Yumcha

97BlackAckCL

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"Get used to it"

"Obviously"

Yumcha

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dom

^ His inner Lucic just came out.

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That's my inner Ferrence, if it was my inner Lucic you be feeling a sharp pain in your groin

dom

When Boston is officially eliminated tomorrow at around 3:30 The party begins


Then watch as Boston gets a higher pick than Toronto in next weekend's lottery.

Yumcha

Kinda funny that the one team the MIA guy who is NEVER wrong that is supposedly in cap perma-hell and etc. etc. made the playoffs and his team, with Deano's brilliance, is um...not...

That's all I gotta say.

Yumcha

We now return you to your regularly scheduled hate-Bruins-hate-Toronto programming.


*gong sound*

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Go back to the beginning of the season portion of this thread and see how often I said this wasn't a playoff team. Go to the trade deadline, see how I said don't trade away good pieces for a half hearted run at the playoffs.

They never replaced Iginla because he still had 4.1 million on our cap. They gave away Boychuck (talent/huge locker room presence) for nearly nothing and replaced him with inferior parts in Miller (injured most of the season) and Bartkowski (everyone wished he was injured to keep him off the ice). Despite acks feelings, Thornton is a very respected and valuable player in any locker room he walks into, he's a rugged forth line team building expert who pulls the group together. Even though he's on the lower end of the talent scale, he's the most determined player on any team.

You can't go into a season with that many holes in the line up and expect good results. On the positive side, Iginlas money is clear next year so they could potentially fix the problems of this year and at the very least we can be thankful we aren't Toronto. So we got that going for us either way.

Yumcha

There is no clear-cut model, except Deano's model that got the Kings into the playoffs this year (coughs)...but, what you wrote is no different than any elite team that won it all and now faces cap problems because they can't afford their talent thanks to the draconian salary cap.

However, with trades and accumulation of depth and young prospects, it IS possible to float water (i.e. make the playoffs and hope lightning catches) while the new blood grows/learns and matures into replacements that can help with the next title.



Shiarelli probably didn't get enough for the core-ish players he traded away...

What's Boston's pipeline like overall? Any good incoming players?

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They might have had some extenuating circumstances in their failure this year. How would Chicago do if we threw on of their top players in the gulag for the season but didn;t provide them cap relief for half of it?

Not Deanos fault. We all know Deano's plan would have worked out perfectly if it wasn't for that meddling Ray Rice.

Yumcha

Personally, I am a bit surprised the Bruins didn't make it...I did seriously have them pegged to get in with the core they have. Winning it all? Probably not...but, had them making it. It's too bad and perhaps if Loocheech didn't float around half the season like Chicago's Bickell and actually made use of his abilities, maybe Boston would've won that extra 1-2 games to get them in.

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#rayricestoleLAscup

Yumcha

You are right...it's NEVER Deano's fault. Can we blame Obama for LA's fail-boat season?

dom

Sorry to have interrupted your LA King/Moog snarkiness programming.

Yumcha

Pffft...you just wish you could've Shanny-this and Shanny-that and Yesnis-this and Yesnis-that.


Don't hate. And I'm not snarky. I'm wrong.

dom

You just can't help it can you. We'll see how thankful you are at the McWaffle introductory press conference in Toronto in 2 weeks.

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That's the core problem with Looch. His abilities are being a physical presence and banging a few pucks in that came from Krecji or of the rebound of a real first line winger like Horton was or Iginla was.

He started to get some of it going with Spooner and Pastrnak but that was mostly because Spooner has been called up several times and made the very conscious decision to not pass up any shots this time. Pastrnak is extremely talented but he's a 165lbs kid (youngest in the AHL and NHL this year) playing against 230lbs men, he gets rag dolled on a nightly basis. They aren't terrible, they're actually pretty good but they certainly aren't Krecji and Iginla.

The biggest reason they aren't going is being completely incapable of winning a shootout. If they could have gone 50% they'd be 3rd in the division.

97BlackAckCL

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Then he knocked it the F out

Yumcha

Well, it's going to be an interesting 1st round. I would love to be in Winnipeg to take in that first game though...

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Why is Buffalo having their press conference in Toronto? Is McHotwing lacking the proper visa?

dom

Said no one ever until just now.

dom

Buffalo has an 80% chance of NOT getting McWaffle. That's how I look at it.

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fify and

Yumcha

I don't care who gets McDavid as long as it's NOT Edmonton.

Yumcha

Mebbe the Bruins missing the playoffs is karma for the supple-soft balls Brady liked to throw with to cheat in games?

Yumcha

OH YES I WENT THERE!

dom

Probably.

97BlackAckCL

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Yummy, you're on a roll today

dom

Please don't encourage him.

Yumcha

I'm not worshiping Deano enough today, aren't I...?

97BlackAckCL

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He doesn't need any encouragement, see the last 200 moogy/deano references.

dom

Lets discuss the tight rope your Pens are walking. They play the Isles who could use the win to cement the 5th seed. Then the mighty Sabres who may not even show up Sunday to ensure Arizona doesn't catch them for the top spot. So looks like they're in and Boston is SOL.

How the mighty have fallen.....

97BlackAckCL

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1 point to clinch, 1 frigging point... The way the Pens have been playing, I'm just hoping they get 1 point

Yumcha

Well, at the remaining tilts for the limbo teams out East. Pens should get in and if their d-men can return in time, well, they are as good as anyone in the playoffs.

e30cabrio

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Deano, NASH!, ZOOK! & Hank! walk into a bar......

e30cabrio

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Playoffs are on USA network?????

Didn't see that coming.

dom

Ummm.... can Pittsburgh beat Buffalo?

Please don't tell me Boston will get a reprieve.

dom

Ruh-Oh, the Sabres have locked up first overall so they'll be playing for the big season ending win tomorrow. Be afraid BlackAck, be very afraid.