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Gotta feel sorry for all the bandwagoners who bought Halak jerseys :)

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The Habs said they needed to make a choice between Halak and Price as they couldn't pay two "starting" golatender salaries with the cap. I think they made the wrong choice, and like you all have implied, if they were going to trade him, they could have done better.

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agreed, wow, kinda shocking.

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TORONTO -- The NHL's competition committee agreed Friday on a new head-shot rule for next season.

The committee, made up of players and GMs, met for four-plus hours at the NHL's Toronto office and ironed out the language for the new rule, which still needs approval from the NHLPA's executive board on Monday and from the board of governors on Thursday.

The new rule, which was first recommended at the GM meetings in March, would impose a five-minute penalty for a blindside hit to the head, with an automatic game misconduct. The league will also consider supplemental discipline.

The players tweaked some of the language in the new rule proposed by the GMs, but in the end both sides agreed to move forward with it.

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youch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks like Patty is looking for 7 mill. Guess he wont be a shark next year after all. 7 mill? I hope the rumor is false I cant see paying him 7 mill after he only has shown up this year in the playoffs after being a ghost for so many.

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But it's all about "What have I done for you lately" in the NHL. Havlat didn't do chit for 2 years with the Hawks, then had a career year in his contract year. After signing a nice fat contract with the Wild, he took it down two notches again.

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Which is sad and y I am at the point that if he wants to try to hold up the team I say GTFO. No way he is a 7 million guy. I think 4 given how the team stuck with him. Also he has had jumbo and great line mates feeding his arse. Let him go.somewhere else and drowned. He won't be able to cherrypick like he does now that's for sure.

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Dream #1 fulfilled on 6-9-2010. :wnr


Dream #2 fulfilled last night.



http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/Cup001-1.jpg

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How cool is that Tom :D

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I have always wanted to see the cup up close like that! Great photo Tom!

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That is REALLY cool Tom.....REALLY COOL.

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I am still smiling like a Cheshire Cat, Guys...it was way cool. :D

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Very cool brother. I hope one day I will get to do the same

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I hope that for you too, Mike. :)

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Awesome pic! I got to visit the other cup in Toronto and it was a great moment in my life.

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Tom...that is awesome!

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Very Nice Tom, I want to get that close to the Cup one day.

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Great pic with the Cup!

When my son got his pic taken with it, at the Nike/Bauer Invitational in Chicago last year, they had it set up like one of those photo booths, it was completely hidden from public view, and to get to it, you had to pay for the picture.

They allowed us to go in and snap our own pics as well, but only after we paid, and they told my son not to touch the cup!

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5695/001pha.jpg

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I hope he disobeyed them, Scott....great pic!

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The boy's team is going back to the tournament this fall, I'm sure the Cup will be there again, this time with some new names on it!

They had all the other major trophies there too, Hart, Selke, Vezina, etc etc, but they were all up in the Bar area of Seven Bridges Ice Arena, so the kids couldn't get to those.

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Hmmmm...in the bar area. My very own Selke trophy....


;) :r

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Nov. 5th-7th and they usually have the opening ceremonies and exhibition games the first night at Seven Bridges, if you live nearby, stop in and I will buy you a drink and run interference so you can have your Selke :)

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Please remind me when it gets close Scott, I would love to come hang out...we can even step outside for a smoke if the Chicago weather cooperates. And I can get my Selke.

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Got a pic too with the cup when I visited the hockey hall of fame in toronto a few years ago.

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Trade rumors...Buff, Eager, and Sopel to ATL

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/news/story?id=5320715

I really liked Sopel, would hate to see him go. May be necessary for the cap however.

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Its done Joe........

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As I posted in the other thread, I am sad, but not mad.....they have no choice but to shed salary. And I just bought a Hawks Byfuglien jersey. :r

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So it is your fault then Tom. :r The jersey jinx hit's again.

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That's what happened when I bought that Gretzky Oilers jersey in 1987!! :r

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I was gonna buy a Sopel jersey as well:hm

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I can't believe the trade!

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agreed, very suprised to see them launch fugly.

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Blockbuster!

Hate to see a cup winning team broke apart but they knew what they were getting into before the season started. They built to win, they won, now its time to take it apart.

Just like the Penguins, keeping the core group together is paramount.

And just like Halak, getting rid of who they did was perfect timing, their value could not have been higher.

I just wish my Penguins would get something done. The East is getting real good and the Pens haven't done much.

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http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532414
guess my rumor source is right. No Nabokov next year. Sure someone will snap him up. The Sharks had a offer to the Habs for Price which included Clowe. That obviously is dead.

Damn though I think the Sharks are going to over pay Patty. God I hope not.

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Congrats to Duncan "Teeth" Keith on winning the 2010 Norris Trophy. :wnr

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...og3/duncan.jpg

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I've got one for sale...


Just kidding, I will still proudly wear my Sopel jersey. He was a great defensive player and one of my favorites. And its probably a fairly rare jersey too lol.

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Hawks parted ways with Colin Fraser to the Oilers for a 6th round pick.

Sharks signed Marleau and Pavelski to 4 year deals, good move for them.

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Hmmm guess I need to go see terms. Rumor was his wife didn't want to go anywhere.

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Rumor is Pavelski took a "hometown discount" to stay with the Fish.

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Sounds like a good American boy to me.

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I like Pavelski a lot...I'd like him even better in the Red and Black. :)

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I like him a lot also and hope he captains the team eventually. Dude is clutch and has ice water in the veins. when the boys got to meet the players this year he was one of the guys who posed for pics with any boy who wanted talked to them and signed every thing they gave to him. He really stood out among the sharks players as one who really cared that the kids had fun. He definitely comes from good stock and or has his head in the right place. Hoping Micah gets his number this year.

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Definitely confirms what I thought about him. :tu

Be cool to see Micah in #8. :)

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So much better :D

From espn.com

Marleau, who was eligible to be an unrestricted free agent on July 1, will receive $27.6 million in the four-year deal. Pavelski, who would have been a restricted free agent, will be paid $16 million.

P.S NHL Draft tonight :wo

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the B's seem to be shaking things up.
Possible Savard to the Sens for Spezza the B's will have to add someone else in the deal to match up with salary.
They are also Actively shopping Tim Thomas
They have obtained Nathan Horton from the Panthers.


I hope they don't handcuff themselves salary wise

But they did get rid of Wiedman:tu

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Some of my friends drove through Chris Pronger's hometown on the way to a fishing trip in Canada this weekend.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...g3/pronger.jpg

Notice the Blackhawks stickers on Pronger's chest and crotch. :r

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Congrats Tom on getting your photo with the cup. I envy you. Even though it has been in Detroit quite a few times in the past 10 years, I have yet to see it up close and in person, The closest I've gotten was at the parades as it was hoisted by the team captain.

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Thanks Mike, it was definitely a special moment for me. :)

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What's that fugly piece of tin next to the Hog? Congrats Tom.:tu