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NHL December 2016 |OT| Best Christmas Since '93

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Red_Man

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
When was the last time a Bergevin traded was called before it was made? Maybe Petry? I mean with specific teams / players mentioned.
 
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Red_Man

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
Razorskin said:
Seems so, I was expecting a lackluster Hemsky trade but seems like he'll still be injured for a while and I don't believe we would want anyone on their backend that's available..

Perhaps Roussel as I'm sure Bergevin is fond of him.
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Sharp is still out with a concussion
 
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Wingfan19

Unconfirmed Member
I'm going to the Wings/Sabres game tonight with my dad. It'll be our last game at the Joe, so Detroit better come out flying and win the game. Get to see the 97 Cup team, the Stanley Cup, and some other trophies as well.

Gonna get me a hot dog, slice of Little Caesars, and some ice cream from Mikes Inside Scoop as a farewell.
 
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Silver Arrows

Banned
So, maybe to the older Leafs crowd here (Hell, even the younger ones could answer this)

Is being in the Atlantic Division now better then being in the old Norris Division?
 
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Foggy

Member
Listening to the latest hockeypdocast and Dimitri proposed going back to the 8 teams per conference arrangement for the playoffs but adding that the top seeds get to choose their first round opponent. This needs to be implemented yesterday.
 
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zroid

Banned
Foggy said:
Listening to the latest hockeypdocast and Dimitri proposed going back to the 8 teams per conference arrangement for the playoffs but adding that the top seeds get to choose their first round opponent. This needs to be implemented yesterday.
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The best thing about this format is how even though being the top seed is a great advantage, there's also an element of hubris to it. Just makes it all the more entertaining.
 
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Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
Zach Fucale and Mason Raymond are on the Team Canada roster at the Spengler Cup lol
 
Reckheim

Reckheim

Member
Foggy said:
Listening to the latest hockeypdocast and Dimitri proposed going back to the 8 teams per conference arrangement for the playoffs but adding that the top seeds get to choose their first round opponent. This needs to be implemented yesterday.
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Damn, that would actually be interesting. Even more incentive to try to go for the top.
 
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Foggy

Member
zroid said:
The best thing about this format is how even though being the top seed is a great advantage, there's also an element of hubris to it. Just makes it all the more entertaining.
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The amount of drama would be unreal. Especially if the Habs have the option to pick the Bruins, pass, and then meet them in the 2nd round. The salt would be exponentially more potent.

Then, of course, like you said if a team calls their shot and fall flat on their face it would be a spectacle and raise the profile of the underdog. Love it.
 
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Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
Foggy said:
The amount of drama would be unreal. Especially if the Habs have the option to pick the Bruins, pass, and then meet them in the 2nd round. The salt would be exponentially more potent.

Then, of course, like you said if a team calls their shot and fall flat on their face it would be a spectacle and raise the profile of the underdog. Love it.
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I want this in the league yesterday
 
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dr.rocktopus

Banned
Wingfan19 said:
I'm going to the Wings/Sabres game tonight with my dad. It'll be our last game at the Joe, so Detroit better come out flying and win the game. Get to see the 97 Cup team, the Stanley Cup, and some other trophies as well.

Gonna get me a hot dog, slice of Little Caesars, and some ice cream from Mikes Inside Scoop as a farewell.
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and the pretzel with the cheese dip???

Calling your shot as first seed would be amazing but way too much drama for this league. I would love to see someone like Laine comment on their choice
in 2019
 
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Parch

Member
I'd have no problem signing Russell long term, as long as he's getting paid for what he is. On the Oilers he's second pairing at best and pretty much useless on the powerplay. The Oilers defence is still the team weakness so they can't really afford to keep losing defencemen that are good enough to be on this team.
Russell's corsi history is sad but it's a new team with a different role so he's welcome on the Oilers. Just don't go nuts with the cap hit for a player who is mediocre at best just because the team depth is weak at the position.
 
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Gunstar Ikari

Unconfirmed Member
Forsberg-Johansen-Arvidsson
Wilson-Fisher-Watson
Fiala-Ribeiro-Neal
Boucher-Jarnkrok-Smith

lol Smith, on the 4th line where he belongs.

Still no Subban, but Bitetto practiced.

I had forgotten that teams weren't even allowed to travel until today. Gotta be rough for the away teams.
 
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Silver Arrows

Banned
Daniel Carcillo on the concussion talk that Steve Downie started

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@stevedownie23 my thoughts on why players keep falling through the cracks and seek help through @Ch5foundation #concussion #nhl #nhlpa
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https://twitter.com/carbombboom13/status/813510901961752577
 
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Silver Arrows

Banned
The NWHL has released a full and complete policy on transgender athletes in the league.

Can be seen here.

The National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) is committed to creating safe and inclusive spaces while maintaining competitive equity in women’s professional hockey.

Guiding Principles

The NWHL will use the following principles to determine eligibility for tryouts and play in accordance with this policy:

a) This policy exists to reassure transgender athletes of the protections and support they have, both within law and within the NWHL policies and protocols. 


b) The implementation and administration of this policy will consider a fair and equitable level of monitoring that is respectful, inclusive, and respects a person’s human rights. 


c) This policy may be modified, updated, or otherwise changed pending updated medical and expert information. 


