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The Flames and the Forbidden Fruit - Considering Steven Stamkos and an RFA Offer Sheet
Kent Wilson
July 14 2011 10:51AM
In April, I wrote about the primary dilemma facing Flames fans and management - persistent mediocrity:
The Flames have exhausted all efforts to escape the NHL's growing middle class since the lock-out, trying desperately to leverage the peak years of Jarome Iginla, Robyn Regehr and Miikka Kiprusoff, without success. "Solidly middling!" is the hypothetical critical reception of Darryl Sutter's tenure - consistently able to beat up the lesser lights, never good enough to challenge the heavy weights. And now fans no doubt see the bright future promised by the 2003-04 cup run inexorably fading, the final step between their team and the venerated elite class of the league becoming insurmountable as their core stars age.
As such, a different kind of hopelessness grips the modern Flame fan relative to those in the late-'90's: the possibility of a never-ending cycle of mid-range finishes, mid-range draft picks and scrambles to make the post-season just to "see what happens". A gray, perpetual purgatory where ultimate success is denied but tantalizingly close enough to avoid sweeping away the vestiges of failed dreams to start anew.
In short: the club is too good to blow up but not good enough to become elite with no clear path out of the woods. With the big guns drifting ever closer to obsolescence and the dearth of elite talent in the system, the Flames seem destined to run aground as a matter of course.
The essential problem is the total lack of an elite forward to bridge the gap between the decline of Jarome Iginla to the ascent of some hypothetical future superstar who will be able to assume the mantle. Feaster tried to acquire the best forward available in Brad Richards this off-season, perhaps in part for this purpose, but the gamble was a pricey one and more band-aid than remedy. After all, Richards himself is 31-years old with on a few more seasons left of peak or near peak production before he too begins to ride towards the sunset. As such, I suspect the club would have ultimately regretted landing Richards for the price and length they offered.
The Flames true needs is a comparable or better player, but a decade younger. They need a kid whose peak has yet to be reached, who can claim the offensive torch from Iginla's failing hands. There are only a few ways to acquire such talents: a trade, the draft...or a restricted free agent offer sheet.
Trading for a young superstar is next to impossible in the current environment (unless Paul Holmgren gets hungry for some change, I guess). It happens, but it's rare and usually costs a bundle in terms of current assets to pull off. On the other hand, drafting a superstar requires a top-5 pick, some luck and/or a shrewd scouting department. Flames have been lacking in at least two of those factors for the last two decades. Cory Stillman stands as the best forward drafted by the organization since the team won the Stanley Cup. The last time the Calgary Flames drafted a generational type talent up front was 1987 when they took a chance on some squirt named Theoren Fleury in the eighth round.
The final method for procuring young, elite talent is considered the forbidden fruit of the CBA: the RFA offer sheet. It's costly both in terms of future assets (up to four future first round picks) and the wrath it conjures in other GM's (particular those who are targeted). Proffering an offer sheet has the connotation of desperation and of dirty pool. I sometimes suspect the stigma associated with the act - rather the actual cost - is why GM's so rarely employ this strategy. No one likes to walk around with a scarlet letter on their chest.
That said, successfully sniping a young, established superstar might be a way out of this conundrum the Flames organization finds itself in. The best possibility this summer is Steven Stamkos, who remains unsigned and therefore open to an RFA attack. At 21-years old, he has back-to-back 45+ goal and 90+ point seasons. He is already an elite player on the power-play and has taken steps forward at ES in each of his first three seasons. By the age of 24, he should be the full package - an elite, all around center with years left on the odometer. Like Ovechkin, Crosby and Parise, Stamkos is a good bet to be one of those rare players who is worth whatever he gets paid.
Generational talents like Stamkos are easily worth four first-round picks, particularly to a team like the Flames whose draft history is less than storied. If Calgary inked Stamkos for, say, 10-years at $8-9 million per, they would lock up a future elite center for the majority of his peak seasons and a number of his UFA years. He would aid Iginla as he declines by resting the offensive burden from the captains shoulders and would become the focal point around which the team would build when Iginla finally moves on.
There's no such asset in the organization currently, and no guarantee nor obvious avenue to acquire one. Of course, Feaster would have to engage in some fancy footwork cap-wise to make a Stamkos offer sheet work this summer (Flames have about $3.8M in space currently), but I maintain the return could very likely be worth it, both in the short and long-term.
Realistically, what do you think the chances of this happening are?
I really can't see this happening, but can't help myself from hoping and wishing it would happen!
Also thoughts on Drew Doughty??
I can't say I disagree...
We're not talking about a guy like Penner or Vanek. We're talking about a player who over the past two years has been neck and neck with the greatest hockey player on the planet in Sydney Crosby. The fact of giving away that many first rounders may be a little steep but again talent like Stamkos only comes about through finishing dead last and winning the draft lottery and with a ton of luck at that.
If Feaster was to make such an offer I for one would understand why. It might be painful to see Tampa pick with our first rounder for the next couple years but I truly can't see that pic as being anymore than simply a mid round pic anyways.
Nice article Kent. Food for thought, anyways...
Ps: can you explain exactly how compensation for an offer sheet works?
Yup, Stamkos is one of the few players out there that I would consider putting forth the top level offer-sheet on. I'd go a step further and try to lock him in past his prime years (say to age 35-36) to lower the cap average some.
Really though, I think it'd be more likely that Feaster would offer to trade the equivalency to Tampa for Stamkos's rights like Burke did for Kessel before going the RFA route. That way he could avoid wrath and shed at least some of the salary needed to make the Cap work.
Offer Say... Four 1st Round picks + Stajan + Howse?
It's even more ridiculous than idea of Leafs going after Stamkos. Leafs at least have young core of players.
I'd rather just blow it all up and draft our Stamkos. I believe next year it's a Russian.
