lazy26
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Yes, there's a Young Stars team in this tournament...as long as you're from Canada or USA. If you're not, then you can't play for that team but you can play for your country (for example, Patrik Laine is on Finland). Perhaps more apt names for the final teams would be 'Gimmick Team 1' and ' Gimmick Team 2.'
Talk to any of the players involved, and they'll tell you how they laid in bed as a child, dreaming of hoisting the Gimmick Cup.
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Abdelkader, Callahan, and Dubinsky on team USA and he didn't get passed over?
He's too young to be eligible for team USA.
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If Galchenyuk not getting pick pisses you off, why would you root for the Americans?
Chucky was passed over by the North American team, not the US.
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I experienced recently what I guess is a somewhat common problem with Windows 10. Out of the blue, I couldn't left-click on the Windows start button, which obviously made things pretty difficult to navigate. I actually had to rewrite some code in order to get it back up and running. Pretty annoying.
Other than that, I have no issues and it's definitely faster than the 7 that I upgraded from.
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I'd come down the middle on this myself. The team needs offence - PERIOD. Now I'm not saying Reway is the guy to provide it (some of you have noticed my general policy of putting little faith in raw rookies). What I am saying is that if you have a player who can genuinely provide that dimension on your team, but whose defensive game is mediocre, we should tolerate it under the circumstances. Now, if the player is worse than just mediocre - if he's outright terrible outside the O-zone and doesn't give a sh*t about improving - that's a different matter. He needs at least to show some good faith, some willingness to be half-decent. But I would tolerate some lapses and mistakes in exchange for goals.
I tend to agree with all of this. This was why I was ok when the Habs signed Semin last year; I thought his offensive contributions would outweigh the occasional defensive lapse. Clearly I was wrong in that case, but Reway might legitimately fill such a role in a few years, if not sooner. BUT, Therrian will have to take the bad with the good, and realise that not every player is going to be a Selke candidate if that's going to work.
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The prodigal son is on the way.
Scouting report
Wow, I had no idea about the Drouin Instagram pic; that certainly doesn't bode well.
That being said, I'm glad he's under contract and that there's at least a chance he'll play for us. I've always been impressed with his offensive abilities. We're seriously lacking in that department.
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Alfredsson scored more goals and had 18 points in 2 fewer games, but also Lehkonen is 20 FREAKING YEARS OLD and didn't set this record after playing 9 seasons in the NHL so...
Lehkonen > Alfredsson, obviously.
QED
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How many other keepers do you have; of those, how many are of the evener distribution variety? If you have some higher offence but more finesse players, I'd go with Landeskog. If your other keepers are more balanced though, then I'd lean towards Panarin. But that said, I'm the type of fantasy GM who likes to try to compete in most categories instead of trying to load up on winning 5 or 6 each week. If you lean towards the latter, then I'd be more inclined to go with Panarin.
I have Panarin in my keeper league and he's one of four skaters I could justify keeping (out of two, the others being MacKinnon, Wheeler, and Eichel). I'm more or less wrestling with the same idea - is Panarin going to be a one hit wonder or is he legitimately a 75-80 point player? Not an easy call to make.
When healthy, Malkin and Seguin are multi-cat threats, with P Kane obviously contributing heavily on the offense. I'd gladly sacrifice hits and blocked shots every week if it meant winning the majority of the categories.
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DON is apparently overjoyed.
There's a relatively small number of people, guys like Commandant and myself, that don't have anything against Therrien, particularly, and don't see any obvious massive upgrade available. That's not exactly the same thing as being 'happy' about him coming back. 'He'll do' is basically our argument.
And then there's the clear majority of teeming anti-Therrien loathers. Most of whom will quickly come to loathe MT's successor, and his successor, etc..
Count me in the "He'll do" group. Unless realistically there's a better option available, I don't see the need to get rid of him (although I admit earlier on, I wanted BLOOD after such a shitty season).
More and more I wonder why the supporting cast has remained intact; that concerns me more than Therrien behind the bench.
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Well, since you're on a roll, Brian... One of my leagues is a quasi-keeper, and I have to choose between Landeskog and Panarin. It's a head to head league, and the skater categories are G, A, +/-, PPG, PPA, SHG, HITS, BLKS, SOG, PIM & GWG. Landeskog's impact is more evenly distributed, but I think Panarin has a higher ceiling if he isn't a one-year wonder.
