The final instalment of our summer reruns focuses on the Q, a league with which the Flyers have had a lot of success over the past 10 (sniff, sniff) years. In fact, their two top draft picks, Michael Chaput of the Lewiston MAINEiacs and Tye McGinn of Claude Giroux's Gatineau Olympiques, are both from the Quebec League. You may be surprised to learn that the Flyers only professional addition to the team from this league is a tough guy from Manitoba named Jody Shelley. Shelley racked up the PIMS, including a Schultzian 420 his final season, and the points for the Halifax Mooseheads during the mid '90's.
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Running backs come from the Big Ten, point guards come from the ACC, and left fielders come from The University of Miami. But as to where the NHL's superstars come from little is known except for "Canada." Well that's right. A lot of the best NHL talent comes directly from three Major Junior Leagues in Canada that are collectively referred to as the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). They are the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). As a matter of fact, 16 of the 20 guys on the Flyers roster today came from the CHL. Each of the next three mornings during Rookie Week I'm going to shine some light on one of these leagues in a Flyer fan friendly manner. Letting you know why you should care about these leagues as a Flyers fans and hopefully getting some of you off along the way. Bare minimum, you'll be able to make someone who does not know anything about the Flyers but proceeds to tell you he does as he sits there in his orange Roenick jersey look like an assdick by letting him know that even though Ole-Kristian Tollefsen is Norwegian he actually played his junior hockey in the WHL for the Brandon Wheat Kings. Today, we’re taking a look at le QMJHL.
As far as reputations go this league has one that rivals your mom’s. The Q has produced players like Mario Lemieux, Guy Lafleur, and Patrick Roy – some of the most skilled players in the history of the game. But it also happens to exist in a region that has at times been at war with the rest of Canada. Many Canadians feel strongly about le Provence, and by strongly I mean in a negative way, in case you were wondering. That negativity comes out in many forms when discussing les Quoi.
"It was typical of most French guys in our league with a visor on, running around and playing tough and not back anything up."
While that quote comes from clown mouthpiece Sean Avery after someone ran a teammate of his it echoes many of the sentiments that are shared, at least among friends over a few beers, throughout the provinces west - Canadians look at French Canadians and everything they do with a bit of skepticism and a bit of distaste. But The Q as a league is personified by its alumni on the Flyers roster - 3 gentle players and one crazy guy. You can’t accuse a league that produced Georges Laraque and Donald Brashear of “not backing anything up.” Unless you’re an idiot Ranger. Then I suppose it’s expected.
This map is a little outdated as that team you see way up in the Northeast corner in St. John's will be playing the rest of their days as the Montreal Junior Hockey Club right in Montreal. Otherwise, this is it. The Q is composed of teams from not only Quebec, but also Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I., and one American team in Lewiston, Maine. The Maineiacs. I don’t get it…
The Q has always been about scoring and therefore it should come as no surprise that the top 6 all-time single season scorers in CHL history from this league:
1st - 282 - Mario Lemieux, Laval Voisins, 1983–84 (70 games) 2nd - 251 - Pierre Larouche, Sorel Éperviers, 1973–74 (67 games) 3rd - 234 - Pat LaFontaine, Verdun Juniors, 1982–83 (70 games) 4th - 227 - Michel Deziel, Sorel Éperviers, 1973–74 (69 games) 5th - 216 - Real Cloutier, Quebec Remparts, 1973–74 (69 games) 6th - 214 - Jacques Cossette, Sorel Éperviers, 1973–74 (68 games)
Those are some serious points per game right there.
All those points, however, have not led to much success when these QMJHL teams faceoff against The W and The O for the Mem Cup. A team from The Q has only been able to capture the cup 8 times since the tournament started. Not even the 73-74 Sorel Eperviers could win the cup despite having numbers 2, 4, and 6 in all-time single season scoring on their team. (As a matter of fact the Eperviers didn’t even win the President’s Cup that season, losing to the Quebec Remparts and Real Cloutier, #5 on that list. What a season for The Q. I think that was the year they tried the 8x8 nets.) Hell, even Lady Luck herself, Sidney Crosby, couldn’t win the Mem Cup when it came down to a showdown between his Rimouski Oceanic and the mighty Danny Syvret’s London Knights.
