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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 17:04:52 GMT -5
Bruins are 4-0 under Bruce Cassidy. Early sample, but he's tweaked the offense and suddenly, they look like a different team Weren't The Bruins like one of the best possession teams in the league but had one of the lowest shooting percentages in the league? That even David Pastranik one of the few who wasn't snakebitten at the start who started insanely hot with 19 goals in his first 25 games eventually became snake bitten with a 17 game goaless drought. Hell the Bruins actually has some of the best cup odd's if they make it to the playoffs because Advanced Analytics always favors deep playoff runs usually.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 17:18:12 GMT -5
And Arizona continues being my least favorite non Flames/Canucks franchise by giving away Michael Stone for nothing to The Flames. Like I'm not mad because it's The Flames but this is the most Coyotes thing ever. They become sellers every deadline for magic beans and whenever those magic beans become good, they sell them off because they don't want to pay them anything more and continue taking dead contracts like Datsyuk and Pronger instead so they reach the cap minimum. Like if you don't even want to compete why even bother? I used to be just mad at cities fanbase but they seem to be hell bent on tanking each year until they get a top 2 draft pick. It's insulting to the locals. Like kudos to all the NHL teams for actually trying to play hockey and it's a good thing they changed the draft lottery rules because no team outside of Arizona right now is tanking. At least Colorado just legimately sucks this year.
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Post by armbar on Feb 20, 2017 17:47:16 GMT -5
First playoffs spots were clinched in our fantasy league as SuperSweet and I secured 'em.
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Post by sfvega on Feb 20, 2017 20:05:35 GMT -5
Early returns are great for the Bruins and Blues, but I do think things will normalize. Boston has a better chance of being for real in the playoffs (especially in that weak East), but I don't think either of these teams are as good as they're playing now. They've lit a fire and things are working, but he league always adjusts.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Feb 21, 2017 1:01:02 GMT -5
And Arizona continues being my least favorite non Flames/Canucks franchise by giving away Michael Stone for nothing to The Flames. Like I'm not mad because it's The Flames but this is the most Coyotes thing ever. They become sellers every deadline for magic beans and whenever those magic beans become good, they sell them off because they don't want to pay them anything more and continue taking dead contracts like Datsyuk and Pronger instead so they reach the cap minimum. Like if you don't even want to compete why even bother? I used to be just mad at cities fanbase but they seem to be hell bent on tanking each year until they get a top 2 draft pick. It's insulting to the locals. Like kudos to all the NHL teams for actually trying to play hockey and it's a good thing they changed the draft lottery rules because no team outside of Arizona right now is tanking. At least Colorado just legimately sucks this year. Thanks... I mean I know it is true, they don't even make the graph up there any more because their slice is too small to physically represent. So in other heart breaking Avs news, Eric Johnson is almost back to playing! And Zadarov, the leading hitter on the team broke his ankle in practice and is out for the year. So he can go play tiddly winks with Varly's broken ass. Though since Varly went down, goaltending is a bit better, who'da thunk? Oh right, me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 1:10:04 GMT -5
And Arizona continues being my least favorite non Flames/Canucks franchise by giving away Michael Stone for nothing to The Flames. Like I'm not mad because it's The Flames but this is the most Coyotes thing ever. They become sellers every deadline for magic beans and whenever those magic beans become good, they sell them off because they don't want to pay them anything more and continue taking dead contracts like Datsyuk and Pronger instead so they reach the cap minimum. Like if you don't even want to compete why even bother? I used to be just mad at cities fanbase but they seem to be hell bent on tanking each year until they get a top 2 draft pick. It's insulting to the locals. Like kudos to all the NHL teams for actually trying to play hockey and it's a good thing they changed the draft lottery rules because no team outside of Arizona right now is tanking. At least Colorado just legimately sucks this year. Thanks... I mean I know it is true, they don't even make the graph up there any more because their slice is too small to physically represent. So in other heart breaking Avs news, Eric Johnson is almost back to playing! And Zadarov, the leading hitter on the team broke his ankle in practice and is out for the year. So he can go play tiddly winks with Varly's broken ass. Though since Varly went down, goaltending is a bit better, who'da thunk? Oh right, me. It's actually mind boggling how bad they are. Like are they actually this bad or was Patrick Roy that good of a coach or what? And technically the Avalanche have been eliminated from winning the Presidents Trophy this year. But on paper they shouldn't be this bad at all. Shame on Zardoz because he was one of the few bright spots for you this year. At least Erik is back who probably has the most impact on your team. He was doing so well as my final Fantasy pick before he got injured. Might reclaim him
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Post by armbar on Feb 21, 2017 4:21:04 GMT -5
Is it just me, or is there more of a Toronto-bias in Canadian media than usual? Feels like they are desperately trying to find statistics that prove that Matthews is better than Laine. Also, there's attempts of making Frederik Andersen - Curtis McElhinney sound like a solid NHL-level goalie duo.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Feb 21, 2017 5:31:27 GMT -5
