Melrose canned; Burns to start in goal?; Nolan given day off; Falness can’t play hockey
Posted on November 14th, 2008 – 2:32 PMBy Michael Russo
Good day from Chateau de Rousseau. Short practice down at Parade this morning, just the way I like ‘em.
I was scooped by Brian Lawton. He fired Barry Melrose.
Look at this paragraph I had in this Sunday’s column that now won’t see the light of day: Most NHL coaches have a lasting power of three years. Like a gallon of milk, you might as well put an expiration date on them. Some spoil sooner than others, like if you sniff into the container that holds Barry Melrose, you’ll find it’s beginning to curdle.
This is not surprising folks at all. The signs of this were showing already early last month when the Wild was in Tampa. Things came to a head the other day when Melrose said a lot of strong stuff to the stars of the Lightning before a practice in Florida. Melrose then left the arena during practice, admittedly because he said things that caused the players to not want him around.
How soon before ESPN hires him back?
As for the Wild, Owen Nolan was given the day off. Jacques Lemaire said it was just a maintenance day and he’ll play tomorrow against Columbus. Nolan played 18 minutes last night, had two assists and was coming off an injury that kept him out five games, so giving him the day off made sense. In fact, the veteran will likely get a lot of practices off I’d imagine.
Jacques Lemaire reiterated today that defenseman Brent Burns will continue as a winger for awhile. Burns had a solid game last night. He missed the net three or four times, but all were scoring chances and you know eventually those will turn into goals. He had five hits on the forecheck and brought the energy we’ve all grown accustomed.
Burns said today he’d play goalie if the Wild wanted him to, and he was a pretty mean street hockey goalie as a kid.
As usual, Burns was pretty hilarious today, as you’ll read tomorrow.
It’s not often you can take a top-10 NHL defenseman, put him at forward and not miss a beat, but that’s how good Burns is. As Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock told me during training camp, Burns is a hybrid and when he goes forward, he attacks better than most forwards.
Lemaire said Burns will get more ice time tomorrow. He only played two shifts totalling 46 seconds on the penalty kill, but if the Wild gets into penalty trouble tomorrow, Burns will get shifts, and yes, as a forward.
Lemaire talked a lot today about the penalty kill, which only has allowed four goals all year. He’s trying to get more and more bodies on there, especially James Sheppard, who’s been very good the past four games.
Dare I tell you, but at some point I may have to risk jinxing Martin Skoula and write about how well he’s playing. Lemaire said, “I’ll take a couple Skoula’s.”
Kim Johnsson has been dynamite, too, skating the puck out of trouble.
Lastly, Wild radio personality Kevin “String Bet” Falness was asking Jacques today about what’s more difficult, playing the penalty kill as a defenseman or as a forward.
Lemaire, grinning, so you knew eventually he’d come up with a punchline, said, “You have the goaltender, you have a defenseman, if you do make a mistake on defense, there’s one guy that can stop it. If you’re as far … from the net, it’s the best to make a mistake.”
“As an example,” Lemaire said to Falness, “If you would play with us one day, you’d be as far as possible from the net. You’d stand at the [opposite] blue line and wait there.”
I bet Falness’ hockey is as good as his poker — embarrassing. 
121 Responses to "Melrose canned; Burns to start in goal?; Nolan given day off; Falness can’t play hockey"
Dare I tell you, but at some point I may have to risk jinxing Martin Skoula and write about how well he’s playing
Heresy!
Has it really come to this: two Skoubas?
Ohhhh, burn.
Dare I tell you, but at some point I may have to risk jinxing Martin Skoula and write about how well he’s playing
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Two Skoubas? I don’t think Skoula has learned how to reproduce yet.
But seriously, he is playing a lot better and I wish for this to continue for him.
By the way, Mike, why do you always italicize “personality” when referring to Falness? What inside joke am I not in on?
