The Deer
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This is great to hear, halifax!
As pokerchamp said, there is for sure an adjusting period to the online play, and everyone went through it, so don't be discouraged if you struggle in your first number of games.
Add me to AIM (thedeer1982) or MSN (ryan_the_deer@hotmail.com) and hit me up for games anyyyyyytime........... except maybe in the next two days or so.............. need a couple of days away from the game right now.
Again, great news!
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Unfortunately none of these games were recorded; too bad, because I'm willing to bet that some of them were among the better games played in the brief history of the nhl94online.com SNES League.
And yes, you could consider that to be payback for the 2006 Spring League playoffs, that's one way of thinking about it anyway. Just sucks to know that I came one goal away from not having to pay for it at all.
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So what happens with the Fenty/Slimeball series?
Slimeball hasn't been around (at least to my knowledge) in like a couple of months. This is too bad that the league appears to have lost him, as he was a very good player and a great sport.
I guess Fenty should win by default (not that it's at all my call, just me talking out loud here) since he's been around seemingly willing to play his series?
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Yeah I did, but people read way too much into that sweep.
It was a one in a million thing, shaka and I are about 50/50, if anything about 55/45 him, in terms of skill.
That sweep was a one in a million thing; the seven-gamer this year was a much more realistic indication of how he and I stack up. Even in that sweep, you might notice that every game was extremely close; all one and two goal games, including one in OT. They were four games that really seriously could have gone either way, and each just happened to go my way, just like Game 7 went his way tonight.
The sweep only happened for two reasons: (1) I got almost all the "bounces" in that series, I got way more than my share of the lucky breaks that there were to be had in that series (2) I took my game to a new level that I had never taken it to before and might never take it to again...... I was playing out of my head.......... and even still, every game was a one or two goal game.
That Spring 2006 sweep was every bit as close in terms of the actual game play as the Fall 2006 Seven-Game-OTer.......... it's just that last year I got all the bounces, while this year they were distributed pretty much evenly.
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It's over. Check the playoffs page.
I'll post all about how all the games unfolded either later tonight or tomorrow morning.
For now, I'll just say that even though I lost, it was an absolutely amazing series. I went into it hoping for a classic, as last year every series I played in was over in four or five games. I got everything I had hoped for, and it's not too often that one leaves something that they had been looking forward to and can say "Yeah that was everything I expected it was going to be." Being able to be a part of such a series was something I had never thought would be possible online even a year ago, and was the exact reason I joined this league. I'll have fond memories of that series for a while, win or lose.
Even though I lost I have little to no regrets; both of us came out and played pretty damned close to our best (wouldn't have been such an awesome series otherwise), his best just happened to be a fraction of a hair better than mine. I knew going in that the chances for both of us were about 50/50 and that it was pretty much a flip of a coin, which is pretty much what it came down to; OT of game 7, doesn't get much closer than that. I'm not going to get upset with myself and feel as though I choked, because I know I didn't, two pretty well equal guys went at it and one of them had to win. Don't let the standings deceive you; this is a guy who would have had every bit as good a reg season as I had had he played all his games........ for proof, look at the Spring 2006 SNES final standings. We could have gone on forever, but it has to stop at some point, and OT of Game 7 was it. And Game 7 was insane; I was down 3-0 heading into the third period and came all the way back to tie it. Went to OT, and the OT unfolded exactly as almost all OTs in this league seem to; one guy wins the opening faceoff, walks in and scores in the first ten seconds. I hadn't lost in OT all regular season, played about three or four of them and won them all, almost all in the opening ten seconds too. What a time for me to lose my first OT game. But as I said, I have no regrets, I did everything I could have, except maybe be a little more intense in Game 6.
shakazuzu, you played awesome. To come in pretty much cold and perform at that kind of level means you're just a sick talent at this game. You were a class act all the way and best of luck in the next round; I fully expect you and Biff to have another classic series. Great series man, my only regret was that it wasn't two or three rounds later, but that was the way the cookie crumbled this year in terms of the inbalance in games played and the havoc it wreaked on the final standings.
