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Postby mikey » Wed Jun 22, 2022 3:27 pm

I have no issues with Maurice. I think it's pretty adaptive to his roster. Panthers were playing a little bit of backyard ball, and their utilization/deployment was iffy...I think this is an upgrade. Bruno got murdered in the series vs Tampa. And they let Washington drag around too for longer than they were worth...

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Postby meow » Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:09 pm

Shocked to see Brunette get canned, but Maurice is a top tier coach in my opinion. Maybe the top of tier two. It’s a blurry line.

Brunette really did crash and burn. Their special teams were an absolute train wreck in the playoffs and that’s a coaching issue 99 times out of a 100

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Postby willeyeam » Wed Jun 22, 2022 10:28 pm

TIL

https://novacapsfans.com/2020/04/13/how ... n-in-2003/

According to a 2003 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Florida General Manager Rick Dudley attempted in four different rounds to draft Ovechkin, arguing that, if leap-year dates were taken out of the equation, Ovechkin actually would turn 18 four days before his recognized birthday and thus have been eligible for 2003.

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Postby Shyster » Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:01 pm

Matthews is Shakespeare.

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Postby King Colby » Sat Jun 25, 2022 10:01 pm



just dummies this little buddy

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Postby skullman80 » Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:38 am

That's amazing.

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Postby mikey » Sun Jun 26, 2022 12:16 pm

Didn't know about that but it's amazing. Thanks for posting that...

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:32 pm

Big Bird with that Chara height.

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Postby willeyeam » Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:48 pm

Lol came here to post that. So random.

Mikey now is considering Oscar in his top 50 list

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Postby King Colby » Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:48 pm

I have him 62

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Postby Gaucho » Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:36 am

Big Bird reminds me of Big Bird.

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Postby MR25 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 4:07 pm

Alfredsson, the Sedins, and Luongo to the Hall.

What exactly did Luongo do to earn it?

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Mon Jun 27, 2022 4:30 pm

Longevity I guess? No cup (no cups in this year’s class, actually, right?) no Vezinas. Near the top in categories like games played, saves, shots against, that you organically get by playing for a long time.

Backstopped Canada to the 2010 Olympic Gold, that’s something.

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Postby meow » Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:19 pm

Bobby Lu was very very good for a very very long time. He’s in for me without much consideration.

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Postby willeyeam » Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:51 pm

Luongo shouldn't be in
Posting this in hopes mikey doesn't read this spoiler so we get the detailed analysis of why he should be in

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Postby meow » Mon Jun 27, 2022 8:08 pm

The whole Hall is invalid until Alexander Mogilny gets in

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 8:59 pm

The whole Hall is invalid until Alexander Mogilny gets in
I remember when he entered the league, but I'd forgotten how good he was late into his career. Not sure why he isn't in there yet. Weird.

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Postby Pavel Bure » Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:37 pm

Alfredsson, the Sedins, and Luongo to the Hall.

What exactly did Luongo do to earn it?
I guess Alfredsson… I dunno.

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Postby mikey » Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:55 pm

Luongo is the one being questioned out of the four...? That's a little strange to me...

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Postby MR25 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:03 pm

The only trophy in his case is a Jennings.

I'm not saying trophies are a be all, end all, but I guess I never really saw Luongo's stats as anything more than longevity.

And for the record, I'm not sure about Alfredsson either but Luongo stood out to me more.

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Postby mikey » Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:42 pm

Yeah, trophy counting is very binary...too reductive.

Luongo was one of the best goalies in the league for several years...and then had a late career resurgence to top it off.

2004: Second-Team AS, strong Vezina finish, 6th in Hart voting - he actually had the 2nd most first place votes for the Hart that year behind the winner Martin St. Louis.

2007: Second-Team AS, narrowly lost a Vezina to Brodeur, and would have won the Hart if not for Crosby's historic season...

2009: All but a 2nd place Vezina finish... 3rd in 2011

He has five gold medals in international competition, including two in best on best Olympics and a World Cup gold medal...

I mean, the accolades don't even really do it justice...he was an exceptional goalie for a long time, he spanned two distinct eras...and in case of a tie, it goes to a good guy...he's a good guy.

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Postby mac5155 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:21 pm

Anyone else watch the Avs/Wings Unrivaled show on ESPN? I thought it was good.

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