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Ilya Bryzgalov comes to mind. So you would rather play in Russia than Winnipeg?
Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out, jackass.:rolleyes:
Nevertheless, Bryzgalov played in the Russian Superleague and the Russian Supreme League. Whatever else one wants to say about playing in Russia, the names of those two leagues sure beat the crap out of "National Hockey League." ;)
shadows
06-02-2011, 10:19 PM
Nevertheless, Bryzgalov played in the Russian Superleague and the Russian Supreme League. Whatever else one wants to say about playing in Russia, the names of those two leagues sure beat the crap out of "National Hockey League." ;)
Careful smc, even with the ;) smilie some people will think you were serious.;):lol:
Careful smc, even with the ;) smilie some people will think you were serious.;):lol:
I'm dead serious. We're talking only about names of the leagues here. Supreme and Super are so much cooler than National.
transjen
06-02-2011, 10:42 PM
I'm dead serious. We're talking only about names of the leagues here. Supreme and Super are so much cooler than National.
AMMNNN :no: :no: :no: :no:
:no: Penguinsfan Jen
AMMNNN :no: :no: :no: :no:
:no: Penguinsfan Jen
What does "AMMNNN" mean?
transjen
06-02-2011, 10:58 PM
What does "AMMNNN" mean?
Sorry it's Jersey slang for ummn
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
Sorry it's Jersey slang for ummn
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
Seriously, you don't think it would be cool to be rooting for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the, say, North American Super Supremo Hockey League? (Wait, that sounds like some kind of Mexican wrestling federation. :lol:)
shadows
06-03-2011, 10:18 AM
I'm dead serious. We're talking only about names of the leagues here. Supreme and Super are so much cooler than National.
I know that. However, some people would think that you were talking about the quality of the on-ice product.
I know that. However, some people would think that you were talking about the quality of the on-ice product.
Well, those people would have to presume that I am either a) an idiot, b) Russian, or c) both.
transjen
06-03-2011, 10:37 PM
Seriously, you don't think it would be cool to be rooting for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the, say, North American Super Supremo Hockey League? (Wait, that sounds like some kind of Mexican wrestling federation. :lol:)
This must be from the same people who brought us the XFL
:eek: NHL Penguinsfan Jen
transjen
06-03-2011, 10:40 PM
Happy dance time
The ratings for the stanley cup game one were better then the ratings for the NBA game one which here in the states is a great day
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
It really BITES when a player who should be serving a suspension instead is on the ice and scores a goal against the team you root for, eh?
shadows
06-05-2011, 06:25 PM
Well, those people would have to presume that I am either a) an idiot, b) Russian, or c) both.
This is the internet. People using it tend to presume a lot.;):lol:
shadows
06-05-2011, 06:33 PM
It really BITES when a player who should be serving a suspension instead is on the ice and scores a goal against the team you root for, eh?
To be fair, Nathan Horton wasn't suspended for an action that had been suspendable before(squirting a water bottle and then throwing it into the stands). And who happened to score the game-winner in Game 7 vs Tampa Bay?;)
Unless Burrows bit his finger clean off, there wasn't going to be any suspension.:eek:
Another close game that could have gone either way(I was following it on someone's cellphone while at my sister's wedding reception). I think Tim Thomas made a serious error in judgement committing himself so much with Chara there to cut it off. I also think that he'll be able to shake that off and be a wall again in game #3. Plus, they'll be at home and the home crowd should get them into a frenzy.
It's been a great series so far! The refs were less prominent in game 2, and I am thankful for that.
And how great was it to see Manny Malhotra playing in game #2? For a while there, it didn't look like he may ever get a chance to play again, and now he is playing in the Stanley Cup finals! He may have only logged about 7 minutes of ice time, but he was definitely a boost for Vancouver.
I cannot wait for game #3. It should be another action-packed close game.:respect:
To be fair, Nathan Horton wasn't suspended for an action that had been suspendable before(squirting a water bottle and then throwing it into the stands). And who happened to score the game-winner in Game 7 vs Tampa Bay?;)
Unless Burrows bit his finger clean off, there wasn't going to be any suspension.:eek:
How you can equate what Horton did and what Burrows did is truly beyond my comprehension, irrespective of anything else ... including my team allegiance.
transjen
06-06-2011, 06:30 PM
For those who still wonder why i'm now a Penguins fan
Just watch the link below and all i have to say is after watching it how can anyone not love the Penguins
http://youtu.be/csNiFY4SeKk
;) Penguinsfan Jen
For this, my 10,000 post (oh my fucking god!), I would just like to point out that tonight the Boston Bruins in Game 3 did to Alexandre Burrows what the NHL didn't have the balls to do after Game 1, and dealt with the unsportsmanlike mocking by Maxim Lapierre in Game 2, in a most decisive, and satisfying fashion.
Oh, and bye-bye Aaron Rome for his vicious Rule 48 violation!
Boston 8, Vancouver 1.
shadows
06-07-2011, 01:31 AM
How you can equate what Horton did and what Burrows did is truly beyond my comprehension, irrespective of anything else ... including my team allegiance.
I can equate them as they would both be considered suspendable offenses under the NHL rules normally. I did not say that what Horton did was as bad as what Burrows did. Those are two totally different things.
shadows
06-07-2011, 01:39 AM
For this, my 10,000 post (oh my fucking god!), I would just like to point out that tonight the Boston Bruins in Game 3 did to Alexandre Burrows what the NHL didn't have the balls to do after Game 1, and dealt with the unsportsmanlike mocking by Maxim Lapierre in Game 2, in a most decisive, and satisfying fashion.
Oh, and bye-bye Aaron Rome for his vicious Rule 48 violation!
Boston 8, Vancouver 1.
While I still think that Vancouver can take the series(no guarantees, especially after this game), they certainly got their asses handed to them on a platter tonight. It was like only one team decided to show up, and that was Boston.
While I can only go by what I read on the tsn.ca comment pages, it sounds like Boston was a little guilty of whacking their sticks on Vancouver players. That certainly doesn't justify what was done to Horton, and I am certain that Rome will be gone for at least 2 games(more than likely the rest of the series, and perhaps a few games during the next season due to this being his second Game Misconduct in these playoffs).
I like good, hard hitting but there is NO place for dirty hits.
I don't think that Boston took much motivation over the fact that Burrows was not suspended, nor what Lapierre did. I think that the team being down 2 games to none, and this being a must-win game was all the motivation that they needed, and they proved that by playing with a lot more intensity.
Game four should be a good game, but I think it will be another close game like the first two(at least, I hope so as they are far more entertaining games to watch) were.:)
shadows
06-07-2011, 01:49 AM
I forgot to mention earlier...congratulations on your 10000th post, smc!:respect:
Kevin Paul Dupont, the Hall of Fame hockey writer for The Boston Globe, makes a compelling case against fighting in last Sunday's column. Thoughts?
Hockey Notes
It hurts to say, but it?s time to give up the fight
By Kevin Paul Dupont
June 5, 2011
I am done with fighting in hockey. Time to get it gone.
It took a very long journey for me to get here, roughly a half-century, including my years as a fan prior to covering the NHL night-and-day in the late 1970s. I also realize there is no going back now after skating across the pacifist?s green line.
Granted, there is no green line in the NHL, but I offer it up here as a visual in the general context of 21st century green/sustainability.
There was no epiphany for me during the Stanley Cup Final, the Bruins? first trip to the championship round in 21 years. No ah-hah! or gotcha! moment in the middle of the Hub?s hockey renaissance.
If someone wants to say now that I?ve finally grown up, then fine, but I can prove otherwise with any number of adolescent habits that I still hold dear, including such things as ?Three Stooges,?? ?Looney Tunes,?? and ?Honeymooners?? reruns, not to mention a fixation with Friendly?s Awful-Awfuls and Fudge Flat Tops that should have ended in the ?60s.
Most of all, I?ve evolved to this point because of the game?s culture, one that I?ve been saying and writing these last 18-24 months must change, principally because players today get injured too often, some of their brains damaged beyond repair, and fighting plays a part in that. That?s not to say all of that, but a part of that, and I now believe that taking out the fights ? as much as I will miss them ? is simply the easiest, most obvious first step to change the game?s runaway seek-and-destroy culture.
Too much of today?s game is about hitting to hurt, literally to break the opponent, and that?s not just a danger to players but also to the game?s image, its marketability, and I think its sustainability. To abolish fighting won?t be a cure-all, but I believe it can be key in unraveling a complicated, dangerous, and ultimately losing environment.
So I made that very case the other day to Bruins career tough guy Shawn Thornton, whom I respect as a person, a player, and a fighter (my kind of hat trick). He looked at me in dismay, and then in all sincerity, and with a good amount of animation and invective, told me I was nuts. He made his points in support of the sweet science (all in line with my lifetime position) and really couldn?t be swayed with my ?culture change?? postulate.
