foots
the exterminator
Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 5241
Loc: by my spiritual advisor, Wu
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last_stand said:
It's over in 3 weeks Bubba.....bwaaaaaa
Unless there's overtime Bubba. 
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I was born kicking, screaming, and covered in someone elses blood. I have no problem goin out the same way.
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last_stand
the gay card thrower Call Me Ragnar
Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 7742
Loc: anywhere but "HomeofToto"
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Nuthin like seein the Wings get their azz kicked....series is tied and back to motor city......hellofa game last night.
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sptsman
member
Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 6196
Loc: Missouri
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Pronger to Philly... Sad day for any Blues fan that wanted to win a cup in the next few years... But hey we got Tkachuk back... Woo Hoo!! Here we go again, another sniff at success, only to fall a bit short... This must be what it feels like to be a Cubs fan...
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"Hunts are best measured by the endurance of the memories they produce..."
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griffin
administrator
Reged: 12/13/05
Posts: 9625
Loc: the most dangerous city in Ame...
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Bro - let the Pronger obsession go....I had to. I quit on the Blues when they let him go, and I agree that he is a franchise player.....but he ain't here anymore, and we've moved on. My guess is that the crop of defensemen we've got moving along will make us forget Pronger.
On the flip side......Philly just got in Pittsburg's head....damn nice move for the city of brotherly love.
griffin
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"The Irish are one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." - Sigmund Freud
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sptsman
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Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 6196
Loc: Missouri
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I'm over Pronger, at least in the sense that it has/had to be Pronger. I just think this team is one veteran, all-star caliber player away from real success. I'm talking about a Lidstrom, Pronger, Rafalski, etc...
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm fully aware that these guys don't grow on trees and you either have to bring them up through your organization or give up real value for them. I think we have at least 2-3 real shots at internally developing one with Johnson and Polak (maybe Pietrangelo but too early to get a read on him). But look at the natural progression on all-star defensemen and you almost alwasy see them being mentored by an veteran all-star defenseman. Other than Al MacInnis helping from the office, those kids need the real deal to show them the ropes and we need the real deal to get to the next level. Johnson and the others are at least 5 years away from Norris discussions...
Watch out for Philly next year. They had a good team this year and were expecting to make it to the finals. I think this move gives them a great chance. Unless we make a blockbuster deal, I think we're going to make the playoffs again but we're still 2-3 years from the Cup...
I can wait, be patient and deal with them staying the course....
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last_stand
the gay card thrower Call Me Ragnar
Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 7742
Loc: anywhere but "HomeofToto"
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sptsman said:
I can wait, be patient and deal with them staying the course....
Me too.
Regarding the Pronger deal....if I thought we were just one guy like him away from a Cup title series I woulda been for it.
As it is...I think we will need the impact player at some point, just not now.
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HAUS
member for now
Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 4057
Loc: Paradise
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bump to the top for a few laughs.. 
Happy Independence Day, you bunch of jackoffs!! 
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sptsman
member
Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 6196
Loc: Missouri
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Oshie gone... Good move by Armstrong. Got an equal caliber player, a goalie prospect, a draft pick and freed up $500K of cap space. Not to mention getting rid of a chemistry problem. You can't have a player bucking the coach openly and expect to have synergy and success. Perhaps we could have tolerated it if the dude lived up to his end of the deal...
Next move? Rest assured there are more to come...
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