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The sad part about Carolina is why are they still there? They’ve been a consistent playoff team for a very long time. If that team were in Quebec City, it would be rampant and the fanbase would be reactionary like the Leafs and Habs fanbases. Bettman is a dwarf and doesn’t understand the Canadian hockey economics. It will never change. They’d rather be in the land of the Confederacy than in the home of hardcore hockey. He worries about places like Atlanta and Phoenix, where there’s been nothing but red ink. So much wasted equalization payments, when they could have a great fanbase. It’s the biggest travesty in sports.
Carolina is still there because they fill a geographical market the league wants for TV ratings. It’s not a big population, there aren’t big corporate sponsors but it’s still valuable for the NHL to be able to broadcast games in that part of the US because even the worst US state is better than pretty much every Canadian province for GDP. The Canadian dollar is weak. The stadium isn’t that big. The population isn’t that big. The corporate dollars aren’t that big and are fleeing Canada at record rates. With the French supremacy mentality, the players are less likely to want to play there with their ownership, fans and media expecting everybody to speak and do things the Quebec French way.
Bettman doesn’t give a fuck about you. There are 32 owners he cares about because his job is to maximize their profits and more importantly his job is to maximize franchise value. That means relocation doesn’t make him a dime unless the team is seriously underwater like Phoenix and Atlanta were. Expansion makes the league huge dollars in expansion fees and in raising franchise value. Even teams like Carolina, that probably break even every year, make huge money on year over year franchise value increases. It’s like real estate for billionaires. They buy something for 400 million and 8 years later it’s worth 2 billion. If they made 0 dollars in profits for 10 years, it doesn’t matter because they increased the value in the franchise by 1.6 billion. Then, they can use that high value asset to borrow money against and invest it into other projects. Rinse, repeat.
You also have to have Canadian billionaires (Americans don’t own Canadian teams) that want to own franchises in Canada knowing full well their money is better off invested outside of Canada. The Canadian hockey market is already pretty much maxed out. The biggest cities already have teams and the cities that don’t have teams, probably couldn’t sustain it. The average person in Canada can barely survive these days, they won’t be running out to spend huge amounts of money on season tickets and merchandise on a new team. Another team in the GTA would work if not for the Leafs absolutely always vetoing it because they enjoy their monopoly. But teams in Quebec City, Nova Scotia, Regina; those are really hard to make a reality in Canada right now. Maybe if Brookfield Environmental Scammers weren’t running the country, the Canadian dollar and economy could handle another franchise or two, but right now, they’re fucked like the rest of the country.
The sad part about Carolina is why are they still there? They’ve been a consistent playoff team for a very long time. If that team were in Quebec City, it would be rampant and the fanbase would be reactionary like the Leafs and Habs fanbases. Bettman is a dwarf and doesn’t understand the Canadian hockey economics. It will never change. They’d rather be in the land of the Confederacy than in the home of hardcore hockey. He worries about places like Atlanta and Phoenix, where there’s been nothing but red ink. So much wasted equalization payments, when they could have a great fanbase. It’s the biggest travesty in sports.
Fuck Buffalo. Hated them since 1999. The fans are good but fuck that franchise. Nice jerseys though.
Fuck Montreal too. Hope Carolina steamrolls either one.
Carolina, the team, plays great hockey. Their fans barely exist and even leave the building half empty in double OT of a playoff game. But Brind’Amour runs a great team. They deserve it.
Been cheering for Buffalo since the playoffs started. It’s been a great story for them this year. Of course, almost every single Habs fan I know is fvcking nauseating and never shuts the F up about the Habs so I would cheer for anyone over them.
I too want Buffalo to win. 15 years out of the playoffs and 21 years since they won a round. The fanbase stayed with them. They deserve it. The upside? Punching down on the Habs and their mighty smurf resurgence.
Looks like we’re running out of steam. Two emotional days and now it’s hibernation time, until June. Do we care about any of the series? Maybe hoping that Buffalo smites Montreal. Carolina is a bore. Anaheim vs Vegas is the kiddies table series. The winner gets swept by the victor of Colorado vs Minnesota. The only final that would be acceptable is Minnesota vs Buffalo.
Been cheering for Buffalo since the playoffs started. It’s been a great story for them this year. Of course, almost every single Habs fan I know is fvcking nauseating and never shuts the F up about the Habs so I would cheer for anyone over them.
Goal 1 he overplayed the player behind the goal line and left the eventual goal scorer wide open right in front of the net.
Your analysis is that of a retard.
