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Ginette Reno posted:He's like as gimmick as early career Ovechkin for me. He does the same thing every time and you know it's coming but you just can't stop him because his speed is so insane. If he works on his shot like Sid did and becomes a better goalscorer the sky is the limit. If only this new young dude was more like Sidney
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ElwoodCuse posted:Ties weren't bad and the NHL is really never going to fix "no one scores anymore" huh Ties were good though.
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yellowcar posted:no truck nuts You should at least give him a 7 for a the sugar skull.
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Mar 21, 2017 22:11
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Ties are for soccer. We must deal in absolutes. 
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all losses are equal, but some losses are more equal than others
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Mar 21, 2017 22:27
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I will never understand how anyone could be satisfied with ties as an outcome of a competitive sporting event
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The overtime loser point matters more on the level of each game, letting teams go all-out rather than trying to defend. Part of why 3v3 is so great is the situation it always comes in.
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Mar 21, 2017 22:31
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the only time I'm annoyed by ties in sports is on last second buzzer beater type goals, unless it's my team that's scoring, then its great
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If ties or the shootout is an unforgivable sin, just do what they do in the playoffs. OT lasts until someone scores and no points are handed out until then. Don't like long games? Score better, scrub.
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Ginette Reno posted:He's like as gimmick as early career Ovechkin for me. He does the same thing every time and you know it's coming but you just can't stop him because his speed is so insane. If he works on his shot like Sid did and becomes a better goalscorer the sky is the limit. tbh since he relies so much on his speed I'm worried that a significant injury or just aging a bit down the road is going to really hurt his ability and production, BUT that's also just me being contrary
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Levitate posted:tbh since he relies so much on his speed I'm worried that a significant injury or just aging a bit down the road is going to really hurt his ability and production, BUT that's also just me being contrary agreed, which is largely why he will never, ever, not in a million years, no sir, be as good as crosby. also sid is way more handsome
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Mar 21, 2017 22:41
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P.s. Have we mentioned Crosby?
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:I will never understand how anyone could be satisfied with ties as an outcome of a competitive sporting event Because it is more fairly reflective of the teams' relative ability than the same game with a coinflip at the end to assign an extra point.
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Crosby's the best player in the league so I don't see why people shouldn't be compared to him
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Levitate posted:tbh since he relies so much on his speed I'm worried that a significant injury or just aging a bit down the road is going to really hurt his ability and production, BUT that's also just me being contrary His hands are pretty ridiculous too. He'll be fine. Plus even if he lost a step he'd just be blindingly fast instead of holy gently caress fast.
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Ginette Reno posted:His hands are pretty ridiculous too. He'll be fine. Plus even if he lost a step he'd just be blindingly fast instead of holy gently caress fast. yah the difference between "best player in the league" and "star player" though on the other hand oh well it's not like I have any stake in it because the Rangers will never have a "best player in the league" on their team ever
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Levitate posted:Crosby's the best player in the league so I don't see why people shouldn't be compared to him The Penguins are going to win the Stanley Cup.
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Cartoon Man posted:The Penguins are going to win the Stanley Cup.
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I think Crosby himself lost a good bit of speed when he got hurt in his 3rd season.
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Spring Break My Heart posted:I think Crosby himself lost a good bit of speed when he got hurt in his 3rd season. I don't think he lost it so much as he realized if he kept skating balls to the wall like that all the time he'd end up injured more often than not (which is true.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HzELjc9mtA (Runs through wall.)
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Crosby is the smartest player in the league and top notch at basically every other skill even if isn't the fastest he's still plenty fast
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If he's so good why can't he beat Kane in points?!
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Because Crosby asks permission first and Kane takes what he wants.
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Hand Knit posted:Because it is more fairly reflective of the teams' relative ability than the same game with a coinflip at the end to assign an extra point. Yeah I'm not arguing in favor of an extra point. I just find the idea of a sporting event ending in a tie to be dissatisfying, and orthogonal to the whole purpose of sports, which is to separate winners & losers, not to measure teams' relative abilities as accurately as possible (it is not, after all, the Corsi Hockey League). I agree though that the shootout is almost, if not as dissatisfying as a tie. 3v3 feels like the perfect compromise in terms of being able to quickly determine a winner while still relying on something resembling normal hockey gameplay. I have a feeling if they extended 3v3 to 10 minutes and if that went unresolved the game would end in a tie with no points awarded, we would see very few if any ties and we would see a lot of fun and exciting overtimes.
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Aurora posted:If he's so good why can't he beat Kane in points?! i got some bad news for you
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Do Crosby's forearms look like Popeye's? Because I think they'd need to be to get that much velocity with a move like that.
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:Yeah I'm not arguing in favor of an extra point. I just find the idea of a sporting event ending in a tie to be dissatisfying, and orthogonal to the whole purpose of sports, which is to separate winners & losers, not to measure teams' relative abilities as accurately as possible (it is not, after all, the Corsi Hockey League). Why should you separate winners and losers when both teams are losers and tie?
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I never really see that many players help control/defend the puck with their free arm like Crosby, I guess it's harder than it looks?
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Carver posted:I never really see that many players help control/defend the puck with their free arm like Crosby, I guess it's harder than it looks? Well imagine digging a hole with a shovel in one hand. You can do it, but your agility and strength is going to suck. Crosby's good enough to make it work anyways.
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Sharing from the other thread - Sid caught a stick in the chompers.
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How happy would Washington be If Boston fell out of the playoffs and the Lightning sneak into the 2nd wildcard? I hear they really like to play the Lightning, almost as much as the Rangers.
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xzzy posted:Well imagine digging a hole with a shovel in one hand. You can do it, but your agility and strength is going to suck. you gotta use your feet. i understand this metaphor
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Carver posted:I never really see that many players help control/defend the puck with their free arm like Crosby, I guess it's harder than it looks? Buff does it a lot, especially on wraparounds. but he's huge so its a little different.
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Reporter asks Ovechkin in the locker room about Oshie's 30th goal this season. He smiles and says, "Chaching!" Your updated Metro standings: 
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Lightning lose three in a row to bestow a sense of self-confidence to the rest of the wildcard candidates. And then we got em right where we want em
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N: Wings gonna gently caress themselves out of a good draft spot. V: Kill me.
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