DarthEbriate
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Wait. I am at a bar with sound off. That wasn't the challenge? Now it's a challenge? The hell?
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So.., does Stl challenge goalie interference and we wait another 10 minutes? Don't become basketball, hockey.
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As a rule, they got it right. But then they should be calling all the interference and tackling too. They don't need a video review of offside.
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We've got to get rid of this offside review. That his skate was millimeters off the ice surface had no impact whatsoever on the play, forecheck, retrieval, or goal.
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Duncan Keith is magic
Someone should tell NBC their live look in is about six minutes late. The game is already over. Not 3-2. Well...60 seconds left.
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Love the thread.
I visited the California Academy of Sciences once upon at time and they had an exhibit to measure your carbon footprint. It was some sort of balance contraption -- so as you measure out your impact the scale would go from good-to-bad.
Recycling. Very little driving. The latest light bulbs. Barely turn on the heat or AC. Sustainable foods without too much packaging. I even unplug my TV and Xbox when I go away for a few days. Etc. etc. etc.
Then there was the lever for how much do you fly? It was something like: 1-2 times a year -- not good, but still weighted on the good side. 3-6 times per year -- balances all the good stuff. 7-9 immediately crashes the scale. So, I fly around the country for work -- probably 40 weeks/80+ flights a year.
Each year, I destroy all the good things I do by February. This makes for a sad Ebriate.
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Good finish.
And nicely done, Sabrespacers. It's been a enjoyable season. This is a fantastic virtual space to spend time.
Next year --- real expectations!
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Wow. 3 on 3 we started 2 D and O'Reilly?
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didn't Ennis win that one ?
I think Ennis won the overall thing, but maybe Gionta won the semis on his shot speed? Anyway, he made some comment about surgical biceps.
Also --- Tavares. Wow. That's slick and nothing to be done by Ullmark. The skill of these guys sometimes make me smile regardless of their uniform.
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Who knew Gionta still had that kinda shot in his repertoire? That was pretty great.
Wait --- he won our team's hardest shot/skills competition with his two surgically repaired biceps..ses.
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Way to be, Gionta!
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hmm. hasn't happened yet here.
A minute later.
oh. Blergh best describes that one.
It's even worse in slow-mo replay.
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Pysyk's signaure shot is to get it into the pants of the goalie and have him back it in too the net. Not easy to do with a slap shot.
I admit -- I chuckled right back at this one.
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20 to go! Let's kick it and start our march to the top.
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Good one Darth. That one actually made me LOL.
Myself, I'm not a hockey player. But -- I imagine it's much like lacrosse playing with an aluminum or titanium shaft vs. wood. Or even baseball with the ping bats. You just feel quicker with it, whether you are or not (which probably as more to do with your skill).
What'd be curious to see is the "hardest shot" mph/kph scores at the All-Star games each year during the transition from wood to composite.
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I am not 100% sure I have ever seen the guy take a slap shot.
Can anyone remember one specifically?
I'm going to start watching out for this.
Uh, next year I guess.
LOL.
But he doesn't shoot much, period. He's a defensive d-man in his mind, I think. Otherwise, he shouldn't have had trouble making it onto our second powerplay unit. Maybe it's just the quicker release?
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OT in a slow time during the intermission. I haven't played hockey since the wood stick era. Those composite sticks look way too flexible to be accurate with, even passing the puck. Maybe it was personal preference, but I liked a stiff shaft (keep the jokes to yourselves :P ). Do the pros now sacrifice speed of their shot for accuracy or am I just a dinosaur who should just tell more kids to "get off my lawn."
Lawn. ;-]
It's lighter so the kids these days can play with one hand on the composite and the other hand can hold their iPhone.
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I'm still believing Samson is our future Datsyuk. I'm mindful of a WJC takeaway.... opposition had the empty net. Reinhart just pressured on a forecheck, positioned himself... casual-like (like Francis Begbie), and took away the puck. Deposited it in the empty net. And after that, well, the game was his.
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And.... Moulson with an easy tap-in from the world that is Eichel/Reinhart. Reinhart with another takeaway.
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Save #1, all those adjectives can be used to describe the car-crash/tire-fire season he's had. ;-]
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I agree. Bogo's a good 3-4. Our trouble is... who else in our pipeline is an even marginally "rugged" defenseman? (Obviously, we can get a #6 at the trade deadline for a 2nd/3rd round pick when the time comes.) But I don't know that we have someone with that bite in our system.
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I suppose this has been discussed elsewhere, but John Tavares had 24 G and 30 A in 82 games played in his rookie year.
Jack is currently on 24G/31A with 1 missed game.
Shockingly similar stats.
The Moulson effect?
(Didn't Tavares live with Moulson his rookie year? I seem to remember hearing that but could easily be mistaken.)
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Showed a lot of confidence from a young kid; I liked it.
I would love to see Jack get at least 1 G tonight.
25 Goals on the season sounds so much better than 24.
My overconfidence is my weakness.
I'm just wary of Ullmark tonight because (statistically speaking) his numbers have been abysmal in Rochester as of late. I don't know what type of defense they've been playing in front of him, though.
25 does have a nice ring to it.
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holy hell Ullmark was well out of the net to play that one.... But it wasn't a 1-on-0 where Hasek would attack at the blue line. Gotta be careful with that.
2016 First Round of Playoffs Thread
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So the ref had a chance to overturn his initial call and the Toronto review? That was a wasted challenge.
Hockey is beautiful at live speed. But when you slow it down frame by frame it can get really boring.