Nhl thread

[palmerq]

i have only been in the vancouver area for 3 years on and off for the last 5 years but I know what you mean about the fans.... everyone is a great fan when they win :S but when they are not so great... even though they make the playoffs so many people/fans just bash them :S... the canucks won the presidents trohy twice in a row... they were no mugs....but people say "man i gave up on the canucks, they suck, they neever win".... what a load of bollocks :S..... only one team ever wins the stanley cup and tha canucks have done very well recently but still so many people here just talk balls about them... but still they are my nhl team... The fans are crap here... they do pay the money to go to games to be fair but still the amount of nonsense that comes out of the majority of their mouths is ridiculous.... they are our team here... lets suppport em no matter... but no.. most just talk crap.. anyway whatever I am a canucks fan so I am biased !...

Managed to find the cheaper tickets for the canucks devils game on tuesday so I am off to gm place for that ! 91 a ticket...... what a scam, far back and behind the goal..... but it'll be fun to go there

[IamInuit]

Flames fan here but live in Yukon. I'll be retired before they make the playoffs.

[CFH]

Flames fan here but live in Yukon. I'll be retired before they make the playoffs.

It looks like they're finally doing the right thing and starting a rebuild. They did an AWFUL job of managing their assets over the last 4-5 years though.

Still, I hate them and am happy to watch them lose .

[IamInuit]

Flames fan here but live in Yukon. I'll be retired before they make the playoffs.

It looks like they're finally doing the right thing and starting a rebuild. They did an AWFUL job of managing their assets over the last 4-5 years though.

Still, I hate them and am happy to watch them lose .

Fair enough. I hate the Canucks and think them a group of primadonna choke artists. Iginla got placed into a franchise position in cow town and was never a franchise player. Implosion once the expiry date became reality.

[CFH]

Flames fan here but live in Yukon. I'll be retired before they make the playoffs.

It looks like they're finally doing the right thing and starting a rebuild. They did an AWFUL job of managing their assets over the last 4-5 years though.

Still, I hate them and am happy to watch them lose .

Fair enough. I hate the Canucks and think them a group of primadonna choke artists. Iginla got placed into a franchise position in cow town and was never a franchise player. Implosion once the expiry date became reality.

I also hate the Canucks, though I mostly do so because of their fans. I actually like a lot of the players.

Iginla was elite in his day, but he never had players around him to complement his skill set. Craig fucking Conroy is the best centre he ever played with. Put him with someone elite and he would have put up even more impressive numbers. I was a Canucks fan when he was in his prime and he and Kipprusoff were both very frightening to go up against because either one could take over a game.

I've gone back to cheering for Detroit when I actually watch hockey. They were my favourite team when I was a kid.

[IamInuit]

Flames fan here but live in Yukon. I'll be retired before they make the playoffs.

It looks like they're finally doing the right thing and starting a rebuild. They did an AWFUL job of managing their assets over the last 4-5 years though.

Still, I hate them and am happy to watch them lose .

Fair enough. I hate the Canucks and think them a group of primadonna choke artists. Iginla got placed into a franchise position in cow town and was never a franchise player. Implosion once the expiry date became reality.

Agreed

I also hate the Canucks, though I mostly do so because of their fans. I actually like a lot of the players.

Iginla was elite in his day, but he never had players around him to complement his skill set. Craig fucking Conroy is the best centre he ever played with. Put him with someone elite and he would have put up even more impressive numbers. I was a Canucks fan when he was in his prime and he and Kipprusoff were both very frightening to go up against because either one could take over a game.

I've gone back to cheering for Detroit when I actually watch hockey. They were my favourite team when I was a kid.

Agreed. He never even had suitable grinders like in the Lanny days going up against Wayne and crew. Now that was hockey rivalry.

Also agree on the shifting foundations. I find myself also going back to my roots and the Bruins.

[palmerq]

Flames fan here but live in Yukon. I'll be retired before they make the playoffs.

at least the flames won the stanley cup in the age of colour tv ! I go to see the flames farm team, abbotsford heat every so often and they had this large mustachioed stanley cup winning hero parading around one day :S no idea why they thought having calgarys farm team so close to vancouver would be a good idea ! :S

[IamInuit]

Flames fan here but live in Yukon. I'll be retired before they make the playoffs.

at least the flames won the stanley cup in the age of colour tv ! I go to see the flames farm team, abbotsford heat every so often and they had this large mustachioed stanley cup winning hero parading around one day :S no idea why they thought having calgarys farm team so close to vancouver would be a good idea ! :S

I grew up in Weyburn Saskatchewan. Prairie town. 10 thousand people and the Weyburn Red Wings were a Detroit farm team.

