Today in Colorado Avalanche History
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 13, 2010 5:00 AM MDT
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August 13, 1997 - The Colorado Avalanche matched the 3 year, $21 million offer sheet that Joe Sakic had signed with the New York Rangers. The Rangers were pursuing Sakic after losing Mark Messier in free agency to the Vancouver Canucks.
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Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 13, 2010 8:36 AM MDT up reply actions
It would have been the only good FA move in Ranger’s history. So naturally, they were denied, since we can only bend the rules of Karma so far.
Since he had a relatively healthy year, he does count. Let’s see what year two brings…unless Carcillo gets his way with him again (ugh)
Help help! I'm being repressed!
Shit
there is now coffee all over my laptop…
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 13, 2010 8:33 AM MDT up reply actions
Shudder
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 13, 2010 8:37 AM MDT up reply actions
Goes right with this off-season then
Help help! I'm being repressed!
by chiavsfan on Aug 13, 2010 9:05 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm new
Whats rec’d mean? recorded? for what?
9601, pissing off Canuck fans since 1995.
by 9601 on Aug 13, 2010 10:03 AM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
Welcome.
Recommended. It means you agree, concur, or it made you laugh. :)
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 13, 2010 10:15 AM MDT up reply actions
and that you went to the actions button on the bottom of the comment and hit “rec”, like I just did to your post.
Colorado Avalanche Offseason Strategy - Please wake us in October
And if there are two rec’s it turns green.
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 13, 2010 10:24 AM MDT up reply actions
If it turns green
you should probably get that looked at as well.
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 13, 2010 10:26 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nah,
wait till it turns green & falls off. If it doesn’t fall off, you’re probably OK.
Colorado Avalanche Offseason Strategy - Please wake us in October
Unless it starts to stink…
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by Americanario on Aug 13, 2010 11:06 AM MDT up reply actions
Eww
That’d be a serious problem.
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 13, 2010 11:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Rotten, Green, and Stinky...
Has this become a Minnesota Wild thread?
Sandwich puncher since 4/16/2010
by Andykrist on Aug 13, 2010 11:11 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Or it’ll get burned off?
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 13, 2010 11:21 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 13, 2010 9:27 PM MDT up reply actions
And here I thought it just meant you were trying to get in the other person’s pants. Been doing that one wrong…
by MalachiConstant on Aug 13, 2010 10:47 AM MDT up reply actions
This thread has made me lulz.
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by Tempestuous Binary on Aug 13, 2010 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
In regards to the Rangers going after our beloved captain:
“Buncha wankers”
9601, pissing off Canuck fans since 1995.
The defacto must read synopsis of why this time in the NHL was such a big deal can be found at http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/the-morning-skate-how-joe-sakic-helped-change-the-hockey-business/
I will always feel indebted to Charlie Lyons (Assent entertainment since merged with Liberty Media. Subscribe to Starz and feel good about it!) and Pierre LaCroix for matching the front-loaded deal. LaCroix must have used all his powers of persuasion to an organization that from all reports was upside down financially. He convinced a corporation to accelerate negotiations to not only sign a new broadcast contract with Fox, but also opt out of McNicole’s arena and commit to a Pepsi Center investment ALL within SEVEN days. In the business world, that’s unheard of. Pierre pushed the organization and Charlie Lyons and Assent rewarded him with their trust. In the end he delivered on that trust.
Evidently PL’s powers of persuation days are long gone.
Your 2010-2011 Colorado Avalanche: Reaching Up to the Cap Floor
by Bob in Boulder on Aug 13, 2010 10:20 AM MDT up reply actions
The five first round picks used by the Rangers that would have gone to the Avalanche for Sakic:
Manny Malholtra (1998), Pavl Brendl (1999), Jamie Lundmark (also selected in 1999 in a trade with Tampa Bay in exchange for the first pick in 2000), Dan Blackburn (2001), and the 2002 first-round pick, which went to Florida as part of the package for Pavel Bure.
Lesson learned: Losing a top tier RFA, even for mega draft picks, is bad.
Your 2010-2011 Colorado Avalanche: Reaching Up to the Cap Floor
by Bob in Boulder on Aug 13, 2010 10:21 AM MDT up reply actions
Ummm... whoops
Boston
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 13, 2010 10:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Kessel?
1. He was traded, no?
2. He is no Joe Sakic.
3. Brian Burke is an ignoramus.
Your 2010-2011 Colorado Avalanche: Reaching Up to the Cap Floor
by Bob in Boulder on Aug 13, 2010 10:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I think that one will likely work out for Boston.
by MalachiConstant on Aug 13, 2010 10:48 AM MDT up reply actions
He was traded as a formality, Burke basically traded what he would have given in compensation.
I too, think it will work out for Boston, but you never know. I’m not a big fan of giving up a known quantity for an unknown one (and at the time no one knew Toronto would be quite so bad.) That said Seguin is likely better than anything the Avs would have gotten.
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 13, 2010 11:11 AM MDT up reply actions
I’m gonna go ahead and say that the NYR could have given us their top 10 players of the last 15 years (from today) and it still would not have been a deal.
by MalachiConstant on Aug 13, 2010 10:44 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
This reminds me,
F*&! the Rangers! First SuperJoe, then Wrath! I hope those genital warts of their franchise are terminal! Bastards!
Colorado Avalanche Offseason Strategy - Please wake us in October
by Hopfenkopf on Aug 13, 2010 10:18 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Was just re-reading blood feud, apparently Charlie Lyons sent a framed copy of this to the Rangers….
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"For all their valor, cowboys never wear it on their sleeves. They see courage as something to be taken for granted - a quality noticed only in its absence." - James P. Owen.
I agree
It really sucks.
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 13, 2010 7:41 PM MDT up reply actions
That Sakic RFA contract caused out of control upwards spiraling salaries. The Rangers offered Sakic that contract because they had lost Messier to the Canucks.
The Canucks ruined hockey.
YES
I agree completely. I live in Victoria (capital of BC) and am surrounded by these morons who know nothing about hockey but will pick a fight with you if you challenge them on anything canucks. I do have a couple friends who are diehards and have been fans for 20 years but more often then not you’re surrounded by Canuckleheads.
9601, pissing off Canuck fans since 1995.
Watching NHL Network’s Top 10 Goal Scorer’s of the 90s and am only down to 7 and have two problems with it already: Sakic was freaking TENTH and Jeremy Roenick was 8th. Roenick ranked higher than Joe?? Seriously??
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 14, 2010 10:08 AM MDT reply actions
Another observation....
Jagr had one HELL of a backhand! Holy crap that guy could score off that thing with his eyes closed.
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 14, 2010 10:24 AM MDT up reply actions
He sure did, plus he rocked an awesome mullet.
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 14, 2010 10:26 AM MDT up reply actions
At the end of the highlights, he had shaved his head and I didn’t recognize him! lol
I just like the fights.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 14, 2010 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions
GAH
No, not his rocking locks?!
Sandie
"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 14, 2010 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
I watched “Raising the Cup – 2001” today…still makes me cry.
MHH: The Burgundy Army is on the March!
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Aug 14, 2010 10:09 PM MDT up reply actions
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