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Wake up early or stay up late?

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Wake up early or stay up late?
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There isn’t a lot to talk about this morning, as things on the NHL front have gone pretty silent. Other than that we’re (for the most part) looking forward to the World Junior Championships next week to get a look at some Leafs‘ prospects on the international stage.

There’s also, you know, the chance to cheer on a hockey team, which will be a nice experience as well. Though I’m not sure I even remember how to do it.

The schedule for this year’s tournament is pretty awful for us watching in Canada. Morgan Rielly and the rest of our national club will play their first three games at 4:30am Eastern, so unless you have PVR (or live in the Atlantic Ocean, like I do), you may as well just forgo sleep, pour another nog and rum, and stay up for some hockey.

The commercial TSN has running for this thing is “Wake up early, stay up late.” Which camp do you fall in to?

Oh, and I did manage to collect a few links this morning, so enjoy.

Marlies shut out Griffins (The Star)

Canada heading to WJC for ‘one reason’ (The Sun)

Still trying to understand Brian Burke (VLM)

NHL vs. NHLPA I (mc79hockey)

Best of the Nation (The Nation)

NHL lawsuit assigned to former federal prosecutor (Puck Daddy)

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  • Doorman

    Good Morning Gang!

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  • Radar O’Rielly

    Good day to you too Sir!

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  • Radar O’Rielly

    Ohhhh Dirty Maggie Mae, they have taken her away, and she never walked down Lang Street any mower!

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  • Mind Bomb

     Morning D man

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  • Doorman

    Lol. Im on  a  micky mouse lap top with no mouse!  Lol

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  • Radar O’Rielly

    Too much waking and not enough baking, this is the worlds problem.

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  • Burtonboy

    Is this site reliable for baseball ?

    http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/12/blue-jays-dickey-agree-to-extension.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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  • Reimocerous

    Yes. very good site.

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  • Burtonboy

    Blue Jays have added exclamation point with R.A. Dickey trade: Griffin

    http://thestar.blogs.com/baseball/2012/12/blue-jays-made-statement-even-if-ra-dickey-trade-falls-through-griffin.html

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  • peterbleafs

     I think this trade sucks and should not be done.  I think the prospects are too good to give up and I also think a veteran like John Buck is needed if you are going to make a World Series run.  I hope this trade falls apart. 

    This Thole guy is average at best, Dickey is good but few knucleballers do will in the post season.  Just send up a lineup of spray hitters and knuckleballers lose.

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  • Burtonboy

    Couldn’t offer an opinion one way or another right now Peter . Been a lot of yrs since I followed baseball. I guess we are gonna find out because it looks like the deal is done. Only medicals to go 

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  • peterbleafs

     Agreed.  This Syndergaard kid is exceptional as is D’Arnaud.  I think giving up just one of these kids is fair for Dickey, but both?  Very steep overpayment.  Thole for Buck is a wash but even then I think we lose that tradeoff.

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  • Steele123

    However this is what teams on the cusp do…they give up portions of the future to win now…and now is our opportunity.

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  • Burtonboy

    Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
    Source: Dickey in agreement with #BlueJays on two-year, $25 million extension that he had requested from #Mets, pending physical.

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  • Burtonboy

    Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
    #Mets-#BlueJays trade will be official as soon as Dickey passes physical. Contract will extend through ’15, almost until his 41st birthday.

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  • peterbleafs

     AA is superb at keeping secrets so we will have to wait and see exactly who is involved in the deal.

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  • Doorman

    The Jays are Going for it Now!  Starters are the only weakness!  IMO  

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  • peterbleafs

     I know Doorman and no matter the deal, I will support AA as he has shown his passion for building a winning team this year.  Kudos to him big time.  I wish Burke were as aggressive/assertive as AA.  For AA to get that Marlin deal done he had to be working his networks non stop and alert enough to build the deal.  Guy is all Blue Jays and that is an absolute treat to see.

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  • Mind Bomb

    its a new trend in Toronto Sports, Argos won this year, the jays win Next Year, then the Leafs win in the Spring !!!!

    The To triple crown !

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  • Radar O’Rielly

    Do the Jays have anyone who can catch the knuckleball?

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  • Burtonboy

    Thole ?

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  • Steele123

    Thole is the catcher we’re getting from the Mets…he is Dickey’s personal catcher, so yes.

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  • Burtonboy

    I had a suspicion that was the case when I saw the catcher from the mets was in the deal 

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  • rustynail

    Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPNDickey just landed in FLA to undergo his physical with the Jays. Some of his 2-year, $25m extension with TOR will be a signing bonus for ’13

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  • Radar O’Rielly

    his fastball is in the 82-85 mph range, not bad.

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