schaggs Wrote:You were right on one thing though. The Kanata Poofters fan club sure thought Gary Roberts was the sure way to bring the Stanley Cup to the Pink Poofter Palace.
Listening to Glenn Healy and/or Bill Watters led me to believe that Gary Roberts was
every team's missing ingredient for a Cup run. I mean with all of those Cup rings that he has he........what? He's only won one Cup? As a role player with the Flames in '89? And he hasn't played a playoff game since 2004?
Yeah, but look how much better he made the Panthers. I mean the season before he got there they were in 2nd last in their division, and last year they finished 2nd last in their division and this year they are.....oh.....2nd last in their division.
Dammit! I hate it when F A C T S get in the way of perception.
schaggs Wrote:robert goulet.....
I may reside in Ottawa, but I grew up near Toronto, and I'm a long-time leafs fan. .
I knew I liked you for a reason!!! I retract any defamatory statements made in your direction.
But I must reaffirm my hatred for the Sens...some teams you just can't bring yourself around to cheer for...and Ottawa is one of them.
robert goulet Wrote:But I must reaffirm my hatred for the Sens...some teams you just can't bring yourself around to cheer for...and Ottawa is one of them.
Ah, but people who cheer for Ottawa do so because it is a smart choice. People don't choose to be a fan for Toronto, they become a fan because one of their parents was a fan, whether they live in Toronto or not. So being a Toronto fan is the epitome of nepotism...but that's not why I hate the Laffs. They just plain suck.
second_sight_kyle Wrote:robert goulet Wrote:But I must reaffirm my hatred for the Sens...some teams you just can't bring yourself around to cheer for...and Ottawa is one of them.
Ah, but people who cheer for Ottawa do so because it is a smart choice.
Cheering for the Sens is a
smart choice?!? How's that? Is it the annual playoff disappointments? Or the Daigle Era? Or the Yashin Era? Or the Lalime Era? Or Alfie's Cup guarantee?
cferneyh Wrote:opiated Wrote:holy crap this game between the blues and 'nucks is a drag...and good for you bettman..the NHL is in great shape..there must be almost six thousand people in attendance..nothing to worry about...
St. Louis fans - much like Vancouver fans - have proven that when the team is winning, they show up, and when the team is losing, they don't. I can't say that I'd be all that fired up to watch 21 minutes of Bryce Salvador.
You've got a short memory opiated - I went to plenty of 'nuck games during the Keenan era where there couldn't have been more than 8,000 people there.
i can't remember how low the crowds got, you're probably right..but are you going to say the NHL is in great shape?? Nashville can't even sell out, and they're the number one team in the league!
Speaking of sucking. pretty much most teams suck. And by suck I mean not being able to be in the finals. I'm going back to 1967, the last time the Leafs won and the year i was born for shits n giggles.
in 40 years of finals...only 15 different teams have won the cup. **15**
Of those 15, 9 of them have also lost in the finals in that time frame.
Also in those 40 years there have been 9 teams that have made it but only lost in the finals.
2006 Carolina Hurricanes Edmonton Oilers
2004 Tampa Bay Lightning Calgary Flames
2003 New Jersey Devils Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2002 Detroit Red Wings Carolina Hurricanes
2001 Colorado Avalanche New Jersey Devils
2000 New Jersey Devils Dallas Stars
1999 Dallas Stars Buffalo Sabres
1998 Detroit Red Wings Washington Capitals
1997 Detroit Red Wings Philadelphia Flyers
1996 Colorado Avalanche Florida Panthers
1995 New Jersey Devils Detroit Red Wings
1994 New York Rangers Vancouver Canucks
1993 Montreal Canadiens Los Angeles Kings
1992 Pittsburgh Penguins Chicago Blackhawks
1991 Pittsburgh Penguins Minnesota North Stars
1990 Edmonton Oilers Boston Bruins
1989 Calgary Flames Montreal Canadiens
1988 Edmonton Oilers Boston Bruins
1987 Edmonton Oilers Philadelphia Flyers
1986 Montreal Canadiens Calgary Flames
1985 Edmonton Oilers Philadelphia Fyers
1984 Edmonton Oilers New York Islanders
1983 New York Islanders Edmonton Oilers
1982 New York Islanders Vancouver Canucks
1981 New York Islanders Minnesota North Stars
1980 New York Islanders Philadelphia Flyers
1979 Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers
1978 Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins
1977 Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins
1976 Montreal Canadiens Philadelphia Flyers
1975 Philadelphia Flyers Buffalo Sabres
1974 Philadelphia Flyers Boston Bruins
1973 Montreal Canadiens Chicago Blackhawks
1972 Boston Bruins New York Rangers
1971 Montreal Canadiens Chicago Blackhawks
1970 Boston Bruins St. Louis Blues
1969 Montreal Canadiens St. Louis Blues
1968 Montreal Canadiens St. Louis Blues
1967 Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens
What these means i don't know, i lost my train of thought after typing it all.....
