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jwienand
jwienand Posts: 80
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
How many of you are jealous that I get to watch every Pens game this year. I know they're 0-2 but Crosby and Palffy are going crazy out there. Oh yeah there's also a guy named Lemieux. A top notch goalie would really do the trick but even the guys we have may be enough. :D I love the new rules, saw my first shootout tonight :p
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,842
    edited October 2005
    Not at all.
    I'm a Wings fan. See you in the Finals, eh?
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  • jwienand
    jwienand Posts: 80
    edited October 2005
    :D Hopefully :D

    By the way you gotta be a llittle jealous :p
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited October 2005
    I'm jealous only because I don't have a pro team in town. :( I went to the preseason game a few weeks ago with the Blues and the Predators... awesome game. God KC needs a team!!!!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited October 2005
    Watched Crosby play junior (LIVE) when I lived in Halifax. Are you watching every game LIVE or on TV?
    Michael ;)
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  • phoneisbusy
    phoneisbusy Posts: 867
    edited October 2005
    Use to be impressed with their skill and physical play but after watching this... meh...

    http://home.comcast.net/~stadiumpublishing/nhlacademy/index.html

    ;)

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  • jwienand
    jwienand Posts: 80
    edited October 2005
    I will at least be watching all on TV, but hopefully I can get some tickets to go to a few games.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited October 2005
    I have access to tickets for all Edmonton home games, but getting there is a problem. Fly down to Edmonton, stay in a hotel, eat food for my son and I and it's a $2K weekend. The tickets are on $50 each.
    Michael ;)
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited October 2005
    I love the changes to the NHL, except one. Peter Forsberg not in an Avalanche uniform. That is criminal.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited October 2005
    What was the resolution to the strike? I just happened to hearabout it on the radiothe other day. Not that I was a fan before, or am a fan now.......I'm just curious which millionaires gave up what.
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited October 2005
    The players gave and gave and gave some more...

    I've been enjoying the season so far. I haven't got to sit and watch a whole lot, but I've been watching some while I work. Blues are up 5-3 at the 2nd break.
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited October 2005
    I went to a Blackhawks game a few weeks ago for free and had a great time. It was my first NHL game. It was a preseason game vs. Columbus. I had a free ticket to last nights game as well, but couldn't make it. My company has 4 season tickets that I get access to every now and then, so I will probably make 5 or 6 more games.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited October 2005
    jwienand wrote:
    Crosby
    He's the next Lindros rather than The Great One? ;)
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited October 2005
    Well surprisingly the fan base has not dropped that i can see, it looks like packed houses to me. We are going to hit a few Coyotes games this season. Glendale arena is a great place to watch a game...not a bad seat in the house.

    The Avs look real solid this year. Not like in years past, but for people to be writing them off is unfair. Sure they lost Peter the Great, and Foote...but the core guys are still there...Blake, sakic, Tanguay, Hejduk, Konowalchuk, and Hinote. But what i like is that we have some charechter guys, guys that you would have never seen in a Avs uniform before like Brunette (and Avs killer when with the Wild), and Brad May (who may infact make the Avs fans forget about the Moore incident)

    I also really like the young guys in Wolski, Svatos, and on Defense Sauer, Liles, and Vaananen.

    Turgeon looks real solid so far, and I have laways been a Ian Laperierre fan...the guy is a great grinder.

    I think that we have been written off by the nay-sayers because people are sick of the Avs in it every season, So when we lost a few great players we were considered weak,BUT ohhh how they forget that almost every year over the past 5 years the Avs were always playing without Peter, and Foote was hurt during that time frame too. So I see this as no different than any other season...no Peter, thats fine we still have the core group to get through it.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited October 2005
    Keep your eyes on the Ottawa team. It's a tall order to surpass Gretzky, unlike Lemieux & Lindros.
    Michael ;)
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited October 2005
    Go Svatos Go, give Sid the Kid and Ovechin a run for ROY...
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited October 2005
    jdhdiggs wrote:
    Go Svatos Go, give Sid the Kid and Ovechin a run for ROY...
    Too bad Lehtonen got hurt. He was the best bet for ROY before the season started.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited October 2005
    Sami wrote:
    Too bad Lehtonen got hurt. He was the best bet for ROY before the season started.
    Who? Who does he play for?

    Svatos: 4G 1A in 2 GP
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited October 2005
    jdhdiggs wrote:
    Who? Who does he play for?

    Svatos: 4G 1A in 2 GP
    Atlanta. 4-0 as a starting goalie.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited October 2005
    Sami wrote:
    Atlanta. 4-0 as a starting goalie.
    Gotcha, knew you were from the Dallas area and were hitting the crack pipe thinking Juri was a rook... Ward for Carolina looks like a good upcoming goalie and Budaj didn't do terribly in his first start.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited October 2005
    jdhdiggs wrote:
    Gotcha, knew you were from the Dallas area and were hitting the crack pipe thinking Juri was a rook...
    Jere? His lastname is Lehtinen, Kari is Lehtonen. Lehti = leaf, lehto = deciduous forest. :)

    I've hang out with Jere a few times, a very nice, quiet guy. Haven't met Kari but I have seen him play numerous times. I know it's a bold statement but I think this kid is better than Luongo. I knew Luongo was going to be great when I saw him in the juniors, and I immediately thought Kari was even better.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited October 2005
    Hard to tell with keepers since it is such a mentaly demanding position. SImilar to pitchers in BB or QB's in FB. You can have all the skill and flash in the world but unless you can get/keep your head in it, ability counts for nothing.

    I hope Loungo gets a better team in front of him sometime.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited October 2005
    jdhdiggs wrote:
    Hard to tell with keepers since it is such a mentaly demanding position. SImilar to pitchers in BB or QB's in FB. You can have all the skill and flash in the world but unless you can get/keep your head in it, ability counts for nothing.
    The only thing to worry about him is his groins. I agree past performance in Europe and minors is not a quarantee but it's hard to tell from the skaters as well. Crosby can be a bust as well, just like Lindros in many ways was.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited October 2005
    Skaters are a bit easier since you can wean them in a game. Goalies are an all orr nothing endeavor. If a skater is struggling, you can move them up with more experienced guys and if that doesn't work, move them down and let them play in unimportant times. But yes, it is a craps shoot regardless and draft gurus need to stop with the "player X is the next player Y" That's never fair.

    I don't think Lindros was a bust. He was the most dominant player in hockey for several years. Granted, injuries took their toll but from about 94-98, there wasn't a better player to carry a team when healthy (exc. Roy and Hasek). Too many people were expecting too much of him. He's only probably the best "power" forward to ever play the game. Because of that style of play, he got the crap beat out of him and fell off the peak. Those who thought he'd be the next Lemeiux were idiots. I have a hard time saying someones a bust because of injuries.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited October 2005
    Lindros was overhyped, that's part of my loose bust tag. He was good, what he gave up on skill to the other guys he made up with his physical play. He was big enough to play that kind of game but in the end he wasn't robust enough to really play that game. His bread and butter was his demise as well. His fragile head is a reason why no ticket to HOF for him.

    I'm feeling the same type of hype on Crosby as well when you have better (?) prospects around the league. Could it be his country of origin vs. the other guys coming from Eastern Europe? The media here has always had a bias and it might be a bit of a burden on Crosby to live up to the expectations.

    As far as Lehtonen, he has already shown a lot. Both in juniors and seniors. His mentals are great, his skills are great. Now if he can just stay healthy he'll be a great goalie. Atlanta is going to be patient with him and let him heal so that's not a problem. They have great forwards but the defense in front of Lehtonen could be a lot better.
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