Hockey Fans?

[monkeygirl]

LOL....LOL....LOL....LOL...That guys post at Metroboards was hilarious, I laughed my ass off! Funniest thing I've read in a long time.

[monkeygirl]

Hey if ya watched Hitman about Cherry tonight from this thread: What say you?

Cherry! Cherry! (http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35215)

[Shaun]

Will he change his story in 24hrs or stand by his words .......http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=102764

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[wilddog]

Yeah Shaun these higher paid players are a bunch of boobs. Brodeur doesn't want that 7 million dollar contract screwed with. He's the baby. I'm definitely with the owners on this one. I have to be. Being an Oiler fan it all depends on the new CBA. How much money is enough for these bums.

[christopher]

Hey if ya watched Hitman about Cherry tonight from this thread: What say you?

I say Ron Mclean is a better Canadian than him. Hah!

NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by christopher:

I say Ron Mclean is a better Canadian than him. Hah!


Yeah, you got a point there, he is a pretty awesome guy isn't he, he's actually involved with SCI quite abit. Besides he's put up with Grapes all these years. And yeah, ya really gotta love the expressions he makes with those beedie lil eyes of his when Cherry says something goofy. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Shaun]

Ya i hear that wilddog..Being a Leaf fan money has never been an issue,but even i would love to see a cap and revenue sharing.Player cap of maybe 4-5mil and 40 -50 mil team cap.No freakin luxury tax,because teams like the Leafs,Rangers,Wings and a few others would just go all.. NY Yankees http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

And what i dont understand,is why the players figure the owners shouldnt ''make'' money anyway...Is this not why they got in the business in the first place? Is that not why anybody gets into a business..to make money..

Right off the top of my head im figuring contraction.The first two teams i would wave bye bye to are the Canes and Preds...

What say you guys....Lets play the contraction game...How many teams would you fold,and who?

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[Shaun]

Are headlines for the day...

Lafleur says...time to start over..http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=102849&hubName=nhl

John McMullen says...players have to bend..http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=102843&hubName=nhl

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[christopher]

Apparently Ron Mclean is still doing commentary for 'Movie Night in Canada' during the commercial breaks. What a trooper!

NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

[Shaun]

Originally posted by christopher:

Apparently Ron Mclean is still doing commentary for 'Movie Night in Canada' during the commercial breaks. What a trooper!

NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

'Movie Night in Canada'...Makes me want curl up in the fetal position behind my couch and wimper everytime i hear that...Wont someone hold me and tell me it will be ok...please http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[christopher]

Hey! I LIKE Indiana Jones!

NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

[Shaun]

http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Shaun]

Will sir,i also have an appreciation for Mr.Jones,but i find him much more befitting of a Sunday afternoon....NOT A SATURDAY NIGHT IN CANADA..AND I'LL THANK YOU NOT TO MENTION IT AGAIN.GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR.... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[christopher]

It's DOCTOR Jones to you!

[monkeygirl]

OK Shaun, you asked for it, here's a lil tune just for you http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

"Shauns Leaf Song" (http://leafssuck01.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/idiotnation.mp3)

[Shaun]

When did i ever ask you for a dead link http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Will this is interesting..http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20041027_175641_6792

How could they bitch about replacement players while there stealing jobs.http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20041027_134348_6056

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[karupt411]

OMFG very funny post on that other board!!
http://www.metroboards.homelinux.com:443/hockey/forums/showthread.php?s=34b00dd4dfd538f073f5aaa23bec5e3a&threadid=28930

[monkeygirl]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shaun:

When did i ever ask you for a dead link http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif
QUOTE]

So what now, you're in Denial about the link working to the tune now....geez,...you guys never stop.... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

As far as that meeting, I'm not gettin my hopes up just to get crushed, so I'm just going to ignore it. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif

Oh PS: See the halloween costume I got for my dog! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[monkeygirl]

Hey check this out, I'm gettin a shirt for sure http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Link (http://www.hockeyheldhostage.com/index.php)

[Shaun]

LOL...Cool shirt..i like it.More than i like your dog http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif,but hey its halloween right http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

Another Flame speaks out...Lets hope it doesnt stop.http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=102954

A little more on the two sides talkin about talkin..http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=102914&hubName=nhl

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[Shaun]

Niedermayer backs PA.....but wont hold grudge against replacement players..http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20041028_130641_5164

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[Shaun]

Did Wednesday's meeting break the ice...http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=103007

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[Shaun]

Heres hoping Ferrence and Commodore have started a snowball effect...two more players speak out...http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=103065&hubName=nhl

Players could see a smaller piece of the pie the longer this lasts...not sure if posted this already..anyhoo..http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20041029_084140_4208

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[Shaun]

Marchants an idiot..http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/shownews.jsp?content=h102902A

~~Where am i going and why am i in this handbasket~~

[wilddog]

Your right Shaun Marchant's a moron. I used to like the little s.o.b. Being an oiler fan. The little dickhead, now its all about the money. He has a lot to lose with a new c.b.a. Militant little @#$%. I like what Commodore had to say. And that hair. ha.

[wilddog]

Did any of you watch the Oilers and Islanders last night on Sportsnet? End to end, crashing and banging. Man I miss those days. Get the jets back into the mix and get the old Smyth division back. Yeah.

[Shaun]

Will this is good news,lets hope something substantial coms out of ithttp://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20041029_182102_708

Ya wilddog,it's really interesting these days to see who you gain respect for and who you loose it for...Smythe division http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif....now were talkin http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~There comes a day in every mans life,when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies~~Shaun of The Dead

[Shaun]

NHL'ers in europe are scabs...http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=103166

~~There comes a day in every mans life,when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies~~Shaun of The Dead

[Shaun]

LOL...The NFL is chiming in and refuteing anything Goodenow is saying..http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=103158

~~There comes a day in every mans life,when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies~~Shaun of The Dead

[Shaun]

Will heres are first NHL veteran willing to cross the line.Wonder if this will make more players step forward..http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=103292&hubName=nhl

Anybody else tune in and watch the Moose and Bulldogs game? Damn it was nice to sit back on a sunday afternoon drink a Keiths and watch some hockey.It will be nice havin a few AHL and CHL games to watch now on Sportsnet...but me miss's me NHL some bad me does http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~There comes a day in every mans life,when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies~~Shaun of The Dead

[Shaun]

Hey wilddog,how heart breaking was that Lions Rider game last night eh!! I couldnt freakin believe it....

~~There comes a day in every mans life,when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies~~Shaun of The Dead

[wilddog]

Shaun I missed the game. I was to busy drinking beer. I caught the highlights the next morning. Man it looked like a good game. Back to Edmonton again. If there's a team in the CFL with a curse its the Riders. What like 3 championships in the history of the league. Damn near 100 years. Wow.

[Shaun]

NHL'rs integrity under fire...http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20041101_135802_4904

~~There comes a day in every mans life,when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies~~Shaun of The Dead

[Shaun]

Agents may be getting nervous..http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20041101_145833_4800

~~There comes a day in every mans life,when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies~~Shaun of The Dead

[monkeygirl]

Good tune: http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Wish it was longer though.

There Ain't No Hockey Game (http://www.mix999.com/hf/humbleandfred_hockeysong.mp3)

PS: All that last meeting was, was Goodenow telling everyone to tell all the players to keep there mouths shut. And to be good little puppets. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Hey westcoast and Gv The talk is, if they're out this season that the Ducks will be one of the teams that will be gone. What's up with that? I thought there was good fan support, What happened? Man, we need fewer teams the talent is pretty thin these days, if we get rid of 4 or 5 teams hopefully the trap will be a distant memory. And all teams will be competitive, a level playing field. I sure hope it's not you Duckheads though that would majorly suck hey.

[This message was edited by Monkeygirl on 11-06-04 at 02:58 AM.]

[westcoast_gc]

I myself thing that there is plenty of talent. As far as the trap goes, that is a coaches game plan that makes the game slow and boring and yes we can do without. If the Ducks must go that would definately bite the big one. I would have to root for some out of state team because the Kings are shit.

[Shaun]

For our US friends.Here's the best page with all the current talks...http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/headlines.asp

Hockey centrals chat with Goodenow..http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20041104_152246_5304

NHLPA misleading players...http://www.startribune.com/stories/1330/5067600.html

NHL season over..http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/Sports/2004/11/03/697984.html

I think before they look at Anaheim or any other teams,the Canes and Preds will be the first to fold...

~~There comes a day in every mans life,when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies~~Shaun of The Dead

[Shaun]

NHL Agents have no secrets.This is a pretty cool read...http://www.startribune.com/stories/1330/5071448.html

~~There comes a day in every mans life,when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies~~Shaun of The Dead

[Shaun]

Heres another headline on NHLPA scoring system..http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=104038

~~There comes a day in every mans life,when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies~~Shaun of The Dead

[westcoast_gc]

How ugly is this? Still no NHL games.

[Shaun]

I hear ya man....are you at least gettin some kind of a fix down there.There broadcasting AHL,CHL and ECHL hockey games up here so at least its enough to curb the rising rage and thoughts of violence rising from within me http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~If you cant beat em,arrange to have em beatin~~

[christopher]

Aw Shaun, you're a Leaf's fan... it'd just be another year of crushing defeat! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

[nate007]

they've been showing old games on tsn and sportsnet the last few weeks. that was some good stuff, none of the lousy stickwork (the kind that has nothing to do with the puck) that plauges the game today.

[wilddog]

Your right nate, some good hockey played back then. A lot better then the crap now.Back in the 80's I used to watch at least three games a week. Now its like one game and more about reading the stats and checking my hockey drafts. The league should be looking at those tapes to see how to fix it. How about Gretzky playing on that 81 Canada cup team. Man he's just a baby out there.

[wilddog]

Shaun did you see that football game. Man I'm pissed. McCallum missing two field goals, especially that chip shot at the end. I feel bad for the guy but, damn, you got to make that. And how many bad calls by the refs, snuffing out good drives. B.C. fans should be thankful. They didn't deserve to win that one.

[nate007]

But they did win, and the Riders lost, and that's all that matters in my world.

[christopher]

Last night was frikkin depressing http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif I was lookin forward to riding Shaun's butt all week.

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[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by christopher:
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif I was lookin forward to riding Shaun's butt all week.


SAY WHAT? http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif I don't know how Shaun will feel about that...lol... no pun intended. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[christopher]

Oh... that does sound a little funny doesn't it? I meant I wanted to see Montreal beat down the Roughriders in the Grey Cup.

NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

[monkeygirl]

He's too busy throwing manure allover the place....Do you beleive that sh*t...some peoples kids aye http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Oh PS: I don't do football... but BC.... Rules and the Lions are gonna run the Arenogoods into the ground!! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Over 50,000 at the dome, they must be luvin the lock-out. Wally says it's got nothin to do with it.. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif yeah ok...I've got a Real Sweet Chrome E&J to sell ya too!!! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[wilddog]

Yeah man, If I could have got up and walked, Id a kicked a hole in the t.v. How about them idiots throwing meadow muffins at Macallum's house. Morons. Shaun, K rock fm out of Edmonton has been bashing Rider fans. Must be jelous cause their eskies got beat by the Riders. bums.

[westcoast_gc]

I'm driving home from school and I hear an ass hole on the radio. NHL still a lockout. Who care? I wanted to kick that stupid SOB ass. I care. Double dumb bastard probably thinks baseball is fun to watch... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

[wilddog]

The whole thing is getting sickening, really. You know, if these idiots would just get back to talking. Don't even mention the salary cap. Work on the lesser issues. Something, anything

[monkeygirl]

Hey... Are any of you guys watching "Making the Cut" We're watching it. I think it's pretty cool. At least it's some hockey. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[monkeygirl]

"Money For Nothin & Cheques For Free....."

Geez, Poor boys are gonna have a lean Christmas, Let's chip in and send them all a Christmas Hamper http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif AWE... Poor guys....a Measily $10,000 a month... (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=105799)

[wilddog]

Poor hockey players. 40 t0 60k. What a joke. They should all give the money to the people most effected by this. The people that work in their arena's, the bartenders and waitresses. Anybody directely affected by this.

[monkeygirl]

Hmmmmmm.....

Meeting? (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=106699)

I have to admit, I felt a lil bit of hope when I heard this this morning. Then,
i thought, I think the players have realized they're losing the fans so if they at least make the attempt they'll get some support back. Hmmmm.....Their proposals probably a joke http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif It's hard to be optomistic, they have 2 wks to do it for a half decent season..hopefully I'm wrong.

I had already written this, and half of next season off. Even if they come back..I won't watch as a form of protest... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif Yeah right, it sucks they know we'll be there with bells on. Well, here in Hockeyland anyway.

[Shaun]

Ya ive wriiten off this season tO,but hey ya never know right...It will be interesting to see what comes out of it though...at the very least its something...The weather is suppose to change next week..thats when i'll really feel it.

MG,ya ive been watching making the cut...is it just me,or were you glad to see that ''dont touch me,i demand respect'' goof Harkins finally get cut...Matt Hubbaur is playing the St Johns Maple Leafs right now...

Anybody been watching the AHL games on Sportsnet? What do you think of the changes there trying out..

1-no touch icing...i like it
2-tag up offside...i like it
3-nets moved back...i like it
4-wider blueline (24'inches)...i like it
5-and the small area where goalies can play the puck....heh,im still out on that one

~~Need more friends with wings,cause all the angels i know put concrete in my veins~~

[Shaun]

Will now maybe.....just maybe something good has started here. Shaun's Link (http://sports.sympatico.msn.ca/Home/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CP-AllSports&newsitemid=17208017)

~~Need more friends with wings,cause all the angels i know put concrete in my veins~~

[This message was edited by Obieone on 01-05-05 at 10:37 AM.]

[monkeygirl]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shaun:


MG,ya ive been watching making the cut...is it just me,or were you glad to see that ''dont touch me,i demand respect'' goof Harkins finally get cut...Matt Hubbaur is playing the St Johns Maple Leafs right now...

Anybody been watching the AHL games on Sportsnet? What do you think of the changes there trying out..

1-no touch icing...i like it
2-tag up offside...i like it
3-nets moved back...i like it
4-wider blueline (24'inches)...i like it
5-and the small area where goalies can play the puck....heh,im still out on that one
QUOTE]

Oh man I know, what a arrogant prick hey. Well if anyone who knows him here at home & respected him before, they sure don't now, what an idiot aye. Geez, I liked him at first too. I was really hoping for the fireman from here too, my hubby's played pick-up with him, but he's gone too. Then theres the lil prick from the Surrey Eagles, good for yapping & pesting but not enough talent.
I was really hoping they'd show us a whole game in the end, but it doesn't look like it. I bet it would be an awesome game.

As for the changes, yeah bring them all in, it would definately be an improvement. I wish they would also increase the ice surface, guys are way too big now, no room to skate anymore.

PS: Have you takin in any Pats games?

PS: Nate: Have you takin in any Moose games?

[wilddog]

Yeah I like a lot of the changes as well.Another thing is to shrink the goalie equipment back to mid 80's levels. As far as the goalie zone behind the net, If the goalies are wandering back there make them fair game for body checks. You'd have no more of this crap like Hasek running interference back there, knowing he's protected from getting hit. mg you talked about a bigger ice surface. I doubt the owners would go for that. It takes money out of their pockets. All of them high priced seats gone. The faster teams would definitely benefit though.

