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Unhandled Exception
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I like the part where he left out the fact that he moped about the hit for months on end, and said that Claude's helmet just "popped off" when McCarty jumped him. Nah, he ripped it off and tried to rabbit punch Lemieux in the back of the head.
Other than that though, a fine article.
I thought we were friends!
ElephantShell
Banned
A look at the most recent Leafs playoff chances:
Props to Active Stick on twitter.
Props to Active Stick on twitter.
astroturfing
Member
this can't be happening... plz Crosby, Laine, Matthews... ANYONE step the fuck up please!
isn't that a female krogan?
I miss the rivalry. But frankly it died after the 2008 series. You just knew that the good old days were gone.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
He's winning because he is a good Maritime Kid.
But I really wish he wasn't with Boston.
he went from good to ART TROPHY at 27, I don't buy it
Implying there's a drug test.
For what? Nose growth hormones?
You only have to be a liar to help you in that department.
Do you think he could be a Habs regular?
I heard the Montreal Beach Club was run by a shadowy underworld figure named Señor Price
Yeah, I remember the OC Transpo strike. Don't envy you guys, right now.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
At least the animations are funny for ME
I was in school during that time and didn't have a car. Almost failed my semester 😑.
Mass Effect 1 came out around that time too.
Thanks ME1 😒
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Yes. Maybe Claude can convince Brad and Patrice to come over to Montreal
bonesmccoy
Banned
There's a FemGarrus in ME:A?
*bites space knuckle*
*bites space knuckle*
I don't own a Switch and likely never will but daaaaaaamn thank you BotW for giving rise to a new generation of insane Nintendo fans. These threads are fucking gold, can't get enough of reading about the Generation Defining WiiU and the Industry Moving N64.
This thread is almost as good as the one about Nintendo inventing using pictures in a game to find stuff. Impossible innovation!
This thread is almost as good as the one about Nintendo inventing using pictures in a game to find stuff. Impossible innovation!
There may as well be a bus strike in NYC as slow as theyre running the last few days.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
👍👍👍
Unhandled Exception
Member
Mass Effect seems fine but has jank. I think people were exaggerating about some things, though the dialogue and VO are definitely rough.
bonesmccoy
Banned
There's another one?
The thread about Nintendo inventing a mechanic that's been a staple in almost every open-world game since 2006 was fantastic.
Which one
PRAISE YOST!
If theres one truth about the 2016-17 NHL season, its that the Winnipeg Jets have been the leagues biggest disappointment.
Im not sure how theyve skirted greater national criticism with this years 78-point pace showing, but they have. Its perplexing, considering the following:
- In 2015-16, they both outshot (51.3 per cent) and outscored their opposition at 5-on-5 (50.3 per cent)
- The Western Conference primarily by way of St. Louis, Dallas, Los Angeles, Anaheim, and Vancouver all taking steps back and Arizona and Colorado being completely uncompetitive has turned into a gigantic mess of mediocrity
- The teams roster has held reasonably constant, with the only notable changes coming in the form of big developmental payoffs from Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers, plus the addition of superstar winger Patrik Laine (This line, new to the Jets in 2016-17, has scored 57 per cent of goals when together)
That all seems like a recipe for success, doesnt it? The only job the Jets had was to hold tight at 5-on-5 and try to figure out their goaltending an issue that probably single-handedly sunk their playoff chances in the year prior.
I think all of the above points are interesting in retrospect, and I wonder if the Jets front office is quietly kicking and screaming about how they handled the off-season. In a league where basically 26 NHL franchises think they have a shot at a postseason berth in the summer, the Jets were extremely conservative.
Internally, they have to be struggling with that. No one could have expected their trio of young forwards to be so dominant. No one could have predicted the collapse of the middle of the Western Conference.
The Jets are staring down another season without a Game 83. Not only will the team fail to make the playoffs, the underlying numbers suggest that they have taken a considerable step back in performance.
Consider the below year-over-year numbers for what we would deem to be key performance metrics. They arent encouraging:
Heres the scary part: Where, exactly, has this team improved? The only category that saw positive change at 5-on-5 was team shooting percentage. Although I think Laine individually can sustain some of the crazy stuff hes doing, this isnt exactly the statistic you want to hang your hat on. Time after time, we see team shooting percentages regress sharply to league averages, which means a chunk of that improvement is probably fleeting.
Everything else is a repeatable skill. And in every facet, theyve degraded. As a skating unit, theyve moved from pretty respectable to below league average without changing much of the roster. Their goaltending, despite being pretty terrible last season, has somehow worsened with time.
