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Mike Gillis' record (Part III): a look back at 2010
Patrick Johnston
June 05 2013 02:13PM
Mike Gillis' best summer is surely 2010. In 2008 he got his feet wet and returned the Canucks to the postseason, in 2009 he'd made more decisions in re-shaping the team (and he'd also convinced the Sedins to re-sign for below market value). Saving money in 2009 allowed him to bring in key free agents in 2010.
In the 2010 playoffs, the Canucks had again run into the Blackhawks brick wall. The Hawks were again too much to handle and the Canucks' penalty kill had been a miserable failure all playoffs.
The first key acquisition of Gillis' tenure, Pavol Demitra, went out with a whimper. Injured for most of the year, his greatest moments came in the Olympics, as he drove Slovakia into the semifinals. It was an against-all-odds performance.
At the same time as Demitra was starring on the international stage, Shane O'Brien managed to turn his greatest opportunity into nothing. Injuries had offered him increased ice time, but over the two week break for the Olympics, O'Brien reportedly partied it up and packed on the pounds. He became a lesson for Canucks management on the importance of off-ice culture.
How to re-shape the third and fourth line? How to find and keep as many NHL-capable defencemen as possible? What to do with a pair of young forwards? Those were the questions facing Mike Gillis as the 2010 off-season began.
Inventory - Forwards
Here we are. The Sedins have reached the pinnacle; they are among the game's best. Henrik wins the Art Ross and the Hart. Daniel, despite missing nearly twenty games with a broken foot, returns with a vengance, scoring at a clip (4.0 pts/60 min) even better than his brother's (3.9 pts/60 min). It was a season for the ages.
Mikael Samuelsson proved to be exactly the player the Canucks believed he could be, bagging 30 goals while moving between Henrik's and Kesler's wings. On top of this, Pavol Demitra's battles with injury opened a door for Mason Raymond, who bagged 25 goals in a contract year. Coupled with the NHL-arrival of Michael Grabner, Mike Gillis had to choose which young winger made more sense - the cheaper but still mostly-unknown Grabner, or the apparent known quantity of Mason Raymond. He'd choose the latter.
In terms of deployment, the Canucks are starting to move towards the offensive-zone/defensive-zone setup that has become most familiar. Ryan Johnson is the enabler, while the Sedins get matched up to the opposing team's weaker forwards.
There's the fourth line, though, in the bottom left, bleeding shots against weak opposition. The Darcy Hordichuk era was done.
Inventory - Defence
The mid-season loss of Willie Mitchell was huge in 2009-10. He played the toughest minutes on the blue line. Coupled with the leg injury suffered by Kevin Bieksa and the Mathieu Schneider mess, the Canucks found themselves handing regular minutes to Aaron Rome, late-season acquisition Andrew Alberts and Moose captain Nolan Baumgartner. It was not the safest way forward. Shane O'Brien suddenly was the fourth dman, which you know Alain Vigneault wasn't altogether that comfortable with. Evan Oberg was the club's top prospect but clearly terrified the crap out of the coaches, who allowed him only to take a few strides away from the bench on each of his 18 shifts.
Willie Mitchell's defensive heavy-lifting skews the chart somewhat, Christian Ehrhoff and Alex Edler's strong two-way play gets shaded down visually as a result.
Aaron Rome was the weakest of the Canucks' regulars.
Off-season needs
Ryan Johnson taught the Canucks one thing - the theory would work if they found a better player. Taking draws wasn't as important as being able to get the puck out. Johnson was hustler, a battler, but he was maxed out as a hockey player by the time the 2010 postseason roled around. To be effective on the penalty-kill and in the bottom-six the Canucks needed better.
Ever-improved defensive depth would be essential. If there was one thing Mike Gillis said he learned in the wake of 09-10, it was that you can never have enough defencemen. Everyone figured he'd go after at least one. He surprised us all and got two.
And there was no need to find a backup goalie to replace the departing Andrew Raycroft - Cory Schneider's time had arrived.
Gillis' moves
Unlike the previous two summers, there were no long-time greats hanging around. Former Gillis client Pavol Demitra's contract was up and the team decided to go in a new direction. It didn't make sense to keep the oft-injured Slovakian around to play on the third line, especially given the salary he might demand. Resources could be allocated better.
Willie Mitchell proved to be a big dilemma. His concussion symptoms had kept him out through the playoffs and the salary he'd command were he healthy would not have fit the new salary structure that emerged with the signing of Dan Hamhuis.
He also chose to keep Aaron Rome and Tanner Glass around.
Most figured that one of Grabner or Raymond would be moved out. Grabner had one year left on his ELC, while Raymond was likely to get 2 million-plus. Gillis chose to move Grabner and re-sign Raymond. Hello Keith Ballard. It was a hefty price to bring in the highly-rated Florida blueliner, Grabner, the disappointing Steve Bernier and a first round pick going in the other direction. The Canucks also received Victor Oreshkovich in the deal. Of course, Ballard didn't turn out to be quite what was expected, but he was a lot easier to deal with than Shane O'Brien.
On the eve of the season, in a series of moves that were motivated by cap space as much as anything, the Canucks traded O'Brien to Nashville for spare parts (Ryan Parent and Jonas Andersson) and Darcy Hordichuk to Florida. Both had no clear role to fill on the team.
During the 2010-11 season, Gillis added Chris Higgins and Max Lapierre. In the wake of Manny Malhotra's injury, Gillis went all-in on his checking lines, adding a pair of unwanted toys in Lapierre and Higgins. Both excelled in the Canucks' system.
Free agents
Manny Malhotra
Alongside signing Dan Hamhuis in 2010 and bringing in Christian Ehrhoff in 2009, Malhotra is one of Gillis' signature moves. Before his devestating eye injury in March 2011, Malhotra was playing the best hockey of his life. He was eating massive defensive minutes and driving a top-notch penalty kill (remember, they were murdered short handed in the 2010 playoffs). Malhotra's signing and subsequent usage changed the way many in the NHL understood the game.
Dan Hamhuis
Gillis' true coup in 2010 was not just signing Hamhuis, but landed the Smithers native for below market value. Hamhuis had declined to re-sign with Nashville and had been shuffled over to Philadelphia ahead of the free agency window. Paul Holmgren so coveted the chance to negotiate with Hamhuis, that he gave up a gently used Ryan Parent, only to hear 'we want to test the market.' He then flipped Hamhuis to Pittsburgh for a pick, and Shero heard the same refrain. Hamhuis proved to be an outstanding addition to a solid group of defencement.
Hamhuis' loss in the final vs Boston in 2011 is oft cited as one of the reasons that the Canucks collapsed in the final.
Raffi Torres
Torres added sandpaper, goal scoring and controversy to the thrid line. Matched with Malhotra and Hansen, this trio proved a vital counter-punch to the top line work of the Sedins and the Kesler line. Call it a hattrick of great signings.
Jeff Tambellini, Joel Perrault, Peter Schaefer
In an effort to find the magic bullet for the fourth line, Gillis brought in former first rounder Tambellini, ex-Canuck and Senator Schaefer and ex-Coyote Joel Perrault. All three spent time on the fourth line carousel, but only Tambellini would stick around for the whole season.