[nate007]

Haven't taken in any Moose games MG, the old arena sucked ass for accessibility because of some fairly steep ramps and lousy wc seating, so i never bothered going there if i didn't have to. And i've been too busy since the new arena opened to go check it out, although i hear it's nice, so i will sometime, maybe over christmas, or the next time Tootoo is in town. Spezza is playing there tonight, but alas, i have research papers to do and dinner with the probable future in-laws. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Shaun]

Im actually quite surprised at how much hockey ive actually been watching.Im really happy with Sportsnet,between CHL,OHL,QMJL,WHL and AHL games they have been broadcasting im happily getting my fix...I got to watch SJ Maple Leafs kick the crap outta of the Moose and wednesday night and last night was tickled to my very core to watch SJ kick the crap out of the Bingo Senaturds http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif....WOOOOOO..Edmonton next Wilddog http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

Ya,MG thats Jeffkins your talkin about right? Played for the Eagles...those guys are a dime a dozen.He did make laugh though..right at him http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif....Ya, im taking in all the Pats homegames for sure...havnt seen one as good as when they brawled the Giants though....WOOOOO...FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

The more i watch the AHL games,the more i deffinately support the new changes...i love em....Wilddog with the nets moved back and the goalie not being allowed to play the puck in the corner,i'll tell ya man what a difference....

~~Need more friends with wings,cause all the angels i know put concrete in my veins~~

[wilddog]

yeah the baby leafs have definitely had the runners number this year. They are a good team. I have been watching all the other hockey too. The AHL is excellent as well as the junior leagues. I'm sure glad the OHL and Western hockey league boys bitch slapped that Russian B team after that bonehead was mocking the fans and players in the QMJHL. went back to russia with his tail between his chicken legs. world juniors coming up in less than three weeks. Can't wait.

[monkeygirl]

Brad May's Charity game for Canuck Place was awesome, Bert was there too.... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Bert & others at Charity Game (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=107952)

Do any of you guys listen to any Vancouver radio,..Dan Russells Sports Talk on CKNW98 (9-12 every night) or MOJO730 6-6 every day? Geez, I never realized how much hockey talk I listen to, till I typed it.. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif Sportstalk is national, so you might, then again we all have puters so you can if ya want anyway.

Anywho, Of course the leagues not gonna take that proposal tommorrow, the 24% is just a one time thing, their proposal still doesn't address the systemic problem (oh my God, I don't mean to sound like pencil-neck Bettman)But it's true, Toronto, Detroit, Rangers, Av's, are like.. oh yeah baby, we saved 10-40 million bucks...lets go on a spending spree http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

They offered up 24% knowing the league wouldn't accept it. Anywho, at least they got things rolling...hopefully. Some how though, I really don't think the counter proposal will be anything the players will accept, not this year anyway. They won't take a hard cap. I wish they'd just friggin do it and settle at about a 40 mil cap and 50 cents on the dollar for luxury tax, not 20 measily cents on 30mil and drop the freakin puck!!!!!!

PS: Tucker was even there....he got booed, but changed to cheers..couldn't not ride him a bit http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

PS: Man...I hope I'm wrong... Hopefully you guys can ride me in a few hours cause I was soooo wrong..and they keep talking after tommorrow.......

PS:I just reread my post....yeah..yeah..gutter minds http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif no you can't really ride me http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[This message was edited by Monkeygirl on 12-14-04 at 02:24 AM.]

[wilddog]

The top paid players are crying now. Good for em. Go play somewhere else you bums. I can see major cracks in the union now. Bettman threw the 800,000 and under, players a bone. Now lets see if they take it. Monkeygirl you've got me all excited. Don't know if I can function for the rest of the day now. :rolleyes http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif :

[monkeygirl]

YEE-HAA........A HOCKEY GAME..... A HOCKEY GAME THAT MEANS SOMETHING....THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT!!!!!!!!

Canada 4 Ruski's 2

Oh PS: Sorry my Yankee buddies.....better luck next time....that's pay back for last year http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif...oh gotta go 10mins till puckdrop.. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Yaw]

OH CANADA!

Canada 6
Russia 1

2nd period is over - celebration has begun.

Yaw http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[christopher]

BOO YAH BABY!!!

[wilddog]

got to be the best junior team of all time. What a powerhouse. Usually goaltending is the key to winning these tournaments. Hell it never even came down to that. Glass was good when he had to be, but how often did he have to be good. Unbelievable. :eek :rolleyes http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif : :

[Obieone]

Yesssss ...... http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/sport/sport-smiley-005.gif
Our town is huge into hockey .... Bill was acting like a true blue fan a hootin' and a hollerin' .. made us forget about the weather for a night .. Thanks "Little Team Canada" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif ..

Obieone http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

[monkeygirl]

Whoa.. unreal hey, talk about dominate or what.. what a team..they just steam-rolled everybody. That must suck though aye, having to stop playing now. They're probably like "No, we don't wanna stop, bring on more teams" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif They're on such a roll, it's a shame that it's all over.

So did ya here Crosby is praying he becomes a Canuck, it's the only team he wants to be on. He said he's hoping we make a deal to pick him up in the draft http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

PS: Obieone.. yeah wicked weather, I seen you guys on the news tonight.. what on earth makes you stay in Manitoba..and do you go to Moose games?

[monkeygirl]

Oh Boy, think we'll have a 20 game season and a 14 game playoff and make Lord Stanley proud http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Meeting (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=111647)

I've got something for the Players & the Owners.........

[Shaun]

I hear dat sista http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif...Im actually lookin forward to there lil gatherin,just to see whats up.No Goodenow or Bettman invovled,i find that kinda interesting....maybe they can make something work without the ''clownshoes'' in the room http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~I knew a lady who came from Duluth,bit by a dog with a rabid tooth,she went to her grave just a little to soon and flew away howlin on the yellow moon~~

[Shaun]

I wonder if i'll regain any respect for Trevor Linden after tommorow...

~~I knew a lady who came from Duluth,bit by a dog with a rabid tooth,she went to her grave just a little to soon and flew away howlin on the yellow moon~~

[monkeygirl]

Oh yeah of course, regardless of his position he is such a stand up guy. Trevor's a great guy, he's not a smuck, I mean, he's even meeting with out the dickheads, now maybe something will happen.

Rumour has it they're takin 6yr deal that includes a cap. Weather it's this year or starting next year, who knows? I certainly won't enjoy it as usual, but I will watch and participate, even though I'm so pissed at all of them. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif

So we just may have a few games yet http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif I still would be in to smokin them freakin Leafs again. I really miss the banter http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Shaun]

Ya lady,your smokin LEAFS alright http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif...I heard that rumour to but i heard 8yrs...They also said this morning on TSN that there was another rumour that the Ducks and Coyotes have ordered training gear.So who knows whats gonna happen....Maybe later today there'll be good news..

By the way MG,when was the last time the Canucks beat the Leafs,because i sure cant remember...I sure remember the last time they beat the ''Senaturds'' though http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~I knew a lady who came from Duluth,bit by a dog with a rabid tooth,she went to her grave just a little to soon and flew away howlin on the yellow moon~~

[monkeygirl]

Oh well so much for that...silly me havin a lil' hope...serves me right...what a bonehead http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif it'll be 2yrs now, not just 1 that's for sure... assholes

[karupt411]

yeah, and how can hasek play when he's 42?

( im a senaturd fan)

[westcoast_gc]

What a bunch of crap. I prepaid for the whole season and hell this is the thanks owners and player give the fans. Player just don't understand they make just a little to much. Better luck next year, if the Ducks are not one of the teams that must fold.

[Shaun]

There forking killing me! Ive been ever the optimist since this bullshit started..and i still refuse to believe we wont have some type of season until they finally say ''BUDEEP BUDEEP BUDEEP THATS ALL FOLKS''...but these little gathering's they keep havin are driving me insane PLAY OR DONT PLAY,JUST GET IT THE FUCK OVER WITH...SET ME FREE...

~~I knew a lady who came from Duluth,bit by a dog with a rabid tooth,she went to her grave just a little to soon and flew away howlin on the yellow moon~~

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Shaun:

There forking killing me! Ive been ever the optimist since this bullshit started..and i still refuse to believe we wont have some type of season until they finally say ''BUDEEP BUDEEP BUDEEP THATS ALL FOLKS''...but these little gathering's they keep havin are driving me insane PLAY OR DONT PLAY,JUST GET IT THE FUCK OVER WITH...SET ME FREE...

After last week and today,im left quoteing myself....PLAY OR DONT PLAY,JUST GET IT THE FUCK OVER WITH...SET ME FREE...

~~I knew a lady who came from Duluth,bit by a dog with a rabid tooth,she went to her grave just a little to soon and flew away howlin on the yellow moon~~

[monkeygirl]

I hear ya man... Hopefully after tommorrows meet though, they'll finally call it and say that's it for this season, but we'll continue to talk so we have an agreement to start up on time in September.

I don't know why they don't jusy freekin do that, it's getting pretty pathetic, call it already Bettman! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif

PS: Do you believe Chelios & Co, what a joke hey http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Well... Hopefully pencil-neck has the balls to call it tommorrow..........

[nate007]

Chelios is as stupid as they come. If he's not coplaining about how many millions he should be making, or taking jobs away from guys who are only making a few grand, he's out trashing hotel rooms.

The owners just need to all declare bankruptcy and start a new league with a 35 mil cap and a team in Winnipeg.

Chelios claims that a cap wouldn't help small market teams, if there had been a cap ten years ago, Winnipeg would still have a team, and a cap is the only way Alberta will still have 2 teams in ten years.

[steveg]

Chelios was one of my favorite Hawk players who said he'd never play for the Red Wings. I still like the guy since he plays the game the way it should be played but that dropped him a notch for me.

Steve

[Shaun]

Chelios is just one of many whom my respect for has dropped a notch....Anybody who'll jump up and down screaming ''no cap'' and then sign over seas or for any other league that has a cap and make a meagre portion of there NHL salary and steal other players jobs while there doing it...DOESNT EVEN DESERVE RESPECT...

~~I knew a lady who came from Duluth,bit by a dog with a rabid tooth,she went to her grave just a little to soon and flew away howlin on the yellow moon~~

[Mike C]

Any you people out there remember the Islanders from 81 to 84 and the epic playoff battles fought against Edmonton with newby Wayne Gretsky? Mike Bossy, Billy Smith, Bryan Trottier, Jari Kurri, Andy Moog..unbelievable games were played.

"So I have stayed as I am, without regret, seperated from the normal human condition." Guy Sajer

[christopher]

Monkeygirl and I remember the Islanders all too well indeed. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'.

[monkeygirl]

Yeah Mike, what Chris said, all too well 82 especially, I'm still pissed off. I'll let it go one day http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif May-be next season when we win Lord Stanley........ http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

[steveg]

MG - you certain there will be a season next year? I'm sticking to my original prediction that they'll finally come back after half of next season is lost. I heard only a part of what Jeremy Roenick said (another tough good player my idiot Hawks management lost). He thinks that 1/2 the fans at this point don't care and even worse they hope hockey doesn't come back.

[Shaun]

Heres what Roenick said...http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=113756&hubName=nhl

Ya Mike i remember those battles...HNIC,snowing and cold out wrapped up on the couch watchin Gretzky play.. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

~~I knew a lady who came from Duluth,bit by a dog with a rabid tooth,she went to her grave just a little to soon and flew away howlin on the yellow moon~~

[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by Steve G:

MG - you certain there will be a season next year? I'm sticking to my original prediction that they'll finally come back after half of next season is lost. I heard only a part of what Jeremy Roenick said (another tough good player my idiot Hawks management lost). He thinks that 1/2 the fans at this point don't care and even worse they hope hockey doesn't come back.

Well, I guess this meeting still going on has brought back some optimism again http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif I just can't believe that they could be so freakin stupid to not have this fiqured out to start next season. I'm hoping that's what they're gonna say after these talks at least we'll start ontime next season.

I mean they see these polls in the States, like this one ESPN did. "Do you care that the NHL is expected to cancel season" 73%-No 27% Yes, That's pretty bad. How can they be so stupid, they have to, there is no support in the states at all with a few exceptions...you die hard fans on this site. I mean here in Canada, kids are conceived while watching hockey http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif My dad said I was anyway http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif So they don't have to worry about us, but you guys....like I said they can't be that stupid...(can they?)

I guess we'll find out shortly..

ESPN Poll (http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=nhlseasonpoll050203)

[steveg]

I think the owners will do anything at this point in time to get their salary cap. When this started I didn't really have a side. It seemed like something needed to be done to get the games finances under control though and the owner of my team is such a horse butt there is no hope in Chicago (oh the good memories I used to have and haven't for a long time now). Originally I thought this would be an 18 month ordeal (miss a season and a half). Now I think there will be NHL hockey in 12 months. Here's the scenario as I see it.

This weekend we get the announcement that the NHL season is over. Sometime over the summer they try to get together and can't reach an agreement. Start of next season the owners bring back the NHL with "replacement players" with the hopes "regular players" will start trickling back in and they'll break the union. Lots of pissed off fans, lots of bad hockey and empty arenas, lots less kids conceived in Canada http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif and lots of teams go under. 5 - 10 years from now we get back to the point where we have real NHL hockey again. Maybe by that time old Dollar Bill Wirtz will be a bunch of ashes in a vase somewhere I'll get real hockey in Chicago again. Hawks win the Cup in 2015!

- Signed Pissed Off Hawks Fan

[monkeygirl]

Well, it'll be Mon I hope, I finally had enough, I actually turned off the both sides press conferences this time, same shit, different pile. What a bunch of losers http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif. I didn't want a piddly little season, I just wanted to here they have a deal to start next season on time...goofs..freakin goofs...


Anywho, here's a tune for you guys...


tune (http://ondemand.corusent.com/Radio/ASX/cfmifm/cfmifm_20041115_18.57.24_NHL1.wma)

[monkeygirl]

"Sponsor a Hockey Player Today" lol.....lol..

Help now (http://www.admiralszone.com/funnystuff/savehockey/sponsor_a_hockey_player_today.htm)

[Max]

Monkey Girl,

Give it up!http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.giflol

All good hockey players moved to Russian & Eroupean leagues where they make much less, but at least they in game for sake of the game & to keep themselves in shape......

What I see is that Stanley format of game is dyinghttp://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

And thats very sad reality for mehttp://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif



http://stores.ebay.com/MAKSYM-Variety-Store

[monkeygirl]

No Way, I can't believe they finally agreed to a cap, here they go again, least I have faith they'll have it done intime for start of the season. They have to, the ice has been broken, they know it's the only way, they have to take a cap, and they will. Now the league has to raise up to 48-50, and we got game.

Nhlpa Press Release (http://www.nhlpa.com/Content/Feature.asp?contentId=3426)

PS: Max, they're a bunch of arshole scabs taking away all those poor guys jobs, scum I say, scum....I don't know if I can ever look at Morrison the same way again, lost respect for him taking another mans livelihood. And don't get me started on all the goofballs that disected the Mechanics Team http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif

[steveg]

A few paragraphs from Chicago Sun Times column today I found interesting and pretty sad at the same time...

***Consider an ESPN.com poll Monday that asked voters to indicate what they'll miss most about the NHL. The game itself? The Stanley Cup playoffs? Fights? Nothing?

