Confirmed with Link: Devils get Alexei Ponikarovsky from Jets for 2013 7th & 2014 4th round picks

[NJDevs26]

LaGreca?

Recco, whoever the update guy was. They just wanted to bust the guy cause he's a Devil fan from what I heard.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Oh, he knows who he is. He was about 5 feet away from him when this happened.

I like the show, personally Carton is a million times better than him. Boomer ruins any allotted time they get to speak about hockey with his fanboy ********.

Look at that sea of blue jerseys that I can count on one hand.

 

[Wingman77]

Somebody I know was near Boomer that game and spoke with him, said Boomer knew his stuff, loved the Devils aggressiveness, wished the Rangers had Volchenkov/a guy like Volchenkov

But some of the things he says on the air are pretty puzzling

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Somebody I know was near Boomer that game and spoke with him, said Boomer knew his stuff, loved the Devils aggressiveness, wished the Rangers had Volchenkov/a guy like Volchenkov

But some of the things he says on the air are pretty puzzling

You mean on air personas may all just be a big act?

 

[funetiklee]

“It cost us two players. He could’ve just stayed,†goalie Martin Brodeur said of getting Ponikarovsky back in a trade for two draft picks. “I think it’s great. I was surprised he left so fast. Free agency was only three minutes old and he signed in Winnipeg."

Cmon Marty you were supposed to blame losing those draft picks on Parise!

 

[New Jersey]

Oh, he knows who he is. He was about 5 feet away from him when this happened.

I like the show, personally Carton is a million times better than him. Boomer ruins any allotted time they get to speak about hockey with his fanboy ********.

Obligatory "SEA OF BLUE, BRAH!" post.

 

[Oroku Saki*]

Somebody I know was near Boomer that game and spoke with him, said Boomer knew his stuff, loved the Devils aggressiveness, wished the Rangers had Volchenkov/a guy like Volchenkov

But some of the things he says on the air are pretty puzzling

Ugh don't make me like Boomer for a damn second please.

 

[Bleedred]

“It cost us two players. He could’ve just stayed,” goalie Martin Brodeur said of getting Ponikarovsky back in a trade for two draft picks. “I think it’s great. I was surprised he left so fast. Free agency was only three minutes old and he signed in Winnipeg."

Cmon Marty you were supposed to blame losing those draft picks on Parise!

Marty didn't really say this I'm assuming?

EDIT - It appears he did say this. While being funny though.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

Why would you assume that lol he said it

 

[Rekker]

I was really looking forward to watching Loktionov on the ice too...

 

[Emperoreddy]

Somebody I know was near Boomer that game and spoke with him, said Boomer knew his stuff, loved the Devils aggressiveness, wished the Rangers had Volchenkov/a guy like Volchenkov

But some of the things he says on the air are pretty puzzling

That is nice, but he picked out Volch of all the players?

 

[Bleedred]

Why would you assume that lol he said it

I wasn't taking into account Marty's smartass personality!

Loktionov coming up yesterday only to go back today tells me this trade was nowhere near finalized yesterday morning.

 

[DevilChuk*]

I wasn't taking into account Marty's smartass personality!

Loktionov coming up yesterday only to go back today tells me this trade was nowhere near finalized yesterday morning.

This probably all went down after the Tangredi trade. Lou probably looked at the Jets roster and saw they would need to clear up a roster spot so gave their GM a call.

 

[Better Call Sal]

“It cost us two players. He could’ve just stayed,†goalie Martin Brodeur said of getting Ponikarovsky back in a trade for two draft picks. “I think it’s great. I was surprised he left so fast. Free agency was only three minutes old and he signed in Winnipeg."

Cmon Marty you were supposed to blame losing those draft picks on Parise!

Never change Marty.

 

[Bleedred]

This probably all went down after the Tangredi trade. Lou probably looked at the Jets roster and saw they would need to clear up a roster spot so gave their GM a call.