I've maintained for awhile that if Calgary does not intend to do a complete rebuild (now largely past their chance to a partial) then the player that best fits their criteria - a #1 center who will contribute immediately and click with Iginla, but not too old and potentially available - is Jason Spezza.
Yes, we'd probably lose Backlund or Bartschi and more picks, but as stated above, pulling a Holmgren-type minor rebuild on the fly is no longer realistic for Calgary. They're now at the point where they have to decide between major rebuild or going all-out to win before Iggy needs a walker. Spezza gives that option at a cheaper price and a younger age than Richards would have.
The third option is what Kent states. A middling club that is eventually forced off of a cliff.
However, I don't think anyone in the Flames org. has the samosas to make a decision either way. The middle ground is the safe, comfortable road of the coward and I fully expect option 3 is what fans will be subjected to.
The Flames couldn't possibly get bad enough to beat the likes of COL or NYI to the basement this year. Then you also risk blowing up a team and not being able to rebuild it as well.
Not so if we had done it at last year's trade deadline.
It's also still possible at the mid-point this year. Tanguay being re-signed increases his worth. To me, if we're in the same boat at Christmas this year as we were last year, I don't see any better option.
Good article. I agree with the whole thought process here. If I was Feaster, I'd have been as aggressive towards signing Stamkos as I was towards Richards.
Good article Kent. I have to say that, as an Oilers fan, the destiny you described for the Flames would be a dream come true - perpetual mediocrity. I think I can only wish that on a team because for about a decade that was our fate. And it sucks. That aside, an RFA sheet on Stamkos resulting in a cap hit of $8-9 million over 10 years would mean making a tonne of cap room on your team (moving Bouw + for likely little return because other GMs would know your in a bad cap situation and try to take advantage). It's definitely a high-risk, high-reward move and I'd credit Feaster & co. if they had the stones to do it. The risks include, however, the character of the person coming over. Imagine you hand over the 4 1st rounders, and two years into his contract Stamkos gets tired of playing in a crazy hockey market (read: Canadian city) and demands a trade. My point is that with RFA offer sheets you can't scout their character, so the talent is there, but you're not sure if your getting an Gary Roberts-type leader or a Dany Heatley-type princess. Then again, maybe he signs, takes flight, and CGY wins two cups in his tenure there. Like I said, high-risk, high-reward.
A quick note on the rebuild idea: CGY has an advantage in a total rebuild that probably 26 other teams in the league don't. They have a knowledgeable, hockey-mad fanbase that isn't going to lose interest in hockey because you take 5 or 6 years to start over. Teams like Nashville, Columbus, even Toronto to some extent, don't have that luxury.
Oh, and Fleury was good, but generational?
I've never been a fan of offer sheets, usually doesnt pan out. But if you look at it, Stamkos would be that one guy I think would be better than 4 1st rds (considering the Flames ability to draft). He wont be that much older than a draft player and will be an immediate impact for years. The problem in the past is guys like Toronto, give away 2 1st rounders and a 2nd for an above average forward (Kessel) when they're already in the toilet.
@Kent Wilson
When I watch Omark I'm reminded of Fleury in that he's someone who plays the game his way despite his size, and uses an opponent's underestimation of him to his advantage. (No, I'm not saying Omark will post the same kind of #s as Fleury). Were Fleury drafted in 2005 rather than 1988 I think he'd have been a far more dominant player. It's a credit to him that he accomplished as much as he did during the era in which he played.
I would love to see an offer sheet to stamkos. First of all as Kent points out, we probably arnt bad enough over the next 3-4 years to "compete" for the first overall pick and even if we dis get it there is no guarantee he will be anywhere near stamkos' level. He is a special player and I would be giving those picks up in a heart beat. Then as we move forward acquire picks and prospects and players by moving kipper + bourque. Leave Iggy here to mentor and hope backlund and baertschi and reinhart, are the players we hoped for. Best case scenario IMO the flames can put themselves in now
Interesting Kent. I even heard that Stamkos would like to play for one of the Canadian cities, just rumours though. I would rather go the sign & trade route with Tampa. I didnt like what Edm did with Penner & Vanek & always felt that what went around will come around & Edmonton will get there's back. They just never had any situation that put them vulnerable that way. But the day is coming & I see a lot of top prospects that will give Oilers a handful of problems that will be exploited by the likes of Burke & Buffalo gunning after.
July 14 2011, 02:02PM
Why is everyone always talkin about Iggy declining? He has shown no signs of slowing down and if it weren't for his personal turmoil at the beginning of the season, he woulda put stamkos to shame in the goals total department. Iggy will be a monster for years to come and he has slapped out all of his doubter along the way! Kipper is still a top 5 goalie in the league and in my mind Giordano is one of the best all-around dman. Langkow should put up atleast 50 points along with Jokinen. If Hagman bounces back to a 20 goal season (contract year), we will have Tanguay, Glencross, and Bourque as 20goal plus category with the possibility of Moss and Backlund joining that group. My only concern is defense and I don't think we are as bad as many people think we are.
July 14 2011, 02:58PM
Your making it sound like he's done being a superstar, which he is not, and if he can hold on to being great for 3 more years the team can make significant changes with him involved. There is an un-written rule amoung GMs when it comes to throwing offers to RFA's. When Penner was poached by the Oilers there was an uproar about it in the NHL GM community. Doughty and Stamkos would have received mulitple offers by now, if that weren't the case.
Your making it sound like he's done being a superstar, which he is not, and if he can hold on to being great for 3 more years the team can make significant changes with him involved. There is an un-written rule amoung GMs when it comes to throwing offers to RFA's. When Penner was poached by the Oilers there was an uproar about it in the NHL GM community. Doughty and Stamkos would have received mulitple offers by now, if that weren't the case.
