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Ginette Reno posted:Apparently Mark Streit got hit in the balls last game or something so even the Pens' replacement d are getting hurt now. It's kinda stupid how this team can have like half of its roster out and still keep winning year after year. We can all agree playing MAF vs. the Flames was a passive "gently caress-you" for not trading for him, yeah? Betting they wish the narrative carried out a little differently on that one. He could've been yours, Burkie-boy.
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How many more points does Laine need than Matthews to win the Calder? With the Jets out, all I want is for Patrik to win trophies. Werenski, Murray, Marner et al chose a bad year to be rookies.
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:We can all agree playing MAF vs. the Flames was a passive "gently caress-you" for not trading for him, yeah? Maf is actually playing pretty well lately and the Pens have a lot of games in March so probably more just resting Murray. I'm a little worried that Maf playing halfway decent will tempt them to yank Murray the minute he has a bad playoff game, though. They nearly cost themselves the Cup last year with that stupidity.
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Ginette Reno posted:Apparently Mark Streit got hit in the balls last game or something so even the Pens' replacement d are getting hurt now. It's kinda stupid how this team can have like half of its roster out and still keep winning year after year. And yet Beau Bennett is fine.
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Mar 14, 2017 18:11
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Duck Rodgers posted:How many more points does Laine need than Matthews to win the Calder? With the Jets out, all I want is for Patrik to win trophies.
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xzzy posted:she always spouts off some stereotypical hockey coach babble like "need more hustle" or "get more pucks on net." Hah my girlfriend has started doing this as well; very much in the ironic sense, along with the "more grit" and "battle it out" staples of cherry'isms
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Ginette Reno posted:Apparently Mark Streit got hit in the balls last game or something so even the Pens' replacement d are getting hurt now. Streit's the guy who broke his dick with the Flyers too right? That poor man.
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I think whole playing center, worse linemates, playing in Toronto thing gives Matthews a bit of a buffer. Laine probably needs to outscore him a decent amount to get it. Laine only needs 1 more even strength goal to tie Crosby's rookie year, and 6 for Ovechkin. The Jets PP sucks. Scheifele, Laine and Ehlers are in the top 15 for even strength points, but the Jets don't have anyone in the top 50 for PP points.
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Pornographic Memory posted:Streit's the guy who broke his dick with the Flyers too right? That poor man. The very same!
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Duck Rodgers posted:Werenski, Murray, Marner et al chose a bad year to be rookies. These three are the finalists if Matthews and Laine don't exist and that's a commentary on how good they are, yet how two of the three will be lost while the other gets title of "2017 Calder Third Place Finisher".
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DJExile posted:The "emotionless hockey robot" thing is a very legit knock but holy poo poo does baseball have the market loving cornered on stamping out anyone who dares to have a shred of personality. Guess which sports don't! NBA and to a lesser extent, NFL. It's always hilarious listening to the hot takes about Cam Newton and OBJ. No one dares say a thing about NBA though, because big personalities have been a thing since dunking returned.
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iospace posted:Guess which sports don't! The NFL only has an issue with black people having personalities. Meanwhile a frat party made flesh is totally just havin' fun out there, guys.
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Mar 14, 2017 19:36
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Baseball can be boring but it's your fault if you pick the team that has rules against facial hair and long hair. Meanwhile in hockey everyone is canadian with a nickname that's just their last name with "er" or "y" tacked on the end
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Mar 14, 2017 19:41
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Lots of the big stars in the NFL and NBA never say anything in interviews either but have personalities thrust upon them. Tom Brady has never said anything interesting in his life.
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ElwoodCuse posted:Hockey actively tries to stamp out "household name" guys, so does baseball. Is this a question of "personality" or also of "stardom"? Because it may be true that NFL and NBA stars have no real personality as just mentioned (I know very little about the american big three sportshappeningses) but I think those leagues are "star-"led in marketing and teams come second. I am of course aware of the fact that hockey is very no-personality and no-household names, but I marked that into beaing really a "canadian" instead of an "american" game, (fits finnish mentality too), but it surprised me to know baseball works this way too. Are there historical reasons? Star culture seems to be the american way to do things.
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Kalenn Istarion posted:Duke Chin got his bourgeois beer Cannot confirm if Duke has a big bushy mustache just like his av. 4/5 Also, you look like a young Bob McKenzie
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I feel like baseball moved away from being star driven when it turned out that all the stars were juicing. I didn't pay attention to baseball when I was a kid, but still always heard about Mcgwire and Bonds hitting dingers.
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DJExile posted:The NFL only has an issue with black people having personalities. Meanwhile a frat party made flesh is totally just havin' fun out there, guys. 
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Duck Rodgers posted:I feel like baseball moved away from being star driven when it turned out that all the stars were juicing. I didn't pay attention to baseball when I was a kid, but still always heard about Mcgwire and Bonds hitting dingers. Baseball is the absolute worst for "unwritten rules" bullshit and this has been the case for decades. Meanwhile in hockey you have opposing coaches and parents threatening 6-year-old Sidney Crosby because he's "too good".
