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Superstar

"Be water, my friend."
Jun 25, 2008
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Seath The Scaleless said:


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Biggest reason McDavid wasn't nominated by his peers for the Ted Lindsay Award...every player in the league knows he's the biggest diver in the world and is in the wrong sport.

Why isn't he getting fined by the NHL? It's blatant and embarrassing.
 
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3blizzard4

3blizzard4

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Mar 29, 2021
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ULF_55 said:
Zach Hyman
last 5 games ... 2 goals, 1 assist.
last 4 games ... 0 goals, 1 assist.
last 3 games ... 0+0
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Shocker. When they contain McDavid, Hyman is no where to be seen.

Game 4 they put McDrai on one line all game and moved Hyman to line 2. Nothing from Hyman.

Game 5 McDavid was contained. No show Hyman.
 

TheTotalPackage

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3blizzard4 said:
Shocker. When they contain McDavid, Hyman is no where to be seen.

Game 4 they put McDrai on one line all game and moved Hyman to line 2. Nothing from Hyman.

Game 5 McDavid was contained. No show Hyman.
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Same story with Edmonton yet again. When Draisaitl and/or McDavid aren't scoring or are contained, the secondary scorers and depth of the Oilers are nowhere to be found. Nugent-Hopkins, Kane, Hyman -- they need to chip in with some goals of their own to help the team out.
 
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VanW27

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What are peoples thoughts on the Pettersson "charging" penalty.

I personally don't mind it. A lot of these "reverse hits" are moving further and further into interference territory.
 

ruaware41

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Honestly this forum does not represent the average Leafs fan. Almost every Maple Leafs fan ik spanning across jobs in different industries and in school just passively cheers for the remaining Canadian team when the Leafs get eliminated. I do the same thing. Since people who participate on a hockey forum are more likely to be hardcore that sentiment is not common here.

I'm rooting for Vancouver because with a healthy Demko they have greater potential of going all the way. Heard Demko might not be too far out now.
 
ThrowDemTongs

ThrowDemTongs

kid named jeff finger
Mar 21, 2013
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ruaware41 said:
Honestly this forum does not represent the average Leafs fan. Almost every Maple Leafs fan ik spanning across jobs in different industries and in school just passively cheers for the remaining Canadian team when the Leafs get eliminated. I do the same thing. Since people who participate on a hockey forum are more likely to be hardcore that sentiment is not common here.

I'm rooting for Vancouver because with a healthy Demko they have greater potential of going all the way. Heard Demko might not be too far out now.
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But it does accurately represent fans of other Canadian teams.

Let's All Hate Toronto - Wikipedia

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Jimmy Firecracker

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KMNRB said:



Perhaps Leafs' fans can learn from Canucks' fans in support of their overpaid non-performing star.

Too late for Marner (he'll be gone and his image was forever destroyed by his RFA contract's demand) but perhaps for future young players like Cowan if/when he becomes a star.
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I think the lessons to take away from Marner's diminishing stock in the eyes of fans are pretty straightforward. First lesson would be to not make ridiculous contract demands, but if the player and agent are so inclined they should shut up about it and keep quiet like Nylander's camp did instead of using media mouthpieces like Dreger to try and drive up the price. Also would help to not immediately start lobbying for a big payday on social media not even a day after your supposed buddy just signed his deal.

Second would be taking responsibility for poor play when you very clearly didn't have it, it's not cute when you underperform in the playoffs and your answer in the media is "naw I wouldn't change anything about my game." Granted this is an issue with the entire core who keep repeating the same lines about "lessons" and how they're "right there" despite all evidence to the contrary.

Third would be to show some modicum of fight or pushback when you're very obviously getting bullied. No one likes watching a pacifist, especially in hockey. You don't have to drop the gloves but no one wants to see you smile and laugh after taking a punch in the mouth or getting face-washed. Matthews had the same problem but he's better about it now and is more willing to engage physically and not take any guff. Mitch still plays like a coward who's afraid of taking a hit.

Of course all of this would be ignored if Marner showed up in the playoffs like he's paid to do and actually produced like similar stars in this league. The fact that he doesn't makes all the aforementioned issues more glaring. Fans would be willing to give him more grace though if he didn't make his negotiation a circus, wasn't overpaid, and was more willing to take responsibilities for this teams many failures, especially since he wears an A.
 
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ruaware41

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ThrowDemTongs said:
But it does accurately represent fans of other Canadian teams.

Let's All Hate Toronto - Wikipedia

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Anti Toronto and anti Ontario sentiment whether as a meme or with any weight seems to be common outside of Ontario. When I was out at the east coast my girlfriend at the time would call it "Onterrible." It was kind of a long running meme way to refer to Ontario.
 
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