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[Legionnaire11 0]

I count my lucky stars every year that, even when the Wings don't win it all, I've had the wonderful opportunity to see them with the Stanley Cup three times.

and well you should. I think too many Wings fans take the success for granted. I've never had one of my teams win a championship. Seen the flyers lose to the oilers, phillies lose to the blue jays, flyers lose to the redwings, titans lose to the rams, sixers lose to the lakers and eagles lose to the patriots... heck, I've even seen the Nashville Kats lose two arena bowls.

[Viperar 16]

and well you should. I think too many Wings fans take the success for granted. I've never had one of my teams win a championship. Seen the flyers lose to the oilers, phillies lose to the blue jays, flyers lose to the redwings, titans lose to the rams, sixers lose to the lakers and eagles lose to the patriots... heck, I've even seen the Nashville Kats lose two arena bowls.

thats rough man...

[Jwo 7]

and well you should. I think too many Wings fans take the success for granted. I've never had one of my teams win a championship. Seen the flyers lose to the oilers, phillies lose to the blue jays, flyers lose to the redwings, titans lose to the rams, sixers lose to the lakers and eagles lose to the patriots... heck, I've even seen the Nashville Kats lose two arena bowls.

Man. Have some pivo bro. It's on me.

[esteef 2,679]

and well you should. I think too many Wings fans take the success for granted. I've never had one of my teams win a championship. Seen the flyers lose to the oilers, phillies lose to the blue jays, flyers lose to the redwings, titans lose to the rams, sixers lose to the lakers and eagles lose to the patriots... heck, I've even seen the Nashville Kats lose two arena bowls.

It's obvious then, YOU'RE BAD LUCK!

[GiantRobot 0]

Last I remember you could have heard a pin drop at the Joe when Jiri went down.

I seem to have remembered it that way too...

[GiantRobot 0]

This post isnt meant as a rude comeback or flame...Just my opinions on a few things.

I also have been a hockey fan since the sixties since I grew up in NY and saw a "real dynasty" on the Island as a season ticket holder of NY hockey clubs since 1966. The reason the acrimony exists for Preds fans is Wings fans believe they have a right to claim dominance because of their history.

The Wings are the closest thing to a dynasty that the NHL has seen since the early 90's.

1995-2002 (8 years)

3 Cups

4 Finals appearances

5 Conference finals

3 Presidents trophies

5 Division champinships

8 Playoff appearances

NHL record 62-13-7 in 95/96

I mean heck, they havent missed the playoofs since 90, theyve won 5 PT's since 95 overall, and have won the division every year since 1992 with the exception of 4 years.

Were not "entitled" but we are damn proud, and we deserve to be. (I know you arent saying we shouldnt be, Im just making a point)

That is a better flip flop than Al Gore.

All teams have floppers. All.

Truth be told, The Red Wings over the last ten yrs they did less with more. They never won as much as they should have given the roster and payroll and any Wing fan knows that deep inside.

Im pretty sure that any team in the league would have liked to do the "Less" that the Wings have done over the past 10 years. 3 recent early exits in the playoffs sucks, but no team can win it all every year. The isles and the Oil of the 80's played in a different era too. So who is to say that they would have the same success later, or the Wings wouldnt have if the cup winning teams would have played in the 80's.

Either way, the Wings accomplished a lot.

Now the Preds come as a bad expansion team and the wings beat up on their little brother. Well, little brother is not so little anymore and now he can spank the big dog. This decade of the Pred has begun. This team is loaded with tons of young talent and will be good for a long time. The wings, while still solid are close to done over the next decade. Age is everywhere important and the cubbbard is not packed.

Still looks packed this year, and I wouldnt have expected it. This year has shown that the Wings win because of their system. The Preds are on the rise, but I wouldnt say the Wings are on a decline.

The Wings have plenty of good young talent, from Z to Dats, Kronwall to Flip, Howard, McGrath, Kindl to name a few...With the scouting the wings have, I feel pretty good. Lang, Draper, Maltby, Lids, Holmstrom, Lilja, Markov and Schneider are over 30. Out of those 8, 1 is the best player at his position in the league, 3 are solid roleplayers, and two are solid d-men in their own way. Lang and Lilja can go IMO. Maybe Maltby, but the others are still valuable. (I didnt count Hasek or Ozzie. Thats a different discussion.)

The Preds traded upshall and parent, but still have great young guys like Radulov, Weber, Rinne, Klein...The preds have 7 players over 30 (not counting goalies, that would make it 9.) Nichol doesnt do much for me, but they are all solid too.

It's more even age wise than people think.

