Thrashers Want You To Be A VIP
The Thrashers are offering VIP seating to those purchasing Mini-Plans for the upcoming season. Thirteen-game plans will get you seats on the glass for a game of your choice…purchasing a seven-game plan will get you into the First Horizon Club for a game of your choice.
Also, the Select-A-Seat will be held at Philips Arena this Sunday the 16th between 1 and 3 o’clock. Those looking to purchase season ticket plans will be able to do while there as well as tour the team locker room.
Click here for more details and information.
Wolves’ VP Of Operations Wins McKenzie Award
Congratulations are in order for the Chicago Wolves Vice President of Operations Courtney Mahoney as she was presented with the AHL’s 2008-09 Ken McKenzie Award. This award is given annually to a team executive who has been deemed to have most successfully promoted his/her organization.
Mahoney… a 34-year old native of Western Springs, Illinois… has for 13 seasons been in charge of community relations and game operation for the Thrashers’ AHL affiliate. Thanks to her efforts, the team has raised over $4 million for team charities during her tenure…more than $200,000 during last season alone. Two of the charities that have benefited from these donations are the Adopt a Dog and Read to Succeed programs.
Mahoney’s other duties include overseeing operations of all Wolves’ home games, which involves the playing of in-house music and overseeing the pre-game pyrotechnics show.
Of her service, Wolves Chairman of the Board Don Levin remarked, “Since being an intern during the birth of the Wolves, Courtney has been a nurturing leader of the organization…she has created the public persona of the team and without her we would have been much less than we are. I appreciate Courtney every day.”
The McKenzie Award is named after and honors Ken McKenzie, the founder and publisher of The Hockey News, and was first presented in 1978. McKenzie was honored in 1997 by the Hockey Hall of Fame as the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award winner.
Traverse City Prospects Roster
In just a few short weeks the Thrashers will be sending prospects and invite free agents to the Prospects Tournament in Traverse City, Michigan. In case you missed it, here is the roster for Atlanta…
Goalkeepers
Edward Pasquale
Chris Carrozzi
Defense
Ben Chiarot
Philippe Paquet*
Drew Paris*
Paul Postma
Cody Sol
Forwards
Jimmy Bubnick
Michael Forney
Patrick Galivan*
Evander Kane
Anton Kharin*
Levko Koper
Michael Liambas
Jeremy Morin
Eric O’Dell
Toni Ritter*
Darryl Smith*
Travis Toomey*
* Denotes free agent invitee
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84 comments Add your comment
Dwayne
August 12th, 2009
11:38 am
first
Russian
August 12th, 2009
11:45 am
What dates will Prospects play? I am just interesting if anyone from AJC will cover this Tournament and specially Kane.
Rawhide
August 12th, 2009
12:14 pm
Russian – Thrashers will play Detroit on 9/6…NYR on 9/7…and Carolina on 9/9. Championship round will be 9/10.
I’m going to assume the NHL Network will televise from there as they did last year.
Russian
August 12th, 2009
12:19 pm
Oh. They did. Thanks.
World Be Free
August 12th, 2009
12:37 pm
Rawhide-any news on Kovy + UFA talks?
Speculation on possible trades with clubs that need to dump salary?
We’re running out of things to talk about.
ranallo10 (in AT)
August 12th, 2009
12:37 pm
And why aren’t FULL season ticket holders getting such perks? I’m sure most STH would appreciate a free seat upgrade for a couple games.
Netminder
August 12th, 2009
12:55 pm
@ranallo10 (in AT) Because we have already paid…
B. Thenet
August 12th, 2009
1:18 pm
Only going with 5 D men for the tourney?
Postma is going to be real tired.
ranallo10 (in AT)
August 12th, 2009
1:20 pm
Netminder — Is there something about the full package you saw as advantageous over discounted tickets or the smaller package?
Toby
August 12th, 2009
1:24 pm
Any word on a “STH town hall meeting” this year?
R. Stroz
August 12th, 2009
1:30 pm
ranallo10 – For over a year, I’ve attempted to explain the effect of offering incentives later rather than earlier to the ASG sales/marketing department.
