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Avalach21 on 07 April 2008
Famine said:

Avalach21 said:

Yea I am American and I agree. I do enjoy football, but hockey is my favorite sport.

 

Why does everyone keep saying that it's so low scoring? It really isn't...

I am severely depressed that my favorite team underperformmed this year.

 

To go from being the best in the league last season, and having two great years in a row, to not even making the playoffs, really really sucks...


That's what happens when your GM doesn't even try to negotiate a contract for Briere and Drury.

Cat's out of the bag, right?


 hahahahaha

yep

there's always next season.

 

It's funny that Briere and Drury both had their career low scoring seasons though.  ( I think...?)



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Aj_habfan on 07 April 2008
kingofwale said:
Here are my reasons.

1. Refs are a bunch of jokes.
2. Shootout is an absolute joke in determining winners. They might as well do a homerun derby or foulshot to determine an overtime winner.
3. grossly overlooking the steriod use in NHL, they just won't test the player the way they should. But hey, instead of masking agent found, you can always call it "hair growth drugs" and people will buy it, right?
4. Lockout that accomplished absolutely nothing.

1. Refs aren't really worse than any other sport. It is a very hard job to make a split second call. 2. I agree, shootouts are pretty lame, but the main reason they put it there was to attract people like you... 3. Happened with 1 person, and he took heat for it, quit acting like it is a normal thing. 4. What do you call the salary cap?

kingofwale on 07 April 2008
Aj_habfan said:
kingofwale said:
Here are my reasons.

1. Refs are a bunch of jokes.
2. Shootout is an absolute joke in determining winners. They might as well do a homerun derby or foulshot to determine an overtime winner.
3. grossly overlooking the steriod use in NHL, they just won't test the player the way they should. But hey, instead of masking agent found, you can always call it "hair growth drugs" and people will buy it, right?
4. Lockout that accomplished absolutely nothing.

 

1. Refs aren't really worse than any other sport. It is a very hard job to make a split second call. 2. I agree, shootouts are pretty lame, but the main reason they put it there was to attract people like you... 3. Happened with 1 person, and he took heat for it, quit acting like it is a normal thing. 4. What do you call the salary cap?

 1. I disagree, the only sports I can think of with worse refs is the soccer, but then again, you don't see that sports ever becoming popular. ;)

2. I loved NHL before Bettman and this new joke of a game. Bring back old hockey and I will watch it again.

3. What about Berard? I suppose it was to help him get over his eye problem right? Oh wait, he admitted doing it in fact. and what punishment did he receive? Absolutely nothing.

4. I call it 'a joke'. salary in NHL is higher than ever now. When you get players like Vanick making close to max, you have a HUGE problem.



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Phendrana on 07 April 2008

kingofwale, everytime I like something you're there bitching about it with your damn condescending winky faces. Cut it out. You're like some kind of reverse me.

Soccer is extremely popular outside the U.S. btw



mesoteto on 07 April 2008

as an American i don't know what you are talking about...i love hockey i just don't follow it all that closely.....then again i don't really follow any sport closely but i know we play hockey and have numerous teams...Ever hear of this little thing called NHL?