Considering what good friends Luke and Stamkos are, I have to wonder why he's not working with Roberts too.
- mykokes

well, Roberts is with Dallas now. I don't know if he can train guys from other teams

Yep. Leeman was bringing her around to team functions. Would have killed Iafrate on the inside to see her with someone else... and happy.
- Brian Huddle

"My best friend ran off with my wife!!! Man do I ever miss my best friend!!!"

Everyone got caught up with the blue font....what do you guys think of this lineup? Can I be the GM?
- B-Leaf

if you made that happen...you can be GM for ever

slow day at work for me
I switched to FB because I liked it better right away... and I wasnt interested in hooking up with 13 y/o girls .... i kid i kid
- senstroll

oh you must of checked it out later on then

like i said when i used it facebook didnt exist.. so everyone had a myspace

i had to deal with the "why arent you on myspace anymore? why dont you log on anymore? blah blah blah"

well, Roberts is with Dallas now. I don't know if he can train guys from other teams
- Feeling Glucky?

He does a summer camp every year with some guys like Brayden Schenn, Stammer, Del Zotto, etc.

They did before last season.

Then he went and did his own thing this offseason, added another 10 lbs to his upper body and all of sudden his skating is regressed...
- Brian Huddle

man, I mentioned this in the preseason, and got laughed at.

Amazing how it turns out that I WAS (frank)ING RIGHT

The guy is a winner. Even if he only ever won the one cup(and early on), he has an unparalleled work ethic. I don't mind if he divides the dressing room, so long as his side wins out. I wish we had him with the Leafs, helping to train the guys. Wouldn't have to worry about Schenn's skating, or Kessel and Kadri's strength.


on that note... think the Leafs are gonna get Schenn to work with a team of skating coaches this offseason?
- Feeling Glucky?

schenn needs to take it upon himself to go to roberts this summer.....look at neal this season and stamkos the last couple.
it works, plain and simple.
schenn is painfully immobile.

man, I mentioned this in the preseason, and got laughed at.

Amazing how it turns out that I WAS (frank)ING RIGHT
- Feeling Glucky?

I was all for him strengthening up over the years but he was a solid 220 last season and that's where his playing weight should be. He's 230 now and only 6'2.

He should be working on lower body strength, not upper body.

Look at Komisarek who lost weight over the summer and has been more mobile.

The guy is a winner. Even if he only ever won the one cup(and early on), he has an unparalleled work ethic. I don't mind if he divides the dressing room, so long as his side wins out. I wish we had him with the Leafs, helping to train the guys. Wouldn't have to worry about Schenn's skating, or Kessel and Kadri's strength.


on that note... think the Leafs are gonna get Schenn to work with a team of skating coaches this offseason?
- Feeling Glucky?

I know Burke and Murray are close...but I dont think Burke should be giving him advice on managing his players in the offseason....

There's a name for women like that........and a comrade like that....
- JIMI-JAMES

Exact ages: Leeman was 26 and Iafrate was 24 at the time. Iafrate wasn't the nicest chap with his wifey either......

At that age, marriage was the furthest thing from my mind.

Many hockey players are douches on the road too, I know of one prominent Vancouver Canuck who is supposedly happily married but banged a bartender I used to work with. All you need is one teamate to break the code and poop blows up.......that ties into a certain former Montreal Canadien too, an angry wife found out about said player's antics and got her revenge with another Hab.

Exactly this^
- B-Leaf

im looking for the comment you responded but since i couldnt find it, Ill respond to this post. I disagree. If Detroit knew that nobody else had even heard of these guys, they would be stupid to draft them in the early rounds. By drafting how they did, they managed to get multiple first round talents in the late round of the draft.

Do you think they will want Getzlaf fighting? or Staal? or Nash? or Parise? or....ANYONE ON THE FIRST LINE?

I think if we are going to contend then we should target Kessel as a 2nd line RW. Ideally, we pick up Getzlaf, and sign Parise as a FA.

Lupul-Getzlaf-Parise
Kadri-Connolly-Kessel
Kulemin-Bozak-Army
Brown-Steckel-Crabb
*These two could be switched

Phanuef-Liles
Gunnarson-Franson
Gardiner-Komisarek
Aulie

With the following on the way out:
Schenn
Lombardi
MacArthur
Grabo

If this was our team going into next year I think we could do some serious damage. It would also give Colborne more time in the A, and he could come up at the deadline to replace Connolly and free up the extra cash to resign Getz.



CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS
Joffrey Lupul ($4.250m) / Ryan Getzlaf ($5.325m) / Zach Parise ($6.000m)
Nazem Kadri ($1.720m) / Tim Connolly ($4.750m) / Phil Kessel ($5.400m)
Nikolai Kulemin ($2.750m) / Tyler Bozak ($1.500m) / Colby Armstrong ($3.000m)
Mike Brown ($0.736m) / David Steckel ($1.100m) / Joey Crabb ($1.125m)
Darryl Boyce ($0.900m) / Jay Rosehill ($0.750m)

DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf ($6.500m) / John-Michael Liles ($3.875m)
Carl Gunnarsson ($1.325m) / Cody Franson ($1.400m)
Mike Komisarek ($4.500m) / Jake Gardiner ($1.116m)
Keith Aulie ($1.333m)

GOALTENDERS
Jonas Gustavsson ($1.850m) / James Reimer ($1.800m)

BUYOUTS: Darcy Tucker ($1.000m)

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,006,667; BONUSES: $1,062,500
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $293,333
- B-Leaf

Think we'll get Parise at only 6M?

And you don't necessarily want the top-liners fighting, no... but you want the other teams to know that they will defend themselves.

