"To have Giordano, Bouwmeester, Wideman and Butler, that's a pretty decent top 4."

- Jay Feaster, June 27th, 2012

****ING DIE YOU FATASS MOTHER****ING ****

BUTLERRRRRRRRRR

I mean, I don't think Wideman is all that bad, it's just a horrible contract. Wideman can play average competition to even. He'll be better than Scott Hannan. Maybe he'll help the power play. And yeah I guess Calgary has to spend that money on someone. But still.

The Sharks have had plenty of AIDSy moments, but I take some solace that they aren't actively trying to get worse on a regular basis.

My condolences GL.

He'll definitely help the powerplay, which has been absolutely abysmal over the last few seasons. But that contract, dear God. Calgary once again negotiates against themselves, and loses. NO ONE was offering Wideman $26 mil over 5 years, even in this market.

This was my kid brother's take, who is a legendary optimist and diehard Leafs fan (he's in the fistpump gif), but a very rational kid nonetheless; he played junior so he likes to give players the benefit of the doubt and doesn't go out of his way to chirp guys incessantly. Anyways:

What's frustrating to me is that this was the time to let T.J. Brodie start to take over that role organically, at 1/5th of the price.

Oilers and nucks front runners for schultz. Bring it bitches.

Wideman:


SEASON TEAM GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG S S%
2006-2007 BLUES 55 5 17 22 -7 44 4 0 1 94 5.3
2006-2007 BRUINS 20 1 2 3 -3 27 0 0 0 28 3.6
2007-2008 BRUINS 81 13 23 36 11 70 9 0 1 171 7.6
2008-2009 BRUINS 79 13 37 50 32 34 6 1 2 169 7.7
2009-2010 BRUINS 76 6 24 30 -14 34 2 0 2 146 4.1
2010-2011 PANTHERS 61 9 24 33 -26 33 8 0 1 135 6.7
2010-2011 CAPITALS 14 1 6 7 7 6 1 0 0 25 4.0
2011-2012 CAPITALS 82 11 35 46 -8 46 4 0 3 175 6.3

Carle:


SEASON TEAM GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG S S%
2007-2008 SHARKS 62 2 13 15 -8 26 2 0 1 63 3.2
2008-2009 LIGHTNING 12 1 1 2 1 6 0 0 0 13 7.7
2008-2009 FLYERS 64 4 20 24 2 16 0 0 2 72 5.6
2009-2010 FLYERS 80 6 29 35 19 16 2 0 1 137 4.4
2010-2011 FLYERS 82 1 39 40 30 23 0 0 0 117 0.9
2011-2012 FLYERS 82 4 34 38 4 36 3 0 0 132 3.0

Carle gonna get paidddddddddd

Edit: Meh, tough to read, but whatever. Point stands.

T has me on ignore obviously

For those interested, pretty good column on how Bure feels he was treated during his stay with the Canucks:

Cliffs: lol Quinn, lol GMGM etc

http://blogs.theprovince.com/2010/12...-of-vancouver/

you gotta change your avatar. i think that you are goofyballer. not that i ignore goofy's posts, but they tend to be shark-based and i'm definitely not reading them closely

Wouldn't it be great if after all these years, Iginla was the one making the final decision on all personnel decisions in Calgary.

Iginla's been known to get involved in the recruiting process. It was well-known he was not only on board with the Bertuzzi signing in '08, but he went to speak with him as UFA started and convinced Darryl it would be a good fit; they played together at Torino in '06.

Iginla was a major player in bringing back Tanguay, he also pushed hard in trying to bring back Marc Savard before he signed for Boston and Cammalleri said Jarome had him nearly convinced to stay with the Flames in '09, except for the fact that Darryl had no money to put together a real offer after acquiring Jokinen.

Maintain solidarity, Adam! We will find my love someday.

lol, yeah i read that earlier post about AS being at Bure's 1st game vs Winnipeg thinking it was goofy bc of the green name + avator and was like wtf? noticed it just before i posted a stunned response...

Speaking of avatars, it was time to bring back Buscemi, and also include the details of the contract I reasonably could've expected from the Flames had they seen me play high school back in the day.

Come to think of it, at least overpaying for Wideman means we won't overpay for Kubina on Sunday, and I was legitimately terrified that would happen, given the TB '04 Cup connection.

Good for you Geddy. Find those silver linings.

I was flying WestJet into Vegas and saw buscemi wedding singer scene about to start on my neighbours screen. I instantly unplugged my headphones from my iPod and changed the channel just in time, only to have the pilot make a meaningless announcement in two languages.

Can anyone who knows hockey better than I do (which is most of you) please give me a rundown of the Predators offseason.

How well did we draft?
How good are our chances of resigning Sutter?


Thanks

How well did you draft? Prob not that good since you traded away your 1st round pick for Gaustad

How good are your chances of resigning sutter? I would say pretty awful, hes not resigning

I'm immediately popping the champagne when we sign Matt Carle #paythatmanhismaney

FYP

I thought Wideman was pretty decent before the ASB (how else would he get in?), but afterwards he was legitimately terrible. Him amd Schultz were turning the puck over and giving up multiple chances every time they were on the ice together. It really was a thing to behold. I wanted his head at the end, but it was Orlov that got benched. God why didnt gmgm listen to me and trade that dusty hack at the deadline? Aaaarrrggggggghhhhh

Pretty much anyone playing with Schultz is guarandamnteed to get scored on. That's not wideman's fault. He is certainly average or slightly below average who would look a lot worse if he had to play against the toughs, but he didn't. Carlson/Alzner did.

Then there's this mythical puck moving defenseman label that hasn't improved the caps PP one iota except for a short stretch in the beginning of last year. I think what's more telling is that Orlov apparently credited his improvement last year to help from hamrlik (who hardly played and looked *a lot* worse than his territorial metrics). If your one allstar offensive-D can't be an example to the young ones, that's kinda bad.

He's not terrible, but the caps could do a lot better (which they did with the trade). And so could the flames. That contract is just the icing on the cake. Holy hell, geddy might take up heroin by the end of it.