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Infidel Castro posted:Neither have the Flyers! JVR? E: Oh he was 2nd overall.
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Hand Knit posted:Nashville's gonna make the conference finals. Isn't placement irrelevant unless you win the cup? I thought it was strictly standings.
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May 1, 2017 03:40
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pearlvanice posted:The NBA more than baseball. Baseball is now built around the building from within and keeping the stars on your roster. The NBA is just a feeder system. You for real do not know what you're talking about here.
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May 1, 2017 03:49
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Isn't placement irrelevant unless you win the cup? I thought it was strictly standings. the four conference finalist teams get 27th to 31st automatically iirc.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:You for real do not know what you're talking about here. No. I do.
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fits posted:the four conference finalist teams get 27th to 31st automatically iirc. Yeah. Conference finalists are 28/29, Cup Loser is 30, and Cup winner is 31.
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rumors locally that jason botterill will be announced as the next sabres GM  no idea if its true or not, nor what the source is. but something to keep an eye on
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Habs signed defenceman Jakub Jerabek from the KHL to 1-year deal. OK. 
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Can like the Sens without liking their ownership? Also, as an aside, is Eastside Hockey Manager any good? It's on sale on the Humble Store and I was considering getting it.
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May 1, 2017 19:30
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If you like playing NHL be a GM mode without playing any of the games, then yeah it's pretty good.
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May 1, 2017 19:53
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It's the best NHL be a GM out there, which isn't saying a whole lot I guess, but it's pretty good. They just added the NCAA as playable which is cool. Make sure and get The Blue Line Rosters and the logo/face packs if you get it. I should run another sim of our be a gm teams this offseason.
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My only complaint with EHM is it takes some time to sim a season. I'd love to be able to just quick sim months at a time but it still takes a while to do that even if you have everything set to sim fast. It's a good game though.
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There's also a lot of minutiae I don't really like. I enjoy building a team and all that, but I don't like having to renew scouts contracts and crap like that.
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T-Bone posted:It's the best NHL be a GM out there, which isn't saying a whole lot I guess, but it's pretty good. They just added the NCAA as playable which is cool. Make sure and get The Blue Line Rosters and the logo/face packs if you get it. i am counting down the days until we can do another offseason draft, it's the best part of the season for me and my awful teams
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May 1, 2017 20:12
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Does anyone on SAS have a 'The Athletic' subscription? I've been thinking about pulling the trigger. It's Toronto sports beat which I'm not really interested in, but the occasional Dellow deep dive and reading some Mirtle pieces might be worth it even if I don't give a poo poo about Toronto teams or their sister Chicago site.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:There's also a lot of minutiae I don't really like. I enjoy building a team and all that, but I don't like having to renew scouts contracts and crap like that. There is some minutiae I wish they had though. Like I wish they had a way to expand/edit the league (maybe a commissioner mode I dunno), and an escalating salary cap. The staff attributes/abilities/interactions are also way behind what you see in FM, and it'd be nice to see more media events like you see in FM (although maybe there's a mod that does this? I should look). Aye Doc posted:i am counting down the days until we can do another offseason draft, it's the best part of the season for me and my awful teams Same! One year I'll draft a fourth line that plays NHL games.
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I have an Athletic subscription and I like it, the content is pretty good and it feels like every other outlet is getting worse. I'm still not sure I'll keep it up over the summer in terms of value, though.
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CommaToes posted:Also, as an aside, is Eastside Hockey Manager any good? It's on sale on the Humble Store and I was considering getting it. I have poured innumerable hours of my life into that game. I only stopped playing because I switched to mac and it's PC only. I know how smokers feel because even though I've been off it for a year or more and I realize what a waste it was, I'd go back in a heartbeat.
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ThinkTank posted:I have poured innumerable hours of my life into that game. I only stopped playing because I switched to mac and it's PC only. I know how smokers feel because even though I've been off it for a year or more and I realize what a waste it was, I'd go back in a heartbeat. I just wish the AI was better. The computer is pretty awful at managing the cap and also at trading. You'll see guys reach free agency who never should. Also I like the idea of human manager sackings but if you turn them on it's way too easy to get fired. You could win three cups in a row and miss the playoffs the next year and get fired. Or you can make a trade that is ridiculously in your team's favor but the fans/owner hate the poo poo out of you for it. I guess that latter one makes sense if you're trading a fan favorite or something but it seems to happen all the time.
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finding a trade the EHM AI would actually accept was like looking for a nugget of corn in a mountain of poo poo, and the part if the game that made me finally quit when I could never acquire anyone worthwhile
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The timing matters a lot. It's definitely programmed in that the AI will ask for less (especially if they're bad) in February and around the draft (especially if the player is on an expiring contract or underperforming on a big contract on a bad team). You'll see players drop a * value all the time. e: Checking out team needs is worthwhile too, different teams will value different players/prospects/picks depending on their needs/philosophy (rebuilding/win now/etc). T-Bone fucked around with this message at 21:03 on May 1, 2017 |
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https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/859168790352875520 Super shocked.
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https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/859181533856284672 Not surprised by McDavid/Crosby, and the 3rd spot was up in the air so Bobrovsky? Sure.
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Kilza posted:https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/859181533856284672 Gonna be Mcdavid in a landslide anyways
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Best player is probably still Crosby. But straight up MVP to his team is McDavid. (Goalies shouldn't be nominated otherwise they should win the award every year)
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Mind_Taker posted:Best player is probably still Crosby. I'm fine with goalies being nominated if they have a truly exceptional year and Bobrovsky did.
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Mind_Taker posted:Best player is probably still Crosby. Maybe the Hart should just be for most valuable skater.
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Albino Squirrel posted:Yeah, I was gonna say Talbot did more than McDavid to drag the Oilers to the playoffs. My vote would go to Price based on the Habs going division title-horrendous garbage fire-division title purely due to his health.
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pseudodragon posted:My vote would go to Price based on the Habs going division title-horrendous garbage fire-division title purely due to his health. Columbus improved 32 pts largely because of Bobbo's play though, so it's not unreasonable to give him the nod
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Columbus improved 32 pts largely because of Bobbo's play though, so it's not unreasonable to give him the nod I hope Torts wins the Adams for the combined hilarity of Babcock missing out on it again, and for Torts getting fired in 1-2 seasons.
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Mind_Taker posted:Best player is probably still Crosby. Can't be awarded posthumously
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Mind_Taker posted:(Goalies shouldn't be nominated otherwise they should win the award every year)
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I mean, announcing Bobrovsky as a Hart finalist means they might as well give him the Vezina right now. It's a pretty good indicator how people voted.
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Yaya posted:I mean, announcing Bobrovsky as a Hart finalist means they might as well give him the Vezina right now. It's a pretty good indicator how people voted. Probably, but GMs vote on the Vezina and PHWA votes on the Hart.
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Yaya posted:I mean, announcing Bobrovsky as a Hart finalist means they might as well give him the Vezina right now. It's a pretty good indicator how people voted.
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Spring Break My Heart posted:I don't understand how people could still believe this. Goalies add more wins/losses than any skater so the Hart winner would literally be the Vezina winner every year.
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Mind_Taker posted:Goalies add more wins/losses than any skater so the Hart winner would literally be the Vezina winner every year. That doesn't sound very believable at first blush but maybe there are numbers to support it?
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Mind_Taker posted:Goalies add more wins/losses than any skater so the Hart winner would literally be the Vezina winner every year. Based on a VORP-type metric? Yea, I can def agree with that. If best SV % is .3-.4 above replacement then that's close to a gpg.
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