NHL 2017 Pre-Season: HOCKEY IS (almost) BACK!

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Henrik Zetterberg: Dec 7, 2007

Kilza posted:

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/902603641122643968

So an update on Canadian NHL team arena names:
Vancouver: Rogers Arena
Edmonton: Rogers Place
Calgary: Scotiabank Saddledome
Toronto: Scotiabank Arena
Winnipeg: Bell MTS Place
Montreal: Bell Centre
Ottawa: Canadian Tire Centre

None of those have got poo poo on Little Caesars Arena.

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Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Kilza posted:

Montreal: Bell Centre

I like to pretend the habs play in the "belle" center (belle being French for beautiful)...

_{I'm pretty sure "centre" is masculine though, so it wouldn't work....}

# ? Aug 29, 2017 21:54

Rotten Cookies: Nov 11, 2008; gosh! i like both the islanders and the rangers!!! :^)

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# ? Aug 29, 2017 21:54

bushwookie19: Apr 2, 2015

shyduck posted:

Philly's stadium will always be the FU Center to me.

Agreed. That was the best name for a stadium that housed a Philly sports team.

# ? Aug 29, 2017 23:24

Koopa Kid: Aug 21, 2007

Flames apparently gave Tanner Glass a PTO, Canucks extend one to Ryan White.

I'd :lol:

but the Leafs still have Matt Martin making $2M for the next three seasons so

# ? Aug 29, 2017 23:26

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Koopa Kid posted:

Flames apparently gave Tanner Glass a PTO, Canucks extend one to Ryan White.

I'd but the Leafs still have Matt Martin making $2M for the next three seasons so

the Canucks have Derek Dorsett. "Veteran 4th liner" says so much about a player

# ? Aug 29, 2017 23:47

Good Soldier Svejk: Jul 5, 2010

Koopa Kid posted:

Flames apparently gave Tanner Glass a PTO, Canucks extend one to Ryan White.

I'd but the Leafs still have Matt Martin making $2M for the next three seasons so

Eh, at least Martin is a good shot suppression player on top of being a shithead. There are worse ways for a GM to blow $2m.

# ? Aug 29, 2017 23:50

Arabian Jesus: Feb 15, 2008; We've got the American Jesus
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We've got the American Jesus
Overwhelming millions every day

My dream is that the Leafs funnel all the money they make from naming rights into a shell company that purchases the Canadian Tire Centre and renames it Maple Leaf Gardens

e: That Connor Brown contract is a steal

# ? Aug 29, 2017 23:59

Koopa Kid: Aug 21, 2007

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

Eh, at least Martin is a good shot suppression player on top of being a shithead. There are worse ways for a GM to blow $2m.

There was actually a decent amount of discussion over whether or not Martin actually gets defensive results last year amongst the usual Leafs suspects, since the dude visibly sucks.

Results were mixed because defensive stats are still terrible but the gist of it was Martin might be a better suppressor than many 4th liners but he still gets crushed playing against non-grinders, and he's so poor offensively it's hard to see the usefulness anyway because any meagre chances the opposition get are still putting them ahead of his sorry rear end. If you can't suppress better players and the players you can suppress still outshoot you what's the point?

There's absolutely worse 4th liners in the league but given the other players the Leafs have under contract there's still no excuse to play a guy like Martin.

# ? Aug 30, 2017 00:17

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

Henrik Zetterberg posted:

None of those have got poo poo on Little Caesars Arena.

fiscal responsibility v. telecom monopoly v. rogers v. lovely pizza

# ? Aug 30, 2017 00:24

stab: Feb 12, 2003; To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high

Koopa Kid posted:

Flames apparently gave Tanner Glass a PTO, Canucks extend one to Ryan White.

I'd but the Leafs still have Matt Martin making $2M for the next three seasons so

The habs were paying emelin 4.25 million

Let that sink in

Now our massive boat anchor contract for poo poo value is plekanec at 6 mil!!!!

(Weber at least produces something tangible right now)

Fire bergevin

# ? Aug 30, 2017 00:28

Darude - Adam Sandstorm: Aug 16, 2012

No its Karl Alzner.

# ? Aug 30, 2017 00:52

Stiev Awt: Mar 20, 2007

Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:

No its Karl Alzner.

# ? Aug 30, 2017 01:36

Scaramouche: Mar 26, 2001; SPACE FACE! SPACE FACE!

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

Eh, at least Martin is a good shot suppression player on top of being a shithead. There are worse ways for a GM to blow $2m.

Like... Tanner Glass

# ? Aug 30, 2017 01:53

whatis: Jun 6, 2012

the only suppression that happens when martin is on the ice is me suppressing my bile because he makes me want to fuckin puke!!!!

