[NHL] MetroHockey Division (and the rest of the league)
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Pavel Datsyuk is a pretty ok at hockey.
I don't have a problem with this. Any objections?
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Well yeah of course
Malone didn't matter, he was being scratched and put up a handful of goals all season. He was done.
Habs played a strong possession game against a weak Tampa defense and more importantly brittle goaltending after Bishop got hurt. Lindback will never play in the NHL again.
Should have played the Latvian goalie as of game 3.
Ugh, please with that.
Here, I'll let you in on a little secret, since you probably aren't old enough to remember back. Most of the people that came back to the Hawks in 2009/2010 are not bandwagoners. They were the byproduct of an owner actively turning fans away from the product on the ice for 35 years.
You want to know when Blackhawks home games were first allowed on cable TV? 2009. Until then, "Dollar Bill" Wirtz refused to put the games on TV except for a short-lived pay-per-view service in 1991-1992 (when they made the Cup Finals, mind you) where you could watch games at $30 per game. He refused to pay players market rate, traded away anybody productive for pennies on the dollar to save money (going back to Esposito in 1967), including all productive members of that early 90's team within 2 years. This is a franchise that simply couldn't compete for a Stanley Cup for 20 years when there were just six teams in existence, because Wirtz would run off anyone productive and then shun them from the team after they were there (Bobby Hull spent almost 40 years in exile from the franchise after his career until the Hawks brought him back in goodwill in 2010).
And, for the record, Foley is a damned saint for sticking with the franchise for as long as he has, and he's genuinely thrilled that things have turned out the way they have.
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1. Preachin' to the choir. The Hawks coulda had me back in the 80's, but $Wirtz couldn't be bothered to put his team's games on TV.
2. The first nail in the coffin was how the Hawks handled (poorly) their one-year affiliation with the Admirals back in the mid-80's.
3. The second nail was how he handled the Chelios deal. I mean, seriously - DETROY-IT?
4. $ lost me forever to the Preds in '97. I have never looked back.
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So, we've now kicked the Stars to the curb, along with the Blues, Wings, and Bolts.
2. The first nail in the coffin was how the Hawks handled (poorly) their one-year affiliation with the Admirals back in the mid-80's.
3. The second nail was how he handled the Chelios deal. I mean, seriously - DETROY-IT?
4. $ lost me forever to the Preds in '97. I have never looked back.
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So, we've now kicked the Stars to the curb, along with the Blues, Wings, and Bolts.
I mean, I don't know if I can accurately portray how big of a deal it was when Rocky Wirtz inked Toews, Kane, Seabrook, Keith, Hossa and Sharp to those long-term deals. It went from never ever happening to happening 6 times in a 6 month span.
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Jesus, Stars, what the hell happened?
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Jesus, Stars, what the hell happened?
Yep, Stars out on a horrible performance in the last 5 minutes of the season. 3 goals over about 5 minutes. Ugh.
But, they're my team, and they did make it back to the playoffs for the first time in five years.
Since the Blues are out... Let's go 'Hawks. And yes, my preference in teams is Stars, Blues & Hawks. I've like the North Stars/Stars for years, even before Texas. I grew up listening to KMOX out of St. Louis for my hockey fix when I couldn't see anything on tv unless it was an Olympic year and stayed up until 2-3 in the mornings. Blackhawks used to have a farm team in Dallas, and we lived in the same neighborhood as most the players and used to go to tons of their games at Fair Park. So that's why the teams I like are ranked that way.
But, they're my team, and they did make it back to the playoffs for the first time in five years.
Since the Blues are out... Let's go 'Hawks. And yes, my preference in teams is Stars, Blues & Hawks. I've like the North Stars/Stars for years, even before Texas. I grew up listening to KMOX out of St. Louis for my hockey fix when I couldn't see anything on tv unless it was an Olympic year and stayed up until 2-3 in the mornings. Blackhawks used to have a farm team in Dallas, and we lived in the same neighborhood as most the players and used to go to tons of their games at Fair Park. So that's why the teams I like are ranked that way.
Hurricanes longtime GM Jim Rutherford steps down as GM, will remain as President of the organization. Ron Francis is the new General Manager.
This is both sad and good news, as Rutherford has been with the team since they were the Whalers, has had both good and bad results with challenges not really seen in most the league. But, when you miss the playoffs 5 years straight it's time for a change.
This is both sad and good news, as Rutherford has been with the team since they were the Whalers, has had both good and bad results with challenges not really seen in most the league. But, when you miss the playoffs 5 years straight it's time for a change.
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Chicago - 5
Kings - 6
Montreal - 7
NYR - 7
Kings - 6
Montreal - 7
NYR - 7
There's a Ho Chi Minh joke in there somewhere, but I'm too tired to find it yet.
