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And they name Pierre Gauthier GM. Excuse me, but even I can Google his shitty track record. Who the fuck was he blowing?
By: dc IP: 24.130.137.106 Date: - 2/8/2010 11:03:41 PM
And now a Boston guy buys Tampa. How likely is it that he trades us vinny? Zip
By: DC IP: 206.53.147.166 Date: - 2/8/2010 8:14:39 PM
Losing parise and getzlaf and getting outbid for chara (imagine him and markov) and kovalchuk is a backbreaker. It took the Gomez trade to convince cammy to come to mtl in the first place. Nobody wants to play there because they can't find a GM with balls
By: DC IP: 206.53.147.166 Date: - 2/8/2010 8:12:53 PM
I don't mind Gomez cuz he was free even at 2 mil more and cammy rules, not sure about the others. Gainey didn't know how to go for the throat. How could he gave lost kovalchuk to such a poor offer from jersey. 2nd time Lou has taken him to school. Unforgivable.
By: DC IP: 206.53.147.166 Date: - 2/8/2010 8:09:36 PM
not bringing in scotty b is still one of the most mystifying not-moves in sports hx

...I mean HE asked YOU

"I'd like to cement my legacy as one of the greatest team builders and build up one more dynasty before heading out to pasture...montreal is my first choice"
...
"No?...ok...I'll be in chicago making every one there remember how great it is to cheer for a winning hockey organization if you need me..."

would have made sense if they were going to hold on to gainey to see how his "vision" turns out, but, if they were going to fire him anyway...

that's like the hot chick at the bar promising you the best sex ever but needs for you to pay for the cab back to her place, but you say no because she lives all the way across town and you'd rather stick around and prove to your current-soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend that she's wrong about everything she did in your relationship because you can walk back to her place...
now she's gone too and you have to pay for a cab to ride home alone anyway
'
well
at least y'all didn't hire brian burke and ron wilson


By: just for the record IP: 173.8.179.238 Date: - 2/8/2010 6:15:33 PM
re:
At least he didn't fuck up a good team like Ciarella did.

(Chiarelli?)

yeh, instead, bob inherited a mediocre team and held them there, or below, tighter than an iron corset on a russian call girl delivering coke to carry price on game night

and yes gainey is gone..but, don't forget...before leaving he signed the smurfs through the 2012-13 season ensuring they are the "face" of the franchise LONG after he's gone

18.4mill a season tied up in three dudes that weigh as much as I do or less

halak and price (and pretty much the rest of the team) are U/R FAs next season

...good luck with all that

guys like waddell have a job because guys like gainey made him look competent by comparison...
best hockey market in the world and dude struggles to keep a .500 team in town

...even in school no one wanted to cheat of bob's chemistry home-work

ps 18.4 mill would pay for Kovalchuk AND Lecavalier with room to pay for bgl's buyout and price's coke habit

By: jomamma IP: 173.8.179.238 Date: - 2/8/2010 5:46:58 PM
Nice cheapshot Jeff Carter. Add that to the growing list.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/8/2010 5:17:55 PM
sharks have a kid in the minors named Tyson Sexsmith

how the hell did his parents have the discipline to not name him richard?
By: jomamma IP: 173.8.179.238 Date: - 2/8/2010 4:45:03 PM
At least he didn't fuck up a good team like Ciarella did.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/8/2010 3:42:07 PM
No rush to move either guy, we're not on the verge of contending or anything. Let the youth develop.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/8/2010 3:41:22 PM
I'd keep them both. They're cheap and young, let them develop as a tandem, but give the starts to the hot goalie (Halak). Price has all the tools too.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/8/2010 3:40:37 PM
Habs should end the affair with Price and keep the better goalie.

Rumors around here that B's may be shopping Tim Thomas...

By: db IP: 71.243.53.17 Date: - 2/8/2010 3:23:07 PM
Hire Bowman away from Chicago please.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/8/2010 3:06:02 PM
Rumor from Ottawa Citizen (notorious for bs rumors) that Chicago wants Halak.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/8/2010 2:54:28 PM
Gainey fired. Thanks Jesus.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/8/2010 2:47:20 PM
Had?
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/8/2010 2:37:33 PM
Looks like we had a Steroid problem eh? Timing is about the same
By: JB IP: 192.146.1.12 Date: - 2/8/2010 1:23:49 PM
average for all the previous years combined...
By: 7.83 IP: 67.121.114.157 Date: - 2/7/2010 11:08:36 PM
That's BASH goals per game for both teams, starting with this year and going back.

