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GDT: Rangers @ Capitals - "Playoffs? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Playoffs!" Edition - 3/28/18 - 8pm EDT

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haveandare said:
HBO helped the most imo. That show was excellent - I watched it with many friends who didn't care for hockey much at all and even they were totally sucked in. I don't really recall what the issue was with continuing that, but it was yet another in a long, long series of culturally tone deaf moves the NHL has made. HBO is a big deal, people enjoy their programming and anything made by them gets a huge boost of popularity simply because they made it.
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Plus the nhl without cursing is dumb. The behind the scenes stuff for the outdoor games now is just fluff on fluff. The HBO show was actually interesting. I do think they realized they’d never beat Ilya bryzgalov
 
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Bodi Finds the Fire said:
I think you throw in the unexpected success, the winter classic, behind the scenes from that, got to know the players more from that. It just was a fun team and you felt more attached to those players. Yeah sure there was a winter classic this year, but did not have the same feeling as the last one, plus things began going down hill right after this one.
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That was also the last remotely interesting WC. They’ve overkilled the outdoor stuff.
 
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Vinny DeAngelo said:
Plus the nhl without cursing is dumb. The behind the scenes stuff for the outdoor games now is just fluff on fluff. The HBO show was actually interesting. I do think they realized they’d never beat Ilya bryzgalov
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Yeah, with the lesser production quality and the censorship, etc it's just not enough to be very interesting, especially if you aren't already a fan of the teams in question.
 
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haveandare said:
HBO helped the most imo. That show was excellent - I watched it with many friends who didn't care for hockey much at all and even they were totally sucked in. I don't really recall what the issue was with continuing that, but it was yet another in a long, long series of culturally tone deaf moves the NHL has made. HBO is a big deal, people enjoy their programming and anything made by them gets a huge boost of popularity simply because they made it.
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Anyone remember the HBO line though? That was some legit shit right there. Maybe the last time I enjoyed having an enforcer on my team. And Hollweg who was just f***ing nuts. Just emerged from the dark ages, Jagr was awesome, Hank was establishing himself as awesome, and then we had that line. :laugh:
 
The 05-06 team was incredibly boring when the Jagr line wasn't on the ice IMO. Never expected anything to happen offensively from the rest of the roster. It was made worse when Rucinsky got injured, and Rucchin was much better served as a 3C at that stage of his career. Sykora added a nice boost later on in the season, but then they ruined it by adding Ozolinch.
 
Miami was obviously the location two days ago and a live concert with David Guetta, enjoy!
It`s off topic, but it will close after the game.
And a happy Easter everyone! :)

 
nyr2k2 said:
Anyone remember the HBO line though? That was some legit **** right there. Maybe the last time I enjoyed having an enforcer on my team. And Hollweg who was just ****ing nuts. Just emerged from the dark ages, Jagr was awesome, Hank was establishing himself as awesome, and then we had that line. :laugh:
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Hollweg is neck in neck with Glass as my most hated Ranger ever.
 
Yeah, it was cold here too today - take a hot shower and open some beers, @Amazing Kreiderman - the puck drop in 10 min. though. :D

I had plans to travel to Mallorca earlier in April, but I will wait next year instead - it`s cold in south Spain too! :)
 
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