Toxikk Veteran Posted October 10, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2003 go caps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I think GEBER was in net for the ducks, and they lost some of their players including kariya. The team dynamics are quite different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Clark- Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 gerber was in net, they gave giguire the night off lol not like the wings did any better, only 3 goals on cechmanek...not that hasek is better :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Sanders Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Well i gotta say, this year im gonna have to go with the redwings, they are stacked, but i can't stand them personally. GO FLYERS & AVES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainashi Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 the red wings game kicked ass. i never really saw yzerman celebrate like that in a long time. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billthy Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 hell ya... red wings are going this year.... again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcoffee Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Yzerman rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRoling Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Yzerman? LOL, the guy with the same expression on his face for the last 7 seasons, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayrider Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 heres an interesting article at cnn.com about the future of the NHL Skating on thin ice Future of several teams at risk as NHL faces strong risk of lockout, declining TV money. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - In 2001, Major League Baseball owners threatened to close two teams through contraction. The threat proved to be more bluster and labor negotiating strategy than reality. Today the National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman says his troubled league isn't even considering reducing the number of teams through contraction. Don't believe that, either. The league, whose status as a major sport has more holes in it than a defenseman's smile, starts the season this week under the cloud of a threatened lockout of players a year from now that could wipe out much if not all of next year's season. No wonder. The league lost a combined $300 million last year, according to Betteman. Still, when asked about the chance of contraction in his pre-season conference call last week, Bettman responded simply "none." But that does not assure the future viability of the 30 current franchises, league Executive Vice President Bill Daly told me this week. "Contraction is a plan to buy back franchises and essentially put them out of business. We have no interest in contraction as a strategic matter or a bargaining strategy," Daly said. "We believe 30 franchises can be healthy given the economic right system. The bottom line is if we don't get the right system, we are at risk of losing franchises." But finding that "right system" will be tough given player salaries that have more than tripled since 1993, and a revenue stream that shows little opportunity for growth. The league will need to see the steepest cuts in player salaries ever won at a union negotiating table to turn around its economics. The union, which has vowed not to strike, says it's offering revenue sharing and luxury tax proposals to address the ownership's economic concerns, so far with little success. "Given what we saw at meeting last week, owners didn't give us a lot of cause for optimism (that a lockout can be avoided,)" said NHL Players Association Senior Director Ted Saskin. "Their only response was to insist on an NFL hard cap type of system. We're not prepared to accept that." Some of the people who have been kicking the Zamboni tires during the last few months say they think many of the teams are at risk due to the near certainty of a lockout next year. "A third of the franchises are at risk of not coming back," said an adviser to a potential buyer who looked at bidding on three different teams this off-season before deciding to stay on the sidelines. "They're struggling to be noticed and taken seriously. You're going to lose fans, lose sponsors." This adviser, who asked not to be named, said he's not surprised that Bettman is downplaying the chance of contraction even though baseball Commissioner Bud Selig rattled that sabre with some effectiveness before winning a far more favorable labor pact from his union last year. "The product is sufficiently tenuous that he has to say that," said the adviser. "He's got a number of weak teams whose fans would become angry if he said he's looking at contraction. He can't say to ESPN or Turner Sports that the footprint of teams might shrink by 15 or 20 percent." The league finds itself in the difficult position of trying to negotiate a new U.S. television deal this year while the dark clouds of labor negotiations hang over it. The current five-year deal with Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN and ABC networks gives about $120 million a year. This time it is widely accepted the rights fee money will decline. About half the teams either left ticket prices unchanged or cut prices this season, and the high-priced luxury suites and club seating saw average prices decrease league wide, according to Team Marketing Report. Since the league already sold out 91 percent of its available regular revenue season tickets last year, there isn't much room for increasing gate revenue without ticket price increases. "There's just not enough revenue to share," said one investment banker involved in talks about possible sales of several teams. "There are only a couple of teams that make money and that's not very much." http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/09/commentary...tsbiz/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcoffee Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Yzerman? LOL, the guy with the same expression on his face for the last 7 seasons, lol. haha. tell me this guy doesn't look exactly like Johnny Depp though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDeputy Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 GO! OILERS GO! :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMarsten Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 (pic modded by me) ... need I say more :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolme Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Well, the NHL season had just begun and I just wanted your thoughts of whom will get the cup this year. Personally, I think that the OTTAWA SENATORS will get the cup because according to the stats from the regular season last year they were at the top (They didn't get the cup because they were unlucky at the last minutes of Game 7 period 3 they were playing the New Jersey Devils) and this year they didn't trade anyone important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted October 10, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2003 hey man, we have a whole thread just for hockey talk, you should come join us :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoxphuse Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 GO CANUCKS GO! Burke has made an impressive team. I believe this year, we're going all the way with the addition of Keane and Arvedson. NAZZY AND BIG BERT RULES ALL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRoling Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Keane is definitely a great addition to that team. For the Avalanche, I loved the guy. He's probably one of the best PK guys out there because he'll lie down in front of Al McInnis's slapshot if it will stop the shot from getting on net, he's that unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRoling Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 haha. tell me this guy doesn't look exactly like Johnny Depp though. I won't completely disagree with that, but I think he's a tad off of that, but he does have some resemblance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRoling Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Christ, another Ottawa myopia bandwagon, I can't stand it, seriously, I've heard the same crap every year about how Ottawa is gonna take it and Toronto is gonna take it, and they never do because they get the wrong players, Toronto went out, got all these legends to come back to Toronto thinking it would spark a renaissance back to the Cup. Give me a break, Gilmour was like a dead man skating, Housley, he's old, but wasn't bad, etc. Ottawa, they are a good team. But the crap starts at Center, they have who? A bunch of no-names who have yet to prove their playmaking abilities. They converted Spezza, who played a lot of D in the minors, has a heavy ass shot (102 mph in the AHL skills competition), to center. That wasn't such a bad move, but they got Smolinski, who IMO isn't very good, Van Allen, Vermette, and Todd White, who the hell are they, they aren't crap compared to a lot of the elite centers in the game. Bonk and Schaefer at wing, not bad, but Varada needs a chill pill, he takes big time bad penalties. Hossa and Alfredsson, awesome. Defensively, they have some weaknesses, but I won't say anything cuz Wade Redden is the man! (My signed jersey proves it!) All in all, they will have a good year, I don't think the Cup is in their destiny, but who knows, maybe some of those young centers will turn out to be a big contribution. Then I'll eat my words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preemo Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I shook the magic 8ball and it fortold the Vancouver Cancuks will rape all. And that's my word. I mean the 8ball's word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayrider Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 i cannot stress this enough... the picture says it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted October 11, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 11, 2003 merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemania Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 (edited) Avalanche 4 - 0 Blackhawk, 2nd period :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: Edited October 11, 2003 by davemania24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayrider Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 wow 5-0 Avs!!! not bad, considering its "only" Chicago but the blackhawks shut out Minnesota on wednesday... it's good to see the new players fitting in well, Kariya, Sakic, Blake all scored 1 goal, Hejduk scored 2. Sakic & Kariya 2 assists, forsberg 3 assists and Selanne 1 oh ya, and a shutout for Aebischer stopped 31 shots for the shutout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverUnknown Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 ahhh i dont have cable or satellite so i cant watch any games :cry: haha bayrider. that's silly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainashi Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 red wings win in overtime by a blast from lidstrom! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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