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hifi
Jul 25, 2012

mark arcobello: olympic mvp

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soggybagel
Aug 6, 2006
The official account of NFL Tackle Phil Loadholt.

Let's talk Football.
Someone who knows how the cap works and would punish teams could obviously explain how this isn't allowed, but I think it would be really funny if an NHL player just said right now "I'm retiring" go play the olympics then just 'un-retire'

Also Brian Gionta is loving ancient.

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together
If you retire you can't come back for at least a calendar year

Habibi
Dec 8, 2004

We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.

The Sharks could be that Champion.
Brian Gionta holy poo poo.

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky

Hirez posted:

makes me wonder who Melnyk is going to trade EK fo before he becomes a FA; who's an old vet on NJ these days

you're free to have zajac

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010
Can Karlsson opt out? I seem to remember he can but I might be wrong, and UFA class with both Tavares and Karlsson's a solid class

Mike_V
Jul 31, 2004

3/18/2023: Day of the Dorks
What the gently caress is the National League?

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

So that means Iggy is gonna be on team Canada :v:

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

CBJSprague24 posted:

Yep. What a joke. :laffo:

E- That they didn't just stick the Buffalo home game in Buffalo.

i heard something about how the bills' stadium just had world juniors and couldn't be set up for that

T-Bone
Sep 14, 2004

jakes did this?

Mike_V posted:

What the gently caress is the National League?

It's the Swiss National League, they got tired of typing Swiss I guess.

That team's not terrible, although it's too bad they couldn't take more AHL vets. It's cool that Chris Bourque is going, he and Arcobello should do well. Brian O'Neill is a really solid AHL/Euro guy too.

T-Bone fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Jan 2, 2018

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Vertical Lime posted:

i heard something about how the bills' stadium just had world juniors and couldn't be set up for that

More likely though the plan the whole time was for this to be a home-but-not game for the Rangers.

MOVIE MAJICK
Jan 4, 2012

by Pragmatica
Do the Leafs have an outside shot at getting to the finals?

bub spank
Feb 1, 2005

the THRILL
If the Sens can tank their way to Dahlen this year, maybe that would force them to not play Cody Ceci as much as they do next year? And then they might look like an actually good team? Or, better yet, maybe they would even trade away Ceci?

I think I'm in the "optimistic delusion" stage of the season.

Now to sit back and watch them trade away Hoffman for peanuts (even though he's just as good as Duchene), lose the lottery, and then overpay Ceci a billion dollars while losing Karlsson in free agency.

Jagged Jim
Sep 26, 2013

I... I can only look though the window...

bub spank posted:

If the Sens can tank their way to Dahlen this year, maybe that would force them to not play Cody Ceci as much as they do next year? And then they might look like an actually good team? Or, better yet, maybe they would even trade away Ceci?

I think I'm in the "optimistic delusion" stage of the season.

Now to sit back and watch them trade away Hoffman for peanuts (even though he's just as good as Duchene), lose the lottery, and then overpay Ceci a billion dollars while losing Karlsson in free agency.

That sounds more like "Bargaining" phase to me.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

MOVIE MAJICK posted:

Do the Leafs have an outside shot at getting to the finals?

Anything could happen but if they get through Boston they would need to play likely Tampa then Washington or a wild card Pittsburgh who beat Washington because that's what Capitals fans deserve.

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

MOVIE MAJICK posted:

Do the Leafs have an outside shot at getting to the finals?

Oh for sure. Right now it seems like the Leafs are part of the big second-tier of the East (behind Tampa) and hockey is a lot closer to baseball than basketball in terms of playoff upsets.

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe
It will be pretty incredible if Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Edmonton all miss the playoffs.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

MOVIE MAJICK posted:

Do the Leafs have an outside shot at getting to the finals?

lol

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe
If the finals end up being Jets/Leafs the owners will lock out next year in protest.

stab
Feb 12, 2003

To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high
Ottawa getting dahlin and trotting out a dahlin karlsson combo for one year would be highly unfair and terrifying


Edit so naturally edmonton or pittsburgh will win the loving lottery

Wonderllama
Mar 15, 2003

anyone wanna andreyfuck?

