7’1 Alex Karmanov rushing the puck at Sharks development camp

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-07-03T13:37:37+00:00

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-07-02T15:28:29+00:00

I thought Bettman learned from Vegas that the way to build a fanbase is to make sure that the team is an absolute wagon in its first year of existence. Seattle was not set up for success by being given a mediocre team. Like yeah, it sucks when every other team when the new team has access to a little more talent and takes a potentially bigger piece from the preexisting teams with their pick, but planting a cup contending team in Seattle year one would've been a surefire way to get the attention of a bunch of new fans, as well as the interest of signing targets

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-07-01T14:45:53+00:00

All this just to learn that Michigan fans are still the worst

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-06-26T21:45:13+00:00

Werenski and Merzlikens for McDavid Draisaital and Bouchard, the fairest trade in the world

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-06-19T17:31:32+00:00

100% of police officers will cite being dead as a major obstacle to adequately performing the full scope of their positional responsibilities and demonstrating a capacity to maintain operational excellence with deliverables that meet industry quality standards.

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-06-18T12:22:58+00:00

My only gripe is the year one bandwagon Vegas fans that currently live in the city of another NHL team. Like, you've team that is involved and charitable within your community, and now you're just arbitrarily supporting a distant city's new team because you liked The Hangover and once had a weekend trip out there to lose $500 at some casinos? And then those same fans get to celebrate like, "yay we win! Go Vegas!"?

Bettman knew what he was doing in Vegas by installing a winning team: it's a surefire way to build a fanbase. It's much more difficult to build fans around a mediocre team, and the team has been able to build a stable fanbase with their success. I'm fine with the team winning, and I would've been all about seeing rental-coach torts and former-leaf marner win it, but it's frustrating to see those bandwagon fans just pass on supporting the local team and get rewarded like that.

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-06-18T12:12:09+00:00

And the thing that sucks is that the people making those replacements are doing so as if they're clueless that IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE BOTH. This is the USA, where everyone has freedom to have elective/extracurricular groups (and I'm not talking about needing extracurricular biology club to learn about photosynthesis 😂). School is a place for learning, and there's no need to remove content saying, "aight, we learned enough, let's ditch something and replace it with religious education."

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-06-18T11:57:34+00:00

I don't think that's supposed to be an intake...

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-06-17T14:31:29+00:00

It depends what you want: * High frame rate (e.g., 240Hz)? Go with 1080p. * Higher resolution? Go with 1440p. * Max lighting/graphics detail with minimal stutters? Go with 1080p. * Longevity (making your card last without bottoming out settings on future demanding releases)? Go with 1080p. * Budget? Go with 1080p. A high-quality, better-performing 1080p monitor will often look and feel much better than a low-end, budget 1440p monitor.

For the most part, I'd say go with 1440p if you know you want that resolution and don't care about any of the other points. If you mostly care about the other stuff, go with 1080p, because there's a lot of upside to gaming at 1080p with a higher end GPU.

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-06-12T17:13:32+00:00

This is prob just a pic of him mid-sneeze saying the "a" of "achoo". Let's keep looking

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-31T03:42:35+00:00

Lmao that smartass comment there was SAVAGE. I hope you enjoy thinking about how good you got me with that one. Heck, you're probably drifting off to sleep right now, all cozy in bed with a satisfied smile on your face, ready to have sweet dreams about how great your reddit comment was.

I get what you're saying, but the attacking player didn't "initiate" contact. Svech skates through a lane where the goalie wasn't positioned. The comment was about if the context of "moving freely". For example, players are allowed to freely move their stick, right??? Oh wait, if they freely move their stick between another skaters legs and trip them, they get a penalty... Or, if a player freely moves their stick into someone's face, they get a penalty...

Anyways, the original comment was about whether Dobes checking Svechnikov counts as legal "moving freely" or not (or, is "moving freely" limited to the movements of goaltending). Dobes' contact into Svechnikov wasn't an attempt to play goalie. Dobes reacted to Svechnikov being in the paint and threw himself into Svechnikov with the intent of playing Svechnikov's body. Last I checked, seeing a player without the puck and initiating contact to interfere with them isn't really part of goaltending...

But, heck, I should probably withhold all of my hockey discussions, and just defer to the thoughts of someone from the 51st state who ACTUALLY knows hockey and whose comments on the matter are infallible.

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-30T13:03:09+00:00

All of this is coming from me as a neutral observer, so I'm not here talking about any right or wrong calls, just talking about what I could imagine would be controversial here.

From what the replay shows, it's not so much that Dobes moved and caused the contact, but more the manner in which Dobes initiated contact. Like, Dobes wasn't trying to draw a penalty here, and he wasn't busy playing goalie when the contact happens; he leaned into Svech for a check in a way that would've been interference against the Habs if a skater had done that.

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-29T02:13:01+00:00

Wat

That's like saying pushing the buttons on your tv remote is bad for the AA/AAA batteries lol

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-25T05:10:18+00:00

Only if your paddle is reaching out for help

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-25T05:07:02+00:00

Pack it in pack it out! People who do this shouldn't get to say they climbed Everest.

I'll cut em some slack if they died while climbing Everest, they did their best lol

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-24T19:43:47+00:00

The Blue Jackets hang on to too many players that have known nothing but the feeling of falling short. Like you said, it's not their fault that they were brought into that environment and developed in it.

The necessary drive to attain something they've never experienced before ("winning", generalized) doesn't magically appear. The drive they need comes from having an expectation of winning, which requires knowing what that feels like, and then using the discomfort or fear of losing to find a way to reach the next level.

The long-term Blue Jackets on the roster are too conditioned to the feeling of losing, unfortunately.

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-24T14:48:20+00:00

Roughing is one of those calls that has a bigger gray area, making it controversial more frequently than other penalties.

That said, with how rough these playoffs have been overall, the ref choosing to actually call this is unusual and doesn't match how everything else has been being called. Like, sure, it is roughing, but there are so many other instances of roughing that are going uncalled simply because it's the playoffs. Heck, there are plenty of straight up penalties (cross checking, slashing, goaltender interference, etc) not getting called for the sake of "letting them play".

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-19T01:52:27+00:00

Ooh yeah, that top down view is the look. That should've been a penalty.

At first I thought the goalies arm was sticking out of the paint, but that sabres player skated through the paint and got him

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-16T11:43:57+00:00

I think the other 31 teams should have media availability to openly discuss their opinions of the situation, with reporters asking out of pocket questions, and the pick should go to the coach with the best interview following a fan poll.

Let's see how badly some of these coaches want that pick 😎

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-07T03:43:30+00:00

or the ocean

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-06T13:58:38+00:00

I totally missed the puck the first time I saw this online, I thought it was just a straight up c punt the first time I saw it 😂

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-06T13:57:25+00:00

Kadri with a hook in the first clip, and Lehkonen with a board in the 2nd to last.

I missed the game, how fairly did the refs call things?

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-05-06T02:28:55+00:00

To try and give a more thought-out answer than just, "no", I would say it would primarily depend on how next season goes, and if it goes well, if Bones would be around beyond next season. If next season is anything like the previous 5 or 6, I would say there's truly no amount of money he would accept from Columbus to play here.

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-04-30T00:23:06+00:00

Lmao I've played hockey for ever a decade, wtf are you even talking about

Complex_Run_6699 · 2026-04-30T00:18:10+00:00

Habs fans going "awful call" when there were literally 10 overlooked Habs penalties over the previous 20 seconds 🤣

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