opiated Wrote:cferneyh Wrote:opiated Wrote:holy crap this game between the blues and 'nucks is a drag...and good for you bettman..the NHL is in great shape..there must be almost six thousand people in attendance..nothing to worry about...
St. Louis fans - much like Vancouver fans - have proven that when the team is winning, they show up, and when the team is losing, they don't. I can't say that I'd be all that fired up to watch 21 minutes of Bryce Salvador.
You've got a short memory opiated - I went to plenty of 'nuck games during the Keenan era where there couldn't have been more than 8,000 people there.
i can't remember how low the crowds got, you're probably right..but are you going to say the NHL is in great shape?? Nashville can't even sell out, and they're the number one team in the league!
Ahem... no the sabres are. ahem. read above post. i need to have bragging rights for at least one thing. :thumb:
opiated Wrote:i can't remember how low the crowds got, you're probably right..but are you going to say the NHL is in great shape?? Nashville can't even sell out, and they're the number one team in the league!
I can remember - I was one of the suckers there more often than not.
As for Nashville not selling out, whoop-dee-do. New Jersey rarely sells out (except when the Rangers are in town), and they are a dominating team and have won three Cups. Is it time to move the franchise?
I'm going to say the NHL is in
good shape, because for two years in a row, league-wide revenues have increased.....which generally is a positive sign for any company. But fans not showing up to watch a shitty St. Louis team isn't cause to cry the sky is falling. If and when they turn that team around, the fans will come back - just like they did in Vancouver.......
I'm surprised you were bored by a slow, plodding StL/Van game, since Linden probably looked right at home for a change.
Corpse Wrote:opiated Wrote:cferneyh Wrote:opiated Wrote:holy crap this game between the blues and 'nucks is a drag...and good for you bettman..the NHL is in great shape..there must be almost six thousand people in attendance..nothing to worry about...
St. Louis fans - much like Vancouver fans - have proven that when the team is winning, they show up, and when the team is losing, they don't. I can't say that I'd be all that fired up to watch 21 minutes of Bryce Salvador.
You've got a short memory opiated - I went to plenty of 'nuck games during the Keenan era where there couldn't have been more than 8,000 people there.
i can't remember how low the crowds got, you're probably right..but are you going to say the NHL is in great shape?? Nashville can't even sell out, and they're the number one team in the league!
Ahem... no the sabres are. ahem. read above post. i need to have bragging rights for at least one thing. :thumb:
Nashville is one point behind the Sabres, and will probably end up ahead of them at the end of the season..1st place, 2nd..whatever...they still can 't sell out
cferneyh Wrote:schaggs Wrote:You were right on one thing though. The Kanata Poofters fan club sure thought Gary Roberts was the sure way to bring the Stanley Cup to the Pink Poofter Palace.
Listening to Glenn Healy and/or Bill Watters led me to believe that Gary Roberts was every team's missing ingredient for a Cup run. I mean with all of those Cup rings that he has he........what? He's only won one Cup? As a role player with the Flames in '89? And he hasn't played a playoff game since 2004?
Yeah, but look how much better he made the Panthers. I mean the season before he got there they were in 2nd last in their division, and last year they finished 2nd last in their division and this year they are.....oh.....2nd last in their division.
Dammit! I hate it when F A C T S get in the way of perception.
Roberts is old now and doesn't have much left but damn it, he was Toronto's heart and soul a few years ago in the playoffs. That Toronto/NYI series was one for the ages. :thumb:
I'll never forget his hit on Kenny Jonsson in that series!
highlights from Ryan Smyth press conference...
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the last line seriously got to me...
I dont think Ive ever seen a hockey player so hurt, I actually feel bad for the guy. That was tough to watch and for some reason I have a feeling he wont go back to Edmonton in the summer. I think once the season ends and he has time to sit and think about his life and future, he'll end up signing with another team, he'll felt too hard done by to go back I think.