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Schremp Howard posted:Everything we see here though is anecdotal or snapshot moments of people watching a singular event. There's no telling if the people who watched Oshie score or watched a random game go on to be NHL fans, and the league doesn't have the evidence to suggest that they do. The fact that they can't capitalize on those moments may be the league's own fault, but it's hard to argue with their standpoint of not wanting to shut down the league for three weeks and not get any monetary benefit from it. I mean I started actually paying attention to hockey specifically because of the 2010 olympics. I watched the best of the best go at it in an awesome show of emotions and skill. And then I started watching the Leafs.
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Why isn't Pastrnak signed yet Jesus Christ Sweeney get it together. Give him whatever the wants.
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The Preds revealed their new road jerseys and I don't think I am crazy about them https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/nashville-predators-show-off-new-adidas-road-uniform/c-290598146
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I can see where star players risking injury in a tournament that does not affect the NHL standings would be a bad idea from an owners perspective. I think if I were an NHL owner I'd want to focus on winning NHL games, which would draw fans to my team specifically, and not olympic medals (or even the WCOH) which may or may not draw new fans to the NHL in general. Having said that I'm not an owner, and as a fan love seeing the best in the world in the olympics. It is pretty lovely we won't get that in 2018 or 2022. But the olympics were fun before they let NHL players in, I'm sure they will be fun again without them, just need to temper my expectations a bit. Also, I may be incorrect here, but in most of the not USA or Canada countries, isn't an Olympic medal more desirable than the Stanley cup? Like kids grow up thinking about scoring the game winner in overtime for a gold medal and not for clinching the cup?
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Thufir posted:The Preds revealed their new road jerseys and I don't think I am crazy about them https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/nashville-predators-show-off-new-adidas-road-uniform/c-290598146 They'll probably look better with the blue shorts to accent.
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Thufir posted:The Preds revealed their new road jerseys and I don't think I am crazy about them https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/nashville-predators-show-off-new-adidas-road-uniform/c-290598146 I like those better than the new home jersey.
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Those preds jerseys look so much goddamn better without the piping it's not even funny
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That looks like a template catalogue children's league jersey.
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Aphrodite posted:That looks like a template catalogue children's league jersey. So... a step up?
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They're boring and ugly, so really just perfect for the Predators.
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hey Weber isn't even on the team anymore
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They seem pretty boring but inoffensive I guess. It feels like they're really wasting a good opportunity, they made a deep playoff run and have probably never been more popular as a team so they come out with a pair of new jerseys that are totally unexciting.
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eXXon posted:They're boring and ugly, so really just perfect for the Predators. bewbies parachute account spotted
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Pornographic Memory posted:They seem pretty boring but inoffensive I guess. It feels like they're really wasting a good opportunity, they made a deep playoff run and have probably never been more popular as a team so they come out with a pair of new jerseys that are totally unexciting. That's on the league and the new Adidas deal more than them, though.
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St Louis is the most unexciting team, city and Catholic saint and they didn't make their jersey super bland.
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Sneak peek at your Canadian olympic team! https://twitter.com/HC_Men/status/894573424965595137 this is gonna be so bad
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They're doing split squads right now so the Olympic roster isn't quite that bad. Not significantly better, but there's at least a couple more guys who had NHL talent at some point in their career.
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the olympics are going to suck it'll be kind of cool if the US just brings a bunch of college kids, though.
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lol Jesse Blacker is an extra on the split-squad team I remember when he was the Leafs Next Great Hope on D according to idiots like Steve Dangle and Jeff Veillette
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corn on the cop posted:Sneak peek at your Canadian olympic team! Wolski is polish tho?
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Wolski is polish tho? Yeah I was just about to ask how this works. I also haven't heard his name in forever, brings back memories.
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Dual citizenship, has played for Canada internationally
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Wolski is polish tho? Dual citizenship and apparently training in the Canadian system makes him ineligible to play for Poland.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:the olympics are going to suck The NCAA would probably disqualify anyone who went because the NCAA sucks
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Wolski moved to Canada when he was 3 years old, played hockey there until he was 20, then played for American NHL teams for eight years before spending the last four years playing for Russian teams in the KHL. He talks about it a bit in this article: http://www.eurolanche.com/article.php?id=1760
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Levitate posted:The NCAA would probably disqualify anyone who went because the NCAA sucks Actually the Olympics are a huge hypocritical hole in the NCAA. They are allowed to collect training stipends and medal bonuses.
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Levitate posted:The NCAA would probably disqualify anyone who went because the NCAA sucks I would think the NCAA would have a boner over the potential for college kids to repeat 1980 (they wouldn't, though).
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in those reddit "top canadian team made of uninvited players" klinkhammer and mcmillan are like option Z. i don't know anything but why couldn't they invite college or juniors players
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Zodijackylite posted:Wolski moved to Canada when he was 3 years old, played hockey there until he was 20, then played for American NHL teams for eight years before spending the last four years playing for Russian teams in the KHL. He talks about it a bit in this article: God drat what a hockey slut.
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Yeah NCAA players have been going to the olympics for decades
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Zodijackylite posted:Wolski moved to Canada when he was 3 years old, played hockey there until he was 20, then played for American NHL teams for eight years before spending the last four years playing for Russian teams in the KHL. He talks about it a bit in this article: The last time I looked up a team with Wolski on it, he had a polish flag by his name so i assumed he played for poland the more you know
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Jamwad Hilder posted:it'll be kind of cool if the US just brings a bunch of college kids, though. This would rule and would be better than the actual normal Olympics, just give us WJC pt. 2 tia
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This year my Olympic sport is going to be Biathlon 
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Handball, guys  e: I know that's summer, start watching it now instead of the Olympics so you're ready for 2020 Teemu Pokemon fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Aug 7, 2017 |
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Jovial Cow posted:Yeah I was just about to ask how this works. I also haven't heard his name in forever, brings back memories. yeah last I heard of him he was busy nearly dying on the ice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuBltcjYewg
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Teemu Pokemon posted:Handball, guys Water polo. You may even get Doc Emrick annoucning!
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Look Around You posted:Water polo. You may even get Doc Emrick annoucning! I've called at least a dozen water polo matches around here and drat if that isn't a much more fun sport to broadcast than I thought it'd be
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