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Great Report AB. The Goaltending has been stellar lately. The way the team is continuing to Jell together will only continue with time. Add in the Long Roadtrip coming soon and there should be many more good things to come from this team, as they can be the BAD GUYS for many days and Barns on this long upcoming roadtrip and play "us" (The Team)against the ECHL! Drums remain in storage........................

Great game tonight, Blades! Way to go Boys! Big Ern, the legs were pumping. Ross Carlson, if anyone deserved a star tonight, you are the man. Sustained pressure throughout the game, 18 third-period shots; excellent performance. Keep it going, Blades!

Not to shabby...

AB as I said before, Zanon is da man... :)

CUBBUC I am just busting your gonads. Maybe you need that drink more than I do?? LOL

Hey MC..Happy dance???

Stingrayfan really needs to quit talking about whining fans because I don't think anybody in this league whines more than him.

http://www.intotheboards.net/vbforums...

Hockey fans are notorious "whiners" in general. The only thing more prevalent than whining fans, are the whining fans who make fun of other whining fans. LOL

These forums are like big support groups for sports induced bi-polar disorder.

totaly agree about Zanon....
also think you should keep an eye on McGinnis he is a true rookie and I think he is going to show us a lot as the season goes on.

Big question last night after the game was: Why didn't Zanon get a Star of the game? He certainly deserved it...more so than 2 of the others with the "whatever it takes" attitude he displayed last night.

Zanon you rocked last night. Hope you're moving and groovin' today though I'm thinking you're "a tad" sore!
Epson salts anyone...

Glad to see that Stingrayfans understand that they are the worse and at the top of the list.

Blades #1 in the South 13 pts
Augusta #2 11 pts

(among the top in the ECHL, oh yeah!)

Loving this momentum!!

#3 goalie in the ECHL right now?
Mr. Khudobin
1.80
% .942

Excellent game last night! The team is working incredibly hard and it is paying off BIG TIME!

Zanon - you the MAN!

Go Blades!!

Anybody else want to jump onto my bandwagon??? LOL

Stingrayfan just keep drinking you will forget everything, I promise... LOL

I wish everyone would just CALM DOWN!!!!! Stop with the Petty Non-Hockey Related C***! There is a HOCKEY TEAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE!

Here's your weekly NHL TV schedule. Hot game of the week is on Versus Tuesday night:
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Detroit Red Wings! Guaranteed excellent game!
Enjoy!

OOPS....
http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyweek...|SCH|Week

LOL..Enjoy!

CUBBUC: Dont bother. You're on topic and making too much sense again.

Its an excercise in futility, dontcha see?

BUSSY: Speaking of bandwagons, there sure is one in Reading right now.

Royals are 3-8 with 4 straight losses under you know who.....

At this rate, Nobili will be lucky to make it to Christmas much less the all star game

The Stingrays are now the 2nd place team in the south, 1 point behind Florida.
Actually, the Stingrays are the #1 team in the south in winning percentage.

The Stingrays got their top 2 goalies back from Hershey, the two guys Florida didn't have to face, and all they did was go 3-0 with 0.67 GAA this week.

Melanson single-handedly wins one for Mississippi. Pretty impressive.

http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/offi...

CSA Nobili learned from Fleming, he will be just fine...

Stingrayfan give your drink to CUBBUC... My lord!!!

IP that will be a good game.

BTW where are my potatoes at???

Chip did I read that right he got into a fight....

yup and I don't think it was his first one this season. Starts it with a fight and scores 3 goals in about 5 minutes for the win in ot.

Blades 2-0 during the MFH "boycott."

GO BLADES!

Where has MFH been? On the "alternative" Love Boat?

BHF your boy Kyle Busch aka the weasel won the race today. LOL

HAM I think him and Wyman took a trip together. Perhaps only one will return???

BUSSYFAN must be drunk again becaue Kyle Busch didn't come close to winning any race today.

Bussy stop embaressing us. JJ won and KURT Busch came in 2nd. Kyle came in 2nd.

It's pretty bad when you need to be corrected by StinkRayFan.

Kyle Busch came in 8th hambling...lol

I was on the freaking phone and I heard Busch. There is a Kurt and Kyle busch? It shows you how much I know/care about nascar.

Guys driving around in circles. O so exciting...

Stingrayfan after Friday night I will be good for a few days with no booze. LOL

The longer legal beagle is gone, the more sense this place makes.

Coincidence?

Bussy, the weasel crashed and burned for the chase and that has made me very happy.