Fact is Iggy and co. are already deployed against 2nd line comp. He's a great goal scorer, but one-dimensional and can no longer take over games against elite teams.
July 14 2011, 03:53PM
Spezza? Really? Given his current contract he would cost nearly as much as a Stamkos offer sheet and give us a an indifferent, fragile princess that plays 60-70 games per year and only cranks it up late in the year when his team is eliminated and there's nothing on the line.
Kent, regarding a blow-up, I disagree with your assertion that we would not beat NYI or COL to the bottom. Iginla and Kiprusoff are the only things standing in the way of a lottery pick - move them and the radical rebuild begins.
July 14 2011, 03:53PM
Fact is Iggy and co. are already deployed against 2nd line comp. He's a great goal scorer, but one-dimensional and can no longer take over games against elite teams.
Wow someone who plays against weeker competition can score 40 plus goals? Why don't other teams do that? And Igyy DOES play against top competition. One does not play 20+ minutes a game and not see the likes of Getzlaf and Perry...
Spezza? Really? Given his current contract he would cost nearly as much as a Stamkos offer sheet and give us a an indifferent, fragile princess that plays 60-70 games per year and only cranks it up late in the year when his team is eliminated and there's nothing on the line.
Kent, regarding a blow-up, I disagree with your assertion that we would not beat NYI or COL to the bottom. Iginla and Kiprusoff are the only things standing in the way of a lottery pick - move them and the radical rebuild begins.
If you want a guy who is anywhere close to a #1 centre and can contribute right now and still be around for several years, then yeah.
Also, the real hit in dollars is substantially less.
I'm not advocating that route, I'm just saying if you want to win now that's all I can see as a realistic option to do what I listed above. You're not going to get Stamkos, because the Lightning will match , plain-and-simple.
Frankly, I agree with your 2nd paragraph and have been advocating a rebuild for years now.
Wow someone who plays against weeker competition can score 40 plus goals? Why don't other teams do that? And Igyy DOES play against top competition. One does not play 20+ minutes a game and not see the likes of Getzlaf and Perry...
Not even sure what you're saying with that first sentence. Get over the hero worship. Head-to-head against top team's best lines Iginla is outclassed.
Fun topic for discussion Kent! I just don't see a flames GM ever pulling a K.Lowe because Calgary has class and honors the code. I can't wait for Buffalo & Toronto to poach one of their top RFA's and stick them with a monster contract also.
You'd have to commit a ton of money for a long time. He's a world-class talent, but I would be concerned about that cap hit for the next 6-9 years.
Doughty & Stamkos would be out of our price range. We could make it work, but would it be worth it?
My preference would still be Bogosian. Comparable player to Doughty when he was drafted, faced some tough minutes in ATL, and wouldn't command the same type of salary. I would offer-sheet Bogosian at 4mill * 5yrs. You would be overpaying slightly, but he's a 20-year old D man that can already play a top-4 role and be effective. We desperately need top-4 talent, we desperately need youth, and we desperately need to make smart cap decisions. He may not reach elite star-status like Doughty, but you won't have to pay 8+ million for him a year. Capitalize on the Jet's financial restrictions as a budget team and go hard after Bogosian.
@Kent Wilson
I agree with your label "generational"
Fleury certainly was that, and although he was no Sakic, the comparison is quite unfair.
Sakic was taken in the first round 15th overall, and although he was a "small" player at 5'11" 195-200lbs, he's the same "small" as Daymond Langkow.
For a hockey player that's small, but it's also like saying @6'6" Jordan was "short".
If Sakic was small, Fleury was tiny, and being taken in the 8th round there is about a 2% chance of him making the NHL solely based on draft position.
Add to that his physical size, it's nearly impossible.
Add to that a horrifying skate injury when he was 15? the odda are less. Chron's Disease... even less....His past? Yikes.
The fact he even made it to the "cup of coffee" level is astonishing.
Then when you consider he scored 1088pts in 1084games through some of the worst Flames years, was a 7 time all-star and is legitimately a hall of famer, we could go another 40 years before we even see someone who compares to that.
How many players have even played who are 5'6"?
I mean, Henri Richard was 5'7" and scored 1046pts in 1256 games (.83ppg) on a dynasty and no one questions his immensity. (Granted it's different generations, but...)
Theo Fleury certainly is a unique guy in many ways, but could be one in a million on the ice.
July 16 2011, 10:39PM
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the Calgary connection with Stamkos (unless I missed it) training with Gary Roberts in the summer. Roberts has been a huge influence on Stamkos and one of the main reason the kid has had such success so early in his career. Roberts had some of his best years here and won a cup here. It probably isn't realistic, given the cap space and "the code", but otherwise maybe not so far fetched.


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New city council members were sworn in at the Jan. 12 Ferron City Council meeting. Re-elected members were Mayor Gil Bowden and councilman Joe Trenery. Re-appointed members were treasurer Adele Justice and recorder Brenda Bingham. Newly elected councilman Rodney Toomer was also welcomed into the council. Members of the youth city council were also sworn in at the meeting. New positions were given to Mayor Derek Jensen; council members Tiffany Larsen, Kearsten Bennett, Shela Baantjer, Leslie Urie, Jacqueline Hill; recorder, Angie Larsen; and treasurer, Megan Brown.
Fire Chief Randy Nielson gave his report on the fire department. A grant from the Assisting Fire Fighters Program was received in the amount of $47,447. The Emery County Fire Protection District paid the required 10 percent to the city. This grant helped the fire department purchase a new air compressor and exercise equipment for the station. Around $35,000 of the grant was spent on the air compressor, which fills clean air into the tanks the fire fighters wear when encountering a fire. The compressor has filters inside of the machine that filter all toxins out of the air, such as carbon monoxide. The exercise equipment took up around $10,000 of the grant. It is now mandatory that the fire fighters participate in a health and wellness program. This means they must exercise three times a week on their own time. Nielson said, "we have a very active and dedicated fire team. While on the fitness and wellness program we have had four men quit smoking and many have lost weight. It is a great program for the fire fighters."
