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iospace posted:Well yeah, they aren't a fun team to watch  Come at me, bro.
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Maybe Oettinger can't make it due to school concerns?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Maybe Oettinger can't make it due to school concerns? Universities tend to bend over backwards to claim Olympians went/graduated from there. So I would find this unlikely.
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Hopefully Leggio can meet Pierre https://youtu.be/zxDMG7xKuS4
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I guess the Carolina ownership change went through. Pretty excited for The Houston Oil Knights™.
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xzzy posted:They're not bad, I've watched them in D1 rec league at a local rink. Though Maxwell is playing above his weight a bit, should probably stick to D2 or D3. drat. I can't tell if you're serious or if they are really that bad. I wouldn't be surprised either way. Hockeydb has Maxwell's place of birth as Guelph. e: the leggio video makes me die of laughter every time. Jordan7hm fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Jan 12, 2018 |
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Schremp Howard posted:Hopefully Leggio can meet Pierre holy poo poo i can't believe this is the same guy as the net pushing goalie lmao
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rex rabidorum vires posted:Universities tend to bend over backwards to claim Olympians went/graduated from there. So I would find this unlikely. A bunch the women’s team are NCAA players which makes it even more unlikely unless he’s the dumbest athlete ever.
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Gilbert Brule is an Olympian? Doug MacLean is finally vindicated, after 13 years.
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Boomer The Cannon posted:Gilbert Brule is an Olympian? Doug MacLean is finally vindicated, after 13 years. Good Canadian Kid reaches his potential. Who needed that floaty Slovenian anyway? Doug's kid is a great scout.
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pseudodragon posted:A bunch the women’s team are NCAA players which makes it even more unlikely unless he’s the dumbest athlete ever. I saw this being talked about on Twitter, the distinction for women’s players is that they’ve known about their chances to play the Olympics for multiple years, so they can plan their courses and credits accordingly, or often take off a semester or entire year off to allow themselves time to participate in camps and the various events surrounding Olympic participation. Contrast to the NHL not making a decision until basically the end of the summer and men’s college players are in a much tougher spot.
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Koopa Kid posted:I saw this being talked about on Twitter, the distinction for women’s players is that they’ve known about their chances to play the Olympics for multiple years, so they can plan their courses and credits accordingly, or often take off a semester or entire year off to allow themselves time to participate in camps and the various events surrounding Olympic participation. That makes sense. Although that makes it even sadder for the girls that got cut for putting everything on hold for an entire year of their lives just to not make it. At least the NHLers are getting paid and still have the Cup to play for.
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“It’s gone back for a few years now, where the team wasn’t particularly happy with the player and the player wasn’t particularly happy with the team. You see Anthony play and his speed and skill is obvious to everyone. There are also some things that I think should stay behind closed doors." -Coyotes GM John Chayka The Department of Player Safety agrees on his assessment of Zac Rinaldo.
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So am I understanding this correct? DuClair got traded because he thinks Zac Rinaldo's a dirty piece of poo poo? Also what the gently caress happened with the Flames, they've gone from almost giving up a lotto pick for Hamonic (still not happy about it, but I get they felt like it was a calculated risk) to looking like they'll make the playoffs barring a bad trade or major injury
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El Gallinero Gros posted:So am I understanding this correct? DuClair got traded because he thinks Zac Rinaldo's a dirty piece of poo poo? My understanding is that he was pissrd he was getting scratched while poo poo like Rinaldo was getting minutes, so he requested a trade.* Man am I glad that Tocchet left the pens *this is based on skimming like 10 random tweets I have no idea if it’s true at all
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El Gallinero Gros posted:So am I understanding this correct? DuClair got traded because he thinks Zac Rinaldo's a dirty piece of poo poo? I don't know, I'm just mocking the Coyotes for trading a skilled player because their team is poo poo. It seems like they've had a lot of "locker room problems" with guys like Duclair, DeAngelo, and Wolski - that's just naming the ones who played for the Rangers. I wonder how the narrative might be flipped about these guys "just wanting to win" if they weren't on a team that used $10m of dead weight to hit the cap floor?
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One of those guys flamed out of the league entirely and the other one is a racist homophobe shitbag so I don’t know if those are really their fault.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:So am I understanding this correct? DuClair got traded because he thinks Zac Rinaldo's a dirty piece of poo poo? Then First line went cold. The it's gone hot. In all honesty, I've seen them play much better games than today and get shelled so I no longer know what the gently caress.
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Aphrodite posted:One of those guys flamed out of the league entirely and the other one is a racist homophobe shitbag so I don’t know if those are really their fault. Are you talking about Canadian Olympian Wojtek Wolski?
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what are you supposed to do with guys like kyle turris or blake wheeler though? they didn't even want to try to win. duclair stuck around a while before the trade request but i'm not sure what he was expecting after 3 coaches worth of whatever he was doing not working and then asking for a clean start somewhere else. bargain bin yakupov in spite of better coaching isn't a great look, but we'll see what chicago can do with him, i guess
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Well thanks for saving me the time of having to watch Olympic hockey this year. Who am I kidding, I'll watch anyway.
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The olympics are bad for the people who live where they are hosted anyway so just don't watch.
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hifi posted:what are you supposed to do with guys like kyle turris or blake wheeler though? they didn't even want to try to win. duclair stuck around a while before the trade request but i'm not sure what he was expecting after 3 coaches worth of whatever he was doing not working and then asking for a clean start somewhere else. Careers are short and Phoenix is bad with a lot of stupid poo poo going on around the team in terms of the arena and attendance. Being scratched for Zac Rinaldo for whatever reason when in a contract year means Duclair is also potentially losing money with his next contract. You can question Wheeler and Turris all you want, but Duclair makes it 3 young talented players that didn't want to stay with the Coyotes. Maybe the problem isn't with the players but the inability for the organization to actually build an environment players want to be in?
