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Jojalu said:
Oh man,

The Islanders don't have their first for the 4th year in a row, after acquiring Horvat they are the oldeat team in the league and they look wildly outclassed by the Pens right now in a not quite must win for them.
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They dug deep tonight for sure.
 
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Sorry I can't post it, but someone screenshotted this this hilarious tweet from a sens fan saying him team was only 4 points out of being 3 points out of a wild card spot and that meant his team was good.
 
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Brobust said:
Sorry I can't post it, but someone screenshotted this this hilarious tweet from a sens fan saying him team was only 4 points out of being 3 points out of a wild card spot and that meant his team was good.
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That was leafs fans about 7 or 8 years ago lol.

For 10 f***ing years during quite a bit of my 20s... leafs made it one time and lost in horrible fashion.

I don't feel sorry for the person who said it but I can understand it lol. You know they're a real fan at least.
 
Burnie97 said:
That was leafs fans about 7 or 8 years ago lol.

For 10 f***ing years during quite a bit of my 20s... leafs made it one time and lost in horrible fashion.

I don't feel sorry for the person who said it but I can understand it lol. You know they're a real fan at least.
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Well, the leafs were a playoff team, at least until late February and March.

Don't think it compares to the stink of the Sens.
 
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Brobust said:
Well, the leafs were a playoff team, at least until late February and March.

Don't think it compares to the stink of the Sens.
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Well they're in year 6 now of bullshit records so yeah they're catching up. They haven't been close to playoffs either so true enough.

Leafs came close a few times during their bad years but they still missed.
 
TheBeastCoast said:
Imagine retiring Chris Neils number.
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Lol right?

He meant a lot to Ottawa and was around a long time but... 1026 game play with 250 points. Was about a -20 player during his career... did basically nothing in the playoffs and took a stupid amount of penalties. Not even a great fighter.

High standards in Ottawa
 
uncleben said:
They're the jersey because of person that was wearing it, not because of the stats line

I get a ore purist stance, but, personally, I am okay with.
He did a lot for the team and the city and was part of a generation
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Eh just seems like a ridiculously low bar. Like a player like Neil can be celebrated without retiring his number forever. Like if Darcy Tucker played with us for a decade his number isn't going to rafters lol
 
uncleben said:
They're retiring the jersey because of person that was wearing it, not because of the stats line

I get a the purist stance, but, personally, I am okay with.
He did a lot for the team and the city and was part of a generation
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I live in Ottawa and the guy had an immense presence in the city. He still does. Incredibly beloved player on and off the ice.

It's funny how much Tucker is celebrated in Toronto for a few seasons played here, not even bringing a single cup. His number isn't retired but he's celebrated like it is.
 
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SprDaVE said:
I live in Ottawa and the guy had an immense presence in the city. He still does. Incredibly beloved player on and off the ice.

It's funny how much Tucker is celebrated in Toronto for a few seasons played here, not even bringing a single cup. His number isn't retired but he's celebrated like it is.
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Rockland here.....and agreed. He's beloved here.
 
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It'll be interesting to see what Tampa and Boston do. Will this push them to make a bigger move? Meir on Boston would be terrifying, but I don't see them doing that as that 10 million qualifier would seriously mess up their salary structure and whatever koolaid they feed their guys to sign for less. We know they'll both likely do something to counter.
 
uncleben said:
They're retiring the jersey because of person that was wearing it, not because of the stats line

I get the purist stance, but, personally, I am okay with.
He did a lot for the team and the city and was part of a generation
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I feel like a ring is more suitable than retiring that number but that just is me. I am not denying he had an impact but I feel like other things should be taken into considerations maybe?
 
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SprDaVE said:
I live in Ottawa and the guy had an immense presence in the city. He still does. Incredibly beloved player on and off the ice.

It's funny how much Tucker is celebrated in Toronto for a few seasons played here, not even bringing a single cup. His number isn't retired but he's celebrated like it is.
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Don't be silly. Tucker was just an incredibly popular player here. There has never been even the chatter of doing something like this for him. There is no justification for retiring a player like Neils number. You can celebrate players like him in other ways.
 
TheBeastCoast said:
Don't be silly. Tucker was just an incredibly popular player here. There has never been even the chatter of doing something like this for him. There is no justification for retiring a player like Neils number. You can celebrate players like him in other ways.
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Played over 1000 games and his entire career with one Team. I would think any Team retires a players number under that scenario.
 
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TheBeastCoast said:
Um I am going to absolutely disagree with you there.
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Fair enough.
I don't care enough to look but I'm sure there must be a list of players numbers retired league wide. Shouldn't be hard to figure out what the criteria for that was.
It's pretty rare to play that many games for one team, can't be more than a handful of guys that have done it. I didn't like him as a player but he certainly played hard every night.
 
Brobust said:
Sorry I can't post it, but someone screenshotted this this hilarious tweet from a sens fan saying him team was only 4 points out of being 3 points out of a wild card spot and that meant his team was good.
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If only we say we are always one win away from winning a round and another 3 winning rounds in the playoffs from the Cup. Lol
 
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