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21 minutes ago, UFCanuck said:

I barely watch the games anymore, just follow stats sometimes. i'm happy that the team is doing well now, maybe i was bad luck for them. I'll keep posting on this site until they kick me out though.

Same. I follow the team online now. I don't have time to watch the games like I once did. I'll see maybe one game per year. We have a toddler and a lot of hobbies. A 3 hour TV binge just doesn't fit into our lives right now.

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Just tell me where Vintage is moving to so I can follow.

[***The UFC/MMA THREAD***]

59 minutes ago, bishopshodan said:

Seans boxing defence is very underrated. 

He gets his arms in the way of incoming shots better than anyone, things slip of him and are redirected. Hardly gets hit clean.

 

Izzy had a night off, wasn't very good, didn't change much up during the fight. Sean crowded him and marched forward and it was enough. Good win for the loudmouth.

 

Overall another meh card. The sport is at a stale point. UFC is slipping, rankings dont matter etc...mma is a lot like the boxing world now, prizefights are all that fighters want.

And Sean stayed composed and didn't try to get the stoppage, opening himself up to Izzys counters. 

 

I agree that the moneyfights are obnoxious but fans have done this to themselves. Most people pay to see big personalities rather than skilled match ups. 

[***The UFC/MMA THREAD***]

21 hours ago, Down by the River said:

I used to get hyped for MMA more than just about any other sport. Over the last 3-4 years I feel like I've really lost enthusiasm. Up until about a month ago, I didn't even realize that Edwards had defended his belt against Usman. I regularly miss events. I especially don't care to watch any of the PPV build-up / pre-fight stuff. Izzy is fighting tonight and I just don't care. 

 

Anybody else experience this? Has the UFC lost some of its steam, have my interests changed, or am I just depressed lol?

I think it's fine if your interests change over time! I'm sure you're spending that time and energy on other things.

 

But you must not be the only one that feels this way. Strickland shocked the world last night and this thread is super quiet.

[(Report) Blues' Kapanen suspected of aggravated drunk driving]

13 minutes ago, Citizen Erased said:

In before @King Heffy tears him a new asshole.

Ah yes, the imagined moral superiority is so charming. May we all aspire to live by his example. 

[[DEBATE] Which player is the greatest disappointment in Vancouver Canucks history?]

I have to say Loui.

I'm defining the term "disappointment" as the gap between expectations and reality. Maybe this is hindsight speaking, but I feel like the Messier and OEL debacles were criticized right from the start. Expectations were high for Loui.

 

If youre asking what the biggest train wreck in Canucks history was, it's easily Messier

[[PTO] Brandon Sutter with Oilers]

3 hours ago, -DLC- said:

It's just dumb to assume that someone "hates Vancouver" based on personal issues they've had while here. 

Nah, the OP is allowed generally speculate about common human idiosyncrasies without being called dumb. That's what forums are for!

 

Anyway I hear he's been skating a couple days per week with the Red Deer Rebels and has been exercising again. I'll be cheering for him to get signed too.

[[PTO] Brandon Sutter with Oilers]

3 hours ago, -DLC- said:

Try to respond with a valid argument against this....so far, nothing.

 

I mean, it's no secret COVID hit the NHL hard. It wasn't just a Vancouver 

I'll defend the poster's opinion.

Humans are really temporal, Deb. It wouldn't be logical for Sutter to have negative feelings towards the City of Vancouver because of the injuries etc, but that's just how the human mind works. 

As examples, if you traveled to London and got mugged there, I guarantee you would forever hate London, even though it's objectively a cool city. If you moved to Kelowna and suddenly your cat went missing, you had a house fire and you broke an ankle at the gym, you would think Kelowna is a dump. 

 

It's a flaw in the way humans process information. It might not be a surprise to find out he has a negative association with the city.

[***The UFC/MMA THREAD***]

5 minutes ago, Gnarcore said:

He didn't take shit for damage honestly and got PAID. I give Paul credit for making huge cash off fighting old dudes from a different sport and bums (Askren). Dude is not a legit boxer and loses to all these guys in MMA or any decent boxer in boxing. But props again to him doing these cards and showing actual boxing on them and getting the undercard paid well. I respect the hell out what he is doing honestly. 

Yeah it's a smart business model. 

But Nate clearly took shots to the head, which is just not a good idea for him anymore. The guy can barely string a sentence together. I'm glad he got paid well though. He's a warrior and deserves a big pay day.

[***The UFC/MMA THREAD***]

I hope Diaz never fights again. It's sad watching these old battered guys take more damage. His only interesting fight left is a trilogy with Conor. And that might be the only smart option Conor has left too.

[***The UFC/MMA THREAD***]

43 minutes ago, hammertime said:

Is Diaz gonna shock Jake Paul tonight? I don't think so.

Not a chance. 

[[Waivers] Alex Galchenyuk]

7 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Yup. Mrs Alf keeps a boot in the freezer just for those times she thinks I need a swift kick in the fury bottom. 

