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01101010
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El Gallo
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I only watched hockey from about 1993 to 2003,
Christ man, why would anybody do that to themself? You never saw a dangerous hit because you never saw anybody take more than one stride without Hal Gil wrestling them to the ground. |
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Ceryse
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Christ man, why would anybody do that to themself? You never saw a dangerous hit because you never saw anybody take more than one stride without Hal Gil wrestling them to the ground.
Actually, there were quite a few dangerous hits in that time frame, largely from defensemen able to cut across the blind side of players entering the offensive zone. A few.. specialized in it. Also, it was the era of the knee-on-knee goonery. Marchment says hello! Interesting that Torres got hit that hard. Nice to see the NHL remain utterly inconsistent in punishment. |
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Paelos
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I only watched hockey from about 1993 to 2003,
Christ man, why would anybody do that to themself? You never saw a dangerous hit because you never saw anybody take more than one stride without Hal Gil wrestling them to the ground. I didn't know any better! |
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Trippy
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MournelitheCalix
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I think its the right call and the right level of severity. Now I wish they would work on eliminating that double standard though. I don't know how anyone can look at that hit and say that it was clean. It most certainly was not.
On another side note, the Blues are past round one. I will predict that if they face the LA Kings they are done in 6. If they get the predators then my prediction will be win in 7. The Blues just don't in my opinion stack up well against the Kings. The only wild card here will be the goaltending. Both Halak and Elliot are capable of stealing a series.
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shiznitz
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I only watched hockey from about 1993 to 2003,
Christ man, why would anybody do that to themself? You never saw a dangerous hit because you never saw anybody take more than one stride without Hal Gil wrestling them to the ground. I watched hockey as a kid until about 1990, then stopped. I picked it up again once they did the rules revamp. Fuck that two line pass bullshit. Glad it is gone. |
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Malakili
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I watched hockey as a kid until about 1990, then stopped. I picked it up again once they did the rules revamp. Fuck that two line pass bullshit. Glad it is gone.
I don't miss it, but I think it was interesting that they basically changed the rule just because the neutral zone trap was making the game too boring. Although somewhat ironically, the rules they made to open up the game a bit were designed to make the game more watchable and bring in more viewers. But the playoffs which they tend to call much looser still get the most views. |
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Paelos
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Man the Kings really played hard in Vancouver. What a finish.
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Ceryse
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Canucks and Penguins out make me quite happy. Had hoped for the Caps to close out Boston, but I'll take what I can get. My two most hated teams out first round, after being expected to face each other for the Cup? Awesome. If Ottawa, Phoenix and the Caps can close out their series' it could be very much a guessing game of who wins the Cup with all the favourites out. I'd like to see Washington go all the way, but so long as its not Phoenix, I'll be pleased.
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Bunk
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Yup, I'm glad I didn't blow any money entering a pool this year.
Guess I'll cheer for Phoenix. At this point, Nashville might be the bloody favorite to win this thing.
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murdoc
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How mad is Winnipeg that they were a $25 million contribution from Glendale away from having a playoff team this year  Extremely happy to see the Kings win. I really like that team actually and I don't think it was as much of an upset as just saying it was 8th beating 1st. I'm sure there's somewhere that shows it, but the Kings had to be one of the better teams in the NHL in the second half just to make the playoffs. Plus, fuck the Canucks - though I'm very tired of the lame 'bring on the riots' comments that flooded my Facebook and Twitter last night. I don't have the hate on for the Penguins like some do, but was also glad to see the Flyers advance. |
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How mad is Winnipeg that they were a $25 million contribution from Glendale away from having a playoff team this year Second round playoff team even. |
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01101010
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Holy shit LA is in bizarro world. This time of the year and the Lakers are sitting at home and the Kings are pillaging the playoffs. |
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murdoc
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Man, I was really hoping the Kings could close it out last night.  |
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Paelos
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HaemishM
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Damn at the tits.