?I think if you take fighting out,?? said Thornton, ?you?ll see the game go to places where you?ll want it back just to stop the nonsense ? more stick work, more cheap shots, just all the junk. Maybe that?s my old-school thinking, but ..."
Should anyone be surprised by that? Thornton is a sincere, passionate, honest guy, and he freely admits that he wouldn?t be making a decent paycheck today if he hadn?t spent roughly a decade beating up people in junior and minor pro hockey.
He is more than a pugilist at age 33 ? in fact, quite a bit more than a lot of people think ? but he is unwilling to surrender his stance on fighting. Not even when faced with the hard truth, as shown by the continuing Boston University study on concussions in sports, that career hockey tough guy Bob Probert suffered brain damage, likely from trading too many blows to the head in his many epic punch-ups.
The landmark BU study, centered on dissected brains harvested from deceased athletes, will have a profound impact on contact sports and their inherent risks to athletes? brains. The study is in its infancy, but I am already convinced that it is going to be a game-changer in many sports, especially hockey and football, perhaps lacrosse.
I don?t know if that?s going to take a couple of years, a decade or longer, but as the study expands, evidence mounts, and knowledge grows, parents and the public at large will grasp just how dangerous it is for kids and adults to keep getting smacked upside the head. If I am correct, the public eventually will perceive that head contact is to sports what cigarette smoking is to general health.
?I?ll agree with you, our sport needs a culture change,?? said Thornton. ?It needs to happen and it will be difficult.
?I think a large part of that is the equipment ? the big, killer shoulder pads and elbow pads. I think if everyone wore the smaller pads, like me and Rex [Mark Recchi] wear, you?d see fewer concussions and a lot fewer injuries all around.??
All of that is good and necessary, I said to Thornton, but that won?t stop brain injuries that are the direct result of fighting. The NHL continues to peck its way through its concussion data and likely won?t make the numbers public. Recent published reports, noting the league?s extensive study, suggested that some 8 percent of the NHL?s concussions the last few years were a direct result of fighting.
?OK,?? said Thornton, ?if that?s true, then that tells me that 92 percent came from other causes, right? I say let?s work at fixing the 92 percent.
?Guys are going to get concussions, and if a guy?s got his head down, and gets popped on the chin, nothing?s going to prevent that. I really think a lot of this is that some of the equipment has to be downsized, softened maybe, and the culture will change around that."
And what of Probert? There is no guarantee that his brain degenerated because of fighting, but many are willing to accept the prima facie evidence that Probert?s lifetime penalty card (3,300 minutes) included too many concussions meted out by opponents? fists delivered to his skull.
Probert, 45, died less than a year ago, succumbing to a heart attack while boating with his family in Ontario. BU?s Sports Legacy Institute announced in February that it found Probert?s brain was damaged by chronic, degenerative disease.
?I can?t think about that, the danger, and go out there and do what I do,?? mused Thornton. ?I can?t think about all the fights I?ve had, either. I just can?t go there.
?I?ve worked hard, really hard, to get here. I had to fight to get here. If I hadn?t done all that in the American League, at a time when that?s really all I did, then I?m probably still back home, working in the steel factory.??
I?ve supported hockey fights forever, in every print and electronic platform at my disposal, and have returned countless e-mails to readers, some of them incensed educators (pre-K through college), telling them what I still believe to be true: that players enter the game, and play it, and in some cases fight within it, by their own free will. I?ve also said that fighting sells, that many fans like the fighting more than the hockey, and that, for better or worse, for decades it has helped define a sport in the United States, which, even today, essentially remains largely a non-traditional hockey market.
For a lot of people in the Lower 48, the idea lingers that paying to attend a hockey game is buying a ticket to a fight. Many of my Canadian-born pals, some in this beautiful city, think that?s funny, even ridiculous. But they come from a place where virtually every child, boy and girl, has a hockey stick placed in one hand at the same time the other is otherwise occupied by a binky. Canadians don?t just get hockey, they are hockey. They are born into it.
Now, I would say most Canadians don?t consider themselves hockey purists or elitists, or too refined or possessive about their sport to think fighting is a problem. Based on 30-plus years of conversations with friends in Canada, I can tell you many of them very much like the fights.
You might be familiar with former Boston coach/Canadian icon Don Cherry?s love of a good, honest dustup? On the whole, Canadians can probably take it or leave it, and there are probably slightly more in the ?Grapes?? category.
But hockey just has too much hurt in it now, too many broken bodies, fueled by a mentality among the players that big hits and big fights make them big players, fueled by marketing departments that show endless in-arena videos of crunching body slams and brutal bouts. To its credit, the league has done away with the bloody donnybrooks of old (I?ll confess to liking those, too).
Fighting really is, for all the talk it garners, a very tiny piece of the NHL puzzle these days. It has become a piece easy to remove, and getting rid of it is essential, I?m convinced, in dialing back the overall emphasis on seek-and-destroy and placing more on skate-pass-and-shoot.
It?s not all that bad in and of itself, but I think it serves as a crusty, barnacled anchor for violence, for danger, for broken bodies and ravaged, irreparable brains. Just time to go away.
Hockey is a great sport, and it can thrive beyond the green line. I?ve crossed, and hope you?ll come, too.
transjen
06-07-2011, 05:50 PM
It's a damned if you do and damned if you don't
Hockey fights are very popular don't believe me? just check youtube
The fighting in hockey put people in the seats and what team owner hates when that happens
You have to walk a tight rope to cut down on the amount of fights but you still have to allow some for the non true hockey fans
Hockey fights sadly are about the only thing that makes it on ESPN's highlights programs
:rolleyes: Penguinsfan Jen
It's a damned if you do and damned if you don't
Hockey fights are very popular don't believe me? just check youtube
The fighting in hockey put people in the seats and what team owner hates when that happens
You have to walk a tight rope to cut down on the amount of fights but you still have to allow some for the non true hockey fans
Hockey fights sadly are about the only thing that makes it on ESPN's highlights programs
:rolleyes: Penguinsfan Jen
I think Dupont's point is that you can have the physicality at a level that is still attractive to fans without the fighting that is so dangerous. Who knows? I am glad that whereas the "fan base" for NASCAR is primarily waiting for a crash (after all, what is there to see in cars going around and around, endlessly, on an oval track), at least real hockey fans also like hockey, not just fighting.
Meanwhile, how about this for a tradeoff.
The Canucks lose a third-tier defenseman.
The Bruins lose their number-two scorer in the playoffs, who was responsible for two winning goals in overtime and two winning Game 7 goals.
I'd say the Canucks made a damn good trade.
shadows
06-07-2011, 09:50 PM
Meanwhile, how about this for a tradeoff.
The Canucks lose a third-tier defenseman.
The Bruins lose their number-two scorer in the playoffs, who was responsible for two winning goals in overtime and two winning Game 7 goals.
I'd say the Canucks made a damn good trade.
I just hope that Horton can begin playing for the pre-season next year. Concussions can be a career-ender, and I don't want to see anyone's career ended because of one.
With regards to the article posted above, I like fighting in hockey for the most part. If someone takes liberties with one of your players, you can give them a reason to stop doing it. I don't like the "scripted" fights, the ones where it is obvious that they are going to fight before there is even a reason to fight(5 seconds into the freaking game for instance!). I love watching hockey, and not just for the fighting.
I love games like the ones that Boston and Vancouver played in the first two games(minus the stupid penalties, both bogus and deserved) rather than the blowout game 3(even if it had been Vancouver winning 8-1). There is no suspense in blowout games, and the one-goal games are heart-pounding through and through.
transjen
06-08-2011, 06:20 PM
Did hell just freeze over?
I ask this because the Flyers just got the rights for Ilya Bryzgalov
Can it be that the Flyers are serious about getting a decent goalie?
:eek: Penguinsfan Jen
Captn Sacto
06-08-2011, 06:55 PM
Did hell just freeze over?
I ask this because the Flyers just got the rights for Ilya Bryzgalov
Can it be that the Flyers are serious about getting a decent goalie?
:eek: Penguinsfan Jen
I think they knew it was the only way to steal you back from the penguins. :yes:
transjen
06-08-2011, 07:12 PM
I think they knew it was the only way to steal you back from the penguins. :yes:
Not going to happen, i'm a Penguins fan now and i even went to the mall today and i brought a Penguins jersey for myself and before everyone asks which player i picked it's number 87 Crosby
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
Frozen_Warnings
06-08-2011, 08:45 PM
Did hell just freeze over?
I ask this because the Flyers just got the rights for Ilya Bryzgalov
Can it be that the Flyers are serious about getting a decent goalie?
:eek: Penguinsfan Jen
Now if they can only sign him and figure out a way to stay under the cap. It also depends on how much he is asking for. Some reports are saying anywhere from 6 to 8 million dollars per year which I don't think Philly will give him. They might go 6 but I doubt any higher.
