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Duckman2008 posted:but the Blues are gonna sell whatever they can (hopefully) so you never know. keep hoping buddy, management, ownership, and casual fans have brainworms that think this is just an underperformance issue
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ThinkTank posted:https://twitter.com/TheFourthPeriod/status/1621891102495105027?s=20&t=K0Dvmf38kwlTprc-Vl-Jug 2 thoughts, pretty sure future player development is not it.. 1) digital subscriptions- lots of (globally) rich potential customers who will happily pay for streaming services. 2) sports betting- australia has some of the loosest gambling regulations and combined with a culture of “having a bet” (we have a public holiday for a horse race..) means we will happily invest the kids education fund on whether or not McDavid has an odd or even number of shifts in the 2nd period. It’s obviously part of the new NHL financial model and we can pour some money if given the invitation. Suspect at the moment average gambler here wouldn’t know enough to feel confident betting, perhaps some local games and increased coverage would help.
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Mind_Taker posted:Buffalo really should be looking to add. Probably not all in but making the playoffs should be a big deal for them after years of misery. I’ve seen a lot of speculation about them trying to bring a winger in for the third line because Mittelstadt sucks, or a defenseman because Jokiharju is mediocre (but decent when paired with Power) and Bryson/Lyubushkin is a nightmare pairing. Mostly Bryson, who is small and bad at defense, but Lyubushkin takes penalties at the worst times. When they had Pilut up from Rochester and paired him with Lyubushkin they were decent, but for some reason the team has a sunken-cost fallacy thing with Bryson.
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ThinkTank posted:$8x7 for Miller instead of $8x8 for Bo. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1622327301219164160 8 x $8.5M, which IMO is a little high. that much money wrapped up in Barzal + Horvat seems questionable would still take that over the Miller contract also lol: https://twitter.com/stefen_rosner/status/1622325844008910850
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VOTE1 posted:2 thoughts, pretty sure future player development is not it.. I don't mean they should bring Walker as an inspiration to the children of Perth, he's just an easy PR piece. I'd wager the vast majority of Australians have no idea that they have a countryman playing ice hockey at the highest level. They wouldn't go to Prague without a prominent Czech player, why would they go to Sydney or Melbourne without the only Aussie? Apparently the Canucks will be one of the teams which makes sense as half of the inhabitants of Whistler are from down under.
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I’m not sure many 8 year deals look good for the back half. Don’t think this is going to be the exception. Edit: re walker. Yeah it would make sense, but he’s also not a household name here, which is a notable difference. Who knows maybe he’s going to get traded to whoever is going. VOTE1 fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Feb 5, 2023 |
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Mike_V posted:keep hoping buddy, management, ownership, and casual fans have brainworms that think this is just an underperformance issue I’m not like, a big Armstrong fan, but he’s been pretty consistent on telling when the team sucks. Ownership and fans are def another thing either way. I’ve been in St Louis for like, 7-8 years now, and the fans def do not operate in reality land sports wise. The Athletic’s Blues writer has to field mail bag questions like “why doesn’t St Louis just trade Torey Krug and Barbeshev to Toronto for Nylander and some other dude.” Like, poo poo that just blatantly won’t happen. The issue either way is the team has too many bad contracts and is in cap hell.
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BRAKE FOR MOOSE posted:https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1622327301219164160 Lou  That is too much money tho
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WeaponX posted:Lou He was talking about Bo’s hair
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VOTE1 posted:2 thoughts, pretty sure future player development is not it.. Aussies are easy to get obsessed with sports. I enjoyed playing in Perth's three ice rinks while I lived there, and watching NHL games from 8:30-9:30AM while you could rewind and skip ads easily with nhl.tv, but... 7PM ET is 7AM in Perth half the year and 10AM on the east coast where most people live. Is there really such a bjg market for people betting on live sports in the morning/early afternoon?
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eXXon posted:Aussies are easy to get obsessed with sports. I enjoyed playing in Perth's three ice rinks while I lived there, and watching NHL games from 8:30-9:30AM while you could rewind and skip ads easily with nhl.tv, but... 7PM ET is 7AM in Perth half the year and 10AM on the east coast where most people live. Is there really such a bjg market for people betting on live sports in the morning/early afternoon? Premier league popularity has been up ticking pretty well in the US , and most games are 8am to 10am (and some in the afternoon), so I would say yes.
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eXXon posted:Aussies are easy to get obsessed with sports. I enjoyed playing in Perth's three ice rinks while I lived there, and watching NHL games from 8:30-9:30AM while you could rewind and skip ads easily with nhl.tv, but... 7PM ET is 7AM in Perth half the year and 10AM on the east coast where most people live. Is there really such a bjg market for people betting on live sports in the morning/early afternoon? You can bet from your phone via an app in Australia (something that I didn’t realise some places couldn’t). I can imagine plenty of worksites where guys are betting on morning break. Or lunch break or fuckit, during work. Or just follow a west coast team, I’m in Adelaide and Canucks games start at 1:30.
