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  1. Well at least phoney patriotism.

    Sounds logical except in a money hungry,capitalistic society. Make money off those with less money. We with less money buy into it. Frankly I've all but lost interest in professional sports. It's a product for sale that I ain't buying.

    On a professional sports fan message board

  2. This is rather revisionist.

     

    Look back to every prior expansion draft. The league's thumb can not be any more clearly on the scale. True, some (okay, one) GM's panicked and made a bad deal, but overall Vegas got to pick off everybody's middle six at forward and middle two at defense. This is unprecedented and awful. Particularly as contracts expire as early as this year and that's the end of that. The short-termism of it all is astounding. Vegas made a splash, don't expect a sequel.

    This is all fair, they did have a deeper pool than CBJ or MIN. I would take James Neal over Geoff Sanderson or Wes Walz any day.

     

    I just have a hard time with the "expansion draft was BS" talk. No one thought they would be anywhere near this good looking over their roster after the draft.

     

    I agree this will be short lived and am interested with how many fans they have after a few lean years

  3. Dude. That expansion draft was ######. Never should happen again. Even if McPhee is a genius (he isn't; see DC for examples).

    I have to respectfully disagree. It's not like anyone was projecting Vegas to be good. When the rules were announced we all said they would suck. Hell, even AFTER they picked the team we all said they would suck.

     

    The draft wasn't rigged to make them good, Mcphee got very lucky on a few players, had a few gift wrapped to him (fla, min). I don't place much credit with the GM at all. Like many great creations, he was trying to achieve something else and stumbled into something better on accident.

     

    The success vegas has achieved illustrates why hockey is the best game on earth. The story here is about the players and the coach. A bunch of underdogs: led by a coach with something to prove, collectively playing the best hockey of their lives as a team, with a huge chip on their shoulder.

     

    I'm going to regret this tomorrow (thanks beer) but if they manage to win it all; this could go down as the second biggest hockey underdog story ever.

     

    P.S. I've actively rooted against since day one. They haven't suffered enough to deserve this

  4. To me it comes down to position. Franchise D are much more valuable than a franchise w.

     

    This quote: "There have been 13 defensemen out of the maximum 30 possible finalists for the last 10 Norris trophies (2008-2018). " shows how a top notch defenseman can sustain dominance over many years seeing as so many receive repeat nominations for the Norris.

     

    The only winger to receive more than 1 hart nomination is Ovi. The rest cashed on the best season of truly outstanding careers.

     

    Unless Svech projects as overchkin and you think Dahlin maxes out at letang, phaneuf or suter, you have to take the D man.

  5. I have known of the DV for long enough that I do not remember learning about it. The Hitler comment is news to me.

     

    Similar to OJ in that you can never take away what he did in the field (ice) but I don't see any reason to continue honoring this coward at league events.

  6. So much better than the Canadian Cherry.

    Don Cherry's schtick may not be aging well but as a 90's kid who received a copy of Rock em Sock em hockey every year for Christmas, I'll always have a soft spot for the old coot.

     

     

    Pre YouTube and 100000 tv channels these highlight reels set to "eurotrash" techno were absolute gold.

     

    I still toss them on for the boys before a big beer league game

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    The only way I can see Rick completely stepping away is after we win the cup. Have him announce the banner raising at the home opener the following season and call the game as a victory lap.

     

    I would love for the team to find ways to incorporate his voice into the gameday production a la Kate Smith in Philly.

     

    Any DJ's or sound engineers in the house that can mix him into the beginning of a goal horn / warm up song?

    (Maybe this can be a project for BOGO

     

    No Bogo too useless

     

    Maybe this link will change your mind?

     

    https://m.soundcloud.com/zach-bogosian/jingle-bell-rock-knock2-2014-remix

    It's not as if folks here need more of a reason to rip on Bogo but If you want your ears to bleed (not in a good way) definitely check out his soundcloud

  8. The only way I can see Rick completely stepping away is after we win the cup. Have him announce the banner raising at the home opener the following season and call the game as a victory lap.  

     

    I would love for the team to find ways to incorporate his voice into the gameday production a la Kate Smith in Philly.

     

    Any DJ's or sound engineers in the house that can mix him into the beginning of a goal horn / warm up song?

    (Maybe this can be a project for BOGO when he makes it to IR next season)

  9. Is it just me, or is the playoff hockey really dull this year? Lack of hitting, lack of emotion. Just not what it used to be.

    Columbus-Washington has been great. I've enjoyed both of the sweeps out west and am very excited about the SJ - Vegas matchup. Boston - T. Has been OK but the other series have not been super interesting to me.

     

    The most disappointing has to be the battle of PA. I was expecting so much more

  10. Weave said he was built for the playoffs. We're seeing it now. He's having a blast in San Jose. I bet he'll sign a pretty fair deal to stay there long term.

    Doboer is a hell of a coach. This team has arguably more talent than the Devils team he went to the finals with. They're getting contributions from all over the line up and look like a legitimate contender. He would be crazy to leave

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