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I know we are supposed to make instantaneous judgments on winners and losers in big NHL trades, and the Mike Cammalleri-Rene Bourque/Calgary-Montreal transaction certainly qualifies as a big deal.
At first blush, not a lot of people seem to like it from the Canadiens' end because, well, Cammalleri has a degree of star power that Rene Bourque will never have. That was certainly my first reaction.
And let's be honest, the way things have gone in Montreal this season, GM Pierre Gauthier isn't going to win any popularity contests either, which may cloud the judgmental equation more than a little.
And, hey, Cammalleri's 13 goals in 19 playoff games two years ago is still relatively fresh in our minds and Flames' fans will no doubt recall Cammalleri's NHL career high of 39 goals for Calgary in 2008-09. Suffice to say that the diminutive Cammalleri has a "potential" offensive ceiling Bourque will have difficult rivalling.
It's also difficult to separate the nuts and bolts of this transaction from the soap opera of the last 48 hours in Montreal, with Cammalleri sounding off one day and get traded DURING the Habs' game in Boston the next night.
Compelling stuff. Pretty crazy, too.
But it's always a good idea to try to separate the emotion and drama when doing analysis. Or at least make the effort.
And, therefore, some may be surprised to learn that Bourque's goal totals compare quite favorably to Cammalleri's.
In 38 games this season, Cammalleri has nine goals. In the same number of games, Bourque has 13 goals.
In two-plus seasons as a Canadien, Cammalleri has 54 goals in 169 regular season games. A goal-per-game average of .32.
In the exact same time period with the Flames, Bourque has 67 goals in 191 games. That's 13 more goals in 22 more games, or a goal-per-game average of .35, .03 better than Cammalleri.
Okay, but let's factor in Cammalleri's 39-goal zenith in 08-09. He is, after all, returning to the scene of the crime. In his last three-plus seasons, Cammalleri has 93 goals in 250 games for GPG average of .37. Not too shabby.
But Bourque's numbers in that time are still pretty good, too. He has 88 goals in 249 games, for a GPG average of .35. Or more simply put, in one extra game in that time, Cammalleri has just five more goals than Bourque.
As for recent playoffs, it's no contest. Cammalleri had 13 two seasons ago and three against Boston in the first round last year. Bourque hasn't been in the playoffs since Cammalleri was a Calgary teammate in 08-09.
The regular season numbers are surprising, though. Shocking actually. To me, anyway. Mostly because Bourque, who incidentally is a half year older than Cammalleri, has a league-wide reputation for being an enigmatic underachiever who runs really hot and really cold. If you caught analyst Kelly Hrudey on Hockey Night in Canada earlier this season, he absolutely savaged Bourque with pointed criticism that suggested in no uncertain terms Bourque's "give a damn meter" was broken. Hrudey doesn't often rip players to shreds but he did that night with Bourque. And there are few who would argue with Hrudey's assessment at the time.
Yet Bourque's goal output has been remarkably consistent. Back-to-back 27-goal seasons and right on course for that range this season. Those are really quite good numbers for an enigmatic in-and-outer.
Bourque, of course, is bigger and, when so moved, much more physical than Cammalleri (Bourque is currently serving his five-game suspension for elbowing Washington's Nicklas Backstrom). And Montreal could certainly use some size and edge.
Bourque also makes less money, about $3 million per year less, than Cammalleri.
So someone needs to ask the question: Is it conceivable Gauthier has replaced Cammalleri's goals in the Canadiens' lineup, got bigger and tougher and done so while freeing up an additional $3 million in cap space, giving the Habs the equivalent of more than $8 million worth of cap room (according to Capgeek) at the deadline?
Gauthier also got a second-round draft pick (which is not insignificant) and a decent prospect in WHL forward Patrick Holland while giving up a fifth-round pick and Finnish goalie Karri Ramo, who is currently playing in the KHL.
