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NHL February 2017 |OT| Alternative Stats
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no need to make him work, I did predict all this garbage
Even worse, my dad's name is Austin and my mom is Liane.
Just very very confusing all the time, I've carried so much misplaced anxiety.
I'm gonna need a list of your fears and a credit card number.
question is... who sits for marner?
leivo/marner/sosh/brown/nylander are all playing RW right now
next season we will likely have kapanen, too.
Reckheim
Member
Really hoping JVR gets shipped out, even if its just for mediocre D at this point.
bonesmccoy
Banned
It'll be Soshnikov.
this is high quality and derserves recognition lol
I don't get it
Someone said Laine looks like Buffalo Bill. Pillar's post was a deep-cut reference to Silence of the Lambs. The song that Buffalo Bill dances to in the movie is Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus. The chorus is "Goodbye horses, I'm flying over you."
ElephantShell
Banned
Ya I like him but he's odd man out in this situation unfortunately.
After the Trappist-1 post. K that's pretty good
Certainly a heroic prediction
That's a bold and brave prediction
I'm gonna miss that gritty little commie
That's a bold and brave prediction
I'm gonna miss that gritty little commie
Fine. The Leafs will win a Cup within the next 5 years. Please bookmark this and bitch slap me in 2022.
Oh God what have I done. You bastards shamed me into this.
ElephantShell
Banned
Bookmarking this for 5 years from now in case they don't.
astroturfing
Member
damn.. i would have loved to see Laine play for Vancouver (my fave team when i was a kid in early 90s). would have been super nostalgic.. and him maybe playing with the Sedins, interesting thought.
he's not even 19! he's still 18. and seriously, how much more could he do for the team, a point per game and being second in the entire league with 30 goals (even ahead of his hero Ovechkin) AND having a good +/- stat isn't enough? when the team's goalies let in 3-5 goals every goddamn game it's kind of difficult to win, unless you score a hat trick every game.. i am kind of disappointed he doesn't though, i admit.
Unhandled Exception
Member
How well does he take a hit tho
ElephantShell
Banned
I agree that's a good thing to hear and surprisingly honest. Usually you'll get something like "well we knew what we had but we were just waiting for the right opportunity", in this case he's basically saying "yeah we were wrong about Leivo, whoops."
Good god man look at the long, long line of *very* good teams that don't win the Cup. That's bold. Think about a Sharks fan 5 years ago looking at their elite AF squad and the confidence they'd have felt in that prediction... and frankly the Leafs ain't exactly the 2009 Sharks. The way it is now if you're going into a season with a team you can confidently predict will be one of the top 3 in the league I think they will be around 20% to win the Cup. Las Vegas (not the team) can probably tell you more accurately, maybe it's around 30% but that feels too high.
This is all tied into my long held and quite realistic belief that it's doubtful my team will win the Cup in my lifetime (even if they weren't sub-par for the last half decade). Just statistically it's doubtful. Luckily I have Team Canada to fill the championship gap.
EDIT: also, important to note that my incredibly low expectations are still somehow not being met by this jackass team. What the fuck, I entered this fandom NEVER expecting to actually win and they manage to underwhelm. Listening to Hockey Central on the way home and vomiting at the panel of fucking experts talking about how great Maurice is and how he's close and he deserves another shot is bracing me for more of the same next season.
DyslexicAlucard
Member
Was just playing some NHL 17 at Columbus. The fans were chanting "Let's go Blue Jackets!" Is this accurate? You'd think they'd tried to shorten it to "Jackets" or "Jacks," like the Lightning fans chant "Let's go Bolts!"
Just something I found interesting.
Just something I found interesting.
Luke Schenn?
bonesmccoy
Banned
I worry that ownership will ask Chevy 'wtf' and Chevy will say it's a process / bad goalies / injury to Myers and that's why we need to extend Maurice for 8 years.
IcyBlueStrawberry
Member
I'm pretty sure they just chant "CBJ"
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Per Foggy (resident BJ), they chant "Cannon, cannon"
Good god man look at the long, long line of *very* good teams that don't win the Cup. That's bold. Think about a Sharks fan 5 years ago looking at their elite AF squad and the confidence they'd have felt in that prediction... and frankly the Leafs ain't exactly the 2009 Sharks. The way it is now if you're going into a season with a team you can confidently predict will be one of the top 3 in the league I think they will be around 20% to win the Cup. Las Vegas (not the team) can probably tell you more accurately, maybe it's around 30% but that feels too high.
This is all tied into my long held and quite realistic belief that it's doubtful my team will win the Cup in my lifetime (even if they weren't sub-par for the last half decade). Just statistically it's doubtful. Luckily I have Team Canada to fill the championship gap.
EDIT: also, important to note that my incredibly low expectations are still somehow not being met by this jackass team. What the fuck, I entered this fandom NEVER expecting to actually win and they manage to underwhelm. Listening to Hockey Central on the way home and vomiting at the panel of fucking experts talking about how great Maurice is and how he's close and he deserves another shot is bracing me for more of the same next season.
The vets will wake up by then.
Dreger just saying the Sens would be willing to add their first rounder in a potential deal which makes me wonder why most teams aren't saying the same. Everyone says this draft is mediocre at the top and shit shortly after the top 3 at best so why would any non lottery team be hesitant to give up picks.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Likely to swing a deal with Vegas for expansion
Where do you see this fams.
It was the beginning of That's Hockey, right after everyone chuckled about Dorian calling Lazar "a good NHLer... well he will be someday". Doesn't seem to be on TSN.ca yet though.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Well that's boring
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Road trip trap game SMH
Great movie. The music is perfect for capturing that sinister mood, too.