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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Oct 14, 2011 10:18:24 GMT -5
I think it's more of a power shift. Columbus and Nashville are closer and more logical (especially Nashville in the Southeast division), but Nashville doesn't bring much to the table, and Columbus just flat-out sucks (that's the one market I don't understanding putting an NHL team in). By bringing Detroit in, you get a bellwether to compete in the east (which leaves Chicago as the only Original Six team in the Western Conference)... and expand the reach of the Eastern Conference by about 240 miles or so. Nashville doesn't bring much to the table? Need I remind you that we've at least made the playoffs (and taken some teams to 6/7 games in that stretch) 5 of the last 6 years, and despite being a small to mid market, non-traditional hockey franchise are starting to see marked improvements in fan awareness and participation, not to mention selling out more and more games every year? Oh and lets just completely forget Norris Trophy candidate and perennial All-Star selection Shea Weber and Vezina Trophy candidate (and runner up) Pekka Rinne. Yeah those two suck wind and totally bring nothing. What is with the collective stick of the NHL fan's rear that says Nashville is nothing, worthless, and uneducated in the ways of hockey? Seriously, we are, as I have dubbed us, The Team The League Forgot. Course that is till we make the playoffs, again, and people start talking about the greatness that is Peks, again. Oh then we're marketable. Where's that double facepalm? I bow before Shea Weber. HAIL WEBER
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Post by Mr Snrub on Oct 14, 2011 10:24:14 GMT -5
I'm convinced that Tim Connonlly signed with a canadian team just to get the free health care. He just had to sign with the leafs. Sigh
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Post by Ace Baretta on Oct 14, 2011 10:25:11 GMT -5
Nashville doesn't bring much to the table? Need I remind you that we've at least made the playoffs (and taken some teams to 6/7 games in that stretch) 5 of the last 6 years, and despite being a small to mid market, non-traditional hockey franchise are starting to see marked improvements in fan awareness and participation, not to mention selling out more and more games every year? Oh and lets just completely forget Norris Trophy candidate and perennial All-Star selection Shea Weber and Vezina Trophy candidate (and runner up) Pekka Rinne. Yeah those two suck wind and totally bring nothing. What is with the collective stick of the NHL fan's rear that says Nashville is nothing, worthless, and uneducated in the ways of hockey? Seriously, we are, as I have dubbed us, The Team The League Forgot. Course that is till we make the playoffs, again, and people start talking about the greatness that is Peks, again. Oh then we're marketable. Where's that double facepalm? Hey, you guys have a chance to make it to the Stanley Cup finals, or at least run to the conference finals in the next couple of seasons. I only mentioned that becuase the NHL seems to want to move Detroit to the East just cause. Besides, if there is a team I love to bash, it's the Blue Jackets (and the Panthers). It's gotta be this season. After the end of this season, the contracts of Suter, Weber, and Pekka are all up. And considering Weber held us up for 7.4 mil, and we really can't afford that (issues of being small market), one of the three (or two) will be gone. Granted, Ryan Ellis (D) and Anders Lindback (G) are good replacements, but they aren't Weber or Peks. This year or bust, I feel. Course if we play this season like we played last night...we're boned.