The Department of Natural Resource, Forest Fire and State Lands gave a grant that matched the fire station with their work in the amount of $9,495. A new truck from the county was also received. "Randy is a huge reason these additions have been made, Councilman Randy Fox said, "the fire department works really hard and they are greatly appreciated."
Phil Jones of Phil's Rock Art came before the council in regards to a business permit. Jones will be expanding his business. All appropriate measures were taken and the motion carried.
A problem with a water line break on a resident's property was resolved. An adjustment on their bill was made.
A situation of a possible water break arose. The property was studied and no leak was found. After talking with the service district they discussed a possibility of a faulty meter as the reason for the above normal water bill. After consideration, the council decided that an adjustment for a water leak would be made because no proof was found that it was the meter. An adjustment will also be made in the spring in the case of proof of a faulty meter and it will be replaced.
Hans Baantjer and Carol Ediger made a presentation in the interest of funding public schools. A couple key points in their presentation were: If you invest in education, you invest in people; Utah spends less on administrators than anyone; and Utah has the lowest per pupil spending in the nation. They encourage the community to get involved in the Grass Root Education Action Team, in order to help funding of Utah schools.
Council member Joe Sansevero went over the rental policies and procedures of city facilities and property. Sansevero did a survey of rates in the Price, Moab and Castle Dale area. Ferron City is in line with other towns concerning their rates.
A big topic of the fair grounds was brought up while discussing the rates. Problems pertaining to the payment of rent on the horse stalls has become quite an issue with $1,100 lost since December. So many people are just coming and going with no payment of rent that it has become a huge problem. The comment was made that part of the problem could be that the owner is paying the trainer and he is not paying the rent fee. The council talked over some ideas to put the grounds in order. Such as, making signs stating the rules, brand inspections, numbering the stalls and registration. They would rather have customers use it than not but it should not become a detriment to the city.
Planning Commission Chairman, Lou Sansevero raised the topic of having a sexually oriented business ordinance made. As a municipality the city needs an ordinance to define regulations for the business. The law states that such businesses have to be acknowledged and must not be denied. More discussion will be held in the next council meeting.
Mayor Bowden made council assignments for 2006 and old positions were reformed.
A discussion regarding the water lease agreement between Ferron City and the Ferron Canal and Reservoir Company was next. Council members agreed that Ferron City needs to get more involved in the water issues and decisions. As one of their sponsors they want to have a say in what is being done.
Animal control has been an issue in Ferron. Councilman Fox suggested someone he knows who will be retiring soon and is willing to help out. The mayor said that the proposed person would have to have some training, also must be willing to sign waivers and contracts.
The next Ferron City Council meeting will be held on Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.

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Summary: From irishtimes.com, Frank Buckley turned to artwork to spark conversations about the euro crisis. Mr Buckley first created mixed-media art using decommissioned banknotes and then made an entire house in which to showcase his work. The house contains a living room, bedroom and bathroom all constructed from bricks of shredded banknotes.
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What else does it mean? What does currency mean? What is it? You know currency can't be the hold on everything. It can't be. It's taking people's lives, it's ruining people. People are very nervous, they won't even talk about it today.
It all started off sort of doing a fund-raiser at the exhibition. I have treatment center for drug abuse in Thailand. I built a five-bedroom. I'm not a builder, I don't build, but I built it with pallets actually, and a monk out in Thailand in a monastery gave me his mother's house to have the center in. So I built it, and the whole idea was to try and sell a bit of art.
People there are on the margins. They're kind of like on the streets and methadone, [coke 00:03:00] whatever and they can't get treatment. I have been to all the treatment centers and have worked for them. Get them over and get them ... it's a detox center in the monastery, and then I have an aftercare facility. So all the stuff that I'm doing was centered around getting for [inaudible 00:03:13] to get that together. So I need paintings or anything that I sell is contributing towards getting people over there and getting that set up and going.
I've always known I was quite creative. I wasn't aware how creative I could be. I obviously didn't know I could build anything. So I suppose it's kind of given me a new lease, in the sense that I'll try anything, you know. Around here ... it's therapy.


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When most people think of the construction business they think of, well, constructing something. But for the crews of Nielson Construction, sometimes it's not a matter of constructing something, sometimes its a matter of erasing something.
Which is just what one Nielson Construction crew did as it recently completed the reclamation project on Crandall Canyon for Plateau Mining Corporation in Carbon County. In mid-November, with the project all but complete, there was little evidence of the fact that the canyon only recently was the home to two mine portals and other structures for Plateau Mining. The channel drainages had been restored to their original condition before the mine used the canyon and the portal shafts had been filled.
The project, which involved the moving of 120,000 yards of earth, began in early July. The demolition of buildings in the canyon was accomplished by a separate Nielson crew under the direction of Kimball Rassmussen and the backfilling of the mine shafts was accomplished by a Nielson Crew managed by Mark Greenhalgh.
"It was really a pretty straightforward job," Greenhalgh said.
Although that proved to be the case, at the beginning of the job things were not so certain. The shafts at Crandall Canyon were developed as part of the Castle Gate Mine property and were sealed when the Castle Gate Mine was closed. Nielson Construction, working with Plateau Mining and the Mine Safety and Health Administration, followed a detailed plan for the removal of the caps on the shafts because it was unknown exactly what the methane gas content was in the two shafts. The plan called for the continual monitoring of the shafts after the caps were removed until the methane gas had reached a safe level. Fortunately, that didn't take long. After removing the caps the methane gas quickly dissipated and the Nielson crews were able to get to work filling the shafts, which were more than 1,500 feet deep.
