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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:When you draft and keep Luca Sbisa, they're not wrong I mean in retrospect I was dead wrong, but I don't think it was an outlandish suggestion at the time. Vegas had the worst cup odds in the league going into this season at 200-1. Anyone who says the Knights were given favorable expansion draft rules is playing revisionist history.
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Carver posted:I still wanna know why the pens stole their honking gimmick Because for a while there the PPG crowd was pathetically quiet in the regular season. Pittsburgh has always had loud crowds in the playoffs but their regular season crowds have been hit or miss.
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Ginette Reno posted:Because for a while there the PPG crowd was pathetically quiet in the regular season. Pittsburgh fans have historically only been interested in hockey when they have multiple Hall of Famers in their prime on the roster
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bewbies posted:Pittsburgh fans have historically only been interested in hockey when they have multiple Hall of Famers in their prime on the roster So much like any other non original 6 team then
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Ginette Reno posted:So much like any other non original 6 team then Flyers have one of the best fanbases, but have also had a lot of great players throughout the years. So I dunno if they count.
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ThinkTank posted:I mean in retrospect I was dead wrong, but I don't think it was an outlandish suggestion at the time. Vegas had the worst cup odds in the league going into this season at 200-1. Anyone who says the Knights were given favorable expansion draft rules is playing revisionist history. Speak for yourself Twin Cinema posted:I think the Knights are going to have a much better team than you all think. If I had to guess, William Karlsson is really going to blossom into something special. 40-plus goals is possible. Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if this team went to the Finals, and I think they have a real shot for the Cup against either...hmmm...probably one of Washington or Tampa Bay.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:Flyers have one of the best fanbases, but have also had a lot of great players throughout the years. So I dunno if they count. Last few years make it seem otherwise, but overall the Flyers have one of the best records on making the playoffs from 73 on. Off the top of my head: Made playoffs 73-89. Missed 90-94, but got Lindros Playoffs 95 to 05? Very bad year either 05 or 06. I blacked this out of my mind. Team got better, went to finals 2010. Made playoffs until why, 2014? And now they’re starting to get better and make the playoffs again.
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Twin Cinema posted:Speak for yourself The part where you predicted how vital Engelland would be was particularly prescient
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Duckman2008 posted:Last few years make it seem otherwise, but overall the Flyers have one of the best records on making the playoffs from 73 on. There's a season around then blacked out of my mind, too.
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i am the bird posted:The part where you predicted how vital Engelland would be was particularly prescient The most surprising thing is that he played 79 games this season and didn't get into a fight. He had one in the preseason but he's approaching 100 games since his last one.
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If this was posted I missed it, but I liked this observation from the other day. The success Vegas had has been in large part because of a few players which other GMs rated as less valuable than their self-judged 10th-ish best players. https://twitter.com/travisyost/status/998335061249347585 Of course, Vegas didn't actually expect to do as well as they did with what they got, so pretty much everyone misjudged. https://twitter.com/emilymkaplan/status/998320652707868672
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Jamwad Hilder posted:Flyers have one of the best fanbases, but have also had a lot of great players throughout the years. So I dunno if they count. Yeah that's fair. Even the year they were awful they still drew. Flyers haven't been a sustained bottom feeder for a while though. Dunno how well even they'd do in that scenario. Good fanbase though.
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Gee, are you allowed to do that in America?
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Habibi posted:Someone better ionize them, quick. 
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Porrima posted:Gee, are you allowed to do that in America? There's a big wave of strikes starting to hit us and it loving rules. Solidarity forever.
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Matt Zerella posted:There's a big wave of strikes starting to hit us and it loving rules. Solidarity forever. Not empty quoting. It's 30-40 years overdue.
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It’s going to be great watching the Washington Capitals win the Prince of Wales Trophy tonight, en route to winning the Stanley Cup.
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May 23, 2018 14:26
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A union strike disrupting the plans of Gary Bettman really is the best Stanley Cup Finals subplot.
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May 23, 2018 14:27
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The Knights don’t play in a casino.
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I hope we get a good game 7 that doesn't involve one team getting a lead and becoming incredibly suffocating after that.
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Ginette Reno posted:I hope we get a good game 7 that doesn't involve one team getting a lead and becoming incredibly suffocating after that. 2 goals, let's say? Yes, I have watched that game before and would not like to see it again.
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Chad Sexington posted:2 goals, let's say? Yes, I have watched that game before and would not like to see it again. Yes indeed. I enjoyed game 7 vs the Caps last year but I surely would not have if I wasn't a Penguins fan. Game 7 vs Ottawa was cool.
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Aphrodite posted:The Knights don’t play in a casino. True but I have to wonder if the casinos get disrupted, does that kill the "Vegas Flu"?
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Here’s a bunch of meaningless numbers about game seven games. Good reading for Caps fans while we work on building up our emotional walls before puck drop tonight. https://www.japersrink.com/2018/5/22/17380612/washington-capitals-hope-and-history-on-the-road-in-game-7 quote:Only three times have the Caps played a Game 7 on the road since 2005-2006, losing two decisions in Madison Square Garden against the New York Rangers, both by 2-1 margins (in 2012 and in overtime in 2015), and beating Boston at TD Garden by a 2-1 margin in overtime in 2012.
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Ginette Reno posted:So much like any other non original 6 team then Isnt Buffalo leading the TV rankings for the playoffs despite not having a team in it?
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clean ayers act posted:Isnt Buffalo leading the TV rankings for the playoffs despite not having a team in it? They're basically Canadian, they don't count
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TV households is never 1:1 with population, but NYC is about 6% of all TVs in the country and Buffalo has about 1/40 the population.
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Mind_Taker posted:It’s going to be great watching the Washington Capitals win the Prince of Wales Trophy tonight, en route to winning the Stanley Cup. If we win tonight we get ANOTHER banner for this historically undercelebrated franchise without enough banners. Thanks for nothing, Abe Pollin.
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awesome write-up about the short NHL history of the Cleveland Barons for your lunch break
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