The NHL thread

[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.

[Youngblood]

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.

Not questioning, just not sure how Edmonton management could have gotten away with that without death sentences on their heads from fans...I mean, from everything I've read on Gretzky, and I read a lot...His wife was one of the big forgiving bargaining chips in the deal to LA.

Anyway...I suck as a hockey fan (no loyalty whatsoever and rarely watch), but am fascinated by greatness in sports, the Jordans, Woods, etc.

[CFH]

My bad, it was actually after his contract had expired with the Blues that the 'Nucks were in negotiations to sign him.

The story goes that they apparently had a deal pretty much lined up and ready, but Quinn did some crazy shit like calling Gretzky at 3am and bugging him about it etc.

SPORTS PEOPLE: HOCKEY;Canucks End Negotiations With Gretzky - New York Times

Names: Canucks making a pitch to sign Gretzky | Article from The Boston Globe | HighBeam Research