Amateur scouts I talked to said Holland is by no means a can't-miss prospect. None suggested he's a potential top six NHL forward but many said he does have a legitimate chance to play in the NHL as a solid third- or fourth-liner. It's hard to know if Ramo, a former Tampa Bay prospect, will ever be a factor in the NHL, but some believe he has No. 1 potential and may one day be the heir apparent to Miikka Kiprusoff in Calgary.
Pretty much everyone, it seems, is looking at this transaction through the Montreal prism and given how the NHL season has gone for the Habs and the dramatic developments of the last 48 hours, that's understandable.
But it's worth considering the Flames' angle on this.
Calgary GM Jay Feaster has been loathe to give up draft picks and/or prospects for immediate help now because he knows all too well Calgary's cupboard isn't exactly full of either. Until now, anyway.
He made an exception this time because he's getting a player he feels can be a dynamic difference maker, though it has to be said Cammalleri has been an enigmatic underachiever himself after his great playoff run of 2010.
Feaster has never suggested he's embracing a full rebuild/youth movement of Edmonton Oiler proportions but it is fair to ask whether it's wise to be giving up a significant draft pick and decent prospect for a soon-to-be thirtysomething scorer who's on hard times and bumping up the payroll by $3 million in the process.
It's a move that is not without risk for the Flames. Is it a shrewd investment or a return to a high-ratio mortgaging of the Flames' future? I suppose that depends on Cammalleri, how much he scores off the hop and whether his addition can push Calgary to the front of the seven-team bubble group competing for the final three playoff spots in the Western Conference.
Cammalleri's playoff track record and game-breaking ability is not to be overlooked but if Calgary doesn't make the playoffs and/or Cammalleri's offensive woes continue... well, you get the picture.
At the very least, the jury is out on this move from Calgary's end and it should be at least as interesting a discussion/debate in Cowtown as it is in Montreal.
Don't get the wrong impression here. I am not endorsing Gauthier's efforts in Montreal this season. There's an unseemly quality to the events there this year.
Firing assistant coach Perry Pearn hours before a game. Firing head coach Jacques Martin before a game-day skate. Trading Cammalleri during a game, 24 hours after the player spouted off, and then saying it's a deal that has been in the works since early December. Which may be true but Cammalleri's outburst clearly triggered the deal being done.
And I can tell you there are a number of NHL GMs who had no idea Montreal was prepared to trade Cammalleri. This was not a player who was shopped around the league. Could Gauthier have gotten more elsewhere or driven up the price? Maybe, but it's conceivable he didn't want anybody else and only had eyes for Bourque. Fine, because that's how he'll be judged and judged he will be.
For what it's worth, I think Gauthier's firing of Martin's was an act of pure desperation and ill-conceived from the get-go. I have no problem with Randy Cunneyworth getting an opportunity to coach -- he's worked hard and deserves the chance on merit -- but the most qualified man (based on experience and expertise) in the Montreal organization to turn around the Canadiens this season was clearly Martin.
If the Habs' downward spiral continues this season, I could easily see Gauthier being fired at season's end and not too many Canadien fans would shed a tear at that.
I have to admit, I seriously misjudged the Canadiens this season. At a time when most said they were on the verge of a precipitous decline, which has fully materialized, I really thought they could have been a lot better than expected. I was wrong. Dead wrong.
So there's a part of me -- the rush to judgment/first blush part we all possess -- that really wants to dislike this Cammalleri-Bourque deal for the Canadiens, signalling perhaps the end of the Canadiens' speed-skill era that was so enjoyable to watch in back-to-back playoff years.
But then I look at the cold, hard numbers of it all -- the goals, the dollars, the future considerations -- and I wonder if I'm maybe missing the mark yet again?
We'll find out soon enough, I suppose, but in the meantime, I would suggest there should be a whole lot of people in Montreal AND Calgary who are going to be under the intense glare of the spotlight on this deal.
Now let's see who steps up.