Not going to happen, i'm a Penguins fan now and i even went to the mall today and i brought a Penguins jersey for myself and before everyone asks which player i picked it's number 87 Crosby
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
Crosby? Seriously? What a shock! ;):respect:
Jen, please send me a picture with your new jersey. I need to see JerseyGirl Jen's Jersey. :yes:
Speaking of goalies (I write this as Luongo comes back, shockingly, for the 3rd period in the Bruins-Canucks game), someone needs to get this kid Robin Lehner from the Binghamton Senators. They just won the Calder Cup and he was the MVP of the post-season.
shadows
06-08-2011, 09:52 PM
Boston is definitely outplaying Vancouver in Game 4, but I am getting sick and tired of Marchand being able to continue getting away will all his bullcrap. Call a penalty and get him to stop, otherwise it could escalate as the series goes on(and we have had enough shenanigans to last us true hockey fans a lifetime so far this series).
Back to Vancouver for game 5. I hope that they get their collective heads out of their asses and remember to play hockey again. Luongo also needs to remember to STOP the pucks from going in. I swear, why does he have these meltdowns when they are least needed?
transjen
06-08-2011, 09:56 PM
Crosby? Seriously? What a shock! ;):respect:
Jen, please send me a picture with your new jersey. I need to see JerseyGirl Jen's Jersey. :yes:
Actualy his jersey was the only one they had for the Penguins,
keep in mind it's the end of the season plus the mall is here in NJ but on the bright side Sid's jersey was on mark down and i got it for $35
Oh i planned to buy either 87 or 66 but they had no 66 jerseys
A picture hah, i'm sure by next season i'll be showing off my love for the Penguins
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
transjen
06-08-2011, 10:01 PM
Back to Vancouver for game 5. I hope that they get their collective heads out of their asses and remember to play hockey again. Luongo also needs to remember to STOP the pucks from going in. I swear, why does he have these meltdowns when they are least needed?
Would you believe he was taking lessons from the Flyers trio of goalies
:lol: Penguinsfan Jen
Boston is definitely outplaying Vancouver in Game 4, but I am getting sick and tired of Marchand being able to continue getting away will all his bullcrap. Call a penalty and get him to stop, otherwise it could escalate as the series goes on(and we have had enough shenanigans to last us true hockey fans a lifetime so far this series).
Back to Vancouver for game 5. I hope that they get their collective heads out of their asses and remember to play hockey again. Luongo also needs to remember to STOP the pucks from going in. I swear, why does he have these meltdowns when they are least needed?
Of all the stuff to notice in the "bullcrap" category, you mention ONLY Marchand? What do you have to say about the bullcrap Burrows pulled at the end, when he knocked Tim Thomas' stick out of his hand while waiting for the faceoff? There's over-the-top physical play, like Marchand's (note "over-the-top" before you accuse me of excusing it), and then there's bush-league shit like what Burrows did. It reminded me of when Alex Rodriguez tried to slap the ball out of Jonathan Papelbon's glove as they raced for first base.
Actualy his jersey was the only one they had for the Penguins,
keep in mind it's the end of the season plus the mall is here in NJ but on the bright side Sid's jersey was on mark down and i got it for $35
Oh i planned to buy either 87 or 66 but they had no 66 jerseys
A picture hah, i'm sure by next season i'll be showing off my love for the Penguins
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
My request has nothing to do with your love for the Penguins and everything to do with my love for you. ;)
transjen
06-08-2011, 10:21 PM
When the hockey 11/12 thread starts i'll post a new photo of me in my Penguins jersey
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
shadows
06-08-2011, 10:22 PM
Of all the stuff to notice in the "bullcrap" category, you mention ONLY Marchand? What do you have to say about the bullcrap Burrows pulled at the end, when he knocked Tim Thomas' stick out of his hand while waiting for the faceoff? There's over-the-top physical play, like Marchand's (note "over-the-top" before you accuse me of excusing it), and then there's bush-league shit like what Burrows did. It reminded me of when Alex Rodriguez tried to slap the ball out of Jonathan Papelbon's glove as they raced for first base.
I wouldn't know what Burrows did as I had turned the game off by then. It was obvious the Canucks weren't coming back to win, so I went onto my computer to finish watching the Jays game(which they barely won!).
I recall that play of ARoid's. I can't believe he thought he wouldn't get called out for that. Even Jeter(who was on first, going to second at the time) couldn't believe he did it. He just shook his head and rolled his eyes. That is just one of the reasons I will never respect ARoid.
With regards to the Finals, it is now back to Vancouver. I don't know what it is with Vancouver. They can play brilliantly, and then forget how to perform even the basics. I honestly don't know if Luongo should start in game 5 or not. I think the Bruins have gotten into his head(he seems to have that problem from time to time, letting the other team get into his head).
I think this series will now go the entire 7 games. Of course, I thought that tonight's game would be decided by one goal, and look how that turned out.:eek:
shadows
06-08-2011, 10:23 PM
My request has nothing to do with your love for the Penguins and everything to do with my love for you. ;)
Everyone loves Jennifer. How could we not?:respect:
I wouldn't know what Burrows did as I had turned the game off by then. It was obvious the Canucks weren't coming back to win, so I went onto my computer to finish watching the Jays game(which they barely won!).
I recall that play of ARoid's. I can't believe he thought he wouldn't get called out for that. Even Jeter(who was on first, going to second at the time) couldn't believe he did it. He just shook his head and rolled his eyes. That is just one of the reasons I will never respect ARoid.
With regards to the Finals, it is now back to Vancouver. I don't know what it is with Vancouver. They can play brilliantly, and then forget how to perform even the basics. I honestly don't know if Luongo should start in game 5 or not. I think the Bruins have gotten into his head(he seems to have that problem from time to time, letting the other team get into his head).
I think this series will now go the entire 7 games. Of course, I thought that tonight's game would be decided by one goal, and look how that turned out.:eek:
The fact that you didn't see it doesn't change any of what I wrote about the comparison between Marchand's "bullcrap" and "bush league" play by Burrows, Lapierre (and other Canucks). So, when you see it on YouTube or CBC or somewhere, perhaps you'll have a comment. :yes:
transjen
06-10-2011, 10:08 PM
A one to zip game
I know my friend SMC much prefered the last two games which were blow outs
but i much prefered tonights games not because of who won or lost but because it was a solid game that hinged on a single shot getting by and who could ask for more in a cup game
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
A one to zip game
I know my friend SMC much prefered the last two games which were blow outs
but i much prefered tonights games not because of who won or lost but because it was a solid game that hinged on a single shot getting by and who could ask for more in a cup game
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
Not quite. I prefer the OUTCOME of the previous two games to which you prefer, but for pure hockey enjoyment I, too, would rather watch a game like Game 5.
May I take credit for your new signature line? ;)
I only date Pittsburgh Penguins fans :yes:
May I take credit for your new signature line? ;)
I guess that leaves me out of the running Jen :( as I've never been a Penguins fan and it's not likely that I ever will.
transjen
06-11-2011, 03:44 PM
I guess that leaves me out of the running Jen :( as I've never been a Penguins fan and it's not likely that I ever will.
Come on how can you not love the Penguins? come on come on you to can be a Penguins fan
Looks like next season i'll be the Penguins number one cheerleader here on the forum
:innocent: Penguinsfan Jen
transjen
06-11-2011, 03:48 PM
Not quite. I prefer the OUTCOME of the previous two games to which you prefer, but for pure hockey enjoyment I, too, would rather watch a game like Game 5.
May I take credit for your new signature line? ;)
Blowouts are only fun to watch if it's your team doing the scoring
Ok the credit is yours so you can now try and comfert our friend ila
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
Come on how can you not love the Penguins? come on come on you to can be a Penguins fan
Looks like next season i'll be the Penguins number one cheerleader here on the forum
:innocent: Penguinsfan Jen
And as such you will look WAY BETTER than this! :yes:
And as such you will look WAY BETTER than this! :yes:
Or, for that matter, either of these two!
Or, for that matter, either of these two!
Or these.
I think I've made my point. ;)
Blowouts are only fun to watch if it's your team doing the scoring
Ok the credit is yours so you can now try and comfert our friend ila
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
Hey, ila, how's this for comfort?
I GOT THERE FIRST, SUCKA! ;)
transjen
06-11-2011, 04:04 PM
And as such you will look WAY BETTER than this! :yes:
Wonder if they hold tryouts?
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
Wonder if they hold tryouts?
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
They must.
That's one more cheerleader you'd look better than, Jen.
Oh, and if you make the Penguins cheerleader squad, I will immediately shift my loyalties from the Bruins.
Come on how can you not love the Penguins? come on come on you to can be a Penguins fan
Looks like next season i'll be the Penguins number one cheerleader here on the forum
:innocent: Penguinsfan Jen
How about if I'm Penguins fan only when they are playing any of the hated southern teams (including Washington)?
transjen
06-11-2011, 05:26 PM
They must.
