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[GDT] VAN vs EDM - 12/13/13 - 6PM - the Game before the Game
TOMapleLaughs replied to Strombone1's topic in Canucks Talk
Kassian's been relevant in this game. -
Btw. The way the olympics ended, with Sid 'the next one' capping off the win in a gold medal game in Canada by scoring an ultra-soft goal against the goalie of the tournament, when prior to that Sid did absolutely nothing all tourney long, was FAR to ridiculous to not have been staged. Luongo laid down to allow the tie. Miller laid down to end it so hockey's golden boy can have his moment, with Bettman grinning in the shadows. "Yeah, you can borrow my players, but this has to happen."
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I don't, really. But no doubt I enjoyed it when the Canucks were benefactors until they reached Boston in 2011. I'm a Canucks fan before i'm an NHL fan. No the players don't all have to be in it. That's insane. But the refs have obviously controlled game outcomes. Esp. in tight playoff games between on-par teams. I mean, c'mon... Really?
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Not every game is fixed, but towards the end of the season they definitely are. To determine seeds. With regards to NJ's run, yup, financial reasons make more than enough sense to see them go far in 2012. Towards the end of that season, they were positioned in the eastern standings that guaranteed the easiest path to the finals. 6.NJ vs. 3.Florida. EASY. NJ and Boston both had 102 pts, but Boston with the higher seed faced Washington and lost in round one. See how easy it is to determine a playoff destiny? That is easily controlled with parity the way it is now. NJ needed that playoff income certainly. They also knew Kovy was gonna 'retire', but that's another issue.
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Thornton is a goon. His job is to fight. He knows it. He admits it. This 'more of a player than a goon' thinking is pure tripe from the Boston braintrust. He is not an important player. He won't be missed. For this cowardly act, this ridiculous play, he needs to go away. Just... Go away. Forever, if at all possible. If the league saw fit to exterminate Todd Bertuzzi's career over the same thing, then why shouldn't Thornton, the useless goon, have his career exterminated as well? Because he plays for the Bruins? Is that it? I know Jacobs and Bettman are getting together and hoping the longer this gets put on hold, the more likely it will just blow over, but let there be no mistake. If Thornton doesn't get a career-impacting suspension for this sickeningly cowardish bs play, and then adjust how it handles suspensions permanently so they are MEANINGFUL, then they might as well just come out and admit that yes, the Nhl is run by Jeremy freakin' Jacobs and everyone is just going to have to deal with the fact that Boston's current group is destined to continue as-is, unpunished for everything, until they freakin' kill somebody on the ice, and even that will be called 'faaaaaaake!'
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Refs rigged, 'massaged' the Nba and bet on it. In theory, with parity the way it is and scoring so low in Nhl games, it might be easier to pre-determine game outcomes via reffing. But imho reffing is only one element being used. Let's see how long Thornton's suspension is here, considering how long Bertuzzi's was. For example.
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Were we screwed in 2011? Yes. But did we also benefit? Also yes. The playoffs have been rigged for quite some time. The league says so itself: 'History will be made.' And in recent years we've seen far to many epic collapses after being up 3-0 in a series, or even in a game 7 for it to be normal. Meanwhile, American O4 teams view themselves as the league's true deserving power. If you are to face them and you're not an American O4 team yourself, odds are you'll have no chance in the finals. As for the way we were bounced out by American O4 teams, the way Boston and Chicago trounced this team is indicative of PED abuse. If you look at how they played the other series against other teams, they weren't nearly as pumped up. Canada has been subsidizing league growth down south for decades, yet we see no cups. Instead we see SoCal teams getting preferential treatment while they try to grow the game in Cali. (Let there be no mistake, once they start losing again, their alluvasudden fans and twitter account will vanish.) Back to 2011. Look at all the 'heroics' Boston performed over and over again. Too many series went to game 7. That's controlled. Too many times were they just made to look like heroes, when in fact they're just a goon squad. That being said, yes, we also beneffited in 2011. The SJ series was a joke. They laid down. And the Chicago series was artificially made more exciting through game-to-game management of penalties, but in the end they also laid down. And Nashville? Please. In the end Boston's true colors popped up, the goon squad popped enough PED's to rage all over our squad and 'hockey' became a bloody gong show. We laid down while another American O4 team prospered. Bettman's NHL is as fake as NBA basketball, and that's the way he wants it. Increase the level of parity in the league and you can control the outcomes of games, series and potentially even seasons of teams that are deemed blessed to make it all the way. Examples of rigging: - LA's sudden rise from barely 8th-place overpaid lazyasses to total dominance after a coaching swap? Give me a freakin' break. - Chicago's 2010 roid-raging powerhouse. Including getting a 300lb fatass defenseman to alluvasudden skate like the wind for a long playoff run? Please. Don't see too many youngish players on other teams playing with this kind of gumption. Unless they're also 'destiny' teams. - The Devils make it to the finals vs LA? Was that just a reward for taking on Kovy's bs contract? Yes. That team stunk. - Ducks acquire Nieder and Pronger via shady means and rise to league power status out of the blue, making Burke king of the GM's. Was that artificial? Damn right it was. Just look at his time outside of Anaheim... Burke is a big fat idiot! - Carolina wins cup? Hahahaha. Thanks, 'modified to suit us' NHL rulebook! - Tampa wins cup. Calgary is still screaming murder about that missing goal that Gelinas scored. Tampa (not that great that season) was a team of pre-destiny. These wins in Florida in Carolina haven't helped matters much though, as both teams are still useless at getting fans to pay money. All of these things happened for a reason. The NHL wants to boost game popularity down south. And to that end, it's kinda worked. So get used to Canadian teams being screwed for another decade or two, while poor markets down there get a foothold and/or American O4 'league control' teams get their fill. And then keep in mind both TO and Mtl want their cups too. The Canucks may be waiting awhile folks.
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Too Early to call Kassian a dissapointment?
TOMapleLaughs replied to Go Go Canucks Go's topic in Canucks Talk
Lol at the Bertuzzi was 'like, Paul Coffey fast' comment, but Kassian won't ever be like Bertuzzi unless he starts taking mondo PED's, like Lucic is. -
Too Early to call Kassian a dissapointment?
TOMapleLaughs replied to Go Go Canucks Go's topic in Canucks Talk
Oh snap. He is struggling. Just 3pts in his last 10gp while being on the top line. (Same as Moulson.) Well that certainly makes the trade look better. Zack played just 4mins vs. Chicago. That game seemed to be the turning point for the worse for him. So i'm wondering if he got hurt in that game or the one prior against CBJ? Or was he just benched? -
Too Early to call Kassian a dissapointment?
TOMapleLaughs replied to Go Go Canucks Go's topic in Canucks Talk
Kassian so far has been a failure. Just too slow, and that's led to tons of turnovers, inability to get a forecheck going or anything else. So much for Torts getting through to him. The least he can do is drop 'em, but he's not even doing that. Dissapointed? You bet. But kinda unsurprised too. We haven't had young players break out here forever now. -
[GDT] Vancouver Canucks vs Carolina Hurricanes 7PM Dec 9th
TOMapleLaughs replied to Alex the Great's topic in Canucks Talk
Edler's out, so maybe they'll be less angry at us now. -
Burrows out. Now Edler out. Remember Sturm and Samuelsson were both 'injured' at the time of the trade for Booth. Just sayin' Still no word on what the hell happened to Edler.