Ray Dumps Another Practise

I can tell you this much. The sens don't wanna lose him.. He is a god goalie
and I really don't think Gerber is going to cut it through the stretch... I
have watched a few Sens games and the D is the reason he has winning
numbers.
"smoke2much" <smoke2much.TakeThisOut@home.com> wrote in message
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> So, after throwing a cry-baby tantrum at yesterday's practise, Ray shows
> up late (again) at today's practise... but wait, he's "sick" today, so he
> leaves. Yeah, I know Paddock told him to beat it and go home, but I
> can't help but get the feeling nobody wanted to deal with his BS again
> today. Personally, I figure what this guy needs most, aside from
> practise, is a personality adjustment and a reality check. He'd better
> smarten up or he'll be forced to threaten seniors on somebody else's
> parkway next year.
>
> Smoke
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I'd take him bad attitude and all..
"Lembo" <Lembo27.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Dec 28, 7:52 pm, "Chevrolet" <48hrtillratsola....RemoveThis@hahahah.com>
> wrote:
>> I can tell you this much. The sens don't wanna lose him.. He is a god
>> goalie
>> and I really don't think Gerber is going to cut it through the stretch...
>> I
>> have watched a few Sens games and the D is the reason he has winning
>> numbers
>>
>
> The Sens just want Emery to grow up. An immature hothead and plenty of
> cash are a bad combination.
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Lembo says...
> On Dec 28, 7:52 pm, "Chevrolet" <48hrtillratsola... RemoveThis @hahahah.com>
> wrote:
> > I can tell you this much. The sens don't wanna lose him.. He is a god goalie
> > and I really don't think Gerber is going to cut it through the stretch... I
> > have watched a few Sens games and the D is the reason he has winning
> > numbers
>
> The Sens just want Emery to grow up. An immature hothead and plenty of
> cash are a bad combination.

I think you're right on the button. However I also think he's really
pushing it now, and even his team-mates are getting irritated with his
shenanigans.

"One of the players hung a necktie in Emery's place in the empty net
where the backup goalie was supposed to be yesterday during practice at
Scotiabank Place."

http://www.ottawasun.com/Sports/Senators/2007/12/29/4744312-sun.html

He sure can be entertaining though. I thought one of his best ones was
when he took on Marty Biron and then took on big Andrew Peters last
season, and all you could see was that big ear-to-ear grin on his face.
Too funny!

Smoke
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Chevrolet says...
> I'd take him bad attitude and all..

Actually, I think Emery is a guy who could probably shine in Toronto with
the huge fan base and all the media attention. He's very flamboyant and
loves the spotlight, and I'll bet he'd be a fan favourite in no time (as
long as he behaved himself within reason).

Smoke

> "Lembo" <Lembo27 RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > On Dec 28, 7:52 pm, "Chevrolet" <48hrtillratsola... RemoveThis @hahahah.com>
> > wrote:
> >> I can tell you this much. The sens don't wanna lose him.. He is a god
> >> goalie
> >> and I really don't think Gerber is going to cut it through the stretch...
> >> I
> >> have watched a few Sens games and the D is the reason he has winning
> >> numbers
> >>
> >
> > The Sens just want Emery to grow up. An immature hothead and plenty of
> > cash are a bad combination.
>
>
>
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"smoke2much" <smoke2much DeleteThis @home.com> wrote in message
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> Chevrolet says...
>> I'd take him bad attitude and all..
>
> Actually, I think Emery is a guy who could probably shine in Toronto with
> the huge fan base and all the media attention. He's very flamboyant and
> loves the spotlight, and I'll bet he'd be a fan favourite in no time (as
> long as he behaved himself within reason).
>
> Smoke
>


I disagree. I believe he would struggle with the media attention here. You
got to remember, he is on a great hockey team in Ottawa. There is a
collective "media love in" for the Sens right now. He might not be playing
much, but the media isn't swarming on the Sens horrible play because they
are a top 3 team in the NHL. When it comes to playing in Toronto and the
team on the ice is winning its an amazing place to play. Players get
treatment from the city normally reserved for big rock or movie stars.. But
when things are up and down like they are this year, its not alot of fun for
anyone. Just in the past year,you could go ask Bryan McCabe, Andrew
Raycroft, Jeff O'Neill, Nik Antropov, and most recently Jiri Tlusty. Newly
acquired Vesa Toskala was being criticized for his play in training camp
this past September. YES TRAINING CAMP!! Its nuts here. Its too much.