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The Arvada Festival Playhouse's first play of 2013 has characters taking stock — both of inventory and their lives.
The show, "Taking Stock," is a three-man show presented by the Player's Guild of the Festival Playhouse.
"It really, really is a good show," said Charley Ault, director and actor playing the role of Sammy.
Set in the 1990s, "Taking Stock" by Richard Schotter is a story about two men who grew up together and have owned a sports shop for 40 years.
After so many years in business, the neighborhood where their sports shop is located has changed, the landlord is increasing rent and the two have to face their futures.
Sam wants to update the store while his friend and business partner Alvi doesn't want to change anything.
To Ault and Miles Silverman, who portrays Alvi, the play is incredibly real and relatable to its audience.
"What I love about this play is it's so real," Silverman said. "Life is about change. It's a classic story and still a very good paradigm of life and having to change."
While having to face change is a main storyline of the play, there is an underlying theme found in the play.
"To me, the meaning of this play is whatever you start out to do, you have to stick with it," Ault said. "The play is about love — love of people, love of life. We need more of that."
Dennis Leach plays landlord Howie Golden.
This is the second time the Festival Playhouse has put on "Taking Stock." The first production was in 1999, Ault said.
"Taking Stock" will be 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8 and 15, and Saturday, Feb. 9 and 16. Matinees are at 2 p.m. Feb. 10 and 17 at the Arvada Festival Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd.
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The first phase of the C-470 expansion project shifted into high gear this past week following the awarding of $100 million in RAMP funding on behalf of the Colorado Department of Transportation.
The expansion project, which will add a managed toll express lane in each direction between Interstate 25 and Kipling Parkway, is the recipient of the largest amount of money among 44 statewide projects to receive Responsible Acceleration of Maintenance and Partnerships funds from CDOT this year.
The funds, which were requested by Douglas County, will account for half the cost of the now-scaled-back project that is currently in the design phase. According to the county's capital improvements projects manager, Art Griffith, the rest of the money will be funded by a combination of local, state and federal loans that will be paid back with toll revenue over the next 30 years.
"They (CDOT) have a fairly aggressive schedule and would like to see all these projects completed and open to traffic by January 2018," Griffith said.
For the C-470 expansion project, he said, it is likely to be in the design phase for much of 2014 and construction will start in 2015. The project, in addition to new lanes, will include the addition of a continuous auxiliary lane from Santa Fe Drive to University Boulevard and also involve the replacement of some existing infrastructure.
"The ultimate plan was to add two managed lanes in each direction from Wadsworth to I-25, and one managed lane in each direction from Wadsworth to Kipling, but this RAMP project will require us to scale back and do an interim solution," Griffith said.
"The interim solution is adding one lane in each direction from I-25 to the Platte Canyon exit. There's just not enough money to do the whole kit and caboodle right now. The ultimate plan is still to get managed lanes all the way to Kipling."
The C-470 Corridor coalition — made up of representatives from a variety of adjacent municipalities — spent two years studying how to finance the new lanes, finally reaching a decision in February that managed toll express lanes would be the way to go.
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Students help restore stream
KINGSPORT, Tenn. - Eighth graders from Kingsport's Robinson Middle School got more than just a field trip to clean up a stream Friday, they got an intense lesson in stream restoration.
When you see a group of kids peering over the edge of bridge it makes you wonder what has captured their interest. These students are checking out a five-year stream restoration project by the city of Kingsport to bring back Madd Branch to as close to a living stream as they could.
Urbanization has kind of squeezed the stream over the years. "It's stream, water quality and quantity. The flooding, the increased amount of flow from all of the impervious surface area. If you look around you see lots asphalt and roof tops and concrete," Dan Wankel an environmental engineer with the city said.
It has taken five years because of finding funding for each phase of the project with the possibility of restoring more such streams. "These are stream waters of the state and as urbanization has occurred around them, they've become less of a stream supporting aquatic life and more a connivance for increased storm water," Wankel says.
With help from engineers and just time itself, Madd Branch could be labeled a success story. "Usually it takes five years for a rehabilitated stream to show some evolution and stabilization and how it's going to be in the plant life, which usually takes a good five years to restore," He said.
Besides the learning experience, the students are here to get into the creek and help with cleanup. Now they understand a whole lot more about stream restoration. "The stream was stagnant and then they took out all of the rocks that were barring the way for the stagnant water so it could move more. They put in plunge pools and cross veins to keep the creek healthier. We're just removing trash and debris," eighth grader Justin Allen said.
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The Shoreline Community College Men's Basketball Team loss a tough 104-95 game to Bellevue College on Wednesday night in the SCC Gym. The game had 3 lead changes and 7 ties.
SCC pulled within 3 points at 97-94 with about 2 minutes to go, but could only muster 1 more point and had to foul to stop the clock, as BC pulled away in the final seconds.
SCC was led by Kadeem Stewart who scored 25 points and had 5 assists. Nahshon George added 19 points with 8 rebounds, Josh Youngblood scored 16 and Adam Johnson rounded out the double figure scoring for SCC with 12 points.
SCC falls to 1-10 overall and 0-2 in the NWAACC Northern Region. Bellevue is 10-4 and 2-0.
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Luke Schenn Rumored Deal worth $11-12 over 3 years
Kent Wilson
September 14 2011 01:28PM
Rumors of a purported deal with RFA Luke Schenn are swirling today. Suggested numbers put the deal between $3-4M per year.
At this point, things remain unconfirmed so analysis and reaction should be tempered. However, if the $4M cap hit and three year term prove true, it's not a contract that Brian Burke should be terribly proud of. The Leafs purchase none of Schenn's UFA years and the pay scale is at the top of the range for a defender with such a limited offensive ceiling as Schenn.
