I hate the Bruins
 

God, I hate Boston. There, I've said it. Not only are they a dirty, ugly team to watch (slashing people off the puck left, right and centre), they seem to have gathered support from other "certain" anti-Vancouver teams in the Western conference who clearly aren't anywhere near good enough to be in the playoffs (even though they thnk they are). Pathetic. Also, their uniform's shit and the goalie looks like a total twat, someone who looks like he's eaten the Stanley Cup already. Chara just looks like a freak.

I'm not a Canucks fan at all but between these two teams in the Final I really hope the Nucks stuff 'em. :D

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I'm a Canucks fan, and totally agree!
:thumbsup:

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Well Canucks WIN 3-2 in OT. :thumbup:

Go Van Go :eek:

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The only reason to be even remotely concerned with icing hockey is that there's beer around.

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:thumbdown:

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And beards (on blokes). :thumbup:

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Is that the only reason to be concerned with cricket?

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No, its the majesty of a beautiful and complex sport that people who have been acculturated within English society are intimately connected.

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I must say that I think London Mike has a rather splendid avatar.

I can't say the same for Steve_P.

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Dilshan was bloody impressive today. Broken thumb and all that :thumbup:

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He was, shame he didn't make his double century. Can't see a result coming though as both sides seem to be batting well.

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And it was the Derby yesterday. Not long til Henley either. I miss sport :thumbdown:

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The Bruins haven't won it in years...they're also the let down team for the state, Patriots, Red Sox and even the Celtics have all won recently.

Either way, it's all a bag of shite, until someone bleeds :D

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I'm terribly afraid I can't share your enthusiasm for those events as they are what me and my bruvs commonly refer to as, batty boy gora shit.

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Certainly, but they both beat iced hockey.

And I agree that the Test will almost surely be a draw.

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Can someone explain to me what this "iced" hockey obsession is all about? One of the more peculiar BE-isms to emerge in recent weeks ... Would you say "lawned tennis"?

Also, how is cricket "beautiful"?

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The iced hockey thing has been kicking around a while........it was particularly prominant when the micky mouse "worst games ever" was on in Vancouver last year.

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Oh I am SO with you on that one. Yum. hahaha. :thumbup:

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+ 1

add the kiwis in too.

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Mmmmm.....I'd say 5 Stanley Cup finals in the last 30 years is pretty impressive compared to say..................the leafs!

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cricket is beautiful if your playing free food free drink..its the only sport i know where you can take a break have a few shandies at your leisure and then resume where you left off.

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It is a way we demonstrate our innate superiority by being condescending towards things Canadian.

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Perhaps others have told you, but you need serious counseling/anger management.

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I was looking for a math problem today for something I am doing. I found this and as it mentioned hockey thought it would be culturally relevant. I was pleasantly surprised to find it wasn't - though it was about hockey :thumbup:

http://nrich.maths.org/7408

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I thought it has been almost 40 years since they last won any silverware?

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Whatever.

Nasty hit by Storm there. Play the puck not the man. Even I know that!

Nathan Horton looks worse for wear now.

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You've adopted the one 'l' spelling all too easily ... unless ... you're one of THEM?!! :D

I am calm, even though king of the donut mountain kicked aside pretty much everything during the game. Awful hit tonight. I might even reverse my original stance on Boston being very dirty - the Canucks were woeful this evening (not just in their clean play either).

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I predicted yesterday that the Canucks would lose quite badly. I didn't anticipate them equalling the playoffs record for being thrashed.

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I hope they throw the book at him :(

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He got a four game suspension, so he is essentially gone for the rest of the playoffs.

But Vancouver will not miss him anywhere near as much as Boston will miss Horton who is gone for the rest of the playoffs too with a severe concussion.

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Which shows that you know very little at all. If you knew anything about hockey you would know that playing the man, not the puck, is a normal part of defensive play.

However, you can only play the man with the puck. The Rome hit was punishable because it was late - a second after Horton had played it.

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And a blindside hit

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I'm starting to understand why some cradles I know don't like hockey.

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Murphy met with reporters early this afternoon in Boston to explain his ruling.

"I probably viewed it like most of you did," Murphy said. "I thought it was a late hit, I thought the body was contacted, but I also thought the head was hit and it caused a serious injury to Nathan Horton. So the key components are the late hit and I had it close to a second late -- we have out own formula at NHL hockey (operations) for late hits -- and it was late and we saw the seriousness of the injury with Nathan on the ice.

"That is basically what we deliberated on. We tried to compared it with some of the other ones in the past, but it stands alone and that is why we made the ruling."

http://communities.canada.com/vancou...oncussion.aspx

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I don't know about your cradle friends but one of the things I really dislike about hockey is that when the playoffs start the game morphs into something totally different to what it is during the regular season.

What would be a penalty during the regular season gets ignored during the playoffs. Sometimes it seems like something like what happened to Horton has to happen before a penalty is called. I know that is an extreme example but really the referees let far more go during the playoffs than than they do during the regular season.

This happens in all levels of professional hockey and in major junior as well.

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NHL Ice Hockey should be renamed 'Goons 'R' us'....:cool:

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I think it's just the culture around hockey, the violence, that turns them off. One of them will not let her sons play. The NHL needs to get their act together. I saw the vid of Horton - he did not look 'right' at all :(

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I take it I missed the pleasure of watching yet another piece of unforgivable and mindless brutality last night?

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Last time I lived in Canada (Vancouver) it was all about Todd Bertuzzi which I recall being a nasty business. I assume he never played again.

Not that I care.