ATD #9 Sign-up and Preliminary Discussion

[VanIslander]

an experienced drafter from ATD#3 is coming back and will g.m. the same franchise he did before

he responded to my PM invite in the affirmative and I told him to post it here

i am so jacked...

oh i can't wait: monster_bertuzzi will g.m. the Vancouver Millionaires

 

[Transplanted Caper]

an experienced drafter from ATD#3 is coming back and will g.m. the same franchise he did before

he responded to my PM invite in the affirmative and I told him to post it here

i am so jacked...

Sounds awesome. Only 2 more after that.

 

[Leaf Lander]

so what past gms are not coming

and how many rookie gm's do we have?

 

[EagleBelfour]

Also, I would really like to see a division named the René Lecavalier division. He's up there with Foster Hewitt as the best announcer ever in Canada and to be honest, I hate to see the Don Cherry division. If Cherry is there, we need someone to balance it out. Also, Cherry could be considered as a coach in the ATD, MLD or AAA so I think we should rule him out.

I would also like to support a Rene Lecavalier division in the process.

I'm fine with it as well.

As am I.

The best would be the René Lecavalier division...

Yeh, Cherry is a buffoon. Replace him with LaCavalier. Also would like to see Gallivan in there, Replace Cole with gallivan. nothing against Cole but Gallivan is better.

I'll give a vote to retain the Don Cherry Division. Love him or hate him, he's one of the icons of the game. He's a passionate backer of Canadian hockey, and the people who deserve our support the most - our soldiers and our police officers. Millions of fans have grown up with him at intermission.

6 For
1 Against. Anyone else?

 

[VanIslander]

6 For
1 Against. Anyone else?

I'm for it. As long as the other three stay the same. Change is good, but so is tradition.

 

[Leaf Lander]

why not change all of the names of the divisions every year?

 

[ck26]

why not change all of the names of the divisions every year?

Too much of a whip.

I vote against this change, with caveats.

Foster Hewitt, Don Cherry, Jim Robson and Bob Cole are all broadcasters. You've gotta have broadcasters. A broadcaster is a voice you know and -- sometimes -- a face. Broadcasters talk to you personally 82 times a season.

Milt Dunnell, Red Fisher and Jim Coleman are all writers. Writers suck. You don't know their voice or their face -- just their typewriter. You read their opinions the next day, the emotions dulled by time and possibly even altered by an editor. Broadcasters are your friend on the radio who watches the game with you.

If your team's local beat writer was replaced and nobody said anything, might you not notice for a while?

Lose Dunnell, Fisher and Coleman. Lecavalier sounds like a good replacement. Al Michaels did Miracle on Ice call for ABC sports. Sam Rosen for the Rangers and Mike Emerick for the Devils has been a two-decade tradition. Everybody has an opinion on Rick Jeannarett. Barry Melrose?

 

[Transplanted Caper]

Too much of a whip.

I vote against this change, with caveats.

Foster Hewitt, Don Cherry, Jim Robson and Bob Cole are all broadcasters. You've gotta have broadcasters. A broadcaster is a voice you know and -- sometimes -- a face. Broadcasters talk to you personally 82 times a season.

Milt Dunnell, Red Fisher and Jim Coleman are all writers. Writers suck. You don't know their voice or their face -- just their typewriter. You read their opinions the next day, the emotions dulled by time and possibly even altered by an editor. Broadcasters are your friend on the radio who watches the game with you. Writers aren't even neccessarily human.

If your team's local beat writer was replaced and nobody said anything, might you not notice for a while?

Lose Dunnell, Fisher and Coleman. Lecavalier sounds like a good replacement. Al Michaels did Miracle on Ice call for ABC sports. Sam Rosen has been doing the calls for the Rangers for decades. Everybody has an opinion on Rick Jeannarett. Barry Melrose?

If we're in a position to add more than one broadcaster, Gallivan gets a nod IMO.

 

[VanIslander]

aren't we going to be drafting 32 broadcasters at the end of the draft?

that should satisfy any desire to honour any more of them

 

[Transplanted Caper]

aren't we going to be drafting 32 broadcasters at the end of the draft?

that should satisfy any desire to honour any more of them

True. I say switch the lecavalier one and leave it at that.

 

[VanIslander]

I say switch the lecavalier one and leave it at that.

 

[Leaf Lander]

make it so?

