Ralphdog
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Lets go !!!
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Very true, but didn't really play in any leagues while Gretz was in his prime
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Really? How did that work?
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That's all Randy gets? Where's his insult?
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Benched him in G Bill. Good call
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Ya agreed. That gives you an idea of what his share of the workload will be going forward
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Ya, that's a good way to look at it and it does show you how bad Binnington has been. Using our format's overall rating can be misleading. It was counter intuitive to see that Binnington had a higher rating than Jarry and Vanecek right off the bat and this clearly demonstrates what most people would assume is actually correct - When Binnington plays like shit, he goes all out. Good call.
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You don't wanna know
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Hopefully we'll have one out for the weekend
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There's only so many times I can go in circles without getting nauseous
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Sure, rings matter. No denying it. I just don't believe that the Av's won the cup because Mckinnon willed it. That's a huge stretch. The amount of talent on that Av's team was sick stupid. Kadri playing out of his mind, Cale Makar setting new standards for d-men, Rantanen who can put the team on his own back, a captain that goes through brick walls in Landescog, the 17th best goalie in history by save percentage, Arturri Lehkonen playing like a conn smythe winner, the revelation that was Nichushkin and the list goes on. Did Mack's leadership help bring the cup home? Of course it did. But the majority of the credit for that should go to Joe Sakic and the management team, and the failings or shortcomings of Peter Chiarelli and Ken Holland should not be hung on the shoulders of McDavid.
Do you think if you air dropped McDavid into Mackinnons jersey last year, the Av's would've been worse off?
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29 minutes ago, leevaughn said:
I have never said any of these guys are bad player and not to be considered the best in the game. Not once. Not ever even implied it. What I am saying is that Nathan Mackinnon has shown a skill set that none of the others has shown. His dismissal to 4th best is to be reconsidered because he has lead his team to the pinnacle of the sport.
Dougall said "The fact remains that he is a top 3 player in the league (McDavid & Draisaitl the other two...yes all three are better than MacKinnon who is 4th) and you cannot look at old contracts as comparable, as they are dated. It will happen."
Team play and leadership are skills in a team sport. Extremely important ones when the team has to be better than every other team. Leadership on and off the ice. Many of the players on that Avalanche team have never played better hockey before. Leadership plays a huge role in that.
Tage Thompson is lighting it up but the small sample size does not make a great, even though he is out preforming all 4 of those guys.
Kaprizov could be in the conversation couldn't he? He has no Draisaitl or Marner or Nylander or RNH or Landeskog and Rantanen or Makar or ..... his guy is 36 year old Zuccarello who is having his best season to date. Why is he not in the conversation? Sample size?
So sample size it is. My sample size has 1 of those 4 players winning the cup while playing elite top of the league hockey while the others haven't.
That is why Mackinnon is currently #1 and should be on any list of who is the best right now.
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4 hours ago, leevaughn said:
I don't think they can be called 1 2 3 until they have a cup.
I would like your top 3 sir....
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In my mind, when discussing the best players in a team sport, the hardware and championships are extras. The best players are the ones that can do things at a level that others simply cannot. To say McDavid isn't in the top 3 players in the league is blasphemous to the point of absurdity. That guy is a human highlight reel. No other player in the league today can consistently undress the opposition on the regular and score or dish the way he does it. The NHL hasn't seen that type of player since Jagr, and before that Lemieux.
As for the argument that you need championships to be seen as the best, I would agree if we were talking about tennis or golf. Not in a team sport. There are too many other factors that go into winning a cup, including the 22 other player's on the team and their individual capabilities. By that logic, had Ray Bourque not hung on long enough to win a cup he couldn't be in the conversation as one of the greatest dmen of all time. And Marcel Dionne shouldn't be considered among the best of his time.
If the argument is that McDavid is not one of the top three players today, but he could be in June doesn't make sense to me. My two cents.
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Bro, anyone who wants to listen, knows where we be. No point in spamming people to death.
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Episode 28 part 1
Randy joins the gang and we go off the rails almost completely, but we get back on track in part 2
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8 minutes ago, Ralphdog said:
Gonna be a shutout for DeSmith!
I meant shoot-out
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Gonna be a shutout for DeSmith!
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do better Lee
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My tiny brain doesn't even get the joke
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Thanks to everyone for chipping in with your questions!
Episode 27
A good talk with James
https://fantasyfirsthockeypodcast.buzzsprout.com
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11 hours ago, James said:
Also, there’s nothing emotional about a “game winning goal” in the first period of a 6-2 game
That really depends how many Gin Samshes have been consumed by that point
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22 minutes ago, huntz71 said:
Just need to comment on the weekly Auston Matthews "concern" about his lack of scoring.
First 10 games: Next 3 games:
GP G A PT SOG GP G A PT SOG
2021-22 10 5 3 8 43 3 2 2 4 13
2022-23 10 3 5 8 43 3 3 2 5 13
He has 7 less FOW this year, but has 21 more hits.
Matthews is quietly repeating his last year's pace.
You know the media has to make something outta nothing
I'm with you man. I boldly predicted 75 from him this year so I'm rooting for him!
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Attending First Penguins Game of the Season
in NHL News & Rumors
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Lets go pens!