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i am the bird posted:What fine colors and logo would you recommend for a privileged man who has never started the playoffs without being able to watch his own team? This is just my two cents, but my plan was to root for Minnesota if Calgary didn't make it as they're a likable franchise and they have some really talented guys and may go far
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Wasn't that Florida's strategy the year they made the finals?
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Apr 13, 2017 16:21
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Paulocaust posted:Listen, I'm not saying that the ref last night instantly gave the caps a bullshit 5 on 3 to even up the game, tried to call off a goal for a "player being in the crease" like it was 1997 and didn't give the Leafs a single PP after the first 5 minutes because he has an inherent bias or was paid off. The trip was blatant. Suck it up.
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Apr 14, 2017 15:49
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Habibi posted:I can't recall the specific game, but I was at one of the Sharks/Avs playoff games in the early 2000s that the Sharks lost pretty handily, and there was a solitary Avs fan in our section who would stand up, doff his hat to reveal a Getzlafesque head of hair, and take a bow after each Colorado goal. The third time this happened, a handful of dudes got the entire section chanting "ROOOO-GAAAAAAINE" at him. Does that count? Nice. That's how you gently caress with opposing team fans without being a violent shithead.
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Apr 14, 2017 17:12
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Troy Queef posted:The best part of the Leafs winning is this: https://twitter.com/djheatdc/status/851800440635355137 I have never rooted for the Leafs so hard in my life. gently caress Chris Brown. I wonder if the Leafs twitter is taking crazy abuse like some people have for tweeting negative stuff about Brown's abusive behaviour. Schlesische posted:They're totally getting swept by the Ducks again, hth. We need either better goaltending or better defence to stop their star players. Getzlaf in particular seems to dominate against Calgary. He scored the game winner in GM2 and had 2 points in game 1 (and scoered the firts goal of the series in GM 1). Damnation. I feel like Calgary really isn't that far from being good, we just need that push that a new acquisition could offer. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Apr 16, 2017 |
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Apr 16, 2017 15:42
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Call Your Grandma posted:You can tell who the playoff posters are when people start blaming things on Toronto's awful goaltending. Andersen's been great all year. He started out really poorly, actually. And at least one of the goals he let in during Game 1 was soft as gently caress (the first one wasn't his fault, though).
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Apr 16, 2017 16:36
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MY NIGGA D-LINK posted:MAF has 375 career wins and 2 cups. Chris Osgood has 401 wins and 3 cups, nobody would confuse him for a good goalie. In fact, that's basically what Fleury is: a present-day Osgood.
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Apr 16, 2017 20:08
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Top Hats Monthly posted:Oh yeah. Plus Corson, Hawerchuk, and Courtnall. I think that team failed because their goaltending wasn't so hot (Fuhr, a washed up Jon Casey and Bruce Racine). Injuries slowed them down somewhat, also.
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Apr 17, 2017 00:12
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Even if you think Polak sucks, and he kinda does, the Leafs sure as poo poo don't have the depth to replace him. But if that guy seriously thinks Gardiner is worse than Polak, he's an idiot. Then again, he does work for the Sun.
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Apr 17, 2017 04:37
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Even if the Caps rally, the Leafs would have to get smoked like 8-0 in all 3 wins for them to have any shame about losing at this point.
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Apr 18, 2017 05:18
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Kilza posted:Flames are one game away from being eliminated despite the refs best efforts to give them tonight's game. The Ducks kept getting penalized last night because Korbinian Holzer is terrible but keeps getting minutes, not because of some grand conspiracy. You've also been on something like 15 PP's in 3 games, maybe you keep getting penalized because your team is mediocre and can't stop Monahan. If you need OT to polish a team full of young guys who haven't peaked like Calgary, with that many PP's, the problem isn't the refs. Win with some grace, dude. Like the league or the refs give a gently caress who advances in this series. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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Apr 18, 2017 16:23
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CBJSprague24 posted:I like teammates standing up for teammates. Jared Boll holding Jordin Tootoo accountable when he took liberties with Jason Chimera and Jan Hejda in the previous CBJ/NSH game or Matt Calvert taking on Rick Nash after Nash blasted Steve Moore probably disagrees.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:34
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in his first game back to Columbus. Neither were especially dirty fights, just "You have wronged my fellow hockeyman and now we shall be punchmans for a moment".
