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I guess when Sakic signed with colorado for 91 million that had nothing to do with money.
How about Ignlia's contract I also guess that has nothing to do with money either.
How about crosby's contract, or how about yzerman, or even lacavilier, or st. lous, what about luango, and the list goes on with high paied players from canada.
I would like to see crosby block a shot, if he did he would probably hit the ground and cry like he was shot, he's a good finesse player but he's not tuff at all.
To say the only reason a russian player plays is for stats and money is probably the most rediculious thing I have ever heard of. Can you say honestly you know the exact reason WHY kov didn't resign with Atlanta, nope and to make assumptions on to why just makes you look like a idoit.
while i know you are a football coach i assume you dont follow a lot of hockey( dont think I need to stoop to calling you an idiot). Iginla signed for approx 2 million dollars less than he could have on the open market because he recognized who gave him his start and remained loyal. Yzerman played his nuts off for the team that drafted him,won 3 cups and retired as a wing. He too played for less money in detroit than he could have made had he whored himself out like Kovy ( cmon, turning down the team who drafted you for a 100 mill. contract for 10 years is ridiculous) .
Pretty sure if you check all your "examples "you will find the same thing. Yes candian playeras sign lucrative contracts but I garantee every one of them has a single goal in mind ( the same one they had when they wer playing midget and junior hockey ) and that is to hoist Lord stanleys mug.
ps. again, you obviuosly didnt watch any of the SC playoffs last year as Sid did everything a team captain and leader needs to do(including laying out in front of slapshots). Resulted in a stanley cup for his team
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More just what I have seen. Iginla peaked at 29/30. I think the strength and endurance and speed of youth is more powerful that smarts in this league. Speed wins. Still you need someone with smarts on the ice to set up plays but what is more powerful than smarts is just chemistry. Some players just play well and compliment each others styles and can guess which direction they will turn.
When this guy turns 30...his asset value will be dropping...not rising IMHO. In terms of skill and value...that offer is more like paying him
Age Salary
27 $15 million
28 $15 million
29 $15 million
30 $15 million
31 $10 million
32 $10 million
33 $5 million
34 $5 million
35 $5 million
36 $5 million
Which is pretty sweet in the twilight of your career.
My sense is either...he only wants to play 3 or 4 more years then retire a king in Russia, pick a team that can win as an expensive last minute hire or hated Atlanta and just wanted an excuse that people understand...greed versus saying "I hate it here and want out".
he will take his act to the KHL where he will sign a 10 year deal worth 120 million. He will play for minor league championships in a watered down league were hitting is frowned upon and spend the offseason rolling in his money. Dont expect him to "go to the wall" for the devils either as he wont risk injury (think of Dorn from the movie minor league) for a championship i garantee he doesnt really care about.
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Yah. Nobody in North America cares about money. Only those damn Russians. You know, like the ones who play(ed) for the Red Wings. Bunch of money grubbing bastards.
the wings are/were led by guys like yzerman,shanahan,lidstrom, and zetterberg (assuming you know the last 2 guys are swedes and not russians).The wings ruskys (datsyuk,larionov,etc) were the flash and the players i mentioned were the team leaders.
say what you want but i garantee ovechkin or kovy would take an 80 goal season over a stanley cup any day. If I ever see ovechkin, or kovy block a shot in the playoffs i will eat my shorts.
ps. Im not talking about russians vs "N americans". Im talking about russian vs canadian players.
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...or its not about the money and next year he signs with a team who has a chance.....he might not want to lock down with a team that has a first line and 3 4th lines!
hes russian. priorities are in this order
1-money
2-personal stats
3-money
4-personal stats
5-money
6-olympic gold medal
7-money
8-vodka
9-SC ring
hes gonna sign in the KHL for a zillion bucks and wont give a rats ass about winning a real championship.
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Watching the early morning news this morning and they are all saying that kov is a rent a player, and most likely the devils will not be resigning him as he is a free agent at the end of the year.
strictly a rental. the devils were one of the top clubs before the deal and have likley put themselves over the top (if brodeur stays healthy) with this deal.IMO,the devils move to the top of the class in the east .
Kovy vs. AO in the conference finals?
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Geo's the New PHANEUF!
