News & Notes XLV: Simply Having A Wonderful Canesmastime

[Joe McGrath]

Something strange about hockey culture is the disdain for the soccer like diving and the “classless” Euros that do it because they are influenced by soccer. But nobody minds that a goalie can blow his ACL mid play and you just continue the play and fire pucks at him, while in soccer the opponent stops and kicks the ball out of bounds.

Also if you are using the word “dive” for what happened with Necas I pray English isn’t your first language.

 

[cptjeff]

Some names on here that are still really weird seeing on an old timers roster. Would be fun if they would stream it.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Some names on here that are still really weird seeing on an old timers roster. Would be fun if they would stream it.

A bunch of mid-50-year-olds and then Sutter

 

[cptjeff]

A bunch of mid-50-year-olds and then Sutter

Well, Sutter is the one that really tripped me. I thought he was still trying to find a contract. Guess I missed the formal retirment.

 

[Derailed75]

Bates Battaglia is ine of the all time best hockey names also helps was a pretty damn good interview back on Chopper Harrison's show.

 

[Tryamw]

Some names on here that are still really weird seeing on an old timers roster. Would be fun if they would stream it.

13-5-1 roster

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Well, Sutter is the one that really tripped me. I thought he was still trying to find a contract. Guess I missed the formal retirment.

I think it was early 2023 season. He got a PTO with Edmonton, then was released and probably realized he didn't have what it took anymore

 

[cptjeff]

13-5-1 roster

I think they still split the players up between two teams and fill the rest of the roster with wealthy beer leaguers willing to pay for a fantasy camp. I know somebody who did that once. He indeed had a blast.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

I think they still split the players up between two teams and fill the rest of the roster with wealthy beer leaguers willing to pay for a fantasy camp. I know somebody who did that once. He indeed had a blast.

Yeah, if you've got the cash to burn, I really couldn't think of a better way as a hockey fan.

 

[bleedgreen]

Some names on here that are still really weird seeing on an old timers roster. Would be fun if they would stream it.

Steve Rice? Holy hell. I forgot he played a season for the Canes. Dude fell off a cliff. Rutherford signed him to an offer sheet to get him from Edm. Whalers lost the late Bryan Marchment to them as compensation after former coach Pierre Maguire provided testimony the players the Whalers offered weren’t good enough compensation. He had just been fired and had been coaching the players in question like a month before. That’s how they used to do offer sheet compensation. You offered what you thought was fair, they asked for the moon. If you didn’t offer enough the mediator gave them the moon.