a5: the prices for everyone are going up. Staal is a $7M player in a $70M cap world. It's about time that players realize their actual value - it's not 2009 anymore. I suspect this summer is when agents and players will figure that out.

A5: thoughts on the long-rumoured Staal trade to Carolina for Sutter (and prob other stuff)? apparently he'd like to play with brother Eric there, and would use his 2013 UFA leverage to make it happen, as the rumour goes. Sutter strikes me as a pretty similar replacement, younger, not quite reached his potential, but could be quite good i think, and cheaper (for now).

probably has more to it than the Iginla for Staal rumour i made up anyway...

yep.

geddy knows all.

Heh. I'm not sure who Feaster was trying to fool.

I refuse to believe Calgary was ever really close, aside from the fact that they offered the best financial compensation. Everything I read made it sound like Richards had decided well in advance that he'd be going back out East at the very least.

I find it hilarious that a fan of the team with Crosby, Malkin, and Letang (in addition to wingers with 81, 61, 59, and 48 points respectively) is describing a package of JStaal+pick/prospect as a king's ransom.

Ironically, it's not 2009 anymore is a good argument against adding anything in a Staal / Iginla trade.

I just don't see Staal getting $7m anywhere barring a really strong season, even better than last year, and if he does it won't be as a member of the Penguins, sadly.

I don't know much about Sutter so I can't really comment except to say that Carolina would prob have to add a decent amount unless Sutter is a lot better than I think he is. I also like the idea of trading Staal in a package centered around another good young player better than one for an aging star.

What does the talent on our team have to do with the value of Staal? Hyperbole aside, it's terrible overpayment on our part.

Id take Staal for 6-6.5m. Flame away i dont care

Red Fisher is retiring from the Montreal Gazette and covering the Montreal Canadiens.

Heard this morning his first game reporting on the Habs was the Richard Riot game, in 1955.

a5: if jordan staal hit the open market he would get offers like that for sure. there are teams clamoring for centers.

Geddy: thoughts on the celly at ~1:25?





wow!

and his last game was...ah, who cares? i'm sure he was proud to go out covering the sure to be equally as historic and prolific Bergevin/Therrien era...

What's the rule on offside there. Does the player have to clear the zone before the shot (dump in) is taken, or just clear the zone before the puck goes in?

See the minor league thread. He has to clear the zone before the puck is dumped in.

yeah pretty sure no one can be offside when the puck is played back in the zone, or else it's offside and goals don't count after that. see Dommer allowing this:



even tho this is more obv, given the player looked to be still offside when the puck went in. but pretty sure just tagging up isn't good enough in that spot.

Great stuff as usual, gamblor

Also, can we all agree that Q is the woat letter?
http://www.sporcle.com/games/Lauro/n...and-year-2000s

i nailed...

ugh. i did not. got 268.

got 210.

forgot that Bertuzzi used to get points lol

Wow. Just wow. Ghost of Harold Ballard **** right there.

Celly is iffy. I mean that one is an old one, the glove sweep. Funny because its so obviously bad after that goal. If I were a Marlie, if I hadn't been so devastated at that being the goal that ends the game, I'd be thinking about ways to send that guy a little message early in game 4. Nothing penalty-worthy, but a little "let-em-know-youre-there" ankle tap.

I mean, you get way more leeway when you're celebrating the front of the sweater as opposed to the back.

Strasburg 6ip 13ks and harper 3-5 with a bomb. Nats are following the Penguins model for a championship. It's good to be bad at the perfect time.

lulz



hope it works out better for your Nats...

to quote dellow - 'la reconstruccion es permanente'

Ankle tap? You should put some lumber in their teeth!

Sharks trade Andrew Murray and a conditional pick for Brad Stewart.

Glad to see the wings got something. Wasn't a chance Stuart was resigning