Same. But what Lone is saying makes sense. If they add 30 roster players....that's a problem.
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NHL Off-Season 2017 |OT| Weve Been Here Since October
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Yeah they have to.
I'm from Vancouver.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Sam's No. 3 downtown is about a 5 minute walk from my hotel. I'll check them out.
Yay
Argh
I was happy with Atmos/Sonic spatial audio coming to windows for the purposes of Hockey... but then I discovered that you can't disable the center channel to eliminate play by play. Since it takes the 5.1 or 7.1 feed and renders it into stereo, you don't have finite control over the mix.
So close... so clossssse to having arena sound only on headphones
I guess I will have to look into stripping the audio from the feed (which is annoying af as you'll have to strip HDCP) or find a way to put a mixer inbetween the feed and the spatial renderer. This would be fixed if Windows would treat this like a virtual 5.1 device *sigh*
I was happy with Atmos/Sonic spatial audio coming to windows for the purposes of Hockey... but then I discovered that you can't disable the center channel to eliminate play by play. Since it takes the 5.1 or 7.1 feed and renders it into stereo, you don't have finite control over the mix.
So close... so clossssse to having arena sound only on headphones
I guess I will have to look into stripping the audio from the feed (which is annoying af as you'll have to strip HDCP) or find a way to put a mixer inbetween the feed and the spatial renderer. This would be fixed if Windows would treat this like a virtual 5.1 device *sigh*
Lolol
top tier tweet
Look at all those teams who didn't draft Baeho.
top tier tweet
I saw a few comparisons where some people have called him a Laine-lite in terms of his playstyle
loool:
LOL. Awesome.
So he's a volume shooter is what you're telling me?
Laine actually doesn't generate as many shots as you might think, so Tolvanen would probably NOT be a volume shooter like an Ovi
lol
Awesome lololloool:
No, some are exempt due to injuries such as Bolland or Grabovski.
I guess Lupul just isn't injured.
Fucking scalpers wanted $500 for Tom Petty Red Rocks tickets when I was in town at the end of May :<
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I read a mock draft where no one was taken from the Canucks. I guess the extra players will be sent to the farm.
Which makes me think they'll avoid Sbisa because of his cap hit. Might as well take a player that's less skilled but with a better contract.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
This is going to be one of the busiest weeks in the NHL in ages. You got the Expansion Draft, The NHL Awards and NHL Draft. This week is going to change a lot Teams for the better or worst
Fate_Shirou
Member
that picture looks creepy to me
Yeah as far as cosplay goes that's creepier than anime.
On the topic of Vegas. So what is the draft plan? Go all out crazy for prospects and tank for a few seasons or are they going to grab some decent "right now" players and act like a transition team? I mean maybe I'm crazy but I'm starting to believe that they could make the playoffs in year two if they go for the second option.
*please god I hope this post isn't a complete embarrassment*
Fate_Shirou
Member
all of your posts are complete embarrassments
and I dont think they will tank, they need to establish a fan base, so I would expect them to try and make the playoffs the first few season
The only way this happens is if there is some backroom dealing where Hexy promises to give Vegas some draft picks to take him.
My best guess Vegas is going to take Raffl or Weal.
Wouldn't they just ship 7 off to the minor league team?...example Lupul.
Lou said Lupul is available and McPhee should pick him.
Allow me to try and make sense of this:
So I think the minimum requirement from the above stated is Leafs expose 2 forwards who have the 40 games or 70 games in last 2 seasons. I guess Fehr and Smith are those 2 that meet the requirements. After that I guess the team can expose whoever the hell else they wish.
How does Lupul meet exposure requirements when he's only played 46 games since 2015/2016?
FUBAR McDangles
Member
As far as I know, those games played rules only apply to young players still breaking into the league, not players who missed time due to injury.
Teams have to expose everybody that they do not explicitly protect or those who do not meet age/games played requirements.
Or waive them. Seems unfortunate for some players that will otherwise be roster players on other teams, but I guess that's just part of the process. I wonder if the team that exposed them gets first dibs on the waiver wire.
Basically, every player who is not on a team's protection list, or is deemed exempt by the league is automatically exposed.
Only three exposed players (2 forwards, 1 defenceman) need to meet the games played requirement.
Fehr and Smith meet those requirements for the Leafs. If they didn't trade for Fehr and re-sign Smith, for example, they would have had to expose two other forwards that meet those requirements (e.g. Komarov and Martin) along with all the other non-protected players.
EDIT: I feel like maybe we're saying the same thing.
Yeah I guess, just weird that Lupul would suddenly be ok to be picked up even though Leafs said he wasn't medically able to play. So what happens if Lupul is unpicked? I assume Leafs can't put him on IR if they just said he's good to be picked.
Yeah, it is weird. He wasn't on the list of exempt injured players sent out by the league a while ago, so I guess they consider his injury non-career threatening.
His situation always felt different than Robidas and Horton to me. Maybe more or a wink-wink nudge-nudge injury rather than something that legit inhibits him from ever playing again.
I must be missing something. Why would Lupul do that to himself? To get paid without having to do anything?
Probably. He must also be sick of repeatedly working his ass off rehabbing only to go on IR again within weeks, like clockwork. That has to be about as frustrating as anything.
Ozzykamikaze
Member
Hopefully Nolan. I'll also be glad to not hear about it anymore.
I don't even know who you are anymore.
I just find it difficult to believe that he's capable of playing but stays quiet and doesn't.
Man, this year pales to previous years in terms of hype. I'm surprised you've heard about it at all. Maybe on Flyers HFBoards or something?
Yeah, it's more than likely he's already decided he's going to retire.
Ozzykamikaze
Member
Devils fan. I'm on the subreddit multiple times a day.