EPTThe 2014 NHL Season - Two Accounts, No Cups - Page 50
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sharkeyanti
United States1273 Posts
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
On October 29 2013 11:11 Sub40APM wrote: harsh and unfair. Detroit has been a franchise in peril for the last 3 years, but it hasnt stopped the casual NHL watcher or the broadcasters from talking about what a great GM Holland is and how year after year they keep steady. They arent. They are getting worse. And a large part of that is Holland's addiction to older players that not only suck but eat up ice time from young players that you might want to eventual play. Even when they make big money signings, the signings are for unnecessary players like Alferdson and Samuelson. Its especially annoying because its pretty obvious that we are in the twilight of Datsyuks' career and as things are going he will never win another cup. First of all, it's one thing to have an opinion on something. Nobody's denying you that. It's another to bring the topic up constantly, saying the same things over and over. Just taking a quick look, you've brought it up five times this week, each time saying the exact same things (hence the comparison to Jimmy). Secondly, Alfredsson has 10 points in 12 games so far. Samuelsson's been on IR pretty much the entire time back with Detroit, but $3 million for a 40+ point player is perfectly reasonable. You complain about Detroit getting worse. Every team gets worse. You think that a team can make the playoffs for over 20 years straight and continually get better? Look around the league. Teams like Carolina, Tampa Bay, Buffalo, Philadelphia, , etc, were all amongst the top some years ago. So many GM's have had teams amongst the best in the league that some years later are near the bottom, yet the ONE GM in the league who consistently stays near the top is the one you constantly target...? This is like coming on here to complain every time Crosby makes a mistake on the ice. | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
Yup, I like him. | ||
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Sub40APM
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On October 29 2013 16:12 GolemMadness wrote: Secondly, Alfredsson has 10 points in 12 games so far. Samuelsson's been on IR pretty much the entire time back with Detroit, but $3 million for a 40+ point player is perfectly reasonable. You complain about Detroit getting worse. Every team gets worse. You think that a team can make the playoffs for over 20 years straight and continually get better? He is on pace -- thanks to play with Datsyuk-Zetterberg, to be where Brunner would have been. For more money. But like I said, it isnt the issue. The issue is they have an awful defense, they knew they would have an awful defense, and they continued to ignore that while 'shoring up' the forward line with questionable additions. There is nothing wrong with missing the playoffs if it means that you get to restock picks, and there is nothing wrong with missing the playoffs if it means letting your 25 year old AHL'ers that presumably you still hope to use on the NHL team getting some experience over old veterans. The concept of 'make playoffs every year and thats it' is exactly why franchises like the Flames are such a disaster. Look around the league. Teams like Carolina, Tampa Bay, Buffalo, Philadelphia, , etc, were all amongst the top some years ago. So many GM's have had teams amongst the best in the league that some years later are near the bottom, yet the ONE GM in the league who consistently stays near the top is the one you constantly target...? This is like coming on here to complain every time Crosby makes a mistake on the ice. Yea those GMs are outright atrocious. Just because I dont live in Somalia doesnt mean I cant complain about the way Canada is being run. | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
Jordan Eberle is injured.... If it wasn't official before, the Oilers are cursed. Jordan Eberle David Perron Jesse Joensuu Taylor Hall Ryan Pitlick Ryan Smyth Denis Grebeshkov Devan Dubnyk Ryan Hamilton Steve MacIntyre Yup... I'm done. | ||
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On October 30 2013 10:27 Masamune wrote: The people in China are going to be so confused hearing Leaf chants in Edmonton haha. Leafs havn't been to edmonton in like eight years. /shrugs. Having just played the Kings, its appalling the difference in Defensive zone coverage between the leafs and the Kings. I dont understand how the leafs win games. Its a pure fire drill.... the leafs defensive zone is worse than anything I have ever seen from the Oilers in the last five years. Thats saying something. | ||
Jer99
Canada8159 Posts
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StarStruck
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
 Kessel and JVR | ||
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
The Oilers have had the worst puck luck all year. Tonight alone we've hit the post four times. I dont even know what to say. Last year the start of the year we just like played awful but kept winning, but like this year... we playing so well but just get these awful bounces. As for "its those damn giveaways and turnovers." Yeah, thats the whole reason everyone says we suck at defence, we have a lot of turnovers. According to the game sheets the leafs have more than we do. EDIT: Yeah, the wheels have fallen off. | ||
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
And Kessellll  | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
We come out, play hard. Dominate the play, hit all the posts, other goaltender makes a massive save and then suddenly its in the back of our net. This repeats itself twice, and suddenly the wheels fall off and we lose a game we were very much in. I dont even understand. We just have the worst puckluck in the league. I dont even know what else to say. Its incredibly frustrating. | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On October 30 2013 11:18 iCanada wrote: What drives me nuts is before both leafs goals we hit the post at the leafs end of the ice. The Oilers have had the worst puck luck all year. Tonight alone we've hit the post four times. I dont even know what to say. Last year the start of the year we just like played awful but kept winning, but like this year... we playing so well but just get these awful bounces. As for "its those damn giveaways and turnovers." Yeah, thats the whole reason everyone says we suck at defence, we have a lot of turnovers. According to the game sheets the leafs have more than we do. EDIT: Yeah, the wheels have fallen off. we've led the league in that category for a while now. Goes back to good positional play, taking the body or get a stick on it. There's a lot of room to improve in other areas though. >_< | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On October 30 2013 11:32 iCanada wrote: This has been our entire year. We come out, play hard. Dominate the play, hit all the posts, other goaltender makes a massive save and then suddenly its in the back of our net. This repeats itself twice, and suddenly the wheels fall off and we lose a game we were very much in. I dont even understand. We just have the worst puckluck in the league. I dont even know what else to say. Its incredibly frustrating. Quoting for just happened again. -.- FML. | ||
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sharkeyanti
United States1273 Posts
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
I dont even know... 16-2 this period alone, and the leafs have the only goal. All these ten bell chances, no goals. I just... Gaaah. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32087 Posts
On October 29 2013 14:17 sharkeyanti wrote: Getting Game Center Live was such a great decision. I found out today that Matthew Dumba still has many things to learn, he and N. Backstrom (the MIN goalie) had a positively awful night. Watching through a game real fast at the end of the day is awesome. I wish they did a similar deal that EAS did with Madden. $100 for NHL14 and game center woulda been rad. | ||
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
On October 30 2013 12:27 iCanada wrote: The shots are 40-23. I dont even know... 16-2 this period alone, and the leafs have the only goal. All these ten bell chances, no goals. I just... Gaaah. To be fair though, the Leafs scored the fourth goal early in the 3rd period and did what we do best... sit on our lead and cross our fingers. Had the score been less lopsided, the shot difference wouldn't be thatttt bad. I'm just glad Reimer got the shutout. The guy may not have as much natural talent as Bernier, but he works his ass off and deserves so much credit. But yeah, the Leafs bandwagon is always open to you Oilers fans  | ||
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