Goal #1 was not his fault. Hutton and Korczak are the bottom pair D. They play 12 and 10 minutes per game for a reason. They made a mess of the dump in, Hutton went to the wall as Korczak played a reverse poorly leaving Marner stuck trying to cover between the puck carrier behind the net and an open man in front. Hutton was along the boards instead of in front of the net and Stone was caught between two guys on the backcheck.
Goal 2 coasting on the back check but not all his fault.
Goal #2, he was the furthest player from his own net, forechecking deep into the Anaheim zone. The fact that he even got back into the picture is a miracle. Clearly the fault on the 2nd goal was mostly Rasmus Andersson doing his best impression of Morgan Rielly’s puck watching. Doesn’t cover the man. Doesn’t get the puck. Just going in circles. Again, zero fault on Marner.
Goal 3 Brutal pass into the skates of his teammate that bounces to Harkins for the easy empty netter.
Wrong again retard. The pass was not intended for Karlsson AT ALL. It was intended for Eichel on the opposite side of the ice. Karlsson, having missed most of the season, probably didn’t realize he was supposed to let the puck go between his legs and instead kicked it, creating a turnover and an easy empty net. You can literally see Marner pointing at Eichel as Karlsson kicks the puck as if to tell him “No, that pass was for EICHEL, not for you”.
Very good game 1, absolutely brutal game 2.
Very good Game 1 and not to blame for Game 2. Vegas did not play it’s best game and Anaheim had it’s best defensive effort of the entire season. Coach Q is doing a great job. He ain’t no Berube.
The best part is the dry haired glares he gives teammates after he was a big part of the fuck up.
The best part is you exposing yourself as too fucking stupid to know what you’re looking at. More evidence that you have no fucking idea what you’re watching, just blue and white delusions and irrational Marner hatred after getting dumped.
Be interesting to see how effective he is when he plays an actual cup contender like he had to all those years in the Atlantic.
He’s already been very effective, GWG Game 6, point per game, +4, into the 2nd round after year one on a new team, heavily hit by injuries and shit goaltending while Matthews and Nylander are watching the draft lottery, wondering where they’ll be golfing and playing next. Maybe they’ll be joining Marner in Vegas soon.
No multiple paragraphs of a Marner update today.
Well he was -3 in a 3-1 loss
Goal 1 he overplayed the player behind the goal line and left the eventual goal scorer wide open right in front of the net.
Goal 2 coasting on the back check but not all his fault
Goal 3 Brutal pass into the skates of his teammate that bounces to Harkins for the easy empty netter.
Very good game 1, absolutely brutal game 2.
The best part is the dry haired glares he gives teammates after he was a big part of the fuck up.
Be interesting to see how effective he is when he plays an actual cup contender like he had to all those years in the Atlantic.
Nylander and Matthews have looked great in the playoffs this year.
No multiple paragraphs of a Marner update today.
Well he was -3 in a 3-1 loss
Goal 1 he overplayed the player behind the goal line and left the eventual goal scorer wide open right in front of the net.
Goal 2 coasting on the back check but not all his fault
Goal 3 Brutal pass into the skates of his teammate that bounces to Harkins for the easy empty netter.
Very good game 1, absolutely brutal game 2.
The best part is the dry haired glares he gives teammates after he was a big part of the fuck up.
Be interesting to see how effective he is when he plays an actual cup contender like he had to all those years in the Atlantic.
listening to Chayka in interviews, he sounds better than what you heard from Treliving.
Low bar I know. but Ill take it at this pointNothing much will happen until the draft and free agency. I’m still a proponent of taking the best player available, which the consensus pick being McKenna. The issue with trading down, you get into a scenario like 2016. The first overall pick, Matthews vs the second overall pick, Lainie. Same could be said about 1984, when Lemieux went first overall and Kirk Muller went number 2. Take the first pick and bank it as a cornerstone of your franchise. If you Fuck around, you find out.
McKenna is not the consensus #1 pick. He’s not McDavid, he’s not MacKinnon, he’s not Matthews, or Crosby or Ovechkin or even Celebrini. He’s not a generational superstar player. There is plenty of debate and merit behind taking Stenberg over McKenna because he plays a more complete game. That’s exactly why this is a good scenario to trade down if possible.
McKenna could just as easily become Alexis Lafreniere or Nico Hischier or Juraj Slafkovsky or Taylor Hall. Not terrible players but not the best player from their draft either. And in every one of those scenarios, had those teams traded down, they could have picked a better player plus gained assets. It’s up to the scouting department to make that expert analysis and see the value.
