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NHL '12 Playoffs |OT| "The Cup is our destiny this year."
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CrazedArabMan
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Let me see who was on the ice, oh wait it was STUART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE YOU DETROIT, LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!
LOVE YOU DETROIT, LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!
? Pittsburgh is leading and there's like 16 mins left in 3rd for DET NSH game?
IcyBlueStrawberry
Member
That probably should have been a call, even if they are letting them play.
16mins left with Nashville leading is pretty close in my books.
Orpik basically impregnated JVR in front of his own net and there was no call.
TheOnlyMook
Member
This game has been closer than it should have been. Bad penalties may cost the Pens if they don't play good D here
EDIT: GOOD WIN
EDIT: GOOD WIN
Coldnoodle
Member
I'm scared now.
Zombie James
Banned
AMAZING SERIES CONTINUES.
IcyBlueStrawberry
Member
lol Giroux
GG Pens
GG Pens
CrazedArabMan
Member
Yup, all but confirmed that we will be the first team eliminated now, nice job on trying to close that series out Philly. As for Detroit, you guys suck, yeah 13 minutes left blah blah blah.....
I hate you so much right now.
I hate you so much right now.
AngmarsKing701
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All right, Tabris, for the hell of it I'll take your question seriously and respond.
In 1995-1996, the 1st year of a new CBA, the NHL revenues were $936M and there were 26 teams, most of them in the northern half of North America.
In 2012 the last year of this CBA, the NHL revenues are expected to top $3B, there are 30 teams spread out into the deep south of the US.
In other words, there are a hell of a lot more people watching hockey, going to hockey games, playing hockey, etc. Hockey is more popular now than it was in 1995.
Why?
Because the league has done a very good job of marketing itself through its best commodity: its players. I realize Bettman is a douche, but he did learn from Stern how to do this.
So, if you're going to market your players, and especially your super-stars, you need to protect them.
I will give you exhibit A and exhibit B.
Exhibit A: Sidney Crosby. He is probably the most popular NHL player right now. The fact that he missed large portions of the last two seasons WITH A HEAD INJURY has a HUGE impact on how the league has to react to these hits. If you think the league didn't lose money while he was out, you're nuts. Put simply: when the Pens come to visit, people show up to see Crosby. The league has manufactured their marketing around this very notion.
Exhibit B: Scott Stevens, the very person in your "why isn't this hit legal?" question. This dude single-handedly ended the career of more than 1 NHL player with his heavy headshots.
Now I ask you: if you're the league, and you want your $3B to triple again in the next 16 years, and you've been successful marketing your players, what do you think is gonna happen? THEY HAVE TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
YES YES YES MOTHERFUCKERS.
CRY GIROUX. FUCKING CRY YOUR LARGE WOMAN TEARS, YOU COCKY FUCKING BITCH. EAT A BIG BAG OF SHIT, YOU FUCKING DOUCHEBAG. GO FUCK YOURSELF.
PLAYOFF FLEURY IS BACK, ASSHOLES. GET READY TO BE PART OF THE HISTORY BOOKS, YOU UGLY AND DISGUSTING FUCKING ASSHOLES.
CRY GIROUX. FUCKING CRY YOUR LARGE WOMAN TEARS, YOU COCKY FUCKING BITCH. EAT A BIG BAG OF SHIT, YOU FUCKING DOUCHEBAG. GO FUCK YOURSELF.
PLAYOFF FLEURY IS BACK, ASSHOLES. GET READY TO BE PART OF THE HISTORY BOOKS, YOU UGLY AND DISGUSTING FUCKING ASSHOLES.
The Pens and Canucks will both be advancing, yes.
Pens dominated the first 6 minutes of the third which is pretty huge. Then there was a Philly PP which they failed on, then Fleury plugged up the net.
Quick >>>> Bryz
That would be awesome... Two 3-0 comebacks in one round
and imagine they both met in the SC finals? What a story that would be.
ZeroGravity
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Norfolk Admirals win their 29th game in a row (28 regular season + 1 playoff)
