MoontoScott
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Interesting how "rules" become "an artistic interpretation" rather than a fact.
Post-Game Talk: I’m so Drai right now
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Gotta love being in a Wildcard spot at the start of November.
Half the Conference was sleepwalking through October. The only teams that got the memo were the Wild Knights and Jets.
Everyone else was like.. wuahhh?? uhhh season started?? what day is it??
Half the Conference was sleepwalking through October. The only teams that got the memo were the Wild Knights and Jets.
Everyone else was like.. wuahhh?? uhhh season started?? what day is it??
The Nuge
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Kelly Hrudey is a clueless moron who’s opinion should mean no more than some random fan on the street, and when you combine that with the fact he’s hands down the biggest homer in broadcasting, there’s simply no point giving anything he says any thought.
Video Nasty
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Knoblauch mentioned it might be closer to two weeks than three, so the Toronto game does seem like the ideal midpoint.
You’ve got to appreciate sitting at 6-5-1 with two big wins without McDavid, instead of 4-7-1 with a potential three rough losses in a row.
If they can pull off two wins out of three against New Jersey, Vegas, and Vancouver, they’ll be in excellent shape. Ideally, this gives McDavid a chance to come back fully ready—maybe even go as far as easing him in with light minutes against the Wild on the 21st and the Rangers on the 23rd—then head into Thanksgiving feeling confident, but that’s just me being overly sensitive about how quickly he was rushed back early last season.
However it turns out, plenty of reason for optimism these last few days.
Hahahah what? Hrudey sounded like he needed to push when on the toilet during every replay analysis he did. Sounded like he was in pain
LevelingSolo
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If SN is going to force me to listen to that assclown for 3 hours then I need to cleanse my brain by bitching about him here. It’s like a tonic.
CantHaveTkachev
Cap Space > NHL players
the layout hasn't changed much at all
although it was more "prospect-based" than it is today (hence "Hockey's future")
Lowetide used to post here...Tyler Dellow aka Mudcrutch79....who works for the Canes now...was one of the earliest adopters of analytics and a huge Oiler fan posted here all the time
lol that’s the first time I’ve heard that Francis take.
I don’t know what it is about their fixation on self proclaiming themselves the best at everything (defense/team/centre depth/“balance”/start/whatever), but it’s definitely a thing.
CornKicker
Holland is wrong..except all of the good things
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almost exactly like it is now, terrible trade proposals and extreme reactions positive and negative
Dieseloil
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Yup, only one worse is Cassie Campbell.
I honestly can't remember a huge difference. I've always been more of a lurker then someone who comments. I came here to get information on prospects for every team. I stayed for the Oiler fan comradery. If I can't watch a game, I find getting the best info is reading the post game thread. You have to take things with a grain of salt, but you get to understand who thinks what on a daily basis.
I don't recall anyone giving away 2 playoff tickets in Vegas on this forum before, though. : P
Podkolzin played a whale of a game, he was all over it and made some very high IQ plays with the cherry on top being that pass to Drai. As he starts to get more reps in the top six I think we'll see that more and more out of him. Confidence is a beautiful thing and he's definitely got it right now.
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Just noticed I'm only one month away from my 20 year anniversary too. Damn we old lol
What I like about that line is the template is simple and repeatable. Podkolzin/Arvidsson work the puck low, win battles, find Leon who has already found soft ice in the slot.
Leon and Leon run lines get into trouble when they play the puck too high, and rip east/west passes around the blue line. This takes that all away.
Watching the extended highlights and man Podkolzin looks like a big steal for a 4th rounder. Guy is always winning puck battles, which is huge on a skilled line to have a guy like that, but some of the passes he's made on these Drai goals are displays of the skill that got him drafted 10th overall. He actually has a pretty big shot, if he ever regains confidence in that shot he could be a long term top 6 fixture.
Putting the cart before the horse with a guy that hasn't scored an NHL goal since 2 years ago but there's a lot of good stuff in his game, he just needs to pot a few and the confidence might grow.
Even if he only ends up as a good bottom 6 forwards, his contract is a steal (signed next season too).
Putting the cart before the horse with a guy that hasn't scored an NHL goal since 2 years ago but there's a lot of good stuff in his game, he just needs to pot a few and the confidence might grow.
Even if he only ends up as a good bottom 6 forwards, his contract is a steal (signed next season too).
BudBundy
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I believe the late, great Robin Brownlee came up with that one some years ago:
Sticking It Up The Butts Of His Critics.
You can definitely see the pedigree. If I remember right he was even rated higher than 10th, but it was pretty much assured he wouldn't be coming over right away so it scared teams off.
I really, really hope he can build on this. Would be massive to have a real contributor for $1M or whatever it is this year and next.
guymez
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PULSATING
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Ryder, Halak, and a 2nd
I was just a kid and lurked, I remember a lot of ya'll.
This was me when people would reply to my posts... or when I'd annoy Replacement
just joking buddy.
The Nuge
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I wanted Chychrun… I don’t think I’ve ever been more wrong about an NHL move. You literally couldn’t have picked a better fit in the entire league for the type of dman we needed
