- mdw7413

Looks like you're having some sort of electrical issue, might want to get that looked at

Looks like you're having some sort of electrical issue, might want to get that looked at
- eichiefs9

One of my 2 hamsters died


FL gonna sweep the SCF? Crazy how they are shutting down every teams PP.

Do they just want the naming rights? "Washington Cap Friendly"
- tbreinold

Like most, I can't figure out exactly what Washington's angle is here. Maybe they just want to remove something that's an asset for the rest of the teams in the league. Maybe they want whoever owns/runs CF to be their internal cap guy. I have no clue. Doesn't seem like CF has any sort of actual proprietary software/IP that would revolutionize anything for a team

One of my 2 hamsters died


FL gonna sweep the SCF? Crazy how they are shutting down every teams PP.
- mdw7413

I didn't get a chance to watch the first game, but I still think this one goes at least 6. But I wouldn't fall off my chair in shock if they won in 5 either, they're so good. Frankly, I don't care who wins. I love the Oilers and I would also love to see Okposo get a Cup with Florida.

I didn't get a chance to watch the first game, but I still think this one goes at least 6. But I wouldn't fall off my chair in shock if they won in 5 either, they're so good. Frankly, I don't care who wins. I love the Oilers and I would also love to see Okposo get plastic surgery.
- eichiefs9

- fixed (unlike Kyle's nose)

I didn't get a chance to watch the first game, but I still think this one goes at least 6. But I wouldn't fall off my chair in shock if they won in 5 either, they're so good. Frankly, I don't care who wins. I love the Oilers and I would also love to see Okposo get a Cup with Florida.
- eichiefs9

Yeah, I don't care who wins either way, but rooting for FL. I can't believe how they played that style basically from day 1 without significant injuries or just the whole team getting tired. Pretty freaking amazing

Like most, I can't figure out exactly what Washington's angle is here. Maybe they just want to remove something that's an asset for the rest of the teams in the league. Maybe they want whoever owns/runs CF to be their internal cap guy. I have no clue. Doesn't seem like CF has any sort of actual proprietary software/IP that would revolutionize anything for a team
- eichiefs9

It's that they can, for what probably amounts to a rounding error on their books, take a widely used tool by all teams front offices off the table so they can get even the tiniest of legs up for maybe one part of one offseason before each team gets up to speed and creates their own internal versions of it. Maybe they wanted to poach some of the people from the site to work for them too, who knows? But it's a temporary marginal benefit at best to the Capitals, a minor temporary detriment to 31 other teams, and a huge loss to us.

Yeah, I don't care who wins either way, but rooting for FL. I can't believe how they played that style basically from day 1 without significant injuries or just the whole team getting tired. Pretty freaking amazing
- mdw7413

There's just not a hole anywhere on that roster. They can roll any line/pairing and I'm not watching them going "uh oh, so-and-so is on the ice let's see what happens". They're built for playoff success and it's showing.

- mdw7413

It's that they can, for what probably amounts to a rounding error on their books, take a widely used tool by all teams front offices off the table so they can get even the tiniest of legs up for maybe one part of one offseason before each team gets up to speed and creates their own internal versions of it. Maybe they wanted to poach some of the people from the site to work for them too, who knows? But it's a temporary marginal benefit at best to the Capitals, a minor temporary detriment to 31 other teams, and a huge loss to us.
- picklerick

It just baffles me that teams are so reliant on it. For the cost of, to steal your words, a rounding error I feel like teams could build an in-house version of CF for their own personal use. Relying on open-source data to run a professional sports franchise seems kind of irresponsible.

I would have thought that teams had a central access to that kind of information but now I'm assuming I thought wrong.

There's just not a hole anywhere on that roster. They can roll any line/pairing and I'm not watching them going "uh oh, so-and-so is on the ice let's see what happens". They're built for playoff success and it's showing.
- eichiefs9

Too bad JRR wasn't playing for the Rangers, he could find a hole anywhere....


