aaahhhh ... h - o - c - k - e - y ! [Archive]

cyanide

12-07-2003, 01:03 PM

No better time to be posting this.
Maple Leafs are on an 8-game winning streak !
Sweet !

2nd in the Conference and 2nd Overall

After all that rugby talk ... (blaagghh)
where are all the hockey fans?

Who do you like to win it all?
Who do you root for?

Talk it up, let's go !!

minstrel

12-07-2003, 03:44 PM

No better time to be posting this.
Maple Leafs are on an 8-game winning streak !
Sweet! 2nd in the Conference and 2nd Overall

Based on their history over the past 26 going on 27 years, that's normal. They'll peak about Christmas time and by the time the playoffs roll around they'll be on to their usual 87 game losing streak... ;o)

paulhiles

12-07-2003, 04:55 PM

The Toronto Maple Leafs website (http://www.torontomapleleafs.com) has the defiant title, "The Game Never Ends"... or maybe that's just what the spectators are thinking.. as they're watching! ;-)

Check out their glorious victories over the years on this interactive Flash timeline (http://www.torontomapleleafs.com/timeline/timeline.html)

A quick question Dave, have you ever heard of the Jack Adams trophy? Me neither... anyway 1993 was the year of that great triumph! :c)

Paul

minstrel

12-07-2003, 05:13 PM

The Toronto Maple Leafs website (http://www.torontomapleleafs.com) has the defiant title, "The Game Never Ends"... or maybe that's just what the spectators are thinking.. as they're watching! ;-)
The curious thing is... Leafs fans seem to enjoy watching them... I can't figure it out... ;-)

Check out their glorious victories over the years on this interactive Flash timeline (http://www.torontomapleleafs.com/timeline/timeline.html)
LOL... there's a warning at the bottom:

[quote]This site optimized for broadband. If loading stalls, please hit reload.
I'd like to add another:

This team, on the other hand, optimized for losing. If game stalls, have another beer.

A quick question Dave, have you ever heard of the Jack Adams trophy? Me neither... anyway 1993 was the year of that great triumph! :c)
They have so many teams and playoffs now it's ridiculous - there's probably a trophy for each one. It really is sad. They play something like 85 games (I've lost count) in the regular season, at which point half of the teams advance to the playoffs! Couldn't that be done after about, oh, I don't know, two weeks? One consequence of this is that the Leafs do make the playoffs most years but it's not a great accomplishment.

cyanide

12-07-2003, 05:15 PM

paulhiles

12-07-2003, 05:21 PM

huh?
the Jack Adams trophy is give out to the top coach each year as voted on by the Broadcaster's Association
Eeek! sorry cyanide! ;-) think I'd better duck out now! This Englishman has to get ready to watch his triumphant RUBGY team parading through the streets of London tomorrow! :c)

Paul

*****had to come back and re-spell triumphant... long time since English sport has used the word! :c) *****

minstrel

12-07-2003, 05:58 PM

Based on their history over the past 26 going on 27 years, that's normal. They'll peak about Christmas time and by the time the playoffs roll around they'll be on to their usual 87 game losing streak
Sure, go ahead and ruin it for me. Guess you're not a hockey fan...
somewhat... I do find the regular season a little difficult to get excited about since as I said in the previous post most of the teams will make it into the playoffs anyway so I'm not sure I get the point of the first 82 games. In the old days, I used to be a Canadiens and Bruins fan - these days, I sort of root for the Senators. Regardless, I have always hated the Leafs and Detroit.

Consider there are 82 games in a season and most teams will have played 35 games by Christmas, your losing streak assessment quite inacurate
that was poetic licence, aka exaggeration ;-)

A quick question Dave, have you ever heard of the Jack Adams trophy? Me neither... anyway 1993 was the year of that great triumph! :c)
huh? the Jack Adams trophy is give out to the top coach each year as voted on by the Broadcaster's Association[/quote]
oh... ;-)

Hockey: The fastest game on earth!
unless it's the Leafs playing :o)

Greyhawk

12-07-2003, 11:46 PM

Cyanide what do you ecpect from some one that roots for the Habs, Bruins, and Sens. Some people would not know good hockey (read Toronto Maple Leafs) unless it bit them in the backside.