Bill Sweatt, Chris Tanev
Sweatt had refused to sign in both Chicago and Toronto, but still showed huge potential. Chris Tanev, we know his story. A late growth spurt took him to RPI and then a contract with the Canucks. By the end of the season, he was taking shifts on the Canucks' third pairing.
Lee Sweatt
Bill's brother was brought into play a depth role; he played three games, scored a great goal, broke his foot and then was never seen again. He's retired and trading securities in Colorado.
Eddie Lack
The Stork went undrafted, but caught the attention of scout Lars Lindgren. We have Lindgren to thank for finding Wyatt Arndt an internet friend.
Draft picks
No picks until the fourth round; all the other ones were moved in trades. Patrick McNally left Harvard in a cloud last fall, while Adam Polasek and Alex Friesen spent time in the AHL and ECHL this season. Both are long shots at this point and Polasek is likely to be remembered as "the guy the team drafted ahead of Brendan Gallagher - come on!". Jonathan Illhati and Sawyer Hannay weren't signed.
Final Assessment
The core lead the charge in 2010-11. The Sedins had their second straight epic season, Ryan Kesler hit everything that moved and scored 40 goals. The defence was rock solid and so was the goaltending. It was all going so well...
Going into the 2010-11 season, many picked the Canucks as Cup favourites. They had a bevy of NHL defencemen (they were so deep, most expected that Kevin Bieksa would be moved to get the team under the cap, hello Laurence Gilman), their scoring forwards were in their prime and they had what looked to be the best goaltending tandem in the league.
Mike Gillis put his stamp on the team in the summer of 2010. He'd added pieces to the team each summer since he was hired, and each subsequent season the team was better. He convinced players to sign for less than market value, to believe in the concept he was assembling. In 2010, he found a pair of role players and they didn't just fit the puzzle, they made the puzzle bigger.
Last point, tho' it's been fun!
I don't have anything against what scouts say, and yes, the canucks generally don't have a good prospect system by a lot of evaluations. But, I wanted to know how you were evaluating that the picks that Gillis has made are poorer than the average GM, given draft position, etc. You don't seem to get this. To say that a GM is doing poorly at drafting takes a lot more evidence than you can muster (namely, looking at what proportion of NHLers come from different draft positions as a whole, not just Canucks, and then seeing if the Canucks are substantially worse; or using comparables, etc). So, maybe, I should just say, you may be right, but you don't have evidence for it, as you claim.
"Established NHLers don't get sent down to the minors towards the end of the year."
It was one game, widely reported to be a run-in with AV, and it ended pretty quick.
"This is a non-sequitar. What exactly is your endgame by trying to take me to an unfamiliar area?"
This is just hilarious. Now I know that you aren't really that serious. You said "oh, it's just semantics". I said, "no, there are people who have done this systematically, and this isn't just a question of semantics." (I'm paraphrasing, yes?) So you say "non-sequitar". And then, you have a paranoid reaction: "what exactly is your endgame..."
ARE YOU SERIOUS???? My endgame is to steal all your marbles and make you the laughing stock of the playground...;)
Have a nice day!
"I don't have anything against what scouts say, and yes, the canucks generally don't have a good prospect system by a lot of evaluations."
Oh my god there is finally some substance in what you say. If you had said this 20 comments ago instead of going off on tangents we both would have saved time.
"But, I wanted to know how you were evaluating that the picks that Gillis has made are poorer than the average GM, given draft position, etc."
If you notice, I was comparing him to Nonis since they had somewhat similar draft picks.
Nonis had top prospects the industry liked. Which, as you finally, finally, have come to acknowledge means something.
"Paranoid reaction" is your interpretation. I am not quite sure why you feel the need to projection your feelings onto me :)
Some of those sources are better than others at sorting through good and bad information but they all get most of their information from team scouts and team scouts always have an agenda.
Team scouts try to inflate the value of their own prospects and lower the value of other teams prospects (at least the ones the might want to acquire for the right price).
There is no way for Keith Law and those organizations to physically watch every player so they fill in the gaps by talking to scouts. So yeah, scouting reports do need to be put in context and should be supported by stats.
yes, COHO is the anchor in the line that features VANEK and POMINVILLE. HOW IS THIS A SHOCKER? advanced stats mean absolutely nothing if they don't actually translate tangible numbers. I.E. Booth. and it's not like Kassian is killing his advanced stats either, look at his wowy with the twins vs burrows. you're WOWY arguement doesn't support you're actual arguement the kassian-coho trade
"There is no way for Keith Law and those organizations to physically watch every player so they fill in the gaps by talking to scouts. So yeah, scouting reports do need to be put in context and should be supported by stats."
I don't disagree. In regards to baseball, though, stats only tell a certain part of the story when it comes to prospects specifically.
For example, Keith Law has talked about how batspeed cannot be quantified. It actually takes a pair of eyes. The same can be said about a pitcher's stuff, a position player's tools etc.
Anything this subjective is prone to bias, of course.
Where statistical information can come in handy, for example, is K/BB ratios in regards to future plate discipline. One could make the argument that JP Arencibia was always "overrated" as a prospect because he simply never controlled the strikezone. That is an example of statistical data being used to supplement a player evaluation.
Of course, there is also stats gone bad. I refer you to the quote by Voros McCracken on the Mariners defence:
Since I like to compare Gillis to former Blue Jays GM JP Ricciardi, I'd argue the Blue Jays' Moneyball draft philosophy was off the mark.
They drafted almost exclusively college players for so long based on the premise that college players had statistical track records. As Keith Law has said, other teams caught on and by the time the Jays' turn to draft came, better college players were off the board.
And what you saw was a lot of players who can play at the MLB level, but a system that was devoid of star talent for nearly a decade.
But don't tell antro. He'll force me to quit my job and perform a study!
"Anything this subjective is prone to bias, of course."
"Of course, there is also stats gone bad"
Absolutely. I see scouting reports and stats as two tools that organizations should be using to support each other.
Keith Law is one of the better sources, he even brings his own radar gun to every game because he doesn't trust anybody else's.
Ricciadi was awful, there was no way firing that many scouts was going to be good for the team in the long run.
"Absolutely. I see scouting reports and stats as two tools that organizations should be using to support each other."
I could not agree more. All types of info should be used in the decision making process.
Back to the Blue Jays. Their prospects under Ricciardi were never well-regarded.
Which is part of the same reason I place an emphasis on what scouts say about our prospects. Edler, Schneider, Bourdon (RIP) and Hodgson were all well regarded prospects.
Just looking at the history of the NHL draft, it's quite clear that there is a correlation between what scouts say and how impactful a player will be.
This is my fear with Gillis. It's why I keep bring up the "trying to hit a homerun instead of a double" quote.
His apparent goal of trying to get "something" with his picks as opposed to gambling on potential stars like Nonis used to scares the hell out of me.
Gillis talks a good game so, like Ricciardi, perhaps he will keep his job for 8 years when it was clear after year 5 or 6 he was simply not a good talent evaluator.
Nice discussion...