The special teams have technically improved, but thats sort of stretching things. We are talking about basically a one-goal improvement in each area the year-over-year delta is essentially zero. At the end of the day, they still are a poor special teams bunch.
Which means: They dont skate very well at 5-on-5, they cant get a save, their power play cant bail them out, and many of the penalties they do take will likely end up in goals against.
So, whats Winnipegs next step here? The first order of business, as it was in the Atlanta Thrashers era of this franchise, is to find a goaltender. Connor Hellebuyck seems like a piece, but there are questions about his value his 90.7 per cent stop rate isnt nearly good enough for starter duties just yet, but maybe theres development to come for the 23-year-old. Michael Hutchinson and Ondrej Pavelec have been dreadful this season and it seems like theres little path forward for either of them in Winnipeg.
There are names available, and whichever one you pick out of a hat is almost a certainty an upgrade over the status quo. Ben Bishop, Brian Elliott, Chad Johnson, and Jonathan Bernier are all unrestricted, and will vary in expense. Regardless, an upgrade is absolutely necessary here. Its worth mentioning that last years Jets team would have conceded about 27 less goals with average goaltending, turning their differential from about -24 to +3. This years more disparate: The Hutchinson, Pavelec, and Hellebuyck combination has already cost the team 35 goals against league average, and theres still a bunch of games left.
You can take a decent run at the skaters too. I certainly subscribe to the notion that they could use at least one more defender and replacements for guys like Chris Thorburn and Brandon Tanev in their bottom six. But at the end of the day, the talent at the skater level, though underperforming, seems like its mostly in place.
If Im a Jets executive and think my roster has ample talent, I wonder if my current coaching staff is getting enough out of it. The Jets were interested in extending a couple of months ago, but Maurice decided to put negotiations on hold. Itll be fascinating to see if the extension talks heat up as the season winds down, or if Winnipeg management will have a change of heart.
Considering their performance this year, Id say thats a possibility.
Vegas?
Fata1moose
Banned
Agreed, I think exploring planets will be fun. Game still feels a bit off. Characters aren't nearly as likeable compared to the original trilogy.
The hate this game recieves on gaming side is pretty crazy.
That would make sense, though Eve wasn't small, nor did she sound so weird. I didn't even think about it though as Eve was the only interaction with a female Krogan before. Kret also sounds masculine, but what do I know about Krogan naming conventions?
Yeah that thread was so good, and there was another one about some bog standard gaming mechanic in BotW that went into a bizarre "no, not like THAT, the way BotW does it is unique because uh, uhm" tangent. It's a struggle to read those posts and not wonder how many non-first party Nintendo games these people play.
Fata1moose
Banned
My favorite Nintendo fan moment was the guy saying Wii U games shouldn't be ported over to Switch because new Switch adopters weren't loyal or some such nonsense.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
It's going to be 4 or 5 year deal. I don't think Radulov for eight years would be good for the cap or the future of the club.
For Vegas, Bergevin should be on his knees begging McPhee to take Plekanec and Emelin away from us.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
We have Emelin and Plekanec for two more seasons unless we move them.
Jesper Fast and Dan Girardi both returned to practice in regular jerseys today. Klein on after practice in no contact jersey.
Kreider-Stepan-Zuccarello
Miller-Zibanejad-Nash
Grabner-Hayes-Fast
Vesey-Lindberg-Glass
Extras: Buchnevich, Pirri, Puempel
Staal-McDonagh
Smith-Holden
Skjei-Kampfer
Clendening-Girardi
I have several questions. Though nothing is a surprise here.
Kreider-Stepan-Zuccarello
Miller-Zibanejad-Nash
Grabner-Hayes-Fast
Vesey-Lindberg-Glass
Extras: Buchnevich, Pirri, Puempel
Staal-McDonagh
Smith-Holden
Skjei-Kampfer
Clendening-Girardi
I have several questions. Though nothing is a surprise here.
"I thought about my legacy as one of the greatest pranksters sorry, prank artists in Canucks history: Putting BBQ sauce in the chocolate sauce bottle at the dessert bar
installing padlocks on rookies suitcases during long East Coast road trips
stealing a rookies phone and switching his best buds number to the number of our team president, Trevor Linden. The list goes on and on."
Burrows :lol
Also that Blackhawks part and the kids part... goosebumps
Burrows :lol
Also that Blackhawks part and the kids part... goosebumps