Your Middle Of The Week Thread

by Joe @ MHH on Jul 9, 2008 6:42 AM MDT in News Comment 56 comments

Today's interesting Avalanche tidbits:

Two articles on Darcy Tucker and how he's going to work really, really hard to help his new team. Has there ever, in the history of NHL free agency, been a free agent who signed a contract with a new team but then told the press he wasn't interested in contributing to that team? Ever? What is the point of these articles?

Also, Adrian Dater posted a blog entry called "A Talk With Theodore's Agent," but it's really just one quote from Don Meehan about the Theodore non-signing. Oh, but he does offer confirmation that hockey agents pull down 1-2% commission on their deals. Considering nobody in the NHL makes more than $10 million a year, I'd rather be in baseball.

This is an open thread. Get busy typing or get busy dying.

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What happened to taking the week off? You just can’t stay away, can you?

by Mrs @ MHH on Jul 9, 2008 7:23 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

He’s an attention whore, honey. Don’t judge him for that.

by Mike @ MHH on Jul 9, 2008 8:25 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m not judging, I was just wondering how interesting his vacation could be if he was still checking in here daily. :-)

by Mrs @ MHH on Jul 9, 2008 8:59 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Must be like my vacation…went to my sister’s in Coeur D’ Alene and had to listen to 5 little girls (one mine) run around screaming all week. Not to mention the two full days in the car with them each way.

It’s good to be back home…

"The difference between a successful person and others,
is not a lack of strength,not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
-Vince Lombardi-

by Americanario on Jul 9, 2008 9:54 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Ha!

We may be doing something similar come Labor Day. Planning a 12 hour one-way trip with a 22 month old…

by Mrs @ MHH on Jul 9, 2008 9:57 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I also had my 9 month son…but his crankiness didn’t bother me much. Maybe I just tolerated it because he doesn’t know any better. My daughter did really well with the actual travel part. She had lots of fruit snacks, a portable DVD player, and lots of coloring books. But get her matched up with her 4 other cousins…..

"The difference between a successful person and others,
is not a lack of strength,not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
-Vince Lombardi-

by Americanario on Jul 9, 2008 10:05 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I completely understand. I used to teach preschool. Those little girls can be just as rowdy as the boys!

by Mrs @ MHH on Jul 9, 2008 10:20 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Weird

All this chatter and nothing about hockey.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Jul 9, 2008 1:05 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

slow news day.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Jul 9, 2008 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Avs should have snagged peca if all he got was 1.3m.

Arnason should be playing LW, not center.

Is Tucker faster than Bruno?

by thedoctor on Jul 9, 2008 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m not sure Peca and Tucker would get along according to that Tucker puff piece on the Denver Post.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Jul 9, 2008 2:10 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

avs choose asst. coach

Dave Barr, the OHL coach of the year in 05-06.

by thedoctor on Jul 9, 2008 2:13 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Don’t know too much about him, but he’s pretty good from what little I’ve heard. I guess I should look him up or something on the googles.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Jul 9, 2008 2:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

HE played for the dreaded Dead Thangs from 86-91
I guess we can’t hole that against him since it was before the AVs came to be…

"The difference between a successful person and others,
is not a lack of strength,not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
-Vince Lombardi-

by Americanario on Jul 9, 2008 2:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I CAN hold it against him….but I won’t

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Jul 9, 2008 2:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I will.

by Rather Dashing on Jul 9, 2008 5:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

i remember him

He had one good year, and he was supposed to be Yzerman’s sidekick after Petr Klima got booted. But then he had a power outage, just couldn’t score any more.

by ahtrap on Jul 10, 2008 11:15 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

ahhh

sounds just like our powerplay.

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

by Jibblescribbits on Jul 10, 2008 1:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ray Emery

Going to Russia

So I guess the people who still think gambling on Emery would be better than Budaj will lose their argument.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Jul 9, 2008 5:42 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

“but he did SO AWESOME in russia!!!”

by thedoctor on Jul 9, 2008 6:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hide the vodka!

MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.

by Bob in Boulder on Jul 9, 2008 7:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I heard he was more into PCP and huffing house paint.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Jul 9, 2008 8:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

What do baseball agents get?

Percentage wise, I mean….1-2% is probably a decent number when it translate to real money, but I always figured that guys like Scott Boras were just raking in the dough on the megadeals they are putting togets for his clients.

by ahtrap on Jul 10, 2008 11:07 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Even if they just get 1-2%, that translates to a hell of a lot more money than hockey agents. A-Rod signs another 252 million dollar contract and his agent pulls down--at minimum—2.52 million. For a couple of weeks of work. You could retire on that.

Well, I could, definitely.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Jul 10, 2008 2:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Goaltending note in Dater's blog post

While most of Dater’s post is about his colonoscopy (which will no doubt result in approximately 2,174 jokes), He brings up a point at the end I don’t think anyone has brought up.

