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La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

The Second Spitter Oct 02 2010 09:12 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 20 2011 09:14 AM

Allez Les Habs!!!!

Willets Point Oct 02 2010 09:18 PM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Here we go, Bruins, Here we go!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 03 2010 05:58 AM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Um, let's go Columbus!

Ashie62 Oct 03 2010 10:00 PM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Go Devils*

RealityChuck Oct 04 2010 07:12 AM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

I'm a die hard NY Americans fan. ;)

Willets Point Apr 27 2011 08:27 PM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

The Canadiens failed to eliminate the Bruins from the Stanley Cup playoffs (it would have been like the 537th time they've done it). Whew!

Frayed Knot Apr 27 2011 09:38 PM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

I continue to be amazed out how people seem to remember and dig out months-old and seemingly forgotten threads. Would be nice if the NHL actually has some of its top rated teams still around in the later rounds for a change. I think it was last season when one (or maybe both) of the conference finals featured the 7th & 8th seeded teams. So far this season the Caps did NOT fish out early as the top draw in the east. And the best in the west Canucks survived a scare from 8th ranked Chicago - first blowing a 3-0 games lead, then losing a 1-0 lead in the final two minutes last night on a short-handed goal before finally getting the winner in OT. Losing that one would have been one of the great choke jobs of all time. I mean not as bad as Yanx circa 2004, but real bad none the less.

Willets Point Apr 27 2011 09:49 PM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Frayed Knot wrote: I continue to be amazed out how people seem to remember and dig out months-old and seemingly forgotten threads. I searched for Bruins and this came up. I actually thought there was a more-recent playoffs thread but I couldn't find it.

metirish Apr 28 2011 08:08 AM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

One of the great things about having FiOS right now is getting lots of games with the Canadian feed.

MFS62 Apr 28 2011 08:15 AM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

If your team isn't in it, the only thing longer than the NHL playoffs is watching the royal wedding. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 28 2011 09:43 AM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

I agree with the general sentiment, MFS, but if you're watching a playoff-OT game and your heart ISN'T in your throat, you should get yourself to a cardiologist pronto.

TheOldMole Apr 28 2011 02:09 PM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Basically, I admit, I just watch the Rangers, but that's how I am with most sports -- I watch the team I have a rooting interest in. Still, this Mike Francesa-inspired mantra about hockey not being interesting to watch is nuts.

seawolf17 Apr 29 2011 08:34 AM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

I'm nominally a Flyers fan. I didn't watch hockey at all as a kid; I only got into it in the mid-90s playing Sega Genesis. I picked the Flyers semi-randomly and became enamored with their electronic selves; in most of the pictures of me during fraternity pledging, for example, I'm wearing a black-and-orange LINDROS 88 hat. I distinctly remember the 1995 playoffs, because the Flyers whooped up on the Sabres while I was up at school finishing the semester, then as I moved home for the summer to all my Rangers-fan friends, the Flyers swept them in the second round. I've stuck with them in principle since then, although I hardly follow it religiously any longer. Too bad, really, because it would have been a lot of fun to lord their first-round win over my hockey-loving friends, the majority of which are Sabres fans.

TheOldMole Apr 30 2011 09:45 AM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

I've always loved hockey. Some of my early memories -- the days of late-night, clear-channel AM radio -- involve listening to hockey games broadcast in French. In the mid-sixties, as a young prof at then-fairly-conservative SUNY New Paltz, I chaperoned a group of students to the city for an anti-war rally. Afterwards, some of us decided to go to a Ranger game -- standing room for two bucks at the old Garden. One of our number, a very serious, studious theoretical Marxist, begged off. No interest in sports. "Come on," his friend said. "You'll love it. Everyone I know who's political loves hockey." So he came, grumbling, saying he knew he'd be bored stiff. The Rangers were playing Montreal, and the Habs had John Ferguson, who had come into the league with the self-described intention of being "the meanest, rottenest, most miserable cuss ever to play in the NHL." Within ten minutes, my young Marxist student was jumping up and down, screaming "Go Rangers! Get that son of a bitch!"

themetfairy Apr 30 2011 03:21 PM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

I like hockey. The Islanders are my number one team, but I've also been known to pull for the Rangers (whom I rooted for before there were Islanders) and Devils (they're the home team) when the Isles were out of it. Anyone but the Flyers.

