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I think there's about a 50% chance they lose in the first round and if they don't, about a 75% change they lose in either the second or third round
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fartknocker posted:In the heyday of the rat throwing, they just bagged them up and we’re going to throw them away or otherwise get rid of them, but employees were basically allowed to take them if they wanted. As such, my cousin ended up with 5-6 hefty bags stuffed with the things and they’d show up all over our neighborhood at random for like five years. I feel like finding trash bags full of rats, real or otherwise, is just kind of normal in South Florida. Same with iguanas, really.
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May 12, 2021 20:22
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Hey, you got what you asked for, kid. Eric the Mauve posted:Laine has had a lovely run of luck, escaping one coach who disliked him and wanted him to fail only to be shipped to another coach who disliked him and wanted him to fail, but that is not a good look for a guy who is already known for having issues with not giving a poo poo about anything but rippin' shots. Wow, what a stupid take. Coaches want players to fail. Gotcha. Koth fucked around with this message at 20:32 on May 12, 2021 |
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May 12, 2021 20:28
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I think whoever comes out of the North is going to get poo poo-kicked but I'm not sure if there's some bitterness or spite in there... nahhhhh.
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May 12, 2021 20:35
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Misanthrope posted:I think whoever comes out of the North is going to get poo poo-kicked but I'm not sure if there's some bitterness or spite in there... nahhhhh. My sanity mostly depends on this outcome so I have to believe it
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May 12, 2021 20:37
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Koth posted:Hey, you got what you asked for, kid. Lol you decided you had to defend literally the biggest loser in NHL history.
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May 12, 2021 21:12
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Aphrodite posted:Lol you decided you had to defend literally the biggest loser in NHL history. Lol I don't recall defending you.
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May 12, 2021 21:44
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Man, you are going to be so embarrassed about this when you realize I'm not black or indigenous.
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May 12, 2021 21:48
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everyone who has ever played hockey has played with lots of laines, it is just rare one of them is good enough at shooting to make it to the NHL. more typically you find them in their natural element, mid-level beer leagues, ripping shots over the bar and talking too much in the locker room about their dodge challenger
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May 12, 2021 21:52
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some Finnish people on the reddits said this is a bit of a bad translation, there's some discussion on it in there if you'd like to read but the tl;dr is he's a lot more disappointed than furiously angry
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May 12, 2021 21:53
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bewbies posted:everyone who has ever played hockey has played with lots of laines, it is just rare one of them is good enough at shooting to make it to the NHL. more typically you find them in their natural element, mid-level beer leagues, ripping shots over the bar and talking too much in the locker room about their dodge challenger lol yeah you're not wrong.
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May 12, 2021 21:57
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Aye Doc posted:some Finnish people on the reddits said this is a bit of a bad translation, there's some discussion on it in there if you'd like to read but the tl;dr is he's a lot more disappointed than furiously angry i saw an interview with merzlikins where he basically said the same thing ('i just want this season to be over and forget about it' or whatever) but however bad the translation is i think its probably not a great sign when the player who should, in terms of investment, probably be the core of your franchise, is openly expressing that degree of disappointment/frustration rather than the standard 'ah well yknow we tried hard and we're building and we think we grew a lot as a team and we'll be ready to come out strong next year' hockey player talk. like, it takes a hell of a lot to cause a player to break through the hockey player canned response wall and actually show that kind of emotion
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May 12, 2021 22:21
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Laine regularly speaks his mind, including talking about being disappointed in himself. Its not new. It won't be the last time.
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May 12, 2021 23:18
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fartknocker posted:In the heyday of the rat throwing, they just bagged them up and we’re going to throw them away or otherwise get rid of them, but employees were basically allowed to take them if they wanted. As such, my cousin ended up with 5-6 hefty bags stuffed with the things and they’d show up all over our neighborhood at random for like five years. This would be a kick-rear end accessory for Halloween decorations in your yard.
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May 13, 2021 00:21
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Duck Rodgers posted:Laine regularly speaks his mind, including talking about being disappointed in himself. Its not new. It won't be the last time. Yeah but now that he's moved to a bigger market he should be a bit more careful.
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May 13, 2021 01:05
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The Athletic has an interview with Derek Boogard's family 10 years after his passing. As you might expect, it's soul crushing.quote:Around the time Boogaard was hurt, the Rangers changed a team rule that forced injured players to leave the training facility before healthy players arrived. Avery wrote in his book that he and his teammates, which included the likes of Marian Gaborik and Brandon Prust, felt the new edict was specifically directed to keep Boogaard away from the team.
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May 13, 2021 14:41
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https://twitter.com/davemckinney/status/1392653975896403973?s=21 Liquidate the Chicago [REDACTED] please
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May 13, 2021 15:05
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Koopa Kid posted:[...] so long as you discount the multiple (!) times where bad-angle nothing shots phase through his body in elimination games [...] This is the part that baffles me most about him, in the beginning I thought he was just unlucky. Most of the time he's at a decent angle with respect to the shot, he's depth looks ok too, but somehow he gives just enough space that lets goals in. I often need a slowed down replay to see the gap that occurred.
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May 13, 2021 15:15
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May 13, 2021 15:16
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DJExile posted:The Athletic has an interview with Derek Boogard's family 10 years after his passing. As you might expect, it's soul crushing. The book about him is very good, and I'm never touching it again.
