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2011/11/05 15:18:44
Subject: Re:NHL 11/12 Season thread - Trash talk and tomfoolery
No, but you're right. Avery is a joke, and the Rangers have more to gain by cutting him loose. They're a decent team being held back by one self-absorbed idiot. Considering his track record, he doesn't even deserve to be playing in the NHL. He can cut the more recent nice-guy act too. Everyone knows what kind of person Avery really is.
DarkDrgon wrote:. I'm also one of the few people who doesn't care if Avery plays again. he's a good personality but is average on the ice
I'm not one to wish true ill on others, but seriously if I learned something horrible had happened to Avery I could not help but find some satisfaction in it.
He is a horrible and repulsive piece of filth who has a huge karmic debt to pay...
On a lighter note: Seguin first NHL hat trick was a thing of beauty.
Sounding off on Avery here. I imagine despite being such a fan favourite, he is probably a bit of cancer in the dressing room. Let's face it; most of the guys in there are 100% small town hoser at heart. Him and the coach are at odds. He doesn't produce. I figure he'll be cut loose sooner rather than later and might get picked up by a crap team like the Poojackets. Maybe a season or two floating between the NHL and AHL then off to whatever fashion magazine it is that he interned at.
2011/11/07 20:14:43
Subject: Re:NHL 11/12 Season thread - Trash talk and tomfoolery
Don Cherry turns down honorary degree
06/11/2011 12:30:00 AM
OTTAWA - Hockey commentator Don Cherry has turned down an honorary degree from the Royal Military College of Canada after at least one faculty member objected.
Cherry's decision was made public by the college on Saturday, less than two weeks before the colourful CBC host was to be one of three people to receive the award.
A spokeswoman for the college said Cherry didn't elaborate on the motive for his refusal, simply citing "personal reasons."
"We are disappointed that he feels he can't attend ... but we also understand his position," the college's principal, Joel Sokolsky, said Saturday.
Cherry, wearing a Royal Canadian Legion suit, was hesitant to speak about the matter on "Hockey Night in Canada."
"I'm not going. It's not fair to the other two guys. It'd be a circus down there," said Cherry.
"The other two guys are great guys, they're getting doctorates and I'm sorry I can't be there. ... I don't want to talk on it. I love the RMC but that's it."
Recent media reports suggested at least one of the college's professors opposed the school's plan to openly support Cherry.
The professor sent an open letter to a Kingston, Ont., newspaper.
It blasted the former hockey player and coach for his controversial views on French-speaking Canadians, immigrants and the gay community.
The letter said giving Cherry the award sends the wrong message to students.
The letter is "the expression of an opinion," Sokolsky said, adding the school regrets losing a chance to recognize Cherry's outspoken support for Canadian Forces personnel.
"From my standpoint, he was being honoured for his work on behalf of the Forces, his charity work, his standing in promoting athletics in Canada."
Cherry would have received the degree during the college's fall convocation on Nov. 17.
I've always admired Don's "Everything earned" attitude, and his immense support for the Canadian Forces. He turned down one of the most prestigious military degrees in the Commonwealth, and the Western world, because he didn't earn it like the rest. Good on you, Don, for setting an example. Coaches' Corner will always be a big part of my love of hockey.
mega_bassist wrote:I'm personally excited to see Ken Hitchcock as head coach for the Blues. He a has great record and know how to get the team back on track
...And look at that! 3-0 Blues over Blackhawks ...my mood couldn't have been better last night
Way to go Coach!
Enter the Laffs, one of the most hated NHL teams, to bring the Blues back down to earth. Just kidding. They had 40 shots and a PP goal and were up against the league's top scorer, Phil Kesticle, and earned that point in the SO loss. I'm so sad that the Leaf's real goalie is out with a concussion and will probably be out until after Christmas. The new guy ain't half bad, but he is totally new. Like right out of the package mint new. This season has been great so far with a realignment of teams in the standings. The Leafs and Edmonton are a great example and the Bruins are at the other end of that stick. The Bluejackets are reminding me of the 81 Colorado Rockies (11 points in an 80 game season...I think...I was like 6 at the time, so I might be wrong). The Jackoffs might need Mike Keane to turn their gak around.
