rangers1314
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That's the dream, however I think the Flyers show up at Paul Maurice front door with a publishers clearing house size check.
Around the NHL - Part XXXVIII
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Larrybiv
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Seems that is what you want, right? Well, I am NOT so sure I want that. NOT because of hockey reasons where I don't feel the Rangers wouldn't beat them. It's not that. You see, I live in Pantherville, and attended a PO game there when we lost that series. What a trek AND the neighborhood and parking were atrocious.
We meet them again, surely the GF will break my balls and wanna do it again, as she wants retribution. Not to say that I don't, but you know.
Do you see them in sunrise.?
I go see the Panthers 4 or 5 times a year, parking lot not bad, getting out of it can be hard at times. Neighborhood is sawgrass mills and expensive condos. Plenty of food and drink options at the mall
on a side note Ric Flair is always there
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I'm not worried about playing Tampa, but I don't have a preference for or against them. I was just pointing out the possibility. We could end up playing any one of Pit, Wash, Tampa or Boston.
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I don't know why I find pleasure if VGK miss out with Eichel. Toxic, I know. Don't like their coach either.
I'm elated we didn't trade for him...
I'm elated we didn't trade for him...
Boris Zubov
No relation to Sergei, Joe
Their owner is such a greedy prick as well, so it's his displeasure I'll get the most enjoyment from.
Kane One
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I don’t think any owner became as wealthy as they are by not being a greedy prick.
Boris Zubov
No relation to Sergei, Joe
Wholeheartedly agree, but as a VGK STH for the first few years, that organization rubbed a lot of us the wrong way, very quickly. Mr Foley is not very popular in Las Vegas, where he should be an icon for bringing hockey to the desert, so that should tell you something.
Kane One
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Boris Zubov
No relation to Sergei, Joe
Many parts to this long winded answer. Open a beer...
During the season ticket drive to prove to the NHL that there was a viable market in Vegas, we all put down deposits 3 years before the team was even granted. Not a ton of money, but it was a blind faith leap by many to basically let them sit on your cash for awhile.
When the team was finally officially announced the team had an open house event at the arena in Feb 2017 for you to view your seats & give you the opportunity to upgrade your seats or increase your package from a partial plan to a full plan. As a partial plan depositor I met my rep for the first time & he asked why I wasn't interested in a full season. I let him know my work schedule wasn't conducive to attending more than 7-10 games. Right away he went on the hard sell of being able to unload the rest of my games with all the tourists who were going to come to town to see their team play. Now mind you he was right, but this was a full 8 months before the first season, & everyone was predicting the team to suck. At the time I wasn't interested in being a ticket broker, but I bought into the fact I could choose better seats upgrading to a full season & lower my per game cost significantly. What he neglected to tell me is that the tickets would be digital only & they had no partnership with a resale platform til less than 2 weeks before the season started. Plus they didn't release our seats to us til 3 days before the first exhibition home game. That was the first bad sign.
Fast forward 16 months & the the team is in the Finals, and both regular season & playoff tickets have been selling like mad, but Mr Billionaire owner doesn't like the fact that his customers who put deposits down 4 years ago are now making significant money selling playoff seats. So for the SCFs, the team & Stubhub (who is the only approved outlet we can resell our tickets through) decide to f*** us by not releasing our seats til 3 days before game 1, while the team itself listed a ton of their own inventory on Stubhub 8 days before Game 1 to give us less opportunity to profit.
Then after the Finals, the team began revoking STHs seats because of excess selling of their seats. Remember all the tickets are digital so they can track every seat you use, give away or sell on Stubhub. This was after their reps were selling ticket packages with the sales pitch of how easy it was to sell your extras. And they were pulling peoples accounts completely arbitrarily...no rhyme or reason. I was shocked they didn't yank mine after attending only 10 regular season games & 4 playoff games.
Then the price increases came. My seats in year one were $50 each for 5th row upper level between the blue line & the face off circle. $4400 for year one which included 3 preseaon games at full price. For year 2, that cost was increased to $6750, which didn't include a $3 per seat per game arena improvement fee....on a f***ing 2 year old building. That fee never went away. For year 3 my seats went to $8400 for the year for the pair plus the AMF $3 fee per seat per game....Then if I wanted to renew for year four, the cost was $10,200 plus the AMF fee. After year 3 I impolitely declined. All my friends in Vegas who kept their seats are getting killed on resales when they can't go to a game. The resale market is so flooded, sometimes they have to eat their extras.
