Comments on: Kovalev coming back to NHL?

By: Steven_Leafs0

Steven_Leafs0 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:31:04 +0000

better be just a mix-up, like just a system restore kind of thing or whatever. Otherwise there is a chance that your posts will be deleted for no reason which means I’m done.

No point putting time into something that wont be there seconds to days from then.

By: JoelLeafs

JoelLeafs — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:07:15 +0000

Also, are there really people reading this who would be offended by the crazy reality that most people drink. How is this a big deal at all. No offence, TradeMan, but who is being protected?

By: reinjosh

reinjosh — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:24:19 +0000

A lot of comments were deleted. Drinking comments, your comments on old “retirees”, some Eberle comments. It’s a little odd. I figure it was some mixup of some kind, not censorship.

By: reinjosh

reinjosh — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:23:17 +0000

I trust people on HTR more than I would on HFboards. So I’m inclined to believe those that post on here as long as they have posted on here for more than like two times.

Very cool story leafmeister.

Anyone else have famous encounters with NHlers or athletes?

By: reinjosh

reinjosh — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:21:11 +0000

They didn’t just delete the drinking posts. I returned some posts to your Eberle comments, and they deleted them too…

By: reinjosh

reinjosh — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:20:24 +0000

The difference between 1 and 3 balls isn’t all that large. I think someone on HFboards worked out what the possibility would be under the system the NHL used last lockout, and it was like 6 percent chance for teams with three balls (like 6 of them I think) and a 2 percent chance for teams with one ball. 50 balls total I believe.

So the difference is 4 percent. Hardly a huge difference, meaning a team with one ball could feasibly win the lottery and it not be a huge statistical anomaly.

By: reinjosh

reinjosh — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:18:11 +0000

Nope, you are not the only one. It always annoys me when people use pedigree as an argument for one player over another. Great, Player was drafted high and player b wasn’t. Player B has still shown more game.

I recognize why people read into it. A player is often drafted high for a reason. So that “draft pedigree” indicates a certain potential he has. So a player like Lupul, who just broke out, has a certain pedigree that indicates that at one time, someone thought he could play like he did last year.

But to be perfectly honest, once a player is drafted, pedigree means squat, and in fact might hurt a player through the expectations that pedigree holds. Pedigree has to be one of the more annoying argument points in hockey to me. and to be fair, I’ve fallen into using at times before. But it annoys me nonetheless.

By: 93killer93

93killer93 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:47:59 +0000

Eberle signs 6 years for 36mil. So same cap hit as Hall. Good move by the Oilers locking both of them up.

By: reinjosh

reinjosh — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:00:26 +0000

Haha actually yes. Cousin. He just got cut from the giants.

Both sides are greedy. Different levels. People have to just accept that and look at it from a business standpoint. Who is more greedy? Who deserves what? I’ve seen arguments for both sides.

But unfortunately I also smell no hockey. Unfortunate indeed.

By: dumbassdoorman

dumbassdoorman — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:06:22 +0000

Ya I don’t think what they realize is that us the fans have zero sympathy for them, period. It is not a strong enough sport south of the boarder to survive a lockout, IMO. When a former respected NHLPA memeber suck as Guerin publicly states lett ing go to a lockout is a mistake look at the other sports, I have even less sympathy for the zero I already had.