15 replies to this topic

[Motown4013]

Kinda suck since the Wings aren't in it.
Although I love hockey...I just cant get into it without cheering for the Wings

[cjm502]

Yes I concur. This hurts a little bit to say, but LETS GO SHARKS!

[HankthaTank]

Yes agreed as well...watched the Habs-Flyers yesterday and I felt the utter emptyness lol...

Lets start the 10-11 season already!!!!!

[elriqo28]

Yes I concur. This hurts a little bit to say, but LETS GO SHARKS!

sick dude!

[Motown4013]

sick dude!

LOL,but true. Who is a RW fan supposed to cheer for. Chicago? No way- Kane doesnt need a stanley cup to stroke his cab beating, Napolean complexed ego. San Jose? Well, that means I would have to hear Joe Pavalski's name one more time which is enough to force me to turn off the TV. How about Philly? C'me on- I cant root for the scumbag Pronger or his dirty duo teammates, Hartnell and Carcillo. That leaves the Habs.
I'll root for the Habs even though Max Lapierre is clearly a psychopath and Cinderella will never find her shoe.
C'me on October 6th! Thats when the real hockey begins again

[redwngsfan019]

I had a feeling we weren't going to win the Stanley cup this year but I didn't think we would get beat 3-1 by the sharks

[dat's sick]

I had a feeling we weren't going to win the Stanley cup this year but I didn't think we would get beat 3-1 by the sharks

Hate to be the one to break it to you, but they beat us 4-1

[55fan]

I'm finding myself rooting against players rather than for teams.

[redwngsfan019]

Hate to be the one to break it to you, but they beat us 4-1

lol idk why i put 3-1

[Hockeytown_Ryan]

LOL,but true. Who is a RW fan supposed to cheer for. Chicago? No way- Kane doesnt need a stanley cup to stroke his cab beating, Napolean complexed ego. San Jose? Well, that means I would have to hear Joe Pavalski's name one more time which is enough to force me to turn off the TV. How about Philly? C'me on- I cant root for the scumbag Pronger or his dirty duo teammates, Hartnell and Carcillo. That leaves the Habs.
I'll root for the Habs even though Max Lapierre is clearly a psychopath and Cinderella will never find her shoe.
C'me on October 6th! Thats when the real hockey begins again

I think we should try and keep it in the Original 6.. GO Chicago! ....

[NC WINGS FAN]

I look at it this way. At least it is not a bunch of Anaheim and New Jersey-like teams left in the chase. 3 of the 4 remaining teams play in markets where hockey is relevant, and 2 of those are very large US markets with huge fan bases and have not won in a long time. If anything, it is a big win for the NHL that does not involve Crosby.

[Firehawk]

I'm cheeerin for the Hawks. They are the Wings reincarnated. Look down their lineup. They look to me like a wings team from 15 years ago. ALl the pieces and the way they play (puck possession). Honestly, it has Bowman's stamp all over it, too. Seems they took it the next level after Bowman joined their team.

I swear, Bowman is like the god of Hockey. Whereever he goes the team wins cups. Chicago is goin to end their drought.

At least we can still hold it over them that they didn't have to go through us to do it, otherwise they wouldn't be getting their cup

[clayjoh]

I'm cheeerin for the Hawks. They are the Wings reincarnated. Look down their lineup. They look to me like a wings team from 15 years ago. ALl the pieces and the way they play (puck possession). Honestly, it has Bowman's stamp all over it, too. Seems they took it the next level after Bowman joined their team.

I swear, Bowman is like the god of Hockey. Whereever he goes the team wins cups. Chicago is goin to end their drought.

At least we can still hold it over them that they didn't have to go through us to do it, otherwise they wouldn't be getting their cup

You've got this right on in your assessment this is an eerily similar makeup to the first winning Wings teams of 15 years ago
But we all know with little Gary's parity /salary cap experiment nobody will ever be able to build dominant teams for the long term so all his owner buddies in the poor markets of the US will get a chance to win too via endless free agency and cap , rotating players throughout the league

[MulesWillFly93]

Yeah, while I was watching Russia vs. Canada a few days ago, I was thinking, you know, this is kind of more fun than the NHL playoffs at this point. Pasha's there, Ovechkin's there, hell, Fedorov's there! Pasha put some awesome moves on Canada, Corey Perry played a good villain as usual, and everybody got into several nice, big pile-ups...good times! Meanwhile, the Hawks are killing the Sharks like they were an 8th-seed team, and the Flyers are beating the only team I wasn't mad at and/or don't generally hate.

So now it's going to be Blackhawks-Flyers (unless something really weird happens)...whoopee. Do I root for the team I have a personal dislike of (the Flyers) or my team's division rival (which also has a couple of guys I personally dislike)? Yeah...I can't wait for next year.

[solnyshko]

I'm choosing to disassociate, since I can't see myself cheering for either the Flyers OR the Hawks. If I absolutely HAD to choose, I think I'd pick Flyers over the Hawks though.

[NC WINGS FAN]

You've got this right on in your assessment this is an eerily similar makeup to the first winning Wings teams of 15 years ago
But we all know with little Gary's parity /salary cap experiment nobody will ever be able to build dominant teams for the long term so all his owner buddies in the poor markets of the US will get a chance to win too via endless free agency and cap , rotating players throughout the league

People in 2004 were saying the cap would sink the Redwings, and look how that turned out.