Can’t dog Minute Munching Marty lately, but I’ll save this link for when I really need it later…
Yeah, maybe we should let Skoula sleep in the house again.
Falness is a legend in his own mind.
I’d love to hang out with Burns sometime. He sounds like a blast.
PK. Well, I played as a goalie, so I was always highly aware of just how much time was left on the kill. It’s a pressure filled position, but the pressure always seemed to double on the kill. I mean, the goalie makes up the player difference.
“Lemaire said, “I’ll take a couple Skoula’s.””"
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH….. my eyes are bleeding………. help… me…
Ack. Arg. *cough*
*gasp*
Falness can’t play hockey and Greenlay can’t color commentate.
Can’t see, Buddha? Well accept this trade I’m offering you…it’s Hagman for Ovechkin…
Two players stuck out to me last night, and one was certainly Skoula. Instead of going unnoticed (his previous positive measure), I thought he was noticeably good.
The other guy who continues to impress me is Nolan. He has a lot more game in him than I thought he would. Now, if he could just stay healthy.
Seriously. A few weeks of the wonky blog crap is enough.
In the words of Howard Cosell “Day to day every f’ing day a problem.”
The thing that makes Nolan great is also the thing that makes him a liability: his age. From being around the League so long, he understands everything about where to be on the ice and he understands the game so well. That comes with experience. The problem with being around the League so long, however, is that he has been around the League so long. Tough to stay in the lineup consistently once you reach age where you could pull a hamstring taking a p!ss.
Days off are understandable for someone his age, particularly when he can come back from a few games off due to injury and play as well as he did last night - even rusty.
I’m not sure how often you all catch the Sharks, but they are a special kind of good right now. Another 40+ shots on net last night, that is now 9 times they’ve done that. They are an incredible team right now.
I wonder if JL retiring this offseason wouldn’t have been such a bad thing if the Wild hired Todd McClellan. I’m a big supporter of JL, but I know his days are numbered. McClellan was essentially JL’s protege, could have had a nice long tenure with that guy in Minnesota.
Perhaps the Wild will get lucky and K.C. will work out for the Wild as well as McClellan is working out for the Sharks.
McClellan was essentially JL’s protege
Really? Then why is he being praised for his wide-open offensive system that’s creating 40+ shots EVERY NIGHT? This isn’t even picking on Lemaire - I would think a protege to play the same style, but are you guys getting 40 shots?
(I guess an answer to that is the Sharks may have more individual offensive talent, but…)
Great, a Skoula mention, we’re doomed.
I may as well float my theory now, can’t hurt his play any worse. There have been less(zero!?) serious puck blunders by Skoula so far, I have to think a lot of that credit goes to his D-partners doing a great job moving the puck up the ice rather than back across for Skoula to make a play, however open he may be.
but are you guys getting 40 shots?
Counting warm-ups, yes we are.
No, Intoblivion, he is making the plays, too. Moving the puck out of the zone, getting to a guy to get out of the zone–he has been solid. But, we also move the puck on D much better this year.
BNAG, “counting warmups” what a way to end the workday on Friday!
See you cats on Monday!
Goody, you’re lucky getting to leave at 3:19
Since when did Burns become a top-10 NHL defenseman?
You’re probably right KiPA, all those training camps spent in St Paul when he was coaching the Aeros didn’t influence McClellan at all.
I’m sure he didn’t use any JL teachings to groom the likes of Koivu, Burns, Veilleux and Bouchard in route to a Calder cup.
But then I just have to ask, why is his team playing such good defense? And before you answer Nabokov, you should take a look at Boucher’s numbers.
MELROSE FIRED!
You guys make it sound like its a miracle that Burns can play forward.
Did we forget that Burns was a NHL forward before he was a NHL defensemen? Admittedly he wasn’t a great forward but he was a NHL forward. Its easier for him to transition to the forward position because he’s played it before and also has played it in this system. You can’t ask Mittens to be a defensemen when he hasn’t played that position at all.
