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11-23-2017, 03:03 PM
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I'm more interested in his thoughts on his trade to Calgary. I obviously won't support him by buying the book but I wonder if he'll discuss the baby sitter stuff at all.
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11-23-2017, 03:07 PM
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I'm more interested in his thoughts on his trade to Calgary. I obviously won't support him by buying the book but I wonder if he'll discuss the baby sitter stuff at all.
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It just came into the library I work at. Maybe I will give it a read. You know, anyone can go to the library :P
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11-23-2017, 03:09 PM
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Pssh, if the library doesn't cost a quarter billion to construct I'm not stepping a single foot into it.
But even then, I do think it's supporting him to take it out from the library even if it doesn't cost me money
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11-23-2017, 03:12 PM
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Pssh, if the library doesn't cost a quarter billion to construct I'm not stepping a single foot into it.
But even then, I do think it's supporting him to take it out from the library even if it doesn't cost me money
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The one I work at cost 36 millions dollars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey...Public_Library
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11-23-2017, 03:14 PM
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Yes, but that area is also a bit stabby.
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11-23-2017, 03:18 PM
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I lived two doors down from him and went to school with his daughter. I didn't really follow hockey at the time, so to me the trade meant losing a friend.
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11-23-2017, 03:19 PM
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I lived two doors down from him and went to school with his daughter. I didn't really follow hockey at the time, so to me the trade meant losing a friend.
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Maybe to you he was a friend, maybe to him you were the reason he left! Why didn't you just return the weed whacker!?
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11-23-2017, 03:20 PM
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He got traded for a frickin lousy $623,000!!! And in addition, McCoun, Nattress and Manderville were part of that trade! If that didn't hurt, the Flames also lost Niewendyk and McInnis due to the Flames going cheap! Maybe the baby sitter thing accounted for part of the decision to trade Gilmour, but to add in McCoun and Nattress? Talk about stupidity and bad management or what!
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11-23-2017, 03:24 PM
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Maybe to you he was a friend, maybe to him you were the reason he left! Why didn't you just return the weed whacker!?
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I was 7. I wouldn't have known what to do with it!
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11-23-2017, 03:27 PM
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Risebrough bungled it all very badly but I also think walking out on your team, mid-season, while under contract is unforgivable.
You have a contract. You have a deal. Play.
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11-23-2017, 03:28 PM
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I was 7. I wouldn't have known what to do with it!
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You win this round...
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11-23-2017, 03:34 PM
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He got traded for a frickin lousy $623,000!!! And in addition, McCoun, Nattress and Manderville were part of that trade! If that didn't hurt, the Flames also lost Niewendyk and McInnis due to the Flames going cheap! Maybe the baby sitter thing accounted for part of the decision to trade Gilmour, but to add in McCoun and Nattress? Talk about stupidity and bad management or what!
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As angry as I was about Gilmour for Leeman at the time, I was even angrier about Macoun and Nattress going with him. Two underrated shut-down defencemen going with a questionable return.
Risebrough gets his fair share of the flak in that deal, but I give a chunk of the blame to Bill Hay as well. As team president he oversaw all of the cheaping-out.
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11-23-2017, 03:39 PM
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He got traded for a frickin lousy $623,000!!! And in addition, McCoun, Nattress and Manderville were part of that trade! If that didn't hurt, the Flames also lost Niewendyk and McInnis due to the Flames going cheap! Maybe the baby sitter thing accounted for part of the decision to trade Gilmour, but to add in McCoun and Nattress? Talk about stupidity and bad management or what!
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This post is awesome to read if you envision it as a Donald Trump tweet.
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11-23-2017, 03:42 PM
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I lived two doors down from him and went to school with his daughter. I didn't really follow hockey at the time, so to me the trade meant losing a friend.
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Deer River Estates? I grew up in Deer Run, killer used to play street hockey with us sometimes, and also had loads of other run ins with him throughout my childhood. My all time favourite player, the day he was traded was awful, even worse I jumped ship and became a Leafs Fan for a couple years 
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11-23-2017, 03:45 PM
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This post is awesome to read if you envision it as a Donald Trump tweet.
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and the meme also makes a lot of sense when it comes to the Gilmour trade.
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11-23-2017, 03:50 PM
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As angry as I was about Gilmour for Leeman at the time, I was even angrier about Macoun and Nattress going with him. Two underrated shut-down defencemen going with a questionable return.
Risebrough gets his fair share of the flak in that deal, but I give a chunk of the blame to Bill Hay as well. As team president he oversaw all of the cheaping-out.
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Revenues were in CAD, there was no cap, and the dollar was about to tumble for the next 10+ years. I don't care if Jesus was the team president, the team would have been unable to compete financially and be on the verge of moving.
Hockey wise, this was still a lousy trade made by Risebrough.
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11-23-2017, 03:58 PM
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Revenues were in CAD, there was no cap, and the dollar was about to tumble for the next 10+ years. I don't care if Jesus was the team president, the team would have been unable to compete financially and be on the verge of moving.
Hockey wise, this was still a lousy trade made by Risebrough.
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All true. I just hate Bill Hay...
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11-23-2017, 03:59 PM
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He got traded for a frickin lousy $623,000!!! And in addition, McCoun, Nattress and Manderville were part of that trade! If that didn't hurt, the Flames also lost Niewendyk and McInnis due to the Flames going cheap! Maybe the baby sitter thing accounted for part of the decision to trade Gilmour, but to add in McCoun and Nattress? Talk about stupidity and bad management or what!
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I'm pretty sure the babysitter rumours happened when he played in St Louis. But, yeah, awful, awful trade.
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11-23-2017, 04:00 PM
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All true. I just hate Bill Hay...
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I can respect that!
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Doug Gilmour tells his story on being traded
