[OT-NHL] The Annual NHL Playoffs Thread: 2003

[Datt]

DUCKS! DUCKS! DUCKS! DUCKS! DUCKS!

Woo Hoo!!! GO DUCKS!!

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Vancouver is being exposed for the one line team they are. Going down fast!

LET'S GO BLUES!

 

[Agamon]

Wel, I've been sick of it since then 95 season ended. You can see how much has changed.

You get no sympathy from this Flames fan.

 

[Nightfall]

Maybe not but I mean I still remember the agony of 95. very well. And the shlacking the Wings gave the Flyers, the loss to the Devils after being up 3-0 in the series.... I could go on but you know the rant as well as I do Welverin.

 

[Paragon]

Tonight we dance!!!!
Dallas vs. Edmonton Part II

i'm going to the game. sorry oilers but dallas is 22-2-3 with me in attendence

Paragon

GO STARS

 

[Welverin]

Though the Canucks tonight were beyond ugly. The only thing that would have made it more of a farce is if the ex-Iraqi information minister had shown up and declared how badly we were annihilating the Blues.

Great line!

Wel, I've been sick of it since then 95 season ended. You can see how much has changed.

Yep, and I'm aware of the one thing, or should I say 'one person,' above all else that's still the same.

 

[PowerWordDumb]

Re: Re: Leafs all the way!

Not sure I get the "yay Canadian team" thing. Half the players on the teams aren't Canadian; the playoff-bound Canadian teams' best players are Sundin, Hossa, Naslund and Salo. Some of the Canadian teams' owners aren't Canadian. The only reason I could see is that success means there's less chance of the team moving to the States (of course, there's no chance of that for the Leafs). Don't get me wrong, I'm all Go Canada GO in the international tournaments, but if the Leafs were to make the final, I'd be cheering for whoever came from the West.

That's okay, it's not a nationalist hate-everyone-else thing. For that matter, more players in the league are canadian than from any other nation, so it's not because of team composition so much (although I'm a big fan of the prototypical big canadian player playing hockey the "right" way).

It's most important that the cup finally comes home to Canada where it belongs, hence the "yay canadian teams" thing. I happen to cheer for the Leafs, but should one of the other canadian teams bring the cup home, I'm still happy on some level.

Sorry, here comes a huge overgeneralization, but the american fans (other than Boston/Detroit/Chicago/New York) just don't appreciate the cup the way the canadians do. It's part of the national psyche, and it belongs here.

 

[Dieter]

GO CAPS!

Olie and Lang are on fire and the shutout last night was just the beginning.

It's about freaking time they made up for 1998.

 

[Agamon]

Re: Re: Re: Leafs all the way!

That's okay, it's not a nationalist hate-everyone-else thing. For that matter, more players in the league are canadian than from any other nation, so it's not because of team composition so much (although I'm a big fan of the prototypical big canadian player playing hockey the "right" way).

It's most important that the cup finally comes home to Canada where it belongs, hence the "yay canadian teams" thing. I happen to cheer for the Leafs, but should one of the other canadian teams bring the cup home, I'm still happy on some level.

Sorry, here comes a huge overgeneralization, but the american fans (other than Boston/Detroit/Chicago/New York) just don't appreciate the cup the way the canadians do. It's part of the national psyche, and it belongs here.

Fair enough. I'm not sure the American fans are less passionate, especially the hardcore ones in New York, Chicago and Detroit. It's just that Americans, in general, don't have the passion that Canadians, in general, have for hockey...in general.

Edit: Hmmm, that's pretty much what you said though, isn't it?

 

[Dieter]

I'll be the first to admit that DC's excitement about the Caps making the playoffs (and winning Game 1 with an SO) is lukewarm at best.

This city lives and breathes via the suckfilled, overpaid, and horrificly managed Washington Deadskins. It nearly had wet dream when Jordan decided to pull his wheelchair out of retirement and put his geriatric butt in a Wizards uniform.

I think they did maybe (and I say maybe) five minutes worth of Sports coverage when Jagr signed with the Caps. That was it. When Jordan made the decision, you'd have thought it was the second coming of Jesus Christ by the way they advertised it.

That said, I'm really glad the Caps are turning it up for the post season. Everyone is healthy (knock on wood) and in great form. And if they play even half as well as they did last night, I'll be in the front row when they parade the Cup down Independence Avenue.