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OH MY GOD PAUL PIERCE IS DEAD

nice shot, farmar

Do not mess with the defense. Seriously, that's our biggest strength, and our goalie isn't getting better anytime soon. it could if we got somebody like price

trolling the flyers, not truffle. everything thats being said in this thread would still be said even if there wasn't a philly fan here.

4m for an average goalie? later antti

i hope koyie hill goes 0-4 every game he plays and the cubs lose 2-1

It's not really a "must" win. Technically no, since it's not an elimination game, but there aren't more than a handful of people in the world outside of the Celtics locker room who realistically believe they can win both Games 6 and 7 in LA. If they win tomorrow, I certainly think Boston can split in LA and win the title. They've already split in LA earlier this series. Why can't they do it again? re-read the posts you're replying to.

i'm assuming that they said before or during the series something about that, but i didn't see it. what exactly did they say, and where on the site did they say it?

thanks dudes is there a specific team that is considered the favorite?

I'm about the biggest soccer noob ever, so could someone tell me what the expectations were/are for the US in the World Cup? I have no idea if they're supposed to be really good or if they aren't supposed to have a chance.

because people don't really care anymore it seems. they've accepted this train wreck -- Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:59 pm -- No, that's he main problem. He's never right. And what the hell are you talking about with Chicago blaming Steve Stone? I don't think the city of Chicago necessarily blames him for anything, but it seems like all the hatred toward him spewed from the whole debacle in 2004 with Dusty and some of the players. i think it's the opposite of that. im pretty sure most people were on his side for that. people started hating him after he left and started opening his mouth and acting like he was god. he tries soooooooo hard to get everyone on his side and against the cubs. basically he's just an extremely bitter and petty person.

Quick! Someone post their stats over the last [arbitrary period] to justify this! 9-27 during current 8 game hit streak with like a .680 ops probably

you should have watched the finals... he sucks. i don't know why you're goofing on laviolette about this, what's he supposed to say? that his goalie isn't good but he doesn't have a better option? he said what he could to give his guy confidence. no, i know he was trying to give him confidence. i just didn't like the way he got all combatitive and acted like it was stupid for people to be asking about him. "liehgton? why the hell would i pull him? best numbers in the playoffs!" leighton sucks and was having a horrible SCF. stop acting like you were shocked that there was speculation about it.

lol @ the sharks "dominating" them for 3 of the 4 games. what a clown. as you guys know, i've been the one who was defending the sharks play and i still think that series was played pretty evenly, but the sharks dominated 3 of the 4 games? please -- Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:39 pm -- my favorite was reading though the game thread on a canucks board from game 6 of the SCF and seeing about 30 "NOT HIM.. ANYBODY BUT HIM" posts right after kane scored. so awesome -- Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:40 pm -- so apparently there's a new feature on this board that puts consecutive posts you make into the same post?

i think hjalmarsson needs to be a priority. i don't think we can afford to lose him

this is why i have never and will never listen to sports radio

Toews Kane Hossa Sharp Seabrook Keith Hjalmarsson Campbell Bolland Just keep all those guys, and do what you have to with the rest. The next guy on that list would be Ladd, but I've kind of accepted that he's probably going to have to go.

The regular season is irrelevant now. I'll take the guy that's going to show up when the games matter over the long 82 game stretch. He's actually, you know, good in the playoffs and has some pretty valuable assets. Of course I'm one of the bigger Buff fans on here, but I think it's an absolute mistake to trade him if you're going to use the regular season reasoning. I don't want Bolland going anywhere either. Definition of a great two-way player. Get rid of Versteeg, Sopel, Madden, Huet, and Burish. Keep Nik, Niemi, and Ladd. We'll see where we go from there. i don't think byfuglien was as good in the postseason as people made him out to be, to be honest. he scored a bunch of "playoff goals" and got in the canucks heads, but there's a reason he was -4 in the postseason and -7 in the regular season. and why is the regular season irrelevant? we're still going to be a good team next season, but we're not going to be as good as this year and coast to a top 2 seed. we could be easily end up fighting for home ice in the first round, so yeah. regular season is far from "irrelevant". would i like to keep him? sure, just like i'd like to keep guys like ladd and versteeg. we're going to lose valuable players, and i think he's the guy who has the biggest discrepency between percieved value and actual value on the team. the guy simply does not give it his all for the majority of the games he plays. and with the kane/toews bonus wrinkle, getting rid of versteeg/sopel/madden/burish won't be enough, even if they waive huet to the minors. there's going to be another guy they're going to have to lose.

good to see versteeg giving us one last versteeg moment as a blackhawk (there are many similar moments with him off the ice if you do some youtube searching). i won't miss him as a player, but i'll miss him as verbeauty

i saw a post on a wings boards regarding the additional 4m cap hit from the toews/kane bonuses. he said something like "and the hits keep on coming for the blackhawks". that specific line made me laugh pretty hard. we won a [expletive] stanley cup 2 days ago, but "the hits keep on coming". yeah, blackhawk nation is in complete disarray right now. basically rock bottom

yeah, we can't afford to lose any of the big 4 on d. hjalmarsson has to stay.

flyers won't commit to leighton for next season? i'm interested to hear how lavs feels about this. leighton had the best numbers in the playoffs!

i'm not worrying about it, i'm enjoying it and pointing out the hilarity. what's wrong with enjoying your rival suffer through your team winning a championship?

Hey Suppan, YOU'RE FUCKIN OUT

No, that's he main problem. He's never right. And what the hell are you talking about with Chicago blaming Steve Stone?