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I'm losing count of how many times I have come to these hockey threads and posted evidence refuting your buffoonery.
Thomas declines invitation as Bruins make White House visit
You should apologize for your comment regarding Tim.
tim thomas's decision today has nothing to do with anything vancouver, he has to take responsibility for
any back lash that comes his way, and some of it is from his management and team,
and boston media.
I listened to boston media today, criticizing him for his actions.
there is lots of comment from many different places, and vancouver is just one of those places.
he's not immune from criticism, just as any other player etc isn't.
he put himself in front of his teamates today, me first, them second, and the story was all about him,
and not the team's special day.
any back lash that comes his way, and some of it is from his management and team,
and boston media.
I listened to boston media today, criticizing him for his actions.
there is lots of comment from many different places, and vancouver is just one of those places.
he's not immune from criticism, just as any other player etc isn't.
he put himself in front of his teamates today, me first, them second, and the story was all about him,
and not the team's special day.
You got that right, Talloola, a person in his position with an iota of class would simply have declined the invitation and otherwise kept his big mouth shut. :smile:
There is nothing wrong with criticizing his actions. It would be great if you were honest though (with regards to the reasons for your criticism) instead of your usual tactic of making **** up (ie: he's a Republican)
The present rulers of hockey are destroying the game. All this passing and shooting
and no fighting, and protecting the money guys is a load of nonsense. I remember
when the guys on the ice had to look after themselves and the smaller guys were
protected by some boys who could enforce the rules of the game as it were.
I have been around a long time, and I am a Habs fan, lets make that clear. Canuck
fans believe the game should be played to suit their brand of hockey, namely a bunch
of inconsistent lame people who can win the division and think the season is over.
The whine when the ref puts the whistle away, during the final seven games. That is
the way it has been for decades. Its called let them play and let it get rough until it
gets out of control. Canuck fans are waiting for the Swedes to lead them to victory.
Won't happen. Teams like Boston are more real. Yes Montreal is having problems
and they are done for the year, but tradition says stay with your team.
I do know something about hockey I remember going to games as a kid when the old
senior league played in the Okanagan and Penticton won the world championship.
I did play by play for the junior league Penticotn Broncos in the early seventies.
Seven kids made it to the NHL from that team.
I like the game most of the time and I have seen them go through this stuff before.
Every Time they take fighting out or start calling every little thing, the sticks come up
and the head shots start. Play the bloody game, and let the hard hitting begin, and
make these money boys the big babies that they are do their own work out there.
I didn't like Gretzky, he was a good player among the best but God he was a wimp.
I just wish they would focus on hockey and forget all this issue after issue, the game
was just fine until they had to make it fun for the American fans who know little about it.
and no fighting, and protecting the money guys is a load of nonsense. I remember
when the guys on the ice had to look after themselves and the smaller guys were
protected by some boys who could enforce the rules of the game as it were.
I have been around a long time, and I am a Habs fan, lets make that clear. Canuck
fans believe the game should be played to suit their brand of hockey, namely a bunch
of inconsistent lame people who can win the division and think the season is over.
The whine when the ref puts the whistle away, during the final seven games. That is
the way it has been for decades. Its called let them play and let it get rough until it
gets out of control. Canuck fans are waiting for the Swedes to lead them to victory.
Won't happen. Teams like Boston are more real. Yes Montreal is having problems
and they are done for the year, but tradition says stay with your team.
I do know something about hockey I remember going to games as a kid when the old
senior league played in the Okanagan and Penticton won the world championship.
I did play by play for the junior league Penticotn Broncos in the early seventies.
Seven kids made it to the NHL from that team.
I like the game most of the time and I have seen them go through this stuff before.
Every Time they take fighting out or start calling every little thing, the sticks come up
and the head shots start. Play the bloody game, and let the hard hitting begin, and
make these money boys the big babies that they are do their own work out there.
I didn't like Gretzky, he was a good player among the best but God he was a wimp.
I just wish they would focus on hockey and forget all this issue after issue, the game
was just fine until they had to make it fun for the American fans who know little about it.
I'm not quite clear as to whether you think the rules of the game should be enforced or not. As with law I have problems with rules that won't (can't) be enforced.......................just a waste of time compiling them. With concussions coming to the forefront, something has to be done. Gretzky could survive quite well with his pure hockey skills, but there's always goons out there who will try to take a piece of Gretzky's head.
that is what he did, but the media isn't going to decline opening their big mouths, and he should have
known that would happen, all of the players know everytime they do anything outside the box of regular
behavior,the media will be all over it like fog.
And, I still see him as a 'me me me', and to hell with my team guy. The fellow who was interviewed today
from boston said that tim thomas is a bit of a loner when it comes to his team, he doesn't hang with the
players much, and keeps to himself, and that is fine, but if he thinks that the media is going to allow
him to just 'not' go, and then do nothing about it, forget it, we all know the media, don't we.
don't know what team you cheer for, but you know nothing about the canuck team, they are our team,
we know them, and the crap you are sh**ting out, is just that, b.s.
are you the one who hasn't watched hockey since l843 or? whatever, you know nothing about
present day hockey.
we have a very classy management and team in vancouver, and we as fans know hockey very thoroughly,
we are sick of ass holes coming around here and spouting nonsense.
