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Wilson gets 20 god damn games..
justwincaps:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Friday October 26, 2018, 08:10:45 PM Eastern --- They have it in for Wilson because they dont want physical play in the NHL. The NHL has become nothing but whiny bitches. This generation of players are nothing but pussys. Every year there is less physicality in the league. The league is full of pussys that skate down the middle of the ice with their heads down doing toedrags and spin moves. These players are able to do this because no one will hit them. Tom Wilson is the one disruptive force that is getting in the way of the new Pussy Hockey League. The NHL is becoming hard to watch. That game against Edmonton and the game against Vancouver were fucking boring. Tortarella comments about the new NHL is 100% correct.
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Holy crap - could’ve sworn I was reading a post from DC.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Friday October 26, 2018, 09:24:06 PM Eastern ---
Holy crap - could’ve sworn I was reading a post from DC.
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Sorry for the rant. I'm giving the new style of play a fair chance. I'm fine with the speed of the game. I'm fine with puck moving dmen. But the lack of physical play and defensive hockey I'm having a problem with. Wtf is a guy like Djoos even doing in the NHL? He is the softest defenceman in the NHL. Watch the guy in a battle along the boards. He will back away and then try to stick check. Use your fucking body. The whole league is going in this direction.
I really dont like the direction our team is headed with offense only system. Our forwards have been leaving the zone early to try creating more offensive chances but vat the expense of the defense. And we are even putting our offensive minded players on the pk. Well that move isnt really working. Our pk sucks.
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Friday October 26, 2018, 11:39:01 PM Eastern --- Sorry for the rant. I'm giving the new style of play a fair chance. I'm fine with the speed of the game. I'm fine with puck moving dmen. But the lack of physical play and defensive hockey I'm having a problem with. Wtf is a guy like Djoos even doing in the NHL? He is the softest defenceman in the NHL. Watch the guy in a battle along the boards. He will back away and then try to stick check. Use your fucking body. The whole league is going in this direction.
I really dont like the direction our team is headed with offense only system. Our forwards have been leaving the zone early to try creating more offensive chances but vat the expense of the defense. And we are even putting our offensive minded players on the pk. Well that move isnt really working. Our pk sucks.
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Patience, Maaco. October isn't even over yet. We have to see how this shakes out over the longer term. If forwards are leaving the zone earlier, it may be because the new coaching team is instructing them to do it that way. Or maybe they are asking the players to be A BIT more aggressive in leaving the zone and some players are overreacting. The level of chance-taking can be adjusted as the season goes along. As for the offensive-minded players on the PK, (1) Reirden said he wanted to try that; and (2) With Beagle no longer around and Wilson suspended major PK minutes among the forwards have to be covered somehow, and Dowd is no Beagle on the PK. Some of this will straighten out when Wilson returns.
I am looking forward to seeing Bowey on the back line in place of Djoos. Beyond the need to upgrade size-wise, Bowey IS a natural RH, right-side defenseman, so it's good to have a 3rd one in the lineup. And beyond that, it does Bowey no good to be sitting on the sidelines for game after game. He needs to play.
The biggest problem I have with the modern game is that it seems so scattershot at times. There are fewer passes connecting, much of the play is designed around moving the puck to open space and having people chase it, and it seems as though sometimes during the game the puck will be pinballing in the neutral zone for minutes at a time. The game looks and feels much less organized to me.
Maacoshark:
Agree that our problems this year are more coaching than personnel.
richkrt99:
So, WHEN does this 3rd party arbitration process actually begin?
I mean I know the NHL wants to drag it out as long as possible, but isn't a neutral third party, supposed to be neutral? And shouldn't the players union be screaming bloody murder about the obvious delay tactics involved?
I'm not expecting it to happen overnight, but honestly, you know it was coming, and once it begins, exactly how long does it take to review? How much time do you think is reasonable to assign an arbitrator and then to have that arbitrator review tape? Even if you review tape for three days and take three days to decide, you should be able to wrap it up in a week. (Well, you SHOULD be able to wrap it up in day or two)
Why does this process take so long other then intentional delay?. And how does that help the image of the NHL? It's supposed to be about player safety, not politics. Delaying and delaying does NOT help player safety, it only drags out the process and makes the NHL look like petty sore whiney bosses who know they are up to somethings. This is bad for all parties involved. Just creates animosity between NHL management and the players and the union and the teams AND THE FANS.
I mean the DPS took what, 3 days to make the initial suspension? By NHL taking three weeks, it just makes the DPS look inadequate. Are you (NHL) saying you believe the DPS is not competent, and not as thorough in their review and assessment? Or are you saying you (NHL) require three times as much time to review the DPS decision because YOU are not competent?
I mean if its twenty games, so be it, but it SHOULD NOT TAKE 20 games to decide it's twenty games. You are making a mockery of the process and thereby invalidating it.
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