As far as the Flyers are concerned, as mentioned previously, three of their most skilled forwards and one new addition are former QMJHL snipers:
Daniel Briere – Drummondville Voltigeurs Simon Gagne – Quebec Remparts Claude Giroux – Gatineau Olympiques Ian Laperriere - Drummondville Voltigeurs
I bet ten grand (or a Klondike bar) you couldn’t rank these players by highest single season point totals. Oh, now you know something’s fishy, eh? Well I hope you guessed already because here it is: Briere (163), Laperriere (140), Gagne (120), Giroux (112). Lappy can snipe! I know it’s probably just due to the fact that Lappy played in The Q 20 years ago when there was no such thing as “defense” but I like how I used it to trick you!
As opposed to the two other leagues we’ve looked at a lot of the Flyers future might depend on The Q. Getting ready to play the Caps this afternoon we have our two best defensive prospects, Kevin Marshall and Marc-Andre Bourdon, who were integral parts of their respective teams’ post-season runs in the QMJHL playoffs last season. We have recently signed goaltender Nicola Riopel and one of this year’s 6th round picks David Labrecque. Other players in the system that have moved on from The Q to pro hockey include Mario Kempe, Oskars Bartulis, Frederik Cabana, and David Lalibertie.
All in all, for some biased reason I’m sure, I’m not very interested in The Q. I like the guys we have from there but the stigma is real and really sticky. Maybe it’s the language, maybe it’s the Crosby, I’m not sure. It’s strange too because I’ve always wanted to go to a CHL game and this league is probably my best chance, but it just doesn’t get me revved up the way the other two leagues do. As a matter of fact I think over the last three days the WHL may have overtaken the OHL as my favorite league. It’s too bad we have almost no prospects to follow this season in any of the leagues. Here’s to the 30th pick overall in next year’s draft.
Today we're continuing our summer reruns with a slightly outdated look at the OHL, but it comes with a clip of Rob Lowe playing junior hockey so everyone wins in the end. As far as additions to the roster from the OHL all we have is 6th round pick in 1965 Sean O'Donnell, who played for the Sudbury Wolves. Have at it.
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Running backs come from the Big Ten, point guards come from the ACC, and left fielders come from The University of Miami. But as to where the NHL's superstars come from little is known except for "Canada." Well that's right. A lot of the best NHL talent comes directly from three Major Junior Leagues in Canada that are collectively referred to as the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). They are the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). As a matter of fact, 16 of the 20 guys on the Flyers roster today came from the CHL. Each of the next three mornings during Rookie Week I'm going to shine some light on one of these leagues in a Flyer fan friendly manner. Letting you know why you should care about these leagues as a Flyers fans and hopefully getting some of you off along the way. Bare minimum, you'll be able to make someone who does not know anything about the Flyers but proceeds to tell you he does as he sits there in his orange Roenick jersey look like an assdick by letting him know that even though Ole-Kristian Tollefsen is Norwegian he actually played his junior hockey in the WHL for the Brandon Wheat Kings. Today, we’re taking a look at the OHL.
The first thing you need to know about the OHL is this:
Yes, that is Rob Lowe of the fictitious Hamilton Bulldogs scoring a game winning goal against the also fictitious Thunder Bay Bombers that sends his teammates, who include Patrick Swayze, Peter Zezel, Steve Thomas, and Keanu Reeves, into a frenzy.
Now that we’re all operating on the same level….here’s the OHL. On a map!
I’ve always considered the OHL to be the real-deal Junior league, and I think getting an impartial opinion from a Canadian would be just about impossible so that’s what I’m going to continue to think. The OHL has without a doubt produced most of the top North American players to be drafted over the past 15 years. Of last season’s 50 leading scorers 12 were from the OHL while the WHL and QMJHL had 8 a piece. When you look at leading scorers among defenseman, however, you’ll find only 3 compared to the WHL’s 7 and the QMJHL’s zero. This actually may not be that surprising as when I think of The O I picture defensemen like Luke Richardson and Ryan Parent (edit note: I really wrote that). Not necessarily guys who put up a ton of points but definitely play solid defense and smash the occasional unsuspecting forward.
