MapleLeafpoker 1,462 Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Whalers are still looking to make moves. Got a tremendously awful offer from another team in the league who shall remain nameless. But it was very late at night (or very early in the morning), so I tend to excuse his behaviour and not call him out publicly for such an awful awful offer. I mean, it was horrendous, we are talking Biatch-level bad, and he should know better, but I really don't like to call people out publicly, especially private texts that should remain private. Really, whats the benefit in airing out the dirty laundry? So I will stay quiet. But as the leader of the AHL standings, he should know better. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Whalers are still looking to make moves. Got a tremendously awful offer from another team in the league who shall remain nameless. But it was very late at night (or very early in the morning), so I tend to excuse his behaviour and not call him out publicly for such an awful awful offer. I mean, it was horrendous, we are talking Biatch-level bad, and he should know better, but I really don't like to call people out publicly, especially private texts that should remain private. Really, whats the benefit in airing out the dirty laundry? So I will stay quiet. But as the leader of the AHL standings, he should know better. Kessel? Link to post Share on other sites
MapleLeafpoker 1,462 Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 no, Tatar. he already gooed me once in a Kessel deal, he wouldn't dare try again. Link to post Share on other sites
MapleLeafpoker 1,462 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 To Shoot Loose: N. Scherbak MTL FWD (farm) M. Reilly CBJ DEF M. Marincin EDM DEF (farm) Calgary GTD To Whalers: LA GTD P.Elias NJD FWD The power rankings really upset me this week, so I went and overpaid for goaltending. Would have traded Philly and kept Calgary, but the sched with LA-NJ-PHI covers me throughout the playoffs. (and i think for the rest of this year too) Hated giving up Reilly and Scherbak, I think I grossly overpaid when looking at the Ingmen-Boston deal, but oh well. Link to post Share on other sites
Babying 613 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 So you were the reason I did not get LA goalies. Damn you Carp. Link to post Share on other sites
MapleLeafpoker 1,462 Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 WSE (Whalers Sports and Entertainment) is letting its fans know that we are never resting on our laurels. While we are happy with the lead in the division at the all star break, we are very aware of how quickly that can change. In that vain, we are sending our highest levels of management overseas to meet with another member organization of the AHL in the hopes of pulling off a major move to put the team over the top for the stretch run and in the playoffs. We hope to consumate what will be the first ever AHL trade made entirely on European soil. Stay tuned... Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 WSE (Whalers Sports and Entertainment) is letting its fans know that we are never resting on our laurels. While we are happy with the lead in the division at the all star break, we are very aware of how quickly that can change. In that vain, we are sending our highest levels of management overseas to meet with another member organization of the AHL in the hopes of pulling off a major move to put the team over the top for the stretch run and in the playoffs. We hope to consumate what will be the first ever AHL trade made entirely on European soil. Stay tuned... Have fun in Dublin Link to post Share on other sites
Babying 613 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 The Kessel guy was busy at work, and then when he was free, the offer was rescinded. I probably would have traded you Kessel and Voracek for Weber. Oh well. I hear Shea Weber is available. Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Enjoy Link to post Share on other sites
mrdannyg 274 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Wayne trades weber for Kessel and voracek, then trades Kessel to serge with a late pick for Kane. Serge gets better than he hoped for, Arp gets his deal and Wayne gets Voracek and a 1st for free. Lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Babying 613 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Wayne trades weber for Kessel and voracek, then trades Kessel to serge with a late pick for Kane. Serge gets better than he hoped for, Arp gets his deal and Wayne gets Voracek and a 1st for free. Lol. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I miss Arp Link to post Share on other sites
digitalmonkey 929 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I heard he's over in Ireland securing a gun deal with the Irish. Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I heard he's over in Ireland securing a gun deal with the Irish. Wonder if they have streetcars in Dublin? Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Wonder if they have streetcars in Dublin? yup Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 see now thats a streetcar..Not the antique ones we have..Notice its next to the curb Link to post Share on other sites
