San Jose Sharks players slam 'cold and dark' Winnipeg as worst NHL city to play in

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by zamler

That's actually a brilliant response good for him.

Except that frappucinos are delicious.

[browna]

Was not the context of the network posing the question “What’s the worst city to play in in the NHL?”
Those guys just answered, some with some basic reasons why they think that.

Ask a question, get an answer. With such hypersensitivity to everything, no surprise it became a story.

The British chap who ripped Edmonton a new one back during the track championships was much more newsworthy, and, unprovoked.

[Corral]

Of all the Canadian teams not named the Flames - I dislike the Jets the least.

[Erick Estrada]

Boomer nailed it this morning on 960 about the overreaction. Basically said; "Can we not have any fun anymore without people overreacting like some major crime has been committed?".

[Flashpoint]

Originally Posted by browna

The British chap who ripped Edmonton a new one back during the track championships was much more newsworthy, and, unprovoked.

What was this about? I missed it.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Resurrection

Whats your beef exactly.

Saskatoon is the Paris of the Prairies, not that it is my beef per se.

[Loyal and True]

I predict bad karma is coming to the sharks.

Flames are pressing for 3rd in Pacific. Sharks could end up in wild card and play Winnipeg in round 1.

That would be epic. Jets fans will be all over the sharks and sharks won't win a road game all series.

[White Out 403]

Originally Posted by Loyal and True

I predict bad karma is coming to the sharks.

Flames are pressing for 3rd in Pacific. Sharks could end up in wild card and play Winnipeg in round 1.

That would be epic. Jets fans will be all over the sharks and sharks won't win a road game all series.

I'd prefer Calgary Winnipeg. An all Canadian match up and I can go see a Jets playoff game? Yes please.

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Saskatoon is the Paris of the Prairies, not that it is my beef per se.

*groans*

[browna]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

What was this about? I missed it.

Back in 2001, a British writer in Edmonton to cover world track championships,titled “Deadmonton comes alive”:

Like each and every one of Edmonton's 900,000 citizens, Joey, my friendly neighbourhood cab driver, is touchingly - if bafflingly - proud of his home town, dubbed `Deadmonton' for the paucity of its attractions by one member of the British team. "Deadmonton? No way. It's known throughout North America as the City of Champions," related my self-appointed tourist guide.
"Wayne Gretzki began his ice hockey career here, winning four Stanley Cups with the Oilers, and it has staged just about every major sporting event you can think of." "Such as?" I prompted.

"The 1978 Commonwealth Games," recited Joey, with practised ease. "The 1983 World University Games, the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships."
"Anything else?" I inquired as Joey racked his brains.
"Oh, yeah, the World Tae Kwon-Do Championships, the World Fire Fighter Games, the World Arm Wrestling Championship."

"Just let me out here, Joey, I'll walk the rest of the way," I interrupted as kindly as I could.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...mes-alive.html


He got ripped by Edmonton and made many snowflakes angry in the country for his tounge in cheek bluntness about Canada athletic success too, which at the time was pretty accurate. But, with all his new found infamy for the article, he did a follow up “apology” to Edmonton, in some top class trolling (before trolling was a word in this sense), a few days later:

Ah, well, those who live by the pen and all that. I regret causing my hosts, who have been unfailingly welcoming (although that may change now I have been splashed across their TV screens and front pages) such grievous offence and, as a man of my word, I will now say something nice about Edmonton . . . Errr . . .
Oh, yes, the city's No 1 tourist attraction is the West Edmonton Mall, the world's largest shopping and entertainment centre, boasting 800 stores, 110 dining outlets, 20 movie theatres, the world's largest indoor amusement park containing a roller-coaster, the world's largest indoor wave pool, the world's largest indoor lake with an exact replica of Columbus's Santa Maria, an 18-hole miniature golf course, an NHL-sized ice rink, a Las Vegas-style casino, dolphins, bears and what have you. It covers 48 city blocks (115 football pitches) and consumers who do not feel up to walking can hire an electric scooter or ride in a rickshaw. There, does that not sound appealing?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...st-wanted.html

[Northendzone]

I just hope the mayor of Winnipeg fixes the franchise name issue with the eskimo's first, before he takes on the san jose sharks issues with his town.

I don't want the mayor multi-tasking

[kevman]

Originally Posted by browna

Was not the context of the network posing the question “What’s the worst city to play in in the NHL?”
Those guys just answered, some with some basic reasons why they think that.

Ask a question, get an answer. With such hypersensitivity to everything, no surprise it became a story.

This.

Just watched the original Sharks clips. Half the guys are laughing when thy're answering. Complete non story.