NHL '09/'10 Season Thread

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Bloodshot Scott

PlasmaTwa2 said:
I didn't include the Canadian teams because you could make put any two of them together (or any team in the league, actually), and the tickets will sell out. Imagine a Canadiens game in the Olympic Stadium; that would be the biggest thing to happen to Montreal since the Olympics. Obviously for Canada you have:

Toronto/Montreal
Calgary/Edmonton
Calgary/Vancouver
Toronto/Ottawa

There was a Senators team that won the Cup a hundred years ago, but the current Senators are a money-bleeding franchise of about fifteen years.

And I agree that the Wild are due. There are very few franchises in America that could potentially sell out a football stadium (Let me count them: Minnesota, Buffalo, New York, and possibly Detroit). Normally, I would say the NHL passed over Minnesota due to the fact it is a new franchise and they wanted to get the historic rivalries the first few to establish the game as a big deal, but given this year's choice, I can't really say that. I still think a Minnesota/Dallas game would be sweet. Dallas could wear throwback North Stars jerseys. It'd be sweet.

And on that note, I have to say. For every Winter Classic the teams wear vintage jerseys. So what are Pittsburgh and Washington going to wear? The Penguins already use their vintage jersey, and the Caps don't really have one (Unless you want to go for their mid-nineties eagle logo).
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Yeah the Canadian teams would sell every ticket. I still think you guys dropped the ball with that Gold medal game. It would've been the biggest hockey spectacle ever. :shocked:

As far as a Minnesota/Dallas game and their throwbacks, I'd like the Stars to wear the old North Stars sweaters and the Wild to wear the old ass St. Paul Athletic Club or Fighting Saints sweaters (in Wild colors!) because they were both St. Paul teams.

http://inlinethumb17.webshots.com/25424/2761657240100337552S425x425Q85.jpg

http://stores.classicmnhockey.com/catalog/St. Paul AC 1915.JPG

http://stores.classicmnhockey.com/catalog/1934-1935 St. Paul Saints.jpg

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Imagine all the revenue just from a classic Winter Classic jersey sales. Shit, I'd buy one the first second. (I know that would never happen because they are "Minnesota" *yawn*)
 
PlasmaTwa2

PlasmaTwa2

The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Bloodshot Scott said:
Yeah the Canadian teams would sell every ticket. I still think you guys dropped the ball with that Gold medal game. It would've been the biggest hockey spectacle ever. :shocked:

As far as a Minnesota/Dallas game and their throwbacks, I'd like the Stars to wear the old North Stars sweaters and the Wild to wear the old ass St. Paul Athletic Club or Fighting Saints sweaters (in Wild colors!) because they were both St. Paul teams.

http://inlinethumb17.webshots.com/25424/2761657240100337552S425x425Q85.jpg

http://stores.classicmnhockey.com/catalog/St. Paul AC 1915.JPG

http://stores.classicmnhockey.com/catalog/1934-1935 St. Paul Saints.jpg

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Imagine all the revenue just from a classic Winter Classic jersey sales. Shit, I'd buy one the first second. (I know that would never happen because they are "Minnesota" *yawn*)
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I could actually see them using the third one for some reason. Just replace the St. Pauls with Minnesota of course. I don't think they would ever use the Fighting Saints. The problem with that is the new viewers would be confused. "One team is the North Stars, the other is the Fighting Saints, but wasn't the game supposed to be the Stars Vs. Wild?"
 
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Bloodshot Scott

PlasmaTwa2 said:
I could actually see them using the third one for some reason. Just replace the St. Pauls with Minnesota of course. I don't think they would ever use the Fighting Saints. The problem with that is the new viewers would be confused. "One team is the North Stars, the other is the Fighting Saints, but wasn't the game supposed to be the Stars Vs. Wild?"
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I have an inaugural poster from the Wild and it has four frames (pictures) under the "State of Hockey" slogan. They show the Athletic Club (the first jersey in my last post), the Saints (the second jersey in post above), the Stars and the new team. Actually, their Christmas jerseys (their "first" third jersey) was based on that Athletic club design, so you are right that would be a bad idea. What really sucks is when the franchise moved they kept the name, unlike the 'Canes or the 'Yotes.

