I think it'll be disappointing, these rematches always seem to be. League must step in and tell everyone to play it cool. My guess is the Flames dress Prout, someone fights Bennett, and other than that it's a boring 2-1 finish
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Anyone mad about Bennett’s hit shouldn’t be. The flames will be fighting with the sharks all year for the top spot, Bennett was causing them fits all night. Capping off a beat down with a monster hit, albeit a bit late but not a head shot is fine by me. Sharks have had things too easy for a while, times have changed. Sharks are not built to play a tough game, bunch of softies on that team.
i think the only people mad at it are sharks fans...
Flames win and are on top of the division. Stamps dominate again and won a Grey Cup. The Inferno are leading the league. Foothills FC won a PDL Title, and Cavalry FC are going to be a founding part of the new CPL.
Pretty damn good time to be a Calgary sports fan! Happy New Year everybody!!!
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Isn't Connor McDavid second star of all NHL games?!?
So glad we have Gaudreau who is just 3 points back at half of McDavids cap. What a great player on perhaps the best contract in the league.
Laughing at the HFboards poll where so called Flames fans would give up Gaudreau and Giordano plus their first overall for McDavid and his bloated contract. That's the reason right there why the Oilers will never compete.
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Need both points tonight.
Let's go Sharks!
go šimek
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4 point game. Lets do this thing!
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Winner can take sole possession of the worst division in NHL history. Wait actually its not so bad. Calgary has a game in hand though at 50 pints with the Sharks at 49, at 5th and 7th in the NHL respectively. Not too shabby afterall. I'm ignoring Vegas because they are obviously a fluke
Go Sharks!
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Never understood why points take precedence. It should be points percentage like the standings for every other sport.
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As a shark fan you should understand why point percentage means diddly squat.
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Still having flashbacks of last New Year's Eve Massacre.
Radim Simek and David Rittich meeting again.
In 2016, Simek's HC Bílí Tygři Liberec swept Rittich's BK Mladá Boleslav in the Semifinal. Liberec went on to win the Czech Extraliga that year.
That season and playoff run for sixth seeded Boleslav got Rittich noticed by NHL teams and got him signed by Calgary. Simek would play one more year in the Czech Extraliga before signing with the San Jose Sharks, and playing last season in the American Hockey League.
Fun fact, Roman Cervenka was the leading scorer of that league in that season
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An early goal by the Sharks would be good
Backlund’s Early Backhand
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Lol. Dell...
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Well that wasn’t what I had in mind
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Great coverage boys...
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FFS, I was just gonna post "Don't ruin my New Years Eve, Sharkies".
Too late.
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Great job burns!
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oh heck
can’t blame Burns (too much) – the puck on that was hopping bad
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that was S L O P P Y defense. Considering they had good offensive zone time that was not a good goal to give up
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Leave 2 guys in the slot uncovered, I dont think that's the recipe for success
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Dafuq was that?
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This isn't looking good, settle down
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Coverage hella bad so far
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The Sharks and giving up the first goal of the game. Name a more iconic duo. I’ll wait.
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G'Damnit...
Randy: "Sharks have beat the Flames for the last six games straight"
Me: STFU Randy with the jinx. LOL
Flames score on first shot of game
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Is this gonna be one of those games where Burns tries to clear the puck with 0 effort?
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Burns is so frustrating.
Shows signs of knowing what he’s doing (or at least playing competent, not mind-bogglingly stupid defense) and then reverts right back to these mistakes that wouldn’t fly in pond hockey!
Double Deflection by 3M
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That is a shocker. Walsh is causing trouble again.
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Greasy. Can’t wait to see all the Frolik headlines up here in Canada when he has a 5 point game
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That wasn't anyone's fault. Nothing you can do about a double accidental deflection.
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God the ####ing bounces are just not going our way
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Yikes, Dell's numbers aren't good this game.
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Having flashbacks to last new year’s eve!
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Let’s hope this isn’t a repeat of that disaster
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Not much could be done on that one besides win the damn faceoff
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Frick. I feel like this game is gonna be super high scoring
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It's only a one goal game, but the Sharks really need to start moving those legs. Continually getting stuck in their end because people don't want to do the leg work to get pucks out. Just reversing pucks down low over and over hoping someone else will do it.
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Sharks look horrid in their own end right now.
Double Deflection by Gio
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Everything they throw at the net is going in.
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what the ever flying ****?
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Strange that all the bounces are going the Flames way.
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The Sharks are a bit off and the bounces aren't going their way. Gonna end 2018 on a sour note. Oh well.
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That third goal was terrible
If Jones lets that in instead of Dell, people are calling for his head
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Just got home for the last minute of the first.
