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QMI's NHL guys go in-depth on each of Canada's teams
The Montreal Canadiens finished last in the Eastern Conference in 2011-12.
For a franchise that long represented the class of hockey, last season was a gong show, with general manager Pierre Gauthier firing coach Jacques Martin and promoting unilingual anglophone Randy Cunneyworth to the top job. The language issue was an immense distraction and a disservice to the classy Cunneyworth. Gauthier also traded star scorer Mike Cammalleri — during a game.
Gauthier wound up being fired himself and Cunneyworth wasn't brought back.
The Canadiens have a new team off the ice in GM Marc Bergevin and coach Michel Therrien — back for his second go-round with the Habs after posting a 77-77-23-13 record from 2000-2003 — but the team the Canadiens will ice is not much different than last year's.
They added some badly needed grit in free agent wingers Brandon Prust and Colby Armstrong and some depth on the blueline by repatriating defenceman Francis Bouillon.
Canadiens fans have to be hoping the difference this year will be the presence of top defenceman Andrei Markov and captain Brian Gionta, two key players who missed most of last season (Markov with recurring knee issues and Gionta with a torn bicep muscle).
With a healthy team and goaltender Carey Price playing the way he's capable — neither are givens — the Canadiens should be in the mix for a playoff spot.
Unsung hero: Ryan White
Tough guy: Brandon Prust
Sleeper: Lars Eller
Rookie to watch: Alex Galchenyuk
On the decline: Rene Bourque
Fantasy pool hero: Max Pacioretty
The Canadiens have a solid first line with power wingers Max Pacioretty (33 goals) and Erik Cole (35) flanking crafty little David Desharnais. Problem for the Habs is the fall off after that first line. To reach the playoffs, they need Gionta, Tomas Plekanec and Rene Bourque to produce and Lars Eller (16 goals last year) to continue his progression as an NHLer. Scott Gomez has been sent home and will be bought out next summer. The bottom six, with Prust and Armstrong along with Travis Moen and Ryan White, will make the Bell Centre a tougher place to visit.
If Markov can stay healthy — he's played 20 games over the last two years after a pair of knee reconstructions — the Canadiens' defence will be decent. His presence pushes the other guys down into roles they can handle. P.K. Subban — providing he gets a new contract — gives the Habs pop from the blueline. Josh Gorges and Alexei Emelin, who showed himself to be one of the league's biggest hitters as a rookie, give the Habs some grit and free agent Bouillon punches above his weight class. Yannick Weber, Raphael Diaz and Tomas Kaberle can move the puck.
Which Price will the Canadiens get this season? Will it be the one who put up 38 wins two years ago and brought the Habs to within a shot of upsetting the eventual Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins or the less-impressive performer who showed up last year? Price courted some controversy in the off-season by tweeting some photos of himself and a friend with a coyote they had killed. "Some people are hunters and some gatherers," wrote Price. He's going to be have to be a stone-cold killer if the Habs are going to make the playoffs. Peter Budaj will open the gate.
After years of Bob Gainey's influence on the Habs, with mixed and finally poor results, owner Geoff Molson has put his own stamp on the team front office with the dismissal of Gainey and his hand-picked successor, Gauthier. Bergervin was hired as GM and he's paid his dues in a number of management positions. He brought back Therrien for another go-round behind the bench and it will be interesting if Therrien has learned to soften his edges this time around.
There's some fresh air around the Bell Centre after last year's debacle. The firing of assistant coach Perry Pearn 90 minutes before a game, Martin fired on a game day and Cammalleri traded during a game all contributed to a circus atmosphere. The Cunneyworth language controversy was a distraction for the second-half of the season. It should be much quieter off the ice this season and that's a big step forward for the Habs.
When Bob Hartley scored his first big-league gig as head coach of the Colorado Avalanche in 1998, he inherited a roster that would make any bench boss drool.
Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote were in the prime of their fantastic careers. Patrick Roy was still among the top puck-stoppers in the game.
Now coach of the Calgary Flames, Hartley finds himself in a much different scenario.
For starters, nobody is mentioning this crew as a Stanley Cup contender. In fact, the oddsmakers in Las Vegas have listed only the Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Islanders — dubious company, to be sure — as bigger longshots to sip from the shiny hardware after this shortened season.
Acrobatic goalie Miikka Kiprusoff, the main reason the Flames stayed in the playoff hunt as long as they did last season, is 36. Calgary's perennial leading scorer, Jarome Iginla, is 35, plus he's in the final season of his current contract with the club.
Anxious to re-tool after a third straight playoff miss, Flames GM Jay Feaster traded for offensive-minded defenceman Dennis Wideman and signed free-agent forwards Roman Cervenka and Jiri Hudler, both known for their touch around the net.
With Olli Jokinen as the only notable departure from a team that missed the playoffs by five points last spring, it's reasonable to expect the Flames will once again be fighting for a playoff invite this season.
Just don't get this confused with the championship-calibre squad that Hartley had in Colorado.
Fantasy pool hero: Jarome Iginla
Unsung hero: Curtis Glencross
Tough guy: Tim Jackman
Sleeper: Roman Cervenka
Rookie to watch: Sven Baertschi
On the decline: Cory Sarich
If everybody plays up to their potential, this could be the most dangerous group seen at the Saddledome in recent memory. Jarome Iginla is still scoring at an impressive clip, although it'll be nearly impossible for him to run his streak of 30-goal campaigns to a dozen with only 48 games on the schedule. Iginla headlines the list of returnees, which also includes Michael Cammalleri, Curtis Glencross and Alex Tanguay.
Add a hat-trick of talented newbies — free-agent addition Jiri Hudler, former KHL all-star Roman Cervenka and top prospect Sven Baertschi — and new coach Bob Hartley has some options for his top lines.
Not much has changed for Calgary's blueline brigade. Despite a slew of off-season trade rumours, Jay Bouwmeester remains in Flames silks and you can expect the NHL's current ironman to log a ton of ice-time again this winter. The only addition is Dennis Wideman, who is coming off an 11-goal, 46-point campaign in Washington but was also minus-8. T.J. Brodie, who earned praise for his performance with the AHL's Abbotsford Heat during the lockout, continues to develop at both ends of the ice and the 22-year-old could be a candidate for an increased role.
No goalie has won more games since the last lockout than Miikka Kiprusoff, with 273, an impressive feat when you consider the Flames missed the playoffs in three of those seven seasons. If the Flames snuck into the post-season last winter, Kiprusoff might have been a finalist for the Vezina Trophy. He was that good. At 36, Kiprusoff is the oldest guy on the Flames roster, but his age didn't show last season and he likely won't see many nights off during a shortened season. Leland Irving and Henrik Karlsson are competing for the backup job.
Flames GM Jay Feaster hired an old friend, Bob Hartley, to replace Brent Sutter as coach. They've been close since they teamed up to help the AHL's Hershey Bears win a Calder Cup in 1997. Hartley has done more winning since then, celebrating a Stanley Cup title with Colorado in 2001 and leading the Zurich Lions to a Swiss league crown last season. Feaster has joked that he'll be a goner if Hartley doesn't work out. With Jarome Iginla in the final year of his deal, Feaster's legacy likely hinges on the decision he'll have to make on the captain.
There are two ways to look at it. The addition of 20-year-old Sven Baertschi brings an injection of youth to the Flames lineup but they remain one of the NHL's oldest squads, something that won't exactly work in their favour with a condensed schedule. On the flip side, they return most of their key contributors from last winter and will try to capitalize on that continuity. Iginla, a soon-to-be unrestricted free agent, has already announced he won't comment on his contract status during the season, and it will be important that he doesn't become a distraction behind closed doors, either.