Something more to think about: the argument about drafting really misses the point. Evaluating drafting is extraordinarily difficult. We have tiny sample sizes (made worse by the fact that the Canucks, like other contenders, routinely give up draft picks in trades) and after the first few picks, the draft is little better than a crapshoot anyways (note, this is where the Canucks have drafted the last god knows how many years.) Moreover, it takes (reasonably) a minimum of 5 years to evaluate a team's performance on a given draft.
I think strong statements to the effect of "Gillis' drafting sucks" or "Gillis has drafted well" can't really be supported, and especially not with the subjective evidence dominating discussion. No one is making a convincing argument.
The transaction record is probably a better way to evaluate Gillis at this point. Through 2010, he could do no wrong.
That changes of course...
It is too early to make "final judgements" on a lot of Gillis picks. It's too early to make final judgements on Nonis and Burke picks too.
But it doesn't mean it's too early to note what a pick's present day value is.
For example, both Jensen & Corrado's values are higher than when they were drafted. This is good.
On the flip side, well, all of 2008 - 2010 as far as I'm concerned.
And probably a bigger issue to me is the trades for non-rentals, many of which included draft picks. With that many poor outcomes, people should be questioning Gillis' process.
"This is my fear with Gillis. It's why I keep bring up the "trying to hit a homerun instead of a double" quote.
His apparent goal of trying to get "something" with his picks as opposed to gambling on potential stars like Nonis used to scares the hell out of me."
I wasn't aware of that quote until you brought it up and that isn't something I think Gillis should be doing. Gillis also talks in a vague circular manner, often spending the length of an entire interview saying nothing of value, so without seeing or hearing the quote it is hard for me to put into context.
I think there is something else going on with Gillis' drafting, however. In baseball if you need players to contribute to the big club immediately, you draft college players and if you have a lot of depth you and would like to delay the arrival of prospects to the majors you draft high school players. I think Gillis was doing some of that here.
When some of those players were drafted, the Canucks had quite a bit of depth and didn't really have room for many young players on their roster. I think Gillis drafted players that were committed to colleges so that they would turn pro at a later date and he could delay the start of their ELC.
There is the associated lowered upside/risk that comes with this approach but I think it is one of the factors, along with the Moneyball approach you mention, that explain the drafting of college players.
Fair statements.
I'd caution against judging Gillis on the early draft performance though...
He was (probably) using Nonis' scouting staff and methodology with few tweaks in those years. As you've noted, the farm and developing players he inherited were bloody impressive. Given the difficulties of assessing draft performance and a solid data point indicating that the scouting team knew ehat it was doing, I don't think it's unreasonable for him to have kept things going the way they were.
I'm just saying that it's all fuzzy and hard to call.
Agreed on the transaction record. I hate seeing draft picks and prospects go. The trades in the last three years all seem to have made sense at the time (in particular, I believe that Drance described Roy as "nails"), but have not panned out. That's on Gillis.
It isn't just about the scouts, though. The GM sets the organizational philosophy.
People would complain about Nonis going off the board with his picks; but I think it's fair to say he was looking for impact.
And considering Gillis hasn't exactly drafted top prospects, I think his draft philosophy has to be questioned. Everything from only drafting forwards with 1st rounders to avoiding the WHL to selecting a lot of older/college players.
I like Roy the player, irrespective of his playoff performance. But, common, a 2nd round pick and an okay prospect for KConn is way too much for a rental player, imo.
Clarkson for a 1st would have been an even bigger disaster.
June 07 2013, 12:20AM
One comment.... If Hodgson is a double, Kassian is a homerun swing. The results haven't been there yet, but according to your philosophy... He certainly should have made that trade. Kassian's upside is a dominating physical 35 goal player. Hodgson might be PPG a couple of times in his career but only when in a Sedin-like role. Kassian is risky and might take longer but he is certainly a home run swing.
@Austin Wallace
I don't know about a homerun considering the projections on Kassian when Gillis acquired him. He's still a winger and, in my book at least, it takes a lot to be an impact winger. If he turns into Bertuzzi than, yes, that would be a homerun.
I get what you mean, though.
@Austin Wallace
i don't think you can classify Coho has a double. he has much higher upside, he is safer but good potential.


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Well some of you were right it was a short series. I liked the ending, overall good short series.
Well some of you were right it was a short series. I liked the ending, overall good short series.
Argh! What a splendid yet very short series! :<
Yep it was nice and it still holds all kinds of potential. It's possible that, as someone already mentioned, the new series will be somehow related to this one. A prequel or sequel to it perhaps.
So anyway, was this series created on the boom of the world ending on the 12.21.12 at 12:12 AM ?
If this will somehow be connected to the new series, I thought that it would be nice to have these two siblings as extra characters.
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They could be the Ace/Shanks to the protagonist's Luffy.
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Skip to comments.Rick Perry: Rhinestone Cowboy
Posted on 08/12/2011 9:56:32 AM PDT by Brices Crossroads
Rick Perry is rapidly becoming known as a politician who talks a good game, but whose actions belie his words. Last year, he waved the bloody shirt of secession, which horrified the New York Times...until they dug deeper and found that Perry wasn't just talking about seceding. He was aiming to hook up with Mexico in order to fulfill his "shared with [Mexican President] Vincente Fox for open borders." Seriously, though, Perry is becoming a caricature of himself. He first waved the tenth Amendment on gay marriage and abortion, first supporting the interpretations that states should be responsible for defining marriage and related issues, and in a flip-flop worthy of Mitt Romney, came out in favor of a federal constitutional amendment to ban both.
Perry's open borders positions tell us that he is not a conservative. His political pan-gyrations on gay marriage, abortion, and the Tenth Amendment suggest he is not reliable there either, but would trim his sails at the slightest pressure.
Well, he must be good on something. How would he handle judicial appointments, for example. Bear in mind that in Texas, in contrast to states such as Alaska (where a Commission presents the Governor with three choices from which he or she MUST select a Judge), the Texas Governor has pretty much unfettered control of the appointments process to fill judicial vacancies. In a conservative state like Texas, it would be easy to remake the courts in a conservative mold. In fact, it would almost follow de facto, since the appointed justices must face election state wide. No doubt Perry will try to take credit for the relatively conservative state of the Texas judiciary as he has done with the Texas economy when the relative health of both has been more in spite of, than because of, Rick Perry.
I have not done an exhaustive study of Perry's judicial appointments, although undoubtedly conservatives in Texas would have done so. I found one particular judicial appointment, the subsequent election, and Perry's reaction to it to be most instructive about his orientation toward strong judicial conservatives.
In 2001, one of Perry's first selections to succeed the staunchly conservative Greg Abbot (who had been elected Attorney General) was Xavier Rodriguez, a self-described moderate. In trying to move the Texas Supreme Court to the left, he drew the ire of conservatives in Texas. An up and coming young conservative, Steven Wayne Smith stepped forward to challenge Rodriguez. Smith, who was superbly qualified, had argued and won the landmark 1996 case of Hopwood v. Texas which successfully challenged affirmative action at the University of Texas Law School. In effect, he was a hero to conservatives in Texas and an anathema to the Establishment. The Establishment, including Perry and John Cornyn, no doubt detested Smith for dismantling affirmative action at the UT Law School. But when Smith stepped forward to challenge a self proclaimed moderate appointment of Perry, who happened to be Hispanic, that was the last straw. Perry and his cronies in the Establishment did all they could to stop Smith but he prevailed over Rodriguez easily and was in stalled as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
In 2004, Perry encouraged a challenger to run against Smith. The Establishment lined up with Cornyn and Perry on one side and the Texas Eagle Forum,Kent Hance and Ward Connerly on the other. This time the Establishment prevailed and Smith was defeated. He attempted a comeback in 2006, but Perry recruited another challenger, less conservative than Smith, and he lost by less than 1%.