When I saw 3-1 score and Dell in net, I thought DeBoer already yanked Jones and u guys would be lighting up Jones in the comment section. Nope. Dell started and you guys are totally cool with him giving up 3 in the first period. As a matter of fact, so far there are 3 positive comments about Dell’s goaltending and 1 negative.
Jones hate was strong in 2018. Can we all be more realistic about the Sharks defensive problems in 2019?
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Sharks not ready to start with the same intensity as Calgary
kind of a recurring theme.
Tkachuk on the PP
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Melker ughhh
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where the **** was everyone
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Hanging Dell out to dry.
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Pull Dell.
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**** this game man.
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fyi, called that goal before the puck crossed the red line. Sharks fell asleep
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nobody can catch a ****ing puck
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jesus 4 goals on 11 shots
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We're like the anti-TB. They're scoring 4+ goals every game while we're allowing 4+ goals every game.
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Defensive coverage is garbage. I don’t think they realize they aren’t playing Edmonton again.
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Well I’m confident the sharks could score 5 tonight. I’m not confident they can hold Calgary to 5 though.
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can we please just not get league-worst goaltending from either of our goalies?
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the forwards have been pure ####e for the Sharks defensively
just nothing but puck watching. that 4th CGY goal (Tkachuk) Hertl jumps on the ice and has Tkachuk up high in the zone and then he just stops skating and lets Tkachuk make a beeline to the front of the net. i know he probably thought EK65 was gonna switch, i don’t know if there was communication or not, but EK65 was already up higher than him checking the puck carrier. Hertl didn’t do anything, whereas EK65 would’ve had to do some serious skating to get back and cover Tkachuk.
Timo and Simek were busting ass to get back after Vlasic’s bad pinch, but Timo doesn’t even look to pick up the CGYtrailer while he’s got to see Simek out in front of him going for the puck carrier.
Zebulon’s One Timer
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Jesus ****ing christ
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GARBAGE
TOTAL GARBAGE
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What an awful pinch by Vlasic.
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Flames players fly down the ice…
Sharks D glides.
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****ing pull Dell. Jesus
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no wind in the Shark’s sails right now
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Defense is irrelevant
All about having a cool beard and being -4
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If I see another damn Shark look over his ####ing shoulder to locate a guy, then proceed to not even skate toward their responsibility…
#### it, I’m turning this one off.
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Terrible pinch by Vlasic. Terrible D/puck watching by Meier, embarrassingly slow reaction time from Dell.
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please do not waste these hours of my new years eve like this, sharks.
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I can't drink on the train. And I want to beat the new years partiers so I can get home in one piece
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I think they can score the 2 goals they need, problem is they'll probably give up 2 more as well.
The Real Deal awakens
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Jesus Karlsson.
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5 goals on 16 shots...
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jesus take the wheel
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Where’s the defense? What is going on?
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oh well
it’s all about the response now. next two games against the top two forward lines in the league. Kucherov, Stamkos, Mackinnon and Rantanen will be a giant test for Sharks D.
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Holy ****ing ****, pull Dell you *******.
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This might be the most frustrating game of the season. Every time the Sharks score, Calgary gets it back really quickly.
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We suck. This is all I have to say.
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you can't have every ****ing puck go in
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Sharks celebrated New Years before the game it seems.
Suspension Martyr
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what happened to sneaky dirty vlasic
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He is pissy bitter vlasic now
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he needs to spear tkachuk in the face sneakily deniably
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Don't even be sneaky about it. A lengthy Vlasic suspension would do this team wonders.
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Make vlasic a 4th line winger, just get him off the blue line at this point.
Johnny Hockey with a bunny hop
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This defense system sucks ass, so do the players tonight
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It’s painfully clear the Sharkies still can’t keep up with, or shut down, faster teams.
Calgary, Vegas, Winnepeg…not good match ups.
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####, did a Shark try to push Tkachuk offside as opposed to getting in front of him at the blueline?
These guys are so dumb. That or the coaching of details is bad. I’m going with it’s both.
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Are we gunna play defense in 2019?
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What is this???
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The fact that Dell is still in net... **** off DeBoer
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Put Deboer in goal.
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So is Pete gonna let them score 9 or 10 on Dell before he makes a goalie change?
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Burns knocked that in... hes a train wreck tonight
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Dell should have been pulled when he let in 3 on 8 shots. 6 on 17 shots wasnt enough, so now its 7 on 21.
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Calgary is a damn good hockey team.
Johnny, all alone in front
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Way to consistently let them open up a gap
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Stop, stop they’re already dead... why the hell is Dell still in? Also, how the hell was there not a penalty on Dell?
