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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    He must be the only 600+ goal scorer that'll never be considered top 50.  I provided a pretty good example of a captain (Gretzky) who many said was a cherry picker that was not the team leaderm on the ice (Messier was)  The captains role is to act as a liaison between coach and ref, and other players and coach.  Unless there is something I'm not aware of, I've never heard any moaning from the capitals locker room.  Leadership can come from any player ... Patrick Roy was the leader of Montreal's last 2 championships ...  you do not need a letter on your jersey to be a leader...
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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,235
    WOW>this has turned political.  I wasn't sure i was in the correct thread>LOL

    No such thing as a cherry picker in the NHL.  The other team has to defend the players wherever there at on the ice.  
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Meltdown99 said:
    He must be the only 600+ goal scorer that'll never be considered top 50.  I provided a pretty good example of a captain (Gretzky) who many said was a cherry picker that was not the team leaderm on the ice (Messier was)  The captains role is to act as a liaison between coach and ref, and other players and coach.  Unless there is something I'm not aware of, I've never heard any moaning from the capitals locker room.  Leadership can come from any player ... Patrick Roy was the leader of Montreal's last 2 championships ...  you do not need a letter on your jersey to be a leader...
    No, you're right.  You don't need to have a C to be a leader.  But having a C means you have to be a leader.  And the player with the C who is also the most talented player on the team, bares the lion share of responsibility for failure to win the Cup.  And I'm not talking any captain in the league, rather one that is on a team with championship aspirations.  
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,273
    northerndragon said:
    Miller is such a pussy bitch. Fucking hair pulling in a hockey fight. Vegas is a sad fucking joke.
    as the juggler would say...YOU ARE a sad fucking joke.

    as is your team.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Dr. Delight
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    Go Caps


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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    northerndragon said:
    Miller is such a pussy bitch. Fucking hair pulling in a hockey fight. Vegas is a sad fucking joke.
    Stop fucking swearing on this fucking forum. FUCK!
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    MayDay10 said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Never knew Vegas had a team. Did they replace another team?
    Sorry I don't follow hockey closely being far away.
    Expansion team new this season.  

    Seattle, probably in 2 or 3 years
    Ah cool. Why did they replace the Atlanta Thrashers?

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    edited May 2018
    mrussel1 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    He must be the only 600+ goal scorer that'll never be considered top 50.  I provided a pretty good example of a captain (Gretzky) who many said was a cherry picker that was not the team leaderm on the ice (Messier was)  The captains role is to act as a liaison between coach and ref, and other players and coach.  Unless there is something I'm not aware of, I've never heard any moaning from the capitals locker room.  Leadership can come from any player ... Patrick Roy was the leader of Montreal's last 2 championships ...  you do not need a letter on your jersey to be a leader...
    No, you're right.  You don't need to have a C to be a leader.  But having a C means you have to be a leader.  And the player with the C who is also the most talented player on the team, bares the lion share of responsibility for failure to win the Cup.  And I'm not talking any captain in the league, rather one that is on a team with championship aspirations.  
    The leaderless capitals are how somehow up 2-0, at least Tampa has great leadership...
    Post edited by Meltdown99 on
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    MayDay10 said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Never knew Vegas had a team. Did they replace another team?
    Sorry I don't follow hockey closely being far away.
    Expansion team new this season.  

    Seattle, probably in 2 or 3 years
    Ah cool. Why did they replace the Atlanta Thrashers?

    They moved to Winnipeg ... Atlanta should never get an NHL team again...
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Ovechkin leading the Capitals in all facets of the game

