So much for Goldschmidt’s end of the season slump.
6.
efgoldman
The Broons are going to go from being about the oldest and slowest team in the NHL, to being the youngest, fastest, most mistake-prone team. Ought to be fun to watch, when we’re not looking away from the carnage.
7.
Shalimar
Yeah, sure, focus on the only sport where your favorite team is actually good.
8.
A Ghost to Most
I can’t even – and we have NHL Ticket.
Hopefully, it will pass.
9.
Schlemazel
@eric:
Boogard was everything that is wrong with the NHL.
He was playing Juniors and slated to go nowhere. One night a bunch of scouts came to see actual hockey players. Boogard was out doing his thug deal and got thrown from the game. On his way out he waded into the other teams bench & started pound people. The next day he was picked up by an NHL team. He had no business in the game. The owners used him up and are responsible for his death and when they finally get the lawsuit they have so richly earned I hope he and those goons like him are exhibit 1 for how the NHL encouraged CTEs (along with drug abuse)
10.
Caphilldcne
Let’s Go Red Wings
&
C A P S Caps Caps Caps!
I am conflicted.
11.
Schlemazel
Can’t edit my comment
JC, sorry if I rained on the thread but hockey is a great game and can be fun to watch. I hope they fix their thug problem because it is too good to go down like this
12.
Old Dan and Little Anne
Hell yeah. Go Sabres. Tomorrow.
13.
Steve in the ATL
My daughter is going to Chicago to visit a guy she has been sort of seeing. She told him she wanted to go to the Blackhawks/Predators game; he got Hamilton tickets instead. She is seriously rethinking this relationship….
14.
RobertDSC-iPhone 6
I wish the league would ban fighting. There is no place for it anymore.
My Rangers still haven’t solved their biggest problem: goaltending. Henrik Lunquvist will not win us a Stanley Cup. Yet he’s still our starting goalie. Fucking ridiculous given his years of failure.
15.
James Hare
The Penguins are garbage. They went out of their way to side with Trump when he attacked the NFL. Fuck them.
he got Hamilton tickets instead. She is seriously rethinking this relationship….
Tell her to rethink after the show and dinner.
Then dump the turkey.
17.
James Hare
@Caphilldcne: Being a Caps fan is difficult lately given Ovechkin’s close relationship with Putin. Well it’s always difficult because the Caps are choking dogs but it’s especially difficult right now.
18.
Mart
Lets Go Blues!
19.
narya
@Steve in the ATL: though Blackhawks tickets may well be both harder to get and more expensive than Hamilton tickets. I watch all of the Hawks’ games, but I refuse to pay the ticket prices any longer; even nosebleed seats are wildly expensive.
20.
Lulymay
What! what! what! Ah hates Barston! ever since Gaarrry Betman made sure they could beat up the Canucks with no repercussion and/or penalties. Used to like them when Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito played, but them’s days are gone forever.
Nevertheless, anyone who does NOT for Tronna is okay in my books. Carry on McDuff!
I am all Teed out. I am reaching a point where I just don’t care to hear anymore about him or his fucking cabinet of hedge fund bottom dwellers. I have nothing to add about NHL either. I I think a blog sanyas is in the cards.
23.
SFBayAreaGal
I like most sports. I don’t like boxing, golf, and ice hockey.
24.
Eric
@Schlemazel: I agree with you. That is why I left that there.
25.
Haydnseek
@Steve in the ATL: Well, if she can arrange to scalp the Hamilton tickets and drives a hard bargain, she’ll be able to afford season seats for any team in the NHL.
26.
coin operated
Being raised in the PNW the Canucks have been my team for ages, but living in Vegas I have to give the Knights some love. My company is a sponsor so discounted tickets are available…yeah baby!!!
27.
hedgehog mobile
Goddamit Rockies….
28.
Caphilldcne
@James Hare: I know! Sadly I have a lot of sports related sins. The Putin thing does bother me. I also like Tom Brady cause he went to Michigan, me ol’ alma mater, tho some years after I graduated. I probably oughta ditch my sports loyalties and root for Green Bay and buy a Karpernick jersey but it’s kinda hard. Halp! Any and all suggestions appreciated!
29.
delk
Bryan Bickell who was diagnosed with MS signed a one day contract so he could retire with the Chicago Blackhawks. He played the majority of his career with the Hawks and was on the 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup teams.
I don’t like basketball, though I follow it because there are a number of writers I enjoy who cover the sport. And I have a lot of friends who are huge Minnesota Lynx fans, so I’m following the box score of the deciding game of the WNBA finals. Lynx up 51-46 halfway through the 3rd.
