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glynnenstein posted:The I'm not sure the Electoral College works for hockey 
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Dec 12, 2016 19:20
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Something something the Electoral College works for Washington but not for the Senators 
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Dec 12, 2016 19:29
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Uncle Sam should move to filling positions with a draft. You don't meet your contract obligations you get sent back to the minors. Don't know how we'd fill the GM roles though. I hate when analogies break down.
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Dec 12, 2016 19:48
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Vicas posted:It astounds me that anyone has watched an episode of the simpsons in the last decade Up until recently, there were a few episodes per season that were good enough to make you keep watching. Last season was the first that was truly dire. I haven't watched any of this season to see if the tide has changed, mostly because I no longer have cable. Oh god, I just looked up the "recent" episode I most remember, and it was five years ago. My life is becoming a blur.
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Dec 12, 2016 20:01
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T-Bone posted:The play in is dumb but so is giving the #2 and #3 teams in each division automatic entry into the playoffs. god I forgot that means some poo poo rear end teams in the Atlantic are going to get in over good Metro teams.
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Dec 12, 2016 20:52
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The Rangers play lovely grindy hockey because by the time the playoffs roll around, all the other teams have watched the Rangers playing fast transition hockey all season long and go "gently caress that we need to shut that poo poo down" and so play conservatively especially through the neutral zone to try to prevent that transition game and then collapse around the front of their net to block shots (this is like the strategy of every single team in the NHL these days and it loving sucks) and you're left with a grindy game because the Rangers can't use their transition speed and have to rely on chip and chase and then try to up their defensive game to compensate as well and it's just not as fun. The Pitts series 2 years ago with a huge example of this where Pittsburgh was just playing very conservatively because they didn't have the roster that year to do anything but hope to limit chances against. e: The Tampa series 2 years ago was a weird mishmash of both teams playing balls out hockey and scoring tons of goals, and then both teams shutting it down and playing lovely low scoring games
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Dec 12, 2016 20:54
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THE MACHO MAN posted:god I forgot that means some poo poo rear end teams in the Atlantic are going to get in over good Metro teams. Luckily Ottawa and Boston are still ahead of New Jersey in points, but the current second-wild-card Caps have 3 more points than the much more secure Sens in 2 fewer games played, lmao
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Dec 12, 2016 20:55
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Levitate posted:The Pitts series 2 years ago with a huge example of this where Pittsburgh was just playing very conservatively because they didn't have the roster that year to do anything but hope to limit chances against. top D pairing of paul martin and ian cole god that sucked
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Dec 12, 2016 20:56
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Vicas posted:Luckily Ottawa and Boston are still ahead of New Jersey in points, but the current second-wild-card Caps have 3 more points than the much more secure Sens in 2 fewer games played, lmao If you can't beat Philadelphia you shouldn't by in the playoffs.
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Dec 12, 2016 20:58
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Levitate posted:The Rangers play lovely grindy hockey because by the time the playoffs roll around, all the other teams have watched the Rangers playing fast transition hockey all season long and go "gently caress that we need to shut that poo poo down" and so play conservatively especially through the neutral zone to try to prevent that transition game and then collapse around the front of their net to block shots (this is like the strategy of every single team in the NHL these days and it loving sucks) and you're left with a grindy game because the Rangers can't use their transition speed and have to rely on chip and chase and then try to up their defensive game to compensate as well and it's just not as fun. The Pens didn't change their strategy at all in the playoffs last year and continued to play fast and aggressive. If anything I think you run into problems when you say welp the other team is playing defensive so we gotta :grind:. You have to succeed with what got you there.
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Dec 12, 2016 21:32
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Hockey is stupid and this stupid season can gently caress itself.
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Dec 12, 2016 22:00
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JoelJoel posted:Hockey is stupid and this stupid season can gently caress itself. Calm down Gerrard everything's going to be all right.
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Dec 12, 2016 22:32
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https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/808387955056197633 at least davidson is almost back, baby
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Dec 12, 2016 22:36
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I have developed some sort of unhealthy Pavlovian reflex where I immediately associate any ankle-related injury with the phrase "gay cadaver ankles" and laugh, even though that joke has well and truly been run into the ground. I'm OK with this.
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Dec 13, 2016 01:12
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52 shots 99 shot attempts 1 goal  Leafs have gotten stonewalled like that a few times this season. Dunno if it's just the kids getting used to nhl goaltending or just bad luck. At least it's been entertaining?
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Dec 13, 2016 01:59
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There's no point worrying about the Leafs now because in a couple of seasons Nylander-Matthews-Marner will be demolishing the league and nobody will have to talk about other lovely teams anymore.
