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quote:Steve Ott @otterN9NE 2h Ott's kinda funny sometimes
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Apr 14, 2014 07:21
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burf posted:Ott's kinda funny sometimes i hate steve ott but that's pretty good
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Apr 14, 2014 09:52
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Even Van Massenhoven thinks Steve Ott is funny. Luckily for Chicago, he's also a gigantic defensive liability these days.
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Apr 14, 2014 13:04
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So Bob Hartley is a pretty awesome guy!Jason Botchford posted:UGLIEST SCENE http://blogs.theprovince.com/2014/04/13/the-van-provies-the-daniel-incident-ends-the-season-and-the-provies/ I guess I can understand not wanting a penalty but why bother caring in the last game of the year down 4-1 with no chance of making the playoffs. I did think the idea of security running in to stop Torts kind of funny though.
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Apr 14, 2014 13:27
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It's the player's coach mentality. You stand up for your guys pretty much no matter what.
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Apr 14, 2014 13:57
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Good news everyone! Hilary Duff called off the divorce.
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Apr 14, 2014 14:09
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That reads like it's gonna burst into erotic fan fiction at any second. As Torts pulsated with a growing agitation he suddenly began to notice the thick masculinity of the security guards, row after man-in-uniform row. He could smell them... John knew if he was ever going to get a piece of Bob that now was his chance, that he would have to run the gauntlet of all those men. Torts knows tonight may be his final chance. Knows this moment may never come again. He pushes himself forward and thrusts off the bench, only to be stopped and held by the strong arms of a veritable harem of all those men. He struggled to no avail against their embrace, only managing to get sucked into them ever deeper, ever tighter. That's when he heard that songbird call. It was Bob: "Let him come." Stickarts fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Apr 14, 2014 |
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Apr 14, 2014 14:16
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Aphrodite posted:Good news everyone! The Daily Mail tells me they are separated but 'still good friends.' Now I'm not sure WHAT to believe.
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Apr 14, 2014 14:16
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ThinkTank posted:The Daily Mail tells me they are separated but 'still good friends.' Now I'm not sure WHAT to believe. It can be both. No divorce, no splitting assets. She doesn't want to give up that sweet Brick money.
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Apr 14, 2014 14:19
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INSPECTAH DECK posted:I'm 95% sure that Brodeur played his last NHL game. ffffffffffcuuuuuuck don't bite Sather, don't bite. burf posted:Spezza was really bad at the start of this year but since the Olympics he's looked really really good. To the point where I really don't want to see him traded if he can keep it up. Isn't this basically what people have been saying about Spezza for the past several years? He goes through slumps where he's terrible and everyone wants to get rid of him, then he looks awesome and everyone is like "oh yeah he's a really good player awesome!" and then he injures his back and people lament "well maybe he'll stay healthy and keep it up next year but I dunno about longterm..." Wippersnapper posted:So Bob Hartley is a pretty awesome guy! Jordan7hm posted:It's the player's coach mentality. You stand up for your guys pretty much no matter what. Bob Hartley is a piece of poo poo and if you haven't read what Scott Parker said about him you probably should. Doesn't really seem like much of a "players coach" kind of guy so much as a tremendous rear end in a top hat.
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Apr 14, 2014 14:44
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Ryan Kesler was named the Canucks MVP for some reason. Zack Kassian was the most exciting player. That kinda sums up how awful this season was I guess. e: Not one player played 82 games for the Canucks this year. Garrison had 81. ThinkTank fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Apr 14, 2014 |
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Apr 14, 2014 15:28
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Just to illustrate how incredibly stupid the new playoff system is, here are the standings in an EHM league following the NHL's schedule: http://www.ehechockey.com/standings.php The Central division is such a tire fire that a .500 team (82 points) managed to snag the 3rd seed, bumping an 89 point Pacific division team out of the playoffs altogether. The playoff brackets by placement in the west look like this: Central 4 vs 5 8 vs 9 Pacific 1 vs 6 2 vs 3 7 (Edmonton) misses altogether. What a steaming pile of poo poo.
