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Online Michael Hardner

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Re: Hockey Culture
« Reply #60 on: November 17, 2020, 04:40:51 am »
Whoa, that is actually about hockey CULTURE  8)

So do you guys like WHA logos?
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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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« Reply #61 on: November 17, 2020, 11:47:24 am »
Quote from: MH on November 17, 2020, 04:40:51 am
Whoa, that is actually about hockey CULTURE  8)

So do you guys like WHA logos?

It not the logo so much probably...   I think it may be the fact that the team is paying an homage to the team of yesteryear.  It actually plays on sentimentality and emotions, more than just a good logo or design.   The fact that the teams are now defunct adds to the sentimentality....   like remembering a friend from long ago.

I would’ve liked to see the Canucks go with the lumberjack and/or the hockey stick rink logo.  That’s not a great logo...   but now it has history and sentimentalism wrapped up in it.

I like the Wild 3rd uniform, but it’s exactly the same as their normal uniforms, with bad logo,  but with the Minnesota North Stars colours.


Ya gotta love the Michigan Stags’ uniform though, no?

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Online Michael Hardner

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Re: Hockey Culture
« Reply #62 on: November 17, 2020, 12:15:42 pm »
Michigan Stags ... one of the better ones.  I knew a guy who played for the Chicago Cougars



Did you know there was once a 'Battle of Missouri ?' ie. TWO NHL teams in Missouri at the same time ?  And one ended up in NJ ?

Also some of those WHA teams bounced around a ton.   The current Colorado Avalanche used to be the San Francisco Sharks.

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« Reply #63 on: November 06, 2021, 10:36:34 pm »
Connor McDavid might be the best hockey player in the world, but Leon Draisaitl has been an absolute caveman for the Oilers so far this season. He's leading the league in goals and points, second in assists (1 behind McDavid and Nugent-Hopkins), leads the league in plus-minus, and leads all forwards in ice-time per game. He is also the Oilers' top faceoff man.  McDavid has the insane speed and incredible skill level, but Draisaitl has size and strength and can protect the puck better than almost anybody in hockey.  They are like an exotic sports car and a turbo-diesel truck... built for different situations, but both excellent at what they do.

How is your favorite hockey team doing? What has caught your eye so far this season?


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« Reply #64 on: November 07, 2021, 09:04:41 pm »
Canucks have been poor so far. 

The last 2 or 3 games have been better.  They’ve played ok, but not been rewarded with wins. But, if they carry on like this, the wins will come.

Goaltending has been stellar.

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« Reply #65 on: November 08, 2021, 12:05:57 pm »
Quote from: kimmy on November 06, 2021, 10:36:34 pm
Connor McDavid might be the best hockey player in the world, but Leon Draisaitl has been an absolute caveman for the Oilers so far this season. He's leading the league in goals and points, second in assists (1 behind McDavid and Nugent-Hopkins), leads the league in plus-minus, and leads all forwards in ice-time per game. He is also the Oilers' top faceoff man.  McDavid has the insane speed and incredible skill level, but Draisaitl has size and strength and can protect the puck better than almost anybody in hockey.  They are like an exotic sports car and a turbo-diesel truck... built for different situations, but both excellent at what they do.

Going to be weird watching these guys trade Art Ross, Rocket and Hart trophies off for the next 10 years and still not win a Cup because the league refuses to call the rulebook in the playoffs.

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« Reply #66 on: November 08, 2021, 03:58:04 pm »
Quote from: MH on November 17, 2020, 12:15:42 pm
Also some of those WHA teams bounced around a ton.   The current Colorado Avalanche used to be the San Francisco Sharks.

Sort of….  The Sharks never actually played in the WHA…. They went defunct before they ever played and the franchise was then given to Quebec City (Nordiques). 

The Sharks didn’t bounce around…. They never played at all.

The Avs do have the best “retro jersey” in the NHL, paying tribute to the Nordiques (and not the San Francisco Sharks).

