NHL N/V March: Pull My Finger

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Gio: Jun 20, 2005

would i be right in assuming holland is a cheap date? bc i have a feeling he couldve gotten more than that for vanek.

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Gio: Jun 20, 2005

alex ovechkin delivered papa johns

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...m=.1a322cbe05d3

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 15:49

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

i dont understand the meaning of the word "shook" the way she used it.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 16:28

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

yellowcar posted:

congrats, you're old http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shook

no i know the slang. its just i didnt know you could get shook because youre an embarassed teenager. usually shook means youre a pussy.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 17:43

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7mekhFTrXM

still relevant

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 18:23

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

that's what they did after the lockout. it was a loving gong show of penalties.

crazy thought: i like hockey the way it is.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 18:37

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

can we get a rule that says ken holland cant be a GM?

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 18:38

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

iospace posted:

*monkey's paw finger curls up, and Ken Holland becomes the owner of the Wings*

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 18:45

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

Spring Break My Heart posted:

In 05-06 there were close to 12 power plays a game. This year it's close to 6. What if there were numbers in between 6 and 12!?

And anyways 05-06 was the best regular season of all time.

how do you expect to achieve that?

Slappy Pappy posted:

Easy. Just make goalies out of titanium. OR make pucks out of pressed ham.

wouldnt work. phil kessel would eat the puck every game.

Gio fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Mar 8, 2017

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 18:48

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

nhl penalty quotas, right.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 18:52

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

im fine with calling more but post-lockout was dumb. whoever disagrees is dumb.

also if nothing changed im fine with hockey the way it is. the obsession with increasing scoring is also dumb.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 19:02

Gio: Jun 20, 2005

ThinkTank posted:

Sure, the NEW NHL officiating got annoying, but surely there's a happy medium between "call everything" and "call nothing?"

As for increasing scoring, what's the harm? Every other major sports league has realized that people like offence way more than the defensive side of things and have actively worked to promote it. The last few seasons have seen more touchdowns per game in the NFL in any era since the 60s. The NBA is consistently averaging over 100pts per game for the first time since Jordan was at his height. At the same time, both sports are seeing an unparalleled surge in popularity. It's not like it's being driven by big markets either. The best teams in Basketball are from Cleveland and San Francisco right now. They just score a bunch and people like that.

Why wouldn't you increase offence? There's literally no downside that I can see.

more goals/points doesnt automatically translate to more excitement. (baseball I will make an exception for because gently caress is that a boring game.) it's more the anticipation and suspense that one is about to happen that's exciting. i mean yeah you dont want scoring super suppresed which is why im fine with calling more interference penalties, but some of the best games i can recall have been low scoring games.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 19:17