That new car smell has faded into the background and the Winnipeg Jets are focusing on taking the franchise to new heights.
The excitement that followed the NHL's return to Winnipeg after a 15-year absence was something to behold, but there seems to be more of a sense of normalcy as the 2013 campaign approaches.
After missing out on the playoffs in the Eastern Conference by eight points last season, the Jets believe the acquisitions of Olli Jokinen and Alexei Ponikarovsky should upgrade their forward group.
Goalie Ondrej Pavelec will be counted on to carry the load after an eventful off-season that saw him sign a lucrative contract extension and get charged with driving under the influence in the Czech Republic. Pavelec is eager to put the incident behind him and reward the organization for their faith in his ability.
The Jets must also do a better job of defending, as they finished minus-21 in goal differential (225 goals for, 246 against) last season.
Many pundits have the Jets finishing near the bottom of the standings.
"I don't really pay attention to where our team is ranked," said Jets forward Evander Kane, who is coming off career highs of 30 goals and 57 points. "I know some people don't think we're too good a team. It's up to us to prove them wrong."
Fantasy : Blake Wheeler
Unsung hero: Jim Slater
Sleeper: Kyle Wellwood
Tough guy: Chris Thorburn
Rookie to watch: Mark Scheifele
On the decline: Antti Miettinen
Blake Wheeler led the Jets in scoring last season with 64 points and is determined to become a point-per-game player. Evander Kane led the Jets with a career-high 30 goals and could take his game to new heights if he clicks with free-agent addition Olli Jokinen. Captain Andrew Ladd combined for 57 goals during the past two seasons, while Bryan Little (24), Kyle Wellwood (18), Nik Antropov (15), Alex Burmistrov (13) and Jim Slater (13) all hit double digits in goals last season. Alexei Ponikarovky also adds size and depth.
Only Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson had more points among defencemen than Dustin Byfuglien, who had 12 goals and 53 points in 66 games and was named to the all-star game for the second straight season. He anchors a defence corps that includes the under-rated Toby Enstrom, Ron Hainsey and shot-blocker extraordinaire Mark Stuart. Zach Bogosian flourished under the tuelage of assistant coach Charlie Huddy last season, but is on the shelf for roughly another month after undergoing off-season wrist surgery.
Coming off a career-high 68 games (and 67 starts), Ondrej Pavelec is the clear-cut No. 1 and got the contract extension (five years, $19.5 million) to prove it. Although his statistics were ordinary (29-28-4 with a 2.91 GAA, .906 SP), the Jets were not nearly good enough defensively. Pavelec, who had four shutouts, was the obvious team MVP and allowed the Jets to stay in playoff contention until late in the season. Al Montoya is the new backup and should give the Jets a solid one-two punch.
Head coach Claude Noel is back for his second season behind an NHL bench and his strength lies in his ability to communicate with players and in teaching. Noel is passionate about hockey and his post-game press conferences became must-see-TV for many who follow the league. The Jets made a smart hire during the off-season, bringing Perry Pearn and his wealth of experience on board as an assistant. General manager Kevin Cheveldayoff is back for his second season and is in the process of putting his stamp on the roster.
Because of the intimate surroundings and energy provided by the 15,004 in attendance each and every game, the MTS Centre became one of the most entertaining buildings to play in for the home side and the visitors alike. During their first season back in the NHL in 15 years, the 2.0 version of the Jets were solid at home (23-13-5) but lousy on the road (14-22-5). If the Jets hope to move up the standings, improving the road record is an absolute must.
He broke into the league about as thick as a straw, and he still doesn't look as big as he claims.
But make no mistake, skinny Erik Karlsson stirs the drink that is the Ottawa Senators.
Goaltending issues were solved with the 2011 acquisition of Craig Anderson, a solid if not spectacular puck-stopper who, it seems, is now holding the fort until the full-time arrival of Robin Lehner.
The offence had suffered a series of serious hits over Jason Spezza's years and during that time the (Bryan and Tim) Murray management team decided the game had evolved such that the greatest need was for good-skating, puck-moving defencemen. They tried to sign Brian Campbell. They investigated bringing Dan Boyle home. They even moved a first-round pick to get Chris Campoli.
But they also traded up at the 2008 draft to get Karlsson, and they said "you'll see" when critics told them the then-157 pound Swede would never be able to survive.
They were right.
With Karlsson's outstanding speed, quickness and puck skills, not only were the Senators rarely out of a game, they also finished tied for fourth in the NHL with 249 goals. Much of their attack was generated from the back end.
Karlsson, who had 25 more points more than the next highest-scoring defenceman, won the Norris Trophy. Now 22, he is armed with a seven-year contract extension and determined to build on his legacy.
Fantasy pool hero: Erik Karlsson
Sleeper: Peter Regin
Unsung hero: Marc Methot
Tough guy: Chris Neil
Rookie to watch: Jakob Silfverberg
On the decline: Sergei Gonchar
The Senators could finally have the second line they've long sought. Taking heat off a pencilled-in first unit of Milan Michalek, Jason Spezza and Jakob Silfverberg should be a Guillaume Latendresse-Kyle Turris-Daniel Alfredsson combination that has the potential to really shine. It's not a stretch to expect Latendresse, now healthy, to get his career back on track, the young Turris, a former third overall pick, to continue his progression, and Alfredsson to keep defying Father Time. For a physical line, Chris Neil-Zack Smith-Colin Greening will work well, especially if Greening starts using his large frame more.
As good as Erik Karlsson is, there are concerns about the blueline. It appears softer than most, with Jared Cowen out for the season. With Mike Lundin missing the first three weeks mending a broken finger, two spots in the top six will be manned by guys with eight or fewer games of NHL experience. Marc Methot moves into the spot alongside the Norris Trophy winner, replacing Filip Kuba. Veterans Sergei Gonchar and Chris Phillips likely will each take on a green partner, with Andre Benoit presumably having a leg up on youngsters Patrick Wiercioch and Mark Borowiecki.
Robin Lehner earned himself an invitation to camp by being the best player in the AHL. Now things get interesting. With a two-way contract, the team's goalie of the future will likely need to do something special to unseat Ben Bishop, who has a one-way deal like the ordained No. 1 man, Craig Anderson. If Bryan Murray is serious about making a significant trade, he can dangle one of the three, but it's unlikely he would deal the 21-year old Lehner, whose potential appears unlimited. Of concern is how Anderson starts after not playing since the playoffs last April.
Personable coach Paul MacLean was a Jack Adams Trophy finalist by being a good communicator and getting players to buy into what he was selling. GM Bryan Murray is in the second year of a three-year rebuild, owner Eugene Melnyk reminded all at camp's opening, and while he won't mortgage the future, he'll look to make a big trade if the team has a strong season and seems like it could do damage in the playoffs. First on his plate is adding a veteran defenceman — and soon, if the young blueliners don't work out.
For the most part, the Senators avoided serious injury problems last season. Spezza missed two games, Karlsson missed one. The previously injury-riddled Michalek played in all but five and Alfredsson rebounded from back surgery to play 75. Chances are Anderson won't suffer another freak "kitchen" mishap that put him on the shelf for a month, but the rest of their key players also have to stay healthy. Past the upper-tier guys, they have a number of others who still need to prove they are able to perform to their expectations in the NHL.
Despite all the bluster he could muster, Brian Burke failed to breathe life into the Maple Leafs' playoff quest.
Four years was enough time to make a difference, so he should not have been surprised at being fired by new owners, no matter the timing or the method of execution. Hindsight may yet judge the deposed GM as the architect of a Stanley Cup contender, but for now, the Leafs lack depth to end a seven-year post-season absence.