This is by far the lowest scoring season ever, so far. Averages probably go up near the end of the year as some goalies take days off, etc., so this year's average could still go up.
By: chet IP: 67.121.114.157 Date: - 2/7/2010 11:07:35 PM
6.48 7.90 7.35 6.93 7.73 7.80 6.87 8.90 8.35 8.07 8.27 7.12 8.37 7.98 7.98

By: Goals per game IP: 67.121.114.157 Date: - 2/7/2010 11:05:16 PM
oh that's cold... throwing Wook under the bus
By: chet IP: 67.121.114.157 Date: - 2/7/2010 11:04:48 PM
re black missing a ref early game: wook was supposed to be there for me.

By: ap IP: 76.220.52.205 Date: - 2/7/2010 10:43:10 PM
OK, here's a feel-good story to make up for my earlier venom.
By: Brees is the Cheese IP: 24.10.55.206 Date: - 2/7/2010 8:42:08 PM
OK, here's a feel-good story to make up for my earlier venom.
By: Brees is the Cheese IP: 24.10.55.206 Date: - 2/7/2010 8:42:08 PM
Damn you, Melman, you sick fuck. I was hoping we could finally forget that superannuated redneck drama queen after a thrilling, fulfilling Super Bowl.
By: bb IP: 24.10.55.206 Date: - 2/7/2010 8:39:48 PM
How do you think this one sits with Favre?
By: jon IP: 76.103.86.127 Date: - 2/7/2010 6:59:15 PM
jim brown?
By: jomamma IP: 173.8.179.238 Date: - 2/7/2010 1:04:46 PM
Yeah, but what's with all feigned injuries?


By: db IP: 71.243.53.17 Date: - 2/7/2010 12:31:37 PM
Wow
ovech really shows up for the big ones doesn't he?
By: Jomamma IP: 173.8.179.238 Date: - 2/7/2010 11:31:51 AM
i was at a crab feed last night

in addition to the usual raffle, they had an auction -
one item up for bid: a Sharks Jersey signed by the whole team - start the bidding @ $200

cricket sound, cricket sound -

they basically had to beg for 5 minutes to get 200 bucks out of someone
By: Ian IP: 24.4.255.104 Date: - 2/7/2010 7:04:33 AM
Green and Blue are on a collision course, no pun intended. Should be a great playoff. Too bad we didn't get any bounces or calls this year, cuz we would have been a major threat.
By: dc IP: 24.130.137.106 Date: - 2/6/2010 10:05:34 PM
STELL-AHHHHHH
By: S Kowalski IP: 76.201.169.16 Date: - 2/6/2010 7:26:52 PM
The two kids playing between periods were infinitely more interesting to watch than our game. Sigh. I had fun in nets tho.
By: dc IP: 24.130.137.106 Date: - 2/6/2010 6:05:04 PM
Yes, they were the guilty parties... Thanks to Green and Gold for what was generally a clean, well-played gamed.

Let the record reflect that I did actually ref the first game, but Black was supposed to provide two refs for that one. Not that I missed any calls.
By: bb IP: 24.10.55.206 Date: - 2/6/2010 5:08:31 PM
Stats up!
I made it Steve L and Casey - the penalites were written under the wrong teams so it was more confusing.
By: stat pimp IP: 24.4.174.183 Date: - 2/6/2010 4:20:32 PM
who got the matching rough minors in the green/yellow game?? can't read scotty's terrible handwriting - looks like stella and casa
By: stat pimp IP: 24.4.174.183 Date: - 2/6/2010 4:00:30 PM
Black failed to provide a ref for the early game. Next time is a double minor.

Green over Yellow 6-3
Blue over Black 4-0
Red over White 5-1

All scores +/- 2 goals
By: approx. scoreboard IP: 67.121.114.157 Date: - 2/6/2010 3:34:00 PM
scores?
By: em IP: 67.101.223.37 Date: - 2/6/2010 3:19:03 PM
weather report dot com?
By: jon IP: 76.103.86.127 Date: - 2/6/2010 10:44:19 AM
RATS!
By: cg IP: 66.245.11.174 Date: - 2/6/2010 9:59:22 AM
http://www.modifiedstreetcars.com/girl_images/Brunette-in-a-racing-seatbelt-264.jpg
By: Ian IP: 24.4.255.104 Date: - 2/5/2010 8:17:30 PM
http://www.dtmpower.net/forum/attachments/bmw-parts-sale/36314d1234432853-takata-racing-seat-belt-harness-4-point-3-wide-takata.jpg
By: Ian IP: 24.4.255.104 Date: - 2/5/2010 8:16:30 PM
NSFW:
BASH: ruling on incident on 01/30/10

Hello BASHers,

This email is to inform you all of the Commissioners’ decision regarding the incident that occurred during the game between Blue and Green on January 30, 2010. Thanks to all of you who communicated what you saw as your statements were instrumental in our final decision.

