Around the League Thread | The Conference Finals Begin!
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Playoffs??!
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Aside form everything else, I want the Canes to take it to 7 because of these fairweather ass Panthers fans. 2:11 left, it's 2-0, your team is up 3-0 in the series while being the defending champions, and you don't think they at least deserve your attention until the end? Half the lower bowl was empty at the center faceoff.
Typical Miami energy I suppose:
Typical Miami energy I suppose:
Higher cost of living? You have no idea how expensive stuff in the states is. I had lunch at dintaifung for 3 ppl and it cost us $150 and we weren't even full. Going back to Van I feel like everything is on discount.
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How DA FUQ is Wyatt Johnston -18 on the playoffs
That makes no damn sense
There isn’t anybody within a country mile of him
That makes no damn sense
There isn’t anybody within a country mile of him
Yeah prices has crept up a lot. Lunch these days in a normal restaurant, not fancy ones by any stretch is like 30 per.
Went to NYC for a biz trip and a drink and entree at a random spot is around 65usd. Went to London for a biz trip and I found that cheap and reasonable compared to the states. The only place I’ve visited recently that felt a bit more expensive than the states was Geneva lol
I myself never understood people's fascination with that goddamn country.
Canada has problems, but I'd take here 10/10 over the country that has "God did it" as the answer to every multiple choice question.
No idea, don’t understand why athletes like it here. I am guessing with the tariffs impact coming soon, even athletes are going to be pissed because of how stupid expensive normal stuff is going to be
I was down in Seattle this weekend, Panda Express meals ran at like 20 bucks per person. I was checking rents in the Redmond/Kirkland/Bellevue areas, it's even worse than in the CoV and it's not even Seattle proper lol. If you aren't working a good tech job down there, shit's not good.
Rich people I can understand. It's definitely more fun down in the states and more exciting.
Lucky for me I'm perfectly content with being a boring in-door rock.
Yeah houses are expensive enough for people to pay 5K+ in rent. I have a buddy down here who buys run down apartments, refurbishes it and rents them out for like 3.5K. Like a 2b2b in an old crappy development.
If you guys think living costs is cheaper down here, it’s definitely not true in Seattle (kraken), CA (Kings, ducks, sharks), NYC (NYR, Islanders), Florida(Miami) and maybe even Dallas( stars). Prices are absolutely insane in SJ and it’s the most boring city you can live in.
I would say the only fun spots are LA, NYC and Florida. I guess athletes are pretty damn boring people and like anywhere that has sun and golf courses.
Just keep doing it, Carolina!
And if Dallas could remember how to play hockey that would also be superb.
Huge letdown by Florida today. I really hope it doesn't come back and bite them. Home game to step on the cripple's neck but nope. Play another. Maybe someone gets hurt. Brutal to let this one go. They know exactly what's gonna be waiting for them. They stared it down last year and barely survived. I'm frankly surprised they shit this bed.
I think what’s lost in the analysis is that there are more teams in the US. There are also more players having gone the college route. What this means is that more players have girlfriends/fiancees/wives who are from the States and who influence a player’s signing decisions.
Aside from Ottawa where money was an issue and more recently Calgary, how many Canadian teams have had consistent issues keeping their star players? As long as the offer is competitive Canadian teams have had success keeping their players.
Keeping vs acquiring I would keep separate. Typically, if you have a player that came up through your system, your chances of keeping them, if they are among the top third of the players on your roster, should be good. As, you are more than likely to sign them (especially with the 8th year option), if the money can be agreed on.
But, like your prior point, when it comes to convincing players to come here, that's a much different situation. They will have had a life elsewhere in the NHL from 20-29 before they hit UFA. Unless there is a hockey reason, contending team, familiar HC, etc. or a family reason, Van is going to be a hard sell. We've lost coaches who have returned to the East to be closer to family.
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his PDO game is weak....should work on it over the summer....haha
he's getting tough minutes (40% o zone starts)
His goalie's save % is brutal when he's on the ice and nothing shows up in the chance data to explain, so you'd have to be dissecting the film to say if he has any impact on that or if it's random/luck.
he's tired from lugging old man Benn up and down the ice?
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I don't necessarily see the acquiring part as a problem. UFA is one way of acquiring players and as much as I love Vancouver it isn't the most attractive city by reputation and some US cities have better tax environments and more privacy (as in less people who recognize you). We just have to accept that.
Like another poster mentioned, life as a rich person is better elsewhere.
It probably is. Really depends on your own personality. Older you are the more likely you have a family so catering to their needs is a factor. So being able to go about your business as a family is important to them. Can’t say I’ve run into players, but I don’t expect I’d bother them if they are with family. But, I recognize I may be in the minority these days.
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Hubble's growing more tense
I've seen it some - usually at rinks, but other places too. Most people were always classy about it
And it isn't just the Canucks, you could have a billionaire's kid on the ice with you, or some celeb's kid. Anyway, the other families were always very protective of them, giving them space, stepping in to help when others approached them - but yeah, if it's just the family going to Kits beach or the aquarium, I don't know how that would go, and I never thought to ask
Uprooting the kids is tough, esp once the kids are old enough to be involved in things like organized sports etc, so that is a factor too
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