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wprager wrote:No Therrien, thank heavens, but I doubt they would have wanted him here.  They need a proven winner.  

By the way, does anyone else think that maybe Therrien is safe only because he and Bergevin had decided fairly early on to tank the season?  They were saying Price would be gone, what, 3-4 weeks and it turned out to be 4 months.  If they knew all along he was going to be gone that long, he'd be rusty and out of game shape for the post-season.  They have it a try for a while but then the injuries hit and they just figured better to lose and get a good draft pick.  They needed some help up front and maybe getting a top-5 pick is the easiest way to do so.

Flo The Action wrote:

wprager wrote:No Therrien, thank heavens, but I doubt they would have wanted him here.  They need a proven winner.  

By the way, does anyone else think that maybe Therrien is safe only because he and Bergevin had decided fairly early on to tank the season?  They were saying Price would be gone, what, 3-4 weeks and it turned out to be 4 months.  If they knew all along he was going to be gone that long, he'd be rusty and out of game shape for the post-season.  They have it a try for a while but then the injuries hit and they just figured better to lose and get a good draft pick.  They needed some help up front and maybe getting a top-5 pick is the easiest way to do so.

I really doubt it. Maybe much later on they decided to throw the season under the bus but I doubt it. It's so easy to get canned in this league and I mean the GM as well that everyone fights for their lives. That kind of order has to come from ownership.

On another news we'd be drafting 12th now if the season ended today. Might have to throw the last game under the bus and hope we can sink a spot or two

tim1_2 wrote:It sounds like Therrien will be sticking around in Montreal (yay!), but I don't think Murray would ever hire him anyway.  And for those wanting Julien, keep in mind that the salary for a coach like that (experienced winner) will be very high compared to the peanuts we paid MacLean and are paying Cameron.  

That said, I expect and want Cameron to return.

tim1_2 wrote:It sounds like Therrien will be sticking around in Montreal (yay!), but I don't think Murray would ever hire him anyway.  And for those wanting Julien, keep in mind that the salary for a coach like that (experienced winner) will be very high compared to the peanuts we paid MacLean and are paying Cameron.  

That said, I expect and want Cameron to return.

spader wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:It sounds like Therrien will be sticking around in Montreal (yay!), but I don't think Murray would ever hire him anyway.  And for those wanting Julien, keep in mind that the salary for a coach like that (experienced winner) will be very high compared to the peanuts we paid MacLean and are paying Cameron.  

That said, I expect and want Cameron to return.

Julien makes $2.5M and Cameron makes $900K. I just figured I'd add the numbers to the discussion.

Flo The Action wrote:So apperently if Vegas gets a team they will be named "the black Knights "... Laaaaaaaaame!!!! Especially that over time, the stories of the black knight has always been singular.

Cue the slew of jokes about being "the Knights on Ni!"

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:So apperently if Vegas gets a team they will be named "the black Knights "... Laaaaaaaaame!!!! Especially that over time, the stories of the black knight has always been singular.

Cue the slew of jokes about being "the Knights on Ni!"

Black Jacks would be alright.

Flo The Action wrote:

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:So apperently if Vegas gets a team they will be named "the black Knights "... Laaaaaaaaame!!!! Especially that over time, the stories of the black knight has always been singular.

Cue the slew of jokes about being "the Knights on Ni!"

Black Jacks would be alright.

c'mon... so cliche....
i have to admit that i have no idea what would sound good. to me having an ice hockey team in the middle of the desert really doesn't really bring forth great names.

the scorchers?
the sin city bandits?

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

spader wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:So apperently if Vegas gets a team they will be named "the black Knights "... Laaaaaaaaame!!!! Especially that over time, the stories of the black knight has always been singular.

Cue the slew of jokes about being "the Knights on Ni!"

Black Jacks would be alright.

c'mon... so cliche....
i have to admit that i have no idea what would sound good. to me having an ice hockey team in the middle of the desert really doesn't really bring forth great names.

the scorchers?
the sin city bandits?

Bandits isn't bad. I think Black Jacks is definitely cliche, but I also like the connection to the town.

wprager wrote:Las Vegas means The Meadows.  Vega is a Spanish word that means "fertile lowland".  Interesting name for a city in the desert but, apparently, there were meadows in the 1800s.

That said, "Bandits" would be a good name (one-armed bandits), but this is not the AHL.

Call them the Odds, Aces, Jacks, Scorpions, Rattlers.

Call them whatever you want, because the nickname will still be the Las Vegans.

spader wrote:

wprager wrote:Las Vegas means The Meadows.  Vega is a Spanish word that means "fertile lowland".  Interesting name for a city in the desert but, apparently, there were meadows in the 1800s.

That said, "Bandits" would be a good name (one-armed bandits), but this is not the AHL.

Call them the Odds, Aces, Jacks, Scorpions, Rattlers.

Call them whatever you want, because the nickname will still be the Las Vegans.

I'll take that bet.

SeawaySensFan wrote:Datsyuk packing it in. I won't have to hear about how great he is when he actually isn't anymore. Thank you.