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Post by Lt. Broccoli on May 8, 2018 5:02:40 GMT -5
After watching the Caps/Pens game, I have one question: Who is Doc Emrick blackmailing that he has a national play-by-play gig? He’s called “Doc” because he’s got a PhD in communications. So he probably bullshit his way into this job. |
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on May 8, 2018 20:44:32 GMT -5
The Canes have named a new GM and head coach, and, proving that this team is as nepotistic as ever, they're both in-house hires. The new GM is Don Waddell, and the new coach is Rod Brind'Amour, neither of whom would conceivably have even been considered as a possibility for those positions by any other team with such vacancies. The Brind'Amour hire is particularly annoying, as he's clearly only being hired on the strength of his being a former star player for the team, as he's been an entirely undistinguished assistant coach under Bill Peters and Kirk Muller and has never been a head coach at a lower level of competition. Sigh. I can't wait for this team to do something else disappointing, like trade away their second overall pick for Brandon Saad or whatever and then watch as Andrei Svechnikov becomes a perennial 40 goal scorer for Chicago, or something phenomenally stupid like that.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on May 8, 2018 21:32:20 GMT -5
Damnit jets, Teemu was there, you should have won for teeeeemu. Who knows, maybe Teemu was pulling for Nashville. |
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Post by Baron von Costume on May 10, 2018 21:47:21 GMT -5
Woop Jets! Way to go boys!
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Post by The Spice Weasel on May 10, 2018 21:57:06 GMT -5
You can't play four games of sloppy hockey and expect to win a series.
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Post by Powerthirteen on May 18, 2018 21:43:12 GMT -5
Every Goddamn year the playoffs remind never to invest any amount of emotional energy in anything ever.
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Post by The Spice Weasel on May 18, 2018 22:04:27 GMT -5
What the hell, Winnipeg?
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Post by Baron von Costume on May 18, 2018 23:08:46 GMT -5
I mean... The officiating has been brutal... Fleury is playing lights out and clearly has a giant chip on his shoulder (and who can blame him)... That Nashville series was understandably exhausting for them... but JESUS COULD YOU GO AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES AFTER SCORING BEFORE YOU GIVE UP A GODDAMNED GOAL? Including some real soft ones Hellebuyck.  |
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Post by Powerthirteen on May 21, 2018 12:18:31 GMT -5
I hope Vegas sweeps the Lightning and every single "analytics are for nerds! play the game the right way! gotta rebuild!" moron in every front office of every Canadian team except Winnipeg gets fired overnight and never works in hockey again. The Canadian teams in particular are managed by an old boys' network of mediocre outcomes and I'm just sick of it.
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Post by Lt. Broccoli on May 21, 2018 20:07:10 GMT -5
I hope Vegas sweeps the Lightning and every single "analytics are for nerds! play the game the right way! gotta rebuild!" moron in every front office of every Canadian team except Winnipeg gets fired overnight and never works in hockey again. The Canadian teams in particular are managed by an old boys' network of mediocre outcomes and I'm just sick of it. The new Leafs GM is a 32 year old analytics guy. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on May 21, 2018 20:36:04 GMT -5
I hope Vegas sweeps the Lightning and every single "analytics are for nerds! play the game the right way! gotta rebuild!" moron in every front office of every Canadian team except Winnipeg gets fired overnight and never works in hockey again. The Canadian teams in particular are managed by an old boys' network of mediocre outcomes and I'm just sick of it. The new Leafs GM is a 32 year old analytics guy. Thank God. At this point my frustration with the Canadian teams repeatedly fucking themselves over has gotten to the point where I’ll even endorse the Leafs succeeding if it means things change. |
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on May 21, 2018 20:39:45 GMT -5
The new Leafs GM is a 32 year old analytics guy. Thank God. At this point my frustration with the Canadian teams repeatedly fucking themselves over has gotten to the point where I’ll even endorse the Leafs succeeding if it means things change. Just look at how well the Coyotes are doing! |
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Post by Powerthirteen on May 23, 2018 23:04:53 GMT -5
I just saw a Caps fan in the Deadspin comments refer to Ovechkin as “the greatest pure goal scorer of all time” and claim that it’s only Canadian bias that keeps him from getting his due. Now, I’m not going to begrudge a Caps fan his enthusiasm tonight, but come on. Ovechkin is a top five power forward, but to say he’s a better goal scorer than Hull, Lemieux, Bure, Gretzky, Bossy, et al is just crazy talk.
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Post by dＬᵒ on May 29, 2018 22:06:35 GMT -5
Guys, it's finally sinking in for me. I'm feeling some feelings I've never felt before, is this what it's like being a sports person? I have never lived in a city that won ~anything~ before, are we just going to explode or something?
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Post by Powerthirteen on May 29, 2018 22:08:29 GMT -5
Guys, it's finally sinking in for me. I'm feeling some feelings I've never felt before, is this what it's like being a sports person? I have never lived in a city that won ~anything~ before, are we just going to explode or something? Dont fucking ask me, I’m a Canucks fan *weeps* |
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Post by dＬᵒ on Jun 8, 2018 8:06:20 GMT -5
Well, on the bright side atleast there is no rioting here (where would that even happen, The Strip?)
