Equally Obnoxious Hockey Trash Talk Thread, eh?

[Goofynewfie]

Holy s**t! Shea Weber signed a 14 year offer sheet with philly. Supposedly worth well over $100 million

 

[solbes]

Nashville can match Webers deal until July 25th. Philly would owe Nashville 4 first round picks if they choose to let him go. It does look like Philly has him locked up with the pay structure Nashville would owe within the first year ($27 mil!!!). There were a couple of other teams interested in Weber as well.

Brutal for Pred fans. First Suter, now Weber.

 

[sivdrinks]

Holy s**t! Shea Weber signed a 14 year offer sheet with philly. Supposedly worth well over $100 million

Does he play goalie? Still an issue in Philly, always has been.

 

[Barnzy02]

Does he play goalie? Still an issue in Philly, always has been.

please, bryz was inconsistent but he was fine this year.

W-L-OTL 33-16-7
SV% .909
GAA 2.48
SO 6

Not fantastic, but hardly awful.

He was ON FIRE during the month of march as well, just got hurt two weeks before the playoffs started.

Shea gonna be a flyer! Honestly, i can't see how they don't match the offer, unless something has already been worked out between homer and poile.

Poile doesn't match and a trade is made for the flyers to recoup draft picks and roster players go back to NSH

 

[sivdrinks]

please, bryz was inconsistent but he was fine this year.

W-L-OTL 33-16-7
SV% .909
GAA 2.48
SO 6

Not fantastic, but hardly awful.

He was ON FIRE during the month of march as well, just got hurt two weeks before the playoffs started.

Shea gonna be a flyer! Honestly, i can't see how they don't match the offer, unless something has already been worked out between homer and poile.

Poile doesn't match and a trade is made for the flyers to recoup draft picks and roster players go back to NSH

Just saying goaltending has ALWAYS been their issue, I'm sure Weaber will be a great addition though.

 

[Barnzy02]

Well, in that regard. Yes, i agree. Goaltending, has been our blackhole. The list of goalies we've had over the past decade is ... laughable. I am just a big supporter of Bryz, and i feel he gets more guff that is necessary.

I woke up this morning to this and couldn't be more ecstatic. To potentially get Weber for 4 1st rounders, granted there's other roster moves to be made after the fact, is just ... insane.

Does Nashville have the money to match? It's like 52 million in guaranteed bonuses the first 4 years. From what i understand, their financial position isn't the best.

 

[wildwest450]

Does Nashville have the money to match? It's like 52 million in guaranteed bonuses the first 4 years. From what i understand, their financial position isn't the best.

Wave goodbye to him, they're far too cheap to match that. Suck it Nashville.

 

[jtkratzer]

Two very interesting reads on the Weber situation:
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Bill...ngs-Is-Weber-Offer-Sheet-a-Wise-Move/45/45674

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eklu...A-WEBER--BUT-WILL-HE-EVER-WEAR-ORANGE/1/45672

 

[wildwest450]

Two very interesting reads on the Weber situation:
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Bill...ngs-Is-Weber-Offer-Sheet-a-Wise-Move/45/45674

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eklu...A-WEBER--BUT-WILL-HE-EVER-WEAR-ORANGE/1/45672

Meh, either way he goes to a team with no chance.

 

[jtkratzer]

Meh, either way he goes to a team with no chance.

Now you're just being a bitter Detroit fan because you didn't get Parise, Suter, Weber, or Nash...all players Detroit pursued. And no Lidstrom.

 

[jtkratzer]

I guess not making the playoffs or getting knocked out early has it's perks:

Scott Gomez hit a hole-in-one at his own golf tournament in Anchorage to win a new $50,000 SUV, according to the Anchorage Daily News. Gomez said he doesn't know what he will do with the car, but right now he is driving his sister's old car when he is in Alaska.

 

[emjay]

I guess not scoring a goal in over a year on a ludicrous contract and having an entire city despise you has its perks.

Fixed.

 

[jtkratzer]

Fixed.

Which contributes to a lot of golf in the spring and summer months.

 

[jtkratzer]

Is anyone's voice in hockey equally or more obnoxious than Scott Burnside? I can't stand his writing, let alone hearing his goofy voice talk about his silly writing.

 

[paulster2626]

Depends if you consider your voice to be "in hockey" or not.

 

[jtkratzer]

Depends if you consider your voice to be "in hockey" or not.

My voice personally?

I'm referring to anyone who conducts video commentary or interviews in any capacity. Don't care if it's Joe Baggadonuts blogger, B-side is atrociously annoying.

 

[paulster2626]

Nah just messing with you.

I am a giant Leafs homer, but I find Jim Hughson to be a total 'tard. Guy is such a blatant Leafs hater it pretty much ruins HNIC Sat night games. If the Leafs get scored on, it's because they suck and the other team is amazing. If the Leafs score, it's because they got lucky or a bad call was made. So annoying.

And don't even get me started on Glenn Healy. Even the other announcers hate this guy, its obvious. Best was during a Habs faceoff:.
Healy: "guys I don't know why Pleckanec is taking this faceoff. He's losing it of he takes it."
Cole: "and he wins it"

Healy's shining moment last season was when he said Reimer was faking his neck/concussion injury after getting run by Gionta. What a farce. it is blatantly obvious to me that he is trying to be some super-nasty grinch in an effort to be the next Don Cherry, but he just comes off as an arrogant ass.

