Dubbedinenglish
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Really like Petrovic so far great physically and confident with the puck. Hope he sticks next year.
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NHL April 2013 |OT| Darren Dreger: The NHL's Shane Kim
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so CCF went to the canucks game without you...did you guys have a fight?
Freyjadour
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Blues have agreed to a 3 year deal with the Chicago Wolves:
http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=667265
Here's to not seeing much from our prospects for the next 3 years.
http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=667265
Here's to not seeing much from our prospects for the next 3 years.
TemplaerDude
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Oh dude if I got mad at him for every game he didn't take me to we wouldn't be friends.
That's now 3 teams in 3 years for the wolves lol
That's what happens when they're the only play to win team in the AHL
ActStriker
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jesus christ
edit: are you fucking kidding me
edit: are you fucking kidding me
opticalmace
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bruins lookin good
equippedwithtowel
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lol Chara
Those teams can play as open as they want. And there's a lot of players playing for jobs / more salary next year.
... The Rangers? Also it's not like those other 4 teams have anything to play for. I'd argue at least the Panthers are better off losing.
No pressure + no reason to conserve energy + love for ruining playoff hopes = unpredictable games
This is why I avoid saying that certain teams have "easy" schedules
T.M. MacReady
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Holy hell. That was a lucky break. Empty net and he hits the post
Yeah, I rather play Anaheim than Calgary for example.
The ONLY issue with playing top teams at the end schedule is they may want to start grinding you down, or the dirty players, hurting you as much as possible for the playoffs.
Hjarlmasson and Keith both tried to injure Daniel Sedin last night.
The ONLY issue with playing top teams at the end schedule is they may want to start grinding you down, or the dirty players, hurting you as much as possible for the playoffs.
Hjarlmasson and Keith both tried to injure Daniel Sedin last night.
No player gives a shit about draft picks. They play for themselves and each other, not the future interests of the organization.
T.M. MacReady
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At least the Jets are losing too
This.
The teams who clinched tend to ease off at this time, usually sit out their best players too.
But they don't have more motivation to win than the other teams, is my point. I'd argue the Bruins&Habs have motivation to get the Nr2 seed, the Rangers still need to lock up their pick and the Islanders... I don't know. The other 4 teams I don't see what they're motivated by, aside from"We want to win"
So if anything, the playoff-bound teams should still be more motivated, aside from the subconscious feeling of conserving energy.
We need some of that magic.
Freyjadour
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We're scoring goals? Wat
But don't the playoff-bound players have that motivation too? Honest question. Do you think their brain goes "I need to conserve energy for the playoffs" or "I need to win this game" less than the brains of not-playoff-bound players? If you think so, then I concede my point.
Playoff bound players are both still team centric and have a month + to prove themselves for next year. Non-playoff bound players have 3 games.
Luckily for them Mason is stoning the Bruins.
Yeah, but backing into the playoffs playing pussy hockey is always a recipe for being on the golf course in 2 weeks.
This sentence feels so wrong.
woah
You made two points. Your first point I addressed with my other post (and Tabris also addressed) and your second point (Florida is better off losing) was addressed with the post you replied to. You suggested that these players care about draft picks. They don't.
You're imagining some unsolvable mystery that has a very simple explanation. Yes, Boston/New York/etc are also motivated. Of course they want to win and secure the division and/or playoff spot. But the teams they're playing also have several motivations and also can go balls out with little/no pressure. Don't underestimate pressure. Consider that when a team struggles down the stretch toward the playoffs, no one points to the basement teams that bested them. Everyone just says they "choked".
I don't actually want him bought out but Therrien has misused him terribly and it's showing in his play.
This is a really good read on the Canucks - The Sedins are putting in the most impressive two-way season of hockey of their careers: http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=667209
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