sabremike Posted April 29, 2024 Report Posted April 29, 2024 On 4/29/2024 at 7:55 PM, PerreaultForever said: He is indeed out. How fast they fall from grace. Brind'Amour? Now that would be interesting. Expand There is zero chance RBA leaves Raleigh. He wants to be there and has no desire to leave, they want him to stay. Quote
Brawndo Posted April 29, 2024 Author Report Posted April 29, 2024 On 4/29/2024 at 7:55 PM, PerreaultForever said: He is indeed out. How fast they fall from grace. Brind'Amour? Now that would be interesting. Expand Seattle is probably the only situation he would love Carolina for. He has a great relationship with Ron Francis and as you know is a BC Native Quote
PerreaultForever Posted April 30, 2024 Report Posted April 30, 2024 On 4/29/2024 at 9:55 PM, Brawndo said: Seattle is probably the only situation he would love Carolina for. He has a great relationship with Ron Francis and as you know is a BC Native Expand This is why I made the ? It is the one place he might go to and if he knows Francis will make him the highest paid coach in the league (unofficially of course as anything actual is tampering we know that) why wouldn't he go there on a long term deal? Raleigh might be a nice place, but Seattle is nicer. Quote
Brawndo Posted April 30, 2024 Author Report Posted April 30, 2024 On 4/30/2024 at 2:32 AM, PerreaultForever said: This is why I made the ? It is the one place he might go to and if he knows Francis will make him the highest paid coach in the league (unofficially of course as anything actual is tampering we know that) why wouldn't he go there on a long term deal? Raleigh might be a nice place, but Seattle is nicer. Expand Mrs. Brind’amour has deep family ties with Raleigh-that’s worth a couple million per year in negotiations right there 1 Quote
PerreaultForever Posted April 30, 2024 Report Posted April 30, 2024 On 4/30/2024 at 3:02 AM, Brawndo said: Mrs. Brind’amour has deep family ties with Raleigh-that’s worth a couple million per year in negotiations right there Expand No doubt, but it's not like when Chris Pronger's wife didn't want to live in Edmonton, it's Seattle. It's an imperfect city, but it's pretty darn nice. Brind'Amour almost certainly stays in Raleigh, BUT if there was one situation he might go to, this is it. Quote
kas23 Posted April 30, 2024 Report Posted April 30, 2024 On 4/29/2024 at 6:19 PM, Brawndo said: Expand Here’s the ESPN report. Something is wrong in here…. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/40051232/kraken-fire-coach-dave-hakstol-missing-playoffs “Hakstol, who went 107-112-27 with the franchise, becomes the second NHL coach to be fired this offseason after the San Jose Sharks moved on from David Quinn last week.” 1 Quote
Doohicksie Posted April 30, 2024 Report Posted April 30, 2024 Maybe he meant to say "Western Conference" Quote
SabreFinn Posted April 30, 2024 Report Posted April 30, 2024 On 4/30/2024 at 6:20 PM, kas23 said: Here’s the ESPN report. Something is wrong in here…. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/40051232/kraken-fire-coach-dave-hakstol-missing-playoffs “Hakstol, who went 107-112-27 with the franchise, becomes the second NHL coach to be fired this offseason after the San Jose Sharks moved on from David Quinn last week.” Expand Read some ugly rumours sayin the players wanted Hakstol replaced. Quote
kas23 Posted April 30, 2024 Report Posted April 30, 2024 On 4/30/2024 at 7:01 PM, Doohickie said: Maybe he meant to say "Western Conference" Expand Either that, or the league just ignores what is going on in Buffalo. 1 Quote
Doohicksie Posted April 30, 2024 Report Posted April 30, 2024 (edited) On 4/30/2024 at 7:17 PM, kas23 said: Either that, or the league just ignores what is going on in Buffalo. Expand That was my first thought. But there are a lot more than us. And it's not just two in the Western Conference; Seattle, the Kings, Blues, Devils and Senators are all looking for coaches. Edited April 30, 2024 by Doohickie Quote
PerreaultForever Posted April 30, 2024 Report Posted April 30, 2024 On 4/30/2024 at 7:25 PM, Doohickie said: That was my first thought. But there are a lot more than us. And it's not just two in the Western Conference; besides Seattle, the Kings, Blues, Devils and Senators are all looking for coaches. Expand So many teams looking for coaches I'm glad we went with Ruff and ended it. If we were in a long detailed search with all these teams I could see us getting used and leveraged for negotiations multiple times and then ending up with the nobody or the leftover. Even Ruff might have been gone. 2 1 Quote