Perry's actions, and his vindictive crusade against an up and coming conservative legal superstar, suggest that a Perry Presidency would be more likely to yield David Souters and Harriet Miers than Antonin Scalias and Clarence Thomases. When it comes to Rick Perry, the message to the Federalist Society and constitutional conservatives is caveat emptor.
this is getting laughable at this point, just give up on the Perry hatred.
RHINESTONE COWBOY - sounds good to me—DIAMONDS go with everything!
RHINESTONE COWBOY - sounds good to me—DIAMONDS go with everything!
He's better than Obama. If anyone knows of the perfect candidate, please let me know.
Coca Cola Cowboy
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written by James S. Pinkard,Jr., Irving Dain
and Stephen H. Dorff Sam Atchley
I called collect on the phone
You say you're tired and alone
But it sounds like some one else is lying there
She said don't call me no more
Don't you knock on my door
It's too late now and I know you'll never change
And she said you're just a coca cola cowboy
You got a Eastwood smile and Robert Redford hair
But you walked across my heart like it was Texas
And you taught me how to say I just don't care
She said just leave me alone
And let me hang up this phone
Cause he'll see me cry and think I still love you
Please don't call me no more
I changed the locks on my door
It's time you understood that we are through
And she said you're just a coca cola cowboy
You got a Eastwood smile and Robert Redford hair
But you walked across my heart like it was Texas
And you taught me how to say I just don't care
Perry=Bush's third term. No thanks.
What's wrong with someone doing research and writing an opinion piece based upon their findings? I know nothing about Perry so I appreciate having good & not so good information. No one is perfect and there won't be a perfect candidate. If there are things you'd like people to know about Perry why not write your own article instead of denigrating someone else's efforts?
If it's laughable, please refute it for the edification of us dunces outhere whoaren't as familiar with perry as you are. Is the Smith story true...or false? It can't be both.
Shouldn't this *opinion piece* be a VANITY?
And where are your links/sources, Mr. Bloger?
Good Gawwwwwwwwwwd. The same old load of KRAP! Now watch the freepers come out and carry the democrats bucket of propaganda for them. It's amazing. Just watch.
Source? Vanity? Don't we normally note "vanities?"
Has this become a PaulBot morning?
Nobody is calling for a perfect candidate. We just don't want any more open-borders, Globalist RINO phonies shoved down our throat any more.
Are you or do you personally know Steven Wayne Smith?
Just askin 'cause this whole rant sounds vindictive.
So who do you recommend?
Zot 1, bucket carrier.
Zot 2, bucket carrier.
Zot 3, bucket carrier.
You seem genuinely concerned that conservatives might mistakenly nominate the wrong candidate. Your unbiased analysis of Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann are welcome enlightenment for those of us uninformed voters dispossessed of your superior political insights.
I, for one, am truly grateful for your efforts to save us from the perils of our own misguided decisions.
But if not Perry or Bachmann...certainly not Romney...who does that leave? ...who should we vote for? Ron Paul?
Oh Great and Powerful Brices...please tell us whoooooooo!!
I will not just take this persons word for it, but it gives me information to check further.
Like one Freeper said, you can give us ALL his positive points.
Have never seen anyone with quite so many pages after pages of "Perry Derangement Syndrome" posts. When PDS Coyote is looked up, there's bricie smiling like ronpaul.
You need to consider talking with your Doctor, this Perry fetich can not be good for you.
I'll boil it down for you: Perry is Huckabbe God-word frosting on Romney cake with Texas bravado candles.
Zot 4, democratic bucket carrier...
Zot 4, bucket carrier...
Because he's a nit-pickin, FOS liar with some sort of ax to grind. Just like you.
See I told you the democratic propaganda bucket carriers will rush to the forefront! We're here! We're here!
No. Brices Crossroads is an unabashed Palinite and apparently the Palinites have decided that bashing Perry is now their new mission instead of defending Palin, this despite nothing in the Perry camp saying anything critical of Palin or, for her part, any criticism of Perry directly by Palin.
It's disappointing to me because I think it is quite possible that Palin could eventually endorse Perry for president as she did when he ran for governor. then, where will Palinites like Brices Crossroads be? Will they suddenly climb aboard and support the candidate their hero endorsed? Or will they become Bachmann supporters? Or Romney supporters?
Zot yourself.
Love it...
Are there actually any canditates that are any good on illegal immigration?
What concerns me is the level of vitriol directed at anyone who displays even the slightest amount of skepticism about a candidate.
If any of the "bucket carriers" for Perry can or will, maybe they ought to get busy presenting information that refutes the OP's comments.
Since the truth is the PEOPLE voted Smith out not once, but three times, the propaganda bucket has holes in it.
Smith was just a lawyer who made millions off the University of Texas university system lawsuit against affirmative action.
And then his case got abrogated by the US Supreme court.
Money totally LOST for KRAP!
A Republican Bill Clinton, minus the people skills, charm and the ability to fake sincerity.
Who's your candidate at this point in the cycle? If it comes down to Perry or Obama, what would you do...go third party?.....stay at home?
>> unabashed Palinite
Has anyone broke the news to them that Sarah Palin isn't running?
Nah, we can walk and chew gum at the same time. I think the real reason this is happeneing is because, well, this is just what happens when you run for president. People challenge your record. It's called vetting, its a good thing, and we needed to do a lot more of it than we did in 2008. Mea Culpa. Not gonna let it go this time. Perry's a big boy, and his followers can muster to his defense, and if it works it works. As for now, maybe I missed it, but I'm still waiting for the first pro-Perry post omn this thread to defend the actual charge laid in the article: Did Perry aid and abet the the leftification of the Texas Supreme Court, or did he not? What are the facts? Inquiring minds want to know....
SAN ANTONIO - In the 1850s, on the steps of the Waco courthouse, Wallace Jefferson's great-great-great grandfather was sold. Today, Jefferson is chief justice of Texas' Supreme Court. The governor who nominated him also nominated the state's first Latina justice.
Rick Perry, 61, the longest-serving governor in Texas history and, in his 11th year, the nation's senior governor, says these nominations are two of his proudest accomplishments.
Read more: http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/editorials-columns/national-columnists/perry-s-boots-cufflinks-1.1166588?localLinksEnabled=false#ixzz1UpufOBip
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The other day I received my annual invitation to order Girl Scout cookies, and my pulse quickened at the thought of Samoas. I am a fool for toasted coconut. Unfortunately, those adorable little harbingers of transfat are not vegan, and they're full of ingredients that don't really qualify as food, like high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oil. I'm no health nut (I ate no fewer than five cookies yesterday), but I am trying to stop eating things that come from a lab instead of a farm. (My standards for food quality may be high, but I have no self-respect in regard to quantity.)
