Ok, I am a ranger fan, i figured found out all the stuff about Potvin sucks etc. but why do they say on rangers vs stinking islanders games, we want fishsticks?
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a few years back they had a jersey with a fisherman on it with a hockey stick and he looked like captain highliner
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GO REMPARTS!!! PATRICK ROY IS THE BEST GOALIE AND WILL BE THE BEST COACH THIS YEAR!!!! GO QUEBEC REMPARTS!!!!
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Fantastic! I finally found a fellow Sabres fan in YA. Where have you been? I've been posting in a desert here. The Buffalo Sabres are the surprise team of the NHL this season (along with the Carolina Hurricanes) and I'd love to think they can win it all... But there is the dread Buffalo curse ("NO GOAL" vs Dallas in the 1999 Stanley Cup final and of course the Bills' 4 straight Super Bowl defeats in the '90s), so try not to get your hopes up too high. Whatever happens, we have the best young goaltender in the league (Ryan Miller) and a club that works hard and plays like a team. We have as good a chance as any of the favourites. Let's Go Buffalo!
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My brother rob and i have been red wings fans for years(the rangers suck).so another Stanley Cup would be excellent.death to the enemy and bring more octopus!!!!!!
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Do the Flyers have a chance? This question has been asked about the Flyers for the past several years, and of the question marks that keep appearing time and time again, only a few have been addressed. The key to all of it is their goaltending. They just don't have a 'stud' goalie that can take them into the late rounds.\n\nComing out of the east, Ottawa just looks too strong, and all the pieces seem to be in place. However, just like the Flyers, how many times has it looked like they would run away with it, only to flop early. I wouldn't be suprised to see Carolina or the Rangers go compete for the cup. Those two teams seem to have positioned themselves perfectly after the lockout.\n\nAs for the West, it really could be anybody. If I were to bet, I think another dog could make it, such as Nashville or LA.... but that's just my opionion.....
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Bad refs!! (Just kidding)\n\nUmmmm - We don't know. Personally - I looked at every single aspect (including ownership Bill) \nPhila has made a lot of changes in every different catagory.\nEsche has to go and he wants to go. / Nittymaki is a backup goalie who'se only playing because Esche's heart is not in Phila.\n\n*I'm only now beginning to agree that Hatcher has to go. / An enforcer was called up from the minors today and that's a damn-good indication that they're looking to get rid of their old enforcer - Hatcher.*\n\n**Peter did not skate tonight - he has the flu. The flu?\nOK - With-that Phila played their best game in a long long time... so this might be an indication of some captain-conflicts within the team.... / I have said since the season began that Gagne should be captain but Gagne held-out for more $\n*Peter is also having reoccuring ankle problems and the Flyer's new GM stated today that he's not untradable. / At the end of the season he's free-picking for any team.\n\nIn short - I don't know..\nBut I can say that I love these kids and I'm proud of them.
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Continue to stink. I wish they would pull Detroit games off TV on Thanksgiving day as they always stink it up and make for a real boring first game. Time for some new blood on Turkey Day. Heck America was born in New England (Plimoth Mass) so why not have the Pats in a few Turkey day games.
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Who knows, hopefully the Oilers can turn it around when they get back to Edmonton on Saturday.  They did it against the Sharks!\nI too thought this would have been a closer game.  Markaanen played well, no finish up front tonight unfortunately.
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IMO, *anybody* is welcome to be a fan of ice hockey.\n\nKevin Weekes was one of my favorite players before he moved to the NY Rangers!
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Yes it's true that Montreal got whooped, but they were playing better in the first few minutes than Toronto...haha.  Well, I have to say that it seemed like one team was favoured over the other in terms of the calls...completely obvious if you ask me.  I was hoping that the Habs were gonna win, but Toronto was the better team that night.  Two many bounces on the ice that weren't going Montreal's way!!!
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I myself am not a Wild fan, but I just watch the Sharks beat them on national tv. They didn't play good, but they also didn't play bad... so I get what you're saying. They almost let in a goal when the Sharks took a penalty and Manny left the net, except it hit the post. I guess the most exciting part about the Wild is Manny Fernandez, I love watching him grab saves out of nowhere (it can get frustrating when playing against him). But yeah, they never seem to keep any sort of momentum and when they got some today (a late power play down by a goal) the power play dismantled. Still though, the Wild are one of my favorite teams to follow and I hope that they can get more exciting to watch for you. Best regards.
