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[arttk]

There are a lot of teams in the NHL where I look at them and wonder what the f***ing point of them existing even is.

Blue Jackets, Blues, Predators, Capitals, Jets, Flames, etc. All middling boring teams with management/ownership too cowardly to go hard in any direction. Just kind of wandering around in the middle making some moves but then taking steps back to go nowhere. Utterly useless.

I’d almost lump the Wild and Islanders in there but at least one of them made a big splash for Horvat and the other made the two biggest buyouts in history. Then neither have followed up with anything to further push them over the edge and are just upper-tier middling teams.

CBJ is trying to compete, they are just crazy incompetent. Jurmo deserves to be fired and will probably be fired.
WAS has one focus and that’s getting Ovy to break Gretzky’s record. After that they are going to rebuild.
Wild is in a weird spot, they have some really good pieces and it does make sense for them to continue to build and wait for the cap penalty to pass.

The rest, from a sporting perspective they should rebuild but this just illustrates that rebuild is not just a pure sporting decision but a financial decision. And it would be crazy to see like 6-8 teams trying to rebuild at the same time.

 

[arttk]

I still have no idea what the Flames were thinking with those contracts. Such a stupid move right from the beginning. Huberdeau trade/contract as well. WTF are you thinking?

Just feels like a team full of players just there for the paycheck.

Just be glad the mastermind behind those deals are now working for the Leafs.

 

[Canucks LB]

It looks like the flames version of oel is huberdeau, as is oilers with nurse

Pretty wild, just dreadful contracts

 

[northwestrcomfort]

CBJ is trying to compete, they are just crazy incompetent. Jurmo deserves to be fired and will probably be fired.
WAS has one focus and that’s getting Ovy to break Gretzky’s record. After that they are going to rebuild.
Wild is in a weird spot, they have some really good pieces and it does make sense for them to continue to build and wait for the cap penalty to pass.

The rest, from a sporting perspective they should rebuild but this just illustrates that rebuild is not just a pure sporting decision but a financial decision. And it would be crazy to see like 6-8 teams trying to rebuild at the same time.

I like CBJ because they went for it. They didn’t’ trade either Panarin or Bob when they probably knew neither were going to resign and they got Duchene. Also had horrible injury luck last year. Biggest issue with them is horrible coaching choices and likely a bad environment given all the players leaving (e.g. Dubois).

 

[rypper]

I saw Nickelback in Vancouver in the summer ish and they killed. I think it's just trendy to hate them.

 

[arttk]

It looks luke flames version of oel is huberdeau, as is oilers with nurse

Pretty wild, just dreadful contracts

Can’t even be bought out, would be like 12 years of cap penalty

 

[Vector]

I like CBJ because they went for it. They didn’t’ trade either Panarin or Bob when they probably knew neither were going to resign and they got Duchene. Also had horrible injury luck last year. Biggest issue with them is horrible coaching choices and likely a bad environment given all the players leaving (e.g. Dubois).

Their biggest problem is they refuse to get an actual centre. They’ll do everything else but try and acquire one.

 

[Canucks LB]

Can’t even be bought out, would be like 12 years of cap penalty

Yikkkes

 

[Diversification]

I saw Nickelback in Vancouver in the summer ish and they killed. I think it's just trendy to hate them.

Did Kroger's voice sound like it did today when you saw them? He literally could not hit the notes for How You Remind Me, which is not a challenging song to sing.

Can’t even be bought out, would be like 12 years of cap penalty

haha. wow. that is a super mega buy out proof contract:

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

I still have no idea what the Flames were thinking with those contracts. Such a stupid move right from the beginning. Huberdeau trade/contract as well. WTF are you thinking?

Just feels like a team full of players just there for the paycheck.

I hate the Flames,but I see why Treliving signed them..Basically,they have a number of elite prime aged players on the team..You may as well milk what you can from your current core group for a few seasons ( they were a 112 point team the season before last).

The only other alternative is to get rid of everyone..and do a ground up rebuild.

 

[arttk]

Did Kroger's voice sound like it did today when you saw them? He literally could not hit the notes for How You Remind Me, which is not a challenging song to sing.


haha. wow. that is a super mega buy out proof contract:
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lol

 

[moiderer]

Flames were so bad tonight it was shocking.

And it's not even rock bottom for them yet.

 

[kylek023]

can't wait for the first jersey toss of the year at the Saddledome

Canadian Tradition

 

[Kryten]

Nickleback's still got it.
'It' being a giant turd. Painful. The sing alongs were the best, absolute silence from the crowd.

Id say that had more to do with bad sound accoustics and a tiny p.a. though

 

[wonton15]

Trade for Tanev cowards

 

[andora]

Trade for Tanev cowards

this is our new hashtag
no

#FreeTanev

 

[rypper]

Did Kroger's voice sound like it did today when you saw them? He literally could not hit the notes for How You Remind Me, which is not a challenging song to sing.

Didn't actually see them today, maybe I'll be able to find video.

 

[andora]

never been a fan - always neutral

but blech at that production/sound etc...

 

[pahlsson]

I saw Nickelback in Vancouver in the summer ish and they killed. I think it's just trendy to hate them.

it was definitely trendy to hate them

they still suck tho and you should feel bad for giving them money

 

[rypper]

it was definitely trendy to hate them

they still suck tho and you should feel bad for giving them money

Meh, my wife wanted to go, and I really enjoyed myself. They've got a pretty big catalog. You're definitely not going there to hear like Bob Dylan etc but if you want to hear fun rock jams they've got that nailed.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

I saw Nickelback in Vancouver in the summer ish and they killed. I think it's just trendy to hate them.

Not a fan of their music at all but I will say the hate is probably due to the generation that would tune into the radio and hear their songs being overplayed to death. That was due to the radio stations being forced to play Canadian content 35% of the day.

Avril Lavigne and Nelly Furtado were horribly overplayed as well during the early 2000s.

 

[RobertKron]

Not a fan of their music at all but I will say the hate is probably due to the generation that would tune into the radio and hear their songs being overplayed to death. That was due to the radio stations being forced to play Canadian content 35% of the day.

Avril Lavigne and Nelly Furtado were horribly overplayed as well during the early 2000s.

Nickelback, Nelly Furtado, and Avril Lavigne weren't getting play due to CanCon rules. They all had a number of really, very big international chart hits over a several years. They were getting play like that all over the place. They've all sold tens of millions of records worldwide.

Like, I think Nickelback is just absolutely awful, but they had absolutely enormous hits beyond just the Canadian market.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

showing my age here but i remember back in high school i had this friend who wasalways talking up this local band that not a lot of people knew called nickleback. it was the late 90s and they had this song that was on semi-regular rotation on 99.3 the fox that sounded exactly like the band bush.

and i thought, yeah that’s what the world wants to listen to, a cancon version of bush (x)

well they sure showed me right?

 

[Peen]

Morgan frost?

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Not a fan of their music at all but I will say the hate is probably due to the generation that would tune into the radio and hear their songs being overplayed to death. That was due to the radio stations being forced to play Canadian content 35% of the day.

Avril Lavigne and Nelly Furtado were horribly overplayed as well during the early 2000s.

Isnt every hit song overplayed to death..?

Avril lavigne and Nelly Furtado had worldwide success...Unlike bands like Tragically Hip,Trooper,54-40 who are only really known in Canada.