I knew I could not live the rest of my life without a chocolate-dipped coconut cookie, so I set about trying to find a recipe online. The most authentic-looking homemade Samoas were on bakingbites.com. I replaced the butter and milk with non-dairy ingredients, and substituted a souped-up version of this vegan caramel sauce for the store-bought caramels.
I cannot stop eating these. They're puffier and less oily than the originals, but with all the same flavors. So who needs a Girl Scout, anyway?
A word about the name: I grew up calling these Samoas, and then I started seeing them labeled Caramel de-Lites. The first thing I wondered was why the Girl Scouts spelled "delights" in such a stupid way. Why the lowercase d and capital L, and why hyphenate it and drop g and h? All those changes make it confusing to read and annoying to spell.
The second thing I wondered was if the name change was in response to a complaint by residents of the Samoan Islands. My only knowledge of Samoans (the people, not the cookies), came from their occasional appearance as contestants on The Price is Right. They were always enthusiastic Bob Barker fans, and always morbidly obese. I am not suggesting all Samoans are fat, or even that they all love game shows. But I thought maybe Samoan public health or tourism agencies, in hopes of discouraging that perception, decided to dissociate themselves from chocolate coconut cookies.
The mundane explanation is that Girl Scout cookies are made by two companies that use the same recipes but call them different things. I'm calling them Samoas, because I like to imagine a tropical paradise in the South Pacific where islanders lay on the beach in grass skirts, listening to the calls of monkeys and tucans, eating tray after tray of coconut cookies.
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Step 1: Shortbread Cookies1 cup Earth Balance margarine, soft
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 c soy milk
Preheat oven to 350F and grease a cookie sheet.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together margarine and sugar. Mix in flour, baking powder and salt at a low speed, followed by the vanilla and soy milk. With a wooden spoon and your hands, form the dough into a ball. Add in a bit of extra flour if your dough is very sticky.
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Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes, until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
These are delicious plain, too. I had five or six leftover after spreading the coconut topping, so I drizzled them with chocolate and served them with coffee.
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GATINEAU – Canada raised its game but it wasn't enough against powerhouse Brazil in a 25-20, 29-27, 25-16 loss on Friday in a semifinal match at the Pan Am Cup men's volleyball tournament.
With the loss Canada faces Puerto Rico in the bronze medal match set for Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Centre Robert Guertin in Gatineau. The Brazilians head to the championship final against the U.S., at 8 pm. The Americans, three time defending champions, defeated Puerto Rico in straight sets to advance.
''Brazil is a better team right now,'' said Team Canada's Gavin Schmitt of Saskatoon, who led the Canadian attack with 14 points. ''They are more consistent and more disciplined. It's a learning process right now and we saw what we need to work on in this match.''
The turning point in the match was the second set. Canada trailed most of the set but made a late charge when Gord Perrin of Creston, B.C., nailed a service to make it 23-24 and the Brazilians then had trouble handling his next serve which tied the match. Perrin ended the match with 11 points. Brazil had set point five times before sealing it.
''They were better in their execution and simply didn't make many errors,'' said Canada's head coach Glenn Hoag. ''Right now it's important for us to play matches and that's what is going to help us.''
It was also Canada's first loss of the tournament after going 2-0 in the round robin and beating Mexico in the quarterfinal.
It was a big night for Steve Brinkman of Bowmanville, Ont., who played his 200th international match for Team Canada.
On the Brazilian side, Paulo Silva had 18 points and Douglas Cordeiro 12.
''We were able to challenge Canada's strengths which are blocking and serving,'' said Brazil's head coach Flavio Marinho. ''We have never won the Pan Am Cup because we have always sent young teams. It would be an important for our country to win this.''
June 17, 2011
U.S.A advances to championship final at Pan Am Cup
GATINEAU – The full team concept continued to pay dividends for the U.S., on Friday as they defeated Puerto Rico 25-18, 25-17, 25-14 in the championship semifinal at the Pan Am Cup men's volleyball tournament.
Eleven of the 12 players (minus the Libero) put their name on the scoresheet for the Americans, the three-time defending champions. Jayson Jablonsky and William Price were the top marksmen for the U.S., with 10 points each.
''The strength is our total team effort,'' said U.S., head coach Gordon Mayforth. ''They are easy to coach because they remind each other to keep focused. Our transition game was very strong tonight and we wanted to win the rallies.''
''We had a bit of slow start,'' said U.S., captain Robert Tarr. ''But we kept on about each other to stay consistent and pass the ball well.''
Ulises Maldonado and Ezequiel Cruz scored 10 points each for Puerto Rico.
''We knew we were playing a good team and their serves were like bombs,'' said Puerto Rico's captain Edgardo Goas. ''There were some things we could have done better and we hoped we learned from that.''
''Being exposed to this level of play is great for our young team,'' added Puerto Rico's head coach Ariel Diaz. ''Sometimes we had some good rallies but the U.S., capitalized on our mistakes.''
The U.S., play the winner of the Canada-Brazil semifinal later Friday while Puerto Rico will play the loser of that match for the bronze.
June 17, 2011
Mexico digs deep to beat the Dominican Republic in consolation semifinal
GATINEAU – Setter Pedro Rangel not only sparkled with his powerful serve and precise passing but led Mexico with 11 points in a 25-21, 25-22, 25-23 win over the Dominican Republic in a consolation semifinal match at the Pan American Cup volleyball tournament.
With the win Mexico advances to the fifth place match against Venezuela. The Dominicans will battle for seventh spot against Argentina.
''It wasn't an easy game,'' said Mexico's head coach Jorge Azair. ''We're both young restructuring teams. On our side we paid the price for preparing well enough physically for this tournament.''
"The Dominican Republic are always a tough team to play against,'' added Mexico's captain Jorge Quinones.
Quinones and Tomas Aguilera added nine points each.
Pedro Luis Garcia was the game's top scorer in a losing cause with 18. Elnis Palomino added 14 and Eduardo Concepcion 13 for the Dominican.
''We hoped we would be fighting for fifth place,'' said Dominican Republic's coach Jacinto Campechano. ''This is a young group. Our goal is to win our next match against Argentina.'
''It's been a great experience so far,'' added Concepcion. ''We fought as best we could with a very new team.''
June 17, 2011
Venezuela zooming in on fifth place at Pan Am Cup
GATINEAU – Kervin Pinerua and Jhoser Contreras scored 18 points each to lead Venezuela to a 25-11, 26-24, 16-25, 27-25 victory over Argentina in a consolation semifinal Friday at the Pan Am Cup men's volleyball tournament.
With the victory, Venezuela advances to the fifth place match against the winner of the Mexico-Dominican Republic consolation semi later Friday. Argentina will face the loser of that match for seventh.
''It was a difficult game for both teams,'' said Venezuela's head coach Idolo Herrera. ''This was the time we needed to play well. We have fulfilled our goals so far.''
''We have a very good rivalry with Venezuela,'' said Pinerua. ''In head to head competition they have won more often so it's great for our confidence.''
