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10-09-2012 , 01:49 PM

#5276

NhlNut

KANGZ

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,135

Quote:

Lev (Chara) vs. Dynamo Moscow (Ovechkin)
Tue Oct 9, 2012 1:00 PM

the charas v the ovechkins
lol espn

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10-09-2012 , 01:51 PM

#5277

NhlNut

KANGZ

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,135

wtf? why is ovenchicken wearing #32?

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10-09-2012 , 02:02 PM

#5278

sylar

Ivan Drago's homeslice

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,308

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Originally Posted by NhlNut

wtf? why is ovenchicken wearing #32?

his old dynamo number

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10-09-2012 , 02:26 PM

#5279

cwicemvp12

Sergei Bobrovsky!

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 22,495

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Originally Posted by TJay

You clearly didn't pay to see 'The Legend of Bagger Vance' in theatres. I still want my $8 back.

lol @ u

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10-09-2012 , 02:29 PM

#5280

sylar

Ivan Drago's homeslice

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,308

lolEspn

"Your event is currently at halftime."

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10-10-2012 , 01:11 AM

#5281

sylar

Ivan Drago's homeslice

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,308

man, how ****ing creepy are the nhl network's commercials?

the infomercial style is whatever, but one line in each one just kills it.

"avoid disappointment and future regret. call now!"

wtf? how do they know so much about me?

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10-10-2012 , 07:32 PM

#5282

TJay

veteran

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2,622

First snowfall of the year today! Meanwhile, there are threads about the CFL, soccer, biking and ****ing darts on the front page of SE, and the only hockey thread is on page 2.

This is not right.

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10-10-2012 , 08:04 PM

#5283

vin17

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,101

F this, back to ON I go.

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10-10-2012 , 08:13 PM

#5284

NHL Sorting Hat

newbie

Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 28

Quote:

Originally Posted by vin17

F this, back to ON I go.

PHOENIX COYOTES

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10-10-2012 , 08:14 PM

#5285

72off

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 66,002

he's killin' it!

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10-10-2012 , 08:45 PM

#5286

Geddy Lee

Good Ol' Canadian Boy

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 25,371

This is the strongest debut from a gimmick account I've ever seen.

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10-10-2012 , 11:03 PM

#5287

WhiteGoose

confirmed loose

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 13,009

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10-10-2012 , 11:21 PM

#5288

TJay

veteran

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2,622

Wow.

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10-10-2012 , 11:27 PM

#5289

72off

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 66,002

sadly that's about the highlight of the CBJ franchise

or that one goal Nash scored in a meaningless game against Phoenix or whatever

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10-10-2012 , 11:39 PM

#5290

TJay

veteran

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2,622

My biggest gripe with the Blue Jacket's has always been that their name refers to some patriotic something or other to do with Christopher Columbus, yet their logo/mascot is some sort of play on a Yellow Jacket bug.

TRIVIA:

Name the 4 teams without an NHL mascot.

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10-11-2012 , 12:15 AM

#5291

WhiteGoose

confirmed loose

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 13,009

Spoiler:

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10-11-2012 , 12:22 AM

#5292

Avalanche333

veteran

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,341

Those look right Goose, except:

Spoiler:

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10-11-2012 , 12:23 AM

#5293

WhiteGoose

confirmed loose

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 13,009

Spoiler:

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10-11-2012 , 12:26 AM

#5294

Avalanche333

veteran

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,341

Lol, I checked it. You're right, except they borrowed the mascot from the Arena Football League team that played in the same stadium.

That is the worst way to get a mascot ever.

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10-11-2012 , 12:31 AM

#5295

Steve Yzerman fan

*** VAGOS MAKES GOOD POINTS ***

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 33,019

So instead of watching NHL hockey games, I have been relegated to purchasing season tickets for the Saskatoon Blades who are hosting the Memorial Cup this year. They are currently 2-6 and have no home wins. **** YOU NHL

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10-11-2012 , 12:34 AM

#5296

WhiteGoose

confirmed loose

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 13,009

omg you live in Saskatoon?

I'm weirdly jealous.

I think I'd fit in well there.

Just checked the mascots too. My 4 are correct

Spoiler:

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10-11-2012 , 12:52 AM

#5297

TJay

veteran

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2,622

You got em.

This entire article is amazing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_mascots

Some insight into how big of a boss Franzen is, and how big of a killjoy Bettman is:

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Al the Octopus is the eight legged mascot of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. It is also the only mascot that is not costumed. In 1952, when east side fish merchants Pete and Jerry Cusimano threw a real octopus onto the Olympia arena ice, the eight legs represented the eight victories needed to secure a Stanley Cup in those six-team days. Since then, fans throw an octopus onto the ice for good luck. In one game in the 1995 Playoffs, fans threw forty-five onto the ice.[citation needed] Arena Manager and Zamboni driver Al Sobotka ceremoniously scoops them up and whirls them over his head, and play continues. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman forbade Sobotka from doing so during the 2008 playoffs, claiming that debris flew off the octopuses and onto the ice. Sobotka and the Red Wings have denied that this occurs, but even so Sobotka acquiesced and now twirls the octopuses once he departs the ice. In 2011 Bettman forbade fans from throwing any octopuses on the ice, penalizing all violators with a $500 fine. This has led to local outcry at the seemingly intentional destruction of a classic tradition. Red Wing's forward Johan Franzen has pledged to pay any and all fines as an attempt to continue the tradition.

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10-11-2012 , 01:11 AM

#5298

WhiteGoose

confirmed loose

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 13,009

wow, that Bettman story requires a repost of this video

"If I was Gary Bettman I'd be worried about my family, or about my well being. Now he's gonna affect a lot of people, and uh, some crazed fan or even player, who knows, they might take it in their own hands, and figure they get him out of the way and things might get settled."

lololololol feck buttman

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10-11-2012 , 01:20 AM

#5299

wazzu24

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,378

Well I guess we can bump the 2+2ers playing hockey thread and live through that!

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10-11-2012 , 01:46 AM

#5300

Geddy Lee

Good Ol' Canadian Boy

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 25,371

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Originally Posted by Avalanche333

Lol, I checked it. You're right, except they borrowed the mascot from the Arena Football League team that played in the same stadium.

That is the worst way to get a mascot ever.