32.
raven
@Caphilldcne: How’s this? Fuck Michigan, Fuck the Packers and Fuck Hockey.
@Caphilldcne: If it makes you feel better about Tom Brady, my parents are regulars at Pizza House on Church St, where members of the football team often hang out. One of the assistant managers there says that Brady was always one of the mos polite, friendly customers they had. This is a guy who is more than willing to say bad things about the football players that aren’t; Brian Griese makes his least favorite list.
34.
Caphilldcne
While I’m thinking about it, one other issue. I cut my cable cord recently. Is there any way to get live hockey via Apple TV?
Being a Caps fan is difficult lately given Ovechkin’s close relationship with Putin. Well it’s always difficult because the Caps are choking dogs but it’s especially difficult right now.
I’ve had the same problem with Slava Fetisov, one of my all time favorite players and who stood up to the Soviet government. He’s now Minister of Sport and a Putin crony. Blech.
@Steve in the ATL: Those are some good priorities. If I didn’t suspect that I’m 20 years too old for her, I’d invite her up to watch the Gophers.
38.
marcopolo
I live in St. Louis so go Blues–I was telling folks earlier I did not expect them to win tonight but they seem to be ahead at the moment. Odd. Also to hats off to Descalso–he played a few seasons for the Cardinals–who is not a power hitter at all but somehow hit another homer (his 3rd) in the playoffs.
And totally off topic but for anyone who would like to see what one of the (entirely peaceful) Black Lives Matter/police shooting protests in St Louis looks like (they have been daily for about 3 weeks now) here is a complete video of what happened last night (45 minutes) when they finally managed to shut down the major highway that runs east/west through the center of town, something they have been unsuccessfully trying to do until last night. The arrests start roughly at the 40 minute mark, about 150 folks were arrested, and the last thing on the video is the journalist being arrested.
39.
Caphilldcne
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: really? I find it astonishing that Brian Griese can afford to be mean to anyone. Second rate. Boo! He is officially demoted in my sports pantheon. Glad to hear Brady is personally nice but he does have horrendous politics. I keep hoping Gisele will turn the corner on him. Dating back to the Bo days and maybe before I get the impression Michigan football is a hotbed of radical right wing politics. Tho Harbaugh is weirdly literate and somewhat agnostic on things like taking a knee at least publicly. He was kind of a DICK when he was BMOC. Not something I know personally just stuff you hear. Maybe hanging with guys like Colin helped.
40.
Adam L Silverman
@Steve in the ATL: Without a doubt! I used to go to Chicago once to twice a year for professional meetings. Would always try to catch a Blackhawks game, a Cubs game, or both while there.
41.
ThresherK
Until my Nordiques Quebec return I have affixed myself to the Colorado Avalanche. This year I hope the big news isn’t that those “apron strings” have finally been removed from the sweater.
Also, I know they dropped out of the AHL very recently, but can’t some have made a “Hamilton Bulldogs” joke?
Yes, you can get NHL Gamecenter from NHL.com. All out of market games. You can get a team subscription for $119 or a full league subscription for $139. You can choose home or away feeds, and pause and rewind, plus extra camera angles. You get the subscription and then an app for whatever you’re watching it on. We’re using in on the Playstation.
Hockey at all levels is the greatest game, imo. Minor league is affordable and NHL players are fearless.
Ducks raise the Cup this year by beating Toronto. Bruins make Conf Final and Task wins Vezina. I’m probably wrong but will watch lots of games with NHL app and Roku.
Solid season: normal suspects plus Edm, Columbus, Tampa, Toronto, Min.
Surprise Flops: Ott, Dal, Fla, NYI, Winny, SJ, Det, LA, maybe Montr.
Goners: Philly, Van, Colorado, NJ, Buff, Car, Vegas
Canadian national anthem is beautiful and the fun doesn’t end til early June!
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cmorenc
Thank goodness also that the EPL is back as well (English Premier League soccer). It makes getting up a little early on Sat or Sun in the US to catch the games in real-time over in England worthwhile.
The Lynx win 85-76 for their fourth title in seven years. Any Minnesotan who says the sports teams around here suck is watching the wrong gender.
53.
Mike J
@cmorenc: 4am is not a little early. But I do it too.
This week’s f1 race is in Japan so qualies are at 10pm Friday.
54.
Caphilldcne
@jacy: thank you!! Will look into this. Seems way more cost-effective than what I was paying. And literally the cost of two seats at a single game. ( plus two beers)
55.
Caphilldcne
@schrodingers_cat: argh. Between you and raven this is a tough crowd.