A Note on Our Process

In making our decision, we considered input from all sources, including:

-neutral observers

-player/referee involved

-former commissioners for precedents

We then distilled all of the input, which led to “the balance of evidence.” We then turned to the BASH Rulebook and any BASH precedents not in the Rulebook to inform us what to do with this evidence.

The Commissioners’ duty to handle suspensions is given in Rules 101(g)(v) and 209 of the Rulebook:

Rule 101: Commissioners (Voted in 6/18/04)

g) The Commissioners will divide up the following duties (unless the Captains vote to assign them to a particular Commissioner):

v. Handing out penalties and remedies for disciplinary purposes;

Rule 209: Suspensions

a) Suspensions are handed out by the Commissioners as per [Rule 101(g)(v)]. The Commissioners may decide to administer the normal one-game suspension, or add more games as he deems necessary.

b) In addition to the suspensions imposed under these rules, the Commissioners may, at the conclusion of the game, at their discretion, investigate any incident that occurs in connection with any game and may assess additional suspen­sions for any offense committed before, during the course of a game, or any aftermath thereof by a player or Captain, whether or not such offense has been penalized by the Referee.

c) Suspensions imposed during a BASH regular season or exhibition game, must be served in the next game(s) regardless of whether it be a regular season game or playoff game. If the length of suspension car­ries beyond the playoffs, the suspension shall carry over to the next Fall season’s first regular season game, though the player will be eligible to play in the exhibition game.

d) In the case of a Gross Misconduct penalty or a Match penalty, the Commissioners shall be required to conduct any disciplinary actions as deemed appropriate.

e) The Commissioners may decide to consult the Captains in any such disciplinary actions, as they deem necessary.

f) Most common automatic suspensions occur as follows: [Rule 506, Gross Misconduct Penalties]; [Rule 507, Match Penalties]; [Rule 613, Fighting]. Goalie misconducts are dealt with in [Rule 509(a)].

Ruling

Glen H will receive a three-game suspension for his actions during the game, to be served during the next three games (vs Bruins, 02/06, vs Roadrunners 02/13, vs Red Leafs 02/20).

In addition, Don B receives a one-game suspension for his actions, to be served this weekend against the Landsharks (02/06).

Glen H receives this three-game suspension for his attempt to injure play on Matt Z. While the call on the play was a 5 minute major for roughing, we felt it was severe enough to warrant a match penalty (it has since been upgraded) which falls under Rule 507. The duration of the suspension was dictated by Rule 209 (a), listed above.

Rule 507: Match Penalties



a) A “MATCH (ten minutes charged – five minutes served by substitute player, ejection and automatic 1-game suspension)” is used in lieu of a game or gross misconduct in cases of fighting or where a player deliberately injures or attempts to injure an opponent or kicks/attempts to kick an opponent. A substitute player serves only five minutes of the charged penalty minutes, and the team will not be shorthanded unless there were additional penalties (which will be served by a substitute player).



b) Match penalties: attempt to injure (player), fighting, kicking (or attempt), slashing (swinging stick at player in attempt to injure).



c) For goaltenders, [see Rule 509].



d) For multiple penalties to be served, [see Rule 510 - Serving Multiple Penalties].



(Note) The Referees are required to report all match penalties and the surrounding circumstances to the Commissioners immediately following the game in which they occur. Further suspensions may be levied by the Commissioners. [see Rule 209(a)]



Don B receives this suspension for being both the third-man in on the altercation with Glen, and the punches that were thrown at Glen during this event.

Next Steps

We Commissioners will continue to dole out suspensions for any violent actions, and stress that there is ZERO tolerance for this kind of behavior before/during/after a game.

Parting Words

There are a number of things to take away from this incident. We'll note 3 of them.

1. There is absolutely no room for aggressive play near the walls or permanent benches. The walls do not give, and the risk of serious injury is exceedingly high. We are not professionals, and we all have something else to do come Monday morning, much though we all wish we could play hockey 24/7. Dangerous play around the wall simply cannot become part of the BASH game.
2. Fighting/punches will continue to be discouraged and dealt with accordingly.
3. This incident also included an accidental high stick. This is at least the 4th high stick in the past two weeks, 3 of which resulted in injury, and the 4th did not because a helmet was being worn. The majority of our players choose to wear limited or no head/face protection. While the league encourages players to wear appropriate protective equipment, the players are also encouraged/directed to maintain proper control of their sticks at all times.