Augustin Ramonda and Ivan Castellani replied with 14 points apiece for Argentina which fielded its national junior team in preparation for the world junior championships later this summer.
''We are the only true junior team here, all the others have some senior players,'' said Argentina's head coach Juan Manuel Cichello. ''Still, we expected to play better.''
''It's hard to say anything in an emotional moment like this,'' said Argentina's setter and captain Juan Ignacio Finoli. ''It was a disappointing result for our team.''
June 17, 2011
Bahamas places ninth at Pan Am Cup with historic win
GATINEAU – The Bahamas earned its first ever victory at the Pan Am Cup men's volleyball tournament on Friday defeating Panama 21-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-18 in the ninth place match.
It was the Bahamas' first appearance in the six-year history of the tournament. They had loss their first four matches this week, although clearly improved each time out.
''As the tournament progressed our players got more comfortable,'' said Bahamas head coach Raymond Wilson. ''The key for us is to be more consistent and not always come from behind.''
Renaldo Knowles and Byron Ferguson each had 17 points for the victors while Princtanique Wilson added 15.
''It means a lot for the players to get this win,'' said Knowles. ''We have confidence now that we can play at this level of tournament.''
Edward Diaz was the top point-getter for Panama with 15 points. Ricardo Brown added 10.
''Bahamas was more concentrated and organized,'' said Panama's coach Sergio Ballestas. ''We could have tried harder.''
Panama finishes in 10th place.


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Chapter 37
Hezekiah seeks counsel from Isaiah to save Jerusalem—Isaiah prophesies the defeat of the Assyrians and the death of Sennacherib—Hezekiah prays for deliverance—Sennacherib sends a blasphemous letter—Isaiah prophesies that the Assyrians will be destroyed and that a remnant of Judah will flourish—An angel slays 185,000 Assyrians—Sennacherib is slain by his sons.
1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of
4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 ¶And
7 Behold, I will
8 ¶So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
14 ¶And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,
16 O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the
17 Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to
18 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their
19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no
20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.
21 ¶Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him;
23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall
25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how
27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
30 And this shall be a sign unto
31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a
33 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a
34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.
35 For I will
36 Then the
37 ¶So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.


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|Posted by Deb on June 09, 2003 at 22:23:49:
|In response to Re: 3 piece tub/whirlpool/shower unit
: : : Im considering installing a three piece tub/shower unit in my bath room as a part of an entire remodel.
: : : the problem im having is that i cannot find any info on the intial frame work.
: : : i know ill need a mortar base and cement board liner of sorts
: : : but does any body know the dimensions to fit a 60" x 32"x 87" kit?
: : : i surfed the manufactures website but found nothing. the kit is made by GALBOCCA.
: : : kind of a bummer cause i cant frame my new door opening until i find out where the completed deal is going to set.
: : : any info to keep job rolling well be apreciated
: : Some tubs do not need a mortar base (never heard of using cement board). A mortar base, if you need it, goes down when you install the tub, so don't worry about it now. And I don't quite understand your framing problem. You have the dimensions you need.
: its happened to me before , i use the dimensions they give me and they neglect to tell me about a needed clearance for something, you go back to enqiure and get some contactors business card. or they changed a dimenionsion on something.
If you are concerned, either get the tub now or get another tub that you can get specs on. I've plumbed hundreds of new houses, remodeled dozens, and never had any tub troubles (other than the framers that put the wall on the wrong side of the snap line) when I had the dimensions. If you know the dimension of each piece, you should be okay.
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Prospect Profile: #2 Frank Corrado
Dimitri Filipovic
August 30 2013 08:45AM
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Corrado's ascent up not only prospects lists, but the organizational depth chart as well, has been a rather remarkable one. It was only a measly two years ago that he was available all the way up until the 150th overall pick in the 2011 NHL entry draft, before the Canucks finally took him with their 5th rounder.
With hindsight being 20/20 and all, that was a gross miscalculation by all 30 teams (the Canucks included, as they could very easily be kicking themselves for taking Honzik, Grenier, LaBate, and Blomstrand before finally pulling the trigger on the Sudbury Wolves defenseman). Were we to re-draft that class today, I figure that Corrado would go somewhere in the mid-to-high teens.
Just a few months after his draft, Corey Pronman, of ESPN Insider and Hockey Prospectus fame, assessed Vancouver's system and put out a Top 10, in which Corrado's name wasn't even mentioned. Last summer, Corrado made the jump all the way up to the 3rd spot on Pronman's list, drawing some kind words from the scout along the way. As for us, we had him ranked 7th last year, before bumping him up to number 2 this time around. Even Vin Diesel thinks that his climb has been fast, and furious.
Now, he's the only player in our Top 5 that wasn't brought into the system with a 1st round pick. Read on past the jump for more on the best defenseman in the team's system.
What a year this past one was for Corrado, who laced the skates up for a game 89 different times, spanning 3 leagues (and 4 teams). Only a few months after being named captain of the Sudbury Wolves, he was traded to a stacked Kitchener Rangers squared featuring a handful of legitimate NHL prospects (Ryan Murphy, Matt Puempel, Radek Faksa, and John Gibson). I actually had the luxury of speaking to Mike Farwell, who is part of Rangers broadcasts, and obviously saw far more of Corrado than I did this past season.
Did the Rangers try to pair up Corrado and other highly touted blueline prospect, Ryan Murphy, at all?
Frank and Ryan played together sparingly and almost exclusively on the power play. Frank was brought in as a sort of "insurance policy" should Murphy end up in the pros and stick. As you may remember, Murphy was the subject of a late season emergency call-up and Frank was certainly a good safety net at that point. I believe they were kept apart as a pairing to spread out that style of defence. The Rangers enjoyed creating off the rush and that gave the team two looks for other teams to worry about.
What would you do with Corrado this coming season if you were running the Canucks? Would you send him back to the AHL to log heavy minutes, or do you think that he's ready to be a full-time 3rd pairing defenseman at the NHL level? Finally, what do you think about his offensive game? One thing I noticed was how efficient he was at getting the puck on net through traffic.
I have no doubt that Frank will be a pro but I think the best path for development is some AHL seasoning before making that next step. In my opinion, this approach is especially prudent when it comes to defencemen. I project him as a second pairing guy in the NHL and that would include second or first PP unit, depending on what else you have in your arsenal. Along with the knack he has for getting pucks to the net (as you note), I'd add in that his vision is extremely well-developed for a player at this level. Perhaps those two are related but watch him with the puck and how his head is ALWAYS up. Always. It's like he's watching the play develop as he starts from the zone and it makes his first pass among his greatest assets. As an aside, Frank is an absolute gem off the ice. Just a terrific human being. And a fan of country music, particularly Eric Church.
After the Rangers were bounced from the OHL playoffs, Corrado was assigned to the Wolves where he only played in 3 games before being called up to the Canucks. This move didn't really surprise anyone for two reasons:
a) With Chris Tanev and Kevin Bieksa both on the shelf, the team was sending the trio of Barker, Alberts, and Ballard out there. In NHL games. They clearly needed some stability on the back-end, and Corrado was worth a look.
b) Laurence Gilman had come out and labelled Corrado as a "sleeper" prospect to keep an eye on in the summer of 2012, saying that there were people in the organization that thought he could "challenge to make the NHL a lot sooner than most people think." Corrado then went on to put together a fantastic prospects camp in Penticton, and a strong showing in the preseason. If there were some out there that weren't aware of him after all of that, they surely were once he impressed at Team Canada's WJHC camp (before ultimately, and rather curiously, being cut from the team). His name was catching on to say the least.
