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NHL Off-Season 2017 |OT| We’ve Been Here Since October

Socreges

Banned
Of the many blessings having a family bestows upon you, high among them is being exposed to new, and interesting strains of stomach flu.

Does Green's hiring suggest that the org is ready to do a proper rebuild? Curious to see what Benning does.
Yes. There has been a very clear message from the organization recently (Burrows and Hansen for Dahlen and Goldobin) and this is just a continuation of that. It's all about developing young players rather than trying to make the playoffs. The main tension now is just avoiding the trap the Oilers fell into where they pinned all their hopes on some 1st overall picks fresh out of junior without much veteran presence. Can't bottom out the team completely, so it'd be good if the Sedins have a few more serviceable years left.

Things still get muddy when Linden and Benning try to defend their messaging from previous seasons, but hey.... progress.
 

imBask

Banned
i'm sure the NHL are real optimistic about Quebec City when they see Red Hot Chili Pepper cancel their show because those idiots didn't buy enough tickets, and now The Weeknd will probably do the same for the same reason

i'm so glad my taxes were spent on that arena, what a great investment
 

PillarEN

Member
i'm sure the NHL are real optimistic about Quebec City when they see Red Hot Chili Pepper cancel their show because those idiots didn't buy enough tickets, and now The Weeknd will probably do the same for the same reason

i'm so glad my taxes were spent on that arena, what a great investment

Strange. Are there a bunch of suits living in Q City? You'd think this would be more of a Ottawa problem. Are there no kids up there?
 

imBask

Banned
Strange. Are there a bunch of suits living in Q City? You'd think this would be more of a Ottawa problem. Are there no kids up there?

you know that old uncle who smokes a lot, only listens to AC/DC and starts a lot of phrases by "i'm not racist but"?

that's Quebec City's demographic
 

PillarEN

Member
you know that old uncle who smokes a lot, only listens to AC/DC and starts a lot of phrases by "i'm not racist but"?

that's Quebec City's demographic

Heh I thought Quebec City would just be even more European than say Montreal. Never had the stereotype in my head that it was a conservative getaway. But then for the province of Quebec my only frame of reference is a few Montreal visits. Funny enough I remember buying Stadium Arcadium in Montreal when that record came out.
 
People in QC not buying tickets to a RHCP concert shows me that they have good taste.

Thank you! People look at me like I killed their puppy when I tell them I don't like that band.

I also don't like Sublime and somehow I live in a universe where every single person I know loves them. I don't get it.
 

Marvie_3

Banned
Thank you! People look at me like I killed their puppy when I tell them I don't like that band.

I also don't like Sublime and somehow I live in a universe where every single person I know loves them. I don't get it.
RHCP has some good songs but I cant listen to a lot of it.

Sublime is trash though. The fact that there are "tribute" bands for them is some of the dumbest shit Ive ever seen.
 
I think my dislike for both bands stems from them being overplayed around me by my family at a time in my life where I didn't want to listen to the same music as my family.

I remember my older brother sitting on the porch with his friends getting drunk and blasting Sublime and RHCP as a kid and I was really annoyed by the whole situation so I disliked the music as well.
 

imBask

Banned
heh I don't care about RHCP really

but the problem is that the whole scheme was "well it doesn't matter if we don't have a hockey team, the arena will be busy with shows regardless!"
 

Marvie_3

Banned
heh I don't care about RHCP really

but the problem is that the whole scheme was "well it doesn't matter if we don't have a hockey team, the arena will be busy with shows regardless!"
They get a Hall & Oates + Tears for Fears show soon which I would go the fuck to.
 

imBask

Banned
They get a Hall & Oates + Tears for Fears show soon which I would go the fuck to.

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ARRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooOOOO
 

PillarEN

Member
Fight me!

Last 2 albums sucked, Blood Sugar Sex Magik-Stadium Arcadium are great.
I'll go further. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is their best material pre BSSM and it will forever be a tragedy that Hillel's guitar style didn't get to continue. On flip side we got all that John Frusciante goodness so there was something good that happened afterwards. Even John's stuff after he went off the deep end is super cool. Your Pussy's Glued To a Building On Fire is a great song with great guitar in the outro. I wish he would do more guitar stuff, but I respect him as an artist doing whatever he wants (better than doing something "for the fans". No. The artist should always always always do their art for themselves first and foremost. If the fans don't care, so what. But when the artist is just forcing it then it comes off even worse). I'm With You, yeah it's pretty bad. Some good tunes. The Getaway is horrendous. I thought the band was feeling themselves out after John left again. But I'm With You is like god damn metal compared to The Getaway. The production is all wrong. Even when they rock out the mixing makes them sound sanitized and lifeless. Listen to the outro for Coffee Shop. OK. Now listen to something like the outro for Goodbye Angels. What is going on with the drums? They have zero power to them and I know that Chad is a absolute monster and loud as fuck. The producer made a fricken pop album mix for a rock record. What? The whole album makes I'm With You look good in retrospect. I mean there are bits and pieces that I enjoy of The Getaway. Like Encore as a whole I think is solid for the verses and I dig the guitar there. The latest debut singles have been terrible though. Raindance Maggie made me want to cry for all the wrong reasons and luckily wasn't representative of I'm With You. There is nothing from The Getaway that is good all the way through and they straight up killed the drums. The bass and drums are bitchin on I'm With You at least. Why am I wasting all my time writing about post Frusciante Chili's?
Thank you! People look at me like I killed their puppy when I tell them I don't like that band.

