tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post8647906920690811791..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: NHL Has Lost Touch With RealityEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-79799855814628512922011-04-04T16:24:22.304-04:002011-04-04T16:24:22.304-04:00I just wanted to say, as a FORMER hockey fan, Bett...I just wanted to say, as a FORMER hockey fan, Bettman's NHL is not something any sane individual would support. Even football is better, the way they treat their players.<br /><br />To the other anonymous worshiping the headshots - how can a "clean hit" almost KILL a player? Why are hockey fans so sadistic these days? I've followed since the 1990s, and have never seen so many "fans" cheering on violence like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-10152073723491196812011-03-14T12:47:29.110-04:002011-03-14T12:47:29.110-04:00"Stop all the sports for one year and try to ..."Stop all the sports for one year and try to love the Quebeckers."<br /><br />I will hold only contempt for the Quebecois as long as they support laws that suspend the fundamental liberties of others.Anglo Bashersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-36488283679720559762011-03-12T21:00:09.251-05:002011-03-12T21:00:09.251-05:00Stop all the sports for one year and try to love t...Stop all the sports for one year and try to love the Quebeckers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-4820158175486657612011-03-12T12:22:39.507-05:002011-03-12T12:22:39.507-05:00Boycotting just won't work because not enough ...Boycotting just won't work because not enough people will do it. Bettman is probably thrilled with what happened because it puts the topic of hockey on people's minds, even those who don't follow hockey.<br /><br />Don Cherry, the NHLPA and the players are practically screaming to change the icing rule to no-touch, just like the international rules call for, but no progress there. Careers are ending because of icing chases. Ridiculous! Maybe, just maybe, the rules will change re head shots, especially if Sid Crosby can't return, or he has to sit out next season, etc. He is the best player in the game right now.<br /><br />I even wonder if the head shot rules will change when (yes, WHEN) a player is killed on the ice. Well...maybe they'll THINK about it. Whether they'll do something about it will remain to be seen.<br /><br />It seem while technology is finding ways for players to be safer playing the game itself, the players themselves figure there is a certain invulnerability to hitting any way they choose. <br /><br />Maybe the solution is to go back to the era when goalies didn't wear masks, their chest protection was a piece of felt and the players didn't wear helmets. It seems there was consideration for the players and their vulnerabilities back then and players didn't take head shots. I remember Bobby Hull, while with the Blackhawks apologizing once to Rogie Vachon, while with the Canadiens for a slap shot that caught Vachon in the chin, stating it got away from him.<br /><br />Human beings are not invincible, no matter how much equipment is protecting them and no matter how good the technology has improved. I even think chirping should be removed from the game as certain players never shut up. There has to be SOME sportsmanship for God sake!Mississauga Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-14726890777745104282011-03-12T08:55:32.154-05:002011-03-12T08:55:32.154-05:00Vous êtes brillants pour le manque de présence de ...Vous êtes brillants pour le manque de présence de votre matière blanche: TOUS !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-40025871908845316872011-03-11T15:47:53.951-05:002011-03-11T15:47:53.951-05:00@ Anonymous @ 9:06
As fans we are the only ones w...@ Anonymous @ 9:06<br /><br />As fans we are the only ones who can do something. We have all the power to make a difference.<br /><br />- You can go protest @ the bell center, but that will be a waste of time.<br /><br />OR<br /><br />- Buy tires other then Bridgestone<br />- By Lynks routers instead of Cisco <br />- Go to Wendies/Harvey's/ Burger King instead of McDonald's<br />- Reno-Depot/RONA/HOME DEPOT instead of Canadian Tire<br />- Second Cup/Dunkin Donuts instead of Tim Hortons<br />- Nokia/Sony Ericsson/LG instead of BlackBerry<br />- Plenty of non-Hershey candy out there...<br />- PLeanty of beer otehr than Miller/Coors too...<br /><br /><br />Boycott NHL sponsors, other then Air Canada who actually has the guts to do the right thing.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576195935175392020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-8078451426980851762011-03-11T12:47:33.001-05:002011-03-11T12:47:33.001-05:00Diogenes....brilliant. Simply brilliant.Diogenes....brilliant. Simply brilliant.Jason the Montreal Anglohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676354763087088744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-51175694138511043222011-03-11T11:39:51.760-05:002011-03-11T11:39:51.760-05:00Re: Anonymous 10:50
