Hawkaholic
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May as well, it's about as close to hockey as the shootouts are.Instead of a shootout, we should have a boxing match at center ice to make enforcers relevant again.
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CourtneyDagger50
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I actually like shootouts. I think they are fun to watch. Even though when it is your team, it is a heart attack waiting to happen.
Pepe Silvia
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I don't mind shootouts because they can be pretty entertaining and ties suck ass. But that 3-2-1 system sounds like a good idea.
Kurtosis
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How does a shootout determine who the better team is on a given day? It is a stupid gimmick that has no place in determining a winner or loser.
Furthermore, what is wrong with two teams being as good as each other on a given night and calling it at that? The fascination with needing a winner or loser is so odd.
It's like reading a book and at the end, the protagonist and antagonist simply shake hands and go their separate ways. I'd throw that book across the room.
The shootout is a necessary evil. TV restraints, the fact it's just a regular season game, and the players would get tired. The game has to end. In a perfect world, I'd prefer just overtime. But I know that's not likely. So a shootout is fine. I would like, however, a 10 minute overtime before the shootout.
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It's not at all like that. It would be like that if there were for some ridiculous reason ties in the playoffs.
DisgruntledHawkFan
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Seriously. Nobody is calling for ties in the post season. Sometimes two teams are just even. End of story.
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Told #CBJ asst. GM Bill Zito and Ryan Johansen's agent, Kurt Overhardt, met yesterday in Traverse City. No progress; still $3M apart / year
Aaron Portzline @Aportzline · 2h
#CBJ say they wish Johansen had arbitration rights now, that a deal would be done. That's how strongly they feel about $3.5M offer.
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RT @PlanetCBJ: @Aportzline @Peej_Jones Do you think #CBJ goes no higher than 3.75 m. per on Johansen contract? / They say no. We'll see. (Bold is Portzline's answer)
Told #CBJ asst. GM Bill Zito and Ryan Johansen's agent, Kurt Overhardt, met yesterday in Traverse City. No progress; still $3M apart / year
Aaron Portzline @Aportzline · 2h
#CBJ say they wish Johansen had arbitration rights now, that a deal would be done. That's how strongly they feel about $3.5M offer.
Aaron Portzline @Aportzline · 2h
RT @PlanetCBJ: @Aportzline @Peej_Jones Do you think #CBJ goes no higher than 3.75 m. per on Johansen contract? / They say no. We'll see. (Bold is Portzline's answer)
CourtneyDagger50
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He doesn't deserve any more after one good season. Take the bridge deal and get paid when its over.
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I think he saw how Bobrovsky handled the bridge demand from Jackets and wants to replicate that
Bob got a 2 yr deal but a 5.6M cap hit
Problem for Johansen is that Bob had a legit KHL offer (I believe 10M) and was coming off Vezina year.
Jackets got the bridge years but had to give in on $$$ demands of Bob. Unless KHL comes calling and Johansen is actually willing to go he has very little leverage
Bob got a 2 yr deal but a 5.6M cap hit
Problem for Johansen is that Bob had a legit KHL offer (I believe 10M) and was coming off Vezina year.
Jackets got the bridge years but had to give in on $$$ demands of Bob. Unless KHL comes calling and Johansen is actually willing to go he has very little leverage
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Johansen had a good season last year, but the season before he was a healthy scratch in the AHL playoffs. You can't fault Columbus for wanting to be sure of the player they actually have.
Blackhawkswincup
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Cant fault Johansen though for proving his doubters in organization wrong and expected to be rewarded for it
He has become the face of that franchise in Columbus alongside Bobrovsky
He also saw that laughable contract that RHN got from Oilers and is using that as comparable
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Proving his doubters wrong would be coming out again this season and building upon what he did last year. One year of good hockey does not constitute being elevated to where Johansen thinks he is. I love his game, but he has to prove it for more than just one season.
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Sarava
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I agree with this. Before last year he wasn't looking like a good pick. Now he had a great season...let's see him do it again. That's what bridge contracts are for.
Blackhawkswincup
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Well he did prove his doubters wrong and had breakout year
Now if they want a bridge so much then he should demand a 1 yr deal which I believe would give him arbitration rights next offseason and open him up to offer sheet potential
I bet the Jackets would be opposed to that because if he proves it again then he will get his big $$$ potentially from someone else
Now if they want a bridge so much then he should demand a 1 yr deal which I believe would give him arbitration rights next offseason and open him up to offer sheet potential
I bet the Jackets would be opposed to that because if he proves it again then he will get his big $$$ potentially from someone else
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