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Acallabeth

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5 points away from division lead. I think we can take this. We have the talent and skill. No need to tank.

Well, 6 points away from division lead. All hope lost :sarcasm:

Florida is ahead of us with less wins, less GF and more GA. It's not fair!
 

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I'd love to see Morrow with Ribs and Ovi if the Caps are in the hunt for a playoff spot

If Morrow moves, the most likely place is Montreal.

Don't forget who is their "adviser". In case you don't know, it's Gainey, who was also the one who signed Cole in Montreal and knows the Habs players the most.
 

SimplySensational

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So Peverly does a head snap and Backstrom gets a 1 game suspension during the playoffs.

Benn crosschecks a dude from behind because he ran into his goalie and the score was 5 to 1, only a fine.

Shanahan is a ****.
 

Brad Tolliver

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Peverley did a headsnap because Backstrom actually hit him in the face with his stick. Just ask Ovechkin how stick contact to the face almost caused his head to completely snap off.

Backstrom's suspension was for head contact. Benn's crosscheck was to the lower back.
 

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Hey halpysback remember when you were pumping your own tires about saying Kovalev was a great addition for Florida after two games? Well he's been awful and is about to be bought out, good call on that one!
 

Acallabeth

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So Peverly does a head snap and Backstrom gets a 1 game suspension during the playoffs.

Benn crosschecks a dude from behind because he ran into his goalie and the score was 5 to 1, only a fine.

Shanahan is a ****.

Shanny surely is, but honestly Pronger did stuff like that every game.
 

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Hey halpysback remember when you were pumping your own tires about saying Kovalev was a great addition for Florida after two games? Well he's been awful and is about to be bought out, good call on that one!

He may have seemed like a bad addition to the likes of you, but those of us with a more innate understanding of the game can see that he fulfilled his role to a T.

Kovalev was brought for three reasons - one of which was to mentor their young skilled players who looked up to him as kids. If you do a cursory check you'll see that their young skilled players are doing exceptionally well, it's the rest of the team that is completely falling apart. A prorated 1 million to set Huberdeau, Mueller on the right track relatively early in their careers is a small price to pay. The other reason he was brought in was depth - Florida had a bunch of regulars injured and their prospects like Shore were questionable at best at the start of the season. Well, Shore has proven himself (undoubtably with help from Kovalev's guidance) and as a result got the final spot on the 2nd line. Kovalev is not a 3rd line player, and with their injured 3rd liners coming back there is no spot left for him.

And the third, most important reason Kovalev was brought in was to be a scapegoat if things went south, much like Radulov and Semin were for their respective teams. The biggest story from Florida should be that Stephen Weiss is playing like complete and utter *******, as is Kris Versteeg. Yet, this aptly manufactured drama is taking the heat from all of them. Watch this Russian Blame gambit be used more and more in the coming years by savvy GMs wanting to deflect negative attention from their teams.

Oh, he also contributed to a balling home opener the momentum from which has kept attendance much higher than it should be with the way they're playing, but that's just a cherry on top.
 

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The Caps should give Kovalev a try. How much more can the team be dysfunctional. Ovi said he misses other Russian speaking ex-teammate (despite what Brouwer says).
 

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He may have seemed like a bad addition to the likes of you, but those of us with a more innate understanding of the game can see that he fulfilled his role to a T.

Kovalev was brought for three reasons - one of which was to mentor their young skilled players who looked up to him as kids. If you do a cursory check you'll see that their young skilled players are doing exceptionally well, it's the rest of the team that is completely falling apart. A prorated 1 million to set Huberdeau, Mueller on the right track relatively early in their careers is a small price to pay. The other reason he was brought in was depth - Florida had a bunch of regulars injured and their prospects like Shore were questionable at best at the start of the season. Well, Shore has proven himself (undoubtably with help from Kovalev's guidance) and as a result got the final spot on the 2nd line. Kovalev is not a 3rd line player, and with their injured 3rd liners coming back there is no spot left for him.

And the third, most important reason Kovalev was brought in was to be a scapegoat if things went south, much like Radulov and Semin were for their respective teams. The biggest story from Florida should be that Stephen Weiss is playing like complete and utter *******, as is Kris Versteeg. Yet, this aptly manufactured drama is taking the heat from all of them. Watch this Russian Blame gambit be used more and more in the coming years by savvy GMs wanting to deflect negative attention from their teams.

Oh, he also contributed to a balling home opener the momentum from which has kept attendance much higher than it should be with the way they're playing, but that's just a cherry on top.

This post is supposed to be, like, satire, right?
 

Ajax1995

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The Habs/Pens game on HNIC is very entertaining. Habs tie it up at 4 with less than a second left in the 2nd period after the Pens went up 4-2 after being down 2-1.
 

Acallabeth

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Whoever advocated Kovalev with the Cats obviously didn't watch him in the K. He was as bad as you can imagine.

Pit-Mtl... why don't we just test opponents goalies more?

Cancer with 3 primary assists. Keep on watching Brower's goal totals...
 

Ajax1995

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Sweet the NHL Network isn't cutting away from the second HNIC game like usual. Kings/'Nucks with great announcers...
 
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