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The Canucks are supposed to play hockey tomorrow. Quite rightly, J.T. Miller isn't happy about it:
“To expect pretty much our entire team to be ready to play after a practice and a pregame skate is a little bit hard to comprehend. For guys coming off of three weeks of rest, two weeks of having COVID, one practice isn't even close to near enough time to come back and perform at a high level.
It's not even about being able to perform, it's nothing to do with hockey at this point. Brutally honestly, I think that we're gonna need more time than this to come back and play hockey. Even the guys that didn't get it, we're not ready to play.
This is hard for me and guys that haven't been affected by COVID. I cannot imagine guys that have had it and guys that are struggling to breathe getting up and down steps to try to come back and perform. I'm worried about our team's safety.
Forcing us to play 19 in 30 or 31 days and think about the playoffs when guys are still recovering from this and are expected to be ready to play, it's frustrating,” said Miller. “This is a very extreme scenario and it's dangerous to a lot of our players, so I want to make sure that our priority is in the right spot.
I hope that people won't take this the wrong way because I'm a very competitive guy. This doesn't have to do with hockey right now for our team...It's about the health and safety of our players and our players' families and their children. This isn't about making the playoffs for us at this point.”
Hockey players are normally a conforming bunch who don't make waves. Miller's forthrightness is much needed, but will almost certainly be ignored by the NHL.
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Brandon Holtby literally stands on his head and the Nux beat Toronto in overtime
Hockey, bloody hell
https://twitter.com/HeresYourReplay/status/1383953008019480580
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I thought that it was highly amusing that for a short while it looked like we were going to end up with Winnipeg - Montreal second round instead of the expected Toronto - Edmonton matchup.
I thought that the Oilers were a bit unlucky to run into Connor Hellebuyck in brilliant form, but they are such a massively unbalanced team.
Tampa Bay / Florida has been an absolute classic so far.
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Originally posted by Anton Gramscescu View PostDisappointed this thread has not become a Jets stan thread yet.
You're right. Big congrats to the Jets. Though the producers of HNIC etc., will be disappointed. I'm sure they were already several boxes of Kleenex into anticipating the ratings of a Jesus McDavid versus Austen Powers division final. My heart pumps custard for them.
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View PostYou're right. Big congrats to the Jets. Though the producers of HNIC etc., will be disappointed. I'm sure they were already several boxes of Kleenex into anticipating the ratings of a Jesus McDavid versus Austen Powers division final. My heart pumps custard for them.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostNurse was on the ice for over 60 minutes last night (third most icetime in NHL history, a few minutes off Seth Jones' record from last season), after having put up close to 35 minutes the night before.
That is completely ridiculous given the current pace of the game.
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They didn’t have a big schedule issue because, unlike Huntsville and the Alaska schools, for example, both teams were in established leagues.
They just don’t want to spend the money on it. They’re not in financially great shape as an institution, I think. I suspect they may be trying to sell the sports complex that has the rink. It’s more of a community rink rather than an arena, as I understand it.
If the idea was to get Pittsburgh excited about college hockey and thereby build RMU’s brand recognition, I don’t think they really did that.
They’re going to still have a football team somehow, but they play in that gray area between D1 and D2. Technically they are in FCS but don’t offer the full allotment of scholarships.
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