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NHL January 2016 |OT| Road to the Matthews Draft Pick

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Merguson

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zroid

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shadowkat said:
lol

I'm not sure I want to know how you found it. :p
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lol, someone retweeted this into my feed

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Streisand effect?
 
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Terrordactyl

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Pikma said:
Stars won a game but it means nothing because they'll lose 5 of their next 6.

They're utter garbage

Also, lol at people thinking this team would win the President's trophy
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I hate seeing people feel this way about their teams, but here Inam feeling the same way, sort of. Best case scenario, go out in round two again. I'd rather we tank for a top 6 I think. Goalies are a huge area of concern, although tonight against the stars it was too much of a roller coaster, looking like a great team at moments and then like a dumpster fire the next
 
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Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
Canadian teams by P%

20 Montreal
21 Ottawa
23 Vancouver
25 Calgary
26 Winnipeg
27 Toronto
28 Edmonton


... lolololololol

(there's a pretty big gap between 24 (Carolina) and 25 though)
 
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yyzjohn

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My schadenfreude isn't working cause I sort of feel bad for Habs fans. I know what it's like to go through this crap, at least the Leafs finally hired a real coach and committed to a proper build. Habs will clean up after this season I think.
 
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These Habs are the most disappointing thing since my son. While my son eventually hanged himself in a gas station bathroom, this Habs season will be around forever, it will never Go away.


Bless Red Letter Media. I'm gonna watch the Plinkett reviews to cheer me up
 
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imBask

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CreeperBlocks said:
These Habs are the most disappointing thing since my son. While my son eventually hanged himself in a gas station bathroom, this Habs season will be around forever, it will never Go away.


Bless Red Letter Media. I'm gonna watch the Plinkett reviews to cheer me up
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The Revenant review was good! they shit on my Leo a bit but whatever, they're just hackfrauds
 
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Silexx

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We're going to hear the full proposal for both Lebroton Flats development bids later today, but details of the Sens' bid have started to leak:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lebreton-flats-ottawa-senators-eugene-melnyk-1.3418625

The RLG bid includes a public plaza beside the arena with room for approximately 28,000 people, as well as pedestrian connections to the future Bayview and Pimisi light rail transit stations. The entire development will be heavily transit-oriented, sources said.

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk said his team would not play at LeBreton Flats if his group's proposal isn't chosen by the NCC board of directors. (CBC)

The bid also includes at least two hotels, commercial and retail space, and a residential component.

The redevelopment, worth a total of $3.5-billion, will include five distinct neighbourhoods to be constructed over three multi-year phases.

Phase 1 will be built from 2018-26, and will include 1,400 residential and 500 hotel units. The three neighbourhoods to be built during this phase are LeBreton, Pimisi, and the Aqueduct, a pedestrian-only area of street-level shops, bars and condos in the eastern-most section of LeBreton Flats.
Phase 2 will be built from 2026-2036, and will include another 1,000 residential and 300 hotel units, as well as a fourth neighbourhood.
Phase 3 will be built after 2036, and will include a fifth neighbourhood.

Sources said the buildings will be massed in such a way that they will not interfere with sight lines to landmarks such as Parliament Hill, a condition stipulated by the National Capital Commission.
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zroid

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Puck Daddy summary of the changes coming via MLBAM

1. NHL Premium Changes The (Late) Game

How many times have you been on social media or gotten a text that alerted you to an incredible finish in an NHL game, whether it’s a pulled goalie or a game entering overtime.

The NHL has decided to tap into this with NHL Premium. It’s a $2.99 monthly streaming service that delivers the last five minutes of any game – well, any out of market game – plus overtime to your mobile device. You can set your app to send push notifications for any team, and you’ll get an alert that says the game has entered the final five minutes.

This is pretty cool. As an NFL Red Zone devotee – and someone who will flip to any game on Center Ice that’s tied or close near the end – it’s a handy way to watch the definitive moments of a game. The last five minutes of a close NHL game can be must-see. (Unlike in the NBA, where they’re the only five minutes you need to see.)
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2. NHL.tv Replaces GameCenter Live

Launching on Feb. 1, NHL.tv is a rebranded and turbo-charged version of GameCenter Live, the NHL’s video streaming product.

Among the new features for NHL.tv on mobile are favorite-team customization, in which the “home” feed for any game is automatically fed to your player; six-camera mosaic layouts, with alternate angles; better DVR controls; and most importantly, an increase of the frames-per-second rate from 30 to 60.

The picture clarity of this new video is remarkable when fully rendered. And it’s a smart play from the NHL and MLBAM, understanding that many who use streaming video are sending them to televisions through devices like Apple TV.