Purpose

The NWHL recognizes all forms of gender expression. Therefore, the NWHL supports athletes choosing to express their gender beyond the binary of female and male. The NWHL will use the eligibility guidelines set out in this policy in order to ensure a fair and level playing field for all participants.

Eligibility Guidelines

Considering the most up-to-date medical and expert information available at the time of the implementation of this policy, participation is open to:

1. People designated female at birth, regardless of their gender identity.

1.1 The athlete may not take testosterone hormone therapy. Athletes transitioning to male who undergo hormone therapy will be ineligible to compete.

2. Those who transition from male to female are eligible to compete under the following conditions:

2.1. The athlete has declared that her gender identity is female. The declaration cannot be changed, for sporting purposes, for a minimum of four years.

2.2. The athlete must demonstrate that her total testosterone level in serum is within typical limits of women athletes.

2.3. The athlete's total testosterone level in serum must remain in the typical range of women athletes throughout the period of desired eligibility to compete in the female category.

2.4. Compliance with these conditions may be monitored by testing. In the event of non-compliance, the athlete’s eligibility in the league will be suspended for 12 months.

Process

An athlete may initiate the process by contacting the NWHL prior to try-outs outlining their wish to participate in accordance to the NWHL’s Transgender Athlete policy. The NWHL may, with a credible basis for believing that the athlete is asserting a transgender identity for an improper purpose, ask for additional information before moving forward with registration. Upon review of information and if it is deemed sufficient, the athlete will immediately be eligible to try out or compete if offered a position, and will continue to do so unless circumstances dictate that another gender declaration should be made.

Athletes currently participating in the NWHL who wish to make changes to their gender identity, name, pronoun, or other markers within the league should contact the NWHL to assist in making these changes on official publications and listings.

Confidentiality

All of the information and documents related to the eligibility of a transgender athlete will be treated as highly confidential. The Parties agree that they will not at any time disclose that information or documents (other than in the ordinary and usual course of implementing this policy) without the prior written consent of the disclosing party, unless required by law.

Definitions:

a) Gender identity is each person’s sense of belonging to a particular gender, such as woman, man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. Current science recognizes that gender identity is innate or fixed at a young age and strongly indicates that gender identity has a biological basis. A person’s gender identity may be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex. When a person’s gender identity is different from that person’s birth-assigned sex, gender identity is determinative of that person’s sex.

b) Gender expression is how a person publicly presents their gender. This can include behavior and outward appearance such as dress, hair, make-up, body language and voice. A person’s chosen name and pronoun are also common ways of expressing gender.

c) Trans or transgender is a term that refers to a person whose gender identity, or affirmed sex, that is different from the sex they were assigned or assumed to be at birth.
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MetatronM

Unconfirmed Member
Henrik Lundqvist is out tonight with the flu. Antti Raanta gets the start, and Brandon Halverson has been called up to be his backup.
 
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Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
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Mason Raymond just scored and these seats are sweet!

And Switzerland is beating the Czechs at Juniors, too!
 
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Cake Boss

Banned
calder said:
I liked the Witcher 3 enough but once it was over I was so damn relieved. Dull combat, horrible performance, a string of boring/annoying main quests to end the game ensured I've never felt the slightest desire to get any dlc or replay it. That godawful horse sure didn't help. Overrated game, but I can at least see why ppl who don't mind the combat seem to think it's the game of generation or something.



Latvia that was exactly what I meant by fucking up a long 5on3 good job
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I am at the isle of mists after 10 minute boat ride...immersion!!! 🙄🙄, ready to fight the wild hunt, nope go find these 3 people in the island 😒😒
 
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Fata1moose

Banned
I think the Witcher 3 combat is fine. People complain about the combat in pretty much every RPG I've ever played. I wonder what people consider good combat, or what they expect out of a RPG.
 
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Red_Man

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
McKenzie said that the Avs were working on a trade to send Landeskog to Winnipeg for Trouba. Interesting, I'd love to see him in a Habs jersey.
 
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Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
Ooh Fucale is playing, not MacIntyre! Fucale looks...... really small.

Fucale is wearing a Habs mask lol
 
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Holiday

Banned
I saw these stats just now in an article from the STL Post-Dispatch: Stastny, Lehtera, and Berglund have 38 combined points this season. 17 of those are Stastny's in a two-way role. Lehtera has 10 points as a scoring center.

I have nothing to say.
 
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Unhandled Exception

Member
I'd do Landeskog for Trouba if it wasn't in division. Landeskog will find his game when he has zero leadership expectations put on him, cause he's not one and never will be.
 
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Unhandled Exception

Member
RPG combat is typically boring. Some games have good takes on it, Witcher is not one of them. Dragon's Dogma, Valkyrie Profile, Monster Hunter, the Souls series. Even the early Mario & Luigi games have fun combat mechanics.
 
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