The NHL thread

[killersheep]

Winnipeg has proven not to have the fanbase to support an NHL team, so this to me would be simply a step backwards in time. There is nothing remotely close to it to draw from outside the city.

Hamilton would atleast have the drawing power from the many populated cities in close proximity and is a viable option. To retry something proven not to work is a fools errand fuelled merely by sentiment.

Plus our government needs to have a little more patriotism when it comes to our sports. Our teams can barely afford to operate here, so get sold to cities in the states...where tax breaks and incentives make it possible for them to see profits and survive.

This same standard of putting our countries amateur sports on the back burner is evident and is the next to nothing, or miniscule support towards programs that lead to olympic qualifiers. It is commonplace to have a knock on your door by someone holding a can, asking for a donation that on it reads..."Support our Olympic Athletes."

Ask them about it, you'll often get the answer.."Well I qualified, or my son or daughter did...and we are trying to raise the funds to actually go." Sound ridiculous? Yes, it is. We, a world power have so little support and pride in our own sports programs, that this is often what it boils down to.

Agreed case in point the Jets moving to Phoenix, it's cool I can get hockey here, but for christ's sakes it's a desert.

[killersheep]

Ok guys that signed up for the fantasy league, get your line-ups situated, We have enough people now, So I will set the draft to "ready" later this week.

[CFH]

God being a Canucks fan is a awful thing.

The team is 1st in their division, 3rd in the West, 5th OVERALL, exceeding all expectations, clicking as a team in a way we haven't seen in years, exhibiting great chemistry, and our goalie and captain - the best in the world - is playing as good as he ever has.

Well, Roberto Luongo, again - the best goalie in the league, hurt his groin on Sat. in Pitts so bad that he needed to be helped off the ice. Rumors are swirling that he is out at least 2 months (though nothing has be confirmed).



At least my two secondary teams, the Bruins and the Red Wings, are ripping shit up, but this is just terrible and pretty much par for the course as a 'Nucks fan.

[amat]

I'm surprised you haven't exploded over the Burke situation yet CFH.

[wesrman]

LOL@ secondary teams. I have one team and i hate everyone else.

[CFH]

I'm surprised you haven't exploded over the Burke situation yet CFH.

I've made my feelings known about Burke already, no need to beat a dead horse. I actually think he's the wrong guy for the Leafs, he's never really had to build a championship team. The Canucks only got past the 1st round once with him at the helm, and many of the major pieces were already in place in Anaheim. Burke did a great job of putting them over the top, but this time he's not going to have an existing framework to work with. He's the most overrated GM in the league IMO.

LOL@ secondary teams. I have one team and i hate everyone else.

They were my two teams when I was a kid. My Gramps, who took me to almost all my practices and games, was a huge Bruins fans, and I loved them during the Moog-Neely era. The Wings were my favorite team as a teenager because of Yzerman, I watched them go from absolute shit to one of the best dynastys the league has ever seen. I didn't start cheering for the Canucks as my favorite team until I started watching hockey again in my early twenties. I had abandoned hockey and hadn't watched the sport for several years before then.

[wesrman]

I actually liked the Bruins then too. Randy Burridge is from the same town as me and Neely was a bad ass.

[Mikkel_K]

God being a Canucks fan is a awful thing.

Surely there must be things more awful than supporting a team that is 8-0-2 in the last 10 games?

[CFH]

God being a Canucks fan is a awful thing.

Surely there must be things more awful than supporting a team that is 8-0-2 in the last 10 games?

They're doing great right now, but they had stretches like this last year too. I'm actually rather optimistic about this season if Luongo can get with within 2 months, but look at the team's history. It is one of the most dismal franchises in the history of the league. They went 16 years without icing a winning team. That breeds a lot of pessimism amongst fans.

Remember, this is a team that was rumored to have managed to fuck up getting Gretzky.

[Youngblood]

God being a Canucks fan is a awful thing.

Surely there must be things more awful than supporting a team that is 8-0-2 in the last 10 games?

They're doing great right now, but they had stretches like this last year too. I'm actually rather optimistic about this season if Luongo can get with within 2 months, but look at the team's history. It is one of the most dismal franchises in the history of the league. They went 16 years without icing a winning team. That breeds a lot of pessimism amongst fans.

Remember, this is a team that had a trade for Gretzky in place and managed to fuck it up.

Really? From Edmonton?

[CFH]

Surely there must be things more awful than supporting a team that is 8-0-2 in the last 10 games?

They're doing great right now, but they had stretches like this last year too. I'm actually rather optimistic about this season if Luongo can get with within 2 months, but look at the team's history. It is one of the most dismal franchises in the history of the league. They went 16 years without icing a winning team. That breeds a lot of pessimism amongst fans.

Remember, this is a team that had a trade for Gretzky in place and managed to fuck it up.

Really? From Edmonton?

So the story goes, but who knows how factual it was. I'm not sure if he was with Edmonton at the time either. I shouldn't have overstated it, I'll go edit it.