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Title: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 21, 2010, 05:11:13 PM: [youtube=560,345]MSDw3tMa7ec[/youtube]

Let's get a roll call of evilbore hockey fans going.

Leafs fan here. :(
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Dickie Dee on July 21, 2010, 05:37:30 PM: (http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/93021311.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D0621C996A393E9719A6FC46AF01605C87C0314E4D91C743FEE30A760B0D811297)

Youppi!
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Madrun Badrun on July 21, 2010, 05:45:46 PM: Is this another Malek log thread that is secretly about him liking teh sticks.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: lordoftherink on July 21, 2010, 06:12:34 PM: This offseason is pretty dull, I'm surprised at the overall lack of activity, especially with how many decent players are still available, both UFAs and players supposedly up for trade.

Canucks fan here, love the moves Gillis has made so far, even if Ballard's salary is a bit high.

:hyper Hamhuis :hyper
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: CajoleJuice on July 21, 2010, 06:15:53 PM: Never has there been a truer thread title.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 06:42:56 PM: No true team allegiance here. Yes, I'm a filthy ronin.

Most partial to the Pens, and have been long before they got Crosby and stopped sucking, so I'm not some champion-chasing bandwagoner.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 06:47:20 PM: Also, awesome clip, malek.

:bow Bobby Orr's end to end rushes :bow2
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 21, 2010, 06:48:35 PM: Quote from: Mamacint on July 21, 2010, 05:37:30 PM
[img]http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/93021311.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D0621C996A393E9719A6FC46AF01605C87C0314E4D91C743FEE30A760B0D811297[img]

Youppi!

You, sir, are worse than a fan of the Yankees.
Quote from: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 06:42:56 PM
No true team allegiance here. Yes, I'm a filthy ronin.

Most partial to the Pens, and have been long before they got Crosby and stopped sucking, so I'm not some champion-chasing bandwagoner.
You, sir, are worse than a fan of the Heat.

That being said, Crosby is awesome:
[youtube=560,345]Ph5X3dFPJtI&hd=1[/youtube]
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 21, 2010, 06:49:31 PM: Quote from: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 06:47:20 PM
Also, awesome clip, malek.

:bow Bobby Orr's end to end rushes :bow2

Orr > Gretzky (despite our common Slavic heritage)
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: muckhole on July 21, 2010, 06:54:10 PM: Leafs die-hard here. Was into my 20's before I even started following, so the cup drought really doesn't feel all that long to me.

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Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 21, 2010, 06:56:09 PM: Quote from: muckhole on July 21, 2010, 06:54:10 PM
Leafs die-hard here. Was into my 20's before I even started following, so the cup drought really doesn't feel all that long to me.

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The 1920s?

Burke sucks. After two years, he's re-tooled the Leafs into a team that might fight for ninth place again.

Discuss.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 06:56:42 PM: Quote from: Flannel Boy on July 21, 2010, 06:48:35 PM

You, sir, are worse than a fan of the Heat.

What sport is the Heat from?

Are they a team for one of those lame sports where you can barely touch an opposing player without drawing some sort of penalty, where you can't completely lay out your opponent in a clash of bodies, leaving him lying as paste on the ice, and upon which a good ol' fistfight is looked at with shock, rather than punished by giving the combatants a nice five-minute break from the action?
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 21, 2010, 06:57:33 PM: No wonder you never get laid, Boogie. SMH.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 07:03:55 PM: Quote from: The Fake Shemp on July 21, 2010, 06:57:33 PM
No wonder you never get laid, Boogie. SMH.

Nobody drops panties quicker than competitive hockey players up here.

Shame I didn't quite have the skill to even make a rep team more than for one year. :'(
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: muckhole on July 21, 2010, 07:09:14 PM: Quote from: Flannel Boy on July 21, 2010, 06:56:09 PM

Burke sucks. After two years, he's retooled the Leafs into a team that might fight for ninth place again.

Discuss.

My youthful optimism tells me that we will need to wait and see. Properly retooling the team will take time, so I'm not actually expecting much out of this year's results anyways. The Kessel move made me cringe a bit, but I'll just have to hope he pans out. I think Burke's restocking of young talent has been pretty good considering, going after all the college guys that have shown a bit of talent, and for me personally, the team that started the year last season was a much poorer squad than what they finished the season off with.

They're a long way off from anything I'd call great, but it's safe to say there are more changes to come. I don't kid myself that they'll win a cup anytime soon, but I'm hopeful that in 2-3 years we'll have an entertaining and competitive team again.

So yeah, keeping my expectations low.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 21, 2010, 07:16:08 PM: Quote from: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 07:03:55 PM
Nobody drops panties quicker than competitive hockey players up here.

Competitive hockey players wear panties? :lol
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 07:18:01 PM: Quote from: The Fake Shemp on July 21, 2010, 07:16:08 PM
Quote from: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 07:03:55 PM
Nobody drops panties quicker than competitive hockey players up here.

