Deraldin Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 (edited) Jim Balsillie(head of RIM, the Blackberry guys) bought the Predators. They're expected to move to Hamilton Ont. now. Where did you hear this? I know that Balsillie is supposed to be working on a deal and there is supposed to be a press conference in an hour, but I hadn't heard anything other than that. EDIT: I see about the sale, but what makes you think they will end up in Hamilton? Additional news here: Brian Leetch has officially retired today after 18 seasons. Edited May 24, 2007 by Deraldin
Kor Qel Droma Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 I don't think Bettman would allow for the Preds to move. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie.
Deraldin Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Press conference says that the sale price is $220 million and they hope to have it completed by the end of June.
Oerwinde Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) "however Ottawa also has Phillips and Volchenkov." As good as they are, they don't come off as intimidating as Anaheim's duo. Heh. Will: Why the bigotry? P.S. It shouldn't matter what country a team is from. That should be irrelevant. Why are people so worried about that stuff? I see it more as an expanded hometown mentality. In most cases, you root for your home team. (unless you happen to be from somewhere else. For instance, if you're from New York, and living in Vancouver, its ok to root for NY over Van.) If your home team is out, you root for the team you identify with more. Most Canadians see hockey as our game, and therefore wish to root for a Canadian team. Which is largely symbolic as the teams are all made up of mostly Canadian and Nordic players, despite their hometown. EDIT: I see about the sale, but what makes you think they will end up in Hamilton? Hamilton is where Balsillie lives, so some are expecting him to move them closer to home. Likely ticket sales would exceed sales in Nashville as well. Hell, they could move them to Winnipeg and even in their tiny arena they would still sell more tickets than in Nashville. Either way, he can't move the team until at least after next season, and he has to pay a penalty to the city if he moves before the contract is up. Edited May 25, 2007 by Oerwinde The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Deraldin Posted May 29, 2007 Posted May 29, 2007 Well Anaheim takes game one 3-2, but to be honest I don't think it was really as close as the score indicated. There were times where Anaheim completely outplayed Ottawa for extended periods of time. Way too many turnovers at the offensive blueline.
Kelverin Posted May 29, 2007 Posted May 29, 2007 Well Anaheim takes game one 3-2, but to be honest I don't think it was really as close as the score indicated. There were times where Anaheim completely outplayed Ottawa for extended periods of time. Way too many turnovers at the offensive blueline.You are right, Anaheim was pretty dominant, Ottawa could only manage power play goals. It was a good game though. J1 Visa Southern California Cleaning
Adam Brennecke Posted May 29, 2007 Posted May 29, 2007 DUCKS!!! Follow me on twitter - @adam_brennecke
Deraldin Posted May 29, 2007 Posted May 29, 2007 DUCKS!!! I'll let that slide this time, but only cause you're a Dev...
Hurlshort Posted May 29, 2007 Posted May 29, 2007 Eh, I'm warming to the idea of the Ducks winning the cup. It would be nice to see a California team finally win it all. I just dislike Pronger and Selanne so much, but they do deserve a Cup based on talent. Still, it's a long series. Ottawa isn't out yet.
mr insomniac Posted May 29, 2007 Posted May 29, 2007 Yep, it's one game between two teams who haven't played against eachother in I dunno how long. Scouting and watching tapes can only do so much. Ottawa knows now they have to step it up a notch or two. I took this job because I thought you were just a legend. Just a story. A story to scare little kids. But you're the real deal. The demon who dares to challenge God. So what the hell do you want? Don't seem to me like you're out to make this stinkin' world a better place. Why you gotta kill all my men? Why you gotta kill me? Nothing personal. It's just revenge.
Deraldin Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 This game seriously pissed me off. Someone needs to go slap the Senators around. They did nothing for the first 55 minutes and then oh look, they can't get a goal in the final five minutes. *Deraldin's I'm-so-disappointed-in-you-all/ARGH! emoticon*
mkreku Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 Are they going to sweep..? That would be embarrassing. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Deraldin Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 Are they going to sweep..? That would be embarrassing. They won't sweep.
Deraldin Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 I told you the wouldn't sweep. That was a much better game than the first two. Emery was a little shaky, but managed to close the door in the third to close out the win. That second period though was a kicker. 5 goals. Anaheim takes the lead, Ottawa ties it up, Anaheim scores again, Ottawa ties it up again, Ottawa finally gets the go ahead goal! I'm sure you Edmonton fans will be happy to know that the winning goal went in off Pronger's skate.
