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Haha excellent!Andyjayp wrote:My passport came today. So nothing is stoping me from going to scotland now.
Is he gonna be there? He is an UFA.Calv wrote:I'm hoping to get my Phoenix Anthony Battaglia shirt signed by his brother, Bates, this weekend. Must remember to take a marker pen...!
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Ah well may get some other players to hopefully sign itDallas Eakins hated to take the wind out of the bagpipes.
But the Toronto Marlies coach reminded his players that this week's trip to Scotland isn't about visiting castles, trying some haggis or bringing back duty free malt whiskey for relatives.
"We're still in training camp," Eakins warned yesterday as 24 Marlies prepared to fly to Edinburgh tonight. "It's a place that we might never go again in our lives, a chance afforded us by our management and the government of Scotland. But as much as we want to enjoy ourselves, this is an all-business trip."
The Leafs and AHL rival Hamilton Bulldogs were invited to play the Edinburgh Capitals and the Belfast Giants at the Edinburgh Hockey Festival, one of the events the host country is staging for the 250th birthday of poet Robbie Burns.
"It's certainly going to be a unique life experience," Marlies general manager Jeff Jackson said of the six-day visit. "We'll be doing some public practices, too. We play the Bulldogs once and probably be meeting them in the final."
It was expected forwards Andre Deveaux, Ben Ondrus, Alex Foster and Ryan Hamilton will clear NHL waivers by noon today and make the trip. Foster actually has some Scottish blood.
"I'm kind of a mutt; French Canadian-Scottish on my Dad's side and Italian-Ukrainian on my mother's," Foster said. "But I've never been to Europe, so I'm pretty excited."
The roster for the visit includes goalie James Reimer, Andrew Engelage and Beau Erickson; defencemen Brennan Evans, Josh Engel, Todd Perry, Phil Oreskovic, Joel Ryan, Eric Werner, Tom Galvin and Juraj Mikus; forwards Foster, Ondrus, Deveaux, Hamilton, Darryl Boyce, Mikhail Stefanovich, Dale Mitchell, Stefano Giliati, Kyle Rogers, Robert Slaney, Richard Greenop, Alex Berry, Greg Scott and John Kurtz, if he's cleared from a concussion.
"We go off whatever Ron Wilson wants us to the first week of Leaf camp, but now it's nice to get our own guys going," Eakins said.
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -MONTREAL, QC – The Montreal Canadiens announced today that 17 players were released from training camp and assigned to the Hamilton Bulldogs. The ‘Dogs will be leaving for Edinburgh, Scotland on Tuesday where they will hold training camp until September 28th.
Of the 17 players, 10 played for the Bulldogs during the 2008-2009 season. Returning to the ‘Dogs are goaltender Cedrick Desjardins, defencemen Chad Anderson and Frederic St-Denis and forwards Andrew Conboy, David Desharnais, Mike Glumac, Ryan Russell, Brock Trotter, Ryan White and J.T. Wyman. New players joining the Hamilton will be goaltender Robert Mayer (Saint John Sea Dogs- QMJHL), defencemen Andre Benoit (Sodertalje SK – SEL), Michael Busto (Charlotte Checkers – ECHL) and P.K. Subban (Belleville Bulls – OHL) and forwards Mathieu Darche (Portland Pirates – AHL), Mikael Johansson (Farjestads BK Karlstad – SEL) and Dany Masse (Drummondville Voltigeurs – QMJHL).
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The Bulldogs will travel to Edinburgh, Scotland tomorrow to begin training camp. The ‘Dogs will compete for the Gardiner Cup against the AHL’s Toronto Marlies and the UK Elite League’s Edinburgh Capitals and Belfast Giants. The Bulldogs will meet their archrival, the Marlies, in an exhibition contest at 2:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, September 24th. Hamilton will begin the four-team tournament with a semi-final game against the Belfast Giants at 12:30 p.m. EST on Saturday, September 26th. The two winning teams from Saturday’s semi-final games will play for the Gardiner Cup in the Championship game at 12:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, September 27th while the two losing teams will face-off in the consolation final on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. EST.
These seem interesting to meCalv wrote:Anyone know which players are the ones to watch out for? PK Sabban looks pretty handy but that's all I know
The other game is on the Thursday nightarchibalduk wrote:Thanks for the heads up, Manimal. I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them.
Andy - are you going up for the Friday game too?
I'm really looking forward to this! It reminds me of counting down the days to the NHL game in London two years ago.
I was going to go up for the exerbition game on the thursday. But decided against it. I can't remember the reason why.archibalduk wrote:Andy - are you going up for the Friday game too?