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|Milbury: NHLPA fiasco may be impacting Bruins
|10.18.09 at 4:31 pm ET
In the wake of the dismissal and questions behind the process involved, there's been a bit of upheaval within the NHL player representation that included the Bruins. Andrew Ference was the player rep for the last two seasons and perhaps the biggest name behind Kelly's firing, and he's been replaced at the position by defenseman Mark Stuart ' with Dennis Wideman stepping up as the assistant player rep.
There had been whispers of discontent among some Bruins players about the dismissal and the actual process used by the NHLPA following the 3 a.m. setting of Kelly's firing and in-house positioning for the position that's taken place since the Kelly move. Several Bruins players are expected to be part of an NHLPA-sponsored conference call on Sunday afternoon where all of the issues will be broached, and the players will discuss their next step as an organization badly in need of a new leader and a revamped constitution — along with a complete reputation makeover.
Mark Recchi was one B's player unhappy about the process behind Kelly's sacking, and wasn't all that shy about his disapproval. There had also been some philosophic discussions between the two players during the first few weeks of the season that some characterized as heated debate within the dressing room.
Both Recchi and Ference publicly stated that there's no lingering animosity or negative feelings permeating through the Bruins dressing room since Ference decided to step down as player rep, but NESN analyst and former Bruins Mike Milbury seemed to hint that things may still be festering among the B's concerning the NHLPA mess during his weekly visit with NHL Live! on XM Radio Thursday afternoon.
Milbury opined about the reported demise of the Lighthouse Project and Wayne Gretzky among other things, but his Bruins analysis proved the most interesting.
Here's what Milbury had to say when Rob Simpson and Bill Jaffe asked the NBC and Hockey Night in Canada commentator what had to be done to improve a struggling B's team:
MM:Everything. Huge expectations for the Boston Bruins. They've got a Vezina Trophy winner, a Norris Trophy winner and the coach of the year and they come out the gate with everybody dreaming of a Stanly Cup. Tim Thomas has been average and everybody has been running around like crazy. I can't believe the kind of mental errors the Bruins have made. What made the Bruins so good under Claude Julien was how they were so disciplined and so structured that they could always find a way to win even if their offense might sputter.
Speaking of offense, it's pretty clear that the Phil Kessel deal has had a negative impact on this team. They miss his speed and creative ability as well as his ability to score goals. Having said that with Peter Chiarelli, and I'm sure it doesn't matter to the fans of Boston, but the front office is beginning to salivate when they look up to the Great White North and see what's going on in Toronto. They see their record and begin to salivate a little.
Has Marc Savard played in both ends? MM:Actually, he's been fine. He's one of those guys that's been okay. I can't knock him. Lucic has been a guy that's been a little off his game. They really need him as a sparkplug in my estimation. Marco Sturm has come back and played pretty well.
There's no question the Bruins haven't come out of the gate with the sense of structure and purpose that they've come out with in the past two years, and I will say that this NHLPA thing may have had an impact on their locker room. I don't think it's going to last forever, but Andrew Ference was in the middle of this thing and getting rid of Paul Kelly. There's been a lot of heated debate in the Bruins locker room and some chatter about them even trying to move Ference at this point.
He's been replaced as team rep, right? MM: Yeah, he's been replaced as team rep, but he was replaced after Paul Kelly was deposed as the PA director. There was a lot of hot topics and discussion going around the Bruins locker room for a while, but who knows how much of an effect it had. The end result of all this that the Bruins have not come out with the kind of drive needed to get to where they want to be [as a team]. They're not that talented that they can't bring their work ethic and win hockey games.
|Chiarelli: Kessel 'no longer wanted to play in Boston'
|09.19.09 at 12:03 pm ET
Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli met with the media on Saturday morning to discuss dealing leading-scorer Phil Kessel to the Toronto Maple Leafs for three high draft picks over the next years, and stated pointedly on several occasions that the 21-year-old winger "no longer wanted to play in Boston".
Kessel and agent Wade Arnott had, according to Chiarelli, informed him of a couple of reasons why he no longer wanted to a Bruin, and privately gave the GM a couple of reasons why he needed a change of NHL address. That spurred the B's to trade away Kessel for draft picks in excess of the draft pick compensation for a potential offer sheet, and the Maple Leafs emerged as the only team with the draft pick assets and available cash to swing a trade-and-sign for Boston's restricted free agent.
One of those reasons behind Kessel's desire to leave is believed to be B's coach Claude Julien's "tough love" relationship with him over their two years together. Some believe that Kessel never forgave the coach for benching him during his first playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens, and preaching the importance of a two-way game over simply being a glorified floater on the ice. Kessel scored 36 goals and was a +23 during his breakout season with the Black and Gold last winter, and much of that on-ice success can be traced back to Julien's "no soft play allowed" coaching style.
"He had his best season under this coach. Enough said on that," Chiarelli said of Kessel and Julien. "We stress defense first. We stress competitiveness. Having said all that, what were we, first or second in the league in goals scored? And he had 36, 37 goals? Got him a nice raise."
The B's coach, for his part, didn't get all soft and fuzzy on the relationship he had with a slow-to-mature Kessel during their two seasons together in Boston, but he also didn't feel like the player/coach dynamic was a big factor in the disconnect between Kessel and the Bruins. In his mind, the coach had done everything possible to make things work for both the player and the hockey club.
"I even told him in a conversation that I didn't get a (salary) bonus for making him into a bad player. Everything I did was to try and make him a better player, and I think that message was understood," said Julien. "I think last year his season proved that. He seemed to understand the concept of our team, and besides the 36 goals he was a + player. I feel good personally that I did my best to make him the best player I could, and the rest of that stuff has nothing to do with me.
"I'm not going to sugercoat this. He was no different than any other player that you deal with at times. You never have smooth relationships because there's challenges along the way. What you need to do as a coach is to convince those guys and make them understand and believe that this is what you need to do to be the best team possible. This is what you need to be the best player possible as well. We all know Phil has always grown up as a superstar player, and those guys are a bit of a bigger challenge. But I can tell you last year there were no issues with him resisting, and there shouldn't have been because his season proved that it was very successful."
Chiarelli addressed the addition of the draft picks and the options that it provides the team with $1.7 million under the salary cap. The swap gives the B's a grand total of five draft picks in the first two rounds of next year's draft (two first-rounders and three second-rounders), and affords them plenty of assets should they need a particular player at this season's trade deadline. The Nashville Predators were the other team seriously in on Kessel and a deal with them would have centered on affordable, young prospects (Ryan Ellis, Jon Blum, Colin Wilson) more than draft picks. But no other team — aside from Brian Burke's well-heeled Maple Leafs — was willing to pay the 21-year-old $5.4 million a year for four years of restricted free agency and one year of UFA status from Kessel.
