NHL Hockey thread

[Valmy]

It is okay to be a fan , but not Bill in Sinton.

Or this guy:

Ok I see your point.

[Grey Fox]

The canucks will forever be tainted to me becasue of Bertuzzi. I know every time has a dirty player (though to different degrees) but it was the fans justifications that soured me to the team.

After all these years, I still don't understand why the outrage on what Bertz did. It was never that bad.

[HVC]

The canucks will forever be tainted to me becasue of Bertuzzi. I know every time has a dirty player (though to different degrees) but it was the fans justifications that soured me to the team.

After all these years, I still don't understand why the outrage on what Bertz did. It was never that bad.

it's not so much what he did (which was bad too) but the justification. "he wouldn't fight so Bertuzzi had to smash his face into the ground and make him fght" (paraphrasing lol). It's like if boston players said what Chara did was warrented because the habs guy wouldn't fight and deserved a nice stationing to the noggin.

[Ed Anger]

Ok I see your point.

I fear beeb has crossed into Steeler superfan type territory, where light and reason cannot escape.

[Grey Fox]

The canucks will forever be tainted to me becasue of Bertuzzi. I know every time has a dirty player (though to different degrees) but it was the fans justifications that soured me to the team.

After all these years, I still don't understand why the outrage on what Bertz did. It was never that bad.

it's not so much what he did (which was bad too) but the justification. "he wouldn't fight so Bertuzzi had to smash his face into the ground and make him fght" (paraphrasing lol). It's like if boston players said what Chara did was warrented because the habs guy wouldn't fight and deserved a nice stationing to the noggin.

But it's justification from an NHL players. The same league that holds no respect for us & constitently refers to injuries as upper & lower body.

They spew BS, 99% of the time.

[Strix]

But it's justification from an NHL players. The same league that holds no respect for us & constitently refers to injuries as upper & lower body.

They spew BS, 99% of the time.

You know the reason they refer to injuries as upper and lower body is so that opposing teams can't target the exact injured part of the body, don't you?

And, yes, some of the injuries are self-evident but it's the system they use.

[Grey Fox]

But it's justification from an NHL players. The same league that holds no respect for us & constitently refers to injuries as upper & lower body.

They spew BS, 99% of the time.

You know the reason they refer to injuries as upper and lower body is so that opposing teams can't target the exact injured part of the body, don't you?

And, yes, some of the injuries are self-evident but it's the system they use.

It's a BS reason plus it doesn't actually work.

What happens in Montreal is that they tell us shit. We start making up shit that is 100 times worse & they have to come out clean with it. It's a lot of wasted time for everyone involved.

[crazy canuck]

But it's justification from an NHL players. The same league that holds no respect for us & constitently refers to injuries as upper & lower body.

They spew BS, 99% of the time.

You know the reason they refer to injuries as upper and lower body is so that opposing teams can't target the exact injured part of the body, don't you?

And, yes, some of the injuries are self-evident but it's the system they use.

It's a BS reason plus it doesn't actually work.

What happens in Montreal is that they tell us shit. We start making up shit that is 100 times worse & they have to come out clean with it. It's a lot of wasted time for everyone involved.

Have you ever noticed that after a team is eliminated they immediately give full details of their players injuries?  I think you understand the reason they wait until then.

[Grey Fox]

I might.

I still don't like it.

[Jacob]

Well maybe not for you mediocrity obsessed Canadians.  If somebody is going to go through the trouble to be sports fan I say do it right.

Going on and on and on about something to people who aren't that interested is not "doing it right", it's being a bore.

[Barrister]

Well maybe not for you mediocrity obsessed Canadians.  If somebody is going to go through the trouble to be sports fan I say do it right.

Going on and on and on about something to people who aren't that interested is not "doing it right", it's being a bore.

Several people have said they appreciate my Jets updates, so

Still not sure when the announcement is.  Every single media report says the deal is either done, or close to being done.  Nobody is reporting there is even a chance Atlanta stays.

Latest guess?  The Finals start next Wednesday, so look for a Tuesday announcement.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

The canucks will forever be tainted to me becasue of Bertuzzi. I know every time has a dirty player (though to different degrees) but it was the fans justifications that soured me to the team.

Every team has retarded fans, It's not the teams fault if douchebags choose to like them. There are lots of Canucks fans who you couldn't pay me to high five, but luckily lots who like me just enjoy good hockey (punctuated by brief periods of ennui in which they play like they're stoned... I blame on the prevailing pot filled winds)... Canucks fans like Leafs fans before them expect heartbreak, and thus rally around it as easily as they do the good times... Hard to understand? people being passionate about their sports?

[Barrister]

I was in a bookstore today buying a couple of baby books.  I saw, on the discount table, a big coffee table book full of pictures of Bobby Hull.  Curious, I opened it up and took a look.

About 200 pages of full colour, and in every single one has Hull wearing a Blackhawks jersey.  Not a single picture of him in a Jets jersey, despite the TEN YEARS he played for the team, during which time he was the most highly paid player in all of hockey with his annual salary of [cue dr. evil] one MILLION dollars![/dr. evil]

[Valmy]

WHA doesn't count man. 

[crazy canuck]

I was in a bookstore today buying a couple of baby books.  I saw, on the discount table, a big coffee table book full of pictures of Bobby Hull.  Curious, I opened it up and took a look.

About 200 pages of full colour, and in every single one has Hull wearing a Blackhawks jersey.  Not a single picture of him in a Jets jersey, despite the TEN YEARS he played for the team, during which time he was the most highly paid player in all of hockey with his annual salary of [cue dr. evil] one MILLION dollars![/dr. evil]

Good God man.  This is an NHL Hockey thread.  Not the musings of a deranged Jets fan thread.