I like Emery, his mean streak makes him an incredible entertaining player
to watch. But with his track record of being an immature stupid fool off
the ice, he'd be preyed upon by the leafs media paparazzi here. The other
reality is.. for every reporter that covers the Sens full time in Ottawa...
there are 10 Leaf reporters here.

So i am willing to bet that Emery would quickly tire of the all the extra
media attention he would be getting win or lose in this city... If Emery
was playing poorly as hypothetically the Leafs starter... lets just say..
"theres no where to run." The Leafs media vultures would swarm him, after
every game, every practise... follow him home... Talk about him 24 hours a
day on the local all sports radio station, plus be on the news every
night... and on and on and on.

Happy New Year.

Tunnel.
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>
> "smoke2much" <smoke2much RemoveThis @home.com> wrote in message
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>> Chevrolet says...
>>> I'd take him bad attitude and all..
>>
>> Actually, I think Emery is a guy who could probably shine in Toronto with
>> the huge fan base and all the media attention. He's very flamboyant and
>> loves the spotlight, and I'll bet he'd be a fan favourite in no time (as
>> long as he behaved himself within reason).
>>
>> Smoke
>>
>
>
> I disagree. I believe he would struggle with the media attention here. You
> got to remember, he is on a great hockey team in Ottawa. There is a
> collective "media love in" for the Sens right now. He might not be playing
> much, but the media isn't swarming on the Sens horrible play because they
> are a top 3 team in the NHL. When it comes to playing in Toronto and the
> team on the ice is winning its an amazing place to play. Players get
> treatment from the city normally reserved for big rock or movie stars.. But
> when things are up and down like they are this year, its not alot of fun for
> anyone. Just in the past year,you could go ask Bryan McCabe, Andrew
> Raycroft, Jeff O'Neill, Nik Antropov, and most recently Jiri Tlusty. Newly
> acquired Vesa Toskala was being criticized for his play in training camp
> this past September. YES TRAINING CAMP!! Its nuts here. Its too much.
>
> I like Emery, his mean streak makes him an incredible entertaining player to
> watch. But with his track record of being an immature stupid fool off the
> ice, he'd be preyed upon by the leafs media paparazzi here. The other
> reality is.. for every reporter that covers the Sens full time in Ottawa...
> there are 10 Leaf reporters here.
>
> So i am willing to bet that Emery would quickly tire of the all the extra
> media attention he would be getting win or lose in this city... If Emery
> was playing poorly as hypothetically the Leafs starter... lets just say..
> "theres no where to run." The Leafs media vultures would swarm him, after
> every game, every practise... follow him home... Talk about him 24 hours a
> day on the local all sports radio station, plus be on the news every
> night... and on and on and on.
>
> Happy New Year.

I think you have nailed it.

