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NHL '12 Playoffs |OT2| NHL ratings up 50%; GAF ratings down 90%
- Thread starter ZeroGravity
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Both moves resulted in lower attendance numbers the next year which contradicts your "newer arena = better attendance" nonsense.
Yeah. I think the fact is rivalries in hockey are currently larger between fanbases than in basketball. There is definitely no hatred there.
I actually haven't been arguing that at all, but okay...
I'm hoping for some Devils wins now just to make it a damn series!
Also, I didn't think it was possible for this things to get any more insane in Glendale, god dammit, what a ridiculous tale.
Is there any new info on what's going on?
Just sync any video of their meetings to Benny Hills "Yakety Sax" and you have the right idea.
So you don't really have a point then. I guess we're done here.
Supposedly the arena management agreement will be released tomorrow or Tuesday and the Glendale City Council is going to go over it in a private meeting on Tuesday. Jamison's funding is "still being lined up" (AKA he doesn't have the money). Bettman said a few days ago that he couldn't guarantee the Coyotes would be in Glendale next year.
Wouldn't surprise me to see Bettman/Jamison try to squeeze more money out of Glendale and have the city reject it. Then without the additional funds from the city, Jamison's funding "falls apart" and the team is gone. The NHL can then place all the blame on Glendale for the Coyotes moving.
No, I had a point. Primarily with other posters. You jumped in and started trolling/being agressive, not quite sure why.
you just gotta shoot high against Quick, according to the NBC commentators
Kovalchuk took that as meaning "hit the crossbar each time you get a game-winning opportunity"
Dastardly Jerks
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If Giggy acted the way Thomas did, I'd throw out my framed picture of him holding the Conn Smythe in a moments notice.
It's not just what a player does on the ice that earns all the respect, it's who that player is as well.
... But that's just me.
Dastardly Jerks
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That's because zombies attack the brains. All the players had helmets on... Give him free reign on the ice with helmet-less players, and BAM. 5 game suspension for biting scalps.
To be fair I don't think it's fair that the ducks use a warlock like Teemu Selanne... that man laughs at aging.
^^ Honestly, this. I HATE Selanne because of how good and ageless he is. He's also really ugly. If he wore a Kings jersey though, I would worship him.
Fuck you Ducks fans that hate seeing LA potentially winning a cup. a) it hasn't happened yet. and, b) you won it first.
alexthekid
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If I just wanted goals I would watch basketball or some shit. Good goalkeepers doesn't make a game worse. I think that watch Lundqvist is the most exciting thing about the Rangers.
wsoxfan1214
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Trying to prove a point = trolling.
Which you then chose to not reply to and instead dance around the question like George Bush.
I agree 100%.
That said, I still don't understand how you can believe that he's doing this just for the good of his family, or that it's no one's business but his own (for reasons that I've stated above). But whatever. If Luongo had played to Thomas' level in 10-11, he could kill a family of 3 and I'd implore people to hear him out first.
Syph Medwes
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CBC is currently showing Game 5 of the 2002 Cup final between Carolina and Detroit if anyone is interested in watching.
It's 1am here but screw it lol
It's 1am here but screw it lol
Team payrolls:
Detroit $64.4M
Carolina $33.0M
Detroit had the highest payroll in the NHL by $7M. Funny seeing all these big names on one side and Irbe being really the only reason why Carolina had a chance at all.
...he was no Hasek, though. Wow. Just saw an awesome save he made.
Syph Medwes
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You see the goalie breakdown flash on screen? Hasek had like a 1.44 GAA
Dastardly Jerks
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Clydeclydeclyde... How do I put this...
I'd be happy if YOUR team won a cup.
I wouldn't be happy if the LA Kings won a cup (but I would be happy for Penner).
I'd be happy if more LA Kings fans were like you.
Does that make sense?
Also Selanne and ugly? Serious?
4000 and change
SO THATS JUST TWO ARGUMENTS BETWEEN SCOREGES AND BRUCE LOL
Half of one. You forgot to carry the 2
Like George Bush? Huh?
If you think that the point is worth discussing, then I suggest taking it to the MLB thread. You can ask the members of Yankee-Age and Mets-Age how they are adjusting to the stadium moves for each franchise.
At the moment, I still believe it could simply be that reason. Even Chiarelli has mentioned about the toll on Thomas just after the championship run. Either way, I'm going to simply miss watching him play between the pipes this season.
CrazedArabMan
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I miss that team so much, so many players from the top all time goal scorers all on one team. Man was that such a fun team to watch too, good times, good times.
Screw inflation, we could almost fit that team into the cap space right now! Time to bring all the old guys back for another go!
The only semi-big names that Carolina had back then were Irbe, Ron Francis and Rod Brind'amour. We had some other great players though: Glen Wesley, Sami Kapanen, Erik Cole and Jeff O'Neil was pretty good for us.
I was pretty happy for those playoffs, I remember my biology teacher did a hockey pool. I already won by the conference finals because I picked Carolina the entire way.
The icing on the cake though was Carolina beating the Leafs in the conference finals. I grew up a few hours west'ish of Toronto so it was mostly all Leafs fan. I'll never forget the amount of salitness when I was listening to a Toronto sportstalk radio station the day after the Canes beat the Leafs. "The Canes are a southern team they shouldn't even be in the league!" "If the Canes weren't in such a poor division they'd have barely made the playoffs", "I hope Detroit beats the snot out of them!"
The game 6 in conference finals still hurts me
KingHenrik30
Member
Huh? We've just had 2 straight 2-1 games that have been largely goaltending duels. If the Rangers had gotten in it would have been the same fucking thing.
ZeroGravity
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So, uh...Pittsburgh traded for and signed Tomas Vokoun.
I had a great view for that shot, and the sound of the metal pang + the instant disappointment in the crowd... what a stomach punch.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Well there goes one of the top UFA goalies. He'll be a good backup for Fleury and will reduce his workload.
yankeehater
Member
Well he cant be worse then what they had last year. He is good insurance if fluery meltsdown again in the playoffs.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Ya, and usually there's a strong hate for NJ. The only way you would get that are people from NJ commuting into NY or something which happens because of it being NYC.
alexthekid
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Maybe I was unclear. I prefer fastpaced attacking icehockey but not necessarily a lot of goals. An amazing save can be just exciting as a goal. In that sense the Rangers would have been just as fine but I don't think that the overall speed and "quality" of the game would have been as good with Rangers or Yotes instead of one of these themes.
(I hate that I had to use the word quality cause hockey is just as much about defending and good defending deserves respect but it isn't as exciting to watch. Couldnt find a better word)
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Pretty much and Johnson had a crummy year also where before he was pretty solid when Fleury was struggling. His salary isn't a huge increase either so it could be worse.
KernelPanic
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brucewaynegretzky
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This is never going to get old. :lol
I've said like 5 things in the last two months.... So basically, you're wrong.
Of course they will.
In the interest of time...