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Post by bobness on Dec 19, 2021 20:34:47 GMT
You just need a constant supply of injured players...
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Post by iginla on Dec 19, 2021 21:41:43 GMT
You just need a constant supply of injured players... Well that’s easily faked. I doubt anybody at EIHL towers ever checks an injury is real.
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Post by blackandgold73 on Dec 19, 2021 21:53:56 GMT
You just need a constant supply of injured players... Yeah, I didn't mean for the whole season. But it's any easy way to carry an extra player for several months without losing a change (giving you time to road test them before committing as signing deadline approaches). We've all known teams carry an extra player "down the stretch" before the roster change rules against injuries. The roster rules hardly prevent that now to be fair with the current circumstances, but for injury hit teams IR is definitely allowing extra wiggle room with little real commitment to the player coming in (and that's the bit that feels a tad off to me with recycling the IR cover player).
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Post by iginla on Dec 19, 2021 23:45:44 GMT
You just need a constant supply of injured players... Yeah, I didn't mean for the whole season. But it's any easy way to carry an extra player for several months without losing a change (giving you time to road test them before committing as signing deadline approaches). We've all known teams carry an extra player "down the stretch" before the roster change rules against injuries. The roster rules hardly prevent that now to be fair with the current circumstances, but for injury hit teams IR is definitely allowing extra wiggle room with little real commitment to the player coming in (and that's the bit that feels a tad off to me with recycling the IR cover player). They should stipulate that a player signed as IR cover can only remain for say 4 weeks before being either signed permanently or released.
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Post by flyerpanther on Dec 20, 2021 0:26:54 GMT
'Glasgow lost goalie Shane Starrett after last night's defeat in Manchester'
Well that's sloppy. Don't they do a head count in the bus before setting off? Like on a school trip
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Post by bobness on Dec 20, 2021 8:58:18 GMT
Yeah, I didn't mean for the whole season. But it's any easy way to carry an extra player for several months without losing a change (giving you time to road test them before committing as signing deadline approaches). We've all known teams carry an extra player "down the stretch" before the roster change rules against injuries. The roster rules hardly prevent that now to be fair with the current circumstances, but for injury hit teams IR is definitely allowing extra wiggle room with little real commitment to the player coming in (and that's the bit that feels a tad off to me with recycling the IR cover player). They should stipulate that a player signed as IR cover can only remain for say 4 weeks before being either signed permanently or released. Or that a player can only be used to cover for one IR player? Or by one team? Either, way, I'm not sure "they" fully thought it through. Valdix has now played 18 games this season for 2 different teams, as injury cover for 3 different players, without being "signed" by anyone?
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Post by blackandgold73 on Dec 20, 2021 9:47:58 GMT
'Glasgow lost goalie Shane Starrett after last night's defeat in Manchester' Well that's sloppy. Don't they do a head count in the bus before setting off? Like on a school trip To be fair it must be hard for them to keep an accurate headcount when their backup netminder clearly has several identical bodies... "The game was goalless through 30 minutes with McLaughlin the netminders stopping 13 shots combined in the opening period" Anyone know exactly how many McLaughlins they have on the team? Asking for a friend www.eliteleague.co.uk/article/1892-devils-keep-pressure-on-at-top-with-road-win
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Post by blackandgold73 on Jan 1, 2022 11:32:29 GMT
Is it wrong that I'm nostalgic for a simpler time when players "laced up their skates" rather than an era where entire teams are now... "laced into COVID19 protocol" "Nottingham ended 2021 with a 5-3 home win against Manchester, who filled in the fixture earlier on Friday when Coventry were laced into COVID19 protocol." www.eliteleague.co.uk/article/1931-panthers-end-2021-with-home-win
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Jan 1, 2022 13:59:26 GMT
Is it wrong that I'm nostalgic for a simpler time when players "laced up their skates" rather than an era where entire teams are now... "laced into COVID19 protocol" "Nottingham ended 2021 with a 5-3 home win against Manchester, who filled in the fixture earlier on Friday when Coventry were laced into COVID19 protocol." www.eliteleague.co.uk/article/1931-panthers-end-2021-with-home-winThey have to be secured though, we don't want them escaping until their isolation period is over
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Post by bobness on Jan 2, 2022 9:07:00 GMT
Devils have a signed a bloke called Justin Candell. On the QT, didn't even know he was playing until I read the match report.
