we can tank this season).

[Weave]

Great signing IMO. Wish the Sabres would have done it (with Miller and Vanek still here I've given up on the idea we can tank this season).

 

Brad Boyes is still available. :P

[Weave]

Interesting tweets regarding Luongo interview.

 

James Duthie ‏@tsnjamesduthie9h

Luongo will report to Canucks training camp, and says he is extremely motivated, but remains uncertain about his future in Van.

James Duthie ‏@tsnjamesduthie9h

Luongo: "I had moved on from Vancouver and was ready to start fresh somewhere else...like a divorce...except she wanted me back."

James Duthie ‏@tsnjamesduthie9h

Luongo also talks about breaking down after not being dealt at deadline and "blacking out" when he learned VAN had traded Schneider.

James Duthie ‏@tsnjamesduthie9h

Luongo also reveals that in May he had serious talks with the NHLPA about the possibility of voiding his deal and walking away from 40m.

[Eleven]

Great signing IMO. Wish the Sabres would have done it (with Miller and Vanek still here I've given up on the idea we can tank this season).

 

Again. Anyone who thinks this is a short rebuild...

[Andrew Amerk]

 

 

Again. Anyone who thinks this is a short rebuild...

 

Did you REALLY just say the dreaded 'R' word?

[darksabre]

 

 

Did you REALLY just say the dreaded 'R' word?

 

If by dreaded you mean long overdue.

[JJFIVEOH]

Why does anybody care about Luongo any more? Weave, that wasn't directed at you. ;)

[IKnowPhysics]

It's interesting at least a tiny bit: formerly great goaltender is nearly battled out by an up-and-comer, and asks for a trade to escape the situation, but it's the up-and-comer that gets traded, and now he must re-find his will to play for the team whom he was ready to abandon. It's not relevant to the Sabres in any way, but I'll keep a very loose eye on how this goes for Vancouver. It's a rare situation, albeit one that doesn't deserve all of the Canadian media attention it gets. Can Luongo battle on, or is he ultimately resigned to his previously presumed fate: doomed?

 

I guess it's interesting in the "it's a mildy interesting sports story" sense, not an "I give a ######" sense.

[deluca67]

Great signing IMO. Wish the Sabres would have done it (with Miller and Vanek still here I've given up on the idea we can tank this season).

It sucks, but when I read your post my first thought was "why would he sign with the Sabres?" I know it sucks, I dream of the day where I can look over the list of available free agents and not cross off 65% of the list because I doubt they would even consider coming to the Sabres.

[darksabre]

Kaner in Buffalo showing off his Cup today.

 

 

[JJFIVEOH]

It's interesting at least a tiny bit: formerly great goaltender is nearly battled out by an up-and-comer, and asks for a trade to escape the situation, but it's the up-and-comer that gets traded, and now he must re-find his will to play for the team whom he was ready to abandon. It's not relevant to the Sabres in any way, but I'll keep a very loose eye on how this goes for Vancouver. It's a rare situation, albeit one that doesn't deserve all of the Canadian media attention it gets. Can Luongo battle on, or is he ultimately resigned to his previously presumed fate: doomed?

 

I guess it's interesting in the "it's a mildy interesting sports story" sense, not an "I give a ######" sense.

 

Perhaps I'm just more sick of it than most because he cried just as much when he played down here. It just didn't get national attention like it does now.

[Weave]

It's interesting at least a tiny bit: formerly great goaltender is nearly battled out by an up-and-comer, and asks for a trade to escape the situation, but it's the up-and-comer that gets traded, and now he must re-find his will to play for the team whom he was ready to abandon. It's not relevant to the Sabres in any way, but I'll keep a very loose eye on how this goes for Vancouver. It's a rare situation, albeit one that doesn't deserve all of the Canadian media attention it gets. Can Luongo battle on, or is he ultimately resigned to his previously presumed fate: doomed?

 

I guess it's interesting in the "it's a mildy interesting sports story" sense, not an "I give a ######" sense.

 

 

I think the most interesting part of it is Luongo lobbying the PA to allow him to walk away from the contract. What if he did it without the PA's blessing? Does he get black-balled by his own union?

[darksabre]

 

 

 

I think the most interesting part of it is Luongo lobbying the PA to allow him to walk away from the contract. What if he did it without the PA's blessing? Does he get black-balled by his own union?

 

Without a doubt. He has to suffer this contract or else it sets precedent for GMs to find ways of strong-arming players into voluntarily voiding their contracts. That would cripple the union.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Luongo is just a big baby.

 

He has worn out his welcome in Van City and they can't find a sucker to take the contract off their hands. The team hates him and he hates the team. He is being paid a gazillion dollars ... no way he voids his contact, because he may not get another one.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Brad Boyes is still available. :P

 

Maybe then our own TbB poster will surface on a more regular basis.

 

Happy B-day, by the way, TbB wherever you are.

[Trettioåtta]

I don't think Luongo is a baby at all. The way Gillis handled the team is appalling. He basically told Luongo he was going for a year and a half and then traded the other guy. If this was Darcy you guys would not be calling the player out but calling for Darcy's head (more so). And to those who think that he would not find another job are idiotic. Why would he not get another job? He is still a really decent player.

 

I'm slightly concerned about this boards understanding of goaltenders