NHL Lockout [Archive] - Professional Soldiers ®

The Reaper

09-15-2004, 19:49

No...It's an EVENT.

An Event that only the finest of Gladiators participate in. True Men among Men.

Well, let's just dispense with the pucks and pretenses that the fans are there to see scoring.

Have them just march into the rink in gear with sticks and just slug it out. Last man standing's team wins. :munchin

TR

Roguish Lawyer

09-15-2004, 20:16

Well, let's just dispense with the pucks and pretenses that the fans are there to see scoring.

Have them just march into the rink in gear with sticks and just slug it out. Last man standing's team wins. :munchin

TR

If this is what you want, then the Quebec Senior League is for you. I'll post a link to the official site when I'm back at work, but here's an article I googled to give you the flavor. (The official site is in French, so it's not coming up easily.)

http://www.tomifobia.com/black/hockey_fighting.shtml

Roguish Lawyer

09-16-2004, 12:15

I don't seem to have a link to the League's site (maybe there isn't one), but here are links to all of the Quebec Senior League team sites.

http://www.hockeygaraga.com/equipes.asp

Roguish Lawyer

09-16-2004, 12:21

Seriously though, TR, you obviously haven't been to a game lately. The NHL has made all kinds of rule changes that have really cut down on the amount of fighting in the game. There is still lots of violence from checking, but that's not so different from football (except that there is a lot more speed contributing to the violence of the hit).

I would think that hockey would be popular among SF guys, at least if they've given it a chance.

Where are the Canadians on the board when we need them?

Huey14

09-16-2004, 23:08

Aye, Colorado fan here.

DunbarFC

09-21-2004, 13:18

Long suffering Bruins fan here...........

DanUCSB

09-21-2004, 13:37

Hey, there's nothing wrong with hockey. It's a great sport. Just, the NHL needs to get over the idea that it's a sport on par with baseball, football, and basketball (popularity-wise) and make some changes to the rules to make for a more exciting game (not necessarily only regarding fighting, either). Until then, I'll be chillin' and watching the local and semi-pro leagues. :lifter

Radar Rider

09-21-2004, 20:27

I like the Colorado Avalanche, and usually do most of my watching during the playoffs. The lockout minimizes the disappointment I get when the 'lanche blow a series that they should have won.

magician

09-22-2004, 00:14

I am a fanatic Flyers fan.

I just figured out how to get NHL Center Ice here in Thailand. I am all over it.

I am bummed about the lock-out, but think that it will be good for the league and the sport, over all. Some realignment is necessary.

As for "violence" in hockey.....my personal opinion is that you really have to love a sport where two guys can drop the gloves, slug it out barefisted while grappling on skates, and then get "five for fighting."

Beautiful.

My favorite sport, bar none.

Radar Rider

09-22-2004, 00:22

I am bummed about the lock-out, but think that it will be good for the league and the sport, over all. Some realignment is necessary. Do you feel that if the lockout goes on, some teams may fold? That is a bit of a drastic realignment. I like the way the league is now. If some teams have to go, then I'd be disappointed. I would actually view that as a bit of a self inflicted wound on the players' part, though.

Doc

09-22-2004, 05:11

RL,

Here in Ohio it is not being taken very well.

Doc

Roguish Lawyer

09-22-2004, 23:38

M:

I like the Flyers too. Born in Philly and my first game was seeing the Broad Street Bullies at the Spectrum. I did not grow up in Philly, though, and I am now a big fan of the LA Kings. Flyers are my Eastern Conference team.

RL

magician

09-23-2004, 00:30

Unfortunately, I think that some "reliagnment" of teams is not only inevitable, but it is desireable, particularly in the case of those teams in small markets that struggle with solvency.

It is doubly unfortunate that the majority of these teams are Canadian, as hockey is, after all, the national sport of that great country.

The sport is, however, a business. And unless the NHL is going to come up with some way to help the Canadian teams, or the Canadian government runs a lottery benefitting them, I see no way that they can survive.

On the one hand, I am bummed out that the league is locked out. On the other hand, I do not yet have the coin to buy the huge satellite dish needed to suck NHL Center Ice out of the ether, so the longer the lockout continues, the better the chances that I will have my new dish in time for the start of the season.

