I like the venom since there were some cool as jersey concepts that I watched on the youtubes. Fury, then HC and Outlaws.
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Couple of wild ones on back to back nights out West. No idea how VAN will hold up going forward with this Silovs kid (I keep hearing Shelob from LOTR).
Really impressed by the Joshua - Lindholm - Garland line. Good on the forecheck, physical and generated offense. That’s one of those fun matchup 3rd lines that can be an X-Factor in the playoffs. EDM doesn’t have the depth to counter.
Really impressed by the Joshua - Lindholm - Garland line. Good on the forecheck, physical and generated offense. That’s one of those fun matchup 3rd lines that can be an X-Factor in the playoffs. EDM doesn’t have the depth to counter.
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The most satisfying thing last night was watching Tkachuk land a solid punch on to Pastrnak's face.
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Future headline: Avalanche bury Yeti.
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Yeti would be an awkward choice considering the Avs have a yeti foot as their secondary logo and used to have a yeti as their mascot. Would be kind of like taking their closest rival's sloppy seconds?
I guess the Utah Warren Jeffs just missed the cut?
I think I’m in the minority but some of those names are pretty fun. Yeti, Black Diamonds, Frost, Freeze… all kind of cool and fit Utah well. Sure as shit better than the Commanders.
People always react terribly towards new team names but let’s not act like old teams aren’t shitty and/or unoriginal too. The Browns were literally named after the dude who bought the team. Green Bay… Packers? Yeah, try getting that one introduced today and not being a laughingstock. The New York Knicks are named after a bad pair of pants. Multiple teams are named the Jets and Giants. Beloved sports teams are named after the color of socks. The Detroit Lions are the Lions because their founders thought it sounded nice next to Detroit Tigers — there are no Lions or Tigers in Michigan (except at the zoo). Most team names suck, we just are used to them. I mean, the Wizards? 0/10, straight ass team name.
I think I’m in the minority but some of those names are pretty fun. Yeti, Black Diamonds, Frost, Freeze… all kind of cool and fit Utah well. Sure as shit better than the Commanders.
People always react terribly towards new team names but let’s not act like old teams aren’t shitty and/or unoriginal too. The Browns were literally named after the dude who bought the team. Green Bay… Packers? Yeah, try getting that one introduced today and not being a laughingstock. The New York Knicks are named after a bad pair of pants. Multiple teams are named the Jets and Giants. Beloved sports teams are named after the color of socks. The Detroit Lions are the Lions because their founders thought it sounded nice next to Detroit Tigers — there are no Lions or Tigers in Michigan (except at the zoo). Most team names suck, we just are used to them. I mean, the Wizards? 0/10, straight ass team name.
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I'm with 99% of this post, but Wizards is a good team name. I know some folks have attachment to the Bullets name, and that's a whole separate conversation, but there's nothing wrong with Wizards as a team name. The alliteration is a bonus.
Hard disagree except for the alliteration, but point well taken. It just feels so out of place both geographically and from a color scheme perspective… nothing about red, white, and blue screams Wizards to me. Plus you have the Capitals and Nationals… Wizards feels very random compared to them.
The name itself isn’t terrible and I like the Wiz as a shorthand nickname but it doesn’t feel right as the name for an NBA team in white-color, buttoned-up Washington DC. Would have been a cooler name for a market like Seattle or New Orleans.
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Canucks had a bad 1st period, but shut the door on the Oilers the last 2 periods and exposed who the Oilers are, a team with a glorified offense and PP, but a weak D-group and goaltender. We have seen this story before with the early days of Ovechkin, Bruce Boudreau, etc. The Caps defense was meh and the same for their goaltending.
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Maple Leafs fire coach Keefe after first-round exit
The Maple Leafs have fired coach Sheldon Keefe after another first-round playoff exit.
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We're Touched
The whole Red/White/Blue angle wasn't really present in DC sports in 1997. That's a more modern thing.
In 1997, this was the Capitals jersey:
And this was the first Wizards jersey:
And for reference:
I also think the other half our difference in opinion comes from our view of DC. Half the city is indeed "white collar, buttoned-up." But the other half of the city isn't.
Ovechkins Wodka
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Old bullets and Caps were Red white and blue.
The Bullets. Now THAT was a name. Stupid to get rid of it.
Well though, changing the name definitely reduced gun violence in DC by... um.... some unknown percentage, but I'm sure its huuuge.
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RedRocking
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Maple Leafs fire coach Keefe after first-round exit
The Maple Leafs have fired coach Sheldon Keefe after another first-round playoff exit.www.espn.com
That Van-Edm game was really insane. So weird seeing pass after pass tape to tape and quick skating and a competent forecheck. Incredibly impressive when you're used to the Caps milling about lol.
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I voted Freeze just to f*** with the curve.Not sure how Sea Dogs isn’t on the list…