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Post by Powerthirteen on Jun 8, 2018 12:59:40 GMT -5
Congratulations, dＬᵒ. You're a real hockey fanbase now. |
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Post by dＬᵒ on Jun 8, 2018 13:42:52 GMT -5
Congratulations, dＬᵒ. You're a real hockey fanbase now. For delicious added irony I am hoping that the Raiders arrive dead in the water and have to go back to Oakland. /edit: although that would leave the county on the hook for the new stadium (whereas if they do well then Sheldon Adelsen gets the profits) |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2018 12:31:29 GMT -5
As a former Thrashers fan who became a Kings fan, I am very pleased right now(as long as the Kings didn't just cost themselves Doughty).
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Jun 23, 2018 13:51:57 GMT -5
Thoughts on the Hamilton, Ferland, and Fox for Hanifin and Lindholm trade, Baron von Costume? Lindholm has been a bit of a disappointment in some respects, although that's as much to do with the fact that Carolina could have picked Monahan instead of him back in 2013 and Monahan is clearly the better player in 2018, but Lindholm is still a solid player who's played with Bill Peters, and I think he'll be a very good 3C for the Flames, and honestly, he'll probably be consistently as least as good good production-wise as Ferland was last season, if not as physical a player. Hanifin hasn't quite lived up to expectations, and at this point in time is definitely not as good as Dougie Hamilton (who is both offensively and defensively first line caliber, isn't he?), but he's still only 21. I don't know much about Adam Fox, but from what I understand, he's pretty highly thought of for a third rounder. |
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Post by Baron von Costume on Jun 24, 2018 22:05:09 GMT -5
Thoughts on the Hamilton, Ferland, and Fox for Hanifin and Lindholm trade, Baron von Costume ? Lindholm has been a bit of a disappointment in some respects, although that's as much to do with the fact that Carolina could have picked Monahan instead of him back in 2013 and Monahan is clearly the better player in 2018, but Lindholm is still a solid player who's played with Bill Peters, and I think he'll be a very good 3C for the Flames, and honestly, he'll probably be consistently as least as good good production-wise as Ferland was last season, if not as physical a player. Hanifin hasn't quite lived up to expectations, and at this point in time is definitely not as good as Dougie Hamilton (who is both offensively and defensively first line caliber, isn't he?), but he's still only 21. I don't know much about Adam Fox, but from what I understand, he's pretty highly thought of for a third rounder. Apparently Peters wants to put Lindholm on the first line with Monny and Jonny. Not sure about that but they got really good results out of Ferland there so maybe?
Losing Ferland hurts as he's an amazing team guy but the production he's gotten (a bit inflated due to him playing first line minutes when he's really suited to be a checking scorer on a 2/3 line) were going to get him paaaaaaaid way overboard so they were never going to re-sign him.
Adam Fox seems like he's great but was never going to sign with the Flames and he's likely never going to play for Carolina either. He's going back to college and will likely hold out and be a college free agent to choose his destination. Including him cost the Flames nothing really and Carolina can take a stab and convincing him to sign on so why not from your perspective.
Here's where we step hard into rumour though. The guy is a great scoring D man but the D unit never seemed to gel like it should have. I particularly thought Hamilton sucked during the slump at the end of last year, there's rumours of him being a bit of a whiner and more than a few comments about him quitting on the team once the losing started and his not particularly great brother was let go. Weirdly there's also comments about him being too intellectual and going to a museum instead of team meals? I mean you can read between the lines there and think maybe he's been a bit snobbish but there seems to be some genuine dressing room issues there as he's been traded twice at so young an age despite being a pretty great D man. When multiple people in the organization are basically saying "we want people who want to be here and be part of a team" (and you know they aren't talking about Ferland) that's pretty concerning to me. I found it interesting the Flames decided to do this now rather than at the deadline after the slide started but I guess they wanted to give the team every chance to shake it out themselves.
Hopefully Hanifin can take the next step back under Peters' control, if nothing else he makes our pairings a bit better handedness wise.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Jun 24, 2018 22:30:15 GMT -5
Thoughts on the Hamilton, Ferland, and Fox for Hanifin and Lindholm trade, Baron von Costume ? Lindholm has been a bit of a disappointment in some respects, although that's as much to do with the fact that Carolina could have picked Monahan instead of him back in 2013 and Monahan is clearly the better player in 2018, but Lindholm is still a solid player who's played with Bill Peters, and I think he'll be a very good 3C for the Flames, and honestly, he'll probably be consistently as least as good good production-wise as Ferland was last season, if not as physical a player. Hanifin hasn't quite lived up to expectations, and at this point in time is definitely not as good as Dougie Hamilton (who is both offensively and defensively first line caliber, isn't he?), but he's still only 21. I don't know much about Adam Fox, but from what I understand, he's pretty highly thought of for a third rounder. Apparently Peters wants to put Lindholm on the first line with Monny and Jonny. Not sure about that but they got really good results out of Ferland there so maybe?
