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On October 15 2013 04:43 Flaccid wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2013 11:56 sharkeyanti wrote:
All those number one picks that EDM had show how difficult finding a true generational talent is. [...] EDM's young core will begin to produce, the growing pains are tough. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1798163-will-taylor-hall-ascend-to-superstar-status-in-2013-14-nhl-seasonShow nested quote +So, will Taylor Hall ascend to superstar status in 2013-14 NHL season? Surprisingly the answer is no, because he already has. The real question is when his superstar status will finally achieve full recognition.
To the observant eye, Hall is one of the league's fastest and most skilled players who gets the puck on his stick like a magnet, just refusing to let it go. Not only do the analytics confirm this assessment, but they also identify him as one of the league's top 10 at everything from puck possession, power-play scoring and drawing penalties.
not with his team in the basement. Even the miserable Thrashers with Kovelchuk raking up 100 points per season had one brief appearance in the playoffs, and that team was the equivalent of zimbabwe, with Waddel pissing away assets and players in the most ham fisted, incompetent management style I have ever seen in any pro sport.
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On October 14 2013 07:03 Flaccid wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2013 04:42 Sub40APM wrote:
Disgusting. They really need to have a coach's challenge introduced. You get to challenge one call. If you are wrong, your team goes on the PK. What was also disgusting, but not shown in the gif, is that at that moment - when Nugent-Hopkins was getting gang-banged by three Leafs at the blue-line - Justin Schultz decided to pinch in past the puck. What the shit, Schultz. edit: And on the subject of goaltending, yes, Dubnyk has been terrible. But please, oh god please, let's not have an over-reaction that sees a significant over payment for some other team's second-best goaltender. He needs to figure something out, but after having two solid (at least 'above NHL average') seasons, I'm not quite ready to completely give up on Dubnyk yet. Yes, having a top-talent goaltender would be nice, but I think the price at this point would be far too outrageous.
You can get by with run of the mill but not elite goaltending, and Dubnyk supplies that. What you need is a good team in front, particularly a great D....... welp
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Well at least we haven't let in 9 goals in a game, only a truly awful team would do that!
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On October 15 2013 05:28 QuanticHawk wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2013 07:03 Flaccid wrote:On October 14 2013 04:42 Sub40APM wrote:
Disgusting. They really need to have a coach's challenge introduced. You get to challenge one call. If you are wrong, your team goes on the PK. What was also disgusting, but not shown in the gif, is that at that moment - when Nugent-Hopkins was getting gang-banged by three Leafs at the blue-line - Justin Schultz decided to pinch in past the puck. What the shit, Schultz. edit: And on the subject of goaltending, yes, Dubnyk has been terrible. But please, oh god please, let's not have an over-reaction that sees a significant over payment for some other team's second-best goaltender. He needs to figure something out, but after having two solid (at least 'above NHL average') seasons, I'm not quite ready to completely give up on Dubnyk yet. Yes, having a top-talent goaltender would be nice, but I think the price at this point would be far too outrageous. You can get by with run of the mill but not elite goaltending, and Dubnyk supplies that. What you need is a good team in front, particularly a great D....... welp
Not even. Dubnyk has not been close to average goaltending this year.
He has let in 3 muffin shots from outside the blueline...