In so many ways this move by the Bruins smacks of a New England Patriots-style manuever where there was a particular value on a player, and the B's front office fortified their long-term future once Toronto's contract offer shot up into the hockey stratosphere. Many of the same factors and beliefs that were at play in the Richard Seymour deal earlier this month are now rearing up on Causeway Street.
Chiarelli added that he could have matched a potential offer sheet from Toronto and then stored Phil Kessel on LTIR (Long Term Injured Reserve) for the entirety of the regular season if the B's front office felt it was necessary. That would have been a largely punitive move toward the player, and would have forced the B's to clear off enough space for his gigantic raise in salary.
Chiarelli surely would have been forced to trade off an Andrew Ference or a Chuck Kobasew — or perhaps Michael Ryder — simply to squeeze Kessel's $5.4 million under the salary cap. That's not even broaching the contractual decisions that await Chiarelli next season when Milan Lucic, Blake Wheeler and Marc Savard are all looking for new deals. None of his other available options seemed prudent or feasible once Chiarelli viewed the Kessel situation in totality.
"At the end of the day, we want players that want to be here," said Chiarelli, who also said the perceived threat of the offer sheet played prominently into the eventual trade. "I know this player is a good player. Obviously he is. He can skate and he can shoot the puck. But we want players that want to be here, and we want to grow the team with those type of players. This isn't about — and I know the history here — but this isn't about frugality. There was some significant offers made, and there was little to no attempt to negotiate from the other side.
"Phil's agent gave me a couple of reasons," added Chiarelli when asked if he knew why Kessel wanted out of Boston. "I was surprised. I don't know if really there were other reasons. He has that right as a restricted free agent and he can choose (where he signs). It's all part of this new CBA whether it's restricted free agency or unrestricted free agency, it comes earlier and arbitration comes earlier so (a player's) mobility and choice of location comes earlier."
There were an overflow of "it's a business" type quotes from the Bruins players in the aftermath of the Kessel deal, but interesting viewpoints from team Captain Zdeno Chara and close friend Blake Wheeler came to the fore. Several times during their three years together, frustration cropped up with Chara toward the youngster's game, and then bubbled over in practice.
The towering defenseman hinted afterwards that the young sniper still has a few things to learn about being a successful player in the NHL, and some of it simply comes down to a commitment toward off-ice training and improvements to his game. One imagines that Chara will teach Kessel a few of these painful lessons the first time he ventures into the corners of the TD Garden ice decorated in a Maple Leafs sweater.
"We all know he's a young, skilled player. When you have young players like that — and not just young players but even older players — you have to realize that you can learn something every day, as they say," said Chara when asked if he had moments of frustration with #81 during his time in Boston. "He has to realize that learning is a part of the game, and sometimes it's a little easier and sometimes it's a little bit harder."
While Chara said he hadn't spoken with Kessel at all, Wheeler still chats regularly on the phone with his former University of Minnesota teammate "3 or 4 times a week" and never got the impression that Kessel was quite so dead-set about not coming back to the Bruins.
"Our conversations were never too much about hockey or the business aspect of it. It was more like 'whatever happens, happens," said Wheeler. "We never had that particular conversation. At the end of the day, maybe, if he had to pick he would have wanted to be here (in Boston). But it just didn't work out."
|Kessel Traded To Leafs for draft picks
|09.18.09 at 9:59 pm ET
Phil Kessel finally has found a new home after a protracted summer of fruitless negotiations with the Bruins as a restricted free agent, and landed in Toronto as part of a much-discussed deal that sent three high draft picks back to Boston. Late Friday night, the Bruins confirmed the deal, which had been reported as a done deal on both TSN and ESPN earlier in the evening. The Bruins scheduled a press conference for 11 a.m. Saturday at the TD Garden for Boston GM Peter Chiarelli to discuss the bold, but not unexpected, move.
The Bruins are set to receive Toronto's first- and second-round draft pick in 2010, and the Leafs' first-round pick in 2011. With only $1.7 million worth of room under the salary cap, there was a distinct limit on potential position players coming back to Boston in the deal — and in the end there wasn't a single prospect or established player sent to the B's in exchange for a 21-year-old sharpshooter that led the team with 36 goals scored last season.
TSN reported that Kessel agreed to a five-year, $27 million contract with the Maple Leafs, which amounts to $5.4 million per season in average salary and in a cap hit to the Maple Leafs. Kessel had denied that he was looking for a $5 million per season contract earlier this summer while speaking with reporters, but the youngster earned that and then some from Toronto GM Brian Burke. Amazingly, Kessel becomes the highest paid player with the biggest salary cap hit on a Maple Leafs team in desperate need of scoring — and makes nearly $1 million more per season than defenseman Mike Komisarek's $4.5 million per season.
WEEI.com first reported the schism between Kessel and the Bruins in negotiations several weeks ago, and the young goal-scorer reportedly steered a trade to Toronto by refusing to entertain a contract with any of the other potential trading partners for the Bruins. The Nashville Predators publicly voiced interest in Kessel, but the young sniper was determined to find a landing spot for himself in Toronto.
The question now becomes how an introverted young hockey superstar, known to shun the spotlight, will deal with the heightened scrutiny and attention he's sure to receive as the new face of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Kessel will be Toronto's highest-paid player at $5.4 million per year, and — as such — will be labeled as the savior for a downtrodden hockey franchise looking to Burke for a way out of the Northeast Division cellar. Kessel has never dealt with the pressure of being "The Man" in a hockey-crazed environment like Toronto, and there are some legitimate questions how he'll handle the added attention.
Both teams are rolling the dice here. The B's are keeping the rest of their team intact amid salary cap limitations, and banking that Kessel will never become a game-changing 50-goal scorer with the Maple Leafs. If that happens, then the Bruins could regret the move for years to come. The Maple Leafs are gambling that the 21-year-old hockey wunderkind is just growing into his fast skating speed and deadly wrist shot, and Kessel will turn into the dynamic offensive force Toronto was missing on their roster.
The 21-year-old winger led the Bruins last season with 36 goals, and he added 24 assists to total a career-high 60 points in 70 games. The return to full health of left wing Marco Sturm from left knee surgery along with continued offensive improvement for Blake Wheeler, Milan Lucic and David Krejci will off-set Kessel's offensive productuon in the minds of B's executives, but none of those players have the youngster's set of scoring tools. His game-breaking ability can't be duplicated by anybody else on the roster, and that's certainly a factor that looms large if the B's go through offensive struggles during the regular season.
Kessel was the team's third-leading scorer in the playoffs, collecting six goals and five assists in 11 games. In fact, throughout his B's career Kessel was a point-per-game player in the playoffs with 15 total points in 15 playoff games over the last two seasons. But the young forward clashed with B's coach Claude Julien over his willingness to always play the kind of impassioned two-way hockey that the Bruins coach demands, and was benched for three games during the 2007-08 playoffs.
