I am not whining at all, we have a bunch of do gooder who want to change the game
of hockey itself. Af for the Canucks they are the team outside of BC that everyone
does not like. They are a team that is over rated and why, because they don't have
the horses to back up their hype. How many Stanley Cups have they won?
Chicago, Boston Pittsburgh and a host of others are willing to put out the money for
good players not the Canucks they do really stupid things like hire Luongo the siv
for ten years and they can't get rid of him while his contract bleeds them dry.
Montreal the team I have always cheered for frustrates me they don't bring on big
guys Canadians that can stand up to the punishment. They don't whine they just lose
Its frustrating Canadian teams could be so much better. Management is the biggest
problem.
Actually the only breath of fresh air is Winnipeg at least they're trying.
Vancouver with the coach they have now is worse off in my view and Montreal will go
out in the second round of the playoffs again, the difference is they won't blame the
mean tough Bruins. Both teams need to hire some serious muscle. and get rid of the
Europeans who play teacup hockey
You read the papers too much, where they create these mythologies around teams that are abou as accurate as horoscopes.Teams change over time. The players change, the type of game they play changes, teams change.
I think the game would be poorer if--as you advocate--we got rid of the Europeans. It's that kind of inbreeding that would destroy our competitiveness internationally, like it destoryed Britain's soccer competitiveness. There's been some great European players. Too bad, you are missing out. Petr Forsberg was one of my all time favorites. Not really great at teacup hockey, but it seems that you are a victim of stereotypes, so you probably didn't notice. Always enjoyed Federov too. And in Vancouver, Pavel Bure and Markus Naslund we're exciting.
There's no difference between Canadian teams and American teams. The reason that Canadian teams don't dominate is because it is a fluid market, and because there are so many teams now. Maybe 20% of the league is Canadian teams.
As for hockey, they've got their problems to sort out. I myself don't support the direction they are going. I'm involved at the younger level. Parents are pulling their kids out of rep hockey because they don't want their kids on their third concussion by the time they are 18. And you used to be able to play in the NHL if you were a regular sized guy, but for teh last few years, if you aren't at least 6' and 190 lbs, then don't bother applying. Danger of turning it into a mutant sport like basketball.
Why do you think the length of time means it is not similar?
No, it just odd that you would go back ten years, when there are plenty of more recent examples. Why the Bertuzzi incident?
We can still hit and fight and do all that other physical stuff while maintaining zero tolerance for straight up assault like this.
Really? I don't thik that's true.. Hockey has a concussion problem. And it doesn't have much to do with fighting. But, hey, keep living in your dream world.