A happy new year to you, too.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)
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Tunnel © says...
>
> "smoke2much" <smoke2much.DeleteThis@home.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.21e060d8e86e1d659897a2@news.thundernews.com...
> > Chevrolet says...
> >> I'd take him bad attitude and all..
> >
> > Actually, I think Emery is a guy who could probably shine in Toronto with
> > the huge fan base and all the media attention. He's very flamboyant and
> > loves the spotlight, and I'll bet he'd be a fan favourite in no time (as
> > long as he behaved himself within reason).
> >
> > Smoke
> >
>
>
> I disagree. I believe he would struggle with the media attention here. You
> got to remember, he is on a great hockey team in Ottawa. There is a
> collective "media love in" for the Sens right now. He might not be playing
> much, but the media isn't swarming on the Sens horrible play because they
> are a top 3 team in the NHL. When it comes to playing in Toronto and the
> team on the ice is winning its an amazing place to play. Players get
> treatment from the city normally reserved for big rock or movie stars.. But
> when things are up and down like they are this year, its not alot of fun for
> anyone. Just in the past year,you could go ask Bryan McCabe, Andrew
> Raycroft, Jeff O'Neill, Nik Antropov, and most recently Jiri Tlusty. Newly
> acquired Vesa Toskala was being criticized for his play in training camp
> this past September. YES TRAINING CAMP!! Its nuts here. Its too much.
>
> I like Emery, his mean streak makes him an incredible entertaining player
> to watch. But with his track record of being an immature stupid fool off
> the ice, he'd be preyed upon by the leafs media paparazzi here. The other
> reality is.. for every reporter that covers the Sens full time in Ottawa....
> there are 10 Leaf reporters here.
>
> So i am willing to bet that Emery would quickly tire of the all the extra
> media attention he would be getting win or lose in this city... If Emery
> was playing poorly as hypothetically the Leafs starter... lets just say...
> "theres no where to run." The Leafs media vultures would swarm him, after
> every game, every practise... follow him home... Talk about him 24 hours a
> day on the local all sports radio station, plus be on the news every
> night... and on and on and on.
>
> Happy New Year.
>
> Tunnel.

Yow! I knew the media was intense in Toronto, but I didn't realize it was
'that' intense! With what you describe, I see what you mean about it
being too much for Ray, at this stage of his life/career anyway. He's 25
and reminds me of a 15-year-old sometimes. In terms of maturity, Sidney
Crosby could be his dad. Hopefully, he'll "get it" eventually, but I'm
not holding my breath.

Happy New Year to you too! We can start the year off with 3 good hockey
games today! I'm through with predictions though...

Smoke
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On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:49:36 -0500, "Andrew Chaplin"
<ab.chaplin.RemoveThis@yourfinger.rogers.com> wrote:

>"Tunnel ©" <rat.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "smoke2much" <smoke2much.RemoveThis@home.com> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.21e060d8e86e1d659897a2@news.thundernews.com...
>>> Chevrolet says...
>>>> I'd take him bad attitude and all..
>>>
>>> Actually, I think Emery is a guy who could probably shine in Toronto with
>>> the huge fan base and all the media attention. He's very flamboyant and
>>> loves the spotlight, and I'll bet he'd be a fan favourite in no time (as
>>> long as he behaved himself within reason).
>>>
>>> Smoke
>>>
>>
>>
>> I disagree. I believe he would struggle with the media attention here. You
>> got to remember, he is on a great hockey team in Ottawa. There is a
>> collective "media love in" for the Sens right now. He might not be playing
>> much, but the media isn't swarming on the Sens horrible play because they
>> are a top 3 team in the NHL. When it comes to playing in Toronto and the
>> team on the ice is winning its an amazing place to play. Players get
>> treatment from the city normally reserved for big rock or movie stars.. But
>> when things are up and down like they are this year, its not alot of fun for
>> anyone. Just in the past year,you could go ask Bryan McCabe, Andrew
>> Raycroft, Jeff O'Neill, Nik Antropov, and most recently Jiri Tlusty. Newly
>> acquired Vesa Toskala was being criticized for his play in training camp
>> this past September. YES TRAINING CAMP!! Its nuts here. Its too much.
>>
>> I like Emery, his mean streak makes him an incredible entertaining player to
>> watch. But with his track record of being an immature stupid fool off the
>> ice, he'd be preyed upon by the leafs media paparazzi here. The other
>> reality is.. for every reporter that covers the Sens full time in Ottawa...
>> there are 10 Leaf reporters here.
>>
>> So i am willing to bet that Emery would quickly tire of the all the extra
>> media attention he would be getting win or lose in this city... If Emery
>> was playing poorly as hypothetically the Leafs starter... lets just say..
>> "theres no where to run." The Leafs media vultures would swarm him, after
>> every game, every practise... follow him home... Talk about him 24 hours a
>> day on the local all sports radio station, plus be on the news every
>> night... and on and on and on.
>>
>> Happy New Year.
>
>I think you have nailed it.
>
>A happy new year to you, too.

