[Tabris]

And this is coming from a Toronto fan....

I hope the Detroit Red Wings never make the playoffs again.

[CrazedArabMan]

I hope the Detroit Red Wings never make the playoffs again.

And this coming from a team who hasn't won a stanley cup.

[Smiley90]

And this coming from Tabris.

-cough-

[Red_Man]

And this coming from a team who hasn't won a stanley cup.

Destiny man, just give it a few years or decades.

[Alucard]

Pens fans are now considering Semin? Desperate times I suppose.

Gotta try something to shake things up. Kunitz isn't getting any younger, despite his solid production for a guy his age.

[Tabris]

And this coming from a team who hasn't won a stanley cup.

Come friend, peer into the future with me. I am standing outside my apartment building among a large crowd. Henrik and Daniel Sedin are in a convertible car driving down the road, waving to the crowd with one hand, the other hand resting on the Stanley Cup. Oh, who's that in the car behind them? Ryan Kesler and Shea Weber sporting some pretty insane playoff beards. I wave back. True story.

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Gotta try something to shake things up. Kunitz isn't getting any younger, despite his solid production for a guy his age.

What's up with you ragging on Kunitz so mercilessly? He had the most goals last season in his career and he's only 32.

[SpectreFire]

Come friend, peer into the future with me. I am standing outside my apartment building among a large crowd. Henrik and Daniel Sedin are in a convertible car driving down the road, waving to the crowd with one hand, the other hand resting on the Stanley Cup. Oh, who's that in the car behind them? Ryan Kesler and Shea Weber sporting some pretty insane playoff beards. I wave back. True story.

This is the part where I fucking lost it.

[Desibabu]

Come friend, peer into the future with me. I am standing outside my apartment building among a large crowd. Henrik and Daniel Sedin are in a convertible car driving down the road, waving to the crowd with one hand, the other hand resting on the Stanley Cup. Oh, who's that in the car behind them? Ryan Kesler and Shea Weber sporting some pretty insane playoff beards. I wave back. True story.

Whatever you're on, can you score me some of that shit bro?

[wsoxfan1214]

Come friend, peer into the future with me. I am standing outside my apartment building among a large crowd. Henrik and Daniel Sedin are in a convertible car driving down the road, waving to the crowd with one hand, the other hand resting on the Stanley Cup. Oh, who's that in the car behind them? Ryan Kesler and Shea Weber sporting some pretty insane playoff beards. I wave back. True story.

DENSITY.

:lol

[Quick]

DENSITY.

[cube444]

Come friend, peer into the future with me. I am standing outside my apartment building among a large crowd. Henrik and Daniel Sedin are in a convertible car driving down the road, waving to the crowd with one hand, the other hand resting on the Stanley Cup. Oh, who's that in the car behind them? Ryan Kesler and Shea Weber sporting some pretty insane playoff beards. I wave back. True story.

:lol

[yankeehater]

Come friend, peer into the future with me. I am standing outside my apartment building among a large crowd. Henrik and Daniel Sedin are in a convertible car driving down the road, waving to the crowd with one hand, the other hand resting on the Stanley Cup. Oh, who's that in the car behind them? Ryan Kesler and Shea Weber sporting some pretty insane playoff beards. I wave back. True story.

How naked were the Sedins in this dream?

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

How naked were the Sedins in this dream?

Who knows but we all know Tabris was certainly "saluting" them.

[Red_Man]

Quoting him 6 times only feeds his delusion guys.

[Acid08]

Whatever you're on, can you score me some of that shit bro?

Seriously, I have cash. Get me the hookup Tabris.

[Dubbedinenglish]

This is the part where I fucking lost it.

That wasn't his hand.

[Plinko]

If Holland got the green light on offering those crazy deals to Suter and Parise I don't think money is too tight for Ilitch. And wow, if that rumor is true and they didn't take it, yeah we should stay far away from Nash.

I believe one of the guys on TSN said CBJ wanted Smith as well, which is insane.

As for the talk about Detroit missing the playoffs, I can honestly say I can't remember the Wings missing the playoffs. Would be weird.

