Electrophile

No, it's not a traditional hockey city, you're right. They're never going to have as rabid a fan base as other teams in more hockey-suitable climates. It's just my sister's boyfriend is a huge Canes fan and they've been to more than a few games this season and she's told me the seats are almost completely full and there's great energy. So it's a SSS and anecdotal evidence, but it's what I got.

Sid/Ovi is no different really than Yankees/Red Sox. The players have no animosity toward one another, it's the fans/press that hype it up. The last time the Yankees & Red Sox really hated each other and I mean really hated each other, when there was a full on bar-brawl going on (Pedro throwing Zimmer to the ground doesn't count), was the 1970s. Thurman Munson bodyslammed Carlton Fisk onto home plate, Bill Lee had his shoulder separated, someone punched Lou Piniella in the face -- it was brutal. So this whole Crosby vs. Ovechkin thing is totally press manufactured for the sole purpose of driving up drama and starting s*** between Pens fans and Capitals fans. Nothing more, nothing less.

Actually, the Hurricanes have a really great fan base. They aren't like Wings fans, but they're not the Thrashers, either.

If they do, they'll be puking up his skates.

I don't know, I'm not that familiar with football and the way its power structure works, as I don't watch it. If the MLB All-Star game (or a similar exhibition game) was pushed back or postponed for another day, I'm fairly certain Bud Selig would make that announcement himself.

Good. You do that. Stick it to the man.

Well, I guess I'll be organizing my closet Roy G. Biv style this evening.

Score a goal, Wings. You know you want to.

The Wings suffered from an ill-timed case of narcolepsy.

Woo. Nothing like the hockey karma Internet gods listening to little ol' me.

Yeah, last year was a killer for all of us. Could we maybe, possibly, oh I don't know..............tie the game? Kthnx.

They make drugs for that now, you know. It's okay. It doesn't have to end before you enter the room.

Look, if you broach the subject of some marital relations with your wife and you say "hey babe, about a little pickle tickle?"....she'd have every right to slap you, really.

I don't know why he'd commend your speed, though. I mean, if you could run up the stairs, give your wife the ol' pickle tickle on your TV and then run back downstairs to post that you'd just done that.....that's not a good thing. There are a few things in life where speed is not preferable. That would be one of them.

Our hockey sticks break more than the baseball bats that come into contact with Mariano Rivera's cutter. What's up with that? Are they using sticks made out of that wood stuntmen use to smash chairs over someone's head or something?

BTW, I saw this link --> http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2469/1/ and had to share it. It's the drunkest cities in the US, and Fargo, ND is #2. I bet 55fan is proud.

God, you men and your remote controls. My dad is the same way -- touch the remote while he's watching something and he'll glare at you.

Blaming the wife again, Kev? Tsk, tsk.

I don't celebrate NYE as I'm a teetotaler, but I'd like to think that even if there are many members of the team looking to get their swerve on after the game, they at least realize that "after the game" means "after the hockey contest they are being paid to play this evening".

Oh, let him think he did if it'll make him happy. You know you aren't supposed to challenge the delusions of crazy people.

Get that goal back, boys. You can do it.

Just win and please, no more injuries.

Don't tease me. It's cruel.

Damn you, I was just coming into this thread to make the same joke. I was going to say that I read the thread title in Seinfeld's voice.

You know, I was just reading this thread and I said to myself that the only thing it was missing was mindfly being negative about something. Then he posted. It was like he read my mind or something. Amazing.