Kovalchuk Nears Deal with the Devil(s)

[flyersfan4706]

i think the rangers make it instead of the senators.

True. But fortunatley (from the current looks of it) we'll be a top 4 teams while those guys look to be lower.

 

[Dupster]

Dotn forget he wasnt there for a whole season. As pointed out earlier a new coach could help him. I actully dont know why I am kind of rooting for him to go to the Devs, but the East is going to be stacked next year.

There ya go

 

[flyersfan4706]

*Ducks*

Oh shit...

 

[Dupster]

was i the one who said they were stacked? no. i just think they can compete with the west. aside from the basement teams in the conferences who do not make much of a difference anyway, the top teams in the east got better while some of the top teams in the west got worse. does the entire conference play for the cup? no.

also, think of it this way, a top team in the east will beat a basement team in the east or west. in head to head though, the basement team in the west might beat the basement team in the east. so head to head really means nothing. does it matter if the caps can beat and east team 4-1 and a west team 4-2?

Again, all 15 teams in each conference play the other 15 teams in the other conference quite a bit. If all things were equal, so too would the h2h records. Alas, they are not. Feel free to come up with little backpedaling scenarios, or, simply add up the numbers. You'd be surprised what they add up to.

 

[scottflyers88]

who cares if he said the east is stacked. like i said, the top of it seems to be which is the only part that seems to matter. who cares if the west basement is better than the east basement.

 

[scottflyers88]

Again, all 15 teams in each conference play the other 15 teams in the other conference quite a bit. If all things were equal, so too would the h2h records. Alas, they are not. Feel free to come up with little backpedaling scenarios, or, simply add up the numbers. You'd be surprised what they add up to.

like i said, the west basement is better than the east basement which does not matter. that factors into a lot of the head to head matches.

 

[Dupster]

Stacked compared to what? Fair question. Compared to years past? I agree. Compared to the West? I'll let the upcoming h2h record speak for itself.

 

[flyersfan4706]

I bet everyone of you fucks I could grow an oak tree wit more leaves that an oak tree you planted!

 

[evolver115]

There ya go

One man's opinion does not qualify the rest of us with the same, dup. The west has had a better H2H for a while now, but there is only one team left standing at the end every year, and that team isn't always in the western conference.

I can honestly say that it gives me little pride to see any other team out of the east win the cup over my favorite team. I doubt you'd feel any great pride seeing another western conference team win it over your own, hmm?

 

[scottflyers88]

the only games that matter in east vs west. the cup finals.

first year, east, then west, then west, then east, then west. wow. that is a huge difference.

 

[Automattic]

Too much parity in the league nowadays. Conferences don't mean shit.

 

[Dupster]

One man's opinion does not qualify the rest of us with the same, dup. The west has had a better H2H for a while now, but there is only one team left standing at the end every year, and that team isn't always in the western conference.

I can honestly say that it gives me little pride to see any other team out of the east win the cup over my favorite team. I doubt you'd feel any great pride seeing another western conference team win it over your own, hmm?

Hey, I threw a little smiley face on my first remark towards it.

And if you don't agree with that man's opinion, why are you arguing on his behalf?

 

[scottflyers88]

if the west basement teams play the east basement teams then that is about 1/3 of the conference matchups and they do not really matter. like i said, the head to head record shows nothing because those teams do not even represent the conferences.

 

[Dupster]

the only games that matter in east vs west. the cup finals.

first year, east, then west, then west, then east, then west. wow. that is a huge difference.

Yup. Cup and h2h in favour of which conference? The stacked one, of course.

 

[Dupster]

if the west basement teams play the east basement teams then that is about 1/3 of the conference matchups and they do not really matter. like i said, the head to head record shows nothing because those teams do not even represent the conferences.

So now you do admit that a mere 1/3 of the conference is stacked, right?

 

[flyersfan4706]

Can we please all get along so we can peacefulyl coexist and post in this utopian society we migrated to to avoid fighting like this?

I DONT GIVE A MOTHER FUCKING SHIT ABOUT H2H GAMES OR WHATEVER THE FUCK THEY ARE AND I AM SORRY I CALLED THE EAST STACKED YOU ARE CORRECT THE MAPLE LEAFS AREN'T EXACTLY AMAZING.


So....anyone want some cookies?

 

[Dupster]

Thank you. And the West is not stacked from top to bottom, either, for the record.

 

[evolver115]

Hey, I threw a little smiley face on my first remark towards it.

And if you don't agree with that man's opinion, why are you arguing on his behalf?

I'm not arguing on his behalf, just pointing out that your discussion with scott about which conference is better wasn't initiated by him, nor me.

I said that the Atlantic, pending the Kovy decision, will likely become the most competitive division in all of the NHL.

 

[Automattic]

I thought the West was stronger last year. I'm not gonna bother looking up the H2H (probably the West won?), because it didn't matter. The Pens won.

 

[flyersfan4706]

NO, DAMMIT, NO! evolver WE ARE ALL FRIENDS HERE!