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icehound

Post subject: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:06 am

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Courtesy of Faceoff.com:

...a couple of very unhappy mofo's.

Gainey, Burke watch fortunes erode

"As this tale of two cities unfolds (and it's important to remember that the season is still so young it has to be burped after every game) the rapidly eroding fortunes of the Leafs and Habs are a big part of the early-season story line.

If Carey Price has been a little porous, Toronto's goaltending has been so bad that they counted it as a stroke of luck when Vesa Toskala went down. If the Canadiens are a little disappointed with only two wins in six games, the Leafs are in a state of shock with a single point, good for dead last in a 30-team league.

And if Montreal general manager Bob Gainey is finding the water a tad warm, Burke must feel like a lobster 15 minutes before mealtime.

Gainey's tenure in Montreal could best be described as up and down, although lately it's been more down than up. At least it took him several years to bring the Canadiens down to this level.

Burke's work in Toronna has been more of a crash landing. After several years during which the Toronto media beat the big Burke drum without mercy and the lobotomized faithful of Leafs Nation actually believed the big galoot could lead them to the promised land, it appears that he has put together a truly awful team. Harold Ballard awful. Comedy skit awful. Big, bad and - well, just plain bad."

...Couldn't happen to two nicer guys, on two nicer teams, in two nicer cities.

Their misfortunes make for really great comedy, for the rest of us.

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Skyline_BNR34

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:08 am

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I love seeing them fail.

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fly as hale

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:09 am

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Ahhh, that's a shame.

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Sabresfansince1980

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:13 am

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I just hope the misery continues, and that Buffalo can add to it. It would be really nice for those fans to have absolutely zero to talk about in HSBC.

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sabresEH

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:15 pm

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Brian Burke a nice guy? What are you saying Ice.

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icehound

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:18 pm

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sabresEH wrote:

Brian Burke a nice guy? What are you saying Ice.

...he's a "peach".

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CriminallyVu1gar

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:21 pm

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Timbo Slice

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:27 pm

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CriminallyVu1gar wrote:

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patkane88

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:54 pm

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And to think the TSN panel had the Habs and Leafs ranked ahead of Buffalo at the start of the year on there NHL Preseason show.

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End The Curse

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:00 pm

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Sabresfansince1980 wrote:

I just hope the misery continues, and that Buffalo can add to it. It would be really nice for those fans to have absolutely zero to talk about in HSBC.

^^This^^

Man , we always seem to agree, eh 1980!

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Hammygoodness

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:55 pm

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End The Curse wrote:

Sabresfansince1980 wrote:

I just hope the misery continues, and that Buffalo can add to it. It would be really nice for those fans to have absolutely zero to talk about in HSBC.

^^This^^

Man , we always seem to agree, eh 1980!

Okay, I may not be as internet savvy as many of you. I must know. What does this -----> "^^This^^" mean?

Ham

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Timbo Slice

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:57 pm

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Hammygoodness wrote:

End The Curse wrote:

Sabresfansince1980 wrote:

I just hope the misery continues, and that Buffalo can add to it. It would be really nice for those fans to have absolutely zero to talk about in HSBC.

^^This^^

Man , we always seem to agree, eh 1980!

Okay, I may not be as internet savvy as many of you. I must know. What does this -----> "^^This^^" mean?

Ham

It's basically a +1. It means you agree with them.

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mechaphil

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:58 pm

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It's a mark used for emphasis. It's typically used by someone who wants to say they really really agree with the above-quoted remark.

EDIT: What Timbo said :lol:

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icehound

Post subject: Re: Burke And Gainey: Leafs And Habs - A Scathing Look.

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:34 am

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"ditto"

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