For the record, I had them 18th myself. But largely it’s because of
A) 80% of the league is so close in the standings rn that their records don’t have that much of an impact on their rankings, and
B) Their chance generation is rated lower than most teams, so that dings them a bit in my model.
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Oh for sure, I was mostly just playing off of your Exegol joke
I’m surprised there hasn’t been a Hondo Ohnaka cameo yet
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Yeah I think with the Leafs he had a bit more skill, and then somehow reverse developed it by not using it well
Kapanen is the epitome of “lots of skill, doesn’t know what to do with it a lot of the time”
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Well, it was right when COVID hit, so super depressing and boring, and it was also right when I graduated so I got that good ol existential crisis of my career trajectory getting stunted.
Why does Canada always pick terrible songs for goal songs (excluding Halifax)?
I remember hearing the guitar solo in Do the Hippogriff and thinking how weird it sounded and it made perfect sense that it was Johnny
The guitarist is also Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead, which makes so much sense after learning that
Yeah he hasn’t even been good offensively either, I wonder if they ever consider splitting up McCabe and Tanev to give him a shutdown guy to play with
Might be the easiest 3-slot for a Tim’s pick I’ve ever seen
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So beside himself he made a reactionary trade
And they also had worse goaltending in both of those seasons (although only by .2% between this year and 2022-23), so the defensive results were more driven by the team and not the goalie like this year
PWHL shot share update after December 17th:
Ottawa and Boston held fairly even in that regard on Tuesday, so neither team sees significant improvement from where they stood before
According to Yahoo, Nick Suzuki is having an all-time fantasy night
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Well, I guess Domi isn’t on a bad contract anymore
Yeah, that contract was a sneaky bad one, even though the ceiling ain’t that high
Yeah I normally do too, missed the boat on that one
Did you get them right at release? There’s a good chance the tickets were around that price right at 10am, but give them 10 minutes on the market and the resellers buy them out and double the price.
Woke up to find out Magdalena Bay were touring in Toronto, but the tickets are $120!!! How are we at the point where smaller indie bands charge that much for concerts
Not to take away from Laughton’s accomplishment, but scoring four goals when two are in empty nets is barely a hat trick, never mind a four-goal game
Obviously playing the Ducks vs. the Devils would make it a bit easier, but rhe Leafs definitely missed Jake McCabe. Might have even been more missed than Matthews based on his defensive impact.