Since the Memorial Cup Tournament went to the three league format in 1972 an OHL team has won only 13 times in those 37 years, but the league currently has possession of the cup after Eric Wellwood and the Windsor Spitfires ran the gamut this past Spring. All three leagues post their fare share of talent in the NHL, but just know this season that when you’re watching Joe Thornton, the Staal boys, Marc Savard, Patrick Kane, and Rick Nash that they’re all exports of Ontario.
As far as the Flyers go, this league is arguably the source of the team’s core and most talented players. Like the WHL, there are six Flyboys on today’s roster who spent their formative years in the OHL:
Daniel Carcillo – Sarnia Sting Mike Richards – Kitchener Rangers Jeff Carter – Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds Ray Emery – Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds Chris Pronger – Peterborough Petes Ryan Parent – Guelph Storm
Factoring out Kimmo as a football (soccer) loving Euro, Richards, Carter, and Pronger are going to be the nucleus of the Flyers for at least the next two years.
Over the past 20 seasons the Flyers have taken 20 kids from the OHL, which is far below the WHL (33) and the QMJHL (28). Interestingly enough however the trend is reversed for the 1st round, which we all know is the only round that isn’t a complete crap shoot. Whereas the organization has gone to The Q three times during the 1st round over the past 20 years and The W four times, they’ve hit up The O five times with mixed results. Carter and Richards seem to be panning out in ways that Justin Williams, Mike Ricci, and Steve Downie just didn’t.
We currently only have a few guys we drafted in the system who are OHL affiliated. Josh Beaulieu who is looking more and more like an AHL lifer, Patrick Maroon who the Flyers shipped off to London for a year to give him that smoky Canadian flavor , and Zac Rinaldo who I’d wager to guess will be returning to The O after training camp. We’ve also acquired some former OHL talent in Danny Syvret, Jeff Szwez, Jason Ward and few other floaters.
Now if you’re still having any doubts that the OHL is the real deal then listen up good – Chris “Fucking” Therien played in the OHL. So there’s that. Up tomorrow, the lady of the CHL, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
It's been a long time, shouldn'dve left you, without a doubt post to step to, step to, step, step to. Truth is this has nothing to do with slow hockey news because hockey has always come secondary to farting on this blog. Work has got me over a barrel baby, and not in a good way. So I'm reaching into the vault and pulling out something you probably didn't read almost a year ago, because I'm an educator. This week we're going to be re-running a series on the Canadian Hockey League. Some of the Flyers are out of date but so are retro jerseys and no one seems to mind. Since this post was originally written the Flyers have drafted Brendan Ranford from Kamloops and acquired Blair Betts from Prince George, Andrej Meszaros from Vancouver, and Matt Walker from Portland. Hope you enjoy and long live Seattle.
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Running backs come from the Big Ten, point guards come from the ACC, and left fielders come from The University of Miami. But as to where the NHL's superstars come from little is known except for "Canada." Well that's right. A lot of the best NHL talent comes directly from three Major Junior Leagues in Canada that are collectively referred to as the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). They are the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). As a matter of fact, 16 of the 20 guys on the Flyers roster today came from the CHL. Each of the next three mornings during Rookie Week I'm going to shine some light on one of these leagues in a Flyer fan friendly manner. Letting you know why you should care about these leagues as a Flyers fan and hopefully getting some of you off along the way. Bare minimum, you'll be able to make someone who does not know anything about the Flyers but proceeds to tell you he does as he sits there in his orange Roenick jersey look like an assdick by letting him know that even though Ole-Kristian Tollefsen is Norwegian he actually played his junior hockey in the WHL for the Brandon Wheat Kings. First up, the WHL. As you can see above the WHL is comprised of teams in the western provinces of Canada and maybe surprisingly the Northwestern United States. Both of the other leagues in the CHL have teams in the U.S. too but the WHL is the only one with an entire division of American teams. If you're a Grey's Anatomy fan, which apparently it's very cool not to be since everyone said so, this is the league for you.
