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I’m in Australia, it hasn’t had much press, but I guess I don’t consume much news so maybe in other places it has. I looked a while back and tickets were $200, which combined with having to fly to Melbourne + accomodation is a bit rich more me. If it has a regular season game, but having no idea how many actual legit NHL players would be on the ice, and how much effort is going to be put in.. There was this showcase ‘Canada V USA’ World Series game they put on years ago that I got burnt by, was a few NHL players, but mostly AHL/ECHL and was a terrible product, was like a all star game defensively but with none of the offence. If this ends up being good, maybe I’d fork out for it next time (if there is one).
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I've been watching this game and its relatively good rosters for a preseason game. Not quite a regular season roster by either team, but pretty close. It looks like NHL hockey. Fans seem into it too, and the barn is full. I'm just happy to be watching hockey again. Maybe I should have gone then.  Hopefully it makes enough money to come back
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Sep 23, 2023 11:28
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Watching preseason hockey at 3:45 in the morning from a 24 hour union picket of a chicken processing plant in Australia. Not often you can say with reasonable certainty that your doing something unique. Go Sens I guess.
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Sep 24, 2023 19:11
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Levitate posted:split squads so it's not the same players doing a doubleheader I know why they do it, but having the home split having pretty much your NHL team and the away split having an AHL roster + seven guys who mathematically count as veterans. Sure it means home fans see the stars (and probably a win) but it’s pretty hard to evaluate anyone’s performance given the difference in the teams for most games.
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Sep 25, 2023 00:24
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Levitate posted:ehhh I bet they're mostly looking at basic stuff and whether a player is in line for a cllup when necessary etc oh ofcourse, its fine for them, but for me the idiot fan, it makes it harder for me to declare someone a bust and/or the next big thing.
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Sep 25, 2023 00:44
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I know it's pretty much the B team, but that was a Canucks level PK experience.
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Sep 25, 2023 01:27
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:are they icing anyone likely to make the team tonight? Nobody from the top 6 and none of the defence, however a bunch of the 'if they are going to not suck these guys are going to have to be pretty good' ie Hoglander, Podz, Suter. I guess if anyone from the farm team wasn't sure how far they are from the NHL, they are now.
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Sep 25, 2023 02:50
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Matt Zerella posted:A friend of mine just got into hockey last year (Devils, nasty, unacceptable). I’d assume my team was up by 1 in the last minute and then scored an empty net goal. Or possibly every player on the team scored a empty net goal. Probs the first, but can’t rule out the second.
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Sep 29, 2023 03:55
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There seems to be this view in the Canucks media/podcast market that is drawing this strict causation line between last season the team sucking in preseason and then the regular season. The possible cause of them sucking in the regular season last year being the same cause of them sucking in preseason last year does not seem to have been strongly considered (it’s because they aren’t a very good team..) As an aside, I feel sorry for Spencer Martin, having spent a couple of years in the dumpster fire of Vancouver, gets waived and on the same day hears there is a spot opening up in Tampa… only to find out this seasons leading contender for dumpster fire had claimed you.
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Sep 30, 2023 02:17
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The Canucks shouldn’t be allowed to charge for attendance to games without atleast one of Petey or Quinn… This is dull.
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Oct 5, 2023 04:38
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grack posted:Canucks also waived Wolanin. Trade for a D coming perhaps? I kind of hope so. But I also don’t. Serious vibes of playing NHL franchise mode on the PlayStation and deciding this is the last season so gently caress the draft picks.
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Oct 8, 2023 21:16
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Furnaceface posted:The Canucks are the worst run Canadian team, which is terrifying when looking at their competition. To give (new) management some credit, they now have to not only contend with a meddling owner, but the (somewhat reasonable) demands of a star player to build a team that doesn’t suck before he’s 40. Atleast it’s targeting bottom 6 guys who actually play the PK, not full on sea of granlund collection mode.
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Oct 8, 2023 22:01
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ThinkTank posted:The best thing you can say about their summer was there weren't any immediate disasters. That's maybe an improvement, but is that seriously as high as our expectations go? Honestly, yes.
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Oct 9, 2023 02:24
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Aphrodite posted:No, because that's not standardized in any way. Well there’s no delays due to anything that might be construed to be a rainbow now, so there’s 15 seconds of your life you can thank the NHL for!
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Maybe it already was a finalist for all time bad, but with Garland now asking for a trade, but where does Benning’s OEL/Garland trade sit in the all time bad trades?
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