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« Reply #67 on: November 23, 2021, 08:58:57 pm »
Olympic jerseys.  No…. Just no.


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« Reply #68 on: December 08, 2021, 05:10:14 pm »
Former Oiler and current Blackhawks forward Jujhar Khaira was knocked out cold in a game versus the Rangers last night.

Watching the replay a few times from a couple of angles that his head was the main point of contact, which would suggest it qualifies as an illegal hit to the head. However Khaira had his head down and thus put himself was in a vulnerable position, which would make it a clean hit by the letter of the law. Call me crazy, but hitting the head of a player in a vulnerable position would be something I would think the NHL would want to discourage but who knows with this garbage league. But I think what really gets me is that this isn't really a hockey play at all. There's no on-ice advantage to blowing up a guy who doesn't even have control of the puck. It's violence for violence's sake and I'm not sure why, given all we know about CTE etc now, soemthing like that is such an important part of the game for people.
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« Reply #69 on: December 09, 2021, 12:50:42 am »
Quote from: Black Dog on December 08, 2021, 05:10:14 pm
Former Oiler and current Blackhawks forward Jujhar Khaira was knocked out cold in a game versus the Rangers last night.

Watching the replay a few times from a couple of angles that his head was the main point of contact, which would suggest it qualifies as an illegal hit to the head. However Khaira had his head down and thus put himself was in a vulnerable position, which would make it a clean hit by the letter of the law. Call me crazy, but hitting the head of a player in a vulnerable position would be something I would think the NHL would want to discourage but who knows with this garbage league. But I think what really gets me is that this isn't really a hockey play at all. There's no on-ice advantage to blowing up a guy who doesn't even have control of the puck. It's violence for violence's sake and I'm not sure why, given all we know about CTE etc now, soemthing like that is such an important part of the game for people.

It was a clean hit.  Poop happens sometimes in contact sports.
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« Reply #70 on: December 09, 2021, 09:58:18 am »
Quote from: Squidward von Squidderson on December 09, 2021, 12:50:42 am
It was a clean hit.  Poop happens sometimes in contact sports.

That it was unnecessary is my point.
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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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« Reply #71 on: December 09, 2021, 11:03:28 am »
Quote from: Black Dog on December 09, 2021, 09:58:18 am
That it was unnecessary is my point.

I disagree.  Hitting is part of the game.  Take it out and it would be extremely dull.
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Re: Hockey Culture
« Reply #72 on: December 09, 2021, 12:51:41 pm »
Quote from: Squidward von Squidderson on December 09, 2021, 11:03:28 am
I disagree.  Hitting is part of the game.  Take it out and it would be extremely dull.

No one said anything about taking hitting out of the game.
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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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« Reply #73 on: December 09, 2021, 12:54:34 pm »
Quote from: Black Dog on December 09, 2021, 12:51:41 pm
No one said anything about taking hitting out of the game.

What was unnecessary about this hit?  How do you remove a hit where this is happening in a split second, where the guy happens to be looking down, rather than keeping his head up? 

I think it would be better to remove looking down at the puck from the game.
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« Reply #74 on: December 09, 2021, 01:08:33 pm »
Quote from: Squidward von Squidderson on December 09, 2021, 12:50:42 am
It was a clean hit.  Poop happens sometimes in contact sports.
Quote from: Squidward von Squidderson on December 09, 2021, 11:03:28 am
Hitting is part of the game.  Take it out and it would be extremely dull.



bullshyte hit from a bullshyte player! Trouba has a past history of making these most dubious hits - why the very next game/night, the azzhole did much the same thing to the Avs MacKinnon... superstar MacKinnon! In both the Khaira & MacKinnon hits, Trouba made initial contact with their heads, but then drove the force of the hits into their chests. Headhunter Trouba! And ya ya, how surprising the NHL's "Office of Player Safety" keeps turning a 'blind eye' to this crap...

the enlightened IIHF has a rule where the NHL refuses to go:

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