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Matt Zerella posted:The olympics are bad for the people who live where they are hosted anyway so just don't watch. Rampant nationalism compels me.
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I plan to wake up early once or twice to see team USA play if its on the weekend, but if the hockey is bad - and by bad I mean low quality but also good enough that it's not funny - then I won't watch again unless USA is in the gold medal game or something.
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rex rabidorum vires posted:Careers are short and Phoenix is bad with a lot of stupid poo poo going on around the team in terms of the arena and attendance. Being scratched for Zac Rinaldo for whatever reason when in a contract year means Duclair is also potentially losing money with his next contract. You can question Wheeler and Turris all you want, but Duclair makes it 3 young talented players that didn't want to stay with the Coyotes. Maybe the problem isn't with the players but the inability for the organization to actually build an environment players want to be in? Scoring 15 points and being a complete disappointment last year also cost him a lot of money. We'll see if he turns into a Wheeler or into a Wolski but I’d bet on the latter.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I plan to wake up early once or twice to see team USA play if its on the weekend, but if the hockey is bad - and by bad I mean low quality but also good enough that it's not funny - then I won't watch again unless USA is in the gold medal game or something. Basically this, but I plan on fully utilizing my DVR.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Also what the gently caress happened with the Flames, they've gone from almost giving up a lotto pick for Hamonic (still not happy about it, but I get they felt like it was a calculated risk) to looking like they'll make the playoffs barring a bad trade or major injury They finally got rid of a lot of the poo poo players they started the season with (Glass, Bart, Jagr wasn’t all that great for them). While they still have some not so great people, the bottom lines are noticeably better now and aren’t huge risks to put out and the defence is finally playing like how they should. The big thing is making sure they continue to push, as their biggest issue at points is consistency, and playing like they don’t give a poo poo at times.
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Matt Zerella posted:The olympics are bad for the people who live where they are hosted anyway so just don't watch. I thought it was pretty drat awesome when it was in Vancouver. "Oh, I think I'll go and watch some Olympic hockey in my lunch break".
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ImplicitAssembler posted:I thought it was pretty drat awesome when it was in Vancouver. "Oh, I think I'll go and watch some Olympic hockey in my lunch break". 
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ImplicitAssembler posted:I thought it was pretty drat awesome when it was in Vancouver. "Oh, I think I'll go and watch some Olympic hockey in my lunch break". Olympics, and the World Cup have very native effects on poorer communities in the host areas. Between massive tax breaks (aka Public Wealth turned Private), displacement and gentrification to build new venues, and militarization of police and reduction of civil liberties (Brazil's crackdown on the Barrios as an example), it goes beyond "hey, i'll go watch the olympics on my lunch break, this is cool". I'm not singling you out, but yeah, gently caress the olympics, I'm glad the NHL didn't send anyone so now I have no reason to watch.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I plan to wake up early once or twice to see team USA play if its on the weekend, but if the hockey is bad - and by bad I mean low quality but also good enough that it's not funny - then I won't watch again unless USA is in the gold medal game or something. I mean, it's going to be better quality than the World Juniors but there are no teenagers for us to fetishize.
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T-Bone posted:I mean, it's going to be better quality than the World Juniors but there are no teenagers for us to fetishize. personally I hope they get in a situation where Troy Terry can take like 10 penalty shots
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Jamwad Hilder posted:personally I hope they get in a situation where Troy Terry can take like 10 penalty shots On that note, why on earth doesn't the NHL allow repeat shooters in the shootout? I don't mean after three or five, I mean why can't one guy take all the shots for his team? How much would the fans love a shootout that was McDavid versus Matthews? Just those two guys over and over until one wins. It's a great way to highlight stars and adds a level of much needed drama to a pretty stale instituion. I want TJ Oshie to be a game winning secret weapon that other teams are intimidated to go up against. Right now I just don't give the slightest poo poo when some random 2nd liner is sent out there to fire a shot into the goalie's pads. Give me Crosby going backhand five times in a row instead.
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ThinkTank posted:On that note, why on earth doesn't the NHL allow repeat shooters in the shootout? I don't mean after three or five, I mean why can't one guy take all the shots for his team? How much would the fans love a shootout that was McDavid versus Matthews? Just those two guys over and over until one wins. It's a great way to highlight stars and adds a level of much needed drama to a pretty stale instituion. I want TJ Oshie to be a game winning secret weapon that other teams are intimidated to go up against. It'd just be Crosby going fivehole five times in a row.
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ThinkTank posted:On that note, why on earth doesn't the NHL allow repeat shooters in the shootout? I don't mean after three or five, I mean why can't one guy take all the shots for his team? How much would the fans love a shootout that was McDavid versus Matthews? Just those two guys over and over until one wins. It's a great way to highlight stars and adds a level of much needed drama to a pretty stale instituion. I want TJ Oshie to be a game winning secret weapon that other teams are intimidated to go up against. Imagine every team scouring the minors for guys who are ECHL level players but have killer shootout moves and giving them 10 minutes a night just in case there's a shootout while a promising prospect spends 2 out of every 3 games in the press box to make room for him.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:Imagine every team scouring the minors for guys who are ECHL level players but have killer shootout moves and giving them 10 minutes a night just in case there's a shootout while a promising prospect spends 2 out of every 3 games in the press box to make room for him. *cranes neck to see the Rangers and Buchnevich*
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Jamwad Hilder posted:Imagine There is no way most teams would bother, because winning by the shootout is for pussies, and it's much more important to have a strong character guy like Zac Rinaldo on your team.
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