BS: Lord Stanley's Cup

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: gnu
Date: 04 Jun 08 - 04:21 PM

Hell, Beer... even if it does end tonoight, it'll be a great party anyway. Win-win, eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: wysiwyg
Date: 04 Jun 08 - 05:24 PM

This just in: Based on NBC-TV protests over the LAST game's length, the NHL announced today that they have had to institute a new NEW OVERTIME PROCEDURE based on an obscure minor league practice.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: gnu
Date: 04 Jun 08 - 08:16 PM

Did ya see The Cherry? Did ya see the Penguin? Fookin hilarious! Gonna be a great game. I have been looking forward to this this game for a while. Hehehehe.

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: maire-aine
Date: 04 Jun 08 - 10:42 PM

And the Stanley Cup comes home to Detroit where it belongs. They don't call this "Hockeytown" for nothin'.

Is Mike Babcock not the best coach in hockey????

Go Wings.

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: GUEST,Jack The Sailor
Date: 04 Jun 08 - 10:51 PM

Congratulations to the Wings.

I suspect that the Pens will have a few more chances in the next few years. What a great young team!

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 04 Jun 08 - 11:10 PM

Yeh, Congratulations to the Wings from me as well! As much as I would like to see the Pens go all the way the Wings were dominant throughout the series and the season as well. They deserve the win!

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: Beer
Date: 04 Jun 08 - 11:12 PM

I only have one thing to say this evening.   GUEST,Rich, eat your heart out. Older the better.
Will comment more tomorrow.
Adrien

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: wysiwyg
Date: 04 Jun 08 - 11:24 PM

Good thing we like the Wings. :~) They did good.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: gnu
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 05:38 AM

Saturday night party is still on... hope we're all recovered by then!

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 07:47 AM

Now that the season is over will Frenchy's be holding a sale of Cherry's old jackets?

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: Beer
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 08:57 AM

LOL Sandy. But maybe you should give a brief description of Frenchy's as I don't think you will find their stores out side the Atlantic (or should I say the Maritimes)Provinces.

I feel like getting on a plane and heading out to Harbor Grace. I'm sure the party will go on for a while yet. The Wings were truly a great team to watch and even though there will probably be a few retirements taking place they will still be a club to contend with next year. I'm not predicting a Cup but they will still have a great season and fans in the Eastern Division will still say"Ya, but the Western Devision is not as tough and the Wings won't be able to match the hard hitting clubs of the East". Those fans that say this (and there are still a lot of them around.)better wake up because this game has become a skating game since the rule change of a few years ago. If these changes had been made sooner we would have had Yzerman, Lemieux, Bourque,and other greats playing a lot longer. But goons shortened their season.

All in all, the Penguins have a dynamic team and if Lemieux can keep this great bunch of fellows together the cup should be heading their way for a number of years.

It's been fun and thanks to all who has been participating. You know who you are. Surprisingly this thread and those before (on Hockey) have a lot to be proud of. Sure some comments can get under our skin but compared to some of the threads that are posted this has to be one of the most civil of them all.
Until next season, have a great summer. I will keep my eye on this thread until it goes off.

I also like the idea of starting a separate thread on hockey when the Playoffs begin. Like the above title as well for the Playoff section. It's like a new season once it begins.

Adrien

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: wysiwyg
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 09:52 AM

As it turned out, I liked the fresh thread too. It certainly ran long enough to make a big ole thread, didn't it?

I think this one should be retitled to indicate the year, though.

The one trick Therrien didn't play (that I alluded to previously) would have been to surprise and confuse the Wings by starting Conklin. His manner of playing the puck would have thrown the Wings forecheck off and the Pens' D might have gotten some better plays up ice..... Fleury would have cheerfully gone along with it and after 2 games they could have put him back in to confuse the Wings all over again. :~) (Briefly.)


There are few places in hockeydom, outside of the handshake for players and right in the arena seats for the fans, where being for one team does not involve disparaging the other team. Here at Mudcat I never felt my team was being disrespected, and I appreciated that. In the OT thriller in fact it WAS as if you were all here in our living room. Next year we will have to work on how to virtualize the event even more.

I'll start. Is there anyone here who has not heard how our dogs celebrate a goal when our team scores? Next year I'll get pictures including a living room shot with the winter recliner setup. We can put our respective pix up somewhere.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: gnu
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 02:09 PM

~S~... no problem... just ask a clone to do it.

A good friend of mine sent me something to keep me busy until next season. I very seldom play these but this is downright addictive.

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: Big Mick
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 02:21 PM

Gary..... you will rot in hell for posting that friggin' site

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: Beer
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 03:34 PM

Ha! ha! ha! ha!.
He! he ! he ! Lol and all that.
Now that was a good one on you Gnu.

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: gnu
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 03:56 PM

Hey.... that "good friend of mine" shall remain nameless, but I will say, he is laughing over it a good deal.

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: GUEST,Texas Guest
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 05:11 PM

Wow - what a team!
          What a season!
                What a playoffs!
                     What a finals!
Yes, it is a fine day in Hockeytown South. Words are just not flowing at the moment, but thanks to Beer, Big Mick, WYSIWYG, gnu and everyone else who participated in this fine thread throughout
the playoffs; and yes, it is really nice to express our thoughts and emotions here regarding our favorite team (and as I once wrote - I take no quarter)and do it with respect for the other teams and those friends who support them - kinda like the handshake at the end of the series - very cool.

Needless to say, I'm hanging around her pretty regular; so, like Beer I'll keep looking in until this thread disappears then I'll take a bit of a sports breather and wait for college football to start so I can cheer on my Fighting Irish - which, of course means that hockey season is just aroung the corner and we start all over.
GO RED WINGS! Cheers.

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: GUEST,Rich
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 05:43 PM

OK, Yeah, the Wings are a much better team. Truthfully, we shouldn't have lasted till game 6. The Wings outplayed the Pens 55 minutes out of each game and the Pens pulled out a few miracles during the other 5.
Still it was a fun series to watch(albeit painful at times). We'll be seeing you in another series within a couple of years.

I have to agree that this thread remained extraordinarily civil and fun.

Rich

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: Beer
Date: 05 Jun 08 - 06:46 PM

Glad you came back Rich. See you next year. Have a great summer.
adrien

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: topical tom
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 08:23 PM

I have to admit that the better team won the Cup.Congrats, Beer, and all Red Wing fans!

    NHL champions 2008!

    Detroit Red Wings! Way to Go!

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 08:34 PM

Sniff. Mommy! It's over! (Sorry... Canuck joke.)

Well darn! What to do on the weekend without havin to plan for hockey? Ya know less than half of the guys will show on accounta The Cup is over and they got points and favours ta cover eh?

Anahwhay, I got ta thinkin about the lads what still harbour emoticons fer their missuses and I searched out this old love song. Every time I play it, I get musty. Check it out.

Subject: RE: BS: Lord Stanley's Cup
From: wysiwyg
Date: 07 Jun 08 - 09:22 PM

gnu, that fly game thing is no damn good-- it has to be buzzing around HOCKEY FOOD. That we can pick up and consmue, for points, plus a beer to wash it down. While we dodge flying pucks.

~S~