Nick Against the World (74 Viewers)

[Lawnchair Bes]

++ [ originally posted by swag ] ++
I actually have a number of Canadian friends who can't stand hockey. It's probably the saturation and expectation.

And yet they're huge fans of curling -- "a real Canadian sport."

(Maybe Don Bes can comment here...)

well, that is a popular game but not really part of young culture like hockey might be. simply because NHL gets a kid millions per year so their parents encourage them to play hockey. but there a lot of others who play curling for fun


imagine, they have the curling competition around march-april so i used to miss all the CL at that time but this year i heard a different station bought the rights for the curling one

 

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[Vinman]

++ [ originally posted by Don Bes ] ++



well, that is a popular game but not really part of young culture like hockey might be. simply because NHL gets a kid millions per year so their parents encourage them to play hockey. but there a lot of others who play curling for fun


imagine, they have the curling competition around march-april so i used to miss all the CL at that time but this year i heard a different station bought the rights for the curling one

C'mon Don....

I can see you out there with your broom...sweeping away !!!!

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

++ [ originally posted by Don Bes ] ++
simply because NHL gets a kid millions per year

What NHL?

 

[Vinman]

I watched some of the World all-stars against the Russian all-stars last night on TSN. Hasek was playing net for the World team. He looked ok, even though it was 4-1 Russia when I turned it off....Domi was playing, Amonte, Federov,etc

I must say I like the Euro size rink better. Theres more stick-handling, and none of the traps that NJ is notorious for

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

I don't know what you are talking about.

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++


C'mon Don....

I can see you out there with your broom...sweeping away !!!!

yes, for you see one of the conditions for coming here as that i had to show how i played curling.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Did you really play?

If so, is it really that fun?

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

cmon how much fan can it be ?

just like any other sport. if the factors are there for you to enjoy then you will enjoy it.

 

[Dragon]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/19/boston.threat/index.html

 

[Vinman]

++ [ originally posted by fabiana ] ++
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/19/boston.threat/index.html

I guess that just goes to show that anyone can be a terrorist...regardless of nationality or religion.....

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

++ [ originally posted by Don Bes ] ++
cmon how much fan can it be ?

just like any other sport. if the factors are there for you to enjoy then you will enjoy it.

That's true.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++


I guess that just goes to show that anyone can be a terrorist...regardless of nationality or religion.....

Remember creed too.

 

[IncuboRossonero]

++ [ originally posted by Sergio ] ++


And Tie Domi is a joke, but then again so are the Maple Leafs, so its par for the course. 1967 anyone?? Also, home of the absolute worst chicken-shit cheap artist in the last 5 years, Darcy Tucker.

Max..you should cry when you look at that Leafs jersey: they suck


Shadow: Jog on..Jog off..whatever. Ciao has been said since Garibaldi days but suddendly its the in sushi bar catch phrase anyone but Italians use....

way it goes.

speaking of which..Thank God that Lamest Hermaphrodite left....she just didn't have Emma's 'I could care less' or River's 'you care too much' attitude..she just tried too hard.

 

[Dragon]

++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++


I guess that just goes to show that anyone can be a terrorist...regardless of nationality or religion.....

Yes, and it also shows that I could have died

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by Sergio ] ++
Steve Yzerman is the best player in the league right now??? :dielaugh: He's not even the best player on his team, let alone the best player in the league.


The best player on the Wings is Nicklas Lidstrom.

Oh yeah, the Wings better win it in this (Asterisk) season, because with half the team over the age of 35, they are going to go from first to worst in a matter of a couple of years.


Welcome to the new NHL and its salary cap.

And Tie Domi is a joke, but then again so are the Maple Leafs, so its par for the course. 1967 anyone?? Also, home of the absolute worst chicken-shit cheap artist in the last 5 years, Darcy Tucker.

Sergio, with all do respect I will handle the lectures on the Detroit Red Wings, you little Canadian wannabee you.

The best player the on Red Wings is Nick Lidstrom, but Pavel Datsyuk is catching up. Pavel will be one of the best players in the NHL for years to come, along with Henrik Zetterberg.

