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Habibi posted:For any non-Russian speakers, FYI, it might be worth your time to find someone who does understand it and have them do a running translation, because that poo poo was at least as entertaining as anything on the screen. My general view of American play-by-play - in any sport - is that I'd rather watch the game/match on mute, except then I wouldn't be able to hear the sound of play itself. If you have a sound bar or surround sound system, muting just the center channel should nix the announcer audio but leave the rest.
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quote:The NHL will not participate in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, deciding to make the announcement now so it doesn’t overshadow the playoffs, Sportsnet has learned. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-will-not-participate-2018-pyeongchang-olympic-games/ WEEELLLLPPPP
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Enjoy your free wins against a Capitals roster without Ovechkin, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, Orlov, and Johansson at the least during the Olympics.
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Welp that pretty much confirms another massive lockout the next time the CBA is due for a refresh.
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https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/848985459589914624 This is going to be a giant headache for the league. A bunch of stars are going to defect, and what will the league do? Fine them? Suspend them? This is going to be bad.
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gently caress the NHL, seriously? olympic hockey loving rules
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gently caress the NHL and the owners
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Bettman must have a megaboner at the idea of using the Olympics as a bargaining chip in the next lockout.
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Thufir posted:Bettman must have a megaboner at the idea of using the Olympics as a bargaining chip in the next lockout. Someone should check his hands for burns, try to verify if he was high fiving satan while no one was looking.
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I'm boycotting the NHL next olympics unless I change my mind and decide I don't care about this!!
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Thufir posted:Bettman must have a megaboner at the idea of using the Olympics as a bargaining chip in the next lockout. Haha the IOC is never letting them back in. The NHL needs Olympic exposure way more than the IOC needs NHL players. The next Olympics are in Beijing. The IOC isn't stupid, they know what the Chinese market means? Why would they do any favours to an organization that burned them over ~$14M in insurance costs? ThinkTank fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Apr 3, 2017 |
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This seems like a bad idea. I hope Karlsson goes and plays and the Sens miss the playoffs by two points so Melnyk can cry about the Olympics still finding a way to screw him.
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League conspiracy to protect Crosby's legacy against these new young upstarts. But seriously gently caress Bettman, I hope they all go anyway because what's he gonna do about it. And I strongly suspect this was pushed hardest by Melnyk and Jacobs so an extra "mega-gently caress-you" to those old bastards, too.
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Thufir posted:Bettman must have a megaboner at the idea of using the Olympics as a bargaining chip in the next lockout. gently caress Bettman. gently caress the owners more.
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HappyHippo posted:People who own sports teams are garbage people. "we love the fans thank you for being loyal and supporting your favorite team!! in appreciation the first 10,000 of you to show up to a game can get this awesome sponsored towel!!" "oh you want to see these athletes compete around the world? well gently caress off you cretins"
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Gotta love how they're doing the games in China followed immediately by this.
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iospace posted:gently caress Bettman. gently caress the owners more. Nissin Cup Nudist posted:The NHL is so loving stupid Spring Break My Heart posted:Bettman is such a miserable prick. sleep with the vicious posted:gently caress the NHL and the owners Jamwad Hilder posted:gently caress the NHL, seriously? olympic hockey loving rules 
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Spring Break My Heart posted:Gotta love how they're doing the games in China followed immediately by this. Yeah, that announcement was the writing on the wall for me. It was an obvious backup plan for breaking into the Chinese market if the Olympics didn't work. It's not gonna draw any meaningful interest though. Pro sports teams showing up to play an exhibition game somewhere else is a novelty at best. The Olympics legitimizes anything and will ensure serious attention. The NHL probably killed any real efforts into making inroads into China over $14M. That seems like a worthwhile gamble to me. Oh well, the Canada-Sweden snoozefest will likely go down as the last NHL Olympic game ever. What a disappointing ending.
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ThinkTank posted:Yeah, that announcement was the writing on the wall for me. It was an obvious backup plan for breaking into the Chinese market if the Olympics didn't work. It's not gonna draw any meaningful interest though. Pro sports teams showing up to play an exhibition game somewhere else is a novelty at best. The Olympics legitimizes anything and will ensure serious attention. Don't worry I'm sure the players will get it back next lockout in exchange for complete wage slavery 24/7 work hours and 90% of all proceeds generated going directly to the owners
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It wasn't really the insurance, that was just what they were claiming when they knew the IOC wouldn't pay.
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Who will the US and Canada send then? NCAA and major junior players not under NHL contract?
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Ginette Reno posted:Don't worry I'm sure the players will get it back next lockout in exchange for complete wage slavery 24/7 work hours and 90% of all proceeds generated going directly to the owners It's not up to the NHL to decide if it wants back, it's entirely the IOC's decision and why would they want the NHL back? The league can dangle Olympic participation over the players as much as they want, but they've thrown that trump card away. The IOC has made its stance quite clear about 2022, they won't back down. Just about the only people who could change that would be the Chinese government insisting on NHL players, and seriously why would they do that?
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i am the bird posted:Who will the US and Canada send then? NCAA and major junior players not under NHL contract? probably AHL players without an NHL contract.
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i am the bird posted:Who will the US and Canada send then? NCAA and major junior players not under NHL contract? iospace posted:probably AHL players without an NHL contract. Both of these, I'd imagine.
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iospace posted:probably AHL players without an NHL contract. "STARTING AT DEFENCE FOR TEAM USA NUMBER FOUR MAAAATTTTTTT GILLLLLLRRROOOOYYYYY"
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Your 2018 team Canada captain, Tom Kostopoulos
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ThinkTank posted:Yeah, that announcement was the writing on the wall for me. It was an obvious backup plan for breaking into the Chinese market if the Olympics didn't work. It's not gonna draw any meaningful interest though. Pro sports teams showing up to play an exhibition game somewhere else is a novelty at best. The Olympics legitimizes anything and will ensure serious attention. I remember at one point in the 2000's they scheduled games in Puerto Rico because MLB was doing that... business with the Expos, and that's usually what I think of with Bettman and co's "international strategy".
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ThinkTank posted:Just about the only people who could change that would be the Chinese government insisting on NHL players, and seriously why would they do that? More revenue in theory except nobody in China gives a gently caress about hockey so yeah
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iospace posted:probably AHL players without an NHL contract. Oh, duh. I just lumped AHL in with the NHL for some dumb reason. Well, I'm excited to see the US ice its best roster in years. i am the bird fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Apr 3, 2017 |
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i am the bird posted:Who will the US and Canada send then? NCAA and major junior players not under NHL contract? There are also plenty of mediocre American and Canadian players in the KHL and other European leagues. Like Barry Brust and Nigel Dawes which are totally not names I just made up. edit: lol Dawes got Kazak citizenship so he could play for them at Worlds so I guess he is out.
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I really enjoy how they can't even hide their contempt in that announcement. And the NHLPA has now publicly confirmed that it has no interest or intention of being extorted.
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Thufir posted:There are also plenty of mediocre American and Canadian players in the KHL and other European leagues. Like Barry Brust and Nigel Dawes which are totally not names I just made up. Yeah, with very few exceptions the team will be entirely these guys. AHLers without NHL contracts are not good enough to play for a team that can raid the ranks of Canadians, or even Americans, playing in Europe. If no NHLers go (we know a handful of Russians will, but I'm honestly very doubtful other owners will break ranks), Team Canada's European contingent will still be a medal threat.
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