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NotMax
Thank Goodness the NHL is Back
“Goodness had nothing to do with it.”
– Mae West
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Omnes Omnibus
@cmorenc: @Mike J: I haven’t gotten up at 4am since I was in the army. It is a time for going to bed not getting up.
You’re out of your mind!
[And i’ve been a Bruins fan since they drafted Bobby Orr as a 13 year old kid.]
Too many rookies. Too many mistakes. Rask is not steady enough. There is no dependable backup goalie – none. They’ll be lucky to squeeze into the playoffs, get bounced in the first round.
76.
Steeplejack
Is this D-backs pitcher allowed to wear his cap a little askew like that? It looks sort of . . . thuggy. Asking for a white friend.
I wish a fracking truck going full speed would rear-end that Hyundai guy singing “Sweet Caroline.” Just sayin’.
I agree with you, but could be worse. The Red Sox play it at Fenway EVERY FUCKING GAME during the seventh inning stretch – and nobody, not one single person, knows why.
78.
Steeplejack
Why is Mom on FXX instead of Archer?!
:: shudder ::
I know it’s a baseball thing, even at parks other then Fenway, I think. Google has some stories on the origin at Fenway, but I won’t insult you by passing them on here.
the Eastern Conf is weak and Pens will fail… Leafs will be steady and pick up a couple of strong players at trade deadline. Bruins…? i just have a feeling. They wont win the div and may be 7th or 8th seed but i’m just feeling it. They don’t choke and that carries in the playoffs (see: Caps). And I HATE all Boston sport teams!
Plus they have the best American TV NHL crew and broadcasts.
I’m no Red Sox fan, but I think I know why they play Sweet Carolline. It’s because as a tiny and very attractive person, Caroline Kennedy was a huge fan. They play it in honor of her.
Or so I’ve been told… not an expert, no official offer nor contract is proffered, etc, etc.
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Corner Stone
You think the NHL does not have its own CTE scandal coming?
daverave
Wait, wut? I’m pretty sure that I’ve read about your Stiller fanaticism in the past and they’re off to a good start… what have you done with JC?
eric
@Corner Stone: http://www.espn.com/new-york/nhl/news/story?id=6544238
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txI16GT-P_M
Mike J
Yeah, because Russians haven’t fucked up our country enough already.
randy khan
So much for Goldschmidt’s end of the season slump.
efgoldman
The Broons are going to go from being about the oldest and slowest team in the NHL, to being the youngest, fastest, most mistake-prone team. Ought to be fun to watch, when we’re not looking away from the carnage.
Shalimar
Yeah, sure, focus on the only sport where your favorite team is actually good.
A Ghost to Most
I can’t even – and we have NHL Ticket.
Hopefully, it will pass.
Schlemazel
@eric:
Boogard was everything that is wrong with the NHL.
He was playing Juniors and slated to go nowhere. One night a bunch of scouts came to see actual hockey players. Boogard was out doing his thug deal and got thrown from the game. On his way out he waded into the other teams bench & started pound people. The next day he was picked up by an NHL team. He had no business in the game. The owners used him up and are responsible for his death and when they finally get the lawsuit they have so richly earned I hope he and those goons like him are exhibit 1 for how the NHL encouraged CTEs (along with drug abuse)
Caphilldcne
Let’s Go Red Wings
&
C A P S Caps Caps Caps!
I am conflicted.
Schlemazel
Can’t edit my comment
JC, sorry if I rained on the thread but hockey is a great game and can be fun to watch. I hope they fix their thug problem because it is too good to go down like this
Old Dan and Little Anne
Hell yeah. Go Sabres. Tomorrow.
Steve in the ATL
My daughter is going to Chicago to visit a guy she has been sort of seeing. She told him she wanted to go to the Blackhawks/Predators game; he got Hamilton tickets instead. She is seriously rethinking this relationship….
RobertDSC-iPhone 6
I wish the league would ban fighting. There is no place for it anymore.
My Rangers still haven’t solved their biggest problem: goaltending. Henrik Lunquvist will not win us a Stanley Cup. Yet he’s still our starting goalie. Fucking ridiculous given his years of failure.
James Hare
The Penguins are garbage. They went out of their way to side with Trump when he attacked the NFL. Fuck them.
efgoldman
@Steve in the ATL:
Tell her to rethink after the show and dinner.
Then dump the turkey.
James Hare
@Caphilldcne: Being a Caps fan is difficult lately given Ovechkin’s close relationship with Putin. Well it’s always difficult because the Caps are choking dogs but it’s especially difficult right now.
