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Bart Ell

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1005 on: June 26, 2020, 05:35:58 PM »

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1006 on: June 28, 2020, 05:08:52 AM »
What's up with this draft lottery?  I don't like it.

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« Reply #1007 on: June 28, 2020, 05:13:51 AM »
Quote from: ShayP on June 28, 2020, 05:08:52 AM
What's up with this draft lottery?  I don't like it.

Pittsburgh can draft first overall if they blow it in the play-in round.
Lafrenière could be their new Crosby.

I now hope they win their play-in round!

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1008 on: June 28, 2020, 05:23:28 AM »
Quote from: Bart Ell on June 28, 2020, 05:13:51 AM
Pittsburgh can draft first overall if they blow it in the play-in round.
Lafrenière could be their new Crosby.

I now hope they win their play-in round!

That is a possibility.  However, they must win and will.  The Habs will go down!  :D

On a different topic...anybody agree with me that Tom Barrasso should be in the hall of fame? I agree that he is a borderline case, but I feel he should get in.

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1009 on: June 28, 2020, 05:29:27 AM »
Quote from: ShayP on June 28, 2020, 05:23:28 AM

On a different topic...anybody agree with me that Tom Barrasso should be in the hall of fame? I agree that he is a borderline case, but I feel he should get in.

If you start letting in left handed goalies then you might as well burn the hall down.

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1010 on: June 28, 2020, 05:34:52 AM »
Quote from: Bart Ell on June 28, 2020, 05:29:27 AM
If you start letting in left handed goalies then you might as well burn the hall down.

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1011 on: June 28, 2020, 01:39:18 PM »
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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1012 on: June 28, 2020, 01:43:28 PM »
It's ridiculous a playoff team even has a shot at the top pick.

I understand the draft lottery to discourage tanking, it should be limited to perhaps the bottom 4 or 5 teams.

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1013 on: June 28, 2020, 01:46:00 PM »
Quote from: PB on June 28, 2020, 01:43:28 PM
It's ridiculous a playoff team even has a shot at the top pick.

I understand the draft lottery to discourage tanking, it should be limited to perhaps the bottom 4 or 5 teams.

A playoff team does not have a shot at the top pick.
Only the teams that lose in the play-in round.

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1014 on: June 28, 2020, 01:53:27 PM »
Quote from: Bart Ell on June 28, 2020, 01:46:00 PM
A playoff team does not have a shot at the top pick.
Only the teams that lose in the play-in round.

It technically is the playoffs.  I still wonder why this format was chosen.  The Pens are a #5 seed and yet they have to go through a "play-in game?"  Nah man.  This is the playoffs no matter how they spin it.  A bastardized form of playoffs, but nonetheless.

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1015 on: June 28, 2020, 02:00:41 PM »
Quote from: ShayP on June 28, 2020, 01:53:27 PM
It technically is the playoffs.  I still wonder why this format was chosen.  The Pens are a #5 seed and yet they have to go through a "play-in game?"  Nah man.  This is the playoffs no matter how they spin it.  A bastardized form of playoffs, but nonetheless.

You have to compensate teams missing out on the real playoffs in some way.
If Montreal loses to Pittsburgh they will choose 1st or 9th.
If they make the playoffs they will pick anywhere from 16th-31st.
If Pittsburgh loses then they have a shot at 1st, which they would not have had otherwise.
Seems fair to me.

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« Reply #1016 on: June 28, 2020, 02:13:29 PM »
Quote from: Bart Ell on June 28, 2020, 02:00:41 PM
You have to compensate teams missing out on the real playoffs in some way.
If Montreal loses to Pittsburgh they will choose 1st or 9th.
If they make the playoffs they will pick anywhere from 16th-31st.
If Pittsburgh loses then they have a shot at 1st, which they would not have had otherwise.
Seems fair to me.

I try to process it but I'm stubborn.  The fact is the Pens have the 8th best record in the NHL.  31 teams in the league.  No way they should qualify for a chance at the 1st overall pick under any circumstance. 

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1017 on: June 28, 2020, 02:32:27 PM »
Quote from: Bart Ell on June 28, 2020, 01:46:00 PM
A playoff team does not have a shot at the top pick.
Only the teams that lose in the play-in round.

Them either.  If they're good enough to have a shot at the playoffs, they shouldn't have a shot at the top pick

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1018 on: July 01, 2020, 06:07:01 AM »

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Re: The NHL Thread
« Reply #1019 on: July 03, 2020, 08:20:35 PM »
I think just for optics they would at least try to find one American city. I am sure they wanted to for the American traveling media, but how bad is it in America that they literally can't find one hockey town to play there games at.

I am amazed that every other sport is putting all their cards in the Florida basket, their reputation would make them the last place in America I would trust to try to do this.
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