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The Official NHL Discussion Thread
Topic Started: Sep 26 2009, 08:26 AM (245 Views)
Alec Pure	Sep 26 2009, 08:26 AM Post #1
Oh Yeah Posts: 2,337 Group: Elite Members Member #113 Joined: Nov 11, 2008 Preferred WWE TV Show SmackDown Preferred Promotion DGUSA Favorite Male Wrestlers Jericho, Burchill, Angle, Nash, Booker T, Shawn Michaels, Sheamus, Legacy, Beer Money, Kofi Kingston Favorite Female Wrestlers Trish Stratus,Sarita,Katie Lea,Awesome Kong Favorite Wrestling Move Tower Of London	The NHL season will start here in a few weeks, and there really isn't a thread here to discuss it. So well there is now. Any thing and everything to do with the NHL should be discussed here.. And to end this on a happy note, I hope the Wings have a great season this year
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Fran.	Sep 26 2009, 10:43 AM Post #2
iMPACT Tickets =£50. Beer Money’s Shirt =£30. Watching Mike Tenay freak out on PPV =Priceless. Posts: 4,960 Group: Elite Members Member #6 Joined: Oct 27, 2008 Preferred WWE TV Show ECW Preferred Promotion TNA Favorite Male Wrestlers Kurt Angle, Beer Money, AJ Styles, British Invasion, D'Angelo Dinero. Favorite Female Wrestlers Trish Stratus, The Beautiful People, Maryse. Favorite Wrestling Move The PELE~!	I sometimes check out the Stanley Cup but nothing much other than that. I've tried to get into NHL before but it's very hard considering its on at like 3am and the games they usually show on Channel 5 over here are pretty boring. Oh well... come on Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Alec Pure	Sep 28 2009, 11:39 PM Post #3
Oh Yeah Posts: 2,337 Group: Elite Members Member #113 Joined: Nov 11, 2008 Preferred WWE TV Show SmackDown Preferred Promotion DGUSA Favorite Male Wrestlers Jericho, Burchill, Angle, Nash, Booker T, Shawn Michaels, Sheamus, Legacy, Beer Money, Kofi Kingston Favorite Female Wrestlers Trish Stratus,Sarita,Katie Lea,Awesome Kong Favorite Wrestling Move Tower Of London	The wings are 3 and 5 in the preseason and they just beat the Pens in there last game.(Srry Nick).. Our last preseason game before the regular season starts is against a Swedish team. Farjestads Bk Karlstad.. which i have no clue how to say there name.. Hopefully they have a great season this year.
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King Nicholas	Sep 29 2009, 12:37 AM Post #4
It's A Great Day For Hockey Posts: 1,191 Group: Elite Members Member #16 Joined: Oct 29, 2008 Preferred WWE TV Show Raw Preferred Promotion WWE Favorite Male Wrestlers Bret "Hitman" Hart, John Morrison, Dolph Ziggler Favorite Female Wrestlers Daffney Favorite Wrestling Move "Hart Rate" by Teddy Hart	I have a feeling that Alec and myself will probably be exclusive to this thread but if there are any questions, comments, or opinions we would be happy to hear them. Concerning the Pittsburgh Penguins I am excited to see what the Pens can do this season especially since they have sought out to build themselves a strong defense and two new goalies. Jay McKee, Alex Goligoski, Nathan Guenin, and Ben Lovejoy are all going to be the newest editions to their defense after losing Hal Gill and Rob Scuderi. Lovejoy is an excellent player and Goligoski seems to be someone that the Pens expect great things from as they signed him to a multi-million 3-year deal. In other news: The Penguins will be raising their Stanley Cup banner and I am going to try my hardest to make it down to the arena for the show. I didn't get tickets because they were sold out but as you can read from the article the arena has a huge big screen TV outside where fans, who couldn't purchase tickets, are still allowed to watch the game. Penguins.NHL.com The Pittsburgh Penguins will raise the 2008-09 Stanley Cup championship banner in a special ceremony before Friday’s regular-season opener against the New York Rangers at Mellon Arena. Gates will open at 6 p.m., a half-hour earlier than usual, and fans are asked to be in their seats by 7:25 p.m. The game is sold out and will be the team’s 119th straight sellout. Fans without tickets will be able to watch the ceremony and the game on a big screen in front of Gate 3. The big screen, which has become a Pittsburgh playoff tradition, will start operating on Wednesday, showing playoff game highlights and the Penguins’ Stanley Cup championship DVD. “This will be another great night for the Pittsburgh Penguins organization, and we’re looking forward to sharing it with the greatest fans in hockey,” said team president David Morehouse. “The big screen is one of our special playoff features, but we wanted to bring it back for this very special opening night.”