The second contract has recently become one of paying for a players future, assumed contributions based on "potential", so the dollar figure isn't wholly abnormal at this point. This is part of the reason so many RFA negotiations have dragged out this off-season: the player has limited leverage as a restricted free agent, but there nevertheless exists significant precedence for agents to point to in defense of a high price tag.
That said, the relatively high dolllr figure usually ensures a few years of the player's prime, UFA-eligibility for the club. In accounting for such a contract, the team essentially overpays for the first few years, but bets on getting more value relative to fair market price at the end.
As such, if the contract as rumored is real, Schenn is getting the best of both worlds: the high-end pricetag as an RFA, but with the ability to go straight to the open market as soon as he is able.
As mentioned though we don't yet know how accurate these rumors are. More analysis will follow when the true numbers are revealed.
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I'm okay with 3.5. I also understand that Schenn has been identified as a future face of the franchise, for better or worse, and that might factor into the number as well.
If Schenn was a premier defensive d-man he'd be Anton Volchenkov who got $4.25M as a UFA.
$4M is too much.
If Schenn was a premier defensive d-man he'd be Anton Volchenkov who got $4.25M as a UFA.
$4M is too much.
That's rich. You think Volchenkov is a "premiere" defensive defenseman? Are you easily distracted by big hits or something?
Fact is, you put Schenn instead of Staal in front of Lundqvist, and there's no doubt about who the better defenseman is. 4M over 3 years is a comparable and excellent deal when you account for the near 10% salary cap inflation, and Schenn's play at his age when Staal was just cutting his teeth.
PPP: Puerile Punch-less Punks.
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I apologize for defecating in your breakfast this morning.
I skipped breakfast on my way to work.
I guess you struggle with the fact that RFAs cannot use UFA contracts as a comparable.
I apologize for pointing out your intellectual limitations.
That's the point genius. UFAs get paid more than RFAs. If UFA shutdown D barely earn $4M then Schenn won't either.
Strawman argument much? There's upside and there's paying to outbid. Do you really think that something as subjective as your opinion about Volchenkov is going to sway the most ardent of hockey followers into believing that Volchenkov is a premiere defenseman and getting paid like one?
September 14 2011, 08:26PM
Heh, look at this tough guy.
Staal might have had a better goalie behind him but he's also played tougher competition than Schenn. Offensively they might be close but Staal has always been better than Schenn at comparable ages.
$4M isn't an excellent deal by any stretch of the imagination.
September 14 2011, 08:30PM
I know Chemmy probably isn't inclined to draw you a map so that you can comprehend his point but I will do it for him.
When Anton Volchenkov was a Unrestricted Free Agent, he was the premier shutdown defenceman on the market. That was the consensus hockey-wide. There is no argument against it.
Luke Schenn is a restricted free agent. That means that unless there is a team willing to give him an offer sheet that there is only one team bidding for his services which gives the Leafs' leverage.
Therefore, Volchenkov's contract shouldn't be used as a comparable because there were multiple teams bidding on his services (as an established player) compared to one team bidding for Luke's (who is still developing).
All of that means, that Schenn getting a deal close to Volchenkov's is not a good outcome for Toronto.
Did you get that?
I was hoping for a Bogosian-level contract; that's a good deal, 5mil over 2 years. Similar numbers to Schenn unless you count +/-... which I don't.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Bogosian isn't being looked at as a cornerstone of the Winnipeg franchise the way Schenn is for the Leafs, right? I'm not sure if that makes up for the additional 1.5mil per year and the handcuffing of the contract length. Too short to get a UFA year, too long to renegotiate as an RFA, 4mil for a guy with minimal offensive output.... ehhhh... it's a good thing he's dreamy.


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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee 1990
After averaging over 35 points per game at the Rayville, Louisiana high school, "The Big E" joined Don Chaney to become the first two African Americas to play for the University of Houston. A small center at just 6-foot-9, Hayes out-dueled UCLA's Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in the January 20th, 1968 "Game of the Century". He led the Houston Cougars to the NCAA Final Four. Hayes was named Sporting News' 1968 Player of the Year.
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Mezzo-soprano Kimberly Barber, Coordinator
of the Opera Program, has been on Faculty since July 2002. Her continued
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She has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Naxos, CBC Records, Teldec and Dutton Classics. Grounded in the traditional, but a champion of new music, she has performed numerous world and Canadian premieres, collaborating with musicians of all stripes. Her ensemble L'accordéoniste were featured artists with Torontos Opera in Concert (2011), twice at Ottawas Chamberfest (2009, 2011) and at Waterloos Jazz Room (2013). In recent concert performances, Kimberly Barber performed Mahlers KINDERTOTENLIEDER with Quintet Pentaèdre at Barries Colours of Music Festival and DAS LIED VON DER ERDE with NUMUS in both Toronto and Waterloo. A breaker of intellectual and musical boundaries, she brings an adventurous spirit to the voice program.
