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The Dirty Burger posted:The whole Olympic Village style of quarantining players away from their families for months to make these “playoffs” happen is hilarious After this they'd probably all prefer it.
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ThinkTank posted:It was a terrible trade but there was some reasoning behind it. The Islanders had just drafted DiPietro who was supposed to be the next big thing in goaltending and that meant the writing was on the wall for Luongo. The best thing about this is how the Islanders not only managed to trade away a HOF goalie and blow a first overall pick, and the Rangers drafted a HOF goalie 205th in that draft.
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May 21, 2020 20:52
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Zodijackylite posted:The best thing about this is how the Islanders not only managed to trade away a HOF goalie and blow a first overall pick, and the Rangers drafted a HOF goalie 205th in that draft. Let's say the Isles don't make that deal, and they draft Heatley or Gaborik over DiPietro. Let's say they also don't trade for Yashin. This is a team that would have Jokinen, Luongo, one of Heatley/Gaborik, Chara, and Spezza. They probably don't make the playoffs right away, as some of these guys took a little time to really make their mark. But, assuming they still become the players they are, that is such a great foundation post-lockout.
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May 21, 2020 21:14
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Twin Cinema posted:Let's say the Isles don't make that deal, and they draft Heatley or Gaborik over DiPietro. Let's say they also don't trade for Yashin.
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May 21, 2020 21:21
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Spring Break My Heart posted:They also made the really bad Bertuzzi and McCabe for Linden deal Mike Milbury should be locked up for his crimes. Looking it up, he also traded away Dumont for basically nothing, and Berard for Potvin. The trade to get Olli Jokinen also involved Palffy who, at the time, had to be considered one of the most dangerous forwards in the league. This could have been a stacked team.
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May 21, 2020 21:31
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Twin Cinema posted:Mike Milbury should be locked up for his crimes. 
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May 21, 2020 21:42
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I'm sure Pierre will top it when he becomes the gm of, oh, let's say the Sharks.
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May 21, 2020 22:40
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Twin Cinema posted:Mike Milbury should be locked up for his crimes. This, but the complete opposite. It was great!
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May 21, 2020 22:48
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"Come live in Edmonton for months. It will be cold and you won't be allowed to go to stores."
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May 22, 2020 00:00
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I'm confused - so it's really like PLAY IN CQF CSF CF SCF in terms of playoff format? Is the Play-In round a best of 7?
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May 22, 2020 00:30
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I think the play-in round is best of 5.
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May 22, 2020 00:38
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Make it a gauntlet with successively longer series. QF- go or go home, SF- best of 3, CF- best of 5, SCF- best of 7.
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May 22, 2020 00:56
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I'd be so down with play-in games. Even in a normal season, if 2 teams are tied for the last playoff spot they should just ignore the tie breaking procedures and play it out. I would watch every game every year.
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May 22, 2020 00:59
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CBJSprague24 posted:Make it a gauntlet with successively longer series. QF- go or go home, SF- best of 3, CF- best of 5, SCF- best of 7. That sounds fun. Too bad none of this will ever happen, but a fun thought experiment.
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May 22, 2020 01:00
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Spelling Mitsake posted:I'd be so down with play-in games. Even in a normal season, if 2 teams are tied for the last playoff spot they should just ignore the tie breaking procedures and play it out. I would watch every game every year. this sounds like a fun, exciting, and marketable thing so there's basically no chance of the nhl doing it
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May 22, 2020 01:09
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lol the NBA gets to go to loving disney world and the NHL gets Edmonton
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May 22, 2020 01:12
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worst rendition of The Masque of the Red Death ever
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May 22, 2020 01:16
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Aphrodite posted:After this they'd probably all prefer it. Getting paid millions without having to deal with media or road (and home) team fans sounds like a pretty sweet deal
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May 22, 2020 01:58
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https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1263643064498823168 e: https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/1263685346530865153 Kilza fucked around with this message at 05:29 on May 22, 2020 |
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May 22, 2020 03:00
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Getting paid millions without having to deal with media or road (and home) team fans sounds like a pretty sweet deal They play for free in the playoffs! Though league revenue collapsing should probably still matter to the players, too.
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May 22, 2020 06:24
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Mostly college games on the docket todayquote:College Hockey
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May 22, 2020 12:38
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Why is the NHLPA even vaguely considering a vote on a return to work without at or near unanimous consent from its members?