Your winner: Nothing, garnering almost half the vote and confirming that hockey has fallen hopelessly behind the NASCAR rage and settled somewhere in the vicinity of rodeo, pro lacrosse and the Monster Trucks series.***

***"We've given all we can give and gone as far as we can go,'' Bettman said.

So rather than save a sport -- rather than give pause to decades of prosperity and the legends who popularized Canada's game in our land -- Bettman would prefer to bury a union. As a result, hockey could be vulnerable to a coup. When the NFL buried the players association by using replacement players during the 1987 strike, there was no legitimate threat of another league starting play. Nor was there any such threat when Major League Baseball was interrupted by the 1994 strike. But amid the high tech and volatility of the 21st century, any wheeling and dealing is possible by new influences. The NHL may use replacement players -- "We will look at all alternatives,'' said Bill Daly, Bettman's No. 2 man -- but hockey was watered down enough when the legitimate players were in uniform****

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Monkeygirl:

No Way, I can't believe they finally agreed to a cap, here they go again, least I have faith they'll have it done intime for start of the season. They have to, the ice has been broken, they know it's the only way, they have to take a cap, and they will. Now the league has to raise up to 48-50, and we got game.

I dont even know how to feel about it ya know..On one hand, ya right on!..but on the other hand..you assholes! its Feb 15th...But it does seem quite simple now,you just meet in the middle..i say 45-46mil and LETS GET IT ON..or if not this year,at least its done and were ready for next season..right..

I think im going to cry!...MG, hold me,tell me its ok http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

Max,those players playin overseas can F**KIN STAY THERE...Will employ those that they put out of work...they can play for the Sens http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[Shaun]

Hey Steve,try this site for good CBA info..its updated constantly and anything will be reported here before anywhere elsehttp://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=115014

And herehttp://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/index.jsp

Click on Hockey Hearsay...Roenick trying to save season..

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[steveg]

Shaun

Thanks, looks like a good information source. It will be interesting to hear what these same players (the ones taking jobs overseas, Mechanics Team, etc.) say next year when replacement players take their jobs in the NHL. They will have to keep their mouths shut since they have already set the precedent. This will get really nasty when they end the season tomorrow. I read the only reason Bettman is waiting until tomorrow to end the season is out of respect for Louis Sutter who is being eulogized today in Alberta (6 kids who played in the NHL) including the current coach of my Hawks.

[christopher]

I just saw Ron McLean on CBC. He sounds pretty hopeful that an agreement may be reached TONIGHT!!! Do I dare to believe? http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif

Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'.

[Shaun]

I gots the jitters..i cant concentrate on anything...I find my Pagan/Atheist self actually praying to any God who'll listen just in case http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[steveg]

Shaun

You pray to Stan Smyl? http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Steve G:

Shaun

You pray to Stan Smyl? http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

LOL..On my knees,im on my knees http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[Shaun]

Ya know,i thought i could handle it,i thought i was ready but in an 1hr and 45 min there gonna call the season and it makes me feel sick and depressed...i may openly weep..

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[steveg]

Weep away Shaun...These knuckleheads should be ashamed of themselves. I heard on a radio Sports Talk show last night that with everything else going on there are six owners (including the jerk who owns the Blackhawks) who want revenue sharing from the playoffs even if you don't make it. Like most sports this is maybe more about owner vs. owner when you look behind the scenes. I've always believed in the "one crazy owner" concept in sports. You know the guy who gives ARod $252 million when the closest offer was $190 million. The Red Wings spending over $80 million last season in payroll.

[steveg]

Well that's it the season is officially cancelled. "Wait until next year" takes on a whole new meaning. I think both the owners and players have done damage that will take years to eventually fix.

[christopher]

Motherf***ers. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif

Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'.

[Max]

Thats it -thats all folks!

Russians won! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif I mean Russian Hockey League...

Wonder if any cable smart enough to start showing Russian games http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif

Could make some good money



http://stores.ebay.com/MAKSYM-Variety-Store

[Shaun]

Wont someone hold me? even if only for a little while http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

Sure Max,why not eh! Why not pack up and move your family overseas and play in a League that HAS a hard salary cap,for a small fraction of what they could make playing for the NHL under THERE salary cap...players that are playing overseas,CAN STAY OVER OVERSEAS...FORK EM.

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[christopher]

I'll hold you Shaun, we can cry together. Just don't get any ideas, k?

I can't fault the players that want to play hockey, wherever it may be. I'll tell you one thing, though... the NHL is gonna get WAY smaller.

Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'.

[Shaun]

OH OH I CAN FAULT THEM,I CAN FAULT THEM,OOOOOOHHHHH FORK CAN I FAULT THEM...

How do you say ''no cap'' while your stealing jobs from other guys and playing in a league ''under a cap'' for a small fraction of what you would make playing under an ''NHL cap''...it doesnt make sense!

Those fucks playin for the Mechanics stole jobs and are makin 500 a week...What up wit dat?....I think the players screwed themselves yesterday...and when the replacements are brought in..I'LL BE THERE..as the players start crossing the line..I'LL BE THERE....and no NHL player has a right to ever use the word SCAB..ever..

I believe the NHL will be back better than ever..and it will start with the 05 training camp...I BELEAF..

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[steveg]

Shaun, I agree with you 100% except I WON'T be there for the Blackhawks. For me its officially over as a Hawks fan. Dollar Bill Wirtz (aka Mr. Potter from Its A Wionderful Life) had the nerve to hold a press conference and state that no way would he ever televise home games. Well, you horse's ass you never did televise them in the frist place and you want to shove this down our throats too after the season if cancelled. F you Dollar Bill.

The Hawks are one of the original teams who at one point about 10 years ago made the plyoffs in more consequetive years then any other team in all of sports. Chicago is the 3rd largest market with a fairly new United Center arena and what do we get; worse record in NHL last season (23 pathetic wins), no playoff for almost every year in the past 10, no home games on TV, 1/3 the fans showing up as go to Chicago Wolves games, inability to keep good players, and a payroll that is would fit a team playing in a 3rd world country. I just have had it. Maybe I'll become a Red Wings fan.

By the way, we can blame the Red Sox for no Stanley Cup. I heard today that the last time there wasn't a cup was in 1919 when they had that flu and cancelled the cup. THat same year the Red Sox won the World Series. Interesting huh?

[Shaun]

You gotta be kidding me,i thought it had ended and i was put out of my misery..http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=115396

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[Obieone]

Its the revival of the "faint hope" clause Shaun http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif .... what a world ... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Obieone http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Shaun]

This whole thing is like ive been shot.I thought i was finally put down but i find ive stumbled back up to my feet waiting to see what comes next...the final bullet or an Ambulance,kill me or save me,but why must i suffer..

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[monkeygirl]

Unreal man... bring on the valium already. I've never been so pissed in my life, at least now I'm able to calm down about that freakin Moore goof , he had me livid again the past couple days. Notice how he's having the case taken to the states where it's Civil Suit Utopia. Anywho, bring on the circus. O Boy, lets all play a round-robin for Lord Stanley. It's good for the peoples jobs I guess, we'll be able to try out the new rule changes, carry on with the draft sort of. Geez, why not win one game, loose the rest and get a 1st round pick http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Oh well, I guess it will asure we start on time next year too, that's the main thing. I sure wish they would not award Lord Stanley though, it's a joke. They should just pass on it this year, may-be some sort of trophe, but not Stanley. Don't you agree.

Oh, and I'll be fun watching the Leafs loose again too http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif Also seeing Bert back on the ice, they have to re-instate him, because of a bogus 28 game round-robin.

So, if it does fire up again like it looks like it will..I'll get things started.. lol.. Watch this will be the year the Make-Me-Laufs will win the cup, it's about the only chance they'll ever have..lol..lol.. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[This message was edited by Monkeygirl on 02-19-05 at 02:42 PM.]

[monkeygirl]

OK, That's it it's officially the biggest freakin joke I've ever seen, what a friggin dog & pony show. Those aresholes couldn't pay me to go to a game whenever they do start up next year. What a pack of incompetent idiots. I can't believe this actually happened what a laughing stock it has become. It's disgusting, what a pack of goofs.

Pathetic, that's it, Pathetic, how can they be so freekin stupid. It's a joke, it's gone beyond selfish, arogant, egotisical, greedy, lil' pieces of shit, I' hate em all, I wish someone would pile them all into a building and hang them by their balls till they're all dead!

[Obieone]

We're a huge hockey town here where I live Monkeygirl and most of who I talk to couldn't agree with you more - me included ..... besides we have great local teams to fill the gap ... I just feel so bad for all those out of work this past season because of all this (not the players the popcorn sellers etc.) ... sad sad ..

Obieone http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Shaun]

DOUBLE BARREL BUCKSHOT...BOOM..Blew my heart right out the back of my chest..and Shaun's down for good..

It hurt alot more than the first time,let me tell ya.Like i said before,and i'll say again BRING ON THE REPLACEMENTS..i'll be there for THEM and all NHL'ERS who cross the line

What i found interesting,was that Mario was for the 42.5 with a possible ramping up to 45...but the DALLAS shot it down..DALLAS WTF?..And why is the Union so scared to look at teams books? The union is fucked.

Anyways,it sure is hurt the Canucks next year eh! With Bertuzzi,May and Crawford all locked up in prison because Bertuzzi's an idiot.What was it Moore did again to deserve what he got? I cant even remember http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Shaun]

Here's an interesting read for everybody..http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20050216_150213_2824

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[Shaun]

Although the guy should have his teeth introduced to the nearest wall for using the word scab,it sure is nice to wake up and read stuff like this http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gifhttp://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/Sports/2005/02/21/937664-sun.html

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[steveg]

Shaun

Did you read the article at the bottom of this one "Commish: You've been Dissed"? What a nightmare.

[Shaun]

No,i actually missed it.Thanks for pointin it out.It was written by Al ''fat can'' Strachan though,i dont know if your familiar with him in Chicago or not but he's a complete ass,he's the ultimate hockey spinmaster,i wouldnt pay to much attention to him man,no one else does http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

What do you think of the AHL affiliates steppin in as replacement players? I would love it..

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[steveg]

Shaun

Thanks for the scoop on Mr. "fat can". We get very little hockey news in Chicago anymore. Our dear old owner has pissed off so many fans that it just doesn't get the play it used to here.

I have mixed feelings about the AHL filling in. In one respect it would be nice to see hockey return and get the finances under control so the game can "maybe" prosper again. But, I've always liked the NHL players. In this day where we have professional athletes that are so untouchable and act like overpaid spoiled brats that wouldn't know what the word team means, hockey players are typically very approachable, somewhat humble and think team first (obviously not all of them but its been a pretty good generalization). Like I pointed out a week or so ago in this thread NHL players will have nothing to complain about since they took other people's jobs.

I also think that the owners will use these guys and throw most of them away when they suit their purposes so I struggle with that. I just hate to see old Dollar Bill get his way by using guys for a lot less money. My guess is this was the owners plan long time ago.

[Max]

No soup and no hockey for you/us this season http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Ahhhh, Still could be good if they show Russian & European games on tv!



http://stores.ebay.com/MAKSYM-Variety-Store

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Steve G:

I also think that the owners will use these guys and throw most of them away when they suit their purposes so I struggle with that. I just hate to see old Dollar Bill get his way by using guys for a lot less money. My guess is this was the owners plan long time ago.

Ya,thats a good point.Where do these guys go as players start crossing the line? Who do keep,who do you let go..right?...Oh will though,were not at that point yet eh! It will be interesting to hear what comes out of the Board of Governers meeting march 1,and will see what they come up with.The league wants to have a deal by May.

Heres the best websites for keeping up with whats happening with the NHL.They dont miss anything,there updated immediately after there is anykind of news and lots of inside stuff just about daily...So if i havnt given em to ya before Steve,be sure to bookmark em,as a hockey fan lookin for info you'll love emhttp://www.tsn.ca/nhl/

and this onehttp://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/index.jsp

Max,Max,Max theres not enough hitting and fighting in those leagues,What are ya trying to sell us here man http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[wilddog]

Max, Shaun's right. I watched a couple of games from the swedish elite league and its boring as hell. You think they play trapping boring hockey here in N.America? Not. Its way worse in europe. Even on the bigger rinks. For now, its the CHL,the AHL and any other North american professional league's from now on. Its all good.

[Max]

Originally posted by Shaun:

Max,Max,Max theres not enough hitting and fighting in those leagues,What are ya trying to sell us here man http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif



Shaun,

I prefer skilled (Gretsky Type) hockey to fighting!http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif



http://stores.ebay.com/MAKSYM-Variety-Store

[steveg]

Shaun

Did MG jump out of a window after the season was cancelled http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by Steve G:

Shaun

Did MG jump out of a window after the season was cancelled http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

LOL...Nah, I'm still here, I started chuckling though...trying to picture myself jumping out a window:

1)I would have to find a window ledge low enough that I could lift & transfer onto,

2)I would have to make sure the window would open wide enough that I could spin & pull my legs through,

3)Hope theres nothing in the way on the way down cause I could only really fall out the window,

4)Hope the hell it's high enough so I just don't just go from being a para to a quad,

5)Here on someones radio on the way down " Yes folks the NHL starts back up next weeeeeeeeeeeek....SPLAT....LOL..LOL..

I think I'd rather do one big wack at least I'd get a good buzz before I head off to Hockey Heaven where anyone who plays the trap is sent straight to Hell..lol..

I'm just so pissed at these guys acting like children, that last freakin episode just turned my figgin stomach. Both sides have totally disgusted me.

Then there's ol lying sack of sh*t Steve Moore, suing everyone he can, I can't believe he's not suing the zamboni driver. He says he can't even excersise yet, a year later..Yeah ok buddy..I know quads who were excersising a couple months later with head gear in. My physio had me doing stuff a couple weeks later.

Sure the guys gotta sue, he'll never play hockey again because he's been black-balled for being a goof, not because he's not healthy enough. If he pulls this off and the precedant is set he will single handily destroy hockey as we no it.


I mean come on make a settlement out of court with Bert, only Bert, not the whole friggin team and organization, listed in his bloody conspirisy theory http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif He's such a goof, although I'm sure his lawyer parents and "Kobe's lawyer http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif are helping him along. Even still he's got a mind of his own, he's a Harvard grad himself http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Anywho, I'm still here Steve http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[steveg]

MG

Glad to see you (and your humor) are still intact. Hey, you could post some of that in another thread "You know your in a wheelchair when..." I guess I have my "Dollar" Bill Wirtz moments and you have your Steve Moore "is Less" moments.

[Shaun]

MG,MG,MG...While agree Moore suing Crawford and Burke are way out of line.Bertuzzi suckered him from behind ending his career,and whos to say that May didnt make good and give Bertuzzi the ''bounty'' money that he shot his mouth off about,eh!

Moores hit on Naslund was clean,Markus said so and even May said it (in around about way).Cooke called him out,they fought,the end,even if it was TWO GAMES later.Bertuzzi is the one that brought this all on,not Moore.Steves hit cost Markus nothing,Bertuzzi's SUCKER PUNCH FROM BEHIND cost Moore his career....Anyhoo,ya knows i love babe http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I dont like where this lawsuit is headed and what kind of pressident it could set in the NHL and if im blaming anybody for it its Bertuzzi.He did it...Now if you'll excuse me,im gonna run and hide http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by Shaun:

MG,MG,MG...While agree Moore suing Crawford and Burke are way out of line.Bertuzzi suckered him from behind ending his career [QUOTE]

Phftt,ending his career http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Bertuzzi's SUCKER PUNCH FROM BEHIND cost Moore his career....

