DevsMan84 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 To the bolded,that's why Niedermayer gets booed. He left to play with his brother. Looking at it objectively it is not a terrible reason and nothing to boo at him about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinn01 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 He'll get to wear #5 also in San Jose and apparently he is excited about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneykoIsGod Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 He left to play with his brother. Looking at it objectively it is not a terrible reason and nothing to boo at him about. If there's any reason to be bitter about the way Nieds left, it's over how long it took him to make the decision. By the time he signed, all that was left on the market was Vlad Malakhov and Dan McGillis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95Crash Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Good for White. Northen California is nice. Re: booing former players -- I think the reason we hear boos when some of these guys come back with new teams is because most of the people in the building aren't even paying attention when the guy takes the ice. So if 100 people scattered around the arena boo, we are all going to hear it because boos are easier to hear than handclaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 If there's any reason to be bitter about the way Nieds left, it's over how long it took him to make the decision. By the time he signed, all that was left on the market was Vlad Malakhov and Dan McGillis. Eh true you could argue that. Who else was on the market that off-season that was anywhere close to as good as Niedermayer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneykoIsGod Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Eh true you could argue that. Who else was on the market that off-season that was anywhere close to as good as Niedermayer? I honestly don't remember. Might've been no one of any note. I just remember it being obvious that Rafalski + Malakhov was Lou's backup plan if Niedermayer fell through. Apparently he was offering Nieds the max contract, which was $7.8M at the time. Raf and Malakhov ended up with cap hits that combined to $7.8M. I think those two, plus McGillis, pretty much signed the day after Nieds inked in Anaheim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 To the bolded,that's why Niedermayer gets booed. Nieds did get booed, but I have to say when they did the 2003 Cup night a couple of years back a mentioned Niedermayer's name, he did get a lot of applause and cheering. I think he's pretty much been forgiven. As for his brother, Rob "la dee dah" Niederglider... UGH.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I honestly don't remember. Might've been no one of any note. I just remember it being obvious that Rafalski + Malakhov was Lou's backup plan if Niedermayer fell through. Apparently he was offering Nieds the max contract, which was $7.8M at the time. Raf and Malakhov ended up with cap hits that combined to $7.8M. I think those two, plus McGillis, pretty much signed the day after Nieds inked in Anaheim. Yeah I was thinking that Lou signed Malakhov and McGillis because they were the best ones available at the time in a bad defenseman free agent market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMac16 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 gonna miss him but im glad things worked out for him. ill cheer for him when they come back to NJ. i usually boo gomez and paul martin lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risky Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Well we do not know how the crowd overall will react to Langs since he has not played against the Devils yet. I will most likely clap for him too but just a polite clap too as I appreciate his work before he became a locker room cancer. Langenbrunner will get the sh!t booed out of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Langenbrunner will get the sh!t booed out of him. There were noticeable cheers when he was announced as a healthy scratch the night he was traded in early January...so yeah I think he's getting booed out of the building too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkirt Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Any Devils fan that boos a former mainstay who was waived by the team is a jackass, especially if he goes across the entire country to play. this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils102 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Wilson said he had "a Stanley Cup on his resume"? White should have told him he has 2 he might have got more money. Good luck Colin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias26 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 There were noticeable cheers when he was announced as a healthy scratch the night he was traded in early January...so yeah I think he's getting booed out of the building too. I can't wait. Good luck to White that team has been in the dance for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaRay Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 At least White gets to be in the playoffs this year. Good luck to him, he was our best defensive player the past several years. The Sharks just got closer to the Cup with White and his shut down ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 why can't the season start now to end manta's idiotic trolling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Sharks were already my favorite western conference team, so I'll be pulling harder for them now. Hopefully we kick Whitey's ass in the finals :koolaid: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmar Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I live less than an hour from SJ and go to a number of Sharks games. Since his family is staying in NJ, I have a spare room if Whitey is interested . Maybe we can carpool to the games... Seriously, good luck in SJ, Colin, and welcome to California! (Still think he'll always look better in red and black then in teal though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyrsuck26 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 This may be the greatest post of all time. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 He better get cheers in October or I'll be fighting people This. I'll be getting tickets to the San Jose game now I think. A nice standing O is what should be given and nothing less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteyvegas Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 We boo the greedy, not the heart and soul guys. Whitey was pure heart and soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeCups Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 SHARK WEEK! Ha, glad to see Whitey get signed somewhere. I still am surprised we ever let him go....time for the kids I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaRay Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Any Devils fan that boos a former mainstay who was waived by the team is a jackass, especially if he goes across the entire country to play. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneykoIsGod Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Whitey speaks White can see the transition to younger players the team is going through and his departure is part of that. He joins a group of veterans including Jay Pandolfo, John Madden, Brian Gionta, Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Rolston and Jason Arnott that have all left the organization in a little more than two years. Goaltender Martin Brodeur and left wing/center Patrik Elias are the only remaining members from the 2003 Stanley Cup team.“They’re definitely going to be younger,” White said. “They had some great draft picks with a young D (Adam Larsson) that’s really going to fit in nicely. They were changing the team. Whenever you’re not winning things are going to change. That’s just the way it is. We had a good group there that for four of five years we were winning and that made us stay together. When you’re losing, you have to look for changes and you have to try to get back on track and I think that’s the way it is with any team.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I feel bad for Whitey having his family back here while he's all the way out on the west coast. That won't be easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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