Patrik Berglund Appreciation Thread

[elkranio]

@Ranksu is from Finland; he is not Scandinavian.

Isn't that like the same thing?

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Isn't that like the same thing?

No. However, a very small part of Finland speaks a Germanic dialect. Very tiny.

 

[MissouriMook]

@Ranksu is from Finland; he is not Scandinavian.

I believe @RobbK speaks some Swedish. Where’s he been anyway? When I typed his user name, it didn’t show up!

That is concerning. Now that it has come up, I don't remember seeing him around here for a while now.

 

[WeWantTacos]

Isn't that like the same thing?

 

[ChicagoBlues]

That is concerning. Now that it has come up, I don't remember seeing him around here for a while now.

I’m kind of a worry wart. Hope he’s ok.

We heard from @Multimoodia , thank God. I know how we all dearly missed him.

Never mind, @Multimoodia is popping up now.

Cartoon RobbK?? Where are you?

 

[Ranksu]

Its @Robb_K

And @ChicagoBlues Scandinavia - Wikipedia

And I'm living area were people speak finnish and swedish = meänkieli.
Meänkieli dialects - Wikipedia
Itse dying language. Only old people knows that. I understand sweden when its spoken, but readinging it makea it difficult, 'Cus I never studiet it 100%.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Its @Robb_K

And @ChicagoBlues Scandinavia - Wikipedia

And I'm living area were people speak finnish and swedish = meänkieli.
Meänkieli dialects - Wikipedia
Itse dying language. Only old people knows that. I understand sweden when its spoken, but readinging it makea it difficult, 'Cus I never studiet it 100%.

Yeah I got it figured out. Just me being a bonehead.

 

[elkranio]

No. However, a very small part of Finland speaks a Germanic dialect. Very tiny.

I was trying to f*** with Ranksu, but he didnt' flinch

 

[ChicagoBlues]

I was trying to **** with Ranksu, but he didnt' flinch

Oh! Hahaha! Honestly, I didn’t think you were that stupid.

 

[Robb_K]

Isn't that like the same thing?
[QUOTE\]
No! Scandinavia is just Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Even Iceland isn't really part of Scandinavia, despite it having been a colony of Norway. Finnish is a Siberian language, totally unrelated to any Indo-European language.

Yes, my brother lives in Sweden, and i understand Swedish to some extent, and can read it and write some. I know a little Finnish (Suomi). (but only enough to get into trouble!)

 

[stl76]

 

[Robb_K]

Its @Robb_K

And @ChicagoBlues Scandinavia - Wikipedia

And I'm living area were people speak finnish and swedish = meänkieli.
Meänkieli dialects - Wikipedia
Itse dying language. Only old people knows that. I understand sweden when its spoken, but readinging it makea it difficult, 'Cus I never studiet it 100%.

So, are you Sami, then?
Meänkieli is your FIRST language?
Are your parents reindeer herders?

 

[Robb_K]

I’m kind of a worry wart. Hope he’s ok.

We heard from @Multimoodia , thank God. I know how we all dearly missed him.

Never mind, @Multimoodia is popping up now.

Cartoon RobbK?? Where are you?

I'm on tour in northwestern Denmark, giving workshops in storyboarding at various libraries. I don't have a lot of time to post on hockey fora. I'll be near Herning soon, where The Danish national team trains. I am fine, healthwise. There isn't all that much Blueswise to discuss. I DO know about the Schmaltz-Borgman trade. Nothing earth-shattering, but I think Borgman might make a decent 3rd pairing NHLer. Schmaltz wasn't going to be much help to The Blues, anyway.

 

[Robb_K]

That is concerning. Now that it has come up, I don't remember seeing him around here for a while now.

I'm very busy in the off-season. I still work for a living.

 

[Robb_K]

Isn't that like the same thing?

NOT REALLY! Maybe the ethnically Swedish Finns might be loosely considered Scandinavians, depending upon one's point of view.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

I'm on tour in northwestern Denmark, giving workshops in storyboarding at various libraries. I don't have a lot of time to post on hockey fora. I'll be near Herning soon, where The Danish national team trains. I am fine, healthwise. There isn't all that much Blueswise to discuss. I DO know about the Schmaltz-Borgman trade. Nothing earth-shattering, but I think Borgman might make a decent 3rd pairing NHLer. Schmaltz wasn't going to be much help to The Blues, anyway.

I was worried when I typed your user name and it didn’t pop up.

Glad you’re ok.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

NOT REALLY! Maybe the ethnically Swedish Finns might be loosely considered Scandinavians, depending upon one's point of view.

He was joking. Trying to get a rise out of @Ranksu.

 

[Robb_K]

Its difficult to discuss without some underlying assumptions. We just know too little about what's going on. Even your post makes the assumption that Berglund pretended to be sick. Its possible he just told Buffalo he was done. Buffalo could have spun the "sick" narrative while they tried to figure out what was going on, what their options were and how to spin it with the press. I'd assume if a player is "sick" in the NHL, they visit a team physician for a diagnosis and time table. I can't imagine you can just call in sick in the NHL and not show up for several days without anyone seeing you. At least you can't do that and have the team think you are really sick.

That said, I agree that Berglund may not be acting rationally, or at least by what we would consider rational. Something more is going on than what we know, and it more than likely something going on with Berglund.

It seems that Berglund is going to stay in Sweden and play again for Djurgaarden from what I gather from the article.

 

[STL BLUES]

What would be the harm of offering Berg-dawg a PTO?

Note to fellow Blues Hfboards members. I wanted to post this question before Ranksu.

 

[brokeu91]

What would be the harm of offering Berg-dawg a PTO?

Note to fellow Blues Hfboards members. I wanted to post this question before Ranksu.

@Ranksu

 

[542365]

What would be the harm of offering Berg-dawg a PTO?

Note to fellow Blues Hfboards members. I wanted to post this question before Ranksu.

I don’t think the league office would like that very much after how things went down in Buffalo. It would look pretty shady if he walked out in Buffalo only to return to the Blues the next year. We’d have to wait at least until his previous NHL contract would have expired, which is after the 21-22 season when he’d be 34 years old.

 

[STL BLUES]

Bergie is free to recontract. Sabres general manager Jason Botterill terminated his contract.

After being traded by the Blues, Berglund admitted he never felt quite comfortable with the Sabres. Coincidentally, one of his statements sounded eerily similar to that of ROR’s famous quote, “I feel throughout the year I’ve lost the love of the game multiple times.”.

Bergie said he terminated his contract because he “had lost the happiness and energy.” He then went on to say he “needed to go home to find his true self, to find harmony and his mental balance.”

I’ll bet he’d love to wear the note again.

 

[Ranksu]

I would take Berglund over Brouwer.

 

[tomin]

I would take Bergie back too but not because I'm a hockey genius but rather because I'm a sucker for nostalgia to a flaw. I'd be a terrible GM.

 

[Robb_K]

I would take Berglund over Brouwer.

I would, too!

 

[simon IC]

I would take Berglund over Brouwer.

Who are you, and what have you done with Ranksu?