Who's gonna win the Stanley Cup?

[EXCESS]

Its still early in the season, so maybe we'll get some honest predictions.

[PaPaPumP]

What a pity...no one has responded...


Well let me be the first to say....GO LEAFS!!!

[marx]

WTF! What's up with this poll? Where's the Canucks?

Vancouver ALL THE WAY!!!

[primodonna]

two words:

RE PEAT

[partyboynyc]

all hockey is is like the KKK on ice!!a bunch of toothless white dudes runnign around w/ sticks beating the shit out of that poor black puck!!!

[Pete235]

Ok if your gonna quote Chris Rock...lets do it right.
Chris Rock as Nat X on SNL. The top 5 reasons black men DO NOT play ice hockey. Why only 5? Because 10 would make "the man" nervous. Here we go:

5) It's too damn cold out there

4) Don't want to be around white men with sticks

3) Don't want to be around white men in masks

2) Scared to get their gold tooth knocked out

and the number 1) reason....Do not feel the need to dominate yet another professional sport!!

[partyboynyc]

i remember Nat X skits but i never saw that one.thats' good

[EXCESS]

Originally posted by marx
WTF! What's up with this poll? Where's the Canucks?

Vancouver ALL THE WAY!!!

Have you seen what they've done with their "great young team"? They seem to fall apart every year about 2 weeks before the playoffs start. Go Oil!!!

[EXCESS]

Originally posted by primodonna
two words:

RE PEAT

Two more words:

Notunlesstheybuyateamatthetradedeadline liketheydidlastyear

[PaPaPumP]

That's one word, go back and take away that extra space...it's bad grammar.


You are the weakest link.....GUHBYE!

[primodonna]

Originally posted by EXCESS


Two more words:

Notunlesstheybuyateamatthetradedeadline liketheydidlastyear

whichtheywillbeabletodosoit'sallgood

[PaPaPumP]

Originally posted by primodonna


whichtheywillbeabletodosoit'sallgood

THAT, is proper grammar. Notice the appostrophe.

[EXCESS]

LOL, thanks for the grammar lessons.

I can't stand it when a team goes out and pays for the championship. Sure, the Avs have built part of it (Drury, Hejduk, etc.) but they always end up bringing in outsiders to get it done in the playoffs. Do you think Rob Blake actually felt the same as the other players when they won the Cup last year? I guess I'm just used to seeing a team built from the bottom up.

[primodonna]

I am a sports fan but of all the sports out there, i am a fan the least of hockey...i just lived there when they were winning them so...

I'd rather see a team whose majority of its players have been together longer than 2 months win any championship...am i agreeing with you? Scary thought...

[EXCESS]

Originally posted by primodonna
am i agreeing with you? Scary thought...

Not the first time though...You agreed when I said that men are smarter than women.

[primodonna]

and you had a gun to my head

[EXCESS]

Oh, so when you told me how much you love me it wasn't true?

[RON]

The wings buy it every year.

GO NORDIQUES
Hockey is the greatest sport on earth(this is coming from someone born and raised in sunny California)

[EXCESS]

So you're an Avs fan?

[RON]

Ya I like the Av's and I have to like the Kings cause Im from LA. Im always neutral when the avs comes to town. I would consider myself a fan of the game more than anyone team. Although I hate the ducks, Pitt and most of all the Redwings. I love to play also. I think if I were born somewhere besides Ca I could have at least played college. Being from Ca I started playin at age 21. But the game came naturally to me.

[EXCESS]

Thats nice that you Americans love hockey, its just too bad that Canada is gonna kick your asses in Salt Lake City! I hope we get to see a Canada vs. USA final.

[PaPaPumP]

I want Canada to win in the Olympics!! I have my reasons.


I'm on the Canadian Curling team.




GRAB THE STINKING BROOM ....EH??! Get my Blue while you're at it.

[Triple Plates]

Hey Excess, you forgot to add the Ottawa.....even though they do choke in the playoffs, but hey you never know

[RON]

EXCESS, You guys will do good. Is Roy you goalie again this year. He kicks ass when he plays for the national team. Ricter did well for us last time but he was just in a zone at the time.

[EXCESS]

Roy chose not to play in the olympics. It looks like Curtis Joseph will be the starter, although Wayne Gretzky said he's looking at Ed Belfour and Martin Brodeur too.

Triple Plates, I didn't add Ottawa for that exact reason. They seem to assume that a team full of Europeans will take them to the Stanley Cup. No offense to Europeans, but the North American players seem to step up and take the pain in the playoffs. How's this for a debate: North America vs. Europe (and don't give me "the World team has played really well in the All-Star game" because we all know that toughness means nothing in those games.

[RON]

We are gonna get killed. Our team looks good. Great "D". Then you get to our net: Mike Dunham, Brent Johnson, Rick Dipietro what the hell at least Herbert won't be there again. Damn Richter why do you have to be hurt.

I'd go with Eddie the Eagle for you guys. He has the desire to win like Roy did. Roys competitiveness is hard to replace

[Pete235]

Big Ron...I'm impressed at your hockey knowledge bro!! How does a So Cal boy even know what hockey is? I thought the only ice South Westerners were familiar with was the ice that gets blended into their margaritas

[bonker]

Lets go oilers lets go.
let just say I love my oil.In more than one way.

[EXCESS]

Where are you from Bonker?

[RON]

I love hockey. The only thing is the ponds here never freeze over . Iv'e been playing for about 9 years

[dane26]

gotta give some love to the NY team...i can hope can't I?

[GenuinePL]

AVALANCHE ALL THE WAY, C'mon baby we got to show what we got.

[EXCESS]

I heard that Peter Forsberg might return after xmas. I also heard that he's not injured and that he just felt burnt out. What happened to tough athletes?

[RON]

I know what you mean today's athletes are pussies. How many times in the NHL do you see guys go down with pulled groins. I pulled my groin every single year I played football. Doctor told me to rest it. I told him to F off. Then he told me its just a pain thing. If I could stand the pain wait till the end of the season. Imagine how much pain these high salaries should buy.

[Triple Plates]

I gotta say Forsberg is a tough player, he goes thru alot in a game, I guess the wear and tear has caught up with him..... shit just to think the Canucks were one draft pick away from picking him... damn Flyers!

[Pete235]

Although the gap is beggining to shorten, there is still a big difference between the way hockey is played in Europe and in North America. The North Americans embrace the physicallity of the sport, the hard hitting, the enforcing, the bumping the grinding, playing injured, blood running down the cheek, getting stiched up on the bench and not missing a shift...old time hockey. The Europeans and all about finesse... the soft passing, the controlled puck handling, the effortless skating, the obsessively organized play making...euro hockey. I think it makes for a good mix, but as far as entertainment goes, I prefer the North American style.

[EXCESS]

Originally posted by Pete235
I prefer the North American style.

"Puttin' on the foil!!!"

-The Hanson Brothers

[RON]

Originally posted by Pete235
I prefer the North American style.

Hell ya.......The rules have changed in the past few years to accommodate the ero style...Plus the ref's come down harder on the players who play ruff. They think people want to see a wide open game with 15 or 20 goals. Me personally I love a great defensive game. I like 1 or 2 goal games but then again Im a goalie.

[EXCESS]

Is it just me, or is Jaromir Jagr always injured during the playoffs? He needs to learn how to suck it up and play hurt, but he never will because he's got no heart. Nevermind, he's a Capital now, he won't have to worry about the playoffs anymore!

[ibiza69]

GO OIL!!!
nuff said