Kyle Busch came in 8th hambling...lol
#27 Posted by StingrayFan on November 9, 2008 at 11:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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I meant 8th, that's what I get for posting at midnight

MFH who?

RaysRsharp....good point. now stop interjecting clear, concise opinions on our disfunctional blog....

The boys are now playing quality hockey. It was inevitable that they begin clicking once they had a chance to play together.... But it won't be a cake walk.

Khudobin is a quality goalie who will only get better this year.

Grenzy doubles last years scoring production in the first 9 games....

Way to play boys.

Khudobin is a great goalie excpet he makes me nervous coming off the net as much as he does, but his saves were definitely on the mark.

Dan Travis traded to Trenton for futures...hmmm making room for who????

Travis trade , in my opinion, was just to relieve payroll..... Wasn't needed right now....

right Philly We got financial considerations for him.
not sure he would have been my first choice to relieve payroll but I guess I dont get a vote :)

Who was your 1st choice ? ? ? ?

From 9/30/08----------------

Travis joins the Everblades after four years in the college ranks. The last two seasons saw the Wilton, New Hampshire native skate with the Quinnipiac Bobcats. The 24-year-old finished off last season by scoring 21 points (12g, 9a) in 37 games. In 2006-07 the 6-foot-3, 213-pound forward saw his season limited to just 18 games because of injury, but managed 14 points (4g, 10a).

“Dan is someone we’re real excited about seeing in Florida.” Cameron added. “He’s a big, strong power forward who drives the net hard. He plays hard, and, like Bowers, he is gaining experience right now by skating in the AHL’s Worcester Sharks training camp.”

Travis, who was a 5th round draft pick by the Florida Panthers in the 2003 NHL entry draft, began his collegiate hockey career at the University of New Hampshire. In his freshman and sophomore seasons Travis combined to score seven points in 23 games.

Released by Rat's today------- ( Could this be Travis's downfall ? ? ? )

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pd...

No, I don't think so, Wyman. Need room on the active roster for Metcalf and they had to be close on the salary cap...if you don't believe me ask StinkRayFan, he'll tell you they are over the cap :>)

HAM that post actually makes sense... :)

I think I will keep that to myself for now<grin>

ham I think you might just be on the money!!

I'd rather be IN the money.

Anyone want to spread some wealth toward me?????

Hey Stinky - SC stats are great for the SC blog ... why don't you return to doing the math on your 11 toes .... thanks! ;o)

Definitely look forward to seeing what Metcalf can do!

Ham ... it's called "wealth redistribution" and sadly it's on the way ...

With all the upgrades the Lightning have made this off season you would think they would be doing better. <shakes head in discust>

2-0 now, great...

MASTERPIECE OR MERCENARIES

Over the last few years Coach Fleming tried to put the "final touches" on completing The MASTERPIECE, this season CAMERON has a bunch of MERCENARIES on board trying to fullfill HIS EGO.........

I guess they let MFH out of rehab.

ham,
Remember it is not the destination that matters but the journey that counts..........

How pleasant the posts have been. Well wake up everyone, the dream is over.

WYMAN:

If Im not mistaken, Marc Cavosie's rights are still held by JN'S Royals

I'd rather be IN the money.
Anyone want to spread some wealth toward me?????

#44 Posted by hambling on November 10, 2008 at 7 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hammy:

Money
For
Hockey

> EXPLAINING OUR UNITED STATES TAXING SYSTEM WITH BEER

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the
arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. 'Since you are
all such good customers,' he said, 'I'm going to reduce the cost of your
daily beers by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.' The group
still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first
four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide
the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They
realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the Sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and
he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so:

The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).

The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).

The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).

The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).

The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).

The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before and the first four continued
to drink for free, but once outside the restaurant, the men began to
compare their savings. 'I only got a dollar out of the $20,' declared
the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, but he got $10!' 'Yeah, that's right, 'exclaimed the fifth man. 'I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got TEN times more than I!' 'That's true!!' shouted the seventh man. 'Why should he get $10 back
when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!' 'Wait a minute,'
yelled the first four men in unison. 'We didn't get anything at all. The
system exploits the poor!'

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay
the bill, they discovered something very important....they didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes DO get the most benefit from a tax reduction. They also PAY more than the rest. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore.

In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Georgia

MFH: call them what you want...as long as they stay in first place or bring home the Kelly Cup. You'll be cheering with the rest of us....

Typeone...so true.

Agreed Philly.

