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Toothpicks would have been a good idea. who wouldn't want a toothpick of the stick Sundin scored his 500th with.

You're onto something 101
 
but its not like putting a net on display is something that is regularly done.
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Which is an argument for, or against doing it?

Seems like an argument for doing it. Be a cut better, honour our history a little deeper than the rest do.

Not a lot of teams have an entire section of their stadium with plaques of their greats. The Yankees do, does this add to, or diminish the mystique of the club?
 
Its an argument for who cares. Cutting up nets and letting the fans get in on a huge moment in Leaf history, is a pretty cool thing.

What the hell are the going to do with a net from Sundin's 500th goal. Take the stick and the puck, and let the fans in on the action.
 
If the Leafs were to win a Cup in the next two years, Burke could sell his excrement on Ebay, and there would be lots of buyers.
 
Maybe I'm just not as sentimental as you ME. I think maybe they coulda displayed it for a week or two before they chopped it up but after that, who really cares? I know, I know, it just may be the most significant thing to happen to our team in a while, but that's a little bit like saying you're the tallest guy at a Little People Convention - I can turn around right now and buy the puck Johnny Bucyk scored his 500th goal with for a couple hundred bucks. If MLSE wants to make 40,000 in a shot to go towards Burkie being able hire 9 extra scouts, I'm not gonna lose any sleep at night.
 
Now... if they win a cup - I want that thing encased in glass at the ACC. Or maybe get it bronzed or something. And displayed til the end of time or our next one, whatever comes first.
 
meh, it's just a piece of nylon that he scored into. The stick has a little more sentimental value to it, but not much considering how many sticks they go through in a game.

The puck has some value, but really when you think about it, it's only distinction is that it's the one that crossed the threshold of the net. It's no different than the one that was shot into the crowd earlier and is no different from the one that was dropped the next day in another arena.

Christ, this reminds me of a paper i wrote once on the fetish of the Stanley Cup.
 
Pronger84 said:
Why are you assuming Semin will do nothing in the playoffs
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I'm not assuming anything. I clearly said he won't get $7-8M IF he has another playoffs like the last one. As for giving up everything we have to just make the playoffs, that's not going to work either. Even if Alexander were here potting 30 or 40 goals, to help us into the playoffs, we aren't going to get far in the playoffs without somebody like Kaberle to anchor our back end. We'd be better off landing a someone like Semin that won't cost us a Kaberle. That way we can seriously contend, instead of be glad to have made the playoffs for a change. I'm no subscriber to the "just make the playoffs" way of thinking. We need a cup, and we have to be covered in all areas of the game to even have a chance.
 
Kovalchuk - Kadri - Kulemin
Horton - Bozak - Kessel
Stalberg - Mitchell - Caputi
Sjostrom - Hanson - Orr

Gunnarson - Phaneuf
Beauchemin - Schenn
Aulie - Komisarek

Gusto
Giguere
 
Aberdeen said:
For what it's worth, according to 'Mike from Buffalo' over at hockeybuzz :sarcasm Darren Dreger said there is interest from Toronto in Kovalchuk. http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Mike-Augello/NOT-THIS-RUMOR-AGAIN/120/28711

I guess he said this while on with Watter's or something (haven't heard the audio). If it was just Watter's I would ignore it completely but Dreger has some semblance of respectability.

Maybe Burke is beating down on Kulemin so much so he can squeeze the ‘chuk in under the cap.

Meh, we’ll know soon enough – seems unlikely to me.
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I posted this the other day.
 
Devils brass on Kovy

"I've been pleased with him from day one. We knew there would be adjustments. The thing I've been most pleased with is he's been a great teammate and quality individual. The interaction, he's fit right in with the group. Those are always things that are unknowns until you have a player. The bottom line is winning. We don't want anything to get in the way of that."

- Lamoriello
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"He works hard, he wants to win, and maybe that's why I think maybe he's a better player than I thought he was. He wants to win so much. He enjoys the game, which I didn't see that as much as when he wasn't around," the veteran coach and Hall of Fame player said. "He's a real player. He's a guy that he wants to improve. He wants to do well. He wants the team to win. He's not selfish; those things that you don't know when the guy's away. And then when they come in, sometimes you do get some surprises, could be negative or positive. This one was positive, big time."

- Lemaire
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