Major Performance Venues/Companies:
Montreal Opera, Opera Atelier, Seito Keinan Festival (Japan), Barbican Hall, Pacific Opera Victoria, Paris Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Seattle Opera, Canadian Opera Company, English National Opera, Vancouver Opera, Calgary Opera, Edmonton Opera, London Symphony Orchestra, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Chicago Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Toronto Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Wigmore Hall, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Mostly Mozart Festival (Avery Fisher Hall), Ensemble Arion, I Musici de Montréal, Richard Eaton Singers
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Sister Helen Prejan/Mrs. Patrick De Rocher -- Dead Man Walking, Ottavia -- L'incoronazione di Poppea; Kindertotenlieder under Mahler; Mozart--Cherubino, Dorabella, Despina, Annio (La clemenza di Tito), Ramiro (La finta giardiniera); Handel-- Ariodante, Rinaldo, Xerxes, Nerone (Agrippina); Strauss--Composer; Puccini--Suzuki; Rossini--Cenerentola, Rosina, Isolier (Le Comte Ory); Humperdinck--Hansel; Ravel--Concepciòn; Offenbach--Nicklausse; Massenet--Cendrillon, Charlotte (Werther); Barber--Erika (Vanessa); Elgar--Dream of Gerontius; Mozart--Coronation Mass; Beethoven--Ninth Symphony; Stravinsky--Pulcinella; Berlioz--Les nuits d'été; Mahler--Das Lied von der Erde; Handel--Messia
- Le petit elfe; Works of Florent Schmitt; with pianists Leslie De'Ath and Anya Alexeyev; Dutton Classics, 2011.
- Laccordéoniste;Laccordéoniste (Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano; Peter Tiefenbach, piano; Mary-Lou Vetere, accordion; Carol Bauman, percussion) and the New Berlin Ensemble; Independent, 2009.
- Rinaldo (title role), Handel, with Kevin Mallon, conductor, Naxos Records, 2006
- Faustina Bordoni, Portrait of a Prima Donna, solo recording with Ensemble Arion, Monica Huggett, Music Director, CBC Records, 2005
- L'heure espagnole, Maurice Ravel (Concepciòn), with André Previn, conductor, Kurt Ollmann, John Mark Ainsley, DGG 1999
- American (Day) Dreams, Aaron Jay Kernis, New Albion Records, 1995
- Wheel of Fortune Woman, A Village Romeo and Juliet;Frederick Delius; Charles MacKerras, conductor, ORF Symphonie Orchester, Baritone Thomas Hampson, Soprano Helen Field; Argo Classics, 1990
- Sister Sophia, The Sound of Music; Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein;Conductor Erich Kunzel, Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, Baritone Håkan Hagegård; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Teldec Digital, 1987
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A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away. — Eudora Welty
My friend Rob D is a man of many talents; among them a knack for taking remarkable photographs with relatively low-end equipment (typically, smart-phone cameras). What follows may be a bit self-indulgent; but I thought it worthwhile to collect a sampling of his images (of, um… me) in one place.
One photo in particular, I might even call "iconic." I can't remember a picture (of, um… me) that has ever spoken to me so powerfully. From just a few minutes before jump-time for Santa Cruz Island swim last September: Now, going back to the beginning…
2010 – "Freshwater Swimmer" is born
On the shores of Lake Michigan, where it all began. Ohio Street Beach, home of the Big Shoulders 5K. Photo-bombing Chris LaBianco at the USMS 1-mile National Championship in Huntersville, NC:
Note: This picture was featured on the Daily News of Open Water Swimming at some point. Whenever Chris LaBianco wins a race, no matter how trivial, it inevitably appears on the Daily News of Open Water Swimming.
2011 – Catalina Channel
Jumping in to pace swim for Cliff C.
A week later, my own Catalina swim…
2011 – Visiting Avila Beach
2012 – Santa Barbara Channel
Thanks, Rob, for keeping these moments from running away.
Postscript: Rob posted the following to his Facebook page, regarding this post:
This folks is why you make sure to always take pictures of your friends when they're doing cool stuff! One of the more valuable things you can do as a crew person on a big swim is to take all the pictures that your swimmer can't. Not every picture is going to be any good, but if you take enough you may get lucky and snap that one pic that encapsulates the whole feeling of the swim and your friend is going to be able to hang on to that feeling forever through your work.
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Skip to comments.Freeper exclusive: Weapons cache demolition causes many to be sick from exposure in Baghdad
Posted on 11/16/2006 4:54:12 PM PST by RaceBannon
I just received a private e-mail from someone I know from a Marine website who has family in Iraq. There has been a weapons cache explosion that caused many, hundreds of people to be exposed to some chemical that was present in the weapons.
keep us informed.Lots of FReepers here who might be able to sort through it all.
Any word on the symptoms?
Is this a cache we were aware of, or was it "discovered" when it went up?
Of coarse that excludes all DemoSocialistMarxistLyingLibs.........
Praying for the troops Race.
Who is the Gulf War Syndrome lady? I don't remember her name, but she even came up here a couple years ago to give her talk.
Why didn't they use the cache on al Mookie Sadr and his band of murderer's
The Marines blew up a captured cache without testing it first? Hard to believe.
In the meanwhile, prayers up.
Joyce Riley?
No, you don't understand the sheer size of most of these caches they find.
It is impossible to go through and test every single shell, mortar round, etc etc etc.
Just like all the police over there that were victims of "food poisoning".
bump for more info.
That's what CNN will report.
Whose weapons cache? Saddams? Insurgents? Ours?
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What I have feared is that the Iraqis removd or failed to mark their chemical weapons adequately.
Remember the Sarin and Mustard gas shells 2 years ago?
ANY idiot knows you have to make them spin to mix the chemicals, so, to use them as a roadside bomb almost makes them inert from that perspective.
So, I cna easily imagine that Saddam's people removed the markings from the shells or shell containers that identified these weapons and that people are suing them soon enoug not knowing what is in them.
OR, they did it deliberately.
50/50 chance either way.
There are no WMD's in Iraq. Just ask the MSM and the democrats
That is her. Thanks. Haven't heard much from her lately. Last time she sounded kind of discouraged.
Indeed it did.
Prayers up for all these folks. To the naysayers who insisted there were no WMD in Iraq, shame on you.
Please keep us advised. I wonder why the MSM hasn't picked it up at all considering the time delay.
Prayers for our troops.
Prayers up for all. Thanks Race!
Okay, thanks. Putting my skepticism in check for now.
Never mind. Its clear now after reading the email.
