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Hand Knit posted:I'm honestly not sure whether to make the thread title about Pittsburgh or TSN. this thread: your pens thread title sports broadcasting thread: your tsn thread title
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Aye Doc posted:this thread: your pens thread title Let's give these two a spin, then
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https://twitter.com/NBCSportsPR/status/1359221734579310595 That Oilers-Sens game is gonna draw, like, 15 viewers in the US.
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Feb 9, 2021 20:31
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Aye Doc posted:Burkie is 65 now, you really think athletic, powerful, handsome, masculine Steve Yzerman is gonna be afraid of fist fighting him in a barn? Truculence: your will to fight in a barn. And Stevie Y ain’t got none.
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Feb 9, 2021 20:32
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"This is the greatest day in the history of the NHL." -Flyers' fans, probably.
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Feb 9, 2021 20:40
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I love this Burke hiring because it gets him off my TV.
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Feb 9, 2021 20:42
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So if you put Hakstol and Burke together you end up with a team that only drafts players over 6' 4" but they're also all going to turn out to be surprisingly highly skilled That's how this works right
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:So if you put Hakstol and Burke together you end up with a team that only drafts players over 6' 4" but they're also all going to turn out to be surprisingly highly skilled Yes, and they'll do great when you get to the NCAA playoffs. Wait a second...
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Feb 9, 2021 20:43
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Hextall as GM and Burke as Pres of Hockey ops is like the type of moves I'd make in Eastside Hockey Manager to troll myself. I kinda love that.
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Feb 9, 2021 20:46
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Kilza posted:https://twitter.com/NBCSportsPR/status/1359221734579310595 ONE OF THOSE VIEWERS WILL BE ME this is what America deserves to watch
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Feb 9, 2021 20:48
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grack posted:"This is the greatest day in the history of the NHL." Nah, our precondition to always assume the worst makes all believe Hextall will win at least 5 cups in Pittsburgh before the Flyers win one
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Feb 9, 2021 20:53
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I guess Tom Barrasso was unavailable?
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fancy stats posted:I love this Burke hiring because it gets him off my TV. 
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fancy stats posted:I love this Burke hiring because it gets him off my TV. This day is a huge win for William Nylander
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Feb 9, 2021 20:59
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Stoked for this poo poo show. Kilza posted:https://twitter.com/NBCSportsPR/status/1359221734579310595 I'll probably watch it to see if McDavid puts up 10 points.
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Feb 9, 2021 21:00
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I think I had a touch of a stomach bug overnight. Nothing crippling, but enough to require a half day of work and a nap. I clearly picked an awful time to take that nap. Mikko Koivu may have decided he didn't have anything else left in the tank. He looked okay in his first couple games, but seemed particularly off in the first Carolina game. Eric the Mauve posted:Sprague, who do you want the next Jackets coach to be? Someone who will implore his team that they can't just want it, they got to go out and loving want it. Or Brad Shaw, since people around the league have thought he's head coach material for a couple years now.
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Feb 9, 2021 21:03
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CBJSprague24 posted:Someone who will implore his team that they can't just want it, they got to go out and loving want it. Michel Therrien would listen if they called! e: wait, I just realized he's probably going to be returning to the Penguins. Brian Burke, right, I almost forgot.
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Feb 9, 2021 21:05
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CBJSprague24 posted:I think I had a touch of a stomach bug overnight. Nothing crippling, but enough to require a half day of work and a nap. Mike Sullivan will probably be available soon enough Though for a skill roster I don't see how you could do better than Gallant or Boudreau at least if you like fun hockey if not necessarily good hockey
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CBJSprague24 posted:Someone who will implore his team that they can't just want it, they got to go out and loving want it. Bruce as jackets coach would be absolutely fascinating
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Mike Sullivan will probably be available soon enough Sully was Torts' protege though so that would be a bit of an awkward hire for CBJ. I wish to the gods the Penguins would hire Boudreau but never gonna happen.
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Feb 9, 2021 21:06
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fancy stats posted:I love this Burke hiring because it gets him off my TV. 
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Feb 9, 2021 21:06
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No Burke on TV and a moron in management for the Penguins? What a day.