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Hey, Jon. I liked that awhile ago, you made The Word of the Day page into a table and you included the ones from season 44 which had yet to air at the time. Do you think you could add a section for season 45? We can add more detail to them when we actually see them.Loading editor
Thanks Ant. When I have the time, I'll create a table for the Season 45 segments.Loading editor
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What are you talking about? Miriam has voiced Sissy Spacek in "Carrie".Loading editor
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Hey, thanks for starting that! I think your break down is clearer than mine could have been, highlighting the main points of contention/confusion in a way so we can all know how to proceed. Even with my own preferences, my biggest concern is consistency, so as long as everyone agrees and has the same understanding, I'm fairly flexible. Right now almost everyone (including myself) is just going by how they *think* a category should work.
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Hey, actually, long ago when we started "The Muppets" category, we discussed it and decided not to include characters from the animated or print Muppet Babies (since really the puppet versions are the "canon," the rest was a spin-off). This was also because oddly the category wasn't being applied to the main Muppet Babies characters (you note it was just three pages that had the tag recently added by Julian) but things like Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard. So for that reason (just like we don't double cat Sesame Street and Fraggle characters who appeared in the specials or the wedding finale), we decided it would be confusing to suddenly merge every Muppet Babies character in The Muppets characters.
But of course that was years ago, so we could bring it up again (personally, I think it makes sense to just categorize the Muppet Babies (puppets) page, which is already included, in the same way we don't count the animated Little Muppet Monsters characters or counterparts, just the puppet versions.)Loading editor
Thanks for the recap, Andrew. I hadn't seen that discussion, and yeah, it does make more sense to just have the puppet versions in that category.
I have a minor question while we're on the subject (maybe we'll go in deeper if we open up a group discussion). Recently, Ant has been adding Muppet/Sesame Street character categories to hoards of pages already categorized under Illustrated Characters, Unseen Characters, Muppet Bands and Family Groups. My main concern is with group pages with linkable characters that are already categorized (e.g. The Cratchit Family), and characters that have no significance in a production (Kermit's Dad). Would either of those count?Loading editor
Yeah, we had the same discussion re Muppet Bands (which for a long time we kept out of Muppet Characters periods, for a couple of reasons: one, most were aggregations of individual characters, and two, Danny's reasoning that a lot of them had long names).
Things like the Cratchit Family don't count, since the individual characters who are relevant (Belinda Cratchit, Betina Cratchit, Peter Cratchit) are in the category already, and Bob Cratchit or, for another example, Benjamina Gunn don't count as "Muppet Characters" or "The Muppets Characters" either (since they were just roles). "Family Groups" are basically like list pages, really. Basically, if a group *would* qualify for its own "Muppet Characters" page (as in puppets who only appeared collectively, not tracking someone's relatives or a species), then it could be counted, but not otherwise.
I found the discussion starting point here, but I know some of it was ironed out with Wendy and so on over user pages or as cases came up, and it seems more was left really up in the air than I remembered. We could always re-open it, but...
I do know Wendy and I discussed Unseen Characters as not counting either (anymore than we were counting, say, Doc Hopper or Nicky Holiday; so Joe Bravo was fine in "Muppet Show Characters" but it didn't make sense to add "The Muppets" to him). We discussed the possibility of making an exception for say Bernie or Gags Beasley, who span many projects and are more of a consistent part of the "universe," but then just forgot about it. For someone like "Dad the Frog," it's the sort of fun page we like to include for thoroughness, but I think it would make sense not to count unless (like Kermit's Mom) he ever actually shows up beyond a print reference. Although Baron Petri von Honeydew is in "The Muppets" cat, but at least there it's actually a full personality and appearance, not just anecdotes in Kermit's book.
