chris Wrote:Woo Hoo!
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prz Wrote:Chris, I have to disagree there. I think Bettman is going to be looked back upon as the guy who saved the league. The salary cap is his baby.You may be right, but I still think he needs to go... if nothing other than the way he pronounces "Toronto."
prz Wrote:chris Wrote:Woo Hoo!
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Chris, I have to disagree there. I think Bettman is going to be looked back upon as the guy who saved the league. The salary cap is his baby.
opiated Wrote:the league still doesn't have a clue..now fans in vancouver get to see the leafs and canadians once EVERY THREE YEARS....yeah..that makes sense...we'd much rather see columbus....what a friggin' joke...i guess all the habs and leaf fans in vancouver mean shit to the league, and the fans in vancouver that like those intense games..ahh..who cares....the league can spout off bullshit like "we're going to build rivalries" and all that, which to a point is true..but isn't it cool to have rivalies with teams in your own friggin' country..one more example of how this league could give two craps about canada....
chris Wrote:How about the back-to-back games with the same team? We (Toronto) gets two games in three nights against each of Ottawa, Montreal and Buffalo.
And we don't play Chicago, Detroit or St. Louis!!
NMAS Wrote:opiated Wrote:the league still doesn't have a clue..now fans in vancouver get to see the leafs and canadians once EVERY THREE YEARS....yeah..that makes sense...we'd much rather see columbus....what a friggin' joke...i guess all the habs and leaf fans in vancouver mean shit to the league, and the fans in vancouver that like those intense games..ahh..who cares....the league can spout off bullshit like "we're going to build rivalries" and all that, which to a point is true..but isn't it cool to have rivalies with teams in your own friggin' country..one more example of how this league could give two craps about canada....
Yeah, so. LEafs and Habs play eight times now, I'd take that over seeing the Leafs and canucks any day. No offence to the canucks, i am a big fan of vancouver. But if you live in toronto or Montreal you know how big a deal it is when these teams get together. Geez even toronto fans show emotion when the habs come to town.
Bettman isn't going anywhere, he'll end up getting a raise, he got the deal the league needed done. Now they just need to shuffle a few of the small market U.S. teams back up here to Canada.
cferneyh Wrote:It's funny. When teams were only playing their division rivals a few times a season, people were complaining that there weren't enough games being played against each other to create rivalries or to help teams get a hate on for each other. Now that the league has put in this kind of schedule, people are complaining that they don't get to see certain teams enough. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
direwolf74 Wrote:I have to agree with that...I love the emphasis on divisional and conference play...the Leafs, for example, only play FIVE games outside the Eastern time zone all season and they are all in a span of 11 days in January...cferneyh Wrote:It's funny. When teams were only playing their division rivals a few times a season, people were complaining that there weren't enough games being played against each other to create rivalries or to help teams get a hate on for each other. Now that the league has put in this kind of schedule, people are complaining that they don't get to see certain teams enough. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I have no problem with the new schedule. As a Flames fan I'm looking forward to multiple games against division rivals like Edmonton, Vancouver, and Colorado. It's gonna be great!
opiated Wrote:NMAS Wrote:opiated Wrote:the league still doesn't have a clue..now fans in vancouver get to see the leafs and canadians once EVERY THREE YEARS....yeah..that makes sense...we'd much rather see columbus....what a friggin' joke...i guess all the habs and leaf fans in vancouver mean shit to the league, and the fans in vancouver that like those intense games..ahh..who cares....the league can spout off bullshit like "we're going to build rivalries" and all that, which to a point is true..but isn't it cool to have rivalies with teams in your own friggin' country..one more example of how this league could give two craps about canada....
Yeah, so. LEafs and Habs play eight times now, I'd take that over seeing the Leafs and canucks any day. No offence to the canucks, i am a big fan of vancouver. But if you live in toronto or Montreal you know how big a deal it is when these teams get together. Geez even toronto fans show emotion when the habs come to town.
Bettman isn't going anywhere, he'll end up getting a raise, he got the deal the league needed done. Now they just need to shuffle a few of the small market U.S. teams back up here to Canada.
bettman is not bringing any teams to canada....and your attitude sums it up...the east counts...the west doesn't....don't you agree that all canadian hockey fans should stick together??vancouver needs to see the habs and leafs more then once every three years..it makes no sense...and there's a shit load of emotion in the crowd when either one of those teams hits gm place....
