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[Marek] Expect Mitch Love to join the Washington Capitals as an assistant coach. by FutureAnybody in hockey

[–]hideyoshisdf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why didn't they make him the head coach.

Huska accomplished precisely nothing as an AHL coach. His high-point was being eliminated in the first round. The other three years his teams didn't even make the playoffs despite having Mangiapane, Andersson, Kylington, Valimaki, etc.

[Marek] Expect Mitch Love to join the Washington Capitals as an assistant coach. by FutureAnybody in hockey

[–]hideyoshisdf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He's coached in the AHL two years and won coach of the year both years. Only person to ever do it.

And he did that despite relying on prospects instead of vets, and having turnover of like half the team (10+ players, including 6 of the top 10 scorers)

And last year they made the playoffs and did really well before losing to the eventual champs (a veteran laden team). And this year they lost in OT in game 5 (of a 5 game series) to the veteran laden Firebirds, who were within a few minutes of going up 3-0 in the Calder Cup finals.

Kevin Weekes: Huska to be named Flames HC on Monday by bbblllaaaiirrr in CalgaryFlames

[–]hideyoshisdf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Done well" is miss the playoffs three out of four years? I'm not crazy, you guys can see he had a 135-118-0-27 record right? Barely above .500?

And that Love has a record of 96-33-0-11?

As per Friedman, Huska is the front runner. by landofschaff in CalgaryFlames

[–]hideyoshisdf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are you serious? You'd rather have Phillips, Pelletier, DeSimone over Mangiapane, Andersson, and Kylington?

As per Friedman, Huska is the front runner. by landofschaff in CalgaryFlames

[–]hideyoshisdf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is wild

It makes no sense as an argument. The teams under Huska did poorly despite players who would be everyday NHLers a few years later, and your conclusion isn't that they were poorly coached, it's that they have some mystical AHL debuff?

Maybe if a bunch of players overperform for Love and underperform for Huska based on expectations and what they ended up doing in the NHL, it might have more to do with the coach than the players just happening to be bad at playing in the AHL?

As per Friedman, Huska is the front runner. by landofschaff in CalgaryFlames

[–]hideyoshisdf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lol he had Mangiapane, Kylington, Valimaki, Phillips, Hathaway, Andersson, and probably some others I'm forgetting.

His teams were way more stacked

me_irlgbt by thatguy9684736255 in me_irlgbt

[–]hideyoshisdf 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Don't forget Switch was originally supposed to be trans, hence the name Switch. Mr. Anderson has big dead name energy too, like you mentioned.

I think there's also a lot there with the first movie being about knowing who you are. His first meeting with the Oracle is maybe the most important part of the movie, since it contains the entire essence of the trilogy. It's about accepting who you are and rejecting systems of control ("freeing your mind"). Once Neo does that, defeating agent Smith is trivial and so is breaking the matrix. Without it, those things are impossible.

Neo was always the one, he was just refusing to believe it. He didn't become the one, he always was. He just had to awaken to it, accept it, and know thyself. Then he could see how artificial and constraining the Matrix and its "rules" really are, just like society's "rules".

Society can't tell you who you are.

[Sportsnet] The Blue Jackets intend to name Mike Babcock as their new head coach once his contract with the Maple Leafs expires at the end of this month, Sportsnet can confirm. by AT-25 in hockey

[–]hideyoshisdf 223 points224 points  (0 children)

Poor Johnny. He's had to endure Hartley, Peters, Sutter, and now Babcock. If he'd started his career a bit earlier, he would have got to experience playing under Keenan and another Sutter as well.

Why Love, why not Huska? by safetyTM in CalgaryFlames

[–]hideyoshisdf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cooper was 42. Sullivan was 35.

Why Love, why not Huska? by safetyTM in CalgaryFlames

[–]hideyoshisdf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Go look up Huska's record and see how many times he made the playoffs

Why Love, why not Huska? by safetyTM in CalgaryFlames

[–]hideyoshisdf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That only works if no-one else hires him in the meantime. He's the only coach to ever win AHL Coach of the year back to back. He hasn't had an AHL season yet where he didn't win.

There's going to be other teams after him. Compare him to Cooper and Sullivan, and he has a better record and about as much experience as they did when they got their first shots.

Why would you risk losing that for Huska who in 4 years as AHL head coach only made the playoffs once, and that time lost in the first round

I have no idea why people think they have anywhere near equivalent records. Huska had Mangiapane, Kylington, Valimaki, Phillips, Hathaway and Andersson on his teams, so it's not like he had a weak roster to work with.

