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real_scud posted:yelling at teammates Based on extensive empirical research, I'm pretty sure a goalie's job description is: 1. Yell at teammates. 2. Stop pucks. 3. If any pucks get through, see #1
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sweet thursday posted:When do end-of-season hockey sales usually spring up Right now.
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Any good stick deals out there? I friggin broke my stealth rs today, Im an idiot. Hockey monkey has intermediates in my curve on clearance for 150 shipped though. Not sure I want a grip stick though.
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Missed two games out of our 8 game beginner season due to baby (yay) and then the flu (boo). I haven't had a chance to do drop in or even open skate in two weeks. Our next game is Wednesday and I'm crawling out of my skin.
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Mar 24, 2013 15:32
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Fingers McGee posted:Any good stick deals out there? I friggin broke my stealth rs today, Im an idiot. Hockey monkey has intermediates in my curve on clearance for 150 shipped though. Not sure I want a grip stick though. If you don't want a grip just spray some clear coat over the top of it.
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Since people started mentioning it, and it's that time of year: SALES AND poo poo* *NEVER EVER INCLUDES MAP poo poo Hockey Monkey "Spring Cleaning Event" Save 20% on clearance items. SPRCLN20 at checkout. CCM Skates are also supposedly marked down up to 40%. HockeyTron Supposedly marked down prices on Bauer Vapor line of skates. Hockey Giant 15% off sale. Code: 2013PLAYER15 Supposedly has sales on CCM Skates, Reebok protective gear clearance, and Easton equipment marked down. Perani's Hockey World Supposedly 10- 75% off at retail locations through March
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Mar 25, 2013 18:26
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Hockey Giant is doing 15% off MAP stuff in their new San Jose store. You might have luck getting them to do it elsewhere if you go in store or maybe if you order via phone. I bought a pair of APX skates at 15% off yesterday, for example.
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Mar 25, 2013 19:31
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Three-day tournament for employees where I work starts today. These will be my first games ever with refs, scorekeepers, etc. It's not a serious tournament (although I've been told there are always a couple people who figure there must be scouts in the stands somewhere), but there's a handful of ex-WHL/University players. I will consider it a personal victory if I can just remember to keep my skates moving and keep up with the play.
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Mar 25, 2013 19:45
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Chemmy posted:Hockey Giant is doing 15% off MAP stuff in their new San Jose store. You might have luck getting them to do it elsewhere if you go in store or maybe if you order via phone. APX skates are marked down currently -- 15% is standard cut from big stores to mom and pop hockey gear retailers. Not saying that the sale wasn't for MAP gear, but in the APX skates case they're marked down in anticipation of the APX 2 in mid April. Also 15% off in store at HockeyMonkey in Irvine next weekend, MAP excluded. sellouts fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Mar 26, 2013 |
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Mar 25, 2013 19:57
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I'm dumb, what's MAP?
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Stands for 'minimum advertised price', basically the smallest price a retailer can show people without getting into trouble with their supplier.
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xzzy posted:Stands for 'minimum advertised price', basically the smallest price a retailer can show people without getting into trouble with their supplier. Got it...now how do we know what that price is?
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Mar 25, 2013 20:40
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It's the price on the website for the majority of current season "newest model" gear. Or try to apply an active coupon, if it doesn't discount anything, congrats you're interesting in purchasing said MAP'd gear! It sucks.
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Ok, just never heard that term before. Thanks, guys.
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Are we allowed to sell hockey gear in here?sellouts posted:APX skates are marked down currently -- 15% is standard cut from big stores to mom and pop hockey gear retailers. Not saying that the sale wasn't for MAP gear, but in the APX skates case they're marked down in anticipation of the APX 2 in mid April. I got 15% off the marked down price that everyone has, to be clear.
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I seem to love playing hockey right around my birthday. Last year on my birthday I had a 2G 2A game and today I had another 2G game. I also managed to pull an amazing goal line deflection after our goalie decided to go out and play way too aggressive on a guy in the slot.  
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Chemmy posted:Are we allowed to sell hockey gear in here? That is a most excellent deal. I don't know what you're coming from but those skates rule. I don't see why you can't sell gear in here. I need a large helmet for a backup / drop in helmet if anyone is selling.
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sellouts posted:I don't see why you can't sell gear in here. I talked to Martytoof, he said to post in SA Mart and link it here with some images.
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sellouts posted:That is a most excellent deal. I don't know what you're coming from but those skates rule. Want my S19? 
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Mar 26, 2013 04:23
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Is it a size large? How much? I know it fits lovely but I really don't count on using this very often. If we agree on the price we will make the sa-mart thread so it's kosher with the rules?
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Mar 26, 2013 05:08
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I'm looking for some size 7 APXs for like $80. Msg me kthnx
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I'm feeling pretty good about our pickup list these days- I had a goalie cancel for tonights ice at 10:30 last night, and had a new one lined up 2 emails and an hour later. The pickup itself sold out in less then two hours. This is in contrast to a few months ago where begging for goalies and players right up until game time was a common, stressful thing. Nothing sucks more then shelling out for ice time and having to eat a percentage of the cost.
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sellouts posted:Is it a size large? How much? I know it fits lovely but I really don't count on using this very often. Yeah it's large and just the helmet; I use the cage on my new one. Only used it for like 2 months. It pretty much looks brand new other than my "19" stickers on the back that I'll pull off. $20 we'll call it good. I just want it gone.
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Yep I will roll the dice for 20 dollars. Post thread in sa mart and I will PayPal you 20 and send you a prepaid FedEx label if you give me an address near your home/work for it to figure out the cost (I'm paying but it helps with my billing)
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My skates for sale! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3540563 Bauer Vapor XXXX size 7D, $100. 