They have scattershot scoring and too few horses on defence, both of which expose the inexperienced goaltending.
New GM David Nonis is very much a Burke acolyte, but will have a better fate if he avoids Burke's horrendous luck with injuries, starting with every goalie Burke brought in. That bug spread to key players such as Dion Phaneuf and Mike Komisarek on the blueline, Mike Brown and Colby Armstrong up front and the most untimely deletion, Joffrey Lupul at the peak of his career year in 2011-12.
Nonis will also benefit from James van Riemsdyk, the first impact forward acquired via trade since Mikhail Grabovski a few years earlier. If an upgrade in goal is decided upon, Nonis is on stronger ground to make the long-discussed Roberto Luongo deal with Vancouver.
Randy Carlyle has been in power for 10 months, but only had the team on ice for 18 games. He has big plans for improved conditioning and better team defence to keep shots outside and put less stress on whoever is in net.
Fantasy pool hero: Phil Kessel
Unsung hero: Carl Gunnarsson
Sleeper: Leo Kormarov
Rookie to watch: Ben Scrivens
On the decline: Tim Connolly
Tough guy: Mike Brown
Lupul didn't go pointless for more than one game a good chunk of the early going before injuries caught up to him. He ended with 67 points and will be out to help Phil Kessel get to 40-goal country. If James van Riemsdyk isn't on the first line, it could mean the break-up of Mikhail Grabovski between Nikolai Kulemin and Clarke MacArthur. Then it's a dogfight between Tim Connolly, Matthew Lombardi and any number of eager Toronto Marlies such as Nazem Kadri and Matt Frattin. Jay McClement and Leo Komarov are the new energy players.
The losses of Luke Schenn and Keith Aulie will be felt this year, with a blueline now tipping towards offensive types rather than stay-at-home brand. If captain Dion Phaneuf can't be on the ice 60 minutes, it's a good time for Mike Komisarek to start earning his big ticket and avoid a buyout. Will smooth-skating NHL all-rookie Jake Gardiner come back healthy? Will Mark Fraser and Korbinian Holzer be able to make the jump from the Marlies? Junior Morgan Rielly could stay five games — or longer.
Time for James Reimer to morph from nice guy to nasty and take full command of the position. It will be hard for him in a 48-game season given his long break that preceded it. But the alternative is giving way to game-sharp Marlie Ben Scrivens, perhaps the rising Jussi Rynnas and, ultimately, the long shadow of Roberto Luongo.
Remember, Reimer was good when he was healthy and had the knack of winning close games by luck or guile. Scrivens was the AHL's best regular-season goalie in 2011-12, but the NHL is a different animal.
Few lamented the departure of Ron Wilson, yet there is pause to wonder whether this edition of the Leafs will be better off under Randy Carlyle. Many of the same warts are there. But Carlyle can expect more help from the farm and Nonis can extend the leash in the expectations department before any serious talk of playoffs. Patience in team building is where Nonis said he differs mostly from Burke, though the test will be at the trade deadline or in the off-season, where there will be chances to put his own stamp on the Leafs.
Simply put, the Leafs need a soul. Despite Burke and the greatest hype machine behind them, a huge media crew following every move and a fan base looking desperately for a touchstone, the Leafs have not developed an identity. At least they're young and have growth potential, especially with success on the farm.
In their heads is a 40-plus year Stanley Cup drought and a legion of critics waiting to pounce on more failures by the billion dollar team. But this is also a chance for the new owners, the new GM and the (almost) new coach to set a new course.
Expectations are high in the city of Edmonton this year.
After wallowing at the bottom of the standings for the past three seasons, the Oilers are poised to climb the ladder.
How high they actually get remains to be seen, but it's believed the days of the Oilers selecting first at the draft are over, due mainly to the group they've been able to assemble with those high picks. Having their young, rising stars play together in the American Hockey League for the first half of the year during the lockout should also benefit the club in a shortened NHL campaign.
Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Justin Schultz head into the year in mid-season form, having played together with the Oklahoma City Barons.
In a sprint to the finish, the Oilers are expected to get out of the blocks quickly after having the highest number of players in the league active during the work stoppage.
Added to the mix this season will be Nail Yakupov, who spent the lockout in Russia, where he earned KHL rookie of-the-month honours in his first month there.
Schultz is also poised to make a splash, having dominated at the AHL level, leading the league in scoring until Eberle caught up and passed him.
In goal, Devan Dubnyk is set to take the mantle, but with a healthy Nikolai Khabibulin also in the fold, the club's fortunes won't rely on just one puck stopper.
Fantasy pool hero: Jordan Eberle
Unsung hero: Sam Gagner
Tough guy: Darcy Hordichuk
Sleeper: Ryan Whitney
Rookie to watch: Nail Yakupov
On the decline: Andy Sutton
Having won the NHL draft lottery three years in a row, the Oilers boast a dynamic group of young forwards. Previous top picks Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins are joined by Nail Yakupov. Combine them with Jordan Eberle and the Oilers should be able to fill the net this season. Ales Hemsky is heading into a season healthy for the first time in years and also in playing shape, having lit up the Czech League during the lockout. The changing of the guard will mean veterans Shawn Horcoff and Ryan Smyth may be asked to take on a reduced role.
Justin Schultz came into the season as the best player Oilers fans had never seen. Schultz was dominant in the AHL during the lockout, with 18 goals and 48 points in 34 games. The University of Wisconsin product, who chose to sign with the Oilers over every other team in the league, should fit in well with a young and talented group. With Ryan Whitney and Jeff Petry, the Oilers should be able to chip in offensively from the back end. Ladislav Smid, Nick Schultz, Corey Potter and Theo Peckham will be counted on to do the brunt of the defensive work.
Devan Dubnyk has seemingly forever been touted as the Oilers goaltender of the future. The future has finally arrived for the Regina product, who was the highest goaltender ever drafted by the team. Dubnyk, 26, has worked his way up through the system and will go into the year as their No. 1 goaltender. Despite not playing during the lockout, Dubnyk helped alleviate any fears of possible rust, backstopping Canada to a Spengler Cup title. He will be backed up by veteran Nikolai Khabibulin, who is in the last year of his contract.
Ralph Krueger takes over as coach after two years as an associate coach. Krueger will have a young, talented squad to work with this year and should have the team challenging for a playoff spot. How Krueger deploys his young talent and what he gets out of his veterans will determine whether the rookie coach will be around long term. GM Steve Tambellini was allowed to let the Oilers bottom out in order to rebuild through the draft. If the Oilers finish near the bottom of the standings again, Tambellini likely won't be around to make the club's next pick.
Injuries have been an issue for the Oilers since making it to the Stanley Cup final in 2006. They've already had issues with Hall and Nugent-Hopkins, who had shoulder problems. They go into the year a relatively healthy group, although Ryan Jones was injured during the lockout after taking a puck to the eye, which hopefully isn't a bad omen for the club. The Oilers need to stay healthy in a shortened season in order to challenge for a playoff spot. They simply don't have the depth on their farm team.
The clock is ticking for the Vancouver Canucks.
Two years removed from a heartbreaking Game 7 loss in the Stanley Cup final, the back-to-back Presidents' Trophy winners will try again to bring home their first NHL title in franchise history. And much like the few seasons before, they enter the campaign as favourites to do just that.
Fortunately, the core of the Canucks has remained mostly intact.
Henrik and Daniel Sedin are still the go-to guys while Alex Burrows, Ryan Kesler (albeit currently injured), Kevin Bieksa, Dan Hamhuis and Alex Edler form the primary group that will make or break the team this season — their 42nd in the league.