That's one more cheerleader you'd look better than, Jen.
Oh, and if you make the Penguins cheerleader squad, I will immediately shift my loyalties from the Bruins.
Would love to make the team but i'd have to move there and i prefer to stay in Jersey
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
transjen
06-11-2011, 05:31 PM
How about if I'm Penguins fan only when they are playing any of the hated southern teams (including Washington)?
OK just for you i'll let you slide, but Washington is not a southern team but i hate them anyway and i can't stand Alex O
:eek: Penguinsfan Jen
OK just for you i'll let you slide, but Washington is not a southern team but i hate them anyway and i can't stand Alex O
:eek: Penguinsfan Jen
Thanks, Jen.
I know Washington isn't a souther team and it even gets cold enough there to make natural ice, but I've just never liked them and lately it's mostly due to Alex O.
shadows
06-12-2011, 10:49 PM
Come on how can you not love the Penguins? come on come on you to can be a Penguins fan
Looks like next season i'll be the Penguins number one cheerleader here on the forum
:innocent: Penguinsfan Jen
I would gladly root for the Penguins(I would still root for the Leafs as well, but I digress...) if it meant that I could date such a beautiful woman(and one that is quite knowledgable in hockey as well!) as you, Jennifer!:yes::)
shadows
06-12-2011, 10:53 PM
OK just for you i'll let you slide, but Washington is not a southern team but i hate them anyway and i can't stand Alex O
:eek: Penguinsfan Jen
I agree with you 100%. His attitude(and the fact that he acts like he won the Stanley Cup whenever he scores a freaking goal) really rubs me the wrong way. Sidney Crosby is a far more respectable hockey player than Ovechkin.
I also hope that Crosby can play in the 2011-2012 season.
shadows
06-12-2011, 10:56 PM
I must say that Game #5 was a nail-biter. Both teams had numerous chances(Tanner Glass, how could you miss that empty net? LOL!:eek::lol:), and it was anyone's game right until the end.
Whether the Bruins win or lose, Tim Thomas will win the Conn Smythe trophy.:respect:
transjen
06-13-2011, 02:28 PM
I agree with you 100%. His attitude(and the fact that he acts like he won the Stanley Cup whenever he scores a freaking goal) really rubs me the wrong way. Sidney Crosby is a far more respectable hockey player than Ovechkin.
I also hope that Crosby can play in the 2011-2012 season.
Great minds think alike
When i watch Sidney Crosby play he is playing for and with the Penguins ie he's a team player
When i watch Alex O play it like there is no Captials team it's Alex with his lackies i do not see him as a team player he wants all the spot light for himself to me he's nothing but a showboat and he'll never be on a Stanley cup winning team with that tude
Wayne, Mario and Sidney the three greatest players in my time all have one thing in common they made reg teammates look great
Something Alex won't do
I hope Sidney comes back next season too
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
shadows
06-13-2011, 05:18 PM
Great minds think alike
When i watch Sidney Crosby play he is playing for and with the Penguins ie he's a team player
When i watch Alex O play it like there is no Captials team it's Alex with his lackies i do not see him as a team player he wants all the spot light for himself to me he's nothing but a showboat and he'll never be on a Stanley cup winning team with that tude
Wayne, Mario and Sidney the three greatest players in my time all have one thing in common they made reg teammates look great
Something Alex won't do
I hope Sidney comes back next season too
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
I'm not sure what it is about Ovechkin. He has boatloads of talent, but he also has been known to skirt the line between a good hit and a dirty play. He also tends to pout and likes to cherry pick empty net goals. I believe that is one of the reasons the Capitals bowed out so early this year(plus the fact that Backstrom pulled a vanishing act!).
shadows
06-13-2011, 10:36 PM
I guess the only solace that I can take from tonight's game is that they got a couple of goals past Thomas(and almost a third). Hopefully the Luongo that showed up in the home games shows up for game 7. I also think that Luongo will have a very short leash next game, and if it looks like he is struggling, I am sure he will get an early hook.
Game 7 on Wednesday. It should be a doozy!
It's hard to imagine that Game 7 will be yet another 1-point victory by the Canucks. It's hard to imagine that yet another game in Vancouver will be won by the Canucks simply because the Bruins team didn't get the "break." It's hard to not to think that this Game 7 will be the anomaly of this series.
The Canucks now have 2 embellishment penalties in this series. So, the only thing we can say conclusively at this point -- and I'm sorry, my Canadian hockey fan friends on this board -- but that kind of bush-league crap seems to be (with the exception of Ovechkin ... see posts above) a uniquely Canadian practice this year, the purview first of the overacting, ham-it-up Montreal team ("oh, look, ref, he hit me so hard that I fell down and flew 20 feet across the ice") and now of Vancouver.
shadows
06-15-2011, 09:04 PM
Even though there is still one period remaining, I don't think there is any chance for the Canucks to tie it up. Pretty pathetic showing by them tonight, so much for the guaranteed win. How many times can Vancouver get scored on shorthanded?
The better team(at least in the Finals for sure) is probably going to win the Cup. Even though I think that some of the Bruins got away with stuff that should have been penalties(not this game, but during the series), they outworked the Canucks in the end. The Canucks had a 2-0 game lead and then they totally fell apart after that(except for game 5).
I do think that Vancouver would have gotten more calls going their way had they not done so much diving. I don't like diving, so I don't like that aspect of the Canucks. No matter how well they played before the Stanley Cup, they will probably be remembered for their choke job in the Finals.
I also think that this will probably crush Luongo's confidence going into next season. He let in way too many bad goals this series, and I don't see it getting any better for him next season.
Thomas will deservedly win the Conn Smythe trophy, as he has stood on his head throughout the Finals(he's had a shaky game or two in the Tampa series, but beyond that he has been stellar). So he will get the Triple Crown(Vezina, Conn Smythe, and Stanley Cup). That's a pretty good year! I wish the Leafs had him(although I still like Reimer:)). I'll bet that Kaberle is happy that he accepted the trade to Boston.;)
shadows
06-15-2011, 09:08 PM
It's hard to imagine that Game 7 will be yet another 1-point victory by the Canucks. It's hard to imagine that yet another game in Vancouver will be won by the Canucks simply because the Bruins team didn't get the "break." It's hard to not to think that this Game 7 will be the anomaly of this series.
The Canucks now have 2 embellishment penalties in this series. So, the only thing we can say conclusively at this point -- and I'm sorry, my Canadian hockey fan friends on this board -- but that kind of bush-league crap seems to be (with the exception of Ovechkin ... see posts above) a uniquely Canadian practice this year, the purview first of the overacting, ham-it-up Montreal team ("oh, look, ref, he hit me so hard that I fell down and flew 20 feet across the ice") and now of Vancouver.
Your "imagination" was correct.;) No one-goal game tonight! I will admit that the Canucks have been guilty of diving(which I dislike), but some of the Boston plays have been bad as well. Neither team can claim to be angels this series, but in the end the one that played with more heart(they could have folded up their tents and went "home" after losing the first two games, but they picked up their game and totally turned it around!) is going to win the Cup.
If Vancouver was to lose, I would have preferred the one-goal loss as it would at least have been exciting to the end. Being down 3-0, and with the Boston defense clamping down and blocking shots in front of Thomas, I don't think the Canucks will even get a goal!
BOSTON BRUINS WIN THE STANLEY CUP
On Saturday, June 18, there will be a parade beginning at 11 am from TD Bank Garden to Copley Square in Boston to celebrate the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup.
I would like to invite all my hockey-loving friends to join me. The drinks are on me, all day and into the night. I realize the low likelihood of anyone getting here, but on the off chance that you'll be in Boston, let me know. I'm serious about picking up the tab.
dauls
06-16-2011, 01:24 PM
A good win for Boston, but the scenes in Vancouver... :frown:
@bbc.co.uk (and they hardly ever write anything about 'Ice Hockey')
Vancouver: Riots after Canucks' Stanley Cup defeat
Riot police in Vancouver used tear gas to quell violence that broke out after the Vancouver Canucks lost the final game of the Stanley Cup.
Cars were set on fire and shops were looted following the ice hockey team's 4-0 defeat to the Boston Bruins.
Mobs of angry fans roamed central Vancouver after the game, as thick acrid smoke rose over the city centre.
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Similar riots broke out in the Canadian city after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup in 1994.
Record crowds of supporters gathered in the heart of the city on Wednesday in the hope of seeing their team - the favourites - secure the Stanley Cup and be crowned winners of the National Hockey League (NHL).
But hope quickly turned to gloom after the Boston Bruins scored first and then went on to secure an emphatic victory.
Firecrackers
As soon as the final buzzer sounded, a hail of beer bottles rained down on the giant outdoor television screens, the Associated Press reports.
People chanted obscenities, and witnesses said some people took out their anger on nearby cars, flipping two over and setting them alight.
