NHL Thread

[ACamp1900]

I was at a Ducks Kings game where a fight broke out and while the Ducks fan was being escorted out he exposed himself to the Kings fans...

 

[KPENN]

I heard a rumor that NHL was going to give NHL Center Ice for free to make up for the late start of the season. Anyone else hear this?

It's $60

 

[Irish8248]

Anyone with game center have issues? my feed is a few minutes behind, I don't get commercials or intermission breaks sometimes - literally it just goes to the gc main screen - and the audio doesn't match the play until I reload the game..... Super annoying

 

[GoldenDomerDJ]

Any Sabres fans out here wanting to rage on our entire defense? Myers is looking like **** while Regher is trying his best to look just as foolish. Vanek is absolutely dominate with CoHo showing me he can be the #1 center, but looking at lines 2-4 I see very little production. Ennis is really our only substantial secondary scoring so far (alliteration).

 

[Irish8248]

Any Sabres fans out here wanting to rage on our entire defense? Myers is looking like **** while Regher is trying his best to look just as foolish. Vanek is absolutely dominate with CoHo showing me he can be the #1 center, but looking at lines 2-4 I see very little production. Ennis is really our only substantial secondary scoring so far (alliteration).

Most frustrating team to watch. I'm usually a Lindy fan, but man something just isn't working. Our def looks pathetic, our offense is on one line, and Miller apparently can't save with his glove this year. Even RJ sounds off this year..

 

[GoldenDomerDJ]

Most frustrating team to watch. I'm usually a Lindy fan, but man something just isn't working. Our def looks pathetic, our offense is on one line, and Miller apparently can't save with his glove this year. Even RJ sounds off this year..

I just am waiting for someone to step up. On defense I would honestly say Sulzer has impressed me the most. A guy who was thought to be an after thought in the blockbuster last year. T.J. Brennan is starting tonight for an injured Sekera. I'm a huge fan of T.J. and hope he can prove himself. Maybe he can take over for Jordan Leopold who is minus 7!! On offense Mikhail Grigorenko has showed me he can be great. He is getting confidence and I'm feeling a goal surge from him. Nathan Gerbe still is pointless and Drew Stafford is goalless. That needs to change if we want to get back to winning.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

I just think the Kings fans looked down on the Ducks and Ducks fans took it personal.. Either way, I've never experienced two fan bases be so aggressive with each other... Two great arenas too, I'll just put that out there

Duck fans get angry at everyone treating them like a kiddie team, (Mighty Ducks, gimme a break, do you guys do the "quack.....quack.......quack" chant?). I'm sure at this point they just brag about winning a Cup, and at that point I'd mention the Marlins won titles and they are, and always will be, the running punch line of baseball.

I hate "fast food franchises" and the Ducks and Lightning take the cake as far as they go in hockey.

 

[ACamp1900]

I think the Pond/Honda center is as good as it gets to watch a game... Ill give the Ducks that much...

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

I think the Pond/Honda center is as good as it gets to watch a game... Ill give the Ducks that much...

I personally don't like the Ponda Center. The upper levels are too steep and the jumbotron is severely outdated and too small.

As far as the "rivalry", I think Ducks fans consider it much more of a rivalry than Kings fans. As a fan base, Phoenix has surpassed the Ducks in terms of our hatred just by sheer virtue of playing them in the playoffs. Until Anaheim plays the Kings in the playoffs, I don't think the rivalry will have much credence.

We have much more of a rivalry against Vancouver, San Jose, and Detroit. If you really go back a ways, even our old rivalry against Toronto cuts way deeper than any animosity towards the Ducks.

Ducks fans really try to stir up the rivalry talk in a similar fashion to the way Boston College considers themselves a huge rival of ND. It is much more important to them. I live in Orange County and Ducks fans can just be sort of annoying. Plus, most of them are former Kings fans that say they still root for the Kings as long as they aren't playing the Ducks and I just can't get with that.

Kings fans are Kings fans through and through. Ducks fans are very fickle and can be very ambivalent with their team. The only thing they are holding on to now is the fact that they won their Cup first. I get it from their perspective, but I know there are a ton of Kings fans that get so much more fired up for a lot of other teams than they do for the Ducks.