Ginette Reno posted:

It will be pretty incredible if Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Edmonton all miss the playoffs.

It just moved

DuhSal
Aug 16, 2004

I will, brother. I promise.



Pillbug

he said outside shot, which they absolutely do. unlike the habs.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

They have a pretty good shot at being outside the finals.

Boom roasted.

DuhSal
Aug 16, 2004

I will, brother. I promise.



Pillbug

Aphrodite posted:

They have a pretty good shot at being outside the finals.

Boom roasted.

that's also true!

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

Hirez posted:

makes me wonder who Melnyk is going to trade EK fo before he becomes a FA; who's an old vet on NJ these days

Trading him would be terrible, but even worse would be if they let him walk for nothing at the end of another wasted prime year of his career, so I'm thinking that's what they'll do.

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




So how is Vegas doing so well? They're a middling defensive team, but 2nd in goals for somehow. No one predicted that.

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

So how is Vegas doing so well? They're a middling defensive team, but 2nd in goals for somehow. No one predicted that.

Vegas flu, baby

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

So how is Vegas doing so well? They're a middling defensive team, but 2nd in goals for somehow. No one predicted that.

They have a bunch of dudes that can skate really fast.

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010

grack posted:

They have a bunch of dudes that can skate really fast.

Aren't they like top 5 in league Sv % as well?

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Aren't they like top 5 in league Sv % as well?

Are they? I just searched 5v5 sv% and they were near the bottom, probably because the plurality of their games have been started by Maxim Lagace. But yeah Fleury has been great and Subban a revelation.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

DuhSal posted:

unlike the habs.

well duh, even i could've told you that!

the leafs will never win another Cup

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

They’ll win in the Final 6 era.

DuhSal
Aug 16, 2004

I will, brother. I promise.



Pillbug

yellowcar posted:

the leafs will never win another Cup

cool. play the lotto.

Schlesische
Jul 4, 2012

Aphrodite posted:

They’ll win in the Final 6 era.

Toronto is disappearing beneath the waves long before St Louis.
This is the only way the Blues are winning a cup btw.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Schlesische posted:

Toronto is disappearing beneath the waves long before St Louis.
This is the only way the Blues are winning a cup btw.

St. Louis is gonna lose the 2093 Cup Finals to the Amazon City Primes

D C
Jun 20, 2004

1-800-HOTLINEBLING
1-800-HOTLINEBLING
1-800-HOTLINEBLING

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

So how is Vegas doing so well? They're a middling defensive team, but 2nd in goals for somehow. No one predicted that.

They are basically a team full of 2nd and 3rd liners that do their damage in depth, theres not as big a drop off in skill from say their 2nd line to their 4th line like most teams have so they clean up the deeper line matchups.

the talent deficit
Dec 20, 2003

self-deprecation is a very british trait, and problems can arise when the british attempt to do so with a foreign culture





D C posted:

They are basically a team full of 2nd and 3rd liners that do their damage in depth, theres not as big a drop off in skill from say their 2nd line to their 4th line like most teams have so they clean up the deeper line matchups.

you have to get to like their 11th or 12th forward before you get to someone who couldn't play on a second line on a bad team or the third line on a really good one

Albino Squirrel
Apr 25, 2003

Miosis more like meiosis

Schlesische posted:

Toronto is disappearing beneath the waves long before St Louis.
This is the only way the Blues are winning a cup btw.
Even if everything melts, the oceans will only rise about 70 metres.

Lake Ontario is at 74 metres.

The Blues are never winning a cup.

bewbies
Sep 23, 2003

Fun Shoe
its about the journey not the destination

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some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 

bewbies posted:

its about the journey not the destination

ARE WE THERE YET??

ARE WE THERE YET??



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