If someone is rewarded for waiting for incentives, eventually the customer will learn to wait for incentives before purchasing ticket packages and thus actually slow cash flow to the ASG. The incentives should be either uniform or the best incentives should be offered earlier versus later. However, the ASG obviously didn’t pass psychology 101 or missed the lecture on operant conditioning and reinforcement.
h
August 12th, 2009
1:33 pm
If you call your ticket rep you can get that incentive, but it would be in lieu of one of the other incentives for STHs
Rawhide
August 12th, 2009
1:36 pm
Only going with 5 D men for the tourney?
B. Thenet – yeah…I counted 5 also. I wonder if they are indeed planning on going with that number or just undecided about the sixth one & that’ll be announced later.
GaVaHokie
August 12th, 2009
1:43 pm
Rawhide & Thenet… or (longshot guess), maybe there is a forward they want to see play defense?… dunno.
R. Stroz
August 12th, 2009
1:43 pm
h – The way to address that strategy is simple.
There should be a set group of ticket packages benefits and then a menu of one or two extra benefits from a menu of choices.
In that way, everyone is on an equal playing field instead of trying to guess when the best benefit will be offered.
GaVaHokie
August 12th, 2009
1:47 pm
Any word on a “STH town hall meeting” this year?
Those always seem like a disaster to me… either management puts their foot in their mouth, or a STH does.
Wings fan in Ga.
August 12th, 2009
1:51 pm
Random question – I just got the NHL Network. Does it show any games during the season?
R. Stroz
August 12th, 2009
1:55 pm
h – Let me try this again with proof reading.
There should be a set group of ticket package benefits and then a menu of extra benefit choices from which the ticket package purchaser can choose one or two extra benefits.
In that way, everyone is on an equal playing field instead of trying to guess when the best benefit will be offered.
Russian
August 12th, 2009
1:57 pm
To Wings- Oh, yes! They show games from Canada, but sometimes you can see not Canadien teams. Just check your TV schedule.
Rawhide
August 12th, 2009
1:57 pm
Toby – I haven’t heard anything about Town Hall meetings as of yet.
Wings Fan in Ga. – Last season they aired Hockey Night in Canada games.
Netminder
August 12th, 2009
1:57 pm
@ranallo10 (in AT) – I live downtown and can get to the games with no problem so I go to all of them. I used to have season tickets to the Braves and Falcons. I love hockey to much to waste money on that now. I have had season tickets since the season before the lock out. I moved my seats last year when all the STH jumped ship. I was able to pick up some nice seats that I don’t want to take a chance on losing, they are in the front row in the 200s behind the attack twice net.
This allows me several things: 1) no one blocking my view 2) quick access to beer and the bathroom (in that order) 3) ability to hang banners in front of my seats. 4) Access to Thrash and the contests with Jaybird 5) the ability to quickly exit the building. Every other seat I have had through the years has none of these benefits.
I am a Thrasher fan and I want to support the team.
R. Stroz
August 12th, 2009
2:03 pm
Netminder – Did you purchase seats in section 216, row E, Seats 1 & 2 ?
The Earl of Bud
August 12th, 2009
2:34 pm
BT, I received that e-mail as well about the Thrashers latest offer. The problem is when I read the fine print it also included complimentary cab rides to Philips from Jan Radecki provided I split it with someone named Kane. They mean Evander, right?
Sadtoseeitthisway
August 12th, 2009
2:34 pm
Congratulations Netminder on your seat selection,I have sat near there and enjoyed the view plus beer and bathroom availability. Full season ticket holders DO deserve a little break or incentive once in a while. However, those who want a town hall meeting for STH`s. Lots o luck.
Wings fan in Ga.
August 12th, 2009
2:46 pm
Thanks Russian and Rawhide, that is good to know.
R. Stroz
August 12th, 2009
2:48 pm
I’ve never been a big fan of the Town Hall meetings, since nothing is really accomplished.
The Earl of Bud
August 12th, 2009
3:29 pm
RS, I’d stay away from those Town Hall meetings. They’re completey un-American, I mean the nerve of those people voicing their opinion in this country. Then the people showing up with Swastika symbols, it is down right scary. Besides, the Atlanta Spirit put in a phone call to the SEI Union, so you better not make an “astroturf” effort by showing up.
Alan
August 12th, 2009
3:36 pm
1 – Me
0 – People who took the RDS story about Zherdev seriously
Everyone – Details here.
lee
August 12th, 2009
3:38 pm
yeah, i counted five defenders too. they should definetly consider putting in a sixth one in. it just put too much work on those guys. wait, remind me again, what did we do with dan turple?