Kessel, drafted with the fifth overall pick in 2006 out of the University of Minnesota, ends his Bruins career with 126 points on 66 goals and 60 assists in 222 regular-season games.
Kessel, who had offseason rotator cuff and labrum surgery and is expected to be sidelined at least until November, overcame testicular cancer in 2006, his rookie season in the NHL. In 2007, the Wisconsin native was awarded the Masterton Trophy for perseverance and dedication to hockey. Kessel also missed 12 games with a bout of mononucleosis and the shoulder injury last season.
|Report: Kessel is steering toward a Maple Leafs trade
|at 10:16 am ET
The Toronto Maple Leafs are the first choice as a landing spot for B's winger Phil Kessel, according to a TSN report by Bob McKenzie, and could aggressively come at the Bruins with an offer sheet by this weekend if an agreeable trade isn't completed. The report underscores genuine interest in Kessel on the part of the Nashville Predators and a desire for the B's to ship the 21-year-old scorer off to the Western Conference if all things were equal, but the young sniper is reportedly steering a deal exclusively toward Toronto.
The reports paint a picture of Kessel in a cat-bird position of being able to refuse any other contract offers from other teams so long as the Maple Leafs are interested in his sniping services, and estimates that the B's restricted free agent is in line to cash in on an offer sheet from the Maple Leafs in the neighborhood of five or six years at an annual cap hit of $5.5 million. That's a healthy step up from the previous estimates that the young forward was looking for a pact of roughly $4.5 million per season, but speaks to just how badly Toronto needs some offensive punch.
The Boston Globetossed out a potential three-way deal between the Rangers, Bruins and Leafs that would net the B's draft picks and equally unsigned RFA Brandon Dubinsky, but not sure that's anything more than some creative spit-balling. It would involve a lot of moving parts to get three teams moving onto the same page this close to the regular season.
A Leafs/Bruins trade has been centered largely upon draft picks during multiple conversations between Toronto GM Brian Burke and Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli, but the talks have also also included several young, cost-effective players possibly being sent Boston's way during a potential deal.
Former UVM skater Viktor Stalberg is one intriguing forward prospect that caught the eye of more than one Bruins player during Wednesday night's preseason game at the Air Canada Centre. It wouldn't be shocking to see the former Catamounts forward included in part of a package that already includes multiple draft picks in excess of the offer sheet compensation required to potential sign Kessel (a first round pick, a second round pick and a third round pick).
By all accounts Kessel and agent Wade Arnott are now steering the USS Kessel straight toward Toronto and seem to be locking in on Boston's Northeast Division rival while holding the requisite leverage that they could simply sign an offer sheet with Toronto should Chiarelli trade him anywhere else. That threat takes on added significance with so many teams so close to finalizing their salary cup numbers and finishing player payroll budgets just shy of the Oct. 1 season-opening deadline to get under the $56.8 million cap.
One cavaet that the Kessel camp should consider carefully before pushing so strongly for a long and prosperous deal with the Maple Leafs: Kessel is significantly Garbo-esque when it comes to dealing with the pressure and expectations from a good-sized media market like Boston, and playing under the the raised pressure and super-sized scrutiny synonymous with the Maple Leafs jersey would be taking it to a much higher level.
The 21-year-old sniper will be paid like a sniping savior for the huddled and weary masses of Leafs Nation, and he isn't yet equipped with the tools to deal with those kinds of lofty expectations. It could get ugly if Kessel underwhelms while coming back from a shoulder injury, or if his sometimes softer-side-of-Sears approach clashes with the dynamically stern duo of Ron Wilson and Brian Burke. By all accounts Kessel seems hell-bent on a final destination of Toronto, but this could be a classic case of "be careful what you ask for" when the young skater finally gets it.
Interesting comments from B's coach Claude Julien speaking during the first days of camp about the work put in over the summer by Blake Wheeler. The second-year player put in a great deal of work in the weight room gaining 15 pounds of muscle, and appears on the verge of some very good things working toward a potential spot on the top line with Marc Savard and Milan Lucic.
Julien began the answer addressing Wheeler's impressive work, but also seemed to provide some pretty interesting comments about where the disconnect might have been with a rare scoring talent like Phil Kessel. The 21-year-old winger made the Bruins team during his first year of pro hockey in 2006-07 under the structurally-challenged regime of Dave Lewis, and developed some bad habits amid an undesirable, losing atmosphere at a crucial point in the young hockey player's development.
"The one thing that really played in Blake's favor was that he had the opportunity to play on a team with a successful regular season," said Julien. "When you win games ' and see what it takes to play on a successful team that wins games on a night-in, night out basis ' then you're learning properly.
"Not everybody has the opportunity to be put into those [winning] situations, and you can play a lot ' but you're playing for a team that's struggling at the bottom of the standings. It doesn't mean that you're growing in the right environment. [Blake] was able to [learn properly], and I think that's an advantage he had over other players."
Hmmm. I wonder who the "other player" is?
|Report: Predators have submitted offer for Kessel
|09.17.09 at 1:06 pm ET
The Nashville Predators have made a formal offer to the Bruins for 21-year-old sniper Phil Kessel, according to a report in the Tennessean, and that offer included draft picks and young prospects. Preds GM Dave Poile confirmed the report with the newspaper, and also handicapped his team's chances against offers from the Toronto Maple Leafs for the talented forward. According to a CBC report, the Leafs are offering a pair of first rounders and a second round pick — and possibly a player — to Boston for the unsigned restricted free agent.
That collection of high draft picks sent along for Kessel — along with a potential Bruins draft pick getting shipped back up to the Leafs in exchange for the scorer — could be the best of both worlds for the B's: it sets the Bruins up to be a major player at the next couple of NHL drafts if they wanted to make a move on a player, and it allows the team to fit snugly under the salary cap this season without moving any more primary pieces.
"I certainly believe in being aggressive and persistent and going after what I want. But I've made it clear what we can do," Poile said to the newspaper. "It's fairly apparent what other teams are doing. If (Chiarelli) gets two firsts and a second, he's getting really good compensation. But it is all in the eye of the beholder for a 21-year-old player who scored 36 goals."
It's been obvious for weeks that Kessel wouldn't remain with the Boston Bruins, and both B's GM Peter Chiarelli and Kessel have maintained that they'd like the situation to be resolved prior to the start of the NHL season on Oct. 1. For Kessel, he'd like to know where he's going to be playing when he comes back from off-season shoulder surgery in late November, and Chiarelli needs to work out a deal prior to the NHL salary cap locking in at $56.8 million during the first day of the regular season.
The Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers are also reportedly in the running, but there may be a surprise team or two in the mix for the 21-year-old Kessel's services. A deal has been imminent for Kessel since he went back to Wisconsin following the Team USA Orientation camp in August, and now it appears that the contractual impasse is about to get bridged using a third party.
|Report: Nashville Predators covet Kessel in potential deal
|09.12.09 at 7:40 pm ET
The Nashville Predators are one of several teams in the running for a potential Phil Kessel trade with the Boston Bruins, according to the Tennessean, and Nashville GM David Poile confirmed interest to the newspaper in a report published Saturday. Poile admitted that he's spoken with both Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli and Kessel's agent, Wade Arnott, in recent days, and had nothing but flattering things to say about the 21-year-old sniper.
"He's a young player that scores goals," said Poile, who also admitted that the Preds wouldn't be interested in signing Kessel to an offer sheet "and that's very much of interest to us. We've talked concepts. I'd be very interested to see if there might be something he would like from the Predators."
The Preds have a long list of younger players that could be intriguing to Chiarelli including Russian KHL refugee Alexander Radulov, first round draft pick and former Boston University skater Colin Wilson, Jonathan Blum, Ryan Ellis, Cody Franson and Ryan Suter. Including within those talented puck youngsters are a plethora of talented young defensemen that could supply a serious talent transfusion to a B's blueline stock that doesn't boast the greatest amount of depth organizationally.
|A resolution may be near for Kessel, Bruins
|09.10.09 at 3:18 pm ET
A fascinating multi-layered piece from Elliotte Friedman on his CBC blog on Wednesday afternoon appears to be a meaningful shot over the bow of Phil Kessel and agent Wade Arnott amid reports that Kessel has moved on from potential contract talks with the Bruins. According to a Boston.com account, hockey sources claim that Arnott has informed Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli that both player and agent are beginning to negotiate with the 29 other NHL teams holding potential interest in the restricted free agent.
Not much of a shock there as Kessel's camp and the Bruins haven't really spoken at all through an entire summer to negotiate a fair deal for the 21-year-old sniper. So now they're moving on to teams that might be willing to pay the $4-5 million freight that Kessel's market should likely bear on the free agent market. The B's have roughly $1.7 million in cap space with training camp set to begin this weekend, and the two sides are looking at a contactual chasm as wide as the Grand Canyon. Tough to refute a lot of Friedman's observations in a column culled from discussions with unnamed Bruins sources, but they are damning to Kessel nonetheless.
One thing should be added to Friedman's revealing snapshot of Kessel from some eyes within the walls of Causeway Street. Kessel led the Bruins with 36 goals and was among the top 20 goal-scorers in the NHL last season while ranking 116th in the NHL in terms of power play ice time per game. That should give hockey followers an idea of how much higher his hockey production can rise. Kessel also missed a dozen games while fighting through mononucleosis and the late-season shoulder injury that resulted in off-season surgery, and would have easily cleared 40 goals had he remained healthy.
Among the interesting tidbits from Friedman are:
–Kessel wouldn't play through a torn labrum and torn rotator cuff in his left shoulder until teammates informed the young winger that fellow teammates were playing through much worse injuries.
–The talented winger is a gifted skater and shooter that enjoyed a breakout season in 2008-09, but much of Kessel's production was attributed to Kessel's pairing with Marc Savard last season. Kessel needs to skate witha gifted passer that can get him the puck in spots where he can utilize his blazing speed, but that could be said of just about every scorer worth their salt in the NHL. Without a crafty playmaking "piece" like Savard skating with him, Friedman wrote, a Kessel experiment would fail.
–Kessel is compared to hulking winger Milan Lucic in terms of work ethic and willingness to improve his strengthwith weight room dedication, and Kessel isn't looked upon favorably. There's been whispers throughout Kessel's years in Boston that the youngster is averse to needed weight room work and is slow to absorb constructive criticism from the coaching staff and teammates. It's part of the reason he's been mentioned prominently in trade rumors in each of his three seasons with the Bruins, and it's why the goal-scorer is again on the verge of being dealt away to another NHL destination.
One other hockey fact that rings true about the Kessel/Lucic comparison: Looch is going to be a cornerstone player for years to come with the Bruins, but the youngster doesn't possess the hands, speed and shot to score 36 goals in a season.
Kessel is also compared with 23-year-old Krejci, and again the goal-scoring phenom isn't cast in a favorable light. Krejci is more respected in the room for playing through a hip injury that required surgery without a complaint during the season, and he was awarded with a three-year, $3.75 million contract that is actually viewed as very club-friendly in many circles.
The Bruins set something of a ceiling for Kessel in their own minds with the $3.75 annual salary awarded to the playmaking Krejci, but goal-scoring players with Kessel's skill-set always command more salary than their assist-happy, two-way playing brethren. An elite — or potentially elite — goal-scorer is the most rare and valuable commodity in today's NHL. Kessel is the only skater on the Boston Bruins roster with that kind of potential, and nobody can match his blend of speed, skill and wrist shot on the roster.
–Kessel has had some fairly well-documented run-ins with B's coach Claude Julien during their two years together in Boston, and culminated in Kessel getting benched three games in favor or Jeremy Reich for the 2007-08 playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens. Reportedly they've argued on things as trivial as the stick that Kessel is using in games and the youngster isn't very receptive to criticism of any kind.
Apparently the Bruins have also required "good cops" in the Bruins locker room — teammates on the winger's side that make sure Kessel has the proper support system in place within the B's dressing room. Kessel would be extremely uncomfortable under the Toronto microscope if that's where he were to eventually end up when he's ready to play in mid-to-early November. That situation would be further exacerbated if Kessel doesn't have the very-same support system in place with the stern Ron Wilson and blustery Brian Burke running the Maple Leafs Show.
One unnamed Bruins teammate referenced Kessel's combination of youth and immaturity, and assumed that he'll learn as he gains age and experience. That should be true, and his goal totals should also grow as he gains more power play time and enters his hockey-playing prime. Ruling out growth and improvement in an asset so skilled as Kessel would be unwise, but it appears that too much water has already traveled under the bridge between player and hockey team. How many times does a player have to hear his name involved with aborted trade proposals before he begins to believe that his own hockey team truly doesn't want him on the roster anymore?
Two? Three? Maybe four?
A difficult free agency negotiation and countless trade rumors during Kessel's career have taken their toll on the essential bond of trust between player and organization, and it appears that the end is in sight soon. All that remains is to see what hockey sweater Kessel will wear next season. Because it certainly doesn't appear that it'll be the Black and Gold of the Spoked 'B'.


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Chapter 1.3Mature
Even though the darkness around them seems to be eternal and vast, neither Nova or the unusual warriors are seeming to be having any difficulty navigating around many of the hidden roots or rocks that wish to trip up any unsuspecting victims that they can. Even Ren, who has frequently wandered out in the pitch black, seems to be targeted by these mischievous obstacles. Looking at them from the corner of his eye at his new accomplices, his mind races with possibilities. It's as if all of them can see perfectly even though the only faint light is being produced from Lockwood's lantern.
