So, like I did a couple weeks ago, where I built the "perfect" team, let's have a look what I would do to the Flyers in 2012-13.
Luckily: Cap Geek had the answer
CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR
FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.200m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m) / Jakub Voracek ($3.250m)
Wayne Simmonds ($1.750m) / Brayden Schenn ($3.110m) / Daniel Briere ($6.500m)
Matt Read ($0.900m) / Sean Couturier ($1.375m) / Zach Parise ($6.250m)
Zac Rinaldo ($0.544m) / Maxime Talbot ($1.750m) / Tom Sestito ($0.650m)
Eric Wellwood ($0.580m)
DEFENSEMEN
Kimmo Timonen ($6.333m) / Braydon Coburn ($4.500m)
Ryan Suter ($5.500m) / Shea Weber ($6.500m)
Erik Gustafsson ($0.900m) / Matt Carle ($4.500m)
Andreas Lilja ($0.737m)
GOALTENDERS
Sergei Bobrovsky ($1.750m) / Josh Harding ($2.000m)
CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled using the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $68,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $67,330,277; BONUSES: $3,555,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $4,224,723
So, how did I get here?
1: 68M cap comes from a story ESPN's LeBrun put on twitter in December, cool?
2: Amnesty Buyout: Ilya Bryzgalov. Bye Bryz! Why you heff to be bad?
3: Sign Zach Parise-8 year deal 6.25 cap hit.
4. Trade JvR+Mesz+2 firsts+rights to Bourdon+Niko Hovinen for RFA rights to Shea Weber aand UFA rights to Ryan Suter. Does NSH actually do that deal? maybe, if Suter claims to not want to resign, he might, and JvR is worth losing for gaining the best D-pair in hockey. Sign each to 6 year deals with the cap hits listed. Don't forget, Nashville has pay Pekka Rinne the moon starting next season.
5: Pronger is on LTIR. Let's circumvent the cap for 6 more years using LTIR.
6: Resign Matt Carle, 6 years at 4.5M. Front load the contract hope it works out. Carle's worth about 5.5-6.5 on the open market...he NEEDS to take a home town discount.
7: Sign Josh Harding for 2M, if he and Bob are healthy, they are 2 solid up and coming goalies in the league. Best part is, if not, both have movable contracts to get a veteran rental come trade deadline.
8: See what happens
Fan vs Fan
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Just How Would I Build a Team
One of the things I've recently been asked about a lot is just how I'd build a team. And usually I explain it in the terms that I know, but today, I've started really getting into the idea of actually building a team, as in, going out, and putting the players together who embody the attributes that I'd put into my team. So with that, here we go, the DGS guide to building a perfect NHL 23-man roster that is cap-compliant.
Here are the rules for how I did this:
1: I need to get 23 players on the roster, with a minimum of 12 forwards-6D-2 goalies
2: The 23 man roster MUST be cap compliant/all cap numbers will reflect the 2011-12 cap hits of players.
3: All players must be "reasonably healthy" so LTIR players like Pronger and Savard aren't eligible
4: I also needed to pick 4-6 "injury callups."
5: The team's goalies must be 1 ready starter, 1 true NHL backup and 1 waiver exempt callup
Make sense? Good, let's go.
First off, the basic philosophy of my team building is based on the idea of getting 1 true scoring line, 2 solid 2-way forward lines and 1 true checking line. The defense pairs are 1 impact pair, 1 shutdown pair and 1 pair of specialists (PP specialist, PK specialist).
We shall start with the goalies: (cap hit)
Starter: Pekka Rinne (4M)
Backup: Josh Harding (750K) -note: he has a day to day injury, not career ending like Pronger or Savard
Waiver exempt callup: Braden Holtby
Totals goalies spent: 4.75M
Defense:
Top Pair
Ryan Suter (3.5) and Matt Carle (3.437)
Shutdown Pair
Anton Volchenkov (4.25) and Zdeno Chara (6.916)
Specialist/Depth Pair
Sheldon Souray (1.65) and Braydon Coburn (3.2)
7th D: Cody Franson (800K)
Injury callups: Marc-Andre Bourdon, Ryan Ellis.
