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The continued emergence of Radek Faksa brings me great joy. We kind of hit on a 1st rounder! https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/837500474936942594
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We got Philly off their streak too. Things didn't go great for a bit after that, either.
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santanotreal posted:What? Most nets are NHL standard. A bigger NHL standard would make the old nets not standard. Pretty simple. xzzy posted:Don't need to make nets bigger anyways. Do something decisive about goalie pads first. Distributing force is not that easy, even for modern materials.
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Mar 8, 2017 18:13
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xzzy posted:Pucks aren't THAT fast. I've taken some decent slappers off my shin guards and felt nothing. No that does not equate to NHL experience but it's not like pucks are hitting supersonic speeds. You have zero context for taking a 100+ mph slapshot. I don't either, but spreading out that force with a smaller surface area and less room to crumple (smaller pads) is an intrinsically harder problem. You need extended time of impact to distribute force, and big fluffy pads do that. Cut the surface area, and you take more of the force of impact at once. Sure you could try and spread that impact to more surface area on the goalie's body itself, but that's not a "add some gel" fix Get rid of the blue lines, IMO. You wanna rover, whatever. You're taking liberties with your own defense.
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Mar 8, 2017 18:26
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shyduck posted:Would there still be offsides via the red line or is it just anything goes, park a guy at the opposing net at all times? No blue lines, no offsides. Keep icing, frozen changes, and don't allow timeouts. You got too frisky throwing fast forwards at the net for breakouts? Too loving bad. I don't like bigger nets or smaller pads because they aren't the issue in 2017. You have to make it harder for defenders covering the net to block. Since NHL owners won't want to make rinks bigger because that means less seats, eliminate the blue line standup & collapse play.
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Mar 8, 2017 18:54
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Gio posted:also if nothing changed im fine with hockey the way it is. the obsession with increasing scoring is also dumb. This is the correct answer imo
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Mar 8, 2017 19:05
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Consistent penalty calling will never happen as long as a ref doesn't want to completely kill a game with special teams. When they did, post lockout, it was terrible.
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Mar 8, 2017 19:07
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Spring Break My Heart posted:We're at the point right now where goalies are pretty replaceable; the trade value of a starter calibre goalie is pretty low, the value of a goalie prospect even lower, and I would think they're a fair bit back on salary but I wouldn't be sure. I would hope no one buys goaltenders as the most integral part of a hockey team because that doesn't really bare out. And anyways, it's not like a leaguewide drop in save percentage would hurt goaltender salaries if there were still an appropriate separation between the best and the worst, which could just as easily go up with smaller equipment. I think a big problem for the perceived value of goalies now is you there are a lot of guys you can pick up off the scrap heap who perform pretty well. Dubie was cheap because of idiocy and Bishop was cheap because of the expansion draft. Above average goalies are still drat pricey.
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Flocons de Jambon posted:They should go back to full power plays instead of ending them after a goal. That's my hot take for increasing scoring. I don't want to see 3rd vs. 3rd every 5v5 draw either, which is what would happen here.
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Mar 8, 2017 19:37
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Brendan Morrow invited a local TV crew to cover his post career CTE treatment. The video is a rough watch, but a good story on this topic. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/03/09/retired-dallas-stars-captain-battling-brain-injury/
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Mar 10, 2017 13:41
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Starsfan posted:I honestly don't understand why the entire hockey community unites behind Jim Nill. "Give him another chance!" I think he gets one coach but I can hear every argument that the evaluation between last season and this one is a fireable offense. I don't want it, but I wouldn't dislike it.
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Mar 15, 2017 05:23
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While it's nice they're covering the cost of the Niemi buyout for us I ask that the Wild steal their own history fair and square. https://twitter.com/mnwild/status/846814675803136001
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Mar 28, 2017 21:21
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Spring Break My Heart posted:I wish they would just go back to the North Stars name. I don't think it's any more confusing than having the Blues and Blue Jackets or Reds and Red Sox and they have to get rid of the Wild name. I don't really find that metaphor applicable, but whatever. Happy to count the money, good for HRR.
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Mar 29, 2017 00:05
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Sharks or Preds vs Leafs please. Really anybody but Minnesota.
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Mar 29, 2017 16:15
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There are no clean NHL teams because the NHL actively rewards dirty players. If you disagree, Steve Ott still has a job, so you are incorrect.
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Mar 29, 2017 17:52
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Citizen Tayne posted:When the rest of the league takes liberties with your stars on the regular, I'd say there's nothing wrong with calling up a big man on occasion to protect him. In the past I think this is true but there's as many fights and cheap shots after clean hits as there are dirty ones. There's no "code" there's just mad and madder. There was never respect before, and there sure as gently caress isn't now.
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Mar 29, 2017 18:02
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Mike_V posted:Joe Thornton is a pretty underrated dirty player It did lead to this classic, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MazB6ARr_o8
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Scaramouche posted:Who was the first beach ball gif? I wanna say Cloutier Yep. But that one's not my favorite.
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