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Still plan on making a few for this at some point. Probably this weekend. I'd like to go in depth.

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frostbyte_76 posted...

I'll call out Frostbyte for a battle. Hit me up homie.

c'mon man, i mean i accept, but like....c'mon man

...c'mon what? Technically speaking you're the "leader." Figure I take you down first is all. You can't handle my flow.

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Tag.

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I can judge lightweight battles put me wherever. I won't judge heavyweight ones because those are the peeps I have to crush later.

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I'll call out Frostbyte for a battle. Hit me up homie.

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I'm guessing this is full.

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I'm interested in joining if there's room available.

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Why would you not lock your house?

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Nobody should be contesting that he fought the best that was available to him at the time, because he did. The problem is that the level of competition, especially at the heavyweight level, was so low back then as MMA was in such an early stage that it made Fedor look a lot better than he was.

Ultimately Fedor was a pioneer and a great fighter -- but to call him the GOAT is just ignorant. It didn't take that long and the training hasn't changed that much to where we have fighters that are just better. Losing to Henderson especially really hurt him.

Also I think it's likely that Fedor would have beaten Lesner. That said, guys like Cormier, Big Foot, Velasquez, JVR, Anderson Silva, Jon Jones etc. would destroy him.

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Most overrated fighter in MMA's young history finally hanging them up.

At least he was entertaining.

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ExThaNemesis posted...

oh god didn't realize Netherlands had Germany second.

They could be done and dusted by the end of tomorrow.

Don't worry we'll hit 6 uprights today and be well on our way out of the tournament

fml

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Joey Votto...your best 1B in the league

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Josh Hamilton for Edinson Volquez will go down as one of the best trades of all time.

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voltch posted...
Is Billy Hamilton the second coming of Sliding Billy Hamilton?

He's stealin' 100s of bases in dem minors, but can he reach 914 SBs in 1594 games?

They're not really similar at all, but BHam is going to take the MLB by storm when he gets there. He might be the fastest player ever. He's still very raw too, and his ability to learn the game is pretty impressive given his extreme improvement from year to year.

If he continues at the rate that he has been he could become the ideal lead-off hitter. 103 SB last year, and literally has 31 SB in 26 games this year.

For those of you interested in one of the most exciting prospects in the minors right now here are some amazing facts:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16736

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Also Aroldis Chapman continues to be the best pitcher in baseball. His stuff right now is electric.

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I feel for Mariano. Sucks that it's the way he had to go out.

Can't believe the Reds pulled out that game (read as: were given the game by the Cubs) but at least it makes up for some of the totally bogus games we've lost because of umps.

Considering how bad Cinci has been playing and they're still .500 it makes me very optimistic about their chances moving forward when the team actually starts playing well.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Oh my god stop getting stupid f***ing penalties.

And I don't think Elliott can play several games in a row, I don't think he's conditioned for that. God damn Jackman for taking out Halak.

Now he freakin' got a delay of game penalty? Wow.

Like I said...

Elliott was always worse than his numbers. He's not the type of goalie that can carry a team he needs to be carried by his team. Halak and Pietrangelo were so important to any success the Blues were going to have in the post-season.

Obviously Pietro is back but I think that, at this point, they're too far gone.

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Colaicovo is not a bad defenceman.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
No Pietrangelo and Quick is in their heads.

Also Elliott isn't as good of a goalie as Halak is. He was always worse than his numbers showed, and he's always been a streaky goalie.

It's unfortunate that probably their two most important players if they wanted a long playoff run are injured, but they are. The team just needs to man up and play.

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A couple notes:

Votto is the most feared batter in baseball not named Kemp right now. Some interesting statistics:

Cozart
In front of Votto 0.370
Not in front of Votto .171

Stubbs
In front of Votto .371
Not in front of Votto .130

Also Bautista sucks.

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I can't remember who said it up there...but I wouldn't say that Darvish > Wilson right now, but he's playing very well. If he keeps playing the way he did against the Yankees he could be one of the best pitchers in the league.

ExThaNemesis posted...
Oh shut up you have nothing to be smug about, wait until our pitching is sorted.

Yankees > Rangers in the ALCS. Book that s***.

lol...nobody in the AL is touching the Rangers. They're too good.

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Drew Stubbs' bat coming to life before our eyes. Putting him in the 2 hole has been great for him as anyone batting infront of Votto is going to see some pitches. He just seems to be seeing the ball a little better, trying to go opposite a bit more and improving his patience and recognition. If Stubbs can actually put his tools together he'll be an all-star.

Also lol yankees

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Honestly just been too busy to follow football lately. I lost interest after the long Suarez suspension for total bull ****. I'm tired of my teams getting screwed by corrupt leagues. That said hockey is in me so I'm sticking to Hockey, Baseball and international Football.

