Woo! That Canucks destroyed calgary 4-1! Also, that Winnipeg game, after watching the highlights it suprised me that the jets lost O.OYeah Winnipeg issue was that they collapsed during the second part of the game and started taking stupid penalties. Pavelec is not the type of goalie that can steal games if you leave him on his own.
That is not hockey, though. :P
Not really NHL-related, but for those who also follow Canadian Junior hockey from which NHL players get drafted, the Remparts won their first Memorial Cup game (the one vs Kewlona Rockets). It was scary at the end because they ended up playing with 3 players against 6 after their empty net goal.
Dang, Tampa lost tonight.Welp.
Also the Coyotes saga is restarting again. X.xYeah, I saw, Glendale voted to cancel the lease for the arena. Kind of stupid but... Imma tell you, the Nordiques are back for next season. :P
It would be funny if the team moved late June or even in July, then as a result lacked the time to switch names and uniforms, and in ended up having to play in Quebec City as the Arizona Coyotes for one season before changing names.That would indeed be funny, although it's not the first time this happened. Back in 1968, during their first season in the NHL, the roof of Philadelphia Flyers' arena was swept up by the wind, so they played their last five home games in Québec City.
Now comes the expansion issue: If the Coyotes relocate and the NHL decides to expand anyway, let's say that the Coyotes end up in Vegas and that Quebec and Seattle gets a NHL expansion team. What happens if the Panthers or Hurricanes get in troubles and have to move? Where do they go? I'M kinda worried that the Coyotes fiasco might delay expansion x.xThat's a good question, they probably wouldn't expand right away next year. Bettman is against it anyway. Québec is ready for a team, Vegas is almost ready as well, and Seattle, we have no idea if they want a team or not, so they can indeed wait for an expansion and for the Panthers and Hurricanes' situation to get more stable.
Is canada on planet earth?We're not sure either :P
Regarding players who always dreamed of playing in Quebec before retiring, I think it might be a bit too late for that, though, because many who did, such as Simon Gagné, already retired. But I wouldn't be surprised if that happened during the first season or so.I was talking abut Vegas (and Québec if it's an expansion), but eh, trades to Québec (even if it's a relocation) will definitely happen.
1) The Canadian dollar remained under $0.80 for 2 decades back in the days. On the other hand, it seems that the NHL is more worried about the big fluctuations than it being low. For example, Bettman mentioned that it went under $0.70 for a while, so perhaps if it remains at $0.78 all the time they might be more inclined to expand?Pierre Dion, head of Québécor, mentioned today that during the negociations, the dollar were in the $0.70s, and they were afraid it will go as low as $0.60.
2) Quebec City cannot be moved to the west physically.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9RuaB3c9FQ
3) Other teams don't want to lose 2 players in one go.Could easily be avoided with a relocation, or to a letter extent, not expanding at the same time as Las Vegas.
except everyone important's still there.Well, I didn't really checked who was goaling yesterday, but it came to my attention it was Al Montoya. I don't know if Carey Price is still on the injured's list, if not, Therrien should definitely had pulled Montoya off way before. Also sounds like a repeat of that infamous night of December 2, 1995 where the Canadiens lost 11-1 to the Red Wings, except Montoya didn't threw a tantrum leading him to get sent to Colorado, as far as I know.
Am I allowed to post in this topic?Well, you should at least know what we are talking about. Ice hockey is indeed pretty fun, as well as looking at the stats.
or do I have to start watching ice hockey first?
never watched it 9_9
(although olympic hockey isn't as fun sometimes)The best games are Canada against the US, Russia (or anything that was part of former URSS), or one of the Scandinavian countries.
Yeah the two main issues in the olympics is that most games are one-sided unless they involve Finland, Czech Republic, Canada, Russia or USA, and in addition to that, physical contact is minimal compared to NHL, which seems to make games less intense.Am I allowed to post in this topic?Well, you should at least know what we are talking about. Ice hockey is indeed pretty fun, as well as looking at the stats.
or do I have to start watching ice hockey first?
never watched it 9_9(although olympic hockey isn't as fun sometimes)The best games are Canada against the US, Russia (or anything that was part of former URSS), or one of the Scandinavian countries.
EDIT:Lol, Lindros is sure a great contributor to the Quebec Nordiques. Look at the massive trade he got involved in in 1992. He literally turned our team into a stanley cup contender overnight (although the Habs had Patrick Roy... ugh x.x). I don't hate him as much now that we have learned the true story about why he refused to play for Quebec (Marcel Aubut sucks). I just wish he had told the truth much longer ago, but again, if he did it too early (eg before the team was sold), then maybe he would have gotten at the wrong end of a lawsuit. >.<(click to show/hide)
Marcel Aubut sucksReminds me, speaking of Olympics, remember his time at the head of the Canadian Olympic Commitee? Of course, that didn't really impacted athletes' performance, but he also got his fair share of controversies there.
Apparently Lindros mom had problems with Aubut and this could have explained part of why he didn't play for Quebec. Sure, back then maybe he was not willing to learn French this fast and wanted to play for a winning team at good salary, but his mom seemed to play a big role and he later said Aubut was one of the reasons. Not that we liked Aubut either anyway, after he sold the team and allowed it to be moved despite not losing this much moneyThat's pretty much what the legends says.
Really? O.O If you're related to him or family then that's awesome. I knew some people who eventually became hockey player or had friends that played in minor leagues but that's it.I think my brother has a friend who plays in the QMJHL. Wouldn't be surprised I knew someone related to Antoine Vermette back in high school, either. I went to high school in his hometown and it's a pretty small town.
Yeah, well, I hope it's for the better. The big problem is that right now, they're no longer able to win 2 games in a row where at the beginning of the season they weren't able to lose 2 games in a row. Same thing happened last year, and you know where it's going. I hope the change will make them not miss the playoffs and solve some problems with the players.This reminds me the Winnipeg Jets. They only won 3 in a row once this season. >.<
Wow, the Habs outshot the Rangers 58-38 in game 2 O.OAw yeah, what a game. Plekanec tied the game at 17 seconds of the end of 3rd and forced overtime. Sens also won in OT, tends to happen quite a lot in playoffs.
Edmonton is running out of gas. D:
the oilers are eliminated. :(
Also, Penguins vs. Senators, gotta be interesting.Is that the names of hockey teams...? :ninja: It sounds so weird x.x
Montreal Hockey Club or Montreal United would not sound attractive to us North Americans, name-wise, compared to Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Carolina Hurricanes and such names.the oilers are eliminated. :(Also, Penguins vs. Senators, gotta be interesting.Is that the names of hockey teams...? :ninja: It sounds so weird x.x
rumour persists to say the end is near for the Hurricanes.
Nashville did it!!!!!!!!!!YAy!