I do not see the lockout continuing forever. As I said, hockey is a business. And both players and owners are businessmen. No one makes money during a lockout.

I am still grieving over the Flyer's loss to the fucking LIGHTENING last season in the Cup semi-finals.

ARGH.

Roycroft201

09-23-2004, 12:50

A Sabres fan here.

Goggles Pizano

10-05-2004, 22:06

Magician I feel your pain! Why are the Flyers always one game away from the finals?

As a fanatical Flyers seson ticket holder I am tired of Clarkie's antics! Please Mr. Snyder, fire this man and let the fans have the same team at the end of the season that we cheered at the first game! As for the lockout I think the players may have overestimated their sport's worth in the American market. This could go on longer than the fans wish. UGH!

magician

10-05-2004, 23:42

It has been awhile since I read the Philly papers, and I have not been keeping up on Flyers news, so I have no idea what Clarkie has been up to lately.

I can still remember shaking my head when he traded Rusty Fedotenko, though. That kid was all heart, and a grinder, and he just worked his ass off.

And now, he has a Cup ring. He killed us last post-season.

And what the HELL was Clarkie thinking when he let Mark Recce go to Pittsburgh? Recce was the heart and soul of the team.

Alright. You got me started. Time to head over to phillynews.com. I hate going there. It makes me miss a good gourmet Italian sub.

:)

Goggles Pizano

10-06-2004, 00:32

You mean a hoagie don't you? ;)

If I have to hear another rant on WIP about how we traded for a "mucker and grinder" I'll scream. Fedetenko definitely killed us. Glad to see he got a ring though. Recchi leaving was horrible. He offered to take a pay cut to stay and Clarke would not even negotiate with him-bastard. :mad:

If the season ever gets under way let me know and I'll hook you up with a game.

magician

10-06-2004, 01:27

hoagie, sub, whatever.

one of those massive sandwiches made by Cavazzini's in Wilmington. They must put five pounds of fresh meat on fresh-baked bread, then cheeses, then they layer on the fresh lettuce, onion, and tomatos, then they douse it all with extra virgin olive oil. Salt, pepper, oregano to taste.

yum.

my doggie and I would kill one of those, along with a couple of 40 ounce beers, while we watched the game. It was our ritual. She knew when it was game night, as we would get in her car (yes, I said "her" car) and go to Cavazzini's. She would lay down on the couch next to me, ignoring Ex Wife Numba Two (like me), munching on fresh salami slices.

I do not think that I missed a game in three or four years. Sure do miss Jim Jackson's play-by-play, and yes, Dorney's corny comments. Wish they would put Keith Jones in the booth with them, and retire whatshisname....you know, that other guy. Name slips my mind all of a sudden. He annoys me.

That is one thing that will stay with me forever as a reminder of Philadelphia: Flyers fanaticism. I got the hockey bug big-time there.

Goggles Pizano

10-06-2004, 02:54

Cavazinni's in Prices Corner I know it well, outstanding deli! The guy your thinking of is Steve Coates and yes he drives me nuts as well.

magician

10-06-2004, 08:48

Coatsey. Yup, that is him. I do not like his little shows between the first and second periods, either.

SportsNet should definitely ease him out, and put Jonesy in there. I will never forget this one time, (not in band camp), Jonesy ended up with the puck off the lower right boards, and rather than pass or try a fancy shot, he just drove straight to the net with it. He got hammered, but it was a pure balls move, and it summed up what that guy was about as a hockey player before his knees got thrashed.

I miss Mrs. Robino's, on Union, too.

I used to live on Oak street, just down from St. E's. Canby Park was my front yard. I loved that house. Used to work out at the Y down in the 'hood. Not the yuppy Y up the street. The new one down off....12th street?

I miss Wilmington. Just got used to it, I guess.

Enjoy it!

:)

Roguish Lawyer

10-06-2004, 10:48

Hey Goggles, can you post the addresses of these two places? I have a client in Wilmington and get there occasionally. I am anxious to try these places out.