[SpectreFire]

Quoting him 6 times only feeds his delusion guys.

With any luck, his delusions grow into a gateway for cocaine, alcohol abuse, ginger beared hookers, and personal bankruptcy.

I need a new apartment.

[CrazedArabMan]

Tabris

[calder]

If I told you that in 50 years "Tabris!" was an commonly used expletive in Canada to curse at someone for being willfully obtuse or a careless fool you'd think for a moment and then shrug and say 'yeah, I can see it' right.

"For the love of god you bloody Tabris I told you not to leave that garbage can right by the back door like that, I almost spilled trash all over the fucking garage!"

[Smiley90]

If I told you that in 50 years "Tabris!" was an commonly used expletive in Canada to curse at someone for being willfully obtuse or a careless fool you'd think for a moment and then shrug and say 'yeah, I can see it' right.

It already sounds like an insult if you just imagine that it's Quebecois. Like Tabarnak. Tabarnak! Tabris! same thing.

[Quick]

Tabris damn it!

[Coldplay619]

:tbs

[Cake Boss]

With any luck, his delusions grow into a gateway for cocaine, alcohol abuse, ginger beared hookers, and personal bankruptcy. I need a new apartment.

Sounds like a fun time.

[SpectreFire]

What are the odds that Weber walks and Nashville gets nothing for it?

It's happened twice already.

[bishoptl]

Googling "gingerbear hookers" with safe search off? Thumbs up.

[Cake Boss]

When they are giving you a blowjob, their beard will likely tickle your balls for extra pleasure.

[Red_Man]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9n5vpnbx6U

Good ole Jay and Dan

[SpectreFire]

Oh man. I just discovered they have a radio show on TSN. They just talk for an hour, and it's amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbHad...ayer_embedded#!

"It looks a little bit like luuubricant" - Darren Dregger

[Vman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9n5vpnbx6U Good ole Jay and Dan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orZwI...eature=related

This is a good one too.

[Smiley90]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orZwI...eature=related This is a good one too.

Is Dion Kessel's mom or something?

[Doctor West]

Come friend, peer into the future with me. I am standing outside my apartment building among a large crowd. Henrik and Daniel Sedin are in a convertible car driving down the road, waving to the crowd with one hand, the other hand resting on the Stanley Cup. Oh, who's that in the car behind them? Ryan Kesler and Shea Weber sporting some pretty insane playoff beards. I wave back. True story.

And then the camera pulls back to revel you playing NHL 13 on your couch. Just like that Cubs commercial.

[Vman]

Man, Looking over the Wild depth chart. Our top three lines are as good as it gets in the NHL. Very strong. Pumped for this year!

[Marvie_3]