The biggest change, however, for Vancouver will be in net.
Signed to a new three-year, $12-million contract, Cory Schneider will take over the starting goaltending job from Roberto Luongo, hoping to make it a smooth ride to the ultimate prize.
Last season, a first-round playoff exit to the eventual Stanley Cup champs, the Los Angeles Kings, was far below the Canucks' expectations. This time around, the pressure remains high as fans in Vancouver are again wondering: Is this finally the year?
Fantasy pool hero: Cory Schneider
Sleeper: Jason Garrison
Unsung hero: Jannik Hansen
Rookie to watch: Jordan Schroeder
Tough guy: Aaron Volpatti
On the decline: Mason Raymond
With the Sedins leading the way, the Canucks will continue to be a threat offensively. But without Ryan Kesler, who is still recovering from off-season shoulder and wrist surgery, and David Booth, out 4-6 weeks with a strained groin, secondary scoring could be a problem early on. Expect the second line to go through different looks early in the year, affecting the rest of the forwards. Andrew Ebbett and Jordan Schroeder will compete for Kesler's vacant spot while Mason Raymond, Zack Kassian, Chris Higgins and Jannik Hansen will have their shot playing on the wings.
What the Canucks lost in veteran Sami Salo they made up for in the younger Jason Garrison, who signed as a free agent. The White Rock, B.C. native will star in arguably one of the best top-four blue-line contingents in the league with Kevin Bieksa, Alex Edler and Dan Hamhuis. The bottom four isn't too shabby either. Keith Ballard, Chris Tanev, Cam Barker and Andrew Alberts round out a deep defensive corps that should once again find themselves among the leaders when it comes to fewest goals allowed.
It's Cory's team now. After earning the starting job in last year's playoffs, Schneider will be the man in net for Vancouver this season — even if Roberto Luongo doesn't get traded and sticks around. The 26-year-old brings a calmer and less-erratic presence to the Canucks, but with this being his first year getting consistent playing time, Schneider remains unproven in a regular role. As all eyes turn to him, the former Boston College boy must show he can handle the pressure in a hockey-crazed market — especially if he struggles early.
Tinkering may be the best word to describe what general manager Mike Gillis has done to the Canucks roster since the end of last season. He added Garrison and some depth on defence, but left the forwards virtually untouched. All that could change though if he plays the Luongo card and makes a deal to add immediate improvement to the injury-hit lineup. With a contending team already in place, no big shakeup is needed for Vancouver. However, one might wonder how safe coach Alain Vigneault's job will be if there's another early playoff exit.
Familiarity and experience favours the Canucks in a season where teams won't play exhibition games and are limited to a short training camp. With little turnover in players, coaches and management, and a system that has brought success in recent years, the team heads into the condensed schedule brimming with confidence.
Additionally, the Canucks are rejuvenated, not coming off a short summer and fatigued from a gruelling playoff run like they were heading into last year. The Luongo situation though, if not resolved early, may become a distraction to the team.


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Sofa Outrage – When people get outraged for the sake of being outraged
I don't go on Twitter very often anymore and it's for one simple reason: It's wearing to see people getting outraged for the sake of being outraged.
Genuine outrage, so that very strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation, is highly useful and productive when channelled effectively. Twitter has been effective at times for bringing important causes and issues to our attention. There are people who feel so strongly about a cause or misdeed that they get up and do something about it and they even gather up a tribe of people who feel similarly so that they can make even more impact. We need these people. I would add that I greatly admire who get up and do as opposed to just making noise. Remember back when we were kids and people used to protest a hell of a lot more? Nowadays we can get outraged without having to stretch ourselves. Literally.
In an age of social media where our next round of anger, shock, and indignation, sofa outrage is but a click away. Outrage has become a hobby and a way of passing time for some.
Imagine if in real life we went around yelling our opinions at people, telling them off or ridiculing them for what they say, twisting what they say to suit our agenda of being permanently peeved about something, stirring the pot, or just letting rip and being pissed off all of the time – we would soon alienate those around us plus we might even be perceived to have anger issues. Yet there are people who spend a great deal of their online activity doing just this.
- Do we really need to feel outraged about the fact that a celebrity has named their baby something that we don't find palatable or worn something that we ourselves wouldn't wear?
- In fact, do we really need to act as if we know celebrities personally and cuss people who are not fans, and do we really need to keep letting celebrities or people in the public eye know how much we dislike them?
- Do we need to seize on everything that people post and find a hidden meaning?
- Do we need to keep berating the person after we've made our point?
- Now that we've established that we get outraged by the likes of the Daily Fail, do we need to still keep clicking through and then expressing outrage for the hell of it? Haven't we figured out that a lot of these media outlets make money out of sofa outrage?
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When I talk to people about their biggest struggles with relationships, an all too common complaint is struggling to deal with someone who is not willing to go the distance with intimacy and commitment. Each time they feel as if they're making progress, this person gradually or even very sharply rolls things back to what I call their 'status quo' in my book Mr Unavailable and the Fallback Girl.
If you imagine relationships on a scale of 1-10, the type of person who struggles with progression, balance, intimacy, commitment, and consistency – the landmarks of healthy relationships – wants to keep the relationship at 5 and will always find a way to manage it back to their comfort zone. Things get too good and 'intimate', they'll undermine things in such a way that it gets back on their terms but equally, tell them to take a run and jump and they'll suddenly start blowing hot, have you feeling as if you're approaching 8 or even beyond that, and then gradually get back down to 5.
It's understandably frustrating to be in this situation but one of the single biggest changes that we can make to our relationship experiences as well as our self-esteem, is to be more emotionally honest and to basically maintain our integrity.
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Each year I receive thousands of emails from readers sharing stories with me or asking for advice, and over the years, one word has cropped up with increasing regularity – Facebook. Now to give some context here – while I do hear from people in their twenties and thirties, most of the tales of Facebook-related drama come from their forties to seventies. When parents and teens / twenty-somethings share their concerns about Facebook with me or the dramas that they've experienced, they're often under the misguided impression that it's all 'youth related' but actually, people who are much older are going through the same issues:
- Treating what they view on Facebook as fact.
- Spending exorbitant amounts of time on there.
- Conducting entire relationships through Facebook messages.
- Obsessing over how many likes they've had on a post.
- Feeling offended that their friend's list doesn't like all of their posts, often because they make a point of liking everything so feel that everyone else should too.
- Assuming that everyone else's life is so much better and feeling inadequate.
- Oversharing of personal information or just not knowing their own boundaries or those others.
- Feeling tormented over their usage but not feeling that they're 'allowed' to stop using it.
- Collecting 'friends' and then feeling anxious about lack of actual friendship from these faux friendships.
- Being terrified of defriending and anxiety over not being added.
Facebook is just a social networking website but in less than a decade it's transformed the way that we interact with friends, family, coworkers and strangers, plus somewhere along the way, many of the people who are negatively affected by their usage of Facebook seem to have come up with new 'rules' for living their lives and almost treat Facebook like God or a superpower. In reality, it's a website driven by all of this information we put on there as well as people's insecurities and the natural tendency to want to peek into other people's lives.
Unfortunately Facebook is also being treated as a comparison tool for humans – Am I good enough? Sexy enough? Posting photos that show that I have a fabulous life? Skinny enough? Doing better than _______? Getting more likes than ________?
Facebook has found a way to feed what can at times be our excessive desire for validation. When you have people feeling as if they're losing their minds over the amount of likes they've had on a photo or whether a specific person did or didn't like what was posted, something is very wrong.
