Doktor Kosmos
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Watched the "Winter" classic. That was disappointing. Boring game IMO.
The weather probably played into it. But I thought a lot of players looked like their hearts weren't in it, you know?
And I didn't like the camera angles. Or maybe they didn't zoom in enough. I felt too far removed from the game, if that makes any sense. You got no sense of action or speed. And those overhead cameras work great for football. For hockey, not so much.
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Former Lightning/Shark/Penguin Nils Ekman suffered a stroke yesterday and was rushed to the hospital. I don't know how serious it is, I've only read a few short notices. I assume a stroke is always serious though. I've always hated his guts. But any way you look at it, that's kinda scary. Dude's only 34. Hope he'll be OK.
Today he's been sitting up in his hospital bed today and he's been eating solid food. From what I understand he has been talking a little bit and the nausea is decreasing and the double vision seems to be going away too. Seems things are going in the right direction.
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Yippie ki-yay motherf***er.
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Bob Dylan:
- Hurricane
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- Girl From The North Country
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Not NHL related necessarily but remember that big 4 year deal Evgeni Nabokov signed with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL in the summer? He was released today. If he were to come back, he'd have to clear NHL entry waivers.
I heard he left the team cause his kid is ill, so I doubt he'll be coming back to North Amerca any time soon.
Can't help pointing and laughing at the Capitals. Getting blown out in New York, 0-7 against the Rangers. Please Sweaty Teddy, never fire Bruce Boohoodreau and Ovenchiken.
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Burke retracts his boycott, sort of, saying he didn't mean for his comments on lack of support and his refusal to come on the show to be construed together. Apparently, he doesn't think fans are capable of putting one and one together? Wow.
MacLean's latest on the situation: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/ronmaclean/...ic-meeting.html
Burke and Wilson are dinosaurs. I hope the leafs sign them to lifetime contracts.
Then again, they were Stanley Cup Champions after the first four games of this seasaon, so I guess they were doing something right - well, until reality paid a visit at least.
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He did, he definitely made up for that. And I mean, sure, maybe if he hadn't tried to kick the ball all the way to China, he may have had time to stop the ball first and then clear it, but that's the kind of thing that happens every now and then and I'm honestly glad he isn't taking it so hard.
Good luck in the Europa League Dutchie. I hope you guys do well.
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Surprised this wasn't mentioned yet, Leafs' GM Brian Burke refused to go on HNIC last weekend for an interview. He did so over protest - he felt HNIC was too negative towards the Leafs this season. I can't help but find that amusing. How positive can you be about a team that's fighting...for last in the division...again?
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/ronmaclean/...rian-burke.html
That's hilarious. What a crybaby.
Here's another hilarious thing:
Linus Omark wins it in a SO for the Oil
And the losers get their panties in a bunch:
"Nice goal, good move by him," forward Simon Gagne said. "Nice move. But in the NHL, there is a line. You don’t want to cross it. I think that time? It was a little bit too much."Added defenseman Mattias Ohlund: "If one of our young guys did that, the (veterans) would tell him jot to do it anymore. Was it disrespectful? Absolutely."
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You mean the Spurs home game, or the game today? Which was an amazing game btw. Fun to watch
The game at White Hart Lane.
I've only seen parts of yesterday's game. I have to admit I feel bad for your GK: a similar thing happened to Paul Robinson (who then guarded the net for Tottenham) in a game with the English national team a couple years ago, and it damn near ruined his career (cause the British press never let him forget about it and move on, they were always bringing it up).
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We will kick their asses at the home game. The Ref screwed us at White Hart lane, time for payback!
That was one of the worst reffing jobs I've seen in a while.
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I wouldn't mind seeing Bill Guerin given a look on this team.
Dear God! No!
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That is totally awesome.
I have this in my bedroom:
It was painted by one of my brother's friends.
Mom and dad have this in their kitchen:
And this above the stairs:
They also have one or two of his other paintings, and a mask he welded/decorated. My brother has a painting or two, my other brother also has one I think, and my (maternal) grandpa has one too.