They unveiled the name of the team at my high school and to my horror, they gave the new MN NHL franchise the gayest name in all pro sports - the "Wild." :rolleyes: They should've been the damn Mustangs or Masters or something (actually "Masters" would've been kinda cool IMO). Hell I can't even remember what the final five names were on their short list, but the Wild...well, it was just pitiful. :( I'm going to see if I can dig up that short list, 'cause I swear the other names were light years better than that shit name. :crash:

Meh, they've grown on everyone now.
 
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Bloodshot Scott

PlasmaTwa2 said:
I'm partial to the name Voyageurs myself, but only because I think that should be the name of a Quebec team.
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If Quebec ever gets a team again they have to be the Nordiques and they have to bring the baddest jerseys ever back as well, even they tweek them a little. Hell, that was the first authentic CCM jersey I ever wanted (and got). I still have the white one with Sakic autograph on back sitting in the closet.
 
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Bloodshot Scott

Chicago will win the first one tonight 5-2.

Biggest arena in the NHL and a restless Chicago yearning for a title other than those ghetto ass White Sox. They are gonna be crazy. Nuff said...
 
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Vlad19 said:
This is good, shows how hard of hearing uncle Gary is. And echos the sentiment of this thread.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/398292-memo-to-gary-bettman-why-nhl-fans-hate-crosby-and-ovechkin
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I like the bit about Gaborik. I saw him single handedly win a lot of games at the X. Damn the Wild management for releasing such an explosive player. Their greed is showing already. :crash:

Also, I would not want to see a game in Target, I would want it at TCF. Otherwise, the writing in the piece was pretty good. Are some of the owners lining Bettman's pockets so they can make a shitload of money by way of the Classic?
 
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Thunderbolt

Bloodshot Scott said:
If Quebec ever gets a team again they have to be the Nordiques and they have to bring the baddest jerseys ever back as well, even they tweek them a little. Hell, that was the first authentic CCM jersey I ever wanted (and got). I still have the white one with Sakic autograph on back sitting in the closet.
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I'm from Quebec city and I can tell you people here wouldnt accept anything less than having the name Nordiques again for our NHL team. And I think the people would be happy to see the team wear the same jerseys they had the last year the where here.
 
Vlad The Impaler

Vlad The Impaler

Power Slave
Bloodshot Scott said:
I like the bit about Gaborik. I saw him single handedly win a lot of games at the X. Damn the Wild management for releasing such an explosive player. Their greed is showing already. :crash:

Also, I would not want to see a game in Target, I would want it at TCF. Otherwise, the writing in the piece was pretty good. Are some of the owners lining Bettman's pockets so they can make a shitload of money by way of the Classic?
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Bettman is catering to the casual hockey fan, fuck the die-hards they're not going anywhere. It's proven in that fuckin sphere of influence bullshit.
 
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Thunderbolt said:
I'm from Quebec city and I can tell you people here wouldnt accept anything less than having the name Nordiques again for our NHL team. And I think the people would be happy to see the team wear the same jerseys they had the last year the where here.
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My sister let her friend steal that jersey out of my closet in high school for a day. Fucker spilled ketchup on it in lunch that day. I get it back and there was a stain. That stain is still on that jersey to this day. Favorite jersey, favorite player - $200+ for the jersey and lettering. I should have killed that kid but he was a damn good hockey player and a lot bigger (and older) than I was.
 
Vlad The Impaler

Vlad The Impaler

Power Slave
Bloodshot Scott said:
My sister let her friend steal that jersey out of my closet in high school for a day. Fucker spilled ketchup on it in lunch that day. I get it back and there was a stain. That stain is still on that jersey to this day. Favorite jersey, favorite player - $200+ for the jersey and lettering. I should have killed that kid but he was a damn good hockey player and a lot bigger (and older) than I was.
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My sister brought my Rangers alternate jersey back with a big tear in the sleeve and tried to deny she did it. I kicked her ass.... just kidding.
 
PlasmaTwa2

PlasmaTwa2

The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Vlad19 said:
My sister brought my Rangers alternate jersey back with a big tear in the sleeve and tried to deny she did it. I kicked her ass.... just kidding.
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My sister once used my old Mighty Ducks jersey to carry shit. She tied it into a basket thing.
 
PlasmaTwa2

PlasmaTwa2

The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Vlad19 said:
And when she carried all the shit could ever carry in her life she gave it back and you immediately put it on and haven't taken it off since.
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Almost. I took it off for my high school graduation and before I put it back on I realized the Mighty Ducks sucked and the jersey was probably the reason I never had a girlfriend.
 
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