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Speculation: Roster Building Thread LXXX: MOAR sandpaper, guts & glory?

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RickChartraw said:
I did chuckle at the now i can die in peace sign in 94'.....but jeez its been awhile, please one more time before i go.
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Yeah, nowadays it's more like
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Bluto said:
The year is 2024, the Rangers enter the playoffs again after an early 2022 exit. The team, led by Kakko and Lafreniere, are beginning to come into their own and fire on all cylinders offensively. The only knock on them is that they are a bit soft. They enter round 2 of the playoffs where they face the hated Philadelphia Flyers and their old friend turned foe Tony DeAngelo. for 6 games the Rangers and Flyers go back and forth, the Flyers with their physicality wearing down and demoralizing the Rangers as the series goes on. The Rangers begin to slow down and the Flyers tie the series in game 6. Tony DeAngelo leads the Flyers in scoring and has grown as a person, deleting his twitter, keeping his cool in the locker room, and has even become a leader for the Flyers. By all accounts, he is loved in the room. Game 7 is a nail biter, 2-2 going into 2OT. Suddenly, Tony DeAngelo goes crease to crease, undressing K'Andre Miller to score the game winning goal. Bluto facepalms from his seats that he kept, much to the protests of his wife who does not understand why he flies to New York for the playoffs every year. As Bluto's face is firmly palmed, the blue haired, rich, white NYU student from Westchester in a 'hip' Lindros jersey whos daddy bought him season tickets as a 'congratulations for maintaining a 3.2 GPA in your freshman liberal studies program!' gift cries out, his breath foul from consumption of some Brooklyn IPA I've never heard of "It's not fair! White supremacy! That Nazi shouldn't be allowed in the NHL! Poor Miller doesn't deserve such trauma!" As DeAngelo is mobbed by his Flyers teammates and the Rangers hang their heads in defeat, posters flock to HFBoards, crying out with their finger tips about how a racist undressed a poor young black player who shouldn't have been subjected to such trauma. Twitter buzzes about white privelege, comparing DeAngelo's overtime winner with racist Tom Brady, who had the audacity to defeat a black QB in the Super Bowl during black history month on 3 separate occasions. Some blame Larry Brooks, the privileged white boomer journalist who was so evil, that he wrote a puff piece about DeAngelo which painted him in a light in which people might conclude that DeAngelo wasn't actually the second coming of Hitler. They remind each other of all of the amateur bloggers who mentioned unnamed, anonymous sources who claimed DeAngelo terrorized Miller with racist attacks in his rookie year. As the internet is set ablaze, and Bluto's palm melts into his face, he may need to go to the emergency room to have them separated from each other. The Flyers fan down the aisle in his number 77 DeAngelo jersey mocks and taunts the crowd "thanks for giving him to us for free!" Bluto cries out. He hates nothing more than seeing Philadelphia sports fans celebrate. The players begin to shake hands, Twitter and HfBoards rebuking every Ranger player who shakes the hand of Tony DeAngelo. "Sportsmanship should not be granted to neo-nazis" they cry. As DeAngelo goes to shake Miller's hand, they embrace. Joseph Conrad could not have thought of a more fitting ending. The perfect euphemism for the last 500 years of colonization as the former friends turned rivals in an act of mutual respect congratulate each other on a hard fought series and vow to see each other again. Twitter explodes, HFBoards crash, the colonists have won, we have entered the hockey heart of darkness. People retreat to their safe spaces and call their therapists as they feel the pain of K'Andre Miller embracing the man they claim traumatized him. The offseason begins and the Rangers bombard social media with highlights of the 1994 playoff run as if it is still relevant with promises that they will someday hoist the cup again, every video with comments "We gave him up for free".
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Honestly, that's what I call a cool story bro. Such a riveting tale, I honestly copy and pasted it to word, saved on my hard drive, backed it up on a jump drive, drove to the bank, put the jump drive in the safe deposit box, and will leave it there until my kids turn about 12 (when they can actually state their age, and ask what it is I'm showing them), when I will pick it up, put it in an old USB drive reader and relay this cool story to them and tell them, "kids, this is what a cool story should look and sound like...not like the stories your generation tells."
 