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oh whoops  ElwoodCuse posted:Baseball is the absolute worst for "unwritten rules" bullshit and this has been the case for decades. Meanwhile in hockey you have opposing coaches and parents threatening 6-year-old Sidney Crosby because he's "too good". yeeeeeeeeeep
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ElwoodCuse posted:Baseball is the absolute worst for "unwritten rules" bullshit and this has been the case for decades. Meanwhile in hockey you have opposing coaches and parents threatening 6-year-old Sidney Crosby because he's "too good". From my experiences playing and coaching youth hockey I can confirm that video someone posted earlier of parents fighting in the stands and screaming is pretty much spot on for hockey parents. People are fuckin nuts.
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Spring Break My Heart posted:Lots of the big stars in the NFL and NBA never say anything in interviews either but have personalities thrust upon them. Tom Brady has never said anything interesting in his life. He endorsed Trump, albeit in uninteresting fashion.
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Lol. Laine could outscore Matthews by 10 points in 8 less games and he still wouldn't win the Calder
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I think Laine's got to be the front runner, stuff I read seems to give him an edge and everyone loves goals. Plus I think Matthews getting it would hit a performance bonus and the Leafs cap don't need that
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I went to the game last night it was fun they still really don't like Marchand there ok thanks for reading 
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A Typical Goon posted:Lol. Laine could outscore Matthews by 10 points in 8 less games and he still wouldn't win the Calder Well, it should be Laine if he outproduces Matthews, given the trend of "give the Calder to the rookie with the most points (more GP as a tiebreaker)". Like right now I'd say Laine wins the Calder with the 5 point edge, if Matthews gets within 1-2 points he probably wins because  NHL writers.I could also see Laine winning if he managed to lead the league in goals, which isn't out of the realm of possibility but it'd be tough with Winnipeg having played more games than any team in the league. e: Pens got the NCAA free agent everybody wanted: https://twitter.com/penguins/status/841775568412631040 Kilza fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Mar 14, 2017 |
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A Typical Goon posted:Lol. Laine could outscore Matthews by 10 points in 8 less games and he still wouldn't win the Calder
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Kilza posted:Well, it should be Laine if he outproduces Matthews, given the trend of "give the Calder to the rookie with the most points (more GP as a tiebreaker)". Like right now I'd say Laine wins the Calder with the 5 point edge, if Matthews gets within 1-2 points he probably wins because With how injured our forwards are he could immediately play  .College FAs have been good for the Pens so I'm happy about this.
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Spring Break My Heart posted:Why do you think that? Because of the mad hype Matthews has gotten by playing in the Toronto market? Media types like Jeff O'Neil hyping him as the most valuable player in the league, Mackenzie and LeBrun both claiming Matthews is a top 20 NHL player today and Friedman saying that he hoped Laine didnt win the Rocket cause it would make the choice for the Calder "impossible". That last one was really convinced me that Laine has no chance at the Calder. A rookie winning the Rocket should not make the Calder a hard choice. It should make it a really loving easy one actually. Why do you think the NHL writers are going to pick anyone other than Matthews?
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Ginette Reno posted:From my experiences playing and coaching youth hockey I can confirm that video someone posted earlier of parents fighting in the stands and screaming is pretty much spot on for hockey parents. People are fuckin nuts. But without them, we'd never have been blessed with this: https://youtu.be/EN2_PSs2Pjc Every time I watch it I like something else - the goalie sticking with the play til the whistle, whatever the gently caress "GET THE WHEELS ON THE BUS(?)" means, the mortified lady with blonde hair walking back to her seat going "oh god not this bullshit again". A perfect microcosm of junior hockey stereotypes Chows posted:WAY TO GO, PAUL By far the best bit. Fuckin Paul aejix fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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Ginette Reno posted:From my experiences playing and coaching youth hockey I can confirm that video someone posted earlier of parents fighting in the stands and screaming is pretty much spot on for hockey parents. People are fuckin nuts. You're a saint for wanting to do that in the face of a generation of MY PERFECT LITTLE ANNNNGEEEEEEEEEL parents.
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I have a few memories of playing in youth games, literally standing and talking with players on the other team, while we're watching out parents fight.
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aejix posted:But without them, we'd never have been blessed with this: WAY TO GO, PAUL
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Chows posted:WAY TO GO, PAUL freaking paul, always doing this crap
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aejix posted:But without them, we'd never have been blessed with this: I'm sure other sports are like this too but yeah hockey parents are ridiculous. The worst though is when you get those youth hockey coaches that teach their teams to play dirty. I hope there's less of that now but that poo poo was common as gently caress when I was growing up and is the type of behavior that inevitably inflames the parents too.
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yellowcar posted:Cannot confirm if Duke has a big bushy mustache just like his av. 4/5 Some mysteries have to remain hidden to the world. Chows posted:I went to the game last night it was fun they still really don't like Marchand there ok thanks for reading It was loving grand. That, plus all the hats on the ice for an away player's hat trick.   also secondary trip report: duuuuude rogers arena is easily the coldest loving arena I've ever sat in. That beat out both TD Garden and The Joe in mid February in negative-degree temperatures and easily any of the other pro stadiums I've been in. brr.
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N: Islanders continue to play bad against the Hurricanes V: Josh Ho-Sang is a cool and good hockey man 
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Kilza posted:e: Pens got the NCAA free agent everybody wanted: people who follow NCAA hockey & prospects: who are the current NHL comps for a kid like this?
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