Total money spent on D: 23.753M
Forwards:
Top Line
Daniel Sedin (6.1) Henrik Sedin (6.1) Ryane Clowe 3.625
Do I need to say any more about this top line? the Sedin's doing Sedin things, with Clowe picking up the rebounds.
Total Cost: 15.825
for a top line, a bit pricey, but if they're sheltered properly, the Sedins will get their 100 points and Clowe's a better net front presence than Burrows, toss in PP time and he could get 70-75 points as well.
Second Line
Dustin Brown (3.175) Claude Giroux (3.75) Sean Couturier (1.375)
Total cost 8.3M
I love to talk about how Cooter needs to be free, he's got ~20 points being buried mostly on the 4th line, and he doesn't have a horrible contract...pure win. These guys would end in the 60-65 point range because the Sedins would take up more offensive time, but again, solid 2-way play. is the key.
Third Line
Matt Read (900K) Dave Bolland (3.375) Wayne Simmonds (1.75)
Total Cost: (6.025)
Simmonds and Read (wow, more Flyers forwards, they're a solid group, aren't they?) have high depth scoring (even if a bit unsustainable) and Bolland is criminally underrated in his PK/defensive center abilities.
Fourth line
Max Talbot (1.75) Eric Belanger (1.75) Greg Campbell (1.1)
Total Cost: 4.6M
3 solid defensive forwards (well, Talbot's more of a depth scorer, but Bolland-Campbell-Belanger-Talbot would be the 4 PK forwards)
13th forward/scratch: Brandon Prust (800K)
Forward injury callups: Brayden Schenn (he's waiver excempt) and any goon of your choice that costs 750K or less.
If my math is correct, this team costs 64.053 in Cap Hits. which puts them right against the cap.
For leadership personnel,
Captain: Zdeno Chara-he's a Vet, he's won a Cup.
Alternates: Ryane Clowe and Ryan Suter. 2 more veterans who are young enough to understand the youth on the team and help out in that regard.
Honorable mentions: I really wanted to get Scott Hartnell (in Clowe's spot) or Manny Malholtra (4th line) on the team, but I couldn't fit them under the salary cap. Same with Defense-no Doughty or Weber.
Even then, I'm really up against the cap meaning that if injuries happen, the 7th D would slot into Coburn's spot and Coburn would fill in for the top 4. On the forwards, Prust would fill in for Talbot or Read and they would slot into wherever was needed. If LTI was used, you could see a callup. If a goalie gets hurt-you'd see Matt Read get sent to the AHL allowing Holtby to be recalled and Prust would play.
Yes, Geoff Detweiler, I fully expect you critique me for using LTI and waiver rules to loophole the cap.
Enjoy. What are your thoughts on "the perfect" roster.
Here are the rules for how I did this:
1: I need to get 23 players on the roster, with a minimum of 12 forwards-6D-2 goalies
2: The 23 man roster MUST be cap compliant/all cap numbers will reflect the 2011-12 cap hits of players.
3: All players must be "reasonably healthy" so LTIR players like Pronger and Savard aren't eligible
4: I also needed to pick 4-6 "injury callups."
5: The team's goalies must be 1 ready starter, 1 true NHL backup and 1 waiver exempt callup
Make sense? Good, let's go.
First off, the basic philosophy of my team building is based on the idea of getting 1 true scoring line, 2 solid 2-way forward lines and 1 true checking line. The defense pairs are 1 impact pair, 1 shutdown pair and 1 pair of specialists (PP specialist, PK specialist).
We shall start with the goalies: (cap hit)
Starter: Pekka Rinne (4M)
Backup: Josh Harding (750K) -note: he has a day to day injury, not career ending like Pronger or Savard
Waiver exempt callup: Braden Holtby
Totals goalies spent: 4.75M
Defense:
Top Pair
Ryan Suter (3.5) and Matt Carle (3.437)
Shutdown Pair
Anton Volchenkov (4.25) and Zdeno Chara (6.916)
Specialist/Depth Pair
Sheldon Souray (1.65) and Braydon Coburn (3.2)
7th D: Cody Franson (800K)
Injury callups: Marc-Andre Bourdon, Ryan Ellis.