As I have posted before I cheer for two teams, the Leafs and who ever is playing against the Habs.

BTW did you hear that Gretsky was going to retire in Ottawa... he wanted to get as far away from Professional hockey as possible.

Or the difference between the Vacouver Canucks and Tiger Woods?

Tiger gets paid to play Golf in April.

Greyhawk

minstrel

12-08-2003, 12:13 AM

I was wondering why we hadn't heard from Greyhawk -

As Leaf fans, you guys would know more about golf than us in the Ottawa-Montreal corridor. If I recall, the Leafs were playing golf just a bit earlier than the Senators last spring, weren't they?

matauri

12-08-2003, 05:21 AM

2nd in the Conference and 2nd Overall

Having played 1-3 games more than most of the others ? ;-) Impressive..hehe ;-)

After all that rugby talk ... (blaagghh)
where are all the hockey fans?
Coz the cannucks dont 'really' play rugby, I loved watching the ice hockey. Used to go whenever I could to the Corel center. :-)

Who do you root for?
The Sens of course! The All Blacks on skates ! :-)

It peeeves me the slack support base they have too. Every time the seasons finish, their future is in doubt, who is going to own them, talk of losing their venue, their so called fans & the media bag them. Yet, they have a better history over the past decade than the Leafs! At the end of the 2003 season they had recorded the most regular season wins of any Canadian team since 1996. The Sens also hold the record among Canadian teams to make the playoffs, (7 times I think). No matter if they win or lose the finals, thats a pretty good record to be proud of. Fickle fans I tell ya! Its that crappy uniform..they need to upmarket it ;-)

Who do you like to win it all?

(EC)Philly are looking good & NJ. Of the cannuck teams, I am still going for the Sens :-) Tampa Bay for the US.

(WC)Colorado & St Loius. I think Calgary will finish on top for Canada & St Louis for the US. But I will still root for the Dallas Stars :-)

Cindy

Greyhawk

12-08-2003, 08:47 AM

There are two types of people in this world, Leaf fans and those that wish they could be Leaf fans.

Greyhawk

minstrel

12-08-2003, 09:16 AM

Go Cindy!

And Grewyhawk... what can I say? the amazing thing about Leafs fans is that even after years of crappy teams they still fill the arena. Gotta admire their loyalty (and by loyalty, I of course mean all the ale they drink to be able to stay in the arena and watch it all).

matauri

12-08-2003, 11:15 AM

There are two types of people in this world, Leaf fans and those that wish they could be Leaf fans.

Must be 3 types. Dave & I fit in the 3rd type, the type who dont drink enough to be Leafs fans ;-) Gotta be pretty disillusional to think this is going to be their year ;-)

Cindy

chadster

12-08-2003, 12:36 PM

Avalanche>Leafs>>>Everything>>Domukun>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Detroit

blastradius

12-08-2003, 02:57 PM

BTW did you hear that Gretsky was going to retire in Ottawa... he wanted to get as far away from Professional hockey as possible.

Or the difference between the Vacouver Canucks and Tiger Woods?

Tiger gets paid to play Golf in April.

Greyhawk

Grayhawk isn't Ottawa only a three hour drive from T.O. sound to me like you dissed your own team.

Now as for you Canucks crack them,there are some fighting Words. Lucky for you the leafs are is the easy conference. Wouldn't hold up out here in the west.

CANUCKS ALL THE WAY BABY,

If it were to come down to it I would rather cheer for an American team then cheer for the Leafs(In fact I have).

Undo

12-08-2003, 04:41 PM

The Leafs play the most obstructive type of hockey going! Everytime I see Darcy Tucker I want to punch him through the television. The Leafs will be golfing long before the Canucks................again!!!!

Here's a link to a great Leafs page

http://www.ihatetheleafs.com/

http://www.ihatetheleafs.com/PHOTOS/LEAFS%20LAFFS/leafs_laffs_02/leaf_fashions.jpg

Go Canucks Go!

cyanide

12-08-2003, 06:25 PM

ooh, wee !! can o' worms !!

should'a known the Canuckle-heads fans would show up lol!
Good ol' NHL spirit!

even though bleeding blue&white, will always give credit where it's due. Both teams mentioned, Ottawa Senators and Vancouver Canucks are great teams, no doubt! In fact I have players from both in my pools.

What can I say?, when you've grown up watching them, it's hard to root for anyone else. That said, I do agree to some extent about the negativity of parts of the team

Cyanide what do you ecpect from some one that roots for the Habs, Bruins, and Sens. Some people would not know good hockey (read Toronto Maple Leafs) unless it bit them in the backside
no kidding! no one likes to see Toronto on top

Everytime I see Darcy Tucker I want to punch him through the television
lol ! Yeah, not big on Tucker also.
I say trade him for a bag of pucks !

mikmik

12-08-2003, 08:24 PM

You think leaf's fans are deluded? This is honestly the first time in my life that I don't think Montreal has a chance, unless they come up with another 'unknown' young goalie to carry them on his back! I think that is their strategy every year.
It all started in '73 with the Langway trade to Wachington, but that didn't stop them so they got rid of Chelios, then came the - "You know your days are numbered when: You are made captain of the Canadiens!" years.

If we habs fans weren't so delusional, we might have had to start a riot! (Muarice richard suspended in play-offs 1950's)

minstrel

12-08-2003, 09:38 PM

Everytime I see <insert name of ANY Leafs player here> I want to punch him through the television. Here's a link to a great Leafs page

Leaving out the pro Canucks stuff in your post (which in any case I assume was satirical), that picture is hilarious! Who is it? Eddy Shack's son?

matauri

12-08-2003, 10:28 PM

Aren't the Canadians the Canadian rugby team on skates during their off season? ;-)

Always thought it ironic that they were called the Canadians actually ;-)

Cindy

mikmik

12-08-2003, 11:00 PM

Author= Matauri.
Her words =
Aren't the Canadians the Canadian rugby team on skates during their off season? ;-)
Thanks for the boost. (O: But I expect that they would have less talent off skates, and there is no goalie in rugby to carry the team! Add another 20 try's against, per half, to the scores from the World Cup. That would be them.

Always thought it ironic that they were called the Canadians actually ;-)
Yes, I was sweating a bit during the last referendum, and true to Canadian form, the big topic out west that night was "What will they call the Montreal Canadiens if they seperate?" !!
Answer: Les Habitant ( which, ironically, means the same as "Canuck" (O:

minstrel

12-08-2003, 11:31 PM

David Beckham, the famous English soccer player, is teaching his new son Romeo the finer points about soccer. After a while Romeo asks his Dad what number he should have on his uniform when he starts playing for a team.

David replies, "Wear 4 out there Romeo."

mikmik

12-08-2003, 11:45 PM

Finally!! A REAL sport to talk about!!!!
Makes the north american versions of 'sports' look like a "Disney Presentation!"
A sport that not only takes incredible stamina and strenght (not like rugby, though. Those guys are MONSTERS), It takes a level of skill and cunning that is beyond the understanding of other mere 'brutes'

And Those Guys Wrote The Book On Ill Behaved Hero's!!!
It's got it all, sex, corruption, murder, intrigue, shenanigans..

Now that's HOCKEY!! (soccer, I mean!) [o;

minstrel

12-09-2003, 12:01 AM

Thanks, Mik....

