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-43.....yeah no thanks! Western Canada is very high on the bucket list (love hiking and the outdoors in general) but the older I get the more I can't stand wind and wet. I don't mind the cold so much, but when you couple wind/rain....nope haha.
 
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Yikes, I guess I should stop complaining about the weather I’m experiencing right now.
 
It's zero degrees and sunny at 9am here in South Korea, similar to hometown Vancouver, where it's 4 degrees at night, with no below zero day or night forecasts for the next ten days.

Winnipeg was the coldest place i've ever lived, for two winters in '98 & '99. Add the vicious wind chill and noses turn purple or brown in minutes, and take days to stop hurting. -35 c and still air is much easier to bare than -20 and a howling prairie wind.
 
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The Chignecto Isthmus between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick I found to be particularly bitter because the bodies of water on either side create some fiercely cold winds that aren't matched once you get deep into either of those provinces. Weather in Newfoundland mostly sucks in a wide variety of ways, but I'll take anything we get over that particular season in the Moncton/Amherst area.
 
Habsfan18 said:
The big boys came to play today. Got a bit dicey at the end there, but I'm so looking forward to the rematch on Thursday night. Mark your calendars!
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Crosby leading the tournament in scoring at 37. Out there when the game was on the line (goaltending and spacing on D is a big problem for Canada), throws a nice body check at center ice, steals the puck, and ices the game w/the EN. Nice bounce back by him and the rest of the team, sans the last few minutes, which was chaos.

Professor What said:
Out of curiosity, have you guys ever seen a similar historical draft for any other sport?
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Nothing as in depth as the ATD, IMO.

I used to do an ATD for baseball 10+ years ago, which was similar in style but not nearly as thorough an evaluation as say the peak years of the ATD here.
 
The football subforum had one a few years back with a lot of people signed up to participate. I know pretty little about football history so I passed. Would happily do a basketball one, though.
 
Passing of the torch. In 2010, Crosby scored the gold medal goal, 3-2 in OT. Now, fifteen years later (minus about a week), it's McDavid, also 3-2 in OT.

I didn't watch the game, but listened to it on the radio. It sounded like the US team was better, especially in overtime, but Binnington had maybe the best game of his life.
 
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Incredible game. US definitely outplayed Canada in OT.

McDavid had a poor game then scored the OT winner.

Matthews had a great game then left McDavid alone in the slot.

I hope this game removes the playoff stink from Hellebucyk. Incredible game and he's shown how elite he is in important hockey when he isn't left out to dry.

Love the Binnington redemption arc.
 
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My shot at an all-tournament team:

F: MacKinnon/McDavid/Brady Tkachuk
D: Slavin, not sure about the second D, the answer might just be Faber, Slavin's partner, that pairing was so good
G: Binnington

HM: Crosby, Guentzel, Hellebuyck, Granlund
 
McDavid adds to his legacy with that goal. It'll be remembered forever even if it's "just" the 4 Nations.

It'll be a golden goal for a generation of people.

Henderson
Lemieux
Sakic
Crosby
McDavid
 
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Hat trick for Ovi. Needs 13 for 895 now. And just think, if not for the injury, he might well be shooting for his 10th 50-goal season. (Which, in fairness, he'd have by now if not for circumstances beyond his control.)
 
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Been an absolute pleasure watching my team this season, even apart from the Ovechkin chase.

If you'd told me before this season that our two best players would be Pierre-Luc Dubois and Aliaksei Protas, I'd have assumed we'd be drafting James Hagens rather than sitting in 1st place. Fun turn of events!
 
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Dr John Carlson said:
Been an absolute pleasure watching my team this season, even apart from the Ovechkin chase.

If you'd told me before this season that our two best players would be Pierre-Luc Dubois and Aliaksei Protas, I'd have assumed we'd be drafting James Hagens rather than sitting in 1st place. Fun turn of events!
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You could do a case study on Aliaksei Protas.

He is second on the team in scoring with 50 points in 57 games, playing ENTIRELY five-on-five. He isn't on PP1 or PP2, or even PK1 or PK2 for that matter. Incredible stuff.
 
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nabby12 said:
You could do a case study on Aliaksei Protas.

He is second on the team in scoring with 50 points in 57 games, playing ENTIRELY five-on-five. He isn't on PP1 or PP2, or even PK1 or PK2 for that matter. Incredible stuff.
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8th in the league in even strength points. He is one of their four core PKers, though.

If the NHL had a most improved award, he'd be the runaway favourite. The dude is 6'6, 225 lbs and in the 93rd percentile for top skating speed, 89th percentile for 20+ mph speed bursts. He's a tank!
 
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Dr John Carlson said:
8th in the league in even strength points. He is one of their four core PKers, though.

If the NHL had a most improved award, he'd be the runaway favourite. The dude is 6'6, 225 lbs and in the 93rd percentile for top skating speed, 89th percentile for 20+ mph speed bursts. He's a tank!
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That's one award that the NHL doesn't have but should. The NBA has it, so why not us?
 
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Dr John Carlson said:
8th in the league in even strength points. He is one of their four core PKers, though.

If the NHL had a most improved award, he'd be the runaway favourite. The dude is 6'6, 225 lbs and in the 93rd percentile for top skating speed, 89th percentile for 20+ mph speed bursts. He's a tank!
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A tank is right! Just like Marchenko in Columbus, he's having a breakout year. And the way that they both play, I only see them getting better and better in the seasons to come!
 
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