NHL Pre-Preseaon

[devilmaster]

Malkin comes out from visiting salmon rushdie and signs with the Pen-gu-ins. (they're practically like chickens)

http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/09/278962.html

The russian mafia couldn't be reached for comment.

[dando]

In the meantime, Nicky Z., who was basically freed from the clutches of the Russkies ala Fedorov, is threatening to go back to Russia to play rather than sign with the CBJs. The locals are growing restless with Douger Mac. :mad:

-Kevin

[TKGAngel]

The Sabres still haven't signed Miller, but they do have the priciest backup in the league in Biron ready and waiting to go. Dumont let his pride get in the way, choosing not to accept Buffalo's post-arbitration deal. Connolly still has no idea what planet he's on after the vicious hit against Ottawa in Round 2.

Only a month till the season starts! :thumbup:

[Dr. Corkski]

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[RTKar]

1) Subscribed to The Hockey News :thumbup:

2) Bought tickets to all Friday & Saturday Milwaukee Admirals games :thumbup:

3) Picked up some Brandon Wheat King Swag :thumbup:

4) The Chicago BlackHawks suck & Bill Wirtz still owns them :thumdown:

[Tifosi24]

2) Bought tickets to all Friday & Saturday Milwaukee Admirals games :thumbup:


4) The Chicago BlackHawks suck & Bill Wirtz still owns them :thumdown:

I hope purchasing an Admirals jersey is not in order, that new logo is hideous. I should be able to take in some home games financing and time permitting. Bill Wirtz is the suck and the main reason Milwaukee does not have an NHL franchise and never will.

[Dr. Corkski]

Bill Wirtz is the suck and the main reason Milwaukee does not have an NHL franchise and never will.Dollar Bill is the same reason why Chicago doesn't have a NHL team either. :tony:

[RTKar]

I hope purchasing an Admirals jersey is not in order, that new logo is hideous. I should be able to take in some home games financing and time permitting. Bill Wirtz is the suck and the main reason Milwaukee does not have an NHL franchise and never will.

No kidding...another sports team using black as part of their color scheme :yuck:

[pfc_m_drake]

The Sabres still haven't signed Miller, but they do have the priciest backup in the league in Biron ready and waiting to go. Dumont let his pride get in the way, choosing not to accept Buffalo's post-arbitration deal. Connolly still has no idea what planet he's on after the vicious hit against Ottawa in Round 2.

Only a month till the season starts! :thumbup:
Yeah, but I hate the new uniforms. :(

[anait]

3) Picked up some Brandon Wheat King Swag :thumbup:

:cool: Enduring franchise, that.

[TKGAngel]

Yeah, but I hate the new uniforms. :(

Viva La Slug! :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Buffalo_Sabres_Primary.gif

[devilmaster]

And Windsor has finally gotten rid of their own version of Harold Ballard, Bill Wirtz etc.

Steve Riolo is gone! (and methinks he was quietly told to sell the team after the hazing and fighting incident from last year- which happened on the team bus he happened to be on.)

The new ownership group includes Bob Boughner and Warren Rychel. Hopefully they won't treat it like their personal plaything the way Riolo did.

[anait]

Viva La Slug! :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Buffalo_Sabres_Primary.gif

Yeah, hm...that's a very swoosh-y buffalo. :p Looks a bit Nickelodeon-cartoon-ish. But hey, if it resembles a slug, at least it's a horned slug!

[Sean O'Gorman]

http://www.asylvm.f9.co.uk/images/renandstimpy/stimpy.gif

[RTKar]

:cool: Enduring franchise, that.

Placed my order by phone, the sweet young thing taking my order sounded adorable....I might have to move.







now back to hockey....

[anait]

^^^ Hey, we local residents would be happy to show you the sights. :D Cartcanuck and I could give you the grand provincial tour...well, the southern sections, anyway.

Once again, back to hockey..

There a OC fantasy NHL thingie?

