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Yeah, it's pretty friggin sweet
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Check out this crazy trick penalty shot during a Russian KHL All-Star game.   :coolsmiley:

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bayonetbrant

the highlight of the NHL All-Star was actually when they had a 'trade' during the All-Star draft, and swapped Kessel for Seguin.  This is twice now that Kessel has been in the spotlight at the All-Star draft.  He was the first "last guy" at the draft in 2011, and now he was the first guy traded at the All-Star draft.
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 26, 2015, 12:17:46 PM
the highlight of the NHL All-Star was actually when they had a 'trade' during the All-Star draft, and swapped Kessel for Seguin.  This is twice now that Kessel has been in the spotlight at the All-Star draft.  He was the first "last guy" at the draft in 2011, and now he was the first guy traded at the All-Star draft.

I missed out yesterday but noticed this zinger.  Tyler Seguin is the man.  Then again, I'm not sure what to make of Kessel.  He can be great offensively, but people lament his other skills.  I'm not sure if it's a result of the teams failures, his, or all of the above I guess.   I think the grilling he got recently in the locker room was a little too much, but he should be able to handle that flak by now.

I think the leafs should consider changing the manager, I don't think the coach is the problem.  There will be trouble if trying to offload Kessel ( who wants to pay his salary & Phaneuf's except the Leafs??)

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Quote from: endfire79 on January 26, 2015, 01:01:41 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 26, 2015, 12:17:46 PM
the highlight of the NHL All-Star was actually when they had a 'trade' during the All-Star draft, and swapped Kessel for Seguin.  This is twice now that Kessel has been in the spotlight at the All-Star draft.  He was the first "last guy" at the draft in 2011, and now he was the first guy traded at the All-Star draft.

I missed out yesterday but noticed this zinger.  Tyler Seguin is the man.  Then again, I'm not sure what to make of Kessel.  He can be great offensively, but people lament his other skills.  I'm not sure if it's a result of the teams failures, his, or all of the above I guess.   I think the grilling he got recently in the locker room was a little too much, but he should be able to handle that flak by now.

I think the leafs should consider changing the manager, I don't think the coach is the problem.  There will be trouble if trying to offload Kessel ( who wants to pay his salary & Phaneuf's except the Leafs??)

Kessel certainly shouldn't be a team captain or in any sort of leadership/media relations spot on a team, but there aren't a lot of guys who are consistent year to year 40 goal threats. Trading him would be ridiculous, especially since his contract would limit the return quite significantly.

The Leafs need to switch GM's, blow this up and rebuild around a few core guys. They actually have quite a few well regarded prospects on their way, so bite the bullet, dump some stupid contracts for peanuts (Phaneuf, Lupul) and stop pretending that this deeply flawed roster is ever going to amount to success.

Barthheart


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"I will return before you can say 'antidisestablishmentarianism'."

"A man may fight for many things. His country, his principles, his friends. The glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sack of French porn."

bayonetbrant

'Canes actually won tonight.  Most nights they outshoot their opponents something like 38-24 and lose 2-1.  Tonight they got a couple of PP goals on the road and won handily...
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Another tough night for the canes Brant.  32 shots to 19, 3-1 Devils.  Any talk of trades down there?
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bayonetbrant

no, because with a healthy lineup, they're actually pretty competitive.  This whole season, though, has been the 'Canes outshooting people 37-18 and then loosing 2-1 or 3-1 w/ an empty net goal. 

Jordan was missing for 2-1/2 months and that put them in a big hole.  When he came back, they went on a mini-run that almost got them out of last.  But Skinner's been hurt, Semin's been hurt, and Gleason's just old, but they're out of options.  They need a scoring top-4 defenseman, and another scoring center to run the 2d line w/ Skinner & Semin.  The latter they might already have if Lindholm develops quicker, or Riley Nash could find the net.  But right now the defense is Justin Faulk and a handful of solid roster-filling journeymen but no one that scares you or stretches a defense.
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Interesting.  I heard folks are eying Tlusty, McClement, Sekera
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bayonetbrant

Tlusty will be a pure rental.  He's already told his agent to get a long-term deal done in Raleigh b/c he wants to live here long-term.

Sekera could bring some nice parts back.  McClement is a solid guy, but unlikely to become more than a third-line guy in the long run.  If he can bring a solid return, I'd take it. 

Sekera is a classic example of what Carolina has too many of: solid-but-not-dominant-high-character guys.  They'll play hard and work hard and represent your organization very impressively in the community.  But without someone else around them to light up the game, they are unlikely to impress on the ice.  They're the guys that'll fill out the roster and not screw up, but they won't take over and win anything either.  The roster is full of them: Hainsey, Liles, Gleason, Dwyer, Rask, Murphy, etc.  And they've been that way for years, with guys like Seidenberg, Allen, Cullen, Cole, LaRose, Aaron Ward, Kaberle, Ruutu, Jokinen, Sutter, Harrison, Corvo, Walker...
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OJsDad

The Toledo Walleye beat Gwinnett Gladiators 12-0 yesterday.

http://www.bcsn.tv/news_article/show/482326
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bayonetbrant

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bayonetbrant

And now Sekera is shipped out for a solid minor-leaguer and another draft pick

http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=755177
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