vansmack wrote:
For the record I support DirecTV and am willing to let hockey die if need be.
harsh. your need to prove a point trumps your love of a sport?
harsh. your need to prove a point trumps your love of a sport?
2009 Hockey Season
harsh. your need to prove a point trumps your love of a sport?
sweetcell wrote:vansmack wrote:
For the record I support DirecTV and am willing to let hockey die if need be.
harsh. your need to prove a point trumps your love of a sport?
I am nothing if not a man of principle.
i'm with smackie here. when was the last time the nhl made a good decision on tv contacts in the states?
godsshoeshine wrote:
its…october
according to this guy, there's only one october.
dane cook is somewhere in the midteens in the 100 reasons why everyone hates boston sports list
Number of Ducks Games on Versus I would have seen if DirecTV had a deal with Versus: 0
Number of Ducks Games I've seen on NHL Center Ice for Free as a gift from DirecTV because of Versus: 2
Keep up the fight, DirecTV! For the record Lupul and Koivu look great tonight, although Lupul took one in the eye socket in the second.
Number of Ducks Games I've seen on NHL Center Ice for Free as a gift from DirecTV because of Versus: 2
Keep up the fight, DirecTV! For the record Lupul and Koivu look great tonight, although Lupul took one in the eye socket in the second.
now watching: King's Ransom, the story of gretzky's trade to the LA kings (made-for-tv movie on ESPN).
#99 was a god among men during my early years in canada, t'is a powerful story (currently watching the press conference when he announced his trade - tearing up). however the film doesn't reveal any big secrets. i always assumed it was because of janet, whereas the movie paints a story of straight-up economic realities: gretzky was a depreciating asset, the oilers needed to look to the future, and LA was offering a boatload of cash & draft picks. it was an emotionally difficult but logically obvious choice to make… however all seem to agree that the oilers could have won 2 to 4 more cups, so the value of the trade is still questionable.
#99 was a god among men during my early years in canada, t'is a powerful story (currently watching the press conference when he announced his trade - tearing up). however the film doesn't reveal any big secrets. i always assumed it was because of janet, whereas the movie paints a story of straight-up economic realities: gretzky was a depreciating asset, the oilers needed to look to the future, and LA was offering a boatload of cash & draft picks. it was an emotionally difficult but logically obvious choice to make… however all seem to agree that the oilers could have won 2 to 4 more cups, so the value of the trade is still questionable.
sweetcell wrote:
now watching: King's Ransom, the story of gretzky's trade to the LA kings (made-for-tv movie on ESPN).
I recorded it but failed to watch it after the Ducks collapsed in the third (thanks to a missed 5 minute high stick major that left Saku's top lip a bloody mess) - I was hockeyed out at that point. I'll probably watch it tonight.
As a Kings fan back then, I can tell you he did more for hockey in So Cal than anything I can remember and but for McSorley's curved stick would have won a title or two in LA. Melrose then went nuts and dismantled the team to build a team of thugs and the Kings have been shite ever since. I saw many of his major accomplishments in LA and still have a soft spot for his tenure there despite what others say.
vansmack wrote:
As a Kings fan back then, I can tell you he did more for hockey in So Cal than anything I can remember
that was one of the closing points of the movie: prior to the trade, there was 1 team in california. shortly after the trade, there were 3.
GO FLYERS!
I'd be remissed if I didn't point out that the tone for the Angels beating the Red Sxo 5-0 was clearly set by the Ducks whipping the Bruins 6-1.
But outside of that, this does explain a lot about Theo Fluery:
In book, Fleury details alleged abuse
If true, sad story, how does he he faile 13 drug tests during his career, but never be prevented from playing?
But outside of that, this does explain a lot about Theo Fluery:
In book, Fleury details alleged abuse
If true, sad story, how does he he faile 13 drug tests during his career, but never be prevented from playing?
Franzen out 4 months for the Wings. Ugh.
Melrose was never GM in LA.
Thousand wrote:
Melrose was never GM in LA.
I never said that he was and I'm not trying to make excuses for Nick Beverly or Bruce McNall (the guy probably most responsible for the longterm downfall of the Kings), but after the 1993 Stanley Cup, Melrose convinced management that the reason they were beaten by Montreal in the finals was because they played West-sytle hockey which wasn't tough enough to compete with the East and went about bringing in a bunch of tough guys that didn't gel well with the skill players, of which the Kings had a lot. Management listened to him, the Kings missed the playoffs the next two years, McNall sold the team which ended up in Bankruptcy because of mismanagement and have been the butt of many jokes since, especially with the success of cross town rivals and 2007 Stanley Cup Champions Anaheim Ducks.
After making the playoffs 9 out of 10 years leading up to being a curved stick away from a 2-0 lead with 3 in a row at home in the Stanley Cup finals, Melrose's influence/demands dismanteld that team and they've made the playoffs 4 times in the nearly 20 years since.