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  1. Laika
    Kind of surprising that they even signed him.
  2. Laika

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    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    He had f***ing hip surgery in December!!! He was probably "skating" like my grandma for the first few weeks. I don't understand the Stamkos point. Didn't Kucherov not play a single regular season game? Really, I think TB just "benefitted" from the timing of the injuries as far as the cap s*** goes. I actually would not care either way if there is a rule change. If the NHL wants to have the salary cap apply to the playoffs, that's fine. What I find disagreeable is that idea that Nikita Kucherov would willingly not play games for any extended period of time, if he was completely healthy. I don't think professional athletes think like that. Maybe he'd understand if the team said, hey sit out these last couple of games so we can squeeze the cap, but anything longer than that? The guy is chasing personal accomplishments and points totals, trying to climb up the career leaderboards and become a hall of famer, etc.
  3. Laika

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    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Man, people are literally saying that Kucherov agreed to stay on LTIR for additional weeks/months to help them circumvent the cap. That's a conspiracy theory. There's no other way to describe it.
  4. Laika

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    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    I agree that the salary cap is horrible. I f***ing hate it in hockey. For some reason it seems to not be as bad in basketball...
  5. Laika

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    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    It's what the fans want to see, mate. They want to see $11M in hockey talent sitting in the press box as soon as Connor returns. They demand it
  6. Laika
    I am prepared to blame the offense more than anything for last night. Spenser Watkins should have been pounded back to the minor leagues with the stuff he was offering but the Blue Jays took an awful lot of unprofessional hacks trying to end his career in one swing and they paid for it.
  7. Laika

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    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    How about we call it none of those things and label it appropriately: A non-issue that is becoming a borderline conspiracy theory due to the degenerative effects of social media.
  8. Laika
    I can't really understand hating on Montoyo for using Thornton. - Matz seems to be building up stamina again right now so it was reasonable to remove him after 68 pitches. Last outing he only threw 48. - Thornton has not been a complete/obvious disaster this year. HR rate is very high but the K and BB rates look fine. Big difference between his FIP and xFIP. He was a competent starter in 2019 so it is very reasonable for the organization to think that he will settle in as an above average middle relief option once the noise settles down. - Thornton is literally on the team to take the ball in situations like this when the starter can't go deep. It was the fifth inning. Toronto doesn't have 5 high leverage relievers to ride to the end of the game, even if they went to your favourite decent reliever in inning 5 they would have been hoping for clean innings from a couple of s***** arms later on. It had to be either Thornton or Anthony Kay to keep it close. There Kay's ERA was higher than Thornton's entering the game last night. The pen is weak but that's not Charlie's fault. stfu!
  9. Laika
    Boston has ONE reliever on the IL right now. They have been so remarkably lucky this season, it's really incredible.
  10. Laika
    Huh?
  11. Laika
    The O's suck. I think we win this
  12. Laika
    Jake Arrieta really shouldn't be in the majors anymore. We are reaching a level of late career sadness almost as bad as Felix Hernandez. Much better to just get hurt and then never get a job again, like Cole Hamels
  13. Laika
    Kay + Thornton piggyback, or something like that.
  14. Laika
    Sad looking division, the Reuben
  15. Laika
    why would the Toronto Blue Jays sign Sheryl Ring?
  16. Laika
    Even for teams with $$$, the 40 man crunch is real.
  17. Laika
    Recent history would say don't expect them to be tendered all the way through arb. I know 2021 was an aberration of a year but look at some of the relievers non-tendered: https://www.mlb.com/news/list-of-non-tendered-free-agents-2020-21
  18. Laika
    Ross Atkins is cornering the market on perfectly cromulent middle relievers
  19. Laika
    Sick trade f*** you Rowdy, I knew you sucked and went on the record about it and then you had to go and embarrass me with a mirage 133 wRC+ during the 2020 scam season
  20. Laika
    Some injuries and playing time effects. If you look at the hard hit rate rather than total hard hit balls, all show up in the top 11: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/statcast?type=batter&year=2021&position=&team=&min=q&sort=13&sortDir=asc
  21. Laika
    Bloody Mary Candyman Bettlejuice BoxCar8
  22. Laika
    I guess the only way forward from that is to transition
  23. Laika
    This is very funny. It's satire, right?
  24. Laika

    NHL Thread

    Laika replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Nah man, Kucherov willingly faked an injury and sat out the entire regular season so they could circumvent the cap. It was their only hope to beat the Montreal Canadiens.
  25. Laika
    This is correct but I wouldn't exactly agree with the bolded part. It's certainly reasonable to have zero stance re: the concussion and fracture narratives, but I tend to agree with BTS. I think it's a reasonable inference at this point, and not the application of bias, to say that she probably did not suffer a skull fracture and did not receive clear diagnosis of a concussion. If either injury was true her declaration would be stating that as fact and her lawyer would be unequivocal about it.
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