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Post by stbhawks19 on May 13, 2023 16:43:40 GMT
You literally couldn’t hand pick a worse ECF than Carolina vs Florida
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Post by lari on May 13, 2023 17:03:44 GMT
I think it's a fine final, hockey-wise. Two teams built for the playoffs, lots of Staal brothers, interesting goalies. Fuck the league and their money. Why do I care about millionaires and billionaires and TV networks? That's the league's fucking problem. I just come for the hockey and if big market teams can't play better, fuck them too.
And the draft is not rigged. Teams have representatives at the actual drawing of the lottery balls. It's a better system than the "last place team automatically gets 1st overall". I approve of it completely. The Ducks and the Jackets get good players too.
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Post by dhull10 on May 13, 2023 18:36:07 GMT
Perhaps Penn and Teller and David Blaine run the draft lottery because US TV Market doesn't really care about Carolina and the rest non big markets. Bettman is a total idiot but he occasionally knows where his bread is buttered come SCP finals. How was that Ottawa Anaheim finals rating wise?
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Post by lari on May 13, 2023 18:42:11 GMT
Perhaps Penn and Teller and David Blaine run the draft lottery because US TV Market doesn't really care about Carolina and the rest non big markets. Bettman is a total idiot but he occasionally knows where his bread is buttered come SCP finals. How was that Ottawa Anaheim finals rating wise? Fuck ratings, too. Why should I care? Seattle - Carolina is no worse for me than 2014 Rangers - Kings.
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Post by Pain101 on May 13, 2023 19:01:20 GMT
Perhaps Penn and Teller and David Blaine run the draft lottery because US TV Market doesn't really care about Carolina and the rest non big markets. Bettman is a total idiot but he occasionally knows where his bread is buttered come SCP finals. How was that Ottawa Anaheim finals rating wise? Fuck ratings, too. Why should I care? Seattle - Carolina is no worse for me than 2014 Rangers - Kings. You should care because you're a fan of a big market team. If your big market team does good, the league does good. If the league does good, the cap rises and everyone is happy until the next stupid contract is signed. It's a sick circle but since our team is a big market team, we rejoice!
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Post by lari on May 13, 2023 19:42:55 GMT
I like the cap. It was stupid in the 90's when the Rangers spent like 180 million and paid 4th liners like Bobby Holik 16M. That's not really something I want to watch. Premier League soccer is a great example of everything that's wrong with a league like that.
Maybe with less mainstream attention the league could focus on making the product better for hardcore fans instead of catering to the casuals. Core product, the reason we watch. Fights, hits, animosity, character.
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Post by Pain101 on May 13, 2023 20:16:22 GMT
And more fighting. That's what drew me in. First game my dad took me to as a kid Steve Smith and Probert (still with DET) had a nice tilt. I became a fan instantly.
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Post by Merpes on May 13, 2023 20:30:32 GMT
Can pick up the Latinx viewers with cock fighting at the intermissions.
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Post by lari on May 13, 2023 20:39:05 GMT
Can pick up the Latinx viewers with cock fighting at the intermissions. I'd personally go with the LBTGQ+ segment and have gay porn at the intermission.
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Post by Merpes on May 13, 2023 21:03:46 GMT
Better than PK Subban.
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Post by Pain101 on May 13, 2023 21:46:48 GMT
Can pick up the Latinx viewers with cock fighting at the intermissions. I'd personally go with the LBTGQ+ segment and have gay porn at the intermission. Chicago Teacher's Union owns viewing rights. Good luck prying gay porn out of the public schools.
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Post by lari on May 14, 2023 9:16:02 GMT
I'd personally go with the LBTGQ+ segment and have gay porn at the intermission. Chicago Teacher's Union owns viewing rights. Good luck prying gay porn out of the public schools. It's a growing segment.
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Post by lari on May 14, 2023 14:02:06 GMT
He thinks it's a problem. I for one don't want hockey to become soccer on ice. It's supposed to be the greatest game on Earth. Stick to your guns.
Casual fans can go blog about something else and stop trying to change hockey.
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Post by Merpes on May 14, 2023 14:34:41 GMT
Carolina should walk away with this. They don’t even have 3 of their top players.
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Post by lari on May 14, 2023 14:43:21 GMT
The Kraken have a team with some sneaky good shooters. They're not built on speed, but their lineup has guys that are threats with the puck. McCann, Tolvanen, Bjorkstrand, Kartye, all superb shooters. Underappreciated and/or misused in their old teams.
Defense isn't great on paper, but it's built smart. Equal share big bodies that you need in the playoffs, coupled with PMD's. Nice balance. Oleksiak / Justin Schultz, Vince Dunn / Adam Larsson. Textbook.
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