@Metallifan - Don Cherry is great. If more people in Canuckistan were/had been like him, I'd still be there. (Feel free to thank lucky stars that he is a total minority)
2011/11/13 01:14:02
Subject: Re:NHL 11/12 Season thread - Trash talk and tomfoolery
So is Schneider the guy in Van City now and Louie out? As much as I enjoy the Cannots flopping around and sucking, their brand of comedy is no where near as funny as the Senior Rec. Team masquerading as the Calgary Flames. The Flames suck this year. Big time. I'm surprised the populace of Calgary haven't hunted down and exterminated all of the surviving Sutters south of Red Deer. What a gak show.
How about Kesticle leading scoring? Never thought for a second that that would ever happen. The Leafs are setting themselves up for a fantastic first round exit. But at least they'll be in the playoffs this year. I hope they fist the Stars tonight sans lube.
2011/11/26 00:08:08
Subject: Re:NHL 11/12 Season thread - Trash talk and tomfoolery
Watched Boston get snuffed by Detroit and cheered my ass off. Despite taking Tim Thomas as my goalie in my pool this week, I've been wanting Boston to get put down since Lucic played that cheap hit on Miller. Makes me laugh that Vancouver is considered the most hated team in the NHL when guys like Lucic and Chara are giving dirty hits so often it's hardly even newsworthy anymore.
Don't get me wrong, they still earned that cup win, but really. Someone needs to step in and draw a hard line with thosethugs.
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metallifan wrote:NHL Centre Ice at work. Gotta love it.
Watched Boston get snuffed by Detroit and cheered my ass off. Despite taking Tim Thomas as my goalie in my pool this week, I've been wanting Boston to get put down since Lucic played that cheap hit on Miller. Makes me laugh that Vancouver is considered the most hated team in the NHL when guys like Lucic and Chara are giving dirty hits so often it's hardly even newsworthy anymore.
Don't get me wrong, they still earned that cup win, but really. Someone needs to step in and draw a hard line with those thugs.
Settle down Beavis.
Other then the overhyped hit in question by Chara (that same kind of check in that same location was regularly thrown last season prior to the chara incident, and was a staple of hockey for years prior, most players took every opportunity to do the same if presented witht he opportunity, and anyone who has seen more then a handful of games in their life knows this) name an ACTUAL dirty hit he has thrown?
Truth is he is a victim of his own size.
He doesnt get very many penalties at all, and when he does gets called it is usually because he is big and most other guys fall down when he contacts them. The majority of physical plays he makes that are called would not be called if anybody else was doing them. He is huge and insanely strong and he gets penalized for those facts themselves more times then not.
As for Miller: Buffalo could have stepped up any number of times during that game, but they abandoned Miller and had no guts to stick up for him. I think it was a combination of being gutless and also the fact that most people on his own team think he is a tool, but still...
Other then the overhyped hit in question by Chara (that same kind of check in that same location was regularly thrown last season prior to the chara incident, and was a staple of hockey for years prior, most players took every opportunity to do the same if presented witht he opportunity, and anyone who has seen more then a handful of games in their life knows this) name an ACTUAL dirty hit he has thrown?
Truth is he is a victim of his own size.
He doesnt get very many penalties at all, and when he does gets called it is usually because he is big and most other guys fall down when he contacts them. The majority of physical plays he makes that are called would not be called if anybody else was doing them. He is huge and insanely strong and he gets penalized for those facts themselves more times then not.
Lolwut? Try again.
CT GAMER wrote:As for Miller: Buffalo could have stepped up any number of times during that game, but they abandoned Miller and had no guts to stick up for him. I think it was a combination of being gutless and also the fact that most people on his own team think he is a tool, but still...
Please, look at Buffalo. You -really- think they have someone capable of winning a fight? They didn't challenge because they all knew that the only thing that would come out of it would be a penalty, a sore player, and a morale boost for Boston. You'd have to be really dense to think that anyone on Buffalo's bench would be capable of taking down Lucic.
So hows vancouver, are all the fires out yet?
Old joke is old. And it wasn't really all that funny to begin with, considering all those store owners that ended up getting left high n' dry by their insurance.
