IKnowPhysics Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 To make it less obvious. Obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkard Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 If it's fixed anyway, then why did the league just change the lottery procedures? I'm not convinced it's fixed but not getting to see the sausage being made (so to speak) makes me suspicious. A lot of it may be my own personal bias because I think Bettman is a weasel but as the creator of the MFT status moniker (I believe) you have to admit that things in this league don't seem to be handled fairly across the board. So, if they are willing to show favoritism at certain times, why wouldn't they do it at others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 It will be rigged, but for the good guys to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX1kMlG8c7Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson's Flow Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 It will be rigged, but for the good guys to win. If that's the case, I hope our perspective of 'good guys' aligns with the NHL and Bettman's idea of 'good guys' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 If that's the case, I hope our perspective of 'good guys' aligns with the NHL and Bettman's idea of 'good guys' We all know this isn't the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson's Flow Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 We all know this isn't the case. That was my point :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I'm not convinced it's fixed but not getting to see the sausage being made (so to speak) makes me suspicious. A lot of it may be my own personal bias because I think Bettman is a weasel but as the creator of the MFT status moniker (I believe) you have to admit that things in this league don't seem to be handled fairly across the board. So, if they are willing to show favoritism at certain times, why wouldn't they do it at others? There is a certain suspicion that goes along with the concealment of the draw, I'll give you that. I think there are biases displayed in the disciplinary process, but it's a subjective process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkard Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Time for Liger to post the clip from Beer Fest about how we're the bad guys and they're the good guys and I'll be damned if we're gonna let the good guys win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 God Drunkard I was waiting until I got out of class to do that -I forgot how I do the tease emoticon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBorn Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 rigged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I don't think it's rigged, but I'd love to know why they don't just draw live. As with most things, even if there's nothing nefarious going on, keeping it out of sight is just asking for skepticism. That said, I'm going to absolutely vomit all over myself if Boston misses the playoffs and wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I don't think it's rigged, but I'd love to know why they don't just draw live. As with most things, even if there's nothing nefarious going on, keeping it out of sight is just asking for skepticism. That said, I'm going to absolutely vomit all over myself if Boston misses the playoffs and wins. Because then their opening the envelopes with the other 13 team logos in it becomes rather anticlimatic. ;) 1 thing they could do, to allieviate a lot of the 'fixed' suspicions is have a camera on the selection process itself and then show the popcorn machine spitting out balls after the winner was announced. And make sure a KPMG rep (or equivalent) is right there when it goes down. And if they wanted to show it live and keep the supspense one thing they could do is increase the total number of numbers each team has in the lottery with those particular numbers assigned randomly and show how the odds progress as each ball pops out. E.g, the 1st ball is a '7,' so all #'s starting with anything other than 7 can't win and the new odds become Buffalo 21.2, Arizona 13.45, TO 11.0 ... Dallas 0.0 (with the appropriate 'Price Is Right' wah wah wah waaaaaah playing when somebody's odds go to 0.0). Then pull the next ball, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumblefish Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) my grandma used to swear that church bingo games were fixed, so you never know, as for me I have always said that I could have all the numbers in a hat, and they would draw 6-7/8, not complaining mine you, still got my health Edited March 23, 2015 by rumblefish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I don't think it's rigged, but I'd love to know why they don't just draw live. As with most things, even if there's nothing nefarious going on, keeping it out of sight is just asking for skepticism. That said, I'm going to absolutely vomit all over myself if Boston misses the playoffs and wins. I would likely burn something. Maybe a Bruins fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 If anything it's rigged in our favor. Bettman has always been a Sabres advocate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumblefish Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 heard a great name today, Yo Yo Bumb-Chuck, wonder if he is the lottery balls inspector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 If anything it's rigged in our favor. Bettman has always been a Sabres advocate.Not in '99 he wasn't. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Since when can you just check the goalie into the boards like that? Didn't even attempt to play the puck. That was weird. 18 blocked shots already. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) I've said ot Not in '99 he wasn't. ;) He owes us a solid. Well, I guess he did keep the team here. He still owes us a solid...for something. As far as the lottery goes, there's as good a chance it's rigged as there is it ain't. You're kidding yourself if you think that the league brass hasn't considered influencing the outcome if they thought they could get away with it. Edited March 24, 2015 by SiZzlEmIsTEr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Its only a 20% chance you get #1. I've arleady come to terms that we might not get it. Also Ottowa leapfrogging the bruins, I hope we can role out 3 lines like they do in a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpandean Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Its only a 20% chance you get #1. I've arleady come to terms that we might not get it. Might not is an understatement. As I've said before, the tank race is actually for Eichel with a bonus shot at McDavid. 30th gets the 2nd pick (Eichel) almost surely (not the precise mathematical a.s., but 80%), 29th gets the 3rd pick most likely (66.5%) and 28th gets the fourth pick more likely than not (55%). Each has a shot at McDavid (20%, 13.5% and 11.5%, respectively), but there's a 55% chance that someone outside of that group gets him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Kovalchuk, who retired to the KHL to be closer to his family and ended up receiving the K's richest contract, is considering a return to the NHL, as the value of the ruble slips due to economic sanctions against Russia. http://www.tsn.ca/report-kovalchuk-eyeing-nhl-return-1.238308 Side effect: I wonder that will encourage more players to play/stay in NHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Kovalchuk, who retired to the KHL to be closer to his family and ended up receiving the K's richest contract, is considering a return to the NHL, as the value of the ruble slips due to economic sanctions against Russia. http://www.tsn.ca/report-kovalchuk-eyeing-nhl-return-1.238308 Side effect: I wonder that will encourage more players to play/stay in NHL. Paging DeLuca to the dirty red courtesy phone. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Hmm.. What NHL team with a lot of cap space needs a goal-scoring winger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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