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I really appreciate Georgie Peorgies comment that it would be nice to see some Canadians teams because "after all, it is a Canadian sport and why did us Americans take it away."\n\nExactly.  \n\nNashville was facing elimination tonight and they didn't even sell out the arena.  Lame.  I mean, what else was happening tonight in Nashville?  Country music?  WWE Wrestling?  Doesn't matter, that's your interest, certainly not hockey.  Who's bright idea was it to take away a perfectly good hockey team in Winnipeg and Quebec (crawling with hockey fans) and create a team in freakin' Nashville?  Someone (hmmm Gary Bettman) should be shot.\n\nHere in Montreal people are crawling all over each other just to get a seat in a bar.  It's stupid and it pisses every single Canadian off right down to the bone.  And we're sorry about winning the World Series' back in the day,  (when the Blue Jays won all those years back).  I would trade that 1000 times over just to see the Stanley Cup back in Canada thank you very much. \n\nOkay, onto the real discussion:  New Jersey and San Jose.  There's no question.  I would love to see Edmonton, or Calgary, or Montreal or Ottawa, but if these teams all make the 2nd round, they'll eliminate each other.\n\nBesides, no one can beat New Jersey now.  15 wins in a row!?  I mean, Elias is so much on fire that you can practically see fire burning off his jersey, Brodeur is a stone wall with experience, and Gionta, Madden, etc. it doesn't matter:  No one is beating New Jersey (I say this, and I am a true New Jersey Devils hater.  I hate New Jersey and their stupid faces.) \n\nSan Jose is also too strong.  Calgary's the only team with a chance, and I don't like their chances.\n\nSo:  New Jersey vs. San Jose and New Jersey in 4.\n\nPS - what really pisses us Canadians off is that like %60 of the league is Canadian.  So we're seeing Canadians fighting Canadians every single night in the name of some lame team name like "the Predators" to a crowd that rates the excitement factor of the game somewhere between darts and lawn bowling.  Stupid.  Bettman can put that in his pipe and smoke it.
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Moon, I'll have to get back to you on this one. My younger brother and I are currently searching out a local watering hole (likely a sports bar instead of our usual British pub) that will have the satellite feed of the Sabres-Flyers game, which is NOT being shown on OLN here. :(\n\nIf we're in luck finding a place to watch our glorious Sabres thrash the hated flyers (again), that's where we'll be and I shall give you a full report later. In the meantime, I'll try to answer your follow-up questions accordingly...\n\nYes, I definitely prefer watching important games like this with family and friends (this was of course much easier to do when we all lived back in WNY). We really love our Sabres (hockey) and Bills (football) and REALLY get into the games, whether we're there in person or watching on telly.\n\nEating and drinking invariably consists of pizza and beer but can also be nachos and beer (chicken wings and beer only works when I'm with nonvegetarian friends, as most of my siblings are now vegetarian but I am not). Basically, the menu is unhealthy -- but very yummy -- junk food and BEER! ;)\n\nGame day rituals include wearing the team colours, whether a replica jersey, t-shirt, sweatshirt, cap, whatever (no face painters amongst my group but it would be amusing if anyone ever decided to do that, lol). All rituals are more significant if actual game attendance is involved but, alas, that is not an option as we are approximately 400 miles away from our beloved Sabres.\n\nWe celebrate every goal and every win as if we're at the game (which means very loudly!), with the most significant win being the series-clinching victory (the Sabres are up 2-0 over the flyers and need two more wins to clinch the series and advance to the next round). If the Sabres were actually to win the Stanley Cup, well, everything else in my life would have to be put on hold (including my bloody job) as the celebration would continue for days and days, doubtless including a trip home to Buffalo to join the Cup parade and celebrate with friends and fam back there, as well. Oh, if only... :)\n\nThanks for the well wishes (and the question) and I will update you later on what happened with watching the game (and the result, of course).\n\nGO SABRES!!!\n\nUpdate: Okay, well, as you likely know by now, our Sabres lost to the hated flyers, 4-2 (sweeps aren't too common in a best-of-seven series), so it may be just as well that we were unable to find a place to watch the game. This is very definitely not a hockey town. The good news is that Friday's game will be televised and I feel very confident the Sabres will avenge this temporary setback and crush the goons in front of their evil and hateful fans (philadelphia is by far the worst sports city with the worst sports fans on the face of the earth!). Once again...\n\nGO SABRES!!!
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I am a lifetime Knicks, Yankees, Rangers, and Giants fan. I have never heard of Yankee fans hateing on Knicks fans, thats new to me. I figured all new york like other nyc teams, except for mets fans likeing yankee fans , jets and giants. Go NYC teams. Funny i'm from Jersey.
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Probably the most brutal goalie fight I saw was when Dan Cloutier was on the Rangers and Tommy Salo was on the Islanders.  Cloutier beat Salo down and would not stop (cause the refs were tending to other fights).  He just kept punching him in the head even though Salo was helpless.  I enjoy a good hockey fight, but this was just too far!  I lost a lot of respect for Dan Cloutier that day.
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Peter Forsberg. I hate how he plays. He plays cheap because his team is always there to back him up. Also, I think it is very strange that he is hurt so badly that he cant play an entire season and all of the sudden, playoffs come, and he is in great shape and has a great playoff run. That is crap. I think they should make rules about playing a certain amount of regular season games. Also to all the people that hate Bertuzzi, i hope it is not because of the hit on Moore. That is crap and anyone that plays hockey knows that in that situation you do not turn your back and run, he knew he was getting hit. It was just a bad case that the guy got hurt. That happens all the time in hockey with people hitting from behind on accident, so should they get fined thousands of dollars too. I have had 2sprained necks and sprained my back twice, it is a part of hockey. So I hope that is not why you all hate Bertuzzi, but I dont watch him enough to be a fan.
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okay, i just answered your eastern conference question and was hoping you put this one up too....\nk...well, the oilers beat an over-rated red wings team, impressively none the less; and then a sharks team that i was convinced would be in the cup, possibly winning it all...the ducks played a spirited series vs. the flames, and then absolutely wrecked the avalanche...it seems like a closer battle then one would have guessed at the beginning of these playoffs, but i will get to the point-this ducks team seems vaguely familiar to the ducks team who almost took the cup against the devils a couple of years ago...so i'll give u this- ducks in 6... but a very good six