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the rumors I'm seeing about either Luongo or Brodeur coming to Chicago are generating the most hilariously hateful comments from Hawkfans I know

― DX Dx DX (dan m), Sunday, July 1, 2012 1:27 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Brodeur in Chicago is some 80's Edmonton Grant Fuhr "do your best, we're going thataway" hilarity.

Luongo be all like:

http://www.gifsoup.com/view5/1924968/denis-lemieux-o.gif

habs just gave $1m to colby armstrong?

wut

1year/1m dounds fine to me honestly I have no idea who's on MTL at this point. Maybe he's like a special asst to the GM or player manager or something idgaf.

oh, it's not that much, it's just that he's played 79 games in the last two seasons and scored nine goals. probably could have been had for half that on a two-way deal

SCOTT GOMEZ GP: 38 G: 2 A: 9 P: 11 +/-: -9

parise backup plan p.a. parenteau to the avs for $16m/4y

so Parise gets 10/10 right? it's like the default max-contract

i imagine that's what minnesota, at least, will offer him. more attractive teams, however, might conceivably get away with offering him less.

like the brooklyn nets

by signing with the rangers, arron asham has completed atlantic division bingo by playing for all five teams in just eight years

is he still suspended from p-offs?

Marty stays in NJ; 2/9M

if someone is giving jiri hudler $8m/year, i have no idea what it will take to sign parise

oh nm, tsn had it as 16/2 rather than the actual 16/4, which makes sense.

fuck

I liked hudler

although I guess this means he now makes more per year than johan franzen, which is a little o_O

there should be a reality show dedicated to jaromir jagr in dallas

woah minny

WHOA indeed
bummed for detroit

I'm just glad they didn't end up in Pittsburgh or Chicago.

or detroit

Not going that far

Bummed for DETROIT?? What the he'll does Detroit have to do with it?

Hell.

This fucking ipad

I'm a wings fan, wanted to get parise

^

NHL GMs are the most functionally retarded people on earth.

I'm a wings fan, wanted to get parise

― from the desk of mr. and mrs. eazy and sheila e (m bison), Wednesday, July 4, 2012 7:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Detroit is totally irrelevant in this. The guy probably didnt want to wear those red footie pajama uniforms

every club except the Wild is irrelevant in this now tbh though I'm sure that for these professional athletes uniform design is of primary concern

it is if it's the worst uniform in pro sports.

I... don't think that's true...

ppl here in MN are going nuts

is this move that big of a deal? it's not like miami heat level is it?

it's not miami heat level, but they *were* the two best free agents available this year, and parise's from minnesota, and it's no doubt the best thing to happen to the team since it started up.

if i'm ken holland, i think i sign alex semin with the caveat that whenever he fucks up/acts lackadaisical, datsyuk gets to spear him in the groin

^basically. also, like, this it totally not a Heat thing why because the NHL is not a superstar league no matter what bettman et al will have you believe

like, there is no other sport where there is the cult of the average player. When Ian LaPerriere was in LA he was BELOVED but he was only good for, like 5/15/150PMs a year.

also everyone in the league is one bad hit away from getting finished at this point which is why these contracts make no sense.

Also, the playoffs are a crapshoot, and it doesnt matter who has the top superstar: it's all about the hot goalie. Also when 15-17 guys are rotating in and out a minute at a time, it kind of minimizes the effect of the "superstar".

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicagoblackhawks/post/_/id/4671285/luongo-not-ruling-out-blackhawks

"Luongo was asked if he could handle hearing “Chelsea Dagger” -- the song the Hawks play when they score a goal -- as a member of the home team.

"I like that song,” Luongo said. “It's catchy. I heard it seven times in one game."

Luongo was referring to Game 4 of the 2010 Western Conference semifinals which the Hawks won 7-4, just one of several games in recent years in which the Hawks put up a flurry of goals against him. "

Luongo's humor does not inspire confidence.

would lol SO MUCH if that happened

yo Bill I'm late here but this

it is if it's the worst uniform in pro sports.

is bullshit & you know it & you need to check your Wings-hate long enough to not make ridiculous claims like this. It's not even the worse uniform in hockey. You legit think the Coyotes uni isn't worse than the Wings one? Then you need to remove yr head from yr ass in order to see clearly. The Blue Jackets too man. The Ducks. In other sports there are at least twenty teams w/worse unis than the Red Wings. As a Raiders fan I hate every other team in the AFC West at least as much as you hate the Wings but you won't hear me claiming that the...ok bad example all those other teams in the AFC West look like fuckin clowns, lol at those assholes, Raider Nation baby, JUST WIN, fuck yes

p sure he was talking about the wild unis

I stand by my support of the Raiders

nah he was talking about the wings iirc

if that's the case it's just another profoundly dumb thing that BM has said. Why can't Morbs like hockey his trolling would be more fun

idk hating a team so much that you'll actually publicly claim one of the more iconic unis is "the worst uni in professional sports" is p. good, it got a rise out of me & as everybody knows I'm notoriously hard to rile

