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There's ALWAYS something to laugh about in Leaf-Land

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They have had 5 coaches since 2000 but that includes 9 years of MacTavish. They will be on their 6th coach since 09 once Nelson takes over.

Here's the real damning stat Yumcha, since Nov 11, 2014 to the present date of Dec 15, 2014, the Edmonton Oilers have had more press conferences than wins.

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You can't choke if you were never breathing

Yumcha

You're horrible.

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Anyone read the updates from Slapya Titsov's preliminary hearing? The police are claiming some very serious shit went down, blood soaked blankets, bloody handprints, 8 stitches above the eye from a laceration caused by a flat screen TV, choke marks on the neck.

Slava Voynov's Domestic Violence Arrest Was A Bloody Scene

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dom

@ Oliers. Total bush league.

TacoBello

The oilers are so bad, they make the Chicago bears look good

Their coach had to go. Yes, it's bad to change coaches again so soon, but keeping a terrible coach in place isn't any better. He had 1.5 seasons. The oilers went from terrible to just garbage, even though their roster improved this year.

In all reality, they need to clean house on that team. Oh well, at least they'll get McDavid

I can feel Yumcha spinning in his grave from here

Yumcha

The Oilers will probably manage to screw up McDavid too.

Yumcha

Disgraceful.

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Wow, what an a$$.

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Thanks Philly!

Blame Flyers fans for NHL playing just two outdoor games in 2015

(I blame the owners, not fans) FWIW

Blame Flyers fans for NHL playing just two outdoor games in 2015 - Broad Street Hockey



In the spring of 2012, Philadelphia Flyers season ticket holders filed a class-action lawsuit in New Jersey court against Comcast-Spectacor, owners of the team. It was all related to the 2012 Winter Classic.

Full-season plan holders claimed that they had purchased 44 games as part of their deal -- 41 regular season home games and three preseason games. The NHL didn't announce until late September 2011 that the Flyers had been awarded the 2012 Winter Classic, and by that point, season ticket plans were already purchased.

So when the Winter Classic replaced one of the Flyers regular 41 home games, Comcast-Spectacor refunded fans 1/44th of the plan price to each full-season ticket holder. But the fans claimed that this did not make them whole, since in order to actually get tickets to the Winter Classic, they had to also purchase tickets to the Winter Classic Alumni Game and a Phantoms outdoor game that was held later in the week. The Winter Classic ticket was also more expensive than the game otherwise would have been, and there were extra processing fees tacked on to the total cost as well.

I don't have a dog in the fight, but it sounds like a legitimate gripe to me. If you were promised 41 home games at X cost, and the team reversed on that after the fact and asked you to pay far above what you were originally promised, you'd be pretty irritated too, right? Even considering that the Winter Classic is obviously worth a higher price than a regular home game, that the Flyers asked fans to pay for the other events plus processing fees was certainly excessive.

Comcast-Spectacor and the ticket holders settled out of court in late 2013, and the team has continued to deny any wrongdoing whatsoever, but this issue has had a major impact on how the NHL does business regarding their outdoor games. It's actually the reason why there are only two outdoor games during the 2014-15 NHL season.

Via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, here's NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly calling the lawsuit -- filed by fans of his league, remember -- "crazy."

"I mean, it's crazy when you think about it, but basically they got sued because they removed a regular-season game from the season-ticket package and didn't make it available to the fans on the basis that they'd be able to buy it at [Wells Fargo Center]," Daly said. "There was no judgment, but there was a settlement."

As a result, the league told each team to change the language in their season ticket agreements, but several teams had already sent renewal notices to their plan holders before Daly and the NHL suggested those changes.

The Star-Tribune reports that some teams, like the Minnesota Wild, had already sent out their notices, while others like the San Jose Sharks had not. The Sharks were able to get the modified language in their notices, and that's why they'll be hosting an outdoor game this season. The Wild and others, meanwhile, will wait until next year and beyond. All thanks to Flyers fans.

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Correction: We previously stated that the Flyers had refunded 1/41st of the season-ticket package cost to fans. The correct figure is 1/44th.

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hey guys what's good? sorry I haven't been around, just got over having the mumps. seems the in thing right about now.

dom

I'm torn tonight. My Leaves are beating up on my Ducks.

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Nash Shorthanded 20th goal of teh season & #2 of teh game!!!!

Yumcha

Well, it's official...the Flames bubble has burst.

Yumcha

*in Moog voice*

Gaborik rules! Deano genius for signing him for pickles! TWO GOALS! Every other trade and FA signing sucks! Bong!

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I do hope the Hawks do get more goals-against...cuz, at this rate, they are on pace to WIN THE JENNINGS TROPHY.

So, HORY SHET...the trio of no-name goalies of Crawford, Raanta, and Darling...does that mean, they are HoF-worthy?!?!? Because well, apparently, if you win the Jennings, you are a namebrand goalie.

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K...I'll stop drinking so much spiced-rum eggnog.

Yumcha

Dafuq...did the Kings and their namebrand goalie just choke up a 2-1 lead late in the 3rd and it's now 5-2 for the Blues?!??


Seriously. Dafuq?

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Wow! 4 in a row!

Yumcha

So, playing with their GM behind the bench...who was their coach FOUR coaches ago, what do the Oilers do? Lose.

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At least they are consistent!

Marion was not good when he was on the Rangers. Seems like that happens alot, players not great when in N.Y. get traded & are good.

TheBlueBomber

Flyers are quite disappointing this season. They're worse than Buffalo for crying out loud

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I'm no fan of the shoot out but 20 rounds with 11 goals scored is pretty entertaining. It went so long that some players shot twice.

Yumcha

Indeed. That was quite the show last night between the Florida Blackhawks and the Caps.

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Oh James Kneel, not just a dirty cheapshotting player anymore, now he's the first to receive the title of "known diver" in the league.

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So NBC is basically giving up on this whole "Wednesday Night Rivalry" thing. The Bruins do not and have never had a "Rivalry" with the freaking western conference, only existed for 14 years Minnesota Wild.

We had a good rivalry with the Minnesota North Stars capped off by John Wensink challenging the entire Minnesota bench back in the day when they could have accepted the challenge yet no one did. It nearly killed the franchise who was forced to combine with another team and switch divisions out of pure embarrassment the following year.

John Wensink's mustache alone could take out any NHL enforcer to this day.


That rivalry even sparked itself against the Dallas Stars after the move from Minnesota but never have there been a Bruins Minnesota wild rivalry.

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So Yummy switching his mockery from Toronto to Edmonton has caused a great imbalance in the NHL force leading to an outbreak of the mumps... We're all doomed... Quick, Henry, make fun of Dom!!!

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I'm so f'ing sick of Rivalry Wednesday. Not only do the games not start until 8, but they want to make anyone who the Penguins play into a rivalry. It's really f'ing annoying. You can even tell with their intros before the game starts that they're really reaching to actually draw parallels to a rivalry.

Yumcha

Um um um...PHIL KESSEL! DION FANNUFF!

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Not enough! We have to stop the outbreak!!!
















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Yumcha

dom won't stop at killing you two, that's foh shoh.

srika

go Hawks!!!!!!!!

srika

This.

Yumcha

Longest winning streak in a decade for the Leaves if they win tonight...?