Netminder
August 12th, 2009
3:39 pm
@Sadtoseeitthisway – I did not renew right away this year and ended up getting a nice perk. I was told that if I renewed I would get a whole Suite to one game this year. Now we all know it will be during the week against a bad (or southeast) team; but I get to have a bunch of friends get together and enjoy a game. I may even pay Phillips to bring some food and beer up so we can do it right. I hope everyone I invite will chip in of course….anyway back to what you want to know – what were the conditions? I had to renew (it was late after the first select-a-seat) and you had to spend over $5,000 for seats…I wonder how many of these incentives the Thrashers ticket reps are offering are getting out? I realize this does not affect a large number of STH based on the amount of people who have dropped their seats and the cost; however I doubt the ticket reps are going out of their way to share stuff like this with people who renewed on time…
Toby
August 12th, 2009
3:39 pm
Alan
You did call that. I posted on HF asking when RDS became such a crappy source
R. Stroz
August 12th, 2009
3:58 pm
EOB – I was refering to the Thrashers town hall meetings. Ya know, the ones where Waddell says we are one or two players away and Levenson calls STH’s smart@$$es.
ranallo10 (in AT)
August 12th, 2009
4:51 pm
Netminder — I’ve owned season tickets once at about the same area as you (but on the defend twice side). Had it not been for the cool STH couple I met at the seats I would say that the entire season was a complete rip off. Of your list of benefits, I only consider #1 to be worth selecting my own seat. To me easy access to the bathroom and refreshments, the ability to hang banners, access to Jaybird and Thrash, and a quick exit are not worth the face value price because I don’t mind standing in line (getting back to my seat with 10 minutes left between periods is no big deal to me), I have never and probably will never create a banner, Jaybird is “special” and I don’t have kids to “enjoy” Thrash’s antics, and finally I realize that no matter how quickly I get out of the arena I still have to wait in the same traffic lines everyone else who left early or quickly is in (unless you park in some of those few good lots off the beaten path, of course).
I’m not trying knock your choices for buying season tickets early, I completely understand them. I would be more inclined to take tickets the Stroz way by either getting them free, paying for the discounted tickets the ASG undoubtedly will offer because they cannot sell out games, or buying tickets off the street vendors for less than face value.
As a full season ticket holder I felt enraged when sitting next to an away fan who paid half as much as I did for the rights to see a bottom 5 payroll team get steamrolled by their favorite team. For the amount of money saved by buying tickets below face value I’m sure you could rent a suite for a game after one or two seasons.
But to each his own…I was curious what your incentive was. Thanks for answering.
Netminder
August 12th, 2009
5:38 pm
@ranallo10 (in AT) – No problem. People have different opinions on things and I am happy to provide mine. The main reason I buy my seats is to see every Thrashers game. My wife and I have actually met another couple who are now some of our best friends and we now site together at games.
Over the years I have not had the perfect seats; however I have found them now (by my definition and allowed budget); and would be remiss to give them up at this point.
I agree about the away fans getting in for half price. If I had my wish the team would be good enough to make it impossible to get seats. Just think what that would mean for a second – the atmosphere provided by rabid Thrasher fans would be awesome.
The whole discounted ticket thing sucks as a paying STH now; however to be honest I would not be a STH now if not for one of their programs from the second (third?) season. I got to see a half season of bad hockey with buy one get one pricing and I bought full season tickets the next year.
A couple of other things to note about me is that I was born and raised in Atlanta so I have no hockey roots and never even paid attention to the sport before I attended a game here. My wife and I went to Toronto before last season to see the Hockey Hall of Fame.
For me though it does not matter if the team is good or bad; because regardless of their record I will pay to watch hockey (it beats baseball and football).
I do dream of the day the Thrasher get it together and have a chance at the cup.
Glovesave29
August 12th, 2009
6:31 pm
Alan – even Wikipedia had him on the roster of the KHL team earlier this afternoon.
ranallo10 (in AT)
August 12th, 2009
6:59 pm
glovesave — In case you weren’t sure, anybody and everybody can put whatever they want onto Wikipedia. Perhaps someone will change it to Atlanta Thrashers one day, just for giggles.
