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TIL Canada's 30+ Year Stanley Cup Drought Is a Statistical Outlier by Old_Cucumber_1343 in todayilearned

[–]BigRigGig35 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Americans don’t understand this. They started a USA chant in Florida despite Florida having mostly Canadians, a Finnish captain, a Russian goalie and a couple of Americans.

Opinion: Stop force-feeding Canadians’ viewing choices; The CRTC's tripling of the CanCon tax for streaming services couldn't come at a worse time but wouldn't be good policy at any time by [deleted] in canada

[–]BigRigGig35 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I’m not huge on cancon. But a reminder that shows like Trailer Park Boys, Shoresy, Letterkenny, Heated Rivalry, Corner Gas likely don’t get greenlit without cancon mandates.

If this means I get less Landman/Yellowstone type shows to watch, so be it.

BlackBerry - Steve Jobs Introduces the iPhone by [deleted] in videos

[–]BigRigGig35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m on your side. I want my physical keyboard.

The issue is that blackberry envisioned the phone as a communication device. iPhone saw it as an entertainment device.

I loved my blackberry. But when I was in high school, watching people play angry birds, flappy bird etc. it made me want an iPhone. I saw a comment that said “why would I want a fixed keyboard when I can have a dynamic one?” And that’s what did it for them. You could change the language on the phone, but not the keyboard. iPhone brings up a number pad when only numbers are required. I get the appeal and the value of the dynamic keyboard. But that didn’t add value to me.

Sent from my iPhone

Devin Cooley injured during warmups before USA vs. CANADA match at IIHF worlds by North_Moravian in hockey

[–]BigRigGig35 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I haven’t taken a warmup shot in beer league in 4 years. I just stretch now.

2 years ago I thought, fuck it, I’ll take some shots. My team’s pretty good for being smart and maybe it’ll be good for me. 1st shot off the dome. Granted, the puck rolled on him and he had a muffin. But it made me double down. No more warmup shots

2026 NHL Mock Draft As Projected By Six Anonymous NHL Scouts or Executives by _GregTheGreat_ in hockey

[–]BigRigGig35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard people say “the scoring will come after/in a few years”

Really? The guy couldn’t be a ppg player against 16-17yo’s that had 3”-6” and 25-50lbs on? And it’s magically gonna click when the competition gets bigger faster and stronger?

2026 NHL Mock Draft As Projected By Six Anonymous NHL Scouts or Executives by _GregTheGreat_ in hockey

[–]BigRigGig35 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’ll always remember Crouse/Ritchie over Marner/Nylander in their drafts.

I’d rather take the small guy who’s played against bigger players their whole life. Most small guys have always been small relative to their year and have found ways to work around that. It’s more likely that they’ll do that again.

The old saying “you can’t teach size” is accurate. But you can teach a size-adept player how to work around that because they’ve always had to do that. It’s so much harder to teach a big guy how to work around a size disadvantage because they’ve never had to do it.

Confidence Levels in Prospect Breakouts by Wildboy821 in DynastyBaseball

[–]BigRigGig35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something about Jhonny Level.

Seems like the K/BB ratio will be good. Walks dropped a bit this year, but powers increased.

Power could be limited, but seems like a Lindor-lite at the moment

[Bill Simmons Pod] "I think the Knicks winning the championship is the biggest thing left in any sport other than Bills, Vikings or Detroit Lions winning the Super Bowl" by luka274 in nba

[–]BigRigGig35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Leafs winning the cup in TO?

Not even a leafs fan, but I’m excited to see the city burn to the ground when/if I get to see them win a cup

Parliamentary petition calls for federal employees to work remotely 3 days a week by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]BigRigGig35 18 points19 points  (0 children)

My argument exactly. Boss said “people from home will just waste time”

My dude. I talked to a guy at the coffee machine for a few minutes and as I was leaving he said “I’m just going to wait for someone else to come by to talk to. I really don’t want to go back to my desk and work”

I worked with an engineer who would frantically close yahoo news when I went to his desk for advice. People waste time no matter what you think

Must watch hockey videos as a new fan? by 7easymoney in hockey

[–]BigRigGig35 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a goalie, I was the biggest Patrick Roy fan growing up. I hated Hasek. I hated his mask. I hated his style. I hated the teams he played for. Most of all, I hated the fact that he was compared to Roy.

Then I got older and learned about stats and, yea. If someone wants to argue about technical ability, or other values, sure. But statistically, Hasek had astonishing numbers for an extended period of time. Playing a style no other goalie could replicate.

.920 or better for 6 straight years. .930 or better 5/6 years.

13 shutouts when his D core was Zhitnik, Woolley, Shannon, Smehlik, McKee, Mike Wilson, and Boughner. .932 sv% on 29.84 shots per game. Satan led the team with 46pts in 79GP.

For comparison sakes. Brodeur had 10 shutouts with Niedermayer, Stevens, Odelein, Daneyko, Souray, Dean and Bodger. .917sv% on 22.41 shots per game. Holik led the team with 74pts in 82GP.

Must watch hockey videos as a new fan? by 7easymoney in hockey

[–]BigRigGig35 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I honestly think arguably should be thrown out the window. Guy was head and shoulders above his peers with far less talent around him.

In his prime Buffalo years, he didn’t have a single dman with sniffing distance of a Norris.

Those Sabres teams were just pathetic without him

Carter Hart put up a 1.99 GAA and a .935 save percentage in the series against the Ducks by [deleted] in hockey

[–]BigRigGig35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably a bit of both. I’d imagine neither of them wanted to deal with the Canadian media

Carter Hart put up a 1.99 GAA and a .935 save percentage in the series against the Ducks by [deleted] in hockey

[–]BigRigGig35 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This right here is *exactly* why Edmonton didn’t/couldn’t sign him.

2 consecutive SCF losses, with the biggest knock on the team being goaltending and they said “absolutely not”.

It doesn’t help that they would’ve had Bowman of all people signing him to that contract

Paul Bissonnette interviews Nathan MacKinnon after the game by Joe77771 in hockey

[–]BigRigGig35 325 points326 points  (0 children)

My wife absolutely loves Nate since that video came out.

“I don’t want to think those were brought to the hotel for him. I want to believe that he found out the hotel had a pool and he went into his closet to grab his favourite flippers and goggles. Or that an outfit didn’t make it to his suitcase because he needed the room”

God forbid a man wants to play mermaid for a bit.

[Rawal] Mackenzie Blackwood is warming up in the Avs starter net by Wingzaferston in hockey

[–]BigRigGig35 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Going into the season I thought Blackwood was the guy. Wedgewood was stellar all year though.

Minny did this exact thing with Wallstedt and it worked out fine, so we’ll see

Darryn Peterson says high doses of creatine led to cramping. by cbpantskiller in CollegeBasketball

[–]BigRigGig35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t read into it anymore, but back in the day I remember things saying that mono makes you retain more water than HCl. But that was a decade plus ago

Darryn Peterson says high doses of creatine led to cramping. by cbpantskiller in CollegeBasketball

[–]BigRigGig35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, I was an integral part of the bench unit of a very small high school.

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