Again Phftt..Moore's decision to want MONEY more than he wants to play hockey is whats ended his career. He knows it's either or, he might have lasted one or two more years in the NHL, never amounting to anything, lucky to be a 4th liner. So he through his pride out the window and went for the cash...sickening really, you could ask any of his team-mates if they wanted him back in the league, I doubt one would say yeah. Even when he was asked if the NHLPA was backing him, he replied "No Comment" What does that tell ya, huh? He sold out man http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[QUOTE] I dont like where this lawsuit is headed and what kind of pressident it could set in the NHL and if im blaming anybody for it its Bertuzzi.He did it...Now if you'll excuse me,im gonna run and hide http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif Ooohhh you anger me my friend..blaming Bert for what this lying sack of shit is doing, sure he threw the punch, he admitted he screwed up, paid his dues, team paid their dues and us fans paid our dues, and that's that. Blaming Bert for the dickhead proceeding with all his freakin gold-diggin lawsuits is way off base.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr... Oh man, Yu'r so lucky yu'r hiding behind that couch Bucko, or I'd be takin a few rounds outta you!

PS: Did ya see the sweet innocent lil wa-baby cheap shot, and try and take out St.Louis a couple weeks before he took advantage of Nas in a vulnerable position, head down, trying to take him out. Only loosers try and take out a teams best player...he's a goof, scum I say, pure scum....

Well I Otta...Come out from behind that couch you.....

[wilddog]

mg you know what I blame this on? Lawyers. Its just like the lemmings in the nhlpa. Its brainwashing by ambulance chasers. Its the lawyers that are getting Moore to sue everybody. Its time to end this crap. Bert went to court and was judged. Enough said. Its over. Let the man play hockey I say.

[Shaun]

''THERES NO ONE ELSE TO BLAME BUT BURT',shaun yelled out from behind the couch,''AND NO WAY AM I COMING OUT LADY'',''ITS SAFE AND WARM BACK HERE''. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif...who wuvs ya baby!

~~If it feels good do it even if ya shouldnt,dont let people mess you around~~

[monkeygirl]

Unreal, this kids got it made, he hasn't even played in the NHL yet, never mind not even being drafted yet...must be nice hey!

From TSN website:

Crosby inks lucrative endorsement deal


TORONTO (CP) - Sidney Crosby has joined NBA star Allen Iverson, NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, actress Lucy Lui and rappers Jay-Z and 50 cent in Reebok's stable of athletes and celebrities endorsing the company's sportswear and sports equipment.



The 17-year-old Rimouski Oceanic forward has signed what is reported to be a five-year, 2.5-million US dollar endorsement deal with Reebok, which continued its aggressive push into the hockey market by signing the best young hockey prospect in years.



Reebok beat out rivals Nike, Bauer and Mission to sign Crosby and flew him to Toronto on the company plane for a splashy news conference Tuesday at the Air Canada Centre.



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"I've been in this business for 15 years. Based on my experience in working in hockey with other athletes, it's probably the best deal I've seen so far in terms of apparel and equipment," said Pat Brisson, Crosby's agent with IMG.



Crosby has signed an NHL-calibre endorsement contract even though he has yet to drafted by the league.



"This is obviously a big deal and it's something I'm happy to be part of, but it's not going to change me as a person or a player," Crosby said. "Money is not going to change me. I'm going to be the same person no matter what happens."



Reebok already has an equipment deal with the Canadian Hockey League, which includes the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in which Crosby plays.



But Crosby will wear Reebok skates and equipment exclusively and Reebok footwear, apparel and training equipment off-ice. He will not use Reebok's sticks yet, as he has two years remaining on a four-year deal with Sherwood.



Tuesday's announcement at the ACC got full-on media coverage in a Leafs-centred market starved for hockey news of any kind during the NHL lockout.



Crosby, the unanimous choice to be the first overall pick whenever the 2005 NHL draft actually is held, stepped to the podium on the Toronto Raptors practice court wearing jeans, a Reebok hooded sweatshirt and an Rbk baseball cap.



He answered questions in both English and French with parents Troy and Trina in attendance.



The five-foot-10, 193-pound forward from Cole Harbour, N.S., has rewritten the record books for players his age, but it is what he is projected to do in the pros that made him attractive to Reebok.



"The most important thing wasn't the dollar figure, but to have a long-term relationship," said Matt O'Toole, president and CEO of The Hockey Company, which is a Reebok subsidiary. "With a player like Sidney, we don't want to have a one-or two-year relationship. We want it to be for his career."



Reebok bought The Hockey Company, based in Montreal, and in doing so acquired its equipment brands CCM, Jofa and Koho, last year.



Reebok announced in January it was introducing its own line of equipment called Rbk. The company has signed NHL players Chris Pronger, Tony Amonte, Mike Modano, Curtis Joseph and twin brothers Henrik and Daniel Sedin.



In Crosby, Reebok gets a client who is actually playing, which most of the above players are not during the current NHL lockout.



"That's a particularly nice thing," O'Toole said. "He's on the ice for a full season this year and he's playing fantastic."



Reebok first contacted Crosby's family when he was 15, but the company can thank another NHL client, Patrice Bergeron, for helping seal the deal with Crosby.



Bergeron, a Boston Bruins forward playing in the AHL this season, was Crosby's linemate and roommate at the world junior hockey championship this year. It didn't hurt that Bergeron was tournament's leading scorer and MVP.



"I tried to pick his brain and learn a little bit about the company," Crosby said.



Crosby doesn't turn 18 until August, but he has become an industry. In addition to the Reebok deal, Frameworth Sports Marketing is licensed to sell official Sidney Crosby memorabilia. On EBay, there are pages of Crosby-related items for sale.



Brisson said he is working on other deals for Crosby, including a sports energy drink endorsement.



Reebok, based in Canton, Mass., also sells Rockport, Greg Norman and Polo Ralph Lauren footwear brands.



The company said sales in 2004 were $3.8 billion, up from $3.5 billion in 2003.

PS: I luv his quote:

"This is obviously a big deal and it's something I'm happy to be part of, but it's not going to change me as a person or a player," Crosby said. "Money is not going to change me. I'm going to be the same person no matter what happens."

http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif Yeah...OK...Sure..Whatever you say Sidney...

PS: Shaun: I won't argue with you anymore about Bert, cause, well, you make my blood boil and well I'm right & you're WRONG! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif Nuff Said!

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Monkeygirl:


PS: Shaun: I won't argue with you anymore about Bert, cause, well, you make my blood boil and well I'm right & you're WRONG! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif Nuff Said!

LOL..<Austin powers voice>..Do i make you angry baby http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif..

So what do we think of this new look for NHL ice (no Joke its blue),to be acommpanied with the rules they have been experimenting with in the AHL...

[monkeygirl]

No way, are you serious? Oh boy, maybe they'll bring back the glowing puck too. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif The blue may look cool in a way, but they can't keep screwing with tradition.

Gotta like the line changes though.

[Shaun]

Hey remember this thread http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Will the World cup is on!...Whos into it?...The NHL and PA have agreed to meet twice a week until CBA i settled..What do you think?..are we gonna have a settlement before September?...I think so..

~~I went to heaven,but couldnt get in for what i had done.I said ''please take me'',they said your crazy,you had to much fun~~

[monkeygirl]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shaun:

Hey remember this thread http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Will the World cup is on!...Whos into it?...The NHL and PA have agreed to meet twice a week until CBA i settled..What do you think?..are we gonna have a settlement before September?...I think so..

QUOTE]

Well, I don't don't know man, I don't even know if I'll watch, I'm so pissed off ya know what I mean. I may watch a game , when we play the Yanks probably, and the final. I really don't know.

As far as the CBA, I really don't give a shit right now they can just kiss my rosy red arse! I'm actually shocked how uninterested I really am, I guess I kinda hit a last straw somewhere along the line, ya know what I mean?

[Shaun]

I'll take any hockey i can get..OOOOHHH I MISS IT SOOOO!..We should be in the second round of playoffs right now and im hurtin..I'll probably watch all the games.I watched all the Womens games (which is like watching the Senators play the Senators http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif),all the under 18,will any hockey thats been shown and all the local hockey around here WHL,SJHL and friends leagues.After the worlds i'll be waitin for the Memorial cup to start,Sportsnet is carrying all the games...Ive actually when i think about done alright hockey whys this winter,but i need the CBA to be done,i want NHL on time this spring.

~~I went to heaven,but couldnt get in for what i had done.I said ''please take me'',they said your crazy,you had to much fun~~

[monkeygirl]

Hey westcoast and gvinton, I here your getting new owners and they might be hiring Burke. Man you'll be some lucky to have him. He's an awesome GM, he turned our franchise into what it is today(no comments from shauns peanut gallery)

Everyone was so choked when the owners fired him. He will turn the ducks into an excellant team if you get him. I hope you do for your sake but not mine cause you'll be harder to beat. Good luck keep your fingers crossed, he's the best man for the job. Lets just hope there's a season for him to do it hey! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[gvinton]

That would be nice. I had heard about the ownership change, their from here in Orange County and have plenty of money. Burke would be great.

We still have plenty of hockey going on here. Spring Select league at Disney Ice and our travel roller team is going to Florida for the NARCH finals in July.

Check out the link below. Our team, "Shift", won our division.

Check out the 12 Silver MVP (http://topcathockey.com/r_factorymorph_042205.html)

[monkeygirl]

Right-on GV! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Hey check out the "Baby Leafs" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Tee-Hee.. (http://www.tsn.ca/ahl/news_Story.asp?ID=123335)

[monkeygirl]

http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Monkeygirl:

He's an awesome GM, he turned our franchise into what it is today(no comments from shauns peanut gallery)

LMAO..And just what exactly is it that they are today?...no comments from me!..yeah right http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif...Do the numbers 1915 (and counting) ring a note with you http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

GV dont do it man.If you take Burke away then were left with Healy and Macguire on TSN,and thats just wrong...take the other two,make it a two for one deal,but not Burke...im on my knees,im begging you,BEGGING YOU PLEASE NOT BURKE,NOT BURKE http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~I went to heaven,but couldnt get in for what i had done.I said ''please take me'',they said your crazy,you had to much fun~~

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Monkeygirl:

Right-on GV! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Hey check out the "Baby Leafs" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

http://www.tsn.ca/ahl/news_Story.asp?ID=123335

If only they could learn to do it at the NHL level..Dare to dream MG,dare to dream http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

and on another note...DOMI..DOMI..DOMI..DOMI http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif......Domi calls for change.. (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20050505_115925_6028)

~~I went to heaven,but couldnt get in for what i had done.I said ''please take me'',they said your crazy,you had to much fun~~

[nate007]

I'm directing my attention to other sports right now. The CFL opens training camps in less than four weeks, the Blue Jays are doing well, and the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the Northern League opened their training camp today.

[Shaun]

Ya ive been watching the Jays this year to,so far so good.I cant imagine why a Bombers fan would be looking forward to the CFL though,will,unless you now realize the ROUGHRIDERS RULE.. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Is it just me,or does anybody else find pleasure in the Yankees being in the basement with there brother the Rangers...Why do i find pleasure in these teams losing.. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~I went to heaven,but couldnt get in for what i had done.I said ''please take me'',they said your crazy,you had to much fun~~

[monkeygirl]

Whoa! What a game man! I finally watched one after being so pissed. I fiqured ok this game means something so I did. LOL...I haven't gone through alll those emotions in one sitting in months.

"Whoa, Yeah, What a save!" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

"What a stupid penalty you areshole!" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif

"Yeah Baby, What a goal!" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

"What, You call that a penalty!" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif

"What's this sh*t? It's a lil blood on the ice and you're carrying on like it's a major surgery" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif

"Oh yeah baby gotta luv those two line pass's" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

"No Way...Unreal..Come on you idgits! What's this sh*t" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif "Play friggin hockey will ya!"

"Yeah Baby...Yessss..That's my boys! Yessss! What a goal! That's why I luv this game..Yeah baby!!!" http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Yup, gotta say, I'm still pissed at all those guys but man I luv this game...Ya know what I mean......

That was a great game, I hope the final is gonna be as good as this one was.

Go Canada Go!!!!

[Shaun]

I HEAR DAT!...Ya the game was awsome.The Russians tommorow should be another great game,its always fun to watch the Canadians and Russians play..Im predicting a 3-2 Canada win in overtime http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

~~I went to heaven,but couldnt get in for what i had done.I said ''please take me'',they said your crazy,you had to much fun~~

[monkeygirl]

Whew...... Boneheads almost blew it.....

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Shaun:

Im predicting a 3-2 Canada win in overtime http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

This just in!..Shaun sucks at predicting shit http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Second and third period were an absolute pleasure to watch.The Swede Chech's game was a blast to..Canadian Gold tommorow baby http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

~~I went to heaven,but couldnt get in for what i had done.I said ''please take me'',they said your crazy,you had to much fun~~

[christopher]

http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

Om my way home I saw a car drive by with a Czech flag hanging out and I knew. DAMMIT!!! There goes the most hated car in Canada!

Damn you Czech Republic!

I cursed them as they drove by and I gotta say, I got a couple of smiles.

Babies, before we're done here, y'all be wearin' gold plated diapers!

[monkeygirl]

Now I remember why I hate this game http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif Talk about a luv/hate relationship http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Emotional fan...."Not I" Par for the course this year anyway, it's only fitting they should loose, they're all a bunch of bums.

I must say I was shocked to see Jagr playing with his broken pinky though http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif, thought the li'l wouse would have called it a day. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Shaun]

The thing that pissed me off me most,wasnt that we lost cause i can deal with that,its the shut out...The f**king shut out,are you kidding me!..we couldnt muster one goal..NOT ONE!...Thats pathetic..

Oh,will!..Memorial Cup comin,then Football and then with any luck,NHL in September...and all the world will be right again http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

P.S...I hold Jovanovski,Morrison,Souray,Redden and Phillips personally responsible for this debacle http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

~~I went to heaven,but couldnt get in for what i had done.I said ''please take me'',they said your crazy,you had to much fun~~

[monkeygirl]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shaun:



P.S...I hold Jovanovski,Morrison,Souray,Redden and Phillips personally responsible for this debacle http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

QUOTE]


LOL.....I knew it...I knew it!! I freekin knew you'd blame Jovo and Mo...LOL...LOL....

At least 2 Canucks were called to the table Buck. No surprise No Leafs were, http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif Thank god, ya think 3-zip was bad, it probably woulda been 6-zippo! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif

PS: As far as your remarks about Jovocop & Mo... Take this Bucko....

[This message was edited by Monkeygirl on 05-16-05 at 08:17 PM.]

[Shaun]

NO NO,i didnt just blame THEM,i made sure to throw the Hab and the two TURDS in there as will...What this team needed was a Neuendyke or a Roberts perhaps have a Tucker and yes,oh yes they desperately needed a Domi http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~This world can turn me down but i wont turn away,i wont duck and run cause im not built that way~~

[monkeygirl]

Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha..4-2 You're toast, Leafs are Losers http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif Even in Fantasy they can't win! "Leafs Suck, Leafs Suck"

I know you'll come back with yeah that's the only way the Canucks will win is fantasy, blah blah, blah, I would too, I mean you have to defend your, even if they will never win Lord Stanley.

