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Because of Bell's acquisition of MTS, the Jets will now play their home games in BellMTS Place Everyone will still call it the MTS Centre.
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https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status/869631008425078785 Can't teach NHL playing experience.
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DJExile posted:Flyers have signed Oskar Lindblom to an ELC Yay Easy call
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CommaToes posted:Because of Bell's acquisition of MTS, the Jets will now play their home games in BellMTS Place I still sometimes call the Rogers Centre the SkyDome to this day. Partly out of spite, partly because it sounds cooler, and partly because I hate change.
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yellowcar posted:I still sometimes call the Rogers Centre the SkyDome to this day. Partly out of spite, partly because it sounds cooler, and partly because I hate change. Naming rights are stupid. Call each building by its address.
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May 30, 2017 22:01
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hey devils bring scott stevens back
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May 30, 2017 22:36
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Kilza posted:https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status/869631008425078785 And in the particular case of Scott Gomez...
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Wonder what the hell happened after Game 7WaPo posted:As for the “internal stuff” MacLellan referenced, he said “some stuff has come up that I obviously need to hold people accountable for and make changes going forward both on the players’ side and on the coaching side.” When pressed for specifics, MacLellan said certain details were exposed after the team lost to the Penguins “that need to be addressed,” but “I can’t publicly come out and say, ‘Here’s the deal, here’s who I’m going to hold accountable, here’s what they need to do better and if it doesn’t get done, then we need to make changes.’ It doesn’t make sense for me to publicly disclose that.”
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The Dirty Burger posted:Wonder what the hell happened after Game 7 Seems to me like there's a disconnect between what Trotz and the players think of what happened. Trotz seemed to be more publicly optimistic and even made light of the struggles whereas some of the players were like gently caress this poo poo we need to get over the hump somehow and make changes. Trotz not getting an extension and being basically a lame duck is pretty rare in the NHL too so he must really be on thin ice.
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Ginette Reno posted:Trotz not getting an extension and being basically a lame duck is pretty rare in the NHL too so he must really be on thin ice. That's what happened when he ended up leaving Nashville too.
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May 31, 2017 00:15
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At some point maybe Caps management should consider the possibility that maybe the coach isn't the problem
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May 31, 2017 00:18
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I think it's fair to question Trotz's abilities as a coach especially in the playoffs. He's been terrible at adapting to the opposition's strategies and is often slow to make changes. He tried to play run and gun with the Leafs for 4 games, failed to recognize Orlov and Niskanen were his best pairing until the middle of the postseason, stubbornly left Ovechkin and Backstrom together for almost the entire season despite them not having chemistry any more, played 7D despite 2 of them (Orpik and Alzner) being garbage, healthy-scratched Nate Schmidt despite him being probably their third or fourth best D all season, failing to adapt to the Penguins' counter-attacking strategy until it was too late, etc. Some local podcasts put it best when they said Trotz didn't seem like he even gameplanned for the Leafs or Penguins, but rather reacted to what they were doing after a few games had been played (going into 2-1 and 3-1 series deficits, respectively). He seems slow to adapt and unwilling to experiment and that's really bad when things don't go according to plan in the postseason. Sullivan, on the other hand, seemed prepared for the Capitals in the first 2 games and made great adjustments going into Game 7 and Trotz wasn't able to do anything in response. His regular season record has been great but he's also had a fantastic roster, great injury luck, and opponents who can't specifically gameplan against the Capitals like they can in the playoffs. Is there a better option out there? Maybe not, but I think Trotz's time should be up in DC.
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That may well be fair. I'm taking a broader view and noting the Caps have changed coaches, what, 6 or 7 times in the Ovechkin era? And nothing has changed for a decade. So it doesn't seem likely to me that they just keep picking coaches that suck in the playoffs. A lot of people believe the problem is that Ovechkin/their core can't get it done in the playoffs (and they subdivide into the "Ovechkin is too Russian to win" camp and the "a team that relies so heavily on its power play is bound to struggle in the playoffs" camp, though the Caps had the fewest goals allowed this year so I don't even know). I'm more inclined toward the camp that thinks it's just dumb lovely luck that maybe has gone on so long it's become a death spiral as the team's stars have come to expect everything to fall apart every May (and especially against the Penguins) and then lo and behold, it does. Maybe Trotz should go, but it's hard to see who you can replace him with that's likely to do better Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 01:59 on May 31, 2017 |
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May 31, 2017 01:55
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Rename the football team to something not racist and they'll probably win 3 cups.