Shops were also reported to have had their windows smashed and then looted.
Some fans were seen trying to hold back more unruly members of the crowd, without much success.
A line of 10 riot police tried to hold back a crowd of several thousand in one part of central Vancouver, Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reported.
Police spokesperson Jana McGuinness said there were unconfirmed reports of at least four stabbings, as well as other injuries.
Officers were pelted with bottles and firecrackers; streets were filled with rubbish, broken glass and streams of alcohol.
After numerous arrests and a series of confrontations, police cleared the streets of downtown Vancouver about four hours after the riots broke out.
"It's so sad to see this happen again," Larissa VanDam told the Globe and Mail. "This is a real black eye on our city. We saw this happen in 1994 and I was so, so hoping it wouldn't happen again."
Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson described the scenes as "embarrassing and shameful".
"The vast majority of people who were downtown were there to enjoy the game in a peaceful and respectful manner," he said.
"It is unfortunate that a small number of people intent on criminal activity have turned pockets of the downtown into areas involving destruction of property and confrontations with police."
The Canucks had the NHL's best regular-season record, but have never won the Stanley Cup since entering the league 40 years ago.
:frown:
BOSTON BRUINS WIN THE STANLEY CUP
On Saturday, June 18, there will be a parade beginning at 11 am from TD Bank Garden to Copley Square in Boston to celebrate the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup.
I would like to invite all my hockey-loving friends to join me. The drinks are on me, all day and into the night. I realize the low likelihood of anyone getting here, but on the off chance that you'll be in Boston, let me know. I'm serious about picking up the tab.
I'd certainly enjoy the whole celebration. It's too late to get a flight though and by the time I drove down the parade and celebrations would be long over.
A good win for Boston, but the scenes in Vancouver... :frown:
:frown:
Just as the football hooligans in Europe and the UK don't represent true football fans, those rioting in Vancouver certainly don't represent hockey fans. There would have been riots regardless of the outcome of the game. It's a shame (disgrace?) that such jerks spoiled the end of a good series. The good news is that there were a lot of photgraphs taken of the criminals and there is a Facebook site to post pictures so that the criminals can be identified. As of early this morning, Vancouver time, there were 20,000 members of that Facebook site.
shadows
06-16-2011, 04:38 PM
A good win for Boston, but the scenes in Vancouver... :frown:
:frown:
Shit like this pisses me off. The worst part of the whole thing is that the scumbags doing the vandalizing/looting aren't even the true hockey fans. They would have done this crap whether the Canucks had won or lost. Pathetic.:censored:
shadows
06-16-2011, 04:39 PM
BOSTON BRUINS WIN THE STANLEY CUP
On Saturday, June 18, there will be a parade beginning at 11 am from TD Bank Garden to Copley Square in Boston to celebrate the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup.
I would like to invite all my hockey-loving friends to join me. The drinks are on me, all day and into the night. I realize the low likelihood of anyone getting here, but on the off chance that you'll be in Boston, let me know. I'm serious about picking up the tab.
Alas, that is a tad too far for me to drive at this particular time.;)
I imagine the scene was quite loud and chaotic last night, eh?:)
I'd certainly enjoy the whole celebration. It's too late to get a flight though and by the time I drove down the parade and celebrations would be long over.
What a lame excuse. :lol: We'd still be drinking when you get here. Jeez, I started on Jameson last night when the shorthanded goal was scored and I've only stopped since to sleep for a bit. ;)
What a lame excuse. :lol: We'd still be drinking when you get here. Jeez, I started on Jameson last night when the shorthanded goal was scored and I've only stopped since to sleep for a bit. ;)
Why did you need to sleep? :confused:
shadows
06-16-2011, 04:49 PM
What a lame excuse. :lol: We'd still be drinking when you get here. Jeez, I started on Jameson last night when the shorthanded goal was scored and I've only stopped since to sleep for a bit. ;)
Youse guys will probably still be celebrating when the next Pre-season games start.:lol::respect:
Shit like this pisses me off. The worst part of the whole thing is that the scumbags doing the vandalizing/looting aren't even the true hockey fans. They would have done this crap whether the Canucks had won or lost. Pathetic.:censored:
Alas, that is a tad too far for me to drive at this particular time.;)
I imagine the scene was quite loud and chaotic last night, eh?:)
The streets of Boston were filled with fans, but other than a few incidents related to overintoxication, there was nothing violent or untoward.
What gets me about the Vancouver rioting, in addition to agreeing completely with ila, is the stupidity of random violence. I mean, if you really want to express a violent reaction to the Canucks and the result of the series, why not storm Rogers Arena, drag Luongo out, and string him up from a tree in the park that has the statue of Lord Stanley? I'm not advocating such action, but at least it would make some sense in a hockey context.
I'm about to post a really touching article about real hockey fans in Vancouver that appeared in today's Boston Globe.
shadows
06-16-2011, 04:54 PM
The streets of Boston were filled with fans, but other than a few incidents related to overintoxication, there was nothing violent or untoward.
What gets me about the Vancouver rioting, in addition to agreeing completely with ila, is the stupidity of random violence. I mean, if you really want to express a violent reaction to the Canucks and the result of the series, why not storm Rogers Arena, drag Luongo out, and string him up from a tree in the park that has the statue of Lord Stanley? I'm not advocating such action, but at least it would make some sense in a hockey context.
I'm about to post a really touching article about real hockey fans in Vancouver that appeared in today's Boston Globe.
They should stick Luongo in front of a large net and have all the disgruntled fans shoot pucks at him. It's not like any of them would hit him anyhow, as he would let them all by.:censored:
This is a really nice article about true hockey fans, not the idiots who rioted in the streets of Vancouver last night. It becomes very clear that these people love hockey, especially when you read the very end.
Boston fan gets some backup deep in enemy territory
By Kevin Cullen
Globe Columnist / June 16, 2011
VANCOUVER ? Jack Gill was beside himself.
Parker?s not coming,?? he said. ?He thinks there will be problems.??
Ryan Parker is a Boston Bruins fan, and he had watched the previous six Bruins-Canucks games in a little corner in a little bar called Dentry?s that Gill owns in a little Vancouver neighborhood called Point Grey.
This is not downtown. Think West Roxbury. Anybody wearing a Bruins jersey downtown, on Granville Street? They?re asking for it.
But here, hard against the University of British Columbia, with all the cafes and bookstores and yoga studios, it is almost genteel.
Almost.
There is nothing genteel about hockey in Vancouver.
It?s hard to be a Bruins fan anywhere in this town. For the first few games, Canucks fans tolerated Parker and the few other guys who had the nerve to wear the black and gold to Dentry?s. At first, they were a novelty. Then they became a nuisance.
?They sat in the corner and didn?t say much,?? Jen Perkins, the waitress, was saying. ?When the Bruins scored all those goals so fast in the first period of Game 6, they couldn?t help themselves. They were excited. Everybody else in here wasn?t.??
Gill was born in England to Indian parents. But he is, like every other immigrant in this immigrant town, a hockey nut. Last night, he was wearing a Canucks jersey.
?I hate wearing this thing,?? he said. ?I?m a Red Wings fan.??
It is a very weird thing, figuring out hockey loyalties here.
?Parker?s an awesome guy,?? Gill said. ?He?s a teacher. And he stays after school to talk to all the East Indian kids, the kids whose families are from Punjab, because he knows they have it tough when they go home and they?re not doing well in school. He?s a Toronto guy, but he?s a Bruins fan. I love him. And it kills me he won?t come out.??
Gill prides himself on running a joint where anybody?s welcome. Canucks fan. Bruins fan. Any fan.
?I really wanted Parker to be here,?? he said. ?He just worried things would get out of hand, especially if the Bruins won.??
Call him, I said.
Gill handed me his cellphone, and this is what I said to 31-year-old Parker: ?Look pal, I know where you?re coming from, but I am the only guy from Boston in this joint right now. I need some backup.??
Twenty minutes later, Parker and his beautiful wife Katie walked in.
?You??? Geoff Wildbur said. ?Again??? During Game 6, Wildbur, a Michael Moore look-alike, was merciless in his mocking of Parker and the other handful of Boston fans who had the temerity to venture out to cheer on the Broons.
But last night Wildbur had a confession.
?I grew up in Toronto too,?? he said. ?I was a Maple Leafs fan.??
Wildbur and Parker looked at each other. You could almost hear the violin music. But the moment passed and then they just sneered at each other.
?What kills me,?? Wildbur said, ?is the Bruins have more Canadians than the Canucks do.??
He realized what he said and then he said, ?Don?t put that in the paper.??
When Patrice Bergeron scored the Bruins? first goal, Parker stood up, pumped his fist, and kissed his wife.
Wildbur ordered another beer.
Don Cherry, the former Bruins coach, came on the TV during the intermission, dressed in a jacket that looked like something you?d put on a picnic table. ?He?s the only good thing you guys in Boston ever gave hockey,?? Wildbur said.
