Is this how we react with 2 days off? don't worry, it won't happen again for awhile
I seriously wonder how much Poni would cost from the Jets.
Any news about Darche?
I'm trying to think of the last time Lou made a major offseason trade (not including Rolston/Hunter or the Malakhov dump, of course).
Arnott for Halischuk + 2nd is the only one I can think of since the lockout. Even then, Arnott was a known commodity.
Nothing that qualifies as major since Sykora/Friesen although he 'tried' to trade Captain Grumpypants two offseasons ago and he nixed it.
Noreau, a defenseman.We dumped Steckel for a pick. Most notable thing I can think of.
We also traded for some random kid from the Wild that I think went overseas a few weeks later. Don't remember his name.
Asked him to waive his NTC during the camp and he refused, iirc.Explain.
A lot of trying to trade him had to do with being over the cap and what was said about the veterans on Lemaire/Tremblays year end evaluations (which was revealed by Tremblay on that canadian radio show)
This part I never heard before - what was said?
I can't wait until Semin flops and people can stop harping on a lazy, overhyped player that has gone downhill the last two seasons.
Somebody here who lives in Canada (escapes me who), was listening to a radio show Tremblay was on occasionally in the begining of the 10-11 season and Tremblay gave some interesting insight that helped explain some of the issues on the team that were going on with Langs the season prior and at the start of that season
Basically said Lou had he and the rest of the coaching staff fill out year end evaluations - he said the coaches had all put down that there were changes that needed to be made with the veteran leadership because a lot of them had become too comfortable
edit: here found the posts http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=30720102&postcount=947
**Pretty interesting that Tremblay called the Lemaire re-hiring 2 months ahead of time http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=28441783&postcount=102
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=29330300&highlight=mario+tremblay#post29330300
How did Parise come up again
Lou asked Langenbrunner if he'd be willing to waive his NTC (in a general, I need to trade someone to get under the cap type way) and Langenbrunner took it very personally.Explain.
Most of us expect him to get sent back down after the 5 games.
please trade tallinder already. we all know it's going to happen and we're probably not going to get much for him but we can't have larsson sitting for 2/3rds of the season.
DeBoer described Matt Shaw’s power play: “In the simplest form, this is a shooting power play. It’s about generating shots more than clean looks at the net.”
First pro-Volch/Tally argument that has some value.Why? The guy played what, 25 games already this season in Albany? He's not going rusty soon. Why not let the vets who hasn't played since June shake their rust off instead?
This might be the best thing I've read all year. A "keep it simple stupid" powerplay is something I've wanted since Moby Dick was a minnow.