...but actually, the point I was trying to make was that if we are allowed to talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs in a thread with the title of "h-o-c-k-e-y", we should be able to also talk about David Beckham and synchronized swimming in the same thread...

matauri

12-09-2003, 01:17 AM

...but actually, the point I was trying to make was that if we are allowed to talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs in a thread with the title of "h-o-c-k-e-y", we should be able to also talk about David Beckham and synchronized swimming in the same thread...

<< recovering from choking after reading Dave's comment >> Too (too) funny ;-)

Wishful thinking on behalf of 'les habitants' making too much of a dent, but if they got those gals from Tatu as their cheer squad, they could have a chance (not to be noticed) ;-)

BTW....does Ontario financially support QC's team too? (did I say too? silly me...I meant instead of Sens) Just wondering, it seems to be a trend ;-)

Cindy

matauri

12-09-2003, 01:36 AM

Ya know where it gets confusing following this thread??

Down here...Canadians are called Canucks & Canucks are called Canadians. And on this thread we talk about Canucks and Canadians. So excuse me if I call them QC & BC...coz I could confuse myself :-)

Cindy

Greyhawk

12-09-2003, 11:04 AM

Thanks for the boost. (O: But I expect that they would have less talent off skates, and there is no goalie in rugby to carry the team! Add another 20 try's against, per half, to the scores from the World Cup. That would be them.

Well I don't know about that, but I do know that they can't have any less talent ON skates.

The Leafs are the perfect team because people eith love or hate them. And those that hate them do so because they are so good.

To those who bash the Leafs I say this. The More you bash them the more you prove my point.

Greyhawk

cyanide

12-09-2003, 11:44 AM

...but actually, the point I was trying to make was that if we are allowed to talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs in a thread with the title of "h-o-c-k-e-y", we should be able to also talk about David Beckham and synchronized swimming in the same thread
Actually, this thread is about hockey and not necessarily about the Leafs. I certainly opened the door to anyone else who are hockey fans. But thanks for letting me know that you'd rather see David Beckham in a pair of speedos than see a hockey game

heh !
leave it to minstrel to morph a thread to topics utterly unrelated to the title Thanks !

blastradius

12-09-2003, 12:30 PM

minstrel wrote:
...but actually, the point I was trying to make was that if we are allowed to talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs in a thread with the title of "h-o-c-k-e-y", we should be able to also talk about David Beckham and synchronized swimming in the same thread

lol

thanks Minstrel I needed that(still chuckling to myself)

grewhawk we bash them because it is so easy, not because they are good.

By the way anyone remember who the last canadian team to make it to the Stanley Cup finals was? Will tell you this it wasn't Toronto.[/quote]

paulhiles

12-09-2003, 12:57 PM

By the way anyone remember who the last canadian team to make it to the Stanley Cup finals was? Will tell you this it wasn't Toronto.
The last Canadian team to make it to the finals of the Stanley cup were the Vancouver Canucks in 1994; they were beaten finalists losing to the New York Rangers.

The previous year, the Montreal Canadiens WON the final, beating the Los Angeles Kings.

Paul

blastradius

12-09-2003, 02:21 PM

Very impressive, and that from the UK.

Of course this stat is actually a little depressing for me as Canadian. But here's to believing for this year!!!

cheers

matauri

06-09-2004, 10:49 PM

ah ha ! Tampa Bay wins !

Just had to resurrect this thread coz one of my predictions won! LOL :-)

mikmik

06-10-2004, 03:38 AM

Matauri wrote, on Dec 8!!!
(EC)Philly are looking good & NJ. Of the cannuck teams, I am still going for the Sens :-) Tampa Bay for the US.

(WC)Colorado & St Loius. I think Calgary will finish on top for Canada & St Louis for the US. But I will still root for the Dallas Stars :-)

Uh, do you know much about baseball, and could I ask you a few questions if you do? ;]

Pretty impressive, Mat, I really mean it.