Chicago has a lot of money tied to two goaltenders. If Huet takes off, which I think is a big if, Khabibulin might become available around the trade deadline. Interesting idea even if he would only be a rental for the Avs.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Jul 10, 2008 1:44 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

i haven’t thought of khabby as a viable goalie for a couple years. If raycroft is really as bad as the rest of the league seems to think or Budaj crashes and burns horrifically, maybe…but I really don’t like it.

i’d much rather see the Avs snag Miller at the deadline or in UFA when buffalo inevitably fails to re-sign him.

by thedoctor on Jul 10, 2008 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m a big fan of the Miller theory. If the Avs could get Khabby as a “strict rental for the playoffs”, then it might be fun. All depending on Budaj of course.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Jul 10, 2008 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree. Pending a Budaj collapse, Ryan Miller would look pretty hot in an Avalanche unipron.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Jul 10, 2008 2:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chicago has Goalies

Chicago also has former UVM goaltender Joe Fallon in the pipeline. This guy just finished his college career 2nd ALL-TIME in NCAA Division One shutouts (Ryan Miller is #1, I believe), and Vermont didn’t have the same high-power teams that Boston College, DU or Michigan had. He also stole every UVM goaltending record from Tim Thomas. Lets trade for him. GO CATS GO!

"how you like them apples?"

by tele-mon on Jul 12, 2008 11:50 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Budaj can win a bunch of games for the Avs and they will trade for a big name goalie at the deadline anyway? They can ask him to carry the club in to the playoffs while the goalie we traded for recovers from minor surgery. Then they can sit him once the Avs are in the playoffs and then our new star goaltender can go on to a glorious sweep in the second round. If a goaltender does come over in a deal at the deadline, I hope Budaj gets delt at the same time. For his own good.

by Dario on Jul 10, 2008 2:15 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

No kidding. I can’t believe the poor guy hasn’t gone completely batshit crazy by now. There’s some room on the crazy train with Hasek, I hear.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Jul 10, 2008 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

At least it proves he’s a team player. He’ll almost always get a job as a backup at least with that attitude.

by Savage33 on Jul 10, 2008 11:46 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

RMN Interview with Sakic

Sakic Interview

by Mike @ MHH on Jul 11, 2008 9:24 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

was just about to post it too

september, yeesh. He seems genuinely unsure about his motor…

by thedoctor on Jul 11, 2008 9:33 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I take back all those nice things I said about him.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Jul 11, 2008 12:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Radulov

Signs with a Russian team!

by Jape on Jul 11, 2008 11:27 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

What, no link?

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Jul 11, 2008 12:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

See my Fanshot. It takes you to the Forechecker who is keeping tabs on this story.

by Mike @ MHH on Jul 11, 2008 1:10 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wyatt Smith?

I noticed that Wyatt Smith is still listed as a UFA over there-—->
According to ESPN those pesky Bolts picked him up on July 3rd. tee hee hee

hockeynana

by hockeynana on Jul 11, 2008 4:17 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

maybe TB threw him back into the water

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 11, 2008 6:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can’t expect Joe to update everything…I mean he is trying to stay away….Right?

"The difference between a successful person and others,
is not a lack of strength,not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
-Vince Lombardi-

by Americanario on Jul 11, 2008 7:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's on their roster

I checked their website. I can’t believe they were so quick to pluck him from the pool (so to speak.) They also got Zenon Konopka. Got to be one of my all time favorite hockey names.

hockeynana

by hockeynana on Jul 11, 2008 7:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tampa Bay’s goal for this year is to be the home of the rejects.

by Savage33 on Jul 11, 2008 8:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

From Melrose to infinity & beyond…

hockeynana

by hockeynana on Jul 12, 2008 4:08 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

More Tampa News…
Lecavalier has signed an 11yr extension for 85 million.
LECAVALIER’S ‘LIFETIME’ DEAL WITH LIGHTNING

This is right up there with the insanity of the Dipietro deal. Granted, Lecavalier is a great player, but you just never know what’s gonna happen.

"The difference between a successful person and others,
is not a lack of strength,not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
-Vince Lombardi-

by Americanario on Jul 12, 2008 7:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fixed.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Jul 14, 2008 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have to say, the find-your-bra-size add in the upper right-hand corner is by FAR my favorite one on this site so far…

by Mike @ MHH on Jul 12, 2008 5:44 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I haven’t seen that one one yet…I’ll have to pay more attention.

"The difference between a successful person and others,
is not a lack of strength,not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
-Vince Lombardi-

by Americanario on Jul 12, 2008 7:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Neither have I. I’m stuck with the stupid pc.com and simple answers crap.

by Savage33 on Jul 13, 2008 2:39 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m really happy with my FF and Adblock Plus.
MHH will not be making any money off me :p

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Jul 13, 2008 5:34 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Same here. I don’t see ANY ads!

by Rather Dashing on Jul 13, 2008 8:23 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, the good news is I’m not making any money off of MHH so I guess we’ll call it even.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Jul 14, 2008 1:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ghost ad

I haven’t seen that one either & I would think it would be relevant. All I ever see is the ad with corn & I fled from Iowa as soon as I was old enough. I’ve seen enought corn to go postal.

hockeynana

by hockeynana on Jul 13, 2008 5:35 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs