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well... i agree with everything you said aga bomba.
same goes for afro.
still, lets wait and see what really happened there.
As many have pointed out the guys hunting him where not run of the mill ninja as they where a special elite tracking squad. Assuming its the same Edo brothers in the manga now they probably had special powers.
Its very possible the 2nd took most of them out but ran out of chakra and was weakened and went down fighting. However assuming it was the 2 brothers I'm not sure they died there as they recognized the 3rd Raikage's Lightning tattoos on Darui. The 3rd Raikage would have been similar age to Sarutobi still young probably not a Kage yet.
I think this is what made them legends in the Cloud, killing the 2nd Hokage.
well the point is it would be lame to show nidaime faced the 20 elite shinobi's alone,,probably either he killed them all and died or like the sarutobi and others also helped the nidaime..
coz i find it hard to accept when naruto or yondaime kills so many gangs..
wont it be against the will of fire if saru, danzou,kagami etc all had left nidaime face it alone.. being said that saru was to be next hokage ,, and we saw saru fighting oro and EDT like ass in 70 years of age .. i seriously cant believe they would have left nidaime to die.
atleast they would have come back to save nidaime ..or
nidaime would let the people go alive after killing him..
man kishi is killing my thoughts and likings..
till 500 of manga i had always thought shodaime,nidaime and yondaime everyone where cool.. now it seems they arent that cool ..after introducing madara, muu, tscuchikage..
everyone are powerful asses..
atleast let kishi let nidaime not die that way, atleast either nidaime would die with killing everyone or nidaime and saru&co joins to kill everyone..
Your not getting it the 2nd Hokage was sacrificing himself to save them as they all knew going against these 20 ninja was not a possibility even Tobirama. Thats goes to show you how dangerous of a situation that they where in. If the ninja trailing them where weak cannon fodder of course they would have taken them out. This was his will of fire protecting the "King" the seeds of the next generation so they could blossom.
It was Tobirama himself who used some unnamed sensor jutsu to detect them. He knew they where an elite fighting force. Sarutobi and Danzou where probably Naruto and Sasuke's age but not as powerful (Next generation surpasses the previous). They represented the next generation like the Konoha 11 do now but their skills where not fully developed yet just like the K-11.
- It would be like if Gai's Team ( Ten-ten, Neji & Lee) came under attack by the 7 Swordsmen of the Mist including Kisame. Gai's team may be strong but against that many elite shinobi even they would probably fall.
- Also those Kinkaku force brothers seem to have a special power related to the Kyuubi that the 2nd may have had no defense against. Thats of course assuming they are the ones involved in that situation.
Sarutobi was left in charge and he is an A blood type like Lee so would not have disobeyed his sensei's final request and risk everyones life on a suicide quest. The 2nd Hokage dieing to protect his team mates goes to show he walks the walk and died the way a true Kage should defending others. What would have been better him using little girl as a shield and running away escaping by himself sacrificing his students. According to Danzou yes as he sees the world from a top down perspective and the lower ranks should sacrifice themselves for the sake of the leader.
The 2nd was elite but hes not invincible no ninja is no matter how powerful thats what makes this manga great.
Also, the Will of Fire is for the younger generation to surpass the older generation. The older generation is the support for that to happen. Staying true to that notion, this is what the 2nd did by letting his younger subordinates escape. They would have all died anyway if they stayed to help. That's the reason why they needed to use a decoy.
Think of the Lightning Twins as Akatsuki level Ninjas, and some of their support as Gai/Kakashi level.
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thanks to you guys, POW, AFRO and PAUL.. for explaining..
but i was always thinking that tobirama could be yondaime's father .. and thats why i wanted him to be powerful ..nyways :(
really paul?
2 akatsuki level ninja
some as gai and kakashi level ninja
plus raikage\raikage's bodyguards and family\other special army.
humm.. if that's true, how they managed to always get their asses kicked by konoha in every attempt to invade the village?
(even after minato was dead)
Agreed with everything what POW has said.. if we assume that Ginkaku and Kinkaku were one of those 20 shinobi's, then it's very possible that it went like this:
- Ginkaku and Kinkaku with their Kyuubi's chakra were the key leaders in overpowering Nidaime..
- the rest of the team were probably 6 teams; 1 team consists 1 Jounin and two Chuunin's. ( don't forget that it was WAR, so they couldn't send 18 Jounin's with probably S- class calibur ninja's -> Gin- Kinkaku. )
The 6 Jounin's with their chuunin's were lets say, the distraction and Gin- Kinkaku overpowered him in the end. Nidaime's Suiton Element was his advantage against those lightning shinobi's, but even then; he was outnumbered by great ninja's. When you send 20shinobi's to take care of a Hokage, you'll send high calibur ninja's with the necessary skills for owning the Kage.
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Ginkaku / Kinkakhu were probably S- class shinobi's.. but I don't dare to say that those Jounins were the same calibur like Kakashi or even Gai. Kakashi is a special case, he's genius that comes along once a lifetime and a beast like Gai with his stamina / speed / strenght is also very rare.
BUT that doesn't mean that those Jounins weren't powerful.. I wouls so, more of Asuma's league and some of them had to have high strategic skills. Like I said; you won't send random ninja's, if you want to kill a Kage. Raikage told us in the latest chapter, why Konoha was so difficult to defeat.. this means that they had never possessed ninja's like Shikaku, Shikamaru or even Kakashi. There strategic skills weren't at the same level like Konoha's, but it was enough for countering Nidaime, overpowering and killing him in the end.
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Flames Scoring Chances - Robyn Regehr
Robert Cleave
August 24 2010 09:29PM
As part of FN's review of the scoring chance data from last season, I'll be taking a look at the Flames' two top defenders this week. An examination of Robyn Regehr's 5v5 results by that metric will be covered in this installment, with Jay Bouwmeester's results reviewed in the next couple of days.
With that noted, on to Reggie. The Flames' long-standing tough minutes rearguard had two primary partners during 09/10, and there was some talk about improved play by the brawny Brazilian after the Phaneuf trade. That said, I'm the sort that prefers that the numbers do the talking.
First, a review of Regehr's circumstances. As per usual, he faced the best competition of any of the Flames' D, and finished the season with the second toughest ZoneStart numbers, trailing only Bouwmeester. His regular lot in life, if you will. First, his overall 5v5 SC numbers:
For: 259
Against: 301
So, not ideal, since getting outchanced by the other team's best players usually means trouble. Next, let's look at the splits with his two main partners. Until game 55, Dion Phaneuf was the man on Regehr's right flank. They faced the toughest comp, although the Bouwmeester/Gio pairing had tougher ZS numbers, and Regehr compiled these results:
For: 151
Against: 186
About what one might have expected, given the overall numbers. After the trade, Ian White moved on to the top pair, and they faced the toughest comp and ZS of any of the Flame D during this period, including Bouwmeester. That noted, the actual ZS percentages that Reggie/White faced were about the same as Regehr faced with Phaneuf, since the club had better overall ZS numbers after the trade. At any rate, SC numbers for Regehr avec White:
For: 53
Against: 65
Hmm. Another theory shot to hell. That doesn't invalidate Ian White, btw, since he made about 5.5 million less than Dion last year, and his presence didn't appear to hurt Reggie. Didn't help him either, of course. What was more interesting to me were Regehr's results behind certain forwards. Since Regehr had pretty consistent competition levels, seeing what his numbers looked like with two specific forwards should tell the tale of who did what against the other teams' better players. First, behind Jarome Iginla:
For: 108
Against: 149
Eeesh. Reggie should have sued for non-support. Regehr didn't always get his head handed to him, though. Here are his numbers when he played behind Daymond Langkow:
For: 81
Against: 74
Fancy that. Now, to be fair, Chris Higgins did some exceptional work in his brief time with Langkow, since Langkow and Regehr were a bit below 50% without his assistance. Still, the numbers suggest that Regehr was better off when he had Daymond Langkow pushing the pile forward, and given Langkow's ZS numbers, I think one could likely make a reasonable assumption that when he and Regehr were on the ice together, they were facing the toughs and doing so in their own end. That would act as a depressant on the SC%.
There is one last duo that I wanted to examine. I know that the Flames' current personnel on defence will almost certainly preclude them from going this route, and last year's sample size is pretty small, but here are Regher's totals with Jay Bouwmeester:
For: 33
Against: 28
If you consider they would have played the best the other team had to throw out in their shared icetime, and likely only played together when the Flames were ahead and ostensibly sitting back, it does give food for thought. I can't see it happening full time unless the Flames trade Sarich for a physical, left shooting, second pairing D, though, because I can't see the Flames using Giordano and White as a pair, and I can't see them pushing White to the third pair in deference to Sarich.
It's important to reiterate that Robyn Regehr will always suffer a bit by this metric, since he'll likely face good comp and moderately difficult ZS until further notice. His numbers will also be dependent on the quality of help that plays in front of him, of course, and if the Flames can compile a decent first line out the melange of forwards on the roster, I suspect the SC numbers will improve. I can't see a Jokinen/Iginla duo being the solution to that problem, but that's another tale for another time.
I have never watched a live game where Regehr has scored.
I figure if I don't want an entire season, these numbers will be radically different. His first 20 goal season could be within my power!
August 24 2010, 09:51PM
Huh. I didn't even realize Bouwmeester and Reggie played together that much.
You're right, though, the club will never go with them as a regular pairing.
August 24 2010, 09:53PM
I have never watched a live game where Regehr has scored.
I figure if I don't want an entire season, these numbers will be radically different. His first 20 goal season could be within my power!
The only game I've watched that I remember him scoring in was the complete bed-shatting against the Sharks. Ahhh memories.
August 25 2010, 02:11AM
He also scored in another game where we were getting our ass handed to us I can't recall which one it was though.
I have never watched a live game where Regehr has scored.
I figure if I don't want an entire season, these numbers will be radically different. His first 20 goal season could be within my power!
He also scored in a 1-0 game VS Detroit in 04. I think Regher is an interesting asset. He has value on the team but, does he have more value as trade bait. Our D line is solid and we have solid kids. Maybe it is time to let him go and see what kind of return it could produce.
It will be interesting to see Bouwmeester's numbers to see if he could handle this heavy lifting that Regher had. In that piece it would be interesting to see the difference in the numbers with between Florida/Calgary.
August 25 2010, 10:59AM
Another thing this confirms is just what a disaster the Staios acquisition was. Not only did he get his butt handed to him while in CGY, but his $2.7M is money that could have gone towards, say, a Kim Johnsson or Willie Mitchell (or even a Paul Mara) this summer.
Unless he's part of a packaged deal for a Carter or Getzlaf type player he stays. And I'm AOK with that. Bring on the funnel of pain Reg!
August 25 2010, 11:39AM
So...are his hips fixed yet?
The fact is that in another year or two Reggie will be worthless. Darryl is horribly at asset management. It was good asset management that resulted in Iginla becoming a Flame. We could get rid of Reg for a great prospect.
I'm constantly surprised by how much better everyone's numbers look when Langkow is on the ice. Is anyone else becoming more concerned that he might not be ready at the start of the season?
August 25 2010, 01:26PM
I'm constantly surprised by how much better everyone's numbers look when Langkow is on the ice. Is anyone else becoming more concerned that he might not be ready at the start of the season?
Yes. It's been a concern of mine for most of the summer, frankly.
I'm not necessarily trying to defend Iginla but when comparing forwards why not compare 2 centers or 2 wingers? A center plays a much more integral role in the defensive end of the ice, not only in the faceoff dot but helping support the D down low in the slot. Just my thoughts, but otherwise another insightful article. I love Reggie, but he is definitely turning into a diminishing asset who looked to get victimized by speedy wingers in Chicago and Vancouver in particular. That being said, I don't see anyone else on our blue line who can fill his spot with the same effectiveness, or menace.
Huh. I didn't even realize Bouwmeester and Reggie played together that much.
You're right, though, the club will never go with them as a regular pairing.
While I think you are right about the likelihood of this pairing happening, don't you think it is a mistake not to consider it in the context of the Flames broader match ups?
I know you are a big proponent of the notion that forwards drive possession and defence have minimal effects, but for the moment assume that defence can have some effect.
One of the answers the Flames are going to come up with is how to deal with match-ups against Iginla, without totally vaporizing our offence. For example, if Iginla plays with Tanguay and Jokinen, there is a good chance they will get targeted by the other teams top lines and get beat up.
But what if we rectify this problem by putting Regehr and Bouwmeester out there? It might even the tables a little. It also leaves us free to put Giordano and White out with a strong defensive unit like Langkow, Bourque and Hagman. Those two defenders could also add some more punch at the other end of the ice for a line that may otherwise lack some finish.
While I think you are correct in analyzing the probablities of that matchup, I hope the Flames coaching staff shows some imagination about this.
August 26 2010, 08:27PM
I think it's a reasonable idea, if Sutter would ever go for it. Gio/White make a solid 2nd pairing, and while I think either of them could probably play as a #2 dman, may as well have both the heavy hitters on the top pairing. Having the ostensibly most defensively responsible dmen cover for a first line that is likely to be somewhat less responsible defensively certainly makes sense.


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Pipes to be laid under the San Lorenzo River to carry water to the River Street Water Treatment Plant (seen here). Prior to 1955, water was distributed into the water system without treatment.
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Skip to comments.Catholic University Teacher Orders U.S. Bishops Not to Harass Catholic Politicians
Posted on 06/29/2007 3:35:19 PM PDT by wagglebee
MILWAUKEE, June 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) In a letter to the New York Times on Monday, Daniel C. Maguire, a professor of moral theology at Marquette University, stated that bishops should stop harassing Catholic politicians who vote in favor of abortion.
Maguire drew on St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas who both thought that to allow certain moral evils would prevent greater evils. He further cited Aquinas, who said that the wise legislator imitates God, who tolerates certain evils lest greater evils ensue.
The letter continued, Similarly, today legislators who truly think abortion immoral could vote to keep it legal since greater evils, multiple deaths of women (especially poor women) from botched abortions as seen before Roe v. Wade, would follow.
He concluded, Catholic bishops, even though they are pastors and administrators and not professional theologians, should know this and cease harassing Catholic candidates, thus making Catholic candidates less electable.
Maguire's theology, however, is condemned by the Church. The notion of promoting the "lesser of two evils" is condemned as the error of "proportionalism," while the attempt to draw such a position from the works of Augustine and Aquinas is condemned by orthodox academics as gravely erroneous.
Maguire has had a record of dissent from Catholic Church teaching ever since the sexual revolution in 1960s. This March the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) condemned Maguires views (published in certain pamphlets) on same-sex marriage, contraception and abortion as being contrary to the Churchs faith. The USCCB further declared, We deplore as irresponsible his public advocacy of his views as authentic Catholic teaching (see http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/mar/07032301.htm).
Shortly after this event, Catholic organizations Human Life International and the Cardinal Newman Society called for the dismissal of Maguire from the Catholic University Marquette. Despite these requests, however, he still retains his position as a professor of ethics (see http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/mar/07032713.html).
LifeSiteNews.com contacted the office of Rev. Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of Milwaukee, but was unable to obtain a comment by press time.
For the full text of the statement of the Bishops Committee on Maguire:
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The letter continued, Similarly, today legislators who truly think abortion immoral could vote to keep it legal since greater evils, multiple deaths of women (especially poor women) from botched abortions as seen before Roe v. Wade, would follow.
3500 murders a day IS NOT the "lesser of two evils"!
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Bishops are "ordered" not to harass certain US politicians.
Who does this guy think he is, the Pope? Where does he get off, giving commands he has no authority to issue?
Imperfect men making imperfect decisions and drawing imperfect conclusions.
What could be more evil then killing a human being?
Moral edicts from the gang of lefties running Marquette University are meaningless.
So women dying from botched abotions is more evil than putting to death a helpless baby, or really all helpless babies? I don't understand the (il)logic.
Especially when you consider that the drop in abortion deaths was underway BEFORE Roe v. Wade, it was due to antibiotics, not legalized infanticide.
"In a letter to the New York Times on Monday, Daniel C. Maguire, a professor of moral theology at Marquette University, stated that bishops should stop harassing Catholic politicians who vote in favor of abortion."
Time for the bishop's to start threatening university professors.
It's on a slightly different issue, but that's what the Archbishop of Omaha has done.
I think it is also academically dishonest, heinous and grievous to use the teachings of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas to support an immoral position that proportionally is not even close to what they were originally teaching.
Looks like his theological "tenure" should be terminated.
Maguire is a heretic, plain and simple. It's long past time that Marquette removed this aging hippie from its theology department.
The Cardinal Newman Society has recently been trying to put pressure on the president of Marquette to take action.
Smoking in public. Voting Republican. Opposing abortion. Driving an SUV.
The New York Times gets zillions of letters from crackpots of all stripes. So why did they pick this one to publish? Obviously, because Maguire comes with the label CATHOLIC THEOLOGIAN which allows the NYTimes to do yet another "in your face" to the institution they loathe the most. But why is Maguire allowed to continue advertising himself in this deceptive way? Because the bishops are too wimpy to stop him from it. After all, the only ones who really suffer from this nonsense are those who actually believe what they teach.
"Greater evils" like voting Republican,perhaps?
Stop harassing them? You mean they started and I missed it??!! :(
Yes, the professor seems a bit confused about his order in the RCC chain of command!
Time for Archbishop Dolan to come down hard on this heretic.
Daniel C. Maguire This devil is not a Catholic.
Illogic indeed, instead of comparing legal vs illegal abortions, shouldn't Maguire be encouraging women to give birth and life as nature and God intended.
This guy obviously saw "Sophie's Choice" and believes that to kill only a few million is better than to suffer the indignity of losing others. Some times, as horrible as it is, it is the right choice to die, with your kids, than to choose murder of the innocent. Sadly, I would choose to die with my family than to condone the murder of one.
Ah ha ha!! Good one and oh so very true, Marron! I feel discrimnated against.
Mr. Maguire is dancing on the trapdoors of hell.
Maybe the bishops should start harassing their university professors who don't believe what their church teaches.
Whatever happened to the Mandatum?
Is he tenured?
He needs to be fired for his arrogance and disrespect.
This is why I would not allow my son to even apply to any of these CINO colleges. I would rather have him go to a secular college where he knows to be on guard against the lies being told.
McGuire is an old man who left the priesthood and still
wants to control peoples lives. I thought he most probably was dead by now.
is a 24K POS. An ex-priest, who married Marjorie Reiley while she was a grad student at Catholic University, claims he can find a woman's right to abort her baby in Scripture. Those two wrote Abortion: A Guide to Making Ethical Choices for Frank Kissling and the anti-Catholic CFFC back in 1983.
Their particular judgments, along with those phonies at Marquette who enabled them, will be interesting to say the least.
"Orders, eh? Who does he think he is?"