Competitive hockey players wear panties? :lol

d'oh :-\

You know what I mean. :lol
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 21, 2010, 07:18:13 PM: Quote from: muckhole on July 21, 2010, 07:09:14 PM
Quote from: Flannel Boy on July 21, 2010, 06:56:09 PM

Burke sucks. After two years, he's retooled the Leafs into a team that might fight for ninth place again.

Discuss.

My youthful optimism tells me that we will need to wait and see. Properly retooling the team will take time, so I'm not actually expecting much out of this year's results anyways. The Kessel move made me cringe a bit, but I'll just have to hope he pans out. I think Burke's restocking of young talent has been pretty good considering, going after all the college guys that have shown a bit of talent, and for me personally, the team that started the year last season was a much poorer squad than what they finished the season off with.

They're a long way off from anything I'd call great, but it's safe to say there are more changes to come. I don't kid myself that they'll win a cup anytime soon, but I'm hopeful that in 2-3 years we'll have an entertaining and competitive team again.

So yeah, keeping my expectations low.

If retooling is going to take so much time, the Leafs should've just rebuilt through the draft, like the Pens or Hawks or Caps. (If Seguin turns into a franchise player. . . .).

You're right: the Leafs have picked up a few decent young UFA's. Bozak looked really good centering the first line, Gustavsson was solid during the second-half, and now Mueller looks like a good pick up.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 21, 2010, 07:23:05 PM: Quote from: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 07:18:01 PM
Quote from: The Fake Shemp on July 21, 2010, 07:16:08 PM
Quote from: Boogie on July 21, 2010, 07:03:55 PM
Nobody drops panties quicker than competitive hockey players up here.

Competitive hockey players wear panties? :lol

d'oh :-\

You know what I mean. :lol

No wonder your Canadian guys are having no luck up there. :lol
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: muckhole on July 21, 2010, 07:38:12 PM: Quote from: Flannel Boy on July 21, 2010, 07:18:13 PM
If retooling is going to take so much time, the Leafs should've just rebuilt through the draft, like the Pens or Hawks or Caps. (If Seguin turns into a franchise player. . . .)

People have made alot out of Burke's supposed independance from MLSE, Petty, etc. but personally I'm sure he was pressured to make any possible quick changes that could improve the team short term. From what little I've heard of them, I don't think MLSE would ever actually stand for/allow for doing things the proper (longer) way if avoidable.

Hastily typed as I have to run out the door here.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 21, 2010, 07:43:18 PM: Although I'm sure he was pressured, it's not as if Burke is a patient man himself.

I know this is hindsight, but the Leafs haven't made it to the playoffs since 2004. At minimum, it will be seven years between playoff appearances. Quick fixes haven't worked. The Leafs should have tried a proper rebuild a long time ago.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: muckhole on July 21, 2010, 11:07:32 PM: Agreed. I truly doubt we'll ever see one with the current ownership group unfortunately. They'll just keep patching the boat as they row, and after last season any improvement (i.e. not second-last) will be trumpeted as "positive progress moving forward", I'm sure.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 22, 2010, 05:35:10 PM: And we'll be stuck with business as usual because the teacher's pension plan won't ever sell (the Leafs really do print money).
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: muckhole on July 22, 2010, 05:43:12 PM: And that sir, is why I drink when I watch hockey.

What did you think of the Kovalchuk deal?
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 22, 2010, 05:59:40 PM: I agree with the NHL: the contract was clearly an attempt to circumvent the CBA. It wasn't the first such contract (see: Hossa's and Savard's contracts), but it was the most obvious attempt.

I see a bit of a parallel with general anti-avoidance tax rules. Such laws don't catch everyone who avoids taxes; just the ones who are the most transparent.
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 22, 2010, 06:12:21 PM: It wasn't me: http://deadspin.com/5593966/manitoba-man-charged-for-calling-police-to-get-winnipeg-jets-back
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: muckhole on July 22, 2010, 06:33:31 PM: I guess we could always just get drunk and call Boogie.

And Boogie, while you're at it, bring back the Expos too please. :cancry
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: E-DuB on July 22, 2010, 10:30:48 PM: :hyper A hockey thread? :hyper

Leafs and 'Nucks fan here
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Phoenix Dark on July 22, 2010, 10:31:29 PM: I saw NBA in the thread title and thought this was a sports thread. Oh well *leaves*
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Diunx on July 22, 2010, 10:48:44 PM: :lol
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: tiesto on July 22, 2010, 11:06:29 PM: Yup, it's my favorite sport. My team is of course:

(http://www.sportslogos.net/images/logos/1/19/full/138.gif)
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Dickie Dee on July 22, 2010, 11:47:05 PM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on July 22, 2010, 10:31:29 PM
I saw NBA in the thread title and thought this was a sports thread. Oh well *leaves*

the NBA

:tbslol
Title: Re: The NHL Thread: Hockey is both better than soccer and less rigged than the NBA
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 24, 2010, 05:26:30 PM: Quote from: tiesto on July 22, 2010, 11:06:29 PM
Yup, it's my favorite sport. My team is of course:

[img]http://www.sportslogos.net/images/logos/1/19/full/138.gif[img]

Which team will suck more this season: Leafs or Islanders?