    https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/ovechkin-leading-the-capitals-in-all-facets-of-the-game~1390823
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Meltdown99 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    He must be the only 600+ goal scorer that'll never be considered top 50.  I provided a pretty good example of a captain (Gretzky) who many said was a cherry picker that was not the team leaderm on the ice (Messier was)  The captains role is to act as a liaison between coach and ref, and other players and coach.  Unless there is something I'm not aware of, I've never heard any moaning from the capitals locker room.  Leadership can come from any player ... Patrick Roy was the leader of Montreal's last 2 championships ...  you do not need a letter on your jersey to be a leader...
    No, you're right.  You don't need to have a C to be a leader.  But having a C means you have to be a leader.  And the player with the C who is also the most talented player on the team, bares the lion share of responsibility for failure to win the Cup.  And I'm not talking any captain in the league, rather one that is on a team with championship aspirations.  
    The leaderless capitals are how somehow up 2-0, at least Tampa has great leadership...
    No awards for being up in a series,  last I checked. You're the one that said they won't win it this year,  so what's your point?
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
     And as much as I like Stamkos, he isn't a great captain.  He also isn't effective enough on the back check.  But at least he doesn't run a group dedicated to honoring a criminal. 
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    mrussel1 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    He must be the only 600+ goal scorer that'll never be considered top 50.  I provided a pretty good example of a captain (Gretzky) who many said was a cherry picker that was not the team leaderm on the ice (Messier was)  The captains role is to act as a liaison between coach and ref, and other players and coach.  Unless there is something I'm not aware of, I've never heard any moaning from the capitals locker room.  Leadership can come from any player ... Patrick Roy was the leader of Montreal's last 2 championships ...  you do not need a letter on your jersey to be a leader...
    No, you're right.  You don't need to have a C to be a leader.  But having a C means you have to be a leader.  And the player with the C who is also the most talented player on the team, bares the lion share of responsibility for failure to win the Cup.  And I'm not talking any captain in the league, rather one that is on a team with championship aspirations.  
    The leaderless capitals are how somehow up 2-0, at least Tampa has great leadership...
    No awards for being up in a series,  last I checked. You're the one that said they won't win it this year,  so what's your point?
    So where have I said the Capitals are winning it?  I thought your argument was that Ovechkin was not a  great leader because he was a supporter of some politician.  So when are you going validate your arguments with facts?
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    mrussel1 said:
     And as much as I like Stamkos, he isn't a great captain.  He also isn't effective enough on the back check.  But at least he doesn't run a group dedicated to honoring a criminal. 
    If you support any POTUS, the same could very well be said...now back to the integrity of the thread.  Feel free to back your arguments up with facts...
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    This thread took the same turn the Predators and Kings did -- right down the toilet
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  • ponytd
    ponytd Nashville Posts: 671
    Indifference71 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Suck it Preds! I guess Jets attire will be banned at Bridgestone next season? 

    I am rooting for Vegas overall and I’d really like to see Ovi in a SCF, but at this point I’m happy with any of the possible outcomes! 
    did nashville impose a ban before? or are you referring to tampa?
    They went to super extreme lengths to keep Blackhawks fans out of their arena for Hawks-Preds games.  It was really sad.
    Yeah, back in the day Detroit fans used to dominate Bridgestone Arena, and I'd say Chicago fans were 2nd. They couldn't do much about the Detroit fans since there were so many transplants here that worked at the Saturn plant and other car plants. But Chicago fans would fly or drive down here in droves for the games once they were good again cause it was an easy and cheap trip and buy most of the tickets as soon as they went on sale. So they instituted a local only ticket policy(mostly for playoffs, but for a few regular season games too) to try and give local people a better chance of getting tickets to the big games. It's not so cheap to fly between Nashville and Chicago anymore, so not sure how much of a problem it would still be.

    I understand them wanting to have as much of a home ice advantage as they can, but public tickets should be sold to anyone that wants to buy them. I have more of a problem of season ticket holders selling to opposing fans.
  • KC138045
    KC138045 Columbus, OH Posts: 2,716
    ponytd said:
    Indifference71 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Suck it Preds! I guess Jets attire will be banned at Bridgestone next season? 

    I am rooting for Vegas overall and I’d really like to see Ovi in a SCF, but at this point I’m happy with any of the possible outcomes! 
    did nashville impose a ban before? or are you referring to tampa?
    They went to super extreme lengths to keep Blackhawks fans out of their arena for Hawks-Preds games.  It was really sad.
    Yeah, back in the day Detroit fans used to dominate Bridgestone Arena, and I'd say Chicago fans were 2nd. They couldn't do much about the Detroit fans since there were so many transplants here that worked at the Saturn plant and other car plants. But Chicago fans would fly or drive down here in droves for the games once they were good again cause it was an easy and cheap trip and buy most of the tickets as soon as they went on sale. So they instituted a local only ticket policy(mostly for playoffs, but for a few regular season games too) to try and give local people a better chance of getting tickets to the big games. It's not so cheap to fly between Nashville and Chicago anymore, so not sure how much of a problem it would still be.

    I understand them wanting to have as much of a home ice advantage as they can, but public tickets should be sold to anyone that wants to buy them. I have more of a problem of season ticket holders selling to opposing fans.
    This!  Before a game this year I was talking to another Bluejackets season ticket holder and he told me he always sells his tickets when the Penguins, Blackhawks, Flyers, and Red Wings are in town.  I just shook my head and walked away.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,910
    F Me In The Brain said:
    This thread took the same turn the Predators and Kings did -- right down the toilet
    As usual these days, can't talk about anything without it becoming political.  
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    MayDay10 said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Never knew Vegas had a team. Did they replace another team?
    Sorry I don't follow hockey closely being far away.
    Expansion team new this season.  

    Seattle, probably in 2 or 3 years
    Ah cool. Why did they replace the Atlanta Thrashers?

    Thrashers moved to Winnipeg and became the Jets*.  Atlanta doesn't care about hockey and the NHL apparently didn't learn that the first time (see: Calgary Flames).

    *The original Winnipeg Jets are the current Phoenix Coyotes.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    Indifference71 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    This thread took the same turn the Predators and Kings did -- right down the toilet
    As usual these days, can't talk about anything without it becoming political.  
    Yep
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