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I haven't seen all of them, but out of the ones Ive seen, the one involving pablo Escobar and the columbian football team takes the cake.
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I haven't seen all of them, but out of the ones Ive seen, the one involving pablo Escobar and the columbian football team takes the cake.
Same for me. I have watched a good bunch of them and the one on Escobar was excellent.
Goldthorpe
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I remember reading retired players saying how much pressure they had during their playing day to "look rich". This includes less-talented players with not-so-high salaries feeling the need to buy a nice car, and have a nice house, because they would be judged by their peers if they wouldn't. It's not so different than the lawyer who drives a BMW because his clients wouldn't take him seriously with a Corolla.
I don't know if the NHLPA has any pension program, but if they really care about their players they should definitively have one.
I don't know if the NHLPA has any pension program, but if they really care about their players they should definitively have one.
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I remember that I was highly concerned when the Leafs got Burke (built Vancouver and won with Anaheim) and Carlyle (pretty good coach with Anaheim) and it failed incredibly.
I'm less worried with Lou and I believe the medias will run Babcock out of town after 3 years.
I'm less worried with Lou and I believe the medias will run Babcock out of town after 3 years.
It ultimately depends on if they stick to their rebuild or not. They could be good in 3 years if they play their cards right.
I'm always skeptical though, like you I though they made good moves previously and that blew up in their faces.
Babcock is there to stay. Unless he goes completely haywire they have said "we are rebuilding" so he has so much rope before they expect anything and given his track record I'd be shocked if they say "It's a coaching issue" and fire him before the players.
Ron Wilson, Randy Carlyle, Mike Babcock. At what point is it the players who need to step up?
They are the Leafs and we are Habs fans.
If they were to somehow win the cup it is our duty to find a way to spin it into a negative.
If they were to somehow win the cup it is our duty to find a way to spin it into a negative.
Bloumeister
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I agree, but the problem it's much easier to blame the coach and fire him than to change the leadership of a team. Maybe it will be different this time, but IMO the leadership of the Leafs look terrible and if they decide to keep the coach, they will do a complete turnaround roster wise.
c3z4r
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It seems Marchand had fun in Pointe-Calumet this weekend, wonder how much worse Seguin was to irk Boston management so much with his party lifestyle 
GlassesJacketShirt
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It seems Marchand had fun in Pointe-Calumet this weekend, wonder how much worse Seguin was to irk Boston management so much with his party lifestyle
Seguin wasn't *******y enough for that organization on the ice.
donghabs98
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It seems Marchand had fun in Pointe-Calumet this weekend, wonder how much worse Seguin was to irk Boston management so much with his party lifestyle
He's the one guy I wouldn't want on the Habs regardless if he came for free. I couldn't stand him on the Habs.
Same. The guy is a rat and an embarrassment to the sport. Diving, punching players when the refs looks away, clipping and injures a player because he's scared of getting hit, slewfoot etc. etc.. Such a classless player.
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Same.
I despise him. He's a complete embarassment.
Chara, Marchand, Thomas, Ference, the son of Campbell, Dr. Recchi, the ape man Lucic...
Bruins just collect these despicable type of individuals. It's quite a feat to have so many ridiculously dumb people on a team at the same time.
You can go much deeper into the Bruins barrel if you'd like.
It seems that every prospect and every player that dons their sweater in recent years turns into a "Dick"
I'm not sure how Patrice manages to stay so grounded?
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Rinaldo and Marchand on same team is going to be scary injury wise. I think Lucic lost his 'hate-ability' in the last couple of seasons since Emelin/Weise feuds.
Bergevillain
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Lucic completely outed himself as a has-been imo
Talks tough, doesn't do **** anymore.
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MarkovsKnee
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I think Lou and Babcock will eventually make the Leafs legit again. I can see them building a team that is at least good enough to be a "pretender". We'll see if they can become a true contender. Kind of what they were like when they had Pat Quinn running the organization in the late 90s. He was the last quality hockey guy they had who gave that team any sort of long term success. Then they hired John Ferguson and the fall began.
Lou is a disciplinarian. With no internal leadership core on the team itself, it's paramount that the coach/G.M. are able to establish a highly disciplined atmosphere, and communicate to the players clearly the expectations and responsibilities. They are going to have grow their own leaders as an organization.
They will need their young players like Marner, Nylander and Reilly to become their leadership core. Lou and Babcock are there to help them develop that. Both know what it takes to win, and will garner much respect from the players from the start.
The Leafs are not going to be very good, but they will work hard next season. They are still 3-5 years away from making the playoffs, because their overall organizational depth really really sucks.
Lou is a disciplinarian. With no internal leadership core on the team itself, it's paramount that the coach/G.M. are able to establish a highly disciplined atmosphere, and communicate to the players clearly the expectations and responsibilities. They are going to have grow their own leaders as an organization.
They will need their young players like Marner, Nylander and Reilly to become their leadership core. Lou and Babcock are there to help them develop that. Both know what it takes to win, and will garner much respect from the players from the start.
The Leafs are not going to be very good, but they will work hard next season. They are still 3-5 years away from making the playoffs, because their overall organizational depth really really sucks.
Saundies
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Babcock was a great hire for the Leafs, I don't care how much they had to pay him. Lou on the other hand? Wait-and-see approach. Depends on how much control he's going to enforce. If it's his way or the highway, it might not work out as planned, considering they've gone about doing things by committee the last couple months. If he's there as a "title" and is an ultimate high voice of reason as a part of the group, then the Leafs might finally right the ship.
Hope it doesn't happen though. Their fans are insufferable enough and their team's been irrelevant for a decade.
Hope it doesn't happen though. Their fans are insufferable enough and their team's been irrelevant for a decade.
Yup,
I'd love to move Plecky but his anticipation and his instinct will be hard to replace.
Two ingredients Lars doesn't possess to the same extent.
otherwise...
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