Mission No. 1 remains the same in San Jose

Still, there are limits. San Jose's owners do not approve extremely long contracts with huge signing bonuses.

Good, common sense, approach, but the players are going to gravitate to teams that don't have that philosophy.

Mission No. 1 remains the same in San Jose

1) Have great regular season
2) flame out in the playoffs

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Originally posted 09:15 AM ET  08.20 by Burgh-Fan

Still, there are limits. San Jose's owners do not approve extremely long contracts with huge signing bonuses.

Good, common sense, approach, but the players are going to gravitate to teams that don't have that philosophy.

So Dionne Warwick's phone won't be as busy?

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Originally posted 09:16 AM ET  08.20 by Spiny Norman

Mission No. 1 remains the same in San Jose 1) Have great regular season2) flame out in the playoffs

Always improving. Always the same results.

Bottom line? Big Joe can't get it done.

Common sense ownership. Shame they can't evaluate talent to actually compete for the Cup.

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Originally posted 09:32 AM ET  08.20 by Canuck eh?

So Dionne Warwick's phone won't be as busy?

maybe. She has been away so long as to lose her way though...like The Sharks in the playoffs

Maybe they have just been overrated for most of the past decade

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Originally posted 10:20 AM ET  08.20 by drysdale

Maybe they have just been overrated for most of the past decade

and there's that

Is there a Missionary number 2??

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Originally posted 11:22 AM ET  08.20 by shiprock

Is there a Missionary number 2??

Ewww poopy coitus