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I hope PK scores a goal, because Montreal will cheer for him, and I will begrudgingly admit that Habs fans can be kind of ok
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:So even considering a nightmare scenario where Murray is the one that has to go, Vegas still wouldn't get him. There are enough teams out there to stoke a bidding war and the Pens would get a decent, if not fair-value return. In no scenario does Vegas get Murray for free. The expansion draft takes place before trading can resume.
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Mar 4, 2017 18:33
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Pornographic Memory posted:I thought the trade deadline was only the end of the period in which you could trade players and have them still be eligible to participate in the playoffs, and that actually you can trade year round except for the Christmas roster freeze? Yeah, actually, I think thats true. Sucks for Vegas, then.
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Mar 4, 2017 19:41
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do you know who has the most points in the NHL since January 1? That's right, the wonderful Brad Marchand. 22 goals and 17 assists in 28 games. Also he's tied for second in the NHL in scoring which still surprises me every time I look at it (unrelated, Pittsburgh with two 70 point players already is stupid). Really glad he signed his contract last summer.
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Mar 9, 2017 13:28
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having a beer at lunch doesn't really seem that weird to me
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Mar 9, 2017 17:57
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I don't understand what's going on with Ottawa.
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Mar 12, 2017 17:43
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corn on the cop posted:A six-game win streak, four over the powerhouse teams of Dallas, Arizona, and Colorado I meant more, like, their entire season
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Mar 12, 2017 17:46
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El Gallinero Gros posted:How do you guys feel about this draft class? I'm not sure how I feel about it. A lot of people are saying it's a weak class but I think a lot of that is because 2013-2016 were all relatively strong drafts with multiple guys who were rightfully pegged as being impact NHL players. The best guy this year is someone who would have gone somewhere around 10th in last year's draft, which isn't bad when you think about it. I think there are definitely some interesting prospects out there (I'm really interested to see what happens with Kailer Yamamoto for example) but it's a down year, which I suppose had to come along eventually.
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Mar 13, 2017 13:26
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Ginette Reno posted:You think Nolan Patrick would have gone 10th last year? I sincerely doubt that. 6 ft 3 and scored 100 points last year. He'd have easily been top 5. You're right, now that I think about it I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the consensus among scouts is he would have been somewhere in the 5-10 range if he was eligible last year. 100% behind Matthews, Laine, Puljujarvi, and DuBois, and you could make a case for the other guys in that range, like Tkachuk or Nylander, over him too.
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Mar 13, 2017 13:56
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Spring Break My Heart posted:There's a decent chance that no one hits 40 this year. I think Crosby will. 6 in the next 15 games seems reasonable. He might be the only one though. I could see Marchand, Tarasenko, or Malkin getting there too, but they all need 8. Malkin and Marchand have been so good lately though that I could see them pulling it off. Haven't seen enough of Laine to say either way. I don't think anyone else with 30+ goals will make it.
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Mar 13, 2017 21:18
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remember when we had the "Is Mika Zibanejad a 70 point player in the current NHL?" argument during the offseason? I mean I know he got hurt, but lol
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Mar 13, 2017 21:23
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Spelling Mitsake posted:I would say Pacioretty has a good chance too. yeah I guess 7 in 13 is pretty doable considering he has 18 in his last 32 (since Jan 1). I haven't see the Habs recently though, I was basing him not hitting 40 on how they weren't a very offensive team for large stretches of the season.
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Mar 13, 2017 21:33
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JoelJoel posted:He was on pace (more or less) until the injury and never seems to have hit his stride since coming back. I continue to maintain that he's a very good player but not a bonafide NHL star
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Ok now i think Marchand is definitely hitting 40
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Mar 14, 2017 05:50
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I don't think Alzner is as terrible as a lot of Caps fans do, but he definitely compares unfavorably to almost everyone else on the Caps defense. Hard to say if he'd do better somewhere else. He's kind of slow and he doesn't score for poo poo, but he's not necessarily a liability either. Overall he's probably a perfectly fine second pairing guy, especially if you can pair him with someone to make up for his deficiencies like the Caps did with Carlson and Niskanen . Either way, my guess is that someone will give him way too much money this offseason - especially if the Caps actually go on a decent run this year. Some of the things he's actually good at is stuff people hype in the playoffs like blocking shots, killing penalties, etc.
