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hope they dont trade neal.

rumor now is Bill Peters for head coach...wait the canes just got him, so now it's Ulf??

97BlackAckCL

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My money's on Wilson or Crawford, Rutherford wants a veteran coach. The other possibility is the AHL guy from Dallas, but I doubt he gets it

97BlackAckCL

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I would like to see Ulfy get some kind of role, just to watch Black Label's head explode...

Rick Tochette is already a guarantee as an assistant.

Yumcha

So, wait...just did a look at the NHL headlines...Wilson is not official right? I see nothing posted.

97BlackAckCL

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They have made a choice, but not made official announcement yet

97BlackAckCL

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If you read this post, you'll see that nothing's definite yet

Yumcha

Willie Desjardins appears to be the front-runner if you listen to the TSN guys, FWIW.

97BlackAckCL

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Yeah, I've heard that guy too... Still not certain who's gonna get it for sure

Yumcha

Brad Richards bought out: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=455308

Yumcha

You know why we don't know foh shoh, Ack?


Cuz, Moog's not here to tell us.

97BlackAckCL

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Not a surprise, that was a hell of a cap hit. Cabby never wanted him anyway

97BlackAckCL

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Yeah, he must be in final contract negotiations with the Pens or something...

e30cabrio

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Some are still pissed at Graves.


lol

e30cabrio

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I am glad to see him go. I just hope they use the $$$ wisely.


Talk about the ultimate good news bad news.

Good news! here's 20+mil free!!

Bad news you are fired!


LOL

Yumcha

Well, he's a good player IMO...just not good enough to be worth the $$$ of his contract. For less, I could see him being a great pick-up.

I certainly would love to see him as a Hawk as a 2nd-line center. But, probably going to be an over-bidding gongshow where some idiot GM overpays again for his services IMO.

Yumcha

I'll also say this: there is no situation where getting "fired" with a $20M parting gift is "BAD NEWS".



You can fire me for the rest of my life for $20M.

black label

The tsn guys were wrong, he's going to be introduced as the Canucks head coach next week.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=7...d=nhl:topheads

By the time the pens make their decision, torts will be the only guy left.

e30cabrio

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You can fire me for a whole lot less & I'll thank you!


OW

Yumcha

Yup, there it is...so, another candidate off the list: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=455324

Well, FWIW, there are still experienced coaches out there.

Yumcha

$34.50?

e30cabrio

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Sure, Paypal me 34.50 with the message you are fired, I'll thank you!

lol

97BlackAckCL

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97BlackAckCL

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And yeah, Willie D was in town last night, even went to our best strip club, word is he wanted a longer contract, or he was just making sure the Cansucks kicked up more money

dom

So....do the Flyers have to wait until July 1 to sign Brad Richards to a 6 year 42 million dollar deal or can they just do it now?

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e30cabrio

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I am sure he'll take a 7 year 38 million deal.


lol

black label

I'm thinking coaches are looking at Pittsburgh and saying, "not for me." They've had 2 potential coaches take jobs elsewhere over Pitt. Elsewhere isn't really anyplace better, Vancouver is a nice hot mess, Carolina isn't much of a hot bed of Hockey either. BlackAck can just say I'm hating but it does seem like coaches don't want to work with uncoachable superstars.

Yumcha

I think it's more the Cup or bust expectations.

And frankly, with Sid and Malkin, why not? Valid expectations.

black label

Wouldn't you say Vancouver has the same mentality? It may not be as warranted but their expectations are very high. The Sedins may not be Crosby and Malkin but they are in the same conversation in terms of points totals

Yumcha

Erm...no, I'd say Vancouver's Cup chances have left the station 2 seasons ago.

Sedins are not even remotely in the same caliber as Malkin-Crosby.

black label

2 underperforming seasons with Vignault on the way out and then a season with Torts. Either way, in the last 6 seasons the Sedins won 2 Art Ross', the Malkin Crosby combo won 3 (I could have said last 5 seasons was 2:2 but, you know being realistic).

Do you really think the Sedins are just done and over the hill? Maybe they are I don't really pay attention to them or Vancouver. Like I said, not the exact same caliber but in the conversation. Further, I'd say the pressure to win in Vancouver is higher than in Pitt. What else does Vancouver have? Fawking nothing that's what. At least Pittsburgh has other major sports teams to keep the public's attention. Vancouver has the Cansucks and some nice scenery maybe bigfoot and nothing else.

dom

How dare you forget the BC Lions.

black label

What are you doing here? No leaf jokes until September.

e30cabrio

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All the leafs are brown & the sky is grey.

http://youtu.be/dN3GbF9Bx6E

97BlackAckCL

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Yiup

dom

Pittsburgh can't find a coach.

And they couldn't find a GM either. Uh-Oh.

I heard they only offered Willie a 2 year deal which scared him off. Word is they want Bab's after next year so are only looking for a stop gap coach.

And I thought the Leaves were a mess.

97BlackAckCL

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Yep, said but true

97BlackAckCL

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And no leaves jokes... gtfo

Yumcha

Flyers trade Hartnell for Umberger...

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=455502

dom

I'm allowed to make Leaves jokes. You guys aren't