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<blockquote data-quote="COOL MAN" data-source="post: 129265666" data-attributes="member: 1080466">I thought I'd previously heard that 6 Canadian teams had made it in, but I'm only counting 5 (Canadiens, Sens, Jets, Flames, and Canucks).&nbsp; Won't be hard for me to pull for Winnipeg versus Anaheim;&nbsp; I like watching them just to hear the locals yell TRUE NORTH during the anthem.....very cool.&nbsp;&nbsp; And, I'll have no trouble pulling for Calgary against Vancouver.Your talking about Canadian teams&nbsp; got me to wondering about something.&nbsp; I realize the media makes much about Canadian teams being in the playoffs.&nbsp; But while perhaps Ottawa and Winnipeg and Calgary and Vancouver fans might pull for one another.....though I'm not sure that'd be the case for Calgary and Vancouver.....I simply can't see (for example) hard core Montreal and Toronto fans pulling for the one another.&nbsp; Is that true, or am I mistaken about that ??Speaking of Toronto, I heard some of the Shanahan PC when he admitted everyone on the team is available;&nbsp; even for me in Ohio, that's hardly a surprise.&nbsp; They were talking about the need for a change in attitude;&nbsp; guess they might just as well have said Kadri is therefore #1 on their unload list......higher even than Phaneuf and Kessel.&nbsp; I also heard of some theory that Rob Blake could be in line for GM;&nbsp; how do you feel about somebody like him ??&nbsp; One new thought;&nbsp; would Shanahan consider breaking the bank in order to try and convince someone like Steve Yzerman to leave Tampa ??&nbsp; Obviously, that would be a very unusual move.....maybe chasing an under-contract GM violates every Gentlemen's Agreement (not to mention his current contract) known to Man......and besides, perhaps Stevie Y shoots down the idea down before it even got legs.&nbsp; But I guess I'm assuming Shanny and Y are old pals;&nbsp; and maybe Y wouldn't be opposed to leaving Florida in order to get back onto the League's Main Street.&nbsp; OTOH, the Lightning have a pretty nice future ahead of them, largely due to Yzerman's work. Would probably take an awful lot of money just to get him interested, let alone leave.Meanwhile, I myself have read/heard that Ehrhoff, at best, is little more than an outside possibility to play at some point.&nbsp; For now, I myself wouldn't bet on it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="COOL MAN, post: 129265666, member: 1080466"] I thought I'd previously heard that 6 Canadian teams had made it in, but I'm only counting 5 (Canadiens, Sens, Jets, Flames, and Canucks). Won't be hard for me to pull for Winnipeg versus Anaheim; I like watching them just to hear the locals yell [B]TRUE NORTH[/B] during the anthem.....very cool. And, I'll have no trouble pulling for Calgary against Vancouver. Your talking about Canadian teams got me to wondering about something. I realize the media makes much about Canadian teams being in the playoffs. But while perhaps Ottawa and Winnipeg and Calgary and Vancouver fans might pull for one another.....though I'm not sure that'd be the case for Calgary and Vancouver.....I simply can't see (for example) hard core Montreal and Toronto fans pulling for the one another. Is that true, or am I mistaken about that ?? Speaking of Toronto, I heard some of the Shanahan PC when he admitted everyone on the team is available; even for me in Ohio, that's hardly a surprise. They were talking about the need for a change in attitude; guess they might just as well have said Kadri is therefore #1 on their unload list......higher even than Phaneuf and Kessel. I also heard of some theory that Rob Blake could be in line for GM; how do you feel about somebody like him ?? One new thought; would Shanahan consider breaking the bank in order to try and convince someone like [B]Steve Yzerman[/B] to leave Tampa ?? Obviously, that would be a very unusual move.....maybe chasing an under-contract GM violates every Gentlemen's Agreement (not to mention his current contract) known to Man......and besides, perhaps Stevie Y shoots down the idea down before it even got legs. But I guess I'm assuming Shanny and Y are old pals; and maybe Y wouldn't be opposed to leaving Florida in order to get back onto the League's Main Street. OTOH, the Lightning have a pretty nice future ahead of them, largely due to Yzerman's work. Would probably take an awful lot of money just to get him interested, let alone leave. Meanwhile, I myself have read/heard that Ehrhoff, at best, is little more than an[B] outside[/B] possibility to play at some point. For now, I myself wouldn't bet on it. [/QUOTE]

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