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Originally Posted by Tegra_Devil (Post 7043402)

thats the best you got? common...i would expect more from canucks fans, since they are the shit talkers with nothing to back it up..;)

it would have been a better insult if you said "you're glue and Im rubber"

i swear most of you are 16

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/20...0/alg_ales.jpg

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Originally Posted by Tegra_Devil (Post 7043402)

I don't need anymore then that. I could just saym "Flames Fan" and it speaks for itself. Really nothing else needs to be said it's self explanitory and fuckin hilarious all at the sametime. Look on the bright side some day 6 or 7 years from now your team will hit medicority again and even have a shot at making the playoffs but until then. :rofl:

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Originally Posted by orange7 (Post 7043294)

if he gets 3.5+.. I say we let him walk and let him know how it feels to play in a shitty team. Then maybe he will consider taking a pay cut to play in a competitive winning team like the canucks.

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Originally Posted by Tegra_Devil (Post 7043306)

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

that seriously made me spit water out of my mouth

Normally, I'd be one of the first to laugh at or fail orange7's borderline trolling posts, but there's nothing wrong with this one. Seriously, you cannot deny that the Canucks (at least in recent history) are a competitive and a winning team.

He didn't even make a jab at the Flames!

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Originally Posted by quasi (Post 7043431)

lol "flames fan":haha:

If instant replay was used back in 1989, Flames probably would not have won the cup.

Mason Raymond signed for 2 years, 2.5, 2.6 million

http://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/statuses/19581899186

Good deal for both parties for sureee..

Gillis is the MAN :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Fuck ya, I'm nice and warm and fuzzy inside now w00t
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A good number, smart move Raymund.

CANUCKS' SALO TEARS ACHILLES DURING TRAINING; OUT INDEFINITELY

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=328288

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"Sami Salo suffered an Achilles tear while training and is out indefinitely pending further evaluation," the team said Friday. "There will be no further comment from the club or Salo at this time."

2 and half month to go !!!!

My hope for this year is so up there right now

This has been one of the better off seasons that I can remember
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Well done MG! Raymond has to be happy with a 300% increase.
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I'm happy for Mason, he paid his duties so a well deserved pay raise.

^ yup, i agree. hopefully he can step up with better consistency throughout the entire season. his last half was a bit rough. glad we signed him!

You're all excited now...wait until he goes on another one of his mason raymondesque 10-12 game goaless streaks where all he does is chip in the puck and race after it.

^hopefully that doesn't happen ever again

At least he didn't walk away for nothing. If anything, we still have the option of trading him if he disappears next year.

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Originally Posted by Ch28 (Post 7043860)

You're all excited now...wait until he goes on another one of his mason raymondesque 10-12 game goaless streaks where all he does is chip in the puck and race after it.

but he's so pretty

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Originally Posted by raygunpk (Post 7043878)

but he's so pretty

Damn right, son!

http://mrchevyceleb.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/cm.jpg

Megan's not bad either.

More details on Raymond's deal. Read the comments, lol

http://www.vancouversun.com/business...003/story.html

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anonymous
2:01 PM on July 26, 2010

1:42....I see that F-Lames fans have to come into a Vancouver site as there is no real hockey to discuss on the other side of the Rockies...other than the rebuilding Oilers that is.

Great signing and this team stands as good a chance as any of the top 5 in doing some real damage this year. Strong team from top to bottom.

The negative comments in this thread show that not only are F-Lame fans in need of any hockey to discuss (even it is trolling Vancouver sites), school being out drags down message boards a lot.

Go Canucks!

sums up tegra_devil, you can go back to your flames thread now.

Great signing MG. And as murd0c said, this really is an awesome off season.

NHLPA files grievance e on behalf of Kovy.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=328558

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Another chapter has been added to the Ilya Kovalchuk saga as the NHL Players' Association has filed a grievance on behalf of the Russian superstar who had his controversial 17-year, $102 million contract with the New Jersey Devils rejected by the league.

The Players' Association announced their intentions in a statement on Monday.

"The NHLPA has filed a grievance disputing the NHL's rejection of the Standard Player Contract between the New Jersey Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk. Under the terms of the CBA, the NHLPA and Mr. Kovalchuk are entitled to an expedited resolution of this matter. The NHLPA will have no further comment until this matter has been resolved by an Arbitrator."

While the 27-year old Kovalchuk made headlines for signing what would have been the longest contract in NHL history, the NHL made some of their own announcing that they had rejected the deal on the grounds that it "deliberately circumvented" the league's salary cap.

The next step is for an arbitrator to rule on the outcome. Should the arbitrator rule in favour of Kovalchuk and the Players' Association, then the deal will stand; however if the arbitrator sides with the NHL, then Kovalchuk would once again become an unrestricted free agent, allowing him to sign with any team.

Unfortunately for hockey fans, the resolution will not be immediate as there is currently no arbitrator in place. Once both sides agree upon an arbitrator, that person would then have 48 hours from the time that they are hired to rule on the case.

Should Kovalchuk once again become a free agent, he will have no shortage of suitors. The Los Angeles Kings and the New York Islanders have both reported interest in the Russian sniper while SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL have also reportedly offered him an enormous multi-year deal to return to Russia. Kovalchuk has also already turned down a 12-year extension worth $101 million from the Atlanta Thrashers before being dealt to the Devils in February just prior to the NHL Trade Deadline.

The Devils and Kovalchuk also have the ability to re-structure the deal in an attempt to avoid the process.

The sticking point in the process appears to be how front-loaded the contract was. Under the terms of the deal, Kovalchuk was set to earn $95 million over the first 10 years of the deal and then just $7 million over the last seven seasons, including a league minimum $550,000 for the final five years of the deal. Kovalchuk would be 44-years old when the pact was set to expire. To put that in perspective, newly hired Devils head coach John MacLean turned 45 this past November.

The NHL may well be in for a big fight as over the past few seasons they have reluctantly approved long-term, front-loaded deals to Marian Hossa, Chris Pronger, Henrik Zetterberg and Roberto Luongo. It is largely believed that the NHL has decided to take a stand with Kovalchuk as the first shot across the bow by the League as they prepare to re-negotiate the collective bargaining agreement which expires in 2011.

Kovalchuk had 41 goals and 44 assists in 76 games split between the Devils and Thrashers last season. The 2004 Rocket Richard Trophy winner is considered one of the elite goal scoring talents in the league with 338 goals and 304 assists in 621 games.

Originally selected first overall by the Thrashers in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Kovalchuk was acquired from Atlanta along with Anssi Salmela and a 2nd-round draft pick for Niclas Bergfors, Johnny Oduya, Patrice Cormier and a 1st-round and a 2nd-round draft pick in 2010 NHL Entry Draft.