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This is embarrassing
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What is defense
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8 on 22
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we want 10
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Some nights the bounces just don’t go your way. I don’t think we’ve been “bad.” You don’t score 4 goals if you are “bad”. I think Dell has definitely let some in that were maybe a bit weak. Some of the bounces have been to blame. And ya, the defensive coverage has been questionable.
I think with even league average goaltending we would have taken the game. Might be 5-2 with us ahead.
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I'm never watching a New Year's Eve game again.
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The losses to teams like the flames, jets, the knights, and the leafs had lead me into a depressing realization.
we are not good enough, sure we can beat mostly middle to lower grade teams but we tend to #### ourselves against some of the better teams out there.
I fear that we will forever be that one team that is basically the hockey equivalent of those mini bosses that show up in the middle of the level before the actual boss shows up.
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Fiancé and I flew to Calgary for this game... not quite what we hoped for lol
Admirers from Afar
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I like the toughness of the Flames. Freakin bullies man and I love it. Even with this game going on I'll still say my second favorite team. Part of me wishes they were the team to move out of the Pacific just so we can have a chance of maybe one day meeting in the conference finals.
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Johnny Gaudreau is the most aesthetically pleasing player to watch.
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Straight up. Honestly Gaudreau is my favorite player outside the Sharks. This teams pretty scary and I knew it was gonna be a super tough game. Was more scared for tonight’s game the. I was against the Jets
Angry Birds
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What a ####ing ######. You're ####ing winning and you make that kind of hit against one of our guys? #### you Bennett.
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WHAT THE #### IS THIS GAME??? That's actually upsetting. Even if we got the call in the end, that's just embarrassing officiating
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suspend that mother####er. thats McSorely material.. pathetic. better be at least 5 games.
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10 games.
That’s a predatory hit with 20 seconds left in an 8-5 game. Disgusting play.
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Bennett didn’t get a penalty for the hit!
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Couture yelled "this is ####ing bull####"
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WTF is this ####!
major bush league high hit ultra late from Bennett
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Lol what a dive by Bennett
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That's a 20 gamer for Bennett right there.
****ing Gutless cheapshot.
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suspension for WEEKS
mother****er
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What a punk.
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This league ****ing hates us. How the **** does Goodrow get a match penalty out of that?
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Wow, what a dirty hit. Garbage game from the Sharks D and goalie, and the refs somehow managed to be worse. They let it get to that point. Good one goodrow for stepping in immediately. Bennett should have a nice long suspension for that one
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The thing is Bennett is a good fighter. This isn't like the Kadri thing where he'll run away. Bennett will probably accept the fight and win the fight. Sharks should go after Gaudreau and Monahan instead. Maybe that'll teach Bennett. If his teammates are the ones who pay for his dumbass.
The Blame Game
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What is DeBoer doing? He starts Jones against a struggling, ****ty Oilers squad and plays the backup against the team they are tied with for 1st in the division when they've had a day off between games.
Of course Dell gets lit up. Calgary blowing San Jose out of the water. What an idiot.
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This has been a pattern this year. Teams playing the starter against the worse team to “guarantee” a win.
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When do we start to cheer for the tank? We are as close to the bottom as we are to the playoffs.
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I know it isn't how it works, but, personally, I would have more respect for Chia if he just threw Spooner in a dumpster and just shrugged at the cameras.
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I think my first comment on Chia signing that he will trade McDavid for ****. It has not happened, yet.
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Well, as the new year is less than two hours away, my 2019 Oilers resolution is I'm done watching the games for this season unless it's a BoA game or until Chiarelli is fired. 5 points out of WC2 and 5 points from last in the WC and trending downwards so we know where they will sit in about 2 weeks. I'll still post here because I enjoy the discussion but I've soured on this team dumbass has built. All the Oilers gear I wear is getting packed away, I'm too embarrassing to be seen out in public with it, again.
What has come to fruition is how many posters said "Not even Scotty Bowman could coach this roster to a playoff spot". With Hitchcock being #3 on the all time list and the active most winningest coach (until Q finds a new gig), its so true. He isn't Bowman, but close enough.
I didn't think anyone could **** up this hard with the gift of Connor McDavid and Chiarelli has managed to do just that. He should be absolutely ashamed of himself but he thinks he's done a great job and its the players fault.
He has completely broken my hockey fan spirit. I never imagined after 4 years of McDavid and Leon (Nuge too), the team would still be a compost heap of rotting slop and decay around them.
That said, for you New Years revellers, have fun tonight and be safe out there.
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