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Around the NHL: 2018-19
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Author:  DAC [ Sun Oct 14, 2018 5:44 pm ]
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FrankDrebin wrote:
Curious Hair wrote:
FrankDrebin wrote:
Curious Hair wrote:
Show me a hockey fan who hasn't salivated over a Toolsy European Prospect™ and I'll show you a liar. Or Don Cherry.



I did too. Too bad he couldn't develop other areas of his game.

I remember my first burn: Petri Kontiola. He got depression from playing in Rockford and was a total bust: went back to Finland and only a year or two ago attempted a comeback with Toronto, which failed. Michael Frolik wasn't a bust, but I thought the sky was the limit with him and the limit turned out to be "really kick-ass fourth liner when the salary cap sorta doesn't count," for us, at least. He's been a decent complementary scorer for the Jets and Flames, but the hype was Baby Jagr. Never trust Europeans, and never ever ever trust Panthers prospects.



Sergei Krivokrasov and Igor Kravchuk were the first non-North American players that severely disappointed me. Two high draft picks from Russia that management hyped to be the next Federov and Fetisov. Kravchuk had a long career and Krivo had a couple of good years, but neither of them really made a significant impact during their careers.


I was at the playoff game in '96 when Krivokrasov had the OT winner against Colorado. Probably the best feeling walking out of a stadium I've had. Colorado still won in 6 and then the Cup.
Author:  Curious Hair [ Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:04 am ]
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It's just one game, I know, just one game, but the Senators, projected to be the worst hockey team that ever hockeyed because they lost Erik Karlsson, beat the fraud-ass Dallas Stars 4-1 tonight, and that puts such a smile on my face.
Author:  DAC [ Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:06 pm ]
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Toronto and Winnipeg on NBC Sports? I’ve never seen two Canadian teams play a nationally broadcast regular season game during prime time. Good for NBC.
Author:  Curious Hair [ Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:34 pm ]
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DAC wrote:
Toronto and Winnipeg on NBC Sports? I’ve never seen two Canadian teams play a nationally broadcast regular season game during prime time. Good for NBC.

It's been a good game so far but the Jets look like they're missing something from last year. I think they started slow last year, too.
Author:  DAC [ Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:42 am ]
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Toronto took two from Winnipeg this week. Nice comeback win from the Leafs last night after Matthews went down. Also heard that the Toronto/Winnipeg game on Wednesday night on NBC Sports had 167,000 viewers during prime time. That doesn't bode well for future non-big American cities in prime time slots.
Author:  FrankDrebin [ Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:46 am ]
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DAC wrote:
Toronto took two from Winnipeg this week. Nice comeback win from the Leafs last night after Matthews went down. Also heard that the Toronto/Winnipeg game on Wednesday night on NBC Sports had 167,000 viewers during prime time. That doesn't bode well for future non-big American cities in prime time slots.


Not a good number, but they were going against the World Series
Author:  DAC [ Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:52 am ]
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FrankDrebin wrote:
DAC wrote:
Toronto took two from Winnipeg this week. Nice comeback win from the Leafs last night after Matthews went down. Also heard that the Toronto/Winnipeg game on Wednesday night on NBC Sports had 167,000 viewers during prime time. That doesn't bode well for future non-big American cities in prime time slots.


Not a good number, but they were going against the World Series


That's true. Plus, you gotta figure most of the northeast are Boston fans.
Author:  Curious Hair [ Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:53 pm ]
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The necessary project of making American fans of Canadian teams is not one I expected to happen overnight. But there should be national fanbases of the Maple Leafs and Canadiens the way there are the Cowboys, Yankees, or Lakers.
Author:  Minooka Meatball [ Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:36 pm ]
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Blues get spanked at home vs. the Wild 5-1, and only manage 16 SOG in the process (Wild had 45j.

Mike Yeo, your cab is waiting...
Author:  Curious Hair [ Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:55 pm ]
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Why the hell is this Minnesota team any good? I'm so bored of them. Stupid Boudreau and his regular-season wins.
Author:  DAC [ Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:04 am ]
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Minooka Meatball wrote:
Blues get spanked at home vs. the Wild 5-1, and only manage 16 SOG in the process (Wild had 45j.

Mike Yeo, your cab is waiting...


