10-11-2016, 03:41 PM
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#301
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Originally Posted by handgroen
this guy does not understand the phrase "nero fiddled as rome burned"
this word "fiddled"
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Wait, what do you think it means?
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10-11-2016, 03:42 PM
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#302
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In Your MCP
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Watching Hot Dog Hans
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http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Matt-...dled/191/79827
Just to be clear, the weekend saw the Oilers send away their 3RW Yakupov for nothing, refuse to acquire one of several suitable replacements for free, decide that a teenager who performed poorly in camp earned a job, then fail to sign a no-brainer option at RW who skated with the team all preseason.
I am SOOOOOOOO glad to see someone equally as competent as Lowe has taken over up there.
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10-11-2016, 03:43 PM
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#303
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Shorter, older Colborne.
Seriously, he might be close to Colborne's last year production. No idea how he fits in. Low risk signing though.
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Cheaper
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10-11-2016, 03:46 PM
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#304
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Calgary
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The signing makes we wonder why we didn't give him a PTO first. Is there a limit every camp?
Last edited by bob-loblaw; 10-11-2016 at 04:37 PM.
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10-11-2016, 03:47 PM
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#305
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First Line Centre
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Solid finisher. This is the ideal type of player to compliment the top line.
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10-11-2016, 03:53 PM
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#306
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Scoring Winger
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This feels like Mason Raymond all over again.
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10-11-2016, 03:54 PM
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#307
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Ne7en
This feels like Mason Raymond all over again.
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Cheaper.
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10-11-2016, 03:57 PM
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#308
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Cheaper.
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Also only 1 year.
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10-11-2016, 03:58 PM
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#309
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Ne7en
This feels like Mason Raymond all over again.
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Mason Raymond - signed for 3 years 3.15 million AAV as a UFA on July 1
Kris Versteeg - signed for a 1 year 950K as a UFA on a PTO on Oct 11
Not even close to the same.
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10-11-2016, 03:58 PM
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#310
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AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: At le pub...
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I like this signing a lot. He's the type of player I wanted on the top line - decently skilled, but more importantly an agitator. He's annoying to play against. Anything to try to get the focus off whacking Gaudreau's wrists and pushing him around after the play for the other team. Talk some trash, whack some wrists back, crash the net.
I wish Ferland was that guy, but while he throws body-checks, he isn't a pest like Versteeg.
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10-11-2016, 04:02 PM
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#311
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by bubbsy
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While Rome was burning, Peter Chiarelli played his fiddle.
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While Pete was playing that fiddle he wasn’t just ignoring the waiver wire.
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There is no urgency to get better…unless we’re talking about all that fiddle practice.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by handgroen
this guy does not understand the phrase "nero fiddled as rome burned"
this word "fiddled"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Wait, what do you think it means?
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fid·dle
ˈfidl/Submit
verbinformal
past tense: fiddled; past participle: fiddled
1.
play the fiddle.
"he fiddled with the band from 1949 to 1951"
2.
touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way.
"Laura fiddled with her cup"
synonyms: fidget, play, toy, twiddle, fuss, fool about/around; More
he writes the article like nero had a howdown as rome burned
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10-11-2016, 04:02 PM
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#312
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Versteeg on 960 right now
says opportunity was why he choose Flames over Oilers.
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But, but, but....young run and gun Oilers? McDavid is going to win the Art Ross this year!!
He played with them, he knows.
"Oh God! Oh God! Get me out of here!!"
Besides, there can only be one 'Kris' per team. Theres a 'Kris Kap.'
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10-11-2016, 04:03 PM
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#313
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In the Sin Bin
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Shame the mods at HF Oil closed the thread. We were starting to see some spin doctoring that would put Trump's staff to shame.
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10-11-2016, 04:07 PM
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#314
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by handgroen
fid·dle
ˈfidl/Submit
verbinformal
past tense: fiddled; past participle: fiddled
1.
play the fiddle.
"he fiddled with the band from 1949 to 1951"
2.
touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way.
"Laura fiddled with her cup"
synonyms: fidget, play, toy, twiddle, fuss, fool about/around; More
you think nero had a howdown as rome burned?
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Ummm...
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Tacitus also said that Nero playing his lyre and singing while the city burned was only rumor.
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Either way it isn't meant to be taken literally, but it does have a double meaning.
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10-11-2016, 04:12 PM
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#315
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Franchise Player
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Yeah, this is a weird one handgroen. Whether you agree with the guy or not, the idiom he is using is pretty much perfect for his argument.
He's saying that Chiarelli is an ineffective leader who did nothing to solve (one of) the Oilers' biggest problem. Just like Nero playing his fiddle...
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10-11-2016, 04:12 PM
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#316
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ne7en
This feels like Mason Raymond all over again.
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your feelings are wrong
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10-11-2016, 04:13 PM
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#317
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by handgroen
he writes the article like nero had a howdown as rome burned
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Uh? Yeah, that's the legend.
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10-11-2016, 04:13 PM
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#318
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by bubbsy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by handgroen
this guy does not understand the phrase "nero fiddled as rome burned"
this word "fiddled"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Ummm...
Either way it isn't meant to be taken literally, but it does have a double meaning.
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well i'll be jiggered
withdrawn, in embarrassment, to boot
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10-11-2016, 04:16 PM
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#320
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ne7en
This feels like Mason Raymond all over again.
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Sadly, the Flames are paying Raymond $100,000 more this season to not play for them than they're paying Versteeg to play for them.
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