When Brad Marchand scored the second goal, Wildbur ordered some nachos.
When Bergeron scored the third goal, Wildbur ordered me to be kind.
?This is ridiculous,?? he said. ?The Canucks have outplayed them in every facet of the game.??
Except scoring.
Parker was smiling and second-guessing himself about coming out in public with a Bruins jersey on in a place called Vancouver.
They came in slowly, one after another, period after period. Bruins fans, summoned by cellphone, by a power higher than them. As the minutes ticked down, and the Canucks fans folded their arms, the Bruins fans emerged, like dandelions after a spring rainfall.
When it was over, Parker stood up and kissed his wife deeply. He turned to Wildbur and shook his hand.
And when Zdeno Chara skated around with the Cup, Wildbur stood up and said, ?Give it to Thomas, give it to Thomas.?? When Tim Thomas got the Cup, Wildbur stood up and cheered, because, in the end he is a hockey fan, and he knew the guy who most deserved to hoist the Stanley Cup held it in his hands.
Losing is lousy. Losing to Tim Thomas is stomachable. Even in Vancouver.
They should stick Luongo in front of a large net and have all the disgruntled fans shoot pucks at him. It's not like any of them would hit him anyhow, as he would let them all by.:censored:
The general consensus around the water cooler is the Luongo lost the series for Vancouver. At least Sedin (sorry, forgot which one) laid the blame at the feet of the forwards for not scoring. That would be the understatement of this last hockey season.
The general consensus around the water cooler is the Luongo lost the series for Vancouver. At least Sedin (sorry, forgot which one) laid the blame at the feet of the forwards for not scoring. That would be the understatement of this last hockey season.
I think the general consensus is wrong. I think that, in addition to the Bruins fine play, the Canucks suffered from three main things: Luongo's inconsistent goaltending and the lack of scoring by the Vancouver forwards (the two things you mention, ila), and the fact that at critical moments the Canucks let their frustration get the better of them and simply did stupid, stupid things. And I don't mean biting and stuff like that, but rather things like going for a hit instead of the puck.
By the way, did everyone catch Mike Millbury referring to the "Sedin Sisters" as "Thelma and Louise"? :lol: I can't wait to ask him about the shit he's taken for that. He lives not far from me and I see him at least once a month at the grocery store.
I think the general consensus is wrong. I think that, in addition to the Bruins fine play, the Canucks suffered from three main things: Luongo's inconsistent goaltending and the lack of scoring by the Vancouver forwards (the two things you mention, ila), and the fact that at critical moments the Canucks let their frustration get the better of them and simply did stupid, stupid things. And I don't mean biting and stuff like that, but rather things like going for a hit instead of the puck...
The consensus I was referring to was when we were talking only about Vancouver's performance.
transjen
06-17-2011, 04:56 PM
Congrats to BOSTON
I only wish game seven wasn't another blow out oh well hopefully next years games will be much better
Now for the sixty thousand dollar question which is how long will it take for SMC to sobber up from his partying
:lol: Penguinsfan Jen
Congrats to BOSTON
I only wish game seven wasn't another blow out oh well hopefully next years games will be much better
Now for the sixty thousand dollar question which is how long will it take for SMC to sobber up from his partying
:lol: Penguinsfan Jen
I've been waiting for you to chime in, Jennifer. The answer to your $60,000 question will best be found by meeting me on Saturday, at 11 am, at the corner of Boylston and Tremont Streets, and finding out with me. I'll be wearing the t-shirt with the big Bruins bear kissing a penguin. ;)
transjen
06-17-2011, 11:50 PM
I've been waiting for you to chime in, Jennifer. The answer to your $60,000 question will best be found by meeting me on Saturday, at 11 am, at the corner of Boylston and Tremont Streets, and finding out with me. I'll be wearing the t-shirt with the big Bruins bear kissing a penguin. ;)
Would that be a 77 kissing a 66 :eek:
Hmmn go to Boston or the Jersey shore :confused:
That's a tuffie
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
Would that be a 77 kissing a 66 :eek:
Hmmn go to Boston or the Jersey shore :confused:
That's a tuffie
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
It can be whatever you want, Jennifer. ;)
I just returned home from celebrating the Stanley Cup victory by the Boston Bruins with a million other people in the streets of Boston. I got to touch the Stanley Cup while it was held by Zdeno Chara! The only thing missing was Jen. ;)
I just returned home from celebrating the Stanley Cup victory by the Boston Bruins with a million other people in the streets of Boston. I got to touch the Stanley Cup while it was held by Zdeno Chara! The only thing missing was Jen. ;)
What do you mean the only thing missing was Jen? :frown: You didn't notice the absence of your other hockey loving friends? :lol:
What do you mean the only thing missing was Jen? :frown: You didn't notice the absence of your other hockey loving friends? :lol:
I got a special t-shirt just for Jen. For you, I had a flask of Jameson, which I was able to take care of without you there.
I got a special t-shirt just for Jen. For you, I had a flask of Jameson, which I was able to take care of without you there.
You wouldn't let the Jameson age for a bit until I got down there?
You wouldn't let the Jameson age for a bit until I got down there?
Ever since you showed up at my next-door neighbor's house to take pictures and didn't even bother to let me know, I am loathe to save anything to share with you for more than a few hours.
Ever since you showed up at my next-door neighbor's house to take pictures and didn't even bother to let me know, I am loathe to save anything to share with you for more than a few hours.
:lol: Point taken. ;)
transjen
06-18-2011, 05:56 PM
I just returned home from celebrating the Stanley Cup victory by the Boston Bruins with a million other people in the streets of Boston. I got to touch the Stanley Cup while it was held by Zdeno Chara! The only thing missing was Jen. ;)
Sorry decided to go to Wildwood and lay on the beach and work on my tan
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
shadows
06-22-2011, 10:32 PM
What do you mean the only thing missing was Jen? :frown: You didn't notice the absence of your other hockey loving friends? :lol:
Yeah! What are we, chopped liver? Well, perhaps Ila is, but I am NOT!
Haaaaaa-RUMPH!:lol:
And did Chara slap you when you touched his cup?:p:lol::)
shadows
06-23-2011, 03:47 PM
Wow. I guess I can see why Jennifer jumped ship from the Flyers!:eek:
From tsn.ca, The Flyers traded two of their bigger stars: Jeff Carter and Mike Richards...
FLYERS SHIP OUT RICHARDS AND CARTER IN TWO BLOCKBUSTER DEALS
Just one day before the National Hockey League's Entry Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have made drastic changes to the face of their franchise.
In two separate deals made within a half hour of each other on Thursday, the club traded away captain Mike Richards and former 40-plus goal scorer Jeff Carter.
Richards was shipped to the Los Angeles Kings for forwards Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds and a second-round draft pick, while Carter was dealt to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Jakub Voracek and a first (8th overall) and third round draft pick.
Richards, who was named captain of the Flyers in 2008, is coming off a season where he scored 23 goals and 66 points.
The 26-year-old forward had a career high 31 goals in 2009-10 and was signed through the 2019-2020 season with a $5,750,000 cap hit.
Last season, Carter scored 36 goals and 66 points, he also had two points in six playoff games as the Flyers were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in the first round.
The 26-year-old forward was drafted by the Flyers 11th overall in the 2003 Entry Draft and had a career high 46 goals in the 2008-09 season.
Carter, who has 11-years remaining on contract that will have a cap hit of just over $5.272 million will give the Blue Jackets a much needed scorer to play along side their captain Rick Nash.
The 21-year-old Voracek recorded 14 goals and 32 assists in 80 games last season, after recording 16 goals and 34 assists in the 2009-10 season. He is currently a restricted free agent.
Voracek was drafted seventh overall by the Blue Jackets in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
The 22-year-old Simmonds was selected by the Kings in the second round of the 2007 Entry Draft and has played three seasons in the NHL, with a career high 16 goals in the 2009-10 season.
The 19-year-old Schenn was the Kings fifth-overall pick in the 2009 Entry Draft and played nine games in Los Angeles during the 2010-11 season.
By dealing Carter and Richards, the Flyers have opened up more than enough cap space to sign recently acquired goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov, who is set to become a free agent on July 1.
The Flyers acquired the rights to the 30-year-old Bryzgalov, two weeks ago in a deal with the Phoenix Coyotes. Philadelphia shipped over a third-round draft pick in 2012, forward Matt Clackson and future considerations.
transjen
06-23-2011, 06:43 PM
With Richards and Carter gone the Flyers should rename there team the Titanic cause they are going to sink fast in the standing next season
I'm glad i left that ship before it sets sale in the 11/12 season
:eek: Penguinsfan Jen
Tim Thomas won the Vezina Trophy. In reporting this in today's Boston Globe, the reporter closed the article with some sports humor from Jay Mohr, who emceed the trophy event. I particularly like the Lebron James reference.
