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Geoff Baker is leaving the Seattle Times and joining the Kraken as Vice President, Editorial.
Source:Geoff Baker.
Source:Geoff Baker.
Geoff Baker is leaving the Seattle Times and joining the Kraken as Vice President, Editorial.
Source:Geoff Baker.
I think someone would have to go first. People on here have mentioned tanev maybeAlex Nylander and Oliver Kylington are still available. Those are good upside players.
Are the Kraken done?
Given how many oft injured players we have, I expect there to be lineup space by game 1. Have a look at Schwartz, Burakovsky, and Tanev. We should market ourselves as the prime destination for PTOs. Come to our camp.
Alex Nylander and Oliver Kylington are still available. Those are good upside players.
Are the Kraken done?
Given how many oft injured players we have, I expect there to be lineup space by game 1. Have a look at Schwartz, Burakovsky, and Tanev. We should market ourselves as the prime destination for PTOs. Come to our camp.
Was in the player assistance program...seems odd that GMConroy didn't sign him but I guess he knows something all of us don't and that maybe Kylington isn't worth the Headaches...guess that's what happens when a player plays every other year and seems to get injured a lotIsn’t Kylington in the player assistance program?
Was in the player assistance program...seems odd that GMConroy didn't sign him but I guess he knows something all of us don't and that maybe Kylington isn't worth the Headaches...guess that's what happens when a player plays every other year and seems to get injured a lot
Well good Luck to him he might have to sit until someone gets injured cause most Rosters are set...I thought Kylington would be a good pick up except for his injuries and mental problemsPer Flames fans here the Flames made him an offer and Kylington turned it down. So he's either asking for too much or is looking for a new home.
Sprong is going to score 30 goals in VancouverSprong signs with the Canucks, one year, $975,000. Pretty good value for a depth forward who will pot some goals.
Couldn't have said it better ..I hate late July and all of August. lol.
Couldn't have said it better ..![]()
Well foks, it's August, the most exciting month of hockey.
Here's my post to celebrate the consistant news and excitement expected for this month.
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We’ve got one thing to look forward to over the next 4 weeks. My trip to Ecuador.
Wright is pretty close to a lock to start the season. Winterton, I would think, is more of a callup.What are the lines looking like for next year? Do the kids get a look? Wright, Winterton etc
Wright is pretty close to a lock to start the season. Winterton, I would think, is more of a callup.
Who are the handful of skaters who reasonably could have a strong season which gets Seattle into playoff contention? (Other than goaltending)
This question might not be super clear, what I am getting at is "If A, B, C and D have strong years we have a shot at playoffs." Some guys are much more critical to team success than others if they have a big year
an aside – @kihei am I remembering wrong or you also a deep knower of film noir?
Thank you, I am trying to ramp up what the key indicators are which direction things can go when I start following as my 2d team this year now that I am local.I think the Kraken are such a team that most players have to have a strong season. Definitely need Beniers, McCann, Burakovsky, Montour and Stephenson to have a top 1/2 of their career type season at minimum. In Beniers case, he needs a repeat of his first full season at minimum, but I don’t think they make the playoffs without all of that plus guys like Schwartz and Eberle having at least a middling season and Wright meeting expectations.
I’m not Kihei, but I’m a big fan of film noir as well.
Yes, I am a fan of film noir, though I would say primarily I am a fan of international film (i.e. subtitles, fellas). I've written a book--Beyond Hollywood: 21st Century International Film--that contains over 700 reviews of such films from 70 countries, 2000 to 2015. Still available on Amazon for the curious. I am a frequent contributor to the film thread in the Entertainment section of HFB where almost all of these reviews first appeared.Couldn't remember but I thought maybe kihei replied in an entertainment board here I had posted my top 100 all time doom noir list that I worked on as exhaustively as I have ever worked on anything, every spot litigated ala the top 100 all time players on history of hockey board a few years ago.
Amazing, I will have to read your book, seriously. I just tried to go buy it but couldn't find it just now on amazon if you have a link to share! I am also writing a book but I have a full time job, many interests and just moved from California to Washington a month ago today so it's gone slooow these last few months and I'm only 13% through the reviews. It took me several years and hundreds and hundreds of films and multiple rewatches on a large swath of these films to produce my list. I think you saw a mostly recent iteration of it. Elevator to the Gallows is a top 25 and Shoot the Piano Player barely squeezes on but is vulnerable until the final draft is final. I love Diabolique but I have it slightly more horror, and Le Samourai gets axed based on my no assassins rule. If I didn't have that rule it would be the second best assassin noir behind Blast of Silence (1961) which is incredible. I may not have seen the Secrets in Their Eyes.Yes, I am a fan of film noir, though I would say primarily I am a fan of international film (i.e. subtitles, fellas). I've written a book--Beyond Hollywood: 21st Century International Film--that contains over 700 reviews of such films from 70 countries, 2000 to 2015. Still available on Amazon for the curious. I am a frequent contributor to the film thread in the Entertainment section of HFB where almost all of these reviews first appeared.
There is a lot of terrific European and Asian film noir. Here's five recommendations from each locale:
Asia
Stray Dog (Kurosawa, 1949) A detective searches for his lost gun in the slums of Tokyo. Classic.
Tokyo Drifter (Suzuki, 1966) A former Yakuza hitman finds retirement not as relaxing as he had hoped.
A Colt Is My Passport (Nomura, 1967) After a kill, an assassin and his driver are pursued by bad guys (shot in Spaghetti Western style. Kind of fun, actually).
Infernal Affairs (Lau, Mak, 2002) Neo-noir. There is a mole both in the Hong Kong police force and in a poweful crime family. Each organization knows such a mole exists. In a brillaintly unexpected turn, each mole is assigned the task to root himself out. The desperate necessity becomes how to expose the other guy before the other guy exposes you. What a premise. Tighter direction, better performances and perfect pacing make it superior to the US adaptation that won an academy award for best picture, The Departed.
Decision to Leave (Park, 2022) Neo-noir. A detective becomes obsessed with a woman who may or may not be a murderer. Classic stuff done by one of the most visually exquisite directors in world cinema.
Europe (and one South American)
Diabolique (Clouzot, 1955) A meek wife and, ironically, his mistress plot the death of a cruel headmaster. I saw this when I was a little kid and it scared the living hell out of me.
Elevator to the Gallows (Malle, 1958) A businessman and his mistress decide to murder her husband. Things go wrong in a deliciously unexpected way. Great broody Miles Davis soundtrack, too.
Shoot the Piano Player (Truffaut, 1960) A piano player with a sad past is content to perform unnoticed in seedy bars. When he tries to help his lowlife brothers, though, his life gets very complicated. One of Truffaut's best works: funny, charming and melacholic all at the same time.
Le Samourai (Melville, 1967) A meticulously methodical hitman uncharacteristically leaves a witness to his latest crime. Now, he has to play an elaborate cat-and-mouse game with a determined police inspector. Plus his crime bosses aren't too happy, either. Then, there's that witness. Alain Delon at his super coolest.
The Secrets in Their Eyes (Campanella, 2007) Neo-noir. An Argentine retired court investigator is haunted by an unresolved homicide case from his past and decides to write a book about it even at the expense of opening up old wounds with a woman he can't get over. Superb performace by the great Ricardo Durin.
And to fit this into a hockey thread: Go Kraken!