We all know about Darth Quaider, but how many people know the story of Darth Timmy?

Apparently Timmy's mask was first designed for a Darth Vader helmet. 

From the InGoalMag.com story: 

“When I made that the first time it was for a Darth Vader costume,” Calabro told InGoal. “I was going to a show and I wanted it square so I was going to put an accordion where the mouth area is and Tony (Priolo) from Sportmask saw that and asked can we change this, this, and this. And I said ‘why would you want to do that?’ and he said ‘I’m going to get Tim Thomas to wear it, he likes it like that.’ I thought that was weird, but next thing I know the guy has it on.” 

That would explain how he makes saves like this.


And these.

 
Check out the rest of the InGoalMag article for more good stuff, including Alex Auld gushing over Timmy's eyes. Add a comment

Now that's a gym we can learn to love. Lot better than those shitty Planet Fitness "gyms."

Today starts development camp for the Boston Bruins newbies.

Taking part in camp:

Forwards: Anthony Camara, Craig Cunningham, Alexander Fallstrom, Brian Ferlin, Justin Florek, Josh Jooris, Jared Knight, Alexander Khokhlachev, Brett Olson, Tyler Randell, Eric Robinson, Ben Sexton, Ryan Spooner

Defensemen: Ryan Button, Marc Cantin, Tommy Cross, Dougie Hamilton, Robby O’Gara, Steven Spinell, Zach Trotman, David Warsofsky

Goaltenders: Zane Gothberg, Mike Hutchinson, Lars Volden . 

Schedule
Should you be in so dire of need of a hockey fix (like us) that you want to go watch some teenagers practice here's the development camp schedule:

Thursday, July 7 (Wilmington, MA)
-Fitness testing at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington, 9:30 a.m. ET (closed to public)
-On-ice practice, Ristuccia Arena, 1:15 p.m. ET

Friday, July 8 (Wilmington, MA)
-On-ice workouts (closed to public)

Saturday, July 9 (Wilmington, MA)
-On-ice practice, Ristuccia Arena, 10:30 a.m. ET
-On-ice workout, Ristuccia Arena, 11:45 a.m. ET

Sunday, July 10 (Wilmington, MA)
-On-ice practice, Ristuccia Arena, 10:00 a.m. ET
-On-ice scrimmage, Ristuccia Arena, 11:15 a.m. ET

Monday, July 11 (Wilmington, MA)
-On-ice workout, Ristuccia Arena, 10:00 a.m. ET
-On-ice scrimmage, Ristuccia Arena, 11:00 a.m. ET 

If you can't make it out for the workouts, you can follow Bish's Live Blog of it all... 'cause nothing screams excitement like getting play-by-play of how many bench presses J. Knight is doing.

EDIT: Holy shit, we called it.

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Despite all the partying over the Stanley Cup, we're sure you all remember that Chara-Pacioretty incident and the stupid, idiotic aftermath of idiot media calling for idiot fans to call 9-1-1 and idiot media and idiot fans bugging prosecutors and police to charge Chara with a crime. For a hockey hit. Idiots.

Well that whole business should've been over and forgotten about. Unfortunately, because Montreal is so very very dumb, the book has not been closed on that incident.

Montreal police want to talk to Chara about the incident and apparently might charge him with something.

Charge him with what? Being a good defenseman? Being a Stanley Cup Champion? Having more toughness in his pinky that the entire Montreal roster has combined?

Who knows. Montreal is stupid. All we know is that there was a trial up in Montreal and the Days of Y'Orr staff was lucky enough to get exclusive coverage.


After the jump.... the Zdeno Chara Trial......

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The Bruins said "it's not you it's... ok it's you" to Tomas Kaberle. Kabs signed with the Carolina Hurriances for way too much money (3-year, $12.75 million). That's a lot of money for a guy who did diddly in the playoffs. Imagine if he was productive?

As thanks the Hurriances sent the Bruins Joe Corvo for a fourth rounder. 

Corvo's stats:


Numbers for last year aren't bad but if anyone's got a shot at being the Bruins unicorn it's the green Steve Kampfer. Should be interesting to see how he does in Boston. 

Chiarelli: "I've been nibbling at this opportunity for a bit to acquire Joe."

Pretty sure he also said that about Kaberle.

Wonder what number Corvo will wear since #7 and #77 are both retired. We'll go with #13.

All in all this is another safe personnel move by Chiarelli. We didn't expect huge changes and so far there's been none.

The big question that now lingers -- who's tattoos are better? Corvo or Ference 3:16?

 

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Every July 1 it seems that NHL teams are throwing sacks of money with green dollar signs on them at players. This year seemed especially crazy given the raise in the salary cap (and salary cap floor) and teams like Florida a gaudy $30 under said floor. So what happens when you have a thin free agent market and teams with ass loads of cash to spend? Overpayments! Guys who normally don't deserve large contracts got them. Here's a few of the overpayments I was talking about.

Scottie Upshall - 4 years $14M - 82GP 22G 12A 34P +/- -7
Ed Jovanovski - 4 years $16.5M - 50GP 5G 9A 14P +/- +4
Tomas Kaberle - 3 years $12.75M - 82GP 4G 43A 47P +/- +4
Tomas Fleischmann - 4 years, $18M - 45GP 12G 19A 31P +/- +2
Tim Connolly - 2 years $9.5M - 68GP 13G 29A 42P +/- -10 (wow)

That's just a sample of the unrestricted free agents who received more money than they probably deserved, but they weren't the only ones. A lot of restricted free agents got paid too. Christian Ehrhoff was traded from Vancouver to New York Islanders to Buffalo and finally settled on a 10 year, $40M contract with the Sabres. Steve Montador got a 4 year, $11M deal from Chicago. I wouldn't pay that asshole in Trident layers.