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Please, look at Buffalo. You -really- think they have someone capable of winning a fight? They didn't challenge because they all knew that the only thing that would come out of it would be a penalty, a sore player, and a morale boost for Boston. You'd have to be really dense to think that anyone on Buffalo's bench would be capable of taking down Lucic.
lolwhut?
Hockey regularly exhibits exmples of guys that stick up for teammates EVEN when they are outmatched. Fact is Miller is a douche and his own team is sick of him.
And Yes I too can find short hate videos that make a player look bad.
How much of Chara's lifetime ice time does that video entail? Not to mention those clips don't show what happened prior in those games, nor do they take in to account prior history between individuals/teams involved (the video is biased by design).
Pick any player and a clever edit of select footage can make them look like a total goon. This is hockey, there is no shortage of such footage for the vast majority of players to make a two minute spot like this...
As for Buffalo: You step up and defend your goalie NO MATTER what the situation. Buffalo's inaction WAS the morale boost for Boston. How did that game turn out again?
Don't worry you guys will win the cup at some point in the future as long as your fans don't burn the arena down first or loot the Zamboni...
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metallifan wrote:
Please, look at Buffalo. You -really- think they have someone capable of winning a fight? They didn't challenge because they all knew that the only thing that would come out of it would be a penalty, a sore player, and a morale boost for Boston. You'd have to be really dense to think that anyone on Buffalo's bench would be capable of taking down Lucic.
Really, what they should have done is run whoever happened to be in net for Boston.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
2011/11/26 04:01:07
Subject: Re:NHL 11/12 Season thread - Trash talk and tomfoolery
metallifan wrote:
Please, look at Buffalo. You -really- think they have someone capable of winning a fight? They didn't challenge because they all knew that the only thing that would come out of it would be a penalty, a sore player, and a morale boost for Boston. You'd have to be really dense to think that anyone on Buffalo's bench would be capable of taking down Lucic.
Really, what they should have done is run whoever happened to be in net for Boston.
That would have required them to get the puck into the offensive zone...
Automatically Appended Next Post: And just so we can see what a choir boy Miller (and his three pounds of hair gel) is:
His sucker punch looks amazingly just like a number of the clips of Chara that you site as proof of him being "dirty". Difference is Chara then takes care of his own messes instead of running away and letting the other five guys on the ice protect him like goalies do...
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Look at who is throwing dirty head shots this week:
Yes, everyone's favorite cripple from Montreal who seems to have fully recovered from his sore neck enough to throw blatant head shots with intent to injure...
I'm sure the Montreal fanbase will be starting petitions for a criminl investigation, since they have zero tolerance for such behavior...
Hockey is a violent and physical game, and few players are choir boys in this regard...
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CT GAMER wrote:Look at who is throwing dirty head shots this week:
Yes, everyone's favorite cripple from Montreal who seems to have fully recovered from his sore neck enough to throw blatant head shots with intent to injure...
I'm sure the Montreal fanbase will be starting petitions for a criminl investigation, since they have zero tolerance for such behavior...
Hockey is a violent and physical game, and few players are choir boys in this regard...
That whole thing with Chara criminal investigation was one of the biggest BS shows ever. I remember in '86 when Clause Lemieux made a flying cross-check on Joe Mullen almost breaking his neck (Mullen did wear a neck protector/brace for a long time after that, maybe even the rest of his career) in the Stanley Cup Finals. He still got his name on the cup. Why didn't the Montreal gens d'armes investigate that,eh? I went to a game at the Forum about 20 years ago and half of the fans wouldn't stand for the national anthem. Classless fans. Almost as bad as Detroit or Philly.
2011/11/28 00:26:37
Subject: Re:NHL 11/12 Season thread - Trash talk and tomfoolery
CT GAMER wrote:Look at who is throwing dirty head shots this week:
Yes, everyone's favorite cripple from Montreal who seems to have fully recovered from his sore neck enough to throw blatant head shots with intent to injure...
I'm sure the Montreal fanbase will be starting petitions for a criminl investigation, since they have zero tolerance for such behavior...
Hockey is a violent and physical game, and few players are choir boys in this regard...