Burns was tied for 14th in points last year but was 5th for goals. He also tied Phaneuf at #24 in +/-
Sorry, Aaron, you misunderstand me. I didn’t mean to say McClellan doesn’t teach or coach defense. Just that his offensive style seems to be very different from Lemaire’s. I obviously stepped on toes with that but didn’t mean to. I was just asking because I didn’t know the guy’s background.
Wow, too bad for Melrose, 16 games was all he got.
Not seeing the Melrose news yet - anyone else?
ESPN has the story
Check the TBL website, then navigate to news. They don’t even have the headline up yet
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=255866&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main
Talk about a short leash, holy crap.
At least ESPN can start showing hockey highlights with the Mullet again…
BNAG-
No doubt huh? What does he do now? Can’t go back to ESPN, can he? They already have 3 people covering hockey.
I would assume the Worldwide Leader in coverering everything except Hockey would welcome him back with open arms.
The Hockey News has it too.
Something tells me that the TBay organization is going to make the Oakland Raiders looks like a stable group.
Tampa Bay ownership: “Let’s sign every freakin’ free agent there is. Done. Now let’s find a coach who will make a big splash, even though he hasn’t coached for 10 years. Must have a big greasy mullet. Done. Let’s fire said coach after a handful of games. Done.”
That one’s on the owner for not doing their due diligence before the hire. How the hell can you know after 16 games?
Lawton better not sell his MN home. Something tells me he’ll be moving back soon.
They already have 3 people covering hockey.
Linda Kohn and E.J. Hradek don’t even come close to counting as 1 person.
This broken blog crap has to stop. I coulda been the Don himself a minute ago…
Nick: I was writing a post about coaches on the hot seat and I swear I had Melrose on there with this written: “Nothing will surprise me in Tampa, including trading St. Louis and Lecavalier or firing Melrose.”
So now who is the head? Walz or the Phoenix guy?
So the new ownership in TB is making plenty of news, but I’m not sure they really know what they’re doing. 10 games ago, Koules states that Melrose’s job is “very safe,” they go 4-6 (not great, but every team goes through those stretches) and now suddenly he’s cannon fodder.
I guess it’s an instant gratification culture, but geez.
Got it now - wow. Can’t say I have been reading up on TBL but since the Carle trade saved the team money I would have to guess that was a factor here too. We will always have that one NHL.com commercial on NHL Network to remember Melrose in TB by.
The Phoenix guy — Tocchet is the interim. I wonder if Walz saying to himself “What did I get myself into?” He is renting his home to MAB or one of the new guys.
Poor Walzy.
Ok. I found this on Youtube while bored at work. I forgot all about this commercial:
NHL needs to step in and just disband the Lightning. Take away the kids’ toy.
Nothing wrong with Skoula’s play this year.
Aaron, I don’t want to think of the Wild without JL … not for a few years.
As for Melrose, those looking over his shoulder must have decided he had no ability to bring them to the promised land and it is better to make the decision earlier than later.
Walz is a quitter. If for some reason he would replace Barry, it would be a horserace to see if Walz quit first or if he gets fired first.
Ooooohhhh Breath with a shot over the bow. That comment should get the Wild faithful lathered up.
Wonder if this firing gives some credence to the Al Strachan remarks about Barrie or OK drawing up PP plays in Europe.
“…he said things that caused the players to not want him around.”
So what does an NHL coach have to say to NHL players to get them this mad? Must have been something about their mommas…
I don’t see what the surprise is with Skoula’s play. Remember he was one of the 3 defensemen that carried the D at the end of last year. At $1.8M cap hit, we should have 3 of him. Forget Gabby, sign 41!
I’m not sure what game Jacques actually watches. Skoula and Johnsson are the 2 worst defenders on the team. Constantly praises mediocre, low talent players isn’t going to make them any better.
