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It appears Laviolette is done in Philly.

Babe Ruth ain't got shit on Carlos.

A friend and I had the biggest blast watching it for the first time last year. The ending had me in tears from laughter for multiple reasons.

Except Dubnyk has always been terrible and always will be terrible. This shouldn't be surprising.

I couldn't connect to GTAO on ps3 an hour ago. Lame.

Sexiful power play goal.

Didn't Kießling say he'd never play for the national team so long as Löw was in charge just recently?

Something about rings and ears.

That link ain't working. Here's YT footage: Also this:

I had this debate with myself like 5 or 6 years ago over football. It's a violent game. That's obvious to everyone. Am I willing to put up with the consequences of what I'm going to see due to that or not? I decided for myself that I was. It's a serious quesiton that a sports fan is entitled to ask. I don't watch MMA very much anymore, but that's not an issue of violence. I simply don't care for stuffing instead of potatoes. But the violence aspect isn't what turns me off. I don't have a problem with contact sports. Both playing them as an adult and watching them is a moral choice. "Don't give people the choice" is some totalitarian nonsense. If you don't want to watch contact sports, that's fine. There are literally dozens of alternatives. I think trying to change sports into something they aren't is a waste of time. See the classic American argument: "Soccer would be great if it wasn't soccer". Or basically me on basketball: "Basketball would be great if it was NBA Jam instead of basketball". No sport has fundamentally changed what it is, to my knowledge, ever. I don't see any reason to believe it can be done now. It just seems like a waste of energy to me. Change happens all the time. No three point line in the NBA before '79-'80.

How would eliminating blind headshots not reduce concussions? I get your point, Charlie. Hockey is a construct, right. Constructs change and evolve. DFA, how do you make people feel things are acceptable/unacceptable about a sport? The conventional way is through the rulebook. Referees are capable of calling the games closer, we've seen it. Do you have specific examples of how fighting acts as a deterrent because that's a myth in my mind and there isn't any evidence to support your theory from what I've seen.

That's the key, though. It would have to rely on two things. Referees actually calling the game and suspensions being consistent and harsh. Charlie, they've outlawed the hits blatantly targeting the head. Of course, that ain't going to remove concussions from hits but it will help. You can't make a game with dudes as fast and big as NHLers safe but you can do things to limit needless risks.

I agree. It's hypocritical and I accept that. The main difference, though, is punches to the head are an inherent part of combat sports, they aren't in hockey. That's where I see the difference. Furthermore, when Rashad Evans does the stanky legg, he's not cracking his skull on ICE. Fighting in hockey is just some archaic bullshit, with players stating its a form "self policing," which doesn't work at all. I loved the media dolts asking guys like Spezza about fighting. Like he's going to alienate a handful of his teammates in front of the national media.

LAWLZ. Bryzgalov is close to signing with the Vegas ECHL team. If only he had some money to burn down there...

Wait, not wanting dudes to be concussed and have all the possible physical and emotional fallout from repeated severe concussions is not a valid concern? Cool. Shit, I'll admit it, some fights are fucking entertaining, but it's not worth it. If those guys want to earn money through fisticuffs, join a boxing gym or martial arts camp.

It's one game, guys.

Fuck yeah, fighting!

No. There are only four gang signs/taunts/greetings: bro chest bump, double middle finger, jerking off, or up yours. You can also set up custom names for each grouping of 10 levels, so I chose wrasslin names/terms (ie, level 1-10 is Curtain Jerker, 11-20 is Jobber, etc.) I can change the color of the crew but the Social Club site is barely working at the moment. What color would people like? Or what would be easiest to see, especially to seperate us from other crews? If someone wants to make a different emblem, that is fine. I just used the one Gonzalez made so it was something different from the default fist. Maybe a touched up version of the main site's logo? Beat the game last night, feel dirty for doing so. I didn't want it to end. But, seriously, though...

I like Kessel a lot but that's way too much money.

David Perron.

Seriously. One of my few complaints is that there is not nearly enough Lamar.

How does one do this?

I actually think Nabokov and the Islanders are a good fit together. As a young team on the rise they benefit from having a veteran goalie who has plenty of post-season experience. And I like how he had such an attitude about joining the Isles originally but now has begrudgingly been part of the process of them becoming a playoff contender. I'll admit I thought it would play out awfully at first, but in the long run I think it's a relationship that benefits both sides. This was true for the first half of the shortened season, then it became a gong show if memory serves me correctly. He was the Islanders' achilles heel against Pittsburgh in the first round. I thought they had a legitimate chance of beating Pittsburgh if they didn't have a goalie of their own to match Fleury's poor play.

That means nothing when your other options were Clemmensen and Threeormore. He was particularly bad in his first handful of call-up games, but he did improve a little bit towards the end of the season. I think he showed he wasn't ready yet for the NHL, at least not as a starter. I had a shit tonne of free time last year and watched way too many TBL/Panther games. I'm going to miss not being able to watch as many Phoenix games with Bronald Cherry up in that bitch. Still ordered centre ice but won't be putting as much time in as last season.