# ? Aug 30, 2017 02:22

Krime: Jul 30, 2003; Somebody has to do the scoring around here.

Matthews should be at the bottom of the list due to his fidget spinner usage.

# ? Aug 30, 2017 03:08

Levitate: Sep 30, 2005; randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENI�RE IN ME

stab posted:

(Weber at least produces something tangible right now)

Not for long

# ? Aug 30, 2017 03:26

LumpyGumby: Feb 22, 2012; "Here's the world famous hockey player sitting in the penalty box for slashing..."
-Snoopy Brown
42g - 65a - 107pts
106gp - 317PIMS

Rene Bourque has borked off to Sweden.

Bork bork bork :sadwave:

# ? Aug 30, 2017 04:04

stab: Feb 12, 2003; To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high

Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:

No its Karl Alzner.

gently caress i had seriously forgotten that one and seared it out of my brain

gently caress

# ? Aug 30, 2017 04:56

Stiev Awt: Mar 20, 2007

LumpyGumby posted:

Rene Bourque has borked off to Sweden.

Bork bork bork

godspeed you goofy looking mook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMlK00M6OYc

# ? Aug 30, 2017 08:12

glynnenstein: Feb 18, 2014

stab posted:

gently caress i had seriously forgotten that one and seared it out of my brain

gently caress

To be fair, Alzner is a big upgrade on Emelin.

Still slow and overpaid, though.

# ? Aug 30, 2017 13:54

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/azc_mclellan/status/902872493362372608

Levitate posted:

Nah sounds like there's some other bullshit being worked around with that

from what i heard they're gonna tear down the theater attached to it

also the caps arena just changed names to almost the cap center/coc

# ? Aug 30, 2017 13:57

CBJSprague24: Dec 5, 2010; another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

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CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Aug 30, 2017

# ? Aug 30, 2017 16:31

Levitate: Sep 30, 2005; randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENI�RE IN ME

Vertical Lime posted:

from what i heard they're gonna tear down the theater attached to it

Yeah it was always a screwy situation because MSG actually owns the land, it's not just something they lease from the city or whoever. The city would have to imminent domain it and theoretically pay out the market cost for a big chunk of real estate in the middle of Manhattan. The city was threatening to not renew the use permit that let's MSG use the arena as a sports stadium, concert venue, etc, but I think most people figured it was political posturing by people who likely wouldn't even be in office by the time the current agreement was up.

Of course Dolan being Dolan they were pushing hard for a permanent use permit and permanent extension of the deal that exempts them from paying taxes on the land (can't remember why they got that tax deal in the first place)

# ? Aug 30, 2017 16:33

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AND WHO DIES

matt martin............................. is good

# ? Aug 30, 2017 16:36

Thufir: May 19, 2004; "The fucking Mayans were right."

Levitate posted:

(can't remember why they got that tax deal in the first place)

About what you would expect

"The tax break has been enshrined in law since 1982, when mayor Ed Koch approved it to keep the Garden's owners from acting on a threatened move to New Jersey."

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/tax-exemption-saves-msg-chairman-dolan-48-5m-fiscal-yr-article-1.2589753

# ? Aug 30, 2017 16:54

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

Oh I was just joking about how many different actual buildings it's been.

There's some drama about their permits?

# ? Aug 30, 2017 16:56

yellowcar: Feb 14, 2010

Thufir posted:

About what you would expect

"The tax break has been enshrined in law since 1982, when mayor Ed Koch approved it to keep the Garden's owners from acting on a threatened move to New Jersey."

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/tax-exemption-saves-msg-chairman-dolan-48-5m-fiscal-yr-article-1.2589753

That's not much of a threat at all.....

# ? Aug 30, 2017 16:57

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

i mean back then moving to jersey was a bigger deal than now (the giants did it, the jets were about to do it, etc)

also we had this discussion already about how that's why they're the designated road team during outdoor games in the city

Vertical Lime fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Aug 30, 2017

# ? Aug 30, 2017 17:25

Levitate: Sep 30, 2005; randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENI�RE IN ME

Aphrodite posted:

Oh I was just joking about how many different actual buildings it's been.

There's some drama about their permits?

There was a push to make Penn Station pretty again which would mean tearing down MSG and building a fancy pants building there again. It seems to have been more about "Penn Station used to be so pretty we should make it that way again!" rather than increasing capacity for the trains which is apparently the real issue.

So some city politicians only extended the use permit for 10 years instead of indefinitely like MSG wanted and were making a bunch of noise about forcing MSG to move, but that died down and I think they're just workign around it at this point

# ? Aug 30, 2017 17:33