I remember one time I think it was against the Ducks where this dbag in front of me was wearing a Canucks Luongo jersey and throughout the game he was heckling the Flames. I asked him what he was doing at a Flames-Ducks game when you're just gonna talk trash. "Nothing better to do". Well no #### loser it's no wonder why you're alone at the dome and heckling the Flames while wearing a Canucks jersey
not to mention the joke of a "scholarship" that only a handful of kids are actually able to take advantage of. Not to mention the agreement (or lack thereof) between them and the NCAA. So a 19 year old can't decide to leave the CHL once he's realized he's not going all the way and get a chance to play some high level university hockey while getting education paid for. Or if an 18 year old played one CHL exhibition game 2 years ago and now he's screwed out of the education he could have other wise provided for himself? BS. It should be about what's best for the kids, not profit for the owners or protection of the leagues. I definitely encourage kids to take the college route if they can.
It isn't the CHL's fault that a 19-year-old realizing he can't go all the way can't play American college hockey. That's entirely on the NCAA for its Victorian-era thinking and idiotic refusal to allow its players to be anything but serfs for the school's profit. And the NCAA will never change - it can't bow to the reality that hockey players have options because doing so would create huge problems with basketball and football players who have no options.
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Fans that show up at a game wearing the jersey of a team that isn't even playing
Why does this bother people? It's like we have a generation of people desperate to find new things to be angry about. If you care about what OTHER people are wearing, you should ask yourself why.
That brings me to the thread. I'd love to ban "outraged" hockey fans. You know, the ones that think they know better.
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The Phoenix coyotes. Hate watching that team slash and whack there way to 8th or 9th place year in and year out. Plus they average 6000 people per game.
I thought it was neat in Phoenix where everyone was wearing their own jerseys. We saw 20+ different teams. Waiting in line was easy to make smalltalk, "you guys come from Dallas?" after seeing the Stars Jersey.
A bit different wearing a jersey to your rivals with the explicit reason to goad their fans but don't really need a jersey to be a dickhead.
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The Phoenix coyotes. Hate watching that team slash and whack there way to 8th or 9th place year in and year out. Plus they average 6000 people per game.
Take a trip down for a game and you'll change your mind. Winter, warm climate, cheap tickets and a great place to go to a game.
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I dislike the loser point as much as most people, but I don't see how you can give a team zero points for losing in a shootout. I'd prefer the shootout gone entirely, but if it's kept in, than I'd prefer going to a three point system. 3 points for a regulation win. 2 points for an OT/SO win. 1 point for an OT/SO loss and 0 points for a regulation loss. This way, every game is worth the same amount of points. The common argument I've heard against this, is that it will be too hard to compare stats from now against the 50s. I don't think comparative stats should have any relevance to what is best for the current game. There used to be only six teams. Games used to end in ties. There are changes all the time in the game, and I hope this is one of the next ones.As long as some games are worth 2 points and others are worth 3 points, there is something wrong with the system. There have been 198 loser points given out so far this year. Currently, only 6 teams have 51 points or fewer. That means 24 teams (80%) of the teams have more points if only two points were awarded per game.
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-fans using player nicknames
-the "Hockey is Canadas game" guy with the light on his head
-TSNs over coverage and dragging out of every hockey event
-Insiders
-Fans at the dome yelling "C" and "Red"
-announcers using Sedins first name is a good one (mainly Jim Hughson)
- Jim Hughson
- The way Bob Mckenzie answers a question and says the whole team name "for me, its Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins"
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-fans using player nicknames
-the "Hockey is Canadas game" guy with the light on his head
-TSNs over coverage and dragging out of every hockey event
-Insiders
-Fans at the dome yelling "C" and "Red"
-announcers using Sedins first name is a good one (mainly Jim Hughson)
- Jim Hughson
- The way Bob Mckenzie answers a question and says the whole team name "for me, its Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins"
What's wrong with fans using player nicknames? What's wrong with TSNs hockey coverage? Its better than watching basketball highlights in my eyes. How would you differentiate between Henrik and Daniel?
3/4 of your points don't make any sense to me.
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-People who take every little chance they get picking on people it's popular to hate, recently mostly Butler or Kerr
-People who believe just about everything is a dive
-People who are ready to trade away virtually every player on the team for a bag of pucks, just as long as we "get younger"
