kickstand
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Anyone watching the World Juniors???
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NHL Lockout?
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Bene288
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http://www.defendingbigd.com/2013/1...-cba-talks-continue-wednesday-nhlpas-response
Good article on the last week of negotiations, they're pretty close, but pensions are going to be a problem now. Brandon Worley seems to think they'll start a 48 game season on Jan. 19th.
If they want a 2 week training camp, they would have to reach a deal by tomorrow (Saturday the 5th). Ken Hitchcock of St. Louis said earlier in the lockout that he and his team would 'selfishly' need only one week for training camp.
We'll see soon enough I guess. The original cut off was Jan 15th, now they moved to Jan 19th. Could be a good sign..?
Good article on the last week of negotiations, they're pretty close, but pensions are going to be a problem now. Brandon Worley seems to think they'll start a 48 game season on Jan. 19th.
If they want a 2 week training camp, they would have to reach a deal by tomorrow (Saturday the 5th). Ken Hitchcock of St. Louis said earlier in the lockout that he and his team would 'selfishly' need only one week for training camp.
We'll see soon enough I guess. The original cut off was Jan 15th, now they moved to Jan 19th. Could be a good sign..?
Bene288
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I listened to a few games on the radio. Some blow out games. The WJC is a fun tourney.
kickstand
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I've been catching reruns on the NHL Network. Some very good games. Switzerland-Russia and Sweden-Russia were very entertaining. I think I'd go crazy if I were a Russia fan. The team is so Jeckyl and Hyde, just maddening to watch.
Bene288
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Can't stand the Russians. They're the Buffalo Sabres of the IIHF. They complain about everything. The whole European game doesn't interest me too much. I see high school games with more forechecking. The skating is unbelievable, but other than that I could go without. How did Nail Yakapov do? One of the few Russians that played North American junior hockey. Don't see that too often.
ScottySkis
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NHL network saying they have reached an agreement and looking like 48 games regular season this year, let's go Rangers.
skiNEwhere
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NHL network saying they have reached an agreement and looking like 48 games regular season this year, let's go Rangers.
I heard the same thing, I think you meant you say BRUINS (Avalanche would have been acceptable too) though, not Rangers.
ScottySkis
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I heard the same thing, I think you meant you say BRUINS (Avalanche would have been acceptable too) though, not Rangers.
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I always like Boston except for when they are playing the Rangers, hockey is back that is most important, finally something good on tv after work.
twinplanx
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Hopefully we can put this ugly mess behind us & rebuild interest in the NHL... Can't wait to see the look on ranger fans faces when my beloved Islanders bring there dynasty to the Barclays Center. The Drive For Five is Still Alive, baby!!!
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Bene288
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Dynasty? HA! Unfortunately for you, changing rinks won't make DiPietro suck any less, or the rest of them for that matter. Won't most hockey fans in Brooklyn already be Rangers fans? I agree they needed to get out of the Coliseum, but I was hoping somewhere farrrrr away.
Scotty, terrific news!
twinplanx
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No DiPietro fan boy here. Yes "dynasty". I know, it's a word not in rags fans vocabulary.Kinda lame cause there were only 6 other teams back in the day lol
Bene288
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I've tried to give DiPietro a break. I try to support the New England kids, but he's just awful. The fight between him and Brent Johnson The way the game is played now, I doubt we'll ever see another "dynasty". I can't imagine the same team winning more than 2 cups in a row now. The game is just different. Are they going to change the jerseys for the Islanders? That would make me hate them less.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5sdOh7Bcvs
^embarrassing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5sdOh7Bcvs
^embarrassing
twinplanx
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Wang has promised to keep the jerseys the same
though I would not object to a more geographical correct version including Brooklyn & Queens. Not sure why you "hate" so much. But guess it's true what they say: haters gona hate ;-)Ha DP definitely deserved to eat it in that situation lol personally I could never understand the 15yr contact BS. I mean com'on baseball Pitchers rarely go that long and they DO NOT play evey game... Poor DP with his chronic vaginitis...
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skiNEwhere
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it's not tentative anymore, it's official. The lockout is over. But now I'm wondering if I feel like watching a 48 game season?
Bene288
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Wang has promised to keep the jerseys the same
Ha DP definitely deserved to eat it in that situation lol personally I could never understand the 15yr contact BS. I mean com'on baseball Pitchers rarely go that long and they DO NOT play evey game... Poor DP with his chronic vaginitis...
I hate on them all in good fun. I was taught not to like the Isles. Rick DiPietro has had a horrible injury streak. Some guys just aren't made to withstand an 82 game season, especially goalies. A position that used to be for the fat guy that couldn't skate, is now the hardest, most taxing position on the ice. I know the guy tries, but he's just frail.
I'd like a uniform rehab. Didn't the Nets go to a black and white? That would look sharp on a hockey jersey. Something a little more classic looking than the LA Kings current uni. I just always thought the Isles blue and orange logo looked like a turd in a toilet. But it definitely beats that god awful fisherman jersey they had in the mid 90's. It looked like the Gortons fisherman logo.
Bene288
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I was thinking the same way before, but the playoffs will be the same length. Everyone is rested and healthy for the most part. It will be a pretty competitive 48 games. I've been dying to see how Tuuka Rask will step up after the whole Tim Thomas situation. I really want to see how Rick Nash does for the Rangers. The only thing that sucks about a short season is the player stats won't be as glamorous, probably not much chance of record breaking.
ScottySkis
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48 game regular season will probably have some teams in the playoffs that would have never made it. But still better then no hockey. What is said is in Gary Betmans 20 years as commissioner of the NHL, 10 percent of all professional hockey games have been cancelled.
skiNEwhere
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I don't feel like giving in to GB and the owner's greed by watching an incomplete season. I'd like to see awful revenue this year and hope that GB gets the boot. Even before the lockout, I wanted him gone, because he has shot down expansion teams in Hamilton, Saskatoon, and Quebec City in favor of teams in non-traditional markets. Hamilton even has a arena that meets NHL specs.
On the bright side, the season will end in June, with the playoffs in July-August so after the season ends people won't have to wait long for the next season
On the bright side, the season will end in June, with the playoffs in July-August so after the season ends people won't have to wait long for the next season
kickstand
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That's funny. Good for Pittsburgh's goalie for coming out to greet him. However, at least DiPietro popped Matt Cooke, even if it was sorta cheap. No love lost for Cooke around these parts.....
Conrad
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Typically the Bruins seem to do really well in the 1st half of the season so a 48 game schedule could work out in their favor.
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