For me. they aren't even an unlikable team, except for Lumberg and Rodrigues. Maurice is freaking hilarious.

One of my 2 hamsters died


FL gonna sweep the SCF? Crazy how they are shutting down every teams PP.
- mdw7413

Florida is a great team that is built to win the cup. But the biggest thing the Rangers should take away from FLA's success this season is that if you take an extraordinary amount of penalties throughout the regular season you can actually be even more egregious with those roughing/interference type plays in the playoffs while getting called for almost none of it because.. for some reason

Too bad JRR wasn't playing for the Rangers, he could find a hole anywhere....


For me. they aren't even an unlikable team, except for Lumberg and Rodrigues. Maurice is freaking hilarious.
- mdw7413

That's just because he has the gloryhole locator app on his phone

Cousins seems to have cleaned up his act, but he was about as unlikeable as it got for me earlier this year. But yeah, for the most part they don't really have anyone that you absolute loathe anywhere on the roster.

NHL allowing Capfriendly to die. Sad. We trade any of the core yet?

Florida is a great team that is built to win the cup. But the biggest thing the Rangers should take away from FLA's success this season is that if you take an extraordinary amount of penalties throughout the regular season you can actually be even more egregious with those roughing/interference type plays in the playoffs while getting called for almost none of it because.. for some reason
- picklerick

Happens every year since Ive been watching hockey. Playoff reffing..

Happens every year since Ive been watching hockey. Playoff reffing..


- mdw7413

right but i'm more talking about the being a very good team in the regular season (which we are) whilst taking a ton of penalties so that once the playoffs roll around we get away with all of the bullpoop that Florida has been getting away with. It's like once you get that reputation the league's collective brain doesn't know how to handle it in the playoffs and just doesn't call it

One of my 2 hamsters died


FL gonna sweep the SCF? Crazy how they are shutting down every teams PP.
- mdw7413

Edmonton did outshoot them like 33-16 or something close to that. Tonight should be interesting. If they can get one past Bob early could open the flood gates

right but i'm more talking about the being a very good team in the regular season (which we are) whilst taking a ton of penalties so that once the playoffs roll around we get away with all of the bullpoop that Florida has been getting away with. It's like once you get that reputation the league's collective brain doesn't know how to handle it in the playoffs and just doesn't call it
- picklerick

Yeah, to some extent, the playoffs definitely help a much more penalized team during the regular season. Doubt it would have helped much for the Rangers . My biggest take aways from the playoffs, especially against FL, Rangers were way to slow to make passes in their D zone, which prolonged FL's forecheck. Once the PP stopped working it was pretty much over. 5V5 scoring has to be better next year, exactly cause of that PP reason.

Edmonton did outshoot them like 33-16 or something close to that. Tonight should be interesting. If they can get one past Bob early could open the flood gates
- TPC

Yeah, Oilers didn't play bad by any means. FL stopping their PP was impressive. Weren't the Oilers one of the top PP teams?

Yeah, Oilers didn't play bad by any means. FL stopping their PP was impressive. Weren't the Oilers one of the top PP teams?
- mdw7413

Yea pretty sure

NHL allowing Capfriendly to die. Sad. We trade any of the core yet?
- blacksheep1

Yes. We traded the win-o-meter for the give-a-fuck-o-meter.

Yeah, Oilers didn't play bad by any means. FL stopping their PP was impressive. Weren't the Oilers one of the top PP teams?
- mdw7413

THE top. In the playoffs, I mean.

THE top. In the playoffs, I mean.
- Tonybere

Yup. If FL can shut that down like they did against us, gonna be a struggle for the Oilers.

Yup. If FL can shut that down like they did against us, gonna be a struggle for the Oilers.
- mdw7413

I had to be up by 5am, so I only watched the first 40 minutes of game 1, but I saw the Oilers biggest problem as the Nurse/Ceci pairing. They were getting caved in.

Yes. We traded the win-o-meter for the give-a-fuck-o-meter.
- Tonybere

Rangers most likely will be on the wrong side of that too.