OT- Any hockey fans?

[dogfan96]

Old-time hockey!!

 

[August_West]

For me it is pretty much a Photo Finish between UConn MBB and NYR hockey as my sporting passions. So I am in my glory now. The distant runner up would be the Red Sox....... and trailing way behind is Football (probably because I am a Jets fan and just couldnt take it anymore)

The NBA doesnt rate in my world except for checking on former Huskies.

 

[intlzncster]

As a Ranger fan I only watch "full" series hockey when they are participants and their series with the Flyers, Penguins and Canadiens were all great hockey…………

Hopefully this will also bring entertainment to the big cities and all of their fans and I believe it will!!

Going to be a tough series for your guys against the Kings.

 

[August_West]

Going to be a tough series for your guys against the Kings.

Real tough. The kings have to be favored and they have the one goalie who can match Hank. The western confernece finals were played at a much higher level than the Eastern finals. All that being said, the Rangers are finding ways and if the King can stay hot and put a few together anything can happen.

 

[intlzncster]

For me it is pretty much a Photo Finish between UConn MBB and NYR hockey as my sporting passions. So I am in my glory now. The distant runner up would be the Red Sox.. and trailing way behind is Football (probably because I am a Jets fan and just couldnt take it anymore)

Probably one of the worst teams to a be a fan of in professional sports. Not only have they sucked, but more than half the time it's a complete sh!tshow. I'm having trouble thinking of a more downtrodden fandom. Even the Mets have 1986. I'd rather be a Cubbies fan honestly.

 

[August_West]

Probably one of the worst teams to a be a fan of in professional sports. Not only have they sucked, but more than half the time it's a complete sh!tshow. I'm having trouble thinking of a more downtrodden fandom. Even the Mets have 1986. I'd rather be a Cubbies fan honestly.

Well..... I was 2 in 1969 so I have Superbowl 3 . Also I was raised outside NYC until 9 years old and I grew up going to every Jets home game between the ages of 4-8 to see Namath play. he was and still is my favorite athlete of all time. But man have we suffered since.

 

[intlzncster]

Well..... I was 2 in 1969 so I have Superbowl 3 . Also I was raised outside NYC until 9 years old and I grew up going to every Jets home game between the ages of 4-8 to see Namath play. he was and still is my favorite athlete of all time. But man have we suffered since.

I mean, your fans were the only people who boo'ed their own draft choice every single year. It was comical. Then I remember cheering for Gholston, and he turns out to be a dud (saved the Pats skins on that one, because I think they'd have jumped on him).

 

[Husky25]

Probably one of the worst teams to a be a fan of in professional sports. Not only have they sucked, but more than half the time it's a complete sh!tshow. I'm having trouble thinking of a more downtrodden fandom. Even the Mets have 1986. I'd rather be a Cubbies fan honestly.

The entire City of Cleveland just collectively scoffed at you in derision...

 

[August_West]

I mean, your fans were the only people who boo'ed their own draft choice every single year. It was comical. Then I remember cheering for Gholston, and he turns out to be a dud (saved the Pats skins on that one, because I think they'd have jumped on him).

Thats why Ive given up. My father too, he was the biggest jets fan ever, had season tickets from the first game in the AFL. We cant stand what the modern day jets fan has become. Not that the bumbling idiots running the franchise are any better and might be worse.

 

[Adios]

I loved hockey when going to Whale games, was really into it. I tried to maintain my interest after they left, but struggled a lot and basically lost touch with the professional game to the degree that I watch virtually no NHL hockey even during the playoffs.

I've been following college more than the NHL these days, but the college scene here sure helped heal old wounds. Yale vs Quinnipiac in the final is a game for the ages.

 

[intlzncster]

The entire City of Cleveland just collectively scoffed at you in derision...

But it's Cleveland. Does that even count?

 

[intlzncster]

Thats why Ive given up. My father too, he was the biggest jets fan ever, had season tickets from the first game in the AFL. We cant stand what the modern day jets fan has become. Not that the bumbling idiots running the franchise are any better and might be worse.

That's definitely where the problem is. Patriots did a 180 when Bob Kraft showed up.

Just like the Mets who have to get rid of the massive albatross around their neck that is the Wilpon family.