I didn’t realize RDS was now part of the TSN/ESPN network, that’s interesting.
Eileen
August 12th, 2009
7:29 pm
Hi Rawhide. This may have been asked and answered recently. If so, I apologize. Is there an update on Toby? Has he made a full recovery? Also, have we heard anything about any players working out in Duluth now that school has started? I assume some with school age children may be back in Atlata.
GaVaHokie
August 12th, 2009
9:19 pm
The RDS logo is very similar to the TSN and ESPN logo… I can only assume.
Rawhide
August 12th, 2009
9:20 pm
Eileen – Hey there lady!! I wish I had some type of update for you regarding Toby…but I don’t. I’m looking forward seeing him when training camp starts.
I did run into Boulton and Thorburn last month at prospect camp. They both played in a pickup game after the younguns were done & Dan Kamal and a few others of us were watching them. They were both playing defense.
Say hello to your lovely young lady and your young man for me!!
stendec
August 13th, 2009
12:41 am
Hi Bill. Me again. Really have no Thrasher comments at this time but desperate to let someone know about embarrassment south of border. Last time I commented on USA soccer one of those all knowing in all sports Thrasher fans who wear close defeats like a badge of honor took me to task for viewpoint. Wonder if loser feels same after that heartless debacle! Hope this is okay. Again Rawhide, best to you and yours. Drop the puck already! Following is sanitized version:
DISBAND USA SOCCER TEAM! Could not get up against Brazil. Led before choke! Could not get up against Mexico. Led before choke! Could not get up for Mexican whores. Impotent bestards! Unit comprised of worthless quitters. Not an ounce of pride in whole talentless bunch! Do not allow ball-less curs back on American soil. Let SOBs stay in El Mexico. Where the bribe accepting douchebags belong! Know what nauseating USA soccer group has that Mexico does not? Damn excuses! Break them out losers. USA soccer lacks dignity, intergrity, sense, pride, balls, athletes, players, coaches, intelligence, direction, purpose, energy plus anything else a sports team worth a damn possesses! Oxygen wastes not deserving of air that goes into their lungs. Maybe Mexican hooligans will get a hold of their candy a##es! If these raise the white flag LaLa Land residents had defended the Alamo it would have fallen in less than a day. If not sooner! Absolute embarrassment to all Americans. Screw all of them! Viva Mexico? No chance in Hell!
ranallo10 (in AT)
August 13th, 2009
4:47 am
Hokie — Per wikipedia:
“CTV Specialty Television Inc. is a partnership of CTVglobemedia and ESPN. CTVglobemedia owns a 70.08% economic interest (80% voting interest) in the unit; ESPN, the remainder.”
CTV owns RDS, TSN, TSN2, and the rights to ESPN Classic (I assume only in Canada).
So yes, RDS is a sister company to TSN, both owned in part by ESPN.
World Be Free
August 13th, 2009
7:57 am
CTV had great NHL coverage in the mid 80’s with Dan Kelly as their play by play man. They had national NHL games in Canada in Friday nights, with Hockey Night in Canada doing the games Saturday night. That lasted just a few years and went away shortly after Dan Kelly died. Kelly was one of the best play by play men ever, in any sport.
Glovesave29
August 13th, 2009
8:20 am
Ranallo – I am aware the way Wikipedia works, but it is also pretty heavily policed. Put a bit of false info up there and see how long it takes for someone to take it down…It takes just moments.
So why are the Thrash not keeping a roster spot open for the Theo Fleury comeback? Jeez, talk about lack of foresight by management!
GaVaHokie
August 13th, 2009
8:38 am
Glovesave… hehe… I can’t help but like Fleury’s spirit though… wouldn’t mind giving him a camp invite. His hands look pretty good… I’d question his endurance and feet.
http://watch.tsn.ca/nhl/#clip202050
Claude Lemeiux played 18 games last year for San Jose at 43 years old… you could put Fleury in the press box most of the season.
Viking
August 13th, 2009
9:31 am
Eileen and Rawhide,
Enström seems to be OK. On Saturday, he was listed as a participant in an internal game and skills competition with his old team Modo together with folks like the Sedins, Hedman and an old Thrashers aqcuaintance with a funky name – Svartvadet!
