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Brodeurs Nanny posted:Vasy is finally here. Rask better (only counting December 1 until today for this argument) Drunk Canuck posted:Remember how we had to be excited about Luke Schenn. well you managed to turn him into JVR so it wasn't all bad
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CBJSprague24 posted:I'm gonna hate myself later if this post becomes a jinx, but 3rd is doable this season. I don't think he will but I also don't mean that in a "Columbus is bad" way. That'd put him at 40+ wins this year and generally only a handful of guys hit that mark - although honestly this year it's looking like more guys than usual might do it.
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Jan 3, 2018 16:46
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Aphrodite posted:https://twitter.com/ChartingHockey/status/948602299642990598 I don't really understand the chart to be honest but it appears to be "who is way luckier than expected" so my guess is Backes or Heinen
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Jan 3, 2018 20:17
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Aphrodite posted:GF% and xGF% are team stats. xGF% is based on wizardry like shot quality and type which isn't easily put into numbers or visualized or understood or understandable. you know, I forget Grzelcyk is even on the loving team half the time even though the Bruins play a lot of nationally televised games so you get to hear "did you know his dad DRIVES THE ZAMBONI?!?" ten thousand times per broadcast
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Jan 3, 2018 20:54
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I guess they were betting it was a fluke season which isn't totally unreasonable, it happens, but I also forget who they opted to protect instead of him. If he had had another good season with Florida they probably couldn't have afforded to keep him either, although that still doesn't excuse losing him for nothing.
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Jan 3, 2018 22:26
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Reilly Smith was one of the only positives from the Seguin trade since he was a throw in that turned out to be a good player and the Bruins dumped him for Jimmy Hayes. I dunno if Reilly is out there loving GM's wives or what but he's apparently real undervalued.
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Jan 3, 2018 22:43
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bring back the teal and purple all star jerseys!!!! I think that was like, 94? 95?
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Jan 4, 2018 15:09
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Aphrodite posted:The Bruins Stanley Cup was like the Simpsons episode where Mr. Burns has so many diseases they keep each other in check. how dare you say that about Patrice Bergeron
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Jan 4, 2018 21:08
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I think Vegas is doing well for a few reasons: 1. Multiple players who the general consensus on was "Yea, they're pretty good, but can they be a top-6 forward/top pairing guy now that they're not on *insert team*?" turned out to be legit. Karlsson, Marchessault, Miller, Schmidt, Theodore, and Smith all come to mind here. Not sure if this was luck or a credit to Vegas' scouting/GMGM, but I think most people would have expected one or two of these players to pan out, not literally all of them. 2. Goaltending is way better than it has any right to be. Fleury is not this good. Subban's numbers are more reasonable but still in "elite" territory and I'm not sold that he's actually that good yet, but he's young so he might be. 3. I think their depth wins them a lot of games or at least keeps them in them. There's no real stars on the team but almost every forward is easily middle six on any roster in the NHL, and almost every defenseman would easily slot in on the second pairing for most teams. There aren't really any combos that get pushed around since all of them are at least decent. On another note, after years and years of having 0-1 players hit 100 points in a season, it's pretty cool that there are maybe a dozen players with a shot (some more likely than others) at it this year.
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Jan 8, 2018 15:07
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Vegas should probably be a seller for the sake of long-term stability/building a stable of good prospects, but I can also totally see their management buying into the hype. If I was their GM I'd probably do nothing to be honest, maybe make a trade or two if someone is overpaying. I would absolute not be a buyer. Given how much they've already achieved this year they might as well see what the team can do. A playoff appearance is going to do more for the growing fanbase/credibility of the franchise than getting a few first round picks, and they can still sell at the draft, albeit for probably not as much as at the deadline.
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Jan 8, 2018 16:55
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my impression of Seabrook is that he's never really been good but he was "good" or at least "not that bad" when the Hawks were a borderline dynasty. Funny how that works out.
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Jan 9, 2018 19:14
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It's been fun to see Kuzy come out of his shell and emerge as more of a personality, especially as his English has gotten better.
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Jan 10, 2018 18:26
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Thufir posted:https://twitter.com/khl_eng/status/951099222547488769 KHL success at that age has been a fairly solid indicator of legit NHL talent later on. Tarasenko, Panarin, and Kuznetsov (obviously) all scored at around that pace as teens in the KHL and they're stars now. Minnesota has another guy like that (Kaprizov) but it doesn't seem like he's interested in leaving Russia anytime soon.
