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Originally Posted by Northstar
LOL Ocean.. good work... now see if the Ducks continue on winning or go back to their bad quacking..hahahah 
Well, authentic ya cant have both worlds of all... sure the first generation of Soviet players came over to play in the NHL, they sure paved the way for the next generations of Russian players to come over and play in the NHL .. .like Ovechkin, Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk, and more to entertain us for years to come...
As for the boring style of the NHL play, that is the case in the USA (southern part) but the rest of the USA along with Canada fans are happy and excited to see hockey playing and more... one thing that was brought over from the international hockey community was the shootout (used in the Olympics) which I thought at first was a bad idea but it has warmed me over to that.. the shootout is perfect for breaking ties in the regular season but that wont even be used in the playoffs as we prefer long overtime sessions to keep us on the edges of our couchs rooting hard... that what I want to see leave as is for the playoffs.... I'm sorry ya dont see the NHL as exciting as I do, as I have been watching NHL hockey since 1987 on tv (7 of them I have gone to see in person at arenas) and I do enjoy watching games on tv for both NHL, junior hockey and international hockey competitions such as the popular Christmas tourny the World Junior Hockey championships for juniors under the 20 age group which I have see my beloved Team Canada win gold medals (they are currently the 4 time defending WJC champs as they have won from 2005, 2006, 2007 and now 2008)... it's great to see international hockey all over and see how my Canadian players do well enough or so! |
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Hockey was my favorite sport since I was little kid because of Espo, Orr and Cheeves got me in there. Since then I went to countless games of Bruins, Canadiens, and Whalers along few WJC 1996 games hosted by Massachusetts, NCAA Semi-Final games and World Cup Of Hockey 2004's USA vs Canada. I loves to see non-stop action with beauty moves, pretty pass, wicked wristshot, and big bodycheck on open ice.
What more, NHL playoff are very unpredication than any sport....I didn't remmy who was last time President Trophy win Stanely Cup, Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992?
Until mixed martial arts came in to become my top favorite of sports along with hockey, football, and Winter Olympic Game (great to see NHL players there and women's hockey there).
Canada Cup and World Cup Of Hockey were best hockey tourney.
Northstar, you are lucky to live in Canada where "mecca" sport there...I hope one day I will make trip to Toronto to vist Hockey Hall Of Fame which I went there decade ago as old building next to former home of Toronto Blue Jays' Exhibition Stadium....during that trip, I was susprised that deaf clubs had hockey team to play against each other like softball and basetkball in america here.
Okay, I likes new rules after NHL season lock out along salary cap. Crosby and Overckin did save NHL as much like they reminded me of NBA's Celtics Larry Bird and Lakers' Magic Johnson that saved NBA decades ago.