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ThinkTank
Oct 23, 2007

Ginette Reno posted:

Nothing represents the Olympic spirit better than a bunch of racist young kids with no social skills after all.

The Nazis dominated the games once, they're due for a rebound.

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yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

the idea of gamers thinking they're athletes gives me a hearty lol

ThinkTank
Oct 23, 2007

yellowcar posted:

the idea of gamers thinking they're athletes gives me a hearty lol

ftfy

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Once we started considering Phil Kessel an athlete the door was just kicked down.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Aphrodite posted:

Once we started considering Phil Kessel an athlete the door was just kicked down.

listen, he got to where he is now despite how he looks not because of it

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

It doesn't really matter because every single esport "athlete" will fail the drug tests.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

xzzy posted:

It doesn't really matter because every single esport "athlete" will fail the drug tests.

I didn't know adderall was a banned substance

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Aphrodite posted:

Once we started considering Phil Kessel an athlete the door was just kicked down.

:drat:

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together

yellowcar posted:

I didn't know adderall was a banned substance

Not sure about hockey but it's banned in MLB unless you have a "therapeutic use exemption"

DO YALL WANT A BOXC
Jul 20, 2010

HAHA! WOOOOOOO WOOO!
Fun Shoe
if you don't want to see speed-riddled extremely doughy teens click at each other on the big olympic stage then i'm not sure we're the same kind of Sports Fan

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

E-sports people are usually the skinny nerd kind not the fat nerd kind.

Koopa Kid
Aug 21, 2007



Curling owns, fools

Wonderllama
Mar 15, 2003

anyone wanna andreyfuck?
SAS is the e-sportiest of them all.

DO YALL WANT A BOXC
Jul 20, 2010

HAHA! WOOOOOOO WOOO!
Fun Shoe

Aphrodite posted:

E-sports people are usually the skinny nerd kind not the fat nerd kind.

even the skinny ones are doughy. they have the body consistency of dough

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Aphrodite posted:

Hey, they're more of a sport than auto racing, or curling, or football.

t:mad:t

Stiev Awt
Mar 20, 2007


George McPhee, NHL GM

https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/928695621204172800

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

Aphrodite posted:

Hey, they're more of a sport than auto racing, or curling, or football.

All of these things are cool and good in their own way, except when the former's equivalent of a commissioner drastically changes the rules and then tanks viewership and attendance and continues to double down on stupid? :confused:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038



One gets the impression there's a lot details missing here.

The RECAPITATOR
May 12, 2006

Cursed to like terrible teams.

Aphrodite posted:

Once we started considering Phil Kessel an athlete the door was just kicked down.

Some dude on some show said that Kessel can deadlift 500 lbs. I mean ... that's athletic enough.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

The RECAPITATOR posted:

Some dude on some show said that Kessel can deadlift 500 lbs. I mean ... that's athletic enough.

that's a lotta hotdogs....

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together
There's got to be dozens of tubbier dudes than Kessel in baseball

grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!

If Shipachyov retires he doesn't get the money owed on his contract.

ThinkTank
Oct 23, 2007

grack posted:

If Shipachyov retires he doesn't get the money owed on his contract.

He also returned most of his signing bonus. The guy got basically nothing out of coming to the NHL for a month.

quote:

15. Speaking of Anaheim, the Ducks made a legitimate attempt to work out a trade for Vadim Shipachyov, but the bonus repayment issue got in the way. When this is finally resolved, he will retire from the NHL, with the Golden Knights retaining his rights until he’s 35 (similar to Ilya Kovalchuk). He’ll repay most of his $2-million signing bonus and go back overseas. It might be the first time someone’s ever had to do that, but there is pretty clear language about returning money in case of retirement. The price of a potential return was in the neighbourhood of a fifth-rounder.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/31-thoughts-inside-matt-duchene-kyle-turris-blockbuster/

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


ThinkTank posted:

He also returned most of his signing bonus. The guy got basically nothing out of coming to the NHL for a month.


http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/31-thoughts-inside-matt-duchene-kyle-turris-blockbuster/

jesus :psyduck:

ThinkTank
Oct 23, 2007

iospace posted:

One gets the impression there's a lot details missing here.

Well here are a few:

https://twitter.com/JesseGranger_/status/928717616331366400

https://twitter.com/JesseGranger_/status/928718982844002304

McPhee seems like a swell guy.

Habibi
Dec 8, 2004

We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.

The Sharks could be that Champion.

xzzy posted:

Nah my hopes were dashed when my wife pointed out all the corners I missed last time I swept the kitchen.

Missing corners on the ice; missing corners off the ice.

"Missing Corners: The XZZY Story"

Habibi
Dec 8, 2004

We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.

The Sharks could be that Champion.

Aphrodite posted:

E-sports people are usually the skinny nerd kind not the fat nerd kind.

What, did Kessel only kick down half the door?

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
Hot take: Maybe, just maybe, GMGM is incompetent and Shipachyov is a baby.

ElwoodCuse posted:

Not sure about hockey but it's banned in MLB unless you have a "therapeutic use exemption"

Which like two thirds of MLB players do

Gunjin
Apr 27, 2004

Om nom nom
GMGM traded Forsberg for Erat, that’s all that needs to be said in regards to his competency.

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012
McPhee is good

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENIÈRE IN ME
oh you'll learn

Zodijackylite
Oct 18, 2005

hello bonjour, en francais we call the bread man l'homme de pain, because pain means bread and we're going to see a lot of pain this year and every nyrfan is looking forward to it and hey tony, can you wait until after my postgame interview to get on your phone? i thought you quit twitter...

Gunjin posted:

GMGM traded Forsberg for Erat, that’s all that needs to be said in regards to his competency.

This trade is still mind-blowingly terrible in every way.

Slappy Pappy
Oct 15, 2003

Mighty, mighty eagle soaring free
Defender of our homes and liberty
Bravery, humility, and honesty...
Mighty, mighty eagle, rescue me!
Dinosaur Gum
Revisionist history. It wasn’t just Erat. Did you forget about Latta?

:suicide:

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

Odds that Gusev refuses to come over unless McPhee trades him?

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


hurray the flyers

Thufir
May 19, 2004

"The fucking Mayans were right."

Slappy Pappy posted:

Revisionist history. It wasn’t just Erat. Did you forget about Latta?

:suicide:

Latta played more games and scored more goals for the Caps than Erat.

Stiev Awt
Mar 20, 2007


I never want to see Torrey Mitchell on the first line or Joe Morrow in a habs uniform ever again.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Stiev Awt posted:

I never want to see Torrey Mitchell on the first line or Joe Morrow in a habs uniform ever again.

:yossame:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Zucker scored a natural hattie tonight for the Wild.

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Suspicious
Apr 30, 2005
You know he's the villain, because he's got shifty eyes.
Disallowed goals are fun.

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