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Post by blackandgold73 on Jan 2, 2022 9:46:56 GMT
Is it wrong that I'm nostalgic for a simpler time when players "laced up their skates" rather than an era where entire teams are now... "laced into COVID19 protocol" "Nottingham ended 2021 with a 5-3 home win against Manchester, who filled in the fixture earlier on Friday when Coventry were laced into COVID19 protocol." www.eliteleague.co.uk/article/1931-panthers-end-2021-with-home-winThey have to be secured though, we don't want them escaping until their isolation period is over 😂😂
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Post by blackandgold73 on Jan 2, 2022 9:52:17 GMT
Devils have a signed a bloke called Justin Candell. On the QT, didn't even know he was paying until I read the match report. That's one way not too use a roster change spot 😂 It's a good job they don't read the match reports as 'official' or I think every team would suddenly find they'd already used all their official number of roster changes already - judging by the number of nonexistent 'ghost' players they've credited action too this year 😂🤦🏾♂️
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Post by spik on Jan 2, 2022 13:35:42 GMT
Devils have a signed a bloke called Justin Candell. On the QT, didn't even know he was paying until I read the match report. That's one way not too use a roster change spot 😂 It's a good job they don't read the match reports as 'official' or I think every team would suddenly find they'd already used all their official number of roster changes already - judging by the number of nonexistent 'ghost' players they've credited action too this year 😂🤦🏾♂️ What would be punishment for breaking this rule? Is there one?
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Post by bobness on Jan 2, 2022 13:37:05 GMT
More homonym illiteracy.
"The visitors were indebted to Carr on several occasions, but more so to Josh Tetlow who's clearance off the line kept things at a one-goal game." The word is "whose" (pronoun to show ownership, rather than "short for "who is"".).
"His side did well to kill off almost two full minutes of a Storm 5-on-3 powerplay, " In fact, Panthers killed off the entirety of a 2 minute 5 on 3... (Just about the only positive of the night)
And we'll gloss over the fact that we were apparently playing the Strom.
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Post by blackandgold73 on Jan 2, 2022 15:27:15 GMT
That's one way not too use a roster change spot 😂 It's a good job they don't read the match reports as 'official' or I think every team would suddenly find they'd already used all their official number of roster changes already - judging by the number of nonexistent 'ghost' players they've credited action too this year 😂🤦🏾♂️ What would be punishment for breaking this rule? Is there one? I all seriousness I can't really see any team making their maximum number of changes this year personally, but one or two might get close. From what was said when it was announced you'd simply not be able to register any players beyond that number. As unregistered players couldn't take the ice anyway, in that sense, the idea of a punishment is redundant as there's no incentive to sign beyond the maximum. Once you hit the maximum roster limit you're done. End of story. So no matter what your situation (injuries, people leaving the team unexpectedly etc) you'd be stuck with only the players you have left. The only exception is to bring in emergency NM cover in the case of an injury. So no punishment per se as you couldn't break the rule really. Yes 'theoretically' you could sign someone and end up having to pay them for not playing... but since you knew you couldn't register them to play when you signed them there'd be no point signing them in the first place.
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Post by Yotes on Jan 2, 2022 17:14:44 GMT
It would rely upon the League keeping track of how many signings teams have made, so I reckon they'd get away with it.
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Post by blackandgold73 on Jan 2, 2022 17:25:15 GMT
It would rely upon the League keeping track of how many signings teams have made, so I reckon they'd get away with it. Given how much they struggle to keep track of what the players are actually called in match reports you may have a point! 😂
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Jan 3, 2022 7:58:22 GMT
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Post by bobness on Jan 3, 2022 17:58:19 GMT
You are indeed correct. "Sweep" in hockey is normally reserved for when a series of knockout games (e.g. Stanley Cup best of seven series) is all one by one team (i.e. 4-0 in this case). The winning team thus "sweep" the losers. One must assume it was written by someone who knows little, if anything, about the actual detail of the sport, but has seen the word "sweep" in that context and thought they knew what it meant.
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Post by flyerpanther on Jan 3, 2022 21:07:23 GMT
'2:23 later Conway turned provider for Scott Conway to finish in close as the Giants doubled their lead'
No wonder Conways top of the scoring charts!
(always nice to start a sentence with a number (time)
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Post by flyerpanther on Jan 3, 2022 21:11:06 GMT
'However, just 65 seconds later Ben Lake Ben Lake tidied up in front to make it 4-1 after Griffin Reinhart's shot was blocked.'
And Lake better not be getting 2 points for that!
(Spik will be in meltdown if he does)
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Post by flyerpanther on Jan 3, 2022 21:15:40 GMT
Credit where its due though as Stars v Flyers report only has a few minor boo-boos.
Baby steps
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Post by blackandgold73 on Jan 3, 2022 22:57:26 GMT
Credit where its due though as Stars v Flyers report only has a few minor boo-boos. Baby steps One baby step might be too care enough to actually check the exact time of events rather than just put in a placeholder and then later forget to check the final digit ... "Philippe Sanche bundled the puck over Shane Owen's goal line at 22:#1 to give the stars the lead back" ... But then I guess he was distracted by the night sky and all those pretty stars... www.eliteleague.co.uk/article/1947-five-goal-second-period-helps-flyers-past-stars
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Post by bobness on Jan 4, 2022 9:58:18 GMT
'However, just 65 seconds later Ben Lake Ben Lake tidied up in front to make it 4-1 after Griffin Reinhart's shot was blocked.' And Lake better not be getting 2 points for that! (Spik will be in meltdown if he does) He's so good they named him twice.
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Post by bobness on Jan 4, 2022 22:04:38 GMT
“Panthers and Giants kick of bank holiday games”
It’s in the headlines now.
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