Rawhide
August 13th, 2009
9:38 am
Thanks Viking…that’s good to know.
ranallo10 (in AT)
August 13th, 2009
10:03 am
Glovesave — You’re right, but until someone had evidence to the contrary why would they pull it down? Zherdev’s rumored signing was from a Russian source (clouds the subject due to translation problems) and reported as not yet concluded, so I’d imagine the several “reputable” sites that reported it was enough evidence for those WikiPolice to keep the erroneous statement on the site.
Out of curiosity, is it still up there?
Adam
August 13th, 2009
10:10 am
What do you think it would take to convert the ECHL Gwinnett Gladiators into the 30th AHL team?
I know it wouldn’t likely happen this year but for the 2010-2011 season. You would think the AHL would be open to the expansion after involuntarily suspending the Iowa Chops. That and this would be the only team in the southeast opening a new market.
Glovesave29
August 13th, 2009
10:28 am
Ranallo – it’s like a competition Wikipedia has with it’s members to see how fast news items can be up on the site. It’s since been corrected and has him listed as a free agent. The only error I have found with any staying power is about former Atlanta Knights coach John Paris, Jr. It has him listed as the first African-American professional hockey coach. Which is false, as he is Canadian.
Adam…I have been lobbying for the Glads to move up on this blog for years. With the majority of southern teams in the ECHL having either shut down or move to the lower classification SPHL, the time is now to move to the AHL and have our top tier farm team in our own back yard.
Toby
August 13th, 2009
10:40 am
Glovesave and Adam…
Awesome idea…that would be great!!!
A2B
August 13th, 2009
11:04 am
Standec, your a dumb*ss in regards to soccer. So apparently, in your world beating the number one team in the world is pointless, losing to the number two team in the world by a goal is futile, and losing in one of the most harsh environments in soccer is unnaceptable… please? You are not a very educated soccer fan obviously since you would know that US is deat tired tired from playing in the confederation cup, sending all reserves we had to almost win the goald cup (mexico had to use its A team to do that to us), and then everyone is already playing their club ball. Please do not comment on a sport you really have no right to be talking about. And I’m not an all knowing thrashers fan, I’m actually a pretty accomplished soccer player. So shut up and go rant somewhere else.
Aliens for a Better Earth
August 13th, 2009
11:06 am
We’re coming to take stendec away.
A2B
August 13th, 2009
11:08 am
so God does listen to prayers after all…
Adam
August 13th, 2009
11:09 am
Given the level of control, or lack there of, with the Wolves it seems to make sense to make this move. There are 3 teams in IL as it is and Anaheim is stuck without a farm team. They may be keen on the idea too.
Get a like minded coach to run the same system in Gwinnett and the proximity to the Duluth Ice Forum it just seems like a no brainer.
Thrashers27
August 13th, 2009
11:11 am
Adam,
From what I understand the Iowa Chops will be back next year in some way, shape, or form. They’re in a similiar situation as the Thrashers where they have a lease and an agreement (not to mention a judicial order) to keep a team in Des Moines and playing at Wells Fargo Arena, just bad ownership…Yeah, I’m from Des Moines, so I follow. There is a new team this year though in Abbotsford, BC. It’s a Calgary affiliate. Not sure what is to happen with the Quad City Flames.
Smoothie
August 13th, 2009
1:07 pm
@ Viking:
Thanks so much for the report on Tobias…so happy to hear he is back on the ice and working out with his Swedish compatriots. Is this a pre-cursor to the Team Sweden Olympic Camp try-outs much like what is about to happen here in the US and Canada?
Adam
August 13th, 2009
2:09 pm
Thrash27- The thought is still good in principal. I just don’t think The AHL would want or need more than 30 teams.
Tom
August 13th, 2009
2:20 pm
I was reading the Sporting News daily edition today and they had the preseason schedules for all of the teams. The Thrashers play 6 games and other teams play 7,8, or in Florida’s case, 9.
How is the number of preseason games determined?
Tom
August 13th, 2009
2:22 pm
Concerning the Gladiators and going up a level the cost of the move is a major concern. The community supports a ECHL team very well, but the additional costs of fielding an AHL team is significant. Those costs would be hard to recover for the team.
Sometimes the bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush…
GaVaHokie
August 13th, 2009
2:26 pm
Tom… true, and we know how people react to elevated ticket prices in Atlanta.