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Abagadro
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Those huge fake cans have been behind the opposing bench in the LA games for multiple series. Rather funny when they cut to the coaches' reaction shots.
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3 years running the Canucks have been knocked out by the eventual champs. Sigh.
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Ceryse
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Was nice to see the Kings win.
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Surlyboi
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No it wasn't, but it was better than seeing the Devils win.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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I am still holding out hope for a surprise lockout or a meteor strike.
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Ceryse
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No it wasn't, but it was better than seeing the Devils win.
I actually like the Kings -- they were one of the two teams I was hoping would win the cup going into the playoffs (didn't expect them to, however). Of course, this is in spite of their GM and coach, but I like a lot of their players and their playing style. Additionally, they have a fair number of ex-Oilers and it was nice to see Mr. Pancakes (or the Flying Fridge as he was called here) win a second cup as a kind of middle finger to the Oilers and local media who drove him out. And they were a better option, imo, than the other choices in this year's playoffs. Can't stand a lot of the teams in the league these days. |
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murdoc
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I was really happy the Kings won, they were definitely my playoff bandwagon team (dispatching Vancouver so easily got me on their side immediately). I like a lot of the players on that team, but I can imagine that the 2 Colombus fans in the world are rather pissed that Carter whined his way onto the eventual Cup winning team.
You also cannot argue the fact that the Stanley Cup is the best trophy in professional sports. There's nothing even close to it.
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« Last Edit: June 12, 2012, 07:56:52 AM by murdoc »
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Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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Speedy Cerviche
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I like the way Carter & Richards winning the cup really sticks it to the Flyers.
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01101010
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I was really happy the Kings won, they were definitely my playoff bandwagon team (dispatching Vancouver so easily got me on their side immediately). I like a lot of the players on that team, but I can imagine that the 2 Colombus fans in the world are rather pissed that Carter whined his way onto the eventual Cup winning team.
You also cannot argue the fact that the Stanley Cup is the best trophy in professional sports. There's nothing even close to it.
Well I could argue that simply because of the obnoxious size of it, but I won't because every other major sports league's trophy is rather silly... though I do like the MLB trophy - too bad I hate baseball. Cheers to the Kings. I like the underdog when they are truly the underdogs, added bonus for the historical ramifications as well. |
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Speedy Cerviche
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It's not obnoxious...
They inscribe the rosters of all previous winners on the ring, kind of important to the appeal of it, that everyone gets immortalized right on the trophy. Then the large bowl ontop is also essential to the trophy's appeal, since that allows you to pour booze into it and drink out of it.
Don't see anything obnoxious there.
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Bunk
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Was really cool that Brown handed it off to Willie Mitchel first (oldest guy on the team).
He'd probably still have been a Canuck if not for Malkin nearly killing him a couple years ago.
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Surlyboi
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It's not obnoxious...
They inscribe the rosters of all previous winners on the ring, kind of important to the appeal of it, that everyone gets immortalized right on the trophy. Then the large bowl ontop is also essential to the trophy's appeal, since that allows you to pour booze into it and drink out of it.
Don't see anything obnoxious there.
The bowl also allows you to pee in it. Yes, that and worse. Though I'm still a fan of it ending up in Patrick Roy's pool, even though I hate him and the Avs to this day. |
Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Strazos
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I like the way Carter & Richards winning the cup really sticks it to the Flyers.
I'm not really sure it does - both had plenty of chances in PHL and just couldn't get it done. Happy to see Flyers West win it, what with them having Gagne, Richards, Hextall in the front office, and others. Still not a Carter fan - dude was one of the most over-rated scorers I've ever seen. |
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Paelos
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Good for LA. I hate Devils and hope their fans cry. They ruined hockey and raped my childhood.
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MuffinMan
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They ruined hockey and raped my childhood.
You too? I've hated the Devils ever since the 1995 Finals. |
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