[TKGAngel]

http://www.asylvm.f9.co.uk/images/renandstimpy/stimpy.gif

Oh, how nice of you to post a picture of yourself. ;)

Back to hockey, I've heard rumors that CTV is going to try and purchase Hockey Night in Canada from CBC.

[anait]

Back to hockey, I've heard rumors that CTV is going to try and purchase Hockey Night in Canada from CBC.

Well, if Rod Black got the mic, at least the players wouldn't let him get away with his regular line of interview questioning. "You've just lost any possible chance of moving forward...how are you feeling??"

[Night Train]

Congrats, Sabre fans, Miller re-signed for 3 years. He's the real deal.

My tickets for the Stanley Cup banner unveiling should arrive next week!!!

[pfc_m_drake]

Congrats, Sabre fans, Miller re-signed for 3 years. He's the real deal.

My tickets for the Stanley Cup banner unveiling should arrive next week!!!
We're definitely happy to have him. Hope you have mega-fun at your banner raising party!

[dando]

And here I thought the madness would end with Mad Mike's departure from the Isles:

http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2584306&name=FPT-2584306-091213&srvc=sz


Rick DiPietro re-signed with the New York Islanders on Tuesday, agreeing to a record 15-year deal that will pay the No. 1 goalie $67.5 million.

:eek: :saywhat:

-Kevin

[Dr. Corkski]

And here I thought the madness would end with Mad Mike's departure from the Isles:

http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2584306&name=FPT-2584306-091213&srvc=sz



:eek: :saywhat:

-KevinMad Mike never left. That nutjob Charles Wang only replaced him with a puppet for PR reasons. He makes Kim Jong-Il look brilliant and sane by comparison, and I am being 100% serious. The guy belongs in a prison or a mental instution.

[dando]

Mad Mike never left. That nutjob Charles Wang only replaced him with a puppet for PR reasons. He makes Kim Jong-Il look brilliant and sane by comparison, and I am being 100% serious. The guy belongs in a prison or a mental instution.

Yeah, that was a stroke of genius to install Garth Snow from G to GM. Natural fit, ya just add an M to his title, right? :saywhat: :shakehead The NHL should revoke the Isle's franchise, and give it Johnstown. :gomer:

-Kevin

[Dr. Corkski]

Yeah, that was a stroke of genius to install Garth Snow from G to GM. Natural fit, ya just add an M to his title, right? :saywhat: :shakehead The NHL should revoke the Isle's franchise, and give it Johnstown. :gomer:

-KevinI bet The Rick's contract has a bunch of commas in it. :tony:

[TKGAngel]

:eek: :saywhat:

-Kevin

I'll second that. Here's how the deal works, according to ESPN:


As long as DiPietro wants to play for the Islanders, he will be paid for the duration of the deal barring either a trade to another NHL team or his retirement.

• If he's traded, his contract goes with him as it was negotiated and becomes the responsibility of the team that acquires him (there currently is no provision for sharing contracts between teams).

• If he formally retires, providing the league with the appropriate papers to that effect, the contract ends and does not count against the Islanders' salary cap.

The guy will be 40 by the time this deal runs out. How many goalies make it to 40?

[racermike]

Holy crap!

15 years?

The guy is gonna be freaking 40 YEARS OLD, IF, he is still playing that long. Someone has been passing around crack brownies in the Isle's head office apparently. (maybe by DiPietro and agent).

If not, kudos to he and his agent, for pulling off the heist of the century so far. Thats a HUGE chunk of the salary cap for that team.

[devilmaster]

idiotic. :shakehead

What if DiPietro has a career ending injury? He doesn't have to retire, he just has to keep trying to come back - and he gets paid?

I'm still not convinced that he is one of the best goalies in the league....

[dando]

Love the comments on the TSN article:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=177223&hubname=nhl

-Kevin

[Tim]

Is the NHL still on OLN?

[dando]

Is the NHL still on OLN?