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Post by Ace Baretta on Oct 14, 2011 10:25:43 GMT -5
Nashville doesn't bring much to the table? Need I remind you that we've at least made the playoffs (and taken some teams to 6/7 games in that stretch) 5 of the last 6 years, and despite being a small to mid market, non-traditional hockey franchise are starting to see marked improvements in fan awareness and participation, not to mention selling out more and more games every year? Oh and lets just completely forget Norris Trophy candidate and perennial All-Star selection Shea Weber and Vezina Trophy candidate (and runner up) Pekka Rinne. Yeah those two suck wind and totally bring nothing. What is with the collective stick of the NHL fan's rear that says Nashville is nothing, worthless, and uneducated in the ways of hockey? Seriously, we are, as I have dubbed us, The Team The League Forgot. Course that is till we make the playoffs, again, and people start talking about the greatness that is Peks, again. Oh then we're marketable. Where's that double facepalm? I bow before Shea Weber. HAIL WEBER ALL HAIL WEBER
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2011 12:22:31 GMT -5
In the most shocking of news, Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro is injured again.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Oct 14, 2011 12:48:31 GMT -5
In the most shocking of news, Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro is injured again. Damn, I had next week in the pool
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Post by slasher911 on Oct 14, 2011 18:33:49 GMT -5
Shawn Thornton needs a mic every night.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Oct 14, 2011 19:41:02 GMT -5
In the most shocking of news, Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro is injured again. Meanwhile, the sky is still blue.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Oct 14, 2011 19:52:22 GMT -5
In the most shocking of news, Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro is injured again. I bet every time he gets hurt Islander fans get one step closer to killing themselves.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2011 20:09:52 GMT -5
I bow before Shea Weber. HAIL WEBER ALL HAIL WEBERI'll bow to this man instead
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 15, 2011 5:02:41 GMT -5
In the most shocking of news, Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro is injured again. I bet every time he gets hurt Islander fans get one step closer to killing themselves. Those poor 6 people!
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 15, 2011 5:03:10 GMT -5
I'm convinced that Tim Connonlly signed with a canadian team just to get the free health care. He just had to sign with the leafs. Sigh I'm stealing that. The boss is a huge Leafs fan.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2011 6:20:27 GMT -5
After a week since their last game , the Rangers are back on the ice tonight against the Islanders.
Speaking of the Islanders, I wonder how much they're kicking themselves, knowing they let Roberto Luongo go in favor of Dipietro?
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Post by triplethreatmark on Oct 15, 2011 8:22:06 GMT -5
After a week since their last game , the Rangers are back on the ice tonight against the Islanders. Speaking of the Islanders, I wonder how much they're kicking themselves, knowing they let Roberto Luongo go in favor of Dipietro? In retrospect, probably a lot. But at the time the trade was made DiPietro had unreal talent and thus Luongo was seen as expendable. Once DiPietro developed, he had a very solid 2-3 year run in net for them. I think he even made the All-Star team in that stretch. Their biggest mistake was signing him essentially for life.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Oct 15, 2011 8:53:00 GMT -5
After a week since their last game , the Rangers are back on the ice tonight against the Islanders. Speaking of the Islanders, I wonder how much they're kicking themselves, knowing they let Roberto Luongo go in favor of Dipietro? What's with the long layoffs for certain teams? The Leafs play for the first time tonight since last Saturday at home to Calgary. Calgary had a big win over Les Glorieux on Thursday and they're the fresher team. I'm worried that we're going to look really slow out there tonight.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Oct 15, 2011 12:26:21 GMT -5
After a week since their last game , the Rangers are back on the ice tonight against the Islanders. Speaking of the Islanders, I wonder how much they're kicking themselves, knowing they let Roberto Luongo go in favor of Dipietro? What's with the long layoffs for certain teams? The Leafs play for the first time tonight since last Saturday at home to Calgary. Calgary had a big win over Les Glorieux on Thursday and they're the fresher team. I'm worried that we're going to look really slow out there tonight. Hopefully they pull off the win. But interestingly, tonight, the Winnipeg Jets take on the Phoenix Coyotes, who used to be the Winnipeg Jets.
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Post by smokinvokoun on Oct 15, 2011 20:08:19 GMT -5
1-0 BLACKHAWKS!!!
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Post by slasher911 on Oct 15, 2011 20:15:31 GMT -5
Lucic and Horton are starting to piss me off. Stop trying to be fancy and go to the f***ing net.
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Post by slasher911 on Oct 15, 2011 20:34:33 GMT -5
Rich Peverley is fantastic.
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Post by smokinvokoun on Oct 15, 2011 20:38:56 GMT -5
KANER!!!
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