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https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1359232472010137600
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the penguins aren't gonna rebuild folks, it's time for the dreaded Re-Tooling. cup contenders by 2023 baybee
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I had a draft of a post ready to go before I laid down, thinking the world wouldn't loving explode between then and when I woke up. Please enjoy: ____ Lost in the shuffle of "lol gently caress Torts" is Laine was the subject of his own "This Guy Scored" last night, which probably didn't help his coach's mood: https://twitter.com/markscheig/status/1358956784870899718 Eric the Mauve posted:This is Torts' last year in Columbus isn't it? This is a contract year and there was some speculation he might've retired at the end of last season, so things seem to be trending that way. DJExile posted:the Columbus sweep of an absolutely loaded Tampa Bay team wasn't that long ago, and St. Louis won a cup by grinding the poo poo out of everyone. I agree it's not entertaining hockey and teams have started to find ways to beat it, but it's not like it hasn't been used effectively before. It's a boring-rear end brand of hockey, but it's gotten what used to be a dumpster fire of a franchise to the playoffs four straight seasons and, somehow, to second in the NHL Central Division presented by Discover Card. I'm willing to tolerate it (until Torts hangs it up/is fired into the Sun) if the alternative is the bad old days. ___ Now, back to live action: How the gently caress did Burke get thrown in with Hextall in Pittsburgh?  https://twitter.com/Aportzline/status/1359232873014972416 https://twitter.com/Aportzline/status/1359234152726487044 That makes sense. As I said before, he hadn't looked great the last couple games. Good Soldier Svejk posted:Mike Sullivan will probably be available soon enough For some reason, I thought Gallant was tied to Seattle, but he's not. I remember people 'round these parts saying a few years ago "If Boudreau is available, with that young roster, you shitcan Torts five minutes ago." I'd take either Bruce or new and improved, Gerard Gallant 2.0. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Feb 9, 2021 |
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For what it's worth in this  season, the Jackets team with potential coaching drama is second in the Discover Card presents the Central Division standings.  More Koivu: https://twitter.com/_jcmyers/status/1359232443350470657 e- This reminds me of when Vinny Prospal attempted a comeback with the Canucks organization (which may or may not have had to do with Torts) and got to Utica, at which point he realized there was nothing left in the tank and hung it up. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Feb 9, 2021 |
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Feb 9, 2021 21:23
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Aye Doc posted:Burkie is 65 now, you really think athletic, powerful, handsome, masculine Steve Yzerman is gonna be afraid of fist fighting him in a barn? What’s the seeding for an exec fight club tournament? Hextall, Shanahan and Gallant when he gets a new job would be he top seeds. Maybe Geurin too. Stevie and Francis would be at the bottom of the players tier but above all the career execs.
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Feb 9, 2021 21:24
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I feel bad for my friend who's having a real lovely time, is home sick and is daysleeping, and is going to wake up to check the news about his two teams, the Pens and the Jackets.
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Feb 9, 2021 21:25
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Ginette Reno posted:Doesn't it become a logistical issue after a certain point? How the hell they gonna make up all these games they're cancelling and still finish on time?
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Arivia posted:I feel bad for my friend who's having a real lovely time, is home sick and is daysleeping, and is going to wake up to check the news about his two teams, the Pens and the Jackets. I can act as a surrogate because I'm in your friend's position! "Why are there 89 unread posts in the last three hours? Did a bunch of games get cancelled? Did they shut down the league?" (sees Tortorella news) "Oh."  (sees Burke+Hextall to PIT news) "OH" (sees Mikko Koivu news) "Oh?"
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CBJSprague24 posted:
Imagine flying across Canada, then getting on another plane to Syracuse, then finding out you have to drive another hour to Utica. I would have fuckin quit too. Just a dead eyed stare thinking this is my life now, leaving the metropolis by comparison of Syracuse to play in loving utica when you have a few million still in the bank waiting for you at home.
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pseudodragon posted:What’s the seeding for an exec fight club tournament? marcbergevinarms.webp
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CBJSprague24 posted:For what it's worth in this They're 6th by Pt% (the only ordering that matters), behind the 4 teams that have had games postponed + Chicago.
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Feb 9, 2021 21:39
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Koivu is I think now the fifth dude in the past two years that mysteriously does not publicly blame the coach or organization but simply does not want to play for them anymore
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Feb 9, 2021 21:51
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pseudodragon posted:What’s the seeding for an exec fight club tournament? Rob Blake would be up there. Among career execs my money is on Bill Peters.
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Arivia posted:I feel bad for my friend who's having a real lovely time, is home sick and is daysleeping, and is going to wake up to check the news about his two teams, the Pens and the Jackets. CBJSprague24 posted:I can act as a surrogate because I'm in your friend's position! I forgot about the Bell news in my recap of drinking from the firehose when I woke up. pseudodragon posted:What’s the seeding for an exec fight club tournament? Do people with "team ambassador" or development coach as a title count as executives? Columbus submits Jody Shelley, Jared Boll, and Jarkko Ruutu for entry.
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:Koivu is I think now the fifth dude in the past two years that mysteriously does not publicly blame the coach or organization but simply does not want to play for them anymore Yeah either Columbus is a REALLY lovely city or we can read between the lines here.
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I hope that Colton Orr will be sitting by his phone today, ready for the callup when it comes  who are the toughest guys that can be air lifted into Pittsburgh on short notice? The season is on the line! **all joking aside I remember when that Rutherford was hired into Pittsburgh he had a reputation as being an anti-analytics luddite who had screwed up the Carolina Hurricanes franchise Ken Holland style. He did way better than anyone really thought he would. Things just seem to work out for Pittsburgh.. the franchise players fall into their lap, and every dude they pull out of the AHL turns out to be a hidden gem. I'm sure they'll be fine.
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Starsfan posted:I hope that Colton Orr will be sitting by his phone today, ready for the callup when it comes That only actually happened for two years, and then it seemed like having proved his point that he can win with modern skating+passing players, Rutherford abruptly reversed course and went about acquiring all the big slow ~tough~ players he could as fast as he could. It was weird. Like he knows how to build a successful team in the 21st century, but resents it.
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