The OG NHL thread: The Cup worth biting for

[Marks]

chocoloco said:

Marks said:

amp316 said:

Bong Lover said:
I hate the Red Wings as much as the next guy, probably a lot more actually, but Pavel Datsuyk is legit! Best player in the NHL I say.

Of course he's a great player, but I have a rep to keep so he stinks.

Dude what's with the Red Wings hate my man? How could you hate such an amazing team? I mean they aren't as good as the Coyotes, but they're pretty damn good. 

And all their great players are late draft picks, Zetter and Datsyuk are both like 6th/7th rounders! haha. And Holmstrom is the lowest draft pick ever to reach 1,000 games. 

They have todd bootuzzi/ bertuzzi who when was a Canuck broke Steve Moore a rookie member of the Avalanches neck on March 10th 2004 ending his carrer. The man cannot play now. Basically, this evil man embodies the entire team's character.

The word banal and playoffs comes to minf=d too when I think of them.

 Now them 'yotes are a team on the rise worth watching.

Yeah Bert's attack on Moore was terrible, but it was just a bad choice he made in an otherwise really solid career. He paid for it with the longest suspension in league history, and being a journeyman the next few years until he finally settled down in Detroit. I think he's paid his dues. He doesn't deserve much respect, but doesn't really deserve hate anymore. 

I love the wings. Datsyuk is the most exciting player to watch with the puck, and Kronwall is the biggest hitter in the league. Plus they have one of the top 5 defensemen of all time in Lidstrom.

But yeah the Yotes are my top team! I'll be interested to see where they are moved in a couple years. I really hope it isn't somewhere stupid (a non-hockey market) like Seattle, Vegas or Kansas City. I also don't want them to go to Quebec because I'd have to stop cheering for them. I would love them in Southern Ontario or basically anywhere in Northeast USA/Canada. I don't consider Quebec part of Canada.