Thanks... I mean I know it is true, they don't even make the graph up there any more because their slice is too small to physically represent. So in other heart breaking Avs news, Eric Johnson is almost back to playing! And Zadarov, the leading hitter on the team broke his ankle in practice and is out for the year. So he can go play tiddly winks with Varly's broken ass. Though since Varly went down, goaltending is a bit better, who'da thunk? Oh right, me. It's actually mind boggling how bad they are. Like are they actually this bad or was Patrick Roy that good of a coach or what? And technically the Avalanche have been eliminated from winning the Presidents Trophy this year. But on paper they shouldn't be this bad at all. Shame on Zardoz because he was one of the few bright spots for you this year. At least Erik is back who probably has the most impact on your team. He was doing so well as my final Fantasy pick before he got injured. Might reclaim him I think Roy knew how to push the kids. Bednar doesn't. But I think the real issue is Sakic is a shitty GM, and the team has shitty owners. It kills me to say that as he is one of my favorite players ever, but dammit, the core should be better, and it isn't, and it is on Joe. If you look at the year Roy got them to the playoffs, they were one of the youngest teams, since then they have become one of the oldest, in 3 damned years. Every season is riddled with injuries, the farm system is a joke (Siemens has the ability to be a top 4 dman, but he has been wasted away,) they have done a shit job at restocking on youth. Rene f***ing Bourque is one of your best players. But that core of EJ, Barrie, Landy, Duchene, MacKinnon, and also Pickard, should have that team at least competitive with the f***ing Coyotes. Roy left due to lack of being in the loop on personal decisions, and he was right, as he obviously knew at least a little better than the others. And not bringing back Jack Skille was dumb. Man, that dude's career was wasted. He was a hot prospect for the Hawks, but due to their abundance of forwards he was shipped off, and bounced around forever. He was one of their best AHL forwards, which I can attest to having seen him play up close. Ok, digression rants are over, for now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 9:46:58 GMT -5
Is it just me, or is there more of a Toronto-bias in Canadian media than usual? Feels like they are desperately trying to find statistics that prove that Matthews is better than Laine. Also, there's attempts of making Frederik Andersen - Curtis McElhinney sound like a solid NHL-level goalie duo. Oh f*** yeah it's always been that way. Especially since Rogers has the broadcasting rights in Canada and they own The Leafs. Like they been literally talking about how Auston Matthews is a better player than McDavid during The World Cup. When Matthews was in a slump and when Marner was hot it was about how Mitch Marner is the greatest player ever
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Post by armbar on Feb 21, 2017 17:08:29 GMT -5
Is it just me, or is there more of a Toronto-bias in Canadian media than usual? Feels like they are desperately trying to find statistics that prove that Matthews is better than Laine. Also, there's attempts of making Frederik Andersen - Curtis McElhinney sound like a solid NHL-level goalie duo. Oh f*** yeah it's always been that way. Especially since Rogers has the broadcasting rights in Canada and they own The Leafs. Like they been literally talking about how Auston Matthews is a better player than McDavid during The World Cup. When Matthews was in a slump and when Marner was hot it was about how Mitch Marner is the greatest player ever Got it. Yeah, it was annoying last year, but this year they've kicked it up a notch. Like, they say the Ottawa match was "encouraging stuff", when it was a terrible choke from 3-2 lead to a 3-6 defeat. Doing exactly the thing that's been so wrong about their team for many years is now encouraging. And yeah, the Matthews thing. At start of the year the point total was the only meter between Matthews and Laine. When Laine passed Matthews, it became points per game being the only thing that matters. After Laine passed Matthews in that too, they put full focus on "empty netters don't count, only primary points". Like seriously, what the f***?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 17:50:36 GMT -5
Oh f*** yeah it's always been that way. Especially since Rogers has the broadcasting rights in Canada and they own The Leafs. Like they been literally talking about how Auston Matthews is a better player than McDavid during The World Cup. When Matthews was in a slump and when Marner was hot it was about how Mitch Marner is the greatest player ever Got it. Yeah, it was annoying last year, but this year they've kicked it up a notch. Like, they say the Ottawa match was "encouraging stuff", when it was a terrible choke from 3-2 lead to a 3-6 defeat. Doing exactly the thing that's been so wrong about their team for many years is now encouraging. And yeah, the Matthews thing. At start of the year the point total was the only meter between Matthews and Laine. When Laine passed Matthews, it became points per game being the only thing that matters. After Laine passed Matthews in that too, they put full focus on "empty netters don't count, only primary points". Like seriously, what the f***? Like I the bias and the excitement because Matthews was one of the most hyped up Draft Picks ever like he was hyped up since 2013 and he's been worth the hype, but Jesus Christ they sound like obnoxious YouTube commenters. But yeah I wish they would give Laine his due. This looks like the best one two draft since 2004 with Ovi and Malkin and what's truly incredible is they are both elite goal scorers playing in the same season. Make the media rivalry fun and not obnoxious and petty.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 1:58:39 GMT -5
It's funny how with even Sportsnet owning the NHL, TSN still continues being The Toronto Sports Network
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Post by sfvega on Feb 22, 2017 6:20:25 GMT -5
Sometimes I wish I lived in Canada, so that there would be more coverage on hockey. But then I remember it's stylized bullshit ESPN-style coverage, and they just blow Montreal and Toronto the whole time.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 11:12:27 GMT -5
The Alaska Aces will fold after this season due to the recession on the state.
