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[Sir Bandelot]

Don't know how anyone wouldn't call Bieksa a key player. One of the best two way defense players in the league. Three goals against the Sharks in this series, averaging over 23 minutes a game, +35 during the regular season and part of the shut down pairing with Hamhuis (another Canadian). He's a tough SOB to, who wins more than his share of fights. Also, best interview on the team.

Fate and circumstance has proven you to be absolutely correct! Bieksa with the game winning goal.

[Jack Weber]

The only thing more obnoxious than people going on and on about hockey are those who go on and on about not liking hockey. You don't like it, fine. Go off and enjoy your boring, shitty sports and leave the rest of us be.

Well,my obnoxious response was in response to an even more obnoxious,and almost on cue,attempt at questioning my "Canadianess" because of my complete apathy and disinterest towads the sport of hockey...

I don't think I was going on and on,as you say...However,because of the obnoxious crybaby response above,you get the response I usually reserve for the uberpatriot hockey loving lunkheads....


Go Eff yourself!!!

And enjoy your irrelevent winter filler sport!

[Jack Weber]

Fuck football and auto racing, but yes, baseball and boxing are awesome.

Not as good as hockey, mind you....

Watching paint dry and watching grass grow is more interesting than hockey...10 out of every 10 times...

[Black Dog]

I am puzzled by the lack of support from other parts of the country, and I think that all of the reasons Kimmy raised have a part to play. But it's too bad because none of the other teams are even close to a serious run, and pride or jealousy or snootiness is no reason to not support a Canadian team.

What's in it for the rest of us?

There's no reason to support a Canadian team for that reason. None. You wouldn't expect, say, a Mets fan to cheer for the Yankees or a Flyers fan to cheer for the Penguins due to shared geography.

I've accepted these gutless, classless pukes in the hideous uniforms are probably going to win the Cup this year. It's going to suck.

[Shwa]

Most of the hockey watching public is in the East and HNIC has to make their money. I was up until bloody 1 AM last night watching a pretty good hockey game. I was rooting for the Canucks, as I usually do when they go this deep in the playoffs.

I did in '82 and '94. And I will this year too, for two main reasons:

Chara & Krejci

That is, if they end up playing the Bruins.

If they end up playing Tampa Bay, well that is easy: no one likes Tampa Bay in any sport.

[Jack Weber]

Most of the hockey watching public is in the East and HNIC has to make their money. I was up until bloody 1 AM last night watching a pretty good hockey game. I was rooting for the Canucks, as I usually do when they go this deep in the playoffs.

I did in '82 and '94. And I will this year too, for two main reasons:

Chara & Krejci

That is, if they end up playing the Bruins.

If they end up playing Tampa Bay, well that is easy: no one likes Tampa Bay in any sport.

Other than their hideous two tone orange uni's from a long time ago,what is wrong with the Buccaneers???

[bloodyminded]

Watching paint dry and watching grass grow is more interesting than hockey...10 out of every 10 times...

But I thought you were a baseball fan?

I love baseball, and I can freely admit it is often dullsville. Whereas hockey is all about frenetics, finesse, and power.

[Jack Weber]

But I thought you were a baseball fan?

I love baseball, and I can freely admit it is often dullsville. Whereas hockey is all about frenetics, finesse, and power.

Well a tuesday night game between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks probably would'nt interest me either!

Here's some more "anti-Canadian" blasphemy...I don't like the Toronto Blue Jays!!!

Of course there's alot of tedium in basball,but it's a slower paced game anyway.Just because there SEEMS to be nothing going on does'nt mean that's the case.Most Canadian sports fans,quite frankly,don't grasp that simple concept.

Frenetics,finesse,and,power....Hmmm.....Sounds like football to me!

[bloodyminded]

Well a tuesday night game between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks probably would'nt interest me either!

Here's some more "anti-Canadian" blasphemy...I don't like the Toronto Blue Jays!!!

