11-08-2013, 11:06 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: A small painted room
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They also fired their coach after losing to the Loiliers
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11-08-2013, 11:13 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Time to retire Ryan. The mind is willing, the body isn't capable any more.
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11-08-2013, 12:32 PM
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The Penguins got fleeced in that Kunitz trade.
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11-08-2013, 12:32 PM
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#5
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by powderjunkie
The Penguins got fleeced in that Kunitz trade.
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Do you mean the Ducks got fleeced?
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11-08-2013, 12:36 PM
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UnModerator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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I'd love for the Canucks to put a claim in on him just to make him the water boy.
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11-08-2013, 04:19 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DOOM
Do you mean the Ducks got fleeced?
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The Ducks turned him into Visnovsky, so even then, no. Whitney was always a good player, his career has been totally destroyed by freak injuries.
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11-08-2013, 04:21 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaster86
I'd love for the Canucks to put a claim in on him just to make him the water boy.
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From the way he's been playing, I don't even know if he'd get that right!
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11-08-2013, 04:26 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Toronto
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner
Time to retire Ryan. The mind is willing, the body isn't capable any more.
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Perhaps already burnt out at the ripe old age of...30. #### happens.
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11-08-2013, 04:34 PM
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Word in Edmonton is that Whitney was more interested in golfing, lifestyle than he was hockey. Hockey was a "job" not a passion. Commitment issue.
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11-08-2013, 04:36 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl
Perhaps already burnt out at the ripe old age of...30. #### happens.
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He hasn't been the same player since his ankle injury three years ago.
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11-08-2013, 05:02 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by powderjunkie
The Penguins got fleeced in that Kunitz trade.
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Are you kidding? Kunitz has amazing chemistry with Crosby and has been an extremely useful and cap-friendly player for them. This trade and the Goligoski for Neal trade are the best moves Pittsburgh has made.
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11-08-2013, 10:27 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by killer_carlson
Word in Edmonton is that Whitney was more interested in golfing, lifestyle than he was hockey. Hockey was a "job" not a passion. Commitment issue.
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Standard procedure in Edmonton:
It's all sunshine and roses until the player starts playing poorly, and then it's a full campaign on how they kick old ladies and smoke crack with Toronto mayors
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11-08-2013, 10:30 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner
He hasn't been the same player since his ankle injury three years ago.
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He has zero agility left. Can't pivot, can't accelerate.
Pretty big hit for a guy whose strengths at the NHL level were skating and offence.
I haven't heard anything bad about Whitney's commitment to the game. Not sure where people are getting that from.....It's likely made up.
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11-08-2013, 10:32 PM
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No, this came from the fans, not the organization.
Fans dont like the oiler organization mantra of crapping on anyone outside of the dynasty.
Whitney though has a terrible rep though. He skated at a few rinks to try and get back into shape and stood out for being an idiot. Lots of other NHLers skate there in the offseason and do not get the same treatment o r reputation. Whitney left the wrong impression for sure
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11-08-2013, 10:58 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Standard procedure in Edmonton:
It's all sunshine and roses until the player starts playing poorly, and then it's a full campaign on how they kick old ladies and smoke crack with Toronto mayors
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Were they in a drunken stupor though?
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11-08-2013, 11:01 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sherwood Park, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by killer_carlson
No, this came from the fans, not the organization.
Fans dont like the oiler organization mantra of crapping on anyone outside of the dynasty.
Whitney though has a terrible rep though. He skated at a few rinks to try and get back into shape and stood out for being an idiot. Lots of other NHLers skate there in the offseason and do not get the same treatment o r reputation. Whitney left the wrong impression for sure
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Oh it came from Oilers fans? Sounds legit, like the 80s dynasty comparisons.
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11-08-2013, 11:05 PM
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Huh?
Just passing along what the word on the street is. Sorry to have offended you by stating rumour as a rumour on an internet message board.
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11-08-2013, 11:41 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Around the world
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Back to the Oilers for Whitney!
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11-09-2013, 10:04 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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cleared per Friedman
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