DonaldBrashear

I applaud the mods and admins for keeping this thread open. However, I highly suggest that in doing so, you allow for as much free speech as possible. A high tolerance should be allowed. As the game time approaches tonight and many angry people come on here they will express their views. If posts start getting deleted or censored then that will only cause further damage and accomplish nothing. I would say unless someone is being explicilty racist or posting false stuff it should be allowed to remain. Basically... true progress and true discussion is not always pretty and it will get ugly in here. Let's all try and keep our bias' in check and let people voice their opinions and not judge. Remember, 50 years ago pretty much everyone (including your parents/grandparents) thought being gay was wrong. No one is perfect. Compassion and empathy are not things we are born with they are things we learn. Bottom line... mods.. .admins... please think twice before deleting posts in this thread and only do it if it is absolutely something that needs to be deleted. Thank you.

Call it what you want, but when an editor at CNN looks at two stories, side by side, they pick the one that they know will get the most ratings. Period. That means the story that is most inflammatory. I call into question the integrity of the media and I ask who is holding them accountable? Seriously, who holds the media accountable?

One black man took a knee at a football game during the anthem and every major media news outlet covered it. It was front page everywhere. If a white woman gets stabbed to death by a group of black people it likely won't make the front page. That is called agenda, isn't it? Am I wrong?

I think blaming anyone is exactly the wrong thing to do. If there is anyone to blame for this, they are long gone and dead now. We are left to pick up the pieces. I don't blame the media for the situation we are in but I do blame them for inflaming it. The media has all the power here. How they choose to report things influences everything. Fortunately, their influence has become less of a factor with things like twitter but it is still a huge part of it. All I know is we have a long ways to go as a society, as a species, as a planet. Talking about Black Lives Matter is only one issue. There are so many others. Like Indigenous Lives Matter. Or Hispanic Lives Matter. Hispanics make up 18% of the US population (more than blacks), and are often treated much worse than blacks, and yet it is accepted because many of them are there "illegally". What about Disabled Lives Matter. Or "All Lives Matter", in the sense of... not white people... but, literally ALL LIVES, like... poor children dying overseas. These NHL players are making millions of dollars a year, and some of them drive luxury cars, own many homes, wear $5,000 suits, etc. Yet people around the world starve to death, don't have clean drinking water, or medicine. I am all for Black Lives Matter, but I would prefer it if it were less targeted and instead was something like "NMD" "No More Discrimination", something which covers everyone who is dumped and discriminated against. United we stand divided we fall.

I am all for Black Lives Matter, but cancelling hockey games will NOT help the problem it will only make it worse. Want proof? Look no further than this thread, or facebook, or twitter. Everyone is fighting and angry. What BLM needs to understand is CHANGE WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. It takes decades and centuries even for true change to take place. Also, this has nothing to do with the police. It is a systemic problem. Black people shoot black people, black cops shoot black people, white cops shoot white people. The real problem is how many times I say to myself "If that person was white, they would have not been treated like that". Society is guilty of look at black people as more dangerous than white people. If you want someone to blame, blame the media. For years they fear mongered the public every night telling us how dangerous black people were. Now they want to pretend they never had anything to do with it. Now they go the other way and only report the things that inflame the situation. They don't report stuff like this guy had a warrant for his arrest out for sexual assault and that the officer who shot him 7 times thought he was reaching for a knife in the car (which was found in the vehicle). Am I saying it is justified? No. But the media won't tell you those things you need to really search for them. The media has an agenda here and it is to stir stuff up as much as possible so they get ratings.

Hard to tell. When was the last time there was a d-man as good as Quinn Hughes at age 20? I don't think people quite understand yet that Quinn Hughes is a true generational player, like McDavid or Gretz or Crosby. Yes. I said it. He is going to be that good. He finished 14th overall in Rookie scoring by a defeseman with 53 points in 68 games. He has the most points by a rookie d-man in the last 28 years since (guess who?) Nicklas Lidstrom in 1991-92. And Lidstrom had 60 points in 80 games, which Hughes would have easily beaten if his season wasn't cut short by covid. Hughes is way better than Seth Jones, way better than OEL even at just 20 years old. I don't think $10m is unreasonable for an 8 year deal because you are paying for the later prime years. You get him from 22-30 years old. With inflation, a Quinn Hughes at 25 or 26 might demand $14m a year. Who knows. I think Pettersson and Hughes negotiate identical contracts like Toews and Kane. So $10 mil each. They might take $9m each to be generous to the team.

I would be surprised if tonight's game goes ahead as planned. Too much pressure. Too many eyes watching. The NHL stands to lose to much if they play games.

No thanks. Quinn Hughes is going to be getting $10m a year. We can't afford $17m for two defensemen.

Shh. Bettman and the refs are biased towards Toronto and Edmonton too. That's why the Leafs and Oilers (host teams) made it into the playoffs. Oh, wait... but surely then, the Leafs and Oilers will win the #1 overall pick right? What??? Rangers???!!!

Well, there goes the theory that Bettman favours the Arizona Coyotes and all that other conspiracy crap.

Looks like the Canucks went on a firing spree. I got an email saying my rep is leaving and my friend also got an email same exact cookie cutter email from his rep who is a different rep. I guess the Canucks don't need alot of staff if they arent playing due to covid. Sucks to see people laid off though. Damn covid.

Sigh. Frustrating to watch.

This was a character loss. If that makes sense. We needed to lose, and losing game 3 made the most sense. Going up 3-0 in the series and losing game 4 would be worse IMO. Then you start to get nervous like Blackhawks in 2011. Also, if you are going to lose a game, it is best to lose this one because we play them again in 20 hours. We don't have to sit and dwell for 2 days. Go sleep, wake up and play again. Quick revenge. I say the Canucks go up 3-1 and then finish them off 4-1 series on Friday night!

So, how about those refs?

Suck it Binnington.

Tanev and Hughes are going to be fun to watch. These two guys are going to really shock St Louis fans and the players.

5-1 canucks. St Louis Blues take a 5 minute major penalty at some point and we score 3 goals on the PP.

No. There is already plans in place to have fans in attendance in a social distanced manner. Ticketmaster has software to allow seats to be booked using social distancing. No reason not to have fans in attendance. The arenas will be about 1/3 full.

Really glad that an eastern team got him. Less for us to deal with

Both teams hate the refs this game.

Would be kind of crazy if this game went to like 2 or 3 OT and didnt end until like 3am in the morning.

Doubt it. It's already 8:45pm puck drop in Edmonton (where the game takes place) and 9:45pm puck drop in Minnesota time.

Probably the right move. I paid deposits on my tickets (after much thought) but only because they are 100% refundable up until the first game is played. I know several people who cancelled their tix, some of them holders for 20 years. A lot of it has to due with covid.