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Official March 2009 NHL Thread - Old Man Cherry's Off His Meds Again Edition
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Mike Works
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canucks are 16-3-1 in their last 20 games
Buba Big Guns
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:lol Ovie's post game interview. Maybe a little overboard celebration, but fuck Cherry.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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The habs hate in this thread is sad... Let me guess: most of the haters are leafs fans...
Mike Works
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i wonder how Halak would perform in the playoffs?
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Robert-GCA
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That Sharks game was fun to be at tonight. Especially seeing TooToo getting smashed by a rookie 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBvL1V0Db_w
He left blood in 2 areas on the ice: near where they were fighting, and near the door to the visitor locker. The ice crew had to clean it up and shoveled the red slush off to the side.
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBvL1V0Db_w
He left blood in 2 areas on the ice: near where they were fighting, and near the door to the visitor locker. The ice crew had to clean it up and shoveled the red slush off to the side.
ForzaItalia
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Buba Big Guns said:
:lol
"Who cares about Cherry? This will make him mad. I love it".
scissorfight
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:lol how can you not love this guy?Pochacco said:
Robert-GCA said:That Sharks game was fun to be at tonight. Especially seeing TooToo getting smashed by a rookie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBvL1V0Db_w
He left blood in 2 areas on the ice: near where they were fighting, and near the door to the visitor locker. The ice crew had to clean it up and shoveled the red slush off to the side.
This was so awesome. I haven't seen a player lose so handedly in a while. Staubitz is a beast.
We clearly took this to OT to let Nashville take a point. Guaranteed our next game with them will be taken to OT as well to help them into the playoffs. We're very afraid of playing the Northwest division. No more choke-ups on Hockey Night in Canada, please.
Ovie's celebration is drawing some mixed opinions...
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=414636&navid=DL|NHL|Home
"I think he's a terrific player (but) he came down a notch in my book after that," said Lightning interim coach Rick Tocchet. "I grew up in the old days in the (Philadelphia) Spectrum where that first period, after that happened, it might have been a three-hour first period. It's not something I like (and) it's hard for me to see that in our building."
Said Lightning goalie McKenna: "I'm a traditionalist when it comes to hockey. I appreciate guys who play the game hard and are humble. (Ovechkin's celebration) is not something I've ever seen at the NHL level, I can say that. He's always exciting to watch. He's great for the game, but it's not something I would have done."
"He's the game's most dominant scorer, but to do that, especially on our ice, I took it as an insult," Lightning wing Ryan Malone told the Tampa Tribune. "It's embarrassing. This isn't football."
Even his own teammates and coach seem to be a little mixed...
"He told me he was going to do it," Green said. "He wanted me to join in, but there was no way I'd join in on that. I just kind of stood back and let him do what he does."
Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said he wasn't aware of Ovechkin's planned showmanship, but that he plans on speaking to him.
"I haven't said anything yet," Boudreau said after Thursday's game. "It was his 50th, so maybe he was thinking of something special, I don't know. He's never done that with me that I've seen. I personally don't like it as much."
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=414636&navid=DL|NHL|Home
"I think he's a terrific player (but) he came down a notch in my book after that," said Lightning interim coach Rick Tocchet. "I grew up in the old days in the (Philadelphia) Spectrum where that first period, after that happened, it might have been a three-hour first period. It's not something I like (and) it's hard for me to see that in our building."
Said Lightning goalie McKenna: "I'm a traditionalist when it comes to hockey. I appreciate guys who play the game hard and are humble. (Ovechkin's celebration) is not something I've ever seen at the NHL level, I can say that. He's always exciting to watch. He's great for the game, but it's not something I would have done."
"He's the game's most dominant scorer, but to do that, especially on our ice, I took it as an insult," Lightning wing Ryan Malone told the Tampa Tribune. "It's embarrassing. This isn't football."
Even his own teammates and coach seem to be a little mixed...
"He told me he was going to do it," Green said. "He wanted me to join in, but there was no way I'd join in on that. I just kind of stood back and let him do what he does."
Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said he wasn't aware of Ovechkin's planned showmanship, but that he plans on speaking to him.
"I haven't said anything yet," Boudreau said after Thursday's game. "It was his 50th, so maybe he was thinking of something special, I don't know. He's never done that with me that I've seen. I personally don't like it as much."