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That is a loaded accusation when you're talking about a black player. Cherry has been bigoted against Europeans, but he is not a bigot beyond that. When Sidney Crosby showboated in junior, Cherry said that if he kept it up someone would break his arm. So it's not about bigotry - it's about an archaic and ridiculous 'code' that says rookies aren't allowed to be flashy. Because, you know, we wouldn't want hockey to actually be entertaining or anything.
Yeah, heaven forbid!
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He'll get there - I'm almost certain he'll get in next year. If only they'd have got him in this year...
Exactly. A shame the NHL didn't honor him while he was still around to enjoy it.
Rest in peace Burnsy.
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What a glorious day! Spurs were down 0-2 after the first half against ARSEnal at the Emirates, and came back to win the game 3-2.
COYS!
Rafael Van Der Vaart - best Spurs acquisition in my lifetime.
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It would be really awesome for Gionta to step up and tell Richards to shut his trap and stop his whining.
Best way to get payback is where it countss: on the board.
Richards is a whiny punk. Worst. Captain. Ever. Typical Cryer.
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I don't know it this has been posted.
Why does Colon Campbell still have a job with the NHL?
NHL vice president and league disciplinarian Colin Campbell is under fire for comments he made in a string of emails to then director of officiating Stephen Walkom.Posted on hockey website www.mc79hockey.com, and written by Tyler Dellow, the emails raise questions about Campbell's impartiality, especially as it pertains to his son Gregory, an NHL player who was then on the Florida Panthers, but now plays for the Boston Bruins.
The email correspondence became a matter of public record in the wrongful dismissal case of referee Dean Warren against the NHL.
The emails were entered into evidence in the case, although specific references to names and dates were blacked out.
But Dellow, using the NHL schedule and specific details from the emails, was able to piece together specific references to identifiable players and games and cites Campbell calling Boston Bruin centre Marc Savard a "little fake artist" after Warren assessed Gregory Campbell a high-sticking minor on Savard and sending further emails to director of officiating Walkom complaining about the work of referees who gave Gregory a late-game penalty that resulted in a tying goal.
Here's the email Campbell sent to Walkom, as it appears in Dellow's story:
o Stephen Walkom/Tor/NHL@NHL
Subject Re: Delayed Penalties/High Sticks 02/#/2007 4:24 pm
A bend in the road is a dead end if you round the corner and Dean Warren is standing there. Your answer re: his high stick calls and the score of the game were horse ----. The 3rd call on [player] was while they were down 5 on 4 and on a def zone face off vs that little fake artist [player] I had him in [city] biggest faker going. And Warren fell for it when he grabbed his face on a face off. Your supposed to see the act, not call the embellishing act. Dean Warren has to go with [referee] There must be a way to get rid of this guy. Is there a way we can tract (sic) and total minors called by referees this year. We could then get the minors they call per game...or with 2 [referees on the ice] it is impossible? Warren and [referee] out of [club's] games. Give them to [referees].
And a follow up email sent by Campbell:
Re [player]
Colin Campbell to Stephen Walkom, Mike Murphy
02/#/2007 09:21 AM
I know Murph and Kinger like [player] as a player but my view of him is this exactly…he puts his whining ahead of the game. I don't think this is a regular occurrence (…..getting screwed) and...exploded...over the disallowed goal. He may be uncontrollable by...and...as I think his frustration level has hit a high point. He hates officials as well. He is still pissed off at [referee] for a call he missed in the playoffs years ago as I remember him bugging Murph about it. Let's give him Warren and [referee] than (sic) he will really have something to whine about.
Dellow was able to take information included in various emails and match them up to game sheets, determining the circumstances Campbell and others were referring to was a Feb. 24, 2007 game when Warren officiated a Florida-Atlanta game, where the Panthers were put two men down when Campbell was assessed a high-sticking minor off a faceoff with Savard.
Dellow raised the spectre of Campbell's feelings, as documented in the email, perhaps being a factor in Campbell's decision last March to not suspend Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke for the shoulder-to-the-head check that knocked out Savard and ultimately led to a new NHL rule on blindside hits to the head.