I'd say that overall, he acquitted himself quite well in his first taste of NHL action. While there were certainly some bumps in the road - most notably San Jose's winning goal in Game 1 - he didn't look out of place for the most part, and gave fans of the team reason to be excited about his future in Vancouver.
What did seem to surprise some, however, was the fact that the team "burned" a year off of Corrado's entry-level deal once they dressed him for the 6th time (which game in Game 3 of their series against San Jose). At the time, Thomas Drance put together a good post on the issue, including Gillis' thoughts and comments, and I'd recommend you read it if you still have qualms. In the long run I don't think this is something that's going to come back to haunt the team. I thought it was the right call at the time, and I stand by it. It's a non-issue, really.
So what's next for Corrado? Back in July, Jeff Angus laid out the options at-hand. I don't really think that there's a "right" answer, and if somebody tries to tell you that there is, they're full of it. Every player develops differently, and there isn't an exact formula for how to approach it.
About a month ago, when we were staring the Yannick Weber experience right in the eye, I honestly thought that we'd see Corrado start the year with the team. Given his demeanor and burgeoning skillset, I figured he'd be able to adjust on the fly and wouldn't be set back by any potential hiccups. But then the Canucks came to terms with both Alberts and Tanev, and at this point, I think we'll almost certainly see Corrado start the year in Utica, where he'll be given a chance to log copious amounts of minutes.
He's just 20 years old, and has only 16 total professional games under his belt, so some extra seasoning will likely do him some good. But with injuries being inevitable, and Andrew Alberts/Yannick Weber not being very good, expect Corrado to be up with the team sooner rather than later.
At the rate that he has been developing at over the past two years, the sky is the limit for this kid. Pronman projects Corrado as a "quality second pairing defenseman", and I agree. I feel fairly confident that barring some sort of unfortunate injury, or unforseen circumstance, he'll be a legit top-4 defenseman in the coming years once he hits his physical peak. The bigger question, for me, is whether to go with Frank, Frankie, or Francesco? He doesn't have a personal preference, so it's all up to us.
Other Prospect Profiles in This Series:
- #20 Alex Friesen
- #19 Peter Andersson
- #18 Cole Cassels
- #17 Yann Sauvé
- #16 Joe Cannata
- #15 Patrick McNally
- #14 Darren Archibald
- #13 Alexandre Mallet
- #12 Alexandre Grenier
- #11 Joacim Eriksson
- #10 Kellan Lain
- #9 Henrik Tommernes
- #8 Joseph LaBate
- #7 Jordan Subban
- #6 Eddie Lack
- #5 Hunter Shinkaruk
- #4 Nicklas Jensen
- #3 Bo Horvat
August 30 2013, 09:53AM
what does that say about your team's future if your number 2 prospect projects as top 4 d man?
Guance probably has top 6 upside as the team's #1 prospect. Oi! We are F'ed. Better hope the Sedins can play into their fourties.
August 30 2013, 09:44AM
"I don't really think that there's a "right" answer, and if somebody tries to tell you that there is, they're full of it."
These message boards have devolved into a few people only having right answers. They'll tell you they're right, without you even asking.
Perhaps an idea is to have Corrado play in Utica until Christmas, then bring him up after the inevitable injuries. Even a half year playing big minutes would help evaluate him and develp him for the long run. If he is indeed on the fast track, a half year may be sufficient.
what does that say about your team's future if your number 2 prospect projects as top 4 d man?
Guance probably has top 6 upside as the team's #1 prospect. Oi! We are F'ed. Better hope the Sedins can play into their fourties.
Shinkaruk, Horvat, and Jensen all have top-6 (potentially 1st line, even) upside. Corrado's just at #2 because barring something catastrophic, he's almost certainly going to live up to his potential and at this point it seems like the only question is when.
I think the big thing about Corrado is that the only question is "how high?"
We already know he can play over 80 games a season, we already know he can play NHL playoff hockey.
what does that say about your team's future if your number 2 prospect projects as top 4 d man?
Guance probably has top 6 upside as the team's #1 prospect. Oi! We are F'ed. Better hope the Sedins can play into their fourties.
What does it say? It says that the Canucks have been a very good team in the last few years. Unless you're picking in the top 10 consistently (hello Edmonton!) due to poor play or a blockbuster trade (hi Cory!), your likelihood of getting star players is diminished. Lower draft ranking happens for a reason. Corrado was taken in the 5th round. We're lucky to have gotten anything of value at all in that round.
You have to get creative when your draft # is near the back.
Do you think Corrado is also insurance if Tanev isn't signed long term next summer? Maybe Tanev can be given the Hodgson treatment and then traded for something that's missing? Or is it too early to talk that way, and plus D are always getting injured?
Corrado might not be a star but it looks like he will be a solid NHL D man. To be inserted into a playoff run speaks volumes.
I think starting off in Utica is ideal and then maybe coming up in there are injuries etc. If there is room, then have him become a regular in Jan/Feb (assuming he progresses).
Corrado is a top prospect and not out of place at #2. Others have way more upside but none of them have suited up for the Canucks and looked like they belong - Frankie has.
Love this kid. Strong defensively, with a good head on his shoulders. I hope he plays for the Canucks for a long time.
I was shocked when down 2-0 and not being competitive, Gillis decided to burn a year of Corrados ELC. The ELC and RFA are the only years the team controls young players and they got a useless 6 games, from a teams stand point. Alberts is a good plug in guy and I'm not looking forward to watching Weber, except on PP. Gillis dropped big money on Garrison, only to have AV NOT put him on the PP and now they will pair him with either Weber or Alberts? If I'm Garrison I'm not looking forward to that. Corrado adapted well in a pressure situation at the end of the season and playoffs, so unless he has a mediocre camp, I say keep him with the team. I believe that pairing Tanev with Edler will allow Ed to be more aggressive and the same will happen with Garrison. Knowing that your partner is fundamentally sound and gets the puck out of the zone quickly allows more of a jump on the rush. Ballard was a disaster in his own zone because forwards and defense pairings had to support him too much. Not with Tanev and Corrado. Kids good let him play with the big boys and take his lumps early, not in a playoff push.


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While in Winnipeg, we went to the Olive Garden. I am not a big fan of the Olive Garden but it's fare is passable and as I was getting ready to order, another table sat down and started to bad mouth Saskatoon, our weather, our culture, and the fact that there is nothing to do in Saskatoon.
Granted there isn't an Olive Garden here and there isn't anything to compare to The Forks but c'mon, the Olive Garden is over rated and I'll take dinner at Alexander's any day of the week. Maybe they were just upset with their breadsticks.
