I like them too. I love that Doan has been with one team his whole career. Dedication, leadership, loyalty, and an all-around nice guy. I'm glad he plays for us. My kids have met him twice and both times he made them feel like it was the highlight of HIS day.
Plus, it would make certain elements go absolutely bonkers to see all of these non-traditional market teams advance! I think that seeing the Coyotes hoist the cup would probably be the most mind-blowing thing the HF boards could ever see. I can't think of any other team, really, that would cause more of a disturbance in the force than the Coyotes.
I don't mind the "Because Its The Cup" campaign but the NHL should've got a better voice-over guy. Whoever is narrating those sounds like he's a teenager.
I'm not a huge fan of the "Because It's the Cup" campaign, but I think the one for the Coyotes and Shane Doan are pretty nice.
The thing that stood out in the second one for me is how he's been with one team and worked his whole life for this.
The hardest part for me is, I want a win. I have to depend on Shane and Mike and the team to get it. I have no control over it. It's like I'm on an airplane hoping to get to a destination - a fourth win in this series, and in spite of superstitions, it really doesn't matter if I wear my lucky underpants, or DVR the game (or DON'T DVR the game) or stare at internet pictures of Emma or Alice or wear my lucky jersey or sit with my feet off the floor everytime they drop the puck or suck in air through my teeth everytime the vistors take a shot or dance a jig when we score - other people serviced this plane, other people topped off the fuel tanks, other people are flying this thing - and I have to depend on them to do their jobs well enough to get me where I want to go.
I have to remind myself whether I watch the road game from my comfy chair or on delay or just curl up into the fetal position in the hallway and listen, only matters to the superstitious caveman mentality that occupies a corner office in my brain.
The hardest part for me is, I want a win. I have to depend on Shane and Mike and the team to get it. I have no control over it.
That!
I just started playing hockey 5 weeks ago. I played a game last night. We tied it up in the last minute and then lost in a shoot-out. It's a beginners league.
I was terrified the first time I played. Now, I'm actually LESS nervous when I play a game than when I watch one. I have control over how I play. I can try my hardest, and maybe I'll win, maybe I'll lose - but at least I know that I can affect the outcome in some way.
When I watch the game, I have no control. It's up to other people to do what needs to be done. And no matter how badly I want to see a win, I know that the players want it 1000X more. If they win, I'll be happy - but they'll be the ones who earned it.
My dad is that way about flying. He hates to fly, it makes him nervous because he has no control over anything that happens in the air. He used to fly for business trips and he would actually take maps, flight charts, etc. that he could read during the trip. It gave him the illusion that he could control something, even though it really didn't do anything to change the outcome of the flight.
Our lucky underpants, playoff beards and pictures of Emma = my dad's flight charts
Piece of **** fox sports plus. HD doesn't ****ing update until hours before the game on th DTV guide. Can't record the HD unless you are home at game time. If I were home at game time would I need the ****ing DVR?
God forbid they put DBacks game number 11 out 274 this season on plus. Nope, let's put a ****ing elimination game on the **** channel that doesn't work.
Hopefully Hanzal is ready to go tonight. We need that line in tact. Korpi was clearly at 80% or less last game, his burst of speed just wasn't there, but he's better than a 100% Bissonnette. We don't have the forward depth to deal with these injuries, and Langkow needs to be in a diminished role. I've never seen an NHL player come to a dead stop on the ice as much as he has in this series.
Even with the injuries the Coyotes have to deal with, these teams are to close to expect anything other than a coin flip. The coin goes in the air, and then we get to watch it spin for almost three hours before finding out whether this team advances.
Piece of **** fox sports plus. HD doesn't ****ing update until hours before the game on th DTV guide. Can't record the HD unless you are home at game time. If I were home at game time would I need the ****ing DVR?
God forbid they put DBacks game number 11 out 274 this season on plus. Nope, let's put a ****ing elimination game on the **** channel that doesn't work.
Depending on your cable provider and/or what type of DVR you have, sometimes you can set it up to record from a laptop/computer or a smartphone app. Maybe something to look into.
Piece of **** fox sports plus. HD doesn't ****ing update until hours before the game on th DTV guide. Can't record the HD unless you are home at game time. If I were home at game time would I need the ****ing DVR?
Not ideal but you could tune to 695-1 and press pause. So long as nothing else is set to record it will still be on that channel with 90 minutes buffered.
Even with the injuries the Coyotes have to deal with, these teams are to close to expect anything other than a coin flip. The coin goes in the air, and then we get to watch it spin for almost three hours before finding out whether this team advances.
Piece of **** fox sports plus. HD doesn't ****ing update until hours before the game on th DTV guide. Can't record the HD unless you are home at game time. If I were home at game time would I need the ****ing DVR?
God forbid they put DBacks game number 11 out 274 this season on plus. Nope, let's put a ****ing elimination game on the **** channel that doesn't work.
I think if you have Cox and a Cox PVR you can use their mobile app or web site to set it to record.
AccuScore has us the underdog by a margin of 49-51. This means we will lose because in all of the games we have won, we had been underdogs by a margin of 40-60.
And this quote scares me:
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"For most part the only guy feeling it the most would probably be me," said Phoenix captain Shane Doan, who began his career with the franchise in Winnipeg in 1995-96.
Every game is it's own chapter and carryover momentum from game-to-game is limited at best, and clearly the case in this series. We are going to win this chapter.
This team plays the best when it has the "How you like me now" attitude.
I disagree. If anything, they're more likely get into trouble when they start feeling like that. It just sounds to me like Doan is ready to play with some desperation tonight, something most of the team was missing in game 5. A little desperation would be a good thing, I think.
I disagree. If anything, they're more likely get into trouble when they start feeling like that. It just sounds to me like Doan is ready to play with some desperation tonight, something most of the team was missing in game 5. A little desperation would be a good thing, I think.
Game 2 in last year's playoffs was a great measuring stick for his performance level. He took over that game and while the results were not what I would have liked, I am hoping that he stops this over-thinking and makes Cory work!
