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Me too... Hope you enjoy the game with your boy anyway... Can't wait to see pics!

Oh, I totally agree. It's not that I think Grabs won't turn out well, it's that he didnt' fit with us. We already had too many small, fast centres... Also, I was a bit worried about his attitude (taking off last year on his own...) For me, the situation we're in now is much much better... And the fact that he's playing on TO's first line but we had no room for him just speaks to our depth and how they're essentially depleted. I hope he does well though, and I wish him all the best..

Actually, that DOES make me feel a bit better! Can you guys believe that Grabovski started training camp in TO as the centre for their FIRST line!!!!

The site's awesome... I don't think everyone realizes how much work you guys put in... Not to worry, you're appreciated by most of us

Interesting... I really ought to go read exactly what's included...

You're remembering correctly I think, or else we're both remembering wrong... but that's how it is with fan forums. it's not like anyone's paid to write those articles or post those photos, someone was just nice enough to do it last year...

That's crazy impressive why didn't you see Lats? was he not on the ice?

Good for him, eh? That's dedication and maturity, and regardless of how good he turns out to be in the end, it at least shows character and a willingness to work very hard... Also, I guess you've decided who his linemates are then, eh?

Yup! LOVE your sig MMPL

which, unfortunately, will probably be the case. A lot of the time I'm unable to watch because I'm out, and I count on being able to listen to the CJAD broadcast... or at least come back and read choice parts of the game threads... the other thing is that I commute and on Tuesday and Wednesday nights the house I'm in has RDS, so there's no point in paying for the streaming on those nights...

koivu gave an awesome interview I thought... It was especially funny when they asked him how good the team would be this year and he was like "I have to be careful, last year I said we were good but not good enough to be contenders and everyone got really mad so..." I'm sure he's happy that people won't be taking liberties with him this year thanks to Laraque. I maintain that getting any old goon wouldn't have been useful, but George can play, and that's what makes his additon so valuable...

This rocks! I'll probably buy on a per-game basis since I'm often not home on game nights...

Hilarious and astute as always Colin

?????????????????? This means what exactly... Are we attacking? Can we stay polite even if we disagree? I remember that. It was beyond horrendous. We had a not-great team to begin with, and by the end of the season the Habs were essentially the Fredricton Canadiens because all our "major leaguers" were out with injuries and we had everyone up from Fredricton. I think one year we lost over 500+ man-games to injury... These were in the Patrick Traverse days. Shudder...

I'm totally loving the number of people who came to camp in SUCH good shape having achieved personal goals to improve their play: Lappy = gained muscle Lats = lost more weight(about 10 pounds), improved skating Kovy = lost about 10 pounds Price = lost 28 !!!! pounds Higgy = said he gained 5 pounds and did better on all his tests than last year Everyone seems sooooooooooo pumped and so aware that they have to be at their best...

No matter how illogical they get??? If Bush has a 30% approval rating or whatever it is, then even some republcans hate him, no? I know, but I always hope, and give people the benefit of the doubt. Besides, a lot of those same millionaires are losing money with the wall street crisis... and there are an awful lot of hollywood folks out there who make waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than athletes who vote democrat... Maybe they're just more aware of the social issues? I grew up in a fairly priveleged, white, well off community too... I NEVER vote conservative. Of course, I am a visible minority. But I see your point... I just don't like the idea that you only vote democrat if you're poor.... Anyway, Boone's response was Hilarious once Higgins said he was voting McCain. Something like: you ruined my day, or "starting off badly right off the bat!". I love Boone.

Thanks for the info. That's stuff I didn't know so I was pretty disappointed in the way he was going... Now his slow progression seems a lot more justified...

I'm listening to those right now. Awesome I think it was Boone asking Higgins about the elections in the US and - ugh - Higgy's voting Republican!!! Soooooooooooooo disappointed. :puke:

He got sick??

I'm not holding my breath on Fischer. I hope he makes it at some point, but I"m not waiting for him. There are other D prospects that I think will definitely be on the team long before him...

Are they pronounced differently? If not, I can understand his picking the spelling that people here are more familiar with. At the end of the day, your goal is to have people say your name as close to its original pronounciation as possible. I've watched so many Arabic people who aren't super-strong in English yet spell their kids names the way they THINK they should be pronounced in English and have them pronounced differently... Eg. We have an Arabic name "Jenna" (Not that common, but totally exists)... Well, my friend named her daughter Jenna but spelled it "Jana", not realizing this would result in a completley different pronounciation than the one she intended... If you're not super super fluent in the language, it can be tricky....

I actually like this 4th line a lot, but the question is, what happens to Kostopo and Beige? I know you can rotate people in and out, but are they both "out" most of the time? do you get rid of one of them? I really like both Beige and Kosto, but I feel like the ice time is better given to our younger kids (Lappy, Chipper) who still have a lot of potential to get so much better...

Sigh.. also working...

Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for

I'm glad this deal went through and good decision by BG as usual... Too tired to actually read through the last 6 pages, but do you guys think Lang's signing spells the end of Chipper staying up with the big team this year? Or do you think he still has a chance and someone might be moved/waived at the end of training camp? Speaking of which, does Chips have to clear waivers yet? and if so, can someone refresh me on the waivers rules? IF they send him down at the end of training camp, does he have to clear just to go down?? Edit: never mind all ... I just read the 5th page of this thread and lots have already commented... Good debate... I'd like to hope Chipper plays really really well during training camp, and forces them to keep him at least for a while... But if he's not good enough, he's not good enough, and I can handle that... If someone has the answer to the waivers question, please let me know...