NHL Hockey thread

[PRC]

This thread beagan in 2011, shouldn't there be seasonal threads liek there is for other sports/?

We don't need that.

Why not?

Is this an admission of hockey[s innate inferiority?

It's an admission of hockey's superior continuity.

[Barrister]

This thread beagan in 2011, shouldn't there be seasonal threads liek there is for other sports/?

We don't need that.

Why not?

Is this an admission of hockey[s innate inferiority?

It's in recognition of the epic change that happened in the world of languish hockey in the spring of 2011, at the same time this thread was born.

[katmai]

When it fell to 5th most popular sport in USA?

[Grey Fox]

America is big, there's a place for alot of different sports.

[crazy canuck]

Now that the Jets are done this thread can finally die for a while.

[Barrister]

Now that the Jets are done this thread can finally die for a while.

Nah.  Next up is the draft, then free agency.

The Jets only have 11 players under contract for 2013-2014, so you know it will be a busy off-season in Winnipeg.


Or, of course, other people could post about the playoffs.

[crazy canuck]

Now that the Jets are done this thread can finally die for a while.

Nah.  Next up is the draft, then free agency.

The Jets only have 11 players under contract for 2013-2014, so you know it will be a busy off-season in Winnipeg.


Or, of course, other people could post about the playoffs.

I think we need to create a special place to put you and this thread.

[Valmy]

Now that the Jets are done this thread can finally die for a while.

Surely there will be alot to discuss during the Caps' Stanley Cup championship.

[HVC]

Now that the Jets are done this thread can finally die for a while.

Surely there will be alot to discuss during the Caps' Stanley Cup championship.

we already have a crazy dream thread

[Barrister]

Now that the Jets are done this thread can finally die for a while.

Nah.  Next up is the draft, then free agency.

The Jets only have 11 players under contract for 2013-2014, so you know it will be a busy off-season in Winnipeg.


Or, of course, other people could post about the playoffs.

I think we need to create a special place to put you and this thread.

So do you think the Jets will re-sign Nik Antropov or Ron 'the negotiator' Hainsey?

[crazy canuck]

Now that the Jets are done this thread can finally die for a while.

Nah.  Next up is the draft, then free agency.

The Jets only have 11 players under contract for 2013-2014, so you know it will be a busy off-season in Winnipeg.


Or, of course, other people could post about the playoffs.

I think we need to create a special place to put you and this thread.

So do you think the Jets will re-sign Nik Antropov or Ron 'the negotiator' Hainsey?

Who cares?  I dont think hockey in its present form is sustainable.

[Barrister]

Now that the Jets are done this thread can finally die for a while.

Nah.  Next up is the draft, then free agency.

The Jets only have 11 players under contract for 2013-2014, so you know it will be a busy off-season in Winnipeg.


Or, of course, other people could post about the playoffs.

I think we need to create a special place to put you and this thread.

So do you think the Jets will re-sign Nik Antropov or Ron 'the negotiator' Hainsey?

Who cares?  I dont think hockey in its present form is sustainable.

Clearly not, since there is still a team in Phoenix.

But once they move to Quebec City...

[crazy canuck]

Its all a pipe dream.  The league has tried to expand its market and fails everytime.  Eventually it will implode back into the few markets that can sustain it and it will go back to being the local bush league status it deserves.

If they take out the cheap shots and fights and try to turn it into a real sport maybe it has a chance but until then you fans of the game get what you deserve.

[Barrister]

Its all a pipe dream.  The league has tried to expand its market and fails everytime.  Eventually it will implode back into the few markets that can sustain it and it will go back to being the local bush league status it deserves.

If they take out the cheap shots and fights and try to turn it into a real sport maybe it has a chance but until then you fans of the game get what you deserve.

I am first in line to take fighting and cheap shots out of hockey, but all available evidence seems to say that fans like the violence in the game.

I think you're just projecting your own opinion on hockey.

[crazy canuck]

I am first in line to take fighting and cheap shots out of hockey, but all available evidence seems to say that fans like the violence in the game.

I think you're just projecting your own opinion on hockey.

It is undeniable that the current fan base likes the game as it is.  It is also undeniable that the current fan base is too small for the NHL to ever amount to a major sports league.