Professor Maguire has no business teaching at a Catholic university and advising the Bishops on matters of faith. It is the duty of a Catholic university professor to teach the Catholic faith, not what he would like it to be. It sounds like he would fit in better with a liberal Church like the Metropolitan Community Church.
Is there a webcam at Marquette where we can see the puff of white smoke?
"What could be more evil then killing a human being?..."
Well according to this clown, challenging the faith of those that support killing a human being is more evil...
The letter continued, Similarly, today legislators who truly think abortion immoral could vote to keep it legal since greater evils, multiple deaths of women (especially poor women) from botched abortions as seen before Roe v. Wade, would follow.
The mythical thousands versus the factual millions, to say nothing of the psychological and spiritual carnage women and men suffer post-"choice"...
And this so called Catholic is teaching.
If irresponsible sex had more consequences, there'd be less irresponsible sex.
Hey 'teach', got any stats on the number of women who died in any given year, from botched abortions?
Nah?.....Didn't think so!
If only that bishops would disassociate the Catholic Church with that university as this one did.
Kennedy is probably on that list.
Unfortunately in this guy's case a flat EEG has not lead to a death certificate.
Geeze, in the Moral Theology class that I took it was clearly stated that abortion is a sin.
The USCC has had enough of "Whopper Dan" and has issued at least one public letter of admonishment.
And, thanks be to God, the Archbishop of Milwaukee also did so.
(No, it was not Abp. Weakland.)
and follow the internal links.
Abp. Weakland never required the Mandatum from anyone in Milwaukee at ANY 'Catholic' school—Marquette (SJ), Stritch (SSSF), Alverno (OSF), or Mount Mary (SSND).
Needless to say, those institutions also buried the Mandatum stuff somewhere in the 'inbox.'
And there lies part of the problem. Are Catholic Universities "Catholic"? I would hope prospective students will do a bit of research before applying to any school.
According to Dr. Nathanson, there were deaths from botched abortions in the "old days." He saw them as a young doctor. But when he founded NARAL, and they needed a statistic on deaths from "back-alley abortions," they just made one up: 5000 per year. The real figure was somewhere in the neighborhood of 100, at most. And that's for the entire U.S., in the bad old days of illegal abortion.
Marquette has issued a public statement that Maguire remains on their faculty only because of the exorbitant expense of firing him. (He has tenure.) But they also assured the public that they do not allow him to teach!
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July 19 2011 11:00AM
Over the weekend, it seemed like an announcement naming Craig MacTavish the head-coach of the Canucks new AHL affiliate the Chicago Wolves was imminent. Two well respected, and generally trust-worthy hockey reporters in Kypreos and Strickland tweeted that the deal was "likely" and "real close". I figured that the press-release, and the official announcement were mere formalities.
The most current reports, however, particularly Iain Macintyre's piece in the Vancouver Sun, have cast aspersions on the status of the MacTavish agreement. Canucks assistant GM Laurence Gillman told Macintyre that MacTavish "is one of several candidates" whom the Canucks have interviewed. Gillman also told Macintyre that the Canucks "want to make sure we bring the right individual into our group and we'll take whatever time is necessary to make the right decision." Well jeez, if Gillman is to be believed, (and the Canucks tend not to be the most scrupulously honest and open of NHL franchises) that makes MacTavish's hiring seem considerably less "likely" - and certainly not "real close."
So what's the hold up?
This is purely speculation, but the Chicago Wolves are a pretty unique AHL franchise - and the team has a notorious independent streak. Ask any Thrashers fan - and you'll hear the same refrain - "the Wolves want to win an AHL championship", "they don't develop our players" etc.. There is some truth to this sentiment, the Wolves outspend nearly every other AHL franchise, are the only AHL team that has their own television deal, and recently brought in a 47 year old Chris Chelios - allowing the oldster to play major minutes.
