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if by 'taught' you mean to realize the value of independence and freedom to choose, to think or personal relationship experiences, maybe. to what? i don't consider that thinly veiled insult as a question (pun intended)

Are you talking about arranged marriage or forced marriage here? Wait, can you even tell us the difference without looking at Wikipedia? lol you mad? if i was taught my entire life that arranged marriage was the right thing to do, i'd probably think so too.

drew doughty is a beast. basically beat san jose by himself and lol @ boston. how hard are they choking

damn it fastortoise, i should've taken your advise. gionta is on fire Blywhateveryournameis, sorry didn't know you're a woman

You mean trading players for first round draft picks? :rolleyes: BAZINGA! get a clue and move on. it's the playoffs and it's sad all you want to do is talk about the leafs NONE of you is impressing anyone regurgitating the same crap over and over

i liked watching cammi play last year so yeah went with him this time. best team to stack on is San Jose.

yeah, but i expect Briere to go beastmode on miller my first round roster for the pool [hide][/hide]

Round 1 predictions WAS PHI (sweep) MTL TB VAN SJ (sweep) DET ANA not going to bother with the game # other than sweeps because it's too hard to predict.

soooo in non-Leafs news... Devils wins the lottery to move to 4th. Ottawa gets bumped from 5th to 6th lel. sucks they played anderson i like how they keep calling this draft "different" as if no one knows the draft in general looks really shallow

zzzzzzzz could've would've should've. burke had the foresight to grab the pieces he needed to win the cup and won. as much as i hate building a team through FA and trades over drafting, burke has proven he has an idea what to do.

lol i'm pretty sure i've seen the toskala argument a couple of pages back this is just going around in a circle. ridiculous. just reposting this for the new page in case people haven't seen it ESPN is actually offering legitimate prizes also if you're confident with your picks

can we get more people to join the pool? i like the idea of beating more people

do you guys know who the last prospect the bruins drafted from inside the top 10 overall before seguin? zach hamill look him up, lol. EDIT: need more people to join the TIF playoff pool http://games.espn.go...up?groupID=2886 use california and 90210 for state/zip if you have trouble registering first round entries lock tomorrow.

so maybe that's why i didn't have any trouble. just use a 5 digit american zip code and there's no issue. it doesn't even ask you to validate through email.

use the oldest trick on the internets. state: california zip: 90210

you get a budget and spend it on players. on ESPN it's 4 dmen, 1 goalie, 5 forwards. you get points depending on how the players play during the first round. then next round you can change your roster again. etc.it's fairly simple. the idea is to fit as much good players within the budget from teams you think will do well.

If anyone wants I made one for this board. registration is fast, or if you already have an ESPN account. http://games.espn.go.com/playoff-hockey-challenge/en/group?groupID=2886 password is tipit

lol i come back and its still leaf bashing. insecure much? rofl. let's just agree that the leafs was terrible this year and move on. anyone doing a playoff pool?

gonna stay away from this thread til the leafs trolling is over

umm yeah i never said the team will win the cup next year. don't do that, that's irritating

he was +23 in his last year in Boston man was he a Selke nominee that year? Lidstrom is -2 and Gunnarsson is +1. Obviously Gunnarsson is the better Dman this season right?

except that skinner (i don't think grabner/couture was in that class draft) was never in the overall #1 discussion. it was always either hall or seguin. i'm not justifying it. i never said i'll do that trade. i wouldn't. but i just don't think kessel is as worthless as other people say he is.

i'm not avoiding anything. i have yet to see knight play, seguin's been meh this year compared to other rookies, and i have no idea who they'll draft this year. 3 potential busts > proven goal scorer? i don't care if they'll each play for 1M/yr, what matters is if any of them pan out to be as valuable as kessel.

he had 36 goals in 70 games as a 21 yr old. unless you're telling me he peaked when he was 21, he can do better than that. he's also a PPG guy in the playoffs he played for the bruins, so he shows up for important games and doesn't choke. i don't like kessel as much as other leaf fans, but i'll still give him credit. he's a very good goal scorer. he's fast, with an even faster release. just get him playing in a real line. i hated that trade, but it doesn't mean leafs were completely robbed. and yes, 5.4M for a 40 goal scorer isn't an overpayment, at all - i know he's not a 40 goal scorer, but just answering your question.

i don't know. the more i watch kessel the more i think he'll be able to pot 40 goals/yr with a good line, especially a real centre he's about to go on his 3rd season of 30 or more goals and he did it this year with AHLers. he has more points than his linemates combined anyway, didn't we decide seguin is a bust? (kidding)