Scotty Bowman receives Order of Canada

kmad · 2012-05-26T04:23:29.133546+00:00

Oh Canada

pablohoney102 · 2012-05-26T04:20:40.220939+00:00

I'm sold

leafer91 · 2012-05-26T04:19:05.735131+00:00

Let's go baby Bolts!

leafer91 · 2012-05-26T04:18:18.086908+00:00

the phantoms played at the flyers arena for the playoffs the year they won. But I guess if they're not selling out it doesn't matter. Is Ricoh in a bad location or something?

leafer91 · 2012-05-26T04:15:13.754413+00:00

Wow the blue jays never even make it to June?!

gyarrr · 2012-05-25T22:25:18.625382+00:00

More like the NCAA is anal about the stupidest things. Like making North Dakota change their name from the Fighting Sioux.

pablohoney102 · 2012-05-25T22:19:12.801454+00:00

What's the fun part?

gyarrr · 2012-05-25T03:17:37.902768-07:00

I was so mad when I went to the Frozen Four and couldn't get a beer. Thankfully they set up a bar out behind the arena which from what I could gather was the first time they've ever done that. Woo Tampa!

ollieastic · 1 day

Well it's not like the Slovenian league is that great. Typically in the non-hockey countries people only really follow the NHL since they don't have very good leagues of their own.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 1 day

There's no chance that Dallas will be a repeat of Atlanta. The Thrashers moved because Atlanta Spirit Group kept any new ownership group from negotiating a new lease at Phillips Arena. Therefore, the Thrashers would have had no place to play in Atlanta and were forced to move. ASG simply didn't want a hockey team in Atlanta, which is why they were sabotaging the organization since the first day they bought the team from Ted Turner.

Now, I'm not an expert on the Stars' ownership negotiations, but as far as I'm aware I don't know of anyone blocking them from renting out American Airlines Arena.

snappyj · 1 day

Didn't they already shoot down the Farmers Field plans?

I think the Rose Bowl or LA Coliseum would be best. I hate when they hold the WC in baseball stadiums.

biewcake · 1 day

Don't worry Las Vegas. The Solar Bears will destroy them next season and avenge your loss!

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 1 day

It's common to take notice of and pride in a minority making inroads into a sport. Look at linsanity earlier this year which was pretty much entirely because he was Asian. If there was an influx of Asians or Arabs or Hispanics in the NHL you'd probably be hearing that a lot too.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 1 day

i wasn't insulting buffalo. You brought them up so I explained the difference. And what about Chicago? You realize the Blackhawks attendance was absolutely atrocious before they won the cup right? Stars broke their single game attendance record this season multiple times at that I believe. The fans came out when they were actually in the hunt but they have one of the best baseball teams the defending NBA champs and one of the most popular sports teams in the world in the cowboys to compete with not even going into college sports. The stars aren't in any financial trouble so I'm not sure why you think they don't have the fanbase to survive. Ticket sales have very little to do with the health of a team.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 2 days

Taking pride in American players having success isn't any more nationalistic than Canadians cheering for Canadian teams or whatever team has the most Canadian players.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 2 days

It's not nationalistic to bring up interesting factoids, unless you're a Canadian laughing at the lack of American captains. But I don't think that was the point of this thread.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 2 days

Because it's only happened once before in the entire history of the Stanley Cup.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 2 days

There were plenty of players who weren't in the playoffs who also didn't participate, and those who are still in the playoffs probably wouldn't have played either anyway - except for the Europeans since the World Championships are very big there.

Plus, the hockey world doesn't revolve around the NHL. The NHL is just one league that decides to keep playing long after the rest of the world is in their off-season.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 2 days

He was talking about the Flames. The puck never fully crossed the line before Khabibulin kicked it out.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 2 days

If by over you mean physically in the air above the line, and therefore not across it, you would be correct.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 2 days

No, but they have to ice a decent product for people to be willing to spend money on it - that's how economics works.

The Stars broke attendance records while they were in the playoff hunt this season, so it's not like nobody is showing up. Constantly being in the hunt just to fall short isn't going to attract people for very long though, there has to be improvement.

The Sabres draw well because all they have to compete with is 8 Bills games a season. Oh wait, don't they play in Toronto sometimes? Less than 8. Not much competition for the entertainment dollar in Buffalo.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 2 days

And they broke attendance records this season when they were in the hunt for a playoff spot.

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 2 days

that was 13 years ago. stars have been crap the last half-decade

JohnnysGotHisDerp · 2 days

just like california

kmad · 3 days

Yeah but they were in an automatic qualifying spot before the WHC. But you're right they'll probably still qualify.

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