R. Stroz
August 13th, 2009
2:37 pm
GaVaHokie – They could just discount the tickets two months after the STH’s holders purchase their tickets. Oh, thats what the ASG does, isn’t it.
GaVaHokie
August 13th, 2009
3:14 pm
Tampa Bay is about to make a trade…
http://twitter.com/TBLightning/statuses/3291357444
GaVaHokie
August 13th, 2009
3:17 pm
It’s Artyukin to the Ducks…
Viking
August 13th, 2009
3:28 pm
Smoothie,
No, it was just an event with his old elite league club MODO. He is likely training with them now.
By the way, it is remarkable how many good players that are born or fostered in örnsköldsvik, where MODO is located. It is a little town with 28 000 or so inhabitants!
MODO’s web site states “Anders Hedberg, Tomas Gradin, Anders Kallur, Bo Berglund, Lars Lindgren, Tomas Jonsson, Lars Molin, Markus Näslund, Peter Forsberg, Niklas Sundström, Anders Eriksson, Mattias Timander, Per Svartvadet, Hans Jonsson, Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Samuel Påhlsson and Mattias Karlin. The list of raised NHL players is long and distinguished, an outstanding 25 percent of the Swedish players in the National Hockey League originate from MODO Hockey. ”
Here is a couple of years old New York Times article “A puck-crazed town in Sweden churns out NHL stars.”:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/sports/hockey/03sweden.html?_r=1&ex=1178942400&en=80c63e2a0c4d7d37&ei=5070&emc=eta1
GaVaHokie
August 13th, 2009
3:41 pm
Awesome!!
Tampa just traded Artyukin to the Ducks for Drew Miler and a pick.
So, if you do the math… they traded an imposing 254lb LW to the Ducks for a 174 lb LW.
However, I’d say all signs point to Tampa signing Tanguay soon.
Not only does this free up salary, but Artyukin was the one who put Tanguay out of commission last season.
h
August 13th, 2009
3:46 pm
I’ll bet Thorburn’s happy with that move!
http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/64008
GaVaHokie
August 13th, 2009
3:53 pm
h… geez, how f’ing embarassing… got his jersey pulled over his head at the end… yeah, I’d say Thorburn is happy. *shaking my head*
World Be Free
August 13th, 2009
4:08 pm
Eklund has his status report on the top 25 remaining UFAs and Manny Malholtra is not on the list!
What’s up with that!? Is this guy playing int he KHL next year and we don’t know it?
Hockey Biltong
August 13th, 2009
6:06 pm
A2B- don’t get baited by the assbackwards, no heart, cheapass, muckraker. He is the president of his own fan club, and is crying out for impeachment at the sametime.
Glovesave29
August 13th, 2009
6:29 pm
The costs to run in the AHL are competitive with the ECHL because more of the costs are handled by the NHL parent club. Many of the players in the ECHL are free agents signed by the club and not part of the system thus the salaries are responsible to the ECHL team. Almost all players in the AHL are on a two way contract. There are a few AHL lifers, but not like the old IHL – as the AHL is truly a developmental league.
I also think the Glads can attract more fans by promoting the fact they are one step away from the NHL. The ECHL players are more of a long shot, many will never make it above the ECHL / European league level, and many will fall to the CHL and SPHL.
Ticket prices may rise by a buck or two. The place still has free parking and it’s a pretty damn nice little arena. I go to 6-8 games per year there, and that wouldn’t change should a slight hike occur.
Looks who’s left the league in just the last few years – Pensacola, Tallahassee, Birmingham, Augusta, Columbia, Macon, Lafayette, Gulfport, Jackson, Jacksonville, Orlando…if those teams has stayed for regional rivalries and shorter trips, I say stay in the ECHL. But we have no scuh neighbors any more.
Thrashers27 – the Flames will never be happy in Abbostford, just as they left QC, Omaha and Saint John. The void in QC was replaced by the re-launching of the team the Flames displaced, the Mallards.
Glovesave29
August 13th, 2009
6:37 pm
The NHL has also announced that prior to this years Winter Classic at Fenway between the Flyers and Brooons, two NCAA games will be the lead ins – a womens game between Northeastern and New Hampster, and the men’s teams from BU and BC – AWESOME.
And a quick moment of silence for rock LEGEND Les Paul. Music today would be a helluva lot different had he not come around!
