where the hell did it go??? it jus suddenly stopped coming on the tele....does anybody know why?!!?

hahah.
Because it doesn't exist anymore...

they need to improve the game

i played hockey for about 20 years

and i cant watch the NHL on TV too boring

1. get rid of off-sides rule

2. get rid of icing rule

3. make goal 1 foot bigger on each side

i believe it would be way more popular if average scores were 18-16

how dare you! Sheesh!!

a quick synopsis.

10 years agao, the forces that be, the nhlpa(national hockey league players association and their leader, bob goodenow) and the nhl owners(represented by gary betteman) came up with a collective agreement that paved the way for players to make tons of money, and small market teams to run a deficit.
last fall that 10 year agreement was up, and the owners wanted a new agreement with players, intially the nhpla would not agree to anything as they believed the owners would not lock the players out, and start a season, even if it was to start late.
the players really didn't realize most owners of the clubs were losing less money not having a season, than actually having a season.
in february, the owners threw an 11th hour deal at the players, salary cap and all, and the greedy players wouldn't accept it.
that offer has now been pulled off the table and the owners are offering less.
newest update is, the palyers and owners will be meeting once again next monday to see if some agreement can be reached, if not hockey for next season may be in jeopardy as well, although the owners state they will get replacement players in if the cashheads won't play.
it sucks, it's ridiculous. i have no respect for the players, as many fans don't, and i've never seen a sport where the fans are on the owners side.
the world championships are coming up, you can see some half decent hockey there, but i am missing what should be the playoffs now, and all i can hope is that the idiots on both sides, fix things.

Yup.
Normally the city is full of honking horns and the like around about now. It's so quiet this year.

How dare I what horrification? It's true!

i was talking to et's daddy

NHL lockout anyone heard of it?
Players are so greedy they don't play well enough to get the money their gettin

as much as I miss hockey season et's daddy does bring up SOME good points.

How can you say that if you've played hockey for 20 years.
The goal 1 foot bigger on each side! that's stupid
Average scores 18-16! WHAT!!!

Games are more fun to atch if it's like 1-0 2-1 becuase 1 goal can make the difference.Blow out games are not fun to watch.

OK IT'S BACK.

pre season begins in two weeks.
the rookie camps are this week.
big retiree names this week, al mcinnis(hardest slapshot in the nhl) scott stevens(he gave lindross the concussion that ruined his carreer) and vincent damphouse(montreal canadians last time they won the cup)

being the ottawa fan, i love the trade for danny heatley.
and if you're a leaf fan, well then i feel for you i truly do.

are u ready? what do u think?

Well teh only way I`ll see any NHL matches if its really back is by watching good old pay-tv. Ice hockey isn`t very big down under!

don't worry aztec, i'll keep you, and anyone else who has little access to the fastest game in the world, up to date as best i can.

here's the latest story about one of those hanging up the skates for good.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/20...es20050907.html

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SENS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

oh, here's something you might like, Jeceris looooooooool

that's brilliant wabbit!!!!!

are you a fan of the sens as well?

looking forward to the first game. i have tickets for the preseason game between ottawa and pittsburgh, hopefully get to see sidney crosby play.
i'm looking forward to that.

I'm definitely a Sens fan! and I envy you for having those tickets... I'll probably be going a few times myself this year to the Corel Center to watch them beat the heck out of the Habs, Leafs and others


(sorry for noticing, but you drink Moosehead? that's a Maritimers' beer lol I should know.. I lived in NS for over 10 years)

another big name retires.

but this one was obvious, a great player and automatic hall of famer.
today is the first day of training camp for most nhl teams.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/20...es20050912.html

GO SENS GO!

absolutley burnside!!!!

and here's an update as the sens and pengiuns open training camp today

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=136194

ron francis retires.

ryan smyth signs with edmonton, they are going to have a strong team this year, and will give calgary a run for battle of alberta.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=136297

things are allready heating up, and it's only pre-season.
you should have seen that hit, roenick was rocked, but that "french guy with the visor" will have to look over his shoulder next time they meet up.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=137855


i'm off to the pre-season game tomorrow between ottawa and pittsburgh.
should be good seeing mario and the kid.

off to see "sid the kid" tonight.
i know, you're all jealous.
senators are undefeated in pre-season play so far.
it's a good sign

Last season was pretty interesting here in Sweden what with all the "over seas-people" playing here, and for the first time in my life I got myself a favourite team: Mora.