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CBJSprague24 posted:I guess I should've clarified there's a line between what I described (in which nobody gets anything beyond a scrape or sore knuckles, which I'm OK with) and somebody getting run like Steve Moore or this: He loving hit him with a Lariat!
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Apr 18, 2017 18:49
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The Golden Man posted:The sad thing about being an old hockey fan is theres no video of the sickest poo poo from forever ago like when Steve Smith speared some flame so hard it ruptured his spleen I prefer the video of him scoring on himself accidentally and ruining any chance of his team winning the game and series.
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Apr 18, 2017 19:55
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The Golden Man posted:There's a whole chapter about that too and he went all fuckin inspirational and buddhist and poo poo after It was cool of Gretzky to hand him the cup first the next time they won it, probably meant a lot to Smith.
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Apr 18, 2017 20:07
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myron cope posted:Is Mark Streit hurt? Or is he healthy scratched? Healthy scratch, which I don't get at all. Like why trade for him if you're gonna do this. Especially when your D corps is the walking drat wounded. He's been scratched all 4 games, too.
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Apr 19, 2017 19:19
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Spring Break My Heart posted:Pleasantly surprised they went with Hedman instead of Keith/Suter/Weber. Suter would have been fine, IMO, but agreed on the other two.
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Apr 21, 2017 19:49
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Kilza posted:Man, seeing the quotes (or gamesmanship) that are coming from the Sharks in this series is fun: Perhaps the implication is that the Oilers played like poo poo? They only had 23SOG, took a load of penalties and went 0/4 on the PP themselves.
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Apr 22, 2017 21:21
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shyduck posted:I watched every second live of the 5OT Flyers/Pens game in 2000. Ended around 2:30am. I was 16 at the time, so the lack of sleep wasn't as big of a deal going to school that morning. Plus everyone else was tired too, so it worked out. Underrated goalie too, IMO.
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Apr 25, 2017 02:06
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Mr. Kite posted:I would be thoroughly pleased with six of the eight remaining teams winning the Cup. I would find it irksome but still kinda neat if the Ducks won. I would absolutely hate it if the Penguins won. I want Predators vs the Sens, but that seems wildly unlikely.
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Apr 25, 2017 05:34
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Don't you have to suit up for at least one playoff contest?
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Apr 25, 2017 06:37
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It's sweet that they think Calgary had a shot. I mean the games were close but winning in 6 would have been sorta impressive. I also didn't know Adnan Virk worked for ESPN.
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Apr 26, 2017 16:09
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So this happened last night https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/857411247712718848 Guy who made original comment backpedaled of course
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Apr 27, 2017 16:43
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Also the next decent bodycheck Letang takes could end his career. Subban's missed 42 games in 8 seasons.
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Apr 27, 2017 16:44
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Ginette Reno posted:The tweeting that goes on when the Cards lose in the playoffs is spectacular. poo poo, they dogpiled Dexter Fowler, AFTER HE SIGNED WITH THEM, because he spoke out about a police brutality case.
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Apr 27, 2017 16:48
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Not surprisingly, Eric Staal has a concussion from his scary tumble into the boards https://www.nhl.com/news/wild-eric-staal-feels-better-after-concussion/c-289083412
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Apr 27, 2017 17:02
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Aphrodite posted:Either way, neither of them is Adam Larsson good. He's worth at least one Taylor Hall!
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Apr 27, 2017 19:20
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Zeeman posted:Maybe this will get Melnyk to cut his losses and sell the team (please) You say this but then he'll end up selling to like, Brian Mulroney or something
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Apr 28, 2017 21:09
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Seems like this thread wants the Preds almost universally if their team has been eliminated.