Tony C.
August 13th, 2009
8:57 pm
Indeed R.I.P. Les Paul… although I’d hesitate to use “rock legend” mabye “jazz great” or “music legend”… in fact the latter is most appropos ater all, he invented the electric guitar, multi-track recording as well as pitch bending, phased vocal recording etc., etc.
I got a chance to see him several years ago @ The Bluebird in NYC-the guy was like 88 or something but still played his regular Tuesday night gig-two shows!!! (one early, then another after “dinner”). He was clean and smooth, I hope to be able to play half as well at that age.
Here’s a clip I found from one of his shows in ‘08-bear in mind he’s 93!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3SxtJMrMH8
His lead is @ the 1:35 mark or so
World Be Free
August 13th, 2009
9:02 pm
Les Paul made it all happen-no Jimmy Hendrix without Les.
Tony C.
August 13th, 2009
9:40 pm
Glovesave-didn’t mean to ruffle any feathers-I’m just a music nerd.
Tony C.
August 13th, 2009
9:46 pm
Also found this:
http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=469962
I wonder when/if Le Thrash will get a dedicated position like this that doesn’t include video/drills&skills/hey Stevie willya run to Starbucks?
stendec
August 13th, 2009
9:53 pm
The name is “Stendec”!
James Bond
August 13th, 2009
10:38 pm
His name is dick, stendick.
Brendan
August 13th, 2009
11:26 pm
Glovesave29, excellent scoop on the Winter Classic. BU vs. BC is like having a “Beanpot” at the Winter Classic! This event keeps getting better and better.
Up in the stands, the mingling of Flyers fans and Bruins fans will certainly be interesting. Security reinforcements??
A big “mea culpa” D’oh! goes out to the bloggers. Kari Lehtonen will still be restricted on July 1, 2010. He will not have the age or NHL tenure to be a UFA next Summer. Which is good, I think. Assuming he doesn’t get traded. And I don’t think that’s going to happen. I had erroneously posted, on a previous blog, that Kari was free to pursue his options on July 1, 2010. I hope I haven’t ruined Stendec’s day with this correction.
For what it’s worth, I still think Kari Lehtonen is a goaltender worth retaining. I don’t like the idea of rushing young Pavelec up to NHL. Although, he seems to want to rush the process. I welcome Pavelec’s challenge to earn a roster spot at training camp. I haven’t checked available free agent goaltenders in about 3 weeks to month, but I think Curtis Joseph is still trying to find an NHL gig for next season. I can’t remember if Eddie Belfour finally retired, or what. Goalies seem to be hanging around longer and longer now. How old was Hasek when he finally hung it up? Definitively, I mean.
There are a handful of goalies I really want to track this season. Simeon Varlamov and J. Theodore, in Washington. Tim Thomas and Tuukka Rask, Boston. Chris Mason. Pascal Leclair. How ’bout that red hot Jonas Hiller, in Anaheim? And let’s see how Vesa Toskala fares this season. And how ’bout the three goalies on Long Island? Biron, DiPietro, and Rolosson. Oh yeah, what about Khabibulin in Edmonton? Let’s see what happens there.
Tony C.
August 14th, 2009
12:49 am
Brendan- I read somewhere that Eddie the Eagle is going to be the Blues’ goaliecoach
World Be Free
August 14th, 2009
6:50 am
Toskela is another guy Leaf fans want out of Toronto, just like Kubina. It really does not matter how well he plays, Leafs fan have already designated him for assignment.
Glovesave29
August 14th, 2009
8:26 am
Tony C – I’m a music geek too, albeit a drummer and not a guitarist – plus I like the sound of a Strat over a Les Paul….but without ol’ LP, there’s no Strat either.
Long time Hawk Befour in StL….strange combination. As fellow former StLer five_hole can attest, Chicago and StL go together like ice cream and mustard.
Trixie (Rawhide's Secretary)
August 14th, 2009
11:38 am
This is you’re official 10-minute Ranallo Warning! A new Rawhide blog will be posted in 10 minutes!
Alan
August 14th, 2009
11:44 am
Fan590 in Toronto has reported Ted “Teeder” Kennedy has passed away.
Brendan
August 14th, 2009
2:12 pm
Arturs Irbe is now a goalie coach.