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On October 15 2013 05:28 QuanticHawk wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2013 07:03 Flaccid wrote:On October 14 2013 04:42 Sub40APM wrote:
Disgusting. They really need to have a coach's challenge introduced. You get to challenge one call. If you are wrong, your team goes on the PK. What was also disgusting, but not shown in the gif, is that at that moment - when Nugent-Hopkins was getting gang-banged by three Leafs at the blue-line - Justin Schultz decided to pinch in past the puck. What the shit, Schultz. edit: And on the subject of goaltending, yes, Dubnyk has been terrible. But please, oh god please, let's not have an over-reaction that sees a significant over payment for some other team's second-best goaltender. He needs to figure something out, but after having two solid (at least 'above NHL average') seasons, I'm not quite ready to completely give up on Dubnyk yet. Yes, having a top-talent goaltender would be nice, but I think the price at this point would be far too outrageous. You can get by with run of the mill but not elite goaltending, and Dubnyk supplies that. What you need is a good team in front, particularly a great D....... welp
You also need forwards who are going to help the back end man. I don't see a lot of them doing that. The whole team is terrible in the defensive end. It's not just their goaltending. I hardly see anyone back-checking; they have no coverage. If I were going to take any of the Canadian kids to the Olympics from the Oilers the only player I'd look at is Taylor Hall. We have way better options to take than Eberle and RNH atm. >_<
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On October 15 2013 06:03 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On October 15 2013 05:28 QuanticHawk wrote:On October 14 2013 07:03 Flaccid wrote:On October 14 2013 04:42 Sub40APM wrote:
Disgusting. They really need to have a coach's challenge introduced. You get to challenge one call. If you are wrong, your team goes on the PK. What was also disgusting, but not shown in the gif, is that at that moment - when Nugent-Hopkins was getting gang-banged by three Leafs at the blue-line - Justin Schultz decided to pinch in past the puck. What the shit, Schultz. edit: And on the subject of goaltending, yes, Dubnyk has been terrible. But please, oh god please, let's not have an over-reaction that sees a significant over payment for some other team's second-best goaltender. He needs to figure something out, but after having two solid (at least 'above NHL average') seasons, I'm not quite ready to completely give up on Dubnyk yet. Yes, having a top-talent goaltender would be nice, but I think the price at this point would be far too outrageous. You can get by with run of the mill but not elite goaltending, and Dubnyk supplies that. What you need is a good team in front, particularly a great D....... welp You also need forwards who are going to help the back end man. I don't see a lot of them doing that. The whole team is terrible in the defensive end. It's not just their goaltending. I hardly see anyone back-checking; they have no coverage. If I were going to take any of the Canadian kids to the Olympics from the Oilers the only player I'd look at is Taylor Hall. We have way better options to take than Eberle and RNH atm. >_<
This. The Sharks have a fairly mediocre defense core, but all of their forwards backcheck like motherfuckers, which makes up for their blueline deficiencies.
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On October 15 2013 06:03 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On October 15 2013 05:28 QuanticHawk wrote:On October 14 2013 07:03 Flaccid wrote:On October 14 2013 04:42 Sub40APM wrote:
Disgusting. They really need to have a coach's challenge introduced. You get to challenge one call. If you are wrong, your team goes on the PK. What was also disgusting, but not shown in the gif, is that at that moment - when Nugent-Hopkins was getting gang-banged by three Leafs at the blue-line - Justin Schultz decided to pinch in past the puck. What the shit, Schultz. edit: And on the subject of goaltending, yes, Dubnyk has been terrible. But please, oh god please, let's not have an over-reaction that sees a significant over payment for some other team's second-best goaltender. He needs to figure something out, but after having two solid (at least 'above NHL average') seasons, I'm not quite ready to completely give up on Dubnyk yet. Yes, having a top-talent goaltender would be nice, but I think the price at this point would be far too outrageous. You can get by with run of the mill but not elite goaltending, and Dubnyk supplies that. What you need is a good team in front, particularly a great D....... welp You also need forwards who are going to help the back end man. I don't see a lot of them doing that. The whole team is terrible in the defensive end. It's not just their goaltending. I hardly see anyone back-checking; they have no coverage. If I were going to take any of the Canadian kids to the Olympics from the Oilers the only player I'd look at is Taylor Hall. We have way better options to take than Eberle and RNH atm. >_<
Do you even watch the Oilers?
RNH best back checker on team. He always in best defensive position. I'd agree on Eberle though.