So what does an NHL coach have to say to NHL players to get them this mad?
when you get paid millions per season, you are bigger than the coach therefore the coach cannot undress you in front of the team.
one reason JL might do better as a coach with youth, castoffs and has beens. I’d think it is hard to coach a kid making $8mil. If NBC is dogging it do you think the coach can get on his arse?
joeythelemur says:
November 14th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
So the new ownership in TB is making plenty of news, but I’m not sure they really know what they’re doing. 10 games ago, Koules states that Melrose’s job is “very safe,” they go 4-6 (not great, but every team goes through those stretches) and now suddenly he’s cannon fodder.
I guess it’s an instant gratification culture, but geez.
Tampa is one of the worst teams in the league. It’s not like they jumped the gun. It was clear Melrose should’ve never hired in the first place and the hiring was a big joke around all hockey circles.
Dan, given your recent posts, I am not sure whay you actually watch. Is it possible to have the top PK in the league backed by two low talent players?
In my book it takes a lot more integrity to admit its time to hang up the skates than mail it in night after night. It’s not Walz’ fault that the Wild had no asset to replace him. He basically suffered a career ending injury. He woke up one morning and realized he didn’t have it anymore. You can’t fault him for that. Well, maybe DB can.
To give te devil his due, yes, Skoula has not seen fit to do his best ‘Poppin Fresh’ impersonation in front of Backstrom lately. No turnovers, and he actually makes the right play now ‘n’ then. Maybe now that the pressure is off him (at least ’til Foster returns, get well Fozzie) he can concentrate on just playing the game and not having to constantly re-stock the press box popcorn machine. (They have Gaby for that.)
Falness playing poker? Surprised he doesn’t have a barrel to wear arouond the rink and that’s about it. 
I am going to say that Wes Walz is shaking his head right now when he compares the Wilds organization with the Tampa Bay Lightnings. I am sorry but the Lightning should pack it in now and start from scratch becasue they are going nowhere for this year and maybe much longer. They have some charming players but the wrong culture
And, of course, ‘my comment is awaiting moderation’…it’s going to be one of THOSE evenings, huh?
>>They have some charming players but the wrong culture.<<
That has to be close to the last sentence I ever expected to run across on Russo’s Rants. Not sure why. Just seems like an odd choice of words.
- I lke DB but SotB got him on the Walz issue
- MKIA - have you seen Peggy, Good old Wally or some of you other firends recently?
Six Goalie System says:
November 14th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Dan, given your recent posts, I am not sure whay you actually watch. Is it possible to have the top PK in the league backed by two low talent players?
the Wild prove you can every game when you have the best goalie in the league.
If that were the case Dan, the PKs in VAN (20) and ANA (19) should be higher. Gratuitiously ripping Skoula and Johnsson is troll like at this stage of this season.
Ok. It’s safe to say, the Lightning will go nowhere with the current ownership group. It’s been widely reported they have a “hands-on” approach, and want to be a part of the whole picture. But promoting Lawton to GM after what, 3 months there, and Lawton firing Melrose out of the blue? No, Lawton is the “yes man” in the organization, and the ownership group is pulling the strings. It’s only a matter of time until some of the players start demanding a trade.
While I thought Melrose was probably the best studio analyst and has a tremendous insight into the game from both the players and coaches standpoint, he was also a pretty decent no-nonsense coach. Sort of the Keenan mold, but not so brash. Granted he’s been out of coaching for several years, but there’s harder coaches to play for, and Barry is quite the motivator.
I feel bad for the Lightning fans, as they have to watch their team go through this
Luongo has always been overrated and
Giguere is great against the Wild, but he isn’t all that good overall, at least not compared to Nik.
since Nik came into the league in 06. he leads the league in win and gaa and is 3rd in save%
Luongo and Giguere are not Backstrom.
Yup. Only overrated guys get three straight shutouts.