“It has to compete with HDTV. It’s what fans expect,” said Bob Bowman, President and CEO of MLB Advanced Media.

It’s more expensive to produce, for sure, but it’s a necessity for the speed of the game. According to Bettman, “the latency won’t be as great either. It’ll be closer to real time.”

There’s also going to be extended six-minute highlight packages available to premium subscribers.
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3. You Can Favorite Teams And Follow Ones You Hate

Personalization is a big key for this entire redesign, and one of those new options is the concept of “favorite” teams and teams you just “follow.”

In other words, if you’re a New York Rangers fan, you can make that your favorite team – get all the news, video, game notifications and have a Rangers icon on your mobile app. Then you can have teams you “follow” … like the New York Islanders and the New Jersey Devils, getting their news and the like but not having to make them your “favorite” teams.

Again, not the most earth-shattering change for the app. But it’s kind of like when you read a terrible story on Facebook and want to support it but don’t enjoy having to “like” it. Because the Islanders are not your favorite team, right Rangers fans?
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4. NHL App Targets Your Tablet

The target for much of this redesign is for tablets, which makes sense, given the leaps iPad has made in functionality.

Its IOS 9 is awesome for multitasking, and the new NHL app takes advantage of that. There can be an active scoreboard on the right side of the screen while you work on other things. But most impressive is the fact that you can now watch an NHL game streaming in a small picture-in-picture box anywhere on your tablet while you’re scrolling through photos or playing Candy Crush.
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5. Mobile Box Scores Have Actual Content

One of the better innovations in the new app is in the box scores.

There’s something called “list view” in which all the scores for that night are on display. Open one, and not only are there game stats but a swipe-friendly goal summary that will have one-touch access to each goal. And the goals highlights are updated at the same pace they are on NHL.com, and are a hell of a lot easier to find.

The objective is to have the full story of the game presented in a mobile box score, instead of just the Cliff’s Notes it currently has.
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6. NHL.com Gets Cleaner Look

The first thing you’ll notice about a revamped NHL.com is the white space. It’s a much cleaner, much more mobile-friendly look.

Now, maybe you prefer cluttered. Especially if you’re someone accustomed to going to NHL.com, glancing at the sidebar headlines and going from there. The news is now available underneath the main header – a geo-targeted module that you swipe through for stories – and you have to scroll down the page to see it on what’s called “the media wall.” Each story has a picture and a headline and a summary; you click to expand or contract the story itself. The feed is curated by an editor, and will include original feature stories, videos and social media content.

When you click on a headline, it’ll take you to a traditional story page, and that’s where you’ll find a sidebar of ever-changing headlines from which to navigate.

The goals and penalties are shifted to the right sidebar, and the “real-time” stats are now featured in at the top – faceoffs, power plays and giveaways, for example. Again, a cleaner look and a bit easier to navigate.

The player pages are getting a makeover as well, but just aesthetically. No additional stats behind what’s available.

On the video side, NHL.com has a revamped video page with promises better curating, but it also will have long-form video recaps of games that will feel like segments on NHL Network: complete highlights with voiceovers and other packaging.

Two other changes we really dig. First off, the standings have adopted a bell and whistle from MLB.com, as the last game and next game are added after their record in the last 10 games.

And then, on the schedule page, one of the simplest, most obvious changes they’ve made, and yet one of the best: Segmenting the schedule by the day, rather than having all the games in a giant list for each month.

Simple, but so essential.
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7. NHL Network Will Keep Making Baby Steps

MLB Network President Rob McGlarry oversees the NHL Network, and said his group was able to accomplish a lot in a small amount of time. They’ve peppered the set with new faces like Scott Stevens. Their game-night coverage has shifted from simply showing highlights to telling the full game story and offering more expert analysis.

But it’s very much still a work in progress. NHL Network will get its own dedicated studio space in April, launching a new set. The additional programming for the network, like during the day, won’t be developed until next season. And NHL Network still faces some major hurdles before it will be available for streaming on NHL.tv.

McGlarry likes the progress they’ve made … even when there’s been unexpected bumps in the road. “We didn’t expect to have John Tortorella as an analyst for only two and a half weeks,” he said of the still-new Columbus Blue Jackets coach.

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Again, much of this is promising. There’s still much work to be done. Bowman called this Version 1.0 of what they’ll be able to accomplish. Bettman said the League is still working on getting things like in-market games into their streaming feeds.

“It’s a work in progress. We’re trying to come to a common ground, but I think there’s a difference yet to be resolved. We’re trying to get everything cleaned up and orderly. We’re trying,” he said.

But so far, he’s happy with what he’s seen from the BAM and NHL partnership.

“Once we get through the basics, the sky’s the limit,” said Bettman.
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