[CFH]

Flames fan here but live in Yukon. I'll be retired before they make the playoffs.

at least the flames won the stanley cup in the age of colour tv ! I go to see the flames farm team, abbotsford heat every so often and they had this large mustachioed stanley cup winning hero parading around one day :S no idea why they thought having calgarys farm team so close to vancouver would be a good idea ! :S

I grew up in Weyburn Saskatchewan. Prairie town. 10 thousand people and the Weyburn Red Wings were a Detroit farm team.

[palmerq]

I think iginlas career as an elite player ended the day I took him first in my fantasy draft :S..... what a terrible idea... he mised the start of the season with back spasms and was just well below his usual performances allround..... It'd be nice if he won the stanley cup but I dont like boston so I hope he doesnt..

anyway the canucks played pretty good last night.. It was only edmonton I guess.... but it was a very different result from the preseason games... so hats off to the canucks... hopefully they can keep it up..

[palmerq]

Lack starts today v calgary... good choice I think... the sports radio(team 1040) were all saying stick with luongo... but back to back game and lack needs to get some nhl games to get up to speed... he's going to have to play a fair few games so better to get him in as soon as possible.. calgary are one of the weaker teams this year, they beat columbus already but they are not one of the best teams out there so I think this is agreat place to get started with lack and if he sinks badly and cant handle the nhl then its best to find out sooner rather than later.

[CFH]

i have only been in the vancouver area for 3 years on and off for the last 5 years but I know what you mean about the fans.... everyone is a great fan when they win :S but when they are not so great... even though they make the playoffs so many people/fans just bash them :S... the canucks won the presidents trohy twice in a row... they were no mugs....but people say "man i gave up on the canucks, they suck, they neever win".... what a load of bollocks :S..... only one team ever wins the stanley cup and tha canucks have done very well recently but still so many people here just talk balls about them... but still they are my nhl team... The fans are crap here... they do pay the money to go to games to be fair but still the amount of nonsense that comes out of the majority of their mouths is ridiculous.... they are our team here... lets suppport em no matter... but no.. most just talk crap.. anyway whatever I am a canucks fan so I am biased !...

Managed to find the cheaper tickets for the canucks devils game on tuesday so I am off to gm place for that ! 91 a ticket...... what a scam, far back and behind the goal..... but it'll be fun to go there

Could be a cool game to be at if Schnieder starts for the Devils, which he is almost certain to.

Where did you come to Vancouver from?

[palmerq]

i have only been in the vancouver area for 3 years on and off for the last 5 years but I know what you mean about the fans.... everyone is a great fan when they win :S but when they are not so great... even though they make the playoffs so many people/fans just bash them :S... the canucks won the presidents trohy twice in a row... they were no mugs....but people say "man i gave up on the canucks, they suck, they neever win".... what a load of bollocks :S..... only one team ever wins the stanley cup and tha canucks have done very well recently but still so many people here just talk balls about them... but still they are my nhl team... The fans are crap here... they do pay the money to go to games to be fair but still the amount of nonsense that comes out of the majority of their mouths is ridiculous.... they are our team here... lets suppport em no matter... but no.. most just talk crap.. anyway whatever I am a canucks fan so I am biased !...

Managed to find the cheaper tickets for the canucks devils game on tuesday so I am off to gm place for that ! 91 a ticket...... what a scam, far back and behind the goal..... but it'll be fun to go there

Could be a cool game to be at if Schnieder starts for the Devils, which he is almost certain to.

Where did you come to Vancouver from?

I am a scotsman and I just work here :S so I am pretty new to the whole ice hockey thing

[CFH]

i have only been in the vancouver area for 3 years on and off for the last 5 years but I know what you mean about the fans.... everyone is a great fan when they win :S but when they are not so great... even though they make the playoffs so many people/fans just bash them :S... the canucks won the presidents trohy twice in a row... they were no mugs....but people say "man i gave up on the canucks, they suck, they neever win".... what a load of bollocks :S..... only one team ever wins the stanley cup and tha canucks have done very well recently but still so many people here just talk balls about them... but still they are my nhl team... The fans are crap here... they do pay the money to go to games to be fair but still the amount of nonsense that comes out of the majority of their mouths is ridiculous.... they are our team here... lets suppport em no matter... but no.. most just talk crap.. anyway whatever I am a canucks fan so I am biased !...

Managed to find the cheaper tickets for the canucks devils game on tuesday so I am off to gm place for that ! 91 a ticket...... what a scam, far back and behind the goal..... but it'll be fun to go there

Could be a cool game to be at if Schnieder starts for the Devils, which he is almost certain to.

Where did you come to Vancouver from?

I am a scotsman and I just work here :S so I am pretty new to the whole ice hockey thing

Ah, cool. I came here just over 2 years ago. What part of the Lower Mainland are you in? We just moved to the North Shore from south-east Vancouver and I am already itching to get back to East Van.

[palmerq]

just now I live in burnaby near the edmonds skytrain, work out in langley but the drive is pretty good going as I am not so far from the patullo bridge I quite like it here although tarffic can be awful, so are you in north vancouver or still in actuall vancouver? north van is a lovely place