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May 22, 2020 13:07
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99% likely it's because they have to and can't change the procedure.
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I'm still confused as to what this vote is actually binding upon. My understanding is that right now they're just voting on the play format if they were to return this summer, and not actually on whether or not to return?
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goldrush posted:I'm still confused as to what this vote is actually binding upon. My understanding is that right now they're just voting on the play format if they were to return this summer, and not actually on whether or not to return? They're voting on the new playoff format, isolation in hub cities, COVID related restrictions and more broadly the concept of returning this year at all. It's not necessarily a binding vote on a set return date, but it's a defacto referendum on the concept of completing the 2019/20 season this summer. Any future vote on a specific time frame would just be a rubber stamp and the actual decision is being made as we speak. I think the appropriate course of action isn't to return or at the very least continue to wait things out. The league is gung ho to resume, it doesn't sound like the players are. At least not the vast majority.
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Supposedly in the NBA the number of players who wanted to resume vs not was 70/30. So a clear majority but 30% is a big big number if it's players who don't want to risk it
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May 22, 2020 15:46
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Each day, I get more and more annoyed that its 24 teams when only Detroit was officially eliminated. Make it a 30-team playoff and give the Wings Lafrenière as consolation.
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May 22, 2020 15:48
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Mr. Kite posted:Each day, I get more and more annoyed that its 24 teams when only Detroit was officially eliminated. Make it a 30-team playoff and give the Wings Lafrenière as consolation. agreed
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Spring Break My Heart posted:Supposedly in the NBA the number of players who wanted to resume vs not was 70/30. So a clear majority but 30% is a big big number if it's players who don't want to risk it That's basically the split between players whose jobs in the league and personal finances are secure going a couple years forward (30%) vs. not (70%) Mr. Kite posted:Each day, I get more and more annoyed that its 24 teams when only Detroit was officially eliminated. Make it a 30-team playoff and give the Wings Lafrenière as consolation. The 24 team playoff cuts out the teams that were more than 10 points out of a playoff spot when play ended, it's perfectly fair. Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 16:03 on May 22, 2020 |
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I feel like it should be kind of a no brainer to go stay in a nice hotel for a few months while getting paid gobs of money to play hockey, assuming proper precautions and whatnot are in place.
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Mr. Kite posted:Each day, I get more and more annoyed that its 24 teams when only Detroit was officially eliminated. Make it a 30-team playoff and give the Wings Lafrenière as consolation. Even if the Kings went 12-0-0 they'd still only have a 2% chance of making the playoffs. I think it's fair to exclude a bunch of teams like that.
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bewbies posted:I feel like it should be kind of a no brainer to go stay in a nice hotel for a few months while getting paid gobs of money to play hockey, assuming proper precautions and whatnot are in place. They don't get paid for the playoffs.
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bewbies posted:I feel like it should be kind of a no brainer to go stay in a nice hotel for a few months while getting paid gobs of money to play hockey, assuming proper precautions and whatnot are in place. And therein, as the bard would tell us, lies the rub.
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Aphrodite posted:They don't get paid for the playoffs. https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-player-playoff-compensation/
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According to freidman the players voted down a 3 game play in because they're afraid of price and his terrifying 908. Lol
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Right. The same amount they'd get paid sitting safely at home, except for the nothing bonus.
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I think the players know how badly the owners will bone them on the revenue if they don’t play. That said, there should be full transparency for the players to make this decision, and I would not blame them if they elected not to play. Is there anything in the CBA that protects the players in the event of a shortened season ala force majeure, etc?
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Wonderllama posted:I would not blame them if they elected not to play. Sadly every dude in a backwards Jets hat and Grizzlies jersey on twitter would repeatedly call them selfish bums who should be honoured to be playing the game until they were shamed into voting to resume the season. The NHL holds all the cards here. The only ones the NHLPA has are strength in unity and asking for a delay until more information is available. They seem to have discarded both.
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That's exactly what they want you to think. Then they drop Shining Light Angel and can play the cards direct from the discard pile.
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Cocaine Bear posted:That sounds fun. It's either that or, for speed and because we're shaking it up anyway, one-game series all the way to the Cup...but then that felt wrong, as I feel like you'd have to have a series for the Cup.
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