Canada v USA

[OumaFan]

Well I'm giving the Canucks a try. Their stream works and I have nothing to do and they're in the top 5 possibilities.

I can't say its been absolutely enthralling. Definitely not as intense. The crowd's all playing on their PSP's or some shit.

But I want to have a team by the time the Playoffs start.

And they just scored, that Demitra guy from the Olympics.

I know or at least have heard of the Sedins, Kessler, Demitra, Salo, Luongo and that's about it.

[OumaFan]

Scratch the Columbus Blue Jackets off the list. They weren't really on to begin with but now they're definitely off.

The Blue Jackets?

This Molson commercial is hilarious. This land makes us what we are, its our backyard, it Canada, its freedom.

[OumaFan]

Chicago almost seems too good. I need my sports teams to depress me from time to time. Anger.

[Youngblood]

Chicago almost seems too good. I need my sports teams to depress me from time to time. Anger.

If it's a 40 yr long depression you might be looking for, there is always Toronto.

You should be pretty safe with the Nucks tho. they've never won anything and never will, so the expectations are reasonably low.

[CFH]

Chicago almost seems too good. I need my sports teams to depress me from time to time. Anger.

If it's disappointment and heartbreak you look for in a hockey team then look no farther than the Vancouver Canucks, one of the most pathetic franchises in the history of athletics. 40 years of hockey, no championships, and only two trips to the finals. They didn't make the playoffs or have a winning team for something like 15 years straight and yet somehow I love them.

[generalbulldog]

Chicago almost seems too good. I need my sports teams to depress me from time to time. Anger.

If it's disappointment and heartbreak you look for in a hockey team then look no farther than the Vancouver Canucks, one of the most pathetic franchises in the history of athletics. 40 years of hockey, no championships, and only two trips to the finals. They didn't make the playoffs or have a winning team for something like 15 years straight and yet somehow I love them.

So the Canucks are like the NHL's version of the NFL's Detroit Lions?

[OumaFan]

I don't think they're that bad

[CFH]

Chicago almost seems too good. I need my sports teams to depress me from time to time. Anger.

If it's disappointment and heartbreak you look for in a hockey team then look no farther than the Vancouver Canucks, one of the most pathetic franchises in the history of athletics. 40 years of hockey, no championships, and only two trips to the finals. They didn't make the playoffs or have a winning team for something like 15 years straight and yet somehow I love them.

So the Canucks are like the NHL's version of the NFL's Detroit Lions?

You be the judge:

Vancouver Canucks (1970-Present)

[generalbulldog]

If it's disappointment and heartbreak you look for in a hockey team then look no farther than the Vancouver Canucks, one of the most pathetic franchises in the history of athletics. 40 years of hockey, no championships, and only two trips to the finals. They didn't make the playoffs or have a winning team for something like 15 years straight and yet somehow I love them.

So the Canucks are like the NHL's version of the NFL's Detroit Lions?

You be the judge:

Vancouver Canucks (1970-Present)

They're actually worse! Haven't won a championship and had bad seasons for 15 years.

Yes the Lions have been bad the last 10 years but at least they have 3 championships in their history although this was before the Superbowl era but still it's something. And they were pretty decent during the Barry Sanders years and made the playoffs.

I think a more appropriate comparison would be to the NBA's Clippers.

[CFH]

Well I'm giving the Canucks a try. Their stream works and I have nothing to do and they're in the top 5 possibilities.

I can't say its been absolutely enthralling. Definitely not as intense. The crowd's all playing on their PSP's or some shit.

But I want to have a team by the time the Playoffs start.

And they just scored, that Demitra guy from the Olympics.

I know or at least have heard of the Sedins, Kessler, Demitra, Salo, Luongo and that's about it.

While the Blue Jackets are a terrible team to watch and their arena has all the atmosphere of a funeral parlour, that was a terrible game to watch. It lacked intensity, big plays, and the refs did their best to destroy any flow or emotion the game had (something that is a big problem with the NHL).

They play Detroit tomorrow, that should be a better game. If want an intense Canucks game along the lines of the Olympics (though obviously not the same) watch the next time they play the Calgary Flames. That's one of the best rivalries in all of sports. The players seem to genuinely hate each other.