I had a shitload of fun playing in the league this season, and I can't wait to do it again next time.
As I said, I'll likely talk about the actual games later.
Here's hoping that the rest of the playoffs go great.
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Oh no, don't tell me that the turning point of your series was that you let yourself get too relaxed in Game 6, figuring that you could breathe a little easier and that the momentum from the tenacious Game 5 win would carry you.
The reason I don't want to hear that is because that's pretty much what happened to me in Game 6 of my series. I dug down as deep as I could to find the intensity that it took to win Games 4 and 5 (esp 4, man that was a nailbiter, I watched a 6-2 lead evaporate into a 6-6 tied game and had to keep my composure enough to find a way to score the next goal, and did to win 7-6 and prevent myself from falling behind 3-1 in the series in the most disastrous way), and after those two, I told myself to just relax a little and kind of let the momentum carry me. Well I relaxed too much, and as you can see, shaka smoked my ass in Game 6- 12 goals against tells you that I let my guard down just a little too much. I'm not saying that I took Game 6 lightly, I just thought I'd take a different approach, because I wasn't sure I could take a third game in a row of that kind of intensity. The different approach obviously didn't work though; I'm just hoping that it doesn't end up being the turning point of both of our series.
It's entirely possible, but I won't be thinking about it going into Game 7.
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Thanks.
What makes the 12-7 game crazier is that Game One was ultra-defensive. With about three minutes remaining in the third period it was still 0-0.
Game 6 was just one of those games where it seemed as though every scoring chance resulted in a goal (especially for him). There was also a shitload of powerplays on both sides; special teams goals all over the place. The way the goals were flying, I never felt out of it, even when down by as many as six goals; I didn't concede that he was going to win that game until it was 12-7 with about 1:45 left.
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Oh man addisonbr, praise and thanks to you, that made me laugh out loud.
Very funny stuff, especially the last line............. very timely reference. 
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Just posting an update to state that Game 7 should be on its way this evening.
Yesterday evening, shakazuzu and I played Games 2-6 with only a small bit of lag problems, not enough to prevent us from playing quality games though. Excellent games I might add, very intense and the play was as back and forth as the results would indicate.
We didn't have time to play the seventh game right then and there, as I was running late for hockey (the real kind lol).
We agreed to play Game 7 upon my return, and we tried, but we experienced similar significant lag problems like we faced two nights ago when we played Game 1 and saw major lag keep us from playing any more games. Neither of us knew what to do to fix it, so we decided to try again today after work/school, sometime in the evening.
Every effort will be made to finish the series off tonight before the deadline; here's hoping that we don't encounter anymore lag problems so that these playoffs can continue to run pretty smoothly.
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My prediction is Philly in 6 games.....Looking at the scores Philly outplayed boston but boston was good not great like mister deer said I bet Deer had T.B to beat Caroline.. lol
I was impressed with Boston's play in some exhibition games against him.
I also didn't know how good Philly was, mostly because he played so few games.
I didn't see your prediction on the playoffs, but I guess that means you can't be wrong.
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Well tonight was mostly an exercise in futility.
The word for the night was LAG.
We tried for about an hour, but every time we connected, it'd be terribly laggy.
After endless amounts of tries, we finally got one that only had a little bit of lag. We decided we'd give it a try.
There was a LITTLE bit of lag, but for the most part it was playable. The game was awesome. EXTREMELY tight-checking action. 0-0 well into the third period, not because of sloppy play or nothing happening, but because of excellent checking, defense, and goaltending on both sides. It felt like a classic was brewing.
Montreal finally opened the scoring almost two minutes into the third, picking the top corner with a backhand deke. Then the goals flew from then on in, and the final score ended up being 4-2 Habs, which was hard to believe considering we almost made it halfway through the third period at a 0-0 stalemate. Overall awesome game, even though there was a little bit of lag at times.
