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lmao, best case scenario for the flyers this week to get back in the playoff hunt:quote:Tonight: Flyers host Columbus, 3 other important games. ![]()
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DJExile posted:lmao, best case scenario for the flyers this week to get back in the playoff hunt: ![]() Good luck, you'll need every bit of it
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DJExile posted:lmao, best case scenario for the flyers this week to get back in the playoff hunt: ![]()
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Yeah playoffs aren't happening, barring some huge collapses by teams above us, and even then there's no chance they go beyond round 1.
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Take our MAF lol
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PK loving SUBBAN posted:e: In micro terms, hockey tickets to the Maple Leafs are inelastic goods. No they aren't. The supply is fixed but the demand depends on the price.
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Take our MAF Not all heroes wear capes.
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Scratch the season for Flyers, just let her tank and at least get a decent draft pick I guess. Go Preds.
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i don't think we knew this, but oel was playing through a broken thumb. really weird because i thought his stickwork was really improved this year and he was better defensively than he has been in years past, at least with my eye test
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Take our MAF This is really good.
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fits posted:it took him 907 games but ovetchkin is finally in his first goalless streak of double-digit games at 10 He's on pace to finish 18th in the goal scoring race, which would be the worst finish in his 12 year career. Here are his goal finishes for his first 11 seasons: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 14
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Trouba, Enstrom and Myers are all dead so check out the defence the Jets are icing tonight! Chiarot - Byfuglien Morrissey - Postma Stuart - Melchiori ![]()
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So when's OV going to do that late season back-to-back hat tricks thing and leave everyone else in the dust?
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zegermans posted:So when's OV going to do that late season back-to-back hat tricks thing and leave everyone else in the dust? Never, his days as an elite goal scorer are over. Crosby's both a better player and goal scorer and better playoff performer RIP Ovechkin, you scored for awhile
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Tarasenko is going to quietly win the Rocket Richard this year
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Mike_V posted:Tarasenko is going to quietly win the Rocket Richard this year The better Russian
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There's a decent chance that no one hits 40 this year.
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Spring Break My Heart posted:There's a decent chance that no one hits 40 this year. There hasn't been a full season without a 40 goal scorer since 1962/63 which was 70 games long. This is Dead Puck 2 and it sucks.
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Spring Break My Heart posted:There's a decent chance that no one hits 40 this year. I think Crosby will. 6 in the next 15 games seems reasonable. He might be the only one though. I could see Marchand, Tarasenko, or Malkin getting there too, but they all need 8. Malkin and Marchand have been so good lately though that I could see them pulling it off. Haven't seen enough of Laine to say either way. I don't think anyone else with 30+ goals will make it.
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ThinkTank posted:There hasn't been a full season without a 40 goal scorer since 1962/63 which was 70 games long. This is Dead Puck 2 and it sucks. But the goals per game is pretty much unchanged for the last 10 years (change from season to season is generally a couple hundredths of a point) so that just means the points are being spread among more players.. which is actually cool and good.
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xzzy posted:But the goals per game is pretty much unchanged for the last 10 years (change from season to season is generally a couple hundredths of a point) so that just means the points are being spread among more players.. which is actually cool and good. dehumanize yourself and face to parity
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remember when we had the "Is Mika Zibanejad a 70 point player in the current NHL?" argument during the offseason? I mean I know he got hurt, but lol
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Jamwad Hilder posted:remember when we had the "Is Mika Zibanejad a 70 point player in the current NHL?" argument during the offseason? I mean I know he got hurt, but lol Fine with me when they sign him to an extended contract for less this summer. Ziba owns.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I think Crosby will. 6 in the next 15 games seems reasonable. He might be the only one though. I would say Pacioretty has a good chance too.
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i like watching hockey and my team is the coyotes. im sorry the pittsburg fans are throwing a fit because they can't win two stanley cups in one year and have things exactly the way they want them
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fits posted:dehumanize yourself and face to parity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8I9pYCl9AQ
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I think Crosby will. 6 in the next 15 games seems reasonable. He might be the only one though. I'm not that confident in his Richard or Art Ross chances at the moment. Kunitz is finally off his line which is nice but he's still been slumping in general. He's got four goals in his last 15 games and only 12 points over that span.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:remember when we had the "Is Mika Zibanejad a 70 point player in the current NHL?" argument during the offseason? I mean I know he got hurt, but lol He was on pace (more or less) until the injury and never seems to have hit his stride since coming back. That said, I stand by my dumb opinion because zbad owns.
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Spelling Mitsake posted:I would say Pacioretty has a good chance too. yeah I guess 7 in 13 is pretty doable considering he has 18 in his last 32 (since Jan 1). I haven't see the Habs recently though, I was basing him not hitting 40 on how they weren't a very offensive team for large stretches of the season.
