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TRUTH IS OUT THERE BRO. Like I said, anybody who disagrees with you you just generalize and cast off. I didn't need your help to prove it but thanks for it.

If you just want to see it that's fine by me but you have to come with something better if you want to be able to have a discussion. Calling those who disagree with you ding dongs though speaks volumes about the strength of your argument. No room for discussion at all. You remind me of Xanlet from back in the Nomorebettman days.

I think this actually would show a bias giving the site we're on. If you really want to go for being unbiased you need to show me an error that hurt the Bruins from those playoffs. I mean outside of just picking the winner it's really about maximizing revenue. That happens with extended series especially in big markets. SO logically they would have to have made "errors" that didn't favor the Bruins to maximize profits. I see where you're trying to lead me here but I think it's pretty weak tbh. I mean you might as well be making toast with an image of jesus burnt into it as proof of an afterlife. I'm sure you can find better than this. I mean, a player was in a position, took a one timer and a save was made. That's called hockey. Players get robbed all the time. Weaksauce, 23, weaksauce.

This is just silly. If the league doesn't get a guarantee it wouldn't bother with the risk. I'm not saying it's not happening I'm just giving the parameters of how it would have to happen. Player involvement is an absolute must.

Why does it matter? Doesn't the NHL decide what picks go where anyways.

Absolutely. You would however need it to make sure they could practice and get that 10% right. Otherwise they play 90% of a real game and 10% that looked completely and totally fake. So yeah, for your theory to be remotely correct they would have to do more than just come up with a final score or result. They would need to choreograph; even if just for 10% of the game.

How can it be "more or less" incapable referees but also be rigged. If it's rigged then they have to be the most capable referees to pull it off. As well the amount of practice the players need to put into it would be incredible to some of the things suggested in this thread. I mean they would really need to have a pre game game before the pre game skate just to choreograph it.

Congrats?!? must a hit a nerve. As for the second part that doesn't make any sense. Given what you said you still obviously didn't watch it.

That doesn't really answer the question though now does it?

WE can agree to disagree on that one. I don't think speaking ill of and being realistic and critical need to be two different things. I also don't necessarily think speaking ill of somebody is always wrong. I wasn't in any way trying to call you out for voicing your opinion and I apologize if that's how I came across.

Yeah and I'm fine with that. I don't know that I agree he's a bad coach. he's certainly an ass hat. I can for sure get off the fence about the guys coaching long enough to agree with you there.

Are you being serious? To vilify is just to speak ill of. I get it, you googled vilify and took the first definition that popped up but just stop it. There's your direction, follow it or don't I don't really care at this point.

I'm not going to lie and say that I wouldn't want to have seen what AV would have done with the roster I just don't think the result would have been any different. We could thank Torts for that but fired or not I'd rather thank him for being the final nail in Gillis coffin. Giving Gillis credit he was great at finding diamond in the rough talent but his ability to build a contending team left much to be desired after the first few years. I don't really care if Torts is here next season but I'm glad that where it really matters the team is going to start moving in another direction.

Did I say you were abusively disparaging anybody? Calm down Oldnews, you don't have to get so worked up if I disagree with you. I also didn't say I wanted anything, I just pointed something out man. Feel free to agree or disagree with me. Obviously you disagree. In any case, relax.

It was M silly.

You think there's a coach that could take this team anywhere? If not than we really don't know who the best coach is for this team. I think, like many things on CDC it's very much about blame. Blame Bieksa, Blame Edler, Blame Gillis, Blame AV, Blame Torts, Blame the owners, Blame Kesler for some, one guy once blamed Burrows now he's a legend in the hall of CDC stupidity.

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Other than the bold part I completely agree. IMO if we had retained him we'd be in the same situation we are right now. Perhaps a higher or lower draft pick but I don't think this team was making the playoffs. They needed more than what they had. Slow start, great middle and then an awful ending. If I'm being honest the middle was much better than I had expected.

I don't think they care about looking bad as much as they do about losing playoff revenue. If Torts is here or gone next season I can't see the sticking point being the optics of the move. I will say this; like Torts or hate him, in the keep camp or the fire camp. Anybody who thought this team was a lock for the playoffs last off season was fooling themselves. Knowing that zero talent had been brought in to fix the team and that it was seemingly being blamed on bad coaching (which was false, AV is an excellent coach) there was no way this teams downward spiral wasn't going to continue. After the Luongo trade it was obviously just going to go from bad to worse. That's not a knock on Lack as he's totally fine but he wasn't ready to take on the role that was forced on him. It was a crap storm right from the beginning. At the deadline they just added a fan to throw the crap at.

I don't have a job here...none of us do. I'm just saying give credit where it's do. You're free to vilify the guy and then take any positive and turn it around on him though; as you've said before you have every right to be wrong.

You know I honestly don't know that he should stay on as head coach. I just don't know that he deserves to be fired for what went on this year. I know it's kind of a chicken S statement but I'm fine saying that I just don't know.

C'mon oldnews. I've watched you take apart, chew up and spit out better arguments than that on the pro torts side.

What if Linden doesn't? Does that mean Lindens stupid and we jump on him or does it mean he's smarter than we are?

awww muffin.