Don't get me wrong, I hate the Ducks. But teams like Vancouver and San Jose get my blood boiling much faster than the Ducks or their fans. If we ever get the chance to meet Anaheim in the playoffs, that may change quickly, but for now it is what it is.

 

[ACamp1900]

Lol

Sure boss

 

[KPENN]

I just am waiting for someone to step up. On defense I would honestly say Sulzer has impressed me the most. A guy who was thought to be an after thought in the blockbuster last year. T.J. Brennan is starting tonight for an injured Sekera. I'm a huge fan of T.J. and hope he can prove himself. Maybe he can take over for Jordan Leopold who is minus 7!! On offense Mikhail Grigorenko has showed me he can be great. He is getting confidence and I'm feeling a goal surge from him. Nathan Gerbe still is pointless and Drew Stafford is goalless. That needs to change if we want to get back to winning.

The Sabres need more then a defense. How both Ruff and Regier still have jobs is beyond me.

 

[GoldenDomerDJ]

The Sabres need more then a defense. How both Ruff and Regier still have jobs is beyond me.

Going into this year I expected our defense to be really good. With tons of depth and good Goaltending to back it up. Right now we're riding Vanek and he can't do it all on his own... even though he's trying like hell.

 

[KPENN]

Watching the super bowl reminds me every year

Stanley Cup>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Super Bowl, and it isn't even f*cking close

 

[ACamp1900]

The Eastern Conference standings are so silk sexy right now... I don't know whose tears taste better, Washington's or (F)hilly's....

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Hammering the Yotes last and getting a few licks in on eternal jack off Raffi Torres was fun. Hope it becomes a staple of all games against Phoenix, even though Torres and the team both have their days numbered in the NHL.

 

[KPENN]

Hammering the Yotes last and getting a few licks in on eternal jack off Raffi Torres was fun. Hope it becomes a staple of all games against Phoenix, even though Torres and the team both have their days numbered in the NHL.

They need to just get it over with and move them to Quebec

 

[GBdomer]

Lets talk Chicago Blackhawks

 

[IrishSteelhead]

They need to just get it over with and move them to Quebec

Pretty much. The location of the arena really submarined their chances there. Its a good 45 minutes from the East Valley (where all the hockey fans live), and nobody is driving that far through traffic on a freaking Tuesday to see them play the Hurricanes or some other crappy team.

The Yotes drew really well when they played downtown in the NBA arena. Obstructed view seats be dammed, they had to screw it up.

 

[chicago51]

Blachhawks have gone 15 straight without a regulation loss amazing!

 

[ACamp1900]

They need to just get it over with and move them to Quebec

The NHL wants the expansion fees for a team in Quebec, look for them to move to another American market...

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Blachhawks have gone 15 straight without a regulation loss amazing!

Hockey is such a weird sport, I'm almost getting bratty about their start thinking "damn, they blew their load too early." Pretty freaking awesome regardless....

 

[KPENN]

The NHL wants the expansion fees for a team in Quebec, look for them to move to another American market...

True. Maybe Seattle. I heard the NHL was thinking about going to 32 which is nuts if you ask me

 

[ACamp1900]

Agreed, but I guess they really want those last two fees... Quebec will get an expansion franchise..

 

[ohara831]

Happy with my Canes so far, but the Blackhawks are playing some amazing hockey right now. Really something impressive to watch.

 

[KPENN]

Sabres fire Lindy Ruff

 

[GreenSox04]

anyone got a stream of the Flyers Pens game tonight, or an idea where to look? reps.

 

[KPENN]

anyone got a stream of the Flyers Pens game tonight, or an idea where to look? reps.

Towards the top of the OP here there is a list of streaming sites.

GDT: Game #18| Feb. 20, 2013|Flyers at Penguins |7:30 p.m. ET - HFBoards

 

[DSully1995]

PHI vs PIT good tough game

 

[KPENN]

 

[DSully1995]

crazy finish