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6&7) Rookie stuff, love rookies. Love drafts. Love absolute late round steals. I hate waiting so long to see players playing in the NHL. Esposito, Ashton, Caron, Kassian, Cormier, Hodgson. Seems they got drafted ages ago and I never see them play.
Angelo Esposio isn't playing in the NHL because he fucking sucks. Players need time to develop, not everyone is a SIdney Crosby or even a Taylor Hall, creating a system where these guys are rushed fucks them up and makes the NHL less talented
5) I know how it works, I just don't like it thats all. I understand its to prevent a team from tanking. Just would hate to see a team lose first overall because of a stupid bit of luck.
Yeah but there's rarely a guaranteed basement team it's usually a bunch of really bad teams and other than Sidney Crosby years 2nd overall is still great. Look at the Ovechkin year, Washington got him and Pittsburgh ya know got Evgeni Malkin.
4) I am not so much against it coach firings, I hate when it is obviously not their fault. Coaches do what they can, with what they are given basically. Perhaps change it so a team can't fire a coach if they are over.500 or something. I dunno, always hated coach firings.
Those are rules for the sake of rules, Temas have to be given the opportunity to make changes when changes need making. Trading players is hard to do, improving your team when you suck through mid season trades is next to impossible and almost never works. Coach firing is easier to do and it works. BTW your new system again would have prevented the Penguins from getting rid of Therrien when they did, they were just over .500, what would they have had to tank a few more games to fire him. Your new proposed idea basically encourages players to give up on their season in hopes of getting blow .500 to get rid of a coach that isn't working. Basically meaning your system actively stops a team from doing something to stop a downward spiral before it gets worse. In another words instead of patching up the dam before it completely explodes your new system forces a team to wait for it to exlode and then try and build a new one.
3) I love seeing rookies used as I have said before. I love when teams build through the draft instead of trades. That's why I enjoy watching the Oilers, Islanders, Kings.
Plenty of teams do that. Pittsburgh, Detroit, Washington, Philadelphia, have all built their teams largely through drafting. I just think you aren't suggesting things that are better for the game, just things that are better for you.
Random not the Islanders are a total joke and have not tried to build anything through the draft,
2) There were rumors that goalie equipment was going to get even smaller, I think its small enough.
Yeah but until they do it arguing not changing something equals a change is kinda weird and just in-congruent with the thesis of your article
1) The lockout angered me and adding something so stupid angered me farther. Hockey is a team effort not a goddamn skill show.
Eh, still hockey is hockey, not watching because of a shootout would be like not watching cause they took out fighting.
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