favourite hockey team

[CatalystiCam]

what's your favourite hockey team of all time, yes this includes teams that aren't around any more.

me and my brother say oilers.

[ZedIsDead]

I only watch hockey during the Olympics, given that there is no NHL team near me, so my choice would be Team USA.

[CatalystiCam]

olympics huh, canada in olympics case, we usually win ;D

[Dudebro]

You spelled favorite wrong. >:(

Oh and lolhockey.

[count100]

I cant stand hockey to tell you the truth but if I did have a team that I liked it would be the San Jose Sharks.

[jim5cents]

olympics huh, canada in olympics case, we usually win

uh...concerning the men's team...no they don't. in get that your memory didn't kick in until 1998 or so. they've won one gold medal in the past 50+ years.

historically, the best team was the soviets, recently, it has been european teams, with sweden winning in 2006 and the czechs winning in 1998

[Billy Hoyle]

A little before my time, but the original Broad Street Bullies, the '75 Philadelphia Flyers. One of the few NHL teams to beat a Soviet team in the once popular Super Series.
http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/philly/1975Flyers.JPG

[TrakMastaTom]

lolhockey.


This.

[CatalystiCam]

olympics EH, canada in olympics case, we usually win ;D


fixed my old post :D

[TNTisKING]

What does everyone have against hockey? Go Wings!

[CatalystiCam]

Americans aren't as into it and sorry but redwings are getting on my nerves they get so many stanley cups... yet I haven't even witnessed edmonton win a cup in my 13 1/2 years :(

[jim5cents]

montreal has won the most championships, not detroit

[CatalystiCam]

well I meant recently not during the stupid rules era.

[TNTisKING]

The Stupid Rules Era? Is that supposed to mean everything before the recent strike?

[Kugyince]

montreal has won the most championships, not detroit


Dang skippy they have. And no matter what Cam thinks, they still count. ;)

[CatalystiCam]

oh yeah back when montreal had to have all of the french players :P

[Kugyince]

So aquiring the best talent shouldn't be done?

[jim5cents]

The Stupid Rules Era?

That means your championships for Edmonton wouldn't count.

[CatalystiCam]

@jim I meant the stupid rules era... meaning the era where montreal got all the french players like I said

[jim5cents]

!?!?!?! and western canada got the western canadians and the american teams got american players. recruiting locally isn't a stupid rule, if there is talent in your area, you go get it.

So aquiring the best talent shouldn't be done?

[CatalystiCam]

Montreal had to have every french player they desired.

[jim5cents]

the new york yankees had to have alex rodiguez and more recently, c.c. sabathia...what is the problem with getting the best talent, french or not? reasons like that are why i laugh when people say that they hate the patriots...why? because they are the best run organization and they win because of it.

[Kugyince]

the new york yankees had to have alex rodiguez and more recently, c.c. sabathia...what is the problem with getting the best talent, french or not? reasons like that are why i laugh when people say that they hate the patriots...why? because they are the best run organization and they win because of it.


The same Patriots that didn't even make it to the playoffs this year?

[Billy Hoyle]

The same Patriots that didn't even make it to the playoffs this year?


You're correct. They did not make the playoffs. However, I think one has to consider it remarkable what they were able to accomplish with the circumstances they were dealt. Cheaters or not, the Patriots have people that know what it takes to be successful throughout the entire organization.

As for jim5cents' comment, I don't think the Patriots are comparable to the Yankees. I wouldn't call the Yankees a well run organization at all. How many Yankees' players actually come up through their farm system? Throwing money at overpriced, often overhyped free agents does not take any type of skill. Scouting, evaluating, drafting and nurturing talent takes a lot of guts and know-how, and that's why it's nice to see teams like the Rays experience success.

[jim5cents]

The same Patriots that didn't even make it to the playoffs this year?

only because of rules structure, they had a better or equal to record than half of the teams in the playoffs. Not to mention they have 2 more NFL and 3 more AFC championships than any other team this decade.

As for jim5cents' comment, I don't think the Patriots are comparable to the Yankees. I wouldn't call the Yankees a well run organization at all. How many Yankees' players actually come up through their farm system? Throwing money at overpriced, often overhyped free agents does not take any type of skill. Scouting, evaluating, drafting and nurturing talent takes a lot of guts and know-how, and that's why it's nice to see teams like the Rays experience success.

yes, very bad comparsion, my apologizes. the point i was making was directed more towards the acquiring of available talent. cameron's argument of montreal getting all of the french player is lame...montreal is in quebec, quebec is french (i know, not really french, french canadian), thus, montreal went and got the best available talent they could get that was within the sphere of influence. just like the yankees go out and purchase what they deem to be the best talent they could get, it just so happens their sphere of influence isn't limited to quebec, it is global.

[Kugyince]

Under the circumstances they were dealt? They were dealt the easiest rated schedule this year. And don't even bother trying to argue injuries. Injuries are a part if the game. You're only as good as your back up and its a 52 man team, not a one man team. Football is a great game simply because there are no excuses. There's a tight salary cap, a standardized scheduling, a fair drafting system, and probably the strictest drug testing policy in pro sports.

This has been a great season for me. Going 11-5 with the hardest team schedule in nearly 25 years, #1 ranked defense across the board, and the two teams half the commentators picks for the SB (Dallas and NE) didn't even make the play offs.

P.S. I heard Brady may be out of the 2009 season as well because of bad surgery. Happy, happy times.

[Billy Hoyle]

Under the circumstances they were dealt? They were dealt the easiest rated schedule this year. And don't even bother trying to argue injuries. Injuries are a part if the game. You're only as good as your back up and its a 52 man team, not a one man team. Football is a great game simply because there are no excuses. There's a tight salary cap, a standardized scheduling, a fair drafting system, and probably the strictest drug testing policy in pro sports.

This has been a great season for me. Going 11-5 with the hardest team schedule in nearly 25 years, #1 ranked defense across the board, and the two teams half the commentators picks for the SB (Dallas and NE) didn't even make the play offs.

P.S. I heard Brady may be out of the 2009 season as well because of bad surgery. Happy, happy times.


Soft schedule or not, they still won 11 games with a quartberback that hadn't gotten under center for a meaningful snap since his senior year of high school. I understand what you're saying in that every team has to deal with the same type of situation from time to time, but this was more significant than most of those situations.

[jim5cents]

ah yes, the steelers fan. however, this is not a season debate. we were talking about well run organizations, and yes, they didn't make the playoffs, although they had the qualifications to. few could argue that for the past decade, they have been the best run and most successful franchise in the nfl.