Volourn Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Ottawa lives!! P.S. Oiler fans are jokes who worship a crappy team who got rid of, perhaps, the best player in the NHL. There is no way Anaheim would win the cup (or even has a real chance to) without Pronger. It's also no coincidence that edmonton beta Anaheim last year with pronger in the lineup. It's also no coincidence that Edmonton had a DISASTRIOUS year withouy Pronger in the line up. L0L0L0L0L0L0LLIP0P!!! DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
mkreku Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Go Ottawa! I didn't get to watch the game but from the summary it sounds like there were a lot of fluke goals. One off of Alfredsson's skate and one off of Pronger's skate. And why is it that Pronger plays so dirty? The guy is good enough to dominate without resorting to elbowing, which seems to slowly becoming his trademark of late. I saw the hit on ESPN's excellent flash movie player. U.G.L.Y. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Yeah, Pronger is playing really dirty... And YES! OTTAWA WINS! "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
Volourn Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 L0L Pronger has always played a little on the dirty side. Oiler fans, and Kanadian team bandwagon jumpers just didn't care when he was doing it for their team. Now, that he's on Anaheim and in the way of a Kanadian team winning the SC, they all of asudden start whining about his play. P.S. He got suspended for game 4 which means Ottawa wins. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
Deraldin Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Go Ottawa! I didn't get to watch the game but from the summary it sounds like there were a lot of fluke goals. One off of Alfredsson's skate and one off of Pronger's skate. It wasn't just fluke goals, but neither goaltender was really all that hot last night. There were a lot of goals that should have been stopped. Emery for one should have had the second and third Ducks goals. One somehow found room 5 hole and the other was stick side after a rebound that went right onto Perry/Getzlaf (can't remember which) stick. I can't recall which ones Jiggy should have had off the top of my head but there were a couple of them. L0L Pronger has always played a little on the dirty side. Oiler fans, and Kanadian team bandwagon jumpers just didn't care when he was doing it for their team. Now, that he's on Anaheim and in the way of a Kanadian team winning the SC, they all of asudden start whining about his play. I admit it, I am one of those people that doesn't like it when it's done against my team, but didn't really have a problem when it was for my team. No one likes it when it's done against their team, so we'll keep whining about it anyway. And on the suspension, I was wondering how the league was going to handle that one considering he had been suspended for a game in the last round.
mkreku Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 I must say that the NHL officials are chicken ****. He's caused one head injury before: one game suspension. Ok, a bit low but pretty fair. The same player causes another reckless head injury (I'd say with an attempt to injure): one game suspension. WHAT THE ****? What kind of message does that send?! Oh, you can do whatever you want out there, you'll never get more than one puny game. The team gets nothing. No money taken from your salary. No punishment for the coach, NOTHING. Ridiculous. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Volourn Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 "I'd say with an attempt to injure" That's funny. You are the first person I've seen whose claimed that it was intending to injure. Not surprising though considering the bias source you are. L0L I remember last year where you were *cheering on Pronger. Without him, I don't think the Oiler's would've made the play-offs, let alone the Finals.* LONG LIVE PRONGER! DOWN WITH WHINY OILER FANS! *edited - LC DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
mkreku Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 I'm a Leafs fan. Says a lot about what you know, doesn't it? Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Volourn Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 Yeah; but you wer eprobably cheering him on as he led the Oilers to the Finals. Sorry, I get Kanadian team fans mixed up because they seem to forget their favorite team when it's a Kanandian team vs. Amerikan team. P.S. My sorries to the mods. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 Whats so weird about canadians cheering a canadian team? Seriously, thats to be expected. Even if its not their home team, who WOULDN'T cheer on their country? "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
Hurlshort Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 Aaand there goes Volo up on my ignore list again. Odd how he's the first to jump on any players for fighting, but he's completely ok with Pronger's play in the playoffs. It really seems like all he wants to do is argue in this thread. I have a feeling that we could agree with him and he'd still disagree slely on principality. Anyways, I still think Anaheim will win the next game, even without Pronger. They did it earlier against Detroit. Giguerre is playing better than Emery and I don't see that changing.
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