I don't go to anyone else's team and do that, I have important things to do, such as watch lots of
hockey, enjoy other teams as well as mine, and actually have some knowledge in my head, and I am not
interested in spewing venom on others, get a life and say something constructive and true.
this is amazing, tim thomas does something that causes controversy, all over the NHL, and all over the
hockey media, and again, because people are consumed with jealousy of our good canuck team, have to
re organize this story and make it a canuck story.
that is hillarious
can't you people think of anything else but our canucks? guess we should feel honoured that because the
team is so good, it draws all of the rif raf on forums, they can't stand our success.
ken hitchcock said it right, if the canucks want to get rid of all the negative attention, they just need
to 'start losing' and everyone will forget about them, or love them, one or the other.
OK, go back to your spewing, i'm going to watch the edmonton/san jose game, just
finished watching the st. louis/detroit game, I've got fun things to do, not
spewing venom all over this thread, i'm done.
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LOL...you sound like a Bruins fan I know. The main difference is that his team won so he can rightly claim his team was successful. The Canucks? They're nothing more than first losers.
You're done spewing venom on this thread? To be honest, I wasn't aware that you had been doing that.
As for jealousy of 'your' Canucks, why would anyone be jealous of a hockey team? I'm no more jealous of 'your' Canucks, than I am of, say, MGM for making movies.
It's a business venture involved in the entertainment business. I'm not jealous, that makes no sense.
Someone mentioned on Team 1040 yesterday that Tim Thomas is being groomed for politics and that is why he declined the invitation. As an individual he has every right to decline. As a member of the team, I think he should have put the organization first or at the very least not made the statement he did - which though he said otherwise, is a political statement. Tim will wear this for a long time.
I did get a kick out of President Obama's remarks about 'the little ball of hatred' - Brad's moment in the sun.
Of course it was a political statement. To read it any other way is simply stupid. Tim had every right to decline but he should have kept his big mouth shut. There is something else behind that statement and in the future you just might see the mighty Tim on a ballot somewhere. Boston fans and media are all over this story after all it is Democratic territory and they don't take their politics lightly down there.
The only reason I started watching hockey again, after the 2004/5 lockout, was because Brendan Shanahan got players and management together and changed the way the game is played now. I give Brendan so much credit for doing so as now we get to see the 'stars' of the game play instead of the bullies and fighters that once ruled the ice. The salary cap was also great for the game of hockey as it leveled the playing field and gave smaller teams a better chance as was evidenced by the previously struggling Buffalo Sabres when in the 2006/7 season when they won more games than any other NHL team.
Nothing wrong with good, hard, clean hits - emphasis on clean, but the way hockey used to be played was little more than a free for all where we rarely got to see the speed and agility of the good players.
I guess it would be foolish to think we are going to see hockey played at the professional level, without some pretty severe contact, including the odd bout of fisticuffs, but I think it's important that games be won and lost on the strength of hockey skills, not thuggery and muggery! :smile:
absolutely, it makes good sense, otherwise we wouldn't be receiving all of this nonsense.
if one would go back and read all of the crap, it fits right in.
real hockey people, who really know their hockey, and love hockey, and enjoy talking about
hockey as much as I do, 'would never' include that silliness in their chats.
if this team was not so good, we wouldn't be reading all of this childness that others write.
I love talking hockey, real hockey talk, about different players, different games and teams, how
good certain players are, and other interesting happenings within the game.
but the stupidness that arrives here is so infantile.
I wonder how many other teams that are as good as the canucks, have to put up with the
stupid remarks that show up on this board.
I love all the chit chat that we canuck fans have from time to time, and its too bad
the others, who obviously can't stand canucks, 'again for obvious reasons, jealousy, and
because canucks are so good', can't seem to enjoy the game and say things that are constructive
and interesting for all to read, then we could share opinions and information about
the game, and enhance this board, even mature disagreements are constructive, and
we do have them here, that is part of learning and seeing how others think and
feel about the game.
People said the same thing when Gretzky called New Jersey a Mickey Mouse organization. The only people that see this as a big story are those jealous of his accomplishments and reporters that need something to write about. Which paper do you write for?
Fortunately, it has been for the last 35 years.
I don't recall anybody saying the Nucks aren't good....just that they aren't built to win the Cup. If you were half the knowledgeable hockey fan you think you are, you would argue the points people make instead of making stuff up.
What you know about hockey, Talloola could stick under one finger nail. But hockey aside she has some class! :lol:
Cannuck; I don't recall anybody saying the Nucks aren't good....just that they aren't built to win the Cup. If you were half the knowledgeable hockey fan you think you are said: