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Delay rules make sense. The helmet rule doesn't. i'm okay with the delay rule when a player lifts the net off the moorings, but if he accidentally plays the puck up over the glass? there's no need for that to be a penalty, especially when they stop calling everything else late in games. seen that stupid rule decide too many games, defenseman swats at a rolling puck and it goes up over the glass, trying to make an outlet pass to a streaking teammate down the board and puts it a little too high, etc. just make it a defensive zone faceoff with no change for the team in their own zone, similar to an icing. or give the refs some discretion into the player's intention. I don't like the "puck goes over the glass penalty" either but I understand why it's there, so that you can't clear the puck into the crowd and get a stop. Plus if it's deflected into the crowd at all it's not a penalty. However, I've seen too many penalties called when the player has no intention and no need to put the puck in the crowd and does accidentaly.
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Looks like it might be Finland. After a long 0-0 draw for the first 2 2/3 periods, that goal let up by the Czech goalie was awful. Right between the pipes.
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Atlanta to be a power in the NL this year?!!
UMFan83 replied to Magdal's topic in General Baseball Talk
I don't know. They had a decent team last year, and some people thought they underachieved. Don't know if they are better after their offseason moves. Lost: Ryan Church Mike Gonzalez Kelly Johnson Adam LaRoche Javier Vazquez Rafael Soriano Gained: Melky Cabrera Jesse Chavez Troy Glaus Erik Hinske Scott Proctor Takashi Saito Joe Thurston Billy Wagner Not sure what their minor league situation is like, maybe someone can fill me in, but those offseason moves don't overwhelm me. -
Yeah no doubt any team left in this tourney can beat the US and possibly should. This is the stage where things get tricky. I'm hoping like you said our speed and youth can be an x-factor in our favor as their tournament continues. Most of these players have played 2/3 of an NHL season and have been playing every other day or every day for the last 10 days in pressure packed games which has gotta take it's toll eventually.
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This discussion on Kane is barely on topic, let's stick to the Olympics. Finland and Czech Republic are on now. Winner plays the USA on Friday. Who should we be cheering for? I'm guessing Finland but they have looked pretty good in this tournament. The question is, which one is a worse matchup against the USA. I'll admit to not knowing too much about either teams strengths and weaknesses.
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i think they're playing way better than they did against USA. they look unbelievable right now My point was that Canada didn't play poorly against the US. They were on the attack most of the game. I guess you could say that they must be playing better because everyone considered Russia a better team than the US going into this tournament and they are getting manhandled by them while the US won.
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Wow this goalie is hanging on by a thread, don't even wait until the start of the 2nd to put him in, they could score 2 more goals on him by the time the last 30 seconds pass.
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Canada is not really playing really better than they did against the US...Russia just doesn't have a goalie that stops everything. Miller was barraged with shots and not just shots, good shots on nice feeds and nice setups. And with that said 4-1. Time for Nabi to go drown his sorrows with vodka.
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This Dayton-Temple game has set basketball back 50 years. It's 39-29 Temple with under 5 minutes left in the game. The halftime score was 19-13. Dayton is shooting 11-47 (23.4%) and Temple 16-48 (33.3%)
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A much much much needed goal by Russia. 3-1
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From what I've seen (which is a decent amount), Toews has played really really well in this tournament.
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Make that 3-0 on a great assist by Toews
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I'm stealing a supposed quote from WWII, but I think we (meaning USA) awoke a sleeping giant. 2-0 Canada
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Lou Piniella quote of the year (?) re: Millar
UMFan83 replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I didn't want to start a new thread on this but since this is a Lou quote I'll put it here. Lou on Twitter: -
It must have been confusing when they pulled their goalie What a bold and daring strategy!
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We finally beat Hiller!!! 0.1 seconds too late but still.
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Wow that's gonna be rough if we lose this by a goal.
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Unbelievable...
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Did it count??
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I love how when they circle players on replays, they use an Olympic ring.
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Wow...got really lucky there coming off the PP.
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I've seen a couple of penalties go uncalled so far...
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When did Team USA's entire collection of defensemen turn into Duncan Keith of the last 2 weeks before the Olympic break?
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Alfonso Soriano will Make the Cubs Sorry-ano by 2014
UMFan83 replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
It didn't bother me, I just answered why it might have been weird to start a thread on the topic. Maybe you could have added more in the OP so it didn't just seem like you were showing us a 4 year old article for no reason. -
Alfonso Soriano will Make the Cubs Sorry-ano by 2014
UMFan83 replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
It's allowed it's just kind of random. It's a 4 year old article that gives no news or insight that hasn't already been discussed ad nauseum for years on NSBB. I do wish there was a "random baseball thoughts/random cubs thoughts" thread where you could post little things like this and not have to start a new topic. I come across things occasionally where I want to share with the board, but it doesn't seem to be big enough for a new thread to be started, so I end up not posting it.
