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  Attempted hitman hire gets Danton 7 years

Posted by: grooveless touque
11-08-2004, 04:58 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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I wish I could figure out once and for all what exactly the deal is with this guy and his agent, David Frost...I've read some really indepth articles, but nobody can say for sure if he's turned his players into obsessive cultists, or if he's the best thing that ever happened to them. I sure hope this gets cleared up eventually, because one thing's for sure, some people have gotten really screwed up over it.


Danton sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison
WebPosted Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:12:31 EST

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Former St. Louis Blues player Mike Danton was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison on Monday for a murder-for-hire scheme.

The native of Brampton, Ont., was silent as U.S. District Judge William Stiehl read the sentence. Stiehl offered Danton an opportunity to speak but he declined.

"I do not believe in over 18 years on the bench I have been faced with a case as bizarre as this one," Stiehl said, noting that Danton chose a 19-year-old acquaintance and a police dispatcher as his would-be helpers in the murder plot.

While Danton is expected to seek a move to a Canadian prison, the chances of continuing his hockey career upon his release appear slim. There is no parole in the federal system and Stiehl told Danton that he may be barred from coming into the U.S. after completing his sentence.

Danton, 24, pleaded guilty on July 16 after admitting that he sought to have his agent, David Frost, murdered.

The plan unravelled when the would-be hitman turned out to be a police informant.

Frost, who was never harmed, has frequently denied he was the target.

As part of a deal with prosecutors, the U.S. government dropped a related charge against the Brampton, Ont. native of making a telephone call in connection with the murder-for-hire plot.

A federal jury on Sept. 20 acquitted co-defendant Katie Wolfmeyer, 19, of charges that she helped Danton in the plot. Danton met Wolfmeyer at an area mall where the Blues practice.

Danton faced seven to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 US fine.

Authorities said Danton and Frost had a dispute over Danton's alleged promiscuity and alcohol use.

Fearing that Frost would confront the St. Louis Blues' management about his actions, Danton wanted Frost killed, according to authorities.

Danton has been in jail since he was arrested April 16 in San Jose, Calif., one day following the Blues' elimination from the NHL playoffs by the San Jose Sharks.

Danton, a checking forward, was released by the Blues on July 1.

Danton's troubled NHL career began in New Jersey, where he was suspended by the Devils twice for disciplinary reasons. He sat out the entire 2001-02 season and only played 17 games the following year.

He arrived in St. Louis in a June trade by the Devils and scored seven goals, 12 points and 141 penalty minutes last season.

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  thanks to all those who asked about europe.

Posted by: dl
11-08-2004, 04:50 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Not. Guess we aren't family or what.

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  New Willy Wonka Movie

Posted by: thipfan73
11-08-2004, 03:10 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Is any one as excited as I am about this movie coming out?

Someone on my live journal friends list just posted a movie poster for the film, it's coming out in July. I've been doing some nosing around online, which I'm very good at, and I've come up with some pics of Johnny Depp as Wonka.

I'm a huge fan of the original movie, it's like in my top 4 fave movies of all time. I've seen the original probably at least 20 or 30 times. I just love Gene Wilder as Wonka!

I'm really looking forward to seeing Depp as Wonka because I just think he's awesome. He should have won the Oscar for "Pirates..."

I also look forward to seeing what Burton does to the orginial movie because I love Tim Burton too.

Either he's gonna totally kill the original movie or he's gonna make it better.

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  Burlington VT Show

Posted by: joshwayy
11-08-2004, 12:51 PM
Forum: Download & Trading Central
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I'm looking. Hopefully someone knows a girl, who knows some dude, who goes to class with a kid, whos sister drive a cab, and had this fare who taped the show.

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  Club Bijou show

Posted by: gscaron
11-08-2004, 12:36 PM
Forum: Download & Trading Central
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Is there a copy of the 29/10/04 show at Club Bijou in Toledo out there?

Much obliged!

By the way, great review of the show Hugh!

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  Decoding bittorent files?

Posted by: wpghipfan
11-08-2004, 11:08 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Hey folks...

What program do i need to decode .rar files to mpg, etc?

Rory

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  Interesting NHLPA/player agent computer program

Posted by: wpghipfan
11-08-2004, 10:56 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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OK, hockey fans...

This seems shady to me... read on...
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Rory
Halifax

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  New Nashville Video

Posted by: Over Opiated
11-07-2004, 08:28 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Greetings,
I am curious if anyone has seen the new video for "Nashville". I am quite pissed about the lack of airplay the hip have been getting the last couple of years. The hip are an excellent opportunity for Muchmusic and Muchmoremusic to fulfill their Cancon content with really great music.

It is upsetting to see that hip videos are not even shown on the countdowns. It was neat to see the vaccination scar video on their website, but they haven't yet posted their new one.

I am just curious if anyone has seen it, what it's like, and when it is on T.V.? Canadian music stations need to do a much better job at promoting our Canadian Icons and stop with the latest US flavour of the month.

See ya on the 26th in T.O. Can't wait!

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  New U2 Album leaked!

Posted by: mrlayance
11-07-2004, 02:50 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Avaliable on the usually torrent sites.

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  10-30-04 Now Available

Posted by: Tthip
11-07-2004, 11:06 AM
Forum: Download & Trading Central
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Enjoy.

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