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[Samyy]

Apparently Toronto will get the World Cup in 2016 and then the All-Star game in 2017 + an outdoor game.

All of this happening when I have a real job so hopefully I can afford to go to everything

 

[CrazedArabMan]

Some of my footage toward the end didn't record but I got mostly everything else. Webm sneak peak while I get everything else set:

Very Short Preview

 

[MetalGuardian]

you hockey bros ready to see some skills tonight

 

[Coldnoodle]

Ovi's not particularly good at the breakaway challenge so I don't know why they picked him again :/

Kessel for fastest skater! Woo!

 

[ZeroGravity]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/sportsnet-live/

Gary Bettman coming on now for the announcements

 

[zroid]

Apparently Toronto will get the World Cup in 2016 and then the All-Star game in 2017 + an outdoor game.

All of this happening when I have a real job so hopefully I can afford to go to everything

I guess they're going to hold the outdoor game at the revamped BMO Field, which will have like 30k seats I think.

You know what that means... they're going to charge like 2x as much per ticket to make up for the lost revenue compared with the football stadium venues... and then they'll add another 20% on top because of Toronto tax. :lol

 

[Samyy]

I guess they're going to hold the outdoor game at the revamped BMO Field, which will have like 30k seats I think.

You know what that means... they're going to charge like 2x as much per ticket to make up for the lost revenue compared with the football stadium venues... and then they'll add another 20% on top because of Toronto tax. :lol

Rumour is that its at the Skydome with the dome open actually, which I prefer
Don't really want to be fully outside during the winter for 3+hours

 

[Coldnoodle]

Toronto's going to have a shitty team during their 100th.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Hmm Player Tracking? Seems interesting.

 

[zroid]

Rumour is that its at the Skydome with the dome open actually, which I prefer
Don't really want to be fully outside during the winter for 3+hours

Skydome... yuck

 

[Samyy]

Toronto's going to have a shitty team during their 100th.

Yeeeeep.
This is my concern, the board will probably push for a "competitive" team for the centennial, which is why I think we've heard so much about the Leafs wanting good young players rather than draft picks.

 

[Merguson]

Rumour is that its at the Skydome with the dome open actually, which I prefer
Don't really want to be fully outside during the winter for 3+hours

I thought the dome couldn't be open during the winter season.

 

[zroid]

"Hockey goes back to it's roots"

...such incompetence

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Habs vs Bruins Winter Classic Confirmed WHOOO

 

[Samyy]

Skydome... yuck

Whats wrong with the Skydome D:

I thought the dome couldn't be open during the winter season.

No idea, this is according to @THNKenCampbell

 

[Coldnoodle]

Detroit and Chicago again?

:LOL

 

[Samyy]

Cap Projections:

CAD @ .80 cents = $71.7 million
CAD @ .82 cents =$72.2 million
CAD @ .88 cents = $73 million

 

[ActStriker]

Going to Winter Classic confirmed

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Going to Winter Classic confirmed

Same.

 

[Smiley90]

Detroit and Chicago again?

:LOL

There are other teams in the league?

 

[Merguson]

Whats wrong with the Skydome D:



No idea, this is according to @THNKenCampbell

I found an article regarding the SkyDome from 2012.. does make sense why the dome wouldn't be open.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseb...s_centre_roof_for_first_time_this_season.html

Select quotes:

Temperatures below 10 C put the opening and closing of the roof at risk, said Stephen Brooks, Blue Jays Senior Vice-president, who added that the metal rails on which the roof moves expand and contract with the weather.

“At around 10 degrees, if we were to open the roof, and the temperature then dropped, we risk not being able to close it,” Brooks said, adding that the system shuts down if the roof gets out of alignment by a couple centimetres. “Because the stadium is without drainage, a roof that is shut down can be problematic if it were to rain.”

 

[Fata1moose]

Winter Classic is a good choice. Wish the Avs were playing someone else. I'll be going to that game though. Glad it's at a baseball stadium and not football, should be better sight lines.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Word Cup of Poop.