Alec Pure	Sep 30 2009, 11:09 AM Post #5
Oh Yeah Posts: 2,337 Group: Elite Members Member #113 Joined: Nov 11, 2008 Preferred WWE TV Show SmackDown Preferred Promotion DGUSA Favorite Male Wrestlers Jericho, Burchill, Angle, Nash, Booker T, Shawn Michaels, Sheamus, Legacy, Beer Money, Kofi Kingston Favorite Female Wrestlers Trish Stratus,Sarita,Katie Lea,Awesome Kong Favorite Wrestling Move Tower Of London	hey Nick i was looking around on NHL.com and i found this and thought you'd like it... The ring they have looks amazing, I've seen other championship rings and Tampa's and Detroit's are the only good ones IMO.. Quote: Pittsburgh Penguins players, coaches, hockey staff and executives received their 2009 Stanley Cup championship rings at a private ceremony Tuesday night. The rings were manufactured by Intergold and designed in consultation with Penguins owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle, General Manager Ray Shero and coach Dan Bylsma. "The ring is a lasting symbol of the championship effort of our players, coaches, staff and organization," the team said in a statement. “We want to thank Intergold for an exceptional effort in helping us commemorate the team’s achievement." Each 14 karat white and yellow gold ring contains 167 diamonds -- totaling approximately 4.50 carats of diamonds and averaging approximately 100 grams of gold. The top of the ring is crowned with a custom-cut black onyx imbedded with a 1.3 carat pear-shaped diamond to create the Penguins logo. The logo is placed on an image of the Stanley Cup, which is sitting on a bed of round diamonds replicating the arena and ice surface.
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King Nicholas	Oct 4 2009, 12:07 AM Post #6
It's A Great Day For Hockey Posts: 1,191 Group: Elite Members Member #16 Joined: Oct 29, 2008 Preferred WWE TV Show Raw Preferred Promotion WWE Favorite Male Wrestlers Bret "Hitman" Hart, John Morrison, Dolph Ziggler Favorite Female Wrestlers Daffney Favorite Wrestling Move "Hart Rate" by Teddy Hart	Those rings were amazing Alec. They showed the rings before the game last night and if you look at the high quality photos of the rings you can see just how many diamonds are in that son-of-a-bitch. I think they look super nice, honestly. I went down to the Season Opener and stood outside in the pouring rain to see the banner raised at the Mellon Arena for one last time before the building is destroyed. I can't begin to tell you how fun it was to be there will those people and to see over 17,000 people packing that arena. I will be posting some footage later tonight on Youtube and then posting it here for anyone to watch. It would be sweet if anyone could submit any footage they have of themselves at some games here in the thread.



King Nicholas	Oct 16 2009, 11:17 PM Post #7
It's A Great Day For Hockey Posts: 1,191 Group: Elite Members Member #16 Joined: Oct 29, 2008 Preferred WWE TV Show Raw Preferred Promotion WWE Favorite Male Wrestlers Bret "Hitman" Hart, John Morrison, Dolph Ziggler Favorite Female Wrestlers Daffney Favorite Wrestling Move "Hart Rate" by Teddy Hart	Look at what just came in the mail for yours truly, The King. I bought these tickets, broke the fucking bank to get these seats, but dam am I happy as a fat kid in a candy store. I will be seated in the 3rd row from the glass in the special Igloo Seating, Section One, Seats 7 & 8. Check it out: The game is on December 15th against our greatest rival The Philadelphia Flyers. I could almost start beating off to this .... almost.



