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I'm cool with Julien, but there's a decent chance the team out grew him offensively faster than many thought...we'll see. I think MB is looking to take the screws off the players a little bit...Julien has made some weird roster decisions recently and there's a sense that maybe he lost the room in some respects...
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This is all I think of when I hear Claude Julien's name:
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Knew the author halfway through reading the tweet.
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What did he do to him?Knew the author halfway through reading the tweet.
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There is a Spittin' Chiclets episode with Commodore. I don't remember the specifics, there was the basic hazing stuff and line assignment ****, etc. But there was a point where Mike had some say in whether or not he was going to go to a Babs team. He called Babs ahead of time and asked if they were good and if he'd be welcome there. Babs said sure. Mike showed up and Babs immediately sent him down and never brought him back up.
Again, the details are really hazy as it was a podcast I listened to 4+ years ago but that's what stuck out to me.
Again, the details are really hazy as it was a podcast I listened to 4+ years ago but that's what stuck out to me.
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Yeah, I recall that story about Commodore, as well.
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Is Commodore confused about what a veteran plug can expect from league executives or is Babcock not honoring the tradition of looking out for old nobodies.
There’s no chance Babcock was just f’ing with him. He was probably just moving a bunch of chess pieces around and considered Commodore a pawn that he could change his mind about without a consultation.
There’s no chance Babcock was just f’ing with him. He was probably just moving a bunch of chess pieces around and considered Commodore a pawn that he could change his mind about without a consultation.
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This is the story I was alluding to, almost verbatim:
Three years later Commodore is bought out by Columbus and he’s once again a free agent in the summer of 2011, when he gets a call from a Detroit team manned by, you guessed it, Babs.
“So I hang up the phone, call Ken Holland and I'm like, 'I would love to play for you. I would love to play in Detroit. I always enjoyed going in, even when we got our asses kicked. I love the city, I think Joe Louis is awesome. You always make the playoffs. I would like to play there. But you what I think about Babcock. We had beers at your golf tournament and I was fuc*ing ripping on him. You know what I think of him. Does he want me on the team or not?’”
“So I call that piece of sh*t (Babcock), and now I’ve got like 10 minutes left. He’s like, 'Hey, Commy.' I didn’t say this, but I'm like, don’t call me 'Commy,' you piece of sh*t. We’re not friends. And I’m like, 'Mike, please be honest with me. Do you want me on your hockey team or not? If you don’t, if you're just getting me in here because you want to fu*k me over and end my career, please be honest with me. I just won’t sign. I won’t say anything, no hard feelings. But I know this is my last chance. I need to know wherever I go that I’m going to get an opportunity.’”
After Babs promised, according to Commodore, that he’d play a key role with the Wings, Commodore took him at his word and signed with Detroit. Then, he got hurt in training camp, missed the first few games of the season and remained a scratch even when healthy — playing 17 games with the club before being shipped to Tampa at the trade deadline.
“I’m like, this motherfu*ker. It’s happening. I just got bought out, I have zero leverage. What am I going to do, go to the media? Nobody gives a sh*t. So for the first three weeks I was miserable. I was pissed off. And after that I was like, you know what, this guy isn't going to dictate how I live my life. Fu*k him. He doesn’t want to play me, fine.
“I’m going to come to the rink, I’m going to run the stairs, I'm going to practice as hard as he’ll let me, because he would always blow drills down when it was my turn. I’m going to go one on one versus Pav, he likes doing that in the neutral zone along the boards. I’m going to do that and then I’m going to plan the parties. I’m going to be a good guy to be around and I’m going to have fun, so that’s what I ended up doing.”
“Complete disaster. Career over.”
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Reads like he was a marginal player Babcock wanted for insurance reasons. Then he made less sense as the season went on, became a pain in the ass loudmouth, so Babs tried to squash his presence. And if you just got out by a mediocre team, don’t be surprised if your career might be done.
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what a baby
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My money is on Lindy Russ
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meow don't read this post
Is Carey Price not good anymore?
Is Carey Price not good anymore?
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No. He's been steadily declining since he turned 30/signed that ridiculous contract.meow don't read this post
Is Carey Price not good anymore?
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meow don't read this post
Is Carey Price not good anymore?
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For transparency sake, I’ve seen the Canadians play for about 12 minutes this season.
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And Price gave up how many goals in those 12 minutes? 7?For transparency sake, I’ve seen the Canadians play for about 12 minutes this season.
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They were playing Ottawa so I think he scored two and had an assist on a third
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That actually checks out.
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I'd be tempted to throw money at Ward with 18/1 odds.My money is on Lindy Russ
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Give me Krueger
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Actual guess = Hynes
Dark horse = Bednar
Krueger and ward both excellent choices though
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Krueger and ward both excellent choices though
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Pretty sure it actually started when Mine was young in Anaheim? Yep with the Ducks.Reads like he was a marginal player Babcock wanted for insurance reasons. Then he made less sense as the season went on, became a pain in the ass loudmouth, so Babs tried to squash his presence. And if you just got out by a mediocre team, don’t be surprised if your career might be done.
Commodore feels that Babcock tried to screw his career over twice — once earlier in his career and again at the end. In the summer of 2002 Commodore was acquired by the Anaheim Ducks in a deal with New Jersey where he would first feel the wrath of the first-year Ducks Coach.
”I don’t know who Mike Babcock is. I've never heard of him, I’ve never had a run in with him, nothing. There’s no previous history whatsoever. I show up to camp, fight everybody in camp, I’m supposed to play (when the season starts). I’m penciled in, but he has someone else he wants to play. Sends me down to the minors, carves me in the papers, says I showed up out of shape.
“I swear to god, I never showed up out of shape because I wasn't talented enough to do it. I would have been in the East Coast League and done in, like, two years. ... I was never able to get rid of that reputation, like, 'The guy doesn’t work out,' because he want to the fu*king paper and said that. I read it. I’m like, are you fuc*ing kidding me?”
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