 

[ShaneB]

Cap Projections:

CAD @ .80 cents = $71.7 million
CAD @ .82 cents =$72.2 million
CAD @ .88 cents = $73 million

Dang.

 

[Razorskin]

"Hockey goes back to it's roots"

...such incompetence

Are they going to get LeVar Burton to reprise his role?

 

[lamaroo]

Really want to try going to that Winter Classic.

Should probably get my passport.

 

[Quick]

Kessel taking place in the shootout and fastest skater competition.

Just tell him there's a box of timbits at the end of the race and it's all good.

Like the actual shootout competition for style?

No fucking way. :lol

 

[zroid]

I know it's coming but I'm still dreading the Under 23 team announcement

"best on best" my arse

 

[CreeperBlocks]

You know what would be a cool if there was a winter classic against Canada vs Russia it doesn't have to be a NHL team.

 

[Marvie_3]

There are other teams in the league?

None that anyone cares about.

 

[Red_Man]

Really want to try going to that Winter Classic.

Should probably get my passport.

I'd really like to go as well, hopefully the prices aren't insane.

 

[Razorskin]

I know it's coming but I'm still dreading the Under 23 team announcement

"best on best" my arse

They should get Therrien to coach that team and he'll manage to never play anyone.

 

[Fata1moose]

I'd really like to go as well, hopefully the prices aren't insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw0

 

[calder]

Dragged myself from my death bed for this presser. Bettmanns defensiveness when answering any question is a balm to my illness wracked body.



Nooooo, young stars team. That team is going to fucking suck, feel bad for them.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Place your bets on which superstar gets injured during the World Cup of Hockey and thereby torpedoing their NHL team.

 

[Fata1moose]

Place your bets on which superstar gets injured during the World Cup of Hockey and thereby torpedoing their NHL team.

Ovechkin.

 

[GSG Flash]

That World Cup format sounds shitty

I agree with Mark Streit here

"It doesn't make a whole lot of sense," Streit said last week in Buffalo. "I'm not a big fan of it, not at all. I think it's a nations tournament and you want to play for your country and you take pride in it every Olympics and every World Cup. ... It is what it is. I love to play for Switzerland, I'm sure guys love to play for Slovakia and Czech and Sweden."

 

[Fata1moose]

Stadium series jersey please. Oh who am I kidding, it'll probably look awful with chrome or something.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Ovechkin.

We'd be fine relatively.

Now if Backstrom went down we'd be boned.

BONED

 

[zroid]

lol poor Kopitar

 

[zroid]

 

[Coldnoodle]

Elliotte Friedman ‏@FriedgeHNIC
NHL is also considering a Canada vs Rest of the World "Ryder Cup" style event in 2018.

 

[Razorskin]

Stadium series jersey please. Oh who am I kidding, it'll probably look awful with chrome or something.

Should be their regular jerseys.

 

[Socreges]

That World Cup format sounds shitty

I agree with Mark Streit here

It IS shitty. They just want it to be a showcase of the NHL's best, not a legitimate competition between nations. It'll basically be another All Star game, but in a tournament format and with the NHL/hockey media trying to convince us that it matters.

 

[Fata1moose]

Should be their regular jerseys.

Yeah, I wish. I hate the apron stripe jerseys.

 

[Coldnoodle]

I wonder what the trophy looks like.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Oh Shit. That sounds cool

 

[lamaroo]

I wonder what the trophy looks like.

It will probably look like some crappy American style trophy.

 

[Razorskin]

Fuck, the draft was yesterday?! I didn't even know they were doing that again. Need full replay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mehn0p5fFqs

Just skip around to the good bits.

Some of my footage toward the end didn't record but I got mostly everything else. Webm sneak peak while I get everything else set:

Very Short Preview

Neat.

 

[zroid]

I guess McJesus and Eichel playing on the same team will be neat... if nothing else