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

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MetatronM

Unconfirmed Member
Rangers lineup tonight in Bridgeport against the Isles:

Vesey-Hayes-Stromwall
Miller-Chytil-Buchnevich
Tambellini-Desharnais-Puempel
Farnham-Lettieri-Carey

Skjei-DeAngelo
Graves-Pionk
Bereglazov-Kampfer

Pavelec
Nell


Just about the scrubbiest lineup we could put together. :D

Excited to see what Chytil can do in his second game, and we finally get to see Bereglazov. DeAngelo also getting a chance to be really featured tonight on the top pairing.
 
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DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
man this preseason sucks

why do i have to wait until the season opener to see NHL on NHL team action instead of these frankenteams?

also connor brown got fast wtf
 
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MetatronM

Unconfirmed Member
Another mostly good game from Chytil. As long as he keeps this up, he's making opening night. Definitely still needs the seasoning, though, especially in the defensive zone. Not bad for a kid who was 17 at the start of the month.

Pionk also had a fine night, and DeAngelo was alright, with a couple significant breakdowns. Don't think Graves did much to impress tonight, and Bereglazov has a major uphill battle in adjusting to the North American game.
 
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Blablurn

Member
Im at Kings vs Canucks in Beijjng right now. Are these the first team players here? On LA Kings Twitter I saw pics of a game in the US!
 
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Socreges

Banned
Pikma said:
you're getting first team players mostly
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Apart from the fact that some first team Canucks players shouldn't be on an NHL roster period, this remains true

In fact, the "Canucks" played the Oilers 5 hours ago and their roster was basically our AHL farm team because everyone's in China

And thanks for reminding me about this game! Was just about to head to bed but will watch a bit...

Hope you enjoy, Blaburn
 
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Blablurn

Member
Socreges said:
Apart from the fact that some first team Canucks players shouldn't be on an NHL roster period, this remains true

In fact, the "Canucks" played the Oilers 5 hours ago and their roster was basically our AHL farm team because everyone's in China

And thanks for reminding me about this game! Was just about to head to bed but will watch a bit...

Hope you enjoy, Blaburn
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Was not too bad! Plenty goals, plus shootout. Just a little bit too much dabbing in the crowd!
 
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Silexx

Member
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Look who's back, baaaaaaaaaaaabaaaaayyyyyy!!!!
 
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Zombie James

Banned
Went to the Leafs game last night. Leivo looked damn good. I really hope they make room for him because he totally looks ready and shouldn't be a fourth-line guy.
 
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zroid

Banned
Zombie James said:
Went to the Leafs game last night. Leivo looked damn good. I really hope they make room for him because he totally looks ready and shouldn't be a fourth-line guy.
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it's not so much an issue of being on a fourth line, but rather when you insist on having Matt Martin on your fourth line, there's just no helping it
 
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Solo

Member
Joe Drouin playing tonight. In 50 years, you'll have a story to tell the grandkids of where you were when Joe Drouin played preseason game #4 for the Habs.
 
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Red_Man

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
Solo said:
Joe Drouin playing tonight. In 50 years, you'll have a story to tell the grandkids of where you were when Joe Drouin played preseason game #4 for the Habs.
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He's not playing

Hudon - Plekanec- Lehkonen
Carr - Audette - McCarron
Broll - de la Rose - Grégoire
Terry - Holland - Froese
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Laval's camp starts Monday, this is basically the night for AHL cuts for these guys.
 
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Solo

Member
Oh wow. That is an atrocious lineup lol. Only that "first" line should be around in a few days.

Guess maybe they are going to put the top 2 lines together in Game 5 then.....
 
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Solo

Member
I really do love having Joe on the team and am so happy we have him BTW. Just realizing that my posts could be seen as ripping on him haha, which couldn't be further from the case. But until the media stops trying to crush the kid under expectations, I'm going to continue to post sarcastically about it.