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Mar 15, 2017 18:40
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Seems like all the rivalries now are pretty boring, to be honest. You have games that get a bit chippier than normal I guess, but nothing like the hate of the 90s rivalries (especially Detroit-Colorado). I think fans tend to buy into it being ~The Rivalry~ or whatever more than the players. I mean, for me at least, even Bruins-Habs hasn't felt like a real rivalry for years now. 2011 was probably the last time, I think. We had that February game with the line brawl (and Thomas and Price fighting), Chara breaking Pacioretty's neck, and the playoff series that went to game 7 OT. You could tell the team's genuinely disliked each other. Now we have dumb poo poo like "Marchand and Gallagher are pals during the summer" - what a thrilling rivalry. I wonder how much of it has to do with the addition of the salary cap as well? Used to be teams could theoretically keep the same team forever if they could afford to. I think having the same rosters, more or less, each year helps fuel the fire since you get a lot of the personal rivalries that develop over the years. Hard for that to happen now when players bounce around the league a bit more often. The game not being as violent really dampens the rivalry spirit too although, as mentioned, that's definitely better for the players. Jamwad Hilder fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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Mar 15, 2017 20:33
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It's very weird to me that there are only two teams in the entire NHL with multiple 30 goal scorers. Especially since one of them is Boston. Actually there are only 13 players in the entire league with 30+ goals
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I wish the Bruins still had Lucic. Hes overpaid as hell, but I miss him.
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Pungry posted:Alright, this doesn't matter, but I don't understand why the Caps are above the Jackets in the standings. The Jackets have equal ROW with them and more overall wins. What are the tiebreakers? It's because the Caps have a better goal differential. Tiebreakers: 1) Games played/points % - Identical 2) Number of ROW - Identical 3) Who has earned the most points in games between the tied clubs. If two clubs are tied, and have not played an equal number of home games against each other, points earned in the first game played in the city that had the extra game shall not be included. Columbus is 2-1-0 against the Capitals, but has had two home games to the Capitals one, so they're considered 1-1 against each other for the purposes of tiebreaking. 4) Goal differential. Caps are +69, Columbus is +64 5) flip a coin Jamwad Hilder fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Mar 20, 2017 |
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Mar 20, 2017 15:17
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HappyHippo posted:Actually of the two games that count, Washington lost one in overtime and won one in regulation, so they have more points on those two games and that's why they're ahead. I think. Oh yeah, if the Caps got an extra point out of their second loss in Columbus then that's the reason why.
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Mar 20, 2017 15:30
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Charlie McAvoy and Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson are both expected to turn pro after the NCAA season ends. McAvoy is definitely good enough to play on the Bruins right now. Not as sure about JFK but he's a really interesting prospect too.Ginette Reno posted:Yeah people are making fun of the Atlantic a little too much. You know one of those teams is gonna go on a bullshit run now and then get swept by the Hawks. If Tampa Bay makes the last wild card spot it would not surprise me in the least to see them run the Eastern Conference and make it to the finals again.
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Mar 20, 2017 16:04
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Aphrodite posted:I remember seeing on NESN JFK had the majority of his 13 goals this year in like one week of games in January. Without that his stats aren't that impressive. True but a hat trick vs Union, two vs UMass, and a goal in both games of a back to back against Boston College could just as easily tell me that he plays well in big games! Edit: I think he has what it takes to be a good bottom 6 NHL player, like a PJ Axelsson type (I miss u PJ), but he should probably stick to college. I don't know that he could even play top-6 in Providence yet. Jamwad Hilder fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Mar 20, 2017 |
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Mar 20, 2017 18:46
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it's seriously funny to see leafs fans say that was "the best game all season" since that was like...a regular rear end hockey game. i'm glad you guys have a not-lovely team now.
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Mar 21, 2017 13:15
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I'm not going to say anything nice about the Leafs because I want to be ahead of the game when everyone decides they hate them for being good in the next 2 or 3 years.
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Hand Knit posted:Actually that was a kick rear end intense regular season game between two teams fighting for playoff positioning. They haven't had any regular season games like that since the "can the offence be better than Raycroft/Toskala is bad" era. I honestly didn't think it was anything special. It was a bit chippier than usual and the goaltending was above average. It was a good game, but "best game of the year" is laughable.
