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myron_cope posted:Which teams own their AHL affiliates? I know the Penguins do. Are there any teams that also own their ECHL affiliate? Do they all have an ECHL affiliate? The Wild own the Houston Aeros (AHL), but they don't own their ECHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors. The Wild even hired their new Coach, Mike Yeo, directly from Houston. Whether that is good or bad can be debated, but it does seem like they are trying to do more direct work with Houston on player development now, where before top prospects were just developed at the NHL level, which creates the James Sheppards of the world.
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HooverDam posted:What sort of rules does the NHL have pertaining to the Ice surface? It could be done. They have a small outdoor ice rink in downtown Phoenix this year. I imagine that Chase Field would be a better fit than the Cardinals stadium and you'd want to keep the roof open, since closing it would defeat the purpose of the Winter Classic. It could work for attendance, since we already have a lot of tourists out here for the bowl games, but I'm not sure if it would have the same mystique as an outdoor cold weather game at a place like Fenway Park or even a new stadium like Target Field.
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VoodooDoll posted:Is it a good thing or a bad thing when someone says a goalie was standing on their head in a game? I've heard commentators say it a couple times and I haven't been able to tell if it means the goalie is kind of loving around or that the goalie is being really acrobatic. It means that their defense was terrible that game and they've literally done everything they could to keep their team in the game.
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goldrush posted:Basically it means they don't backcheck hard, they don't forecheck hard, and they're generally lazy and don't show much hustle when they don't have the puck. Think about a forward floating around near their blueline or in the neutral zone waiting for their teammates to get the puck to them so they can go on the attack, but not doing any actual work themselves for it. Being floaty is a bad thing. Isn't that the same thing as a cherry picker? Where they just hang around the blue line, don't play defense, and only really hustle when they have a chance for a breakaway.
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Feb 24, 2012 19:04
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goldrush posted:Mmm, like myron_cope said, floating is a bit more of a "philosophy". In my opinion, I would say that perhaps cherry-picking is but one aspect of being floaty. But it is really a multi-layered term. Generally it means you're a lazy rear end in a top hat, though. All cherry pickers float, but not all floaters cherry pick. I just tend to classify those players as assholes who don't backcheck. I feel that a lot of players either undervalue backchecking or just don't seem to care beyond accumulating individual stats. Even if a backchecker can't catch up with a guy on a breakaway, he can still force him to not slow down, which will lead to the shooter either running out space or not taking an ideal shot. If no one backchecks, then it just creates a stupid waiting game where whomever commits first loses.
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Lateral movement is going to be the downfall of a super obese goalie. They can potentially take up a lot of net in certain situations, but the extra weight is going to force them to expend a lot more energy to do things like recover to their feet or push off for butterfly slides. I'd also expect the excess weight to slow down their reaction times, so what would most likely happen is that a super obese goalie would run out of energy pretty quickly and most skilled skaters would be able to skate around them. I'm currently playing net about 30 pounds heavier than I want to be and I can definitely feel the affects of the extra weight on my stamina and how hard I need to push off for butterfly slides, so if I have those issues with an extra 30 pounds than an extra 100-200 pounds is only going to amplify those problems.
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