Losing Ferland hurts as he's an amazing team guy but the production he's gotten (a bit inflated due to him playing first line minutes when he's really suited to be a checking scorer on a 2/3 line) were going to get him paaaaaaaid way overboard so they were never going to re-sign him.
Adam Fox seems like he's great but was never going to sign with the Flames and he's likely never going to play for Carolina either. He's going back to college and will likely hold out and be a college free agent to choose his destination. Including him cost the Flames nothing really and Carolina can take a stab and convincing him to sign on so why not from your perspective.
Here's where we step hard into rumour though. The guy is a great scoring D man but the D unit never seemed to gel like it should have. I particularly thought Hamilton sucked during the slump at the end of last year, there's rumours of him being a bit of a whiner and more than a few comments about him quitting on the team once the losing started and his not particularly great brother was let go. Weirdly there's also comments about him being too intellectual and going to a museum instead of team meals? I mean you can read between the lines there and think maybe he's been a bit snobbish but there seems to be some genuine dressing room issues there as he's been traded twice at so young an age despite being a pretty great D man. When multiple people in the organization are basically saying "we want people who want to be here and be part of a team" (and you know they aren't talking about Ferland) that's pretty concerning to me. I found it interesting the Flames decided to do this now rather than at the deadline after the slide started but I guess they wanted to give the team every chance to shake it out themselves.
Hopefully Hanifin can take the next step back under Peters' control, if nothing else he makes our pairings a bit better handedness wise.
Well, playing on the same line as Monahan and Gaudreau would probably help anyone's numbers, but wow, Lindholm is not a very inspiring choice as your 1C. I'd be surprised if he ever worked out to be any better than a 2nd line caliber center at this point in his career. I wish him the best though (and Hanifin too, though I still think he has a very good chance of turning into a very good first pairing caliber defenseman). Also, how fucking weird is it that one of probably the very few hockey players who could be accused of being "intellectual" still goes by the name "Dougie" at age 25? Also I like how the hockey media's idea of being too "intellectual" isn't like "Jesus, this guy keeps trying to start debates with everyone in the locker room about Hegelian dialectics, and he won't shut up about how he's read Infinite Jest like four times," but rather "Holy shit, get a load of Einstein over here going to museums." |
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Post by Baron von Costume on Jun 25, 2018 10:39:49 GMT -5
Well since I posted that they're now apparently saying Chuky will be up on the first line.
Who knows heh, it all depends on how the summer goes anyway since I imagine they're still going hard for a FA winger.
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Post by Lt. Broccoli on Jul 1, 2018 12:26:18 GMT -5
Hahaha holy shit Tavares! I did not expect that.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Jul 1, 2018 12:35:00 GMT -5
I'm excited see how the Leafs manage to fuck up having Tavares, Matthews, Marner, and Nylander, Lt. Broccoli . But seriously, congrats. Meanwhile, Cam Ward is officially no longer a Carolina Hurricane, and in signing with Chicago the final remaining member of the 2005-06 roster leaves. Although he was at least an NHL-caliber goalie last year (as opposed to Scott Darling), it was time for Carolina to move on, although the signing of Mrazek is pretty discouraging. I'm pretty sure that looking at last season's save percentages for Mrazek and Darling (.891 and .888 respectively), the Canes have got to have the statistically worst goaltending tandem in the league now. Edit: Looks like the .891 was actually Mrazek's save percentage after the trade to Philly, and he had a .902 save percentage on the season, but that's still not exactly good. |
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Aug 2, 2018 18:23:58 GMT -5
So Skinner for a former third round draft pick, a 2019 2nd round pick, and a 3rd and a 6th in 2020 is hands-down the worst trade anyone has made in the NHL this year, right?
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Post by Baron von Costume on Aug 3, 2018 0:34:01 GMT -5
So Skinner for a former third round draft pick, a 2019 2nd round pick, and a 3rd and a 6th in 2020 is hands-down the worst trade anyone has made in the NHL this year, right? I think EA sports summed it up well:
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Post by Lt. Broccoli on Sept 1, 2018 18:17:38 GMT -5
I had a dream that Carolina was playing a preseason game against Toronto, and it was a quirky uniform weekend like they do in baseball, but the stuffy stodgy Leafs weren't participating. Anyway Carolina won and I thought "looking good, Random Dude will be happy!"
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Post by Powerthirteen on Nov 13, 2018 12:17:58 GMT -5
I saw someone in the comments on a Deadspin hockey article who likes Doc Emrick, which blows my mind. It's like being a fan of having kidney stones.
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Post by Lt. Broccoli on Nov 13, 2018 16:35:40 GMT -5
I saw someone in the comments on a Deadspin hockey article who likes Doc Emrick, which blows my mind. It's like being a fan of having kidney stones. People were praising Bob Cole on Twitter the other day (which is alright because Bob Cole is awesome, even if he is 100 years old and has no idea what's going on. But one of the people was a Nazi, and not the kind of Nazi where you have to figure it out by reading their tweets, the kind where they had a swastika in their profile. |
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