And why did I start cheering for them? Well, they had this Slovakian dude playing for them and he was a hottie. You might recognise him?

i believe that's marian hossa, former ottawa senator and now has been traded to the atlanta thrashers for danny heatly, brilliant trade as far as i'm concerned.

it's opening night, all 30 teams in action tonight.
and grapes is pisking ottawa to go all the way, but what does he know.

http://www.ottawasun.com/Sports/Hockey/200...248779-sun.html

Hossa it is! *gives a cookie to jeceris*
I must say people here in Sweden are quite as exited about the NHL starting as you people are, but with one difference: all they talk about here is Peter "Foppa" Forsberg.

thanks for the cookie, sofia.

all eyes are on forsberg to stay healthy, if he does then philadelphia will be a team to contend with.

sidney crosby, the rookie everyone is talking about, has been compared to forsberg. but they call crosby, a stronger, harder forsberg, and nickname him, "the next one"(as opposed to the great one, gretzky)

we bought this tv package on satellite dish called nhl center ice for an absurd amount of money because hubby loves the game so much....he's sitting there in one of his jerseys watching now....thrashers lost though...

sit down and watch a game ethyl, you'll learn to love it.

great game last night as my sens beat the leafs in a shootout.
a little tight, and nerve racking, but alfi pulled it out at the end, nice
shooting!

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=138864&hubname=nhl

I'm half rooting for the Avs.
And half rooting for the Cyotes because they used to be the JETS.

Winnipeg RULES!!!!

Some of the greatest hockey players who ever lived were on the jets.
Teemu Selane started his career on the jets and won rookie of the year.wit over 80 points!

hey neo, my girlfriend is from winterpeg, manisnowba, and last summer we went to the hockey hall of fame in toronto, and she bought an old jets jersey, a jets cap and had her picture taken with the lifesize photo of bobby hull in his jets jersey.
i swear, you jet fans are never gonna let go.

oh i do watch it and i scream at the telly. i'm just not as rabid as hubby. i did see the ref get smacked in the face last night...ouch!

well which team do you like ethyl?

and yeah, that was a nasty stick in the face the linesman got in toronto from allison.
maybe they need to wear masks.

I heard Mats Sundin got a puck right inna head... Now that's a nice way to start the season...

atlanta thrashers is my fave but i also like the nashville predators. they're both teams from around where i'm from.
i like the rangers too but i think i'm in the minority on that one...

i think atlanta will have a good year, and nashville will surprise some people as well.
i'm from ottawa ethyl, and we got heatly from the thrashers for hossa.
pretty good trade.

bad news for maple leaf fans as matts sundin will be out for 4-6 weeks with broken orbital bine of his left eye.
took a puck to the face in the season opener.

Muh... I don't give much for NHL, I'm just happy as long as the Swedish guys are healthy for the Olympics ...

yeah heatly doesn't think he can play w/atlanta anymore because of the whole dan snyder thing. i don't blame him, really...
so far atlanta's doing pretty well! gotta go, hockey's on right now!

Seriously Evil Eye.

atlanta is making me mad. that's all i am going to say.......

sorry to hear you're mad about atlanta, ethyl, that was some bit of fighting friday night against toronto, wow!!!!!
toronto's a bunch of wooses anyway.(not you dot)

ottawa remains undefeated and at the top of the standings, RIGHT ON!!!!

here's a lillte article about havlat and his kick at one of the boston bruins saturday night.

http://www.ottawasun.com/Sports/Senators/2...265491-sun.html

lmao!

martin havlat has now been suspended for 5 games because of his little kick.
i guess he deserves it though.

I hate when I can't find the Avs playing on the tube. Hockey's the only sport I enjoy watching anymore. Except fpr nude Mongolian Midget Mud Wrestling.

Canucks baby! Woot!

december 12th, the avs play the senators in colorado.
and it's not on the tube here.
and love the mmmw league, but not on this thread

the only other undefeated team is nashville.
so we'll see if anyone is undefeated after the weekend, but my sens keep rolling right along.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/20...ning051021.html

well, atlanta finally won one--and then lost another. my solace is that nashville is my second favorite team...

http://www.ottawasun.com/Sports/Hockey/200...280364-sun.html


pat quinn is the biggest whiner going, whenever they lose a game, waaah waaaah waaah.
he should shut up, it's a bit of a shame to admit he's the head coach for the canadian olympic team as well.

http://www.ottawasun.com/Sports/Senators/2...282013-sun.html


what a game!!!!!!! brilliant stuff last night, and the overtime goal scored by jason spezza. was a thing of beauty. hopefully you can go somewhere and see the highlight that is on every sports show today, dipsy doodle goal, totally undressed sheldon souray.
now that's good hockey.

it was an amazing game indeed

GO SENS GO!!!!!