He already has, Lars Eller baby!!!!!....
- ShootingSemin

Yeah (frank) that..
- ShootingSemin

& next years 1st from the Blues?

So:

Halak, Perron, & 3rd this year & 1st next year

for

Couturier & 1st this year

& next years 1st from the Blues?

So:

Halak, Perron, & 3rd this year & 1st next year

for

Couturier & 1st this year
- carcus

- Flyfreaky

That bad?

Haha so ridiculous reporting by Rossi?

Are you really in a position to be saying a legitimate reporters work is 'ridiculous'....

If any draft was ever rigged it was that one. In this corner we have a team on the verge of bankruptcy but with a very popular ex-player now owner. In the other corner we have a team who's located on the WEST COAST and we can't have the future face of the league playing out there because the games come on SOOO LATE and no one would see him. Amazing how that worked out.
- duxcup07

as much as i hate the ducks n their fans... he's got a point. pretty sure it was rigged.

Clif Notes version-
Everyone is NOT going to either Montreal or St. Louis
Detroit is in on everybody that has ever been a free agent
The Islanders are always after Hemsky
and the only actual factual newsworthy item is something that Bob McKenzie broke and Ek copied and pasted
Once again...thanks Ek!

This is no secret. People just don't want to believe they elected one.
- Cptmjl

im guessing you have sex with your siblings! you inbred moron

It's a better name than REDBLACKS

(To be honest I mostly can't get past the fact that they insist on people spelling their team name in all caps. Only in the CFL)
- S Kaspar Rollins

Wow that's what they are calling them? That really is a bad name.

That's 44, thank you very much.
- Beatle_john

whats the 44 represent.... years without a cup?

Van can't afford to bring back any salary in a Luongo deal - would have to buy out Malone.
- Big_Lightnin

I don't think that would be allowed, would it? Trading a guy to another team for them to buy him out?

whats the 44 represent.... years without a cup?
- King_stoner

I like how you organized the emoticons.

as much as i hate the ducks n their fans... he's got a point. pretty sure it was rigged.
- King_stoner

The key thing going against that theory, to me anyway: NYR had the same theoretical chance of winning the lottery as Pittsburgh did. You're telling me that the NHL chose to rig a generational player lottery for Pittsburgh instead of the biggest market in North America, fresh off a devastating lockout? Bankruptcy be damned, it's somewhat difficult to believe.

If any draft was ever rigged it was that one. In this corner we have a team on the verge of bankruptcy but with a very popular ex-player now owner. In the other corner we have a team who's located on the WEST COAST and we can't have the future face of the league playing out there because the games come on SOOO LATE and no one would see him. Amazing how that worked out.
- duxcup07

I (frank)ing love you. When you gonna come back and own the hell out of us again in the Leafs thread?

RIGHT! Why? Give me ONE reason why he's a douche? Grow the F*** up!
- LunaticFringe

after he came back from his bruised vagina... i mean concussion. he went on the air about how head shots need to stop NOW... yet he throws an elbow at a boston players head (krejci i believe) in his first week back.

that is a douche bag move!!!

The key thing going against that theory, to me anyway: NYR had the same theoretical chance of winning the lottery as Pittsburgh did. You're telling me that the NHL chose to rig a generational player lottery for Pittsburgh instead of the biggest market in North America, fresh off a devastating lockout? Bankruptcy be damned, it's somewhat difficult to believe.
- S Kaspar Rollins

Rangers will make money no matter what. Just like the Leafs. Just like the Habs. Just like the Flyers. Why not add another team into the "forsure money makers club"? Him going to the Rags would have done nothing to bring in more money. What, jersey sales for the already massive New York Ranger fan base? Or get the dead seats of the Pens fans that forgot there was hockey from before 2005 filled up?

The key thing going against that theory, to me anyway: NYR had the same theoretical chance of winning the lottery as Pittsburgh did. You're telling me that the NHL chose to rig a generational player lottery for Pittsburgh instead of the biggest market in North America, fresh off a devastating lockout? Bankruptcy be damned, it's somewhat difficult to believe.
- S Kaspar Rollins

Pittsburgh was in a lot more trouble at the time than NYR. There was a very real possibility they could have been move in the near future. The Rangers are established enough that that happening almost seems impossible. The market is too big for them to fail so no one has to worry about them.

Rangers will make money no matter what. Just like the Leafs. Just like the Habs. Just like the Flyers. Why not add another team into the "forsure money makers club"? Him going to the Rags would have done nothing to bring in more money. What, jersey sales for the already massive New York Ranger fan base? Or get the dead seats of the Pens fans that forgot there was hockey from before 2005 filled up?
- weirdoh

wouldn't have necessarily done much for the Rangers themselves but the league as a whole might have benefitted more from him being in that market, no?

Pittsburgh was in a lot more trouble at the time than NYR. There was a very real possibility they could have been move in the near future. The Rangers are established enough that that happening almost seems impossible. The market is too big for them to fail so no one has to worry about them.
- flamminghead

Man you've had that ugly sheep person head for a while. I want to punch it.

wouldn't have necessarily done much for the Rangers themselves but the league as a whole might have benefitted more from him being in that market, no?
- S Kaspar Rollins

How? You don't think putting him in a team that was on the brink of bankruptcy and turning that team into the hottest ticket in the league wouldn't be more profitable than putting him on a followed team? I can't see how him being in a big market would make this league more.

Man you've had that ugly sheep person head for a while. I want to punch it.
- weirdoh

what the hell is that thing anyway, I've always wondered

Man you've had that ugly sheep person head for a while. I want to punch it.
- weirdoh

I think I'm too lazy to change it.

Pittsburgh was in a lot more trouble at the time than NYR. There was a very real possibility they could have been move in the near future. The Rangers are established enough that that happening almost seems impossible. The market is too big for them to fail so no one has to worry about them.
- flamminghead

i suppose there's that. I just don't like conspiracy theories in general, because they tend to be the lazy refuge for fans who can't face realities about why their teams don't win

what the hell is that thing anyway, I've always wondered
- S Kaspar Rollins

Some deformed sheep fetus.

what the hell is that thing anyway, I've always wondered
- S Kaspar Rollins

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