The OG NHL thread: The Cup worth biting for

[Max King of the Wild]

amp316 said:

hollabackenny said:

Max King of the Wild said:

LOL dont get uppidy because your team isn't as good as the hawks. I may talk about how great they are but I also talk hockey as I did with everyone who has replied in this thread

Not at all an attack on you, but let's not forget the Wild DID beat the Blackhawks. 

But if you look at the past few pages it's been nothing but "Chicago wins another". Sad truth is there aren't many hockey fans here besides about the 5 of us who post here. I tried to get some talking going, made a bold prediction, was wrong and Funtime couldn't wait to call me stupid. 

The thing about hockey is it's hard to predict, I doubt anyone would've thought Columbus would beat the Sharks 6-2 but they did. So, although prediciting IS hard it IS still fun. People like to talk about what they think will happen. 

Yes, they did beat them in OT.  The Wild have acquired a lot of talent this offseason and could be a real threat by the end of the season.

The problem is that for whatever reason not many people are posting in this thread.  I post about the Hawks because that's who I normally watch.  The thing is that most of the people posting in this thread are Hawks fans.  I suspect that some of them weren't until a few years ago when they got good.

 

I laid dormant for a while lol... In my teen years I felt out of all sports except for skateboarding. That was after Roenick, Chelios, Belfour were on the team. Tony Amonte just started playing for them and they were awful. I didn't start getting back into sports till 2005 when the White Sox won the world series. I was in New York at the time they were playing the Yankees. My mom and sister went to a game Toews rookie year. I asked why they would support a bad product such as the hawks and my mom started hyping up Toews and I had the "Yeah right" attitude. Then they drafted Kane. And my mom started talking about how the Hawks were going to a good team. Still had the "yeah right attitude." Then Blackhawk jerseys started popping up everywhere and the Winter Classic jersey really caught my eye. That's when I really started paying attention to them. I think that was Kane's Sophomore year