I increasingly hear from people who have temporarily or even permanently deactivated their Facebook accounts because of the impact on not just their emotional and mental health, but also the way that they interact with their family and friends. When you're having difficulty recognising the BS from reality, when each time you go on Facebook you feel worse because you're judging you as inadequate in some way, it's time for you to take a big step back.
Having decent self-esteem involves having healthy boundaries and a fairly good grip on reality.
When Facebook is a drainer or is affecting the way that you perceive your appearance, capabilities, or your personality / character, that's a code red alert because it means that you're comparing – measuring you against others for similarities and dissimilarities and then deeming you 'not good enough'. You may have OK self-esteem in general but Facebook (or similar sites) hit you where it hurts because it's used as a source of external esteem and when this happens too much, it's because external esteem is becoming your self-esteem. Your self-image becomes distorted and that only leads to unhappiness especially because comparison actually depresses your confidence levels even further. There comes a point when you have to ask, Is my usage of Facebook worth it?
Stepping back and evaluating your usage is a great opportunity to get some perspective and to reconnect with who you are and the important things in your life. If Facebook is rubbing you up the wrong way, identifying where you're judging you can provide a starting point for discovering where you need to be more self-compassionate as well as where you need to make some adjustments in real life to feel more content.
Do limit your time on there.
Don't remain connected to people who you don't have a genuine connection with and who sap your energy and esteem.
Try to remember that all is not what it seems on Facebook each time you judge you as 'less than'. Sure some people look like they're having a great time but you don't know what goes on behind closed doors, a lot of stuff is amped up to gain attention, and in the end, they're just humans who probably have the same worries.
'Should I say something?' When you can't decide if you should be honest about something
A source of potential conflict is when you're faced with a situation where your honesty – that's the truth with respect – may be met with negativity. It could be that the other party doesn't want to hear the truth or that they are so knee-deep in something, that they can't see what you see. You might be considered insensitive even if it's not what you intended or you may be regarded as a party pooper. When faced with a situation like this, you may be left wondering: Should I say something? Should I give my opinion to my friend (or family member), even if they haven't asked for it or they don't want it?
It is hard to bite our tongues when we're in the process of trying to reduce our own bullshit (BS) and so may feel conflicted and even compromised by 'letting something slide'. We may even feel complicit in what they're doing or even worse, we may feel triggered by the whole situation. Sometimes, in fact, often, we are trying to save them from getting hurt or from making a mistake, especially if we've been through it ourselves or can just plainly see the writing on the wall.
On the flipside, your honesty may be read as you disapproving of their choices aka criticism. This doesn't mean that what you have to say is a 'bad' thing but they may get very defensive and/or regard you as being disrespectful, even if you're not.
Sometimes the nature of the situation means that your answer is self-evident. As I pointed out to a reader recently who was perplexed by her friend having a long-distance Skype thing with someone who mysteriously cancels each time a meeting is on the cards (Catfish alert – check out the MTV show), the situation in itself and the way that this person was going on about it was evident of the fact that he'd been having too many tokes of the fantasy crack pipe.Equally, it's unlikely that your friend or family member is going to cartwheel around when you tell them that you can't stand their partner, that their marriage is a mistake, or that you don't think that they're up to their new job/career/moving plans.
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Sometimes when we become increasingly self-aware and we're making changes in our lives, we also become increasingly aware of where other people are not so self-aware and who we believe could do with making some changes of their own. We might want them to feel the benefits of what we're doing or, we may become a little too preoccupied with pointing out their deficiencies.
The thing is, just like when it gets on people's nerves when we ride people's arses like Zorro over mistakes that they've made – 'You made a mistake!', 'Learn to spell!', 'You shouldn't be ________', or when we keep going on and on and on about that thing that we're really passionate about – 'I don't mean to keep going on about this but you really should join this group / attend this church because I think that you would really benefit from it' – we can end up alienating rather than being of any help or support.
If we're going through a particularly honest phase, we can end up coming across like the BS police, somebody who has decided that they have the authority to maintain other people's reality's, possibly because we think that we're maintaining 'law and order' and that we're doing it for the greater good of everyone else, the person in question… or even ourselves.
When we engage in this type of behaviour, it's really important to examine our motives because the truth is, sometimes we police other people's BS because we're trying to keep our own reality neat and in order. It's as if we can't cope with the possibility that this person might be deluding themselves or even trying to BS us. We forget that we're in control of ourselves and our own reality. We forget that we can take care of ourselves.
Yes of course we should highlight BS that has the potential to cause us harm / impact us negatively or could cause major problems for someone else (for example, if somebody is being fraudulent) but policing people's realities because it's a distraction from ourselves or because we like to be right and we like to try to control the uncontrollable isn't helpful or nice. It may also be a case of trying to impose our values on someone else (trying to get them to change) when if we recognised those differences, we could respect our own values and live our own lives.
It can be hard at times to know whether to bite our tongue and say 'Bygones' or whether to speak our mind and run the risk of causing offence. Due to the nature of what I do, I can smell a funky story from a mile off… but it's not my place to point out each and every incidence of it. Equally, I read things online all the time that set my BS meter off the charts but unless it's critical and helpful for me to point it out, I move onto something that I do enjoy reading.
The truth with respect runs the possibility of hurting a person's feelings but it doesn't mean that we shouldn't tell them. What it does mean however, is that we must question the necessity of what we're saying and how we say it (language, tone, manner, setting). Does it matter and if it does matter, why does it matter? The more we ask the question of whether it truly matters is the more authentic the occasions when we do speak up. We can't leave no BS stone unturned, simply because it would be exhausting and it would look like we were doing it for our own ego, not for anyone else's well-being.
Calling people out on stuff is a form of criticism and over the years as I've learned to receive and give criticism, I've realised that genuine criticism comes from and is given by people who genuinely want to see a person succeed and who aren't basing the need to say something or the desired outcome on their own personal agenda.
In the end, it's most important for you to know and live your own values so that you can live your own life authentically and happy. As long as you know what's what in your own life and align yourself with similar people, you won't need to keep trying to enforce your reality on others.
Look out for the follow up post to this on tips on how to avoid being the BS police.
People pleasing and good self-esteem are mutually exclusive
Like millions of people before me and the many who will follow, somewhere along the way I picked up the idea that pleasing people was the key to my happiness. Yes, like the typical people pleaser, I believed that meeting other people's needs, expectations, and wishes, was somehow going to meet my own needs. What I failed to realise is that people pleasing runs counter to having good self-esteem and being able to be happy.
My needs are my needs for me to meet. Other people's needs are their needs for them to meet. That and "NO" isn't a dirty word, the sky won't fall down, and we have two hands for a reason – why overfeed others and coddle them while starving and neglecting ourselves?
Let's be clear about what people pleasing involves so as not to mix it up with doing stuff for others just because and yes, occasionally inconveniencing ourselves to help somebody out.
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Myth: People who have great childhoods don't have self-esteem issues
Up until my mid-twenties, I had this pervasive belief that if only I'd had one of those great childhoods that I saw on TV or that I imagined everyone else was having, that I'd have different types of problems – maybe Happy / Together People Problems? – and that I'd also be a happier person. I imagined I'd have more confidence, that I'd be able to cope with disappointment, criticism, conflict and making mistakes, and that I could lean on my family whenever I wanted while having my pick of healthy relationships. I imagined that I'd have more options and opportunities and that I'd basically like myself a whole lot more.
I'm not alone in this thinking. Hell, my own mother had it, so when we had aspects of our childhood that were 'better' than hers, like having a good education, material goods etc., she just didn't 'get' why the hell I had her type of problems.
