Friday, July 22, 2011

Friday Links

First, the good news:

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Mathieu Roy is back!

- I wonder if the person who made this would make a custom Everblades badge holder for me to wear at work.

- Your Wikipedia hockey page for today is a team that sports the greatest name (and logo) in hockey- "Landshut Cannibals"

- How awesome is this cake?!

Lake Erie Monsters Hockey Cake by Cupid 
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- I found this great quiz over at Mental Floss (my absolute favorite magazine). You have 5 minutes, can you name all 30 NHL teams. I did, and I had a whole minute and a half left when I was done. (FYI, this is from before a certain team was moved to Winnipeg).

- I must be a child, because I still find stuff like this funny.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

YouTube Tuesday

Well, the Checkers made it official yesterday. They signed goalie John Muse to a two way contract. With Mike Murphy and former Everblade Justin Peters guaranteed the two AHL spots on the team, it's likely we'll see Muse fill the roll Bobby Goepfert played in last season.

I'm pretty sure there is no better way to celebrate the prospect of seeing a very promising goalie start his professional career than with a ton of YouTube videos of his college career.







Exciting right? Make sure you follow him on Twitter (if your up with the newfangled technology kids are using these days).

Friday, July 15, 2011

Friday Links

Well... better late than never, right guys?

- One benefit to posting so late? The Blades finally got around to announcing a signing. Look who's back:

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I'm only going to say what I've said before, I look forward to him proving me wrong this season.

- An even better benefit? Chasing Checkers found confirmation of a goalie signing that may just affect the Everblades/

- Your Wikipedia hockey page for today- Gold Coast Blue Tongues

- Along those lines, Australia has a hockey league! Road trip?

- I adore this cake:

hockey rink cake toronto

- Oh man. Someone needs to buy this old school birdcage goalie mask for me. So amazing!

- A top ten list of the worst sport logos ever. I have to agree with all of them, especially the two hockey teams that made it.

- A kitty making a refrence to one of my favorite movies? Perfection.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

YouTube Tuesday

I completely forgot that yesterday was the blogs two year anniversary. I can't believe it's been that long. It honestly feels like I've only been at this a couple of months. Anyway... happy birthday blog!

funny pictures - Eye of newt, bat's wings, sprinkles...  What else goes in birthday cake?
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On to the fun. Today's YouTube selection is a double feature staring two players that must come back for next season to be bearable. Both videos also happen to be from a 6-0 blowout of the Toledo Walleye (somehow this makes it infinitely better).

First up David Fischer:



And now... Mathieu Roy (sign him already Blades [or make the announcement, whatever]):



I have to admit, I'm really going to miss Kevin Reiter. That dude really could call a hockey game. The Blades better hire someone just as good if not better. Preferably better.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Friday Links

I'm sure you were all lost without your usual dose of Friday fun. Lucky for you, the links are back!

- First, I have to embedd this video of our very own Jimmy Williams being interviewed.



- I wish I could post a picture of this hockey cake, but I can't. It's just too coll. I think the Febreeze bottle is the best part.

- This jersey is so awesome, I'm really considering buying it. Too cool.

- As always, CHL Photos has another stunning picture. My first impression? Those goalie pads look old.

- Kitty time!

funny pictures - Car Shopping
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Blades Make Qualifying Offers

The Everblades made their qualifying offers to players last Thursday. They were only able to make these offers to players that had been on the season ending roster.

From what I understand, the deal with the offer is that a non-veteran player has until August 1st to accept the offer. If he does not the team can either sign him for whatever they want or decide not to pursue anything further. Either way, the players ECHL rights are owned by the team.

Veteran players, on the other hand, are a little different. After the August 1st the player become a restricted free agent. This allows other teams to make an offer to the player. The team who held his rights then has7 days to match the offer. If that player receives no offer by the 31st he becomes an unrestricted free agent and anyone can sign him.

The Everblades made offers to these players:
- Brad Snetsinger
- Eric Olimb
- Bobby Raymond
- David Fischer
- Ross Carlson
- Dusty Collins
- Scott Pitt
- Ryan Zapolski

The interesting part of all of this was a little tidbit from Greg Poss in the NDN story on the offers being made (the full story, with some great quotes from Poss, is here).
"Second-year Blades coach Greg Poss said the team has already agreed to contracts with some of the players from the season-ending roster who did not receive offers Friday."
 You may be wondering who was on the season ending roster. Good thing I'm here for you.

I've put a line through the players who have signed in Europe and highlighted the players who have received qualifying offers.

- Mathieu Roy
- Drew Larman
- Ross Carlson
- Alex Imbeault
- Brad Snetsinger
- Scott Pitt
- Tyler Helfrich
- Dusty Collins
- Mike Kennedy
- Nick Tarnasky
- Bobby Raymond
- David Fischer
- Brad Good
- Eric Olimb
- Evan Stephens
- Deron Cousens
- Mike Egener
- Trevor Hendrikx
- Mike Zacharias
- Ryan Zapolski.

It's pretty interesting to see who is left, isn't it? If  what he said was true, some of the players on the season ending roster who were not given offers are already signed. It's interesting right? Mathieu Roy and Drew Larman, two players I said I wanted back in a post at the end of the season, might be signed already.

I think the only reason Olimb was given an offer when he all ready has a contract in Europe was to ensure we maintain his rights. I'm also pretty sure that Alex Imbeault was serious about retiring.

Obviously, the possibility of certain players re-signing is exciting. Of course the Blades will probably pull their usual once a week signing announcement on Thursday between noon and two (you think I'm joking don't you? I'm not, just wait), and make us all wait and wonder. Jerks.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

YouTube Tuesday

I'm not sure why, but the Reading Royals have to be my least favorite ECHL team. No idea why...