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Post by alex on Dec 3, 2011 1:12:20 GMT -8
I got to throw a hat on the ice tonight for a legit hat trick. 1 less item on the ol' bucket list.
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Post by weenie on Dec 3, 2011 4:06:52 GMT -8
Dude, that is the best! Why else would you even wear a hat out to a professional hockey game? There's always that hope!
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Post by alex on Dec 3, 2011 9:37:52 GMT -8
wasn't mine. Someone higher up threw it and it landed on the guy behind me
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Post by wolfhat on Dec 3, 2011 14:14:28 GMT -8
wasn't mine. Someone higher up threw it and it landed on the guy behind me Even better! Unless I was wearing a shitty hat I would be hesitant to throw mine, but I bet it's pretty easy to get caught up in the moment. What do you mean by "legit hat trick" thought? Is there another type? Looks like Reimer is back in action and getting the start against Boston tonight. With the tear the killer B's have been on I'm going to keep him benched (fantasy-wise) anyway.
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Post by alex on Dec 3, 2011 14:33:23 GMT -8
Sometimes the 3rd goal is tipped in by someone else, so everybody throws their hats but it's not really a hat trick, just a regular goal. Or the goal is called back, or whatever.
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Post by wolfhat on Dec 3, 2011 14:59:54 GMT -8
Ahh... that's the best I could figure, but wasn't sure. I guess the empty-netter was pretty obvious to folks.
What's with Rexall place and having the players' benches on the wrong (opposite) side of the rink? It always messes me up when I watch Oilers home games on TV. There may be other NHL arenas that do the same thing but if so they're probably in the other conference.
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Post by alex on Dec 3, 2011 16:22:12 GMT -8
I've never really noticed that before, but now that you mention it I'm not sure why that is. It's a really old rink, so that's either how it has always been, or maybe they shuffled the boxes around in the late 90s reno to add more luxury suites. All the newer rinks are probably 'right' though.
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Post by Rusty on Dec 6, 2011 12:31:12 GMT -8
So what do you guys think of the new conferences in the NHL starting next season. Conference A Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose Vancouver
Conference B Chicago Columbus Dallas Detroit Minnesota Nashville St. Louis Winnipeg
Conference C Boston Buffalo Florida Montreal Ottawa Tampa Bay Toronto
Conference D Carolina New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
I think some sort of change was necessary, I'm not sure this is the best choice. But I guess time will tell. This change also allows for every team in the league to play each other twice (home/away), which is a long over due change.
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Post by alex on Dec 6, 2011 12:49:02 GMT -8
Not too happy about the Oil being in a conference with 3 teams that had 100+ points last year, but it looks like they've tried to keep a fair distribution of powerhouse teams across all conferences.
It really stinks that the East is favoured by the distribution of teams (7 in each conference vs 8 in each conference) but hopefully that will also even out when Phoenix moves.
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Post by davers on Dec 6, 2011 13:29:21 GMT -8
I havent really looked into the technical stuff about it yet, but I'm not really a fan of the Canadian teams packed into 2 conferences (save for the Jets). How is the playoff system going to work? Winner of each conference gets top seeds then the rest based on rankings? Or top 2 from each perhaps? I really shouldnt be commenting, this is the first time I have even seen what teams are in which conference.
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Post by wompwomp on Dec 6, 2011 13:31:32 GMT -8
The top 4 from each conference make the playoffs and then you go two rounds against your own conference.
The thing I like the most is you get home/homes with every team in the league in the regular season. I can't believe it has taken them this long with an 82 game schedule to make this happen.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Dec 6, 2011 13:37:28 GMT -8
Yeah, everything is great about this. It may not help my team out specifically, but all of hockey will benefit from some major rivals developing.
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Post by alex on Dec 6, 2011 14:41:55 GMT -8
Next year will be very interesting. In theory we could see an all East coast final if the semi-finals are determined by seed rather than geography. It would be pretty wild to see an all-Canadian final too.
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Post by davers on Dec 6, 2011 15:10:21 GMT -8
I'm not a huge fan of the top 4 from every conference making it. End up in a stacked conference and you're screwed. I would have liked to see top 2 from each and then the other 8 are determined by seed. It seems like you can almost determine which 4 from each group will make it. It was way more exciting at the end of the season when 5 teams were all within 2 points of a playoff spot. This way it is totally possible that the last few games of the season wont even matter for anyone because each team is only concerned about 6 or 7 other teams rather than 15.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but before the lockout didnt every team play every other team home/home every season? It was just after they tried to save travel costs by making conferences play 8 games against eachother that teams would have to wait up to 3 seasons to see certain teams.
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Post by emptyfox on Dec 7, 2011 0:53:27 GMT -8
You play every eastern team once a year under the current model, which is more than twice every 3 years like it used to be when we played 8 games in the division.
I like the model a lot. It will be interesting to see how it shakes out in the end for sure... and boy did those Floridian teams get screwed!
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Dec 7, 2011 6:34:41 GMT -8
That's a word you probably get to use only once in your life.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Dec 7, 2011 6:55:42 GMT -8
Seems to be a lot of people (not here) complaining about the fact that only the top 4 teams will get in from each conference. People keep saying that it won't be fair if seed 4 in one conference has less points than perhaps seed 5 or even 6 in the other conference. Boo hoo. This happens anyway with the current conferences (Seed 9 in the West can have 2-4 points more than seed 8 in the East). If your conference is tough it will mean that the games against teams outside of the conference are must wins, which will lead to more rivalries with this upped intensity. The other fact people are pointing out is that it will eliminate the excitement of seeing an 8th seeded team possibly beat the odds to the Stanley cup final. Its been pointed out that this has happened many times so it is unfair to not give this a chance to happen. This is the biggest load of shit for me. I'm a huge believer in the fact that the game has 82 games in the season and watching some team sneak in at the very end into the 8th seed and then rolling with the momentum far into the playoffs is kinda stupid. The current system does not give enough respect to the teams that are good all the way through the regular season. How the point spread for teams making the playoffs can be around 40 points, like it was in 2009-2010, seems very Mickey Mouse. Yes it is exciting, and yes I hugely benefited from this when the Oilers barely squeaked into 8th spot in 2006, but it really is too little too late and completely shows that preforming at your best all the way throughout a very long season isn't necessary.
Long story short, how it is now has always made the regular season look like a joke and often lead to regular season games themselves looking like a joke.
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Post by alex on Dec 7, 2011 7:47:20 GMT -8
I can agree with that. I just wish there was a way to make every conference have the same amount of teams. That will likely never happen though unless the NHL literally can't find a buyer for the Coyotes and another team.
Pretty unlikely we'll see another expansion any time soon.
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Post by emptyfox on Dec 7, 2011 8:36:40 GMT -8
The point though Alex, is that this system will allow for either of those options. If the Coyoties fold, hell, if New Jersey, Columbus or Florida continue losing buckets of money, it gives the flexibility of not requiring another reorganization of the conferences. On the FLAMING FUCKING LIPSide, if by some miracle the NHL does expand they have similar flexibility.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Dec 7, 2011 8:38:34 GMT -8
On the FLAMING FUCKING LIPSide indeed.
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