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Farewell 2018-19 NHL regular season, you sucked. All the playoff spots are locked up, so for the rest of us it means a long gruelling summer refreshing TSN and Capfriendly deluding ourselves into thinking better days are ahead. Welcome Habs fans, no one really feels sorry for you guys. Important Dates Draft Lottery - April 9, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. EST - This is a one hour television special for some unfathomable reason 2019 NHL Entry Draft - June 21, 2019 (1st Round) & June 22, 2019 (Rounds 2-7) Free Agency Interview Period Begins - June 23, 2019 Hey! They finally decided on a date Free Agency Opens - July 1, 2019 Idle speculation about absolutely nothing just to fill time July 3 - September 10, 2019 What Acne Riddled Teenager Should I obsess over now? Jack Hughes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBy5Syj_ttA Kaapo Kakko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHb3br6kPIM Everyone else is kinda meh. So What do I do Now? Just refresh Tankathon until Tuesday evening so you can get that momentary shot of joy that has eluded you all year when your team comes out on top of the RNG. There's nothing else to do. Capfriendly has an Armchair GM feature if you want to play make believe. Otherwise, just post here and commiserate with your fellow sad sack franchise fans. It helps. ThinkTank fucked around with this message at 22:54 on May 17, 2019 |
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sportsgenius86 posted:PLAYOFFS BITCH
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Apr 6, 2019 13:42
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if phil housley isnt fired by tuesday im going to absolutely lose my mind also, there's like 8 guys after hughes and kakko that are all pretty drat good prospects and all relatively evenly ranked. calling them "meh" is wrong IMO. it also makes predicting anyone outside of the top 2 impossible, which means the beginning of the draft is going to be wild
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Apr 6, 2019 14:12
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Friedman on his 31 thoughts podcast this week said he got the sense that if the Oilers win the lottery again there is support among GM's to alter the lottery rules. Imagine being that bad, not even intentionally, that you alter the way the league assigns draft positions.
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Apr 6, 2019 14:44
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clean ayers act posted:Friedman on his 31 thoughts podcast this week said he got the sense that if the Oilers win the lottery again there is support among GM's to alter the lottery rules. Not once but twice. The league expanded the lottery to all non playoff teams in response to the Oilers winning three times in a row and then tanking for McDavid.
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Apr 6, 2019 15:13
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Who had the most disappointing year? Maybe I put too many expectations on a 35-year old Kovalchuk. Jamie Benn nearly lost me a hockey pool! My expectation that Tarasenko would have a 40/40 season is pretty much done.
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Apr 6, 2019 16:36
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https://twitter.com/SpiritHockey/status/1114570803373314050 congrats t-bone
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Apr 6, 2019 17:56
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Right now Vancouver is in 9th. Guarantees a big shake up when 3 teams ranked 10-15 get to draft top 3 because it wouldn't be a draft lottery without the Canucks dropping hard.
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Apr 6, 2019 19:00
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Blackhawks are going to draft either first or second and the outrage from other fans will fuel me for the entire offseason.
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Apr 6, 2019 19:25
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Twin Cinema posted:Who had the most disappointing year? Maybe I put too many expectations on a 35-year old Kovalchuk. Jamie Benn nearly lost me a hockey pool! My expectation that Tarasenko would have a 40/40 season is pretty much done. keller or dylan strome
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Apr 6, 2019 19:32
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hifi posted:keller or dylan strome I was thinking Keller, but I feel that when he's inevitably traded from Arizona, he'll put up the offense he was meant to put up. Strome was nearly a PPG player in Chicago...after being traded from Arizona.
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Apr 6, 2019 19:35
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I think I've ordered this in New York before
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Apr 6, 2019 23:59
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T-Bone posted:I think I've ordered this in New York before Are you him? Also, i hope his nickname is "surf and turf"
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Apr 7, 2019 09:46
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McDavid breaking his leg in a meaningless game 82 is just peak oilers
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Apr 7, 2019 12:49
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The start and the very last game were ok for the Devils, the other 76 games inbetween sucked dire rear end. Wonder what Shero is going to do really, there's a handful of good young talent but risking it all on them is going to be suicide. Blackwood is the only positive I take from this season.
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Apr 7, 2019 13:02
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I heard Connor was a big old baby who started wailing to high heaven and telling anyone who'd listen he'd broken his leg when he'd just bashed his shin.
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Apr 7, 2019 13:04
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Wippersnapper posted:Right now Vancouver is in 9th. Guarantees a big shake up when 3 teams ranked 10-15 get to draft top 3 because it wouldn't be a draft lottery without the Canucks dropping hard. Isn't one of the things Benning is halfway decent at is draft scouting?