 

[God Bless Canada]

Too much of a whip.

I vote against this change, with caveats.

Foster Hewitt, Don Cherry, Jim Robson and Bob Cole are all broadcasters. You've gotta have broadcasters. A broadcaster is a voice you know and -- sometimes -- a face. Broadcasters talk to you personally 82 times a season.

Milt Dunnell, Red Fisher and Jim Coleman are all writers. Writers suck. You don't know their voice or their face -- just their typewriter. You read their opinions the next day, the emotions dulled by time and possibly even altered by an editor. Broadcasters are your friend on the radio who watches the game with you.

If your team's local beat writer was replaced and nobody said anything, might you not notice for a while?

Lose Dunnell, Fisher and Coleman. Lecavalier sounds like a good replacement. Al Michaels did Miracle on Ice call for ABC sports. Sam Rosen for the Rangers and Mike Emerick for the Devils has been a two-decade tradition. Everybody has an opinion on Rick Jeannarett. Barry Melrose?

The censored version of what I have to say is simple: screw you.

 

[VanIslander]

Open hostility is disturbing.

This is supposed to be fun and what HAS set this board apart from most HFBoards has been the civility. I get pretty sick and tired of the potshots on many of the boards.

 

[Sens Rule]

Can I still join? I'd like to. If I can sign me up.

 

[Leaf Lander]

The censored version of what I have to say is simple: screw you.

settle down now yah hear

 

[VanIslander]

Can I still join? I'd like to. If I can sign me up.

You have 10,000 posts in the last two and a half years, many of them on the History board.

That demonstrates you are active and knowledgeable.

 

[Sens Rule]

You have 10,000 posts in the last two and a half years, many of them on the History board.

That demonstrates you are active and knowledgeable.

I hope so.. While I waste tons of time on HF.. near everyday... I hope I can make the knowledgeable posts I need to make to be in the All-time draft.

 

[Sens Rule]

You have 10,000 posts in the last two and a half years, many of them on the History board.

That demonstrates you are active and knowledgeable.

My Team Name.. Ottawa Silver Seven

 

[VanIslander]

Ottawa Silver Seven

There's an excellent history of hockey name! I'm surprised no one took it since Bergeron47 in ATD#3.

We therefore now have three Ottawa clubs to go with three Montreal clubs, each in a different division ideally.

 

[LAX attack*]

I would like to register for the draft, I would be willing to work with anyone as a co-GM

 

[VanIslander]

I would like to register for the draft, I would be willing to work with anyone as a co-GM

The best bet. How did you hear about this?

 

[LAX attack*]

The best bet. How did you hear about this?

I am a friend of someone who participated in this event last time

 

[God Bless Canada]

Open hostility is disturbing.

This is supposed to be fun and what HAS set this board apart from most HFBoards has been the civility. I get pretty sick and tired of the potshots on many of the boards.

Open hostility? I am a hockey writer. This is what was stated from cottonking.

"Writers suck. You don't know their voice or their face -- just their typewriter."

Damn right I'm going to get hostile. A significant part of my life is devoted to writing about hockey.

Guess what, cottonking? The hockey writer is the one who still has to work the hardest. The hockey writer is the one who is at practice every day. He's the one who, in the case of the daily papers, has to work until very late at night, crafting a story for the next day's paper. The play-by-play guy works hard, don't get me wrong (I don't want mullin all over me for this post). But usually it's the beat reporter for the radio or TV station who covers the practices, and goes into the locker rooms to gather the quotes after the game. (A little different for a guy like mullin, who has to call the game and get the post-game feedback). But the radio and TV people usually just have to get a few quotes, a few sound bytes, or video clips, for the post-game show that night. If you want real insight, real in-depth coverage for the game, the hockey writers are still your best bet.

I knew who the beat writers for the papers in Vancouver were back when I was 10, long before I ever gained an interest in becoming a hockey writer.

Jim Coleman (the man who introduced many a B.C. fan to hockey and sports history), Red Fischer and Milt Dunnell are more than deserving of having their names on our championships.

 

[VanIslander]

The censored version of what I have to say is simple: screw you.

That is the censored version?

I was a professional journalist for a few years, even covering the Vancouver Canucks training camp. I recall Ohlund swearing at Brashear after an overly physical check into the boards during an early morning practice. I wrote about it but it was cut from the final, shorter piece that ran.