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Sure hope the Nucks trade Schneider to Edmonton for their first rounder and a prospect.sigpicRoth Army CanadaComment
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Blackhawks traded Bolland and Frolik for a bunch of draft picks......Comment
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Those are great moves...now they can take some chances in the draft and keep building.
I'll never understand why teams give up 1st and second rounders for rentals...it never workssigpicRoth Army CanadaComment
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I think these moves were made to free up cap space to
pay Bickell. They're probably gonna let Stalberg test the waters.
This looks like the same model Stan's dad used in Detroit.
Pay the top 5-6 guys and rotate the rest of the roster.
Thought I read somewhere that Bolland and a couple
other guys were getting their teammates to autograph
their jerseys during the parade Friday. Must have seen it coming.'Cause three holes are better than a hole-in-one!!!Comment
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Hold on, are you telling me that Juwan Howard actually did something in the last 10 years ??Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
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RIP SHAWN.....thanks for the memories
Former Red Wings winger Shawn Burr dies
47-year-old Burr dies after fall at home
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Former Detroit Red Wings winger Shawn Burr has died. He was 47.
Burr died Monday evening at a Detroit-area hospital after falling at his home this weekend.
The former professional hockey player had been battling cancer. Local 4 has learned Burr hit his head when he fell this weekend, but the exact cause of death is not yet known.
Burr was drafted 7th overall by the Red Wings in 1984. He played 878 games with Detroit, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the San Jose Sharks.
During the course of his career he scored 181 goals and tallied 259 assists. His most notable season with the Red Wings was 1989-90 when he scored 56 points in 76 games.Comment
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What a good dude. Sorry to see him pass at such a young age. He has been through hell recently, and hopefully he is at peace now.
I used to workout with Shawn at the Powerhouse gym on Gratiot and Metro Parkway. I don't mean we worked out at the same gym, I mean I worked out with him. I used to get him riled up by talking about Martin LaPointe! Ha ha! He hated him even more than I did! Said he was a steroid punk that did his bench presses by raising the bar 2 inches off his chest! Fuck, Shawn was a funny dude. Very good friends with my Son's current coach too.
RIP Shawn Burr
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Shawn Burr remembered as great teammate, 'full of life'
Shawn Burr, who played 16 years in the NHL, mostly with the Detroit Red Wings, died Monday. He was 47.
Dave Goetze, a friend of Burr's, told The Associated Press Burr was making progress in a fight against leukemia, but he died from brain trauma after a fall at his Detroit-area home. Goetze has worked for the Shawn Burr Foundation in support of blood cancer research.
Burr was a first-round draft pick by the Red Wings in 1984.
He made his NHL debut in 1984-85 and was with the Red Wings until 1995. He also played for the Tampa Bay Lightning and San Jose Sharks. In 878 NHL games, Burr scored 181 goals with 259 assists and 1,069 penalty minutes.
On Tuesday, Burr was remembered as a great teammate who played hard—and loved to talk—and took that mindset into his personal pursuits.
From MLive.com:
After being drafted by the Red Wings in 1984, Burr scored 84 goals during his final two junior seasons. That included 60 in 1985-86, when he had 127 points. He never came close to producing those kinds of numbers with the Red Wings but he did score at least 20 goals three times while bagging a career-high 24 in 1989-90, when he had a career-high 56 points.
"He was a big scorer in junior hockey with Kitchener," (Wings executive Jim) Devellano said. "I was hoping that might translate to the NHL. He became more of a checker, but with some ability to score and a pain to play against. He played hard, was a good part of teams that went to the final four with Jacques (Demers, in 1987 and '88). I remember the overtime goal he scored for us against Chicago in the playoffs," which clinched the four-game sweep in first round in 1987.
“He always had that quick wit. Something funny was always the first thing out of his mouth. He was an upbeat guy with a smile on his face. … Looking back, we all enjoyed having him as a teammate. He would always come in the room happy. He was always talking, always striking up conversations.” — former teammate Steve Yzerman to the Toronto Globe and Mail.
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"He was a funny guy, a non-stop talker, always had a trick to play. My first game as a rookie, he put my name upside down on my jersey. He was the guy in the '90s who kept everybody else relaxed. He did the dirty work for the team on the ice, and then kept the guys relaxed in the dressing room." — former teammate Chris Osgood to the Detroit Free Press.
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"He always a lot to say—pretty well would dominate a conversation—but just a guy that was certainly full of life. … This guy was a goal-scorer, but Shawn, just like a lot of us, found a niche on what was going to him in the NHL." — former teammate Kris Draper to the Fan 590.
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"When he retired, he was just as dogged, hard-working and gritty in terms of turing the Wings' Alumni Association into a smoothly-running 21st century charity-helping machine, and when he was diagnosed with leukemia, the self-deprecating jokes about weight loss were soon followed with attempts to expand bone marrow registries via simple cotton-swabbing of people's cheeks." — Kukla Korner's George Malik.
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It is a shame, RIP and Go Wings!Comment
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I remember Burr saying what a "drag" it was thinking he was the "anchor" holding the WINGS back all those years.........
the guy was a solid NHL player & a good guy....way too young to go...like so manyComment
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Sabres announcer for last 42 years is calling it quits in three years from now...
Sabres announcer Rick Jeanneret to retire in 2016
By Matt Brigidi @mattbrigidi on Aug 8 2013, 1:35p
TORONTO, ON - NOVEMBER 12: Buffalo Sabres broadcaster Rick Jeanneret arrives for the Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Brookfield Place on November 12, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. - (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Buffalo Sabres have announced a three-year extension with play-by-play announcer Rick Jeanneret. It will be his final contract.
The Buffalo Sabres have come to terms on a three-year extension with play-by-play announcer Rick Jeanneret, the club announced on Thursday. Jeanneret will call a reduced number of games over the course of the deal and will retire following the 2015-16 season.
The broadcaster was contemplating one more complete season with the team and retiring after the 2013-14 campaign. However, discussions with his family and the Sabres led to the decision announced on Thursday morning. Jeanneret will remain with the club in an honorary role after his retirement.
In addition, the club announced that Dan Dunleavy will call games that Jeanneret takes off. Dunleavy will take over responsibility of the team's play-by-play call starting in 2016-17.
"I am excited and honored to join the Sabres organization and its tremendous broadcasting team," Dunleavy said. "I'm honored that I get an opportunity to work with and learn from one of the best play-by-play announcers hockey has ever seen in Rick. He is the pinnacle of our profession and I'm humbled that I will be following in his legendary footsteps."
Dunleavy previously worked on the Toronto Maple Leafs' broadcast team and spent 19 years at Sportsnet Radio and The Fan 590 in Toronto.Comment
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