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May 13, 2021 15:31
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LowOnCyan posted:This is the part that baffles me most about him, in the beginning I thought he was just unlucky. It also gives an idea of just how insanely loving good NHL players are, to even be able to see that gap in real time with an NHL defender harassing you, much less shoot a puck through it.
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May 13, 2021 15:57
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What the hell is PTS/A.
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May 13, 2021 16:08
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Spring Break My Heart posted:What the hell is PTS/A. Adjusted Points
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May 13, 2021 16:11
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Spring Break My Heart posted:What the hell is PTS/A. Buffalo and Vancouver fans probably read this automatically as PTSD from watching their teams. And hell. Flyers fans too sure.
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May 13, 2021 16:15
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LowOnCyan posted:This is the part that baffles me most about him, in the beginning I thought he was just unlucky. Yeah after the 2018 Boston series I was still like "Sucks that these things happen, but that's goaltending" But looking back: ANH v CHI 2016: Kane OT winner, bad angle five hole TOR v WAS 2017: Wilson OT winner, bad angle from distance no screen TOR v BOS 2018: DeBrusk game 7 winner, backhand straight through him TOR v BOS 2019: Nordstrom game 7 opening goal, bad angle straight through him TOR v COL 2020: Foudy game 5 insurance goal, identical to the Nordstrom goal Every single one of those is a "rewind that back because there's no way that should go in" goal, and all pretty crucial moments. And I'm not even getting into how he's probably the worst in the league against breakaways over his career, or his patented falling over move on cross ice passes that somehow leaves both the entire bottom and top of the net exposed simultaneously, cause both of those are captured in the fact that he has the worst high-danger sv% of starters in the league. It's that he also lets in those back breakers while being relatively bad against standard NHL chances that does it. I shouldn't even care because he's the backup now and won't be a Leaf next year but 2019 really broke my brain so here we are.
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May 13, 2021 16:57
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https://twitter.com/joshuakloke/status/1392826041652162566 drat near certain bet this is Doughty
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May 13, 2021 17:03
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The playoffs schedule is out. https://media.nhl.com/public/news/14920
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May 13, 2021 17:03
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https://twitter.com/AndrewMarchand/status/1392869960087650310 This is really good. He did some work on MSG this season and was fun to listen to.
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May 13, 2021 17:04
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So the Leafs reward for winning their division will be to start the playoffs 5 days late and play games 3/4 back to back in Montreal, because Bettman wants to broadcast three regular season day games featuring already eliminated teams uninterrupted.DJExile posted:https://twitter.com/joshuakloke/status/1392826041652162566 Just mad his "Carey Price is still the best goalie in the league and will take Montreal to the top" take aged like milk
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May 13, 2021 17:05
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Koopa Kid posted:So the Leafs reward for winning their division will be to start the playoffs 5 days late and play games 3/4 back to back in Montreal, because Bettman wants to broadcast three regular season day games featuring already eliminated teams uninterrupted. speaking of Price... The Athletic posted:Last year, Price’s save percentage in the bubble finished at .936. It was at .933 during the 2017 playoffs. In 2015 it was .920, the year before that it was .919. Over the last decade, among goalies who have played at least 20 playoff games, Price’s save percentage of .924 is eighth-best in the NHL, in a virtual tie with his backup Jake Allen. 10.5M cap hit, virtually tied with his backup 
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May 13, 2021 17:55
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Never pay a goalie™
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May 13, 2021 18:16
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Goalies are like the drummers of hockey. They should just consider themselves lucky to hang out with the rest of the team. I guess that makes the bassist the defensemen, the guitarists are the wingers, and the singers are the centers.
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May 13, 2021 18:54
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Mr. Kite posted:Goalies are like the drummers of hockey. They should just consider themselves lucky to hang out with the rest of the team. As a drummer I both hate this sentence, and it also was how I felt 😔
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May 13, 2021 19:14
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I've seen a bunch of beer league games with no goalie and players play their best hockey when they're scared that every shot is a goal. But you can't just delete goalies completely or that fear fades and coaches come up with ways to mitigate the problem. So my proposal is that goalies are attached to the arena, and are provided as temporary power ups to a team. Instead of putting someone in the box that on a penalty, the other team gets a goalie for ten minutes.
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May 13, 2021 19:16
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xzzy posted:I've seen a bunch of beer league games with no goalie and players play their best hockey when they're scared that every shot is a goal. Ayres' Law
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May 13, 2021 19:19
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xzzy posted:I've seen a bunch of beer league games with no goalie and players play their best hockey when they're scared that every shot is a goal. But you can't just delete goalies completely or that fear fades and coaches come up with ways to mitigate the problem. Just play posts and crossbar
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May 13, 2021 19:21
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Matt Zerella posted:https://twitter.com/AndrewMarchand/status/1392869960087650310 He's been on the NHL Network a bit as well and was solid along with being pretty funny when Mike Rupp is on.
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May 13, 2021 20:04
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Edward Mass posted:Toronto is either going all the way or getting bounced out in the first round - there's no in-between. Option C: Barely avoiding a cataclysmic choke in the 1st round, before rolling through to the finals, causing everyone to declare this team has finally broken the curse and is good enough to go all the way, taking the first two games of the finals before losing in 7 to Boston.
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May 13, 2021 20:44
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Zat posted:The playoffs schedule is out. Finally...
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Zat posted:The playoffs schedule is out. Excited to watch the Canucks-Flames series of pointless games. Wtf NHL?
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