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ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together
Yeah the division champs are determined by regular season only.

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ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together

Zelamir posted:

glad to have a sport that doesn't hide player personalities a ton!

Unfortunately this is completely not true. Hockey players are the absolute worst interviews in all of sports. And on the rare occasion somebody does do something interesting or cool or fun, the establishment comes down on him hard.

Quick example off the top of my head: the old-school fools were INCENSED after this beautiful goal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-a-XPZqYIw

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together
Connor McDavid might make the Sabres more interesting to watch but it will take a lot of time and help for him to make them good

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together

Pornographic Memory posted:

Is "what the gently caress is wrong with Marc-André Fleury?" a good enough question for this thread because I would very much like to know.

No it's not a good question because first you should ask "how come Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin can't score in the playoffs anymore"

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together

WoodrowSkillson posted:

Forever ago in the thread, but Datsyuk is still a Russian citizen who is actively involved in stuff over in Russia, and right now it is not exactly wise to publicly speak out against Russia's policies, especially as a public figure. He may very well be just as vile as Putin's policies are, but there is some context here beyond "Datsyuk hates gay people"

Bullshit there is. Ovechkin and Malkin, for example, basically dodged the question when it came up. Datsyuk was asked about his Red Wings teammate opposing the law and came right out and said "I'm Orthodox, you figure it out".

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together

Y-Hat posted:

Speaking of the Panthers, what are the chances that they moe to Quebec? I'd like to say that they're pretty good because the owners want $80 million from Broward County towards their arena for no reason, but I've also heard that NBC doesn't really want another Canadian team. Plus there's the perception that Bettman wants to keep teams in the Sun Belt, but I get the feeling that's an exaggeration.

The Panthers are a tax writeoff for one of the most profitable concert venues in the country. They aren't moving. The next team to move will be the Coyotes, who have an out clause in their lease if their losses exceed a certain amount after 5 years.

The Bettman/Sun belt thing IS a lie, the Thrashers got sent to Winnipeg pretty fast because it was clear that no one wanted to spend any money, public or private, to keep them in Atlanta.

The fight for the Coyotes was because (1) their owner tried to circumvent the league by selling the team in bankruptcy court, which the NHL successfully blocked, and (2) Glendale is willing to keep giving them free money so of course the league is going to bleed that dry first.

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ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together
Sidney Crosby didn't touch it in 08 but did in 09 and they won. Mark Messier touched it in 1994.

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