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All-purpose hockey thread...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by hockeybeat, Nov 2, 2005.

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How do you like the new NHL, compared to what the sport used to be?

  1. I love it!

    39 vote(s)
    38.6%

  2. I hate it!

    4 vote(s)
    4.0%

  3. I could not care less!

    11 vote(s)
    10.9%

  4. They're playing hockey? When did this happen?

    10 vote(s)
    9.9%

  5. I don't like hockey, but I love the fights.

    2 vote(s)
    2.0%

  6. Is Wayne Gretzky still playing?

    1 vote(s)
    1.0%

  7. Is Sidney Crosby a girl?

    5 vote(s)
    5.0%

  8. I like what I've seen so far but I'm not sure if I love it yet

    29 vote(s)
    28.7%
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  1. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    I know first had how good he is watching him dominate the Oilers for two decades. Still, next to Bill Ranford, he is my favourite goalie.
     
    Beef03, Apr 11, 2006
    #2605
  2. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    I thought it was three years and after Gretzky's exemption one of the things they did was to put forth a rule that there would never again be any more exemptions.
     
    Beef03, Apr 11, 2006
    #2606
  3. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    Bill Ranford? Yikes.

    Was it Smith who scored the OT game winner against Belfour in that game 7? (After the miraculous Cujo save?)
     
    JR, Apr 11, 2006
    #2607
  4. Sea Bass

    Sea Bass Well-Known Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    No, it was Todd Marchant.
     
    Sea Bass, Apr 11, 2006
    #2608
  5. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    Mats Sundin had a hell of a game tonight for the never-say-die Leafs -- four goals and two assists in a 6-5 overtime win over Florida.

    The Leafs now have 14 of a possible 16 points in their last eight games. Is it too little, too late?
     
    Double J, Apr 12, 2006
    #2609
  6. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    Ranford gave me my first great hockey memory, the 89-90 SC playoffs. The guy was unbeatable.

    As well, not only was it Todd Marchant who scored the goal you speak of, he scored it on Andy Moog. Belfour was brought in the next year from his cup of coffee in San Jose. The Oilers haven't beat the Stars in the playoffs since, mostly due to the stellar play of Belfoour.
     
    Beef03, Apr 12, 2006
    #2610
  7. soccer dad

    soccer dad Guest

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    the waiting period is three years.

    you know what, i really want the oilers to make the playoffs, but they are a bunch of choking dogs right now.
     
    soccer dad, Apr 12, 2006
    #2611
  8. KJIM

    KJIM Well-Known Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    Calgary Flame Darren McCarty, making $800k this year, files for bankruptcy:

    http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604120385

    "In documents submitted to U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit, McCarty, 34, lists assets of $1.9 million and debts of $6.2 million -- including at least $185,000 to casinos in Detroit and Las Vegas."

    I can think of a few athletes who've filed after their careers were done, but none who filed while they were still bringing home big paychecks.
     
    KJIM, Apr 12, 2006
    #2612
  9. Dude

    Dude Well-Known Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=162294&hubname=

    The Leafs are giving J.S. Aubin a one-year contract. He's pretty much kept them on life-support for the last three weeks or so.
     
    Dude, Apr 12, 2006
    #2613
  10. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    And a one way contract at that.

    I guess they're hedging on Tellqvist. I guess since Eddie won't be back in Leafsland next year, they figure Aubin and Tellqvist taking turns riding the street car to the Ricoh Centre.
     
    JR, Apr 12, 2006
    #2614
  11. Dude

    Dude Well-Known Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    Hopefully he doesn't get jerked around like he was with the Penguins. Craig Patrick and company had him back and forth between Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre so many times, Aubin should've been a PennDOT employee.
     
    Dude, Apr 12, 2006
    #2615
  12. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Re: All-purpose hockey (NHL and Olympics) thread...

    After the Barrasso era, can anyone think of a half decent Penguins goalie?

    Given the way they've mishandled Fleury's career they may be the leading goalie-killer team.
     
    JR, Apr 12, 2006
    #2616
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