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lol
Hilarious! That's gonna make my day!

Srange that no player wants to go to Edmonton since most of hem are Canadian and originate from Alberta.... Ah, once you've tasted Florida or California sunshine, it's hard to go back, right?

cmh_phx | 07/06/08, 09:18 AM

There's pressure to perform in Edmonton. Not to mention the weather. -35 is not cold. Only if there's a strong wind,its cold. I dont get it. Edmonton has a good history and they have an aggressive GM and a billionaire owner that wants to win. Whats not to like? Besides the weather these girly-men cant stand? They also have the best ice in the league. They play a fast up-tempo game. I dont get it.

bostongm | 07/06/08, 09:55 AM

"If you don't, we'll put you on waivers and you'll be playing in Atlanta
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I love it!
I wish the Leafs would use this tactic on a few guys.
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Judging from where you're from BGM...I can certainly see why you'd think Edmonton would be paradice. :)
It's kind of odd though...Edmonton does kind of remind you of finishing school for young NHLers before they move on to bigger clubs. Jagr doesn't seem to mind the cold...maybe he will end up there.

Baun-ded | 07/06/08, 10:07 AM

shoulda made these greedy pigs wait to be 31 again to be free agents

# | 07/06/08, 10:08 AM

Baunded-:
Other teams are probably threatening their player with: "if you don't waive your no-trade clause, we'll put you on waivers and you'll be picked up by the Leafs."

PopKing | 07/06/08, 10:20 AM

I love Canada,Baun. Other than the snow storms. LOL. This past year i had to shovel the drive-way 4 times in ONE day!! I wasnt tired. LOL.

Its become apparent that K-Lowe has to trade for players for them to go there. One good play-off run and they go running. Reminds me of a certain team. Cough.Pittsburgh,cough. One long play-off run does not qualify these players as top tier players. They seem to think that anyways.

bostongm | 07/06/08, 10:26 AM

Very true, and that is why Pittsburgh let Malone walk. Though you listen to some of the yinzers here saying we should have traded Fluery and Malkin to keep Malone...

cjewart | 07/06/08, 11:40 AM

bostongm, I laso believe Edmonton will be good this year. Their youngsters are just amazing. They're pretty deep at all positions. I saw Garon and Roloson play a lot last year and, wow, these guys are unbelievable.

cmh_phx | 07/06/08, 12:29 PM

Bostongm, I couldn't have put it better myself.

Let's go Oilers, and show Hossa what he passed up. Wouldn't it be sweet if we could pull off another shocker like in '06 ......... Hossa would probably cry, right there on the ice.

Oilers - NHI | 07/06/08, 02:08 PM

ouch, thats brutal, but really funny. If Atlanta is that bad, why hasnt Kovalchuk demanded a trade out of there? I still can't get enough of how much the Atlanta front office sucks though. That Coburn-Zhitnik trade last year still makes me laugh. Hopefully Coburn will continue to get better and I'll be laughing about it for a long time.

plydris1 | 07/06/08, 02:59 PM

Trade Flower or Geno? Haha, no way dude. The people who said that just really love Bugsy. Love his play style and his leadership, don't get me wrong, but he was very replaceable, and very overpaid in Tampa.

herwegostillers | 07/06/08, 03:49 PM

bostongm, players looking forward to retirement, want a soft place to land! They've been pampered over the years and often gotten away with lousy efforts and still got paid top dollar! That will never happen in cities like Calgary, Edmonton or Montreal, and they know it!

The fans will not let them get away with a lousy attitude, poor effort. They won???t let them sleep walk through their season! They'll run them out of town! The fans in those cities give you total loyalty and support but also demand and expect excellence in return.

With a new owner and no cash constraints, only good times are ahead for the Oil. These pampered primma donas know better than to show up there with a half as*s effort so they look for the cushy jobs in the East where the travel is easy and they can do their thing without much objection!

DCruiser | 07/06/08, 05:35 PM

Well said ,DC. Aint that the truth!!

bostongm | 07/06/08, 10:21 PM

Because Hossa rejected Edmonton, they think everybody is rejecting it?

I think T&R is going a little overboard today.

YODA | 07/07/08, 03:17 AM

Hossa merely wants to set the journeyman record by playing for 15 different NHL teams before he's done.

YODA | 07/07/08, 03:18 AM

Many times I think it's the wives who present the problem. They want stuff to do in the winter months while hubby is on road trips and they are stuck at home. Part of the reason is they met elsehwere in the players career and they do not want to move away from where they have always been.

But in a lot of cases, why would a guy choose Deadmonton over Anaheim or San Jose if the $$ are equal.

Hank Kingsley | 07/07/08, 11:17 AM

Hank- wasn't Edmonton the city where some player was shtuping another players wife? Salo I believe?

Igmont | 07/10/08, 10:29 AM