NHL Free Agent Frenzy 2013 - Melnyk's Budget Edition

tim1_2 wrote:Per Dreger:

Little doubt David Clarkson will get a 7 year term. Some gm's think he will get $6 mil or higher per.

That is absolutely nuts! No way should he get 6 mill for 7 seasons.

Much has been made of Clarkson's perceived lack of production in the playoffs...but in his last playoff appearance with the Devils, he had 12 pts in 24 games. Not too shabby. Before then, his role wasn't nearly what it is now.

NEELY wrote:Gonna be tough to get work done after 12 today

We got a day off in lieu of a bonus so I've decided to finally do my taxes. Finding it hard to concentrate, though, and it's not even 12 yet.

This is a piss-poor day to decide to do your taxes on.

Alfie will never leave, it would contradict everything he has ever said.

I'm not going to fall for this Newport created paranoia ... nope:pullhair: 

Yup, Berry playing everyone likes fools. Just doing his job I guess even though people continue to fall for it, even Ottawa's own media.

Per Dregs:
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Already talk of offer sheets among teams with space. Pietrangelo, Bogosian, Little, Bailey, Henrique, Hamonic...
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I'll take a little bit of Bogo.

tim1_2 wrote:This is a piss-poor day to decide to do your taxes on.  

I hate doing taxes even though I get $$ back. It's really demoralizing when it's in-your-face how much you have given to those morons. My father-in-law didn't finish highschool but still ended up with a job which allowed him to come home for lunch, raise five kids in a small house, and go on a family vacation to Ocean Park (Maine) every year. And his wife mostly stayed home. We've got two good salaries but still have 10 years to go before we are mortgage free, and even when the mortgage is paid we would still be paying probably over $700 a month in residential taxes (that's assuming the assessments keep going up just 5% a year -- they've been going up 7% for the last 10).

NEELY wrote:Yup, Berry playing everyone likes fools.  Just doing his job I guess even though people continue to fall for it, even Ottawa's own media.

I hate agents. The whole idea of them. Almost as bad as lawyers and taxes.

Did I say the Internet was a joke?

@ctvottmornlive: .@TSNBobMcKenzie reports Daniel Alfredsson has signed with Detroit.

LeKing wrote:Did I say the Internet was a joke?

@ctvottmornlive: .@TSNBobMcKenzie reports Daniel Alfredsson has signed with Detroit.

Brennan fell for it too  

wprager wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:This is a piss-poor day to decide to do your taxes on.  

I hate doing taxes even though I get $$ back. It's really demoralizing when it's in-your-face how much you have given to those morons. My father-in-law didn't finish highschool but still ended up with a job which allowed him to come home for lunch, raise five kids in a small house, and go on a family vacation to Ocean Park (Maine) every year. And his wife mostly stayed home. We've got two good salaries but still have 10 years to go before we are mortgage free, and even when the mortgage is paid we would still be paying probably over $700 a month in residential taxes (that's assuming the assessments keep going up just 5% a year -- they've been going up 7% for the last 10).

The price you pay for living in the best country on the planet.

tim1_2 wrote:

wprager wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:This is a piss-poor day to decide to do your taxes on.  

I hate doing taxes even though I get $$ back.  It's really demoralizing when it's in-your-face how much you have given to those morons.   My father-in-law didn't finish highschool but still ended up with a job which allowed him to come home for lunch, raise five kids in a small house, and go on a family vacation to Ocean Park (Maine) every year.  And his wife mostly stayed home.  We've got two good salaries but still have 10 years to go before we are mortgage free, and even when the mortgage is paid we would still be paying probably over $700 a month in residential taxes (that's assuming the assessments keep going up just 5% a year -- they've been going up 7% for the last 10).

The price you pay for living in the best country on the planet.

 

tim1_2 wrote:

wprager wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:This is a piss-poor day to decide to do your taxes on.  

I hate doing taxes even though I get $$ back.  It's really demoralizing when it's in-your-face how much you have given to those morons.   My father-in-law didn't finish highschool but still ended up with a job which allowed him to come home for lunch, raise five kids in a small house, and go on a family vacation to Ocean Park (Maine) every year.  And his wife mostly stayed home.  We've got two good salaries but still have 10 years to go before we are mortgage free, and even when the mortgage is paid we would still be paying probably over $700 a month in residential taxes (that's assuming the assessments keep going up just 5% a year -- they've been going up 7% for the last 10).

The price you pay for living in the best country on the planet.

Can I get a refund?

wprager wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

wprager wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:This is a piss-poor day to decide to do your taxes on.  

I hate doing taxes even though I get $$ back.  It's really demoralizing when it's in-your-face how much you have given to those morons.   My father-in-law didn't finish highschool but still ended up with a job which allowed him to come home for lunch, raise five kids in a small house, and go on a family vacation to Ocean Park (Maine) every year.  And his wife mostly stayed home.  We've got two good salaries but still have 10 years to go before we are mortgage free, and even when the mortgage is paid we would still be paying probably over $700 a month in residential taxes (that's assuming the assessments keep going up just 5% a year -- they've been going up 7% for the last 10).

The price you pay for living in the best country on the planet.

Can I get a refund?

No, but you can get out.

tim1_2 wrote:

wprager wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

wprager wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:This is a piss-poor day to decide to do your taxes on.  

I hate doing taxes even though I get $$ back.  It's really demoralizing when it's in-your-face how much you have given to those morons.   My father-in-law didn't finish highschool but still ended up with a job which allowed him to come home for lunch, raise five kids in a small house, and go on a family vacation to Ocean Park (Maine) every year.  And his wife mostly stayed home.  We've got two good salaries but still have 10 years to go before we are mortgage free, and even when the mortgage is paid we would still be paying probably over $700 a month in residential taxes (that's assuming the assessments keep going up just 5% a year -- they've been going up 7% for the last 10).

The price you pay for living in the best country on the planet.

Can I get a refund?

No, but you can get out.

 

tim1_2 wrote:

wprager wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

wprager wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:This is a piss-poor day to decide to do your taxes on.  

I hate doing taxes even though I get $$ back.  It's really demoralizing when it's in-your-face how much you have given to those morons.   My father-in-law didn't finish highschool but still ended up with a job which allowed him to come home for lunch, raise five kids in a small house, and go on a family vacation to Ocean Park (Maine) every year.  And his wife mostly stayed home.  We've got two good salaries but still have 10 years to go before we are mortgage free, and even when the mortgage is paid we would still be paying probably over $700 a month in residential taxes (that's assuming the assessments keep going up just 5% a year -- they've been going up 7% for the last 10).

The price you pay for living in the best country on the planet.

Can I get a refund?

No, but you can get out.

Wait a minute ...

You're under 40, right? My son is 16. He thinks paying taxes is great, too.

If you're not voting Liberal when you're 20 you've got no heart. If you're not voting Conservative by the time you're 40, you've got no brain.

Hoags wrote:

LeKing wrote:Did I say the Internet was a joke?

@ctvottmornlive: .@TSNBobMcKenzie reports Daniel Alfredsson has signed with Detroit.

Brennan fell for it too  

Now he's lashing out for being called out... What a classless nimrod.

Don Brennan ‏@SunDoniB 1m

Thinking that people with fake accounts pee their pants giggling when they fool someone #getalife
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Don Brennan Don Brennan ‏@SunDoniB 2m

Further to getting tricked by a fake: I'm 99.9 percent believing Alfredsson is re-signing with Ottawa. So yeah, it was dum