Stanley Cup Playoffs-First Round Open Thread
I hate PIT so much
He's just doing it to piss you off.
Honestly. After they traded Nash, I can't name one damn player on Columbus.
Jack MF Johnson. I agree though, Columbus is certainly not the exciting team in the league.
JMFJ
April 16th, 2014 at 10:39 PM ^
I'm rooting for Col in this series and this series only.
PIT is the absolute worst.
April 16th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^
In a shocking, but wholly logical twist, you are allowed to hate Ohio State and root for the Columbus Bluejackets, as they have no affilliation with OSU. Even more shocking, Columbus is actually a fun city.
And there is no snow.... I like going to a playoff hockey game in detroit and sitting outside at hockey town or another bar on a nice day. Went to a hockey Coyotes game in Phoenix in January and it was so nice. The tailgaters were having a lot of fun.
As I selected them in our fantasy draft today.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9EFZJm0bsI8
People never ever made those videos about Nick or Stevie or said those types of statements about them.
Aaaand Crosby is still a bitch.
To say he will never achieve the same level of success and Y is silly. He already is, and to some degree, having more individual success.
I'm so glad to know that winning titles is more important than individual trophies. I'll bet you a trillion dollars that Crosby would trade his Hart trophy and Olympic gold medals for just ONE of Yzerman's Stanley Cups.
April 16th, 2014 at 11:11 PM ^
Considering Crosby is ahead of Stevie on titles at age 26, and has another 5 years until they're tied up(if Pittsburgh doesn't win again in the next 5 years), I don't think he's trading anything yet.
And I have my doubts he'd trade his two gold medals for them, either.
April 16th, 2014 at 11:17 PM ^
Yzerman has 3 gold medals for the record.
April 17th, 2014 at 12:02 AM ^
How many gold medals does he have as a player?
April 17th, 2014 at 12:45 AM ^
He went to two Olympics as a player. Won in Salt Lake City, and finished 4th in Japan. Lost the bronze medal game to Finland.
Douchebags don't start charities at the age of 22 that helps sick children and give back to the community, either. Or makes hospital visits. Or helps with the special olympics, or organize charity games.
Anyways, I am not taking anything away from Captain Y. He was a great player, and is a very good executive to boot. But the hate on here for Crosby is just borderline unhealthy. If you took everything in this thread as a fact then you would think he was the worst player ever, and the worst person ever.
Well, he was The Captain for 23 seasons, serving longer than any other captain in North American major league sports history.
He actually holds the record for 3rd most points scored in a season (155, bettered only by Lemieux and Gretzky).
He would have likely won many more individual accolades had Scotty Bowman not made him focus on his leadership and defensive game (and had he not been playing with Sergei Federov in his prime).
I don't think there's a player out there that would trade a Cup for a Hart trophy, so those three Stanley's loom large for Yzerman.
Also Sidney's grown up a bit, but he WAS pretty damn whiny (as voted by other players, even), and had a bad habit of laying cheap shots and diving. He's clearly immensely talented. But he stole a gold medal from USA and a cup from the Red Wings, so to hell with the bastard.
As far as winning Hart trophies, and the Art Ross trophy, Stevie just plain got screwed timewise. Essentially the first half of his career he was playing at the same time as arguably two of the best players in NHL history (also, he won the Ted Lindsay award in '89, so NHL players thought he was on/near the same level as Mario and Gretzky)
Then when he's in a situation to take over for them, the Wings Bowman, who wants his forwards to backcheck a lot more. It paid off for the Wings, but it definitely hurt Stevie's stats
April 16th, 2014 at 10:40 PM ^
If you actually knew shit about hockey, you'd know Probert was Yzerman's "protector" first.
RIP
Yzerman never got involved. Even during the Avs-Wings brawls he was off on the side talking with Sakic. Crosby's issue is that he gets involved and then runs away.
As for you negativity about Yzerman, kindly go fuck yourself.
I like that you've completely embraced your WWF heel personal.
April 16th, 2014 at 10:36 PM ^
Can we ban this moron please? Calling players pussies in game threads should have done but for some reason he's still around. Dragging Yzerman and Lidstrom into the mix in such a fashion? Comon now.
April 16th, 2014 at 11:14 PM ^
Half the people in this thread should be banned, then.
April 16th, 2014 at 11:20 PM ^
I'm referring to calling college athletes pussies, as he's done on different occasions, in basketball game threads.
Calling a paid professional pussy a pussy is not a bannable offense. Making the world aware of universal truths, such as Sidney Crosby being a pussy or that allegedly, of course, CRAIG JAMES MURDERED 5 HOOKERS, should be encouraged.
April 17th, 2014 at 12:08 AM ^
So you type "Calling a paid professional pussy a pussy is not a bannable offense."
Yet in the previous post, you type "Dragging Yzerman and Lidstrom into the mix in such a fashion? Comon now."
And in another post "As for you negativity about Yzerman, kindly go fuck yourself."
Have some consistency, at least. If you can't take the heat of your poor wittle Red Wings greats getting bashed, then I guess you shouldn't be calling out other players. Can't take the heat? Get out of the kitchen.
April 17th, 2014 at 12:50 AM ^
Crosby isn't revered by his peers? He won the Pearson/Lindsay award twice(and probably will get his third this year), which is voted on by the players for who they feel is the most outstanding player, and won the Messier Leadership award. He earned the C on Team Canada, which either Y or Babcock gave to him.
Just because fans don't like him, doesn't mean he isn't revered/respected by his peers.
April 17th, 2014 at 12:50 AM ^
You can hate him all you want but if you legitimately think he sucks at hockey then you need to stop watching the sport because you clearly know nothing about it.