http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8470667

Looks like he's having a breakout season, 49 points already, so good for him. He was never very noticeable on the ice when I watched him play in Buffalo, but at 1.1 million I'd say the Leafs found a real gem of a player. It will be interesting to note how much of a raise he gets this summer, he's a RFA.

I don't think Sabres mgmt gave up on him too soon, he had time to learn and develop his game at the NHL level and he apparently just didn't show enough to convince the Sabres to make him a part of their long term plans. He still doesn't exactly scare me, like, "Oh no MacArthur?! Forfeit this motha, I got the MAcA flu bitch!". But he's pretty good.

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

MacArthur will need another season to show whether what he has done this year is for real or just a one time only campaign.

The Maple Leafs still need to overhaul their roster.

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Let's go Buffalo!

That may be, but 50 point scorers make 3 million/year at minimum, and they are going to pay him.

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

Gotta love playing first line minutes with Phil Kessel, huh Mac?

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He never plays with Kessel. He plays with Grabovski and Kulemin - who are both actually more dangerous than Kessel, IMHO. That line has found really good chemistry, which has led to Mac having a breakout year. On ANY other team, I think he's an inconsistent 3rd liner, but hey, good for him! Maybe the Leafs can find a way to not screw up a good thing for once.

i dunno, mac was never a bad player, just streaky. hes probably going to be a second liner, but thats not really a bad thing. dudes got talent, hes just putting it together. good for him.

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He'll get his contract and vanish. Leafs fans will eat him alive. Sabres fans will laugh. Thrashers fans will chew cud and play the banjo.

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mechaphil

What is this strange breed you speak of, these "Thrashers fans"? I am not familiar with this concept.

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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
--Emerson

This.

MacArthur's goalscoring is exactly what it was. The overall production is higher because he's been playing about 2-3 more minutes than he did with Buffalo/Atlanta but the rate is the same. The difference is in his assist totals which is almost entirely a product of playing with Grabovski and Kulemin who have 25 and 23 goals respectively.

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Proud LGBTQQ Individual

Well played, sir.

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mechaphil

It's a rare form of inbreeding that crosses Redneck Mountain folk with guys who did a lot of drugs in the 80's

This is the end result

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"She's like plan C after an 18 pack"

Squanto 7/27/2010

My favorite thing about that picture is the guy on the right wearing a HOT WHEELS jacket.

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its the hot wheels nascar jacket. theres a hot wheels car.

i dont watch nascar. i just watch sportscenter alot.

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tsn wrote about how winnipeg could get either the thrashers or the yotes.

by the way. arnt we over 2 months past that yotes deadline? pull the plug on a project if it isnt working. fucks sake.

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I actually never wanted him to leave Buffalo, I thought he was awesome, and was one of my favorite Sabres.

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Sophomore Bitches! Class of 2014!
R.I.P. Molly B. 5/28/96-5/23/11

I actually like the Yotes, and I like the idea of hockey in a desert. I mean, that's fucking awesome! I never much cared for the Thrashers and if they lose their team a SECOND time well, you can't say people didn't try. But please make it the last try.

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

I don't remember there being a hot wheels car in NASCAR since Kyle Petty did it in what I can assume was the mid to late 90's

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"Call a cop he robbed Delmore blind!!!"
Rick Jeanerette after Marty Biron's diving save back in 2000.

"I'm going to go to the spa and have a hot tub and massage and relax," Miller said. "That's it, and it's back to work tomorrow." Ryan Miller after clinching the North East division.