Glendale taxpayers threaten to torpedo Coyotes sale

Once again, threats to the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes are mounting, which means the NHL is facing some unappetizing choices over the future of the franchise. A petition to overturn a city sales-tax increase was delivered to suburban Glendale city officials Thursday. It could torpedo Greg Jamison’s proposed purchase of the Coyotes from the league. Another petition to put the lease for Jobing.com Arena, one that is to pay prospective owner Greg Jamison $324-million (all currency U.S.) over 20 years, to a public vote is due either Monday or July 16. The date is the subject of some legal wrangling between Glendale and the two taxpayers who are gathering signatures. But if the petition is filed and upheld, then the lease approved by city council last month will go into limbo until November when it will be the subject of a referendum along with the sales-tax increase in the municipal election. Glendale council voted last month to raise its share of sales tax to 2.9 per cent Aug. 1 in an effort to deal with a $35-million deficit as well as a $20-million payment to Jamison for managing the arena. The increase is expected to raise $22-million but it is opposed by many business owners. (Including county and state taxes, the current sales tax in Glendale is 9.5 per cent; the increase would take it to more than 10 per cent). If the tax hike is voted down, it is possible Glendale officials can make other cuts to raise the money to pay Jamison. However, acting city manager Horatio Skeete told the Arizona Republic earlier this week Glendale may not be able to afford the annual management fees owed to Jamison, which come to $94-million in the first five years of the lease. Glendale spokeswoman Julie Frisoni said Skeete will not comment further on the lease. At the same time, both candidates for mayor in the November election (Mayor Elaine Scruggs is not running) along with five candidates for the seven-member city council, signed a public letter asking Skeete not to sign the lease with the Coyotes. The candidates are “concerned there may not be ample funds to pay everything the lease promises.” Add it all up and there is a lot more at stake for the NHL team than just the future of Coyotes captain Shane Doan. He is now a free agent but is not looking at offers from other teams until Monday, when he hopes to have a clearer picture about the future of the Coyotes. However, the future of the team is unlikely to be clear by then. Frisoni said it will take city officials several days to ensure the sales-tax petition meets the state legal requirements and the same process will apply to the petition on the arena lease if the two citizens behind it, Joe Cobb and Ken Jones, get the required signatures (about 2,000) and the dispute over the filing date is settled. Cobb could not say Thursday if he and Jones will reach their goal but said his door-to-door canvassers tell him “almost everyone is eager to sign the petition.” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly, who was involved in labour negotiations Thursday along with commissioner Gary Bettman, did not respond to a request for comment. However, Frisoni said the city is continuing to work on the sale to Jamison and will deal with any other problems “when and if that happens.” Frisoni said the NHL extended its management agreement for Jobing.com Arena by 30 days until Aug. 1 in the expectation the sale will be completed by then. However, since Jamison made it clear he needs the arena lease to complete his purchase of the team, this leaves Bettman and Daly with some unpleasant options. The first is to continue the NHL’s ownership of the Coyotes for one more year, which means paying for losses that could be more than $40-million. But there will likely be no $25-million payment from Glendale to offset the losses. In the last two years, the city agreed to pay $50-million to the NHL to cover some of the losses but budget woes left Glendale $5-million short of this year’s payment. Frisoni said there has been no discussion of another payment if the NHL can’t sell the team. Bettman has long refused to consider moving the Coyotes. Doing so now would be difficult but not impossible. But the only candidate with an arena that could be whipped into NHL shape quickly is Quebec City and Bettman has never shown enthusiasm for that move. In some NHL circles, a more drastic solution is envisioned. The Coyotes could simply be folded, its 23 players sent to other NHL teams through a dispersal draft and the league would operate with 29 teams next season. This would allow the NHL to collect expansion fees of $100-million or more each from Seattle and Quebec City, the top candidates for NHL teams, rather than a single relocation fee of $60-million or so for the Coyotes. That is a gain of at least $140-million. However, this would create legal headaches with lenders holding the Coyotes franchise as collateral and probably the NHL Players’ Association. So the NHL’s longest limbo dance will continue for now but a nasty choice could be coming quickly.

[calder]

Oh man. I just discovered they have a radio show on TSN. They just talk for an hour, and it's amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbHad...ayer_embedded#! "It looks a little bit like luuubricant" - Darren Dregger

That was pretty funny, and I need some new podcasts for my bus ride to work

Oh wait, no podcasts? Lame, considering it seems every other minute of TSN radio has an RSS feed. Wonder how agonizing the Jets pod is..

[ZeroGravity]

Glendale taxpayers threaten to torpedo Coyotes sale

Hadn't really heard of the option to fold the team before. Granted the NHLPA would probably not let it happen, but I wonder how the NHL would go about doing a dispersal draft. Weighted lottery like the Crosby draft?

[SpectreFire]

Hadn't really hard of the option to fold the team before. Granted the NHLPA would probably not let it happen, but I wonder how the NHL would go about doing a dispersal draft. Weighted lottery like the Crosby draft?

Would be hilarious if the Hawks picked up Torres in that draft,

[Smiley90]

Hadn't really hard of the option to fold the team before. Granted the NHLPA would probably not let it happen, but I wonder how the NHL would go about doing a dispersal draft. Weighted lottery like the Crosby draft?

That'd be absolutely hilarious. Edmonton gets a 4th 1st round pick, this time they get to pick an ACTUAL established player? unfair man, unfair.

(I know I know, lottery etc, but hey, you never know if they win AGAIN)

[Marvie_3]

Would be hilarious if the Hawks picked up Torres in that draft,

They wouldn't do that......unless they were drafting him so they could tie him up in the locker room and let Hossa beat him to death.