We have a fantastic league, with great players on the rink and great people off of it. We all want it to continue to prosper and grow, and one of the best ways to foster that is great, competitive hockey play that does not include actions which may violently or carelessly lead to injury.

All the players involved have expressed remorse for the incident. Now, let's get back to hockey, we have a great playoff race going on, and we're sure to have great playoff games, as well.

Go BASH!

By: c3 IP: 76.103.86.127 Date: - 2/5/2010 8:16:17 PM
kovi had an insane shift at the end of the game on that PP
good lord...NJ was 12-1 in vegas when we were there...
almost did it but went for the b's at 20-1 instead...
By: jomamma IP: 173.8.179.238 Date: - 2/5/2010 6:49:30 PM
you guys are always whining about how the Leafs suck, but that was definitely an entertaining way to end a game.
By: chet IP: 67.121.114.157 Date: - 2/5/2010 6:34:40 PM
btw... Anvil is playing the Fillmore tomorrow night.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 5:07:07 PM
Supposed to be storming all day tomorrow.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 4:38:14 PM
I think teams are banking on him becoming a rental. They probably assume Lamoriello will never pay him that kind of cash. Might be collusion involved as well. The NHLPA probably put Kovalchuk up to this to break or expand the cap ahead of negotiations.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 4:22:11 PM
Will be fun to watch Lucic and Phaneuf.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 4:18:30 PM
I just turned the game on and the first image was Phaneuf jostling Kovalchuk after the whistle, naturally. What a dick. Of course, Montreal has nobody to fight him. Ugh.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 4:18:19 PM
btw, Kovalchuk is only 26.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 2:55:06 PM
That Leafs-Devils game is gonna be interesting. Kovalchuk steaming up left wing against Phaneuf and Schenn and shooting on Giguere.
By: Leafs-Devs IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 2:54:26 PM
My New Jersey prediction just got better, eh? But their blueline is even worse without Oduya now. They have to pick someone else up.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 2:52:40 PM
Kovalchuk did not know whether the Devils would offer him a new contract. He's just happy to be here now, noting he enjoyed his time in Atlanta and that it will always be his second home.

"My wife is expecting, but she said it's a great opportunity for you to win the Cup, and that's why I am here," Kovalchuk said.
By: rental IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 2:52:15 PM
Tim: good question
there was some talk about a suspension
where's our Cerberus input?

By: Tug IP: 162.119.238.160 Date: - 2/5/2010 2:28:29 PM
Yeah, I like how Ovie took his helmet off. Ovie pretty tough, but he's too valuable to lose, obviously.
By: em IP: 66.54.159.26 Date: - 2/5/2010 2:21:49 PM
Timo! Does this mean that you're back in the Bay? If so, any chance of a return to BASH?
By: curious goalie IP: 99.33.95.168 Date: - 2/5/2010 2:21:43 PM
Not a good idea. Bradley did the right thing.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 2:19:23 PM
Ovie was set to fight him.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.11 Date: - 2/5/2010 2:19:03 PM
Bradley flies in to fight Downie so Ovie doesn't have to. Was this discussed here?
By: em IP: 66.54.159.26 Date: - 2/5/2010 1:05:32 PM

By: em IP: 66.54.159.26 Date: - 2/5/2010 12:17:00 PM
Sports science, Drew Brees vs Olympic Archer for most precise athlete.
By: em IP: 66.54.159.26 Date: - 2/5/2010 12:00:04 PM
it's only funny 'cause it's true...
By: just for the record IP: 173.8.179.238 Date: - 2/5/2010 9:14:42 AM
More evidence that Lance Kiffin is a jack ass. Verbal commitment from a 13 yr old.
By: em IP: 66.54.159.26 Date: - 2/5/2010 7:59:16 AM



By: Ian IP: 24.4.255.104 Date: - 2/5/2010 4:43:28 AM
Sorry to bring it back to a league issue but I want to hear what our league officials have to say about what happened in the Blue-Green game. I watched one player take another player by the head, literally put both of his hands on the other player's head, and shove it into the wall with force and intent. As someone who plays in this league, I'm very curious what decision is being made about this player.

Thanks.
By: Tim IP: 98.210.169.242 Date: - 2/5/2010 12:25:40 AM