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Aphrodite posted:Yeah, when they actually get paid. Mostly monthly. And the KHL deal was some teams, far from all of them. Most notably Sochi and Medvesak, but I can't recall any other teams from the top of my head - and I believe it's been sorted out now as the oil price isn't tanking any more. And there isn't any of those issues in any of the other major European leagues. I can understand Americans wanting to play at home to stay on their own continent, but there is a reason you see very few European career AHLers compared to the amount of players that goes from America to Europe.
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Preds lost a game?? I'm in disbelief. I demand a do-over!! But seriously, apart from Fiddler's deserved misconduct, that officiating was loving garbage. How the hell can the refs give one team five Power Plays and the other team zero??
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bizarre deformity posted:Preds lost a game?? I'm in disbelief. I demand a do-over!! lmao I love it. The Blues have about 85% of their games where their opponents have more PPs than them and one of the rare times they get the officiating bounce opposing fans can't stop crying. No penalty on this one btw https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/858128826932629504
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bizarre deformity posted:But seriously, apart from Fiddler's deserved misconduct, that officiating was loving garbage. How the hell can the refs give one team five Power Plays and the other team zero?? It managed to happen in Game 3 of the Flames-Ducks series where the Flames got 6 PPs and the Ducks 0. Basically refs are, and always will be, inconsistent (also bad). Just need to hope your team exceeds despite the lopsided PP advantage.
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Mike_V posted:lmao I love it. The Blues have about 85% of their games where their opponents have more PPs than them and one of the rare times they get the officiating bounce opposing fans can't stop crying. The blues are also one of the dirtier teams in the league soooo....... ^this also applies to the ducks
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That's legal. The dude's name is literally instructions to hit him in the face.
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I feel like the euro leagues are willing to be more generous with contract length compared to NHL/AHL for fringe guys too. Some will sacrifice comforts of home for that security. Ryan Whitney wrote an awesome article for the players tribune about his time in Russia if you want some perspective on it: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/ryan-whitney-russia-khl/
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It appears that the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to win the Stanley Cup. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Schremp Howard posted:I feel like the euro leagues are willing to be more generous with contract length compared to NHL/AHL for fringe guys too. Some will sacrifice comforts of home for that security. A lot of players like the added security of playing for a team where you know you're likely to get picked, and even more feel that they're washing out of the level they feel they can play at and are just trying to hold on to that dream. How many ECHL'ers do you know of in the NHL? It's starting to be a thing, but that's more because of people like Kyle Dubas who view it as an important weeding out point.
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The oilers sold out their arena during an away game for the watch party, they sold the tickets for $5 a piece with the money going to their charity, and people were scalping tickets. Scalping tickets sold for charity to an arena where hockey isn't being played. Maybe edmonton needs a second team, use rexall place and move the senators there, they can't even sell out a second round playoff game.
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Citizen Tayne posted:It appears that the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to win the Stanley Cup.
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Well I didn't expect the Preds to sweep their way to the cup and I've been having incremental tequilas with each game (so six tonight) with the idea that I would reset each loss so I'm relieved there isn't going to be a sixteen tequila day in my future.
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Schlesische posted:How many ECHL'ers do you know of in the NHL? David Desharnais
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Xtanstic posted:Playoff game winning goal scorer David Desharnais Fixed
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I always love the idea that "reffies is fuckin us! We got caught breaking the rules more times than the other team. Those are not similar amounts of times being caught breaking the rules. Argh, why they giving us the business so hard."
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Kilza posted:Oilers somehow survive to win 2-1 and now they're headed back to Edmonton with a 2-0 series lead. Holy poo poo. I thought you gave up on the oilers?
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heeheex2 posted:I thought you gave up on the oilers? I gave up on the idea they were going to win any more games after Game 4 vs. San Jose. I never gave up on cheering for them.
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Patrick Maroon with an ear to ear grin in the post game interview because he's still getting paid $500k by the team he just stuck a dagger in.
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Loqieu posted:Up 2 games and McDavid only has 1 point so far this series. Pretty impressive. Yeah, but every second he was on the ice in game 1, he had 2 guys on him, that gives the rest of the team a 4 on 3. He shut down the shutdown men. just by standing around in the neutral zone.
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Kilza posted:I gave up on the idea they were going to win any more games after Game 4 vs. San Jose. I never gave up on cheering for them. You gave up like no one has given up before.
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Soft Shell Crab posted:You gave up like no one has given up before. Apparently it worked, they haven't lost since.
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blues gonna win Nashville bad chicken make you sick
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Kilza posted:I gave up on the idea they were going to win any more games after Game 4 vs. San Jose. I never gave up on cheering for them. That is the stuipidest thing I've ever heard, sorry man
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Schlesische posted:How many ECHL'ers do you know of in the NHL? Jon Quick 10years.tweet
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Scott Darling spent two seasons in the ECHL. If I remember right that was more because he was a hot mess and had alcohol issues. Then he cleaned up and worked his way into the NHL.
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stab posted:That is the stuipidest thing I've ever heard, sorry man Just because you don't believe your team has a realistic chance of winning doesn't mean you stop cheering for them. Supporting doesn't mean "believing in" so much as it means "hoping for". Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Jon Quick xzzy posted:Scott Darling spent two seasons in the ECHL. If I remember right that was more because he was a hot mess and had alcohol issues. Then he cleaned up and worked his way into the NHL. There are a few, but it's something like 600 players in 19 years across 30 franchises. Those numbers aren't huge, although something like 76 players from ECHL rosters were on opening night duties with their NHL teams this year which is a pretty good result and indicates a change in attitude. Until recently, if you were clinging onto your dream you probably weren't looking at the ECHL as a realistic option unless you were down to fingernails and that was my point in the first place. Schlesische fucked around with this message at 15:26 on Apr 29, 2017 |
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Krime posted:Ducks bad or Oilers good? That's the gist of it.
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stab posted:That is the stuipidest thing I've ever heard, sorry man No not as stupid as the Matt Cooke/PK Subban comparison...or the idea that Martin Erat was the missing piece.
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I'm feeling real good about my Sens this afternoon!
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Prediction: Preds in 6, winning the next two games, losing game 5 in St Louis, and ending it at home in game 6
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he's going to change his number to 98 because they win 98 games a year
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violent sex idiot posted:the oilers are not going to lose another game until Connor retires Wow you are really tempting the monkeys paw huh
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violent sex idiot posted:the oilers are not going to lose another game until Connor retires Which Connor? John Connor?
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A Penguins / Oilers Stanley Cup Finals? It's more likely than you think!
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JohnnyCanuck posted:I'm feeling real good about my Sens this afternoon! Me too. Chiling in the red zone! I'm Cherokee Jack!
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