Baggage Reclaim is full of people who have struggled with aspects of themselves but here's the interesting thing: they come from all walks of life and backgrounds. One of my closest friends has a totally different upbringing to mine. Both parents still together and happy, idyllic childhood (her description), not really wanting for anything whether it was emotional or financial – we've had similar self-esteem and relationship issues.
It's not that having a rough childhood doesn't impact your self-esteem – quite the opposite – but it doesn't mean that having a great childhood (whatever that looks like to you), is a ticket to emotional freedom either. I've often had readers say that they almost feel guilty for not being able to claim that they've had something terrible happen to them!
Self-esteem is about how you think and feel about you, how you react to the things that you experience in life and how these are perceived and tallied up with your sense of self. It's about whether you consider you to be a worthwhile and valuable person and in turn, it's about having confidence in you and to be you.
You could end up not liking and loving you even if you had both parents love and support throughout your childhood and didn't experience any major trauma. If you treat feelings and thoughts as facts even when they're not, if you have unhealthy and conflicting beliefs that undermine your sense of self and your choices, if you internalise what happens to and around you as an indicator of your worth, capabilities and options, 'great' childhood or not, your self-esteem will be impacted.
Sometimes the reason why self-esteem takes a knock is because a person takes disappointment badly because they've possibly been sheltered from disappointment or they had certain expectations of themselves or others which may not have been realistic.
A childhood that's free of neglect, abuse and trauma isn't an automatic precursor to high self-esteem. It helps a great deal because you're certainly far more likely to have self-esteem issues if you experience these but, if like me (in the past) you've been dining off the long-held belief that your life would be so much better 'if only' and that you would be exempt from the choices that you've been inclined to make, watch out. It's this kind of thinking that can leave you feeling powerless.
How you feel about and perceive you is down to your beliefs, which drive your choices and actions. Your childhood tells part of the story but not all of the story and in the end, all it takes is to have one experience as an adult that you struggle to recover from, such as heartbreak, a loss, a bereavement, 'failing' at something, a trauma, for a judgement to be made that alters your perception of you and your options, which affects your choices, which has far reaching consequences.
Across all people who struggle with their self-esteem is the need for approval, validation and an excessive reliance on external esteem – people pleasing. Poor childhood or not, we live in a time when many of us are excessively concerned with how we look to others and not being disapproved of in any way. When we suppress our identities and prioritise avoiding conflict, disappointment, criticism and basically anything we deem as 'unpleasant', our self-esteem is greatly compromised.
It's impossible to eliminate bullshit but you can certainly significantly reduce it and keep it to a minimum.
Your job is not to attempt to leave no BS stone unturned – it's to take care of your end of things so that you're clear on your own reality and less likely to be taken in by anyone who seeks to circumvent the truth.
A BS Diet isn't about killing your dreams; it's about not allowing what can appear to be the innocent lies you tell yourself, unproductive habits and how you respond to other people's BS, to affect your life.
You can still daydream… you just don't need to daydream all day long so that you end up not being mindful and living in a fantasy world. You can dream… but you can't go around using those dreams as a basis for assumptions that you use to make unhealthy judgements and choices.
It's a work in progress. You wouldn't give up eating unhealthy food for a few months, get fit and then go back to chowing down. You'll moderate what you take in and you'll become attuned to your mind and body.
You'll also become more attuned to the sources of bullshit in your life and learn how to navigate them.
Annoying things are still going to happen but you'll be better equipped to respond and more robust because you actually have some self-esteem in the proverbial bank to draw on.
A BS Diet and improved self-esteem isn't a magic wand that eliminates shady people and unwanted experiences. It also won't give you the power to do Jedi mind tricks so that you can control the uncontrollable.
The things that happen in your life are means of putting your new found habits to the test but also 'balancing up' where they may be too much BS in an area of your life. These experiences can force you to check in and reconnect with you.
The mind doesn't distinguish between a real task and a 'pretend' one
Working for myself has shown me that when it comes to being my own manager and deciding what I 'should' be doing with my time (note that behind most 'shoulds' is bullshit), I'm just not that realistic. I'm not alone though – many people are residing in the I Schedule The Crap Out of Myself Vortex. We basically burden ourselves with these never ending todo lists and when we look at what we expect to do in a week, we're sometimes trying to do 2 weeks work or more in just one week.
What recognising how unrealistic I am about my time has taught me, is that I might be more realistic if I, 1) was more careful about what I said yes to, 2) managed my own and other people's expectations through boundaries, 3) parked some ideas until a later date, and 4) recognised the great deal that I do achieve each day.
Being in pursuit of completing an unrealistic set of tasks is the pursuit of perfection.
It's this idea that it's good to have a lot of things to do and that we're also going to feel so much 'better' and 'happier' when these things are completed. In truth, we end up feeling bad due to burdening ourselves with our own BS list of tasks that we're unable to keep up with and then we feel 'not good enough' and that we're failing some standard of super busyness that the rest of the planet is managing to live up to.
Creating these burdensome lists, which incidentally often reside in our head, can give us and others an impression of busyness and importance. They also distract us from aspects of ourselves or our lives that need closer attention.
In an effort to increase productivity a few years back, I read a little bit of Getting Things Done (David Allen, Piaktus) – and then promptly got caught up in my own busyness and procrastination… – but I always remembered one vital nugget of information that has influenced my thinking and attitude towards pretty much anything I put in my head:
The mind doesn't distinguish between a task that you need to do / genuinely intend to do and something that you thought about in passing but aren't actually going to do.
That's why thinking about the oodles of things that you need to do drains your mojo.
It's up to us to tell ourselves what is and isn't a task.
It's the same with bullshit – it's up to us to work out the truth. Our mind won't automatically do that work for us. That's why we have to be careful of remaining attached to unhealthy beliefs and assumptions.
Ultimately, if we actually noted, recognised and appreciated what we achieved on a day-to-day basis, we'd recognise the madness of the todo list treadmill and get more realistic about our time while also having the time to appreciate and truly live our lives.
Whenever I ask people what they want, I invariably hear variations of, "I just want to be happy." Many of us are obsessed with the pursuit of happiness and because we don't for instance, have a Brady Bunch family or a perfect past, or even a blemish-free relationship history and we're certainly not feeling happy all or most of the time, we feel bad about the fact that we're not happy or aren't living up to some ideal that we've likely hoovered up from the media or from comparing ourselves to our peers and imaginary people that we believe are so much better than us.
"I just want to be happy" and yet this often comes out of the mouths of People Pleasers, people who deprioritise their own needs, wishes and expectations to devote their lives to pleasing others in the hope that they'll receive validation, love, attention and the like plus with the underlying expectation that they'll minimise conflict, disappointment, criticism and basically anything unpleasant. Ironically, People Pleasers tend to expect that the very needs, expectations, wishes and identity that they don't represent will actually be represented and respected by others.
Here's the thing though: we may "just" want to be happy but we tend to be quite convoluted and complicated about it so it's just not that simple that we can just be happy. Turns out, we all are built on habits and some of these habits of thinking and behaviour run counter to the very things that we profess to need, want and expect.
We may just want to be happy but what we have to realise is that we can't expect change to happen without change and more importantly, we can't expect to be happy by doing things that directly contribute to us being unhappy.
We say that we want to be happy and yet we can often be more comfortable hanging onto bullshit than we are with getting out of that uncomfortable comfort zone and striving for authenticity and being ourselves.
We want to be happy and yet we want that to happen while still carrying around the same unhealthy / unproductive patterns of thinking and behaviour. That's pretty tricky when the backing track to our life is negative self-talk, we're neglecting ourselves, we're involved in toxic relationships, relying on external solutions to prop up our 'self'-esteem and to help us avoid aspects of ourselves and life, and when we're ultimately on autopilot treating a lot of what we think, feel and do as 'facts' and judgements about our quality and worth as people.