That was my thought as well. They need to launch Yeo. Granted, Allen has been brutal but that team is too talented to be getting those kind of results.
Author:  DAC [ Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:07 am ]
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The Jets alternate uniforms are horrible. Their primary sweaters are some of the best in the league and then they go to jerseys that it looks like the owner's 8 year-old designed.
Author:  a retard [ Sat Nov 17, 2018 9:15 am ]
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Fun and games in Dallas last night

https://sports.yahoo.com/brad-marchand- ... 05698.html
Author:  Curious Hair [ Sat Nov 17, 2018 9:18 am ]
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Jack Edwards is fun. That's what an NHL broadcast booth should be like: local guys getting pissed about everything.
Author:  DAC [ Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:35 am ]
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Edwards is an insufferable bag. He and Marchand make me greatly dislike Boston. Add Krug to that list as well.
Author:  Curious Hair [ Sat Nov 17, 2018 2:05 pm ]
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Nah. Cranky homers like Edwards, Mickey Redmond, and Pat Foley make the NHL go 'round. Edwards in particular is great at playing the Dumb Bruins Guy, which is like any other Dumb Team Guy but with a certain (Clavinian?) gasbag pseudo-intellectualism. My favorite was the time he said "we've entered quantum physics" because a call was going to get overturned but then didn't.
Author:  DAC [ Sat Nov 17, 2018 5:06 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote:
Nah. Cranky homers like Edwards, Mickey Redmond, and Pat Foley make the NHL go 'round. Edwards in particular is great at playing the Dumb Bruins Guy, which is like any other Dumb Team Guy but with a certain (Clavinian?) gasbag pseudo-intellectualism. My favorite was the time he said "we've entered quantum physics" because a call was going to get overturned but then didn't.


If you like it, wonderful. I have no interest in listening to outspoken, homer announcers.
Author:  Curious Hair [ Sat Nov 17, 2018 5:52 pm ]
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Which broadcasters are good to you?
Author:  Drunk Squirrel [ Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:54 am ]
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The new head coach for your Edmonton Oilers..... Ken Hitchcock. WTF.
Author:  Minooka Meatball [ Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:58 am ]
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Drunk Squirrel wrote:
The new head coach for your Edmonton Oilers..... Ken Hitchcock. WTF.


:lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  RFDC [ Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:41 pm ]
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Blue fire Yeo

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St. Louis Blues fired coach Mike Yeo a quarter of the way into the season and named Craig Berube as his interim replacement.
Author:  Curious Hair [ Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:44 pm ]
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I hope they stick with Berube, it'll be like when they replaced Andy Murray with Davis Payne and his first game was just a cavalcade of fighting majors, and then the Blues finished in like 11th.
Author:  Curious Hair [ Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:01 pm ]
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Patrik Laine scored five on the Blues tonight, lol, fuck the Blues.
Author:  RFDC [ Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:06 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote:
Patrik Laine scored five on the Blues tonight, lol, fuck the Blues.

:cheers:

For all the things you and I disagree on, I am glad we can have common ground on hating the Blues. I just wish I was there in person to see some of their idiot fans take it on the chin
Author:  Curious Hair [ Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:17 pm ]
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I wonder if any Jets fans in attendance counted to eight tonight. That's the Blues fan specialty, demonstrating they can count.
Author:  RFDC [ Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:27 pm ]
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I hope so. That was definitely one of the more annoying parts of watching a game there.
Author:  Minooka Meatball [ Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:25 pm ]
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Hextall out in Philly as GM. Color me shocked.
Author:  DAC [ Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:07 pm ]
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Minooka Meatball wrote:
Hextall out in Philly as GM. Color me shocked.


Philly has built a fantastic young group of prospects both in the NHL and in the system. Seems like a coaching change was needed before the GM.
Author:  Minooka Meatball [ Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:18 pm ]
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DAC wrote:
Minooka Meatball wrote:
Hextall out in Philly as GM. Color me shocked.


Philly has built a fantastic young group of prospects both in the NHL and in the system. Seems like a coaching change was needed before the GM.


Well, he did hire the current coach, yes?
Author:  Curious Hair [ Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:24 pm ]
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No Ed Snider = no loyalty to Hextall. I do wonder who runs the Flyers now that they're fully a subsidiary of Comcast.
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