Gios accelerated learning curve ( along with signing JBO) are what made Dion expendable IMO. Without a doubt, Giordano has been our most consistent and overall our best Dman all year. He has all the offensive tools to run a PP, is a very smart player in his own end, and now he has added the "nasty" component to his game as well ( the game that really sticks out in my mind was the one against LA where he hammered Dustin Brown 4 times in one game). Again, I dont think the sky has fallen just yet. Our lineup looks pretty decent with the guys we picked up and i dont think having White back there instead of Dion is gonna hurt us(his offensive numbers are just as good and he isnt prone to the brain freezes that sometimes plague phaneuf). We have a much more offensive team now with a full 4 lines that can score ( as glencross on the 4th line accentuated last night). When all of our guys return to the lineup it should look something like this:
FORWARDS:
Hagman-Stajan-Iginla
Dawes-Langkow-Bourque
GlenX-Boyd-Moss
Nystrom-Baklund-Kotalik (pretty dam good 4th line IMO )
IMO, they need to keep Baklund in the lineup and sit conroy and lundmark. Mayers and Higgins are decent spare parts that give us depth up front and Mcgratton is there when we need some muscle . Flames also have approx 1.8 million in cap space which translates to a 5million dollar rental at the trade deadline ( ray whitney comes to mind).
DEFENSE:
Regher-White
Gio-Jbo
Sarrich-Pardy
Again, dont panic or toss the flames/sutter under the bus just yet.
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Um. Knock Knock... who's there... THREE YEARS.
dude... you say they'll be srewed by aging vets in 3 years? theyre screwed NOW!
Iginla - old... cant get away from a check anymore
Langkow - same thing
Conroy - yup same thing.
this team needs a fresh start. I say we go the way of the oilers and trade all these guys away, suck miserably for five or six years get some draft picks and build over again. Obviously the window of opportunity this team HAD, is gone.
Lets not hit the panic button yet boys. lets wait for all the apples to fall out of the tree before throwing sutter under the bus. I still think something else is brewing as he has too many forwards in the lineup. Theres a ton of hype about this because Dion has been traded to the center of the hockey universe and except for the minor league team up north, the Laffs are the worst in the league so any news in ontario is good news. While i agree Conny and Langkow are slowing down, it seems a tad premature to give up on #12. The flames have a better D this year than last even without dion ( adding Jbo and having Gio step up), and added some good young forwards to the lineup. Again, i dont think sutters done dealing just yet.
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Sorry yap, I funked outta sensitivity training, you'd think after 21 yrs you'd have slightly thicker skin.
"yap". Hope you didnt burn up too much grey matter coming up with that gem
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and a bit of WGAF in mine
I find it amusing that for someone WDGaF that you continually post on the all hockey threads. we know were you stand on the flames/pro hockey so its getting kind of redundant
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HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.
The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with
colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) orendothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools
when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to
know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving.
I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave.
Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion,
you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since
people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.
Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in
order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand
proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell,
then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then
the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that,
"It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account
the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and
thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.
The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it
is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only
Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last
night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+
Keep Warm,
Don
when I saw the title of the thread i assumed it had to do with edmonton setting an all time low of -50 the other day
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Who is Paul Kariya? And what is his claim to fame?
Or better yet - what is the Hall of Famer?
Don
perhaps if the poll was for the road apple toss or lawn bowling hall of fame,Taco and Don could get involved as well.
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Some of the most exciting games I've ever seen were 1-0, and 2-1 games. How about game 6 against detroit in 2004... 1-0 flames, and don't tell me that wasn't a game full of chances, and had you at the edge of your seat all game.
+1 Brian. That game was one of the most exciting games i have ever seen.
Again, all the rule changes to increase scoring are so the knowledgable fans in nashville,tampa and atlanta dont get bored
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Soccer scores=booooring. Wins are what's important but the league wants scoring!!
not to canadian fans. The league ( see bettman ) wants more scoring to keep the Merkans interested in our game
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Yeah I wasn't upset with the LA loss I saw the team play really really hard all night long. Tonights win came on a much poorer effort... but a win is a win. I've been watching the officiating pretty closely this year... and lately the dang stripes havent been too bad. Hate to say it... but that game against LA that the flames lost they even had a lot of calls / non calls in their favor.
the only thing seperating the boys from number one overall is a PP. both recent 2-1 losses could have been salvaged if their PP was on and some of the other close ones we have won could have been a little less tense if they cashed in a little more often with the man advantage. I expect first chance sutter has (likely today) they are working on the PP
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Trust the Oilers to start screwing up my dreams of a top 3 pick...