The Second Spitter May 06 2011 05:02 AM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

TheOldMole wrote: The Rangers were playing Montreal, and the Habs had John Ferguson, who had come into the league with the self-described intention of being "the meanest, rottenest, most miserable cuss ever to play in the NHL." Within ten minutes, my young Marxist student was jumping up and down, screaming "Go Rangers! Get that son of a bitch!" During my early naivetéy of US sports, I once made the fatal error of wearing a Habs jersey at MSG. I must have gone to over Habs 20 games in the 92-93 season - their last Championship season. Then I went to an Expos game and fell in love with the visiting ballclub.

metirish May 12 2011 01:27 PM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Red Wings at San Jose tonight in a Game 7.....should be a cracker , 'Wings were down 3-0 in the series and fought back to level it......looking to become the forth team to come all the way back and win the series. Game 7 on Versus , 9pm ET.

Willets Point May 20 2011 01:10 AM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Atlanta continues it's proud tradition of providing franchises for cities in Western Canada.

The Second Spitter May 20 2011 05:07 AM Re: La Thread de Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

I'm trying to figure out the latest theoretical Game 7 for the Finals. Gonna be in Vancouver next month for a wedding and I would love it if I could see a game......and what do you know, the Mets have a West Coast trip. I'm gonna be the worst shomer in the history of Judaism.

Frayed Knot Jun 01 2011 08:29 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

NHL is (finally) starting the Stanley Cup Finals tonight. How sad is it when your playoffs actually move slower than the NBA's? I think the Canucks last played like two weeks ago. Scoreless through 2 periods ... I think the Mets must be up or something. In the meantime, the league announced yesterday that the Atlanta franchise will be moving to Winnipeg Manitoba. Not that Atlanta is a great place for a team or anything (second one that's flopped there) and the league is saying all the right things about how great it is to return to Winnipeg ... but when they left Winnipeg in the first place (for Phoenix, Arizona naturally) they justified it in part by trumpeting the fact that, according to their research, the city and surrounding area in Winnipeg didn't reach the standards (in population or TV market) for an [u:qtmcp1eb]I[/u:qtmcp1eb]HL franchise.

metirish Jun 01 2011 08:38 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

scoreless still with 11 minutes in the 3rd....I had no idea they started tonight and truthfully didn't even know who was in the finals....last I saw the Bruins were at Tampa I think. The coverage in the NY papers is terrible. Doc Emrick....still great.

MFS62 Jun 01 2011 09:32 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

There's something just ... right, about one of the original six NHL franchises playing for the Cup against a team from Canada. The Cup doesn't belong in a place like San Jose, California. Later

Frayed Knot Jun 02 2011 06:52 AM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

metirish wrote: Doc Emrick....still great. Best p-b-p man going today - in any sport. btw, Canucks* win by putting in the game's only goal with 19 seconds left. * didn't that term originate as a derogatory slur for a Canadian, kinda like calling somebody a stupid yokel only from north of the 49th parallel? I always thought it was weird that they named a hockey club that.

metirish Jun 02 2011 08:06 AM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

a beautiful goal too, agree on Emrick.

The Second Spitter Jun 06 2011 07:01 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Frenetic first period in Game 3, with some nice hits. Horton went down quicker than a $2 hooker on that check. Whooshka. 0-0. Frayed Knot wrote: * didn't that term originate as a derogatory slur for a Canadian, kinda like calling somebody a stupid yokel only from north of the 49th parallel?. It's a terrible ethnic slur in German, usually aimed at their Turkish immigrant population.

Frayed Knot Jun 06 2011 07:04 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 06 2011 07:16 PM

Wikipedia says: "a slang term for Canadians. Its origins are ambiguous and its usage varies from affectionate to derogatory". Bogart's 'Charlie Allnut' character in 'The African Queen' used it to describe himself (a Canadian) when talking Hepburn's 'Rose' Yeah, a bunch of us Canucks came down here to work on the river ...

metirish Jun 06 2011 07:16 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Bruins get a goal right after the second period starts. absolutely love Emrick calling a goal.