And once the Preds beat the Wings, playoffs or winning the division, then the bragging rights can start. Until then, no one has been spanked.

They have 4 deep lines, and two proven netminders.

As do the Wings. We even have 2 cup winning goalies.

Say what you will Foppa is kyptonite to the Wings. And unlike Pavel and Zetterberg he shows up bigger in post season and has avg over a point a game in post season. Oh yeah, he kills the Wings too. Your pain will be over shortly.

He wasnt Kryptonite against us in 97, 98 or 02. Avs 2 cups, Wings 3. He kills us sometimes, but weve killed him just as much. He is/was arguably the best player on the planet depending on who you ask, but either way he is world class. I say bring it on!

Nashville fans should be proud, and posts like this are fun. No harm going back and forth and bragging, it's good for hockey.

[donfishmaster 62]

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Edited March 7, 2007 by CopenhagenWing

[hillbillywingsfan 794]

wtf...why are my posts getting del from this thread????

atleast have the guts to tell me why they are being del. i have seen alot worse then what i said..hell i even had the post del that i was complaining about it being del....whats going on?

Edited March 7, 2007 by Lint123

[vandypred 0]

and well you should. I think too many Wings fans take the success for granted. I've never had one of my teams win a championship. Seen the flyers lose to the oilers, phillies lose to the blue jays, flyers lose to the redwings, titans lose to the rams, sixers lose to the lakers and eagles lose to the patriots... heck, I've even seen the Nashville Kats lose two arena bowls.

Geez.... you sound like you should have been born a Cubs fan!! At least I got to see my Cardinals take two championships in my lifetime. And all of the BS I got from friends and family in STL when the Rams beat the Titans. Kinda wierd when I started cheering against STL winning... Do you still pull for Philly or have you seen the light?

[Kp-Wings 3]

here is the video of a few people booing at the news of the game being cancelled because of what happened to fischer http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q9BdFRJ6cmk

I heard one boo, which I can't explain. But the whole arena didn't boo. Just because one insensitive bastard was happened to be heard booing doesn't mean each and all of every single Red Wings fan is that way. People blow things way out of proportion sometimes, and I just don't get it.

[betterREDthandead 58]

Join the club. The cowards that are deleting our posts can't handle a joke. Why dont you just delete everything and put up f**king sesame street?

F**king cowards.

Do you really want to join the club? Consider this your one very public warning, if it's a warning you guys want. Taunting and making fun of entire fanbases based on stupid stereotypes isn't welcome. You wouldn't make racial jokes assuming that all black people are dumb, drawling, uneducated gangbangers.

Take a look at the reaction to what you think is a wonderfully funny joke, and realize where it gets you. Preds fans see that and hate all of us Wings fans even more. Wings fans don't appreciate being blamed for the stuff you bring down on them.

It comes down to this: It's not a freedom of speech issue. You don't own the boards - Matt does. You don't own the server space - Matt does. And Matt does not want his boards cluttered up with crap that serves no purpose except to degrade the reputation of Wings fans, and by extension, the boards themselves.

Got it?

[sibiriak 84]

I heard one boo, which I can't explain. But the whole arena didn't boo. Just because one insensitive bastard was happened to be heard booing doesn't mean each and all of every single Red Wings fan is that way. People blow things way out of proportion sometimes, and I just don't get it.

The guy that booed was probably the Preds fan.

[hillbillywingsfan 794]

Yeah, Sure.....I got it...Don't stir up anything that might be fun or remotely controversial. You sound like Gary Bettman.

this is to betterREDthandead

hahahah thats funny...looks like i own some of these boards..i gave my hard erned money to support this place. so i think i should get a reason why my posts get del...like i said before i have seen a lot worse even from some of the mods. and have you said the same thing to the pred fans that run thier mouth in here???? i don't see thier posts get del. i mean come on. they have even said worse and they dont get del. anyways relax a little.

[Hockeytown Red Wings 245]

All anyone does is ***** here anymore....get over it. If you're told not to do it, don't do it. And remember, you "donated" money...you own exactly jacks***.

For as classy of a forum as this is all around, Matt and the mods let a lot of stuff go if we can keep ourselves in check. Don't ruin a good thing.

EDIT: If you want a bunch of new rules that make this place reminiscent of an elementary classroom, complaining will bring that on soon.

Anyway, back to the point...any good quotes from the Nashville boards after their loss last night?

Edited March 8, 2007 by Hockeytown Red Wings

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

EDIT: Wonderfully stated Hockeytown Red Wings.

If you all have a problem, there's the personal message function.

