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Philly06Cup · 01-26-2018, 12:17 AM

My fantasy booking:

It's the final day of the regular season. The last game is Pittsburgh vs Washington. Crosby vs Ovechkin. The two teams are sitting in 8th and 9th.The game gets all sorts of hype and media attention. Winning team makes the playoffs; losing team is out. But, there's a wrinkle. Both teams can make the playoffs with a point. This gets neglected in the hype.

The game begins. Crosby wins the face off back to Letang. Letang retreats back behind his own net... And just stands there. All five caps players... just stand at their own blue line. At first there's confusion in the crowd. Murmurs, then some light boos. But after about a minute, the boos turn into cheers! Everyone has caught on that with this strategy, their team will make the playoffs. Caps fans and Pens fans in attendance break out in wild applause. Eventually the applause dies down, because literally nothing is happening in the ice. Letang passes to Schultz out of boredom. The crowd lets out a sarcastic cheer!

This goes on for about 5 minutes. To entertain themselves, the crowd starts a wave. One guy snuck in a beach ball and it gets passed around. Random chants break out. "This is stupid". "Fire Bett-man, clap, clap, clap clap clap." At the 10 minute mark, the referee blows the whistle. There is an announcement from the NHL front office. If the penguins do not attempt to make forward progress with the puck, Washington will be awarded with a goal. It's an outrageous mandate, but the NHL can't tolerate this behaviour.

Letang passes to Crosby, who skates to the red line dumps it in. John Carlson takes the puck behind his own net and... Also just stands there. The crowd erupts again!

At the end of the first period, the NHL decides to postpone the game to determine what to do about this situation. It creates international headlines. Everyone is ridiculing the NHL for allowing this mockery to take place. Because, you know, the NHL should absolutely be ashamed of their pathetic loser point system which encourages teams to do literally nothing to maximize their expected points.

Meanwhile, back in Philly (the current 7th place team, which is about to be knocked into 9th) -- There is mass rioting, and their city burns to the ground. SEE WHAT YOU DID BETTMAN?!! YOU MONSTER!

01-26-2018, 12:17 AM	#20
Philly06Cup Closet Jedi Join Date: Aug 2005 Exp:	My fantasy booking: It's the final day of the regular season. The last game is Pittsburgh vs Washington. Crosby vs Ovechkin. The two teams are sitting in 8th and 9th.The game gets all sorts of hype and media attention. Winning team makes the playoffs; losing team is out. But, there's a wrinkle. Both teams can make the playoffs with a point. This gets neglected in the hype. The game begins. Crosby wins the face off back to Letang. Letang retreats back behind his own net... And just stands there. All five caps players... just stand at their own blue line. At first there's confusion in the crowd. Murmurs, then some light boos. But after about a minute, the boos turn into cheers! Everyone has caught on that with this strategy, their team will make the playoffs. Caps fans and Pens fans in attendance break out in wild applause. Eventually the applause dies down, because literally nothing is happening in the ice. Letang passes to Schultz out of boredom. The crowd lets out a sarcastic cheer! This goes on for about 5 minutes. To entertain themselves, the crowd starts a wave. One guy snuck in a beach ball and it gets passed around. Random chants break out. "This is stupid". "Fire Bett-man, clap, clap, clap clap clap." At the 10 minute mark, the referee blows the whistle. There is an announcement from the NHL front office. If the penguins do not attempt to make forward progress with the puck, Washington will be awarded with a goal. It's an outrageous mandate, but the NHL can't tolerate this behaviour. Letang passes to Crosby, who skates to the red line dumps it in. John Carlson takes the puck behind his own net and... Also just stands there. The crowd erupts again! At the end of the first period, the NHL decides to postpone the game to determine what to do about this situation. It creates international headlines. Everyone is ridiculing the NHL for allowing this mockery to take place. Because, you know, the NHL should absolutely be ashamed of their pathetic loser point system which encourages teams to do literally nothing to maximize their expected points. Meanwhile, back in Philly (the current 7th place team, which is about to be knocked into 9th) -- There is mass rioting, and their city burns to the ground. SEE WHAT YOU DID BETTMAN?!! YOU MONSTER! __________________ Gaudreau > Huberdeau AINEC