Total money spent on D: 23.753M
Forwards:
Top Line
Daniel Sedin (6.1) Henrik Sedin (6.1) Ryane Clowe 3.625
Do I need to say any more about this top line? the Sedin's doing Sedin things, with Clowe picking up the rebounds.
Total Cost: 15.825
for a top line, a bit pricey, but if they're sheltered properly, the Sedins will get their 100 points and Clowe's a better net front presence than Burrows, toss in PP time and he could get 70-75 points as well.
Second Line
Dustin Brown (3.175) Claude Giroux (3.75) Sean Couturier (1.375)
Total cost 8.3M
I love to talk about how Cooter needs to be free, he's got ~20 points being buried mostly on the 4th line, and he doesn't have a horrible contract...pure win. These guys would end in the 60-65 point range because the Sedins would take up more offensive time, but again, solid 2-way play. is the key.
Third Line
Matt Read (900K) Dave Bolland (3.375) Wayne Simmonds (1.75)
Total Cost: (6.025)
Simmonds and Read (wow, more Flyers forwards, they're a solid group, aren't they?) have high depth scoring (even if a bit unsustainable) and Bolland is criminally underrated in his PK/defensive center abilities.
Fourth line
Max Talbot (1.75) Eric Belanger (1.75) Greg Campbell (1.1)
Total Cost: 4.6M
3 solid defensive forwards (well, Talbot's more of a depth scorer, but Bolland-Campbell-Belanger-Talbot would be the 4 PK forwards)
13th forward/scratch: Brandon Prust (800K)
Forward injury callups: Brayden Schenn (he's waiver excempt) and any goon of your choice that costs 750K or less.
If my math is correct, this team costs 64.053 in Cap Hits. which puts them right against the cap.
For leadership personnel,
Captain: Zdeno Chara-he's a Vet, he's won a Cup.
Alternates: Ryane Clowe and Ryan Suter. 2 more veterans who are young enough to understand the youth on the team and help out in that regard.
Honorable mentions: I really wanted to get Scott Hartnell (in Clowe's spot) or Manny Malholtra (4th line) on the team, but I couldn't fit them under the salary cap. Same with Defense-no Doughty or Weber.
Even then, I'm really up against the cap meaning that if injuries happen, the 7th D would slot into Coburn's spot and Coburn would fill in for the top 4. On the forwards, Prust would fill in for Talbot or Read and they would slot into wherever was needed. If LTI was used, you could see a callup. If a goalie gets hurt-you'd see Matt Read get sent to the AHL allowing Holtby to be recalled and Prust would play.
Yes, Geoff Detweiler, I fully expect you critique me for using LTI and waiver rules to loophole the cap.
Enjoy. What are your thoughts on "the perfect" roster.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
I Trended On Twitter.
The world can end now, I trended on twitter.
https://twitter.com/#!/TrendsmapCanada/status/169312504776884224
This is more unlikely than the following events:
https://twitter.com/#!/TrendsmapCanada/status/169312504776884224
This is more unlikely than the following events:
- A Washington Capitals goalie stopping a shot from more than 50 feet away
- The San Jose Sharks making the Cup Finals
- Andreas Nodl scoring 40 goals
- Zac Rinaldo winning the Lady Byng
- Steve Mason posting a shutout
- Sergei Bobrovsky posting a shutout
- The Flyers winning consecutive shootouts
- Michael Leighton closing his legs
- Rick DiPietro playing 60 games in a season
- The Flyers not having a goalie controversy
- Marc-Andre Bergeron winning the Norris
- Daniel Sedin winning a Selke
- Scott Gomez winning the Rocket Richard
- Wade Redden playing another NHL game
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Rejected All Star Skills Competition Ideas
Many people look forward to All Star weekend not just for the game itself, but also for the skills competition. What many people don't realize, is that due to time constraints several other events have been removed from the skills competition, luckily the DGS SuperSpies have found the list of events that were scrapped.