For illustrated characters, we hadn't been counting, for example, characters from the comics or most of the books as Category:The Muppets Characters (and it definitely wouldn't apply to, say, Muppet Kids) but a few (which for awhile were as "Muppet Show Characters," which was misleading; Commander Melville) are in. I think we just never really worked that out, but the main purpose of "The Muppets" category was, during debates and once Disney gradually began doing more projects again, to classify those who clearly belonged to the same universe and were most likely to crop up in another project (so we excluded the pre-Muppet Show characters unless they resurfaced, and Muppet Babies is its own universe anyway, with personalities, back story and so on contradicted by whatever Disney decides is the current back story; they've gone back to the "Miss Piggy had mother issues" approach in interviews and publicity, rather than "she was raised by a kindly caregiver in striped green socks.")
So illustrations are a little tricky, and mostly most of us just didn't care enough to try to combine them all (with the Sesame Street category, we've counted them for a long time, and with Muppet Babies, a few comics or storybook characters were in there, so it was just omission). I think it would be worth bringing up on the forum. It makes more sense than doing so with unseen characters or Dorcas to decide to include all characters from books/comics (with the logical limit, I think, that the books be clearly tied to The Muppet Show, not alternative worlds/presentations like Muppet Kids etc., or some of those odd "Kermit's Tales" animals with no connection beyond Kermit supposedly narrating or "presenting" them), but it would be a major clean-up project to comb through the parent categories and tag.
Another possibility would be to make a subcat just for the Muppets illustrated characters. Outside of defining the limits, unlike the Sesame illustrated characters, there aren't really any recurring figures and no cross-over. Relatives that began in books sometimes later popped up on Sesame Street, and even those that haven't, there are many recurring book-only characters (from Malcolm Monster to Flossie). That doesn't apply to the Muppets projects beyond, say, specific Langridge arcs, but it may be immaterial anyway. So, does this actually answer who goes where? Third base.Loading editor
Yup, that covers a lot of what I had been thinking. As been said, creating a group discussion on categories would be beneficial; just so everyone's on the same page, but perhaps also setting a formal policy (or -ies) in stone. I have a few other things I can bring up once we start a new thread. Whether it's decided to subcat or do clean-up, I'd be fine helping out with that.Loading editor
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i thought i gave the page more info why so did you undo my edit?Loading editor
We don't provide deep coverage for celebrities beyond some brief details. This includes mentioning their birth and death years, but not the dates. Wikipedia goes deeper though, so you're welcome to expand his article there. Thanks!Loading editor
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Good evening Jbrangwynne! I am here on behalf of a friend user Tobi.miltenberger who has been recently blocked from editing on this wiki. He was blocked by Scarecrow for all eternity, a block which I believe to be somewhat unfair, does a keen editor like him deserve a block? He is a responsible editor, he's even a Admin on the Monstermoviepedia wiki!
I have contacted Scarecrow several times regarding lifting the block but I have had no reply. He may of made a mistake but Tobi.miltenberger is an all round good bloke. I believe he has learned from his mistakes and should have his block removed. I ask you to please consider removing his block!Loading editor
Hill, we will not be lifting the block on Tobi. I get the impression he is hounding you to go to bat for him here, and I'm sorry if that's the case. Tobi is not welcome to edit here. Thanks for understanding.Loading editor
Dear Scarecrow, Tobi did make mistakes no doubt about it. You are a Admin, simply doing your job. Tobi is fairly new to wikia a keen and loyal editor, he has never made any mistakes except just once. Myself and others believe he is sorry and remorseful over this unfortunate misunderstanding, I again ask sir please just consider lifting his block. Its horrible to be blocked, I was several times on a few wiki's.