Mad credit to him for handling it so well so far. He actually might be one of those rare breeds who thrives on that pressure.
 
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MetatronM

Unconfirmed Member
Another round of Rangers cuts today:

F: Gropp, Stromwall, Tambellini
D: Bereglazov, Gilmour, Pedrie
G: Georgiev, Nell

All sent to Hartford. Out of this group, Bereglazov is the most disappointing. He had a poor tournament in Traverse City and apparently hasn't shown enough in camp to change people's minds. I would say he was pretty much a non-factor in last night's game too. The sentiment seems to be that he needs time to adjust to the North American game, but I believe he does have an out clause that would let him return to the KHL if he didn't make the NHL squad, so we'll see if he actually sticks around and learns how to acclimate to the smaller ice surface in Hartford.

That brings the number of players in camp down to 38 (24 F, 11 D, 3 G). There will be another round of cuts either later today or tomorrow to bring that number close to 30 for the final 2 preseason games.

At this point it looks like these 7 players are fighting for D positions 5, 6, and 7:

Staal
Holden
Pionk
DeAngelo
Kampfer
Graves
Crawley (who we're going to see in a game for the first time tonight)
 
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PillarEN

Member
I apologize ahead of this post as I do really hate stinking up threads with Trump rants in non-Trump threads, but this one just makes me want to vent:

Back in the 6th grade I happened to go to a private school. We lived in a place where public schools weren't very good for whatever reason. It was the only time I attended a private school as we moved to the following year.

Well I was sort of in-school friends with a kid who shared similar hobbies and was good in gym class. Hey that's all you need to make a connection. Well as Xmas was coming around it was the year of Xbox and Gamecube. What console are you gonna get and bla bla bla. Well both of us wanted a Gamecube. However, the weirdest thing came from his mouth when he said "I have to wait until I'm 13 to play Smash Bros. Melee because it's rated T". WTF??? I should have known this was the end of everything. What 11 year old can't play a Smash game? An 11 year old that has super conservative parents in all areas of life. That includes media consumption. Turn off your brain and like a drone go "it's rated X therefore Y. I can't think for myself and realize that Smash Bros. is suitable even for babbys."

Fast forward to today. He is a doctor. Commendable. Lives either in Florida or Cali. Is a huge Republican. His older brother even runs for stuff back in Michigan under the Republican ballot. Even so 99% of his posts seem sane and normal. Except when it comes to the huuuugely controversial NFL kneeling protest. This for whatever is the offense of all offenses. A post featuring the dumbass quote from Trump about how NFL owners should fire protesting players over a picture of Kaepernick kneeling with some other player. And his own text is 100% agree (with American Flag emoji).

What? I just don't get it? I mean why? Like I get that he's probably Republican because of family tradition. Fine, whatever. I remember when I first went to MSU for a year, people voted in the 08 election based on family tradition too and it blew my mind regardless of Democrat or Republican. At college. Not thinking. Huh? Now I'm getting offtrack. I get that his thing is probably "Republicans let me keep more money." And hey, I like money too. I do and fatter pockets feel nice. But it's not like my pockets would suddenly greatly diminish if I voted for a Democrat candidate.

I just don't understand how this obviously well educated man who isn't in his heart hateful (he has never posted anything racist, misogynist, xenophobic...) is so blindly behind Trump and NFL players protesting. And I don't accept coming from a well off family as an excuse. You can come from any background and have empathy and be a critical thinker. Fuck, I figure if you go to a good college it's almost impossible to come out with blinders on your eyes to social issues and being more open minded. I mean he's a doctor ffs. This ain't no hick who just parrots Fox News and yells about coal jobs and emails emails emails. I don't get it man. Maybe indoctrination from family trumps all.

tl;dr - Be wary of kids being prevented from consuming media because their parents are extremely overprotective and don't use their head to determine what is appropriate or not.

EDIT: and of course a bunch of white people "like" the post. Except one white kid who went to the same college as him is laughing at him.
 
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