That whole thing with Chara criminal investigation was one of the biggest BS shows ever. I remember in '86 when Clause Lemieux made a flying cross-check on Joe Mullen almost breaking his neck (Mullen did wear a neck protector/brace for a long time after that, maybe even the rest of his career) in the Stanley Cup Finals. He still got his name on the cup. Why didn't the Montreal gens d'armes investigate that,eh? I went to a game at the Forum about 20 years ago and half of the fans wouldn't stand for the national anthem. Classless fans. Almost as bad as Detroit or Philly.
Not to mention that word on the street was that Pacioretty would "turn on" the pain fpr cameras and strangers, and that the severity of his injury was far less than portrayed...
Bottom line is that hockey players are bigger and faster then they have ever been in the game's history and they wear far too much armor (yes armor) to have any real fear of self-injury.
This is why you see a lot of the over the top physical plays you do.
The pads need to be redesigned and new league guidelines drawn up to limit pad size/thickness and design so that players have to play with a little more restraint out of fear of self-injury.
This is a topic of discussion by the NHL as a way to curb injuries (particularly concussions).
Also what idiot thought it would be a good idea to allow walls with a 90 degree angle with the ice sheet to be placed at locations that players can contact them? All rinks should have the stanchions removed/rounded like some have done.
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As CT pointed out in the other hockey thread, Crosby is out again. Things should heat up now that we're heading into the Christmas-New Year part of the season.
The team that has surprised me the most is Florida...and Montreal. Who would trade for Kaberle? Good news for the Bs, the Loafs, the Gaybres and the turds. (I won't even capitalize it). I have to hand it to Boston, they came out of that slump in October and November awesomely. The Loafs are teetering. I think losing Reimer so soon in the season and then sucking ass in his 3 starts hasn't helped either.
2011/12/13 00:50:49
Subject: NHL 11/12 Season thread - Trash talk and tomfoolery
Khornholio wrote:As CT pointed out in the other hockey thread, Crosby is out again. Things should heat up now that we're heading into the Christmas-New Year part of the season.
The team that has surprised me the most is Florida...and Montreal. Who would trade for Kaberle? Good news for the Bs, the Loafs, the Gaybres and the turds. (I won't even capitalize it). I have to hand it to Boston, they came out of that slump in October and November awesomely. The Loafs are teetering. I think losing Reimer so soon in the season and then sucking ass in his 3 starts hasn't helped either.
Chara is out next game with a leg injury. I Hate to not see him on the ice...
Chara is a beast! He's like +20 or so for the season and is blowing away his shot percentage for the season. Luckily for you they are playing LA, who are eating sh!t sandwiches, at home, so without him in the line up, the Bs will probably do well.
(I'm secretly hoping that I jinxed them by saying they'd do well)
(I'm secretly worried that I unjinxed them by saying I might have jinxed them...)
I am sure they will do well.
2011/12/13 11:50:08
Subject: Re:NHL 11/12 Season thread - Trash talk and tomfoolery
I'm still a nucks fan. Always will be. Luongo is a hell of a keeper. Yea he talks a big game sometimes and then shows up to game losing 8-2 but that's besides the point
and to a earlier post about Dan Flooktier. I always enjoyed watching him. I mean if he was good enough to get in the NHL, he had to show some sort of talent somewhere!
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2011/12/13 15:25:01
Subject: NHL 11/12 Season thread - Trash talk and tomfoolery
ParatrooperSimon wrote:I'm still a nucks fan. Always will be. Luongo is a hell of a keeper. Yea he talks a big game sometimes and then shows up to game losing 8-2 but that's besides the point
and to a earlier post about Dan Flooktier. I always enjoyed watching him. I mean if he was good enough to get in the NHL, he had to show some sort of talent somewhere!
Ironically, at least right now, it doesn't seem to matter WHO is in net for us, Schneider was real hot before Lou came back from injury... I was hoping some of our newer guys would not get hit in the knee and be injured 4-6 weeks.. but that's hockey.
Doesn't hurt us much that we have the best power play in the league
2011/12/22 13:55:20
Subject: NHL 11/12 Season thread - Trash talk and tomfoolery
So far Vancouver squash any doubts that they aren't still the most classless team in the NHL...
Five guys jump Thornton including half their bench early in the 1st period but the coward lined up in the circle with him later tries to run from fighting Thornton because it is 1:1...
As usual the Sedin sisters look awful. Are their menstrual cycles on the same schedule?
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...my mood couldn't have been better last night 
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