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There you go Hockles, pick those up. They own and look to be in shockingly good shape.
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sellouts posted:There you go Hockles, pick those up. They own and look to be in shockingly good shape. This. Jump all over those Hockles. My Vapors own. I wouldn't skate in anything else.
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So for the third season in a row, my rec team is facing elimination in the first round by a ringer team, and it's getting really frustrating. I've been running this team for three years, and we may not be the most skilled, but we're pretty committed and all of our guys make it to nearly every game. Each season, we end up finishing high in the standings and then first round we play a low ranked team that all of a sudden has a bunch of amazing players who only showed up for a fraction of the games in the regular season (you need 8 out of 25 to play during playoffs). It's like we're playing a whole new team. It seems to make the season mean nothing and is just lame in general, and this has happened to us literally every season in this league. I don't know, what do you guys think? Am I being a gigantic hockey sperglord? In a 25 game season, how many games do you think a player should have to play in order to be eligible for playoffs?
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sellouts posted:There you go Hockles, pick those up. They own and look to be in shockingly good shape. Gonna tentatively "dibs" those until I properly size my foot.
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the last signal... posted:So for the third season in a row, my rec team is facing elimination in the first round by a ringer team, and it's getting really frustrating. I've been running this team for three years, and we may not be the most skilled, but we're pretty committed and all of our guys make it to nearly every game. Each season, we end up finishing high in the standings and then first round we play a low ranked team that all of a sudden has a bunch of amazing players who only showed up for a fraction of the games in the regular season (you need 8 out of 25 to play during playoffs). It's like we're playing a whole new team. It seems to make the season mean nothing and is just lame in general, and this has happened to us literally every season in this league. This happens in every rec league in every division. There's a team in my division that's 19 and 11. But wait 10 of those losses are because they joined the league late and another from a game they forfeited. They are 18 and 0 and have 3 players averaging over 5 points a game. There's another team that has a goalie swap halfway thru the season and brings our 6 new guys. Get used to it.
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Nothing feels better than eliminating the ringer team.
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Chemmy posted:Nothing feels better than eliminating the ringer team. I have done this as a goalie and it is indeed one of the best feelings.
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Doesn't that just mean YOU are the ringer team? 
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Chemmy posted:Nothing feels better than eliminating the ringer team. We did this to close the books on my Silver team. It felt fantastic, especially considering how mad they were. Ringer tears are the best tears.
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the last signal... posted:So for the third season in a row, my rec team is facing elimination in the first round by a ringer team, and it's getting really frustrating. I've been running this team for three years, and we may not be the most skilled, but we're pretty committed and all of our guys make it to nearly every game. Each season, we end up finishing high in the standings and then first round we play a low ranked team that all of a sudden has a bunch of amazing players who only showed up for a fraction of the games in the regular season (you need 8 out of 25 to play during playoffs). It's like we're playing a whole new team. It seems to make the season mean nothing and is just lame in general, and this has happened to us literally every season in this league. In our league(30 games), a player has to play in 10 games to be playoff eligible, and the rosters are frozen after 20 games. It cuts down on the surprises, but it means every team brings 2-3-4 ringers all season. Last night was a win, 6-2. 4 ejections(one for headbutting), 3 threats of parking lot violence(which of course didn't materialize. wtf is a grown man doing threatening to fight in the parking lot after a beer league game anyway?), and one of their forwards speared me in the cup so hard, it cracked. All in all, a good game. http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-boxscore.html?gameid=2123173 delpheye fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Mar 27, 2013 |
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Indeed, beating the ringer team is a good feeling and they are the best tears. Even better when its the championship and you can drink the tears of the ringers from the cup you just won. gently caress ringer teams. On a related note, our inline team is going up from silver to gold ... so we are now looking for a ringer or two.
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the last signal... posted:So for the third season in a row, my rec team is facing elimination in the first round by a ringer team, and it's getting really frustrating. I've been running this team for three years, and we may not be the most skilled, but we're pretty committed and all of our guys make it to nearly every game. Each season, we end up finishing high in the standings and then first round we play a low ranked team that all of a sudden has a bunch of amazing players who only showed up for a fraction of the games in the regular season (you need 8 out of 25 to play during playoffs). It's like we're playing a whole new team. It seems to make the season mean nothing and is just lame in general, and this has happened to us literally every season in this league. Maybe you could look at it another way. Your playoff season is what, 3-4 games? You played well enough to finish in the top teams. That's 25 games of good, strong, hard-fought, mostly-winning hockey which you and your team paid for. Coming in to the playoffs near the bottom and bringing in ringers is a really dumb way to spend hundreds of dollars, I think. The result is they get to take home a piece of plastic and brag that they won 3-4 hockey games. I agree that beating that ringer team in the playoffs is great but i'd rather grind out a close win over a similar opponent 3 or 4 times a season. It always leaves me wanting to come back for more.
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Verman posted:Indeed, beating the ringer team is a good feeling and they are the best tears.
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oddIXIbbo posted:Maybe you could look at it another way. It's true, we definitely get our money's worth during the season, even though this team in particular we played three times and won 6-1, 7-4 and 7-3. But the way our league does it during playoffs is best of 3 for each series, and then finals are best of 5. There are three rounds in the playoffs, so getting past the first round could get you an extra 2-8 games.
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I think my stick might be a smidge too long...what is a good rule of thumb to measure? I have three identical sticks and only have two taped up/useable so I could experiment with the third one (as long as its ok to hack some off of the end of a composite).
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