[wsoxfan1214]

They wouldn't do that......unless they were drafting him so they could tie him up in the locker room and let Hossa beat him to death.

Please happen.

Edit: ...Could have sworn you mentioned a bike chain. Guess not. Apparently my mind has the scenario all played out already.

Edit2: ah, you did, you sly fuck.

[Acid08]

Someone of HFboards says he saw Doug Wilson, Todd McLellan, Shea Weber, and an asian guy getting out of a car and walking into a restaurant in downtown Los Gatos.

I can't stop laughing.

[Marvie_3]

Someone of HFboards says he saw Doug Wilson, Todd McLellan, Shea Weber, and an asian guy walking getting out of a car and walking into a restaurant in downtown Los Gatos. I can't stop laughing.

Manics has a sharks-themed account now too?

[Dastardly Jerks]

Getting a bit sentimental over my Bobby potentially leaving the nest... Then remembering that other things happened that fateful draft day. Two major storylines, but one paled in comparison...

We drafted Jack (Johnson) and him and his family made it quite clear he wasn't coming to Carolina. Jack's parents barred all communications with us and him to the point where they wouldn't even entertain the idea of just sitting down with Ron Francis just to talk about the team and player development. We just kept getting the same herp derp from Jack Sr. of how Jack wanted to play at "the greatest university ever" in Michigan. So we said fuck him. Won the Stanley Cup and traded his rights for Tim Gleason. Jack's father would eventually release a statement saying we tried to make him leave Michigan before he was ready to go as a person and as a player and how he had met guys who were his idols in Brendan Morrison, Jason Botterill, Harold Schock, Mike Legg, Marty Turco, Bill Muckalt, Mike Komisarek to name a few.... yet still wouldn't sit down and talk with Ron Francis who was the head of player development with the Canes. I still find it funny how we get the pledge of allegiance to Michigan however he was quick to leave and go play for LA and if I'm not mistaken when LA was testing the waters with Tampa to trade for Lecavalier Jack's name was thrown around. Jack's father then contacted a KHL team to see if they would sign Jack for a year which surprisingly enough would let him play and come back to the NHL as a free agent. Regardless.... He missed out on a Cup in Carolina, he missed out on a Cup in LA and I hope Columbus trades him in a year or so and wins a Cup immediately after. I'm just happy we never had this douche coming to Canes games.

[19 & 21]

Getting a bit sentimental over my Bobby potentially leaving the nest... Then remembering that other things happened that fateful draft day. Two major storylines, but one paled in comparison...

Ryan looks exactly like my brother, but even moreso when he was younger. It's uncanny.

[cube444]

Hadn't really heard of the option to fold the team before. Granted the NHLPA would probably not let it happen, but I wonder how the NHL would go about doing a dispersal draft. Weighted lottery like the Crosby draft?

Weighted? That lottery was clearly rigged to help keep the Pens in Pittsburgh. Mario was working out with Sid when he was 16. Enough said.

[Solo]

Habs 2014-2015 Cup destiny am confirmed!

/Tabris

Jokes aside, it is a nice piece and true in a lot of ways. Habs fans need to be ready for at least 2 more years of misery, but hopefully the end game will pan out.

[Plinko]

Weighted? That lottery was clearly rigged to help keep the Pens in Pittsburgh. Mario was working out with Sid when he was 16. Enough said.

Yes. YES.

I also remember being the one to bring up the idea of folding the Coyotes and was laughed out of the thread, so it's nice to see some vindication there. Won't happen, but nice to know NHL officials are talking about it.

[cube444]

Yes. YES. I also remember being the one to bring up the idea of folding the Coyotes and was laughed out of the thread, so it's nice to see some vindication there. Won't happen, but nice to know NHL officials are talking about it.

I think Bettman would have rigged the lottery for any team but he really had no choice for somebody like Mario. Mario was a whiner his whole career.

[Alucard]

I think Bettman would have rigged the lottery for any team but he really had no choice for somebody like Mario. Mario was a whiner his whole career.

I think you misspelled "winner."