Also, isn't Parise a LW?

wouldn't it be more along the lines of

Parise-Getzlaf-Kessel
Lupul-Connolly-Kadri(seems he can line up all forward positions)
Kulemin-Bozak-Army
?

im looking for the comment you responded but since i couldnt find it, Ill respond to this post. I disagree. If Detroit knew that nobody else had even heard of these guys, they would be stupid to draft them in the early rounds. By drafting how they did, they managed to get multiple first round talents in the late round of the draft.
- mycokes

im sure that their expectations for those guys were NO WHERE near where they are today.

The guy is a winner. Even if he only ever won the one cup(and early on), he has an unparalleled work ethic. I don't mind if he divides the dressing room, so long as his side wins out. I wish we had him with the Leafs, helping to train the guys. Wouldn't have to worry about Schenn's skating, or Kessel and Kadri's strength.


on that note... think the Leafs are gonna get Schenn to work with a team of skating coaches this offseason?
- Feeling Glucky?

If a guy divides the dressing room, neither side wins.

He's got this reputation now as a giant fitness and nutrition expert - which has been happily promoted by the hockey media.

Not a lot to back up his claims as the world's greatest expert on all things, however.

And since we are on the subject:

Leafs fans blamed MLSEL management for not re-signing Roberts. Truth is, he wanted to get as far away from Toronto as possible.

Because he left his wife for his wife's best friend.

schenn needs to take it upon himself to go to roberts this summer.....look at neal this season and stamkos the last couple.
it works, plain and simple.
schenn is painfully immobile.
- Barx

I wonder who Tavares worked with? Was it also Roberts?

Because he definitely doesn't look like a guy who's biggest problem is skating.

Think we'll get Parise at only 6M?

And you don't necessarily want the top-liners fighting, no... but you want the other teams to know that they will defend themselves.

Also, isn't Parise a LW?

wouldn't it be more along the lines of

Parise-Getzlaf-Kessel
Lupul-Connolly-Kadri(seems he can line up all forward positions)
Kulemin-Bozak-Army
?
- Feeling Glucky?

no need for parise and his 7 million dollar contract....that money needs to go to a power forward,we already have a parise.

Exact ages: Leeman was 26 and Iafrate was 24 at the time. Iafrate wasn't the nicest chap with his wifey either......

At that age, marriage was the furthest thing from my mind.

Many hockey players are douches on the road too, I know of one prominent Vancouver Canuck who is supposedly happily married but banged a bartender I used to work with. All you need is one teamate to break the code and poop blows up.......that ties into a certain former Montreal Canadien too, an angry wife found out about said player's antics and got her revenge with another Hab.
- mykokes

And by "many", I think you mean "all."

But here's the thing: why would you do it to a teammate's wife? For eff's sakes, you are just asking for hassles.

If a guy divides the dressing room, neither side wins.

He's got this reputation now as a giant fitness and nutrition expert - which has been happily promoted by the hockey media.

Not a lot to back up his claims as the world's greatest expert on all things, however.

And since we are on the subject:

Leafs fans blamed MLSEL management for not re-signing Roberts. Truth is, he wanted to get as far away from Toronto as possible.

Because he left his wife for his wife's best friend.
- Atomic Wedgie

I thought it was because we didn't resign Niewendyk, and he wanted to go play with his buddy?

im sure that their expectations for those guys were NO WHERE near where they are today.
- noename09

Zetterberg became a known commodity after the 2002 Olympics......as for Lidstrom, noone was sure he'd come over here to play. In fact, I'm willing to bet if he wasn't on the 91 Canada Cup Sweden team, he would've stayed in Sweden a lot longer.

If a guy divides the dressing room, neither side wins.

He's got this reputation now as a giant fitness and nutrition expert - which has been happily promoted by the hockey media.

Not a lot to back up his claims as the world's greatest expert on all things, however.

And since we are on the subject:

Leafs fans blamed MLSEL management for not re-signing Roberts. Truth is, he wanted to get as far away from Toronto as possible.

Because he left his wife for his wife's best friend.
- Atomic Wedgie

stamkos after training with roberts....neal this year, after training with roberts....prolly several others.

I wonder who Tavares worked with? Was it also Roberts?

Because he definitely doesn't look like a guy who's biggest problem is skating.
- Feeling Glucky?

No, he worked with some chick who works for the Sabres.

no need for parise and his 7 million dollar contract....that money needs to go to a power forward,we already have a parise.
- Barx

coulda fooled me...

im looking for the comment you responded but since i couldnt find it, Ill respond to this post. I disagree. If Detroit knew that nobody else had even heard of these guys, they would be stupid to draft them in the early rounds. By drafting how they did, they managed to get multiple first round talents in the late round of the draft.
- mycokes

So the seven guys the Wings selected before Datsyuk played a total of 307 NHL games (305 for Fischer, 2 for Ryan Barnes, 0 for everyone else), and you think waiting until the 7th round to select the guy they thought was the biggest diamond in the rough was part of a master plan???

Anybody gonna watch the draft tonight? For all the flack this game gets, I'll watch it. I'll even watch it tonight. I'm hoping Kessel is the first pick..maybe Lupul can talk Chara into it. If not, I hope they have fun with him and pick him last again.

oh you must of checked it out later on then

like i said when i used it facebook didnt exist.. so everyone had a myspace

i had to deal with the "why arent you on myspace anymore? why dont you log on anymore? blah blah blah"
- Dozzer

myspace was launched 2003, FB 2004... they were both around at the time probably.. i was on myspace in '05 for a couple months while in college, FB i think 06

I was the person telling my friends to drop myspace and use FB instead...

thats it im going home now

out!