Frayed Knot Jun 06 2011 07:16 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Emerick, btw, huge Pittsburgh Pirate fan.

Willets Point Jun 06 2011 07:17 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Oxford English dictionary says regarding the etymology of Canuck: "Apparently < the first syllable of Canada." It also notes that usage in the U.S. is generally derogatory.

The Second Spitter Jun 06 2011 07:17 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 06 2011 07:24 PM

It may be a generic term for an indigenous population, which has been proper nounized The German slur probably originates from what they called the natives in the Pacific islands they colonized. From my time in Montreal, you could only call an Anglo-Canadian a Canuck or even more derogatory a "cake".

metirish Jun 06 2011 07:20 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Ad just flashed on Versus.....coverage of the Belmont Stakes starts 4pm Friday. WTF?

Frayed Knot Jun 06 2011 07:23 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Yeah, I always thought of it as more directed at English/Western Canadians than at Eastern & French. Were Roundhead/Squarehead insults in vogue during your time there? (I always forget which was which) Bruins tally again. We might actually have a series here.

The Second Spitter Jun 06 2011 07:41 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Good night, Mary. Short handed goals are gay and the Canucks are playing like a bunch of poofters.

Willets Point Jun 06 2011 09:06 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

8-1 Bruins final. They're playing angry. Of course all those goals only win one game.

Willets Point Jun 06 2011 10:38 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

The Second Spitter wrote: Short handed goals are gay and the Canucks are playing like a bunch of poofters. Whaccha talkin' 'bout? Short hand goals are awesome. Look at Marchand get past four Canucks here: [youtube]loSHdq2zcpk[/youtube]

Willets Point Jun 08 2011 07:42 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

The Bruins continue their goal-scoring binge and lead 3-0 in the 2nd period.

The Second Spitter Jun 09 2011 06:28 AM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Luongo looks snakebitten.

Frayed Knot Jun 15 2011 09:00 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

De Bruins du Boston are your champions. Training camp starts in two weeks.

Willets Point Jun 15 2011 09:01 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Ringin' those bells and firin' those guns!

Frayed Knot Jun 15 2011 09:04 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Doesn't that now make the Patriots the Boston* team that's gone longest w/o a championship? * Yeah I know they're actually no where near Boston and all

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 15 2011 09:08 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Finally, Bruins fans can die in peace. /Gag me

Willets Point Jun 15 2011 09:14 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Frayed Knot wrote: Doesn't that now make the Patriots the Boston* team that's gone longest w/o a championship? * Yeah I know they're actually no where near Boston and all Their Foxborough housemates in the MLS have existed for 16 years without a championship.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 15 2011 09:19 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Aaaaaaand Vancouver's on fire.

themetfairy Jun 15 2011 09:22 PM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Aaaaaaand Vancouver's on fire. Losing fans rioting in their disappointment actually makes some sense to me. I never could understand why winning fans would destroy things in their moment of glee.

metirish Jun 16 2011 04:40 AM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

themetfairy wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Aaaaaaand Vancouver's on fire. Losing fans rioting in their disappointment actually makes some sense to me. I never could understand why winning fans would destroy things in their moment of glee. have you looked at the pictures in that link?, can't see how it makes sense in any situation.

TransMonk Jun 16 2011 09:12 AM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Riots started as the result of the outcome of a sporting event (by either winners or losers) is astonishingly asinine to me.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 16 2011 09:41 AM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Same feeling of anonymity among the crowd and "safety in numbers" among douchebags pervail behind these riots, has little to do with who won or lost.

Valadius Jun 16 2011 10:18 AM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

If all of the Big Four Boston teams could now disappear for the next 10-15 years and let other cities win championships, I would appreciate it.

Willets Point Jun 16 2011 10:27 AM Re: La Thread de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH) 2011

Valadius wrote: If all of the Big Four Boston teams could now disappear for the next 10-15 years and let other cities win championships, I would appreciate it. Oh please...