"Tody, stop it!" Ophi mutters, once again trying to pull the snake away from eating its own tail but her efforts seem to be in vain as Tody puts his tail in his mouth as soon as the young girls tiny fingers separates him.
"Ophi, you know that he is going to keep eating his tail no matter what you do. Must you upkeep this endless cycle?" Tarius looks down at the small girl but her attention is firmly on her disobedient snake, ignoring his words as his red eyes swiftly search their surroundings.
"Don't trouble her Tarius, she will not listen. Their cycle is a part of them, like your arrows are a part of you, thus we cannot comment. Focus on the mission at hand and leave Ophi and Tody be." Ricorn smiles softly, his voice soft as he ruffles the child's hair causing her to giggle softly.
A low growl vibrates through the darkness causing the groups feet to steadily still as they listen out for the creature which caused that vicious noise. Instantly, the warriors and Ren readied their weapons, the strange metal creates various coloured light which has briefly dispelled the darkness surrounding them.
As if on instinct, Nova is in the centre of bodies, protected from the creature approaching the group. "It's getting closer." Leonardo mutters, his sharp orange eyes are slits as they assess the situation. He sniffs the air, his face tense. "It's not alone." More growls sound from various directions, all closing in. The creatures, at least 8 foot each, begin to circle them, their main appearance is hidden in the darkness. Nova's warriors' strange weapons are able to illuminate body parts; a giant blooded claw, a patch of fur and a large tail with sharp spikes sticking out in all directions.
Ren swears under his breath, his sword ready for their attack. "We have attracted a horde of Clawrys. One of the most dangerous creatures of the darkness since the Sun God abandoned us. We'll be lucky to escape with our lives."
"Maybe you will, but we are more than able to best these beasts." Rius scoffs, her throwing knives are brightly shining blue as she raises one above her head. Siera laughs softly.
At the sound of a large twig breaking, the Clawrys lung forward, teeth bearer and ready for blood. Savage howls cry out in the darkness as the creatures attack.


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Reds first baseman Joey Votto will go ahead and play for Canada in the World Baseball Classic, pleased with the way his knee has handled the first two weeks of spring training. Votto got the last spot on Canada's team, but wanted to waited to see how his left knee felt before making a commitment. He had surgery to repair torn cartilage last season, missed 48 games and wasn't at full strength when he returned for the end of last season. So far, his knee has felt fine. He even hit a home run last week, something he hadn't done since June 24 because he couldn't push off the knee after the. He played in eight of the Reds' first 11 exhibition games, going 6 for 16 with one homer and two doubles. Votto grew up near Toronto and played for Canada in the 2009 WBC. He has received the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's Tip O'Neill Award each of the last three seasons. ''I look forward to playing for the team,'' Votto said. ''I look forward to being part of tournament. I had a great time last time. I never got to play in the Olympics. This is the next best thing.'' The only thing holding him back was the uncertainty over his knee. He didn't want the WBC to get in the way of getting ready for the season. ''I wanted to make sure that I was ready for the Reds and my primary commitment, and to prepare to be a part of a championship team in 2013,'' Votto said. The NL's 2010 MVP expects to be a designated hitter for Canada and split time with Minnesota's Justin Morneau at first base. ''I'd imagine I'll share time with another Most Valuable Player,'' Votto said. Votto reached his decision on Monday after talking to Reds owner Bob Castellini, general manager Walt Jocketty and manager Dusty Baker, who supported the move. The Reds blocked starter Johnny Cueto from pitching in the WBC because he was coming off an injury. ''If he's OK, I'm all for it,'' Baker said. ''If he's not OK, he's not going to say he's OK. The way I look at it, Joey is like a national treasure. You want to be able to always go home. Joey's the main man.'' Votto batted .556 for Canada during the WBC in 2009. ''I had a great time in Toronto in 2009,'' Votto said. ''I hope we have a better time and do some winning.'' The Canadian team was eliminated after two games in 2009, but Votto doesn't think that it makes a difference in this year's Classic. ''I would imagine with the two straight losses, the Canadian baseball people were a little embarrassed,'' Votto said. ''I know I was pretty disappointed but we're playing good competition. You do the best you can. I don't care about the past tournament. I'm just going to try to play well and help my team win the tournament.'' Canada opens against Italy on March 8 and will play the U.S. two days later.
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There is a report called "All IT Services" that you can print or save to PDF/Excel. You may want to edit this report to include all the columns you want, or remove some of the columns it already comes defined with.
You can always just print the page with whatever service you want a hardcopy of selected. Firefox does a pretty good job printing webpages.
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Justin, I can't find the report called "All IT Services"? Would you mind telling me the proper config to create a new one. I attempted to find the right settings but nothing that will let me add anything from the IT Services fields. Everything I see is related to hardware, software, or ticket reports... nothing for IT Services.
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#129558 Nov 23, 2012
#129559 Nov 23, 2012
People with NPD can't find fault with themselves.
#129560 Nov 23, 2012
How pissed is Rogue Bumpkin that the DOW is up 140 right now?
Oshawa, Canada
#129561 Nov 23, 2012
Whoever spoke about faults with oneself? I have more than my share. It's not what we are talking about here now. You said my opinion as written in my posts was flawed. I didn't say it was not, just asked you to point to one post. Not two or three, ONE.
Quit bluffing, or lying, your choice. If you can't come up with one flawed opinion, Justice ha ha Dale, just say it.
Oshawa, Canada
#129563 Nov 23, 2012
OMG, now up 172. Disaster for Rogue. Things are sorta looking up, a ray of hope, bad news for Rogue and birthers. Of course, DJIAs rise has nothing to do with Obama.
Monday, there is sure to be some profit-taking. Normal. Watch out Obama, Rogue will know where to point the finger. And, what the hell, he'll be so happy, can't always take that away from him now can we?
#129564 Nov 23, 2012
I did, you are to flawed to understand.
Oshawa, Canada
#129565 Nov 23, 2012
To (sic) flawed, eh? But still haven't highlighted one. Never mind. And, if you did, help me. Gimme the post number, Justice ha ha Dale.
#129566 Nov 23, 2012
I left the "TO", just so you could showoff your NPD.
How can you link the self-extinction of the black man, with white men killing a POTUS?
#129567 Nov 23, 2012
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#129569 Nov 23, 2012
1. I did not correct you;
2. I really don't know how I linked it like that, specially the "exctinction" part. And not just A POTUS, but many, plus 3 or 4 unsuccessful attempts plus other important non-POTUSES;
3. If self-extinction of the black man was mentioned, I missed it and for that, my bad, I apologize. Can you refer me to your post that mentioned black extinction? I looked for it, no luck. Thank you.