Smitty
The oilers seem to always strive to ensure they sew up that number 9 spot every year. They are a model of consistent mediocrity
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Well that's fine it might be true, but you obviously didn't do your homework. And you're right, I have something to hide, it's called "personal information". Would you like my SIN card number too?
they supplied the same iron clad promise you believe is sufficient ( "I never missed a payment in my life" and buddies for references). Did as much homework as i thought necessary (called the references who proceeded to BS me). If it wasnt for a couple of crappy/dishonest renters i wouldnt have been forced to ask for all this "personal info". Used to just trust people at their word and got burned. Perhaps the landlords you have had bad experiences with have also been ripped off.
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Pretty interesting how when the flames are dominating a game and getting hooked / hauled down all over in the third period and not a single call? f**kin disgrace as usual from the officiating. Great effort by the flames and they finally got rewarded on the tying goal. I gotta admit, selanne's shootout winner was a beauty... and why didnt iginla get to go in on the shootout? the guys one of the hottest players in the league right now and he aint shooting??? give your head a shake sutter!!!!! :$*%&:
no kidding. the guys has been the hottest scorer in the league over the last 12 games and he sits and watches dawes and glencross shoot? flames never seem to get as many shootout points as most other good teams. i would like to see dion start the shootout with a 120 MPH slapper from 25 feet out and then follow with iggy and olie.
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I feel you about the cats. I have 4 cats, and am currently looking for a new place.
I really understand both sides of the story. Some cats are sh*t heads and like to destroy everything they can get their hands on. My blinds on my front window are proof. But will a cat damage a house? no. The only real problems cats pose is of course the obvious, messing on the floor/ spraying. A cat cannot physically damage a house, or the value of the property. Saying a dog can't and a cat can obviously leads me to believe some people are lacking parts of their brain that work. Cats are trained like dogs where to use the bathroom, if they are trained they won't miss. Can't say the same for a dog, a dog can literally destroy a yard. The house I am renting now had a dog, which basically destroyed the yard leaving big holes beside the porch and the fence and a fairly large portion of the back yard completely baron of any greenery. Scratch marks on the once nice hardwood floors. Since being here, my cats have never once missed the litter box, the only thing damaged were a set of blinds and some odds and ends laying around my house that my cats decided to play with. Nothing severe. Certainly not enough damage to ask for a full month's rent in damage deposit.
I'll never forget the time I lived in some sh*thole apartment off 17th ave for 2 weeks, and the dumb broad decided to keep my $1000 damage deposit. Even though I only lived there for about 2 weeks before I decided I had to get the hell out of there. That was really unreal. Oh yeah, the place was more clean when I moved out than when I moved in.
Honestly, I was really astounded when I looked at a place and they asked for a credit check. Get real. I have 3 credit cards and my credit is great, but I'd never give some snob a credit check on me because they don't like the way I look. i would gladly give them references, but not a credit check. I've never missed a month's rent since my first place and don't intend to. Then again, I'm not even sure why I'm complaining, a good majority of the landlords here are scumbags and crooks and it's never gonna change. Maximum $ for minimum quality.
had 2 tenants tell me " I never missed a payment" when they wanted to sign a rental agreement. They even had references (obviuosly bogus) and then bounced checks. Since then i always do credit checks and have found that most guys who get in a snit about providing credit info likley have something to hide.
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Smitty wrote;
"But this is the problem with yours and SL's stance; that if someone were to purchase a 2nd home to rent out to help pay (1) bills, (2) pay down a mortgage, (3) buy an extra flyrod , (4) Go to Vegas every 3 months, who are you to judge? You want to talk greed, then stick to Michael Moore movies and the Wall Street fat cats and leave middle class people, whose great sin is to create an extra income stream, alone."
You're right I shouldn't judge, your Vegas trip, new fly rod, and second mortgage is justified and far more important than affordable housing, even if it means gouging renters. And really, I mean they're getting a gift basket.
And Smitty, I do live in the capitalist centre of western Canada, but that doesn't make me a hypocrite. My wife and I, unfortunately, don't have second properties that would allow us to move (right now). And on that note and that topic, I have lived in two countries in Europe and four different provinces.....the standard of living in all of these places has been equal (better in Europe) to Alberta...and none of them had oil. The only difference was there were not so many Hummers or Ford F350s.
My job is funded by a federal body by the way.
I think the most telling line here is "my wife and I ,UNFORTUNATELY dont have second properties that would allow us to.................................".
Sounds like an extreme case of sour grapes to me.
