It’s fantasy draft day, babes! Study up on some sleepers you goons!
General 2021-2022 NHL Season Thread
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I woke up and did 2 hours of high intensity shrimping to get ready for tonight’s draft!
A pause to remember the emotional retirement of the Sedin brothers.
Couldn't find the lineup.
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Couldn't find the lineup.
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It’s still preseason, babe. Don’t get too worried. Although, I think you’re being a silly pants and probably have a long history of watching the sport. You know more than you’re leading on.
I know it's the preseason, I am being silly about it on porpoise.
I recall that experiment where they chipped the puck so it could be highlighted on teevee. Supposedly because Americans can't see it or something, so I've been watching for long.
I'm a big NYY fan too, but can't follow anymore: degenerative brain disorder. My epilepsy has turned my memory into a grab bag.
Trust when I say it's gonna be a struggle to make player names and team leaders stick, I have to keep notes and still can't discuss games with my friends without them.
How's this Conor McDavid doing so far? Living up to the hype? What are you guys' expectations for him?
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Sorry to hear that. I’m sorry
@TheFifthScallop was being such a dick about your condition.
He’s the best player in the league. By far.
I was trying to comfort him!Sorry to hear that. I’m sorry
Is it just the speed, or does he see the play unfolding half a second ahead of everyone else on the ice?
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I’ve said it before but televised hockey doesn’t do the game justice. Watching the game live where you can follow individual players and see their whole game really let’s you see and understand players skills. I saw a game live in Detroit and watching Sergei Federov was amazing to watch. You could just tell he was seeing everything, and his skating was a level above. He always looked like he was about to break out and do something cool.
I saw McDavid play as a Junior and it was that and maybe more. He’s just moving differently than everyone around him. He’s statistically the fastest player in the NHL but to see it in a game is incredible. It boggles the mind that in the entire world of hockey, someone can just come along and skate faster than everybody. He’s a freak.
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It’s his vision too. He knows where the puck is going to be and has the speed to capitalize.
My buddy is a firefighter an Wayne Gretzky’s dad came to one of their dinners and gave a speech. He told a cool story about how when Gretzky was a kid he used to watch hockey games with a pad of paper on his lap, and while watching the game he would just be tracing the paths of the puck on the pad.
Cricket is the same, watching it on TV just doesn't convey how fucking fast the ball moves. Also, for the fanatics, you can sit in the stands, observe the field placings the fielding captain has decided to put his men in, and discuss the strategy that putting this guy on that particular spot rather than 5 yards to the left or right means. Geek shit for sure, but sports are better when you have a deeper level of understanding and are able to observe things firsthand. ?
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Yeah I love players who have that ability, to react to what is going to happen a second from now and start heading there to cut it off, rather than just constantly reacting to what has just happened and spending the whole game just mindlessly chasing the puck/ball.
It's like I enjoy watching a fighter who has the ability to decide to take a round off...... and the skills to force his opponent to take that round off too, whether he wants to or not.
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Please don’t talk about cricket in this thread. That sport is for sissy’s.
Cricket seems like a cool sport. I have a British and one day on his birthday he had a game. It was fun as hell. There are a few cricket fields in my area due to the Indian population, I’ve always wanted to go and try it out.
Sir! This is not a place to talk about sissy sports!
I've been KOed cold multiple times playing cricket, and broken multiple bones. True story.
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And some kids wear helmets while they’re going for a walk. What’s your point?I've been KOed cold multiple times playing cricket, and broken multiple bones. True story.
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In a similar vein, I once did health care for an offensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions. I asked him about Barry Sanders, he said what you saw on Sundays was only a shade of what he could do on the practice field, talked about his hands and vision and pure athleticism. Gave me the impression that elite athletes are more awesome than we generally know.
Cricket is a brilliant sport. So many layers to it, so much strategy, and there is no better sport for a close game going down to the wire.
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Like to see you put on a helmet and face this guy. He would have you shitting yourself.
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The numbers he put up were so bonkers. I only got to watch him the the latter half of his career, but I was always amazed by him. I have a few childhood heroes from the nfl and he was in the number 3 spot.
For fuck sake, stop shitting up the thread.Cricket is a brilliant sport. So many layers to it, so much strategy, and there is no better sport for a close game going down to the wire.
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Like to see you put on a helmet and face this guy. He would have you shitting yourself.
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League fans were all about that chode in Dallas, but Sanders was the real deal.
Can't say how many times I saw him disappear into the crush only to come running out of it, when you were sure he got tackled. Head faking guys out of their socks, those tree trunk legs just cycling.
I was actually glad he retired early, he didn't have any protection in front of him and guessed he'd go down with a broken leg one day.
Shut up about footballers who retired a quarter of a century ago, this is the NHL thread for Christ's sakes.
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