Around the NHL — Episode XLXVII

SlapJack

Scum bag Sens
Dec 6, 2010
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Montreal was never making the playoffs, but they got off to a decent start and had some shiny new toys to fawn over for the first few games as they beat Ottawa and Toronto within their first 3 games. Their defence is populated with children though and that won't yield consistent play over time so those warts are showing, along with the injuries. They won't be a player for awhile yet
 
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Tuna99

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Sep 26, 2009
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What apparent in a rebuild is you need elite defensive forwards for success. It’s clear now it’s not about a C, D or G - it’s about drafting 2 way players that play the game hard 200 feet all over the ice

Cup winners and their elite forwards they got and rebuilt with and won with

L.A. - Kopitar
Chicago - Toewes
Boston - Bergeron
Pitt - Crosby
St Louis - Tim Hortons guy
Vegas - Stone
Florida - Finn Captain guy

We don’t have the defensive skillz in our top players to win games, if the offence is working we win but if we don’t have offense going our top players don’t have the game to keep us in games and squeak out wins
 

Beech

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Nov 25, 2020
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Sports are going to be all we have left soon
MAC,

between 19% and some 60% yearly increase for teams.

The Dallas Cowboys hit 10 billion
The Yankees are up there as well. I forgot the number, it may be 7 billion, if not more

Real Madrid, Barcelona, some of the EPL teams are in the billions.

I am guessing that teams all over Europe have all jumped the 1 billion value.

I doubt food companies are this valuable.
 

Agent Zuuuub

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Jan 2, 2015
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What apparent in a rebuild is you need elite defensive forwards for success. It’s clear now it’s not about a C, D or G - it’s about drafting 2 way players that play the game hard 200 feet all over the ice

Cup winners and their elite forwards they got and rebuilt with and won with

L.A. - Kopitar
Chicago - Toewes
Boston - Bergeron
Pitt - Crosby
St Louis - Tim Hortons guy
Vegas - Stone
Florida - Finn Captain guy

We don’t have the defensive skillz in our top players to win games, if the offence is working we win but if we don’t have offense going our top players don’t have the game to keep us in games and squeak out wins

all leaders who set the tone on how to play defensively too.
 

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