Danial, you are certainly a chatty cathy tonight. Mister Know it all is full of himself becasue he is right so so so much. I think Russo should offer his editor to me
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Kevin in PA says:
November 14th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Yup. Only overrated guys get three straight shutouts.
Um, Boucher had 5 straight shutouts with Phoenix a few years back. Shutputs don’t mean much other then the TEAM played a great TEAM game.
***Shutputs = Shutouts….whoops
Of course you’d say that. I’m not saying Luongo’s the best goalie in the league but he’s still damn good.
How many of those saves did the TEAM have? Did the TEAM block every single shot attempt during that streak?
Or will you say all the shots were just long-range, softies? When Luongo - sorry, the TEAM shut out the Wild, I seem to recall several saves that Luongo - sorry again, the TEAM - made that would’ve gone in if a lesser goalie was in the net.
We could argue the point until the Lighting have stability in the front office, but Walz is a quitter.
Now, since the Bolts have a Cup, we can’t really compare that organization to say, the Detroit Lions. But, in terms of disfunctionality, are the Bolts on par with say, the Raiders, or hasn’t it reached that level yet?
Yes, Deep Breath.
It’s just staggering that a team that hoisted LSC just a couple of years ago, has fallen this far into the organizational abyss, despite the fact that it has legit top-o-the-line players on the roster.
Is Feaster still in the employ of the Bolts? That’s a guy that got snowed in this whole deal. Not saying he was GM of the year or anything, but still…talk about a de-balling.
4 goals, 5 fights in the 1st period of the hawk/blues game. Is there some bad blood i don’t know about?
Feaster “resigned” and I think he is now an analyst with one of the Canadian broadcasts. After which the new owners installed Lawton.
Nash was robbed on a breakaway again. Darn, Nash! I need you to put it in the net for my fantasy hockey.
Nice to see the BJs roll tonight. Similar to what we saw Wednesday night as the Yotes rolled and then got rolled at the “X”. Looking for more of the same tomorrow night. Hopefully the Wild will make the BJs look sloppy. (sorry, I couldn’t resist)
BJ’s doing it in Buffalo tonight…let them wear themselves out for tomorrow (hopefully)…
Someone on the MSG/Buffalo broadcast brought this point up: After today’s Melrose firing, the Bolts are paying four guys (Feaster, Tortorella, Melrose and one other whose name I can’t remember) not to either coach or run the hockey club.
Why does that sound very Viking-like??
Maybe ‘Wes Walz Day’ (when Tampa plays at the ‘X’ on Black Friday, Nov. 28) might be more than just a ex-player celebration by that date…who knows? Walzie might just be running the club by that time, if these owners are that trigger-happy; Rick Tocchet won’t last long…
I was reading on HFboards - and I don’t know if there is any truth to this - but one of the reasons why they traded Carle was because they were running out of money. Its not good that they are paying 4 guys in management for doing nothing when they can pay a player. That’s a mismanagement of funds.
sunshine: I heard something similar somewhere else recently. Trading Carle for a slug like Downey says the new Bolts owners are pandering to try and put butts in the seats. ‘Hillbilly Hockey’, as it were. Philadelphia gave them nothing for Carle. All the Bolts’ money is tied up in Vinny and St. Louis, and the four guys I mentioned earlier.
I’ve seen a few people try to claim Downie has talent and just needs time on a top line to “break out”…yeah right.
Skoula is a good value for the Wild. Because of the D added, it seems he is not overmatched on the assignments and so he can be much more effective.
I like BAckstrom a lot Dan, but the Wild, as coached by JL, is a goalie friendly team.
Why is Dallas, at this point, last in the Western Conference standings? Its hard to believe to be honest. They are worse than Phoenix, Columbus, LA, and St, Louis.
I am sure they will pull themselves out of the dumps but this does not bode well for them.
