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NHL April 2017 |OT| The Previous Thread is in the Hall of Fame
- Thread starter CreeperBlocks
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Bandwagon probably took a wrong turn and is just late getting to the thread.
This will be the easiest chance at the CF the Habs will have had in a long time, the Rangers who've they've matched up very well against, and then one of the Leafs / Sens / Bruins. Just need Price to stay healthy and hopefully the team can keep rolling, they're heating up exactly when they need to be.
Seeing how the goalie interference and players going near Price during the season will be interesting, I expect him to go at a couple guys if Weber doesn't.
Shit was set in like December.
Define "long". They were in it 3 years ago in 2014 and 4 years before that in 2010.
Simon Belmont
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I think your head is screwed on just a little to tight.
Gonna be on honeymoon for at least two games. I'm gonna deputize Dubbed and Creeper to work together in my absence.
CreeperBlocks
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NORRRIIIISSSSSSOOONNN
He's not wrong.
Dubbedinenglish
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Doesn't really matter they are keeping him wrinkled scrotum head in the org. He'll be back when the next coach he chooses fails. It's 2002 again with this horseshit.
Of course the the players want to go, but I wish they would drop the pretense that the NHL owners will always benefit from shutting down their league for the Olympics. The IOC benefits, and they should be paying for the costs involved. Not the NHL, and not the IIHF.
Dubbedinenglish
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Keenan took over as coach, had a direct line to owners. Keenan blamed players for his failures. Then became GM, who hired Martin as his coach. Ran players out of town, terrible drafting missing on easy picks. Terrible coaching and meddling owners that lasted until 2008. Ruined the state of the org until Viner boutght the team portion and put in Tallon to rebuild everything in 2010. The literal dark ages of the Panthers.
Thought these owners were willing to let the hockey people do thier jobs and get the best people for their positions. Stage is set to repeat all the same mistakes.
Yeah he is. I dont buy that the Olympics expands the game more than garbage teams like the Coyotes.
Matthews didnt start playing because of the Olympics.
Fata1moose
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The USA/Canada game in Vancouver was about as good as it gets. Pretty sure there were quite a few people who watched that and then never tuned into NHL games.
Didn't the IOC agree to pay for the insurance, travel costs and all that shit?
Buba Big Guns
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The Olympics are a good way to keep ice hockey relevant worldwide, and display the talent that in this sport. NHL are pretty short sighted, shown by the fact that they didn't even try to negotiate. They will probably want to get into China in 2022 but hopefully they get told to fuck off. The WC of Hockey is a joke too.
Anyways, Sens finally break out this slump tonight please for the love of God.
Anyways, Sens finally break out this slump tonight please for the love of God.
Peep this, game after that one is Tampa vs. Toronto.
If I'm Tampa I'm very glad that I get this opportunity to control my destiny against the two teams ahead of me.
They paid in 2014, then said they wouldn't this time, then got the IIHF to pay for it.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/nhls-decision-not-send-players-olympics-bad-hockey/
There's technically like a 0.00001% chance the Rangers could climb into 3rd place in the Metro still. Here's the exact set of circumstances that would cause that to happen:
1) The Rangers go 3-0-0 in their final three games
2) All of those wins are in regulation or overtime.
3) They win those games with an average margin of victory of at least +3 per game.
4) The Blue Jackets go 0-4-0 in their final four games.
5) They lose those games with an average margin of loss of at least -3 per game.
If all of that pans out, then the Rangers and Blue Jackets would both end with 106 points and 47 ROW. Their season series had an odd number of games, so the first game in the arena with the extra home game is thrown out, leaving the teams 2-2 against each other on the season, earning 4 points each. That leaves it down to goal differential, where Columbus currently has a +20 lead over the Rangers. If the margin of victory/defeat in each of those 7 games that remain is 3, that is a 21 point swing in goal differential in the Rangers' favor, giving them third place in the Metropolitan Division.
Suffice it to say, this is not happening, so yes, Rangers-Habs is locked.
That gold medal game was such a contrast to the Canada-Sweden one in 2014. Nobody talks about that one because it was boring af.
Instead NBC still freaks out over TJ Oshie's game against Russia.
alexthekid
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We would have lost anyway but a swedish team without H. Sedin, Zetterberg and Bäckström had zero presence in the middle. Our last chance went down with Bäckström.
Edit: I havent said anything about the Olympics yet, but I have to say that this is incredibly stupid by the NHL. There is no better way to grow the game world wide than participation in international tournaments. And in the grand schema of thing the World Cup is never going to mean much outside of NA. Tournaments with the primary purpose to make money will stay gimmicks.
I hope that the national federations will use this against the NHL when they are negotiating player rights. This hurts the sport in so many ways.
And I hope (but doesnt seem probable) that some players decide to go anyway.
CreeperBlocks
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Yooka-Laylee
It's going to be a better kickstarter game than Mighty No 9, just wait for the sequel folks!
Fata1moose
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We didn't even medal, nor did Russia. :lol
I enjoy the Olympics, unlike the gimmick that is the World Cup. We can't even come up with enough countries so we have a young guns team. Which is fun to watch, but also sad.
Reviews are all over the board for it. Still looks fun though.Yooka-Laylee
I want it now.
It's alot to ask of Tampa with both games on the road. Leafs game they'll have an advantage since it's 3 games in 4 nights for Leafs on Thursday but it's still a lot to ask.
CreeperBlocks
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I see Shenmue being a buggy mess, hopefully I'm wrong when it comes out
Does it? 🤔
😍😂😮😣😁😒😦😇😸👍👉
bonesmccoy
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I won't criticize you for liking a poorly review game, but I will exercise my GOD/FSM-given right to shitpost about it constantly.
Better than your shitposting about the salary cap.
bonesmccoy
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The cap is crap