Only one thing..Saku Koivu..huh, no thanks.

Canucks Win Lord Stanley (http://www.canada.com/national/features/fantasyplayoffs/index.html)

Oh and remember, Sticks & Pucks will break my bones, but names will never hurt me! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Shaun]

LMAO..Yep,in FANTASY the Canucks can beat the Leafs and win the cup,in FANTASY...also in FANTASY,the Canucks can be eaten by dragons and have the the cup taken from them http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif.......but where do we seperate fantasy from reality?..because the reality of it is theres probably a higher probabilty that the Canucks could be eaten by dragons long before they ever get there hands on the cup http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[christopher]

And the last time Toronto won the Cup was... ??? At least I can remember the last time the Habs won. Not that I think it's gonna happen again anytime soon, I'm jis sayin'.

Babies, before we're done here, y'all be wearin' gold plated diapers!

[Shaun]

Ya,that would be 67,but i dont remember anybody askin the Habs fan a DAAAMMNNED THING!

NO COWBELL FOR YOU!..COME BACK,ONE YEAR..NEXT! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[christopher]

..COME BACK,ONE YEAR..NEXT! Big Grin


Oh, dearest Shaun, please be right! We were all sitting around drinkin' beers this evening and... something was missing http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

Beer, BBQ season, and the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 'Tis a good dream...

Babies, before we're done here, y'all be wearin' gold plated diapers!

[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by christopher:



Beer, BBQ season, and the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 'Tis a good dream...



Yeah, I hear ya Chris, but poor Shaun will be dreaming about the Stanley Cup Parade for many many more years. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[monkeygirl]

From todays "Hockey News":

Article (http://www.thn.com/en/headlines/detail.asp?id=27908&cat=954945254360)



NHL 'improve-the-game' camps underway
Mark Brender
June 6, 2005

The NHL is kicking off three days of experimental scrimmage hockey in Toronto today with a radical proposal to improve the game.

First up in the morning session is a look at the Boston Bruins' "open ice" concept, under which the only relevant line on the ice is drawn above the faceoff circles in the defensive zones. Once a puck-carrier crosses that line, everything would be allowed - i.e. no icings will be called, no passes would be called back for being too long and there would be no such thing as offside.

The NHL says it will watch for promising trends over the three days in what is being billed as a "research and development" camp. There will be two scrimmages a day and all of the ideas that have been tossed around to boost excitement and scoring chances - smaller pads, bigger nets, two-line passes, new lines in different places - are on tap. Players recruited to participate include overage juniors and Canadian university players.

The afternoon session on Monday features larger nets and no red line. Tuesday is set to be the testing ground for zero tolerance on infractions against the puck carrier, plus more liberal passing rules using a new line across the top of the faceoff circles that would modify icing and offside rules, as advocated by Scotty Bowman.

No-touch icings, no icings on penalty kills and overtime experiments with 4-on-4, 3-on-3 and shootouts are also planned for study. All of the sessions are going to be filmed for later review.

"Some of them might gain a bit of a foothold because you say hey, this works, it looks pretty good," said Mike Murphy, NHL vice-president of hockey operations. "Then I think it might get directed to the competition committee where it can get debated and looked at a little more intensely than it is right here."

A competition committee made up of players, GMs and other representatives from the league and the union is expected to be formalized within a new collective bargaining agreement. If the CBA gets completed in time, the committee could decide to hold more on-ice sessions this summer or try favored changes in NHL pre-season games, Murphy said.

The American League could again serve as a testing ground in 2005-06. The shootout, restrictions on goalie movement and other changes tested in the AHL last year are likely to be adopted by the NHL.

"I would predict that almost every one of those things will come into our game when we start," Murphy said.

My take:

1. Bigger nets: Definately

2. No redline: Yeah baby!

3. Restricted goalie movement: Yipper

4. Smaller goalie equipment: Hell yeah!

5. No-touch icing: Undecided

6. No icing on Penalty kills: Oh yeah..

7. 3 on 3 Shootouts: Adds excitement, I'm in.

8. Zero tolerance on obstruction, phftt, yeah ok, where have I heard that before http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

9. Scotty's idea, have to read more about it.

10. Leafs banned from the leaque: Priceless http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Shaun]

1. Bigger nets: Absolutely not!..Those things look rediculous.

2. No redline:That im for..

3. Restricted goalie movement:as long as its the same formula as the AHL,im in

4. Smaller goalie equipment: Absolutely!

5. No-touch icing: Its about time!

6. No icing on Penalty kills: Different,id have to see it.

7. 3 on 3 Shootouts: I like 4 on 4 for 5mins,then a 3 on 3 for 5mins then a shoot out.

8. Zero tolerance on obstruction. LMAO

9. Scotty's idea, have to read more about it. Agreed,seems kinda weird to me.

10. Leafs banned from the leaque: Will im not sure what a ''leaque'' is,but i dont want them there either.Is it some sort of vegetable http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

My feelings as will as a majority of players is if you want to clean up obstruction,high sticks and that kinda crap..LOSE THE INSTIGATOR RULE!

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by Shaun:

10. Leafs banned from the leaque: Will im not sure what a ''leaque'' is,but i dont want them there either.Is it some sort of vegetable http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif




Yeah, yeah, yeah what are you my mother? I've spelled it that way since I was a kid for some reason, leave me alone ya big bully! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif

LOL....Domi flapping his toothless gums again:

Domi (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050615.wxnhl15/BNStory/Sports/)


I had to cut & paste, the link didn't work.


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Domi pulls no punches in rapping league, owners
By DAVID SHOALTS

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 Updated at 4:14 AM EDT

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

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Toronto - Tie Domi, who did not want to address the possibility he may have played his final game as a Toronto Maple Leaf, nevertheless had plenty to say about the hardline and small-market National Hockey League club owners who have battled his friend, Leafs part-owner Larry Tanenbaum, during the lockout.

Domi, who was at the Woodbine Race Track yesterday to handle the draw for the North American Cup, the richest standardbred race in North America, also took a direct shot at NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and a more subtle one at National Hockey League Players' Association executive director Bob Goodenow. Bettman, Domi noted, called the lockout that cost the entire 2004-05 season, while Goodenow also had a role in it.

But his greatest ire was reserved for NHL owners such as Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, Craig Leipold of the Nashville Predators, Peter Karmanos of the Carolina Hurricanes and Bill Wirtz of the Chicago Blackhawks. All of them, except Wirtz, are on the owners' negotiating committee, and some of them are thought to be among those who censured Tanenbaum, a moderate who was appalled at the loss of the season, at a governors meeting last winter.

"You look at a guy like Jacobs, for example, he had one of the jewels of the United States and he just let it go," Domi said. "He did nothing to improve his team, did nothing to market his teams.

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"The same with the guy in Chicago [Wirtz]. He doesn't show his games on TV. How much do these guys really care about their teams and the game and about winning?"

Domi added that Tanenbaum, the chairman of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, is one of the few owners who takes the trouble to get to know all of his employees, not just the players. He also noted that hardline owners such as Karmanos created the NHL's economic woes by driving up salaries through his $38-million (all figures U.S.) contract offer to Sergei Fedorov, which the Red Wings were forced to match in salary to keep their star forward.

"The guy in Los Angeles [Philip] Anschutz, he probably doesn't even know his players' names," Domi said. "Larry [Tanenbaum] knows every player's name, and his wife's name and his kids' names. It's pretty special to be part of this group."

Domi was clearly bitter about how the lockout turned out for the players. He is not unhappy because the NHLPA has settled for a salary cap that ties salaries to revenues, but he is unhappy that it took so long to do so.

It appears a new collective labour agreement will be reached within a few weeks -- the sides met again yesterday in Toronto and the session will continue today -- but that may be too late for many of the older players. With a maximum salary cap of $36-million expected, and more than 400 free agents on the market, some older players will either be forced into retirement or forced to take huge pay cuts.

Domi will be 35 by the time training camps are to start in the fall. He is also an unrestricted free agent coming off a contract that paid him $1.7-million in its final year. As a player who earned his money for toughness and checking, rather than scoring, Domi will find it difficult to avoid a pay cut.

All Domi would say is that he expects to retire as a Maple Leaf and has not thought about any alternatives. But he admitted he thinks he has "two or three years" left as an NHL player, which leaves the possibility he could, however reluctantly, finish up somewhere else.

Either way, he says, he will go into the next NHL season still unhappy about a lockout that was waged for the survival of small-market teams in the United States, while the small-market teams in Canada such as the Winnipeg Jets and Quebec Nordiques were allowed to move during Bettman's watch.

"Why are they trying to save Nashville and Carolina? Why didn't they try and save Winnipeg and Quebec?"

[Shaun]

''Domi was clearly bitter about how the lockout turned out for the players. He is not unhappy because the NHLPA has settled for a salary cap that ties salaries to revenues, but he is unhappy that it took so long to do so.''


"Why are they trying to save Nashville and Carolina? Why didn't they try and save .Winnipeg and Quebec?"

This is ''Flapping his gums''..these are just the highlights.This couldnt be anymore true especially when he calls out owners who dont even no who plays for them,why bother if they dont care..RIGHT?..RIGHT?..DOMI'S RIGHT..RIGHT?

DOMI DOMI DOMI DOMI http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[monkeygirl]

So I saw this posted in the Life Forum, thought you guys may be interested:

Hockey Enforcers (http://www.aaahockey.com/hockeyenforcers/default.aspx)

I guess the guy that posted it there was smokin some of that Hi-test Prairie Cowchip again. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[monkeygirl]

LOL..So I went to the Ducks site to see what the buzz was with Burke becoming GM and low and behold I saw this thread:

Bertuzzi (http://www.mightyducks.com/bbs/posts.asp?tid=11307&fid=1)

They want my Bert, not a chance man. They're dreaming. He's gonna divorce that bag of a wife and marry me. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Yeah, yeah, I know, in my dreams. I thought Shaun would enjoy this, I know he wants him too, he just won't admit it. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Monkeygirl:

I guess the guy that posted it there was smokin some of that Hi-test Prairie Cowchip again. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

LOL..

I could totally see Bertuzzi going to the Ducks.With Burke there and Naslund not knowing how much longer he wants to stay in the NHL,i could see them both gone from the Canucks.How much longer does Naslund have on his contract? or is he a FA now? If Naslund doesnt sign another long term contract,Bertuzzi will leave.Naslund makes Bertuzzi,without him,just watch his numbers drop..This is just pleasant hockey chat http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

and no,i dont want him.When the NHL resumes this fall there will be plenty of players to pick from.None of whom were suspended for being a back stabbin,blind sidin punk..This is trash talkin http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[Shaun]

Heres some numbers to look at as things stand now i found kinda interesting,
Committed payroll for 2005/2006 season:

(after 24% rollback, in millions of U.S. dollars)

Payroll - Players Signed - Team

38.19 - 16 - Detroit
33.78 - 13 - Philadelphia
28.41 - 21 - Phoenix
27.07 - 08 - Toronto
23.88 - 13 - St. Louis
23.62 - 10 - Ottawa
22.83 - 11 - Colorado
22.57 - 08 - Dallas
21.70 - 06 - NY Rangers
20.47 - 09 - Anaheim
19.08 - 14 - Columbus
15.74 - 09 - Tampa Bay
15.65 - 12 - Los Angeles
15.58 - 04 - NY Islanders
15.38 - 10 - NJ Devils
14.48 - 08 - Montreal
14.36 - 12 - Atlanta
13.83 - 10 - Minnesota
13.50 - 10 - San Jose
13.00 - 12 - Edmonton
12.86 - 11 - Calgary
11.89 - 07 - Carolina
11.81 - 06 - Vancouver
10.37 - 09 - Nashville
10.24 - 08 - Chicago
09.15 - 09 - Buffalo
07.05 - 04 - Washington
06.41 - 07 - Florida
05.49 - 07 - Pittsburgh
02.89 - 04 - Boston


Total committed = 501.28

Total players = 288

Average committed salary = 1.74


(after 24% rollback, in millions of U.S dollars)

(top three contracts revised to 1.74 per year each, if above that figure originally)

Payroll - Team

25.58 - Phoenix
24.79 - Detroit
22.72 - Philadelphia
17.00 - Columbus
16.74 - Ottawa
15.26 - Toronto
13.37 - St. Louis
13.16 - Los Angeles
13.13 - Colorado
12.92 - Dallas
12.89 - Atlanta
12.78 - Tampa Bay
12.76 - Edmonton
12.58 - Calgary
12.50 - Anaheim
12.20 - Minnesota
11.43 - San Jose
11.23 - Montreal
10.09 - NJ Devils
09.56 - Chicago
09.14 - Carolina
09.10 - Nashville
08.49 - NY Rangers
07.84 - Buffalo
06.78 - NY Islanders
06.41 - Florida
06.03 - Vancouver
04.95 - Pittsburgh
03.85 - Washington
02.89 - Boston

These numbers courtesy i smarter man than me..

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[mcgringo26]

I am an AVS fan all the way and what's funny is I hate the Canucks but I kind of like them in a way just because I have been to Vancouver and Whistler, BC.

I hate the Kings and Red Wings more and I miss hockey like crazy. I was at the last Avs game ever played, Game 6 against San Jose in 04.

this sucks



"life is sublime"

[Shaun]

An AV's fan! Oh how perfect is this http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

As a bleeding blue & white LEAFS fan,let me be the first to welcome you to the Official CC Hockey thread.Although i think theres like only 5-6 of us here keeping it alive http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

This fall buddy,it'll be game on..ya heard it here first http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by Shaun:

An AV's fan! Oh how perfect is this http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif



Yeah, I know what you're thinking, we'll be scraping all the time, right?

Hey Welcome mcgring! Should be fun, just lets not get going on the Bert/Moore fiasco or we'll be freakin enemies in no time, cause I'm sure we sit on opposite sides of the fence on the issue. And well, been there done that so much I'm tired of getting so pissed off, and well, I'll always be right and the Moore camp will always be wrong, no matter how it's played out. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Anywho, Quack..quack..quack.quack, where's the Duckheads? Ready to play real hockey boys? Good-bye trapping, passive, boring hockey, "Hello exciting hockey" I'm really pumped for you guys with Burkey & new owners.

Still pisses me off he's not here, but happy for you guys. Anaheim & O.C. just got a whole lot more exciting for puckheads.

Burke's GM (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=128454&hubName=nhl)


Oh & PS: mcgring, don't forget...

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Monkeygirl:
I'm tired of getting so pissed off, and well, I'll always be right and the Moore camp will always be wrong, no matter how it's played out. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

''Im tired of getting so pissed off''..Oh really!.....Bertuzzi is a backstabbin,thug ass,bully,half a man,panti wearing,chicken shit MOFO and he'll never recover from his monumental act of studity,he's done,finnished and until Steve Moore is back on the ice playin,theres no way that half wit neandrethal retard shouldnt even be allowed to think of hockey as should the thought of it pass through his pea seed size mind its soils it for us all.....Tired? Need a nap now dont ya http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[westcoast_gc]

Anywho, Quack..quack..quack.quack, where's the Duckheads? Ready to play real hockey boys? Good-bye trapping, passive, boring hockey, "Hello exciting hockey" I'm really pumped for you guys with Burkey & new owners. . I agree. Excitement is needed. Good ridence Disney!!! Hope the season starts on time... I really miss going to the games.

