Ongoing NHL Thread - Part Brock and Roll Four Lines

[dare2be]

that must really piss him off.


also its Detroit. how does anyone ever notice this?

It probably washed down the sludge, making it look cleaner.

 

[sbb122]

The drain connected right to the Little Caesar’s sauce production line probably

 

[forty_three]

also its Detroit. how does anyone ever notice this?

He was a bit of a renaissance man in Detroit. People there usually shit in public.

 

[naslundfan19]

Great minds, dash. First thing I thought of.

 

[dash]

^

 

[forty_three]

The drain connected right to the Little Caesar’s sauce production line probably

Irrigation for growing pineapples to put on pizzas.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Basically everybody is all over the NHL right now to implement a play in like the NBA and I’m sitting here thinking to myself how in the fuck it makes any sense to have a situation where the Bruins and Caps, who by every metric are in the playoffs on merit and deservedly so, could both wind up outside looking in because the Isles and Blue Jackets (who are 17 and 21 pts, respectively, out of 8th place) go on two game heaters.

If you can’t get into the playoffs in 82 games you don’t belong in the playoffs, and the last thing the NHL needs is for the season to be dragged out even more.

 

[forty_three]

Basically everybody is all over the NHL right now to implement a play in like the NBA and I’m sitting here thinking to myself how in the fuck it makes any sense to have a situation where the Bruins and Caps, who by every metric are in the playoffs on merit and deservedly so, could both wind up outside looking in because the Isles and Blue Jackets (who are 17 and 21 pts, respectively, out of 8th place) go on two game heaters.

If you can’t get into the playoffs in 82 games you don’t belong in the playoffs, and the last thing the NHL needs is for the season to be dragged out even more.

It's all about gate revenue. More teams playing equals more tickets bought. Nothing more, nothing less. They do not care about any competitive balance.

And while it was awesome that the Jackets hit the gear at the right time and royally fucked up the Lightning, I agree the playoffs should be to top half of the league playing each other. And in that case the Jackets got in legitimately. We do not deserve to be in there this year. It's just not there. But in two games, this team has the firepower to stand with anyone and possibly upset. But 7 games, they couldn't hold a candle to anyone currently in.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Basically everybody is all over the NHL right now to implement a play in like the NBA and I’m sitting here thinking to myself how in the fuck it makes any sense to have a situation where the Bruins and Caps, who by every metric are in the playoffs on merit and deservedly so, could both wind up outside looking in because the Isles and Blue Jackets (who are 17 and 21 pts, respectively, out of 8th place) go on two game heaters.

If you can’t get into the playoffs in 82 games you don’t belong in the playoffs, and the last thing the NHL needs is for the season to be dragged out even more.

I don't understand being grumpy that "only" 50% of the league makes the POs.

Both MLB and NFL do less than 50%, so why are we giving NHL shit here?

 

[dash]

I don't understand being grumpy that "only" 50% of the league makes the POs.

Both MLB and NFL do less than 50%, so why are we giving NHL shit here?

Maybe we should go back to the early 80's where 16 of 21 teams made the playoffs?

/I'm kidding lol

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Maybe we should go back to the early 80's where 16 of 21 teams made the playoffs?

/I'm kidding lol

Maybe I'm just grumpy because the Sabres couldn't even make the cut two years ago when it was 24 of 31.

 

[Comeds]

His bullshit explainers where I’m supposed to feel sympathy or something because hockey players sometimes only take home one or two million off of a 3 or 4 million contract are pretty funny to me.

Aww, only taking home annually what it takes the average family 20 years to make after taxes? I weep.

I like the 75k vehicle, you know to get to and from practice and games. Fair enough, but that should not be an annual expense. If so, thats excessive.

I do kind of think he meant well. He's just Pronger.

I'd ask, how many shutout. series clinching, or milestone pucks from other players do you have?

 

[dare2be]

Maybe we should go back to the early 80's where 16 of 21 teams made the playoffs?

/I'm kidding lol

Ah yes, and I remember how many times the Pens missed the playoffs during those years.

 

[Comeds]

He looks like a fatter Kid Rock. Maybe Rock's ghost of Christmas future.....God bless us bang diddy diddy.

 

[elocomotive]

Tom Wilson converts the 7-10 split to pick up the spare...

 

[forty_three]

I'd ask, how many shutout. series clinching, or milestone pucks from other players do you have?

Some people did ask. Strangely he didn't answer.

He also didn't answer when someone asked what percentage of a player's salary goes into paying for a side piece in Edmonton.

 

[thedddd]

Sabres - You make the playoffs

Coyotes - You make the playoffs

Every team in Canada - you make the playoffs

 

[dash]

Sabres - You make the playoffs

Coyotes - You make the playoffs

Every team in Canada - you make the playoffs

@jstewismybastardson likes this

 

[dash]

It's not going to happen, but my dream scenario would be Bettman having to set foot in the Saddledome (a building he despises) to hand off the Stanley Cup to Matthew Tkachuk who as he lifts the Cup accidently hits Bettman in the head sending him ass over tea kettle.

 

[dash]

I think the impetus for that Puck Daddy tweet above is that there are some "good" teams in the East that will miss the playoffs. Is that such a bad thing? Back in the 2009-10 season, the Flames missed the playoffs with 90 points while the Flyers made the playoffs with 88 points. I'm not saying the Flames were a good team, I'm just saying there's never going to be a perfect system.

/That Flyers team went all the way to the SCF before losing to Chicago.