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Mar 23 @ 12:24 PM ET
He owns a golf course/country club in Örnsköldsvik, owns a couple race horses (including one that was very successful), made a fortune in buying the rights to Crocs in Sweden (which he later sold as profits started to drop), is half owner of the arena Modo plays in (built in 2006), and is involved in various real estate (hotel and commercial center) development projects in northern Sweden.
When he was in the US, he used to track local real estate trends. He knew what neighborhoods in Philly were selling at about what prices, etc.
The guy has a great mind for business as well as hockey. - bmeltzer
So he needs to be a GM. But I suppose he won't come back to the NHL to do that.
this second one will be used by naysayers to show that he isn't mentally tough enough for the playoffs! - bodiva88
Is that a jab at me? I'll admit that I was wrong a few weeks back when I said he was 2 soft goals away from another meltdown. The talk he had with the leadership group really seems to have settled him down and he's found his groove now. There may be a game that gets away from him (and the team) down the road but it looks like he's confident enough now to overcome it (if it happens at all).
I was wondering if anyone on this board would be against the league starting an open errors stat sheet for the refs. I'm talking the league keeps an open stat sheet that even NBC is aware of during the broadcasting of a game. Too often if you do watch NBC, we hear Pierre McGuire say something along the lines of "Wow, they really gotta way with one there".
To me a penalty is a penalty is a penalty. I want constancy but I also want everyone involved to play by the rules during a game, including the officials.
Two years ago a kid that plays for the Detroit Tigers pitched a perfect game and this would have gone down in history if not for the official of that game doing his job. To that officials' credit, he felt terrible and apologized bawling on national TV. I don't think you'll ever see this in hockey.
A number of years back during a regular season Dallas/Edmonton game, the Edmonton Oilers want a faceoff in an offensive zone draw and then scored. That Ref waved the goal off, saying the faceoff was won because the center want it back to the defenseman by hand, which never happened. How do you make mistakes like this? What are some of these guys seeing?? This is why I offer up the idea for this sort of stat. I think it's necessary in who officiates a Stanley Cup Final.
Nobody can catch every infraction in a game but I would like to know how many clear cut infractions get missed per game.
Location: There aren't any answers. Only choices. Joined: 07.01.2007
Mar 23 @ 12:32 PM ET
Is that a jab at me? I'll admit that I was wrong a few weeks back when I said he was 2 soft goals away from another meltdown. The talk he had with the leadership group really seems to have settled him down and he's found his groove now. There may be a game that gets away from him (and the team) down the road but it looks like he's confident enough now to overcome it (if it happens at all). - rockychocbill
Actually, it was at Glen Macnow, whom I love, but if the skate fits...
same. all i have is a t-shirt i bought off ebay for $1 (plus $9.99 shipping & handling) - Crimsoninja
Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times reports Eagles coach Andy Reid wanted in on the Peyton Manning sweepstakes several weeks back. Discussions never got beyond the initial stages because Manning didn't want to play against his brother two times per year in the NFC East. The Eagles may not be as sky-high on Michael Vick as they were this time a year ago, but it's one thing to explore a unique option and another entirely to change quarterbacks. Vick's $100 million contract ensures that he's going nowhere. Per Farmer, Reid was also willing to walk away from the Eagles if he wasn't granted more personnel control.
Source: Los Angeles Times
I'll admit that I was wrong a few weeks back when I said he was 2 soft goals away from another meltdown. The talk he had with the leadership group really seems to have settled him down and he's found his groove now. There may be a game that gets away from him (and the team) down the road but it looks like he's confident enough now to overcome it (if it happens at all). 