Bless her heart 

[[Waivers] Alex Galchenyuk]

2 minutes ago, grandmaster said:

I’m not against second chances but I will never excuse a person from doing a crime of this magnitude just because he was intoxicated by drugs or alcohol 

You don't feel that with enough therapy and support, in the right circumstances, he could get to a healthy place where he looks back on this behaviour and is embarassed by the person he was? And never does anything like this again?

[[Waivers] Alex Galchenyuk]

11 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Ah c'mon old fellah, sounds like Mrs Alf has offered you many pathways to redemption over the years.

[[Waivers] Alex Galchenyuk]

1 hour ago, grandmaster said:

Addiction is not an excuse for one’s behaviour. It may explain things more but at the end of the day one needs to take ownership of their own actions. 
 

This apology is most likely to do with lawyers and his agent telling him what to do. 
 

I’m sick of people not being accountable. Hockey players are role models for children. He should never be reinstated for what he did.

 

The guy obviously needs loads of therapy. There's clearly some unresolved trauma in his life if he's using substances like that and saying these disgusting things.

 

I'm worried about the current trend to just discard people and send them to the abyss.

 

If someone is willing to take responsibility and put in the work, we need to leave them a pathway to redemption. It would be way more powerful to see him recover and learn how his actions hurt people. If people in his position can become a model for how to turn your life around and make better choices, that would make a difference to a lot of people. 

Nobody learns anything if we just ban people forever. Who does it help if we banish him to the KHL and he just keeps being a piece of garbage?

I'd like to see him become a model for other struggling young men. Normalize therapy. Normalize asking for help. Normalize self improvement.

[[Signing] Blackhawks sign Connor Bedard]

4 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

I don't get it.

He's paid $4.45 million but there's a $950,000 cap hit???

I'd also like to know how this works, if anyone can explain.

[[Signing] Kraken sign Pierre-Edouard Bellemare]

On 7/7/2023 at 1:14 PM, canuck73_3 said:

Remember when people called Francis clueless for how he handled the expansion draft and the inaugural season... Yeah, good times. 

I'm feeling called out.

 

[Golden Knights: Play Jonathan Quick for 2 minutes before it's all over?]

I don't think that's necessary in Quick's case. He's a legend. He's won his cups.

It might be a fine thing to do for a goalie who's never won, like Luongo or Lundqvist if you were super ahead on the scoresheet. 

Would I, as hypothetical coach? No chance.

[[MDSF] New Jersey Devils (M2) vs. New York Rangers (M3) | Devils win series 4-3]

I did not expect this outcome. Who the hell is Akira Schmid? 

[How Adversely Affected Would NHL Be, If US Buck Tanks?]

I'm not that concerned about it longterm. The Yuan will only need to experience mild instability for everyone to come rushing back to the historic stability of the USD. And it seems that China's aging workforce is going to cause some serious problems for their continued economic growth over the next decade so instability is on the way there. But anyway, that wasn't your question. Your question was what do we think the effects of a USD collapse would be.

 

A sharp USD collapse would be a global catastrophe. At that point, I don't know that people are playing sports anymore. It would be chaos. 

A more likely scenario is a slow devaluation of the USD. If it happens slowly, we probably see teams and broadcasting rights getting sold to Saudi investment groups. The advertisements on jerseys increases and the All Star Game gets more ludicrous but the on ice product still exists.

Canada is impacted greatly as the US is our biggest trading partner.

We lose some of the lower development leagues and the shaky economy means we lose quite a few teams in the AHL, CHL and USHL because some of those teams arent typically big money makers even in a strong economy. 

Since the development leagues are hindered, the overall quality of players isn't as strong. We regularly lose to Russia in the Olympics, Juniors and World Championships. It's disheartening.

Many Canadians stop caring about local hockey when they lose their local CHL/AHL team. Eventually most of us lose interest and start a new forum to cheer for our favourite cricket team.

But the NHL still exists, for sure. 

[Worst TV shows you've seen]

15 hours ago, EddieVedder said:

Yellowstone has become brutal. 

Oh no, has it? 

I'm waiting until it's over so I can binge it. What's the problem with it?

[Worst TV shows you've seen]

11 hours ago, Bob.Loblaw said:

 

Hehe this thread is a "What show do you want to stop watching but can't"

Hahaha its so true! 

It was a weird feeling to log into my Disney+ and be thinking "ugh.. how am I going to be disappointed this week?"

[[Trade] Canucks trade Bo Horvat to Islanders for Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Raty, 2023 1st-round draft pick]

5 minutes ago, Kenny Powers said:

He did seem comfortable as Captain here. High fives at the gate after wins, and stock interviews, including ad nauseum ‘not acceptable’ responses after losses.

 

Honest question to the die hard BoHo fans - what did he do that made him a great captain?

He wasn't great but he wasn't bad.

He didn't inspire but he probably wasn't harmful either. 

He wasn't Linden but he wasn't Messier either. 

[Worst TV shows you've seen]

On 4/5/2023 at 6:28 PM, Master Mind said:

It was an interesting concept, but they ruined it in later episodes.

 

You made a good decision to not continue after the first episode 

Someone advised that I watch the subtitle version rather than the dubbed version and I think that made a big difference in my viewing experience. I really liked it.

[Worst TV shows you've seen]

For Star Wars fans, the Obi Wan series was poorly written and edited garbage.