not feeling very optimistic about this raffl chap. somebody give me something to believe in, please...

Or buy anything sold or processed, or sell anything bought or processed, or process anything bought or sold.
- tangent_man

exactly. thanks for finishing this for me.

not feeling very optimistic about this raffl chap. somebody give me something to believe in, please...
- FlyerMike18

Why not? Have to let him play some games and see. I saw one game where he played in Pre Season. I liked what I saw.

I dont have a drinking Problem. Every human has a certain tolerance for alcohol. Just because mine is higher then eveyone elses doesnt mean it s problem.
- youarewrong

not feeling very optimistic about this raffl chap. somebody give me something to believe in, please...
- FlyerMike18

He's from a small non-hockey country who's primary sports are skiing and soccer!

oh wait... let me try again:
No NHL teams wanted him until age 24!

crap! one more try:
he projects to be a marginal player!

Dammit! Once more:
We refused Gagne a role so we could have a spot for this guy!

Ya that's about all I can go on...

but seriously, he's looked pretty good in preseason so far. I think he'll be a good addition

Here's Bollig mimicking Kane's Bauer video, it gave me a good laugh:

http://video.blackhawks.n...tid=894&id=446251&lang=en

Why not? Have to let him play some games and see. I saw one game where he played in Pre Season. I liked what I saw.
- MJL

no reason whatsoever. just a gloomy gut feeling. somebody hit me with some optimism

He's from a small non-hockey country who's primary sports are skiing and soccer!

oh wait... let me try again:
No NHL teams wanted him until age 24!

crap! one more try:
he projects to be a marginal player!

Dammit! Once more:
We refused Gagne a role so we could have a spot for this guy!

Ya that's about all I can go on...

but seriously, he's looked pretty good in preseason so far. I think he'll be a good addition
- JAKEw1234

count me as one who's sick of the gagne love fest. go home, (frank)in crybaby. i'm glad they sent him packing

no reason whatsoever. just a gloomy gut feeling. somebody hit me with some optimism
- FlyerMike18

He wont be out there to score 25 goals. He will be out there to prevent goals.

He wont be out there to score 25 goals. He will be out there to prevent goals.
- MBFlyerfan

ha i don't care what he does well, as long as it's something useful! i'm just hoping he's not a poor man's thoreson. or another pyorala

count me as one who's sick of the gagne love fest. go home, (frank)in crybaby. i'm glad they sent him packing
- FlyerMike18

I miss him already

ha i don't care what he does well, as long as it's something useful! i'm just hoping he's not a poor man's thoreson. or another pyorala
- FlyerMike18

He could be Gagne, out there skating around with body parts falling off, and crying because Homer done him wrong

He could be Gagne, out there skating around with body parts falling off, and crying because Homer done him wrong
- Jsaquella

this is what i'm looking for. more of this, please

they have so much $$ tied up in older players and that doesn't give them salary flexibility or leverage they need and...oh, boy...

Phillies have around $40 million to spend next year. they need to resign or replace Ruiz, Halladay and Young. They should've did last year what they did this year. Play the young players and see what you have.






- isaiah520

this is what i'm looking for. more of this, please
- FlyerMike18

I still like what I posted earlier...let the unknowns start the year on the 3rd or 4th line, see what they could do. VandeVeld has the smallest jump, but Raffl is a bigger unknown in terms of how his game will work on the small ice.

After the CBA re-read, it's possible they keep Laughton and carry 14 forwards for the first 9 games, with Laughton as the 4th center and VandeVelde on the 3rd or 4th line wing, and Hall starting off as a spare piece.

VandeVelde has to clear waivers, if he's even signed to a NHL deal. Laughton can't return from juniors if he's sent down and Raffl has no waiver limitations for this year at least. That stuff could be a factor, too

I still like what I posted earlier...let the unknowns star the year one the 3rd or 4th line, see what they could do. VandeVeld has the smallest jump, but Raffl is a bigger unknown in terms of how his game will work on the small ice.

After the CBA re-read, it's possible they keep Laughton and carry 14 forwards for the first 9 games, with Laughton as the 4th center and VandeVelde on the 3rd or 4th line wing, and Hall starting off as a spare piece.

VandeVelde has to clear waivers, if he's even signed to a NHL deal. Laughton can't return from juniors if he's sent down and Raffl has no waiver limitations for this year at least. That stuff could be a factor, too
- Jsaquella

i hear ya. i understand the situation they're in, and honestly, don't have a huge problem with going this route. you never know, someone might step up (ala brad marchand, or one of countless blackhawks)

i just find myself hoping that laughton kills it at the end of preseason and makes it. because i have a tough time getting excited about raffl (for no objective reason, just an instinct). obviously i hope it's just a case of restiveness before the start of the season

i hear ya. i understand the situation they're in, and honestly, don't have a huge problem with going this route. you never know, someone might step up (ala brad marchand, or one of countless blackhawks)

i just find myself hoping that laughton kills it at the end of preseason and makes it. because i have a tough time getting excited about raffl (for no objective reason, just an instinct). obviously i hope it's just a case of restiveness before the start of the season
- FlyerMike18

I think they both have a good chance to make it. Raffl as 3rd line LW and Laughton as 4th line C.

I think they both have a good chance to make it. Raffl as 3rd line LW and Laughton as 4th line C.
- JAKEw1234

that doesn't ease my fears

that doesn't ease my fears
- FlyerMike18

Just feel safe with the fact that, no matter who earns those roles, Homer is driving us into the ground, and we'll be bottom feeders for the next decade or more.

http://blogs.windsorstar....ps-spits-penalty-killers/

Eric Wellwood rehabbing and doing some side work for the Windsor spitfires of the OHL

http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/09/16/recovering-wellwood-helps-spits-penalty-killers/

Eric Wellwood rehabbing and doing some side work for the Windsor spitfires of the OHL
- Jsaquella

The saddest word in that is "if" he returns to play in the NHL. Poor kid. What a freakish injury.

"...and if I come back as a player, I think it might help.”

The saddest word in that is "if" he returns to play in the NHL. Poor kid. What a freakish injury.

"...and if I come back as a player, I think it might help.”
- bodiva88

Absolutely pulling for him to make a complete recovery. Good, smart kid with great wheels.

it'd be funny if kessel also gets suspended 10 games and the leafs go 0-10 to start the season and miss the playoffs cause of it

Or buy anything sold or processed, or sell anything bought or processed, or process anything bought or sold.
- tangent_man

"I'm incarcerated, Lloyd!"