That's likely what happened. We didn't even need to bring Lokti up until today or maybe even tomorrow. I doubt we bring him up yesterday if we had known Poni would be here later that night.

 

[Emperoreddy]

That's likely what happened. We didn't even need to bring Lokti up until today or maybe even tomorrow. I doubt we bring him up yesterday if we had known Poni would be here later that night.

Has to be that, makes really zero sense if this has been in the works for a bit. Unless Lou got pissed at his comments about not being good at wing, but I doubt that his comments really were innocent and not complaining.

 

[glenwo2]

That's likely what happened. We didn't even need to bring Lokti up until today or maybe even tomorrow. I doubt we bring him up yesterday if we had known Poni would be here later that night.

Which is what I pointed out(after a fashion) to DATW.


Had Poni not been available, I bet we would've seen Loki get his shot.


Now that this is a moot point, there's no need to have him up. It sucks for him but those are the breaks.....

 

[Wingman77]

That is nice, but he picked out Volch of all the players?

He apparently likes Volchenkovs physical game because he thought the Rangers D could be more physical last season and also thought a guy like him would fit in well defensively especially w the shot blocking

I don't doubt Boomer as a good guy, but on the air he tends to come off as a big homer

 

[Bleedred]

It's good to have Poni back where he belongs. After all the speculating, and straight from the horses mouth, Lou did wanna bring him back all along. And he wasn't just intended to be rental last year. It also proves Parise is really just a self centered ***** too.

''Well I know I'm not gonna come back. They got 4 UFA's that could leave, because I'm holding them up? Who gives a ****! It's all about me! Maybe the fans will believe my BS about wanting to come back!''

 

[Feed Me A Stray Cat]

It's good to have Poni back where he belongs. After all the speculating, and straight from the horses mouth, Lou did wanna bring him back all along. And he wasn't just intended to be rental last year. It also proves Parise is really just a self centered ***** too.

''Well I know I'm not gonna come back. They got 4 UFA's that could leave, because I'm holding them up? Who gives a ****! It's all about me! Maybe the fans will believe my BS about wanting to come back!''

Parise was making one of the biggest decisions of his life. He's not at all self centered for taking 4 days.

Lou could have chosen to negotiate with Ponikarovsky. Parise didn't stop him.

 

[The Joker]

It's good to have Poni back where he belongs. After all the speculating, and straight from the horses mouth, Lou did wanna bring him back all along. And he wasn't just intended to be rental last year. It also proves Parise is really just a self centered ***** too.

''Well I know I'm not gonna come back. They got 4 UFA's that could leave, because I'm holding them up? Who gives a ****! It's all about me! Maybe the fans will believe my BS about wanting to come back!''

And we did

 

[Jersey Man]

He apparently likes Volchenkovs physical game because he thought the Rangers D could be more physical last season and also thought a guy like him would fit in well defensively especially w the shot blocking

I don't doubt Boomer as a good guy, but on the air he tends to come off as a big homer

His interview with Parise during the ECF or SCF was nauseating.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

Parise was making one of the biggest decisions of his life. He's not at all self centered for taking 4 days.

Lou could have chosen to negotiate with Ponikarovsky. Parise didn't stop him.

I agree with you on this point. Not up to him to not re sign Poni. Kovalchuk took like a billion years.

 

[Bleedred]

Parise was making one of the biggest decisions of his life. He's not at all self centered for taking 4 days.

Lou could have chosen to negotiate with Ponikarovsky. Parise didn't stop him.

BS! He knew he was leaving. I'm tired of people sticking up for him. Either he lied to the Devils fans, or he lied to the Wild fans when he said ''I always knew I wanted to come home to play.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

I think he's a sellout and an ass but it's not like NHL13 and you pick a box.

At the very least he was going to bail and wanted to be sure Suter was coming with and that Minnesota's team was going to pay them both handsomely. Hell he might have been waiting for a bidding contest to make sure both got more money, who knows.