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Obi_Wan_01  5407 posts
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Date Posted: 6/13 8:29am Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
Congrats to the Pens. Awesome save by Fluery in the end as the Wings Captain Lidstrom coming in on the rebound. Congrats! happy

 

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MasterMonkey13  945 posts
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Date Posted: 6/13 9:21am Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
Congratulations Penguins! grin

 

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Quixotic-Sith  16940 posts
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Date Posted: 6/13 2:14pm Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
Today... life is good...

 

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Boba_Fett_2001  26158 posts
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Date Posted: 6/13 2:21pm Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
Just good? tongue

 

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Quixotic-Sith  16940 posts
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Date Posted: 6/13 3:39pm Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
Boba_Fett_2001 posted:
Just good? tongue


If you saw the questions my on-line students have posed in the past few hours, you'd understand. wink

 

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Date Posted: 6/13 3:58pm Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
And it's always good to see Bettman getting booed during the trophy presentations.

 

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Boba_Fett_2001  26158 posts
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Date Posted: 6/13 4:08pm Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
Seriously, how can that guy be able to present the trophies when he knows he's going to get booed every year? Same thing will probably happen at the draft too.

I heard Adam Proteau, from The Hockey News, on the radio today and he suggested that the captain from the previous year's Stanley Cup team should present it to the captain. Interesting idea but I don't know how well it would work in a situation like this when the same two teams made it to the finals again. tongue

 

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Date Posted: 6/13 4:29pm Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
It would be just like Johnny giving Daniel the tournament trophy. wink

 

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DarthIntegral  19188 posts
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Date Posted: 6/13 6:30pm Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
Boba_Fett_2001 posted:
Seriously, how can that guy be able to present the trophies when he knows he's going to get booed every year? Same thing will probably happen at the draft too.

I heard Adam Proteau, from The Hockey News, on the radio today and he suggested that the captain from the previous year's Stanley Cup team should present it to the captain. Interesting idea but I don't know how well it would work in a situation like this when the same two teams made it to the finals again. tongue
The better question would be how Crosby is going to clone himself to be able to hand it to himself the next four years.

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Date Posted: 6/13 10:17pm Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
You'd handle it in the same way as when a Master's winner repeats in golf. Let someone else do it in that specific case tongue

 

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big_boss_nass  4365 posts
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Date Posted: 6/14 10:41am Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
The only thing Bettman cares about is the spotlight.

I can't hate him completly though, he has started to bring hockey back into the limelight! Now he just needs to convince ESPN to pick up a T.V. Contract.

 

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Drew_Atreides  6886 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 7:53am Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
DarthIntegral posted:
The better question would be how Crosby is going to clone himself to be able to hand it to himself the next four years.

tongue


Haha, we'll see. The Stanley Cup playoffs is the toughest postseason in sport. It's almost unheard of to have even 1 of the 2 teams that were in the final make it a second year, let alone BOTH of the teams from the previous year making it!

 

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DarthWormie  2472 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 9:31am Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
big_boss_nass posted:
Now he just needs to convince ESPN to pick up a T.V. Contract.


I don't think the NHL will ever get back on ESPN. As soon as the NBA signed on with ESPN, hockey coverage got worse and worse until their contract with the NHL ran out and they didn't even try negotiate a new one.

 

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big_boss_nass  4365 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 8:48pm Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
DarthWormie posted:
I don't think the NHL will ever get back on ESPN. As soon as the NBA signed on with ESPN, hockey coverage got worse and worse until their contract with the NHL ran out and they didn't even try negotiate a new one.


Everyone knew that hockey was spinning out of control to be fair. I live on the west coast, Arizona to be exact and I don't get any hockey, until playoff time. I still manage to follow it with though, I make it work. However, it's very difficult watching the worlds coolest (Pun intended) sport. If ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, someone were to pick up a contract for atleast 1/4 of the season I'd be thrilled. Make it work Bettman you Jagaloon.

 

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Darth-Lando  8027 posts
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Date Posted: 6/16 11:47am Subject: Gary Bettman Sucks! The NHL Discussion Thread.
big_boss_nass posted:
DarthWormie posted:
I don't think the NHL will ever get back on ESPN. As soon as the NBA signed on with ESPN, hockey coverage got worse and worse until their contract with the NHL ran out and they didn't even try negotiate a new one.


Everyone knew that hockey was spinning out of control to be fair. I live on the west coast, Arizona to be exact and I don't get any hockey, until playoff time. I still manage to follow it with though, I make it work. However, it's very difficult watching the worlds coolest (Pun intended) sport. If ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, someone were to pick up a contract for atleast 1/4 of the season I'd be thrilled. Make it work Bettman you Jagaloon.


Yeah, without Center Ice it can be very hard to follow your team if you're not local. More national coverage would be nice but as long as I live in the Bay Area it doesn't really affect me. I actually hate watching Sharks games on Vs. Give me Randy and Drew any day of the week!

 

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