Other Sports ***Official 2017-18 NHL Season Thread*** - Page 51

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Joe.1			Otter
OnThe.1			OnTheWarpath58
Joel.1			CaliforniaChief
DaFace			DaFace
Leafs win the Cup	Gadzooks
William.2		?????
Noah			CaliforniaChief's Kid
c.o_THjtt		Al_Bundy
frozen chief		frozen chief
One Magnificent Bracket	KCtotheSB
KC_Lee			KC_Lee
j.1			Shag

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Have you ever been to Winnipeg? In the winter, you're fighting off polar bears, in the spring, they have mosquitoes the size of your head.
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Originally Posted by Gadzooks:
Have you ever been to Winnipeg? In the winter, you're fighting off polar bears, in the spring, they have mosquitoes the size of your head.

Hahaha. No I haven't. I would counter with, have you ever seen an Islanders game in that arena? I get depressed and I'm just watching on TV.

Isn't Winnipeg like a half underground city?
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Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan:
Hahaha. No I haven't. I would counter with, have you ever seen an Islanders game in that arena? I get depressed and I'm just watching on TV.

Isn't Winnipeg like a half underground city?

You're damn right it is. To protect against the polar bears and mosquitoes.
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To answer your first question: I've only seen highlights of the SUV in the background.
What a pathetic franchise. Sure they've made some major steps over the past year, but they had this coming, just like the Leafs did with Sundin.
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Originally Posted by Gadzooks:
To answer your first question: I've only seen highlights of the SUV in the background.
What a pathetic franchise. Sure they've made some major steps over the past year, but they had this coming, just like the Leafs did with Sundin.

The new arena and the area surrounding it actually seems cool but a lot of issues standing in the way right now. I'm not old enough to know the Islanders hey-day so they don't annoy me. Ironically they are kind of like the Chargers in my mind.
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Well Deserved dig on the Chargers ownership, (fuck Spanos- BTW).
The difference is that the Garth Snow and Mike Milbury were 2 horrific GMs that lasted way too long and fucked the franchise, (the Chargers GM has done pretty well - IMO).
Not sure if you're familiar with Urinating Tree's videos on youtube, but this is a pretty good summary of why the Islanders suck:

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
Well the Blues went into FA desperately needing a Top 6 center and a Top 6 winger.

They walk away with more 3rd liners in Perron and Bozak.

So for another year, this roster is Schwartz - Schenn - Tarasenko and 15 bottom 6 guys looking for minutes.

FML

And then Army takes Jason Botterill back behind the woodshed and steals Ryan O'Reilly for basically nothing.

Didn't see that one coming, considering the rumors of the "ask" from Buffalo for the last week+
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Originally Posted by Rams Fan:
Go eat crow on a hot ass plate.

I'll be sitting there right next to you.

Armstrong got ROR and the only thing he really gave up of value was Thompson a 1st, and a 2nd.

And the 2nd is in THREE years.
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Happy birthday to Alex Ovechkin and...Patrick Mahomes II.

Alex is exactly 10 years older than Pat.

This is a clear sign that Pat is destined for a 10-year career of being the NFL's best scorer, guaranteeing him as a first-ballot HOFer. (Just hope Pat can get the championships out of the way a little quicker.)
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Nice.

And it's good to be back on the ice too... I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!
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I suppose I should start the ***Official 2018-19 NHL Season Thread***, since the Leafs are going to win the Cup.
I'll create it after a couple of pre-season games.

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Originally Posted by Gadzooks:
I suppose I should start the ***Official 2018-19 NHL Season Thread***, since the Leafs are going to win the Cup.
I'll create it after a couple of pre-season games.

Past history does show that the winners of free agency usually win the cup. :-)

Mahomes cooking and now hockey. Life isn't terrible.
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