The Event: Bad Contract Roulette
How It Worked: A roulette wheel would be placed and each captain would try to stick his opponent with the contracts of terrible players like Ville Leino and Scott Gomez
Reason for Taking It Out: AHL players like Matt Walker and Wade Redden aren't allowed at the NHL All Star Game.
The Event: Dodge The Elbows
How It Worked: Players would skate around the ice dodging obstacles like Chris Pronger's left elbow and Matt Cooke's right forearm while attempting to handle the puck
Reason for Taking It Out: Matt Cooke seems to have cleaned up his act and Chris Pronger has gone the way of Marc Savard.
The Event: Diving Competition
How It Worked: All Stars would make like Summer Olympians and do a diving competition, complete with judges and everything
Reason for Taking It Out: Every single season, the Sedins would win.
The Event: Big Eats
How It Worked: A buffet would be laid out, and each team would see who could consume more food in the allotted team
Reason for Taking It Out: A small problem arose, Martin Brodeur is no longer an All Star goalie capable of challenging Tim Thomas.
The Event: ECHL Future Stars Game
How It Worked: A group of ECHL players would get to play giving hope to teams who employ Steve Mason and Brett Lebda that maybe some better players would arrive.
Reason for Taking It Out: Anchorage, Alaska; Elmira, New York; Trenton, NJ and Gwinnett Georgia are all considered better places to live than Columbus, Ohio.
Even though these events are gone, one still remains. During the actual All-Star Game we can watch players perform the 2 following events-
1: Play More Defense Than Mike Green
2: Loaf around the Neutral Zone more than Alex Kovalev
The Event: Bad Contract Roulette
How It Worked: A roulette wheel would be placed and each captain would try to stick his opponent with the contracts of terrible players like Ville Leino and Scott Gomez
Reason for Taking It Out: AHL players like Matt Walker and Wade Redden aren't allowed at the NHL All Star Game.
The Event: Dodge The Elbows
How It Worked: Players would skate around the ice dodging obstacles like Chris Pronger's left elbow and Matt Cooke's right forearm while attempting to handle the puck
Reason for Taking It Out: Matt Cooke seems to have cleaned up his act and Chris Pronger has gone the way of Marc Savard.
The Event: Diving Competition
How It Worked: All Stars would make like Summer Olympians and do a diving competition, complete with judges and everything
Reason for Taking It Out: Every single season, the Sedins would win.
The Event: Big Eats
How It Worked: A buffet would be laid out, and each team would see who could consume more food in the allotted team
Reason for Taking It Out: A small problem arose, Martin Brodeur is no longer an All Star goalie capable of challenging Tim Thomas.
The Event: ECHL Future Stars Game
How It Worked: A group of ECHL players would get to play giving hope to teams who employ Steve Mason and Brett Lebda that maybe some better players would arrive.
Reason for Taking It Out: Anchorage, Alaska; Elmira, New York; Trenton, NJ and Gwinnett Georgia are all considered better places to live than Columbus, Ohio.
Even though these events are gone, one still remains. During the actual All-Star Game we can watch players perform the 2 following events-
1: Play More Defense Than Mike Green
2: Loaf around the Neutral Zone more than Alex Kovalev
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
NHL Christmas Letters
It's 5 days before Christmas, and it seems that the DGS Super Spies have found letters to Santa from hockey players all over the world....we're re-printing some for you here.
From: Paul Holmgren
Dear Santa,
Can you give me a calculator? Everyone tells me I need to learn something called math.
Paul
From: The Florida Panthers
Dear Santa,
Can you make the league take us seriously? We're like in first place and all...
The Florida Panthers
From: Caps GM George McPhee
Dear Santa,
I'm trying to get to the conference finals for a change, but I also want to Fail For Nail. Can you help me with that?
GMGM
Rick Nash and Jarome Iginla oddly wrote the same thing
Dear Santa,
Can I finally play for an NHL team? Please!
Rick/Jarome
From Steve Mason:
Dear Santa,
I want a pony, a chance to play in the AHL and my talent back.
