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13 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Fuck Foligno.

What’s with the Foligno hate? He seems like a good shit to me. Bedard has mentioned him as a fantastic leader in the locker room. He was a glue guy in his two years in Boston but just couldn’t produce enough offensively. 

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2 hours ago, Vertuzzi said:

What’s with the Foligno hate? He seems like a good shit to me. Bedard has mentioned him as a fantastic leader in the locker room. He was a glue guy in his two years in Boston but just couldn’t produce enough offensively. 

I thought we were talking about Marcus.  

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Is the NHL really dumb enough to try Atlanta for a third time? Is it not clear enough that those people just don’t give a shit about hockey? The success of the two Florida teams will have no comparison to an Atlanta team. Florida is full of transplants from New York, New Jersey, and Boston, Atlanta is not. 

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6 hours ago, Vertuzzi said:

Is the NHL really dumb enough to try Atlanta for a third time? Is it not clear enough that those people just don’t give a shit about hockey? The success of the two Florida teams will have no comparison to an Atlanta team. Florida is full of transplants from New York, New Jersey, and Boston, Atlanta is not. 

State Farm Arena is in downtown Atlanta and is an absolute nightmare to get to from anywhere north. Ownership of the Thrashers was beyond fucked. Atlanta has a strong hockey culture and the proposed arena will be in the northern suburbs which is the ideal location and where the hockey fanbase lives. The Atlanta region has been exploding with transplants from the northeast and Canada, with lots of your fellow Massholes relocating. Just like with the Braves move to Cobb County and the construction of Truist Park and the Battery, the Gathering in Forsyth County will be a massive success. 

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8 hours ago, Macklemore said:

State Farm Arena is in downtown Atlanta and is an absolute nightmare to get to from anywhere north. Ownership of the Thrashers was beyond fucked. Atlanta has a strong hockey culture and the proposed arena will be in the northern suburbs which is the ideal location and where the hockey fanbase lives. The Atlanta region has been exploding with transplants from the northeast and Canada, with lots of your fellow Massholes relocating. Just like with the Braves move to Cobb County and the construction of Truist Park and the Battery, the Gathering in Forsyth County will be a massive success. 

Fair enough. I hope I’m wrong on this and an Atlanta team is able to succeed. But one does start to wonder if adding two additional teams in Houston and Atlanta begins to stretch an already stretched-thin league more so than it needs to be. 34 teams feels like a lot. 

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On 9/19/2024 at 2:34 PM, Beau Vine said:

I thought we were talking about Marcus.  

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On 9/19/2024 at 12:43 PM, Vertuzzi said:

Gudas given the “C” in Anaheim. Ducks’ new uniforms look so good. Glad they are emphasizing the orange over black. Makes them pop way more. 

seems to be a good dude and a likely bridge captain. he's there to protect the ducklings

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Don’t be a fucking cheapskate Tilman and let another city steal Houston’s NHL expansion team. NHL to Houston needs to happen before Atlanta gets its 3rd team or at worst both cities get the next 2 expansion franchises.

 

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1 hour ago, Macklemore said:

Don’t be a fucking cheapskate Tilman and let another city steal Houston’s NHL expansion team. NHL to Houston needs to happen before Atlanta gets its 3rd team or at worst both cities get the next 2 expansion franchises.

 

I couldn’t understand a single word that fucking guy said. Sounded like slave owner Eric Cartman from South Park. 

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2 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

Trading Ullmark without having Swayman locked down might turn out to be disastrous for the Bruins.  Will they cave on the contract demands or do they go from 2 high quality goalies to zero in one offseason?

Thanks for bringing up my current trauma with this post. Sweeney has fucked this up from the beginning, relinquishing all leverage to Swayman by trading Ullmark before getting a deal done. Bruins press thinks an 8 year deal in the ballpark of $8MM-$9MM AAV gets this deal done but who fucking knows. 

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1 minute ago, Vertuzzi said:

Thanks for bringing up my current trauma with this post. Sweeney has fucked this up from the beginning, relinquishing all leverage to Swayman by trading Ullmark before getting a deal done. Bruins press thinks an 8 year deal in the ballpark of $8MM-$9MM AAV gets this deal done but who fucking knows. 

According to what I've read, Swayman wants $10MM AAV and the Bruins are offering $8MM AAV.  That's not a small gap.

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2 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

According to what I've read, Swayman wants $10MM AAV and the Bruins are offering $8MM AAV.  That's not a small gap.

That’s different from what I’ve heard. Sounds like term is the issue for Swayman. He wants an 8-year deal and the Bruins are hesitant to offer that. Think an 8x$8MM gets inked tomorrow if the Bruins offer. 

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17 minutes ago, Vertuzzi said:

That’s different from what I’ve heard. Sounds like term is the issue for Swayman. He wants an 8-year deal and the Bruins are hesitant to offer that. Think an 8x$8MM gets inked tomorrow if the Bruins offer. 

Here's where I read it.  And if you look at the contracts for the top goalies in the NHL, his ask of 8x10 is not out of line.

 

https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nhl/boston-bruins/jeremy-swayman-contract-negotiations-risk/649784/

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4 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

Here's where I read it.  And if you look at the contracts for the top goalies in the NHL, his ask of 8x10 is not out of line.

 

https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nhl/boston-bruins/jeremy-swayman-contract-negotiations-risk/649784/

What a fucking mess this has become. Both parties need to compromise somewhere. B’s should have applied for arbitration again to at least get a short terms solution worked out. I know for a fact that the Bruins don’t want to give him an 8-year deal. Maybe a compromise of an 8x$9MM get this done but local guys seem to think an 8x$8MM suffices. 

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This Swayman situation is turning into an embarrassing shit show for the B’s. Cam Neely’s comments from yesterday reflect just how fucking nasty this negotiation has turned. As your resident B’s fan, I, along with many Bruins fans, have begun preparing ourselves for a Swayman trade. This has turned personal for both sides and it wouldn’t surprise me if the team traded him before the December 1st deadline. It will be a complete 180 from our goalie room just a few months ago. 

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