yankeehater
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No thanks to that. I hope we get some hockey this year.
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NHL 2011-2012 Offseason thread of Cash Rules Everything Around Me
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No thanks to that. I hope we get some hockey this year.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Burke is a smart man. With so many contracts ending next year he will have tons of cap space and be ready for any changes to the CBA.
A full lockout would be terrible for the Canucks. Players exiting prime, poor prospect pool, good contracts ending, and a long summer of rest and rehab wasted.
And most importantly, an entire fucking year without hockey. But hey the shitty teams can only get better, so bring it on!
And most importantly, an entire fucking year without hockey. But hey the shitty teams can only get better, so bring it on!
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Jai-Alai
First rule: both teams have all 20 players on the ice at all times.
Also, there needs to be a multi-puck bonus like in pinball.
As a Bruins fan I feel like it would be a waste of a potentially great year for the team. Team is still young and they still have leverage with their restricted free agents but they are right in the middle of their window and it would be a shame to see them lose a year.
Fuck the lockout.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I would watch this.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
And the NHL is on the hook for another $40 million in losses.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
LOL. Wrong.
yankeehater
Member
The expansion fees will cover that. lol
KernelPanic
Member
I wonder if Fehr will have another pro season cancellation added to his resume.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
LOL what is this and why are they wearing cups on their chins.
Sure thing boss.
This is dumb. Its fucking ice soccer.
Plinko is going to draw wood at the sight of those huge nets though.
Ignorance is bliss.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Hey! 2 teams in the Central who can't run the power play! Welcome to the club.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Our shitty power play is only going to get worse.
BUT THOSE HUGE NETS!!!!
January. First week.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I was referring to Cake Boss posts, Wings have a lot of elite prospects, people just refuse to believe it because of the "LOL you're all old and don't draft in the first 5 rounds".
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Well, that's the thing.
More than half our guys are European and stashed away in Swedish leagues. We have the best European scouts in the league. People just don't see these guys as often as they do the guys in the North American leagues.
CrazedArabMan
Member
Now we just wait for all of our prospects to turn 30 and they should be ready for the NHL!
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I find it funny that I made one comment about widening the nets being a possibility of something they could do to increase scoring (and, yes, has been talked about at those meetings for years) and that translates in your mind to "Plinko wants gigantic nets in the NHL."
As I said before--I'd MUCH rather them, in order of preference:
1) Reduce goalie equipment size
2) Widen the ice surface to European levels to get rid of the damn trap (I know, it will never happen due to the way the arenas are built)
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3) Widen the nets slightly
Nobody wants to play in Toronto.
Crazymoogle
Member
Didn't they clamp down on this before? How did they get around it? (Apathy?)
I don't really disagree with either a minor increase in height or width of the net, though. Seems to be a lot of huge goaltenders these days.
Yeah ok I probably know more about their prospects than you do about your own, only till last month you started jacking off at every 18 yeard old hockey player that was drafted by the Habs. I never said that Detroit never had any good prospects , I believe and many others do that they shouldnt be ranked top 5 like that site has. Their best prospect right now is a toss up between Jarnkok which was Silfverbergs center last season, Smith their dman and Nyquist which looked really good last season. They have good depth but no high end ones with high upside you need to be in top 5 like a Granlund, Huberdeau, Strome, Zibenejad, Taransenko etc.
/ drop mic.
Ignorance sure is bliss.
Not really. He plays 42 and takes the other 40 off.
mhmmmmm something something Calder
I know you want bigger nets. You just don't want to admit it.
#1 absolutely needs to happen. Protect the goalie, not his stats.
The guy who wrote it also said that he had a very difficult time ranking the top 4 teams, indicating that no team is a wide gap ahead of any other, and they are the 4 top teams in terms of prospects. He also adds this :
"The second change has been to my ranking philosophy. Last year, I predominantly favored whichever team had the most "top prospects". While am I still valuing that very heavily, I put more emphasis than last year on teams who have systems that have significant talent throughout. That doesn't mean the teams that have a lot of bottom-six type prospects, but just talented players who may not be top-tier prospects."
Which Detroit fits, so maybe read up on the guy writing the report instead of looking at what teams at what numbers before you start saying shit. Yea it's debatable that Detroit is 4th, but according to how this guy is ranking the team's it fits.
Your comments are also amusing coming from the guy who called Lehner a franchise goalie already :lol :lol
"The second change has been to my ranking philosophy. Last year, I predominantly favored whichever team had the most "top prospects". While am I still valuing that very heavily, I put more emphasis than last year on teams who have systems that have significant talent throughout. That doesn't mean the teams that have a lot of bottom-six type prospects, but just talented players who may not be top-tier prospects."
Which Detroit fits, so maybe read up on the guy writing the report instead of looking at what teams at what numbers before you start saying shit. Yea it's debatable that Detroit is 4th, but according to how this guy is ranking the team's it fits.
Your comments are also amusing coming from the guy who called Lehner a franchise goalie already :lol :lol
They don't change the size of things like that in other sports. They shouldn't do it in hockey.
They just needs to take pad sizes down from this:
to this:
Its going to crazy next year for the Calder, many expected to make the jump. Going to be a toss up between.
Kuzentesof ( Not sure if Wash is expecting him come from Russia next year)
Tarensenko- Same as above.
Yakupov
Granlund
Silfverberg
Schwartz
Zibenejad
Huberdeau
Markstrom
Dougie Hamilton
Kreider
Etc
Going to be nuts.
I said potential. :lol :lol hur der der derp hur I spin peoples words and try to insult them. Everyone is stupid if they argue against me. Hur der hur derp huuurrr
How is this any different from you and Solo blowing Bergevin the second he took over as GM?
KingHenrik30
Member
Tarasenko is a yes, Kuznetzov is a no - in terms of coming over to play next year.
Because he has experience scouting and managing in the NHL already? How this that similar at all to a goalie prospect propelled to be a "franchise goalie"? Also Bergevin is a upgrade to Gauthier of the highest degree.
I've seen Euro teams employ a trap before.
You say that now.....
alexthekid
Member
It is an old and respectable sport, God damnit! It might not be the most popular one worldwide but neither is hockey. The people who like it tend to love it however. Keep to Baseball, Handegg and Basket!
Be a little fucking douche and keep spinning people words more to make your argument.
Crazymoogle
Member
I hear you, I just don't feel quite so strongly about it. Leagues change crap all the time (NBA with the 3pt line, 24 second clock, NFL with the 2pt conversion, hell even Bettman tried the foot-in-crease rule), and when the average height and weight of your players increase pretty clearly over the years I don't feel like increasing the net a bit is quite so horrible.
That being said tradition counts for a lot in the NHL and I doubt they'd ever make the change unless every goaltender in the league was 6'5"+.
Anyway I'm mostly just surprised you didn't post a pic of oversized pads poster-child and Islanders GM Garth Snow. Goalie equipment has been out of hand for years.
hfboards said:
??Cake Boss said:
Marc would have to be literally mentally disabled to do worse then Gauthier.
Since you got the time what was the posts after that.
Also I thought you stopped caring what I posted or some shit.
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