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Duke749
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FonRiesen
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I find it fascinating how many people are entertained and celebrate non-hockey plays/violence like this. So Beagle injures a guy because he got embarrassed by a more skilled player, zero consequences. Could you imagine if the same situation played out at something like... The Academy Awards? It's so hypocritical how this is accepted by society, and Will Smith's single slap with zero lasting physical harm (and with at least a plausible alibi of defending his wife... At the very least, the so-called 'comic' was victimizing Jada's dearth condition to score funny points) triggered his resignation from the Academy, and likely further consequences.
I'm not a proponent of slapping people, but the disparate public reactions seems massively disproportionate, in both cases, to the actual ethics of the respective situations, and there seems to be a huge disconnect between consequences and judgments.
kanadalainen
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Absolutely brutal. This is why the NHL will not cross that ephemeral barrier to match other leagues for burgeoning popularity and steadily increasing interest. There are too many comparators to an overtly staged wrestling gala (wrestling has it all: posturing, idiotic speeches, artificial choreographed battles, ineffective impotent gesticulations). A massive uptick in fan interest will not materialize as long as this stuff happens, and is perpetuated by those calling these games. Those potential fans will not take *this current NHL culture* at face value.
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kanadalainen
A pint of dark matter, please.
To be fair, the goal of the Academy is to honour Art (while making money). Obstensibly one might argue that the members are held to a higher standard (puts on XL flamesuit).
On the other hand:
One of the goals of the NHL (other than to make lots of money) is to showcase skill. The overt f***ery and blurred lines to confuse and diminish this goal are never hidden though, as the greying of the message happens with the interpretation of the NHL brass as to the best possible message to deliver to make said money. Idiotic retribution must necessarily fall into this "vision". The trickle down influence of this permission (seen in reflected commentary on live broadcasts) is not an error, nor is it an outlier, its actually the way of the NHL. And so on.
"Good on Jay Beagle, he's a veteran player who's been around for a long time, he's watching these young kids dance around, these fancy moves..." and then he trails off. In my minds eye I see the play-by-play guy or someone gesturing like a mad man for him to shut up. I just can't imagine why beating someone up because he's better at playing the game is "good on" anybody, but then again maybe I just don't understand "hockey culture" all that well after all.
EDIT: if I'm not mistaken that color guy is Tyson Nash, who managed to stick around the league for around 400 games with a career high of 15 points a season. Figures.
EDIT: if I'm not mistaken that color guy is Tyson Nash, who managed to stick around the league for around 400 games with a career high of 15 points a season. Figures.
bustamente
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Devils collapse yesterday in the third was epic, you think the Jets have problems. How many goalies in one year are to many?
FonRiesen
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It's interesting that Florida has mathematically clinched a playoff spot in 69 games. Even more interesting is that Colorado hasn't yet, with 2 more points in the same amount of games... 
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Duke749
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It's interesting that Florida has mathematically clinched a playoff spot in 69 games. Even more interesting is that Colorado hasn't yet, with 2 more points it the same amount of games...
The difference in how each conference has played out is crazy
Duke749
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Robin Lehner back tonight for the Knights. Wish him the best. That being said, f*** Vegas!
hockeyarena
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Is it just me or do u.s. broadcasts like msg+ have the rink volume turned up so the game sounds way more exciting? They have a very good announcer imop also. Atmosphere in there always sounds raucous.
bustamente
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jetsforever
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That’s great…. His next contract keeps going up and up for his new team
kanadalainen
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nobody imp0rtant
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Vegas wins tonight while Dallas is losing to Seattle. Looking like a tight three way battle between Vegas, Dallas and the Jets for that last playoff spot. 
sipowicz
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Sadly Copp is a concussion or two from having to call it a day which is a shame for a guy who plays a clean, honest game!
sipowicz
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Every goalie has ours, especially when most of our shots come from way past scoring range, no Jets aside from PLD or Connor go to the dirty areas!
I find that Stastny goes to the front of the net more than most players on the team ......
WolfHouse
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kanadalainen
A pint of dark matter, please.
Teemusalami204
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We don’t have one forward that makes the life hard for the other goalie .
We don’t have one D man that makes life hard for opposing players .
This has to change
We don’t have one D man that makes life hard for opposing players .
This has to change
Romang67
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If Dillon and Stanley don't do that, we should probably go higher skill on D. And if our bottom 6 that can't score doesn't make the life hard for the other goalie, we should probably go higher skill there too.
Guardian17
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We are too easy to play against.
Teams come into our zone with no fear and no price being exacted.
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We are too easy to play against. Not because we don't punish opponents enough. It is because we don't check them hard enough and take the puck away from them. It is close checking and winning that makes a team hard to play against.
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