/shrug
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On October 15 2013 05:50 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
Well at least we haven't let in 9 goals in a game, only a truly awful team would do that!
shhhhhhhhhhhhh
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On October 15 2013 06:09 iCanada wrote:Show nested quote +On October 15 2013 06:03 StarStruck wrote:On October 15 2013 05:28 QuanticHawk wrote:On October 14 2013 07:03 Flaccid wrote:On October 14 2013 04:42 Sub40APM wrote:
Disgusting. They really need to have a coach's challenge introduced. You get to challenge one call. If you are wrong, your team goes on the PK. What was also disgusting, but not shown in the gif, is that at that moment - when Nugent-Hopkins was getting gang-banged by three Leafs at the blue-line - Justin Schultz decided to pinch in past the puck. What the shit, Schultz. edit: And on the subject of goaltending, yes, Dubnyk has been terrible. But please, oh god please, let's not have an over-reaction that sees a significant over payment for some other team's second-best goaltender. He needs to figure something out, but after having two solid (at least 'above NHL average') seasons, I'm not quite ready to completely give up on Dubnyk yet. Yes, having a top-talent goaltender would be nice, but I think the price at this point would be far too outrageous. You can get by with run of the mill but not elite goaltending, and Dubnyk supplies that. What you need is a good team in front, particularly a great D....... welp You also need forwards who are going to help the back end man. I don't see a lot of them doing that. The whole team is terrible in the defensive end. It's not just their goaltending. I hardly see anyone back-checking; they have no coverage. If I were going to take any of the Canadian kids to the Olympics from the Oilers the only player I'd look at is Taylor Hall. We have way better options to take than Eberle and RNH atm. >_< Do you even watch the Oilers? RNH best back checker on team. He always in best defensive position. I'd agree on Eberle though. /shrug
Yes I do, but there's only room for so many kids on the Olympic team and we have way better options at the moment. I have a hard time seeing Taylor Hall even making the team when you look at how much depth we have when it comes to forwards and centers. Canada has a lot of depth at center. How the heck are you going to slide RNH in when you have Toews, Crosby, Bergeron and Thornton? That's not even mentioning Stamkos, Getzlaf, Giroux (probably not worth mentioning atm with the horrendous start), Carter, etc. The thing is all of these guys have way more experience (and heck a lot of these guys are still in their prime!) compared to the kids. I'm sure we'll be taking a few youngsters along for the ride but I have a really hard time seeing RNH making this club. I'm sure they want them to develop more and by the next Games they'll be more than ready. It's not easy.
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I don't know why Canada wouldn't take a whole a bunch of solid two-way players. They have a ton to choose from.
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On October 15 2013 06:28 xDaunt wrote:
I don't know why Canada wouldn't take a whole a bunch of solid two-way players. They have a ton to choose from.
Yes they do. They invited over a dozen centers to the summer orientation camp and I'm not surprised RNH didn't get an invite when you look at the caliber of players on that list. That's why I don't see it happening even if RNH has a ridiculous season going into February. Several of these guys will be playing as wingers regardless. :V
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Watching the Oil game on a VLC stream booya
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Where are you situated now Stevie?
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In Edmonton, but it's thanksgiving dinner day and nobody in my family likes hockey. My dad in particular fuckin' hates the game for some reason, won't even let it be on the TV in his house LOL
so fuck that, VLC is thx
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On October 15 2013 08:35 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
In Edmonton, but it's thanksgiving dinner day and nobody in my family likes hockey. My dad in particular fuckin' hates the game for some reason, won't even let it be on the TV in his house LOL
so fuck that, VLC is thx
=[ We watched football all of yesterday playing shuffleboard so I get my fix now. Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your turkey. We have enough for the next week, lol.
Ward scores a lot of goals from there on the PP. Open the Floodgates 4-1.
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Ya seriously, yall need to trade for Miller. Its your only hope.
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Devan Dubnykov and Jason LOLbarbera are the worst goaltending duo in team history... maybe even league history. Our team save percentage is .801, so awful.
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Four goals on eleven shots. Fuuu...
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EPT
