02-25-2014, 05:49 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Lane MacDermid retires from hockey
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
The Lane MacDermid situation got a little clearer. He's officially filed his retirement papers, according to Craig Conroy. #Flames
Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Conroy told us MacDermid had lost his passion to play, so is moving on from his hockey career. #Flames
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02-25-2014, 05:52 PM
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First Line Centre
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Probably realized his best chance of making it as a pro was to spend the next 10 years getting punched in the head, and that career path isn't worth the myriad of problems it'll cause once he retires.
Wouldn't be shocked to see more players like MacDermid calling it quits soon.
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02-25-2014, 05:53 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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6th round pick well spent
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02-25-2014, 05:54 PM
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Franchise Player
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So who is going to start the Lane MacDermid appreciation thread? I appreciate the fact we wasted a 6th round pick on him.
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02-25-2014, 05:56 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Bankview
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Suckulence
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02-25-2014, 05:57 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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There's a 99% chance the guy we would have drafted with that 6th pick will never play an NHL game so I'm not too upset we traded it.
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02-25-2014, 05:57 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Down by the sea, where the watermelons grow, back to my home, I dare not go...
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rebuild complete.
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02-25-2014, 05:59 PM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogbert
Probably realized his best chance of making it as a pro was to spend the next 10 years getting punched in the head, and that career path isn't worth the myriad of problems it'll cause once he retires.
Wouldn't be shocked to see more players like MacDermid calling it quits soon.
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It's gotta be tough for guys that spent their teens as the best players on their teams to be told that they're nothing more than a face puncher now, that the only way for them to keep playing is to drop the gloves twice a week.
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02-25-2014, 06:02 PM
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Franchise Player
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Well, we traded Jackman for negative 25 spots in the 6th round.
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02-25-2014, 06:07 PM
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Franchise Player
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Dammit. I'll always remember him for picking a fight and 'accidentally on purpose' running Giguere over and ticking Giggy off.
While their defenseman had the puck behind the goal line, lol.
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02-25-2014, 06:09 PM
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First Line Centre
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Hey at least we are down one contract now. Maybe that will come into play for trade deadline.
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02-25-2014, 06:13 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashasx
Well, we traded Jackman for negative 25 spots in the 6th round.
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Imagine how many gems we'll miss out on, Burke will be biting his nails hoping his guy doesn't get picked.
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02-25-2014, 06:30 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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Probably couldn't handle Hartley whispering in his ear about chocolate bars. Or something like that.
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02-25-2014, 06:35 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Cambodia
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I forget - was he the plug that Feaster acquired or was he the one that Burke got? I need to decide whether I should complain about losing the 6th round pick or if I should downplay it, but I want to make sure it doesn't go against my own personal narrative about which GM sucks.
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02-25-2014, 06:37 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: South of Calgary North of 'Merica
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I'm going to take the high road here. We don't know any of this guys personal situation and obviously it was something that was his decision.
Hope he finds success in his life after hockey, sometimes it's all that these guys know.
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02-25-2014, 06:41 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Down by the sea, where the watermelons grow, back to my home, I dare not go...
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TBH, you gotta respect the guy's wishes. Unless Dallas was acting in bad faith, it was a hockey move where the GM (Feaster, the google tells me) identified a need and got an asset he felt was better than a 6th rounder. If MacDermid is really thinking about life after hockey (as one poster suggests, and I could believe) then good on him. Yeah, it sucks as a Flames fan but whatever. I'll get over the lack of a 6th rounder (please no Zetterberg/Datsyuk references please please). Best of luck to him.
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02-25-2014, 06:45 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: West of Calgary
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Queue the dramatic responses to.....too late.
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02-25-2014, 07:02 PM
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Truculent!
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Terrible player. No intelligent GM trades for these types of players.
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02-25-2014, 07:09 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DionTheDman
Hey at least we are down one contract now. Maybe that will come into play for trade deadline.
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It won't come into play, not even a little.
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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
Terrible player. No intelligent GM trades for these types of players.
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So you are saying there are no intelligent GMs?
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02-25-2014, 07:10 PM
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Truculent!
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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
It won't come into play, not even a little.
So you are saying there are no intelligent GMs?
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There are precious few.
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