As for the Fetodenko trade, I couldn't disagree more. That was a STEAL for the Flyers. Mark my words: Joni Pitkanen is going to be a top 3 defenseman in the NHL. And no, I don't mean top 3 on the Flyers, I mean top 3 in the NHL ala Lidstrom, Pronger, Blake. He is a franchise player who will anchor that blue line for years to come. I couldn't believe the Lightning gave him up. In hindsight, they got a Cup, but you have to evaluate trades like this over a period of many years. Pitkanen will be more than worth it. He's only what, 19?

Goggles Pizano

10-06-2004, 12:25

Magician:

I know the area all too well, in fact I patrol that district. Spent half of the summer chasing kids out of the neighborhood who were heading back to the "hood" from Canby pool. My partner and I like to check out the softball games while on a meal break during 4-12's. PM me if you like.

RL:

Cavazinni's address is 3206 Kirkwood highway (Rt2, Prices Corner shopping center). Mrs. Robino's is in town at 520 N. Union street. If you are going to be in town PM me and I can hook you up with anything you need (or a name/number to drop should my compadre's halt you for "testing purposes" :D .

Roguish Lawyer

10-06-2004, 14:58

RL:

Cavazinni's address is 3206 Kirkwood highway (Rt2, Prices Corner shopping center). Mrs. Robino's is in town at 520 N. Union street. If you are going to be in town PM me and I can hook you up with anything you need (or a name/number to drop should my compadre's halt you for "testing purposes" :D .

THANK YOU!!!

shootandloot

10-10-2004, 12:40

I'm a huge Penguins fan. I'm starting worried about how much longer they'll be in Pittsburgh. I think they felt shafted when the Pirates and Steelers got new stadiums and they didn't :munchin

magician

10-13-2004, 13:39

Scott, when you go to Cavazzini's for your Gourmet Italian Sub (which is what I highly recommend), ask the obviously lesbian fat blonde chick wearing the backwards baseball cap where the Breast Implant Tip Jar is.

It is an inside joke: she used to have a tip jar up with a note stating that it was for breast implants. Freakin' hilarious.

Enjoy. I miss my old house there on Oak street.

:)

Roycroft201

10-16-2004, 09:05

Negative side:
As of yesterday, almost half of the Sabres have signed with various teams in Europe.

Positive side:
The news is giving coverage to the American League teams;
The local college teams are finding a larger following ;
and even the kids, the Jr. leagues, are getting some air time. There are some great young skaters on some of those junior teams.

Sdiver

11-09-2004, 10:55

[Lengthy, run-on, profane sentence omitted]

This rant was brought to by the fact there's STILL NO [BLEEP!] HOCKEY !!!!

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.

[S: I agree. RL]

Roguish Lawyer

11-09-2004, 11:22

I think the union is going to break. Not in time for hockey this year, but there will be replacement players, then lots of players crossing, then no more union. :munchin

Sdiver

11-09-2004, 19:37

I mean today of all days for there to be NO hockey. Ray was inducted into the Hall today. Arrrggghhhhh !!!!

LOL .... Edited out the swearing in a Hockey Thread .... LOL :D

Roguish Lawyer

11-09-2004, 19:41

I mean today of all days for there to be NO hockey. Ray was inducted into the Hall today. Arrrggghhhhh !!!!

LOL .... Edited out the swearing in a Hockey Thread .... LOL :D

Sorry, just trying to keep up with the Mary Poppins image. :p

Maybe this will make you feel better?

http://www.redwingssuck.com/index.shtml

Roguish Lawyer

11-09-2004, 19:42

This is my team's logo. LOL

Sdiver

11-09-2004, 19:44

Sorry, just trying to keep up with the Mary Poppins image. :p

Maybe this will make you feel better?

http://www.redwingssuck.com/index.shtml

Ahhhh Yes My Friend. I'm well aware of that site. I vist it frequently. I LOVE B*%#H slapping Scotty. :lifter

DunbarFC

11-18-2004, 11:55

At least here in Beantown college hockey is booming with fans

Of course it doesn't hurt to have some of the best teams in the nation in one city

Jack Moroney (RIP)

11-18-2004, 15:28

Ahhh hockey. Love the sport, played it for years. Unfortunately most of my ice time was sporadic as I spent most of my time in the penalty box. But there were some advantages, I had a good seat and in my own convoluted logic I felt that I was responsible for keeping the team in great shape as they were forever breaking up power plays while I cooled my blades. :)

Jack Moroney