Of course there's alot of tedium in basball,but it's a slower paced game anyway.Just because there SEEMS to be nothing going on does'nt mean that's the case.Most Canadian sports fans,quite frankly,don't grasp that simple concept.

Frenetics,finesse,and,power....Hmmm.....Sounds like football to me!

Ah, fuck the Jays. I agree. Who cares about the damn Jays???

And no, football has only one of the three requisites for great hockey, which is why it's an inferior sport.....

[Jack Weber]

Ah, fuck the Jays. I agree. Who cares about the damn Jays???

And no, football has only one of the three requisites for great hockey, which is why it's an inferior sport.....

Uh..No..Football meets and exceeds all of the 3 requirements in preseason at the high school level...

Actually,something else that exceeds those requirements is the more visceral and esoteric form of motorsport known as sprint car racing...

[bloodyminded]

Uh..No..Football meets and exceeds all of the 3 requirements in preseason at the high school level...

Absolutely, within that intense if rather childish imagination of the sport's biggest adherents.

Actually,something else that exceeds those requirements is the more visceral and esoteric form of motorsport known as sprint car racing...

Better than hockey?

I suppose, if we are to indefinitely expand the definition of "sport," I'm going to flex my athletic prowess today by mowing the lawn.

Edited by bloodyminded, 25 May 2011 - 06:06 AM.

[Black Dog]

Well a tuesday night game between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks probably would'nt interest me either!

Here's some more "anti-Canadian" blasphemy...I don't like the Toronto Blue Jays!!!

Of course there's alot of tedium in basball,but it's a slower paced game anyway.Just because there SEEMS to be nothing going on does'nt mean that's the case.Most Canadian sports fans,quite frankly,don't grasp that simple concept.

Baseball fans are always desparate to find ways to make it seem more interesting. "See! The shortstop moved three feet to his right because the batter hits left and the guy on first has a bum knee! Isn't this exciting!!!!" Stupid.

Frenetics,finesse,and,power....Hmmm.....Sounds like football to me!

The second most boring sport after baseball. Three hours of guys standing around or walking on and off the field, 11 minutes of action.

Actually,something else that exceeds those requirements is the more visceral and esoteric form of motorsport known as sprint car racing...

It's often a dead giveaway that sport/film/band sucks when it's fans fall back on "Oh you just don't understand." It's not about enjoyment for these types, but the sense of superiority it gives them.

Anyway, enough thread drift: this is supposed to be about history's greatest monsters, the Vancouver Canucks *spits*.

Edited by Black Dog, 25 May 2011 - 06:12 AM.

[bloodyminded]

Baseball fans are always desparate to find ways to make it seem more interesting. "See! The shortstop moved three feet to his right because the batter hits left and the guy on first has a bum knee! Isn't this exciting!!!!" Stupid.

Just so. I like baseball, but this whole "it's the thinking man's game" is belied by the fans themselves. They look like thinkers to you?

The second most boring sport after baseball. Three hours of guys standing around or walking on and off the field, 11 minutes of action.

Yep. The only sport in which the highlights reel is honestly all you need.

[Black Dog]

Just so. I like baseball, but this whole "it's the thinking man's game" is belied by the fans themselves. They look like thinkers to you?

The Simpsons nailed it in an episode where Homer quits drinking and tries to take his mind off his troubles at the ball park, where he is the only person in the stands not drinking.

Announcer: ...the windup and a 2-2 pitch. Oh, no, wait a minute, the batter is calling for time. Looks like he's going to get himself a new bat. And now there's a beach ball on the field, and the ball boys are discussing which one of them's going to go get it.

Homer: I never realized how boring this game is.

Edited by Black Dog, 25 May 2011 - 06:23 AM.

[bloodyminded]

The Simpsons nailed it in an episode where Homer quits drinking and tries to take his mind off his troubles at the ball park, where he is the only person in the stands not drinking.

The "favourite past-time." Maybe that says more than it meant to.

It's a distraction. Sorta like auto-racing.