King Knut Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Good news all around . A) It'll give him something to do and keep out of Hextall's hair for a while.B) There are technically no contracts for him to screw up with inflated deals. Win Win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Good news all around . A) It'll give him something to do and keep out of Hextall's hair for a while.B) There are technically no contracts for him to screw up with inflated deals. Win Win!Can't he still assemble a team of over 35 players, lol. Breaking news: Holmgren invites Roenick, Mullen, Amonte and Chelios to team USA camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie58 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Yes, I agree with Samifan, we are likely to see retirees given Testosterone...maybe Bernie suits up. Howie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Who is the West GM? Mike Millbury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Who is the West GM? Mike Millbury?Is there anyway we can give Vinny and Mcdud citizenship and then trade them to team USA? Oh send RJ while you're at it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 As a fan of Team Canada, I approve of this greatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doom88 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Can't he still assemble a team of over 35 players, lol. Breaking news: Holmgren invites Roenick, Mullen, Amonte and Chelios to team USA camp. C'mon Keith Tkachuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 C'mon Keith Tkachuk! His son would make a nice LW prospect for the Flyers in next year's draft. He decommitted from Notre Dame and signed with London Knights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Yes please!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Quite the speech by USA's GM Lombardi Washington could have easily made himself King, and fall prey to his ego. But he said no. He recognized that there was a higher cause, accepted a lesser role, and pursued a republic that became the foundation of this great country. It is safe to say that Washington might have in fact been this country's first great teammate. If our players can learn a small percentage of his definition of the word team, then we cannot help but be successful. The second thing closer to home is the importance of understanding your legacy and your obligation to maintain and build upon that legacy. it is only fitting that this announcement takes place in Lake Placid, New York, the site of the greatest spiritual victory in ice hockey for this country. It is an illustrious example of the power of team. It is an example of the power of burying your ego, the power of accepting roles and the power of the pursuit of a higher cause. It was powerful enough at that time to galvanize an entire country in what were dangerous times in this country's history. It was powerful enough to transcend generations, and it lives today and must continue in the future. For I would submit that Johnson, Broten, Ramsey, Morrow, Craig, Pavelich are the founding fathers of the greatest American team ever assembled. They were instrumental in inspiring a generation of impressionable youth that became the 1996 World Cup team. A team with the talent and the will that knocked off all the great hockey powers. The 1996 World Cup team. Oh my God. The grace of Leetch, Modano and Weight. The toughness of Guerin, Tkachuk, Deadmarsh, Hatcher. The goal-scoring prowess of Hull and LeClair. The speed of LaFontaine and Amonte. The relentlessness of Chelios, the timeliness of Richter. This group of athletes of compiled a startling collective resume. Six Hall of Famers. 23 Stanley Cups. 87 All-Star Games. 13 First All-Star Team selections. 16 Second All-Star Team selections. Five Norris Trophies. One Hart Trophy, a Vezina Trophy. Seven players with over 1,000 points in the National Hockey League. And less people think that team was soft, seven players with over 1,000 minutes in penalties. You can probably say eight because Chelios did enough for two people with 2,000. But despite this startling record of individual accomplishments, like their fore fathers in 1980 they buried their egos and accepted their roles and they pursued a higher cause. And you can rest assured that in the last five minutes of that deciding game in a hostile environment, when Tony Amonte scored that goal, somewhere in that building was the spirit of Mike Eruzione. Now it is up to this generation of great players. It is up to the Parises, the Suters, the McDonaghs and the Quicks to understand their legacy and to build upon that legacy and inspire the next generation of great American players. http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2015/8/6/9111263/this-dean-lombardi-speech-will-make-you-want-to-run-through-a-wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ8812 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Funny how quickly people forget that Holmgren assembled a team that was 2 wins away from the Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Funny how quickly people forget that Holmgren assembled a team that was 2 wins away from the Cup and then blew it all up for a space cadet......oh no we all remember.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ8812 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 and then blew it all up for a space cadet......oh no we all remember.......... losing Pronger to a freak career ending injury was much worse for this franchise than the Bryz signing considering we quickly and easily replaced him with Mason. We're still looking for that #1/franchise defenseman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 losing Pronger to a freak career ending injury was much worse for this franchise than the Bryz signing considering we quickly and easily replaced him with Mason. We're still looking for that #1/franchise defenseman... Yeah losing Pronger hurt bad....he may have been old but he was the leader this team needed and he brought a physical edge to the backend that like you said hasn't been replaced since. But no one could predict the injury he suffered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Oh, the space cadet comment was a Bryz reference. I thought it was a reference to Craig "skate harder" Berube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Funny how quickly people forget that Holmgren assembled a team that was 2 wins away from the Cup And signed Briere longterm and bought him out. And signed Bryz longterm and bought him out. And signed Carter and Richards longterm and traded them. And signed Pronger longterm, was warned it was an over 35 contract (which he didn't know) and went ahead anyway only to have it blow up in his face. Signed Vinnie longterm and we wish he'd be bought out. Signed MacDonald longterm and we wish he'd be bought out. Traded a 1st round pick for Steve freakin Eminger. Threw 2nd round picks into almost every other trade he ever made like they were worthless. Turned the farm system into one of the worst in the entire NHL. Ahhh, but remember that time he got us to lose yet another final? Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 And signed Briere longterm and bought him out. And signed Bryz longterm and bought him out. And signed Carter and Richards longterm and traded them. And signed Pronger longterm, was warned it was an over 35 contract (which he didn't know) and went ahead anyway only to have it blow up in his face. Signed Vinnie longterm and we wish he'd be bought out. Signed MacDonald longterm and we wish he'd be bought out. Traded a 1st round pick for Steve freakin Eminger. Threw 2nd round picks into almost every other trade he ever made like they were worthless. Turned the farm system into one of the worst in the entire NHL. Ahhh, but remember that time he got us to lose yet another final? Good times. Thank man....all my time spent on the couch talking to a therapist is down the drain now thanks to you and your flash back nam style... ...just when i had made so much progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FD19372 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I hope he can handle both that job and operator of the Tilt-a-Whirl at Wally World. How he gets this notoriety as a good GM throughout hockey I have no idea. He took a very good team and just about ran it into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Funny how quickly people forget that Holmgren assembled a team that was 2 wins away from the CupAnd apparently that then drove him utterly insane and deprived him of the ability to do math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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