Around the League 2019-2024 Edition
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MindzEye
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Yeah, he's the Slovakian Matthews Knies
Probably a little longer than 72 games into his career.
I definitely don't think he's ever going to live up to what you hope to get out of a 1st overall... but I think he's going to be a solid player. Sucks that we finally got 1st overall in a shit year.
MyNameIsJonas
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Hockey Anthony Bennett
LeafOfFaith
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Yeah, that's legit the worst. I kinda feel bad for you guys, to be honest.
You'd think any year you finish with the top pick, you should land a superstar. It's kinda crazy that it's even possible for all the hockey development out there to not produce a few clear cut monsters for the top of the draft every single year (it does some years, but not all).
zeke
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Wayward DP
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I mean, it was such a grand success the first time around.
Or maybe they're just finding a soft landing spot for the impecunious Jets...
JackBurton
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Markets like Phoenix area and Atlanta they just won't let-go due to their size. That said, it's absurd to think of NHL with 33 teams.
LeafOfFaith
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If at first you don't succeed, fail fail again.
mbow30
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Jets need somewhere to move to
mbow30
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First and second time…
MindzEye
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Obviously the problem with the....second time they tried a team was that the arena was too centrally located when it actually needed to be in the deep , deep suburbs.
Took a quick look at the location, shockingly there is no mass transit access worth a damn and calling it an Atlanta team would be like putting the Leafs in Oshawa, Vaughan or Burlington and calling them a Toronto team.
My take on this is that there is some old rich white guy racism going on at NHL head office regarding why the Thrashers failed in a city that is 50% african american. They didn't put the team close enough to the white people I guess.
This has the same stink as the Coyotes.
LeafOfFaith
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Atlanta sucks btw. Been twice and hated both experiences.
LeafOfFaith
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I don't get the appeal of it at all.
I almost missed my return flight back on the first trip, and I swear I felt tears swelling up. The door to the gate was closed so I thought I was dead, but the flight attendant must have seen how distressed I was and decided to let me on. Bless her heart. I think it's the biggest airport in the US, you have to actually take a subway after you clear security to get to the gate, and then the Delta gate was the very last gate on the stop, like a mile of running to get to it. I would've probably issued a bomb threat if they made me go back and return the next day.
I almost missed my return flight back on the first trip, and I swear I felt tears swelling up. The door to the gate was closed so I thought I was dead, but the flight attendant must have seen how distressed I was and decided to let me on. Bless her heart. I think it's the biggest airport in the US, you have to actually take a subway after you clear security to get to the gate, and then the Delta gate was the very last gate on the stop, like a mile of running to get to it. I would've probably issued a bomb threat if they made me go back and return the next day.
LeafOfFaith
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Please, I'm too black for it.