Let's imagine that you go to see a career advisor and they ask, So, what is it that you want to do with your life? and you respond with, I just want to, ya know, have a job or you said I just want to earn money. Erm, O-K. That's a pretty vague pursuit and remit to work from.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be happy but break it down – what does happiness look and feel like to you?
What would being happy involve? Is what you're doing now taking you closer to being and feeling like this or is it taking you in the opposite direction? Do your thoughts support your desire or are your thoughts affirming all sorts of negative crap? Is a lot of what you envision as making you happy out of your hands due to it being reliant on a person changing or other external factors? What can you do for you?
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Ten of the best pubs in London given a chance to feature on Pub Rooms using the new app. British pub rooms (and accommodation) guide makes it easier for local pubs
Design is all about image so images for all venues on pub rooms are being replaced with fresh images. Pub owners across the UK are being invited to upload their images via the new pub app which is freely available through the Google App store. http://www.smarterpub.com/pub-function-room-app-takes-bookings
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The new layout for the Pub Rooms pub internet guide considers visitors needs to call a pub directly and hire function rooms. (Leeds followed by London)
Before online room booking people traditionally called around for the best accommodation room prices or if it was a function room what facilities and services were there, before booking. Online boking finds it difficult to deal with function room hire booking. Regarless of how well the images show off the rooms, party organisers need to know the feel of the place.
Pictures speak a 1000 words but when a picture is talking a different language and upon arrival the image was not telling the full story a phone call may have been better.
Getting cheap and cheerful after you booked luxury doesn't make for a happy experience. When it comes to booking a venue for a function a visit to the venue before booking is almost always necessary. To make this happen people need to call directly. The new app and the new responsive design on pub rooms will put visitors in direct contact without having to go though a series of unnecessary online forms.
Using a responsive framework and deploying a mobile app for pub owners the service is being offered to pubs across the UK
Design is all about image so images for all venues on pub rooms are being replaced with fresh images. Pub owners across the UK are being invited to upload their images via the new pub app which is freely available through the Google App store.
As the new design rolls out across each regions of the UK carefull consideration is given to offers provided. London will go live shortly so the invitation to London Pubs is open. If you're a venue with function rooms to hire and want to highlight the types of events you cater for, contact pub rooms to be reviewed and learn more about the app for pubs.
Earlier in the year pub rooms celebrated the queens jubilee by adding and reviewing 10 of the best pubs in London. This is different as the pubs featured in Lonon for the mobile app will primarily be venues for function rooms.
For full details please contact Pub Rooms directly on 07872121998 or visit Pub Rooms to register your pub and bar function room
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This morning, I woke up to what seemed like a million retweets from One Direction fan accounts on my twitter feed.
At first, I thought I was being spammed. But, I quickly realized it was former Notre Dame swimmer Emma Reaney who was responsible for the retweets.
Not only was she retweeting a bunch of tweets about 1D but she was actually MENTIONED in these tweets.
Turns out, Emma went to a One Direction concert last night dressed up as a caterpillar.
What? Yeah, I know. It sounds odd and sweaty but what happened next was awesome.
At some point, Emma decided to throw her caterpillar costume on stage. Band member and British heartthrob Liam Payne then decided to put the costume on and perform the rest of the night in the caterpillar suit.
Nouis helping Liam with the caterpillar costume like I can't 😍 (via @h0tlikepayne) pic.twitter.com/14hwanHDXl-- 1D Updates (@About1D_) August 3, 2015
I. AM. CATERPILLAR GIRL. HEAR. ME. BLOSSOM INTO A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY. 🐛 pic.twitter.com/VoS0BmX6vt-- Emma Reaney (@chloreaney) August 3, 2015
Liam in his caterpillar suit during the show! (via insider) pic.twitter.com/fYldWdRgJc-- 1D UPDATES (@freakywhoran) August 3, 2015
He was even still wearing the suit when he left the concert.
LIAM IS STILL WEARING THE CATERPILLAR SUIT 😂 #OTRAPittsburgh pic.twitter.com/9BQk1O2CW3-- justin bieber (@NationOfBiebs) August 3, 2015
So, not only is Emma Reaney a national champion, a Notre Dame record holder and an American record holder, she is now also "the girl whose caterpillar costume Liam wore on stage."
1D fans everywhere loved it. And so did we.
Emma, we miss you here at Notre Dame but we're glad you're having fun in the "real world"!
And if for some reason you don't know who Emma Reaney is, watch this video about her. It made me cry.


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'Burn the Tapes' by Norma MacDonald - reaches into your soul(June 14, 2015)
There are some constants in this world of constant change ... one of them is the deep-meaning soulful music that comes from Norma MacDonald. If you're ever in the mood to be moved by music then her latest album 'Burn The Tapes' will certainly hit the spot. For not one moment does this music slide into the background, start to listen and you're riveted, and that's in a good way. The way that reaches into your soul and clams whatever it is that bruises or grazes your day. Sure, there are some heart-wrenching emotions tied up in these songs but they ease rather than stress, they offer a balm not an irritant. Sit back and let 'Burn The Tapes' wash over you.
To be truthful, I've been sold on Norma MacDonald's music from her second album 'The Forest for the Trees' and the follow up 'Morning you Wake'. Now with her latest album this lady continues the delivery of music that speaks volumes and makes in-roads into the places we all feel most 'at home'. The opening chords of 'Company' offer a combination of voice and music that's addictive, you have to listen to more, through the thoughtful narrative of 'You Can't Carry It Around', the simply beautiful 'Daysleeper', a well of emotion so real you could reach out and touch it in 'Lighten Up' and the haunting 'To Nebraska'.
An absolute wealth of musical talent supports Norma MacDonald on 'Burn The Tapes' and whatever it takes you really have to add this one to your collection. It will do you good. Website: www.normamacdonald.com
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LOUGH REE GOLFING SOCIETY: On Saturday last the 27th April, the society had its first outing for 2013 to Strokestown Golf Course. The course was in excellent condition and this, coupled with the glorious sunshine, enabled all to experience a very enjoyable day's golf. There was a great turnout and it was lovely to see some young Lanesborough and Newtown Cashel locals joining the society; hope you all had a good experience lads and that you will be back. Thanks to the ladies and gents at Strokestown Golf Club for the nice refreshments before and after the golf. Now for the results (we were all winners!): Nearest the pin on par three was Mick Brennan; the first nine was won by Alan Farrell on 17 points (best last six holes); the back nine was won by Sean Brennan on 19 points. The fourth prize went to Marie Simpson on 32 points just pipping Aidan Cassidy on countback. Third went to Brendan Whitty also on 32 but best back nine of 18 points. The second place was won by Peter Day with 35 points and a good 36 points won the first prize for Colm Dardis who is also our golfer of the year for 2012. Colm recently beat the society captain Liam Rosemond in a playoff to clinch this coveted trophy. Well done to all. The fixtures for 2013 are as follows: Strokestown: Saturday, 27th April at 11 am; Portumna: Friday, 31st May at 11.30 am; Moate: Saturday, 29th June at 11 am; Longford: Saturday 3rd August at 11 am; Athlone: Friday, 6th September at 11 am. The results of the above 5 outings will determine the Golfer of the Year for 2013 so get practising and it might be you. See you all on the then and we look forward to a great year's golf with some fun and laughter as well.
LANESBORO SOCIAL SERVICES WHIST: Calling all whist players to come along to St. Mary's hall on this coming Friday night in St. Mary's Parish Hall, Lanesboro for an 8.30pm start - the Lanesboro Social Service committee will host their monthly Whist Drive. As you are fully aware the committee does marvellous work year in year out in supporting those in need within our parish. Your support helps the committee to continue their great work and your support on Friday will be very much appreciated.
