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Hockey Widow wrote:Bumped??? Someone posts here almost daily.

You know most are fine with the leaves making the playoffs, if they do. Just to ensure a lowering of their draft pick, and to see them get burned first round.

Of course most are also fine if they fail to make the playoffs. Because, well, they suck.

Bottom line I guess is that most don't really care. This thread is all about you Tuna.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2637 ... -be-cursed

The Hillman Hex.

“Yes, it’s still there,” said Larry Hillman on Friday. “It seems to have worked.”

Along with Jimmy Pappin, Hillman was one of the unsung heroes of that golden hockey spring in Toronto in 1967. He and defence partner Marcel Pronovost were a key reason why the leaves were able to upset the powerful Chicago Blackhawks in the first round and then knock off the Habs for the Cup. During 12 post-season games, that tandem was only on the ice for one even-strength goal.

After that season, (Hillman) hoped to parlay that into an increase on his $15,000 salary. In his own mind, he set a bottom line of $20,000. Hillman knew others were making a lot more, and knew Bobby Baun, who hadn’t played much in the ’67 final, had signed with the expansion Oakland outfit for $35,000 a season.

GM Punch Imlach, however, offered $19,000. Captain George Armstrong suggested that he sign for that amount and other players would chip in $100 each. But Hillman stood fast on principle, even after Imlach increased his offer to $19,500.

That offer, however, also came with the promise to reduce Hillman’s salary by $100 for every day he didn’t sign. Imlach even called up Al Arbour and Duane Rupp from the minors to put extra pressure on the stubborn blueliner. For 24 days the stalemate went on, costing Hillman $2,400 before he agreed to re-join the team.

It was a frustrating, humbling experience. He played 55 games for the leaves that season before moving on to the Minnesota North Stars the next summer, but not before he laid down the Hillman Hex, vowing the team wouldn’t win another Cup after the way they’d treated him.

“I’ve left it on because they didn’t pay me the $2,400, with interest,” he said. “It would have been a lot cheaper to pay that than signing all those million-dollar players.”

BigTuna wrote: LOL. You can tell things are going well in 2017 when old articles from the 60's are put on here.

BigTuna wrote:Best young team in the entire NHL.

BigTuna wrote: Winnipeg and Buffalo have less cap money going forward than the leaves.

Strangelove wrote:

BigTuna wrote: Winnipeg and Buffalo have less cap money going forward than the leaves.

Wrong.

BigTuna wrote:

Strangelove wrote:

BigTuna wrote: Winnipeg and Buffalo have less cap money going forward than the leaves.

Wrong.

Buffalo:
2016-17: 71,837,765
2017-18: $50,612,858
2018-19: $34,784,524

Winnipeg:
2016-17: $66,606,042
2017-18: $54,941,666
2018-19: $30,588,333


Toronto:
2016-17:$72,744,668
2017-18:$55,795,834
2018-19:$29,369,167

BigTuna wrote:

Strangelove wrote:

BigTuna wrote: Winnipeg and Buffalo have less cap money going forward than the leaves.

Wrong.

Buffalo:
2017-18: $50,612,858

Winnipeg:
2017-18: $54,941,666

Toronto:
2017-18:$55,795,834

BigTuna wrote:I'm blinded!