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Hill, you have relentlessly bothered us here and on other wikis after I have asked you to stop. You are no longer welcome here.Loading editor
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I did what you suggested and opened a discussion on Big Jeffy in the forum, but no one has made a comment yet. What's the delay? --RightFielder (talk) 02:24, May 31, 2014 (UTC)Loading editor
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Hey Jonathan. Could you check this pdf file and see if it is corrupted for you or not? It works fine for me and Andrew but is corrupted for Scott. I'm trying to figure out why. Thanks!Loading editor
When I view the pdf in Firefox, the lower half of every page is blank. It looks fine on Google Chrome, though.Loading editor
Thanks for checking Jonathan. I think it sometimes caches a bad copy as it is now working for Scott and seems to be working for everybody else. Weird.Loading editor
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Where did you capture the "Good Times" Title card from? And there was one song in that episode that I want to know the lyrics to. "Take Time to Smell the Cheese" was in that episode, but that isn't the song that I am talking about, but rather it is a song called "The Best Time I Have is With You". If you know the lyrics to The Best Time is With You, please tell me. Thank you!Loading editor
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i believe it may be time to put the rest of the scenes for this page because two part with the rest of the scenes have been uploaded hope you guys get this :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQpbaxgtSbw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJL9SXtvN4oLoading editor
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Visiting Instructor, Veterinary Technology
Tara earned her A.S. in Veterinary Technology and her B.S. in Biology from Medaille College. She began her career in veterinary medicine with Springville Veterinary Services as a large animal technician and taught large animal labs at Medaille. She used her large animal experience to obtain a position with the United States Department of Agriculture in the Animal Plant Health Inspection Services, Veterinary Services division. Following along with their mission statement 'Keeping America's Livestock Healthy', Tara has trained in Foreign Animal Disease with the University of Tennessee Knoxville, performed extensive work in zoonotic disease surveillance and specializes in necropsy. Along with her regular duties she served as the Veterinary Service Tribal Liaison, working with federally recognized Tribes in New York State to keep their livestock healthy. Tara also served as the chair of the Civil Rights Committee for her division and in 2009 received the Administrator's Civil Rights award for her work. In 2010 Tara decided to return to teaching, and obtained her M.S. in Deaf Education from Canisius College. Tara now teaches full time at Medaille, and serves Saint Mary's School for the Deaf when she can. She is also a huge supporter of Deaf Adult Services in Buffalo.
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TAMPA, Fla. — Closer Mariano Rivera said he's reached a decision on whether this will be his final season and plans to announce it before opening day.
"Yes, I have," Rivera said Wednesday after the Yankees' first spring training workout for pitchers and catchers. "But again, I will tell you guys when I think it's the right moment."
Baseball's career saves leader had surgery June 12 to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, an injury that occurred while he was shagging fly balls during batting practice in Kansas City on May 3.
• LHP Andy Pettitte decided not to pitch in the World Baseball Classic after talking with team officials that included manager Joe Girardi and general manager Brian Cashman. "I wanted to play," Pettitte said. "Obviously, after having some conversations with the Yankees - (who were) not too excited about me playing in it - just decided against it. It was a tough decision. I've never had a chance to play for my country, but it was a real big deal to me. And was really, really, really considering do that. It was one of those deals where I felt like this was probably the best move that I could make for this organization and for our team."
• Catcher Francisco Cervelli says he consulted with Biogenesis of America LLC after a foot injury, but did not receive any treatment from the facility.Cervelli said a recommendation to visit the clinic did not come from another player or an agent. He declined to name the person who gave the recommendation.
The 43-year-old right-hander expects to be ready for the regular season. He threw 25 pitches off a bullpen mound and said it felt good.
"It was wonderful to be out there again," Rivera said.
When asked on a scale of one to 10 how the knee currently is, Rivera said, "around nine, for sure."
He added: "The other point will be the running that I do here."
Rivera wore a small, light-weight brace during Wednesday's workout, which had him also take part in fielding drills, including covering first base. He is planning to use a brace in games this year.
Rivera will continue shagging fly balls in batting practice, an activity that has the approval of Yankees manager Joe Girardi.
"That's part of who he is," Girardi said. "So, I don't want to take it away from him."
Rivera will likely pitch his normal seven or eight innings in spring training games, but could throw additional batting practice sessions or simulated games.
"We really don't have a whole lot of restrictions on Mo," Girardi said. "We will watch him carefully to make sure that we don't think he's taxing it too much. We feel pretty good about where he's at."


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