wheres briere?
- Philly1980

On a beach with Hans Gruber, earning 20%

wheres briere?
- Philly1980

He was traded for Perron and Captainkirk.

hope they trade hartnell, briere, kimmo, talbot, coburn,gervais, foster, mezzy,feds, shelly, cote, harryz, boucher, leighton


gagne-g-jake
read-schenn-simmonds
rinaldo-cootz-mcginn
?-laughton-?

?-schenn
?-grossman
manning-gusty

bryz
?
- mydoglicks

So you want them to have a high draft pick next year too is what your saying?

Speaking of Captain Kirk, I understand today is William Shatner's 82nd birthday.
- johndewar

Also the 50th birthday of the Beatles' "Please Please Me".

He was traded for Perron and Captainkirk.
- NickTheKid87

DoM Perron?

Also the 50th birthday of the Beatles' "Please Please Me".
- BulliesPhan87

poop, I'm old.

Also the 50th birthday of the Beatles' "Please Please Me".
- BulliesPhan87

Happy 37th bday to Reese Witherspoon as well.

Happy 37th bday to Reese Witherspoon as well.
- NickTheKid87

DoM Perron?
- Philly1980

Nope this:

perron [ˈpɛrən]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) an external flight of steps, esp one at the front entrance of a building
[from Old French, from pierre stone, from Latin petra]

There are some absolutely awful teachers...but now the onus has shifted from student accountability to the teacher. Students are never at fault for their failures anymore.
- aantny88

Yes but these guys are NHLers! They are not students anymore. They are in the real world now and they have to be able to adjust on the fly and motivate themselves. Laviolette is their boss and bosses don't stand over your shoulder telling you what your suppose to be doing, the worker is suppose to know and do it themselves. He is there to make sure it is getting done and properly.

Part of the blame is his but not all of it.

I just want Briere off Schenn and Simmonds line.
- Jsaquella

I want Briere out of the lineup!

welcome, my son ... welcome to the machine.
- FlyerGuy

Where have you been?
That's alright, we know where you've been

Yes but these guys are NHLers! They are not students anymore. They are in the real world now and they have to be able to adjust on the fly and motivate themselves. Laviolette is their boss and bosses don't stand over your shoulder telling you what your suppose to be doing, the worker is suppose to know and do it themselves. He is there to make sure it is getting done and properly.

Part of the blame is his but not all of it.
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

Isn't standing over the players' shoulders telling them what to do what an NHL coach does?

He is good and he helps, no doubt. Jagr is a big body power forward who requires more than one player to be on him. With him gone I see less open ice for Giroux than last year. Jagr draws the defense to him and then Giroux bangs it in.
- powerhouse

That would make sense except Giroux's points were mostly assists

Starts?
- Jsaquella

Actually, not having a game for 5 days has done wonders for my liver!!

- Philly1980

yeah ok

Isn't standing over the players' shoulders telling them what to do what an NHL coach does?


- Feanor

The coach gives them assignments. He doesn't stand there and tell each individual player, "Hey you go and score goals, you stop forwards, goalie stop the puck" This is basic stuff. Forwards should already know to crash the net and try to get rebounds, defenceman take the pass on 2 on 1s and goalie to stay square to the shooter and not to cheat on the pass. These are basic fundamentals hockey players should already know. Boss shouldnt have to teach his accountant how to add!

So you want them to have a high draft pick next year too is what your saying?
- NickTheKid87

yes, might as well tank it

I wouldn't consider a goalie until the middle stages of round 1. Not in the top 10-12, at least.
- bmeltzer

Agreed. I still say they should sign Ryan McKay - goalie for the Miami Redhawks. He wasn't drafted and he's got the best GAA in college hockey by a mile (1.17, next closest is 1.4). There's almost no risk involved in signing him, other than the use of a contract slot. The guy is better than Scrivens (also an undrafted college goalie) and Scrivens is doing okay for the Leafs.

Yes but these guys are NHLers! They are not students anymore. They are in the real world now and they have to be able to adjust on the fly and motivate themselves. Laviolette is their boss and bosses don't stand over your shoulder telling you what your suppose to be doing, the worker is suppose to know and do it themselves. He is there to make sure it is getting done and properly.

Part of the blame is his but not all of it.
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

They have a lot of young NHLers, who most certainly are "students" and still learning about playing in the NHL.

He's called a coach, because part of his job is teaching.

yes, might as well tank it
- mydoglicks

Nah, I think they have the personnel to compete for a conference title next year if they add a few pieces.

Yes but these guys are NHLers! They are not students anymore. They are in the real world now and they have to be able to adjust on the fly and motivate themselves. Laviolette is their boss and bosses don't stand over your shoulder telling you what your suppose to be doing, the worker is suppose to know and do it themselves. He is there to make sure it is getting done and properly.

Part of the blame is his but not all of it.
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

If workers in any "company" in the Real World, are supposed to be motivated, and always know what they're supposed to do, and do it themselves. Then there would be no need for bosses. But yet they exist in every Company.

Question for Feanor:

How does this make you feel:

How bout these lines for next season
Some guy who's never been in my kitchen-Giroux-Voracek
The Ghost of Christmas Past-Schenn-Simmonds
Gagne-Couturier-Read
Talbot-The Soup Nazi-Rinaldo

A clone of Ray Bourque-Timonen
Coburn-Schenn
Grossmann-Eric Cartman

Bryz
Garth Algar


Yeah, I know, I have WAY too much time on my hands...

They have a lot of young NHLers, who most certainly are "students" and still learning about playing in the NHL.

He's called a coach, because part of his job is teaching.
- Jsaquella

i'd be down for buying out Bryz and trading for Luongo...

you need more from a goalie whose cap hit is almost 6 mil...that's what it comes down...

EDIT: that is, if we dont have to trade much to acquire him...