the Penguins are STILL gonna suck

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:


and i have no idea what your high school had to do with anything

the same thing the 1991 Stanley Cup champions have to do with anything.

i guess Nirvana is still the best band too :0


oh, and Neidermeyer goes to the Ducks…should be announced soon.

except i care who wins the stanley cup, no one cares about who wins high school hockey in ontario, except maybe ontarioians

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Oh, and what's the deal with Chelios and Schneider?

I guess you probably know by now that Schneider is back on with the Wings. But its still unclear about Chelios. Here's a good article on him, and hockey won't be the same without him (yes he's my favorite player) :D . At least Luc Robitaille is back home with the Kings! GO KINGS!

Chelios is realistic about future

By Angelique S. Chengelis / The Detroit News

DETROIT – Chris Chelios understands the reality, and it is this: His Red Wings – and, potentially, his NHL – career is over.

Chelios, who took part in the celebrity softball game as part of All-Star festivities Sunday at Comerica Park, said if the NHL labor agreement is approved, he would have to shop around for a team that can afford him.

Chelios, 43, is an unrestricted free agent and would have to take a severe pay cut to remain with the Wings.

"In my position, being my age, with the (salary) cap, that pretty much gets me out," Chelios said. "The hard thing is having to relocate the family. I want to play really badly, but it's just going to be an issue of how many teams I can play for; that's a tough thing. It's got to end somewhere.

"I've played for 20 years, I'm not worried about a thing. I'd love to play, but if I don't, it won't be the end of the world. I still have the (minor league) Motor City Mechanics, so I don't have to leave home."

Chelios, who returned to Detroit to participate in the All-Star celebrity game, said he was shocked to hear that Red Wings coach Dave Lewis had been fired.

"It hit me from left field," Chelios said. "That was unexpected, that's for sure. That's the last thing I thought about during this whole thing. I had no idea that was in the works. Dave is a great guy."

along with Chelios, Al MacInnis may be done, that sucks

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
except i care who wins the stanley cup, no one cares about who wins high school hockey in ontario, except maybe ontarioians

not who wins the cup, who "won" the cup. 14 years ago. real important.

Originally posted by general grievous:
along with Chelios, Al MacInnis may be done, that sucks

It'd be a complete shame if the new CBA and the lockout ends the career of guys like MacInnis and Chelios without any fanfare. I'm hopeful Chelios comes back to the Wings for a minor amount, even if he's a third line defenseman.

Well if Chelios doesn't care about $$ but just wants to play, apparently he has a home with the wings.

detroit free-press

The Wings also have made an offer to 43-year-old defenseman Chris Chelios but view him as someone who will be on the third unit. The team lost unrestricted free agent Mathieu Dandenault to the Montreal Canadiens, who offered him four years and $7 million, both numbers beyond what the Wings could afford.

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
except i care who wins the stanley cup, no one cares about who wins high school hockey in ontario, except maybe ontarioians

not who wins the cup, who "won" the cup. 14 years ago. real important.

fine. only tampa bay fans have bragging rights. let's move on

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
fine. only tampa bay fans have bragging rights. let's move on

thats more like it :)

that includes bruins fans ;)

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
except i care who wins the stanley cup, no one cares about who wins high school hockey in ontario, except maybe ontarioians

not who wins the cup, who "won" the cup. 14 years ago. real important.

fine. only tampa bay fans have bragging rights. let's move on

fucking a! wearing my stanley cup championship shirt as i type …

Originally posted by sonickteam4:
oh, and Neidermeyer goes to the Ducks…should be announced soon.

Venerable told me about this. The conversation went something like this:

VB: Sonick is saying Neidermayer to the Ducks
VS: We already signed Neidermayer
VB: I just saw that
VS: We had his rights, we just had to renegotiate a new contract
VB: No, Scott
VS: Holy Shit!

I haven't stopped smiling yet….

congrats smackie. now you just have to re-sign Cory Pecker and you'll be on your way to the cup!

:)

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
that includes bruins fans ;)

but now that you have Andre Roy, you'll be playing the Ducks in June!!!!

(and when have i bragged about the Bruins, please tell me i havent done that!)

i guess i should have said 'shit talking rights' too late now :)

Originally posted by general grievous:
http://hockeyrumors.blogspot.com/

http://www.boltsmag.com/archives/2005/08/03/the-false-god/

The false god
Filed under: The View from Canada, Rumors â?? Keith @ 5:41 pm

Itâ??s been an amazing 72 hours as players are moving everywhere, and often to places you would last expect. Amonte to Calgary. Holik to Atlanta. Gonchar to the Pens. Pronger to Edmonton? As the mad dash for news flames across the internet, people everywhere are looking to scoop eachother to earn prestige and power on their respective discussion forums.

This leads me to one of my greatest pet-peeves about this lockout and the internet. Iâ??ve bit my tongue for long enough, as I have finally gotten tired of this evil plague that has spread across internet discussion forums unabated.

This plague is Eklund, the false hockey god.

Eklund is just like John and myself, and every other blogger on the net: A bunch of people posting their opinions, generally not worried about whether others care. Eklund has somehow amassed a following that would have shamed David Koresh.

Despite the fact that his rumors site is batting about .010 in the accuracy department.

Make no mistake about it folks, Eklund is a plague, and you are the carrier. In these hectic days of free-agent orgies, Eklundâ??s â??rumorsâ? - usually lifted off of legit news sources, and usually posted AFTER they appear elsewhere - are being posted everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE. Heâ??s infected Hockeyforums, letsgowings, Calgarypuck, Scout.com, even Hockeyâ??s Future (would link, but their server sucks and the site is unreachableâ?¦ but that is another rant.) I could go on, and on, and on, and on.

And while I rant against Eklund, I also have to say I am impressed by him. Despite the fact that he is incorrect nearly 100% of the time, he has hundreds of loyal zombies refreshing his site every minute, desperately hoping to spread the virus to their home forums. All the while, he collects money from banner ads and from direct donations. One cannot help but to be impressed at how well he controls the sheeple that follow him, and how easily he has used them to fatten his own pockets.

Me, I refuse to follow the herd. I have never visited his site, and I will never visit his site. For the sake of every message board on the internet, I hope anyone reading this does too. Heâ??s gotten fat of the naivity and ignorance of hockey fans long enough. Let this phenomenon die already. The internet will be better off for it.

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:

Me, I refuse to follow the herd. I have never visited his site, and I will never visit his site. For the sake of every message board on the internet, I hope anyone reading this does too. Heâ??s gotten fat of the naivity and ignorance of hockey fans long enough. Let this phenomenon die already. The internet will be better off for it.

somebody is jealous

Originally posted by general grievous:

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:

Me, I refuse to follow the herd. I have never visited his site, and I will never visit his site. For the sake of every message board on the internet, I hope anyone reading this does too. Heâ??s gotten fat of the naivity and ignorance of hockey fans long enough. Let this phenomenon die already. The internet will be better off for it.

somebody is jealous

hey, i didn't write it, just posting an alternate view …

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
hey, i didn't write it, just posting an alternate view …

I know that

flyers trade roenick to kings. . .so, there's cap room for forsberg.