Pittsburgh Penguins get first pick

#1 07-22-2005, 05:36 PM

Who exactly are the Pittsburgh Penguins again? What sport is that?

#2 07-22-2005, 05:38 PM

OK seriously for just a minute. If there are any NHL fans still out there ... thoughts on the new shootout rule? I hate it. Nothing wrong with a tie. One of the proposals was that if they were still tied after 4-on-4 they would play five minutes of 3-on-3 before a shootout. I would have much preferred that.

Patrick del Poker Grande · #3 07-22-2005, 05:39 PM

Shoot-outs are not hockey. That is all there is to say.

CollinEstes · #4 07-22-2005, 05:42 PM

Glad to see that a fairly big market team is going to get the Next Gretzy (don't remember his name) But then again I live in Houston and just remember I don't care about hockey.

tech · #5 07-22-2005, 05:51 PM

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Pittsburgh is a big hockey market? Weren't they one of the teams whining about the problems with the old system?

#6 07-22-2005, 05:56 PM

Actually, for the NHL I think Pittsburgh is probably one of the best places Crosby could have landed, at least for financial reasons. Pittsburgh has been on the brink of folding for a few years, and probably would have folded if not for Lemieux saving it. If Crosby is everything they say he is, he will revitalize that team and its fan base, to the extent hockey can be revitalized. His arrival in Pittsburgh probably added 2 years on to Lemieux's career, assuming his back holds up. Having him and Crosby on the same ice for a few years will be exciting and a good marketing pitch for them.

razor · #7 07-23-2005, 10:07 PM

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If it's important enough to have non-tie results, then it's important enough to do right. Deciding the result of a hockey game based on something that isn't hockey is not doing it right.

#8 07-23-2005, 10:13 PM

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Shoot-outs are not hockey. That is all there is to say.

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If it's important enough to have non-tie results, then it's important enough to do right. Deciding the result of a hockey game based on something that isn't hockey is not doing it right.

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I guess I just don't see the problem with a tie. I've been to many games that ended in a tie, and (1) thought they were great games, and (2) was happy that at least my team didn't lose.

Triumph36 · #9 07-23-2005, 11:30 PM

Some ties are like that - I'd put that number at around 20%. You can say, "Neither team deserved to lose that game."

But most ties, you can pick a clear loser - a team that got outshot and outhustled all game, but their goalie and a few lucky bounces kept them in it.

Ideally there'd be sudden death in the regular season. I don't really like the idea of shootouts, either. But no other sport would put up with this many games having no conclusion. There has to be some kind of solution.

IggyWH · #10 07-23-2005, 10:33 PM

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Shoot-outs are not hockey. That is all there is to say.

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If it's important enough to have non-tie results, then it's important enough to do right. Deciding the result of a hockey game based on something that isn't hockey is not doing it right.

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Obviously you don't know hockey because the XVII Winter Games Gold hockey match between Sweden & Canada had one of the best endings EVER in sports.

Couple guys you may have heard of were involved in the last shots of the shootout, Forsberg scored and then Kariya was stopped for the Sweden win.