I am of course opposed to the salary cap nonsense, and I am not sure how much good it will do for teams in general. I know the Red Wings are not going to like it, thats for sure. However I am not worried because we have one of the best scouting systems in Europe; just look at the players we have found and their draft position.

Tie Domi a dirty player??? Naaaah, its a great little player. You're just jealous that Montreal has no real team fighters out there. Kovalev could learn a few things from Mr. Domi. But I will concur that Darcy Tucker is the league's top stick slasher.


Tie Domi owns, he owns Sergio.

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++
I watched some of the World all-stars against the Russian all-stars last night on TSN. Hasek was playing net for the World team. He looked ok, even though it was 4-1 Russia when I turned it off....Domi was playing, Amonte, Federov,etc

I must say I like the Euro size rink better. Theres more stick-handling, and none of the traps that NJ is notorious for

Yeah those traps are focking horse shit in Ice Hockey. I hope that the League will increase the size of the Blue lines to create more transition play and get rid of the team's ability to play "Crap" hockey. This will also make hockey more exciting, something that the league needs.

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++


I guess that just goes to show that anyone can be a terrorist...regardless of nationality or religion.....

Those terrorists look like the employees at China Wok down the street.. :undecide:

 

[KB824]

Blame Mike Illitch, along woth the ownership group for the NY Rangers. They are the ones that indirectly created this revenue/player salary mess with their free-wheeling Free Agency spending.


And you complain about the Yankees. The Yankees never caused Major League Baseball to nearly collapse onto itself, especially when they dole out an extra 150 million dollars a year to luxury tax and revenue sharing programs that other teams don't.

Ownerships like Detroit's and New York's however, are what ultimately might be the downfall of the NHL. A Salary cap or luxury tax is a must for the 4th major sport to survive. Also, contract the league by about 6 teams as well.


Atlanta? C-ya
Florida? Buh Bye now.
Phoenix? Right.

There's a few other teams in there, but I'm so disinterested in what's happening that I can barely remember who is in the Northeast division.


And Tie Domi is a punk. And I'm not "jealous" over the Canadiens not having a goon, so to speak, although I wouldn't wnat to go toe-to-toe with either Stephane Quintal, Mike Komisarek or Sheldon Souray, to be honest.

you wanna talk hockey, I can talk hockey all day long, and then some

 

[gray]

++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++
I guess that just goes to show that anyone can be a terrorist...regardless of nationality or religion.....

I thought that was established a long time ago...

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by Sergio ] ++
Blame Mike Illitch, along woth the ownership group for the NY Rangers. They are the ones that indirectly created this revenue/player salary mess with their free-wheeling Free Agency spending.


And you complain about the Yankees. The Yankees never caused Major League Baseball to nearly collapse onto itself, especially when they dole out an extra 150 million dollars a year to luxury tax and revenue sharing programs that other teams don't.

Ownerships like Detroit's and New York's however, are what ultimately might be the downfall of the NHL. A Salary cap or luxury tax is a must for the 4th major sport to survive. Also, contract the league by about 6 teams as well.


Atlanta? C-ya
Florida? Buh Bye now.
Phoenix? Right.

There's a few other teams in there, but I'm so disinterested in what's happening that I can barely remember who is in the Northeast division.


And Tie Domi is a punk. And I'm not "jealous" over the Canadiens not having a goon, so to speak, although I wouldn't wnat to go toe-to-toe with either Stephane Quintal, Mike Komisarek or Sheldon Souray, to be honest.

Thats a load of crap Sergio. This "downfall" of the NHL was started by the idiot League commisioner Gary Bettman and his desire to put a team in some of the most idiotic locations in the country. This stupid expansionary plan put a team in Phoenix, which has basically never had a real fan base for hockey considering its in the MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. Moreover, he decided to put a team back in Minnesota; a place wgere the North Stars came and went and for some strang reason pro hockey is not valued there. Also he puts another team in Atlanta of all places. Idiot Bettman put strain on the system by making teams that are not at all profitable. Dont blame Mike Illitch for having a lot of money to spend and making good Pizza. Without the success and marketability of the Red Wings the league would be shovelling shit behind the local Ice rink.

Here are the teams that should have never been:

Phoenix
Florida
Atlanta
Minnesotta
Nashville Predators WTF





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