I have no beef w the red wings but have always hated those red-on-red outfits. Too much red!!

it's no habs or leafs, but it's solid and the logo is a+. original six teams aren't supposed to look like the fucking marlins

So good.

rip corey crawford's glove hand

niiice

Boooooooo.

i was watching online and about 15 seconds before the goal this message popped up: Watch Post-Show of the Stanley Cup Finals Game 4 now, click here

bitches

milan mad

Nice to see Chicago dominate like the Bruins did in game 3. Good series.

Bergeron down is nagl for bos

The Saddledome in Calgary, flooded up to the 10th row of seats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBr14_3HqDc

wowzers

best game ever

the hawks are amazing

There are a lot of fireworks going off outside my house right now.

Pretty f'n wild finish. Love boooing Bettman.

Hate Bettman as much as anyone, but I still feel sorry for him every year, all the same. But I guess the guy's such an egotist that he'd rather be booed than stay behind the scenes. Bad publicity is better than etc.

Really, wouldn't it be better for everybody if the NHL appointed an official ambassador-alumni from each team to present the cup, like maybe having Bobby Hull or Orr (whichever one turns out to be appropriate) standing by to do the deed?

i can't feel sorry for bettman he deserves all he gets.

he's a budget david stern in that david stern has the cajones to be dictatorial enough to admit that he has a thumb on the scale

also waiting for the first dumbass thing to happen before starting 2013-14 so keep your ears to the floor

something about [dollar value] of parise and suter amounts to a first round exit your 2013 [??????]-2014 nhl etc

congrats to hawks on a fully-deserving championship

:-(

btw bergeron: broken rib, torn cartilage, separated shoulder.

woooooooooooof

jesus that came fast, like throat-slit fast.

'grats to the hawks, they are really, really good.

This made me smile:

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go hawks

they already went!

pretty hard to believe that the deciding game of a stanley cup final featured both teams pulling their goalie

also that the boston media (?) chose bruins for the 1st and 3rd stars of the game, although that was probably done with a few minutes left lol

sportswriters furiously re-writing ledes

did bettman get booed in la last year? probably some, i don't remember. but five of the last six cups have been won on the road, so the fans are gonna be in a bad mood

and if anaheim and carolina and tampa booed him, they've got no clue

i remember a notable lack of booing last year

Bergy update: in the hospital with a punctured lung.

Chiarelli update: bye bye Ference and Jagr.

Also coming soon: decreased cap, realignment, a Brave New World.

kris letang has (apparently) refused an eight-year $56m deal from the penguins

the penguins have (apparently) refused a counter-offer of a long-term deal between $7.5m-$8m per year

the difference doesn't seem like much, but after crosby/malkin the penguins don't have much room and it seems accepted that letang could get at least $8m on the open market (although i question the wisdom of that)

Letang for 7.0m+ is bonkers.

^Good hair commands a premium.

parade today in chicago

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^Big Z at Canobie Lake Park (where my daughter had a field trip this week) on Wednesday.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BN3U6zTCYAAHue2.jpg

this video is worth watching just for drunk-ass corey crawford saying "fuck" on tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOW5pSw0Sc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOW5pSw0Sc

Draft day!!

oh my

well at least we get to keep @strombone1

Just tuned in, wtf

sources suggest the flyers will sign claude giroux to an eight-year deal worth $8.3m per season

@DarrenDreger
Huge trade in the works. Boston and Dallas close on a deal sending Tyler Seguin to Stars for Loui Eriksson. Other parts involved as well.

danny briere to the habs for two years/$8m

briere always seemed like the kind of guy glen sather would wildly overpay for, but i guess it's hard to compete with the flyers

@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Habs GM Marc Bergevin reached out to Flyers GM Paul Holmgren to get feedback on Briere. Holmgren had nothing but great things to say

lololol

Pretty sure it won't go well, Montrealers are speaking of Gomez pt II.

Daniel Alfredsson to Detroit huh wtf

feel like I should wait for the bergeron deal to go thru before moving on but idk

NHL GMs are the dumbest people on the planet

Clarkson: Career games 426 g 97 a 73 pts 170 +/-32 is worth 36m/7years

http://nbcprohockeytalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/can_tsun.jpg?w=550&h=612

a+ trolling