- Fun to watch the Sioux lose to UAA on home ice on NHL Network tonight
- In addition to being a decent cap hit, Skoula is a better fit in this year’s Wild d-core: Burns and to a lesser extent/need Johnsson are relaible 2 way players, Schultz and Skoula are all defense, Zids and MAB both have huge shots with Zids most likely a capable Wild d-man. And let’s not forget Reitz, he is doing enough to allow Burns to play wing for now. Dan, there is simply no way a goalie can carry a PK forever - give credit where it is due.
- Wow: Firing Melrose, 52, who left a 12-year gig as an ESPN analyst to join Tampa Bay, could cost $2.25-million, the full value of his three-year deal, if Melrose doesn’t get another hockey job. Add the $1.3-million being paid former coach John Tortorella, fired in June, and you’re talking serious dead money - http://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/article904089.ece
So there is no buyout option like players for coaches, huh?
Thats over $2 million tied up on 2 fired coaches.
skoula is like watching a monkey f#$% a football out there. You can get anyone to just keep poking at the puck when it comes by. Lemaire is a fricken idiot wishing he had two morons. The noodle will start messing up soon.
fitz; you seem like the jealous type; i figure you couldn’t even get a football.
as for burnsie at wing; go for it and pot around 40
Backstrom is 39-8-10 @ home
Backstrom is 19-3-3 on Saturday
Backstrom is 4-1 against the BJs
it’s in the bag.
Mister Know it all is going to speak about some facts about the Lightning scenario..
It will be like little snow drops of Wisdom trickling down over the tops of the heads of the likes of Buddha, KJ, Sunshine, Greenstar, Deepbreath, Nicolas out of the bronx, Misconduct, etc etc.
Melorsoe leaving is a sign of bad management. The managment blames the coach for all the problems, and the players know this, so they stop responding to the coach.
So, Melrose goes out and runs a practice and knows the players are not responding because he has a management group thats not supporting him and probably doing things to undermind his leadership (Lawton). A coach cant win in those circumstances, and that is a painful experience for a coach to be in
Merose did not come from a solid history in coaching, and I am sure he got back in to it to make things right as he wanted to prove something to himself.
It is no wise to look down on Melrose, but rather look above.
The combination of a coach that does not command respect on day and a GM who is getting his first shot is not a great combo.
nothing like a fresh dose of crazy to wake a guy up in the morning.
Who needs coffee?
We all like to dump on ESPN for their shunning of hockey. Well, I do, anyway.
Somehow it’s much more fun when someone of Ted Leonsis’ standing does it.
mister know it all
I indeed feel the Wisdom droplet’s coming right through my computer and on to my head from your post from above
It feels like warm snow droplet’s that add new brain cells to my ever declining cells as I get older. Please blog more often as the droplet’s sooth me
MKiA: Your grasp of the insanely obvious is astounding. You mean to tell me that when a team struggles, the coach is in trouble? I’m not sure where you dug this information up, but there are a lot of folks in Russoville who were under the assumption that when a team struggles, the GM simply fires 10-12 of the players and stands firmly behind the coach.
The BJ writers are saying Hitch will start Steve Mason tonight, Pascal Leclaire having played (well) last night in Buffalo and coming back from that injury. Not sure if that means anything to us (Mason is 3-1).
I dont know if this has been mentioned on here before, but is it possible that gaborik is refusing to play for some reason?
I’m not schooled up on what the nhl contracts say when it comes to this topic. Do pro hacky sackers even get hurt?
Gaby is not “tanking” it on purpose for the sole reason that he and his agent are wise enough, at least that is the assumption, that he won’t be able to command the high dollars July 1 if he doesn’t put numbers up this year and prove that he can stay healthy, both points of which are proving themselves to be more and more false as the days skate by. I have been one of the biggest proponents of signing Gaby long term, but at this point, how much money over how many years can Ballgame realistically commit to him?
maxpower…I doubt that is the case. The longer Gho$t is out, the more likely he is to return to the Wild. No one out there (except maybe CBJ since they now have UM’s personal groinrubber) is going to pony up top 3 or 4 money for someone as oft-injured as he is.
