:: kicking dirt ::
stupid…Stars…stupid
:: kicking dirt again, shrugging ::
I hate hockey anyway… 
jarbaby
jarbabyj - Here… let me kick some of that dirt with you…
Fuckity fuck fuck fuck fuck fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!
Ah well… they fought valiantly and I have to tip my hat to the fans last night, they didn’t stop cheering for their team even as they went down in defeat.
detop - I am aware when the Richard riots occurred, I have only recently become a follower of our hometown team and I will always be devoted to Les Glorieux. 9 months? You might want to ask your parents what inspired them and if your real name is Maurice there might be something there.
Does this mean that I have to root for the Maple Leafs now? What kind of sin have I committed to deserve this kind of punishment?
What if I root for the Hurricanes instead? They are underdogs with a capital “U”.
kicks some more dirt…
Shit!!! I have cheered for two teams and they have lost every fricking game that I cheered for them…I’m gonna start cheering for the Leafs who I hate with a passion just to knock them out of the playoffs…
Keith
All I can say is damn Nieuwendyk’s goal was pretty. I doesn’t hurt quite so bad when it was a solid player like Nieuwy’s quality goal that wins it.
Unlike Brett “The Golden Jerk” Hull’s non-goal that won the Dallas Slugs the Cup.
must—cheer—for only remaining—Canadian team—arrrrggghhh
GO KINGS!!!
…ahh shit…
I can’t believe that people still bring this up, 2 years after the fact.
First, it was a goal. Hull had established control of the puck, meaning his foot could be in the crease leagally.
Second, the Sabres had scored only one goal in the preceeding 110 minutes of the series. They weren’t exactly helping themselves.
Hows about the Leafs in 7?
Well, that excuse stinks just as much now as it did two years ago. The fact remains that officials had been calling back goals in identical situations all year round but they fucked up in the final game. That Hull had control of the puck was just an ex post facto rationalization on the part of officials to save their sorry asses.
On a happier note, the Sabres humiliated the Flyers in game 6. 8 to 0. Woohoo!! I’ll bet Bobby Clarke wishes he’d traded traded Lindros when he had the chance.
Also, I can’t wait for Devils vs. Leafs. Unlike last year, New Jersey is going to have a fight on their hands.
Cheers,
Hodge (Who’s also bummed about the Oilers’ loss)
Fuck!
It was as bad as getting swept. So what if Detroit won the first two games, they lost four straight. Two in overtime no less. They had leads going into the third period and lost. They were up 3-0 with 7 minutes to go and lost. They did everything you could possibly do to lose that series.
I fear rebuilding is upon us. If not this year, then next. Do they really have the hunger and talent to make another run? No. All our primary talent is getting old and the younger guys haven’t been stepping up.
Well at least this way, I’ll soon be able to afford a hockey ticket again.
How’s that Wolverine?
Ticket prices NEVER go down.
Anyways, too bad. You could always root for my beloved Penguins, right? 
<Walks in carrying the Bible according to Mario and priest outfit>
Feynn, Wolverine, have you two considered accepting the Penguins into your lives?
(Hell, after Straka’s goal with 0.77 seconds remaining last night, how could you NOT?)
A question.
This may have to spawn a whole other thread, but why is it that Mario seems to be ‘off limits’? I notice whenever someone dares to get in his face or throw a hit to him, the commentators go WILD. BUCK, FUCKING WILD.
“AND HERE’S SOMETHING FOLKS! He’s getting in MARIO’s FACE! He’s ARGUING WITH THE ONE AND ONLY HOLY SAVIOR MARIO”
Anyone who steps out of the pits of hell to knock him into the boards ends up on Sportscenter as really having a set of balls to do this to Mario.
He’s still just a hockey player. He’s not untouchable. He’s going to get into fights and get thrown around and get punched, I’m sure. Just because he’s supposedly the greatest, doesn’t mean he’s immortal.
It reminds me of Michael Jordan. People went crazy when someone would dare to foul him. Or Brett Fucking Favre, who gets up and cries to the officials every time he’s sacked. Just because you’re great, doesn’t mean you’re not still in the game.
I just don’t know who to root for anymore. I can NEVER pick the right team to follow in the playoffs. I’ve been wrong three years in a row. I wish the Blackhawks would get in so I could be done with this second guessing. 
jarbaby
He’s off limits because he’s the greatest player on the planet. He doesn’t play dirty like others do, so he should get that same courtesy extended to him.
I know what you’re thinking: piss, piss, moan, moan. Well, that’s just how it is.
The Pens. Duh!!!
HUH? Well then, why aren’t the Pens winning every game 22 to nothing? If he’s the greatest player ever, let’s just get out of his way and let him do what he wants. I don’t think he returned to hockey to be treated like a fucking glass unicorn skating around the rink.
hits and scuffles are part of hockey…fights, no. If he’s going to be pissed every time someone touches him, he should have stayed home.
and I’m specifically NOT rooting for the Pens for this reason. I love Jagr (In fact, I had a letter published in ESPN the magazine to this effect), but I’m not going to cheer for special treatment.
jarbaby
SHUT UP! sobs bitterly over her Caps playing a DAMN fine game and losing anyway
HOLD UP.
If Mario is “God come to Earth,” then how in the HELL could the Caps hold him so well over this series? The Caps have NO stars - they’re a collection of plucky, scrappy guys who work their asses off. (And please god, let Leonsis and Wilson find a superstar in the offseason so we can get farther in the playoffs…)
Mario is a good player. No doubt. But he ain’t god. And jarbaby is right…if you don’t wanna get hit, DON’T PLAY!
jarbaby,
I think you’re forgetting the time he was poleaxed by Adam Graves in the playoffs a couple of years ago. He had to sit out the rest of the playoffs with a broken wrist. The viewership of those playoffs diminished considerably.
Yes, hockey is a rough sport. Mario has proven himself to be fragile. But the league and its players know exactly where their money comes from.
It’s not in their best interest to take Mario out. That would kill a considerable amount of interest in hockey, which is already in shaky financial shape.
Mario is a great hockey player. Period. That he’s a whiner doesn’t change that one iota.
BTW, I doubt the league tells the players to keep their hands off. I would bet the players do it all on their own.
My .02
Oh, I thought we were talking about sports. I didn’t realize we were talking about ratings and money. IIRC, people hit Wayne Gretzky all the time. Baby, hockey is never going to be the moneymaker that baseball and basketball and football are. T.V. and radio had better get used to it. Hockey is the behavior challenged whacked out son in the sports family, and it’s always going to be that way.
IANAHockeyCoach, but if a player came off the ice and said “I could have stopped that goal, but I didn’t want to hit Mario” I’d fucking kill him.
Walter Payton was the greatest Running Back EVER…and he was still getting leveled in his last season, because that’s part of the sport.
jarbaby
But they can’t stop Mario without killing him.
He is simply the greatest.
Oh, and Gretzky got away with murder, too. He was truly a hands-off player. At least Mario mixes it up every once in a while.
Can you people please keep it down?
We’re trying to mourn and lament up here in Michigan.
I will now be particularly pissed if the Avs just make mincemeat of the Kings.
Holy Hell, Airman, when did Mario put that collar on you?
He’s just a human being. The Caps have managed to ‘stop’ him a few times this series and he’s still alive.
jarbaby
Sorry.
Extolling the virtues of Super Mario is something I enjoy doing. He’s played (off and on) for the Pens since I was 10, and I grew up watching him.
Oh, and by the way, how many rings does Doug Weight have?
:: d&r ::