dave-O

See, I'm uninformed and pissed off. New Brunswick is clearly to blame by not giving me the day off.

Seriously New Brunswick, wtf? You don't like stat holidays?

4 points last night while "testing" his sore ankle. I think he might be ok by the time the meaningful games start...

Yeah I suffered through some of that JustinTV feed too, but the 3rd period made it worth it! Looking forward to seeing what this team can do after the break with Foligno and Karlsson back.

Not meant as a dis towards Clouston, who's been making wine out of water for 60 some games, but those line combos were fucking atrocious tonight. It takes guys a shit-ton of time to figure out how to play with Kovalev, don't mess with it once they do.

And there you go.

Lee and Derek Smith were both recalled from Bingo. It sounds like Campoli is seriously hurt (MCL?), but Karlsson will be back after the break. I would guess that there's another deal for a depth defenceman coming.

Decent trade on paper, Picard wasn't going to be back next year anyway. I wonder if this means Cheechoo will be out of the lineup?

You see a guy making some great saves, I see a guy floundering a 3 goal lead and getting bailed out by his teammates (and more importantly, costing me points in my keeper league!). I understand not wanting to give up on the guy, but at some point you have to call a spade a spade.

Nice piece of coaching last night. After the Iginla line burned them for their second goal, they shuffled the lines and matched Fisher-Alfie-Kelly up against them for the rest of the game.

So is it safe to assume Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder and DMB are the headliners?

sick http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/248643

So is Gauthier the GM or the interim GM? I've seen it reported both ways.

Let me be the first to ask it - Pierre McGuire, next Habs GM?

Yes, they got better return than Philly got for Forsberg. Which again was the entire point of the post.

Thanks again Captain Obvious, but the point was that Atlanta got decent return (historically speaking, at least) for a pending UFA rental trade.

Forsberg to Nashville (as a rental) for: Ryan Parent Scottie Upshall (subsequently dealt with a 2nd rounder for Carcillo) 1st rounder (dealt back to Nash for early negotiating rights with Hartnell and Timonen - 2 UFAs Nashville had no plans to sign) 3rd rounder Kovalchuk to NJ (rental?) for: Oduya Bergfors Cormier 1st rounder Comparison: Bergfors (5th in rookie scoring, 3rd in goals) projects to be at least as good as Upshall. Oduya is MUCH better than Parent today and it's questionable if Parent ever develops into a full-time NHLer. Cormier projects as a 3rd/4th liner, that's gotta be equivalent to a 3rd round pick. A 1st equals a 1st, but you can argue that it was always in the plan for Nashville to get that pick back. So Atlanta got the better return hands down.

I can't believe Roller admits to not knowing about any of the players involved but judges that Atlanta got "little" in return.

Hold on, I thought you were at a GnR concert, not PLQ? I'd be lying if I said that thought didn't cross my mind.

This team is too good, time to break them up.

ssia

Yeah, winning streaks sure do suck.

I think our next thread should be "Tips for getting a 2 year old to brush his teeth?" as we gradually transition to a parenting forum.

So I went to see Axl and Friends last night. Left the house at 10:00, got in the massive bar line, drank 2 beers, took a piss and still managed to get down to the floor as they hit the stage at 11. Pretty serious stage/lights/pyro for the barn that is the Moncton Coliseum! I hadn't paid much attention to the reviews (other than noting the start time), so I was a bit surprised that it was all Appetite and Chinese Democracy material - only Nov Rain, You Could Be Mine and the 2 cover songs from the Illusions. Crowd ate up the old hits and surprisingly also went apeshit for a couple of the better new songs (I want to say "Better" and "Sorry", don't know the titles). Rocket Queen was epic. Predictably, Bubbles showed up to play Liquor and Whores. The 3 guitarists masturbating over each other was way over the top, and their solo spots were way WAY too long. I wondered if a couple of them were chosen as much for looking cool with a Les Paul and their ability to run back and forth across the stage for 3 hours as for their playing? Bumblefoot guy can play sweep arpeggios 'til the cows come home though. Cliche and over-the-top rock n roll shenanigans aside, Axl's voice still sounds fucking awesome.