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NHL October 2015 |OT| Dan Cleary was re-signed
- Thread starter Lone_Prodigy
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I'm not worried...yet.
Dropped guys go to Waivers and can be picked up by other teams before you get the chance again, so that's the risk...
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Jesus Christ Jays.
Yesterday someone asked for a full recording of the 3on3 overtime, here it is in all its glory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MQV-BeMvac
So they're on waivers for 24 hours or something?
I'm not sure exactly how long... But anyone can claim them. It might be up to a week if I remember right, actually, since people dont check every day and then it would lose its purpose.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I haven't kept up with prices or builds for a couple years, so take this with a grain of salt:
CPU: Intel should still be better than AMD. AMD is cheaper and better for CPU-intensive games, but Intel is better at everything else. Skylake (6000 series) is the successor to Haswell (4000 series) and was released in August. Skylake is better but Haswell will be cheaper. Can't go wrong with either.
Motherboard: As long as it's compatible and has enough slots it should be fine...? Don't hold me to this.
RAM: 8 or 16GB should be plenty.
GPU: NVIDIA seems to run cooler than AMD. AMD is usually cheaper. Depends on how much you want to spend. This is from June: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2883...n-graphics-cards-for-every-budget.html?page=5
PSU: Aim for a more reliable brand with enough wattage for your GPU.
HDD: Get an SSD for your OS and main apps. 500GB is about $200, 250GB for $120 or so. Could get a regular HDD if you need more space.
Case: Try to get one with a USB 3.0 port but I think any case will do.
Anyway I just spent 5 minutes and came up with this. My strategy was to restrict it to a few merchants (can just use NCIX and price-match everything) and sort every part by rating (then pick one with many positive reviews):
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/qZZWhM
At $1000, it's on the high side (especially with only 8GB RAM and a mid-range card), but I did include an SSD and you could probably spend less on the case and MB.
If you'd rather get a pre-built one, some of the Alienware desktops are decent. http://www.alienware.ca/Landings/desktops.aspx?~ck=mn
EDIT: $600 build, i3, 750 Ti: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/8Bzpcf
That's pretty awesome.
Offensive-set game, breakaways, a penalty shot, it's the NHL's wet dream.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
When a player is dropped, they go on waivers for however long the league sets it as (usually 24 hours). Anyone can pick them up (priority is shown on the main league page). Afterwards, they go into the free agent pool.
Just remember that the person on IR cannot be moved into a starting position if your roster is full, and it takes a day to drop someone. So if an injured player will return, say, tomorrow, drop someone now so your roster has a spot for him tomorrow.
alexthekid
Member
The league commisioner can set the time
Edit: beaten with a better comment
I find it kinda weird that they added that, but also added coachs challenge... They want more goals and that's understandable, but I think challenges might reduce the number of goals considerably, considering how some teams are built around crashing the net
MultiJhonny
Banned
Yeah just saw that. Hope he gets well soon. At least with a sarcoma it is a less serious form of cancer and seems quite treatable
Terrordactyl
Member
Sogood.gif
You scared the shit out of me you son of a bitch. The game is tied 3-3 according to mlb.com.
Edit: Oh I see, apparently the first inning was horrible. Okay
Unhandled Exception
Member
Really not impressed with Roy last night. I don't know why he decided to start double shifting the top two lines in the second. I don't know why he put Barrie and Guenin on the Parise line when he did. I don't know why he benched the third line and then threw McLeod and Skille out at the end of the game. I don't know why Holden had more icetime in the third than EJ and Beauchemin. I don't know why he pulled Varlamov to put Cody fucking McLeod on the ice instead of Duchene or Rantanen or ANYONE CAPABLE OF SCORING GOALS.
It was a team loss last night but Roy led them to it as soon as Minnesota made him nervous in the second.
It was a team loss last night but Roy led them to it as soon as Minnesota made him nervous in the second.
Calamari41
41 > 38
Holy shit
Terrordactyl
Member
Kypreos was trying to say he thinks its dumb, I think hes dumb, that OT alone proves it, super exciting, lots of action. I love the scrambles and the bank passes to self, all that open ice is so crazy to see. Can't wait to see more OTs now really.
Zombie James
Banned
Saving this so we can fondly look back on how good 3-on-3 was before coaching ruined it six months later.
The NHL's adapting to the demand for more accurate play calls in sports. I don't mind coach's challenge, since it's positioned to be a gamble.
The NHL and NFL are the two leagues that have made the most advancements in technology for officiating. I don't think that's such a bad thing.
Zombie James
Banned
This isn't the crease rule. This is getting calls right.
Bobs Big Boy
Member
Oh man, that's phenomenal, can't wait for more of this.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I'd still very much like to see less obstruction in 5v5
One of the best things about 3-on-3 OT is eliminating the trap in some form.
The next thing the league needs to do is remove the trapezoid. Goalies already play the puck around the no-play zone anyway. Plus, it would probably add some more excitement to OT.
I'm really curious to see how coaches adapt to it.
Fata1moose
Banned
And he didn't call a timeout when he should have, that was a joke. Hopefully Holden and Guenin get the boot soon.
MultiJhonny
Banned
1D/2F
Bobs Big Boy
Member
Dream is for the Pens to run their forwards, would be a hell of a thing.
Fata1moose
Banned
These are the opposite of the team itself.
Not bad.
Until they lose posession, then it'll become a nightmare
Yup. They'll figure out a way to defense it to neutralize all but the elite specialists.
AV experimented with some 3F looks in the offensive zone during the preseason. Not sure if he'll stick with it or not, but the Rangers have a lot of pretty good two way options (Fast, Moore, Stepan, Lindberg, Nash, etc.), so they might be able to get away with it.
I fully agree, but that's not what the NHL wants, they want goals and controversy... otherwise Chris Lee wouldn't have a job in 2015
Calamari41
41 > 38
The Ducks have signed defenseman Simon Despres to a five-year contract extension through the 2020-21 NHL season.
Good!
Good!
MultiJhonny
Banned
Yeah its my favorite hockey gif to make fun of a bad game or a train wreck season etc.
But the actual story behind the gif is pretty sad even though the gif as it is is fucking hilarious.
Oh my god I forgot I had Parise on my fantasy team
YEEEEEEES!
Edit: 3.6 AAV? Double nice!
YEEEEEEES!
Nice!
Edit: 3.6 AAV? Double nice!
Flyers combos were:
Giroux-Voracek
Streit
Couturier-BSchenn (Laughton replaced Coots on a partial line change)
MDZ
Giroux-Voracek
Medvedev
Not sure if this was posted:
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2015/10/09/detroit-red-wings-daniel-cleary/73654226/
Cleary won't report.
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2015/10/09/detroit-red-wings-daniel-cleary/73654226/
Cleary won't report.
I don't know why she keeps lying about this:
The Flyers could not actually offer Cleary anything but a PTO until Pronger went on LTIR, which could not happen until the end of training camp, after all the preseason games. If he was bad in those preseason games they could have let the PTO expire with no obligations. Unsurprisingly, Cleary decided to sign with Detroit before going to camp and looking like hot trash.
"Verbal agreements" with the Flyers aren't binding. Just ask Simone Gagne.
Pikma is pleased with his Anaheim Ducks of Los Angeles, California.