George Croushorn

[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by Shaun:

Originally posted by Monkeygirl: I'm tired of getting so pissed off, and well, I'll always be right and the Moore camp will always be wrong, no matter how it's played out. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

''Im tired of getting so pissed off''..Oh really!.....Bertuzzi is a backstabbin,thug ass,bully,half a man,panti wearing,chicken shit MOFO and he'll never recover from his monumental act of studity,he's done,finnished and until Steve Moore is back on the ice playin,theres no way that half wit neandrethal retard shouldnt even be allowed to think of hockey as should the thought of it pass through his pea seed size mind its soils it for us all.....Tired? Need a nap now dont ya http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~




So in other words, you luv him, you want him, but you know you can't have him. Not only as a hockey player, but for the stud he is. Hey, it's ok, your a grown man in touch with his feelings, good on ya.

I especially liked "...his monumental act of STUDity"

[handibob]

Wow you guys, you should of watched some of these basketball playoffs, just to relieve some tension http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif Hockeys coming back soon, I hope. Take care http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif Bob

[Shaun]

LOL...OHHHHH..Studity,thats so much worse than Leaque isnt it http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Hey Bob,how ya been buddy? Ive actually been watchin the NBA finals.Its ok,but it aint hockey http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

Hey George,ya man,your gonna love havin Burke as GM..Ya know he wants to change the name eh?

This is a good read.Sounds positive and seems like we could have some exciting times ahead soon..Let the good times roll (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=128540)

Although i dont understand this part ''And at some point in time when the dust settles, commissioner Gary Bettman will need to turn his attention to Todd Bertuzzi's bid to return to the league''...Why?

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by Shaun:

Although i dont understand this part ''And at some point in time when the dust settles, commissioner Gary Bettman will need to turn his attention to Todd Bertuzzi's bid to return to the league''...Why?

~~

Dude, Dude, Dude... He's paid his dues, he's the BEST POWER FORWARD in the league, and Moore will never lace up in the NHL again anyways. NOT because he's injured, he's black-balled for pulling the shit he is. No one wants him, and he knows it, he's a borderline 4th liner, who's bad news, so he's just going to try and suck out as much cash as he possibly can from Bert and the Canucks. I can't believe he's not suing the Ave's who dog-piled on him too, they're the ones that probably caused the most damage. And that will get proved in court.

You ask any player now and they all say Bert should be reinstated. They see now what a friggin joke and circus it was made out to be. Even when he gets re-instated he's still gonna be paying for it because of the civil suit. Time to move on and play some hockey.

Hey, I stayed pretty calm, I must be too tired to rage..that's a good thing..goodnight..

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Monkeygirl:

Hey, I stayed pretty calm, I must be too tired to rage..that's a good thing..goodnight..

Thats it? Man do we need hockey,your getting boring http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

''Best Power Forward in the league''..LMAO..Homer vision http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[monkeygirl]

Originally posted by Shaun:



''Best Power Forward in the league''..LMAO..Homer vision http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~

Phfttt..Homer vision my ass buck...

Just one of many quotes, I could list hundreds, but I especially like this one coming from Detroit. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Red Wings: Notebook
Hatcher gets ready for Bertuzzi


By Ted Kulfan / The Detroit News

Canucks vs. Red Wings


DETROIT -- There's no need to introduce Red Wings defenseman Derian Hatcher to Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi.

Hatcher knows all about Bertuzzi.

"He's the best power forward in the game," Hatcher said. "He's tough, he can fight, and he's strong. And he has good hands, to boot.

He just has all the right tools."

http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif And you know Hatchet wouldn't give him the credit if it wasn't due.

Yipper, I feel a season comin on.... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Ha Ha, idgits shoulda took the deal last year, what a joke, think they feel like a bunch of boneheads or what?

PS: Hey Roenick....

[Shaun]

LMAO.. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

MG,You make it WAAAAYYY to easy.You set it up i cant even take such an easy shot http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Derian Hatcher says..LOL

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Monkeygirl:

Yipper, I feel a season comin on.... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Ha Ha, idgits shoulda took the deal last year, what a joke, think they feel like a bunch of boneheads or what?

Yup,i hear that! I wish they would give it the go already.Theres so many UFA's right now and with the ''Buy out'' clause in the new CBA...Its gonna be a wild summer http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

~~Somewhere between happiness and sadness,i need calculate,what creates my own madness~~

[monkeygirl]

Hey westcoast or gv, is Burkey creating a buzz at all down there? So you seen a good example of his brazen nature with Babcock, he doesn't screw around when it comes to contracts with anybody. I hope he doesn't take our asst coach, Mike's a great guy too.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=129813
Geez, Burkey better not be planning on plucking a bunch of Canucks boy, I'll be pissed. It's bad enough he's a Duck now. Which reminds me, you can bet that was one of the 1st things Burke wanted to loose "The Ducks", he probably even had it put in his contract. Give his new players a name that instills respect not a laughing stock. Players are probably so excited it's not even funny, they won't have to where a freakin duck on their sweaters. Sure it's great for kids but....

Apparently the fans will vote on a new name, bet you guys are happy about that hey?:applaud:

So seems like next week hey, bout time, starting to read and listen to more hockey again, still pissed but, slowly getting pumped.

[monkeygirl]

It's our buddie Shaun with Domi..lol...

http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=47207

[Shaun]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=129964

Next week and its all over,about freakin time....Let the fun begin:applaud:

MG MG,you can display it any way you like..You know you love it,wishing you were in it:D

[Shaun]

Happy Birthday George:)

Thought id post it here and give you all are major Canadian hockey headlines to read.

http://sports.sympatico.msn.ca/Home/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CP-AllSports&newsitemid=17208017

http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/bob_mckenzie.asp?id=130180

awww hell,just book mark this page..http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/

[westcoast_gc]

Thanks Shaun, I hope there is a season... Looks like Babcock is the coach for Detroit.... Perhaps the ducks will have a better offense now... One can dream.

[christopher]

Is it over? Could it be true???

NHL, NHLPA reach tentative deal (http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2005/07/13/Sports/nhl050713.html)

[Shaun]

I think so,i hope so.........AWWWW WHAT THE HELL! WOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WOOOOO WOOOOOO:D :applaud: :applaud: :D :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

DO YA HEAR IT? I HEAR THE ENGINES OF THE PAIN TRAIN FIRING UP BAAABBY:applaud:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/index.jsp

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/

[Jim]

Now my Rangers can continue to get their asses kicked!

[ineedmyelin]

Go Dallas Stars

[Max]

Yup hockey back:applaud:

NHL, NHLPA agree to tentative deal
Last Updated Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:10:26 EDT
CBC Sports (http://sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/sports/credit.html)


The NHL and the Players' Association struck a tentative deal Wednesday on a new collective bargaining agreement that could end the hockey lockout.


INDEPTH: Faceoff 2004-05 (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/cba/)


http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/topstory/sports/bettman_gary050209.jpg On Wednesday, the NHL and commissioner Gary Bettman agreed in principle to a new CBA with the players' union. (CP File Photo)


The deal, reported to be for six years, still requires ratification from both the league's board of governors and the players' union. The players will meet next Wednesday and Thursday in Toronto while the owners will meet Thursday in New York. Both sides are expected to approve the deal, leading to the return of NHL hockey for the 2005-06 season.




INDEPTH: Off-season changes (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/cba/features/teambyteam.html)


The league and union said details of the agreement would not be released until ratification is completed.




SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS: Send us your comments (http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/yourspace/nhl_deal.html)
Both sides held internal discussions in New York on Tuesday morning – the 10th straight day of labour meetings – before wrapping up the 24-hour bargaining session Wednesday morning.




INDEPTH: Lockout chronology (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/cba/features/chronology.html)


At 301 days, the NHL lockout is the longest labour dispute in the history of North American pro sports.

"A lot of people say that in this type of situation nobody wins. But that's never true. It's about control and the owners got what they wanted – control," Ron MacLean, Hockey Night in Canada host, told CBC Sports Online Wednesday.




FROM JULY 13, 2005: The owners won: MacLean, Cherry (http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2005/07/13/Sports/maclean_reaction.html)


"The owners won this go around, but the players won last time. That's what's great about sport."

The labour dispute began when the players were locked out last Sept. 15 – when the last CBA expired – by league commissioner Gary Bettman, who cancelled the 2004-05 season on Feb. 16

[Shaun]

Now my Rangers can continue to get their asses kicked!

Rangers fan,oh Jim im so sorry:p ...Why not the Devils at least?

[Shaun]

Where the hell is MG to react and rejoice to this news? Probably still printing off copies of me and Tie i suppose:D

[monkeygirl]

Where the hell is MG to react and rejoice to this news? Probably still printing off copies of me and Tie i suppose:D

Hey, I'm here, my mom passed on last week, she had alzheimers, so as they say, it's really a blessing, it's for the best, yada, yada, yada, it still hurts. :cry: She was a hockey nut as well, everyone grew up Sat nights sitting around the tube watching Hockey Night in Canada didn't they. Even at her home the last few years, we'd watch the games on their big screen tv, what a treat that was.


Yeah, I'll sure miss her sweet lil voice doing the "Leafs Suck" chant.:applaud: Ah ha ha ha..lol..lol..

I'm glad we got all this hockey talk back hard & heavy on the tv and radio, it's helped with my headspace. I'm pretty pumped again, more than I thought I'd be. Yee-freekin -ha!!!! Man, August is gonna be one wicked month of action or what hey. Nevermind the fact that Crosby's gonna be a Canuck:D

I've gotta say say though, I'm also kinda nervous bout my team, who will be resigned and who wont. I hate freakin rumors man, unless I start them:D

Here's a good primer article for our budnicks south of the border,
http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/bob_mckenzie.asp?130373

I really like the linkage, the more exciting hockey they provide, the more ticket sales, the more money in their pockets, and some of the new rules, Like Scotty (Bowman) said, the teams are gonna be playing Canuck style hockey now, fast-paced offensive hockey. I can't wait.

I heard it wasn't even news in most cities, that really must suck not getting up to date timely info. Shauns already posted a few sites where you guys can stay up to date, join TSN's morning e-mail list, or listen to our radio stations all day & night via internet. I listen most of the day and night to Mojo 730 here in Van. it's a good one, lots of great guests.

Anywho, ya I'm here and I'm pumped, "Drop the Freak'in Puck!!!"

PS: Hey Duck buddies, well? Is Burke creating any kind of buzz down there or what? He should be, I'm pumped for you guys.

[monkeygirl]

It's with the Nas-Man & Jerome. Not as good as Nazzy's last one, or Bert's, but still good. http://www.nike.com/canada/nikehockey/main_en.jsp :D Hit Downloads, then hit "Watch latest tv spot" on bottom of page

[monkeygirl]

Now my Rangers can continue to get their asses kicked!

Actually Jim, This just might be the best season you've ever had, no more overpriced, selfish, fatheaded, spoiled, no-heart, candy-ass pansies taking up valuable space on the bench.

You'll probably see some great hockey now, may-be not winning every game, but hey, as long they play hard, give' r everything they got and play an entertaining style of hockey, what more could you ask for right. Especially if you end up getting Crosby, which is highly likely, that's a per'ty good start, if I do say so myself, ya lucky turd!

It's probably the first time in years people won't hate the Rangers and hope they loose every game. It'll be a first for me anyway. Nothing worse than trying to buy a cup.

Anywho, have faith you're probably in for a exciting ride the next few years.

[monkeygirl]

Go Dallas Stars

Hey, Welcome to the forum ineedm! Is this how Mike & the boys get to the rink?:laughabv:

[Shaun]

AWWWW MG,that sucks! Im sorry for loss..

Here i had all kinds of derogatory things to say about the Cannots and Bertuzzi and now i cant think of them..

[monkeygirl]

things to say about Bertuzzi and now i cant think of them..

It's ok, I read your post on the TMLfans site..LOL...LOL...LOL..

remember this post:

:hahaha:


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« on: July 18, 2005, 10:48:25 PM »OK, I will confess, SOMEONE had to start it, may as well be me.

Hot rumour out of Vancouver (and it is just that...a rumour....friends of mine emailed me today from the coast....) is that Bert may not want to come back to the Canucks, with or without Naslund. Apparently, he is giving some serious consideration to "getting a new start", for lack of a better term.

Is it an option worth looking at? Is he not a local boy? Steve Moore attack or not, he is still a hell of a hockey player and, given all the negativity he has been subject to under the microscope, could be had at a decent price. Mind you, not sure if he would like to come here with all the media attention, but don't you think he would look great with blue and white on.

Damn....a PP unit with Mogs, Mats and Bert. Allow your mind to wander.

I don't think it is as far fetched as it seems.

I need a cold shower just thinking about it......


LOL..LOL..
So how was your shower? Cold enough? Did ya shrivel?
:laughabv:

PS: In your dreams, it's just another stupid rumor, he's coming back here, he'd never be a make-me-lauf.

PS: Are you on well water out there in Saskabush?, Better top er up!:D

[westcoast_gc]

Sorry MG. My mother-In-Law talks about how hard it was for her and her mother with Alzeimers. May your mum rest in peace.... I will post later on how the ducks look better..... Again God Bless

[Shaun]

Oh,and just what would you be doing at the Leafs fan site? something you'd like to share with the group? Just using it as a hockey education tool eh! educate yourself hockey wise a little:D

Will GC,how close was that eh? #2..Sorry man. Beats the hell out of 21st though.

So Berts gonna sit another 10-20....and it looks like Nolan is gonna try some screwy shit on us...OOOHHHH YEAHHHHH,HOCKEYS BACK BABY! Let the fun begin:applaud:

[christopher]

Well, looks like that whiz kid Crosby is gonna go to Pittsburgh. I like Pittsburgh. He's gonna learn alot from The Mario, that's for sure.

[monkeygirl]

[QUOTE=Shaun]Oh,and just what would you be doing at the Leafs fan site? Quote]


Cause I just thought I'd take a peek and see if you were there and I'd catch you in the act, I know you're a closet Bert-lover, and low and behold...who's there getting a woody over the thought of having Bert? The proof is in the puddin buck as previously posted.:D

Yeah,Bert probably will get another 10-20 games, I wouldn't freakin doubt it, bullshight I say, bullshight!!!! If pencil-neck had any brains he'd reinstate him now, not into the season when it'll be a another freekin media frenzy:rolleyes: Besides he's paid his dues and you know it!!!!
I can't wait, he's supposed to be ripped, yeah baby, Hart trophy here comes Bert!!!:D

[Shaun]

I can't wait, he's supposed to be ripped, yeah baby, Hart trophy here comes Bert!!!:D

ROFLMAO..AHHHHHH HAAAA HAAAA...The guys been suckin back donuts and big gulps.Without Naslund(whom you dont have right now) his #'s will be half.I hate to break it to you,but he's done and more than likely he,as Naslund,will not be Canucks..I might very will be wrong,but right now i dont think i am...