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SecksThaNemesis posted...
I mean yeah I'd like to see the Flyers knocked out, but it'd be cool for teams like Ottawa to have some success.

Plead with the league not to fix the games against us. Tim Peel has literally called the worst games against Ottawa all year.

Love this quote though:

"Yes, he was pushed in, but it's Foligno's responsibility to avoid the goaltender there, presumably by activating a teleportation machine."

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Applaud the refs.

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Sens vs. Rags and Refs what else is new

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Alfredsson and Silfverberg in tonight!!! I can't WAIT to see Silfverberg over here guy is amazing.

3 - 2 Ottawa in OT...Silfverberg all three goals.

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SmartMuffin posted...
If not thinking the Sens were going to make the playoffs means someone knows nothing about hockey, I guess you're the only person in the world who knows anything about hockey, right? You probably correctly picked the finish of every other team in the league too, right?

Congratulations. You made a ridiculous illogical homer pick and it actually turned out to be right. Happens sometimes. You should be proud, really. But you don't have to be a tremendous, arrogant, ass about it. You realize the other Sens fans on this board are embarrassed to be associated with you, right?

I've always cared so much about what kids online feel towards me. But let's clear something up: I'm not arrogant nor am I an ass about the Sens. I'm specifically that way towards you because of how pompous and arrogant you were before the season started. You thought I was just being a homer -- but I provided a detailed explanation with every factor included as to why Ottawa would challenge for the 8 seed this year. You provided nothing but ignorance and bull****. You had literally nothing to offer to the conversation except a lack of any hockey knowledge. Literally every point you made I refuted with statistics and evidence so you moved onto the next thing or ignored the responses entirely.

Act like a victim, but you brought it on yourself by speaking out of ignorance and acting high and mighty in the first place. But that's your MO.

Peace.

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Meow1000 posted...
Lundqvist has been a consistently average goaltender for years.

WTF? Yeah I'm going to bed. Lundqvist is, unanimously, considered to be consistently one of the best goalies in the league. He has never had any kind of support from the Rangers.

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I don't know how you guys can call Lundqvist an average goaltender in the playoffs. He has been all-world against Ottawa -- especially the last 3 or 4 games which could have easily been blowouts for the Sens if he wasn't playing as well as he has been. The team in front of him is just not that good.

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SmartMuffin posted...
Right. I have no idea what I'm talking about because I call you out on your idiocy?

You literally have no idea what you are talking about. You trashed the Sens previous to the season (touting Montreal of all teams above them), and after stopping following this topic because of your idiocy I'm sure I missed a whole bunch of dumb **** that you've said this year. You argued about Anderson and then when I posted the statistics and brought reality into the topic you conveniently just stopped addressing the subject (until above where you said that Anderson had 10 mediocre seasons lol.)

But you keep pretending that you actually know something about hockey.

Also, Shadow, they don't have a history of choking AFAIK. They just have had some bad injury luck and have run into some hot teams at times. Pretty average stuff. They should be considered the SC favorites though. They have the best team in the league from top to bottom.

You are selling Colaicovo very short. Every defenceman makes boneheaded plays...Pietrangelo is no different. People tend to see their stars through rose coloured glasses (I can't stand listening to Ottawa fans talk about Karlsson and Alfredsson as though their infallible then rag on Spezza.) Colaiacovo is a very talented defenceman.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
From: BleedingRed | #093
McDonald (who isn't even their second best forward
...Right, he's our first best forward.

Also Stewart isn't living up to his potential in any way, you shouldn't be counting him. Colaiacovo is questionable as well, but we don't have any other defensmen to replace him. Luckily Pietrangelo more than makes up for him.

Uhhh....Backes and Oshie are the most important forwards on that roster -- whether or not they are producing right now. McDonald is a great offensive force for them though. Colaiacovo is a great defenceman and I don't see how you could question him. He's very talented and why would you replace him? He's part of the reason that St. Louis has one of the deepest defence corps in the league.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
Naturally I want to agree with you, but you do realize the Kings, an 8 seed, just beat the 1 seed Canucks? So the seeds don't matter. However, I don't even think we had McDonald for the games against the Kings in the regular season. So yeah, there's a good chance the Blues will win. Then again, there's also a good chance they will s*** the bed because they're somewhat prone to it.

In what way are they prone to it? Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you just start following hockey? Not trying to be rude or anything.

Vancouver losing to LA has nothing to do with the seeding. Vancouver is just a very mentally and physically weak team. They are easily taken off their game and had a bad match-up. It happens. They aren't a team that is built to win the cup though.

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SmartMuffin posted...
If they lose it's because they failed to play as well as they can.

Well no **** Sherlock. This is ALWAYS the case when a favored team loses to an underdog. Learn2sports?

Pittsburgh lost because they failed to play as well as they can. Vancouver lost because they failed to play as well as they can. And you damn well better believe that if the Rangers lose, it will be because they failed to play as well as they can, because they completely outclass the Senators on paper.

