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Post by wsimpson on Jul 13, 2005 15:14:41 GMT -5
Malkin is staying in fucking Russia next year. Thank you scouts for once again drafting a dude who wont impact us for at least 3 years. We must have drafted Ryan Whitney in 2000 and he is still in our minors.
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Post by Zappa on Jul 13, 2005 15:29:25 GMT -5
I bet you Tampa Bay has already forgotten it. Really, as sad as it is, the NHL shot itself in the foot with the sudden southern expansion in the 90s.
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Post by Dave on Jul 13, 2005 15:33:59 GMT -5
What fucked them over about the expansion was that they gave the new cities shitty teams. Fuck even in the northern cities, less people come when the team is perenially bad, so giving a new market a shitty team and expecting the interest to hold was really pushing it. Expansion was a good idea, but giving new hockey markets terrible teams for the first however-many-years-it-took-for-the-draft-picks-to-mature wasn't the brightest idea.
Of course, what REALLY screwed them over was that they got all the cash from the new teams, putting more money into the owners' pockets, which enabled them to give into the demands of the agents, which led to the salary escalation which led to the lockout. So yeah...you could say the southern expansion kinda shot the NHL in the foot.
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Post by Kevlar on Jul 13, 2005 15:48:08 GMT -5
Hey will, us and three other teams (I think Buffalo and Colombus are two of them) have the best chance of getting him because of the weird lottery they're doing. And they didn't sign Whitney until last (hockey) year, he'll be on the team when it comes back.
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Post by Scott on Jul 13, 2005 16:16:12 GMT -5
meh. I want Crosby in Chicago. The best place for him is in a big city, because the exposure will be there. The Rangers are the scum of the earth, and don't deserve shit. Chicago though could use him. Something to rejuvenate their fan base, after their shit owner has tried to kill it off. Maybe they'd actually televise home games if they got Crosby. Chicago is one of the better hockey seasons, and they could use a reason to get excited about the sport again. The Rangers, while being the league's perenial ass blowers, have still always had their fan base there, and probably been the team with the most revenue for the last few seasons, despite the high payroll and unparalleled levels of suckage.
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Post by Zappa on Jul 13, 2005 17:26:54 GMT -5
So, who is this Crosby fellow? The second coming of God or something?
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Post by Kevlar on Jul 13, 2005 17:29:35 GMT -5
yes. end of discussion.
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Post by Dave on Jul 13, 2005 19:53:25 GMT -5
Crosby is insanely overrated. He'll still be very good though.
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Post by Scott on Jul 13, 2005 20:48:21 GMT -5
to most people, he's hockey jesus.
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Post by tkemy388 on Jul 14, 2005 23:13:09 GMT -5
Only three cases?
This calls for three kegs so I can forget all about the Blackhawks.
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Post by Dave on Jul 17, 2005 21:47:38 GMT -5
I was trying to stick with the theme.
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Post by Scott on Jul 17, 2005 22:50:06 GMT -5
hmm....the 18th in less than an hour, meaning the lottery is 3 days away
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Post by Dave on Jul 17, 2005 22:57:27 GMT -5
Lottery's not gonna be televised apparently. Now if the Rangers win it, everyone will question it. Bad move by the league.
Who does everyone have for the lottery winner? I think Columbus is gonna take it, for some odd reason.
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Post by Scott on Jul 17, 2005 23:45:31 GMT -5
i can't predict who i think will win it. i've said before where i think it should go, but meh.
rangers winning = fix
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Post by Dave on Jul 18, 2005 1:19:12 GMT -5
Not necessarily, but it will look a lot more like that if they win and it's not televised.
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