Can we play hockey now?

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:

Originally posted by xcanuck:
I read somewhere that Ted Leonsis blows a gasket at these games because there are more Wings fans than Caps fan :)

Of course he does. There's an audible "let's go Red Wings" chant throughout the entire building all game. It's a good 75% Wings fan some years.

but ted hears the "Sold Out Arena" chant in his head. I am sure he doesnt care. playoff games are different cause they can sell those out with Caps fans. so i see his point.

Same with Red Sox / Orioles games.

I am just happy that it looks the Blues wont be moving to Kansas City, the owner no longer wants anything to do with hockey after this mess

luckily the new CBA wont make Pronger an unrestricted free agent, the team is going to suck though

Originally posted by sonickteam4:
but ted hears the "Sold Out Arena" chant in his head. I am sure he doesnt care.

I believe there was an article 2 years ago after the WSH/DET game where he said it was painful to watch and called it "an appalling testimony to our fanbase" or something like that.

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
in pittsburgh you could always get package deals for caps game. like tickets, bus ride with kegs, food for a set price. could do this for bungles/steelers games in cinci too

you can do that too with the Capitals. I never did it but the people who sat behind us would do this for Carolina games.

oh yeah, i'm sure you can do it for alot of teams. caps were just the one that i knew alot of pens fans went to. about 1/3 pens fans every game i've gone to here

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
caps were just the one that i knew alot of pens fans went to. about 1/3 pens fans every game i've gone to here

yeah, they especially hate it when you show up for playoff games in your pens gear. i wonder why?

Two things…

1) Never wera a flyers jersey if you have floor seats for a concert in the civic arena. Them bastids is scary!

2) Shoot outs suck! There is nothing at all wrong with a great 0-0 hockey game. If they do have to do some sort of shoot out, there should be an entire revamping of the points system so that all games have equal number of points. I don't like where an OT or SO game gets a magical 3rd point tossed in. Every game should be worth the same number of total points. Make it 3 for a win, 0 for a loss, 2 for an OT/SO win, and 1 for an OT/SO loss. Give the teams an incentive to settle a game in regulation rather than just let is slide into OT to get the 'safe' point.

One more thing, any of you who do get season tickets, if you have nights you arent going send me an IM and I may be able to buy them off of you so they dont go to waste. Need a little advance notice since I am driving up from Richmond.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
caps were just the one that i knew alot of pens fans went to. about 1/3 pens fans every game i've gone to here

yeah, they especially hate it when you show up for playoff games in your pens gear. i wonder why?

i was at the ot game in pittsburgh that jiri slegr won with a slapshot from the top of the circle against the caps in pittsburgh. right behind the goal, about 10 rows back. best hockey game i ever went to.

and rat bastard, what were you thinking? why not paint your face brown and orange and wear a hat that says 'america sucks'. jeez ;)

Originally posted by RatBastard:
I don't like where an OT or SO game gets a magical 3rd point tossed in. Every game should be worth the same number of total points. Make it 3 for a win, 0 for a loss, 2 for an OT/SO win, and 1 for an OT/SO loss. Give the teams an incentive to settle a game in regulation rather than just let is slide into OT to get the 'safe' point.

OK, that I agree with, although I can tolerate REGULAR SEASON shoot-outs. They do that to the playoffs, though, and I'll go ape.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
caps were just the one that i knew alot of pens fans went to. about 1/3 pens fans every game i've gone to here

yeah, they especially hate it when you show up for playoff games in your pens gear. i wonder why?

the Pens dont make the playoffs anymore do they?

Originally posted by RatBastard:


2) Shoot outs suck!

hear hear!! its like if after so many innings of a baseball game, they had a home run derby to see who wins!!!!

i have to admit, i'm a little more excited for hockey than i thought. will be solidified if the pens do sign some big free agents as is the rumor

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
caps were just the one that i knew alot of pens fans went to. about 1/3 pens fans every game i've gone to here

yeah, they especially hate it when you show up for playoff games in your pens gear. i wonder why?

the Pens dont make the playoffs anymore do they?

yeah…they've been getting rid of bad contracts in anticipation of the new cba…which is here. rumor is they will sign 3 or 4 of the better players in hockey. kind of impossible to say what team will be good next year

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
i have to admit, i'm a little more excited for hockey than i thought. will be solidified if the pens do sign some big free agents as is the rumor

its like if your boyfriend/girlfriend does something really stupid and then buys you flowers and dinner or CDs and baseball tickets or whatever. they're all nice and they'll do whatever just to make things better. thats the NHL right now, take advantage of a whole sports league sucking up to you. :)

well, sort of. the pens (and a few other teams too) have been preparing for the new cba for years, and if it works out, great. i guess i'm more excited to see what the team will look like than anything. and if they win, great

Fantasy hockey anyone?

Originally posted by vansmack:
Fantasy hockey anyone?

Oh, fuck that.

Originally posted by vansmack:
Fantasy hockey anyone?

I'm there!!! waiting for the leagues to start up.
I am usually in at least 1 or 2 different leagues. i like Yahoo's leagues the best, personally.

count me in once the draft is set and what not!

ive been doing some work with Joe Watson (former Flyer) and Paul MacKinnon (former Caps) for some Alumni games against a Russian team. Needless to say, for me at least, I have not had too much hockey withdrawal. It will be nice to have the NHL back, but I don't think I'll be attending more games for a long while.

GO KINGS!

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
I can't wait until this year's Detroit/Washington game at MCI so me and my fellow Red Wings compatriots can have the "Let's Go Red Wings" chant reverberate through the venue as we kick DC's sorry excuse for a team's ass 5-1.

What part of Detroit are you from?