shrader Posted April 30, 2024 Report Posted April 30, 2024 On 4/30/2024 at 7:25 PM, Doohickie said: That was my first thought. But there are a lot more than us. And it's not just two in the Western Conference; besides Seattle, the Kings, Blues, Devils and Senators are all looking for coaches. Expand It did say “this offseason” though. Those others were all in season, your list anyway. 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted May 1, 2024 Report Posted May 1, 2024 Live feed of the IIHF Worlds: Lithuania vs China Quote
Wyldnwoody44 Posted May 1, 2024 Report Posted May 1, 2024 On 5/1/2024 at 4:54 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Live feed of the IIHF Worlds: Lithuania vs China Expand Damn, I'm sitting here in Lithuania, I should go find this. 1 Quote
shrader Posted May 1, 2024 Report Posted May 1, 2024 On 5/1/2024 at 6:35 PM, Wyldnwoody44 said: Damn, I'm sitting here in Lithuania, I should go find this. Expand Usually I’d say this is a post I never thought I would see typed out… but we do have you on this board. Quote
PerreaultForever Posted May 2, 2024 Report Posted May 2, 2024 On 5/1/2024 at 4:54 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Live feed of the IIHF Worlds: Lithuania vs China Expand Latvians really like beating Lithuanians. It's a thing. Quote
Wyldnwoody44 Posted May 2, 2024 Report Posted May 2, 2024 On 5/1/2024 at 9:11 PM, shrader said: Usually I’d say this is a post I never thought I would see typed out… but we do have you on this board. Expand Yeahhh, I'm an oddball lol. The food in Lithuania is so good. I think basketball is more important here and hockey in Latvia. On 5/2/2024 at 3:31 AM, PerreaultForever said: Latvians really like beating Lithuanians. It's a thing. Expand The counties are very similar, different language. Otherwise, driving between them it's hard to tell that I crossed a border. But when it comes to sports, they have a Buffalo/Toronto kind of rivalry and it's awesome. Quote
PerreaultForever Posted May 2, 2024 Report Posted May 2, 2024 On 5/2/2024 at 4:32 AM, Wyldnwoody44 said: Yeahhh, I'm an oddball lol. The food in Lithuania is so good. I think basketball is more important here and hockey in Latvia. The counties are very similar, different language. Otherwise, driving between them it's hard to tell that I crossed a border. But when it comes to sports, they have a Buffalo/Toronto kind of rivalry and it's awesome. Expand They look similar to us but they have a long historical rivalry and hatred for each other. Serious warring tribes way back in the day. The only thing they agree on is their dislike of Estonians 🙂 Quote
Wyldnwoody44 Posted May 2, 2024 Report Posted May 2, 2024 😂😂😂 Yes, this is true. I also had one man here tell me that one day, they're going to take the championship away from Finland. Quote
Weave Posted May 2, 2024 Report Posted May 2, 2024 On 5/2/2024 at 4:32 AM, Wyldnwoody44 said: Yeahhh, I'm an oddball lol. The food in Lithuania is so good. I think basketball is more important here and hockey in Latvia. The counties are very similar, different language. Otherwise, driving between them it's hard to tell that I crossed a border. But when it comes to sports, they have a Buffalo/Toronto kind of rivalry and it's awesome. Expand So, only one side thinks there is a rivalry, and the other is like “whatever”? Quote
Wyldnwoody44 Posted May 2, 2024 Report Posted May 2, 2024 (edited) On 5/2/2024 at 9:56 AM, Weave said: So, only one side thinks there is a rivalry, and the other is like “whatever”? Expand Latvia calls themselves unofficially the "land of ice hockey" They play in Lithuania but it's not even close to the top sport. So I'm sure they don't want to lose to each other (who does) but they're on different tiers. On a slightly separate note, I was asking some locals what the difference in the 2 cultures were, they laughed and all agreed that it's almost the same, they said there are more Russians overall in Latvia compared to Vilnius, the roads are a little better in Lithuania, but a lot of cuisine, traditions are very closely tied together. Obviously this is just a surface thing as I don't live here, but they seem to overall get along in the grand scheme of things lol. Edited May 2, 2024 by Wyldnwoody44 Quote
Doohicksie Posted May 2, 2024 Report Posted May 2, 2024 On 5/2/2024 at 5:09 AM, PerreaultForever said: They look similar to us but they have a long historical rivalry and hatred for each other. Serious warring tribes way back in the day. Expand Back in the 17th century, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth occupied Latvia (and much of Estonia). 1 Quote
thewookie1 Posted May 2, 2024 Report Posted May 2, 2024 On 5/2/2024 at 12:12 PM, Doohickie said: Back in the 17th century, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth occupied Latvia (and much of Estonia). Expand I love the tiny bit of Romania they had. 1 Quote
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