The WHL is the league with all the farm boys. Kids who play major junior tend to stick to their provinces for the most part and out West, well, is out West. There are some exceptions like Ryan Parent who is actually from Prince Albert and, as you'll see tomorrow, went to play in the OHL. It can turn out to be all about the draft. And yes, these leagues draft 15 year old's like the NHL later drafts 18 year old's. These farm boys, however, know how to play puck. One thing I have failed to mention up until this point is that winning your own league within the CHL is a great accomplishment, but after the league championships are done the 3 winners and a 4th wild card (host) play in a round robin tournament for the Memorial Cup. The WHL has taken the Mem Cup home 2 times in the last 3 years and 18 times in all. Some big names who helped their teams to these championships include Luke Schenn of the Maple Leafs, Milan Lucic of the Bruins, and Mike Green of the Capitals.
Of the Flyers currently on the roster, 6 spent their Junior years in the WHL: Arron Asham - Red Deer Rebels Scott Hartnell - Prince Albert Raiders Riley Cote - Prince Albert Raiders Braydon Coburn - Portland Winterhawks Brian Boucher - Tri-City Americans OKT - Brandon Wheat Kings One thing you're going to find out over the next few days is that all Major Junior teams in the CHL have badass names. It's the combination of those crazy Canadian towns and cool nicknames like the Hitmen, Blades, and Oil Kings that combine to form unique club monikers that you'll never find in the U.S. You can tell me that you don't want a Moosejaw Warriors or Chilliwak Bruins t-shirt but you'd be shittin' me, so don't even bother. Of those guys above I'd have to say Scott Hartnell left the biggest mark on the league, purely because he was the league's first pick in 2000 NHL draft at sixth overall. Coburn was also the WHL's first NHL draft pick when the 2003 draft came along, but was taken at the 8th spot. Who went higher is probably moreso a measure of the other players in the draft than their worth to the league, but I'll do whatever the hell I want. Arron Asham tore the league up in his own right, with both his stick and his fists and was picked in the 3rd round of the '96 draft and we all know the Riley Cote story. Brian Boucher took the road less traveled for a Rhode Island boy and headed off to Kennewick, WA after some stellar goaltending at the RI prep school Mount Saint Charles. And OKT was one of those rare cases where an NHL team drafts a European player and actually manages to get him to come learn the North American style of hockey in the CHL. Probably why OKT is such an ass kicking robot. Over the last 20 years the Flyers have drafted more players from the WHL than any of the three CHL leagues, although they haven't had much luck with those picks. Some of the more prominent names include Todd Fedoruk, Bouch himself, Luca Sbisa, and Triston Grant. Currently in the system the Flyers only have two goalies from the league: Adam Morrision and Jacob DeSerres. If I was to have gone 30 years back the Flyers first round pick from 1979 would have squeezed in and thrown of my whole data set (yeah I have data sets). That summer the Flyers used the 14th overall pick to draft a kid from the Brandon Wheat Kings by the name of Brian Propp. A kid who had just scored 194 points in 71 games and would go on to score over 1,000 points in his NHL career. So now you know that these places - British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan - yeah, they're real. And they're not near the north pole (even though parts of them are). They are in fact home to some of the best junior hockey teams in the world. And all I'm asking is that maybe next time you recognize that.
You're a Phantom. For the past year, you've had three-time Stanley Cup winner Greg Gilbert piping in your ear. You maybe listened once in a while because, well, he won the Cup thrice. You maybe listened because, well, he's the head coach. You maybe listened because, well, your ice time could disappear. You maybe even listened because Gilbert is the only man in the history of mankind to win a Cup with both New York City teams (Isles in '82,'82 and Rags in '94).
But you didn't listen all the time... and you certainly didn't take him very seriously.
No longer, youngblood. There's a new sheriff in town who's not afraid to drop bombs... not f-bombs... ear-bombs. The type of bombs that will make you bleed and cry for momma. Fist-bombs (oh wait, that could be an f-bomb too... crap!)
Sheriff Rile E. Coyote, er Cote, is in town and he's going to be the meanest, toughest, gnarliest SOB you've ever seen. There's no more taking shifts off... no more long shifts... no more candy-butt skating.
He may not be able to catch you, but if he does, it's over for you.
At first, I was like, "Cote's retiring and going to coach. Great. Where's my cheesy poofs?" But, as I thought about it, it turned to "Where Sam-Hill was Cote when the likes of Brendl and Ruzicka were around?!?!"