The standard AHL-NHL affiliation agreement requires the Canucks to send at least twelve players to the Wolves, and Vancouver is responsible for hiring the coaching-staff; but is it possible that the Wolves want MacTavish, and are leaking the information to try and force the Canucks hand? It doesn't seem all that farfetched, and Gillman's emphasis on taking "whatever time is necessary" sounds calculated to me.
If the Canucks want to take "whatever time is necessary" to complete their coaching search, then who is feeding this MacTavish information to well-respected, major reporters? It has to be someone reasonably high-profile or these guys wouldn't run with it. Obviously, I have no way of knowing if there's any actual organizational dissonance at play - but if there isn't a fire, then how does one explain all the smoke?
UPDATE: I got at Chicago Wolves blogger Ted Gruber of the Chicago Now affiliated Instigator blog and asked him for a comment on the situation. I figured getting the viewpoint of an avid Wolves fan, and close observer would add helpful context to my post. Here's what Gruber had to say:
Let me first say the Wolves and Atlanta relationship was terrible and many Thrashers fans didn't care for the Wolves but in reality the management really screwed them over not drafting correctly and trading away pieces. There was very little talk from Thrashers fans caring about their prospects. I originally found out about MacTavish a week and half ago, and I think the Assistant GM is doing some damage control since the word got about him becoming the head coach. Like I said it's almost a done deal, the team just needs to sign him to a contract which I'm not sure he has done yet. The Vancouver Sun article headline is misleading due to the fact that it perceives MacT have a falling out with the organization, which right now is totally untrue. I still put all my money on Mac T and if he doesn't sign you and I both are lost on who will be the next head coach.
July 19 2011, 11:32AM
This is why you don't do business in Chicago. Nucky Thompson learned this the hard way.
i've heard MacT's name for the head coaching job from chicago beat writers over 2 weeks ago, that's were the leak is for sure. also pretty sure the wolves aren't happy being vancouver's farm team either.
@Thomas Drance
besides that fact that the people of chicago hate the canucks? and that the wolves will now be associated with the most hated NHL team in the chicago won't draw many people to the stands, IMO
Hate to say it but the Wolves won't lose attendance, due to the Canucks. The team is geared toward family members and they will still draw.


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In one text to a friend, she allegedly warned: "The whole damn place is going down."
Gateway college officials said Bowden, who was charged in federal court on Wednesday, is not a student at Gateway and has no apparent links to the school, The Hartford Courant reported.
The college said in a statement that they were kept apprised by the FBI of the alleged threats and "were told that there was no imminent danger."
Bowden was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport on one count of false information and hoaxes, a felony offense that has a maximum penalty of five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine.
The federal complaint charged that Bowden first discussed her alleged intentions this month with a friend with whom she had had an intimate relationship. The complaint accused Bowden of subsequently stalking that person through a series of text messages and e-mails that included the alleged threats against the college.
Among the text messages she allegedly sent:
- "Shooting things is one of the few ways I have fun."
- "i've always wanted to shoot up a mall"
- "I'm killing myself though."
- "If Im going to commit suicide might as well take people down with me who made me miserable"
- "The people the whole damn place is going down"
- "I was pissed when the sandy hook happened lol"
- "Cuz I wanted to be the next big one"
- "I want people dead" "not injured"
- "they will die"
The friend notified the FBI, which arranged for an undercover officer to get in touch with Bowden online.
She allegedly discussed with the undercover officer the Sandy Hook shootings in nearby Newtown, Conn., in which 26 people, including 20 children, were killed in December at a school.
The complaint charged that Bowden praised Newtown shooter Adam Lanza for the killing spree and wanted to one-up him.
Bowden also allegedly claimed to possess firearms and to have built at least two napalm-based bombs at her residence, according to the complaint, although a search of her home did not turn up any explosives.
She later told authorities she was only pretending to plan an attack, according to the complaint, which states she claimed to have been "seeking to be accepted by the people with whom she was exchanging text messages."