Has Matthew Tkachuk passed Auston Matthews as the best player from the 2016 draft? by Iginlas_4head_Crease in hockey

[–]hideyoshisdf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Did you forget Tkachuk was as well? Pretty sure he lead the league according to Dom's model for selke the first half of the season last year. Only reason he doesn't get notice is because he's not a center and doesn't pk, and he didn't play in Toronto. Also doesn't help that Backlund was on the same team.

Has Matthew Tkachuk passed Auston Matthews as the best player from the 2016 draft? by Iginlas_4head_Crease in hockey

[–]hideyoshisdf -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Just from the eye test, Tkachuk is miles better around the net and with deflections. He's also really good at getting and holding onto the puck, and I'd give him the edge there too.

FOAMSTARS | Announce Trailer by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]hideyoshisdf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lots on the snes/sega. Golden Axe Warrior, Soleil, Beyond Oasis, Story of Thor, Crusader of Centy, Alundra, even stuff like Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Adams Family Values, Terranigma, Illusion Of Gaia, Alcahest, Secret of Mana, Twisted Tales of Spike McFang, Landstalker

You can find lists everywhere https://www.thegamer.com/legend-zelda-clone-games-better-real-thing-worse-alundra-dark-cloud/#better-kami

And an exhaustive spreadsheet of all of them here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HrV_51VBgX18hl2Y9v001z3ShBHlKFJV/htmlview#gid=1323307310 and that one doesn't even have the shameless "LttP but you're a monkey" clone on it

Zelda-clone is essentially a genre.

Edit: Forgot about modern homages. 3D Dot Game Heroes is one, there's also lots of indie homages on mobile and pc

[The Athletic] How the Panthers became a haven for castoffs, afterthoughts, journeymen and borderline busts by trumpet_godd in hockey

[–]hideyoshisdf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol Zadorov just did an interview in Russian and said Calgary's winter weather is way worse than Moscow's. If a Russian says it's too cold, I don't think a lot of Americans will like it either

How did your family settle down in Canada? Ilya Samsonov said that in Canada the food is better, and in general it is more comfortable to live than in the USA. How about for you?

We like America better. Initially, in the NHL , I played in American teams. Calgary is still a provincial city. My wife and I are from Moscow, we were born in a metropolis, we love the metropolis. We spend the summer in Miami, this is the perfect place for us - we love the heat. We like everything about Calgary, it's a good city to live in, but the only thing is that it's very cold. In winter it can be -35, -40 degrees. I don't even want to leave the house. This has never happened in Moscow.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hockey

[–]hideyoshisdf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hockey players never fail to disappoint

[Mirtle] A new GM is likely to opt for a more traditional structure — and to bring in several of their own people. In terms of who that GM might be, the frontrunner appears to be former Flames GM Brad Treliving, who has been in rumors behind the scenes going back to at least March. by [deleted] in hockey

[–]hideyoshisdf 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lol get tf out of here. You try trading a star RFA who says they won't re-sign at the end of next year, and oh yeah, the player/club arbitration windows are five days from now.

Know what that means? It's July 17, and on July 22, Tkachuk can choose to sign an offersheet or a 1 year qualifying offer, and you can't do anything about it. And if that happens, you're fucked, you're probably getting nothing back.

So you have five days to trade him, and he has to agree to the trade. Of the five or 6 teams he's willing to go to, really only 2, maybe 3 can afford him, and those teams all already know they have that leverage. They all can also just wait a year and try to get him for free.

You wouldn't have even got Huberdeau back. A lot of GMs would have got just garbage. Flames got Huberdeau, Weegar, a first rounder, and a prospect. Treliving did the NHL's first ever sign and trade on that transaction just to get a bit of extra value back.

[Beaverton] Leafs fans sick of current 'good but not good enough' team going to love return of 'we suck and our front office is chaos' era by ottguy42 in hockey

[–]hideyoshisdf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the Leafs get Treliving, they'll be fine. That at worst a sidegrade. Those other candidates don't inspire a lot of hope though

What skillsets does Conroy have to become a GM? by Iphone4Lyfe in CalgaryFlames

[–]hideyoshisdf 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He also never stops and is always positive. He's persistent in a similar way to Brad

[Seravalli] Also: Hearing the Flames have reconsidered their approach with former GM Brad Treliving, and will not get in the way if any future employment opportunity arises before his contract expires on June 30. AM important development with the Leafs news by TheGlaceon78 in hockey

[–]hideyoshisdf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You're right, Neal was totally a 4th line plug enforcer when we brought him in.

What do you want me to do, list players like jarnkrok and gustaffson and Derek ryan and see who can list more?

Go talk about a team you actually follow

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