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JoelJoel posted:He was on pace (more or less) until the injury and never seems to have hit his stride since coming back. I continue to maintain that he's a very good player but not a bonafide NHL star
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xzzy posted:But the goals per game is pretty much unchanged for the last 10 years (change from season to season is generally a couple hundredths of a point) so that just means the points are being spread among more players.. which is actually cool and good. Why? I couldn't care less that Brian Gionta is on pace for 16 goals instead of 12 this year. This is the entertainment business. I want to see the best guys getting 50 goals and 100pts. There won't be either this year. I want to see players pushing each other for the scoring lead late in the season with constant big nights. Crosby has 3 points? Well, Ovie just bettered that with a hattrick and two assists. Why has it become in vogue among hockey fans to say "there's nothing wrong with the sport and if you disagree you don't appreciate it right?" There have been three 50 goal seasons and two 100 point seasons in the last five years. Why are we all supposed to pretend that the Art Ross winner barely scraping 90 points is fun? It's not.
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I want to see Ovechkin fail and my opinion is worth more to advertisers statistically.
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ThinkTank posted:Why? I couldn't care less that Brian Gionta is on pace for 16 goals instead of 12 this year. This is the entertainment business. I want to see the best guys getting 50 goals and 100pts. There won't be either this year. I want to see players pushing each other for the scoring lead late in the season with constant big nights. Crosby has 3 points? Well, Ovie just bettered that with a hattrick and two assists. ![]() I was part of the "goalies stop too many pucks" vanguard a week or so ago. Chill out grumpybutt. Regardless, I find the game more fun to watch when all four lines are a scoring threat. The star players still tend to dominate the top scorer lists so I'm not sure why someone not hitting some arbitrary number means things are broken. What if the completely meaningless milepost was 25 goals instead? Then lots of players would be having great seasons!
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I wonder how much TOI has to do with it. The top scorers used to regularly average 20 or more minutes a night. Now look at the top. There's a few guys like Mcdavid and Kane doing that but there's also a ton of guys averaging less than 20. When Ovechkin scored 65 goals he played 23 minutes a night. When Sid hit 120 he played 20:46. This year Sid plays about a minute less at 19:46 and Mcdavid plays just around 21 mins a night which is on the high end of ice time. Teams just don't lean on star players as much as they used to it seems. And of course there's less powerplays. e: btw I still find it absolutely insane that Bure averaged 26:52 of ice time in 2000-01. Fuckin lol.
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Ginette Reno posted:I wonder how much TOI has to do with it. The top scorers used to regularly average 20 or more minutes a night. Now look at the top. There's a few guys like Mcdavid and Kane doing that but there's also a ton of guys averaging less than 20. When Ovechkin scored 65 goals he played 23 minutes a night. When Sid hit 120 he played 20:46. This year Sid plays about a minute less at 19:46 and Mcdavid plays just around 21 mins a night which is on the high end of ice time. Yeah pretty much the only people going over 20 minutes these days are either double-shifted forwards or top pair defensemen
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I continue to maintain that he's a very good player but not a bonafide NHL star He's got the hands, the smarts, the hair, and a tight hockey name. What more do you want out of a star?
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Ginette Reno posted:I wonder how much TOI has to do with it. The top scorers used to regularly average 20 or more minutes a night. Now look at the top. There's a few guys like Mcdavid and Kane doing that but there's also a ton of guys averaging less than 20. When Ovechkin scored 65 goals he played 23 minutes a night. When Sid hit 120 he played 20:46. This year Sid plays about a minute less at 19:46 and Mcdavid plays just around 21 mins a night which is on the high end of ice time. ![]() its not like anyone else was doing anything with those minutes
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i think i'd be happier seeing brad richardson score a sixth goal versus crosby score 40. i don't get why we have this discussion every week where we get told how to enjoy hockey, which happens to be having the superstars in the largest media markets score more.
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fits posted:
God, poor Bure. That had to be miserable.
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JoelJoel posted:He was on pace (more or less) until the injury and never seems to have hit his stride since coming back. Yeah he said it has taken him a bit to get comfortable and not hesitate at times because of the whole broken leg injury. He has also produced better than the guy he was traded for so woo ThinkTank posted:Why? I couldn't care less that Brian Gionta is on pace for 16 goals instead of 12 this year. This is the entertainment business. I want to see the best guys getting 50 goals and 100pts. There won't be either this year. I want to see players pushing each other for the scoring lead late in the season with constant big nights. Crosby has 3 points? Well, Ovie just bettered that with a hattrick and two assists. Ovechkins not even vaguely on Crosby's level anymore so lol at comparing them like you're NBC
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