So, nice career move Riles. Go work those Phantom slackers over and get them big-game ready. It's not too late for Maroon, or Nodl, or Kalinski, or Kolanos... well, maybe it is too late for Kolanos... but you get my drift.
Riley Cote's last shift as an NHL player came on April Fools day. It was against the Islanders in the 3rd period of a game that would see the Islanders end their 15 game losing streak to the Flyers, 6-4. 11:52 into the 3rd Rockin' Riles came out for a decent lengthed 47 second shift and ended it by drawing a slashing penalty against Trevor Gilles - the last player he ever fought in the NHL.
It was only Riley's 3rd game of 2010.
There's a lot to be surprised about when a 28 year-old retires. Unless I think back to players who unfortunately had to retire due to injury, I can't recall a similar situation. In any sport. In rap yes, sports no.
What surprises me so much though is not the fact that it happened, but that Riley Cote, after years of being knocked around the internet, looks as though he actually can see the forest through the trees. This is by far the best option for Riley Cote's life - not hockey career, life.
Riley Cote could probably play another 7 years of pro hockey. He'd make about $75k a pop, and hell, he might even see a random call up or two. He also might possibly end his career with a bowl full of mashed potatoes in his head instead of a brain. Rockin' Riles now, however, enters the coaching game at a SIGNIFICANTLY younger age than anyone who has 150 NHL games under his black belt. Don't get me wrong, he'll need that time to figure out how the game is played, but he's made a move that could provide employment security into his 60's. I don't think Riley Cote will ever be in danger of landing a head coaching job in the NHL, but look no further than Craig Berube to see what he's probably envisioning for himself. Cote's a relatively young guy who, if he's smart, has a couple hundred thousand saved up for himself but very limited prospects for making a living outside of hockey. This is a good move for him.
In reality Riley Cote's NHL career ended on December 20th, 2008, when Donald Brashear beat his face like a piñata at a 1st Communion. He was never really the same player after that, and he surely wasn't the same blue collar hero that Philadelphia needed. But for parts of 4 seasons Riley Cote threw on the Flyers crest and gave it all, literally everything he had, for the team and town. And that's what he should be remembered for in the end.
Finally, Riley Cote is assured of a regular spot on the bench as opposed to the press box. And knowing where you stand can be a pretty comforting and powerful thing.
I'm sure you've all seen this by now, but this morning on my commute into the big city I found myself wishing I was doing just about anything else in the world as a leak in the air conditioning system forced a full subway car's worth of travelers into half a subway car. I even allowed myself to dream that I was getting ready for the 2010-11 NHL season and imagined what my day might look like. I then realized that there's a reason (one of many) that I am in fact not getting ready for the 2010-11 NHL season, and that's that all of the Flyers are probably going to work out harder today than I ever have in my life. And then for the rest of the week too. To get ready for the Leafs training camp in 1962 would have been pushing it for me.
Sitting at a desk can suck, and you rarely know when you've accomplished anything. But when it comes down to it, it's a pretty simple thing to get paid for as long as you can handle the fake stress you create for yourself. It's basically like being a night time security guard, just staring at a screen all day. Except people stop by to piss you off all the time.
Real fans know a good hockey name when they see one. It's just something you're born with, like AIDS if your mom is a crack whore.
No disrespect.
The Flyers have had some doozies grace the back of the Philadelphia sweater over the years. Names like Derrick Smith, Jason Smith, and Steve Smith. But those three just lost out on making this list of the Flyers top 10 names of all time:
10. Mike Knuble - Looks good, sounds good. Hell, probably tastes good. If a random person randomly met a random Mike Knuble on the street he'd automatically ask how long said Knuble played in the NHL.
9. Jiri Latal - can't put my finger on it but I just dig it. Dude's parents knew what they were doing - sex. Bet the guy is like, King of the Prussian Empire by now or something.
8. Stewart Malgunas - short career as a Flyer, long career as randomly popping into my head for the name of any fantasy team I have in any sport.
7. Ross Lonsberry - now featured in the Ocean Spray commercials with the two guys peeing in the cranberry bog, RL played almost 500 games for the Fly Guys.