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BRAKE FOR MOOSE posted:https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1622327301219164160 That's Our Lou!™
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The Canucks are a horribly mismanaged team, but I’m also good not giving Horvat 8.5 x 8 based off of half a great season.
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eXXon posted:Aussies are easy to get obsessed with sports. I enjoyed playing in Perth's three ice rinks while I lived there, and watching NHL games from 8:30-9:30AM while you could rewind and skip ads easily with nhl.tv, but... 7PM ET is 7AM in Perth half the year and 10AM on the east coast where most people live. Is there really such a bjg market for people betting on live sports in the morning/early afternoon? If Aussies liked to drink all the time it might work but alas.
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Duckman2008 posted:Premier league popularity has been up ticking pretty well in the US , and most games are 8am to 10am (and some in the afternoon), so I would say yes. Well that's another thing, there's no shortage of North American sports leagues including two different varieties of footy, why go for the pucky? VOTE1 posted:You can bet from your phone via an app in Australia (something that I didn’t realise some places couldn’t). I can imagine plenty of worksites where guys are betting on morning break. Or lunch break or fuckit, during work. Now I'm vaguely curious how much betting is done during game play and/or by people actually watching the game vs just the scoreboard.
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WeaponX posted:4 drafts in a row, 2013-16. Made the playoffs each year, including the finals. In a story that I think just might maybe be related, the Rangers were terrible from 2018 to 2020.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:committing to nearly a decade to a mediocre team like the Islanders without ever playing a game for them is pretty funny Getting to live in New York and get paid millions of dollars to play hockey sounds like a pretty good deal to me
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Jamwad Hilder posted:committing to nearly a decade to a mediocre team like the Islanders without ever playing a game for them is pretty funny Players almost always sign for the most dollars they can get, and noone is going to give him more than 68 million or get anywhere close. Even a team going to 7x8 is 12 million dollars less.
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Jamwad Hilder posted:committing to nearly a decade to a mediocre team like the Islanders without ever playing a game for them is pretty funny He's a big golfer and didn't want to miss out on those prime April tee times.
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The Dirty Burger posted:Bo is having a great season to be sure but man, it’s his first ppg season ever (at 27) and $8.5mil is a lot to pay your 2C for 8 years He’s going to be their 1c realistically, Barzal is almost definitely going to be moved to wing and they will have Horvat Nelson Pageau Cizikas Up the middle
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https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1622401080406540294 That's actually pretty easy to buyout if they end up needing to down the line.
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If that was the contract Horvat wanted from the Canucks I'm not upset he was traded. They still should've traded JT Miller, though
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.Spec posted:The Kraken just got Jaycob Megna for a song (4th round pick) and this feels like a sneaky good business for someone who can log minutes and costs next to nothing. I keep getting him mixed up with Jayson and being very confused why he has such a glowing profile around the league.
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grack posted:If that was the contract Horvat wanted from the Canucks I'm not upset he was traded. Yeah... Yeah I'd have still taken Bo over Miller though. But preferably neither. We'll never know what really went on last year but I really can't believe there wasn't a decent offer for Miller with like six unusually dominant teams going all-in.
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https://twitter.com/rainbowxvodka/status/1622369070287839233?s=46&t=7sCculVeYp2smNd84LnSKA Sid a proud uncle
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.Spec posted:The Kraken just got Jaycob Megna for a song (4th round pick) and this feels like a sneaky good business for someone who can log minutes and costs next to nothing. This is kind of a nothing trade, but if Justin Schultz is going to be on IR for a while longer it's better than playing Cale Fleury.
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Twin Cinema posted:I am not sure I understand how the Isles are building their team. Sure, they are close to a playoff spot. But, even if they squeak in, what happens next season? they're in a pretty good spot going forward next year they have little cap space but no real significant players that they need to pay. they'll probably lose mayfield but they'll keep everyone else the year after they have to resign sorokin but josh bailey, matt martin and cal clutterbuck all expire after than dobson and romanov are up and nelson's deal expires but so does kyle palmieri's they have no real prospects of note but they're deep at center with horvat, nelson and jg pageau (and maybe barzal and lee in a pinch) and really deep on d with dobson, pelech, pulock and romanov. sorokin is probably the best goalie in the league right now. they don't have any really bad money (palmieri is probably the worst but that deal is moveable). adding depth at wing is the easiest thing to do in the nhl right now all they really need is for barzal or dobson to break out and they're easily a top 5 team in the east
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Lol no. Isles aren’t Flyers bad , but they aren’t great.  I count 9 teams head of them, and Horvat does not make them better than even Caps or Pens. They’re prob still not better than Florida, they’re just lucky Florida hired the most losing coach in NHL history. Could they sneak in this year or next year ? Sure, but it’s not likely and it def still doesn’t mean they’re a top 5 team.
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