Dellow also highlighed another string of emails between Campbell and Walkom where Campbell is unhappy over a penalty assessed late in the game. Dellow deduced that the game in question was Florida-Atlanta and the penalized player was Gregory Campbell:
From: Colin Campbell
Sent: 11/#/2007 09:54 PM EST
To: Stephen Walkom
Subject: Penalty
Game not televised. Radio announcers said it was a bulls--- penalty…you need to find out for me. How…I don't know but this was awful. 1:30 left in 2-1 game for [team] and [player] scored with 2 second left to tie it up them won in OT. F---
From: Stephen Walkom
Sent: 11/#/2007 09:56 PM EST
To: Colin Campbell
Subject: Re: Penalty
ok ill find out….
Re: Penalty
11/#/2007 10:48 PM
Colin Campbell to Stephen Walkom
Did you find out anything? It was [another referee] that made the call. Keep Warren and gas this ----head. 90 seconds left and he calls a weak penalty…tripping. Makes me sick. If I was at the game I would have had to fine me.
The NHL's policy with regards to interaction between Campbell and his son or any games involving the team his son is playing on or against is to have Mike Murphy handle all related matters.
Contacted by TSN for its reaction to Dellow's piece, deputy commissioner Bill Daly said: "Any suggestion that Colin Campbell performs his job with any less than 100% integrity at all times and in every decision he makes is way off base and just factually wrong. Because of the potential for a conflict of interest, or more importantly a perceived conflict of interest, the League has implemented various structural protections that prohibit Colie from having any oversight or disciplinary authority relating to any game in which his son, Gregory, plays. Its always fair to question and criticize League decisions as being wrong, but not on the basis that they aren't justly and fairly arrived at."
Contacted by TSN for his reaction, Campbell said: "For me, it's much ado about nothing. Stephen and I would have banter back and forth and Stephen knows I'm a (hockey) dad venting and both of us knowing it wouldn't go any further than that. Stephen would laugh at me. The game in question (when Gregory Campbell was penalized late in the Atlanta-Florida game) wasn't on TV and I was asking Stephen to find out for me if it was a soft call. That's all there ever was to it. The (refs) working that game are still in the league, aren't they? Stephen handled the officials, just like Terry Gregson does now, and I've got a lot of emails to those guys asking about this soft call or that soft call and that's in a lot of games. I'm not ultimately responsible for the (on-ice) officials, that's Terry Gregson's responsibility, but I have to answer to GMs on these calls."
I especially like this part:
Contacted by TSN for its reaction to Dellow's piece, deputy commissioner Bill Daly said: "Any suggestion that Colin Campbell performs his job with any less than 100% integrity at all times and in every decision he makes is way off base and just factually wrong. Because of the potential for a conflict of interest, or more importantly a perceived conflict of interest, the League has implemented various structural protections that prohibit Colie from having any oversight or disciplinary authority relating to any game in which his son, Gregory, plays. Its always fair to question and criticize League decisions as being wrong, but not on the basis that they aren't justly and fairly arrived at."Riiiiiiiiiiiight.
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How about those Sean Avery antics, eh?
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I have a daughter, so I'm very sad about to hear about what's happened in Ottawa to the Luke Richardson family. Just horrible news.
I don't have any kids and I didn't care for Richardson as a player one bit. But you're right, that's a horrible thing to happen. My thoughts go out to him and his family.
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A whole lotta Penguins fans have had it up to here with coach Dan Bylsma. Dude gets a free ride cause he was lucky enough to come in at (for him personally) the perfect time when the Pens players got rid of Therrien. Popular opinion is the Pens could have won the Cup in 2009 without a coach at all (according to some taht's exactly what happened). Bylsma got lucky and cashed in bigtime.
Bylsma seems to be too buddy-buddy with the players. He looks like he doesn't know what the Hell is doing. Pens fans are not amused.
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I voted no. In my personal opinion, the use of goons is a fallacy. If a player takes a shot at your star player, does your goon go out and bash his face in? No, he goes out and bashed the face of the other team's goon.
If goons were doing what people say they do, Ovechkin wouldn't continue to make dirty plays.
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The Penguins, much to the understandable dismay of their fans, lost the opener at Consol Energy Place to the hated Philthy Cryers. Some unknown rookie goalie played for Philly. Former Penguin Billy Guerin, however, did not.
Official NHL 2010-2011 thread
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This just in: scientists have found that karma really is a bi-atch.
Proof: