OT: Who's your hockey team?

[White Dwarf]

Carolina Hurricanes. I moved to NC and 10 years later the whale followed. Love hearing Chuck Kaiton on the radio.

 

[Palatine]

It's still odd seeing Phil in that uniform

 

[August_West]

I loved the late 70s rangers. Solid as ..... Win a game at MSG.... then go out all night to the clubs drink and snort blow off of supermodels chests. Those cats got it done.

 

[mauconnfan]

It's still odd seeing Phil in that uniform

It was odd for me back on those days seeing Brad Park in the Black and Gold too.

 

[August_West]

It's still odd seeing Phil in that uniform

Wouldve preferred to keep Park and Ratelle.

 

[mauconnfan]

I loved the late 70s rangers. Solid as ..... Win a game at MSG.... then go out all night to the clubs drink and snort blow off of supermodels chests. Those cats got it done.

Yep I agree, they were the tits.

When I do that now I have trouble getting any work done the next day for crying out loud

 

[BUHusky]

BU (obviously)

 

[FartMan69]

Couldnt stand the influx of Bruin fans after their cup run so I pretty much root against them. There fans are the worst. I separate Boston sports fans and Bruins fans because they think the world revolves around the black and gold when the other franchises have been 10x more successful

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Been a Ranger fan from before Eddie Giacomin wore a goalie's mask.

 

[mauconnfan]

Been a Ranger fan from before Eddie Giacomo wore a goalie's mask.

Eddie G and Gilles V were the tandem right?

My first favorite Ranger was Vic Hatfield.

 

[B1GEast]

Anyone who says Bruins should be shot.

Rangers, once the Whale departed

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I see you quoted it before I realized auto-correct screwed up Giacomin.

I go back before Villemure. Terry Sawchuck was Eddie's backup until a drunken fistfight with his roommate (Ron Stewart).

Emile Francis built some talented but too small teams (later did something similar for the Whale) but some of his decisions (especially his treatment of Giacomin) were infuriating.

 

[mauconnfan]

Anyone who says Bruins should be shot.

Rangers, once the Whale departed

I don't mind the Bruins living in WesMass to be quite honest. Since moving up here I have stated my dislike for the Sox and Pats (the fans made it worst since 2000, been here since 90) but the Bruins fans are somewhat different. You don't see as many pink hats running around jumping on that bandwagon and ruining the face of the program. I actually enjoyed some of the Bruins series especially vs the Canadiens a couple times. Almost to the point of rooting for them quite honestly.

 

[prankster]

Easy to become a Bolts fan....

Start by moving to the Tampa Bay area.....the rest comes pretty natural.

 

[Adios]

Yale, UConn, SHU, QU, in that order. Tried the Islanders after the Whalers left but didn't totally feel it. But in the playoffs, I'd follow the Isles, Senators and Preds.

FWIW, I think the Rangers will move their farm team to Bridgeport permanently.

 

[August_West]

Been a Ranger fan from before Eddie Giacomin wore a goalie's mask.

Eddie! My favorite player.

Vic Hadfield was a friend of my dad's.

 

[Deepster]

I stopped watching hockey the day the Whale said they were leaving town. I'm a sour old grouch about it and I don't care.

 

[Tommyboy]

Grew up on Long Island during the Islanders 4 straight Stanley Cups. I was 6 when they won in 80. Great start to my fandom, been disappointing ever since!

 

[August_West]

Grew up on Long Island during the Islanders 4 straight Stanley Cups. I was 6 when they won in 80. Great start to my fandom, been disappointing ever since!

God I hated those Icelander teams. They were excellent. But jeez I hated them.

 

[August_West]

Emile Francis built some talented but too small teams (later did something similar for the Whale) but some of his decisions (especially his treatment of Giacomin) were infuriating.

Yeah the Cat was a strange fellow.

I mentioned Hadfield above. I loved the G-A-G line. (Hadfield and Gilbert centered by Ratelle) how about the original chief?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Eddie! My favorite player.

Vic Hadfield was a friend of my dad's.

Hadfield was my favorite forward (favorite Ranger after Eddie and Brad Park) back then. At one time he was the only Ranger to score 50 goals in a season. The GAG line was awesome.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

God I hated those Icelander teams. They were excellent. But jeez I hated them.

I hated that they were willing to be physical and play D (the things the early 70's Rangers seldom did which killed them) and I hated even more that their entire fan base in the mid 70's were Ranger fans who jumped ship.

 

[Adios]

"Still, there is proof that the Rangers-to-Bridgeport scenario has been discussed within the offices of Harbor Yards Sports & Entertainment. The company registered the domain names CTRANGERS.COM and CONNECTICUTRANGERS.COM on January 2."

Do they have to call the team the "Rangers"?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I don't mind the Bruins living in WesMass to be quite honest. Since moving up here I have stated my dislike for the Sox and Pats (the fans made it worst since 2000, been here since 90) but the Bruins fans are somewhat different. You don't see as many pink hats running around jumping on that bandwagon and ruining the face of the program. I actually enjoyed some of the Bruins series especially vs the Canadiens a couple times. Almost to the point of rooting for them quite honestly.

Never really minded the Bruins and respected the hell out of their Orr/Esposito cup teams. What I could not stand were the trades (Ratelle & Park for Espo, Middleton for Hodge) that made the Bruins younger while we got old & out of shape.

Very high on my laundry list of critical errors the NHL has historically made is when the Bruins and Rangers were building what would have been a great rivalry (early to mid 1970's) the league shook up their divisions leaving Boston and New York to seldom play each other. Brilliant.

 

[Adios]

Never really minded the Bruins and respected the hell out of their Orr/Esposito cup teams. What I could not stand were the trades (Ratelle & Park for Espo, Middleton for Hodge) that made the Bruins younger while we got old & out of shape.

Very high on my laundry list of critical errors the NHL has historically made is when the Bruins and Rangers were building what would have been a great rivalry (early to mid 1970's) the league shook up their divisions leaving Boston and New York to seldom play each other. Brilliant.

The league divided up the "original six" to market the league in new markets.