As for the Leafs now,we just shed some age and signed O'neil for 1.5.. for 2yrs..ha,1.5 attaboy JR:applaud: I feel big things comin down the tracks,do you feel the ground shakin boys&girls:D

[karupt411]

since this thread is almost 100 pages long, i'm not going to start trying to catch up but tell you that i was really close to giving up on NHL but since the players mostly agreed with a cap (and goodnow is gone), I'm going to give it a chance now.

hopefully the sens go somewhere this season but i'm scared shitless about our goaltending. after the sens, i cheer for teh oilers cuz they always are underdogs and play with heart.

[monkeygirl]

since this thread is almost 100 pages long, i'm not going to start trying to catch up but tell you that i was really close to giving up on NHL but since the players mostly agreed with a cap (and goodnow is gone), I'm going to give it a chance now.

hopefully the sens go somewhere this season but i'm scared shitless about our goaltending. after the sens, i cheer for teh oilers cuz they always are underdogs and play with heart.

Hey karupt, glad you found the best thread on the site :D Nate will be glad to have you here too, you can help defend the Sens against that Leafhead in here.:eek:

I hear ya on the Oil, they're my 2nd team too, we have such great games against them, now with Pronger and Peca they're definately more competitive, Bert vs Pronger is always worth the price of addmission:applaud: Sure looking forward to playing them 6 times. At first I didn't like the new schedule but now I do. 6 games vs the Av's, Wings, Oil, Flames, yeah baby! Bring it on!!

[monkeygirl]

Without Naslund(whom you dont have right now) his #'s will be half.I hate to break it to you,but he's done and more than likely he,as Naslund,will not be Canucks..I might very will be wrong,but right now i dont think i am.[QUOTE]

WRONG!!!! Ha Ha...Nazzy and Bert aint going no where. Friggin Bettman man, this is bloody ridiculous leaving Bert, Nonis the team, the fans hanging like this. Season ticket holders are not impressed never mind Nonis's hands being tied, this is bullshit! It been 17 freakin months. If he was smart he would have made the annoucement on the day of that ballplayer getting nailed for roids. Bert would have been non story. Stupid stupid Bettman.

Everyone fiqures 10 or 20 more games, I fiqure 13, cause he's missed 27, 7 playoffs which count for 2, so that would make an even 40. Although he shouldn't get anymore games!



[QUOTE]As for the Leafs now,we just shed some age and signed O'neil for 1.5.. for 2yrs..ha,1.5 attaboy JR:applaud: I feel big things comin down the tracks,do you feel the ground shakin boys&girls:D


Oh yeah going down the tracks alright O'neil's an injured piss-tank, who hasn't played in 3yrs. He'll drive your pain-train over an embankment pissed out of his tree.

Oh, but no fear, you have Allison now, and I hear you'll probably have Lindros to take you to the cup..Ah ha ha ha.. Ah ha ha ha...(monkeygirl rolling histerically on floor) Ah ha ha ha....roll..roll..roll..Ah ha ha ha..


On the lighter side..wow what an exciting week it was..wow, I'm pumped, this is gonna be a great season. The new CBA is definately working, theres no way you would ever see all these star players going to small market teams, this is awesome hey! Even the worst teams are going to be competitive.

PS: gv and westcoast, ya lucky dogs getting Neider, what a score he was.

Anywho..game on.. puck drops in 58 days!

[Shaun]

Oh yeah going down the tracks alright O'neil's an injured piss-tank, who hasn't played in 3yrs. He'll drive your pain-train over an embankment pissed out of his tree.

Ok,lets play a game.Below are the Games played for Bertuzzi and O'Neil over the last 3yrs,which ones which?

NHL GP-69 NHL GP-67
.........-82 ..........-82
..........-72 ..........-76

and 1.5 a season,its an absolute steal...As for Allison,i love that sighning to,who wouldnt another 1.5 with performance bonuses..Awsome! Id be quite comfortable going into the season bringing in the likes of Steen and Wellwood and giving them shot.I say maybe sign one more tier 2 or 3 player..The Leafs RFA's are signed and including O'Neil and Allisons contracts,were still 7.5 mill under the cap.I'd be happy signing Lindros as long as its for no more than 2mil for 1yr with a team option for a second..

Whatever happens though,we still bury the Sens in the playoff and like last year,the cannots still wouldnt be able to beat us..:applaud:

[monkeygirl]

ROFLMAO..AHHHHHH HAAAA HAAAA...The guys been suckin back donuts and big gulps.Without Naslund(whom you dont have right now) his #'s will be half.I hate to break it to you,but he's done and more than likely he,as Naslund,will not be Canucks..I might very will be wrong,but right now i dont think i am...



AH HA HA HA...WRONG AGAIN...YEAH BABY!!!!

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=132827

Read it and weep my friend, read it and weep!!!:applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

If they actually stick to no clutch & grab, and Bert & Nazzy don't have 3 guys hanging off him..look out duders!!!!:D

[monkeygirl]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=132827

Just a snippit from this article if you haven't read it. If you did, I hope you ignored Moore's slimey whining lawyer.:rolleyes:

Hockey Canada has already sent a request to the Canucks that Bertuzzi be available for a Team Canada Olympic training camp next week in Vancouver and Kelowna.

''I'm glad the NHL has finally stepped in and put him back in the game and reinstated him,'' Wayne Gretzky, Team Canada's executive director, told TSN in an interview. ''Nobody condones what Todd did. I'm sure he'd be the first one to tell you it was a mistake.

''But you know it's time to move forward. We will invite him to our training camp. He's an elite player and I expect him to have a great year and be part of Team Canada come February in Italy.''

[monkeygirl]

http://www.heavyeric.com/music/freed_todd.wma:applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

[monkeygirl]

Make-Me-Laufs sign another mush-brain. Oh well, I guess if he can score a couple goals, who cares if he thinks he's Batman.:D

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp;jsessionid=GABJAEKILAGH?content=200508 11_160245_1200


We're in trouble now boys..lol.lol..

[Shaun]

Im actually really excited about the new additions,more so Lindros and Allison.Theres alot of potential and not much risk with the contracts they signed,there both from and have always wanted to play for Toronto,and they both say they have something to proove...and so with that said i have complete faith that will finnish the regular season with 100+ points and make some noise in the playoffs..

and if not,with the Leafs not shelling out coin for large contracts this season,and UFA age dropping to 29 next year the Leafs are sitting in a postion right now that leaves them with 25-30mill in cap space next season,pretty damn nice position if ya ask me...HA HA HA HA HA..:applaud:


What was it Steve Moore did again?

[monkeygirl]

What was it Steve Moore did again?

I forgot, all the media frenzy outside of Vancouver focused on Bert's sucker punch and the famous bullshit "Broken Neck" "Lucky to be alive" poor Stevey. As to your question:

He cheapshotted our captain and leading scorer in the league, causing a concussion, injuring his wrist and elbow, never to be the same after he had to sit out to heal. He played injured & in pain for rest of the playoffs. He just didn't whine and turn it into a media frenzy. He didn't want opposing teams to know.

Or, I could say say it in the words used in the Moore camp...:

Media says:

"Moore zoned in on the Naslund, the leading scorer in the league and laid a viscious dirty elbow right to the head of Naslund, rendering him unconcious, causing a devastating concussion that may end his carreer, not to mention crushing his wrist, and hyper- extending his elbow. My God, Naslund's lucky to be alive." Let's hope he'll be able to play hockey again.

Well folks that's 2 stars in 2wks Moore tried taking out Martin St.Louie too. There's no room in the NHL for cheapshot marginal players like this kid trying to take out star players. Where's the respect these days? Anyways folks, lets just be glad Naslund isn't a quadraplegic, and he wasn't killed" :rolleyes:

Good, realistic media article for a change:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/3897292





Anywho, Be honest Shaun, did you really like Lindros after he pulled that shit with the Nordiques, and refused to play.
I've hated him for that reason, I've tried to like him, but I can't on principal.
But, it's funny how if someones on your team you now like them. Like rumours of Forsberg coming here, I hate the guy, but I started thinkin..geez..he's not that bad I guess :D

PS: Yes, if Allison's healthy, he could work out good hey. You have to be either 1st or 2nd in your division, it's a no brainer your only competition is the Sens. The West is gonna be wickedly competitive this year..,wow...I'm pumped. Oh yeah, I like this Anson Carter pick up, I've always liked him, and for a mil, wow, now that's a scoop, (if they didn't just get him for trade bait, cause we still need a d-man.) I hope not though.

PS: I'm gonna start a poll.....lol...lol...

[monkeygirl]

Why you ask? He wants to go to a team where he'll will win the cup!!! And it certainly isn't the Leafs! He probably turned down double the money too! Go Canucks Go!!!!! :first:

Article:

http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=a4c6fb3c-3199-46e8-af09-7dac3ebbf2bf

[Shaun]

The Leafs offered him 900.000 darlin,and what did you think he would say in a Vancouver news paper and who the hell is Anson Carter anyways,he scored one majour goal in his life:D ..You cant win a Cup without goal tending MG,and so i ask you again for like 3rd year in a row...Do you think trash can dan is the man to get you there?:p

[Shaun]

Anywho, Be honest Shaun, did you really like Lindros after he pulled that shit with the Nordiques, and refused to play.
I've hated him for that reason, I've tried to like him, but I can't on principal.
But, it's funny how if someones on your team you now like them. Like rumours of Forsberg coming here, I hate the guy, but I started thinkin..geez..he's not that bad I guess :D

PS: Yes, if Allison's healthy, he could work out good hey. You have to be either 1st or 2nd in your division, it's a no brainer your only competition is the Sens.

Actually to tell you ya the truth ive never had a problem with Lindros,he was never on the top of my Fav's list for the reason you mentioned,but i always liked his game and i really believe he's gonna play huge for us this year...and ya if Allison can get back on the horse,were lookin at an 80point forward.

Id like to get another top 6 winger though,i love the way were set down the middle though,Sundin,Allison,Lindros and Stajan...NICE!:D ...but we need another winger...

[monkeygirl]

The Leafs offered him 900.000 darlin,and what did you think he would say in a Vancouver news paper and who the hell is Anson Carter anyways,he scored one majour goal in his life:D ..You cant win a Cup without goal tending MG,and so i ask you again for like 3rd year in a row...Do you think trash can dan is the man to get you there?:p



Yeah right, try 1.5mil, What do I think he'd say here? The truth obviously, he ain't no dummy. Who is he? He'll easily out perform your 2 new jello-brains.:zombie: :zombie:
"Danno", Oh ya baby, thank god he just signed on for 2 more. Number 2 goalie in the league with wins in the last 3 seasons duder! You're just fat out jealous.

At least if our goalie goes down we still have a team. Without Eddie, you guys have as much chance of winning as the :hahaha: Roughriders :D

Oh, Just incase you missed it....For your reading pleasure: :applaud:

http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story.asp?id=133896 Pay special attention to Tanguay's quotes, first Brad May, Sakic, now this. Getting a better picture of the bullshit now? Slap in the face or what.

PS: Oh yeah, Did ya see the latest picture of Lindros? "Smile Eric" :D :D :D

[Shaun]

Do you ever post anything BEFORE you start drinking..:p and for gods sakes spare me the Bertuzzi articles already,you cant change my mind..he sucker punched a guy from behind and that makes him a chicken shit pussy,i dont care who does it,thats what it makes em.I read your post below about Moore taking a cheap shot at Naslund and read your article and have come to conclusion if anything that Bertuzzi and Moore are both chickenshits...now lets speak no more of it..


Anyhoo..Just out of curiosity,where do you feel you have improved for this season? Seems to me like your D has taken a hit,and with Ohlunds future up in the air..and another season with Dan..tsk tsk,i dont know lady..

Try to respond sobre eh:D

[Shaun]

Jan 10, 2006awayVancouver7:00

Bummer,would have been nice to take another 5 of a possible 6 points from you again(or was it 7 of 8..oh will)...will, 2 easy points to be taken from you anyways:D :D

[paraluver]

Go Flyers

[monkeygirl]

Do you ever post anything BEFORE you start drinking..:p and for gods sakes spare me the Bertuzzi articles already,you cant change my mind..he sucker punched a guy from behind and that makes him a chicken shit pussy,i dont care who does it,thats what it makes em.I read your post below about Moore taking a cheap shot at Naslund and read your article and have come to conclusion if anything that Bertuzzi and Moore are both chickenshits...now lets speak no more of it..[QUOTE]


YEAH, YEAH, Ya Closet Bert-lover :D


[QUOTE] Anyhoo..Just out of curiosity,where do you feel you have improved for this season? Seems to me like your D has taken a hit,and with Ohlunds future up in the air..and another season with Dan..tsk tsk,i dont know lady..

Try to respond sobre eh:D


Carter and Park, I think Carter's really gonna help the twins. Ohlund's not going anywhere either, our guys are loyal, besides they all know we're bringing Lord Stanley to Vancouver where it belongs, so why go anywhere else? They're all playing for less to stay here dude! And...Dan the Man will prove all you nay-sayers wrong Buck!

Although we still need a d-man, not huge hit Sope's & Chubie are replaceable. Nonis said we aren't finished, he'll take care of it, probly by trade he said, not much left via RFA's. I'm in no hurry, I'm quite happy giving our guys on the farm a shot, we're pretty deep these days.

We didn't need any big moves we were already a good team, everybodies just playing catch-up.

PS: Hey paraluver, welcome, funny you should say "Go Flyers" I actually came here tonight to post this article from that **(monkeygirl holding nose)** Torana Leafnation radio station "The Fan" He's the Leaf hockey reporter, that's a few guys now that say Canucks/Flyers in cup final. They're smart guys, they're right!:applaud: :applaud:

Excellant read, :D



Article:BY HOWARD BERGER

The Fan-590 Radio, Toronto

As August slowly winds towards September, and the start of NHL training camps for the first time in two years, the frivolous custom of predicting how teams might fare is gripping hockey fans from coast to coast.

And, why not? Forecasting is a harmless, amusing exercise that heralds the onset of every professional sports campaign – spawning much debate and contention. It is almost always colored by bias and impartiality, and it frequently bears little resemblance to the end result. But, it’s a load of fun, nonetheless. In the summer of 2005, forecasting should be a delightful pursuit for fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Phoenix Coyotes – teams that were functional and creative in the free agent lottery. It is less so for followers of the Colorado Avalanche, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres and St. Louis Blues, all of whom appear to have lost depth at key positions.

The team I follow, the Maple Leafs, is in a crisis at the moment for quality wingers. Coach Pat Quinn has indicated he will start the regular season by using his top three forwards – Mats Sundin, Eric Lindros and Jason Allison – at their natural centre-ice position, leaving the club perilously thin along the flanks. Having lost Gary Roberts, Owen Nolan, Alexander Mogilny and Joe Nieuwendyk (a center who often played the wing) from the 2003-04 squad, the Leafs are currently banking on a group of wingers that sorely lacks scoring punch.

While anything can happen moving forward, there is no escaping the fact that the nine wingers the Leafs list on their depth chart (Darcy Tucker, Jeff O’Neill, Alex Ponikarovsky, Tie Domi, Chad Kilger, Nik Antropov, Clarke Wilm, Wade Belak and Nathan Perrott) combined to score 69 goals in ’03-04. That’s an average of less than eight per man. Mogilny had eight, by himself, in only 37 games. And the total of 69 among the current group was attained by the threesome of Roberts (2http://forum.canucks.com/images/smiles/icon_cool.gif, Nieuwendyk (22) and Nolan (19).