If $alcer and UM come to their senses, they’ll accept a few less Koruna per year for a longer term here is Wildland.
Here in Wildland.
I shouldn’t be allowed to post without my daily dose of caffiene…
Deep…where MKiA is concerned…baby steps…baby steps.
For him to even grasp the obvious is a baby step forward…
Wow…look at this…I have Russoville all to myself!!!
Wow…the Strib IT Force is at it again!
I almost posted as ‘C the ice like 99′.
Poor kj… posting in a vacuum.
I’d stay and play but I’ve got goalie gear to order. 
Lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely,
I have nobody for my own.
I’m so lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely,
wish I had someone to answer on the Blog…
Twwwweeeeeetttt! (whistle stops play) Russotan penalty at 10:38 of the second inning. A 4 minute double minor for slashing a moniker (blood was drawn) and a game misconduct for illegal use of the word “ballgame” in a hockey discussion. Documentation will be sent to Colin Campbell in the league offices for review and possible disciplinary action which may include fines and/or suspensions
Here’s a fight to keep you entertained, kj.
Thanks ms.c
Didja find your equipment?
Thanks for the input DB and KJ I pretty much figured what you both said. This just keeps getting weirder and weirder as time goes on…makes me wonder whats up? I would love it if he stays, on the other hand…dont love the games lost to injurys caused by just skating fast or recreational games outside of the locker room..and the amount of ching it seems he’s holding out for is just plain crazy. maybe they’re resting him up really good for the pittsburg game?
Working on it. Really just need to pull the trigger, but it’s expensive and I’m letting my decisions sit for a little bit to make sure I’ve thought of everything.
I had dreams about ankle-to-knee measurements last night…
KJ you are not alone. You have Mister Know it all. As i saud before today you are in my Posse
A listing of the members in my posse whom I consider close personal friends
(1) Sunshine she sounds hot
(2) Misconduct
(3) Nick form the Bronx
(4) Deep Breath
(5) KJ
(6) Lucy Alexander the third
(7) Danial is my new friend
(8) Six goalie system
(9) Kebin in PA
(10) Buddha- one of my all time favorites
(11) Pamela
(12) Good Old Wally
(13) Beaver
(14) Michael up North
All of my covenant should not be lonely Mister KJ. Mister Know it all is everyones friend
Ah, MKia, glad not to be in the club.
Can you feel the love.
It’s either that, or I threw up in my mouth a little bit…
MKiA is starting a cult now. great. I am glad I am not on that list… don’t drink MKiA’s kool-aid folks!
And look at that, a warning from the Don himself doesn’t sway him from posing as others. Please IP ban him.
At 9:22am MKiA posted as Lucy Alexander the third. Didn’t Russo give the deviant little brother of Russoville a final warning on this a day or two ago.
Right now the Don is giving the knife across the neck signal (the celebration the NFL banned T.O. from doing) to his IT Dept. Give this order to one of your best soldier’s Don.
Does this mean MKiA run’s to the public library to make his inane posts…..
MKiA = Fredo Corleone
“I know ‘tings Michael. I’m smaart!”
Star Trib IT needs to take Fredo fishing.
ms.c: hope this isn’t too late, but if you can, get 12 inch wide pads. I’m willing to bet whatever league you’ll be playing in has not gone to NHL specs yet for goalie gear. No reason to give up those extra two inches.
No reason to give up those extra two inches.
Exactly why quotes should never be taken out of context or be used as ’sound bites’…
The value of Gaby to the team certainly goes down as we progress without him, he is like a forgotten man.
Demitra is a crybaby, always unsatisfied with what JL was trying to do. He wanted to practice on his own schedule, did not like to play center under JL because it required him to be defensively responsible, etc. In that regard he was a cancer to the team.
If Gaby shares that opinion, then there were two cancers last year. The Wild can certainly live without him.
