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bellagiobob said:
Or maybe, just maybe, fans are losing interest year by year due to the corrupt league, its lack of promotion of its stars, and its goal of dragging the stars down to the level of the average plug.
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Or the endless offside review or goalie interference challenges where the guys skate is a mm over the blue line or the end of his stick grazes the goalies blocker and causes goals to be disallowed.
 
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Christ I just heard the SImple mind song

WTF does that have to do with hockey?

LOL

What a PU**Y song for a hockey team in VAN
 
frag2 said:
It'll be like 06 Turin Hockey Canada lol Legacy picks over younger talent
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It seems like every 15-20 years Hockey Canada needs to galaxy brain themselves into making idiotic decisions that end up embarrassing the team in whatever tournament they're in. 1998 Olympics, 2006 Olympics, this tournament.

Usually at most you might say "I'd rather have player B than player A that got named," but usually just for one or two guys. This team has about a half dozen. Shades of Rob Zamaneur in 1998, Shane Doan and Ryan Smyth over Crosby and Staal in 2006 (experience!), this year there are blatantly bad decisions in net, on the blue line, and up front.
 
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K1984 said:
It seems like every 15-20 years Hockey Canada needs to galaxy brain themselves into making idiotic decisions that end up embarrassing the team in whatever tournament they're in. 1998 Olympics, 2006 Olympics, this tournament.

Usually at most you might say "I'd rather have player B than player A that got named," but usually just for one or two guys. This team has about a half dozen. Shades of Rob Zamaneur in 1998, Shane Doan and Ryan Smyth over Crosby and Staal in 2006 (experience!), this year there are blatantly bad decisions in net, on the blue line, and up front.
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Gotta let them farts have one last crack at it amirite?
 
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K1984 said:
It seems like every 15-20 years Hockey Canada needs to galaxy brain themselves into making idiotic decisions that end up embarrassing the team in whatever tournament they're in. 1998 Olympics, 2006 Olympics, this tournament.

Usually at most you might say "I'd rather have player B than player A that got named," but usually just for one or two guys. This team has about a half dozen. Shades of Rob Zamaneur in 1998, Shane Doan and Ryan Smyth over Crosby and Staal in 2006 (experience!), this year there are blatantly bad decisions in net, on the blue line, and up front.
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Kris Draper over Sidney Crosby in 2006 was definitely ... a choice. Pretty sure Ken Holland had a lot of say on that genius move. Smyth and Doan were at least still high end players in their prime.
 
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Soundwave said:
Kris Draper over Sidney Crosby in 2006 was definitely ... a choice. Pretty sure Ken Holland had a lot of say on that genius move. Smyth and Doan were at least still high end players in their prime.
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Yes - forgot about Draper too.

Doan was pretty blatantly a "he plays on my team and I like him so he's on the team" pick by Gretzky IMO. He was a good player for sure, but not a fit for international ice and not better than several names left off.
 
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frag2 said:
It'll be like 06 Turin Hockey Canada lol Legacy picks over younger talent
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By 2026 guys like Celebrini, Fantilli and Bedard should definitely be in the picture. With defensemen like Power hopefully take a step up. But it is always unclear if these guys get picked over grey beards. The real question would still be who stops the puck?
 
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Fourier said:
By 2026 guys like Celebrini, Fantilli and Bedard should definitely be in the picture. With defensemen like Power hopefully take a step up. But it is always unclear if these guys get picked over grey beards. The real question would still be who stops the puck?
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One would think but given how Hockey Canada operates, I have my doubts.
Like K1984 said, coaches and management tend to plug their own guys first regardless of merit
 
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Fourier said:
Oh yah, I agree. An with the NHL having been out of the Olympics for years there will be a lot of pressure to give some of the old guys a chance.
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These are the same guys who would've been products of Hockey Canada.

The politics, popularity contests and brown nosing from the bottom up has always been intensely gross
 
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K1984 said:
It seems like every 15-20 years Hockey Canada needs to galaxy brain themselves into making idiotic decisions that end up embarrassing the team in whatever tournament they're in. 1998 Olympics, 2006 Olympics, this tournament.

Usually at most you might say "I'd rather have player B than player A that got named," but usually just for one or two guys. This team has about a half dozen. Shades of Rob Zamaneur in 1998, Shane Doan and Ryan Smyth over Crosby and Staal in 2006 (experience!), this year there are blatantly bad decisions in net, on the blue line, and up front.
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This will help Gary and his US market with the storyline that Connor isn't good enough to win anything.
 
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frag2 said:
So Theodore is out until playoffs according to a post in the Mains...because of course he is :facepalm:
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"It's all within the rules though!" Which is going to be the insanely lazy take from anyone in media.

You have to be literally brain dead to think that every single year they have a high paid player randomly get injured, only to then by complete coincidence have that player be healthy for Game 1.

Not Game 82, not Game 2, Game 1. All the injuries heal exactly for Game 1 every year and its legitimate every time. For sure.
 
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K1984 said:
"It's all within the rules though!" Which is going to be the insanely lazy take from anyone in media.

You have to be literally brain dead to think that every single year they have a high paid player randomly get injured, only to then by complete coincidence have that player be healthy for Game 1.

Not Game 82, not Game 2, Game 1. All the injuries heal exactly for Game 1 every year and its legitimate every time. For sure.
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Like someone said, it's amazing how Vegas employs doctors that are able to pinpoint the EXACT date a player is ready. Theodore will be out exactly 2 months 6 days etc etc

Guaranteed if Kane is out for reg season and then suddenly ready for playoffs, league will scrutinize tf out of the Oilers.

bellagiobob said:
Stone and Karlsson are confused now, not sure if they are supposed to be injured now or not.
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Moreso Stone. Probably wondering if he should take a dive in the 4 Nations tourney now
 
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Had a fun "around the league" moment happen to me today...

This afternoon, I bought a ticket to see the Oilers / Capitals game in DC coming up this Sunday. (First game I've seen live since the Nov. 2023 meltdown against Carolina.)

Usually, the most expensive upper bowl seats are in the end where the home team attacks twice. But as of today, for both this Capitals game and the Carolina game on March 1, a lot of the most expensive tickets are in the end where the Oilers will be attacking twice. :laugh:

If that's not a backhanded compliment, I don't know what is. We've truly got a special team to watch.
 
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That last shot was 104 mph but nobody noticed.

Wrong thread too.
 
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