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Dec 13, 2016 02:10
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here's the full thing (this was the same shift): https://twitter.com/MarcPDumont/status/808478242164404224 T-Bone fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Dec 13, 2016 |
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Dec 13, 2016 02:17
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eXXon posted:There's no point worrying about the Leafs now because in a couple of seasons Nylander-Matthews-Marner will be demolishing the league and nobody will have to talk about other lovely teams anymore. It's year 2 of the rebuild and I'm already impatient. C'mon DuhSal. Nonetheless, it's been pretty fun this year.
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Dec 13, 2016 02:28
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Ginette Reno posted:The Pens didn't change their strategy at all in the playoffs last year and continued to play fast and aggressive. Yeah I was just responding to people bitching about the Rangers. The advantage the Pens had was being healthy and having multiple superstars on their team. Where the Rangers struggle is they don't have gamebreakers and rely on their depth and that's easier to shut down with conservative play than shutting down a couple of lines with superstars on them plus good depth But I do agree that the Rangers are better off continuing to try to force the play and try to get the other team on their heels. Hard and fast forechecking at the very least to start creating turnovers, etc. T-Bone posted:here's the full thing (this was the same shift): First one looks legal e: and the second one was on Shaw so good hit
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Dec 13, 2016 02:56
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The contact on Shaw is actually mostly to Shaw's left shoulder, it just looks like he knocked his head off at full speed.
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Dec 13, 2016 03:01
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oh and the people earlier saying "what was Laine thinking with that own goal!" seems pretty likely he was trying to clear a rebound that came out quickly into a high danger area but he just screwed it up and put it right back into the net rather than into the corner. I doubt he suddenly thought he was trying to score a goal
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Dec 13, 2016 03:03
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yotes looked like complete poo poo. horrible turnovers by everyone and got shut out. and they play again tomorrow https://twitter.com/penguins/status/808481357668253696
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Dec 13, 2016 03:56
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Dec 13, 2016 04:17
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Pens got 7 goals and Crosby only got a single point, his goal. What a bum.
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Dec 13, 2016 04:22
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AAB posted:Pens got 7 goals and Crosby only got a single point, his goal. What a bum. Shamefully selfish.
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Dec 13, 2016 04:24
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shut down the rest of the NHL and have the playoffs between the teams in the metro and be done with it
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Dec 13, 2016 04:33
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZunrDmtrWWc coyotes 2.0
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Dec 13, 2016 04:43
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Levitate posted:shut down the rest of the NHL and have the playoffs between the teams in the metro and be done with it i agree because if they all have to keep playing like this for the rest of the season they won't have anything left in the tank for the actual playoffs in april
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Dec 13, 2016 04:59
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Levitate posted:shut down the rest of the NHL and have the playoffs between the teams in the metro and be done with it Any one of Chicago, St.Louis or Minnesota would roll over any team in the Metro.  If Nashville could un-break Rinne Id add them as well.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:06
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Furnaceface posted:Any one of Chicago, St.Louis or Minnesota would roll over any team in the Metro. Wild swept the Pens this year, checks out.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:12
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Furnaceface posted:Any one of Chicago, St.Louis or Minnesota would roll over any team in the Metro. I'm not scared of any of those teams with a fully healthy Rangers lineup.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:21
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Furnaceface posted:Any one of Chicago, St.Louis or Minnesota would roll over any team in the Metro. nah not really
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Dec 13, 2016 05:40
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Furnaceface posted:Any one of Chicago, St.Louis or Minnesota would roll over any team in the Metro. lol ok
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Dec 13, 2016 06:20
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The Blues would win but only if they played at Scottrade
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Dec 13, 2016 06:56
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The Flyers have already beaten Chicago, Minnesota, and Nashville this year tho? The west is pretty much over, really
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Dec 13, 2016 06:57
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The top five metro teams are on a 28 game winning streak so...
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Dec 13, 2016 07:04
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Vicas posted:It astounds me that anyone has watched an episode of the simpsons in the last decade Like Gretzky, the Simpsons should have called it quits in 1999
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Dec 13, 2016 07:27
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http://www.theplayerstribune.com/mike-fisher-nashville-predators-one-way-ticket/
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Dec 13, 2016 13:08
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Duckman2008 posted:http://www.theplayerstribune.com/mike-fisher-nashville-predators-one-way-ticket/ God sure is a dick. Making a whole team suffer so a guy can be traded to be with his wife. But seriously, that's really cool. I love reading stuff from the player's perspective.
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Man, the Bruins are hard to watch this year. Sure they're winning, and I like that, but it's not very exciting. Last year was more fun even though they lost more often, because they were at least scoring a lot. Last night's game was good though.
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