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bub spank posted:The System I'm not sure there's a team in the league I'd rather watch less than Ottawa, to the point where I'm turning down lower bowl seats and not bothering to put my name in for corporate box seats. The hockey is just so goddamn boring. e: Marner definitely benefits when playing with guys who can cash on the chances he creates but his skill ceiling is just so high I'm not sure it matters that much. God he is fun to watch. Jordan7hm fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Mar 18, 2017 |
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The Leafs just signed Miro Aaltonen, a slight 23 year-old playmaking left winger who had a good KHL season and was productive in Finland before then. I think we've solved the Matthews left wing problem his playoff stats are baaaad though
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Well considering the last two poaches they did from the KHL I'm holding faith that this guy is also good.
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Honestly I've always kinda liked Burrows for the same reasons I like Marchand. Obviously without the superstar upside, but he's a pest with some skill and I find that appealing.
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eXXon posted:The Leafs just signed Miro Aaltonen, a slight 23 year-old playmaking left winger who had a good KHL season and was productive in Finland before then. I had to do some searching for this because I couldn't remember the name, but the Pens did a similar thing ages ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne_Pesonen
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Stretch Marx posted:Well considering the last two poaches they did from the KHL I'm holding faith that this guy is also good. Is Zaitsev good though?
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The Blues schedule the rest of the season is laughably bad: ARI-COL-VAN-CGY-ARI-ARI-COL-NSH-WPG-FLA-CAR-COL I really don't see any way they miss the playoffs with that schedule.
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In a league where like 75% of teams are in the playoffs or fighting for a spot, that Blues schedule only contains two. That's pretty impressive.
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A Typical Goon posted:Is Zaitsev good though? I think he is. He's clearly more of a defensive dman and I don't expect him in any game to score. But he's been super reliable at keep people to the outside and if someone gets by him he's capable of skating back. He's also shown to be able to carry a lot of minutes when needed. He's not amazing and has the odd brain fart but I like his ability to properly box people out to help Andersen because it's pretty obvious that if Andersen doesn't see the puck it will ping pong through him some how.
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Oh what a world we live in when the top 3 teams in the league (and 4 of the top 6) are in one division. And also where the first wildcard has more points than the other division leader in the same conference.
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A Typical Goon posted:Is Zaitsev good though? Reasonably tough zone starts, roughly even possession, 20 even strength points. Not a world-beater or anything but I think he's definitely on the "good" side of the ledger.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCMQnFDxWcM&t=128s This video is fun. It's kinda nice that they're buddies even though they're fighting. But the flip side (even though they aren't throwing hard in the fight) is it's really dumb for two buddies to punch each other in the head for no reason on tv.
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Lol if you think Mitch Marner can't create his own offence. That's the worst take I've heard in some time.
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Mike_V posted:The Blues schedule the rest of the season is laughably bad: I just looked at the standings this morning and thought "I wonder what the Blues schedule is like for the rest of the year...". And yeah, they really would have to take a catastrophic poo poo in the bed to miss. With that and CGY's hot streak, looks like LA is boned lol
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Paulocaust posted:Lol if you think Mitch Marner can't create his own offence. That's the worst take I've heard in some time. You must not read your own posts very often then
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:I just looked at the standings this morning and thought "I wonder what the Blues schedule is like for the rest of the year...". And yeah, they really would have to take a catastrophic poo poo in the bed to miss. With that and CGY's hot streak, looks like LA is boned lol oh no what would I do with the Kings missing the playoffs
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A Typical Goon posted:You must not read your own posts very often then everything I say is good and correct, sorry
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:I just looked at the standings this morning and thought "I wonder what the Blues schedule is like for the rest of the year...". And yeah, they really would have to take a catastrophic poo poo in the bed to miss. With that and CGY's hot streak, looks like LA is boned lol Two awesome runs for different reasons and being back-to-back champs (2013 doesn't count). I'll take it.
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My favorite hockey fact right now is the reward for being the third best team in the league is playing the 2nd best team in the league in the first round.