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Apr 14, 2014 15:36
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eXXon posted:
Agreed, any simulation that has Oilers at 7 is total poo poo
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Apr 14, 2014 15:59
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hm that's weird I fuckin love Bob Hartley
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Apr 14, 2014 16:01
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trotz is done in nashville.  any team that needs a coach and doesn't hire him deserves to fail forever. really questioning nashville letting him go until i see who replaces him. hope he destroys the league wherever he goes.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:09
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jsoh posted:Agreed, any simulation that has Oilers at 7 is total poo poo The league started 5 seasons ago, any idiot could have managed the Oilers better over the last 5 years than KLowe et al. Actually in this case it was several different idiots. Trevor Bird posted:trotz is done in nashville. Rumour or confirmed? Hey Dave, are you paying attention? Carlyle should be fired yesterday.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:10
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Oh my god fire Torts and hire Trotz Trevor.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:13
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confirmed.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:13
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Hire him GMGM HIRE HIM
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Apr 14, 2014 16:20
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Yeah, the local beat guy broke it. Nashville without Trotz, I don't know what to do. Somebody hold me.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:20
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He just had to stick around for a couple more seasons and he could have coached a player born after he was hired.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:23
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Hey Linen: fire torts hire trotz
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Apr 14, 2014 16:27
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I don't know how much influence Trotz had in management and development but on the surface it's bizarre to blame him for having one of the worst forward lineups and for an injury derailing their goaltender situation and still only finishing 3 points back of the playoffs.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:27
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ownership wants goals, lots of goals, all the goals you can handle. 3 points out with mostly carter hutton should get an extension.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:30
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Poile and Trotz have worked together for just over 20 years. Reports are that a rift has been forming between them recently. The Preds are not prone to many kneejerk reactions.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:32
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According to the NHL app he's being offered a different job in the organization.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:47
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noooooo turn north trotz
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Apr 14, 2014 16:48
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Him being kept in the org is a lot less dumb than I initially thought of the situation but still, Jesus, Poile is a first class moron.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:51
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If Brendan Shanahan doesn't end this press conference and immediately get on a flight to Nashville with a huge bag of money with Trotz's name on it he's failed at his job.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:51
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mentholmoose posted:According to the NHL app he's being offered a different job in the organization. that's pretty much just the team being nice. no way in hell he takes that job unless he just wants a paycheck to take a year off. he'll have plenty of coaching offers after the playoffs.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:52
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How would Trotz fit in Washington? Does he hate offense or has he just had the worst forwards in the NHL? Also, how fat is he compared to Boudreau? Is he a fat gently caress, fatter than Ken loving Hitchcock, what are we talking here? This is important.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:54
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^^^^ He's not fat, he just doesn't have a neck. Trevor Bird posted:that's pretty much just the team being nice. no way in hell he takes that job unless he just wants a paycheck to take a year off. he'll have plenty of coaching offers after the playoffs. Boy uh I sure hope the Blues aren't looking for a change in scenery after their first round flameout this year because the Preds might've just bought themselves a one way ticket to not winning their division for like ten years. MJeff fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Apr 14, 2014 |
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Apr 14, 2014 16:55
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Mind_Taker posted:How would Trotz fit in Washington? Does he hate offense or has he just had the worst forwards in the NHL? He's not so much fat as keg-shaped.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:56
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VJeff posted:^^^^ He's not fat, he just doesn't have a neck. seriously doubt he'd take hitchcock's job. they're oddly-shaped best friends. there are other places for him.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:58
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Who are the "good" coaching candidates available this offseason? Trotz, Laviolette, and? I'm not up to date on the hot assistants and AHL guys. Trotz and Laviolette I'd have to assume are the 1a and 1b for most teams looking for coaches since they both have a track record of success in the NHL.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:58
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Don't worry the Capitals are going to hire Peter Bondra and Rod Langway, don't need no experienced NHL coaches, along with goaltending coach Don Beaupre.
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Apr 14, 2014 16:59
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Trevor Bird posted:seriously doubt he'd take hitchcock's job. they're oddly-shaped best friends. there are other places for him. Yeah my guess right now is Washington. ....right after the owner fires GMGM and Oates and installs General Manager SERGEI FEDOROV. 
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Apr 14, 2014 17:02
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VJeff posted:Yeah my guess right now is Washington. You mean GM/player Sergei Fedorov.
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Apr 14, 2014 17:03
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I could see Trotz in Washington, but for some reason I don't see it working out. Nashville has been a good defensive team for years, it seems like that's what they've really built their identity around, and a lot of that has to do with the players he was given. I'm having a hard time envisioning "Barry Trotz Hockey" with a team with some great offensive weapons, but no secondary scoring and a meager defense. Either Trotz or the team is going to have to change their style, or more realistically, they're both going to have to adapt and meet somewhere in the middle. There will be growing pains, and I don't think Caps fans/ownership have the patience for that anymore.
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Apr 14, 2014 17:11
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I think Washington goes back to the hardass coach model in their never ending pendulum and hires Lavy. I don't know where Trotz ends up, the east I'm hoping, because man that guy could win hockey games with AHL rosters on an alarmingly consistent basis.
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Apr 14, 2014 17:14
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