Originally posted by Quickbeam 1) I hope those two goals 13 seconds apart last night signal the beginning of the end for the unlfappable 'Canes confidence. I'd love those two slapshots to be the harbingers of Carolina doom !!
I?m half expecting a blow out tonight. Not because Carolina plays bad but just because Detroit lays the smack down, then we?ll go back to the real tight games.
Originally posted by skulrik I think that the major problem with the NHL, is that they are too many team. That bring other problem like Hockey in June, and a lot of medium quality players, a lot of two game in two days, injury, etc. Maybe they can go like in baseball, with only a couple of game between the team of different conference. But I dont want that, because I like to see Montreal play again the Wings, the Hawks, Vancouver, Edmonton, etc etc.
Reducing the number of team is THE solution.... but what team can we remove ? Surely not the Habs !!! But's the fan of all team will cry like me, if we chose their team.
I disagree that getting rid of teams would increase popularity, the game is most popular in cities where there are teams and getting rid of them wouldn?t make things better in terms of popularity (just look at what?s happened in Carolina).
Getting rid of teams would make the game better however by weeding out less skilled players and raising the level of play, which would be a good thing.
Originally posted by Chairman_Kaga oh and baseball is just as boring as soccer...[ducks slap from wife]..
Correction baseball?s more boring.
oh...and one more thing...
Let's Go Rangers...
Don?t you mean let?s go Yankees?
Boy was it funny to hear that during Rangers game.
Originally posted by Nightfall Wel, True I did forget about that. But I keep remember close games, (Florida 96 ring a bell?) where he had the chances, and didn't finish them. Still I don't berate Brindamor for his play, just think he's not a GREAT skilled player, just a great player. Other wise I do miss Brindy.
I, too remember a lot of games where he had some good chances and just didn?t finish. Of course I think it?s just something in the water down there, because it seems to happen to every one on the team at the same time of year, hmm maybe Tom?s going down to Philly and poisoning the water, stinking rangers fan sabotaging my favorite team, who does he think he is?
Originally posted by Joshua Dyal Baseball isn't as boring as soccor because there's a lot of things happening at once and it's very strategic, golf some people like to watch because they're also avid golf players (not really very many people watch golf, though, in my experience) and backetball is hardly boring: someone scores every few minutes.
Baseball is incredibly boring. Golf I might find interesting but have no interest in finding out. I do find basketball boring a lot of the time (Knicks/Heat from the last few years is an example of exactly what I don?t like about the game).
One very important thing: scoring
DOES NOT equal excitement and that?s why I can find basketball to be boring. In fact the teams score so much in basketball it makes each basket somewhat insignificant. I think this one of the reasons people might look down on hockey and soccer, what?s a 3-2 score compared to 98-90?
And hockey is interesting in spite of fewer scores, because people are always getting roughed up. That's why Americans like football too.
I?m sure there?s more to it than that. I know I like both sports and it?s not because of the roughness, though it doesn?t hurt.
Originally posted by Lady Dragon Welverin I've got news for you Americans wouldn't watch it if it were on during prime time.
I agree it doesn?t make much of a difference what time the games are on but it certainly doesn?t help. Of course not much of anyone is watching the NHL playoffs in the US either. Apparently the Wings/Avs games averaged about a 2.2 rating while some Busch series race on Fox did better, how any one can be interested in a bunch of cars going circles is beyond me.
Europeans should be glad we don't care.If they got there wish and suddenly we cared we would start leagues over here and steal all of there best players just like we do in Hockey.And we would beat them on and international level if all of our best atheletes became soccer players instead of whatever they are doing now.But they don't have anything to worry about.
You?re right about this, of course it applies to any sport. Hopefully the Chinese don?t take an interest in Football or Hockey.
. I hope that the new contract with the player will be raisonable.