We tried to play a second game, and actually almost finished it, but the lag was very bad, and eventually it kind of booted both of us off or something; the game just froze and aborted. We decided that that was enough for the night, that the second game would be scrapped because the quality just wasn't acceptable, and that we'll try again tomorrow night.
No idea what's causing this problem, as both us tried to connect to other friends, and found that the play was fine.
Here's hoping for better luck tomorrow. At least we got one good game in.
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I knew that series was going to be awesome, sounds like it totally delivered, congrats guys!
Awesome series recap Mike, and sorry to see you out. Jota truly is the Claude Lemieux of this league, he knows how to pull a series out when he's hanging by a thread in a Game 7 or trailing a series 3-1 or 3-2. Will anyone knock him off in a playoff series?
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OK now that this looks like it might get off the ground, I'll sign up.
Teams:
#1- Nordiques de Quebec
#2- Canadiens de Montreal
#3- Winnipeg Jets
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I think there are only enough committed guys to have one SNES League, but at least it'll be better than either SNES League was this past season.
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That must have taken a lot of work, and it's clear that you have a lot of interest, passion, and commitment to the game. I hope you end up playing in the SNES League next year. Great job!
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Well s**t, kgman with some solid research.
I don't think that one can be backpeddled out of.
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Yeah my friends and I used to (and still do the odd time) call him Richer-gay......... lol. Kinda rhymes.
Also heard rumours about a couple of guys you likely wouldn't have thought; Vinny Damphousse and Glenn Anderson.
Anderson and Clark both were on those 93 Leafs............. BS Daemon said that was a team full of heart and grit............... yeah, and a lot of other stuff too.
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Based on the rumours that went around about Wendy Clark back in the early 1990s, I don't know if I want to hear anything about him being on anybody's ass!
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Oh, and I'll add my first round playoff predictions for the A League.
EAST
(1) Quebec vs (8) Montreal- I have a rule that I don't bet on any series I'm involved in, and will be sticking to it. All I'll say is that it could go either way.
(2) Pittsburgh vs (7) Buffalo - PITTSBURGH IN 5. Yes BSDaemon, I'm giving you one.
Biff has found his game again and he should by and large cruise through this opening round.(3) Hartford vs (6) NY Rangers- I've got Schwartz in 6 games here.
(4) Philadelphia vs (5) Boston- Going with McMarkis and his Flyers, in five games. Boston's coach is still relatively new at the online play. I think he'll be a great coach in this league next season. He is a natural at video hockey games, but he's not ready to take down a vet like McMarkis just yet, even if the latter is saddled with an ass team.
WEST
(1) Detroit vs (8) Calgary - Going to surprise some by going with Detroit in as many as 6. Lethal can be tricky. He beat me this season and also beat the94kid. I think Rudy advances, but not without a bit of a fight.
(2) Los Angeles vs (7) Edmonton - I hvaen't seen Slimeball in ages, so this could be a forfeit win for LA. But let's assume Slimeball shows up. If he does, I say Edmonton in 7. Fenty when he's on his game is as good as Slime, but Fenty is a Jekyll and Hyde player.
(3) Winnipeg vs (6) Vancouver - Pokerchamp and his Jets are more consistent, Blazer sometimes has goaltending issues, going Jets in 6.
(4) Chicago vs (5) St. Louis- Either this series or mine against shakazuzu stands to be the most intriguing first round matchup. The defending champ JotaC had a mediocre season, a Stanley Cup hangover if you will, and his punishment is an extremely tough first round opponent in Mike. Two unbelievably closely-matched opponents, and their facing off in rd 1 shows how tight the West was this year and how many good players it had in it.
Mike's defence is awesome, Jota's a great all-around player and has a ton of playoff experience from last year's run, as well as having proven he can play under pressure. This is as close as it gets. But I'm going to say that Jota pays for his mediocre (by his standards) season, and Chicago wins in SEVEN very tight games. Lots of one-goal games in this series.
Good luck boys!
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Playoffs are ready to be played- YES!