Oshawa, Canada
#129570 Nov 23, 2012
Thank you. And here's a much shorter one by Johantan Swift written 300 years ago. Were birthers active even then?
BIRTHERS, definition of, by Jonatan Swift :
Loose minds unite to oppose genius.
Oshawa, Canada
#129571 Nov 23, 2012
Yup, traits of all the great men and women throughout the centuries. If the above was meant for me, sorry, I don't qualify.
Oshawa, Canada
#129572 Nov 23, 2012
What? Grade II (sorry, 2) remedial classes still have openings.
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#129574 Nov 23, 2012
Grand Birther wrote:
How pissed is Rogue Bumpkin that the DOW is up 140 right now?
Well, if the rise in the DJIA is caused by something Obama did, do you give him the credit when it takes a dive? Yep, to you if the market drops it is "profit taking", problems in Europe, Problems in the Mideast, anything but Obama. But if the market goes up, Obama is responsible!!!
Now, do you wnat to take odds if the DJIA will be above 12,000 on Dec. 31st?
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#129575 Nov 23, 2012
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Oh, Rogue, a gentle reminder. Remember those claims that every American has lost $4,000 annually since Obama became president? What's more, what about your claim that it will or now costs $2,500 per year for Obamacare. You put up those figures, right? Yet, I've asked numerous times for some kind of document, proof that this is the case. Why are you not responding?
As to the additional cost of $2,000 per consumer for gas since Obama was inaugurated, do you agree with the figures I presented proving it was less than half of that? Do you have a comment or were you just throwing the $4,000,$2,500 and $2,000 figures as birther come-ons for your edification?
Well I guess you don't have the gonads to comment. You have a knack of misquoting people but when I call you on it, mumms the word.
#129576 Nov 23, 2012
that was the post to popoo, you stuck your nose into, then call me a racist for stating the black population would cease to be, in 100yrs.
I suppose if I drank chocolate milk, you would call me a racist! Hell, if I only drank white milk, you would call me a racist! That racist BS does not bother me, hear it enough, it just doesn't mean anything, anymore!
Yep, right off the bat, you had to try pulling the race card, without knowing what was going on.
You don't even deserve this post!
#129577 Nov 23, 2012
So now you are a great man!!! Need I say more!!
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#129578 Nov 23, 2012
Not at all pissed, nor am I happy either. All I know that if Obama gets his way, the DJIA will drop some more.
If just about anyone else had been president over the past four years the DJIA would probably be over 15,000, the unemployment rate would be under 6%, the housing market would have recovered, etc.
Oh, how is the Arab Spring workin' out for Obama?
#129579 Nov 23, 2012
So now you think you are a genius! I knew the last sentence of your post #129571, was BS, you show us too much of your NPD with every post.
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#129580 Nov 23, 2012
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1. I did not correct you;
2. I really don't know how I linked it like that, specially the "exctinction" part. And not just A POTUS, but many, plus 3 or 4 unsuccessful attempts plus other important non-POTUSES;
3. If self-extinction of the black man was mentioned, I missed it and for that, my bad, I apologize. Can you refer me to your post that mentioned black extinction? I looked for it, no luck. Thank you.
Jacques thinks African is a race. Just like the State of Hawaii!!
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"Shh, I am."
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–Will the Chicago Blackhawks goaltending hold them back from postseason glory?
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Some reading material on today's matchup:
–Will the Chicago Blackhawks goaltending hold them back from postseason glory?
–Are the Detroit Red Wings out of their window for continued success?
Justin Schultz and Patric Hornqvist will be game-time decisions for the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at PPG Paints Arena.
That was the word this morning from head coach Mike Sullivan, who said yesterday that it would be "reasonable" to expect the two players to return for Game 7 against the Ottawa Senators.
But the signs from this morning's optional skate were not particularly promising for either player.
Schultz did not opt to skate, which does not necessarily rule him out for tonight. That said, players returning from injury often choose to test things out the morning of the game, just to be sure they're ready to go.
Hornqvist did skate; however, he stayed on the ice rather late, likewise putting his status for tonight into doubt.
In other news, Conor Sheary may return to the lineup. Sheary skated this morning and left the ice with the players who are playing, while Josh Archibald skated and stayed on later. That suggests Sheary, a scratch in Games 5 and 6, could replace Archibald.
After eight years and over 200 games, Edmonton and Anton Lander are parting ways.
Per Sport-Express' Igor Eronko, Lander has reportedly agreed to join KHL club Ak Bars Kazan. The deal comes after Lander's two-year, $1.975M pact with the Oilers expired, and he became a restricted free agent.
The 40th overall pick in '09, Lander had some decent spells in Edmonton. In '14-15, he racked up 20 points in 38 games — which led to the aforementioned two-year extension — but could never find his niche as a full-time NHLer.
As a result, Lander ended up as one of those guys that racked up points in the AHL, but struggled to replicate similar success in the bigs. Last year, with Bakersfield, he had 25 goals and 55 points in just 42 games.
At 26, he was probably ready to part ways with the only NHL organization he's ever known. Earlier reports suggested Lander was also mulling a return to his native Sweden.
Magnus Hellberg, the once-touted netminder that came to New York from Nashville two years ago, has reportedly left North America to join the KHL's Chinese club, Red Star Kunlun.
The deal, per Russian news outlet R-Sport, is of the one-year variety and it comes after Hellberg appeared in a pair of games for the Rangers last season, spending most of his time in AHL Hartford.
Hellberg did fare well in his limited action with the Blueshirts, posting a .929 save percentage and 1.53 GAA.
As mentioned above, Hellberg came into the NHL with some fanfare. Selected in the second round (38th overall) by Nashville at the 2011 draft, Hellberg was first goalie off the board, taken one spot ahead of Anaheim's John Gibson. There was some thought he would be Pekka Rinne's eventual successor in goal, but never panned out and was later surpassed by Juuse Saros as the team's goalie of the future.
In New York, Hellberg was stuck at No. 3 on the depth chart behind Henrik Lundqvist and Antti Raanta.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Knocking the smile off Pekka Rinne's face right now is nearly impossible.
The longest-tenured player with the Nashville Predators, the 34-year-old goaltender finally will play in his first Stanley Cup Final in his ninth full NHL season.
"As a player, I feel like I've had a fairly long career and never had this opportunity," Rinne said. "So very fortunate and really appreciate this opportunity. I guess as a player you just enjoy being in this position. Enjoy the chance that you get, and you put your body on the line every night and give everything you have."
Teammates call the 6-foot-5 Finn the backbone of the Predators, and he's probably the best goalie in the world at the moment. He handles the puck like an extra defenseman. He foils the dump-and-chase efforts of opponents. And, oh, is he good in front of the net, aggressive with forwards in the crease, seeing seemingly everything and occasionally making saves with a Dominik Hasek-like contortion.