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Glen Sathers Cigar said:
He is incapable of admitting he was wrong and apologizing. He never will.
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He won't apologize because, in his mind, he did not do anything wrong.

He just wrote up what "sources" told him. And without those sources being named, it's impossible to verify for us. Convenient for him of course, but I am sure SBN/Vox have done their due dilligence following up on who those sources are.

They even had a disclaimer in the article (which they later removed)

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There are 4 versions basically:

Jan 31st 5:24 PM (version 1)
Jan 31st 10:52 PM (version 2)
Feb 1st 10:11 AM (version 3)
Feb 2nd 9:06 PM (version 4, current)

The Editor's note was added in version 2, and removed in version 3 (19 minutes later). I'm curious why they deleted the editor's note...
 
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Anthony5967 said:
I like the title of this thread. It reminds me of how Fortunato and the other blogger geniuses like Herman mock TAWFNESS. Nobody is saying build a team of enforcers. So when they say MOAR TAWFNESS, they truly have no idea what people are clamoring for. Tampa didn't have goons, but guys like Goodrow, Maroon, Cirelli, Gourde, Killorn, etc. They are high character guys that do the little things you need come playoff time to win 16 games. These guys muck and give 110% every shift and will never be outbattled. They are so incredibly determined. We need more battle and compete, especially if they want to make noise one day as a championship team.
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Coleman too. Tampa has plenty of skill, but they bought and traded for a lot of sandpaper to protect it as well
 
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NYR said:
Anyone know why Drury still has a job?
Look at that roster. if this organization is so highly ranked in prospects, why does Hartford look like complete dogshit? He hasn't done shit since he's been here
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i find it hard to agree
Laf, Kakk, Howden, Hajek, Chytil, Gauthier, Fox, Lindgren are w NYR
Rykov and Krav are on NYR deals but playing overseas.
Many of the rest of the rich pipeline are not yet on NHL contracts.
The NCAA UDFA signings of Richards and Khodorenko were competitive and praised.
They let go multiple underpeforming guys (Gropp, Day, ...)
Next year Pack will add numerous ranked prospects from among Robertson, Schneider, Skinner, Pajuniemi.

Drury helped bring in coaches KK and Murphy.

fyi the Pack are 2-0
 
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NYR said:
Anyone know why Drury still has a job?
Look at that roster.
if this organization is so highly ranked in prospects, why does Hartford look like complete dogshit?
He hasn't done shit since he's been here..
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To be fair we have drafted a lot of overseas players that never came here this year.
 
NYR said:
Anyone know why Drury still has a job?
Look at that roster.
if this organization is so highly ranked in prospects, why does Hartford look like complete dogshit?
He hasn't done shit since he's been here..
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Our top prospects are either in Junior, KHL, SHL. Our track record with picks from a couple years ago that would be in that AHL development age of 20-23 isnt great. Our prospect ranking is high from the last 2 - 3 years.
 
NYR said:
Anyone know why Drury still has a job?
Look at that roster.
if this organization is so highly ranked in prospects, why does Hartford look like complete dogshit?
He hasn't done shit since he's been here..
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Do you remember what Hartford was like before Drury?
 
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DanielBrassard said:
Honestly, that's what I call a cool story bro. Such a riveting tale, I honestly copy and pasted it to word, saved on my hard drive, backed it up on a jump drive, drove to the bank, put the jump drive in the safe deposit box, and will leave it there until my kids turn about 12 (when they can actually state their age, and ask what it is I'm showing them), when I will pick it up, put it in an old USB drive reader and relay this cool story to them and tell them, "kids, this is what a cool story should look and sound like...not like the stories your generation tells."
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I could have published it and made millions but i've gifted it to the public for free. Im basically like elon musk.
 
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DutchShamrock said:
Rangerboy proving his superior philosophy once again. Traded HFNYR before it's value tanked. His emotionless approach navigated these treacherous waters that the rest of us schmucks don't have enough sense to avoid.
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I liked that dude. He always seemed to have some article or tweet that could brew a new discussion or add insight. This thread more than ever could use some fresh discussion.
 
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