Yeah, I'm usually pretty near the top of those pickems. I'm pretty awesome. But my system involves not picking hard favored road teams, and picking many high spread road dogs.

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Hey Chus can I play this year?

I was diehard all year.

For those looking for the hatthe payers where wearing up until victory it is in the Center Ice collection I believe it is the Draft night hat?

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Sure. I will give everybody the info when yahoo opens up the NFL pickem. Most likely sometime in July or August.

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Babcock has won just 1 stanley Cup.

Chalk was the Rangers.

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I must have missed my invite.

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As usual your assumptions about me are wrong. I really dont understand your angst with me.
I watch 2 - 3 non Hawks ganes each week during the season. I'm a long time hockey gay going back to the mid 1970's. Hockey suspassed football as my favorite sport years ago.

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I was just about to post something similar to this. I know a lot of guys in hockey town who said good riddance when Babcock left. Many people there feel that he failed with a few teams that should have won.

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You can argue Babcock and Q either way all day. There is a shelf lif for coaches as well or else Riley would be with Lakers and Phil with Bulls. As for Q I will just go numbers. He is number 3 all time.

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No problem!. I'll save you a seat for the next few years as we will be making this trip a few more times.

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You have way too much time on your hands.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

How many would he have if he had the Hawks roster? More cups means better coach? You really should consider quitting while your behind.



The Hawks were 6/1. That's chalk.

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It was posted in the fantasy section. You managed to find the golf invite. I wasn't excluding anybody.

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I am goofing with you.

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They are usually on point, and this is no exception.


It's a message board. Opinions are voiced. Some people will agree with you, some will disagree. If you don't like being called out, then stop Scoreheading.




I know people who have been watching sports for decades, and still don't have a clue about them. You sound like a caller to B&B.

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Didn't happen.



He won a cup, and got to another final.

Which years should he have won? If you watched hockey as much as you claim, then you would understand how many injury plagued seasons they endured. It was an unbelievable feat to even get to the playoffs with some of the jokers that they were putting on the ice. And this is coming from a Red Wings fan.

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Scorehead got it so very right.....

...and peeps can't fuckin' stand it.

It took five minutes. I find simple addition to be very easy.

I was asked to provide proof to back up my statement, so I did. You should try that sometime, instead of making grand proclamations, based on nothing more than your personal feelings and prejudices.

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Honestly, I dont really care enough to do so.

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I will make sure that I personally invite you this year.

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Peeps is back? I love that guy.

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Maybe not good riddance, but I picked up a certain feeling of resignation about it, like he took the team as far as he was going to take it and even the best coaches have expiration dates, so so long and thanks for all the fish. At any rate, Babcock had the Red Wings playing with a level of artistry and awareness that just didn't look like the way most other teams played, and not only that, he'd been doing it with a procession of AHL callups and graduates who, while talented, were a far cry from their blank-check glory days. Guy fuckin' loved him some Dan Cleary, though; I'll never get that as long as I live.

The way I see it, NHL coaching breaks down roughly thus:

Elite: Babcock, Quenneville, Sutter
Very good: Laviolette (borderline elite), Hartley, Julien, Cooper, Vigneault
Pretty good: Bylsma, McLellan, Therrien, DeBoer, Yeo, Boudreau, Maurice
Probably not going to add any net value: whoever else I didn't name
GTFO of the league forever: Tortorella, Oates

That sound about right?

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It is almost as you copied my ideas CH.

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It was no secret that he wanted to coach in Toronto.



This is what Scorehead fails to understand. It's all black and white with him. Three cups > one cup. After the injuries, and the retirement of Lidstrom, Babcock had Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Franzen, and a bunch of Grand Rapids Griffins for a few years. Q wouldn't have won three cups with those teams.



He loved him some Todd Bertuzzi, as well. He was routinely playing on the top line, and getting out there in shootouts.



I can't break down NHL coaches like you can.

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You forgot about your guys Dave Tippett, Ken Hitchcock and Barry Trotz

They probably deserve their own section with Therrien. Their brand of hockey sucks but they provide a floor of competency for their teams (unless they're actively tanking like PHX). Call it "Competent" or something.

I don't know what to make of Lindy Ruff.

Ruff is good. His teams play hard for him and he's had some success with less than elite rosters.

Ruff is a poor strategist but excellent motivator. That describes Ted Nolan, but Ted Nolan doesn't belong in the NHL. Kinda feeling the same way about Tippett lately. I don't think there's a place for a coach as youth-averse as he is. The Coyotes are gonna fuck up their entire rebuild, watch. They just pushed someone out of their ownership group for wanting a full-scale rebuild. They're goin' bum-shopping.

I had Trotz and Hitchcock in mind for "adds no net value."

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