Not only is Rinne a playoff-best 12-4, his .945 save percentage ranks third all-time for a single postseason behind a pair of Conn Smythe Trophy winners in Jean-Sebastien Giguere for Anaheim in 2003 and Jonathan Quick for Los Angeles in 2012, according to HockeyReference.com. Rinne's 1.70 goals-against average is 10th all-time for one postseason.
"What he does every night, you can't put into words," Nashville defenseman P.K. Subban said.
The 19-year-old franchise has reached its first Stanley Cup Final behind Rinne's standout performances.
After Nashville ousted Anaheim in six games Monday night , Rinne now is even stingier on home ice with a 7-1 record, 1.54 GAA and .947 save percentage. He made 38 saves on a night where Nashville took only 18 shots.
"Anytime you need to close a series out, you know that as a goalie you got to be good and as a team you got to be good," Rinne said.
The native of Kampele, Finland, has been better than good. He also has the skill to skate out to play the puck. With coach Peter Laviolette's team clogging the neutral zone to slow opponents, Rinne is an extra (tall) layer of frustration waiting at the end of the ice for opponents who dump the puck in – even those high on the glass.
Anaheim defenseman Kevin Bieksa said Rinne will throw his body against the glass to knock the puck down so he can pass it out to a teammate essentially turning the goalie into another defender.
"You don't see many goalies that aggressive," Bieksa said. "And he's gone out, he's played a lot of pucks. And he's good at it. One of their strengths, for sure."
Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle noted Rinne had eight plays on the puck alone in the first period of Game 5, a 3-1 Nashville win that put the Predators up 3-2 in the Western Conference finals.
"You can't give him that type of opportunity," Carlyle said.
Laviolette calls goaltender the most important position on the ice and he said Rinne's confidence is a huge benefit for the team.
"And it gives you opportunities," he said.
Rinne now has 34 playoff victories and is no longer at the top of a list no goalie likes. Washington's Braden Holtby (29) is now the active goalie with the most postseason wins who hasn't reached the final.
The only surprise was that it took Rinne this long. He's a three-time finalist for the Vezina Trophy, finishing second in 2011 and 2015. He led the league with 43 wins in 2011-12 and was MVP of the 2014 world championships.
Rinne bounced back from a hip injury that required arthroscopic surgery and later an E. coli infection that limited him to 24 games in the 2013-14 season. With him out of the lineup, Nashville just missed the postseason, leading general manager David Poile to replace coach Barry Trotz with Laviolette.
"I think David and the owners have done a really good job providing Peter more tools and maybe higher quality players and more talent," Rinne said.
Defenseman Mattias Ekholm says Rinne's competitive streak comes out on the ice.
"He will put his foot down, and say, `Hey, this is my crease. This is where I am,"' Ekholm said. "So I wouldn't say he's as polite on the ice vs. our opponents. He's always a competitor, and he always wants to win."
The next chance for a win comes Monday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.


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Summer Knight (Dresden Files, Book 4) (edition 2002)
by Jim Butcher
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As always, Harry Dresden is down on his luck. His girlfriend has left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood. Harry has spent all of his time trying to find a cure for her, to the extent of being anti social, not taking clients and not being able to pay his rent. The few friends he has left are worried about him. The Red Court is gunning for him for the trouble he caused several months back. The White Council blames Harry for starting a supernatural war and is in a lynching mood. And then it starts to rain frogs. Literally.
"Okay. But if they're real?"
"If they're real, then it means something is out of whack."
"What kind of out of whack?"
"The serious kind. Holes in the fabric of reality."
Summer Knight is the fourth book in Jim Butcher's Dresden Files. Harry is back and this time he's taking on the Faerie realm. Harry's faerie Godmother has transferred his debt to the Winter Queen of Faerie. The Summer Knight has been murdered and the Winter Queen wants Harry to clear her of the crime. While it seems a fairly straight forward task, Harry knows that when dealing with Faeries there's always a catch. It doesn't take long for him to become stuck in the political squabble between the Courts.
At this point Butcher has the Harry Dresden formula down. First, establish your super powerful hero as an "ordinary" Joe. Second, beat the crap out of him. Third, keep beating the crap out of him right up to the very last minute. Fourth, end with an "all hell breaks loose" climax where the hero finds the strength he needs to save the world yet again. Poor Harry. He has to be one of the most beat down fantasy heroes I've read about. And still he always always rises to the the occasion with the belief that the world is worth saving even after all the suffering he's gone through. It is both endearing and frustrating. Endearing because who doesn't like a good underdog story and frustrating because Harry is pretty bad ass and should have a better control over his life than he seems to.
One of the things I liked most about this book is Harry finally opens up to Lieutenant Murphy. And it's about time!! He's had three books of holding her at arms length, with Murphy saving his ass and yet completely in the dark about what it is that she has been up against. This is a great stride forward and shows actual trust in their friendship, something Harry has been sorely lacking. Murphy gets one of the best scenes in the book when she
On the downside, I think I may have read this book at the wrong time. The political machinations between Faerie Courts reminded me a little too much of the political situation in the real world for me to enjoy those parts as much as I may have at another time. Still, it's a highly readable and mostly fun entry into the Dresden series. It also has one of the best battle cries I've read in a book in a long time:
"I don't believe in faeries!"
My favorite of the series so far. Couldn't put it down!
I'm not sure how much Harry can take - just when it seems that he is way outclassed, he manages to pull off the impossible. I liked the closeup look at the Faerie world, but missed seeing much of Harry's interaction with Karen Murphy, his police contact.
Summer Knight
3.5 Stars
An definite improvement on Grave Peril.
The world building in this installment focuses on the Fae, and more specifically, on the conflict between the Summer and Winter courts. The political machinations and allegiances of the various Fae are complex and it is difficult at times to keep track of the different characters and the factions they belong to. Nevertheless, it all comes together at the end, and the climax and resolution are exciting and satisfying.
The plot revolving around the murder of the Summer Knight and the theft of his Mantle of Magic has potential but is poorly executed. There are numerous suspects, however, their motives are never quite clear and Harry's investigation is overshadowed by unrelated plot points, such as the return of an old girlfriend, his problems with the White Council, the wizards war with the vampires, etc.
Harry is an amalgamation of opposites. On the one hand, he is strong-willed, resourceful, has a good heart and good intentions. On the other, he is sardonic, self-absorbed and not a little chauvinistic. He is also a mediocre wizard despite indications that there is something special about him, and he barely manages to survive his encounters with the various villains and monsters in the book.
The secondary cast are wonderful and contribute to making this a fun read. Harry's friend and police contact, the sharp-witted and kick-ass Karrin Murphy, plays a slight larger role although she still doesn't get enough page time. Bob the Skull, Toot the Fairy and his warrior pixies, as well as Billy and the Alphas, all return to flesh out the character pool alongside some new additions, such as the Changelings and the Gatekeeper, a particularly intriguing wizard on the White Council.
