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He was pretty amazing...tough, but he had hands. His story of battling addiction is a rare one in hockey, but inspirational all the same.
 
Good on the Blues...sadly, no way Montreal could have fit that contract in with the Plekanec signing. Halak plays for four years the way he played for MTL and he'll be a $6m/year guy.
 
So everybody is fighting over Kovalchuck, and rightly so, this guy can score 40 goals a season, but upon closer inspection he has a career plus/minus of -75! only last season did he have a plus 10, 1 while in Atlanta and 9 while in NJ... Are his offensive skills worth his horrible defensive play? He's average a -9 in his 8 years and even in a World Cup tourney had a -4...
 
Hawks match Hjalmarsson's offer sheet. Definitely a better move than resigning Niemi when he's asking as much as he is (especially with Turko and Theodore on the market for cheap).
 
Have you noticed how the folks that usually go to arbitration aren't worth the trouble? LOL. I went through the list and I'm like, who the fucka re these people? Niemi is trying to cash in on his run, but he's gotta prove he can be consistent before having the balls to pull that move.
 
The problem is how high the market was set by Halak's deal with St. Louis. Niemi should be getting paid something closer to what Tuuka Rask's deal was set at at the turn of the year, but because of Halak's mammoth deal and similar skill set and age, Niemi's guys will be asking much more. Time for Stan to make another big decision; deal another piece and keep Niemi, deal another piece and let Niemi walk to free up way more cap room, or stick with the move most Chi-Town fans want and resign the Finn. (This is of course assuming that Huet gets buried in the Minors or shipped off to Europe, which is going to happen no matter what way you spin it.)
 
So yesterday I was channel surfing and happened upon Pardon The Interruption on ESPN and they were talking about Toews day with the Cup. Apparently he got on a bus with the Cup and there was a picture of it. One of the commentators was berating Toews for getting on a public bus with the highly revered, practically holy Stanley Cup. How dare he this, how dare he that. The other guy laughed in his face and told him the Cup has been in worse places than a public bus.

Today I went on th NHL.com just to see if indeed there was big hoopla about it... nope. The commentator on PTI is one ignorant mofo... the Cup has ended up at bottom of pools, lakes, in back yards, bathtubs, etc.... indeed the cup has been in MUCH worse places than a fucking bus. They seriously let any moron pass for an "expert" now-a-days... gees
 
One time, the Habs pulled over to fix a flat on their bus and drove away, leaving the Cup on the side of the road for hours. People have peed in it, babies have been baptized in it, and more than one player has slept with it, though probably not in the sexual way. Cheerios have been eaten from it. A bus? Who the fuck cares about the bus...it made the day of the people on the bus, you better fucking bet.

Hell, the damn thing has been up mountains on the Niedermayer's backs.
 
They got Phil Pritchard  with the Cup at all times now,and have had him their for about 17 years, so them hacks on ESPN can just shut their holes and have another LeBronathon.
 
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