 

[Danpisco12]

Hockey lost me when they had the first slapshot contest at an All Star game.

You would watch the All Stars shooting at an empty net with no one on them and one puck would go near the goal, the next over the glass etc

And then in any game the announcer would say after a goal that the guy who scored saw a slight 6 inch opening when he shot that was just to the left of goalie. This with a man on him and a goalie in the net. Yeah right.

Really they just wind up and fire anywhere towards the vicinity of the goal and hope it goes in or gets deflected off a skate or stick. Not exactly pinpoint accuracy

As someone who plays hockey you honestly could not be more wrong.

 

[August_West]

As someone who plays hockey you honestly could not be more wrong.

Yeah, I was going to take that post to task too. Just not right. The thing is they are so big fast and skilled now, that almost never can you find open ice in a scoring area to be a sniper from. Even if you do, goalies are stopping everything they can see. Screens, back doors and deflections are really the only way to get a puck in the net most of the time. Players absolutely have the skills. It's a different game than it was 40 years ago.

 

[Danpisco12]

Yeah, I was going to take that post to task too. Just not right. The thing is they are so big fast and skilled now, that almost never can you find open ice in a scoring area to be a sniper from. Even if you do, goalies are stopping everything they can see. Screens, back doors and deflections are really the only way to get a puck in the net most of the time. Players absolutely have the skills. It's a different game than it was 40 years ago.

Very true. I didn't even play division 1 or anything but during pick up when we don't have 2 goalies we play where you need to hit the post to score and even I am able to do that pretty reliably. Given the space most all NHL players would absolutely astonish you with their ability to routinely pick corners from almost anywhere on the ice. Try watching a practice sometime.

 

[IHeartStairs]

The best sweaters, best goal music, never the best team but will always be my team. Bring them back

 

[Waquoit]

Jack Edwards is excellent……..from ESPN to very good hockey guy!.

So you must think Derek Sanderson was the best color guy ever!

 

[Waquoit]

Patriots did a 180 when Bob Kraft showed up.

Nope, the Pats did a 180 when the Big Tuna showed up. The Krafts just took credit for it.

 

[Husky25]

So you must think Derek Sanderson was the best color guy ever!

Sanderson was, say, colorful...
But Brickley is a better color guy.

 

[intlzncster]

Nope, the Pats did a 180 when the Big Tuna showed up. The Krafts just took credit for it.

You are talking solely on the field. The Krafts changed the whole model of how the entired organization functioned; when I mean 180, I'm talking how the whole organization operated top to bottom. And yes, Parcells was absolutely key. But Parcells did not keep the Pats winning for the next decade and a half.

The day after the NFL approved the sale in February 1994, Patriots fans showed their appreciation by purchasing almost 6,000 season tickets en route to selling out every game for the first time in the team's 34-year history. Every home game—regular season, postseason, and even preseason—has been sold out since. -wikipedia

No coincidence that the Pats made the Superbowl 2 years after they bought the team.

Then, of course, they hired Bill Belichick, the best coach in modern football history, and its single greatest hire. Being a great leader is about finding the right people to do the job, first and foremost. And BB is greater than BP over the long hall. Everything they've done since then has been spot on. It's now one of the most valuable franchises in all of sports. And a model of professional sports team organizations. Even the way that Kraft got in there, by buying the stadium/lease ahead of time, was very Krafty.

 

[Scoe]

Calhoun was on the Whalers board of trustees.

 

[Scoe]

Old-time hockey!!

Yep, I miss the old Civic Center I used to always go to the old Wendys there and sneak in food under my Whalers starter jacket which I still have btw lol, good times.

 

[August_West]

Nope, the Pats did a 180 when the Big Tuna showed up. The Krafts just took credit for it.

And he almost did the same for jets, but alas it was the jets and he bailed.

 

[Waquoit]

And he almost did the same for jets, but alas it was the jets and he bailed.

And the Cowboys

 

[Waquoit]

You are talking solely on the field. .

Because that's what matters most. You forget that the Krafts ran Tuna out of town and the team turned back into crap. They get props for bringing in Belichick. If they don't do that, the team stays crappy and Kraft is just another meddlesome owner like Jerry Jones.