You guys see that Emery and Gratts got into it today at practice? Not
a big deal on it's own, really...but there goes his hot head again,
dropping the gloves and swinging...
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Mel Sharples says...
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:49:36 -0500, "Andrew Chaplin"
> <ab.chaplin.DeleteThis@yourfinger.rogers.com> wrote:
>
> >"Tunnel ©" <rat.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
> >news:fl6egc$n0q$1@news.datemas.de...
> >>
> >> "smoke2much" <smoke2much.DeleteThis@home.com> wrote in message
> >> news:MPG.21e060d8e86e1d659897a2@news.thundernews.com...
> >>> Chevrolet says...
> >>>> I'd take him bad attitude and all..
> >>>
> >>> Actually, I think Emery is a guy who could probably shine in Toronto with
> >>> the huge fan base and all the media attention. He's very flamboyant and
> >>> loves the spotlight, and I'll bet he'd be a fan favourite in no time (as
> >>> long as he behaved himself within reason).
> >>>
> >>> Smoke
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I disagree. I believe he would struggle with the media attention here.. You
> >> got to remember, he is on a great hockey team in Ottawa. There is a
> >> collective "media love in" for the Sens right now. He might not be playing
> >> much, but the media isn't swarming on the Sens horrible play because they
> >> are a top 3 team in the NHL. When it comes to playing in Toronto and the
> >> team on the ice is winning its an amazing place to play. Players get
> >> treatment from the city normally reserved for big rock or movie stars... But
> >> when things are up and down like they are this year, its not alot of fun for
> >> anyone. Just in the past year,you could go ask Bryan McCabe, Andrew
> >> Raycroft, Jeff O'Neill, Nik Antropov, and most recently Jiri Tlusty. Newly
> >> acquired Vesa Toskala was being criticized for his play in training camp
> >> this past September. YES TRAINING CAMP!! Its nuts here. Its too much.
> >>
> >> I like Emery, his mean streak makes him an incredible entertaining player to
> >> watch. But with his track record of being an immature stupid fool off the
> >> ice, he'd be preyed upon by the leafs media paparazzi here. The other
> >> reality is.. for every reporter that covers the Sens full time in Ottawa...
> >> there are 10 Leaf reporters here.
> >>
> >> So i am willing to bet that Emery would quickly tire of the all the extra
> >> media attention he would be getting win or lose in this city... If Emery
> >> was playing poorly as hypothetically the Leafs starter... lets just say..
> >> "theres no where to run." The Leafs media vultures would swarm him, after
> >> every game, every practise... follow him home... Talk about him 24 hours a
> >> day on the local all sports radio station, plus be on the news every
> >> night... and on and on and on.
> >>
> >> Happy New Year.
> >
> >I think you have nailed it.
> >
> >A happy new year to you, too.
>
> You guys see that Emery and Gratts got into it today at practice? Not
> a big deal on it's own, really...but there goes his hot head again,
> dropping the gloves and swinging...

You know what? It's not entertaining anymore. I find myself wishing
that Gratts had broken his nose just so he'd be out of the picture for a
while and we wouldn't have to hear about his grade-school antics, at
least for a while. In my opinion, he's turned himself into a significant
distraction and he's hurting the team. Admittedly, his childish
immaturity might be more tolerable if he was really good. But he's not.
I'm thinking that if he doesn't start playing like a young Dominik Hasek
in the foreseeable future, he'll be playing somewhere else at the first
opportunity. Let's face it - the guy's got it made here and he's too
stupid to realize it. Nice mask, but there's probably an echo in there
when it's on his head.

Smoke
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