I'm also recalling the Mig-25 Foxbat recon version with modern French electronics buried in the sand.
There are also multi-acre size depots that we know of, but cannot get to due to the sheer number of them all.
Just damn!
As a side note, the mushroom cloud doesn't really mean anything as any explosions can cause a mushroom shaped cloud given the right atmospheric conditions.
BTTT post for FReeper watchers who might be able to help out.
Which the Dems were screaming about two or more years ago about 'securing the depots', and blaming the U.S. military for the terrorists getting explosives from same depots.
Yes, but that was not news back then. Everyone at the networks were in denial.
BTW, the chemicals are categorized as either blood, nerve, and blister agents.
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Despite clear and conclusive evidence that second-hand smoke is killing people, the Mississippi Legislature again has failed to pass a bill prohibiting smoking in public places.
The legislation died in the House Public Health Committee (obviously a misnamed committee) after the chairman, Steve Holland, a Plantersville Democrat, said he could not muster enough votes to get it out of committee.
The bill, which originally would have banned smoking in most public places, including restaurants, bars and stores, already had been gutted in the state Senate to only apply to government buildings. Smoking generally is not permitted public buildings now.
The defeat was a setback for Smokefree Air Mississippi, a partnership of the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, the American Heart Association and the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi.
It's also a slap at the citizens of Mississippi who overwhelmingly favored the proposal, according to a survey taken by Mississippi State University's Social Science Research Center. The survey showed the proposal was supported by 78 percent of the populace.
Much of the opposition to the bill came from the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association, even though most restaurants in the state already prohibit smoking.
It also was heavily opposed by the casino industry. We guess the premise is that if you can't smoke, you won't gamble.
Thirty-seven municipalities in the state ban smoking in public places. The city of New Albany needs to join them in taking better care of our citizens' health than the state politicians have.
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- Metal containers such as these were commonly used in the late 19th and early 20th by Chinese immigrants in the laundry business. A water and starch mix were sprinkled onto clothes for ironing.
- Chinese immigration to the United States was driven by the need for cheap labor during the mining and railroad boom of the 1850s. Chinese soon moved into other industries such as agriculture and laundry services.
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Speculating all over Tyler Bozak's injury status
Cam Charron
April 29 2013 01:37PM
Dave Nonis said that he expected Tyler Bozak to be on the ice and ready for Game One, but he didn't practice with the team today. Mikhail Grabovski spent time between Joffrey Lupul and Nik Kulemin on the second line with Nazem Kadri with Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk on the first.
Steve Simmons, of all people, noted that Grabovski was staying out for extra faceoff practice.
So maybe there's a disconnect between what the Leafs are preparing for in Game One and what the Leafs are saying. Elliotte Friedman was on the Canucks Army podcast last night and did note that you can't trust teams at this time in the season to be entirely truthful and up front when it comes to injuries.
Bozak has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury, which could be a bruised this, a strained that, or a broken something:
Carlyle wasn't able to shed much light on Bozak's status — "Actually, I haven't seen him," he said — and that's exactly the way the situation is likely to remain. Information tends to be scarce around NHL teams in the spring.
The exact cause of the injury isn't even known, although a good candidate seems to be a series of three hard bodychecks Bozak took from Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Radko Gudas in his second-last shift of Wednesday's game.
The following night, Nazem Kadri was called on to fill his spot with a newly created top unit that included Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul. The results were quick to come. They accounted for a pair of goals in a victory over the Florida Panthers.
In the interest of completeness I re-watched that Bozak shift. It ran an impressive 1:52 in length.
Here are the hits in question. They're all on the far boards. Note seven seconds elapse between hits 1 and 2:
The last shift played by Bozak resulted in him being tied up after a faceoff by Steven Stamkos that Lupul eventually won for Bozak, and a lost draw to Vincent Lecavalier and a failure by the Leafs to set up in the offensive zone. I'm not going to dwell on two not-cleanly-won faceoffs as an indication that Bozak is hurt.
That said, the first two hits Gudas laid on Bozak were pretty vicious (the first might look like it lands right under Bozak's chin) and the third and fourth collisions can probably be more accurately described as "giving him the business" than anything hockey offers in its absurd lexicon.
So Bozak's not back practicing. It's unlikely we'll know exactly what's wrong with him until either a) he's shut down or b) the Leafs exit the playoffs. Players in the post-season do like to play when they aren't fully healthy and sometimes playing injured means that you won't be able to contribute as much as the next guy on the depth chart.
It's going to be new territory for Randy Carlyle, who has banked heavily on Bozak this season as his top face-off man at both ends of the ice and in Carlyle's perfect world I presume, Bozak is the player who will match right up against Patrice Bergeron for the Boston Bruins.
Although there are some people who do question Bozak's value to the team:
Tyler Bozak against the Bruins this season went 35-77 in the faceoff dot (45.4%). Not as valuable as people think he is.— Hope_Smoke (@Hope_Smoke) April 29, 2013
We may have to wait until Game One, but the indication here is that it's not good for Tyler, and Leaf fans may get a sneak preview of next year's team sans-Tyler in the first game or two of the series with Kadri on the top line instead of the well-coiffed Bozak.
Well I would bank on him in face-offs too he had 45% won yeah wont be missed well that to me it is alot better then Kadri's 24% against Boston. I know face-offs dont mean anything well we will see how important they really are. I look at these photos and laugh where does a winger play again. In Leafs case obviously as far away from his position as possible.


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With beautiful footwear and quality craftsmanship, Bottega Veneta is luxury at its best. The casual style of this flat leather sandal makes it the perfect addition to your summer shoe collection.
- Leather upper
- T-strap styling with adjustable buckles
- Round toe
- Fully lined in leather
- Leather sole
- Made in Italy
- Online Exclusive!
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