Alec Pure	Oct 21 2009, 07:57 PM Post #8
Oh Yeah Posts: 2,337 Group: Elite Members Member #113 Joined: Nov 11, 2008 Preferred WWE TV Show SmackDown Preferred Promotion DGUSA Favorite Male Wrestlers Jericho, Burchill, Angle, Nash, Booker T, Shawn Michaels, Sheamus, Legacy, Beer Money, Kofi Kingston Favorite Female Wrestlers Trish Stratus,Sarita,Katie Lea,Awesome Kong Favorite Wrestling Move Tower Of London	damn those are amazing tickets nick.. i wish i could go to that game... I couldnt get a decent tix to a wings game unless i wanted to pay by cutting off my arm lol... anyway that game should be great... So whats your opinion on the Pens being the best team in the league so far.. And hey just so you know, The Wings and Pens are becoming rivals.. I kinda want to see a pens/wings rivalry.. like the Avs and Wings used to have
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King Nicholas	Nov 10 2009, 04:20 AM Post #9
It's A Great Day For Hockey Posts: 1,191 Group: Elite Members Member #16 Joined: Oct 29, 2008 Preferred WWE TV Show Raw Preferred Promotion WWE Favorite Male Wrestlers Bret "Hitman" Hart, John Morrison, Dolph Ziggler Favorite Female Wrestlers Daffney Favorite Wrestling Move "Hart Rate" by Teddy Hart	Sorry for taking so long to respond to this thread Alec. I think that it is good for our team to open the season having the best record because there are still many fans of many teams who think that the Penguins win was a fluke. There are fans out there who truly believe that the referees are in the pocket of the Penguins in order to help them win. There are fans out there who really think that Sidney Crosby, Gary Bettman, and members of the Penguins organization are in some kind of conspiracy that allows them to win games. In my opinion a fan who thinks like that is reaching for anything to justify his/her favorite team's loss. Lately the Penguins have have a few loses with the last 2 being the worst so far. Internet sites are being flooded by fans against the Penguins who have used these two loses to completely discredit everything the Penguins have accomplished so far. Look at the Detroit Red Wings for example. The Red wings were in back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals just like the Penguins - something that hasn't been done since 1983. They haven't had the greatest beginning to their season this year but two facts remain above all else. One: It's only November and there are 7-8 more months of hockey left. Two: It's the fuckin' Detroit Red Wings for Christ sake!! How do you assume that they are anything but a great team? So what they aren't leading the league right now. Does that mean they aren't a good team? Hell no. The same can be said for The Pittsburgh Penguins. While I'm not trying to make any excuses for any of the losses we have recently suffered the truth is that our team is plagued by injuries. Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin, Max Talbot, Sergei Gonchar, and Tyler Kennedy. That is 5 of our major players from out with injuries. Take five major members of any team out and you will see similar results. It's going to take a few losses, a few experimental line changes, and calling up a few of our younger guys from the AHL before we get our momentum back Look at this question I found of Yahoo Answers. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmmaJ17TWEAvnCQ6Ju8zWK7sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20091108142453AAsqV9b&show=7#profile-info-eKfldkHraa This is the kind of extremist point of view that I cannot stand. The Penguins have had thier first back-to-back loses after an amazing 7 game win streak, a loss, two more wins, another loss, a win, and then the back-to-back losses. Our team is 1st in the Atlantic and 3rd in the entire league (were 2nd up until the other night) but people like that don't know how to accept the fact that Pittsburgh is a strong team. There is talent there and there is so much anti-Crosby hatred flooding the boards that it sickens me. There are many guys in the NHL that I do not care for personally (Ovechkin for one) but I would be a fool to pretend like I wouldn't want him on my team. I wish other fans could learn to look past their home team pride and see that there are players out there with superb skills that do deserve the recognition they get. You know Alec, they always say the same old things and bring up the same old arguements. - Crosby is a diver - Crosby is a crybaby - Bettman and Crosby have a secret agreement - Pittsburgh has bandwagon fans that weren't around before Crosby came along - The NHL is partial to Crosby and The Penguins - Pittsburgh isn't a good team, they're just lucky Fuck all that. I could argue each statement for days but it's not worth it. I just wish that people could get rid of their blind hatred for the Penguins and accept that their victory was hard earned and deserving of recognition.



King Nicholas	Nov 14 2009, 07:34 PM Post #10
It's A Great Day For Hockey Posts: 1,191 Group: Elite Members Member #16 Joined: Oct 29, 2008 Preferred WWE TV Show Raw Preferred Promotion WWE Favorite Male Wrestlers Bret "Hitman" Hart, John Morrison, Dolph Ziggler Favorite Female Wrestlers Daffney Favorite Wrestling Move "Hart Rate" by Teddy Hart	The Pittsburgh Penguins are currently on a 4 game losing streak, the worst streak that they have had all season. In October the Penguins quickly climbed to 1st in the enitre National Hockey Lleague and 1st in their Division (Atlantic) by posting the best win/loss record of any team. The Penguins ended the month of October with an 11-3 record. As November drew closer it the Pittsburgh Penguins seemed to have been cursed with injuries and losses - taking 4 straight loses in 5 games - and their current record (12-7) is a reflection of how losing many of your key players can affect your entire team and their chances of winning. Seven (7) of the 21 members of The Pittsburgh Penguins are injured: Evgeni Malkin, Brooks Orpik, Kris Letang, Sergei Gonchar, Tyler Kennedy, Maxime Talbot, and now Kris Kunitz. Sidney Crosby is also suffering a career worst pointless streak of 5 games. The losses haven't come without some positives for the Penguins though, and they're learning very quickly that each member of the tea has a responsibility to step up and carry the wieght of their teammates. The Penguins, especially Matt Cooke, also don't appreciate the notion that they can't win games without those injured players. It very easy for any non-Penguin fan to assume that the 2008-2009 Stanley Cup Champions The Pittsburgh Penguins aren't a strong team based on their recent performance. It also easy to assume that if you're already ruling out the Penguins as being repeat Stanley Cup Champions you haven't learned anything yet. Many hockey fans are already jumping at the opportunity to call the Penguins a team without strength and depth simply because they have suffered a few losses. Not every team wins them all. It's never been done in the history of professional hockey and, short of a miracle from God himself, it never will. The Penguins are only 19 games into a regular season consisting of 82 games in total. It would seem ridiculous to rule out any team based on their current records. The Penguins play The Boston Bruins tonight at 7:30 and yours truly will be watching. The Penguins showed a ton of heart in their loss Thursday night to the New Jersey Devils even. The score may have been 4-1 with the Devils snagging an empty net goal at the end of the 3rd period, but th Penguins took a lot home with them from that game and you could see how bad they wanted to win. Here's to hoping that The Pittsburgh Penguins win tonight's game against the Bruins so that we can snap this losing streak and make the nay-sayers choke on their own hateful words. GO PENS!!



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