Finally, James Marsters narration improves with each book and his voices for the minor characters are truly excellent. He also manages to convey Harry's sarcastic wit so well and there are many laugh-out-loud moments - so beware when listening in public.
I really enjoyed my re-read of this book! I first read this book years ago and liked it then as well but I probably liked it a bit more this time around. This series is up to full speed by the time you get to this book and I just love Harry and the world he lives in. This book was fast paced and really exciting. I actually found myself wanting to listen to it for hours at a time which made it a really quick listen.
Harry starts the book out in a bad place. Things didn't end well for him in the last book and he has spent months locked away trying to find a solution. Then everything gets really interesting. He realizes that he needs to get back in the world and earn a little money just as he receives a visit from Mab, a Fae Queen. The White Council is in town trying to pin the current war on Harry so he has plenty of things to keep him busy.
I really liked seeing the growth of all of the characters. We have really got a chance to get to know most of the characters well by the time we make it to book four and they have been through a lot. And it shows. Harry wants to keep everyone safe and takes it personally if anyone experiences harm on his watch. Karin opens up to Harry a bit at the beginning of the story but it was really fun watching them fight together later in the story.
I loved the narration! This is a book that I think listening to the audio version is a completely different experience. James Marsters is the perfect choice for this series and really makes Harry come to life. The delivery is perfectly paced with the occasional insertion of a well placed sigh. I really almost felt like I was a part of the story as I listened.
I would recommend this book to others. This is the fourth book in the series and I do think that the series should be read in order since each installment builds on the previous books. I can't wait to start the next book as I work my way through this series for a second time.
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Now that his girlfriend has left him, professional wizard Harry Dresden can't pay his rent and alienates his friends. He's soon approached by the Winter Queen of Faerie with an offer he can't refuse--all he has to do is find out who murdered the Summer Queen's right-hand man, the Summer Knight, and clear the Winter Queen's name. Soon, Harry finds out that the fate of the entire world rests on his solving this case.… (more)
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Subject: General Tech | August 20, 2010 - 12:11 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
It is obvious that a lot of reasons went into Intel's acquisition of McAfee, not even Intel tosses around $7.68 billion on a lark. The reasons are not apparent right away as the news came out of the blue and was not talked about long before hand like many other acquisitions such as Havok. ExtremeTech feels that this is obviously about a focus on security, perhaps signalling the interest of Intel to mimic what they have done bringing graphics onboard the CPU and merging security and antivirus
X-Arcade Solo Joystick, just like you snapped the front of of an old arcade game
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You can get some old school button mashing, 8-direction only joystick wiggling gaming action in, either with old games or even with new then this is probably right up your alley. With multiple keystrokes easily assignable to a single button there is a lot of fun that could be had and its nigh indestructible
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as a set but ended their review recommending the purchase of the MixAmp alone. The reason for this is not that the headphones are awful but the competition they face at the $200 mark does the job better. It is the less familiar part that takes kudos away from their review as it can do many tricks without needed the A40 to do so. The MixAmp
Intel to Acquire McAfee
Subject: General Tech | August 19, 2010 - 11:23 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
News Highlights:
- Purchase of all of McAfee's common stock for $48 per share in cash, valuing the deal at approximately $7.68 billion. McAfee will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary, reporting into Intel's Software and Services Group.
- Acquisition enables a combination of security software and hardware from one company to ultimately better protect consumers, corporations and governments as billions of devices - and the server and cloud networks that manage them - go online.
- Intel elevates focus on security on par with energy-efficient performance and connectivity. The acquisition augments Intel's mobile wireless strategy, helping to better assure customer and consumer security concerns as these billions of devices connect.
- Intel has made a number of software-related acquisitions of leaders in their respective industries that also rely on great silicon, including Wind River, Havok and now McAfee.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 19, 2010 – Intel Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire McAfee, Inc., through the purchase of all of the company's common stock at $48 per share in cash, for approximately $7.68 billion. Both boards of directors have unanimously approved the deal, which is expected to close after McAfee shareholder approval, regulatory clearances and other customary conditions specified in the agreement.
The acquisition reflects that security is now a fundamental component of online computing. Today's security approach does not fully address the billions of new Internet-ready devices connecting, including mobile and wireless devices, TVs, cars, medical devices and ATM machines as well as the accompanying surge in cyber threats. Providing protection to a diverse online world requires a fundamentally new approach involving software, hardware and services.
Inside Intel, the company has elevated the priority of security to be on par with its strategic focus areas in energy-efficient performance and Internet connectivity.
McAfee, which has enjoyed double-digit, year-over-year growth and nearly 80 percent gross margins last year, will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, reporting into Intel's Software and Services Group. The group is managed by Renée James, Intel senior vice president, and general manager of the group.
"With the rapid expansion of growth across a vast array of Internet-connected devices, more and more of the elements of our lives have moved online," said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. "In the past, energy-efficient performance and connectivity have defined computing requirements. Looking forward, security will join those as a third pillar of what people demand from all computing experiences.
"The addition of McAfee products and technologies into the Intel computing portfolio brings us incredibly talented people with a track record of delivering security innovations, products and services that the industry and consumers trust to make connecting to the Internet safer and more secure," Otellini added.
"Hardware-enhanced security will lead to breakthroughs in effectively countering the increasingly sophisticated threats of today and tomorrow," said James. "This acquisition is consistent with our software and services strategy to deliver an outstanding computing experience in fast-growing business areas, especially around the move to wireless mobility."
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Subject: General Tech | August 18, 2010 - 12:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
As a group, geeks get excited over things that tend to leave the rest of the population scratching their heads in confusion but only because they can't follow what is being discussed. Take for instance Josh's excitement at getting an inside scoop on the saga of BFG, Best Buy and AMD and the licensing agreement that is tearing them apart.
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iFrames are a tried and true way of delivering nastiness to your machine while you browse the web. The newest trick that the sne'er-do-wells have learned is to bypass the defence that Firefox uses against misleading and obfuscated URLs by using an iFrame to load the page. No fix is available as of yet so you might want to be extra careful entering your personal data and logging into sites you'd rather not let others have access to. On the plus side there is
Of coeurs and cores: SandyBridge info leaks
Subject: General Tech | August 16, 2010 - 02:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Inquirer spotted a French website, fired up their translator and stumbled upon what could be a leaked roadmap from Intel describing their SandyBridge plans for 2011. With 19 models this lineup will have quite a bit of variety to it, with dual and quad core models being released. For now the naming scheme remains the same with i7 and i5 filling the top roles and sporting Turboboost and the i3 models lacking that feature and coming only in dual core parts. Even
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