During year 3, Covid hit, & luckily I wasn't paying for year 4, which the payment plan would begin in January. Not only did Foley not give anyone the option to opt out of the following season, he was the last owner to refund money for games unplayed in the 19-20 season. And if you had renewed for the 20-21 year, they kept your money & applied to your balance, knowing full well they had no idea when fans would be let back in the building...which took almost a full calendar year.
Now you gotta remember, Vegas isn't like NYC, many of the STHs are service industry employees who make very good money bartending, cocktail waitressing etc. But the Vegas Strip was shut down for 4 months for Covid initially & then shut down again....a lot of people were hurting for cash & that prick was so unsympathetic. Plus he laid off his entire game day ice staff
without pay when other teams were keeping them on full time.
I know there's more I neglecting to add, but I think you get the point.
TL/DR f*** Bill Foley.
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hackeyman
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He doesn't seem to treat people right. I wouldn't count them out yet though. Dallas and LA are really sucking lately and Nashville is facing all top teams but one.
17futurecap
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BBKers
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Vegas really hanging on by the skin of its poker chip teeth…will be interesting to see how this plays out
I find it amazing how quietly the Rangers have climbed to having the second best GAA in the league, just one goal behind Carolina. Pretty impressive stuff.
Black Tank
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And tied for 4th overall in the standings. The 4th best record in the entire f***ing league and I believe we haven't hit our groove yet - we are still finding the right pieces to contend.
Ovie is honestly amazing. Two classic beauties last night to become the oldest 50 goal scorer in history and tie the all time 50 goal seasons record (should have passed it, got robbed on the Covid season ending when he was at 48 with ~12 games to go). But the following is what really stands out to me:
Between 1981 and 1995 I count 31 times somebody broke 60+ goals. Some years there were as many as ten 50+ goal scorers. Guys who were definitely great, but nowhere even remotely close to Ovie’s legacy were popping in 60-70+ goal seasons. The goal scoring in the league has changed so much since the Roy/Brodeur/Hasek period.
Since 1995 only Ovie and Stamkos have hit 60 (Matthews should get there this year). But over a 14 year span 60+ was reached 31 times. Over the next 27 year span it was reached twice.
It’s super impressive to me that, despite playing in an era where he was often the only 50 goal scorer and some seasons no one in the entire NHL even hit the 50 mark, he has amassed more goals than anyone (besides Wayne and Gordie) who played in a decade plus where 50-60 goal seasons were as common as 40 is now and even 70+ goal seasons were more common than 60 goals. In fact, I’m all but positive that 80+ happened twice as many times in a 14 year span as 60+ has happened in the following 25 years.
Between 1981 and 1995 I count 31 times somebody broke 60+ goals. Some years there were as many as ten 50+ goal scorers. Guys who were definitely great, but nowhere even remotely close to Ovie’s legacy were popping in 60-70+ goal seasons. The goal scoring in the league has changed so much since the Roy/Brodeur/Hasek period.
Since 1995 only Ovie and Stamkos have hit 60 (Matthews should get there this year). But over a 14 year span 60+ was reached 31 times. Over the next 27 year span it was reached twice.
It’s super impressive to me that, despite playing in an era where he was often the only 50 goal scorer and some seasons no one in the entire NHL even hit the 50 mark, he has amassed more goals than anyone (besides Wayne and Gordie) who played in a decade plus where 50-60 goal seasons were as common as 40 is now and even 70+ goal seasons were more common than 60 goals. In fact, I’m all but positive that 80+ happened twice as many times in a 14 year span as 60+ has happened in the following 25 years.
Miamipuck
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I lived in South Florida for 20 years.... been to a zillion games and even played there a bunch of times, there's a few condos but otherwise the arena is next to the 3rd or 4th biggest mall in the country. The area isn't bad.
The parking is atrocious if you park in the arena. Park at the mall and walk across. Get there early and make the GF happy(ier) lol.
They're not 1 goal behind Carolina. That's including shootouts, those aren't actual goals allowed. They're tied with Carolina and probably played more OT minutes so they're #1 in the league not #2.
Larrybiv
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Not sure what they were thinking. They had better have a plan, but doesn't look like they do. "If it ain't broke don't fix it" seems to be relevant here. I mean, did they really need him? Now, they have major issues and prob are separating the team as some have to go because of.
Larrybiv
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Haven't missed a NYR/Panthers game in years. Whether its one or 2 visits. Here's some news, great when they win, sux when they lose. Last loss this year.......upon leaving, I yelled NICE GAME we'll be seeing you all in the ECF!
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