The entire purpose of this is to deter tanking, and that is exactly what it does. Teams shouldn't be rewarding for being shitty.
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NHL Off-Season 2017 |OT| Weve Been Here Since October
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Yep. Nothing stops anyone from getting their own Radulov (improving their team in general outside of draft picks). Speaking of which. Didn't Varlamov pretty much squeal with excitement that he would sign with the Avs last summer? Whatever happened to that?
CreeperBlocks
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So Bergevin will trade Carey Price to the Yotes to hit the cap floor prior to relocating to Quebec City?
Well, teams should be rewarded for being shitty. That's why the Cup winner picks 30th, as an example. The teams worse off get the best prospects, and the most successful teams pick last. It's meant to foster parity and balance. But when a team like the Flyers can sneak in and get 2nd overall? The system has probably gone too far in the opposite direction.
tldr; they could create a better lottery and draft system that discourages tanking but balances where the prospects go
Also Smelly. I just learned today that Aloy's voice actress is the same as your bae in life is strange. Extra incentive for you to like and play this game
I already platinum'd it a few weeks ago, way ahead of you
What kinda food are you into? Vancouver doesnt have a ton of "attractions" per-se, most are outdoorsy activities.
Seawalk
Grouse Mountain
Stanley Park
Kits beach
Queen Elizabeth Park
Granville Island
Steveston harbor if you're at all in Richmond
Gastown
BUT Vancouver has a ton of amazing food places I can recommend on top of that.
bonesmccoy
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Agree that the draft lottery was overcorrected. I think you have to reintroduce a limit on the number of places you can jump up based upon your record. Maybe have only the bottom 7 teams eligible for the top 3 picks or something.
Young guy like you? Kits beach and Stanley Park.
If you're bringing Cake Boss go to Wreck.
Young guy like you? Kits beach and Stanley Park.
If you're bringing Cake Boss go to Wreck.
is that the name of the long-awaited resurgence of salt on the ice?
Unhandled Exception
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It's a good thing teams aren't being rewarded for being bad with the draft then. A reward would be something like raising individual cap spaces, not giving teams an opportunity to develop a promising young player who could easily walk away from the franchise after a few years. Parity isn't a reward. This doesn't strictly punish tanking and that's incredibly obvious once you look passed the fact that the same team has shown up at the bottom of the standings for several years now. What about the other 3 teams that were fucked out of a top pick?
Ohhhhhhh I misread, I didn't realize you were talking about Radulov signing with the Avs. Yeah, that plan was pretty much DoA after Roy walked. Hell, I don't even think it was going to happen with him here. May have been part of why he left.
Lynn Canyon for some cliff diving.
dr.rocktopus
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I like this idea! I think restrictions to who can be in the lottery (bottom 7) would still invite tanking though.
Food recommendations would be great, I think we're staying in Gastown or very close to it! We're budgetting to eat out once a day so some nice dinner options would be appreciated. I think we're both fairly open minded, I'm not a huge fan of seafood though and can't eat beef!
Definitely going to do Stanley park
Lol Wreck looks interesting but I'm travelling with a girl who is not that adventurous
Cliff diving o_o
CreeperBlocks
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Flyers or Devils can do no wrong if they pick either Hischer or Patrick. I'm just shocked that Flyers got 2nd overall but happy for Jhonny
bonesmccoy
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Dude
CreeperBlocks
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I just want them to go all the way and win the Memorial Cup
You jump like 10-15 feet into water, not super high cliffs. It's also beautiful there to walk around in, and the water is crystal clear, although it was freezing cold when I went in September.
That sounds a lot more appealing lol, will look into!
CreeperBlocks
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Habs sign Czech Defenceman Jakub Jerabek for one year
https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/canadiens-agree-to-terms-on-a-one-year-contract-with-jakub-jerabek/c-289199640
https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/canadiens-agree-to-terms-on-a-one-year-contract-with-jakub-jerabek/c-289199640
Dubbedinenglish
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Foreigners bringing Jerbs over.
Isn't that the third or fourth undrafted European they've signed since getting eliminated
CreeperBlocks
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bonesmccoy
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I like the SDP, but man if only they'd avoid stuff like defending Mark Spector's latest awful click-bait, or Romanuk's absolutely terrible game calls.
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/man-drowns-in-north-vancouvers-lynn-canyon/57085
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/man-drowns-in-north-vancouvers-lynn-canyon/57085
Marc Bargainbin shuffling the deck chairs on the titanic
Snizzbone
))))Um chill
Didn't think it as the same guy. Took a while for them to formally announce. And I also think the Leafs signed somebody but I thought it was the Habs
Habs signed a bust, the Leafs signed the next Karlsson.
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2017/04/28/report-calle-rosen-sign-toronto-maple-leafs-world-championships/
CreeperBlocks
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Shipachev won't sign with Montreal
Fuck
Fuck
Bob Hartley said last week he spoke to many of his friends in the KHL (he was also offered to coach a team there starting next year) and it was 50/50 on Shipachev... many of them don't think he'll be dominant in the NHL
but who knows really
I'd imagine he'd be looking for a team that also has good linemates for him. Vegas isn't going to have any top scorers to begin with.
Speaking of which, what's the state of the cap/floor looking like for next year? Is it going to go up based on the projected Vegas revenue or are they gonna leave it and give Vegas a year or so to catch up?
I think he implied it's because he already played at the World Cup last year
that and he was on the Worlds team in 2016 too iirc
ElephantShell
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He's tired. Played a lot of hockey in the last calendar year, time for a break.
Dubbedinenglish
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Draft dodging commie, that's what he is. George Washington wasn't too tired when he swam the Delaware river to fight the British.