6. Mike Maneluk - I was actually a big Maneluk fan. He never really made it but his name sure as hell fire did.
5. Gord Murphy - Simple and smooth, like a good Scotch. Or prostitute.
4. Pelle Eklund - would have been top 3 for sure except that it gets raped on a daily basis by the masked marauder of hockey rumoring. Isn't there some sort of copy right infringement on that shit or something?
3. Antero Niittymaki - Scandinavians really have an unfair advantage in this contest. I might move to Scandinavia and name my first son Niittymaki Niinimaa Flyers Goal Scored By (Look, I'm hiding behind my blog too! Last name's Lochhead, look it up.)
2. Ilka Sinasalo - makes me think of my days fishing in the cold waters off of Finland. Fishing…. with a hockey stick.
1. Orest Kindrachuk - not sure there's many better in the history of the league. OK? Get it? Really, get it?
I'm sure I missed some fan favorites out there, but hey, I'm only one genius. What do y'all got?
Sincerely, Edward Cockpit
(ps - my spell check tried to change 'Sinasalo' to 'sensual.' Very smart machine I'm working with here. Knows about spelling and the human heart.)
Say what you want about his contract, but look at that guy!! And look at Jody Shelley!! How cute are those two? Aw, so cute. Here are some moving pictures of Shelley that are not so cute:
Shelley is definitely not a grappler. You think Cote's even going to try and fight him in training camp. Is that something you want as an organization?
Also, side note, Gagne has decided to wear #69 with the Lightning.
Last night at the bar I was trying to explain to Mrs. FGSB how different the Flyers lineup is going to be this year. I set her up for the big fall and then started going through the lines with her:
Zherdev - Richards - Carter
Hartnell - Briere - Leino
Reemer - Giroux - Powe
Laperriere - Betts - Carcillo/Shelley
Pronger - Carle
Timonen - Coburn
Meszaros - O'Donnell/Walker
Leighton
Boucher
It was then that she asked me what the hell I was talking about.
I was pretty shocked. In a summer where it feels like so much has happened there's really only been 1 significant subtraction and 2 significant additions to the Flyers roster. Zherdev replaces Gagne and instead of only having 2 pairs of defensemen we now have 3 (one would hope).
I would guess that this is the unit we'll be starting the season with in 2 months time. CapGeek has us at $300k under the salary cap - second closest to the cap without exceeding it behind the Bruins who still have a situation (not Jersey Shore related) to resolve involving Tim Thomas, Marc Savard, and Blake Wheeler. I think we still need to send a couple guys down or cut them loose altogether, but I don't foresee that being a problem. If Homer looks hard enough he just might be able to find a player whose talents might be better used fighting young up-and-comers in Adirondack.
Looks like we're going to walk the line with the cap again this season. When Michael Leighton proves to be more Stanley Cup Finals than Conference Finals we'll be in a hell of a situation back there in that crease. Wonder if Jody Shelley has any goaltending experience?
Ok, I guess I could have been clearer with my title, as the fact that Darroll Powe signed a contract is no longer breaking news, but I love taking pot shots at people who race to break stories when in this day and age they all come down to a photo finish.
The breaking news is that Darroll Powe is the fucking man. And that's only breaking news to some as you, as our pals over at Centaur Sleepover can attest to. (Yeah, I'm aware I've linked to that story 14 times already and I should just let you know I'll be doing it hundreds of more times before I die in a time machine body splicing incident.)
D-Powe had 6 goals over the course of the opening 17 games of last season. He should have broken the 20 goal mark but a late November penile injury knocked him off the rails and he never really regained his scoring touch when he returned to the lineup.
With a roster that features Darroll Powe, Daniel Carcillo, Blair Betts, Ian Laperriere, and Jody Shelley, the prize of playing on the 3rd line with FGSB best friend @JVReemer21 comes down to Car Bomb and Paur Haus. Both guys can dig pucks out of the corner and occasionally net one. One of them stands to be in a good position come contract talks next summer when he can say "I'm a 20 goal scorer" after taking sweet, sweet feeds from our new young core all season.
As of right now I think the job is Powe's to lose. And it's a dangerous contest to lose, because although the loser might be a better hockey player than Jody Shelley, he's still going to be spending game nights in a suit watching from above, like Abraham Lincoln watches over me.
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