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May 8, 2017 18:45
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ThinkTank posted:The 95-96 Red Wings had 131 points in a time before the shootout. That's one off the record set by the 76-77 Canadiens. They also narrowly avoided getting eliminated by St.Louis and needed 6 games to dust off 8th seed WInnpeg, and they didn't even make the cup finals.
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May 9, 2017 15:41
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Yeah, full stop, if you didn't win the cup, you ain't in the argument.
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May 9, 2017 15:44
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Schlesische posted:For real, the question of best team ever ever is between the ?76-77? Montreal Canadiens, one of those ridiculous mid-80s Oilers teams and the 01-02 Red Wings. For the Oilers, I say it's the 83-84 squad. NHL team record for goals. Only 4 losses in the playoffs total, 3 of which were to a very game and motivated Flames team. 119 pts in the season standings. 3 players in the top 10 scoring. Win the Conn Smythe, Ross, Hart, Lester B.Pearson, and Clarence Campbell Trophy (they'd have won the President's Trophy but it wasn't a thing back then), and the Cup, natch. Oh, and Gretzky's 51 point scoring streak, and his 4th higest pt total. Coffey scores 40 goals, and is one of 4 40 goal scorers on the team, 3 of whom score more than 50. Glenn Anderson falls one point short of giving them 5 100 point guys. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 15:58 on May 9, 2017 |
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May 9, 2017 15:53
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Schlesische posted:This is the point where it's semantics. You can't really compare through eras. Yeah if those 80's Oilers team have a glaring weakness it's that their goaltending is the shits. I think Grant Fuhr is the most overrated goalie ever, quite possibly. To be fair, goaltending in the 80's in general sucked, there's a reason the Habs won 2 cups with Roy, his numbers may seem average by today's standards but back then he was considered elite. His #'s in Colorado even blow his Montreal #'s sky high. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 16:05 on May 9, 2017 |
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flakeloaf posted:Wade Belak was a fairly high profile guy. I didn't even know that Montador had retired, much less died, until I'd read about it. Belak is nowhere close to as big of a star as some of the NFL guys who have had their lives ruined or even ended by CTE, though. People like Junior Seau, Mike Webster, Pat WIllis....they were all Pro Bowlers, and were greatly affected by CTE. Plus there have been stories in the AP of High School football players committing suicide because of it. Hockey players need somebody of like, Messier magnitude to step forward and it seems unlikely right now. Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Grant Fuhr worked because the Oilers could always outscore the other team, no matter how many they gave up Oh most, certainly. But I think he might be the least deserving Vezina winner ever. Of the 12 goalies who got Vezina votes, he had the 2nd worse SV% and 3rd worse GAA. And he not only won but ran away with it because he won 40 games.
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Suspicious posted:Sure, if PK wins the Conn Smythe. Co-signed, I'd be so happy for the guy if that happened. Also, gently caress the Habs.
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CBJSprague24 posted:PAS: do you take a 2017 Stanley Cup if it somehow convinces management for whatever inconceivably stupid, albeit somewhat merited, reason to keep MAF and almost certainly lead Vegas to pick Murray? He seems to come up big for them when they need him, I think they take it. Plus, winnin' a cup is fuckin' sweet. Plus it's 2 more seasons after this. that's not that long and he'll be 34 by then. Pittsburgh should draft a goalie in the first few rounds if they don't already have a prospect kickin' around the NHL though, if Murray's about to be goneski. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 15:31 on May 11, 2017 |
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:I don't know if I'd group Lidstrom or Chelios with Kessel. Granted I was much younger when I watched Lidstrom and Chelios so I could be totally off base, but I don't remember either of them being unusually physical in either direction. Not throwing big hitz all the time, but definitely not totally contact-averse either. This is a good opinion. "Grit" is the most overrated quality in professional sports. Toughness is a good thing, sure, but when a perceived lack of it causes you to make a move that sets your franchise back a few years like it did with the Leafs, you value it too much. Also Re: Chelios: He was definitely an aggressive dude in his younger years (ask Brian Propp), but he stepped it back significantly as he aged. Dude went form having 200 Pim's regularly to rarely clearing 100. Probably a smart call.
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