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Good Canadian Boy posted:This video is fun. It's kinda nice that they're buddies even though they're fighting. One of them mentioned on twitter a bit later that they'd never met before.
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It's cute that Metro fans are now realizing what Central fans have the past couple seasons: the new Playoff system is garbage
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Mike_V posted:It's cute that Metro fans are now realizing what Central fans have the past couple seasons: the new Playoff system is garbage I'm pretty sure most people thought it was garbage from the get-go
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Mike_V posted:It's cute that Metro fans are now realizing what Central fans have the past couple seasons: the new Playoff system is garbage I agree with your underlying point, but the recent Central playoff matchups have been great. Blues-Blackhawks last year may have been the series of the playoffs, and as much as I hated the outcome, Nashville-Blackhawks in 2015 was incredible too.
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Vincent Van Goat posted:I'm pretty sure most people thought it was garbage from the get-go I liked the thought of it at first because having rivalries build from repeated playoff series seemed like a good idea but the divisions are so stupidly unbalanced this year that it's just dumb that whoever finishes fourth in the Metro gets basically a free pass to the ECF. I mean it's actually worse to finish first than fourth, how dumb is that?
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There are four very good Metro teams. One of them will not make it out of the first round, and another will be bounced in the second. That's dumb. Related to this, FOX Sports Ohio says Washington clinches with a win + CBJ win over the Isles. If Columbus wins, they clinch with any two points the rest of the way.
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Ginette Reno posted:I liked the thought of it at first because having rivalries build from repeated playoff series seemed like a good idea but the divisions are so stupidly unbalanced this year that it's just dumb that whoever finishes fourth in the Metro gets basically a free pass to the ECF. I mean it's actually worse to finish first than fourth, how dumb is that? The Rangers are out in the first round so that's the end of that argument.
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Can we at least admit what you really want is an easier path to the finals?
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I'm fine with good teams meeting early, it makes for more interesting series early on. I say this as a fan of a team that is decidedly Not Good though
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Only one team wins the cup too. This is such bullshit
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Gotta love Hockey coaches sticking to the traditions. Like everyone saw Emelin's performance lately, saw Julien's reaction in New York, know what kind of coach he is and that Emelin is out tonight but nobody official is going to say it until the absolute last moment it's allowed. Way to throw Boucher off.
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A Typical Goon posted:I'm fine with good teams meeting early, it makes for more interesting series early on. I think once the initial burst of HOCKEY ALL THE TIME EVERY NIGHT YEAH YEAH YEAH of the first round wears off, it becomes much more advantageous for the league from a business stand point, and us as fans from an entrainment standpoint, to see the better teams play later in the playoffs when there's only one game on a night This accomplishes the literal exact opposite and is just another in a long line of decisions this league has made to fix something that wasn't broken and actively getting in its own way We get to see a fun exciting Caps/Pens/Jackets first round series when there's 4 other games on that night to watch, at the expense of a loving Pittsburgh/Ottawa ECF snoozefest as the only game every other night 
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Kale posted:Gotta love Hockey coaches sticking to the traditions. Like everyone saw Emelin's performance lately, saw Julien's reaction in New York, know what kind of coach he is and that Emelin is out tonight but nobody official is going to say it until the absolute last moment it's allowed. Way to throw Boucher off. Therrien confirmed that Beauliau is in for Emelin like, three hours ago.
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Speaking of tity defensemen, what are the pens even going to do with pouliot? He was a major contributing factor on 3 of the goals against last night, and he's just such a defensive liability with seemingly no upside. I mean he's only getting played because we have I think 4 regular defensemen hurt, but you have to figure there's another D down in WBS that can play over him. What an awful draft pick.
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Mr. Kite posted:Well it was fun while it lasted. Back to the black hole we go. :thunking:
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The Rangers are infinitely more boring to watch than Ottawa or Montreal. The system works.
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Mr. Kite posted:Well it was fun while it lasted. Back to the black hole we go. Missing the playoffs doesn't drat you into perpetual irrelevance though. lol at you trading for iginla only to miss the playoffs though
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grack posted:Therrien confirmed that Beauliau is in for Emelin like, three hours ago. heh
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