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smuler

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HUGE win by my Rangers :D

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Guys,

That is wrong no matter how you look at it. Something called pride should take over plus those people make enough to play well during the playoffs.

I had no idea NHL players didn't get paid for the playoffs. But you are right. There's absolutely justification for suggesting there's an excuse regardless of pay. If you don't have the desire to win you should get out of sports. If it were true any players would rather be in the Bahamas or playing golf in South Carolina then they are a disgrace and the playoffs are a sham. I don't think that's how it is. Maybe some are so discouraged they are willing or need to believe not all players are as motivated. That's a shame when someone thinks that. A real hockey fan could never believe so. I for one don't. I think players play for...the game...despite some huge salaries. They play to compete. It stays in the blood no matter how tired. They play for PRIDE.

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Merlot
 

wolfie7

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HUGE win by my Rangers :D

Smuler

Great game by the Rangers, indeed! GAME 7!!!!!

Now, the Habs just need to force the same thing when they head down to Tampa. The Bell Centre for a Game 7 would be amazing, a mini earthquake. I want to see Rangers-Canadiens in the finals for the East. Two Original 6 teams with fantastic venues. Ovechkin is a beast, but sorry, I can't cheer for anything from DC...
 

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That is wrong no matter how you look at it. Something called pride should take over plus those people make enough to play well during the playoffs.

Ummmm, hockey players play for this silver thing called... Lord Stanley's Cup!!! And to have their names engraved on it for ever and ever, to cement their place in history, to complete their legacy as a "winner".

Steve Yzerman without a Cup... I really don't even want to think what his legacy may have become. He'd still be better than Mats Sundin... but with a lot less luster... Sorry, only loser Leaf that immediately came to mind. :D

And players play for future deals. Money players come through in the clutch - there's a premium for that. Remember Esa Tikkanen? A dog during the regular season, then money when space gets tight and the game turns into a grind. Extended his career for far longer than it should have. If you don't get that platform, you lose the opportunity to showcase that knack.

Seriously, what have you Mr. Holliday been smoking? (I'd like some! :D) As everyone says, there's professional pride and integrity. Even if I'm getting paid slower than I want, it doesn't mean I'm going to lay a brick on the job. Hockey players are not basketball or baseball players, they actually have some honor. I guess that's a foreign concept for some...
 

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Look behind you.
Now only 1 Canadian team left, the Ducks finished off the Flames last night. Imagine how an all Canadian cup would have killed the Stanley cup TV revenue.
Go Habs Go.
 

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Enough of this Babcock tour. I think he's disrespecting the Wings and I'm now hoping he departs. It's time for Jeff Blashill to make his mark.
 

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It's a free market, JC. Babcock has earned the right to be courted as a free agent, and to experience his tour. Who doesn't enjoy such an experience? :p

If he goes, he goes, and the Wings get a compensatory pick. That was a classy move, Babs didn't have to do that. Kenny Holland said it right, and best: If Babs goes, we shake his hand and thank him for 10 great years, and we move on. The Wings are a great organization. One man will not make or break it.

Anyways, it's not a done deal he leaves Detroit. So, let's let this play out.
 

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:nono: you do not get off that easy, the great Babcock is gonna leave the Wings high and dry and never look back and it will bug ya forever, especially if he lands in Toronto. I don't think he will land there but sure would be nice :thumb:


Enough of this Babcock tour. I think he's disrespecting the Wings and I'm now hoping he departs. It's time for Jeff Blashill to make his mark.
 

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LOL. :lol: Not quite... but that's funny. :p I think you were channeling more joelcairo's anger that Babs is shopping himself around.
 

Doc Holliday

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One thing i've been wondering is how do the Wings manage to get a compensatory pick if Babcock's current contract expires??
 

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Babcock's contract expires June 30th. He can wait all the way until then to begin his tour. Or he does it now, while under contract, with the Wings' consent. The Wings provide permission to every team that wants to talk to Babs, and in turn, they agree to the compensatory pick. Good for Babcock because he doesn't have to wait, or drag the process out. Good for the Wings to find out earlier rather than later, and to get compensation, if Babcock does indeed leave.

Babcock didn't have to do this - that he did, classy move, classy move all around.
 

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Can Tampa finish them...i am fed up with...ahhh we believe...ahhh price is right...common it is a real joke :lol:...Put the NAIL in the coffin :amen:...OHHH qu'il y en a qui m'aimera pas lolll
 

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You just keep getting cooler and cooler my friend :thumb:
Can Tamba finish them...i am fed up with...ahhh we believe...ahhh price is right...common it is a real joke :lol:...Put the NAIL in the coffin :amen:...OHHH qu'il y en a qui m'aimera pas lolll
 

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You just keep getting cooler and cooler my friend :thumb:

:whoo::whoo::whoo: Omg Omg 3 -0...YESSSS ....:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:...common Tampa KILL canachi** lollll
 

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Mr Joe.t just gave me an update, people are leaving Le Centre Bell in droves, as is he lol

Go Rangers tomorrow night!
 
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