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Kickstart? You do realize he has been playing with an injury don't you?

Screw it, I guess he should just pull an okposo and bail out on everything. Then we all would have a real reason to bitch.

You can't say "Ho," just ask Don Imus.

I'll be there between 3:30 and 4:00. Seee ya all there.

Is everyone still planning on going? I'll be there, sometime around 3-3:30 I would guess. Hope everyone can make it.

Not sayng that stafford doesn't have skills, he does, I just never saw him as a leader. Hell, Kaip is a leader, Porter was a leader, Greene was a leader, and none of those guys ever got handed a puck in a clutch situation (like a penalty shot) and were told "now go win this thing for us." My point is that you can be a leader and not have the best "skills" and vise versa. Unless, of course, your name happen to be Johnny Toews, then you have it all. Hell, Johhny Toews can even drop th "f bomb" in a tv interview and get away with it.

He was here for three years, and aside from the two weeks in 05 when the World Juniors were here, that stupid fabian thing was about the extent of his leadership.

Stafford was a leader?

At least I got stupid from years of abusing alcohol, you can't even use that as an excuse.

OK, we'll get drunk and stupid, and mike can just get stupid, it's all good.

A little off topic here but, are you going to come up and tailgate next saturday mike? We haven't got drunk and stupid together this year. I know I'm due, how about you?

Well, I guess I, along with the Blues organization disagree with you on the development issue. TJ's reason for coming back had nothing to do with whether or not he was physically ready for the NHL grind. They wanted him bad, he shut the door because he loves it here, the school, the program, ect. He came here to win a NC, and being close the last two years tends to leave a bad taste in a guys mouth. However the season happens to play out, he along with the other guys gave up alot, and by alot I mean $$$, for the love of playing the game in it's purest form. After this, it becomes another job, and all the bull$%!# that comes with a job, probably even more.

Yeah well, I can't find fault with lucia, his program, or the UofM in general. However, we are still not going to take warm showers together, sorry.

I disagree again, TJ could have very well stepped into the Blues lineup and been competitive from day one. Duncan's stock may have been at an all time high last year. What these guys have given up for their coaches, their teammates, their school, their fans, and their families should not be trivialized by saying things like, they have more developing to do, blah blah blah. It's a tidy bit of fiction at best. As far as Johhny goes, he now has the benifit of playing in a league where the rules are actually enforced, same goes for the WJC. So to compare JT to these guys and say he was ready is also misleading, he was by no means a completey dominant collge hockey player. That's not a knock on Johnny, but more of a black eye on the WCHA being a joke of a league where elite players are not allowed to showcase their skills. Mostly because of the "head-up-our-ass" officials and administration. (By the way, JT is one of my favorite players, and maybe the best to come though UND, and I'm glad that he has been able to thrive at the NHL level.)

To myself (and other's), snows comments are nothing more than smoke and mirrors with the intent to shift the blame from ko and the islanders and put it on the shoulders of lucia and company. I have to sympathize with lucia on this one. mikejm, you are probably right, with one less dead weight-crybaby on board the goph's may be able to salvage this season.

For myself, I'll put more faith in what a guy like TJ Oshie or Ryan Duncan says about the subject rather than what you and okposo think is right.

That's all fine and good, but why didn't they sign him in the off-season instead? The money will still be there in April. This is a cheesy, bull$%!# move by a cowardly, selfish piece of s&!t. By the way, look no further than Oshie, Duncan, Finley and Chorney, they all could have left, but put things like coach, team, school, and fans ahead of themselves. I'm sure that their lives will be every bit as fullfilling as ko's, and even more, because they are quality people.

I guess the bottom line for me is this: ko is the one who decided to leave, whatever the reasons were. To me that's bull$%!# to pull on your coach, your team, your school and your fans. ko is a pile of s&!t for doing it.

That's ok, we have siouxnami's incoherent ramblings to replace your recap, we'll be fine for another week.

I could care less what TJ's offer was, or is going to be in the future. I'm sure it will be substantial, that's the payoff for years of hard work. I'm just saying southernmn's "friend" on the inside must not be giving him accurate info. I guess he's not that good of a friend. As I said earlier, this guy was positive TJ wasn't coming back from the Blues development camp, maybe you (southernmn) need to find a new and better source.

Yeah, if it was no big deal for your "friend" to disclose those details to you, then it should be no big deal for you to do us the same favor, right? Hey, aren't you the same guy that said Oshie would be signing after development camp? I think you are. My guess is you really don't know jack s&!t. Maybe we could get siouxforeverbaby to go ask TJ himsslef, we all know from past experiences with this stuff that she's not afraid to go ask.

Friend or no friend, I have a hard time believing that he would be discussing terms of a potential player's contract with you.

Just call it my need to know, but why would someone within the Blues organization disclose Oshie's potential deal/offer to you?

I like the idea of the "physical game" Kaip brings to that first line. Maybe would free up some space for Osh and Duncs. Kozek would be an intresting addition to that line as well.

I've had some business dealings with AZSIOUX, and I have to say he's a stand up guy. It never ceases to amaze me what some of you crybabies will complain about. Just grab your tissues and deal with it.