tyeeslayer
Super Member
Well looks like no NHL this year, So how will you get your hockey fix?
Me Abbotsford Heat (Calgary Flames farm team)
Me Abbotsford Heat (Calgary Flames farm team)
One for the Canadians (NHL)
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tyeeslayer
Super Member
WHAT???
Has everyone given up on our national winter lifestyle and playoff beards? Remember 1972.
Bad Bettman :nono:
Has everyone given up on our national winter lifestyle and playoff beards? Remember 1972.
Bad Bettman :nono:
ekmanning5
Time has told me...
Chicago Wolves of the AHL are here. When the Rockford Ice-Hogs come in we'll get to see 9 or 10 Blackhawks.
tyeeslayer
Super Member
Well now what?
KrisM
Lunatic Member
I love watching hockey, but it is just another form of entertainment for me. If they get their **** together I'll watch some games. If not, I'm OK until next year. There are plenty of things to do. Same as the last lockout. I have no desire to worry about an argument between millionaires and billionaires. They can figure it out if they want to.
If I really need a fix I can watch one of the best major junior teams in the nation, the Oil Kings. Or walk down the street and watch some midget AAA hockey. Or read about how the top scoring player in the AHL is getting some unexpected grooming time before he makes the jump to the NHL. Sorry Leafs and Canucks fans.
If I really need a fix I can watch one of the best major junior teams in the nation, the Oil Kings. Or walk down the street and watch some midget AAA hockey. Or read about how the top scoring player in the AHL is getting some unexpected grooming time before he makes the jump to the NHL. Sorry Leafs and Canucks fans.
kneeOhFight
Addicted Member
I wish ESPN had continued broadcasting KHL games. It was world class hockey. Not sure why it didn't continue.
kneeOhFight
Addicted Member
them "furriners" can play the hell out of some hockey though, cant they :scratch2:
KrisM
Lunatic Member
Not to mention how hard it is to define furriner. Do people consider Crosby a furriner in Pittsburgh? Should I make a push to have Hemsky run out of town because he didn't come from here?
And did the people of Detroit ever learn how to pronounce Lidstrom? Or Fedorov?
Scandinavians are common enough in the Midwest, I was at a Swedish restaurant just yesterday.
KrisM
Lunatic Member
Oh, I know. I grew up in a city that apparently has the biggest Finnish population outside of Scandinavia. We didn't consider them "furriners", though. We knew how to pronounce their names, too.
tyeeslayer
Super Member
The fact remains that in most NHL teams the majority of players are Canadian.
KrisM
Lunatic Member
The fact also remains that there are also plenty of non-canucks on every team. Plenty of good ones, too.
tyeeslayer
Super Member
No dout about that. By the way who is that Hartford Whaler in your Avitar :scratch2:. And where is he from?
KrisM
Lunatic Member
I think we all know where Gordon is from.
He's also credited with saying, "All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity".
He might also have been considered as a "furriner" in the markets that he played in. Which is silly. The same as any European player being considered in the same vein today, IMO. I'm as patriotic as they next guy(especially with hockey), but it's an international game now.
He's also credited with saying, "All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity".
He might also have been considered as a "furriner" in the markets that he played in. Which is silly. The same as any European player being considered in the same vein today, IMO. I'm as patriotic as they next guy(especially with hockey), but it's an international game now.
tyeeslayer
Super Member
I think he was about 50 years old there. No helmut. ahhh yes when hockey was a real mans sport.
BadassBob
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And did the people of Detroit ever learn how to pronounce Lidstrom? Or Fedorov?
The true hockey fans around here know how to pronounce LIDstrom and FedorOV :yes:. Its the me-too bandwagon people that say LINDstrom and FedorOFF
.I think we all know where Gordon is from.
He's also credited with saying, "All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity".
He might also have been considered as a "furriner" in the markets that he played in. Which is silly. The same as any European player being considered in the same vein today, IMO. I'm as patriotic as they next guy(especially with hockey), but it's an international game now.
That picture should be of Gordie wearing the winged wheel,where he became a legend.
