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On 4/14/2024 at 12:07 PM, flyercanuck said:

What, no votes for Salt Lake Bigamists?

Sorry.  I didn't see your post before I posted.  Great minds......

On 4/10/2024 at 5:48 PM, Lunatic said:

SLC is a great location for hockey. They have an ardently fan base already for the Grizzlies that will support NHL hockey in SLC. New name Salt Lake Salt! Locals will understand. 

How about "the Bigamists"?  Has a nice ring.

Glad for Montgomery.   One of the good guys.

17 hours ago, ruxpin said:

This is a terrible segue, and I mean no offense, but while we're all realizing we're old, is anyone in touch with @blocker? Is he doing okay?

Still hanging on.  

Hope everyone is safe and happy

Jim Montgomery is one of the good guys.  He's also the person who named the "Legion of doom".  

I hope he does well.

“So what’s the best way to kill 48+ hours in Montreal?”

What a question.

"Genny Beer".  

God, that was awful stuff.  Tasted like pine cones.  

The giveaway was bad enough, but I wonder how much damage has been done to Vegas by the coach throwing Fleury under the bus with his postgame comments.

The best "coach" usually has the best goalie.

19 hours ago, radoran said:

God help me, I'm @blocker

Whew--That takes a load off me.  

Walter looked like the person he was.  A Dad who froze while flooding a rink for a kid he loved.

 "I've heard a lot about fights in the past being more violent".  

One of the worst was Wayne Maki and Teddy Green.  They were swinging sticks at each other.  Maki finally got Green in the head.  Terrible sight.  Should have convinced NHL players to wear helmets, but most refused.

Travis died Thursday.  Very sad.  Never met anyone who was as upbeat, despite given the bum hand with which he was inflicted.

1 hour ago, Podein25 said:

 

Canada has higher taxes, colder weather and an infrastructure deficit, but a record number of Americans want to move here. And immigrants all over the world looking to start a better life for their families have Canada at the top of their list of places to move to. 

 

If you think "leftist parasites" is what put America in the dumpster fire that it's in now,  you are seriously delusional.

Yeah, but ain't Canada where all the cold weather comes from?

My nominee is Ulf Samuelson.

I've told this story on this site before.  

It was a Rangers pre-season practice game the first season after Ulfie got traded to New York.

Shane Willis was a young kid trying to land a gig.  He made a play, and had his face to the glass.  Ulfie saw he was defenseless and ran him.  At full tilt, rammed his elbow into the kid's head and watched the teeth and blood spew onto the ice.   Cost Willis some nights in the hospital and a few years in his pursuit of a pro career.

There was no need for the cruelty.  Ulfie was guaranteed a job.  Willis was not a threat.  

It was just meanness.  

I had the happy chance to meet Henri.  He was quiet and reserved.  A real sports hero.  

And, the only hockey player I ever saw who looked natty and dressed up in a uniform.

Fu##ing Russians are all trying to get Trump reelected.  

Isn't it odd how some people  court trouble?  

We had Saturday night high school dances.  A bunch of hillbilly kids in rural Vermont.  One night, the fool who played the records, decided to include  "Sabre Dance" in the evening's repertoire.  

Didn't get many dancers for that one.

12 hours ago, flyercanuck said:

 

Got a question.  

How do the scorers calculate ice time?    Keeping track of the coming and goings of forty plus skaters seems to me to be a difficult task.  

How do they do it?