NHL '08- '09 Thread

[icehog3]

Chelios said at his press conference today he would prefer to play in the Eastern Conference, easier travel being the reason. Anyone have any thoughts on a who might pick him up?

Originally Posted by icehog3

Chelios said at his press conference today he would prefer to play in the Eastern Conference, easier travel being the reason. Anyone have any thoughts on a who might pick him up?

Islanders lol. He could probably make the 1st line as a forward

[BUCASmoker]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Chelios said at his press conference today he would prefer to play in the Eastern Conference, easier travel being the reason. Anyone have any thoughts on a who might pick him up?

I have been in awe at the beginning of every season that he has come back. He is so old, and yet can still compete with the rest of the league.

If I didn't hate the wings as much as I did (I am an Avalanche fan), I would really like the guy.


Also... I am going through withdrawal. Is it october yet?

[taltos]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Chelios said at his press conference today he would prefer to play in the Eastern Conference, easier travel being the reason. Anyone have any thoughts on a who might pick him up?

He would make a great Bruin for the right money.

Originally Posted by icehog3

Chelios said at his press conference today he would prefer to play in the Eastern Conference, easier travel being the reason. Anyone have any thoughts on a who might pick him up?

I think he should go to a young team that could use his experience and veteran leadership. Such as the Philadelphia, Buffalo or the Islanders. They all have fairly young teams.

[scoot]

Originally Posted by Waynegro1

I think he should go to a young team that could use his experience and veteran leadership. Such as the Philadelphia, Buffalo or the Islanders. They all have fairly young teams.

The flyers just traded for Pronger so I doubt they'd be looking at Chelios.

[Ahbroody]

It would be beautiful to see him back in a Hawks jersey one last time. I never got used to seeing him in the evil empires jersey.

He and Roenick both back on the hawks for one last season. I would be a child all over again watching my childhood heros.

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

He and Roenick both back on the hawks for one last season. I would be a child all over again watching my childhood heros.

Now THAT would be amazing!

[icehog3]

He will be a bargain (league minimum) for some team, and has a lot to pass along to a young defensive corp. I would think he would fit in well for a season with the Hawks...I just hope Scottie Bowman agrees.

[taltos]

Originally Posted by icehog3

He will be a bargain (league minimum) for some team, and has a lot to pass along to a young defensive corp. I would think he would fit in well for a season with the Hawks...I just hope Scottie Bowman agrees.

He would look much better in black and gold.

Rangers will take him. They have a track record of taking the big name old guys for the last year or two of their careers.

[taltos]

Originally Posted by ahc4353

Rangers will take him. They have a track record of taking the big name old guys for the last year or two of their careers.

Worked out well for them with Mark Messier after most of the NHL had written him off. This would not surprise me but I can hope.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by taltos

He would look much better in black and gold.

It would be too funny, Paul. All those years with the Hawks to end up with the Wings, then all the years with Montreal, to end up with Boston.

Originally Posted by ahc4353

Rangers will take him. They have a track record of taking the big name old guys for the last year or two of their careers.

The Hawks don't? Doug Gilmour, Bernie Nicholls, Theo Fleury, Paul Coffey, Bobby Orr, etc!

[icehog3]

I think the Islanders may be one of the teams that gives him a long look, Wayne.

A quick story.

We moved to Jersey just over nine years ago. One of the kids that played within the organization that my sons played in was truly enjoyable to watch. Great skating defensemen, good hands etc.. Over time we became friends and like I said I loved to watch him play. Would go to the rink to watch his games when I could. Anyway, one day about five years ago I saw him outside and he stopped to shoot the chit. I said to him, "I want you sign one of your old broken sticks and bring it to me cuz one day your going to be a professional hockey player and I want your first ever autograph". He just smiled, said thanks Mr. Clark and went on his way.

Fast forward to this years NHL draft.

In the fifth round the Kings selected defenseman David Kolomatis (5-11, 189 pounds) as the 126th overall selection. The 20-year-old native of Livingston, N.J. recorded 46 points (18-28=46) and 52 penalty minutes in 63 regular season games for the OHL’s Owen Sound Attack in 2008-09. His 46 points led Owen Sound defensemen and ranked 12th among OHL blue-liners. In four playoff games for Owen Sound he recorded four points (2-2=4) and zero penalty minutes. After Owen Sound was eliminated from the playoffs Kolomatis joined the AHL’s Providence Bruins. He posted zero points and zero penalty minutes in four regular season games and one point (0-1=1) and two penalty minutes in 16 playoff games with Providence. Kolomatis also played with Owen Sound in 2006-07 and 2007-08, recording 20 points (4-16=20) and 45 points (9-36=45) respectively. His 45 points in 2007-08 led Owen Sound defensemen and was 16th in the league among blue-liners. Internationally, Kolomatis represented Team USA on the 2005-06 Under-18 National Team.

I have a PM out to him reminding Dave I still want my stick.

[Ahbroody]

Very cool. Now ask my son for his autograph so he can get drafted.

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

Very cool. Now ask my son for his autograph so he can get drafted.

I will.

I'm not the bragging dad kind however, truth be told, I feel Mitch would have a shot if I could get the right guy to look at him. Getting that "look" is not easy with the amount of guys in the hunt.

[taltos]

Originally Posted by ahc4353

I will.

I'm not the bragging dad kind however, truth be told, I feel Mitch would have a shot if I could get the right guy to look at him. Getting that "look" is not easy with the amount of guys in the hunt.

You have the contact if this young man who was drafted puts up a good show in his first season. He could put in a good word for Mitch and at least get a scout to watch tape of him. Another choice would be for him to try out for Juniors but you know all this I suspect. Hope it works out ok.

[Ahbroody]

I still find the system for hockey as to the jr aspects and the limbo effect it has on peoples lifes the worse aspect of the sports development.

Al and I talked about this once. These kids finish highschool but can play jrs till age 20. They often have to leave home to do this. At the end of this some very few move on most dont. This is the one of the things that scares the crap out of me about letting my son play. Of course there is no guarentee he would ever be good enough to be anything but this sport unlike any other has a strange limbo period that slows down the regualr progression of a persons life if they are good enough. You dont see this in football, baseball, soccer, hell any other sport.

Then you compound this with the issue of how to get kids noticed, or some would say get more money out of parents is also increasing. If you dont live in minnesota most parents are required to do high level travel teams to hope their child gets noticed. This is 15k for just the kid to do this not if you want to go with them. Funny I spent some time thinking about this over the weekend while at work. I pretty much came to the conclusion I could neve let him play AAA travel.

Just noticed this http://naphl.net/about.cfm seems it is an attempt to compete with Tier 1 elite. San Jose Jr. Sharks decided to join this. Wonder how much more expensive this will be.

It seems like the worse aspect of this sport for kids is the issues getting kids noticed in the US when they dont live in a very few states. Parents end up paying a ton of money to attempt to achieve this. This is only usually to get them onto a jr team.

I dont have this kind of money and likely never will so even if my son was good enough one day he would never get the exposure needed to get noticed. Just seems kind of a bummer. Growing up playing baseball I had a legitamate chance of playing college ball but didnt really want to. All I did was play little league and HS ball. Didnt cost my parents much of anything.

[romwarrior]

Hossa to Chicago for 12 years? That's crazy! Congrats, Tom!

Here's hoping my Kings go for Gaborik, but they are not going to give him a long term deal like that.