Comedian Jay Mohr, emcee of the event, called out Vancouver residents for rioting in the wake of the Canucks’ Game 7 defeat to the Bruins.
“What an un-Canadian way to behave,’’ said Mohr.
Mohr added that Vancouver forward Alex Burrows, who in Game 1 of the Cup Final bit Patrice Bergeron’s right index finger, “is a very hungry person ... and the Boston Bruins are delicious.’’
Also, acknowledging the retirement of Bruins winger Mark Recchi, Mohr said, “Mark Recchi retired after the Finals ... unlike LeBron James, who retired right before the [NBA] Finals. Let’s pile on.’’
transjen
06-23-2011, 08:47 PM
^^^^Wow like what a surpise Tim Thomas won the Vezina Trophy.like did you expect to see one of the Flyers netminders to win :lol:
:rolleyes: Penguinsfan Jen
^^^^Wow like what a surpise Tim Thomas won the Vezina Trophy.like did you expect to see one of the Flyers netminders to win :lol:
:rolleyes: Penguinsfan Jen
Luongo could have won it. He was the most valuable goalie for Boston. :lol:
transjen
06-23-2011, 09:26 PM
Luongo could have won it. He was the most valuable goalie for Boston. :lol:
And once agian the Coca-cola bear sums it up perfectly
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
I just read in the newspaper this morning that Winnipeg's team is officially called the Jets, again.
I just read in the newspaper this morning that Winnipeg's team is officially called the Jets, again.
HOORAY!
Perhaps this is a harbinger of good things to come, as everything in the universe realigns according to how it should be.
transjen
06-25-2011, 01:07 PM
HOORAY!
Perhaps this is a harbinger of good things to come, as everything in the universe realigns according to how it should be.
Nice to see the Jets back but Tampa and FL and Carolina still have hockey teams so everything is not yet right in the hockey world
:innocent: Penguinsfan Jen
Nice to see the Jets back but Tampa and FL and Carolina still have hockey teams so everything is not yet right in the hockey world
:innocent: Penguinsfan Jen
Well, by "harbinger" I meant a start. We can only hope that those southern teams will soon be moving north, where they rightly belong.
HOORAY!
Perhaps this is a harbinger of good things to come, as everything in the universe realigns according to how it should be.
Nice to see the Jets back but Tampa and FL and Carolina still have hockey teams so everything is not yet right in the hockey world
:innocent: Penguinsfan Jen
Well, by "harbinger" I meant a start. We can only hope that those southern teams will soon be moving north, where they rightly belong.
Next up Quebec City and Hamilton followed by Hartford. That takes care of where to move Carolina, Tampa Bay, and Florida. That leaves the decision of where to move Phoenix, which, by my guess, will be next spring after the taxpayers of Glendale realize that they will be on the hook each and every year for $30,000,000 plus to cover the Coyotes' losses.
Next up Quebec City and Hamilton followed by Hartford. That takes care of where to move Carolina, Tampa Bay, and Florida. That leaves the decision of where to move Phoenix, which, by my guess, will be next spring after the taxpayers of Glendale realize that they will be on the hook each and every year for $30,000,000 plus to cover the Coyotes' losses.
The scuttlebutt here in New England is that there is no way Hartford will get an NHL team again. So, we shall see.
Personally, I'd like to see Halifax get one before Hartford.
The scuttlebutt here in New England is that there is no way Hartford will get an NHL team again. So, we shall see.
Personally, I'd like to see Halifax get one before Hartford.
I've heard that too. There is a lot of interest in Hartford to get another team, but from what I understand, from reading news reports, they have a long way to go before the NHL will consider Hartford again.
Halifax is an interesting idea. There have been occasional rumblings about a team going there, but nothing ever seems to happen about it.
I've heard that too. There is a lot of interest in Hartford to get another team, but from what I understand, from reading news reports, they have a long way to go before the NHL will consider Hartford again.
Halifax is an interesting idea. There have been occasional rumblings about a team going there, but nothing ever seems to happen about it.
Halifax has a substantial Bruins fan base, probably in part because of the strong overall connection between the city and Boston dating back to the famous Halifax Explosion in 1917, when the city was devastated. A French cargo ship loaded with explosives collided with a Norwegian ship in "The Narrows," a section of Halifax Harbor. The explosion killed about 2,000 people and injured 9,000, and destroyed lots and lots of buildings. Massachusetts sent a relief train, and beginning the year after and every year since, Nova Scotia has donated a fabulous Christmas Tree for the official City of Boston lighting ceremony. I've been to bars in Halifax during the hockey season and one feels a very strong Bruins presence.
Plus, it's less than two hours to fly between the two cities.
During this year's Stanley Cup finals, there were several articles about Halifax fans of the Bruins in the local press here, in part because Brad Marchand is from Halifax. Apparently, the Nova Scotia minister of transportation is a big Bruins fan, and told The Boston Globe that he is probably better known for that than as a member of the government. He recounted how he has a tradition at home of taking his false front teeth out whenever the Bruins are in the playoffs. Obviously, once he took them out this year, the Canucks were finished! ;)
transjen
06-25-2011, 04:20 PM
The Halifax Road Runners sounds good to me as does the Qubec Lightening and the return of the Hartford Whalers
And as for Phoenix how about the Maine Mariners
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
And as for Phoenix how about the Maine Mariners
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
I like it. :yes:
The Halifax Road Runners sounds good to me as does the Qubec Lightening and the return of the Hartford Whalers
And as for Phoenix how about the Maine Mariners
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
Go, go, go, Jen ... you're on a roll. :)
transjen
06-27-2011, 07:37 PM
With the 23rd pick the Pittsburgh Penguins pick Joe Morrow
so is anyone else watching or keeping a eye on the NHL draft?
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
With the 23rd pick the Pittsburgh Penguins pick Joe Morrow
so is anyone else watching or keeping a eye on the NHL draft?
:yes: Penguinsfan Jen
I've been taking the odd peek at it since Friday and skimming the reports when I find them, but I'm not closely watching any of the picks.
transjen
07-03-2011, 10:48 PM
Going in this year are Doug Gilmore and Mark Howe [long over due]
:yes: Redwingsfan Jen
shadows
07-03-2011, 11:33 PM
Going in this year are Doug Gilmore and Mark Howe [long over due]
:yes: Redwingsfan Jen
Ummmmm, how come you're not a Penguins fan anymore?:confused::eek:
transjen
07-03-2011, 11:46 PM
^^^I still like the Penguins but decide to go with an orig six team so i'm going with the Red Wings the most successful US team and damn i'm surpised you caught that
:yes: RedWingsfan Jen
shadows
07-03-2011, 11:51 PM
^^^I still like the Penguins but decide to go with an orig six team so i'm going with the Red Wings the most successful US team and damn i'm surpised you caught that
:yes: RedWingsfan Jen
Well, you're my friend, so of course I would pay attention to what you were saying.:respect::)
I don't suppose you're any closer to dating Toronto Maple Leaf fans are you?;):lol:
I wonder how the Red Wings will do this year? They seem to have been quiet in the FA sweepstakes so far(it is a pretty weak crop this year). I know they signed Ian White, but I don't think they've signed anyone else yet.
shadows
07-03-2011, 11:55 PM
Wow! The Sharks seem to be wanting to make some changes! First they traded away Setoguchi, and now Heatley is gone to Minnesota!
From tsn.ca:
SHARKS SHIP HEATLEY TO WILD FOR HAVLAT IN BLOCKBUSTER DEAL
The San Jose Sharks have traded forward Dany Heatley to the Minnesota Wild for forward Martin Havlat.
Heatley scored 28 goals and added 38 assists in 80 games for the Sharks last season while Havlat scored 22 goals and added 40 assists in 78 games for the Wild.
The Wild inherit the last three years remaining on Heatley's deal that will count as $7.5 million a year under the salary cap. However in real money, Heatley will make $8 million in 2011-12, $6 million in 2012-13 and $5 million in 2013-14.
Havlat has four years left remaining on his current contract, with an annual cap hit of $5 million.
Heatley, who has a modified no-trade, had to submit a list of 10 teams he wouldn't go to before July 1. Minnesota was not on that list.
"When players that we have targeted become available, you need to be able to react quickly and you also have to pay a price in order to acquire them," Sharks general manager Doug Wilson said in a release. "When we made the Brent Burns trade, we knew we still needed to address our speed up front and we think the acquisition of Marty does that."
According to his agent Allan Walsh, Havlat agreed to waive his own no-trade clause earlier in the day to facilitate the move.
This is the second major deal between the teams over the past two weeks. The teams completed a draft-floor swap that sent Devin Setoguchi, former first-rounder Charlie Coyle and a 2011 first round draft pick to Minnesota for defenceman Brent Burns and a 2011 second rounder.
