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The ‘25-‘26 boredom thread..
richkrt99:
Nice win. Again, too many penalties, but damn some of those are phantoms. The Carlson high-sticking, which was actually McMike....I don't think the stick actually touched him...I think the dude was faking. I know all it takes is a tap on the helmet to draw, but it looked like a miss and a Crosby-esque acting job. I wanted a better look at it but they didn't want to show me.
Same as the hooking on ...Roy? I think. Dude reaches in with stick and it slides up opponent's stick and literally taps his hands. They need to fix this BS call. Hooking or slashing should only be called if you actually affect the player you are reaching in on. The simple fact that your stick makes contact with a player should not be a penalty IMO. Pretty soon they will be calling a lift check slashing or hooking.
Cristall looked good and scored, yet again. Lappy looked good. Protas looked good as well.
If you factor nothing but game performance we've seen, I'd say Cristall makes the NHL squad. We don't seem them in practice, but the kid is scoring.
I think based on other factors (like who is waiver exempt) might send both Protas and Cristall to Hershey.
I expect Protas, with only one season in major junior (OHL/WHL) will go to Hershey. Cristall is only 20 but has 4+ seasons in WHL (started at age 17) so he will certainly at least go to Hershey if he doesn't make the NHL squad. His size (167lbs) is holding him back.
The problem is....where would Cristall play on the Caps roster? Putting him on 4th line would be a waste. I guess you could put him on L3 with Lappy at C, but that's not much beef or experience on 2/3 of that line.
Mickstix:
What's the deal with Monumental and not broadcasting the games this year? Have they solved their beef with (whoever)??
Actually, might not apply to you guys.. Hulu (me) and YoutubeTV have both dropped Monumental as of yesterday... Couldn't "reach a deal". I love greedy fucking execs. >:(
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Wednesday October 01, 2025, 05:47:46 PM Eastern ---What's the deal with Monumental and not broadcasting the games this year? Have they solved their beef with (whoever)??
--- End quote ---
I've watched all the games on Monumental. What you smoking down there redneck?
Their beef is with HULU, who wont pickup Monumental even though Monumental is an independent sports network. Everyone else (DirecTV, Cox, etc) has picked them up, but that F'n HULU don't want em. I think that might affect 4-6 games over the season. But hell...since when did what I think matter to anyone but me?
Mickstix:
Yea, Hulu and YoutubeTV both dropped Monumental cause they "couldn't reach an agreement". I'll be cancelling HULU here shortly! :) Fucking assholes. I'll start stealing every god damn thing I watch if this keeps up! :snicker:
alta:
All these streaming services make no sense, and I get accused of being a boomer for saying that. I’ve got to pay for a cable subscription to get the (mostly) reliable high speed internet. Paying for cable TV to get all the sports channels plus the five other channels I watch costs about the same as paying for 6-8 streaming services to get the same options. And lucky me, paramount + is included in the cable bill. I’ve never watched it.
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