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Jan 10, 2018 19:15
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ThinkTank posted:I would've been 3000% more excited if they'd made it u-23 like Olympic soccer. Agreed. The US bringing a handful of college guys is the only thing that has me mildly interested right now.
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Jan 10, 2018 19:17
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FBS posted:
the Tampa Bay division is going to win anyway there are a lot of weird picks on there due to the dumb format that gives every team representation and lots of good players left at home, who won't get the honor of playing in this meaningless game. Jamwad Hilder fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Jan 10, 2018 |
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Jan 10, 2018 22:18
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Aphrodite posted:Carey Price is not an all star though I understand that if you must choose a Hab. The actual Atlantic All-Star roster is just the Lighting and Bruins at every position plus Auston Matthews
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Jan 10, 2018 22:57
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Also Marchand has as many assists as Montreal's leading scorer has points so lol
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Jan 10, 2018 23:04
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Furnaceface posted:Outside of Rask and Bergeron who else deserves to be there over some randomly picked Bolt? McAvoy and Pastrnak
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Jan 10, 2018 23:14
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oh cool everyone forgot they're not supposed to help Chicago again
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Jan 11, 2018 01:21
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I haven't been paying attention to trade rumors for a while now. Is there actually any talk of trading Matthews or was this just a clickbait/fun hypothetical type of article?
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Jan 11, 2018 16:20
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USA might actually have a better roster than Canada
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Jan 11, 2018 19:37
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Jordan7hm posted:Not unless they pull out some kind of miracle goaltending pair with their last two slots. ya thats the problem since apparently they're not inviting Woll and Oettinger, which seemed like the obvious choices
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Jan 11, 2018 19:52
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Shinjobi posted:Tyler Seguin made it to TMZ for making out with former WWE star Summer Rae on the beach. I'm imagining Seguin making out with a 40+ year old Florida woman with leathery skin how close is that
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Jan 11, 2018 20:43
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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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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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Jan 12, 2018 19:44
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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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Actually it seems like literally every team that's been to a cup final, win or lose, since 2011 is doing miles better than Vancouver. It's not a model rebuild. Edit: every team since the 05 lockout really. Jamwad Hilder fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Jan 13, 2018 |
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Jonny Nox posted:Sens Sens made the ECF last year (but yeah they suck poo poo now) and the Oilers have McDavid.
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Chara killed some guy or at least probably gave him brain damage
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:drat, that sucks..... guess the guys a bruins fan now better than playing for Montreal
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DJExile posted:Fun potential history for tonight. If Couturier scores 2+ goals vs NYR tonight, he becomes the first flyer to ever have 4 multi-goal games. Surely you mean four multi-goal games against the Rangers specifically, right?
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good news everyone: https://twitter.com/NHLBlinn/status/953414719699812352
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Jan 17, 2018 01:01
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Isn't it a bit premature to write off a 19 or 20 year old or whatever as a bust?
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Jan 17, 2018 03:35
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the Leafs can play like garbage for the rest of the year and still make the playoffs because the Atlantic division sucks poo poo and I'm about 99% confident that any Atlantic team that isn't already in a playoff spot isn't going to make it
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Jan 17, 2018 14:39
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14 straight games for the Bruins earning at least a point (10-0-4) and they're 14-2-4 since December 1. That's pretty good.
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Jan 18, 2018 04:17
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Boston wins again. Only 5 points back of Tampa now with a game in hand.
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having not paid attention to the Avalanche at all really, I was surprised to see Nathan Mackinnon is now 2nd in scoring and that Mikko Rantanen is having a really great sophomore season. edit: also Carolina is the worst team in the Metro and their record is still significantly better than 5 teams in the Atlantic lol Jamwad Hilder fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Jan 19, 2018 |
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Jordan7hm posted:yeah the dude clearly doesn’t know how to coach, he is a big failure I'm not exaggerating when I say that Mike Babcock has no idea what he's doing. He's a bad coach, and literally any person you picked off the street in Toronto could do a better job than him.
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Seems like a disproportionate amount of coaches used to be that kind of player. I think that's why they love em so much.
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Oh no. Not a guy I never heard of.
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