|
11-12-2019, 07:21 PM | #76 |
Would an idiot do that?
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Arizona
Casino cash: $1334931
|
|
Posts: 56,554
|
11-12-2019, 08:32 PM | #77 |
Would an idiot do that?
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Arizona
Casino cash: $1334931
|
I know it's only 17 games, but Makar leads all rookies in points by +6, is second in goals, and will at least be at 1.00 PPG after tonight.
Only a handful of rookies who played more than a few games since the turn of the century that have >=1.00 PPG.... Ovechkin, Crosby, Malkin, McDavid, and Barzal. And only a few more that played most of a season are >=0.90. Pretty impressive start, 1/5th of the way through the season. |
Posts: 56,554
|
11-12-2019, 08:50 PM | #78 |
Bring it on Ahab!
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Doo-Dah
Casino cash: $10015152
|
Hockey is the weirdest sport.
It's the only sport I know of where every team has one guy who's job is to give himself long term brain damage by bare-hand fighting 4 times a week. IT's the only game that leaves in rules that put people in danger and then say "Yeah, but if someone DOES hit our start center legally and cleanly we have someone to beat the shit out of him for that." Imagine if every NFL team had one guy who's job it was to enter the game and beat the shit out of anyone who sacks your QB. I don't hate hockey or anything, but it's really bizarre when you think about it. Is the NHL still denying a link between CTE and concussions? |
Posts: 14,861
|
11-12-2019, 08:52 PM | #79 | |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
Casino cash: $526899
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 52,328
|
11-12-2019, 08:57 PM | #80 |
Bring it on Ahab!
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Doo-Dah
Casino cash: $10015152
|
Absolutely true. Last time I paid attention the NHL was still endangering players and refusing to acknowledge a link between CTE and concussions.
If they've taken measures to protect their players over the past few years, good for them. Regardless, it's STILL a unique aspect to this sport in the meta context. Don't be so defensive. |
Posts: 14,861
|
11-12-2019, 09:18 PM | #81 | |
Would an idiot do that?
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Arizona
Casino cash: $1334931
|
Quote:
A safety destroys a receiver, then....? Maybe that safety gets cheap-shotted later if someone goes out of their way to do it? In hockey, you could get destroyed the very next shift, or as you said, have to answer with a fight. Who knows how much of a deterrent it really was (and fighting isn't even allowed in college, the Canadian leagues, international play), but most of the goons are out of the league as the game has shifted to be faster and more skilled after rule changes years ago... and they've had review committees in place for a while that will get players suspended for targeted/dangerous hits. There are still a few players around who just don't get it.... the NHL definitely isn't aggressive with their suspensions by any means, but they actually produce videos of what they saw and the reasoning behind each suspension, including the player's history and comparisons with other suspensions, which is of course incredibly transparent and forward thinking. IMO, they could do more to get rid of those players who don't get it, and impose lengthier suspensions in many cases.... but, overall, the goons are gone and fighting is way, way down. |
|
Posts: 56,554
|
11-12-2019, 09:21 PM | #82 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Canton
Casino cash: $8817261
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 1,981
|
11-12-2019, 09:27 PM | #83 | |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
Casino cash: $526899
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 52,328
|
11-12-2019, 09:31 PM | #84 | |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
Casino cash: $526899
|
Quote:
Also, what a night for Adam Werner. Not very often you see an AHL goalie performing as well as he has tonight. |
|
Posts: 52,328
|
11-12-2019, 09:46 PM | #85 | |
20 years
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: North NJ
Casino cash: $3084900
|
Quote:
__________________
Chief good "The word 'bipartisan' usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." – George Carlin |
|
Posts: 6,314
|
11-12-2019, 09:50 PM | #86 | |
Would an idiot do that?
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Arizona
Casino cash: $1334931
|
Quote:
But, MacKinnon and Makar definitely make it difficult not to update my collection of Sakic, Roy, and Rob Blake. And yeah... 40 saves. |
|
Posts: 56,554
|
11-12-2019, 10:00 PM | #87 |
Planner of the Year
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Kelowna, BC
Casino cash: $7031655
|
Go Flyers. 4th in the East!
|
Posts: 883
|
11-12-2019, 10:02 PM | #88 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Kansas
Casino cash: $1658994
|
Been waiting a few years for competitive hockey to reappear in the desert! Can’t get fully sucked in until February but Coyotes definitely have me semi-sucked.
|
Posts: 22,542
|
11-14-2019, 08:56 PM | #89 |
Would an idiot do that?
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Arizona
Casino cash: $1334931
|
McDavid in the slot.
McDavid somehow finding the far post. Welcome to the NHL, kid. |
Posts: 56,554
|
11-14-2019, 09:58 PM | #90 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
Casino cash: $526899
|
|
Posts: 52,328
|
|
|