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Reclamation Project said:
Far different scenario; Crosby is on a 12 year deal and Malkin makes less than Kopitar and Toews. Kopitar makes more than Crosby and McDavid will definitely make more than Kopitar.
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I'm not sure I see the difference. The claim is that signing players that are approaching 30 years old as franchise players won't let you win the Cup. Last year, two franchise players were approaching 30 and were signed to close to max contracts and that club won the Cup.

Malkin makes $1m less than Toews and $500k less than Kopitar. I don't think that's sufficiently significant to disprove the fact that signing franchise talents to long deals in their late 20s is just fine. If the Pens signed Crosby this past summer to an 8-year deal, I don't think the Pens would be any less of a Cup favourite right now.
 
Anyone see King on the ice when the Habs tied it 1-1? Lundqvist is such a ****ing diva. What a ****ing production. Embarrassing to watch his antics after a goal. He acts like a pathetic child.

Mike8 said:
I'm not sure I see the difference. The claim is that signing players that are approaching 30 years old as franchise players won't let you win the Cup. Last year, two franchise players were approaching 30 and were signed to close to max contracts and that club won the Cup.

Malkin makes $1m less than Toews and $500k less than Kopitar. I don't think that's sufficiently significant to disprove the fact that signing franchise talents to long deals in their late 20s is just fine. If the Pens signed Crosby this past summer to an 8-year deal, I don't think the Pens would be any less of a Cup favourite right now.
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I don't consider Malkin to be on Toews' or Kopitar's level, and certainly not Crosby's. I know what K17 was insinuating and it's the disproportionate amount of cap that goes to a single player. I agree with him completely, but unfortunately, what were the Kings expected to do? Yeah, Dean got bent over by Kopitar, but he had no choice. Give it 5 to 10 years and the market will adjust, it's already starting to. These contracts GMs are giving out are absolutely ****ing ridiculous. That Yandle deal was horrific. Teams are already starting to burn through their buyout tokens.

This nonsense that Kopitar gave a discount is laughable. There was no discount. Sure, he could have rung out a couple hundred thousand extra, but that's not a discount. I don't disagree with Kopitar's logic to get every penny, especially in a tax hell like CA, but too many act like he did the Kings a favor. He didn't, not even close.
 
The league and PA agreed to the format. Minnesota was particularly enthusiastic, at least publicly.
 
Vamos Rafa said:
My hate for Orange County just boils even more every time I see someone wearing Ducks gear.
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Good for you that you don't drive from Long Beach to Mission Viejo every day so you can see the Ducks fans driving around with car flags.

It's even better for me with my personalized Kings license plate.

Back to hockey...Tom Wilson is embarrassing the Leafs tonight so far.
 
BigKing said:
Good for you that you don't drive from Long Beach to Mission Viejo every day so you can see the Ducks fans driving around with car flags.

It's even better for me with my personalized Kings license plate.

Back to hockey...Tom Wilson is embarrassing the Leafs tonight so far.
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I used to live in OC for four years. Glad I'm out of there. I honestly don't see the appeal of living there unless you're a Trump-supporting WASP that doesn't like being around minorities 24/7.

It really pains me to know that Anehim is the team to beat in the West. The WCF is theirs to lose. Not even the Blackhawks would be favored against them.
 
Vamos Rafa said:
I honestly don't see the appeal of living there unless you're a Trump-supporting WASP that doesn't like being around minorities 24/7.
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Kinda hard to leave when you live down the street from the wedge. But I hear you, at least we still have bragging right of having one more cup then they do.

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Lot of Kings fans from OC, plenty on this board as well.

I don't get the comment about no minorities. North OC has the largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. South OC has a significant Korean and Middle Eastern population (mostly Persian). In fact most of my buddies from high school are Persian guys.

To each his own though, I personally could not live in LA again.

BTW, Orange County voted for Hillary in the last election, largely because the people you claim as Trump supporting WASP's decided to stay home.
 
Vamos Rafa said:
I used to live in OC for four years. Glad I'm out of there. I honestly don't see the appeal of living there unless you're a Trump-supporting WASP that doesn't like being around minorities 24/7.

It really pains me to know that Anaheim is the team to beat in the West. The WCF is theirs to lose. Not even the Blackhawks would be favored against them.
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A little harsh and uncalled for, don't you think? But hey, keep calling everyone who disagrees with you a bigot if it makes you feel better.

OC residents are probably glad you're out of there.
 
Vamos Rafa said:
I used to live in OC for four years. Glad I'm out of there. I honestly don't see the appeal of living there unless you're a Trump-supporting WASP that doesn't like being around minorities 24/7.

