NHL '09/'10 Season Thread

PlasmaTwa2

The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
LOL @ the Sharks choking in the playoffs AGAIN!

I wouldn't exactly call losing to a team that had one less point in the regular season a choke. A really big dissapointment, yes, but not really a choke.
 

Vlad The Impaler

Power Slave
Choke, choke, choke. Somebody has to lose. It doesn't mean they choked. Chicago is a better team. And Philly is healthy now. It's gonna be a knock down drag out fight for the Cup!
 

PlasmaTwa2

The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Philly's got Montreal up against the wall, but I have a feeling that is the last place they want the Canadiens to be.

And Richard's goal was a burn.
 

PlasmaTwa2

The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
What? Kate Smith?

It's a Flyers thing. Before important games the Flyers play a recording from 1974 of Kate Smith singing God Bless America. It brings the Flyers good luck, and that luck made the Canadiens fuck up. :thumbsup:
 

Vlad The Impaler

Power Slave
It's a Flyers thing. Before important games the Flyers play a recording from 1974 of Kate Smith singing God Bless America. It brings the Flyers good luck, and that luck made the Canadiens fuck up. :thumbsup:

That's so funny cause I was thinking "there's no way he's talking about the singer". The Yankees play that during the 7th inning stretch of all their home games.
 
The problem with a team in Canada is that outside of the cities that already have teams, there aren't a lot of big cities. That means that, although the Jets might get 15,000 people to every game, the television audience and merchandise sales do not have as large potential as bigger American cities. Also (In my biased opinion) The NHL would rather have teams in big Southern America cities because it makes the league seem more major league if they have a team in Atlanta, rather than in Winnipeg. An interesting piece of trivia: out of Winnipeg, Quebec City and Hartford, it is Hartford that is the biggest city.

The NFL, and even the NBA has teams in cities that aren't exactly considered that big relatively, and they make it. The biggest example I can think of is the Green Bay Packers. It seems more like a heartless marketing decision than one of actual sustainability if the league really wanted to make it work IMO.
 
Yeah, they've been slow the whole series. They've played the most games haven't they?

I've gotta think Philly has played as many as they have, but I could be wrong. I'm too lazy to go look right now.

In any case, I don't think Philly won because they're so awesome. I think Montreal lost this game with weak play. Too bad.

Now Chicago is going to beat up on Philly.

Chicago in 5
 

PlasmaTwa2

The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Head says Chicago, heart says Philly. Either way, go Flyers!

The NFL, and even the NBA has teams in cities that aren't exactly considered that big relatively, and they make it. The biggest example I can think of is the Green Bay Packers. It seems more like a heartless marketing decision than one of actual sustainability if the league really wanted to make it work IMO.

The Packers also have all of Wisconsin and all that area. It's a bigger population than most provinces in Canada. There are only four provinces here that have more than two million people and only six cities with more than a million people.
 
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