Im guessing it isnt so much that SL is against landlords getting the going rate, hes just pissed he missed the boat/doesnst have a rental property himself. Everything else he has come up with is simply cover for the green monster hes fighting
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Moon played pretty good heads up.Just couldn't get lucky.
Maybe we could get a FFC poker night going.5$ entry sorta thing.
watched a fair bit of the tourney ( not just the last table coverage) and IMO,moon was a very poor player. The guy just kept getting the cards so almost every bad move he made turned out a winner. Granted you have to be good to be lucky in a tourney of that size, but Moon was 95% lucky and 5% good . The guys at the table seemed to be able to read him most times but kept getting screwed on turn and river cards after Moon made some pretty bad preflop plays.
The kid who won it it is now doing the talk show circuit. 8.8 million bucks at 22 years of age. must be nice
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The GF and I are finally going to both be living in Calgary full time so we were out looking for places to rent for the past week or so, this has been the most frustrating experience you can imagine. We were looking for a townhouse in the SW that would let us keep a cat and a fish tank. Most landlords and rental companies don't want pets in their properties, I understand that. In many listings though pets are "negotiable" which I now understand means you can have your cat if you let me screw you over.
We looked at one place by Stanley Park, the minute we walked in we smelt that unmistakable stink of a male cat marking it's territory. We looked around while taking with the lady and told her we had a cat. She put on her obviously fake "gee I don't know face" and told us that she wasn't sure that was going to work. We talked back and forth as we moved through the townhouse, noticing the stained carpet from the previous olfactory cat, she stated she was uncomfortable with the cat because she had never had animals in the property before and so on. We finally arrived in the basement we she told us that if we were willing to forgo the offered $100/month rent reduction we could have the cat there. $1200 a year to cover potential cat damage? Must be a nasty cat, the really funny part? The whole "we've never allowed cats before" speech took place in eye sight of a support column that had been wrapped in old carpet and torn up by something with claws.... I must look stupid or something, maybe I need a new haircut.
So we keep looking around and this scenario keeps playing itself out in roughly the same way, if you want to have a cat here you're going to have to pay more rent. A couple places I offered a larger deposit to cover any damage but was turned down, it was going to have to be higher rent. That way if the cat turns out not to be a problem they don't refund the money, nice scam. Is it a coincidence that many of these landlords also worked as real estate agents?
We finally found a place where the cat isn't an issue, it's also a really nice place at a great price. Not surprisingly the owners are a nice young couple who are not in any way involved in the real estate business.
as a landlord, i thought i would reply. You mentioned the LL you first met that had a place that 'reeked' of male cat. Im guessing he likley didnt have that problem before he rented to the prior tenants yet you are surpised he was reluctant to rent to another cat owner without compensation. When it comes to household mess and damage, cats are the most destructive /dirty animals on the planet (cant imagine allowing my dogs to crap and piss in a box in my kitchen but cat owners seem fine with this). I cant blame any landlord for saying no to a catowner or wanting more money to put up withthe inevitable smell and damage
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A trucker who has been out on the road for three weeks stops into a brothel outside Kalgoorlie. He walks straight up to the Madam, drops down $500 and says, "I want your ugliest woman and a burnt chop!"
The Madam is astonished. "But, sir, for that kind of money you could have one of my finest ladies and a lovely three-course meal.
The trucker replies, "I'm not horny . . . . I'm homesick."
trucker was from edmonton?
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No doubt, that was the first time the Oilers have surpassed the flames in shots, intensity and physical play in years. It's going to be a really intense year in the northwest division.
the oilers had home ice advantage, played up to their potential and lost. the flames were on the road,played a sub par game and won. dont see this battle getting to intense once the flames find their game.
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Odd a member from out of country asks for guide recommendations and it turns in to a fee debate....nice hijack guys and you wonder why info is less forth coming from the longer time members that have either left or just lurk here anymore.
Please stay on topic and show some respect for the original posters of all threads.
agree. the original poster wanted info on the river and a guide. he explained that he thought perhaps a fee of $500 seemed high ( again, out of country so likley is looking for help in that area as well). a guide then jumped all over this (cheapo tourist with a 3 weight, glad he didnt book with me,give your head a shake buddy, etc). my apologies for taking exception and high jacking, the thread but this attitude seemed to cast a poor light on all of us IMO.
Phil, there are a ton of helpful people on this site who would likley take you for a day on the river when you get here. enjoy your trip and the fishing on the Bow.
Kovalchuk Traded For Peanuts
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Do you need my address so you know where to send your check when Kovy signs in russia this summer?