As for your deleted posts Lint, I don't really know or remember what you said or the gist of posts in here other than the first page. Maybe another mod other than betterREDthandead deleted them, he might not know anything about it.

It's basically just a common sense issue. It shoudn't be any different just because you are behind a computer and stirring up s**t won't get your butt kicked like it might in real life.

Use common sense and treat others with respect and don't stir the pot to intentionally piss a whole bunch of people off.

EDIT: It may be funny to the postee, but it's probably not going to be funny to hundreds of other members in here who are trying to read what is relevant in the thread. It's not about your personal enjoyment, be considerate of others since this is a place where hundreds of people with hundreds of different personalities meet up.

Edited March 8, 2007 by SouthernWingsFan

[Legionnaire11 0]

Anyway, back to the point...any good quotes from the Nashville boards after their loss last night?

Actually, most of us were happy to get out of that game with a point. We know that the preds played a terrible game and didn't deserve the point in the standings. But we'll take it.

[Sentonial Debut 0]

i don't know how long this rivalry will last though because i just saw something (i believe on CBC) about how low their attendance is even with the winning team. the owner has already had several discussions with other cities about possibly moving the preds.

[Kp-Wings 3]

i don't know how long this rivalry will last though because i just saw something (i believe on CBC) about how low their attendance is even with the winning team. the owner has already had several discussions with other cities about possibly moving the preds.

Another subject for another day.

But I will tell you about it if you don't know: The Predators have a clause in their agreement that if they attendance average is lower than 12,000 or something like that, after the 2007-2008 season the team would pack up and move from Nashville. This is why everyone thinks it's so important that Nashville does something this year in the playoffs, which it is. I can't imagine the fans were happy about how they crumpled up last year.

[Guest Tunbo Batman]

any way m the preds are on a decline because most of their good players (kariya, forsberg) are past thier prime, they are old and slow, and the salary cap will prevent them from keeping most of their great roster blablabla.

[hillbillywingsfan 794]

All anyone does is ***** here anymore....get over it. If you're told not to do it, don't do it. And remember, you "donated" money...you own exactly jacks***.

For as classy of a forum as this is all around, Matt and the mods let a lot of stuff go if we can keep ourselves in check. Don't ruin a good thing.

EDIT: If you want a bunch of new rules that make this place reminiscent of an elementary classroom, complaining will bring that on soon.

Anyway, back to the point...any good quotes from the Nashville boards after their loss last night?

edit posts so i don't hurt thier feelings

ok Hockeytown Red Wings

SouthernWingsFan

i don't feel like fighting with you 2. its bringing my intelligence level down

Edited March 8, 2007 by Lint123

[Hockeytown Red Wings 245]

ok daddy Hockeytown Red Wings

spoken like a true moron and if you don't like bitching what are you doing now? bitching. if you're not gonna add anything contsructive then i suggest you go to the preds board and post. you would fit in just right moron.

and to comment on your post all mighty SouthernWingsFan like i said 100 times..i didn't say anything that was any worse then what anyone else said in here...but it seems to me like the top posters...like yourself and others can say alittle more then what others can without getting posts del..oh well..i don't feel like fighting with you 2. its bringing my intelligence level down.

Way to make it into a personal attack by namecalling, looks like my reference to elementary school was spot on. Thanks for calling me your daddy, most people wouldn't relinquish that kind of superiority to someone. For future reference, speaking in a sarcastic and condescending tone doesn't make you any smarter.

Perhaps what I posted could be considered bitching, but it was mostly a suggestion. Take it as you will, and I see you decided to disregard it. Honestly...I don't know your IQ but if you're as smart as you say you are, I couldn't live with depriving the world. [/said only slightly sarcastically]

I hope this didn't affect your intelligence any further, I compeletely apologize and worry for you. If you lose your MENSA membership, I'll take full responsibility.

EDIT: You're real post still stands in my quote...my feelings are just fine. That post must have made you feel real empowered.

Edited March 8, 2007 by Hockeytown Red Wings

[hillbillywingsfan 794]

ahh..im out..im not fighting with you anymore..its not worth it and im sure everyone hates to see this kind of usless posts

Edited March 8, 2007 by Lint123

[Hockeytown Red Wings 245]

hahaha..i was the adult here and edited my post because its silly to fight with people on here...whos being the kid now? you keep changing you post...you need help writing somthing there kid? looking up those big boy words take a while huh?

Says the guy who edited his last post. How long did it take you to find those small words? Apparently capitalization and commas escape you.

[betterREDthandead 58]

End it.

[hillbillywingsfan 794]

End it.

already did. thank you