That sucks; the team won three Kelly Cups.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Feb 24, 2017 17:11:54 GMT -5
Sometimes I wish I lived in Canada, so that there would be more coverage on hockey. But then I remember it's stylized bullshit ESPN-style coverage, and they just blow Montreal and Toronto the whole time. ESPN is just horrible is coverage. They get so stuck on the same topic and forget that there is other things going on in sports. I can't stand the non local radio shows they have on ESPN radio. First and Last which is on every week morning when I'm going to work. ALL they talk about is the NBA or NFL and at any given chance they try and name drop Lebron or Curry into whatever the topic is. EVEN when Ali died they name dropped Lebron into it. They spent a hour talking about ONE thing and that was the Knicks ownership deal. When the Stanley cup championship was crown last year. The only time they even said a thing about it was when they went through hot topics and said 2 seconds about it. NO we have to talk about the NBA the WHOLE time. It's terrible.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 0:19:42 GMT -5
Also it's officially confirmed there was suppose to be a trade of Hall for Shattenkirk last offseason on the condition that Shattenkirk signed a extension in which he vetoed.
I'm so glad it didn't happen since Klefblom is starting to evolve into a offensive defensemen dynamo and Larsson is a very good shutdown guy. He's the kind of guy whose presence was really missed in a game like this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 14:14:06 GMT -5
It's funny how with even Sportsnet owning the NHL, TSN still continues being The Toronto Sports Network I honestly have barely watched any hockey and it's stuff like this that makes me stay away and I say that as a leafs fan
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Feb 25, 2017 15:59:12 GMT -5
Also it's officially confirmed there was suppose to be a trade of Hall for Shattenkirk last offseason on the condition that Shattenkirk signed a extension in which he vetoed. I'm so glad it didn't happen since Klefblom is starting to evolve into a offensive defensemen dynamo and Larsson is a very good shutdown guy. He's the kind of guy whose presence was really missed in a game like this. Shattenkirk turned down two deals like this. People give the Blues so much crap the last 24 hours for signing Burgland for 5 years but not Shattenkirk. People forget that in the Blues System they have more deph in Defensive men then anywhere else. The thing people don't see is they are not paying him much more then we already have. We know what he can do and with Stasny is coming up after next season, so Blues needs Centers and they can use him as such. For 3 million a year isn't that bad for him. Shattenkirk is going to be a 7 million a year player as the numbers are coming out for. Big difference and answer this As a fan or in the GM shoes, Do you think Shattenkirk is worth paying the same as Tarasenko per year? The Blues are going to push Parayko into that role for less money. Paryko was under a million this season. They could likely get him to sign a 2 to 2.5 million a year contract at this point.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 16:01:27 GMT -5
If the playoffs were today:
EAST M1 Capitals (60GP/41-12-7/89pts) vs. WC2 Islanders (60GP/29-21-10/68pts) M2 Penguins (59GP/37-14-8/82pts) vs. M3 Rangers (60GP/39-19-2/80pts) A2 Senators (59GP/32-21-6/70pts) vs. A3 Maple Leafs (60GP/28-20-12/68pts) A1 Canadiens (61GP/32-21-8/72pts) vs. WC1 Blue Jackets (58GP/37-16-5/79pts)
WEST C1 Wild (59GP/39-14-6/84pts) vs. WC2 Predators (60GP/29-22-9/67pts) C2 Blackhawks (61GP/38-18-5/81pts) vs. C3 Blues (61GP/31-24-5/67pts) P2 Ducks (62GP/32-20-10/74pts) vs. P3 Oilers (62GP/33-21-8/74pts) P1 Sharks (60GP/35-18-7/77pts) vs. WC1 Flames (62GP/32-26-4/68pts)
The picture in the Atlantic is gonna shake up these next few weeks. Gonna be fun to see which 3 will make the cut and whether the Islanders will prevent a 4th team advancing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 16:15:33 GMT -5
I really wish they go with the 1-8 format for playoffs. Like you can still keep the divisions and keep the same playoff qualifying rules. But when 4 out of the top 6 teams in the league are in the Metro Divison. Like congrats Montreal for winning the division your reward is playing against the 6th best team in the league while the runner up plays the f***ing Leafs.
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