COMMUNITY GAMES: The Lanesboro Community Games Athletics competition will take place on Tuesday 7th May at the track. There will be track events for children U-8 to u-16 and field events for children U-12 to U-16. This year two children in each track event will be put forward to represent Lanesboro at the county community games finals in Ballymahon, therefore we will need more children to represent Lanesboro in Ballymahon than any previous years. The Lanesboro event will be run off in conjunction with the Athletics club, so we thank them in advance for facilitating and helping us. This year Lanesboro will have 15 children representing the county at the first national final weekend in May. Lots of preparations are now on-going. The timetable for the national finals is now on the Community Games website.
WEDDING: The marriage took place at St. Mary's Church, Lanesboro on Saturday 13th April of Brona Connaughton, daughter of Lorcan and Ann Connaughton, formerly Carrowstrawley, and Paul Tarmey, son of Jimmy and Elizabeth Tarmey, Cloontuskert. Chief Bridesmaid was Karen Connaughton, sister of the bride and bridesmaid was Shirley Connaughton sister of the bride. Bestman was James Tarmey brother of the groom and groomsman was Anthony Tarmey brother of the Groom. The pageboy was Andrew Tarmey son of the bride and groom. The marriage ceremony was celebrated by Fr. Michael Reilly. The wedding reception was held in the Carlton Shearwater Hotel Ballinasloe. We wish the happy couple many years of wedded happiness.
KILGEFIN COMMUNITY GAMES: The Kilgefin Community Games sports day will take place at the St. Faithleach's GAA grounds on this Friday evening 3rd May at 5pm. There will be events for boys and girls from ages between 6 and 15 years of age. It is essential that all parents bring along their children for what is usually a wonderful day for parents as well as their young people.
SYMPATHY: We would like to extend our sincere sympathy to Ollie and Elizabeth Fleming and family, Rathcline on the death at Innis Ree Lodge Ballyleague of Ollie's brother Brian Fleming on Thursday last.
BRIDGE CLUB: President of Lanesboro Bridge Club, Frances Brennan, held her competition over two weeks 10th and 17th April where 28 members competed. Her prize- a beautiful lamp – was won by Mae Casey with a score of 302. Runner –Up was Mairéad Gill with 292. In third place was Brid Mc Dermott with 286. The first session winner was Phil Chalmers while the second session winner was Una Clarke with 136. The results of the competition held on 24th April were N/S 1st Cyril Hussey and Mary Mc Gushin, 2nd Frank and Frances Brennan and 3rd was Elish Gray and Gemma Douglas. E/W 1st Brid Mc Dermott and Una Lawlor, 2nd Mae Casey and Mairéad Gill and 3rd Loretto Cooney and Bernadette Clancy,
MAJOR AND WELL DESERVED AWARD: Last Saturday at the Athletics Ireland AGM in City West, Dublin local man Fabian Walsh was presented with an award in recognition of his contribution to the sport of athletics. The award was presented by the IAAF (International Association of Athletic Federations) the international governing body for the sport of athletics to celebrate its 100th Anniversary. Ten of these medals were sent to Ireland and two people from each of five regions, namely Connaught, Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Dublin were nominated to receive them. Fabian, nominated by the Connaught region was presented with his award by Mr Ciaran O' Catháin, President of Athletics Ireland, in respect of the his tireless work down through the years promoting athletics at every opportunity and at every level from Primary School right up to Senior Level. The officers and athletes of Lough Ree Athletic Club would like to applaud him on receiving this international recognition and look forward to seeing him back on the track as usual on Tuesday! Those of us that know Fabian, know his passion and love of athletics as long as we can remember, join with the Lough Ree Athletic club in celebrating this hugely deserved award. Many people at home and far spread areas of the country and the world will join in the celebration of Fabian's award and have many happy memories of their times with Fabian in the Lough Ree AC.
SYMPATHY: We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to the extended family, relatives and many friends of the late Paddy Belton, Kenagh. Paddy, during his time as county councillor and Lord Mayor of County Longford had been a great friend to our parish and it is with great sadness we record his death.
BADMINTON CLUB: Firstly, congratulations to Ann Duffy and Mark Bermingham who won Grade 4 and Grade 6 Leinster Singles titles respectively in Baldoyle in Dublin on Sunday 21st of April. Also well done to our Grade 5 mixed team who overcame Simonstown from Meath on Friday the 19th to compete against Moyvore in the Leinster Semi Final in Baldoyle on Sunday last the 28th, unfortunately Moyvore overcame Lanesboro and went on to claim the Leinster title in the final. On the team were Maura and Ann Duffy, Frank Casey, Keith Healy, Edel Mc Dermott and Karl Crawford. Well done to all involved during the year and all those who went to cheer on all the teams. This has been a great season for the club and long may it continue.
TOURISM: The weekly clean up commenced on Monday 29th April and will continue every Monday evening from 7 to 8pm. The committee looks forward to full community support so that the approach roads, that already have had some work done, will be further enhanced and look their best when judging comes along. Your help will be greatly appreciated. You are asked to bring along some gardening tools with you when you come along on Mondays.
LOTTO: The local lotto remains at e15,000 and tickets are available at all local shops and pubs. Envelopes with four numbers costs e2.
NIGHT AT THE DOGS: The 12th Roscommon Ballyboro Scouts troop is holding a 'night at the dogs' on Friday 3rd May. This will take place at Longford Greyhound Track from 8pm. Tickets cost e10 and are available from all scout leader, O'Brien's Corner Shop and Daybreak filling station. Admission for children to the night is free. When you buy a ticket you are in with a chance of winning a hotel weekend break. All are welcome to go along and support. A good night is guaranteed
LADIES MINI MARATHON: It is the time of year again for the Ladies Mini Marathon in Dublin. If you intend taking part in the race and would like a seat on the bus travelling to Dublin you are invited to contact Pam any time after 6pm at 087-4146987.
SYMPATHY: We would like to extend our sincere sympathy to Martina and Lewis Hanley and family, Lehery on the death of Martina's father Michael Halligan, Castlebar on Thursday 18th April.
TITANIC EXHIBITION: The Carrickedmond PTTA trip to the Titanic exhibition on Belfast will take place on Sunday 30th June. Bus and admission to the exhibition will cost; adults e30, U16- e23 and U5 - e12.50. Money can be paid to Chris (Dennigan) Moran, phone 087-6974775, Evelyn Keenan phone 086-3567909 or Fr. Peter Tiernan phone 044-9357442 before Sunday next 28th April.
LOUGH REE ATHLETIC CLUB: Last week when referring to our youngsters visit to the new indoor facility at A.I.T. Athlone, we gave credit to Viki Kajan and Róisín Brennan for their success in the 600m and Turbo Javelin respectively. Now that the full results are available the club finds that they did much better than the club thought. The talented Róisín also won the long jump U11 and was third in the 600m. Louise Costello was second in the very competitive 60m U11 sprint. Alannah Flood had an unusual double 2nd in the 600m and the long jump U11 while Victoria Gedrych was second in the Turbo Javelin U10 with Sonla Benlotaite was third in the Long Jump. The club had only U10 boys in action and not too many at that- yet they performed remarkably well. Aaron Kenny won the long jump with Reece Kenny taking the third spot. Jamie Hagan had a remarkable double third in the 60m sprint and third in the 500m, a long race for that age group. Well done to all competitors they did the club well. Training takes place as usual on Tuesday evenings at 7pm and more often if it is felt necessary.


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