Back to hating on Saskatoon. How does anyone in Winnipeg complain about Saskatoon weather. Yes it gets cold here but Winnipeg had to install miles of tunnels and covered skywalks just to avoid the cold during the winter and hide from the mosquitos in the summer. Somehow Winnipeg has managed to make it worse by creating the world's worst wind tunnel. While entering the Winnipeg Convention Centre, the temperature probably dropped another ten degrees Celsius as the wind was brought downward and forced through their sheltered driveway. Brilliant. Of course the reason why I was so cold is that I had to park in Portage la Prairie because Winnipeg has almost no available downtown parking. This was verified by the Winnipeg Parking Authority website which tried to assure me that Winnipeg has lots of parking. Right, which is why you have a parking authority and a website which says there is lots of parking.
While I don't mind the fact that someone could love Winnipeg, the hatred on Saskatoon was a little over the top. Sure we don't have an NHL team or anything but the Winnipeg Jets thought Phoenix would be a better option and look how that has turned out for them. They do have a CFL team in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers but in my seven days in Winnipeg, I never saw a single Blue Bomber shirt, jacket, or even a hat while several times people came up to me an shook my hand for wearing my Rider green (I did get one death threat while walking down Portage from a carload of guys in a rusted out 1991 Chevy Caprice).
Now Winnipeg has built a gorgeous downtown stadium which is both cutting edge but too small for a NHL team at around 14,000 seats. This move seems to be based on the idea of torturing Winnipeg Jets fans forever and it seems to work as they all know that a) they have a cutting edge stadium b) it's too small for a NHL team. Of course they did avoid the mistake that Saskatoon made in that we built our stadium on the outskirts of North Battleford. Not our best move. We'll call that one a wash.
The lack of culture gets me a little bit as well. I'd refute that but I am too busy enjoying the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, the SaskTel Jazz Festival, the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, the Mendel Art Gallery, the Persephone Theatre, Fringe Festival, or even heading down to the Roxy or Broadway Theatres. Winnipeg has it's cultural richness as well but Saskatoon is not a barren cultural wasteland either.
Yes our downtown architecture is largely bland and uninteresting but there are signs of even that changing. We have our weaknesses but I'll take Saskatoon any day. I like walking outside.
Update: While it was mind numbingly cold in Winnipeg, I did get out with my camera(s) and take some photos of Winnipeg, The Forks, and St. Boniface Cathedral. The architecture of Saskatoon just doesn't compare with the architecture of Winnipeg.


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Okay.... but can we talk about the problematic and racist nature of her performance? Her literal use of people as props? Her association of her newfound sexuality with the traditional codifiers of black female culture, thereby perpetuating the Jezebel stereotype that black women are lewd, lascivious and uncontrollably sexualized? Can we talk about the straight up minstrelsy of that performance? Can we talk about how not a single black person won an award last night even though the people who did win awards have been mining black music and culture for years?
No? Ok... I'll just sit at the back of the bus then. #solidarityisforwhitewomen
What IS my business is how you treat the people in your employ and the message that sends to black and brown women about their worth. About their "rank" in the bodily autonomy food-chain. About how they can expect to be exploited by even their supposed sisters-in-arms. You wanna be down with black folk? With black women? Start by treating us like human beings, not like fucking pokemon. Learn more about the history of the people you borrow from, so you can avoid that Sarah Baartman shit. And, for God's sake, keep your fucking hands to yourself.
I used to like Miley until now. Like she said herself before her "change" that she didn't even know who Jay-Z was at one point, now you ratchet and wanna make "Black music" and like "Black culture"?It is blackface and minstrelsy. She can celebrate "Black" music without all the stereotypes, like how Eminem (he is problematic for other reasons, but has not been as bad lately...), Robin Thicke (before the lawsuit against Marvin Gaye's estate), Justin Timberlake (I still feel like he threw Janet under the bus during the superbowl thing), and Mackelmore.
This shit has never been more dead on right than at this very moment, watching this awards show (Lil Kim had to be 'recognized' by a white, blonde rapper; Macklemore beat out everyone to win 'best Rap,' lots of other *sigh* moments)
Miley sticks middle finger up in pics, smokes & wears grills = just her being a kid. Trayvon does it = hes a thug #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen
— Mixed Girl Problems (@mixdgrlproblems) August 12, 2013
A doctoral dissertation could (and will) be written on the racial, class, and gender dynamics of Cyrus's shtick. I'll make just one historical note. For white performers, minstrelsy has always been a means to an end: a shortcut to self-actualization. The archetypal example is in The Jazz Singer (1927), in which Al Jolson's immigrant striver puts on the blackface mask to cast off his immigrant Jewish patrimony and remake himself as an all-American pop star.
[...] I think it's safe to say Miley did not grow up in a particular culture or environment where twerking was common. I also think it's safe to say that she is putting on this "twerking persona" (for lack of a better phrase) as a way to make money. It's part of her schtick now, and it wasn't before. That is why it is offensive, because this is a portrayal she has the privilege of putting on and taking off; that, as a white woman, it is celebrated when she puts it on, and she does nothing to acknowledge this; and that she is harnessing pieces of an oppressed and stigmatized culture in order to make money for herself and feed her own ego. What she's doing is the definition of exploitation.
And I haven't even touched on her obsession with twerking, and the subsequent mainstream appeal.
NewStatesman: Miley Cyrus At The VMAs: a six minute guide to the prejudices of the entertainment industry.
HuffPo Music: What Miley Cyrus Did Was Disgusting; But Not For The Reasons You Think
HuffPo Entertainment: Miley Brings Her Race Problem To The VMAs
Femspire: How Do We Defend Miley Cyrus From Slut Shaming While Calling Out Her Racism?
ETA: Trudy of Gradient Liar schools racists on twitter.
Please spare me the "more activist than thou" garbage by creating the LIE that people are "more" angry about Miley than Trayvon's murder.
— Trudy (@thetrudz) August 26, 2013
By presenting this LIE, you eschew pain of his family, the over a year of work many activists have put into the case and the ongoing work.
— Trudy (@thetrudz) August 26, 2013
Further, you fail to realize how cultural appropriation (re: Miley), which involves dehumanization of Black ppl connects to Trayvon's death.
— Trudy (@thetrudz) August 26, 2013
How? Because appropriators engage in same behavior that originators are MURDERED for. So again, reject false juxtaposition where you +
— Trudy (@thetrudz) August 26, 2013
+ claim that a few hours of discussing the imperialist event that was the VMAs is somehow reflection of not caring for Trayvon.
— Trudy (@thetrudz) August 26, 2013


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Compatible Xerox 106R01281 Black Toner Cartridge for Phaser 6130 6130N
Regular Price: $59.99
Special Price: $16.99
Color: B, C, M, Y
Type: Compatible
Part No.: 106R01281, 106R01278, 106R01279, 106R01280
Category: Toner Cartridge (1 Black & 1 each of Cyan / Magenta / Yellow Combo)
No. of pages: Up to 2,500 pages (BK) / 1,900 pages (CMY) at 5% Coverage Learn more...
Our replacement cartridge includes dedicated Chips be defect free.
100% satisfaction guarantee on all compatible cartridges
(not 30 days or 90 days, 1 full year guaranteed)
|Xerox Phaser 6130, 6130N
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