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NHL January 2017 |OT| May 2016's reign of terror end with the Wild's sacrificial loss
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astroturfing
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both.
i hated what happened to McDavid last season too. skilled players should be respected and not targeted in any way. the hotheads should hit each other and enjoy their concussions by themselves.
watching BOS-CAR now... and LOL at the American style advertising; "goaltenders brought to you by CPI Security"... what.. the... fuck? doesn't that sound absurd to anyone else?? apparently it wasn't a joke. is this type of marketing normal nowadays in sports? i burst out laughing to myself, so ridiculous. is the puck brought to us by Toyota? goalposts by Disney?
Unhandled Exception
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Please define the thresh hold for what makes a player skilled enough to be treated with kid gloves by the rest of the league, and what that treatment actually looks like to you. How would this be enforced, moreover? What about a skilled player that is also a "hothead"?
if you score 30 goals you get a golden helmet the next year, giving you immunity to any contact, a free penalty shot every game, 1M bonus on your contract and you get to pick the defensive pairing you're going to play against
also if you're Finnish you get the golden helmet by default
Not to mention that he has to define the threshold at which point a hit goes from OK to NOT OK. Since he doesn't subscribe to the league's definition.
any contact, stick or body, results in a 5min full PP
Fata1moose
Banned
It's funny, Jets fans were OK when Trouba hit Duchene in the HEAD and gave him a concussion this year. This legal hit is something to cry foul over though. Jets are one of the dirtiest teams in the league, it's hard to feel sorry for them
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
I say we build a wall until we figure out what is going on.
Unhandled Exception
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Not to mention Byfuglien has played maybe two games against us in the last 4 years wherein he hasn't done some dirty ass shit to our top players.
astroturfing
Member
arghh my head hurts, i can't answer.
just don't injure players that are awesome to watch, IT'S SIMPLE. why can't we agree? ffs
But it's okay to injure lesser players? I disagree. I love Komarov (lesser skilled grinder) almost as much as Matthews.
Simon Belmont
Banned
You seem like the type to get a baby on board sign.
That was the weakest he could have hit him.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
I'm never one to accuse somebody of trolling, especially not when this thread is consistently making fun of itself for being a bubbled and closed community and someone new is making himself or herself known, but come the fuck on.
The Laine hit was 100% legal, was 100% entertaining to watch, and was a good hockey play. If McCabe did not step up with the body there, Laine would have had a good lane to the net. If McCabe played back and tried to go for stick/skill to get rid of the puck, Laine wins that 1v1 99 out of 100 times.
Great hit. It is unfortunate that Laine got hurt from it, but really that is on Scheiffele forcing the pass to Laine there. If you are going to get mad at anyone look squarely at him.
I get having pride in your homeland players. I hate seeing Minnesotans around the league getting hurt. But i know there isnt some conspiracy against them. I know 99% of injuries are unfortunate accidents or ignorant negligence on the part of one of the parties involved.
Laine, Granlund, Barkov, whoever. Every player gets hurt some time. Sometimes more than once. Its part of the game of hockey. There are parts of that game we all love that could and should he changed, but hitting is not one of them.
KillerMan91
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As a fellow Finn I want to apologize for posts of astroturfing.
Gunstar Ikari
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Milwaukee Admirals vs Chicago Blackhawks about to start
To be fair Chicago is missing Markus Kruger.
Although there is something to his point. The 'brought to you by's are getting out of fucking control.
Unhandled Exception
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You're assuming that even a majority of big hits are made with an intent to cause serious injury, and I don't agree. It's on a player to protect themselves from hits like the one Laine took just as much as it's on the hitter to not make a dirty hit, which it wasn't. Injuries are an unfortunate side effect of a full contact sport, special treatment can't and won't be enforced. You're upset, I get it. But you're way off here.
To be fair Chicago is missing Markus Kruger.
Although there is something to his point. The 'brought to you by's are getting out of fucking control.
STATS ARE STATS
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
SALT ON THE ICE
I thought glass ads were pretty bad, but I've come to just accept it. Ultimately I don't see it all that often anyway, or don't notice. I think I only ever see it on US game broadcasts or something.
KillerMan91
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To be fair Chicago is missing Markus Kruger.
Although there is something to his point. The 'brought to you by's are getting out of fucking control.
To be fair while jerseys are ugly in finnish league (and in European leagues in general) there is only one ad break during the period. in NHL (and NFL what I have watched) it feels like there is ad breaks every three minutes.
Gunstar Ikari
Unconfirmed Member
well that happened
Gunstar Ikari
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EKHOLM!!!
Gunstar Ikari
Unconfirmed Member
This team will end up driving me to drink.
astroturfing
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I'm never one to accuse somebody of trolling, especially not when this thread is consistently making fun of itself for being a bubbled and closed community and someone new is making himself or herself known, but come the fuck on.
The Laine hit was 100% legal, was 100% entertaining to watch, and was a good hockey play. If McCabe did not step up with the body there, Laine would have had a good lane to the net. If McCabe played back and tried to go for stick/skill to get rid of the puck, Laine wins that 1v1 99 out of 100 times.
Great hit. It is unfortunate that Laine got hurt from it, but really that is on Scheiffele forcing the pass to Laine there. If you are going to get mad at anyone look squarely at him.
I get having pride in your homeland players. I hate seeing Minnesotans around the league getting hurt. But i know there isnt some conspiracy against them. I know 99% of injuries are unfortunate accidents or ignorant negligence on the part of one of the parties involved.
Laine, Granlund, Barkov, whoever. Every player gets hurt some time. Sometimes more than once. Its part of the game of hockey. There are parts of that game we all love that could and should he changed, but hitting is not one of them.
yeah well, we'll just disagree then. i hate violence that risks brain health, whether it's legal or clean or whatever you want to call it. the hit on Laine was too risky, and hits like that should not be part of the game IMO. i don't want to watch hockey where every super-skilled player has to constantly watch over their shoulder in fear of being targeted for injury.. i want the Laines and McDavids and Matthewses to be able to play without fear.
i'll stop posting about this now since obviously everyone else seems to prefer rough hockey.
also those jersey ads are silly but don't come anywhere close to an announcer actually saying out loud in a serious voice GOALTENDERS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CPI SECURITY. that's way too over the top ridiculous.
except i only have to hear that term just once
i have to see those jerseys all game long
big difference
Gunstar Ikari
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Preds are 1st in the league in 2nd period goal differential. Huh.
astroturfing
Member
nah man, think about it.. "goaltenders brought to you by" as a sentence doesn't even make sense. it's fucking dumb and laughable. no one should have to embarrass himself having to say that out loud.
"(starting) goaltenders, brought to you by"
makes perfect sense, actually. You're confusing what is being brought to you... it isn't the goaltenders themselves but the act of announcing the goaltenders.
See, it's not all bad. Now you can even use the "stats are stats" line with confidence.
It's like they are afraid to go to the front of the net.
Well I've seen calls where the offensive player gets 2 for pushing the D-man into the goalie so it isn't that crazy I suppose.
Defenseman initiated contact though
Refs called it right, it was Toronto that overturned it
I was under the understanding that ref called no goal, goal was challenged and ref said no goal again.
LOL Voracek snowed Mase
Nah, Torts challenged it. Hakstol challenged the Jackets' goal later and lost. Schenn fucking up an empty netter and fanned on a breakaway. It hasn't been a good night for Philly.
Nah, Torts challenged it. Hakstol challenged the Jackets' goal later and lost. Schenn fucking up an empty netter and fanned on a breakaway. It hasn't been a good night for Philly.