 

[emjay]

Hah. I don't get that impression of Healy at all. Not saying he's always positive, but I haven't found him to be overly negative. Then again, I never heard that Reimer bit, which would definitely be bullshìt... just unbelievable. He may be trying to cultivate a Don Cherry-like persona, but Don Cherry's grinch/cynical attitude he has a lot of the time isn't even like that; he generally has a point he's trying to communicate, rather than being an ******* just for the sake of being an *******.

And speaking of the Leafs (and two goalies in particular... everything that's been passed up so far makes Burke's and the MLSE's apology and subsequent promises ring so false. The only thing that would justify it for me is if they've been holding out for a strong possibility of nabbing a Canucks goalie, in which case I'd immediately cream my pants, but I'm not exactly going to be holding my breath for that.

 

[Barnzy02]

Columbus gets fleeced in another trade.

 

[sivdrinks]

Good for them. They've never done much before when they tried buying a team, not worried about Philly either. If the Devils don't get Semin I believe they'll just ride out their young talent. Health is still key through the playoffs, but yeah, those guys will help.

 

[paulster2626]

Hah. I don't get that impression of Healy at all. Not saying he's always positive, but I haven't found him to be overly negative. Then again, I never heard that Reimer bit, which would definitely be bullshìt... just unbelievable. He may be trying to cultivate a Don Cherry-like persona, but Don Cherry's grinch/cynical attitude he has a lot of the time isn't even like that; he generally has a point he's trying to communicate, rather than being an ******* just for the sake of being an *******.

And speaking of the Leafs (and two goalies in particular... everything that's been passed up so far makes Burke's and the MLSE's apology and subsequent promises ring so false. The only thing that would justify it for me is if they've been holding out for a strong possibility of nabbing a Canucks goalie, in which case I'd immediately cream my pants, but I'm not exactly going to be holding my breath for that.

I love how Burke isn't making a drastic move, it's finally what I've wanted for so long. Mpatience and develop from within. Make trades only if they benefit the team long term. Been a long time coming.

 

[Barnzy02]

Nashville matches.

Expected it. Still bummed.

 

[jtkratzer]

Nashville matches.

Expected it. Still bummed.

I'm shocked. I was expecting them to let him go with the understanding that a trade with the Flyers for players in exchange for some of their first rounders would follow. I don't know how Nashville has this kind of money - $160 million tied up between Weber and Rinne alone.

 

[sivdrinks]

I'm shocked. I was expecting them to let him go with the understanding that a trade with the Flyers for players in exchange for some of their first rounders would follow. I don't know how Nashville has this kind of money - $160 million tied up between Weber and Rinne alone.

Huh, me too. I guess everyone's contracts are structured way differently than Kovalchuks(rolls eyes).

 

[jtkratzer]

Shane Doan is an idiot...he's 35 and wants a 4 year deal that carries a $7.5 million cap hit to leave the Coyotes? Fine, play the rest of your career with a team that will not win the Cup in any of those 4 years.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=401580

That demand is just stupid for a guy who hasn't put up more than 60 points since 2008-2009.

Who else carries a $7.5 mil cap hit?
Parise - hasn't been below 62 points in a full season since his rookie year.
Suter - not really that far behind and he's a d-man.
Heatley - nearly a point per game player over his career, but declining over the last few. Still managed 199 points over the last 3 seasons compared to Doan's 165.
Gaborik - had 210 points in the last three seasons and 26 more than Doan last year.
Stamkos - over 90 points each of the last three seasons (283 total).


Who the eff does Doan think he is? If he really just wants to stay with the Coyotes, then sign a farking contract and finish off the last few holes of the back nine of your career and go away quietly. Too late to avoid looking like an a**hole, though.

 

[emjay]

Doan's family is settled in Phoenix, and would prefer to stay there, so I don't think it's all that unreasonable to demand a lot to go somewhere else. It's not necessarily that he thinks he's worth that much, nor does he expect to get it - but it's what he feels is needed to justify uprooting his family and everything. Can't blame him.

 

[Homercidal]

I'd love for him to come to Detroit, but I'm not holding my breath. We need D more than another forward and probably won't give $$ away to a forward to get him to join the team.

35 isn't so bad. I think that was the average age of the Red Wings players for a few years...

 

[jtkratzer]

Doan's family is settled in Phoenix, and would prefer to stay there, so I don't think it's all that unreasonable to demand a lot to go somewhere else. It's not necessarily that he thinks he's worth that much, nor does he expect to get it - but it's what he feels is needed to justify uprooting his family and everything. Can't blame him.

I understand, but that number is selfish for what he gives the team and I understand the leadership experience, but by the nature of playing for Phoenix, it doesn't mean squat in the playoffs.

 

[sivdrinks]

I'm with Kratz. Guys are just trying to get paid before the new CBA I think.

 

[Goofynewfie]

Surprised Brian Burke hasnt snapped that "bargain" up