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Went to the Avalanche/Leafs game to enjoy my first night of vacay. Didn’t know I was going to the filming of a snuff film :scust:


Dude sitting next to me said “f#ck it” and left after the third goal.

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As the story goes, Mike Babcock was frustrated with Mitch Marner for his perceived laziness in the first half of his rookie season. According to multiple sources, during the Father’s Weekend road trip in January of 2017, Babcock asked Marner to rank his teammates’ effort level that season in order of 1 through 20, ranging from the hardest working to the laziest.

Marner obliged, and, per multiple sources, put himself at the bottom of the list, with both parties agreeing that he needed to work harder without the puck. What Babcock didn’t tell Marner was that he was preparing to show this list to some of the players who Marner had ranked towards the bottom. Specifically, per multiple sources, Tyler Bozak and Nazem Kadri.

According to multiple sources, Marner was in tears after the details of his list were shared, while his teammates were furious — specifically with Babcock. They couldn’t believe their head coach would put a 19-year-old in that situation, especially considering how well-liked Marner was in the dressing room.
I’ve spoken to numerous connected sources over the past few hours to break down exactly how Babcock has done similar things to other players he’s coached in the past.

According to one source, a nearly identical situation happened during Babcock’s time in Detroit, involving a young Red Wings forward. The source explained that Babcock asked the player questions about his teammates that were similar to the ones he would ask Marner, and then promptly shared the answers with the rest of the team.
 

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Going to the Stars/Blues game on Friday. That game will most likely be for 1st place. Jim Montgomery has pushed the right buttons with this team. It looked like he was going to get canned 3 weeks into the season but this has been an epic turnaround. @Codeine Fiend Dream Team

-After a 1-7-1 start, Dallas is 14-1-1 since
-29 of 32 possible points last 16 games
-Dallas has gone a full month since their last loss (Oct 26)
 

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Going to the Stars/Blues game on Friday. That game will most likely be for 1st place. Jim Montgomery has pushed the right buttons with this team. It looked like he was going to get canned 3 weeks into the season but this has been an epic turnaround. @Codeine Fiend Dream Team

-After a 1-7-1 start, Dallas is 14-1-1 since
-29 of 32 possible points last 16 games
-Dallas has gone a full month since their last loss (Oct 26)
Yeah, they’ve been playing out of their skulls lately

Reminds me of last year’s Blues. Started off with worst record in the league and then became a playoff team. Eventually won the whole thing

Seguin and Hintz leading the charge
Benn still stealing money. The fall off is astounding
 

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Yeah, they’ve been playing out of their skulls lately

Reminds me of last year’s Blues. Started off with worst record in the league and then became a playoff team. Eventually won the whole thing

Seguin and Hintz leading the charge
Benn still stealing money. The fall off is astounding
Started slow but has played the better the past few weeks. 3rd on the team in scoring. He had one of the best shifts of his life the other day. Stars blow a 3 goal lead. Benn hit the ice and checks the hell out of a guy. The same shift he steals the puck and scores the game winner. It was all effort and quite frankly the best he’s looked over the past few years.
 

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Started slow but has played the better the past few weeks. 3rd on the team in scoring. He had one of the best shifts of his life the other day. Stars blow a 3 goal lead. Benn hit the ice and checks the hell out of a guy. The same shift he steals the puck and scores the game winner. It was all effort and quite frankly the best he’s looked over the past few years.
Yeah, that’s all fine and dandy.

But he went from Art Ross winner to grindy veteran situational hero awfully too quick for my liking.

I expected this role much further down in his career. He already peaked and the peak was shorter than leprechauns
 

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Flames coach allegedly dropped the n bomb to akim a Liu


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Akim Aliu speaks publicly on allegations against Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters - TSN.ca

“He walked in before a morning pre-game skate and said ‘Hey Akim, I’m sick of you playing that n----- s---,’ ” Aliu told TSN, with Peters, who was then the Ice Hogs head coach, referring to Aliu’s selection of hip-hop music. “He said ‘I’m sick of hearing this n-----s f------ other n-----s in the ass stuff.’

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Aliu said Rockford team captain Jake Dowell later confronted Peters about the incident in the coach’s office. Dowell could not immediately be reached for comment.

When Peters then called Aliu into his office to talk about it, Aliu said Peters did not apologize. Instead, Peters again expressed his displeasure in Aliu’s choice of music for the dressing room, with Aliu saying Peters said: “You know, I’m just sick of this n----- s---. It’s every day. From now on, we need to play different music.”

Scumbag
 

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NHL, USA Hockey, and Hockey Canada really have to start an initiative on social justice in hockey culture. All these :mjpls: stories coming out past few years has been an embarrassment to the sport and needs to change.
 
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