So Vancity is your go to comparison...

I don't put much hope in the future with Aquaman leading the charge... He's gathered his yes men around him...
- kaptaan

I actually cheer for all Canadian teams (shoot me).

I love the West Coast.

One Christmas, my dad bought me a flying V jersey.

So understand that I'm not saying this to be mean:

What the frank were they thinking on that Tyler Myers contract?

It's probably a curse for the NYR.

I was googling around yesterday, as for the life of me I couldn't remember the name Bobby Holik.

Ended up stumbling upon an old Down Goes Brown article where he listed the worst free agent signings of all time. #1 was "basically any NYR free agent signing, ever."

He made a compelling case. If you think about it, 99% of UFA signings end up being disasters, and since the Rangers are so attractive to guys wanting to be media superstars, it makes for a bad combination for Rangers fans.
- Atomic Wedgie

I'm hoping signing old stars and handing out NMC's to everyone died out with Slats finally gone.

Sure is plenty of awful deals to choose from, but Holik was one of the worst.

Yes, it's a vote by different journalists covering the NHL.
- Scabeh

well they were definitely doing it wrong in 2018.

I'm hoping signing old stars and handing out NMC's to everyone died out with Slats finally gone.

Sure is plenty of awful deals to choose from, but Holik was one of the worst.
- 21peter

I swear to goodness, I remember this like it was yesterday:

I was incredibly pissed. Leafs were trying to sign him, and I thought that if the Rangers were going to give him $9 million X 5, why wouldn't the Leafs just offer him $10 million?

And because I'm stupid, I wondered the same thing about Brad Richards.

It's probably a curse for the NYR.

I was googling around yesterday, as for the life of me I couldn't remember the name Bobby Holik.

Ended up stumbling upon an old Down Goes Brown article where he listed the worst free agent signings of all time. #1 was "basically any NYR free agent signing, ever."

He made a compelling case. If you think about it, 99% of UFA signings end up being disasters, and since the Rangers are so attractive to guys wanting to be media superstars, it makes for a bad combination for Rangers fans.
- Atomic Wedgie

There were lots of terrible UFA signings, IMO the worst of all time has to be the 17 year $102 million deal that the Devils signed Kovalchuk to in 2010. They went from a playoff team to the dumpster pretty quickly and if Kovalchuk would not have decided to let them off the hook, the Devils would be looking at a massive cap hit until 2027.

I'm hoping signing old stars and handing out NMC's to everyone died out with Slats finally gone.

Sure is plenty of awful deals to choose from, but Holik was one of the worst.
- 21peter

Just for poops and giggles, here's the article:

https://thehockeynews.com...ings-of-the-last-20-years

I'm hoping signing old stars and handing out NMC's to everyone died out with Slats finally gone.

Sure is plenty of awful deals to choose from, but Holik was one of the worst.
- 21peter

Scott Gomez


(frank) you Scabbies

Scott Gomez


(frank) you Scabbies
- Steven_Seagull

Yes that deal was a spatso sandwich.

Scott Gomez


(frank) you Scabbies
- Steven_Seagull

Wow.

Completely uncalled for.

Just for poops and giggles, here's the article:

https://thehockeynews.com...ings-of-the-last-20-years
- Atomic Wedgie

noice

And btw; I feel that Brad f'n Richards is the single biggest reason why we lost the SCF in '14

Scott Gomez


(frank) you Scabbies
- Steven_Seagull

Wow.

Completely uncalled for.
- Scabeh

noice

And btw; I feel that Brad f'n Richards is the single biggest reason why we lost the SCF in '14
- 21peter

I think the biggest reason you lost the SCF is that you needed to injure Carey Price to make it there.

#Karma

I think the biggest reason you lost the SCF is that you needed to injure Carey Price to make it there.

#Karma
- Scabeh

It's how people consumed music before the generation of the one minute attention span
- TheMussel

- 21peter

Exactly.

Cap space goes so fast. Best example is Vegas, A year ago they had the most cap space, now the least,
- RogerRoeper

one of the things they didnt have was a lot of elite players on ELC since they just started, they grabbed a bunch of good players, but they all quickly needed new contracts..which is costly without having the luxery of developing your own players to replace expensive older players

Exactly.
- Scabeh

hopefully you're joking...

hopefully you're joking...
- 21peter

Half-joking.

Emelin did trip Kreider.

But I do think Kreider could have done something else than have both skates facing towards the goalie.

Anyway it's in the past. No point in arguing about it at this point.

I will just loathe that moment forever.

Half-joking.

Emelin did trip Kreider.

But I do think Kreider could have done something else than have both skates facing towards the goalie.

Anyway it's in the past. No point in arguing about it at this point.

I will just loathe that moment forever.
- Scabeh

leafs fans know how to do this too

Half-joking.

Emelin did trip Kreider.

But I do think Kreider could have done something else than have both skates facing towards the goalie.

Anyway it's in the past. No point in arguing about it at this point.

I will just loathe that moment forever.
- Scabeh

got no problem with that

leafs fans know how to do this too
- TheMussel

- Atomic Wedgie

wayne gretzky was such a dirty poophead

wayne gretzky was such a dirty poophead
- TheMussel

Look at his face when Fraser is talking to the other officials.

There's no way he could have touched Gilmour.

Look at his face when Fraser is talking to the other officials.

There's no way he could have touched Gilmour.


- Scabeh

Didn't Wayne later admit that he was starting to skate toward the penalty box and then noticed that the ref wasn't going to call a penalty?