2018-19 Miscellaneous News Thread
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Honestly, if they're going to change the structure of the All Star game ... again - check out the history of the stupid thing if you want a laugh ... maybe they should move it right after the Christmas break. That would give the rank and file a little more of a break at the Holidays and take some of the pressure off of the timing. Get it in BEFORE the NFL playoffs instead of after. I dunno. Just spit-balling here.
Paulie Walnuts
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In funny news the Tampa Rays are going to close their upper deck this season , sounds familiar? They have been trying to get a new stadium for a long time , theirs is not old but it's bad. The Lightning played in that dome for 1 season. And Karmanos bid to get the Tampa franchise but obviously he was not picked. The Esposito brothers got the franchise instead.
Supposedly, he’s starting tonight. That ties the 89-90 Nordiques for most goalies used in a season. Flyers interim head coach Scott Gordon was one of the 7 goalies the Nords used, playing 10 games.
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Hockey is SUCH a small world sometimes.
Paulie Walnuts
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Columbus goalie not playing due to an incident
https://www.tsn.ca/jackets-scratch-bobrovsky-over-an-incident-1.1239176
https://www.tsn.ca/jackets-scratch-bobrovsky-over-an-incident-1.1239176
cmaleski2
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I'm sort of wondering who exactly is going to sign Bobs in the offseason and how much he will actually get paid. His play this year hasn't exactly improved his value. Whatever this incident was about won't help his value either.
Who would throw a boatload of money at this guy? Philly?
Who would throw a boatload of money at this guy? Philly?
Yeah ... just a reminder, both Goalie Bob and Panarin are pretty publicly on the outs in Columbus, pending some sort of shift. Management isn't happy with either player and both are UFAs at a reasonably young age this summer ... 30 and 27 respectively. Speculation runs towards Panarin eventually getting signed but Bob is 90% in the wind. And CM is right to speculate about his eventual contract. He'll get signed for sure ... but he's sitting on $7.5 million a year right now and will certainly be looking for more than that in his last shot at a big deal. He's been good enough in the regular season in his career, but has a history of struggling in the playoffs.
He's also a damned site better than what we've got, before anybody around here goes looking down their nose at the guy.
He's also a damned site better than what we've got, before anybody around here goes looking down their nose at the guy.
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TheBigKahuna
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We don't need a playoff goalie!
Regular season will do just fine.
Regular season will do just fine.
Punzil
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It worked in 2002 and 2006.
dwind
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Rick Nash retired due to concussions
http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/25736241/rick-nash-retires-due-concussion-related-symptoms
http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/25736241/rick-nash-retires-due-concussion-related-symptoms
I hate that for him. Only 34 and still fairly effective up to his final season ... although nowhere near his career peak, of course. He probably had a couple of more years left in his legs if healthy. And Nash was one of the sport's gentle giants. He'll be missed.
An article in The Athletic about puck and player tracking with chips embedded in the pucks and shoulder pads, antennas all over the arena and it’s only behind the live action by 0.16 seconds.
https://theathletic.com/761837/2019...d-fundamentally-change-how-we-watch-the-game/
https://theathletic.com/761837/2019...d-fundamentally-change-how-we-watch-the-game/
In his media column on The Athletic, Richard Deitsch notes that Fox has pulled out of the bidding to buy back the regional sports networks sold to Disney. Disney was hoping to raise $20 billion for the 22 RSNs.
The article from AdAge indicates that Sinclair Broadcasting my be the last viable bidder. It also notes, however, that Amazon and the New York Yankees may be teaming up to purchase the YES Network separately from the others.
https://adage.com/article/media/fox-buy-back/316223/
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The article from AdAge indicates that Sinclair Broadcasting my be the last viable bidder. It also notes, however, that Amazon and the New York Yankees may be teaming up to purchase the YES Network separately from the others.
https://adage.com/article/media/fox-buy-back/316223/
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That is NOT good news for the NHL regional TV contracts. Sinclair is a freaking joke.
StormChaserBH
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in more ways than one. ugh.
Paulie Walnuts
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Maybe Bezos can buy it as a way to lose money so his wife gets less in the divorce. 
CanadaCanes
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The Ducks have been a mess. I wonder how long Randy Carlyle lasts now that he was given the kiss of death approval over the weekend by Bob Murray..."we will not be firing our coach"...