Why bring all of this up?

After winning a Stanley Cup the Boston Bruins have remained relatively quiet in the free agent market this offseason. At the end of the season Boston had five players who were either a restricted or unrestricted free agent. That group included Mark Recchi, Michael Ryder, Shane Hnidy, Tomas Kaberle and lone restricted free agent Brad Marchand. Off the bat Mark Recchi told everyone he was hanging up his number 28 jersey and it was obvious that Shane Hnidy wasn't coming back to Boston given his age and lack of playing time. The three left were Tomas Kaberle, Michael Ryder and Brad Marchand.

Many Bruins fans felt that if Ryder was signed for more than $2M a year it was an overpayment and they were right. On this team, Michael Ryder is nothing more than a third line winger who can net anywhere between 15-20 goals. He'll play hard for some games and then take off long stretches where it is noticeable that he's dogging it. Hell, some night you wonder if he even knows what's going on. So what happens? Peter Chiarelli lets Ryder walk for 2 years and $7M to the Stars, where Ryder will be a top 6 forward and probably score 20-25 goals.

Tomas Kaberle was a mixed bag amongst fans in Boston. Some liked him, some hated him. Some believed he was going to be a catalyst on the power play, a black and gold defibrillator to jump start the heart of the Bruins power play but unfortunately that defib was out of juice. Some believed it would take him more than just a few months to learn Julien's defense first system. Some believe he was out of shape because a team like Toronto didn't put much emphasis on "hockey shape". Some just believed that Kaberle sucked. Whatever your feelings were, the Bruins knew the type of player they got.

Some thought that Chiarelli overpayed for Kaberle at the trade deadline, sending Boston's 1st round pick, two second round picks and Joe Colborne for the defenseman. So what happened after Kaberle, a Stanley Cup champion, hit the free agent market? Carolina signed him for 3 years $12.75M (a cap hit of $4.25 per year). Not worth it. Plain and simple.

After the jump, a look ahead for the Bruins...
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Although most of the Boston Bruins aren't of American decent, they won the Stanley Cup in the greatest American city this side of Revere. Due to that win, the city of Boston and it's residents consider the Bruins players Americans and because of that Peter Chiarelli decided to throw a 4th of July BBQ to celebrate America.

I was shocked when Peter called me and said he wanted Days of Y'Orr to come so we can all hang out, eat some burgers and drink some beers. He said that he had tons of activities planned in his mansion's backyard which include bocce ball, corquet, roasting marshmallows and playing rock band at night. Of course we said that we would make it, but it seems that someone said no. (click image below for higher-res)


When Jon, Justin, Pizz, Purrgeron and I showed up to the compound, we were ushered out back in horse drawn carriages to find the guys enjoying the day. Peter was on the grill. Hell, even Marc Savard showed up, but needed a big ass hat to keep the sun out of his eyes.


After the jump, a look at the players enjoying the BBQ.
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Today is a day where it is actually acceptable to chant "USA USA" at any time. Enjoy your barbeques, beaches, beers, and of course fireworks.

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Mintues after the news broke that Michael Ryder will be taking his talents to the honky tonk hockey town, the Boston Bruins make a signing of their own. They inked (now former) Habs winger Benoit Pouliot to a one year deal worth $1.1 million, according to RDS.

Bs trade one former underperforming Habs player for another. 

Some of you might remember Pouliot for his fight with Bruins "tough guy" David Krejci.


Or against Ference 3:16 where Jack Edwards calls him one of the "biggest disappointments in the National Hockey League history" and Brick calls him "gutless." 


Gonna be really awkward when camp starts in a couple of months.

His past season numbers:


Pouliot was an absolute no-show against the Bruins this year, so this isn't a case of the Bs signing a Boston-killer by any means.

Our Take: We're not a huge fan of this deal. Not sure why Chiarelli signed him. Our only guess is he's there to put pressure on the other guys fighting for a roster spot. A safety-net signing, if you will. 

Or maybe he's there as a punching bag for the guys. Either way, he's not fit to wear the Bruins uniform. He's not Boston Bruins material.

Good news is that it's a one-year deal for relatively little. The kid's young and has some upside. This isn't a huge gamble by Chiarelli and the signing looks a lot better than some of the contracts being thrown around out there today. Add a comment

Reports is that Michael Ryder signed with the Dallas Stars for 2 years 3.5 million/year. 

This isn't a huge loss for the Bruins as it gives some younger guys like Caron and Knight a chance to shine and fight for a spot with the big boys. But we are sad that the Knight-Ryder line will never happen now.

We'll remember Ryder mostly for dogging it during the regular season and opening admitting as such.

But we'll also remember Ryder for his huge compete leve in the Montreal series.



Still those two plays don't make up for what he provides, on the whole, all season. We knew someone would overpay for Ryder. Dallas delivered.

Best of luck with the Stars, Rydes. Thanks for the Cup.  Add a comment

Wow. What a great fucking plot twist to #JagrWatch. After being a huge cocktease both the Pens and the Red Wings withdraw their offesr to Czech forward.

So what does he do?

He turns heel, giving Pittsburgh some sweet chin music right through the babershop glass and signs with the Flyers.

He's taking his talent to the Filth, folks.

Amazing. Even LeBron James is impressed.



On the other hand, we're still not sure what the hell the Flyers are doing this summer. We can only imagine that they have a "one locker room cancer" quota to fill since they shipped Carter and Richards off. Consider that quota filled.

The Days of Y'Orr staff sends its condolences to the fine folks over ThePensBlog for this betrayal of all betrayls by Jagr. We also would like to thank Jagr for making an otherwise boring Free Agent Day worth while. 

Can't wait for the first Pens-Flyers game. Shit's going to be insane.  Add a comment