Stevie
From Dwayne Roloson
Dear Santa,
Get Teemu to share his Fountain with me again.
Rolie
From Peter Laviolette
Dear Santa,
I'm calling timeout and taking 30 seconds to make sure this letter is delivered perfectly.
Now, I want a goalie. A real goalie. A goalie who gives me consistent .925 SV%'s. I got Bryzgalov this summer instead. So I need to make sure this happens. Also; can you take out the 35+ provision in the CBA, we need to remove Pronger somehow. Thank you again for your cooperation.
Pete
The Buffalo Sabres
Dear Santa,
Can you bring us Ville Leino? Not this scrub who claims to be Ville but is not very good at hockey.
Pegs
From Roberto Luongo,
Dear Santa,
Last year, I asked that the Canucks find a way to succeed in spite of my choking. I didn't actually mean for you to find Cory Schneider.
Lou.
From Lou Lamoriello
Dear Santa,
Bah, humbug. Get through my trap, then dodge my jelly. Then find me a way to sign Zach Parise.
Lou
From Tim Thomas
Dear Santa,
Donuts. Lots of them.
Timmy
From: Paul Holmgren
Dear Santa,
Can you give me a calculator? Everyone tells me I need to learn something called math.
Paul
From: The Florida Panthers
Dear Santa,
Can you make the league take us seriously? We're like in first place and all...
The Florida Panthers
From: Caps GM George McPhee
Dear Santa,
I'm trying to get to the conference finals for a change, but I also want to Fail For Nail. Can you help me with that?
GMGM
Rick Nash and Jarome Iginla oddly wrote the same thing
Dear Santa,
Can I finally play for an NHL team? Please!
Rick/Jarome
From Steve Mason:
Dear Santa,
I want a pony, a chance to play in the AHL and my talent back.
Stevie
From Dwayne Roloson
Dear Santa,
Get Teemu to share his Fountain with me again.
Rolie
From Peter Laviolette
Dear Santa,
I'm calling timeout and taking 30 seconds to make sure this letter is delivered perfectly.
Now, I want a goalie. A real goalie. A goalie who gives me consistent .925 SV%'s. I got Bryzgalov this summer instead. So I need to make sure this happens. Also; can you take out the 35+ provision in the CBA, we need to remove Pronger somehow. Thank you again for your cooperation.
Pete
The Buffalo Sabres
Dear Santa,
Can you bring us Ville Leino? Not this scrub who claims to be Ville but is not very good at hockey.
Pegs
From Roberto Luongo,
Dear Santa,
Last year, I asked that the Canucks find a way to succeed in spite of my choking. I didn't actually mean for you to find Cory Schneider.
Lou.
From Lou Lamoriello
Dear Santa,
Bah, humbug. Get through my trap, then dodge my jelly. Then find me a way to sign Zach Parise.
Lou
From Tim Thomas
Dear Santa,
Donuts. Lots of them.
Timmy
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
NHL Conference Names
With the NHL Realignment coming in, there are 4 conferences and 0 divisions. Now comes the hard part, naming them. Luckily we here at DGS have some ideas. Feel free to add in your own as well.
The Idea- Norris, Patrick, Campbell, Adams
Pros- These familiar names would show the NHL returning to tradition and these names would make sense to die hard fans.
Cons- This idea makes sense, therefore the NHL would never use it.
The Idea- Pacific, Central, Mid-Atlantic, East
Pros- These names would fit the geography of the league, making it easy for casual fans to know which conference their team plays in.
Cons- This also makes too much sense for Gary Bettman to consider it.
The Idea- Never on NBC (Coyotes), Rarely on NBC (Chicago), HNiC (Toronto), VERSUS NIGHTLY! (Flyers)
Pros- This would be perfectly accurate in describing how television deals would work.
Cons- Actually, Gary Bettman would use this, except that the names would be ruined by the impending relocation of Phoenix to the new Markham, Ontario arena.