Kabuki Waq
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Alucard said:
Eh? whats the big deal? One of my greatest memories is Teamu's shooting of the gloves and Fleury's playoff goal. Personally I always thought Tiger Williams riding the stick thing was really lame but no one really complained about that I think.
You want Ovechkin to stop celebrating? try stopping his shots from ending up in the net. It was the dudes 50th goal, let him ham it up. Ryan Malone should take it as an insult but its not like he can do anything about it. Personally I like rubbing it in after scoring a goal.
Plinko
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People need to stop whining about the celebration.
If there's anything hockey needs right now, it's a figurehead to step up to the forefront when it comes to entertaining fans. Doing this gets the NHL more attention on crap like Sportscenter. That's not a bad thing.
Traditionalists tend to do more harm than good in this area. They whine about not changing the game, but look at the shootout popularity or when baseball implemented the wild card playoff teams. Both are huge successes.
As long as it doesn't come down to full-team dance routines after a goal, it's good.
If there's anything hockey needs right now, it's a figurehead to step up to the forefront when it comes to entertaining fans. Doing this gets the NHL more attention on crap like Sportscenter. That's not a bad thing.
Traditionalists tend to do more harm than good in this area. They whine about not changing the game, but look at the shootout popularity or when baseball implemented the wild card playoff teams. Both are huge successes.
As long as it doesn't come down to full-team dance routines after a goal, it's good.
Spectral Glider
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Alucard said:
True. If it was football, the Caps would have been penalized and Ovenchicken would have gotten a $15,000 fine for using gloves as a prop or some shit.
ForzaItalia
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What's truly "insulting" to the TB fans is how shit their team plays on home ice...:lol
ForzaItalia
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Osorio said:
You think this is bad now? Just imagine if he scores a goal that knocks out Canada in 2010 with an even better celebration...Cherry will die.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
ForzaItalia said:
That doesn't sound bad at all.
ForzaItalia
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Sent to me via e-mail:
:lol
Manics said:
:lol
Shalashaska
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The whining over a guy showing some creativity is annoying the crap out of me.
So then maybe you guys should stop him you idiot. The people in this league overreact to some of the most stupidiest things you can and then they wonder why the league is where it is.
ForzaItalia
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ForzaItalia
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Shalashaska said:
I think Tocchet is probably pissed off that he didn't get to the bookie in time to make some cash off AO's #50...
Shalashaska
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Giving the crap team that he has, you would've figued he would've plopped down a lot before the game.
This.Kabuki Waq said:
Teemu's celebration was fucking awesome. One of my all time favorites. And, even as a young Oilers fan, I enjoyed seeing Fleury go ballistic after his OT winner. I remember my dad (a Flames fan) totally cracking up when he saw that.
Players should never taunt the opposing teams (or their fans) during a celebration, but if they're going wild simply because of their unbridled enthusiasm for the game and the moment (e.g. a third straight 50 goal plateau), then I'm all for it.
Kingpen said:
Except that AO isnt locker room poison, and is fucking awesome in all facets of life. AO is god's gift to hockey, and I cant believe people are actually trying to take him down a peg.
Id like someone like Sidney Crosby more if he had 5% of AO's personality, rather than being a poster boy for the dull.
Osorio said:
Exactly. There are so few truly awesome personalities in the NHL (hell, only AO and Roenuick instantly come to mind), and what do people do? Get upset over it. Give me a fucking break. All the other major sports, which all do much better financially and in terms of viewership, have marketable and well known characters. When is the NHL going to realize this? The NHL should encourage this rather than preferring everyone to be so unremarkable.
Mike Works
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what fucking book is that rick tocchet, the one you wrote your fucking bets in? your opinion means shit.Alucard said:
Teemu Selanne's glove shooting celebration. Tiger Williams' stick riding celebration. I can't tell if these people are being ignorant or just flat out retarded.Alucard said:
Sviatoslav
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Well he knocked out Canada in the last Olympics so...ForzaItalia said:
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Solo said:
Ofcourse they're a mess especially during the later half of the season with major injuries but It's sad seeing all the "HAHA! YES! THEY ARE ALMOST OUT OF THE 8TH SPOT! LOSE HABS LOSE!". No other team gets this kind of shit here.
Mike Works
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The Leafs would be getting it too if it wasn't already established when the season started that they weren't really to be considered an NHL team this year
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
Never mind, brain doesn't work.
RainbowL33T
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