03-13-2015, 11:12 AM
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#101
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Paradise Island, Bahamas
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Douglas Murray sounds more Scottish to me.
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IIRC his grandfather is Scottish. As to Johnny Oduya his ancestry is Nigerian.
The one that gets me is Sean Bergenheim. Could a name be less Finnish?
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03-13-2015, 11:16 AM
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#102
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#1 Goaltender
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As others have said, it makes a lot of sense that he is just here to help out in practice. With Brodie, Russell and Wideman all taking maintenance days at the same time, it's tough to run drills without actual defensemen to take part.
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03-13-2015, 11:20 AM
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#103
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N26
IIRC his grandfather is Scottish. As to Johnny Oduya his ancestry is Nigerian.
The one that gets me is Sean Bergenheim. Could a name be less Finnish?
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Yeah, it sounds kind of an Irish first name and German last name. I have a good friend with the last name Rinne who was born in Germany and swears it's a German name too.
Although Germans have little communities almost everywhere in Europe.
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03-13-2015, 11:24 AM
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#104
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Yeah, it sounds kind of an Irish first name and German last name. I have a good friend with the last name Rinne who was born in Germany and swears it's a German name too.
Although Germans have little communities almost everywhere in Europe.
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Rinne is a very basic Finnish name meaning 'slope' or 'hillside'. Must be a coincidence.
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03-13-2015, 11:30 AM
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#105
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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If it's a neck thing and not a brain thing, it is likely it was the hit BEFORE the Depres hit that did the damage, the despres hit likely just made it so they shut him down rather than attempting to play through it.
He missed some games prior to that game in Pittsburgh after a big time hit.
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03-13-2015, 11:30 AM
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#106
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Rinne is the German word for "trench" ... never heard a German person with that name  Bergenheim would losely translate to "home of hills".
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03-13-2015, 11:31 AM
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#107
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Franchise Player
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busy day at work, so apologies for a question likely already talked to in this thread.
Why exactly can he play during the season but not allowed to during the playoffs?
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03-13-2015, 11:38 AM
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#108
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Right behind you.
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Murray is a big tough body with experience. He seems motivated to prove he can still be relevant in the NHL. His biggest challenge will be his skating ability and foot speed. But as a no cost insurance policy, if he can prove he can still police the blue line - then maybe he can even help us eek out a couple more W's down the stretch. It is likely worth a look.
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03-13-2015, 11:41 AM
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#109
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Franchise Player
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This probably also has to do with the fact the Flames only have 2 more recalls available to them.
Better to get a free player than use one up in case of emergency.
You don't want to be caught at the end of the year with not enough players to ice a team.
People can be so unforgiving with things like that, ask Darryl.
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03-13-2015, 11:41 AM
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#110
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Flames fan in Seattle
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Dear Treliving and Hartley:
We promise you, spoon is not THAT bad!
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03-13-2015, 11:44 AM
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#111
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Toronto
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Don't mind the signing. Has experience and can probably help in the room. Anything to get Diaz off the ice.
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03-13-2015, 11:46 AM
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#112
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bubbsy
busy day at work, so apologies for a question likely already talked to in this thread.
Why exactly can he play during the season but not allowed to during the playoffs?
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Those are the rules in the CBA. I believe it's to prevent teams from loading up on players from Europe just prior to the playoffs.
IIRC, the Oilers did that a couple of times back in the 80s to bolster themselves for the playoffs.
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03-13-2015, 11:49 AM
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#113
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaudfather
Murray is a big tough body with experience. He seems motivated to prove he can still be relevant in the NHL. His biggest challenge will be his skating ability and foot speed. But as a no cost insurance policy, if he can prove he can still police the blue line - then maybe he can even help us eek out a couple more W's down the stretch. It is likely worth a look.
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Why didn't he stick in the DEL?
That is what worries me? Since 11/12 he hasn't been able to stick anywhere.......What if he helps us eek out a few extra L's.
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03-13-2015, 11:51 AM
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#114
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Right behind you.
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Why didn't he stick in the DEL?
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It was my understanding their season was done and the team he was on didn't make the playoffs.
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03-13-2015, 11:52 AM
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#115
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Why didn't he stick in the DEL?
That is what worries me? Since 11/12 he hasn't been able to stick anywhere.......What if he helps us eek out a few extra L's.
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I doubt he even sees anything other than practice ice until Hartley is sure he can contribute in a positive way.
"Eke".
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03-13-2015, 11:54 AM
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#116
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Why didn't he stick in the DEL?
That is what worries me? Since 11/12 he hasn't been able to stick anywhere.......What if he helps us eek out a few extra L's.
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He was suspended for 4 games for elbowing a couple weeks ago, so he missed the rest of the regular season and Cologne missed the playoffs
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03-13-2015, 11:55 AM
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#117
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by devo22
He was suspended for 4 games for elbowing a couple weeks ago, so he missed the rest of the regular season and Cologne missed the playoffs
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Truculent! 
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03-13-2015, 11:56 AM
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#118
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by FBI
Dear Treliving and Hartley:
We promise you, spoon is not THAT bad!
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They know that. That's why they don't want to waste his development time by having him come to Calgary to participate in practices and sit in the press box during games.
That doesn't help the NHL Flames, that doesn't help the AHL Flames, and that doesn't help Wotherspoon's development.
Let Potter and Murray fill that role.
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03-13-2015, 11:57 AM
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#119
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Right behind you.
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Truculent! |
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03-13-2015, 11:59 AM
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#120
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Why didn't he stick in the DEL?
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I'm guessing we had scouts watching in Germany and they liked his play enough to give this a shot. If he wasn't good enough for the DEL this wouldn't be happening
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