The Idea- Orr (Toronto), Lemieux (New Jersey), Howe (Detroit), Gretzky (Coyotes)
Pros- There really aren't any...except if you look at Bobby Orr, Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky of the Oilers instead of the following guys:
Cons- Naming a conference after a currenthockey player goon (Colton Orr), a terrible coach (Gretzky), a Flyers Hall of Famer who played for the Red Wings (Mark Howe) and Claude Lemieux (Dirty NJ Devils forward) make no sense.
The Idea- Los Angeles Kings, Red Wings-Hawks, Colie Campbell's Kid, $$$$$
Pros- Accurately describes the most publicized parts of each conference
Cons- Do the $$$$$ refer to Ilya Kovalchuk, Ilya Bryzgalov, Glen Sather's contracts to Richards and Redden, Rick DiPietro or someone else?
The Idea- Norris, Patrick, Campbell, Adams
Pros- These familiar names would show the NHL returning to tradition and these names would make sense to die hard fans.
Cons- This idea makes sense, therefore the NHL would never use it.
The Idea- Pacific, Central, Mid-Atlantic, East
Pros- These names would fit the geography of the league, making it easy for casual fans to know which conference their team plays in.
Cons- This also makes too much sense for Gary Bettman to consider it.
The Idea- Never on NBC (Coyotes), Rarely on NBC (Chicago), HNiC (Toronto), VERSUS NIGHTLY! (Flyers)
Pros- This would be perfectly accurate in describing how television deals would work.
Cons- Actually, Gary Bettman would use this, except that the names would be ruined by the impending relocation of Phoenix to the new Markham, Ontario arena.
The Idea- Orr (Toronto), Lemieux (New Jersey), Howe (Detroit), Gretzky (Coyotes)
Pros- There really aren't any...except if you look at Bobby Orr, Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky of the Oilers instead of the following guys:
Cons- Naming a conference after a current
The Idea- Los Angeles Kings, Red Wings-Hawks, Colie Campbell's Kid, $$$$$
Pros- Accurately describes the most publicized parts of each conference
Cons- Do the $$$$$ refer to Ilya Kovalchuk, Ilya Bryzgalov, Glen Sather's contracts to Richards and Redden, Rick DiPietro or someone else?
Friday, December 2, 2011
NHL Announces the non suspension of John Carlson for headshotting Matt Cooke
Well, luckily, the DGS SuperSpies actually caught the reason why Brendan Shanahan elected not to suspend Matt Cooke for the headshot he received from John Carlson the other night.
(Please Note: we are grateful there were no serious injuries on the play. Carlson's elbow should be good to go forever, and Cooke was only faking injury to draw a call)
(Please Note: we are grateful there were no serious injuries on the play. Carlson's elbow should be good to go forever, and Cooke was only faking injury to draw a call)
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
An Open Letter To The Fans of DGS
Dear Fans,
It's been one hell of a run over the last 18 or so months. I started this site in April 2010 with the intent of having a few laughs at the expense of a team that lucked their way into the playoffs and would be slaughtered in the first round. Then Brian Boucher beat the Devils.
Luckily, it seemed like Boston could do the deed, but no, Michael Leighton returned and Simon Gagne put game 7 to bed and we kept on going. The Habs just rolled over and the 2010 season ended with Michael Leighton's 5 hole giving me more material than I could possibly have dreamed.
That said, I picked up an audience, I got fans, so I kept writing, picked up two amazing cowriters along the way (PhillyGirl and ItsAFez- both of whom I am proud to call friends as well) and kept going and we had a lot of fun along the way.
That said, things have changed for me, Matt, the guy who runs this show. For one, if you haven't noticed, I've become an ECHL beat writer covering the Trenton Titans for TCL-Flyers. And second, I'm now in the real world with a real job. Writing posts on the blog in college while avoiding homework was easy, things are a little bit different now.
That being said, I don't intend to shut the site down and I will still post on occasion. The days of seeing 10-20 posts a month are probably gone though. My goal is one or two a week now. Don't worry, I'm sure we can still keep Leighton's goalie diary going, and Fez will surely continue to reference Doctor Who.
Also, to all the regular readers, thank you, it was you guys coming here and showing that I have some sort of drawing power that helped me get the confidence to jump into the ECHL Titans gig, without you, I couldn't make that jump, so please check out the creature you created, especially if you're a Flyers fan.
