03-12-2017, 03:22 PM
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#3921
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Oiler fans are smug. Traditional.
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03-12-2017, 03:25 PM
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#3922
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CP's Fraser Crane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beninho
I think both fan bases should be worried about finishing the season on a strong note and making the playoffs. It took the Flames around a month to catch the Oilers and there is about a month left. Nothing is given in this league. Speaking of a potential BOA is fine but let's not pretend there isn't a bunch of hockey still left to be played.
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Exactly. Still lots of hockey to play.
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03-12-2017, 03:25 PM
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#3923
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Scoring Winger
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Does STANG stand for Super Troll And No Good?
If so there is a typo: Should be STAENG cause we all know E is no good!
Last edited by Always Earned Never Given; 03-12-2017 at 03:26 PM.
Reason: typo
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03-12-2017, 03:26 PM
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#3924
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CP's Fraser Crane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Always Earned Never Given
Does STANG stand for Super Troll And No Good?
If so there is a typo: Should be STAENG cause we all know E is no good!
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That was horrible.
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03-12-2017, 03:29 PM
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#3925
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by stang
That was horrible.
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True, but " No Good" , not horrible, was the preferred choice to describe the debacle that is E.
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03-12-2017, 03:30 PM
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#3926
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stang
Your guys current streak is very impressive. Got to give props for sure.
However still not worried about a BOA first round. Would be great. The hate would be so worth it.
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Thanks for coming out of woodwork to again reaffirm to us that you're not worried about a BoA playoffs. You've convinced me.
I hope you're not worried about the Sharks either.
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03-12-2017, 03:31 PM
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#3927
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by stang
That was horrible.
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But not as much as missing the PO for a decade...+1 as IMHO they will miss again this year! 
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03-12-2017, 03:35 PM
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#3928
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Originally Posted by Always Earned Never Given
But not as much as missing the PO for a decade...+1 as IMHO they will miss again this year! |
Okay now, let's not go full Spector in here. As great as that would be, Oilers like the Flames also are fully in control of their destiny with a decent gap on 9th and probably not enough games left to close it.
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03-12-2017, 03:41 PM
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#3929
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Scoring Winger
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Just look at what has happened so far in the sports world in 2017....
Football:Falcons up by 25 and lost the Super Bowl.
Soccer:UEFA : PSG up 4 nil against Barcelona and lose 6-5!
NHL: If one team can duplicate what the Falcons and PSG have done this year (choke), I would bet on the E=NG!
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03-12-2017, 03:43 PM
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#3930
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Franchise Player
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[QUOTE=the2bears;6165347]Honestly, though, would you not make the bet on a team in the Flames' position over and over again? If you could bet on said team each year you'd make a very nice profit.[/QUOTE
How so? Betting on overwhelming favorites is a rarely a path to prosperity.
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03-12-2017, 03:59 PM
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#3931
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: The toilet of Alberta : Edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stang
Your guys current streak is very impressive. Got to give props for sure.
However still not worried about a BOA first round. Would be great. The hate would be so worth it.
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Couple of serious questions for you.
1.) Do you think that Flames team that was swept by your team were playing at even 50% of their true potential? Obviously a 14-2-1 stretch isn't sustainable over a full season but doesn't their current level of play make you nervous?
2.) Are you concerned about fatigue? McDavid played 26+ minutes against Pittsburgh, practically unheard of for a forward. McLellan is really over-playing him since there's very little secondary scoring. Same with Talbot, when all is said and done, he'll likely have started 70+ games. We've all personally seen the fatigue a goaltender (Kipper) gets with that much workload.
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03-12-2017, 04:10 PM
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#3932
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Lifetime Suspension
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Can anyone dig up records of starting goalies in the playoffs after playing 70+ games in the regular season in recent years? Particularly those that had success in winning rounds. I'm curious. Pretty sure there's only a handful as most playoff teams dress their backup for more than 12 games.
The only year Kipper was able to get the Flames past the first round was when he played a partial season (04). He had some real off games in each first round series where he played 70+ going in. My suspicion is that many games do affect goaltenders when the games get ramped up to another level and the opposition is putting it all out there.
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03-12-2017, 04:14 PM
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#3933
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Can anyone dig up records of starting goalies in the playoffs after playing 70+ games in the regular season in recent years? Particularly those that had success in winning rounds. I'm curious. Pretty sure there's only a handful as most playoff teams dress their backup for more than 12 games.
The only year Kipper was able to get the Flames past the first round was when he played a partial season (04). He had some real off games in each first round series where he played 70+ going in. My suspicion is that many games do affect goaltenders when the games get ramped up to another level and the opposition is putting it all out there.
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Why don't you just go back the past 10 years and look at who the starting goalies were on those teams and at how many games each one played?
The data is readily available, you just need to spend some time compiling it.
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03-12-2017, 04:33 PM
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#3934
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
One of the fan bases team hasn't missed the playoffs for 10 straight years?
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Quoted for Truth.
The big difference is we had to listen to a yearly influx of Oiler fan trolls come in and gloat about success being right around the corner followed by monumental collapses into epic failure - every year for a decade.
Oiler fans have absolutely no reason to be smug / boastful about anything after spending the last ten years being one of the most poorly run and inept franchises in pro sports.
The ratio of smug, brash fans in light of the aforementioned failure is mind boggling.
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03-12-2017, 04:58 PM
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#3935
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Section 203
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I laugh when fans of the Oilers state that teams play so much harder against Edmonton, because they didn't get the win in Calgary the night before. Well, if Edmonton didn't get so many teams on the 2nd night of a back to back, this wouldn't happen. I'm sure Calgary would gladly take the 19 times the Oilers were rested and played a tired team that played the night before.
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03-12-2017, 05:02 PM
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#3936
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by squiggs96
I laugh when fans of the Oilers state that teams play so much harder against Edmonton, because they didn't get the win in Calgary the night before. Well, if Edmonton didn't get so many teams on the 2nd night of a back to back, this wouldn't happen. I'm sure Calgary would gladly take the 19 times the Oilers were rested and played a tired team that played the night before.
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Thats the hilarious part for me.
This is their best season in 10 years. They had to do with an insanely hot goalie, a wunderkind, and a quarter of their schedule against teams on a back-to-back.
The stars have aligned for them, and its not like they're on their way to cup or anything, but for them? This is as good as it gets.
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03-12-2017, 05:02 PM
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#3937
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
How so? Betting on overwhelming favorites is a rarely a path to prosperity.
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My point was they're overwhelming favourites in this case, which we seem to agree on. So speaking with some certainty on the outcome is warranted.
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03-12-2017, 05:15 PM
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#3938
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by the2bears
My point was they're overwhelming favourites in this case, which we seem to agree on. So speaking with some certainty on the outcome is warranted.
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Then you should have said that. Being a favorite, even a heavy favorite and being a certainty are far from the same.
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03-12-2017, 05:34 PM
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#3939
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Then you should have said that. Being a favorite, even a heavy favorite and being a certainty are far from the same.
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You're the one who originally brought up "certainty". I merely asked if you would make the same bet multiple times on the heavy favourite.
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03-12-2017, 05:47 PM
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#3940
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by the2bears
You're the one who originally brought up "certainty". I merely asked if you would make the same bet multiple times on the heavy favourite.
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Yes I initially brought up certainty and favorites not being the same thing. No idea why you decided to quote my post and try to start an argument.
And yeah betting big money on heavy favorites in sports in order to earn a very small return is a very foolish bet IMO. Buy bonds instead.
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