Hot Stove Hockey

[SilentCal]

I'm liking this free agency period. Much more exciting this year than in years previous. Hopefully the rule changes will open up the game. Losing the Red Line is key and having no ties will make game endings more exciting and competetive. Too many ties you see teams just playing to tie a game rather than win it. Having good puck handling defensemen will be required for those home run long passes. We will see lots more breakaways with this rule change. I may actually try my luck again and go to the FleeceCenter to catch a game. Anyone interested in a trip?

[Stephen]

I'm in.

Yeah... I hate it when I go to see a boxing match and a hockey game breaks out!

-Stephen

[riverc0il]

word. almost all the rule changes are an A+ in my opinion. at first, my traditionalist mentality kicked in, but then i instantly went into college hockey fan mode and said YES YES YES! the two line pass makes for some exciting hockey and makes good defensive men essential. wouldn't be surprised if we stopped seeing as many goons on the ice just throwing their weight around, that isn't going to fly with the new rules. the two line pass also cuts down on the amount of sticking and hooking that doesn't get called (i don't care what the new rules say, they aren't going to get much more aggressive on their calls). the overtime tie breaker is a tough issue with me though because i would love to see a tie break, but i also enjoy seeing each team get a point for a hard played game. so many changes have occured though, that record keeping for the NHL is essentially going to have to start over. no records will be comparible for the last few dozen years.

[Bob R]

I would be up for a mid week game I work 5 min from the GARDEN. We can call it that again. Weekends I have planned from Early November to mid May anyway. RivercOil probably will hit July again though. No hockey then anyway. I put a hot tub in my upstairs bathroom last year and mounted a TV with a vented skylight so I could watch the game in comfort. This year I can actually do it.

[smitty77]

I am sooooo stoked about the B's new aquisitions, especially Leech. They need someone to straighten out the defensive corps. Seems like they may actually be trying to put some talent on the ice. I just hope it doesn't become an over-35 club.

I'd be up for a game if the ticket prices are indeed lowered. Any word on what a nice seat in the lower section is going to cost? My e-mails from the CyBear club have been really lacking, especially considering all of the activity in the free agent market.

Smitty

[Bob R]

I was happy with Leech also. Madano would have been even better. had to edit this spelling error

[smitty77]

Originally Posted by smitty77

Any word on what a nice seat in the lower section is going to cost?

BostonBruins.com ticket prices

Still expensive for anything down low, though it does say "stay tuned for 2005-06 pricing". I guess they're waiting to see how many/few season tickets they sell. I may have to see about obtaining some tix from the sales department here at work.

Smitty

[SilentCal]

I would have been upset if the Bruins got Modano. Habs retained Kovalev and signed Dandeneault from Detroit. Looks like the old Adams Division rivalry will stay intact! Too bad we don't have Hartford to kick around anymore.

[riverc0il]

I would be up for a mid week game I work 5 min from the GARDEN. We can call it that again.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! !!!!

BLASPHEMER!



the garden was bulldozed flat as a pan cake 8 years ago. there was only and will ever only be two boston gardens. the first you can still walk through and the other is long gone. don't fall into some corporate startegy of endearing you to their brand identity through manipulation of a much beloved and missed landmark. the renaming of the fleetcenter is amongst the worst of modern tragedy in the boston area. discicable. and i am dead serious about this, no joking, it really makes me want to

[riverc0il]

hopefully the new rules will actually make going to a bruins game exciting. their current arena sucks the life outta the place. maybe it is just cause i am used to college hockey in which fans are rabid and can't shut up, but seeing a bruins game in person was pretty boring. seeing PLAYOFF bruins hockey, the crowd was LIFELESS and i really think it the arena sucking the life outta people is partly to blame. older arenas may have had less seats, obstructed views, tights seats, and poor facilities, but man did you feel like you were on top of the game and right there with your fellow fans.