Heatley's tumultuous time in San Jose comes to an end after just two seasons. He demanded a trade from Ottawa following the 2008-09 season and was shipped to San Jose for Milan Michalek, Jonathan Cheechoo and a 2010 second round draft pick.
He has drawn criticism for his lack of production in the playoffs, scoring just five goals in 32 games over the past two post-seasons.
In 669 career NHL games, Heatley has scored 325 goals and chipped in 364 assists. His 26 goals last season tied for the second lowest single-season total of his career, equaling his rookie total in 2001-02 and better than only his 13 goals from 2003-04, in which he played only 31 games.
Havlat's 62 points from last season was good for the third-best total of his career, behind 2008-09 and 2003-04. He put up 77 and 68 points in those two campaigns, his last in Chicago and Ottawa respectively.
The Czech-born Havlat has scored 209 goals and added 303 helpers in 621 career NHL games between the three clubs.
Both players have a past with the Ottawa Senators. Heatley suited up for the team for four seasons between 2005 and 2009, while Havlat was drafted by Ottawa in the first round, 26th overall in 1999. The Sens would deal Havlat as part of a three-way trade in 2006.
Heatley was originally drafted second overall by the Atlanta Thrashers in 2000.
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I wonder if he regrets whining about wanting out of Ottawa a few years back?;)
k.sucks.you
07-04-2011, 02:13 AM
Wow! The Sharks seem to be wanting to make some changes! First they traded away Setoguchi, and now Heatley is gone to Minnesota!
...
I wonder if he regrets whining about wanting out of Ottawa a few years back?;)
sharks want the cup. Bottom line.
Doug Wilson is keeping it interesting. We picked up some more room under the cap, despite the trades.
It's sad to see players you like go (seto), but I want a cup too!
-K
Going in this year are Doug Gilmore and Mark Howe [long over due]
:yes: Redwingsfan Jen
I haven't been listening to the news recently. It's good to see Gilmore and Mark Howe get in the HOF.
^^^I still like the Penguins but decide to go with an orig six team so i'm going with the Red Wings the most successful US team and damn i'm surpised you caught that
:yes: RedWingsfan Jen
I've never been a Wings fan, but if I cheer for Detroit when they play those hated southern teams do I still have a chance for a date, Jen? ;)
shadows
07-04-2011, 11:52 PM
sharks want the cup. Bottom line.
Doug Wilson is keeping it interesting. We picked up some more room under the cap, despite the trades.
It's sad to see players you like go (seto), but I want a cup too!
-K
Does getting Burns and Havlat make them much better than they were? The problem with Havlat is that he is injury-prone and I don't see him as the player he used to be. I imagine that Heatley is a cancer in the locker room so that is probably why the Sharks were willing to get rid of him. I think that they will regret getting rid of Setoguchi to be honest, as he was awesome in the playoffs.
shadows
07-04-2011, 11:53 PM
I haven't been listening to the news recently. It's good to see Gilmore and Mark Howe get in the HOF.
I've never been a Wings fan, but if I cheer for Detroit when they play those hated southern teams do I still have a chance for a date, Jen? ;)
Hey! You're already involved with a beautiful woman, so don't you try anything, you rascally Canadian.:eek:;):lol::p
transjen
07-06-2011, 10:59 PM
You guys are fighting over me like i'm a can't miss draft pick
Not sure what you two will do if i ever move to Canada, which may happen if Bachman wins in 12
:eek: Redwingsfan Jen
k.sucks.you
07-07-2011, 01:17 AM
Does getting Burns and Havlat make them much better than they were? The problem with Havlat is that he is injury-prone and I don't see him as the player he used to be. I imagine that Heatley is a cancer in the locker room so that is probably why the Sharks were willing to get rid of him. I think that they will regret getting rid of Setoguchi to be honest, as he was awesome in the playoffs.
Seto will be missed. He was young, fast, and a good guy who came up through the organization. Losing him, we needed some speed. We'll see if Havlat has it.
Everyone is injury prone by the time the playoffs roll around and the games matter. Thornton and Clowe had separated shoulders, Heatley a broken hand ... The list is long.
Heatley scored a hat trick on his first game in San Jose. People here liked him, and the players too. There were a gaggle of surprised well wishing tweets from them after the trade was announced. I don't think he "was a cancer in the locker room", because the Sharks are pretty successful. When they weren't, he was as much to blame as anyone, and he knew that. He wants to win, and he knows the game. In a less successful organization he might piss people off telling them how to do their jobs. I really don't know, but here in SJ, he was always a professional.
I'm never sure how things will shake out until they do. I don't think the Sharks are much weaker or stronger than last year. Maybe, at this point, I feel some optimism? They've got, maybe this year and next to win it, before age starts to take more of a toll. Tough to point to any weaknesses that glare. They should contend again. Last year we all said: the d is weak without Blake.
I would like to go on record that the Wild make me think of Christmas every time I see them. I imagine I'll laugh when I see Seto and Heatley in red and green. They'll get applause here in the tank when they return...
-K
You guys are fighting over me like i'm a can't miss draft pick
Not sure what you two will do if i ever move to Canada, which may happen if Bachman wins in 12
:eek: Redwingsfan Jen
Let the Canadians fight. Meanwhile, I will sit here in Boston confident that, ultimately, Jen will come around to the Bruins. ;)
You guys are fighting over me like i'm a can't miss draft pick
Not sure what you two will do if i ever move to Canada, which may happen if Bachman wins in 12
:eek: Redwingsfan Jen
You are the number 1 draft pick, Jen. :);)
transjen
07-07-2011, 08:35 PM
You are the number 1 draft pick, Jen. :);)
AHHH that explains why the guy flashed me the number one sign as i blow past him
:lol: Redwingsfan Jen
AHHH that explains why the guy flashed me the number one sign as i blow past him
:lol: Redwingsfan Jen
:lol: Yep, that would be the reason.
Jen, are you just going to continue to ignore my invitation, leaving me heartbroken and crumpled in a heap in the corner, with no human warmth and only my laptop and it's heat and whirring sound as a cruel reminder that beyond these walls lies the rest of the world? :innocent:
transjen
07-07-2011, 08:52 PM
Jen, are you just going to continue to ignore my invitation, leaving me heartbroken and crumpled in a heap in the corner, with no human warmth and only my laptop and it's heat and whirring sound as a cruel reminder that beyond these walls lies the rest of the world? :innocent:
Sorry SMC but since i'm all of a sudden the top pick i'm taking my option and leting the Red Wings draft me
So let me make the announcement that now cheering for the Detoit Red Wings is Redwingsfan Jen
Look on the brightside with me going to the Red Wings that makes four of the orig six teams are reposented on this fourm
:yes: Redwingsfan Jen
Look on the brightside with me going to the Red Wings that makes four of the orig six teams are reposented on this fourm
:yes: Redwingsfan Jen
I think that the best we'll ever do is to get members here cheering for five of the original six. After all no one cheers for the Rangers. :lol:
I read in the paper the other day that Winnipeg signed Andrew Ladd to a five year contract and that he will be the captain of the Jets. It looks like a good deal for Winnipeg.
transjen
07-07-2011, 09:00 PM
I think that the best we'll ever do is to get members here cheering for five of the original six. After all no one cheers for the Rangers. :lol:
I'd sooner cheer for the Rangers before i'd ever cheer for the Blackhawks
:rolleyes: Redwingsfan Jen
I'd sooner cheer for the Rangers before i'd ever cheer for the Blackhawks
:rolleyes: Redwingsfan Jen
Stick with Detroit. They've done far better and have more potential than Rangers or the other original six team which shall remain nameless.
Sorry SMC but since i'm all of a sudden the top pick i'm taking my option and leting the Red Wings draft me
So let me make the announcement that now cheering for the Detoit Red Wings is Redwingsfan Jen
Look on the brightside with me going to the Red Wings that makes four of the orig six teams are reposented on this fourm
:yes: Redwingsfan Jen
Well, even if you're a Red Wings fan, the other part of my invitation (in the PM) still stands. Any time. :yes:
transjen
07-07-2011, 09:05 PM
I read in the paper the other day that Winnipeg signed Andrew Ladd to a five year contract and that he will be the captain of the Jets. It looks like a good deal for Winnipeg.
Everyone needs to remember
that the Jets are not an expansion team they are a relocated team who are an up and coming team
:yes: Redwingsfan Jen
Everyone needs to remember
that the Jets are not an expansion team they are a relocated team who are an up and coming team
:yes: Redwingsfan Jen
That's true. The Thrashers were building a good team and Winnipeg has been lucky enough to benefit from the start that Atlanta made.
shadows
07-08-2011, 01:10 AM
You guys are fighting over me like i'm a can't miss draft pick
Not sure what you two will do if i ever move to Canada, which may happen if Bachman wins in 12
:eek: Redwingsfan Jen
I think we would think we'd died and gone to heaven.;):)
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