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Apr 7, 2019 14:09
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iospace posted:Isn't one of the things Benning is halfway decent at is draft scouting? He's 2/4 on top six picks and has one guy from outside the first round who's a regular player on the Canucks, so not really.
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Apr 7, 2019 14:12
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How did people trick themselves into thinking Benning was good at drafting
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Apr 7, 2019 14:15
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heeheex2 posted:How did people trick themselves into thinking Benning was good at drafting Like "defensively responsible," or "good in the room" if you say "great at drafting" enough about someone it becomes true regardless of any and all evidence to the contrary.
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Apr 7, 2019 14:17
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Boughner's out: https://twitter.com/FlaPanthers/status/1114901332656316416
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Apr 7, 2019 15:51
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My money is on Quenville for the Florida job
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Apr 7, 2019 16:16
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clean ayers act posted:My money is on Quenville for the Florida job Florida was too cheap to pay the dudes they shipped off to Vegas. NO WAY they're going to pay Quenville.
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Apr 7, 2019 16:20
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clean ayers act posted:My money is on Quenville for the Florida job Quenneville is apparently looking for a Cup contender, now or in the near future. I don't think Florida is that close.
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Apr 7, 2019 16:23
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Arivia posted:Quenneville is apparently looking for a Cup contender, now or in the near future. I don't think Florida is that close. Definitely Buffalo. Please be Buffalo.
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Apr 7, 2019 16:47
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man they're gonna suck for years to come, huh. firing boughner is great but all those other words are stupid as poo poo
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Apr 7, 2019 17:10
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the oilers finished with 79 points and that was still their second best finish of the last 10 years just lol
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Apr 7, 2019 17:18
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rex rabidorum vires posted:Florida was too cheap to pay the dudes they shipped off to Vegas. NO WAY they're going to pay Quenville. Tallon and Quenneville worked together in Chicago too and word is they're hot favourites to spend $20M on Bob and Panarin, so I could see it. Florida's ownership might have given Tallon carte blanche to spend to get back to the playoffs. https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1114926109257359360 There you go
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Apr 7, 2019 17:23
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Friedge said on 30 thoughts that if either Buffalo or Edmonton win the draft lottery - the NHL will be changing the rules. Guarantee that Chicago is somehow going to jump 9-10 spots to get next American star Jack Hughes and Buffalo goes to second to get Kakko.
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Apr 7, 2019 17:28
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https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1114927476797403136
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Apr 7, 2019 17:29
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Hahaha did the Wild really finish below the Hawks to claim last in the Central? Jeez
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Apr 7, 2019 17:31
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ThinkTank posted:Tallon and Quenneville worked together in Chicago too and word is they're hot favourites to spend $20M on Bob and Panarin, so I could see it. Florida's ownership might have given Tallon carte blanche to spend to get back to the playoffs. Welp imma go outside and find some crow I guess. Florida must be super confident about landing Bread and Bob which even then I still wouldn't say they're favorites for the division.
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Apr 7, 2019 17:35
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Bread and Bob go to Florida and then Columbus overpays like hell for Jonathan Quick oh please oh please oh please
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Apr 7, 2019 17:37
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The Canucks scored a grand total of one more goal than they did last season. They didn't take steps forward this year, Jacob Markstrom just decided to become a top 5 goalie in the world from December onwards.
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Apr 7, 2019 17:43
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Yaya posted:The Canucks scored a grand total of one more goal than they did last season. Pettersson replaced the goal-scoring production of the Sedins on his own. MaoistBanker posted:Bread and Bob go to Florida and then Columbus overpays like hell for Jonathan Quick oh please oh please oh please Even if someone trades for that contract ain't nobody overpaying for it.
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Apr 7, 2019 17:54
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MaoistBanker posted:Friedge said on 30 thoughts that if either Buffalo or Edmonton win the draft lottery - the NHL will be changing the rules. lol, buffalo has won the lottery once despite being loving terrible for 10 years now. edmonton has picked 1st overall 4 times over the same time frame largely because of the dumb draft rules. but naturally the NHL will conclude that this is all the fault of bad organizations and not the lovely loving decisions made by league brass. whatever they change the lottery to will be worse than what is in place now, i have no doubt in my mind
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Apr 7, 2019 17:55
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btw, it's been reported multiple times that the NHL stepped in to guide the pegula's in their last GM search and the league thought jason botterill was a solid choice. what a surprise to find out he Sucks loving rear end and has made the team noticeably worse in virtually every way. better change draft rules because we give terrible advice
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Apr 7, 2019 18:00
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https://twitter.com/BuffaloSabres/status/1114936271003115520 Congrats Sabres fans
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Apr 7, 2019 18:02
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Lotta coach firings this season (and just after the season)
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gently caress YES BOTTERILL NOW FIRE YOURSELF
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