Thought anyone?
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Aaaahhhhhh. Legit then. Fair enough. (guilty of not reading the rules at all and accepting them anyway hahaha...)
That still sucks man.
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It is VERY hard Brian !!! Don't you see that I'm still trying to make excuses for one of my defeat like 3 years ago ?
Don't you post reminders here every year?
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Or they wanted to stand behind their captain knowing all of the nonsense that was out there about a lack of leadership in the room. Or some voted for each of them and Pacioretty got one or two more votes. As I wrote in my column last night, I don't really see the need to read between the lines here. Yes, it was a tad surprising considering Subban's well-known generousity but I'm not inclined to think there's a rift or a divide simply based on that.
It wouldn't surprise me if PK was advocating for Patch to get the votes.
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Does this really need its own topic? We've known this for at least a week, and if you could read between the lines most of us realized he would be back months ago.
I think this was the first time it was made "official" via Bergevin's presser.
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P.K. Subban played with a strained MCL from SJ game Feb 29 until he suffered neck injury Mar.10. Recently stopped practising with a brace
That might partially explain the increase in tumbles he was taking later on in the season,
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Wow, that is commitment to the tank!
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Why would the chances of Emelin having Edmonton on his trade list be good. I'd say it's pretty unlikely he wants to go to the worst team in the game. Especially in a contract year.
My bad, I got stumped by the double-negative (i.e., is not on the no-go list).
To be clear, I figure Emelin wants nothing to do with EDM.
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Isn't the no trade limited to 10 teams. What are the chances that EDM isn't on the no go list??
It is. And I'd say pretty good, but I guess you never know.
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But does Emelin like EDM?
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Didn't we kind of luck out in the lottery in Carey Price' draft year? I vaguely remember thinking that, thanks to the miracle of random chance, we might actually snag Crosby. (Price was a pretty good consolation prize - I've never forgotten the hysteria among fans that we failed to pick that obvious superstar, Gilbert Brulé
This is why I don't pay too much attention to 'expert' pronouncements on the merits or demerits of any given draft pick).Anyway, the point is that if we lucked out once, it seems implausible that we'd luck out again. (I get that random is random, but what can I say? I tend to quit while I'm ahead, which is why I'll never make it as a gambler).
Yeh we did luck out. Montreal had only one ball in the lottery (as opposed to 2 or 3)
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Ran 3 draft simulators with our new position, and we picked....
1st: http://postimg.org/image/nnol8zm7n/
2nd: http://postimg.org/image/86a9wruib/
3rd: http://postimg.org/image/69unn5gyf/
So as you can see, the possibilities are real, and they just keep getting better the more we stink up the joint
It's funny, I'll get bored and run about 20 simulations. Typically I'll get the Habs picking top 3 ONCE.
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He was a perfectly fine #5.
What's up with Carey? He was skating with pads, and now?
He was on the ice taking shots from Carr and Flynn yesterday.
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Barberio mostly does what he does, I think. (I like the kid, and have done from his first game with us). Just like Pateryn can mostly do what Emelin does, notwithstanding Emelin's excellence in Big Games, which I doubt Pateryn can emulate.
I'd cut both veterans loose in favour of these youngsters. Then look to sign a seasoned, Weaver-type vet on the cheap to serve as #7 defenceman, just to make sure we're not relying unduly on babies back there.
I'm hoping Gilbert would be willing to assume that role (and get paid as such)
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First week of head-to-head playoffs and these players from my fantasy roster aren't playing: Price, Subban, Malkin, Seguin, Landeskog, Vatanen and Gallagher. I recently dropped Cammalleri and Lehner due to injury. And I just got O'Reilly, Hossa and H. Sedin back from injury. I can't think of ever having worse luck with a fantasy team.
Distraction Thread - Next Year's Starting Lineup
in Habs & Hockey Talk
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Well it looks like we can rule out Shipachyov; he's reportedly agreed to stay with SKA after they gave him a raise.
https://twitter.com/A_Kalnins/status/738024671434690560