# I pit the local hockey team **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 21, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465 "2015-05-21T02:00:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/41 "2015-05-30T10:20:23Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > 1975 feels like a long time ago, huh? And 1967 feels like a lot longer… sigh… ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/42 "2015-05-30T22:47:58Z")
We’re gonna win. We’re gonna win. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IgAsNtmlQJU/hqdefault.jpg "A League of Their Own - Best Scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgAsNtmlQJU) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/43 "2015-05-31T03:03:49Z")
Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks for winning the Western Cobference championship! Looking forward to a great Stanley Cup Finals series beginning on Wednesday! ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/44 "2015-05-31T05:02:51Z")
> [@Anonymous\_611029db27c9df0d53a8d56482d7eac3](#): > > Not for another week you won’t… Not only that, I can’t find anything on Facebook because every ten seconds tonight it’s YAY BLACKHAWKS!!! Aren’t there other hockey teams that stand a chance or are the Blackhawks going to win the Stanley Cup like ten times in a row? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/45 "2015-05-31T05:15:32Z")
> [@lel](#): > > Not only that, I can’t find anything on Facebook because every ten seconds tonight it’s YAY BLACKHAWKS!!! > > Aren’t there other hockey teams that stand a chance or are the Blackhawks going to win the Stanley Cup like ten times in a row? It’s NHL playoff hockey. Anything can happen. I’m a Hawks fan, but this series could have gone to the Ducks. There were a lot of hard-fought wins in there, and a bounce here or an inch there, and it could have been the Ducks in the finals. So, no, I’m absolutely not taking it as a given that the Hawks are going to steamroll their way through the finals. Not at all. But the way they’ve been playing the last two games, it’s encouraging. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/46 "2015-05-31T15:04:38Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > 1975 feels like a long time ago, huh? Yes. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/47 "2015-05-31T18:10:05Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Yes. ☹ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/48 "2015-05-31T19:32:17Z")
My only regret is the Da Haks didn’t advance to the final in Chicago, on a weeknight. Or, even better, a weeknight right during **ponch8** ’s commute. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_611029db27c9df0d53a8d56482d7eac3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anonymous\_611029db27c9df0d53a8d56482d7eac3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_611029db27c9df0d53a8d56482d7eac3)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/49 "2015-06-01T12:23:24Z")
> [@lel](#): > > Aren’t there other hockey teams that stand a chance or are the Blackhawks going to win the Stanley Cup like ten times in a row? The Blackhawks are in cap hell after this season. Enjoy it now - they will not look the same next year. Although Toews, Kane and Keith are always a good starting point… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/50 "2015-06-01T15:34:52Z")
> [@Anonymous\_611029db27c9df0d53a8d56482d7eac3](#): > > The Blackhawks are in cap hell after this season. Enjoy it now - they will not look the same next year. > > Although Toews, Kane and Keith are always a good starting point… Trading Corey Crawford and seeing if Darling is for real (spoiler - yes) frees up 6 million. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/51 "2016-04-26T13:33:41Z")
I’m reviving my year-old thread to celebrate the fucking hockey team’s elimination from the Stanley Bowl playoffs. Their parade has been CANCELLED! Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/52 "2016-04-26T13:47:31Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I’m reviving my year-old thread to celebrate the fucking hockey team’s elimination from the Stanley Bowl playoffs. Their parade has been CANCELLED! Woohoo! Are you so ignorant that you don’t realize it is called the Stanley Cup? Or are you trying to make a point by being wrong on purpose? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/53 "2016-04-26T14:56:37Z")
Yay ice rink sportball! (Yes, **Ike** , he’s making the point that he thinks it’s stupid.) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/54 "2016-04-26T15:41:21Z")
Local sports radio is pointing the finger at the quarterback Toews for not scoring any baskets during the last series. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/55 "2016-04-26T15:57:45Z")
The second yellow card for burning the hammer in the last innings was the real killer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/56 "2016-04-26T17:49:46Z")
Something something succumbed to depression after they couldn’t “beat the blues.” ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/57 "2016-04-26T21:00:23Z")
It must suck to be a Chicago sports fan … really suck … ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/58 "2016-04-26T22:37:59Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I’m reviving my year-old thread to celebrate the fucking hockey team’s elimination from the Stanley Bowl playoffs. Their parade has been CANCELLED! Woohoo! Yes, okay, we get it, you’re a unique and special snowflake. Happy now? :rolleyes: However, as far as that big parade, I too would prefer it not be in your city. 😃 LET’S GO PENS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/59 "2016-04-26T22:53:48Z")
Most of the Blackhawks fans I see are total bandwagon jumpers. And I’m still pissed about their two or three players going over to a section of the ice to raise their sticks in appreciation of fans coming to watch them in an away game. On enemy ice?? That’s beyond rude. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465/60 "2016-04-26T23:01:44Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Because Disney doesn’t own the team anymore and they’re all grown men, I expect. In that case, keep the “Mighty”, lose the “Ducks.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-local-hockey-team/720465.md?page=4)