Zach6668 513 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I'd have to look into it, but that looks more like a modern LRT system than a streetcar, but they're very similar. I don't think that's next to the curb, I think it's in its own right of way. That's the kind of project your golden boy Ford cancelled with Transit City. Would have been amazing for this city. Scarborough would be a year or two away from at least 2 new lines, maybe 3. Link to post Share on other sites
Zach6668 513 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Serge, so you think that one is ok, right? Would you be ok with Toronto closing off a large stretch of King or Queen entirely to cars to dedicate it to LRT and an expanded pedestrian/cycling realm? That's basically what that is. The reason Toronto's streetcars continue to run in mixed traffic is because there are no rights of way left that we hadn't given over to cars as priority one. If one street like King were allowed to run streetcars exclusively, with signal priority at all but the most important intersections (like University and Yonge and Jarvis or something), we would be able to move a lot more people through that corridor, which would free up some space elsewhere. Maybe you loose streetcars from Dundas or something. Just a thought. There's massive demand for new streetcar capacity in this city, and we can't do anything about it while they run in mixed traffic. Doesn't this look a lot like the picture above? And remember, the only reason we didn't get these new modern streetcars faster is because Toronto refused to fund transit as much as it needed in the past, so they had to keep refurbishing the old ones, well past their useful life cycle. And they're refurbishing them AGAIN because of how delayed the investment was and because the original plan was to kill off the articulated streetcars, but demand is too high to take them out of service first, as we replace the old ones with the new. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 That's actually a good one. And ok with that idea. I think it was a bad idea to throw money at the old street cars. Don't care whose fault it is. I guess I'm against mixed traffic. I don't know. I'm not sold on the idea of streetcars. Maybe because I hate the current ones. But like you say the newer ones in dedicated areas woukd be beneficial to all. Link to post Share on other sites
Zach6668 513 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 It's ok Serge, all of us transit riders are against mixed traffic streetcars too, it's just that it's the best (only) solution given the resources we currently have. We'd all prefer to have our own rights of way, but it costs money to build them, it costs political will/support because of how hard it is to take space away from drivers, even if they're in the minority in the areas where they'd lose the space. It's cost prohibitive to put everything in tunnels, etc. Good separated streetcars are basically dumbed down LRT lines... the biggest difference being slightly larger stop spacing, giving them a bit more of a rapid transit feel, rather than purely local service you get from "streetcars". Also, signal priority is key, otherwise you get serious bunching like you see on Spadina. Link to post Share on other sites
MapleLeafs 142 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Wow, so even Arp's thread has turned into a transit discussion! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Babying 613 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Wow, so even Arp's thread has turned into a transit discussion! Because he is not here to defend his thread Link to post Share on other sites
Zach6668 513 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Oops, sorry about that. Link to post Share on other sites
MapleLeafpoker 1,462 Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Wow, so even Arp's thread has turned into a transit discussion! Seriously, at what point have we beaten this dead horse enough? Its freaking transportation guys, not world peace or eternal happiness. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MapleLeafpoker 1,462 Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 btw, Dublin is great. I cant recall what I told you guys, but after making my booking for a 36hour layover on the way back from a work trip in Italy, my buddy Rob(who Zach has met+Serge knows) took the opportunity to book himself a 3.5day trip to Dublin to meet up with me. I changed my itinerary to make my time 48hours, then our friend Armen heard and used his points to fly over with Rob. We saw the Guinness plant, and based on some of the basic "how to drink Guinness" info, I suddenly had a new appreciation. They say you have to pour+drink it right to truly get a good one, and they may be right, because I have never enjoyed more than 1 before this trip. This one? Endless. Also, Irish Whiskey. Very nice. A lot of drinking, a lot of meeting random people from Ireland or other places, and a lot of good talks with great friends. So happy to have been able to see Dave too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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