Yes, but OLN is no longer OLN, or @ least it won't be:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-04-24-outdoor-life-network-name_x.htm

vs. :saywhat:

-Kevin

[Dr. Corkski]

Yes, but OLN is no longer OLN, or @ least it won't be:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-04-24-outdoor-life-network-name_x.htm

vs. :saywhat:

-KevinThe NHL isn't exactly what you would call "Outdoor Life". They have had what, 1 outdoor game in the last how many years? :laugh:

[dando]

The NHL isn't exactly what you would call "Outdoor Life". They have had what, 1 outdoor game in the last how many years? :laugh:

Neither is Arena Foosball (by definition, eh?), or an number of PBR events.

-Kevin

[devilmaster]

The more I read and hear about this deal, the more i'm pissed off.

Idiotic owners making dumb deals is what forced the league into losing an entire season.....

And now that the pain of losing that season is 1 year removed, owners are starting to do dumb things again.... :shakehead

[devilmaster]

And now that I've said that ^

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=177298

Bob Clarke has tendered an offer to group 2 restricted free agent centre Ryan Kesler.

Kesler was working on a deal for 2 years at about 875,000. Kesler is 22 years old, got 10 goals and 23 points last year in 82 games. Last year's salary was 564,000.

Clarke offers 1.9 million a season!!!! http://www.sportsinferno.com/forums/images/smilies/banghead.gif

Everyone lost an entire season because teams threw the salary grid waaaay out of line. 1 year removed from the lockout - and stupidity reigns! Effin morons.

http://www.sportsinferno.com/forums/images/smilies/MHZrant.gif

[TKGAngel]

I'm still not convinced that he is one of the best goalies in the league....

Darcy Regier's got to be doing the samba that he signed Miller before this deal was announced.

[dando]

And now that I've said that ^

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=177298

Bob Clarke has tendered an offer to group 2 restricted free agent centre Ryan Kesler.

Kesler was working on a deal for 2 years at about 875,000. Kesler is 22 years old, got 10 goals and 23 points last year in 82 games. Last year's salary was 564,000.

Clarke offers 1.9 million a season!!!! http://www.sportsinferno.com/forums/images/smilies/banghead.gif

Everyone lost an entire season because teams threw the salary grid waaaay out of line. 1 year removed from the lockout - and stupidity reigns! Effin morons.

http://www.sportsinferno.com/forums/images/smilies/MHZrant.gif

Booby Clarke must go! :flame:

-Kevin

[Night Train]

Neither is Arena Foosball (by definition, eh?), or an number of PBR events.

-Kevin

Wang must have had a number of PBR events before drafting this contract, if you know what I mean...

[greenie]

Ducks picking up Pronger is epic.

I'm headed to the Pond on Monday for some preseason action. :tony:

I can't believe that it's already hockey preseason. :thumbup:

[dando]

Clarke fires back:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=177368&hubname=nhl

Sadly he almost appears lucid. :eek: :saywhat:

-Kevin

[devilmaster]

" Too bad for them. I'm just playing by the rules that are there. To be honest, I'm surprised more teams aren't doing it.”

Wait until next year when you try and resign your young-uns d***wad.

There's a major difference between UFA signings and RFA signings, Bob. You may have to inflate a UFA's price because its open bidding on him - you need to beat the other teams bidding on him also.

When its announced you've signed someone to an RFA offer sheet, no one can outbid you. You've signed him to a guaranteed 1 year contract - and the team that owns him has a right to match. In this case, Kesler will play for Vancouver or Philly at 1.9 mil. Vancouver will decide who Kesler plays for.

Bob had alot of wiggle room between 825,000 (the expected salary of kesler this year) and 1.9 mill. If the media can figure out that Vancouver has cap space to cover the 1.9 mill, then Clarke had that info also. In fact, its being reported that before he signed the offer sheet, Clarke had tried to trade for Kesler and was denied.

Clarke's a moron - and I think a few GM's are going to screw him come next off-season.

[dando]

Clarke's a moron - and I think a few GM's are going to screw him come next off-season.

Unfortunately Booby is one of many, many moron NHL GMs. :shakehead Douger Mac is on my list of morons after signing Anson Carter to a one year, $2.5M deal, while Nicky Z. plays in Russkie. :saywhat:

-Kevin