I have a very tough task in the first round but I accept my fate and I accept this challenge.
shakazuzu, let's open these playoffs in style with The Battle of Quebec: PART TWO.
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I don't know what you're talking about... the brackets haven't even been made yet..
Oh, and btw, if we do end up playing each other... I hope you mean 11pm to 2am... because 11am to 2pm won't happen.
ThePimpImp already clarified the whole brackets issue, no need for you to repeat it.
Haha just kidding, just nitpicking exactly like you would.
You'd seriously rather play him between 11PM and 2 AM Pacific time? Aren't you an hour or two ahead of Pacific time? You mean you'd rather play him at like 3 or 4 in the morning?
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It wasn't like that last year. It was like the brackets go in real hockey, with the reseeding.
Example: Last year in the SNES League, #7 in the West, Rudy, knocked off #2 in the West, McMarkis.
Rudy then went on to face #1 seed in the West, JotaC, instead of the winner of the #3 vs #6 series.
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Only problem with that, however, is that the site does teh brackets like basketball, where the winner of 1-8 plays the winner of 4-5 no matter what happens.
As we know, that's not how it goes in hockey, or in this league, everyone is reseeded for the second round.
In any event, my first round predictions are:
EAST
(8) kgboy over (1) John in 6 - UPSET SPECIAL
(2) kgman over (7) Carse in 5
(3) Tickenest over (6) Naeem in 5
(4) tk11 over (5) thegr8199 in 7
WEST
(1) Marc over (8) sonicx5 in 6
(2) James over (7) Cash Money in 6
(6) Matt Hurray over (3) backhandfloater in 6
(5) JuiceMaker over (4) hokkeefan in 6
These predictions are made based on a very limited knowledge of the GENS A league.
And I doubt I'll predict Gens B at all, cuz I know almost nothing about it.
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This is amazing man, after this kind of effort, I'm seriously considering making an offer to have your babies.
SNES A 2nd ROUND Preview
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That was an excellent write-up, pokerchamp.
You hit the nail on the head when you said that we have two super heavyweight series on our hands.
I've ALWAYS wanted to see a series between Biff and shakazuzu, and here we have it. You could seriously flip a coin. I'm going to say that it'll be about the same in terms of game play and back-and-forthedness as my series against shaka was, and the winner could be determined by one goal or one bounce....... like my series against him was. Seriously could flip a coin, but for the sake of predictions, I'm going to say that my Cape Breton friend will avenge me. Pitts in 7.
The heavyweight battle in the West might be the most intriguing in terms of storyline. These two met in the second round last year, only that time it was Jota who was the #1 seed (shows how much parity there is in this league). Rudy suffered a total heartbreaker last time, watching Jota come back from a 3-1 series deficit to take it in seven games. I know for sure that that loss stung him hard, never had seen him ever get upset after a loss in NHL 94 before but that one hurt for sure, and he's been flying all season waiting for this matchup to even the score. However, can anyone take down Jota in a playoff series? It's kind of hard to bet against a guy who's found pretty much every different kind of way to win a playoff series; he's won as the favourite, he's won as the underdog. He's won in sweeps, he's won in 7 games after trailing 3-1 and 3-2 (against Rudy and Mike respectively). Hard to bet against him, but I'm going to; Rudy in 7.
*Disclaimer: There may be some hometown bias playing a role in the above two predictions, I'll admit it, but when the two series are as close a call as those two are, when you can literally flip a coin, you might as well let hometown bias be the deciding factor, it's as good a way to make up your mind as any when it's that close to call.
Hartford-Philly; Schwartz is playing the best hockey I've yet to see him play, while I find that Philly just doesn't seem to be the best fit for McMarkis. Gonna call Hartford in 5.
LA-Winnipeg, a battle of two guys who play a ton of exhibition games against each other as pokerchamp said. Should be a close one, but I find pokerchamp to be a little more consistent a player, so I'm gonna go Winnipeg in 6.
Looks like a really good second round, eager to see how it plays out.