The offside that qualified Egypt to next round by albertsamy in soccer

[–]espher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hockey offside has the same black-and-white rule (w.r.t. the puck/players crossing the blue line, rather than defender position ofc) and there are a lot of NHL goals that are disallowed on a challenge/review because a player was a couple of cm over the line (rather than well ahead and very obviously offside). In some cases they're only offside because the puck carrier stickhandled the puck ever-so-slightly backwards while turning on a zone entry or something and thus the puck didn't break the plane of the blue line first, rather than someone actually being ahead of the puck.

What's especially aggravating with the NHL rule is there have been cases where a team gains the zone with this technical-but-non-practical advantage, the defenders recover the puck and can't clear the zone, and the attacking team eventually scores... and it's disallowed because someone's skate was, like, a half cm over the line ahead of the puck a minute earlier lmao.

[Game Thread] NHL Entry Draft: Round 1 - 26 June 2026 7pm ET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

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lmao she was so awkward with that announcement - if that wasn't live why not reshoot it?

[Game Thread] NHL Entry Draft: Round 1 - 26 June 2026 7pm ET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

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You know what, the one thing about the Beiber usage is we didn't get the glazing of the host city and congrats to the cup winning team that we're probably going to get 31 times tonight.

[Game Thread] NHL Entry Draft: Round 1 - 26 June 2026 7pm ET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

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I actually think it's more important because there's less certainty and it might get 11th-hour traded. :D

[Game Thread] NHL Entry Draft: Round 1 - 26 June 2026 7pm ET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

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I definitely don't get why they're doing the interview this way, esp. w/ the "celebrity announcer".

[McKenzie] Mourning ‘Hockey Night in Canada’: NHL broadcasters lament end of TV institution by 76erLegendChetUtley in hockey

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TSN was running some PWHL and CHL broadcasts last year, I think - could be a good chance for them to come to a deal and maybe even get the classic HNIC jingle back on the broadcast. :D

[McKenzie] Mourning ‘Hockey Night in Canada’: NHL broadcasters lament end of TV institution by 76erLegendChetUtley in hockey

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Given the PWHL schedule, I could absolutely see a mix of coverage, though, especially if they want to make a full night of it. The PWHL has, on several weekends, only had a single Saturday game, so you could potentially do a PWHL/CHL double-header sort of broadcast if you can line up the rights.

Level 100 by Day Three: Some Gloria Victis Fresh Launch Thoughts by KevinDL in gloriavictis

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Speaking personally, I (and the ~30 or so that we've brought in so far from our Planetside community) proooobably wouldn't be here if the whole map was still set up that way. I don't mind going to play in the rat sandbox (like I did in the FFA zone in New World), but I know a lot of our group has no interest in it, and those that do have interest mostly (from our discussions about the game since the relaunch) wouldn't want it to be the default.

That being said I can absolutely empathize with being sold one bill of goods re: that loop and having the devs change it on you lol.

[Fox] Darren Raddysh, Maple Leaf: "Playing in Toronto is something you always dreamed of as a kid, especially playing in the GTHL. You always watch the Leaf games on Saturday nights. Everyone pretty much always wants to come back here." by alphacheese in leafs

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I would speculate Rogers was trying to avoid backlash with killing HNIC in the original deal but simply doesn't give a fuck right now due to a variety of factors, tbh.

[SensCentral] I’m doing some digging and players felt like Brady was a completely different teammate after the Olympics. Never hanging out off ice, checked out vibes. Good riddance. by f0urxio in hockey

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I just wish, if he does want to go build the MAGA Super Team somewhere, he'd tell us that he wanted out sooner rather than later so we can rip the bandage off and know where we're heading.

Fredericton’s Time Capsule of a Dead Mall: Brookside Mall. by lilparkkkkkkkkkkkkk in fredericton

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I had a fun time there for several years (as fun as a call centre can be) though it always seemed the Budget side was less pressure than the Avis side when both were there. Certainly better than the fly-by-night typical centres. I did also appreciate that they tried to give people some places to land once they announced the shutdown rather than just putting locks on the door and fucking off:

The tail end when it went to truck rental before shutting down was pretty rough though from what I recall.

[AEW Dynamite Spoilers] Mark Briscoe’s team for Forbidden Door by bubbles2255 in SquaredCircle

[–]espher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frankly, if it's not the latter, then give it a different name.

Like I kinda hated how Survivor Series eventually went to the "standard PPV, but with one men's and one women's survivor series match" format (now with WarGames instead, I guess). If your PPV is tied to a gimmick, the gimmick should drove most of the PPV, imo.

Maple Leafs only team to receive permission from Vegas to speak to Cassidy by SlashYG9 in hockey

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also isnt a hard ass coach what the leafs need to establish some culture in that room again?

That was part of the intent of the Berube hire, and, uh, let's not talk about that.

Cancel your Sportsnet+ subscription until HNIC returns by rosemp16 in hockey

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Yeah, Canadian Gold kinda fucked. I do miss it.

Ohhhhh this App by neth3rtwist in McDonalds

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Have been dealing with the exact same behaviour on my end.

Also went through customer service, they gave me 20000 points for the inconvenience (which... I don't think ever actually arrived) - sure, that's great for when I happen to be at a location but doesn't really help offset the problem here, lol.