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Fancystats breakdown on Couturierquote:So the only way for Couturier to meet the expectations of his doubters would be to play him extensively in situations where he has not thrived, and hope that something finally clicks for him. This creates a feedback loop, as fans watch him struggle in these minutes and stay convinced that Couturier can’t score, period. It boils down to a simple either/or: either learn to score on the power play, or continue to face criticism for underachieving offensively. short version: Coots is spectacular on the PK and does great at 5v5. He really needs to be yanked from the PP because that's just not working. He's not a top line guy but that sure as hell doesn't mean he isn't useful.
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Matt Zerella posted:Rename the football team to something not racist and they'll probably win 3 cups. Or maybe rename the hockey team to something that IS racist?
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Eric the Mauve posted:Or maybe rename the hockey team to something that IS racist? 🤔🤔🤔
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It's fair to criticize Trotz, but who do you replace him with that's better? You're most likely damaging your coaching situation by letting him go.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:It's fair to criticize Trotz, but who do you replace him with that's better? You're most likely damaging your coaching situation by letting him go. I'll trade AV for Trotz.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:It's fair to criticize Trotz, but who do you replace him with that's better? You're most likely damaging your coaching situation by letting him go. Michel Therrien is available. e: also Dan Bylsma, who may or may not have been born to coach the Washington Capitals Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 02:06 on May 31, 2017 |
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May 31, 2017 02:04
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I don't know that there is a clearly better coaching candidate available for the Caps if they fired Trotz and I question whether any team in the Caps position should be firing a coach unless that's the case, whatever their frustrations.
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DJExile posted:Fancystats breakdown on Couturier He is and always has been a Jordan Staal-lite. That's a fine thing for a player to be but you certainly have to tamp your expectations of that sort of player accordingly. If nothing else his contract is appropriate and he's likely got a long-rear end career in front of him because players of this ilk tend not to break apart/degrade as quickly.
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The Caps were the better team in the 2nd round, I don't know that their history of losing should have people calling for yet another coach's head in this instance. It was a bad beat, but the odds of firing Trotz turning into another Adam-Oates-esque disaster seem higher than the odds of it being a cup-clinching move.
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if holtby hadn't imploded everyone would be talking about how it wasn't until trotz came along that ovie & co. could finally get past the pens and advance to the ECF
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Caps should just make one or two minor adjustments, or small trades. They should go after someone in free agency if they can. Still worth going all in next year.
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:if holtby hadn't imploded everyone would be talking about how it wasn't until trotz came along that ovie & co. could finally get past the pens and advance to the ECF Goalies imploding when they play the Penguins is the just and due payback for the like 3 years across the late Bylsma and Johnston eras when the best goalie in the NHL was whoever happened to be playing the Penguins that particular night
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Eric the Mauve posted:Or maybe rename the hockey team to something that IS racist?
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Eric the Mauve posted:Or maybe rename the hockey team to something that IS racist? After that series vs. Pittsburgh, may I suggest the Washington Honkies?
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Who cares about this year, the odds for next year's Stanley Cup winner are out. https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1310681 Oilers tied with the 2nd best odds at 10-1. Who cares about the team ahead of them or the teams tied with them, the Edmonton Oilers are going to win the Stanley Cup next season. 
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Didn't Darryl Sutter say he was still open to taking another coaching job? Seems like if the Caps wanted to fire Trotz that could potentially work out for them.
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Infidel Castro posted:After that series vs. Pittsburgh, may I suggest the Washington Honkies? I prefer the Washington Crackers. Fulfills a dual purpose of being racist and also illustrating that they crumble under any pressure.
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Kilza posted:Who cares about this year, the odds for next year's Stanley Cup winner are out. https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1310681 I love the teams tied with Colorado.
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Captain Internet posted:I prefer the Washington Crackers. Fulfills a dual purpose of being racist and also illustrating that they crumble under any pressure. 
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Kinda wondering what Calgary intends to do with their goaltending situation. Hoping we avoid Bernier, I don't want to deal with what happened in Toronto. I'd actually prefer Mason, Miller, or Condon.
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https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/869956741643071489 https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/869959331520933890 Yet another team willing to help the Hawks.
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How do they feel about finns?
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May 31, 2017 17:55
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Take Emelin. Please.
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yellowcar posted:Take Emelin. Please. *cuts in front of you on line* GIRARDI!
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Please. Everybody knows that Kris Russell is more desirable than those two. They can sign him to whatever they think is fair!
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