Hey Wild, keep those uniforms.Dave's a mess wrote: Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:44 pm Old friend Ryan Reaves straight murdered a Red Wing tonight.
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4753Clean hit, fucking fantastic. Wish we had someone on the team currently with 10% of Reaves’ balls and desire to make things difficult on the enemy.
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4754Very fair point. For whatever reason I have an easier time parking all that baggage than I do guys that get into some other unsavory off ice issues. Anyway I don't want to derail the conversation so I'll just leave it at that.
...but whatever, the Blues won the Cup!!!!!
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4755Yeah but does he have a gambling addiction? does he eat fried food?
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4756The Athletic just released a trade board of the top 25 most likely or at least most interesting potential trade pieces leading up to the deadline this year. ROR and Tarasenko were listed 5 and 6. Interestingly LeBrun mentioned that the Leafs have had some internal discussions about ROR. That'd be a great add for them, though I wonder what that return would look like. Nothing juicy or particularly interesting on Tarasenko.
...but whatever, the Blues won the Cup!!!!!
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4757Yeah, he also mentioned the Avs for ROR which would be an interesting trade.Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:11 am The Athletic just released a trade board of the top 25 most likely or at least most interesting potential trade pieces leading up to the deadline this year. ROR and Tarasenko were listed 5 and 6. Interestingly LeBrun mentioned that the Leafs have had some internal discussions about ROR. That'd be a great add for them, though I wonder what that return would look like. Nothing juicy or particularly interesting on Tarasenko.
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4758Yeah at first I blew that off as "no way Army trades him there", but it's probably unlikely they'd be able to sign him long term, and if you trade him you're not making the playoffs anyway, so why not just take the best offer.Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:16 amYeah, he also mentioned the Avs for ROR which would be an interesting trade.Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:11 am The Athletic just released a trade board of the top 25 most likely or at least most interesting potential trade pieces leading up to the deadline this year. ROR and Tarasenko were listed 5 and 6. Interestingly LeBrun mentioned that the Leafs have had some internal discussions about ROR. That'd be a great add for them, though I wonder what that return would look like. Nothing juicy or particularly interesting on Tarasenko.
...but whatever, the Blues won the Cup!!!!!
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4759Hope everything is ok in the Pietrangelo family. Every parents nightmare.
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/352 ... r-recovery
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/352 ... r-recovery
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4760This is going to get real for some of these players. I wonder who the "older" enabler was.
Details are in the thread. And a "probable" list of of players is in the replies. Sickening.
Details are in the thread. And a "probable" list of of players is in the replies. Sickening.
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4762Horrifying stuff. Glad she's on the road to recovery.BluesSK wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:54 am Hope everything is ok in the Pietrangelo family. Every parents nightmare.
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/352 ... r-recovery
...but whatever, the Blues won the Cup!!!!!
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4764Dennis Wideman would never allow this
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4765Let's check in on how Rangers fans view of Cup Champ Sammy Blais...
...but whatever, the Blues won the Cup!!!!!
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4766Yeah. That was a pretty lopsided trade.Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 8:51 pm Let's check in on how Rangers fans view of Cup Champ Sammy Blais...
We all knew it too.
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4767The Great 8 is 5 shots away from passing Ray Borque for all-time shots leader in the NHL. Insane.
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4768I know why we don't see fights like this often anymore but damn this is just a "the good ole days" hockey fight.
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4769Too good for the NHL. How far it has fallen.Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:39 pm I know why we don't see fights like this often anymore but damn this is just a "the good ole days" hockey fight.
That was awesome.
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4770That was fantastic. Maybe that league is televised?
Also, you say you “know why” we don’t get fights like that anymore - enlighten us?
Also, you say you “know why” we don’t get fights like that anymore - enlighten us?
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4771Because Bettman has actively worked to remove it from the game. Less guys in the league that can/will throw down like this.T.C. wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:06 am That was fantastic. Maybe that league is televised?
Also, you say you “know why” we don’t get fights like that anymore - enlighten us?
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4772that relates to roster decisions. but why?Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:58 amBecause Bettman has actively worked to remove it from the game. Less guys in the league that can/will throw down like this.T.C. wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:06 am That was fantastic. Maybe that league is televised?
Also, you say you “know why” we don’t get fights like that anymore - enlighten us?
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4773FloHockey.tv streams all ECHL games. One-month subscriptions are available at a reasonable price ($30/month IIRC), if you simply want to sample the levels of talent (pugilistic & otherwise). Be advised that it is still a rare sight even in the ECHL to have a helmets-off toe-to-toe battle such as that engaged by 6'-4" 210 lb. rookie Sean Gulka (just turned pro with the South Carolina Stingrays from the Victoria Royals of the rough-n-tumble Canadian major junior Western Hockey League) and 6'-2" 194 lb. Nico Blachman (former Stingray & recently acquired by the first-season franchise Savannah Ghost Pirates from the cellar-dwelling & historically physical Allen (TX) Americans). They both clearly have reputations to build in the E', as it is likely as far as either will progress in the pro ranks. But those two teams have formed a regional rivalry very quickly, so they might be worth the price of timely admission/access.
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4774Congress pressured him saying it was a player safety issue even though the NHLPA didn't want it to go away because it would cost those players their jobs. IIRC Bettman rebuffed it at first saying fighting prevents other injuries. But when you have very public cases like Daniel Carcillo the league and players take notice.T.C. wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 9:24 amthat relates to roster decisions. but why?Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:58 amBecause Bettman has actively worked to remove it from the game. Less guys in the league that can/will throw down like this.T.C. wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:06 am That was fantastic. Maybe that league is televised?
Also, you say you “know why” we don’t get fights like that anymore - enlighten us?
Short answer, player safety.
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