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Mar 21, 2017 15:50
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The best game so far was Caps-Penguins that ended like 8-7 or something, in OT, with fuckin 9 goals in the second period. The second best is when the Caps took a big dump on Columbus' winning streak.
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Mar 21, 2017 16:07
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I think you should either win or lose and it doesn't matter how you won or lost. No loser points.
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Mar 21, 2017 16:52
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ties are fine. sometimes neither team is the best.
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Mar 21, 2017 19:48
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Powershift posted:Basically the worst thing to have ever happened was the gold medal game in the world juniors being decided by a shootout. actually that ruled because Canada lost
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Mar 21, 2017 19:59
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I don't want the Jackets to get a cup before the Capitals do. Mostly I would really just like OV to get a cup. Assuming the Bruins don't make the playoffs/are already eliminated.
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I think the playoff teams we have now are the ones we're going to end up with. The West is pretty much set and in the East the Islanders are the only ones who might sneak in, over either Toronto or Boston depending on how their last few games go. Tampa was looking hot for a while but I think they're too far back now.
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Mar 23, 2017 13:56
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the Bruins are gonna blow it down the stretch and miss the playoffs ha ha. I'll still be a fan, but jeez. I'd be happier if they were clearly NOT a playoff team because being this weird, frustrating, bubble team for the last few years has not been a whole lot of fun to watch.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Does anybody know why Calgary wasn't more patient with Daniel Tkaczuk? I was looking at his profile on hockeydb and he had 11 pts in 19 games as a 21/22 yr old, which seems decent to me. What gives? They traded him for Roman Turek after like 20 reasonably productive games. Weird. 11 points in 19 would be great from a prospect now, but I don't think it was particularly impressive for the late 90s/early 2000s. I mean, Jagr had 121 points the year you're talking about, for example. Also, if you look at the Flames roster that year, it seems like they had a lot of young talent (Savard and Iginla both 23) and he probably seemed expendable.
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Drunk Canuck posted:Slashes to the middle of a stick happen. Slashes to the top where a players hands usually are aren't. uhhh
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ha ha Rask is out tonight so the Bruins are definitely going to lose, and probably miss the playoffs again this year Also, regarding Hart Chat: barring a huge surge by Marchand, Kane, or Burns - it'll go to Crosby or McDavid. There are some other top 10 scoring guys who I don't think will get votes for stupid reasons (Backstrom, Kucherov, and Scheifele) so I'm not even going to count them. I don't think Bobrovsky will get it even though he's having a really good year. He's probably got the Vezina locked up though. Jamwad Hilder fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Mar 25, 2017 |
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I wonder if McAvoy is going to sign with the Bruins before the game tomorrow night. On one hand it's kind of a bad time of the year, considering the Bruins current circumstances, to add a rookie defenseman. On the other hand, Charlie McAvoy is really loving good.
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Mar 27, 2017 13:54
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Wheeler and Turris turned out pretty good! Just not for the Coyotes.
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Some of those teams look like they could be good enough to not be in last place.
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ThinkTank posted:The Raiders will arrive in three years, time with a fully fleshed out roster. Expansion teams since 1991 (the Sharks) have averaged 57pts in their first season, 56pts in their 2nd season and 68pts in their third. It takes them an average of 4.77 years to make the playoffs for the first time. If the Knights don't get going quickly, fan interest is going to vanish and the NFL is going to take all those eyeballs (I mean it will anyways, but 100%, not just 98%). I think this fear, which I've seen a bit since the Raiders thing was announced, is a little unfounded. The NFL and the NHL aren't really direct competitors for viewers. Will the Raiders be more popular? Definitely. They also only play once a week, and typically during the day. Most weeks there are going to be 2-4 nights when the only pro team in action is the Knights, so I don't think Vegas fans will abandon the hockey team as soon as the Raiders come to town. If Vegas was getting a NBA team I'd be a lot more worried about it, since the nature of the NBA and NHL schedules puts them in direct competition with each other moreso than football. ThinkTank posted:That's not saying much when you're in a division with Arizona and Vancouver. yeah I guess that's true. They could end up with Nolan Patrick or Nico Hischier too if they're lucky.
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Well sure, there are only 600k people in the city of Las Vegas itself, but the metro area in total is quite a bit larger. I want to say at it's least 2 million people, so on par with cities like Pittsburgh, Columbus, San Jose, or Nashville, with the added bonus of millions and millions of tourists.
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