It really pains me to know that Anehim is the team to beat in the West. The WCF is theirs to lose. Not even the Blackhawks would be favored against them.
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I'm not a fan of South OC, but I was raised in Huntington so I still prefer Orange County over the majority of LA County. I just hate the ****ing Ducks since I was a Kings fan before they existed.

Long Beach is a nice mix of North OC and LA County. Think I'd have to be in South Bay if I lived anywhere else in LA County.
 
KINGS17 said:
A little harsh and uncalled for, don't you think?

OC residents are probably glad you're out of there.
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The thing I love is how people of a certain leaning can openly use the term WASP in a derogatory way, yet are the first ones to find racism in every comment.

Like if I made the same exact comment about Chicago, the majority ethnicity there and who they supported for President I would probably have my account banned.

I am actually in OC now and yes, the flags are horrendous, it seems it's three teams in this area this area that use the stupid flags. The Ducks, Lakers and USC. If I were dictator of the world I would make team flags a capital offense.
 
Herby said:
Lot of Kings fans from OC, plenty on this board as well.

I don't get the comment about no minorities. North OC has the largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. South OC has a significant Korean and Middle Eastern population (mostly Persian). In fact most of my buddies from high school are Persian guys.

To each his own though, I personally could not live in LA again.

BTW, Orange County voted for Hillary in the last election, largely because the people you claim as Trump supporting WASP's decided to stay home.
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I'm from Orange County; however, I take the Blue Line whenever possible so I'm obviously not racist :sarcasm:

We can throw a net over the OC and say everyone is a certain way but that is the same thing as throwing a net over LA County and saying everyone is a Hollywood ****** bag or a gang banger.

Fact of the matter is that these types, along with the Trump-supporting WASPs in OC, are not the majority in their respective counties.
 
Herby said:
The thing I love is how people of a certain leaning can openly use the term WASP in a derogatory way, yet are the first ones to find racism in every comment.

Like if I made the same exact comment about Chicago, the majority ethnicity there and who they supported for President I would probably have my account banned.

I am actually in OC now and yes, the flags are horrendous, it seems it's three teams in this area this area that use the stupid flags. The Ducks, Lakers and USC. If I were dictator of the world I would make team flags a capital offense.
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I don't have a problem with team flags as long as there is some other sort of merch on the car that is sported at all times as opposed to "I'll do something since they are in the playoffs right now".

Screw that. You keep that decal or license plate holder on when your team is good and when it is bad...question the fandom if you can only be bothered to put a flag out when things look good.
 
Yeah, that was harsh, LOL. I was just taking shots at OC because of the stereotypes OC residents have thrown against LA County natives. I will always be personal against OC for being stopped by the cops once when I was walking to my house (I was new at the time) and got questioned with with silly stuff like "Do you like baseball?" I believe it was because I was wearing a Dodger jersey and they thought I was a gangbanger.

And yeah, north OC is pretty diverse. But once you go south of Garden Grove, it becomes whiter. Newport Beach is awesome. But if I had a choice between Malibu and NB, I'd go with Malibu. But I can stop dreaming right there.
 
Toronto down 4-2 will start the 3rd period with a 5-on-3 power play due to two stupid penalties by Washington with under 6 seconds left in the 2nd period.
 
BigKing said:
I don't have a problem with team flags as long as there is some other sort of merch on the car that is sported at all times as opposed to "I'll do something since they are in the playoffs right now".

Screw that. You keep that decal or license plate holder on when your team is good and when it is bad...question the fandom if you can only be bothered to put a flag out when things look good.
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I rotate my Kings and UM license plate holder.

Support the Kings all year round, win or loss. Although it felt amazing wearing Kings gear after they beat the Hawks in 2014. Most people are cool and fun with it, although I did wear my Kopitar jersey in Costco the day after the Kings won the cup and had some lady tell me...

"You have some nerve wearing that jersey here"

While I was there with my 6 month old daughter and 3 year old niece.
 
Herby said:
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Hahaha.

I'm not a fan as in I wouldn't want to live there vs. Huntington/Seal/Long Beach as opposed to not liking people from there. My dad was a big HB guy and didn't care for the "newness" of places like Mission Viejo. Probably didn't help that his father-in-law lived there and he wasn't a fan of him either!

I work in Mission Viejo so I'm here five days a week. I'm not saying it is hell, I just prefer a different "scene". I still don't have any kids so the area doesn't call to me. Good place to raise a family, however. I just haven't thrown the towel in on living yet. Going to nearly every Kings game makes living in South OC a non-starter for me as well.

I do hate Irvine though. Talk about boring. Hey...can I make a ****ing u-turn in this city or do I need to drive another mile for the first chance to do so?
 
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