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On the Athletic, they are running their fan base survey of "Confidence level in your GM and management" for the year. Last year, Nill & Co. ranked 24th, despite good recent drafting. They questioned the "always win now, so don't rebuild" attitude and the hire of PDB, which they called a continuation of the Rick Bowness shackle system of offense.

I wonder how our reigning GM of the year will fare this year?
 
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EA doesn't want it on PC because the community would make it better and then they wouldn't be able to charge us every year for a glorified roster update that the community ends up having to balance and fix anyways.

I used to buy the game at launch for the longest time, but now I end up waiting until it's either half price or practically free before buying it, if at all.
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Never thought about that. What a sad business model.

I bought NBA2K during the pandemic when it was crazy cheap and that card system is fun and totally addictive in the same way as gambling. Can’t imagine paying full price for such a pay-to-win model though
 
I mean you don't need to rebuild if you draft really well with later picks.
 
Ratbath said:
Never thought about that. What a sad business model.

I bought NBA2K during the pandemic when it was crazy cheap and that card system is fun and totally addictive in the same way as gambling. Can’t imagine paying full price for such a pay-to-win model though
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It's especially bad because its yearly games. I spend some money on stuff like Hearthstone but i don't need to buy a new Hearthstone every year on top of spending money for card packs.

In the Sports games your progress will be worthless once the next series game is released a year later
 
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serp said:
It's especially bad because its yearly games. If spend some money on stuff like Hearthstone but i don't need to buy a new Hearthstone every year on top of spending money of card packs.

In the Sports games your progress will be worthless once the next series game is released a year later
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Yes, this too. Even when I want to buy a discounted game it’s usually already useless to play already so I just never buy sports games any more
 
FirstRowUpperDeck said:
On the Athletic, they are running their fan base survey of "Confidence level in your GM and management" for the year. Last year, Nill & Co. ranked 24th, despite good recent drafting. They questioned the "always win now, so don't rebuild" attitude and the hire of PDB, which they called a continuation of the Rick Bowness shackle system of offense.

I wonder how our reigning GM of the year will fare this year?
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Some hockey coverage you can count on to be on the right side of history.

Speaking of which, I'm writing about him tomorrow at D Magazine. As good as he is, there's still some shit to straight out. Namely finding Dallas' identity on offense. Scoring a lot of goals is not the same as having an effective system, and Dallas still doesn't have much of a rush attack, or a cycle for that matter.
 
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David Castillo said:
Nothing wrong with splitting hairs when it's the difference between another WC Finals loss...or not. (IMO)

www.dmagazine.com

The Stars’ Biggest Weakness Is a Missing Identity. How Can Pete DeBoer Fix it?

Dallas' head coach already turned a decent team into a great team. Homing in on who the Stars are could take them up another level still.
www.dmagazine.com www.dmagazine.com
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This hits on an important conclusion. You can say your system is whatever you want. But if the players on the ice are Lindell, Suter, Miller, Hakanpaa, and Hanley, well, it doesn't matter. They're going to do what they are capable of, which is fail to exit the zone with possession.

If Harley and Lundkvist aren't your #2 and #3 (barring future acquisitions), you won't achieve the final change in style that has to happen to reach the next level.
 
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OK check this out (video starts at correct timestamp) -- watch at least through 34:30 or so.



So Fedorov scores, they finally realize it and go to review, but keep your eyes on the margins of the rink. What's that? Yep, they're throwing trash on the ice in the playoffs! It's a Stars' fan birthright.
 
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Tampa should change their logo to Capfriendly's little red arrow indicating the contract extends beyond their table size

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