Goon Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Seattle Thunderbirds! That crowd last night was pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 That crowd last night was pathetic. The NHL and the Panthers brass can deny a move all they want...but is there ANY reason to believe that the Panthers will be playing in Miami next season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 The NHL and the Panthers brass can deny it all they want...but is there ANY reason to believe that the Panthers will be playing in Miami next season? Bettman doesn't like to admit that a franchise is failing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Bettman doesn't like to admit that a franchise is failing. It's painful to watch. The NHL players - and fans - deserve better than that. Makes an old Atlanta Thrashers game look like it was packed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 The Prout Punch compelled me to write this. Link didn't work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 It's painful to watch. The NHL players - and fans - deserve better than that. Makes an old Atlanta Thrashers game look like it was packed. I used to hit a Thrashers game every February when I was in ATL for meetings. Was fun...pretty decent crowds every time I went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Link didn't work for me. It has to be your computer. http://thehockeywriters.com/lucic-experiences-some-much-deserved-karma/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 So Dallas pulls out the ole knuckle puck on the Oilers. http://www.defendingbigd.com/2014/11/25/7290781/video-john-klingbergs-knucklepuck-dallas-stars-center-ice http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11940366&ex_cid=sportscenterFB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHSaHRd4Q48 Kudos to Toronto Maple Leaf fans for lending their help - and voices - at a recent game during a microphone malfunction. It's one thing to hear a crowd sing our national anthem...quite another to hear a crowd FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY sing in. Gives me goose bumps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VUwh3WmxbzI Keith Olbermann on Gordie Howe... Gordie apparently suffered another major stroke yesterday...sounds like #9 is on his last shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Penguins goonery continues as their latest thug du jour takes out former Penguins great, Jaromir Jagr in game against New Jersey. Nice head shot on your former Hall of Famer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 What the deal with the NHL and mumps this year? Now maybe Suter, which would make five on the Wild. http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/284621841.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Why is the NHL bringing back the World Cup of Hockey? It will never be as popular as the Olympics. The renderings for the new Las Vegas Arena being built look pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Why is the NHL bringing back the World Cup of Hockey? It will never be as popular as the Olympics. Have you seen the absolutely ridiculous format yet? No Germany and no Slovakia this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Have you seen the absolutely ridiculous format yet? No Germany and no Slovakia this time around. Yeah, a team made up of European players who's countries are not represented and a team of under 23 year old North Americans that don't make the USA or Canada teams. I'm starting to hat Gary Bettman more and more, he has single handedly made some of the dumbest decisions in hockey (shootout being one of them). His decision to expand the NHL into non-traditional areas has actually worked in expanding the sport at the youth level. I don't think Bettman realizes that if the US wins the gold medal again it will benefit hockey like it did after the 1980 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Have you seen the absolutely ridiculous format yet? No Germany and no Slovakia this time around. Hating on the World Cup of Hockey... I thought it was awesome in the late 1990's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Hating on the World Cup of Hockey... I thought it was awesome in the late 1990's. The 1996 WCOH final between the US and Canada was right up there with the Miracle on Ice in terms of hockey game excitement. I also attended a couple of 2004 WCOH games in St Paul and had a great time. The problem isn't the tournament...it's the exclusion of some countries and "all-star" and "young-star" teams that make this latest version of the WCOH a total farce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The 1996 WCOH final between the US and Canada was right up there with the Miracle on Ice in terms of hockey game excitement. I also attended a couple of 2004 WCOH games in St Paul and had a great time. The problem isn't the tournament...it's the exclusion of some countries and "all-star" and "young-star" teams that make this latest version of the WCOH a total farce. How many of these World Cup of Hockey tournament did they do? I only remember the year the US won it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray77 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 How the Boston Bruins blew the Thornton, Kessel, Wheeler, Seguin trades…and lost out on T.J. Brodie, too http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/how-the-boston-bruins-blew-the-thornton-kessel-wheeler-seguin-tradesand-lost-out-on-t-j-brodie-too/ Holy $hit Dave. I read about 2 sentences of this - this guy is an idiot. First of all, Boston got Seguin with a draft pick from Toronto from the Kessel trade. So they wouldn't have even had Seguin without the Kessel trade. Oh yeah, they also won a Cup along the way in part due to these trades. Obviously this guy has something against the Bruins and wants to take them to task over a fictional set of events. We all know you have something against the Bruins as well. This is pretty much a non-story. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray77 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Some typical Boston goon tactics here... http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/blackhawks-jonathan-toews-leaves-game-after-hit-from-behind-1.2870702 Wow, again, another uniformed post by DaveK. Let's break it down: 1. Seidenberg is about the LAST person you'd call a goon. Plays a good, clean, hard brand of hockey. 2. Toews got control of the puck and spun, Seidenberg closed on him to make a play/hit and Toews went awkwardly into the boards. 3. Seidenberg got a penalty for the play - you could probably even argue that wasn't deserved, but I'd also accept the call on the ice. 4. Toews stayed on the ice for the ensuing PP. 5. If someone lays a dirty hit on a player like Jonathan Toews, you damn well better believe that player is going to have to answer for it, and the Blackhawks will go after him. Don't give me any BS about the Blackhawks being "classier than that" or that they wouldn't do that. They would. Did anyone from the Blackhawks go after Seidenberg later in the game and challenge him? #5 says it all to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Holy $hit Dave. I read about 2 sentences of this - this guy is an idiot. First of all, Boston got Seguin with a draft pick from Toronto from the Kessel trade. So they wouldn't have even had Seguin without the Kessel trade. Oh yeah, they also won a Cup along the way in part due to these trades. Obviously this guy has something against the Bruins and wants to take them to task over a fictional set of events. We all know you have something against the Bruins as well. This is pretty much a non-story. Thanks for sharing. I agree with Ray77, that's not my favorite article. Here's my take on it, Kessel priced himself out of Boston and was also not well liked in the locker room because of his training habits and not wanting to play hurt. That's pretty well documented. Wheeler is one of the softest 6'5" 225 pound forwards I have ever seen in the NHL. No thanks. Glad that he's gone. Seguin was traded because he partying too much. That started reports that Seguin didn’t take the game seriously or was out partying with friends after games. With Boston management needing to trim payroll to get under the new salary cap, and Seguin due a raise to $5.75 million a season, the young center was pushed into the middle of the trade block. Nill jumped at the chance, sending Loui Eriksson and Reilly Smith as the key components to Boston for Seguin, and the deal was done on July 4. The timing might have been serendipitous for Seguin. Just as the reports of his bad behavior were increasing, he was given a chance to start anew. “I wanted to prove a lot of people wrong, and I tried to do that with actions and not words,” he said. . Dave like the Hockey News because they're part of the anti-fighting cabal. They've never seen a fight that they like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Fixed your post...Dave's posts are uninformed, not uniformed. Sorry, I'm sure I just beat MafiaMan to the punch. Wow, again, another uniNformed post by DaveK. Let's break it down: 1. Seidenberg is about the LAST person you'd call a goon. Plays a good, clean, hard brand of hockey. 2. Toews got control of the puck and spun, Seidenberg closed on him to make a play/hit and Toews went awkwardly into the boards. 3. Seidenberg got a penalty for the play - you could probably even argue that wasn't deserved, but I'd also accept the call on the ice. 4. Toews stayed on the ice for the ensuing PP. 5. If someone lays a dirty hit on a player like Jonathan Toews, you damn well better believe that player is going to have to answer for it, and the Blackhawks will go after him. Don't give me any BS about the Blackhawks being "classier than that" or that they wouldn't do that. They would. Did anyone from the Blackhawks go after Seidenberg later in the game and challenge him? #5 says it all to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprig Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Fixed your post...Dave's posts are uninformed, not uniformed. Sorry, I'm sure I just beat MafiaMan to the punch. I think his posts are fairly uniform when it comes to the Bruins :-). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 Wow, again, another uniformed post by DaveK. Let's break it down: I don't think there's anything wrong with the Bruins' uniform...or the Penguins, for that matter, when they wear the classic gold and not the stupid Vegas gold, anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I think his posts are fairly uniform when it comes to the Bruins :-).touche! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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