A positive opinion around here is tough these days

Continue to carry an umbrella foor those who now make a living raining on our parades

CSA, I believe it is called payback...for all the years you rained on our parade. You were so negative for all that time that it is just natural for the rest of us to be negative. But no matter what we show up, win or lose. It appears you only show up when the team is winning and then it is to just attack. The person that would debate or just simply state an opinion but still respect everybody elses opinion seems to have stayed in Georgia. Shame, he used to be a fun guy to discuss hockey with.

I was waiting for you to say this BHF.

Kinda funny how I gave GF all the time in the world--to pre Blog days-- to prove himself as a guy who couldnt get the job done.

Anyone with the slightest hockey sense could see that
over the last 3 seasons

At that time, I couldnt and chose support the product that was on the ice after GF proved himself

See, its called having a conviction

Now, the slate is wiped clean with the hiring of a new coach. Thats what you fail to see or care to acknowledge

And thats your choice

It would be nice to give MC the same lattitude as HC of the Everblades as GF was his 1st few seasons

But it must be pointed out that you, MFH, Chip and at times Bussy, the core contingent of this blog, have been the most divisive since the MC hiring.

As opposed to those of us who have turned the page, let the past stay in the past and welcomed the latest chapter of the Everblades which is still in its infancy.

And doing quite well I might add

Carry on....

CSA,
Looks like you took Professor Kamerschen's online course when you were housed in GA....

How would this scenario work out, 5 guys go to a Blades game:

1) The first one brings a Flask of Whiskey with him and only buys 1 coke to flavor it during the night.

2) Another is with his elderly relative and will say he left his wallet in the car and have the old guy foot his bill througout the night.

3) The Third gets "jacked up" on Old Milwaukee and "buds" BEFORE the game and then bums a few beers off different people througout the night, never hitting the same on twice.

4) This guy will go up to breakaways or sneak into the cypress club, will either buddy up to someone at the bar or "run a tab" when the intermission is almost over will say he needs to use the restroom, and will leave his dollar store sun glasses on the bar so as not to raise suspicion.

5) He comes to the game pays for parking BUYS a few "doubles" and will also throw a free beer to one or two guys or gals during the evening...

CSA,
You should learn from YOUR Cowboys and Yankees, HIGHEST PAYROLL doesn't alway win the Big One......

I am not talking about that CSA and you know it. I am talking about this sudden need of yours to attack. I have said from the beginning that I am going to give MC some games but I don't have to like how he is doing some things and as a STH I have concerns with the underlying sneakiness and I can say that without calling you or anybody else names. There is a pattern to your attacks and one time when you are at a game, we can talk about it.

BHF,
If you do see CSA watch out for #3 Economic Redistribution Beer Scenario.....

CSA.... I'll remain positive as long as I see effort. That is what did me in last year...lack of effort. This year, so far, the hiring of Cameron, the addition of quality players, the deletion of dead weight and the effort on the ice has been top notch. I don't expect a win every night. First, that is not going to happen. Second, with a few teams gone, everyone got better. But as long as I see effort each night (and it has happened so far, even in the losses), I'll stay positive. Based on the make-up of the team and the effort so far, most on the blog are happy with the results. It's only a few who simply moan and groan because that's all they know how to do. Kind of keeps the attention on themselves....

Ya you know...I have to mention...with lines dwindling at concessions, in the light of a poor economic environment, will someone please get a bright idea? Consider lowering pricing so sales improve and both sides can enjoy. Listen folks...if you ever went to business school there is such a thing as price elasticity...we will only pay so much...but it's reached where too many are "turned off." Perhaps someone should think to do something about beer and food prices. AND I SINCERELY MEAN IT.

Now there are two sides to every coin. The on-ice product has been fantastic. I feel like I've been hibernating for years...so for that part, thank you goes out to the entire organization...

New blog posted ...

Philly - it is true even in the losses there was definite effort - high frustration for everyone - but a solid effort. I am quite pleased with the determination out there!

Mr. MFH - If it is MC's ego driving this train- SO BE IT! Then, I'm grateful for such an ego ... find me a handful of successful men who aren't ego driven ... MFH??? Come on now - I believe we have a case of the pot and the kettle.

CSA - very good financial post ;o) Love it!

CJ - now that you've pointed out the change in the opening part of the games - it annoys me too! Hey People FIX IT! "Rise for your hometown Everblades" and do it before the national anthem ... the flow is all off!

Go Blades

Win or lose the games have been a blast! Go Blades!