Quinn will likely discover in short order that he must shift one of his centers to the wing, but that will obviously detract from his depth up the middle. So, unless general manager John Ferguson pulls off a trade to acquire a scoring winger, or to create extra cap space, the Leafs and their fans are left with nothing but hope.

Hope that Tucker, if utilized in a scoring role, can regain the offensive creativity he had as a Junior in Kamloops. Hope that O’Neill can stay healthy and threaten the 40-goal mark. Hope that Domi can have a career year like he did with 15 goals in ’02-03. Hope than Ponikarovsky and Antropov can finally graduate beyond mediocrity. And hope that Kilger, Wilm, Belak and Perrott can score at levels that prove they do not belong in the American Hockey League, where they’d reside on any contending team with forward depth.

Those who suggest the Leafs will derive immediate benefit from rookies Alexander Steen and Kyle Wellwood are the most hopeful of all, given the club’s appalling history of player development. It can easily be argued that the Leafs have not cultivated a star performer since they chose Wendel Clark first overall in the 1985 NHL draft -- two years before Sidney Crosby was born. Defenseman Tomas Kaberle has been a surprise player considering his draft position – 204th overall in 1996. But, it’s more than a stretch to call Kaberle a star.

Legitimate hope for the Leafs evolves around second-year center Matt Stajan, who performed very well in his rookie campaign, but who Quinn did not have enough confidence in to dress during the ’04 playoffs.

On the flip side, hockey fans in western Canada could be in for the grandest season ever. It is my opinion that any of the Flames, Oilers or Canucks could easily represent the Western Conference in the 2006 Stanley Cup Final. All three teams have done a terrific job since the player market re-opened on Aug. 1.

The Flames, defending Western champions, re-signed Jarome Iginla, and added character and scoring punch by inking Darren McCarty and Tony Amonte. In McCarty, they also added the intangibles of a multiple Stanley Cup winner. If goalie Miikka Kiprusoff can play at anywhere close to his ’03-04 level, Calgary will be tough to beat once again. The Oilers – already a fast, entertaining club – made superb additions in Chris Pronger and Michael Peca. A defenseman of Pronger’s caliber rarely comes available. The entire Edmonton team will be able to rally around his size, experience and savvy. Peca has simply been one of the most reliable players in the league over the past decade. The Canucks are the most talented of the three western teams, and they enhanced their scoring ability by signing free agent Anson Carter. Re-upping with Markus Naslund was obviously the key off-season move, and Vancouver will clearly benefit from the return of Todd Bertuzzi. As always, however, the Canucks’ capacity to go deep in the playoffs will largely depend on re-signed goaltender Dan Cloutier, who has yet to overachieve in the springtime.

Exceptional work by GMs Darryl Sutter, Kevin Lowe and David Nonis, however, will make the scramble for positioning in the Northwest Division a continuous highlight in 2005-06, augmented by the western-Canadian teams facing each other eight times. Should be a blast to watch.

Elsewhere in Canada, the Ottawa Senators made their big splash prior to the lockout when they acquired goalie Dominik Hasek. Clutch netminding has clearly been the missing ingredient for the multi-talented Ottawa teams in recent years. When Patrick Lalime – now in St. Louis – played his best hockey for the Sens, they came within five minutes of making it to the 2003 Stanley Cup Final. Lalime, however, fell apart in the seventh and deciding match of a playoff round against Toronto in ’04, and Ottawa dropped a series it dominated for all but four periods. If Hasek hasn’t lost anything significant during the NHL’s absence, the Senators will continue to be a handful for any opponent.

In Montreal, fans were buoyed by the Canadiens’ stirring comeback from a 3-1 series deficit against Boston in the ’04 playoffs. But, it’s my belief that Montreal and Toronto are a large step behind the other Canadian teams.

On paper, the State of Pennsylvania is riding high into the new season. Bob Clarke can be a curmudgeon at times, but give the Flyers’ GM loads of credit for positioning his cap-heavy team well enough to add mega players Peter Forsberg and Derian Hatcher, along with the underrated and steady Mike Rathje. Like Vancouver, the Flyers’ fate rests with goaltender Robert Esche graduating to a higher level in the playoffs, but keep an eye on rookie Finnish goalie Antero Niittymaki, who led the Flyers’ AHL farm team – the Philly Phantoms – to the ’05 Calder Cup title.

In western Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Penguins have undergone an eye-popping makeover with the additions of rookie phenom Sidney Crosby, along with accomplished veterans Sergei Gonchar, Ziggy Palffy, John Leclair and Jocelyn Thibault. The Penguins – minus these players – were one of the NHL’s lowest-ranked teams in 2003-04, but many people forget the improvement they showed in the final stages of the season, winning 12 and losing only five of their last 19 games. Defenseman Ric Jackman was absolutely lost while playing in Toronto (he had a poor relationship with Leafs’ assistant/defense coach Rick Ley), but his offensive talents flourished in Pittsburgh after being traded for veteran Drake Berehowsky – long gone, now, from the Blue and White. In 25 games with the Penguins, Jackman struck for 24 points, including six powerplay goals. If Mario Lemieux’s body can somehow hold together for much of the coming season, there’s no telling how improved the Penguins might be.

The best off-season signing of all was made by Brian Burke – Anaheim’s new GM – who lured defenseman Scott Niederemayer away from the New Jersey Devils. As with Pronger in Edmonton, the Mighty Ducks will be able to build much of their team around Niedermayer -- the defending Norris Trophy winner, and a multiple champion at all levels of the game (not to mention his character as a person). When coupled with the Los Angeles Kings’ acquisition of outspoken and talented Jeremy Roenick, southern California should be a hockey hot-spot this winter.

Even the moribund Chicago Blackhawks – who haven’t won a Stanley Cup since the days of black-and-white television – came alive in the marketplace, pilfering Cup-winning goalie Nikoali Khabibulin from Tampa Bay, while adding veterans Adrian Aucoin and Martin Lapointe to a up-and-coming group that features Tyler Arnason and Kyle Calder. There could be reason for a few more backsides in the seats at the United Center this season.

Phoenix has some big-time improving to do, but it should be a fun place to watch hockey this winter with Wayne Gretzky behind the bench, and newly signed Curtis Joseph in goal.

Red flags have risen in Buffalo, St. Louis and Denver. The Sabres – already talent-thin throughout – suffered huge free agent losses in Alexi Zhitnik and Miro Satan, both of whom defected to the Islanders (a potential darkhorse in the East). Buffalo did recoup, somewhat, by adding classy defenseman Teppo Numminen from Dallas. The Blues cannot possibly replace, in one season, what Pronger meant to them. It was only a few years ago that Pronger and Al MacInnis gave St. Louis one of the most multi-faceted defense pairings in the NHL.

And, considering Colorado’s lofty status in the past decade (two Stanley Cups), how quickly can the Avalanche rebound from losing stalwarts Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote?

So, given the fact that predictions are both perilous and harmless, my late-summer pick for the ’06 Stanley Cup Final is… Philadelphia vs. Vancouver.

[Shaun]

Howard berger dont know shit! and id be saying the same if it were the Canucks he whined about EVERY season..Ya know hockey season is around the corner when the media and writers start bashin the leafs...bad D,to old,? mark on Belfour etc etc etc yadda yadda yadda:zzz:


and the only decent thing that happens at a Philly game is the serving of a Cheese steak:D ....Welcome to the thread Paraluver:)

[monkeygirl]

Howard berger dont know shit! and id be saying the same if it were the Canucks he whined about EVERY season..Ya know hockey season is around the corner when the media and writers start bashin the leafs...bad D,to old,? mark on Belfour etc etc etc yadda yadda yadda:zzz:



Gee..How did I know you say that? LOL..LOL...

PS: Ya know it's hockey season is around the corner when Leaf fans start whining about how the media keeps pickin on them. :baby: :D

[Shaun]

Because its true!.They sing the same ole sad ass tune every year..Here ya go MG,im surprised you didnt post it.Heres Bergers perdictions for 05/06..and for the record,Howard Berger can eat himself:D

EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE

1. Philadelphia 108/101 1. Vancouver 112/101

2. Tampa Bay 104/106 2. Detroit 104/109

3. Ottawa 102/102 3. Anaheim 94/76

4. New Jersey 100/100 4. Calgary 102/94

5. Pittsburgh 96/58 5. Edmonton 98/89

6. Boston 94/104 6. Nashville 90/91

7. N.Y. Islanders 92/91 7. Chicago 88/59

8. Montreal 88/93 8. San Jose 84/104

9. Florida 82/75 9. Dallas 82/97

10. Toronto 76/103 10. Los Angeles 80/81

11. Atlanta 74/78 11. Columbus 74/62

12. Carolina 72/76 12. Colorado 72/100

13. N.Y. Rangers 68/69 13. Minnesota 70/83

14. Washington 62/59 14. Phoenix 66/68

15. Buffalo 60/85 15. St. Louis 64/91



PLAYOFFS—CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS

PHILADELPHIA vs. Montreal (Flyers in 5) VANCOUVER vs. San Jose (Canucks in 5)

TAMPA BAY vs. N.Y. Islanders (Lightning in 7) DETROIT vs. Chicago (Red Wings in 7)

OTTAWA vs. Boston (Senators in 5) ANAHEIM vs. Nashville (Mighty Ducks in 6)

NEW JERSEY vs. Pittsburgh (Penguins in 6) CALGARY vs. Edmonton (Flames in 7)

PLAYOFFS—CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

PHILADELPHIA vs. Pittsburgh (Flyers in 6) VANCOUVER vs. Calgary (Canucks in 6)

TAMPA BAY vs. Ottawa (Senators in 7) DETROIT vs. Anaheim (Red Wings in 7)

PLAYOFFS—CONFERENCE FINALS

PHILADELPHIA vs. Ottawa (Flyers in 6) VANCOUVER vs. Detroit (Canucks in 7)

STANLEY CUP FINAL—

VANCOUVER vs. Philadelphia (Canucks in 7)

[gvinton]

Anaheim #3 in the west? Nice. We got Teemu back. I hope we can keep Sykora too...

[monkeygirl]

Hey look at Dennis's new player, :D wonder if he's still kicking around. May-be he's just lurkin till we start up. Imagine doing the play-by-play..lol...

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AP - Thu Aug 18, 3:27 AM ET

Yutaka Fukufuji, who played with the Japan's national ice hockey team three times, displays his Los Angeles Kings jersey during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005. The Tokyo-born goalie, 22, reported Japanese media that he and the Kings of the National Hockey League agreed to a two-year entry level contract earlier this month. Six-foot-1 and 170 pounds Fukufuji was selected by the Kings 238th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

[caton675@aol.com]

Oh yea , I am a die ~ hard " Ranger " fan : I was so disappointed when wayne gretszty { the great one } left : I hope that Mark messier stays , I think he was considering retirement this year : I missed my Rangers last season :

[monkeygirl]

Anaheim #3 in the west? Nice. We got Teemu back. I hope we can keep Sykora too...

There you are, so gv, is there alot of buzz there with what Burkey's been doing? You guys are really in for a treat ya know, theres lots of anticipated excitement up here for you guys.

Or, is hockey still no big deal down there? Well, except for a few few thousand Duckheads. I'm really curious :thinking:

PS: Shaun, I was gonna post his other article, him knowing that we're winning the cup, but, well, 2 in a row, I don't like to kick a man when he's down.:D

[caton675@aol.com]

Oh yea , I am a die ~ hard " Ranger " fan : I was so disappointed when wayne gretszty { the great one } left : I hope that Mark messier stays , I think he was considering retirement this year : I missed my Rangers last season ::) :applaud: ;) :mega: :p

[graybeard]

Uh....."Let's go Caps" anyone? :o

[gvinton]

There you are, so gv, is there alot of buzz there with what Burkey's been doing? You guys are really in for a treat ya know, theres lots of anticipated excitement up here for you guys.

Or, is hockey still no big deal down there? Well, except for a few few thousand Duckheads. I'm really curious :thinking:





MG,

He's gained a lot of support pretty quickly with the Duck fans. He's made some nice moves but we're close to the cap. We're all hoping to keep this team together without having to make a trade. It's gonna be close.

Honestly though, hockey is still kind of a "cult" thing here in So Cal. 9 out of 10 Califonia sports fans still wouldn't know who Burke is... Maybe another cup run might help some...

[monkeygirl]

Excellant vid's by EA showing new rules, using the best team in the league of course the "Canucks" :D

http://www.nhl.com/

Man I can't believe how real players look now, almost makes me want to go buy a playstation again. If it's not there on homepage after today, just click on New Rules Explained on Video I guess.

[monkeygirl]

:) :applaud: ;) :mega: :p

ooops forgot, welcome caton, good luck with the Rangers, but as far as the Moose coming back, I wish he'd just stick to selling chips.."CHIP?" :D He's too old, he should leave while he still has some dignity left.

[monkeygirl]

Uh....."Let's go Caps" anyone? :o

Hey graybeard!..nope, yur the only Caps guy, maybe someone else will come out of the woodwork, it's going to be a great season! :D

[nate007]

Haven't visited this thread in a while, but I just wanted to say that i'm looking forward to seeing Heatly in a Sens jersey this season.

[caton675@aol.com]

I am looking forward to seeing my Ranger's play this year : I am a die ~ hard Ranger fan : I miss Wayne Gretzty { the great one } :( : But I like Mark Messier , I hope that he stay's because I heard that he might retire this year ? :( : Are there any Ranger fan's in the house ???? : Let me know : Thank's caton675@aol.com

[Shaun]

Haven't visited this thread in a while, but I just wanted to say that i'm looking forward to seeing Heatly in a Sens jersey this season.

Even i have to agree with that.Nice to see him more often on TV..

35 days..:applaud: ...Great to have a few more fans around the thread.Hope ya stick around Graybeard and Caton..

TUUUUUUTE TUUUUUUUUUTE the pain train is on the tracks..:D

[Shaun]

Pick your games and plan your nights hockeyfans Heres OLN'S schedule...http://www.nhl.com/schedules/oln_sked.html....NBC'S..http://www.nhl.com/schedules/nbc_sked.html

And TSN's..http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature.asp?fid=684...

[graybeard]

I've got a feeling this season will be like my beloved Redskins---A lot of drunken games trying to forget the mess I just witnessed. Oh well,that's why they make beer,so I got sumpin to cry into.....

[Shaun]

A lot of drunken games trying to forget the mess I just witnessed. Oh well,that's why they make beer,so I got sumpin to cry into.....

LMAO..I hear that man,OH,how i hear that..:D

Were now less than a month away...im gettin tingly! TUUUUUUTE TUUUUUUUTE..:D

Heres a little video on the ''New Rules'' to kill some time for ya's..wm.nhl.na-central.speedera.net/wm.nhl.na-central/comp/feature/new_rules_700.wmv (http://wm.nhl.na-central.speedera.net/wm.nhl.na-central/comp/feature/new_rules_700.wmv)

[monkeygirl]

Chip ?

[christopher]

Bet you can't eat just one. We'll miss you dude.

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/messier_cp_4103656.jpg

[christopher]

OK, I'm taking post 1000 to tell y'all the Habs will reign supreme!