...and speaking of brain-dead ...Re: Anonymous 10:50<br />...and speaking of brain-dead idiots, what a moronic diatribe he managed to have someone put together for him. Reminds me of a riddle: what has 8 years of education and an IQ of 34? The attendees at Anon 10:50's family re-union.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-47276342202158220192011-03-11T10:50:03.963-05:002011-03-11T10:50:03.963-05:00Look anything coming out of Quebec is just spin, l...Look anything coming out of Quebec is just spin, lies and propaganda. The hit was clean, its part of the game and to bad suckers, that’s life. As for the big mouth politician’s, police, air Canada... sticking their brain dead noses into it, shut up, get lost, worry about the racist language laws (bill 22, 178, 101…) in Quebec. Anything coming from Quebec having to do with the Montreal hockey club is all about the soap opera, hysterical, biker gang, trailer park trash mentality of Quebec and the French. Typical brain dead, to be ignored nonsense... Spare us the daily french, Quebec, Montreal Canadians crap please or at least leave in Quebec, we are sick of it. <br /><br />As for the media outside Quebec, you should all be ashamed of yourselves, please give us a break we are sick of hearing about anything to do with Quebec period. Spare us the drama; this is not an issue that deserves this kind of exposure, especially outside of Quebec.<br /><br />Good hit Chara.It was clean, the way the game should be played.<br /><br />Enough with the cry baby, brain dead, union government, Quebec/french ass kissing drama. Get a life idiots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-26207836512376861452011-03-11T09:06:32.585-05:002011-03-11T09:06:32.585-05:00You know, what happened really made me sick. Not j...You know, what happened really made me sick. Not just the hit itself, but how the NHL handles it.<br /><br />From the very beginning, the best NHL could do was to have a phone call. Chara did not even have to be physically present to be accountable for his action. For all we know, he could have just paused his PlayStation to receive the call.<br /><br />And then Bettman with straight face told Air Canada to fuck off.<br /><br />But us, as fans, what can we do? There is simply no way that as Canadians and particularly as Montrealers we can leave hockey. Simply impossible. Unlike in the U.S. major cities, we do not have anybody else to root for. Who do you think? Alouettes? Impact? Juniors? They are way too small as alternatives. For example, Editors, are you willing to give up your season tickets? Are you willing not to renew next season?<br /><br />Therefore, as tragic and as unfair this chain of events, there is nothing, really nothing we can do to change it. My only hope is that the Molsons - as the owner of the oldest, winningest and third most profitable team in the NHL can put pressure in the Board of Governors. Maybe if they can make an ally with Lemieux they can make the change.Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-81966599178943611032011-03-11T02:50:36.806-05:002011-03-11T02:50:36.806-05:00I've been a hockey fan for decades, and have b...I've been a hockey fan for decades, and have been unhappy since John Zeigler became the NHL president (now commissioner). He wasn't too bad, but I felt the NHL's first three presidents, Messrs. Calder, Dutton and Campbell were Canadians who put game quality first and the bottom line second.<br /><br />Zeigler didn't seemingly rock the boat too much, but as soon as I saw Bettman, I knew the Canadian game as we know it is now gone forever. He used to be at the top of the NBA chain, and I always found the environs of basketball too...well...gimmicky, and I knew Bettman would Americanize hockey to the point Canadians wouldn't recognize it.<br /><br />From a business model standpoint, what Bettman did on paper did make sense. His goal from the get-go was to bring the NHL to 30 teams, and Bettman succeeded, but at what cost? Many of the teams are losers (financially), and many venues only exist because state and local governments offered tax incentives to create jobs building the arenas.<br /><br />Thanks to salary caps, cities like Winnipeg and Quebec can now succeed, but will these cities ever see teams again? Phoenix is a financial black hole, and I don't see hockey doing so well in Tennessee, Florida or Ca-ro-laaahhh-na! All of those teams have been experiencing financial difficulties. <br /><br />Twice under Bettman, there have been two terrible player strikes, once abbreviating the season by 40% of its games, the other completely lost, a pro sports first! That did NOTHING for the bottom line, except make it smaller, even in the red the second time! I somehow perceive that if a New York/New Jersey player suffered Pacioretty's fate. the League's response would have been different as the incident would have literally been too close to home to ignore.<br /><br />All told, Max Pacioretty is taking his fate with extraordinary maturity as he doesn't want to see the police involved, and I wish him well in his recovery, hoping he gets another chance to play the game another day.Mississauga Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-34943334405363948242011-03-11T00:29:32.829-05:002011-03-11T00:29:32.829-05:00To date Air Canada has been the only sponsor with ...To date Air Canada has been the only sponsor with the integrity to do the right thing. They have put millions of dollars on the line to do the right thing. <br /><br />These are some of the sponsors yet to make a public statement;<br />- Bridgestone<br />- Cisco Systems<br />- McDonald's<br />- Canadian Tire<br />- Tim Hortons<br />- BlackBerry<br />- Discover <br />- Hershey<br />- Miller/Coors<br /><br />If anyone knows of other sponsors please mention them here. <br /><br />If Gary Bettman feels that the NHL has options when it comes to air travel, I think the general public also has options when it comes to which corporations they will support... <br /><br />As a consumer will you do the right thing?Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576195935175392020noreply@blogger.com