laliber Wrote:One of hockey’s great pugilists has passed…
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Hockey has lost one of its most colourful characters.
John Ferguson was one of the toughest players ever to lace up skates in the NHL and he remained a big part of the sport as a general manager, coach and scout at the highest level. He died Saturday of prostate cancer. He was 68.
He is survived by his wife Joan, with whom he lived in Windsor, Ont. Their son, John Ferguson Jr., is general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
"My father battled cancer with the same spirit in which he played the game of hockey," Ferguson Jr., said in a release. "He showed courage, strength, class and tremendous character. He had deep appreciation for the support he'd received from so many people beginning with his initial diagnosis.
"My father's spirit will continue to live on in all of us whose lives he touched."
Sad to lose such a good hockey man. The coordinator for my college program, Jim Kyte, was originally drafted to the NHL by Ferguson, and he told us he was considered one of "Ferguson's boys", so he's understandably upset by this and waiting to hear about the funeral arrangements.
RIP, Jim Ferguson.
grimes Wrote:The plot thickens...
To say the least. Wow. I can't hardly pull for them to move to KC after reading that.
Looks like Alexei Yashin's NHL days are over, at least for the time being. He's signed a 1 year deal to play in Russia. One of my all-time favorite players, Petr Nedved, did likewise yesterday, inking a 1 year deal to play in the Czech Republic.
Apparently there are times when Bettman acts like a complete ass. I supported the lockout because small market teams like Buffalo were getting priced out by the big market teams. Now this whole fiasco with Leipold, Bettman and Basillie just makes me even more frustrated with the league. KC will never, ever have the fan base to make a team there financially viable. I can understand Bettman's theory of making hockey bigger and more popular, i.e. get NHL hockey in more American cities (sort of like "build it and they will come" idea), but I think the NHL will only grow and thrive if they stay close to their roots, i.e. northern states and Canada, and do some serious investment in high school and junior league hockey in the States to get more kids interested in the game. Then an expansion down South makes more sense.
While Bettman is the name attached to this, if you guys don't think it is MLSE and the Sabres behind this nonsense, you are kidding yourselves.
There was an interesting article in the Globe yesterday about how the PA supports the sale of the Preds to Basillie and the move to Hamilton because it will increase league-wide revenues (whereas a move to KC would likely only drain revenues). Should be interesting to see how serious the owners are about their supposed "partnership" with the players.
should be interesting to see how pro sports manages to fuck with/fuck over Canada again...
looks like Emery has signed 3 years/9.5M
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LizardKing51 Wrote:Dont see why he went to Edmonton for roughly the same money he was offered to stay in Montreal, at least there he was a star and the fans loved him and he was settled.
Late to the party, but he's from Elk Point, which is nearby, and that probably played a big part in the signing. He's a home-area boy, so the fans here love him already. Plus, we're sort of desperate for anyone to love at this point.
farmerdan69 Wrote:looks like Emery has signed 3 years/9.5M
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Although all pro athletes are over paid I say good for him, he deserves it. :thumb:
Blues re-signed Lee Stempniak to a multi-year deal. This kid is going to be something in a few years.
Stall brothers arrested?!?!?
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a stag party they`ll never forget :lol:
farmerdan69 Wrote:Stall brothers arrested?!?!?
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Football has one of it's highest played players and best known stars disgraced in a dog fighting controversy, with allegations that he was involved in drowing, strangling, and beating to death dogs that underperformed.
Baseball is under the cloud of the steroid scandal while one of their most hallowed records is about to be broken, largely because of the steroid scandal.
The Tour de France has the tour leader under suspicion and just had one of the pre-race favourites drop out due to yet another doping scandal.
Basketball is mired in a controversy about the possibility that a referree(s) has actually been fixing games for the past two years, including the 2006 finals in which the series of calls in game 4 were unfathomable, until now.
Hockey is facing the prospect that a player drank while underage.
Those hockey lightweights better get their act together if they wanna play with the big boys on the world sports stage.
cferneyh Wrote:Hockey is facing the prospect that a player drank while underage.
Those hockey lightweights better get their act together if they wanna play with the big boys on the world sports stage.
Let's report the whole story here, people.
They were also playing loud music in violation of local noise bylaws.