If Edmonton or Ottawa convinced themselves that their defense was anywhere near on par with Vegas that they could pull off a Hill then theyre in for a long year. LAK is closer but Talbot is 36 and been declining for a couple seasons so that was a silly bet.
That and I'm also somewhat convinced that Hill is actually just a good goalie that got overlooked due to being on crappy teams.
I hear gay slurs all the time, in fact they are slung around like it's nothing in our discord channel. That said it was started by two gay men who are family.
I mean yeah context is important. I similarly have gay friends who will make or laugh at gay jokes at their own expense but they also aren't keen on strangers using slurs against them or as a general insult. Reminds me of this scene from Louie:
And it's a lot different when you are talking about adults who are confident and comfortable in their skin, compared to teenagers who are maybe coming from backgrounds where they haven't learned the same lessons yet and could be coming from a background where acceptance wasn't normalized.
The point of the analogies was to remove the "pride" part from the equation. Give the same equation, but change the point of "conscientious objection". If you think A+B=C is justified but A+B=D is not justified, well, your arguments may not be very sound.
Celebrini - another center giving them a 1/2 punch
By the same token that has me convinced it wasn't rigged - and I cheer for one of the teams that arguably got screwed over by it. It's too obvious.
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Yeah like I said, create whatever you want to feel better about it but I said an entire year before Chicago would get that pick and they did. Everyone knew Chicago was getting that pick and absolutely no one was shocked by the outcome.By the same token that has me convinced it wasn't rigged - and I cheer for one of the teams that arguably got screwed over by it. It's too obvious.
That and I saw Portzline's article on the process unfolding which gives a very detailed play-by-play:
Inside the moment the Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL Draft Lottery — before a TV miscue
The Athletic was inside the room when the four ping-pong balls got drawn. Here's how the night went.
The process is overseen by Ernst & Young, one of the Big Four - the NHL is present but doesn't run it. E&Y also has a strong interest in not stacking things per their clients' demands; the NHL is not large enough of a client for them to take the risks involved. (For those who don't pay attention to accounting firm drama, the last time a firm of ostensibly sufficient size did try to pull that with even larger clients, folks talked about a "Big Five" instead of Big Four, the firm was Arthur Andersen, and the clients were Enron and WorldCom. We all know how that story ended.)
EDIT: To sum up, as I kept saying that evening - it wasn't rigged, they did get it, and it f***ing sucks and they should never have had that pick to begin with.
Just because it was predictable and convenient doesn't mean it was dictated.
I don't need to read propaganda to cover up something being rigged by the NHL.
Usually when someone's trying to be intellectually honest they at least try to gather information rather than dismissing it out of hand. That's a bullshit counterpoint and you should be ashamed.
This is the part right here that pisses me off the most. They basically got rewarded for covering up sexual abuse. The Coyotes lost a first round pick for fitness testing of prospects. They thought they were within the rules and didn't belive they did anything wrong. Chicago knowingly and actively covered up SA and their inaction led to more SA at a high school. That organization basically got a slap on the wrist with a pinky promise to not do that again.
BuT tHE PeOPle tHAt dID iT weRe aLL G0ne and THe owNErs wEre fINEd. PuNiSHing thE hoCKeY tEam foR ofF-iCE iSsUEs isN't fair.
