The NHL Thread (100 Viewers)

[Bjerknes]

More or less.

"Dear Diary,

Today my nose started bleeding and I found myself reminiscing of the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs where Brendan Shannahan broke Adam Foote's schnoz."

See, now that's funny.

 

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[Bjerknes]

Kirk Maltby's career in photos, dedicated to MikeM. M Stands for Manchowder.

http://redwings.nhl.com/club/gallerylanding.htm?id=17169

 

[blondu]

how in the name of fuck did you lose andy?

 

[MikeM]

Pretty much. Feel free to not read the thread if you're angry about it.

It was a joke!

 

[MikeM]

Here, I feel bad and will contribute:

I really like Filppula. I got him on all my fantasy teams.

 

[Bjerknes]

Watching the Islanders vs. Caps, and already we got ourselves a pretty sweet scrap. Looks to be a good game.

EDIT: Caps already down 1-0.

 

[Bjerknes]

Here, I feel bad and will contribute:

I really like Filppula. I got him on all my fantasy teams.

He needs to have a breakout year this season. He might.

 

[Mark]

1st home game of the season. TB always give us trouble, especially those Frenchies.

 

[Max]

1st home game of the season. TB always give us trouble, especially those Frenchies.

Gotta love the hate in Montreal.

 

[Bjerknes]

Modano about to face the Stars in Dallas. Lets see the reaction he receives.

 

[Mark]

Nothing less than a standing O. He's no pussy that left his club for more $$$ or shit like that. The guy is a class act.

 

[Bjerknes]

Indeed, he's the man. I'd expect the Stars fans will honor him but you never know.

 

[Bjerknes]

Damnit, they didn't show the player announcement.

 

[Mark]

Versus?

 

[Bjerknes]

Nah, local Dallas station. I watched their feed instead because I thought they'd show the pregame. Fox Detroit never shows that except for the hottie Karen Newman.

 

[Bjerknes]

There we go, there's the standing 'O. Good stuff, Dallas fans.

 

[Max]

What do you think about the salary cap?

http://tsn.ca/community/story/?id=337359

 

[Bjerknes]

AHHH FUCK, Franzen not going to return due to injury.

Here we fucking go again.

 

[Bjerknes]

What do you think about the salary cap?

http://tsn.ca/community/story/?id=337359

There's an argument to make that government-imposed price ceilings cause market inefficiencies, but not as much when it comes to salary caps. There will always be a supply of hockey players. But it is true that trades are far more difficult to propose, and that's where the inefficiency comes into play.

With regards to the quality of the league, it is true that rich teams were not guaranteed success in the past. But without the cap, you did have a lot of clubs winning the Cup back to back years, having dynasties for several years. That was partly because they could keep all their young guns and offer them hefty salaries. Nowadays these clubs don't have that luxury. But then again, one could say the Red Wings have a dynasty.

Positives and negatives. It's also a good thing for investors in the NHL as well, especially when I see wages in the Premiership being inflated into oblivion. But when I look at a division like the Southeast with all these expansion teams who are consistently rubbish, I can't say outright that the cap has increased the competitiveness of the league.

 

[KB824]

Is Carey Price finally starting to "get it"?


let's hope so. He's got a ton of talent.