I forgot why I stopped posting in this topic. You are literally the worst person to try and discuss hockey with because you're like that guy who pretends to know what he's talking about and actually has no idea.

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Why are you singling out only two players on each team? St. Louis is not a team that gets by on a single star or two, it's a team that is deep everywhere. They're like a better version of the Bruins last year. Oshie, Backes, McDonald (who isn't even their second best forward...dunno why he was being compared to Richards and Kopitar) Berglund, Steen, Arnott, Stewart, Shattenkirk, Colaiacovo, Petriangelo, etc. etc.

St. Louis is easily the best and most well-rounded team in the league right now. If they lose it's because they failed to play as well as they can.

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ShadowHalo17 posted...
From: ShadowHalo17 | #073
Hoping Rangers and Devils come back. But if the Sens win I won't be upset about it. And if the Devils don't win then I'm rooting for the Sens in the East.
I edited this post. I meant if the Devils don't win, then I will be rooting for the Sens. Rangers > Devils > Sens.

From: BleedingRed | #081
This is wrong. Blues and Kings were pretty even throughout the season. We have better depth, but Quick is better than Elliott/Halak by a small margin. Both teams play really good defensive style hockey, tight and physical. The series could go either way.

They weren't even at all. One of the teams ended up 8th and one ended up 2nd (and outside of Vancouver beating up on bad teams, look at their respective divisions...St. Louis was definitely the best team in the league this year.) St. Louis let in a ridiculous 155 goals...all year...and 7 of those were empty netters. In almost half as many games Elliott had 1 less shutout than Quick. Anyway...statistically speaking St. Louis let in 15 less goals this year and scored 18 more goals...it sounds small, but it's not. That's a +33 differential.

The series shouldn't go either way unless the Blues **** the bed. They are better literally everywhere on the ice.

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The Sens have given Philly trouble all year outside of their first game which was during the new coach adjustment period.

Boston is the only team I think is a really bad match-up for Ottawa that is left in the East. I really hope that Washington can put them out for us. (assuming we even get by NY)

SmartMuffin posted...
but have a better offense overall.

I'm not so sure about this. Statistically based on this year's regular season, yeah, but the Kings haven't been NEARLY as offensively inept in the last couple months. Kings have PLENTY of offensive talent, they just underachieved most of the year.

Do you even watch Hockey? St. Louis is superior to LA everywhere -- literally. They have a better system, better defence (by far), better forwards, and they have better goaltending (although Elliott could fall apart at any time...and this is the closest category.)

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St. Louis will take LA out. Better everywhere TBQH.

Ottawa vs. St. Louis in the finals I hope. Realistically it will probably be Philly or Boston.

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Ottawa vs. St. Louis in the final Spezza wins the Smythe

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thundersheep posted...
Overtime? And my stress levels these playoffs had been so good seeing as I didn't expect anything from the Nucks. Now they have to make it all intense and ****.

I'll spoil it for you -- Vancouver isn't going anywhere. This is a team with 0 heart. They aren't cut out for the playoffs.

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SmartMuffin posted...
yeah, take a guy who has had like 10 mediocre seasons and 1 good one over a guy who led his team to back to back cup finals

So again you are ignorant to the facts, even after I've laid it out for you.

Anderson has similar career numbers to Price and Halak who are both highly touted goalies. Anderson's playoff numbers are better than both FWIW in a smaller sample.

Ignorance is bliss though.

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ExThaNemesis posted...
Who in the East is going to stop them?

Dem pesky Sens. ;)

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Hey I bet there are a lot of teams that wish they had that "below average" goalie Anderson right now.

Hohoho.

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SmartMuffin posted...
From: GunMage | #395
We could actually see Lundqvist, Thomas, and Brodeur all out in the first round. Would never have believed that beforehand.
Teaser! If the Rangers lose this series, you can expect to see a "Lundqvist = Nabokov" argument post coming from me!

This argument would be moronic. Lundqvist has had no support.

Also if Ottawa vs. Florida is the next round I really like our chances of making the ECF.

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RappinHobo9292 posted...
Was wondering when you'd be back today. Saw you posting on HF earlier.

Probably about Silfverberg? Or defending Spezza. Either way super excited about the future of this team. :)

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RappinHobo9292 posted...
Sign at the Rags/Sens game today



Awesome.

I don't know why they weren't chanting "gaaaaa tooooraddeeeE" in Ottawa.

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HEY GUYS WUDDDUPPPP

Montreal > Ottawa, Price >>>>>>>>> Anderson etc. etc.

Honestly so happy to watch this team right now. Spezza and Mr. Anderson are so great to have on this team. **** all the doubters and haters. Them pesky senssss

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Reds > League

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Heh, whatever.

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I am good for Sunday.

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