Matt
It's been one hell of a run over the last 18 or so months. I started this site in April 2010 with the intent of having a few laughs at the expense of a team that lucked their way into the playoffs and would be slaughtered in the first round. Then Brian Boucher beat the Devils.
Luckily, it seemed like Boston could do the deed, but no, Michael Leighton returned and Simon Gagne put game 7 to bed and we kept on going. The Habs just rolled over and the 2010 season ended with Michael Leighton's 5 hole giving me more material than I could possibly have dreamed.
That said, I picked up an audience, I got fans, so I kept writing, picked up two amazing cowriters along the way (PhillyGirl and ItsAFez- both of whom I am proud to call friends as well) and kept going and we had a lot of fun along the way.
That said, things have changed for me, Matt, the guy who runs this show. For one, if you haven't noticed, I've become an ECHL beat writer covering the Trenton Titans for TCL-Flyers. And second, I'm now in the real world with a real job. Writing posts on the blog in college while avoiding homework was easy, things are a little bit different now.
That being said, I don't intend to shut the site down and I will still post on occasion. The days of seeing 10-20 posts a month are probably gone though. My goal is one or two a week now. Don't worry, I'm sure we can still keep Leighton's goalie diary going, and Fez will surely continue to reference Doctor Who.
Also, to all the regular readers, thank you, it was you guys coming here and showing that I have some sort of drawing power that helped me get the confidence to jump into the ECHL Titans gig, without you, I couldn't make that jump, so please check out the creature you created, especially if you're a Flyers fan.
Matt
Sunday, November 13, 2011
More NHL iPods
Just over a year ago I did a piece of NHL iPods talking about players favorite songs. It seems like it's time to do it again, This time with music videos!
Scott Hartnell:
Top 3 songs:
-Falling Down by the Birthday Massacre
-Falling by Lacuna Coil
-Falling Again by Lacuna Coil
Terry Pegula: Owner of the Buffalo Sabres
This always seemed to play for him...
Blair Betts: Bad pun on a name alert...
Paul Ranger: Where'd you go?
A Certain Philadelphia Reporter who loves to make up stories and is horribly incompetent:
What song better than "Storytime", something that implies everything is fiction.
Rick DiPietro: The Islander because no matter what, he's always going to be an Islander.
Antti Niemi: Nemo...what's better than a song named after you?
Rick Nash: Over the Hills and Far Away, which is basically him wanting out of Columbus...
The Carolina Hurricanes: Stone People, aka the Hurricanes Defense
Sergei Gonchar: For the Heart I Once Had...because once I got to Ottawa, I stopped giving a sh!t
Sieve Mason: Better Days....he's had them
Ville Leino: Wish You Were Here...as in...he wishes he was still on a line with Scott Hartnell and Danny Briere to carry him...
Finally: Charles Wang, NYI owner....Gimme Shelter...as in a new Arena
Scott Hartnell:
Top 3 songs:
-Falling Down by the Birthday Massacre
-Falling by Lacuna Coil
-Falling Again by Lacuna Coil
Terry Pegula: Owner of the Buffalo Sabres
This always seemed to play for him...
Blair Betts: Bad pun on a name alert...
Paul Ranger: Where'd you go?
A Certain Philadelphia Reporter who loves to make up stories and is horribly incompetent:
What song better than "Storytime", something that implies everything is fiction.
Rick DiPietro: The Islander because no matter what, he's always going to be an Islander.
Antti Niemi: Nemo...what's better than a song named after you?
Rick Nash: Over the Hills and Far Away, which is basically him wanting out of Columbus...
The Carolina Hurricanes: Stone People, aka the Hurricanes Defense
Sergei Gonchar: For the Heart I Once Had...because once I got to Ottawa, I stopped giving a sh!t
Sieve Mason: Better Days....he's had them
Ville Leino: Wish You Were Here...as in...he wishes he was still on a line with Scott Hartnell and Danny Briere to carry him...
Finally: Charles Wang, NYI owner....Gimme Shelter...as in a new Arena
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