I also don't like Sublime and somehow I live in a universe where every single person I know loves them. I don't get it.

I like Sublime. It's the obnoxious culture around the band that's annoying. Oddly probably the only band where the singers death isn't the claim to fame for the casual listener. The pot obsession somehow overshadows that which can't be said for any other rocker who OD'd. I can easily understand not liking them though (I feel my connection would be stronger if I understood poor southern cali life. Alas we never made it close to getting there). Even then I don't understand how anyone could complain about the entire guitar part for Santaria. It's incredible and I'd love to be able to play it.
 

Socreges

Banned
RHCP has some good songs but I cant listen to a lot of it.

Sublime is trash though. The fact that there are "tribute" bands for them is some of the dumbest shit Ive ever seen.
I never thought we'd disagree on anything, Marvie_3, but... here we are.

Nice to see the offseason thread devolve to music before the next round of eliminations start.
Devolve? Have you ever actually read through these threads before?
 

Yawnier

Banned
I'll go further. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is their best material pre BSSM and it will forever be a tragedy that Hillel's guitar style didn't get to continue.
My man. Behind the Sun is my favorite song off that album and one of my favourite songs from RHCP overall.
 

Pikma

Banned
I'm playing Walking Dead Season 2, which I got for free, and pause it for a sec to answer a message on my phone and while I was typing it the game fucking crashed, while on fucking pause, I couldn't believe it. It's the 10th time the game has crashed in the last hour and a half.

Holy fuck how can Telltale get away with this garbage
 

Marvie_3

Banned
I'm playing Walking Dead Season 2, which I got for free, and pause it for a sec to answer a message on my phone and while I was typing it the game fucking crashed, while on fucking pause, I couldn't believe it. It's the 10th time the game has crashed in the last hour and a half.

Holy fuck how can Telltale get away with this garbage
I played through all of season 2 in the last few days and never had a single problem. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
 

imBask

Banned
I'm playing Walking Dead Season 2, which I got for free, and pause it for a sec to answer a message on my phone and while I was typing it the game fucking crashed, while on fucking pause, I couldn't believe it. It's the 10th time the game has crashed in the last hour and a half.

Holy fuck how can Telltale get away with this garbage

That's a better experience than actually finishing Season 2.

Biggest drop in quality since the 2015-2016 montreal canadiens
 

Quick

Banned
Haven't had an issue playing TWD season 2 either.

In terms of quality? It was alright.

I wanted to get season 3, but I've just lost the urge to play anything Telltale recently. I'll probably get it when the last episode is out and when it's on sale again.
 

Solo

Member
Man.....that crushing feeling when you realize Philip Danault will still be your "#1" centre in October.

That even more crushing feeling when you realize he's going to get way overpaid by your dumbass GM.

Instead of rolling Tavares/Draisaitl (sell the farm, I don't care) - AGally - Danault - McCarron down the middle, we all know it's going to be Danault - Plekanec - Shaw - Mitchell.

Shoot me please.
 
Man.....that crushing feeling when you realize Philip Danault will still be your "#1" centre in October.

That even more crushing feeling when you realize he's going to get way overpaid by your dumbass GM.

Instead of rolling Tavares/Draisaitl (sell the farm, I don't care) - AGally - Danault - McCarron down the middle, we all know it's going to be Danault - Plekanec - Shaw - Mitchell.

Shoot me please.

You never know... we might just re sign Ott.
 

Solo

Member
I also have a fear that Bergevin will target RNH or Duchene again. RNH can't help us and Duchene will cost way too much.
 

imBask

Banned
*looks dude up*
*5'10", 180 lbs*

Yep, he'll fit in nicely :/

you're living in the past Solo. We traded all the small dudes because people complained about the canadiens being "too small"... We only have big dudes now

none of them can score, but they're big
 
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