Mart
Lets Go Blues!
narya
@Steve in the ATL: though Blackhawks tickets may well be both harder to get and more expensive than Hamilton tickets. I watch all of the Hawks’ games, but I refuse to pay the ticket prices any longer; even nosebleed seats are wildly expensive.
Lulymay
What! what! what! Ah hates Barston! ever since Gaarrry Betman made sure they could beat up the Canucks with no repercussion and/or penalties. Used to like them when Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito played, but them’s days are gone forever.
Nevertheless, anyone who does NOT for Tronna is okay in my books. Carry on McDuff!
ellie
Hey now! Go Dodgers!
schrodingers_cat
I am all Teed out. I am reaching a point where I just don’t care to hear anymore about him or his fucking cabinet of hedge fund bottom dwellers. I have nothing to add about NHL either. I I think a blog sanyas is in the cards.
SFBayAreaGal
I like most sports. I don’t like boxing, golf, and ice hockey.
Eric
@Schlemazel: I agree with you. That is why I left that there.
Haydnseek
@Steve in the ATL: Well, if she can arrange to scalp the Hamilton tickets and drives a hard bargain, she’ll be able to afford season seats for any team in the NHL.
coin operated
Being raised in the PNW the Canucks have been my team for ages, but living in Vegas I have to give the Knights some love. My company is a sponsor so discounted tickets are available…yeah baby!!!
hedgehog mobile
Goddamit Rockies….
Caphilldcne
@James Hare: I know! Sadly I have a lot of sports related sins. The Putin thing does bother me. I also like Tom Brady cause he went to Michigan, me ol’ alma mater, tho some years after I graduated. I probably oughta ditch my sports loyalties and root for Green Bay and buy a Karpernick jersey but it’s kinda hard. Halp! Any and all suggestions appreciated!
delk
Bryan Bickell who was diagnosed with MS signed a one day contract so he could retire with the Chicago Blackhawks. He played the majority of his career with the Hawks and was on the 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup teams.
Caphilldcne
Whatsa “sanyas”? Off to tha google!
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
I don’t like basketball, though I follow it because there are a number of writers I enjoy who cover the sport. And I have a lot of friends who are huge Minnesota Lynx fans, so I’m following the box score of the deciding game of the WNBA finals. Lynx up 51-46 halfway through the 3rd.
raven
@Caphilldcne: How’s this? Fuck Michigan, Fuck the Packers and Fuck Hockey.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@Caphilldcne: If it makes you feel better about Tom Brady, my parents are regulars at Pizza House on Church St, where members of the football team often hang out. One of the assistant managers there says that Brady was always one of the mos polite, friendly customers they had. This is a guy who is more than willing to say bad things about the football players that aren’t; Brian Griese makes his least favorite list.
Caphilldcne
While I’m thinking about it, one other issue. I cut my cable cord recently. Is there any way to get live hockey via Apple TV?
Caphilldcne
@raven: fair!
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@James Hare:
I’ve had the same problem with Slava Fetisov, one of my all time favorite players and who stood up to the Soviet government. He’s now Minister of Sport and a Putin crony. Blech.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@Steve in the ATL: Those are some good priorities. If I didn’t suspect that I’m 20 years too old for her, I’d invite her up to watch the Gophers.
marcopolo
I live in St. Louis so go Blues–I was telling folks earlier I did not expect them to win tonight but they seem to be ahead at the moment. Odd. Also to hats off to Descalso–he played a few seasons for the Cardinals–who is not a power hitter at all but somehow hit another homer (his 3rd) in the playoffs.
And totally off topic but for anyone who would like to see what one of the (entirely peaceful) Black Lives Matter/police shooting protests in St Louis looks like (they have been daily for about 3 weeks now) here is a complete video of what happened last night (45 minutes) when they finally managed to shut down the major highway that runs east/west through the center of town, something they have been unsuccessfully trying to do until last night. The arrests start roughly at the 40 minute mark, about 150 folks were arrested, and the last thing on the video is the journalist being arrested.
Caphilldcne
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: really? I find it astonishing that Brian Griese can afford to be mean to anyone. Second rate. Boo! He is officially demoted in my sports pantheon. Glad to hear Brady is personally nice but he does have horrendous politics. I keep hoping Gisele will turn the corner on him. Dating back to the Bo days and maybe before I get the impression Michigan football is a hotbed of radical right wing politics. Tho Harbaugh is weirdly literate and somewhat agnostic on things like taking a knee at least publicly. He was kind of a DICK when he was BMOC. Not something I know personally just stuff you hear. Maybe hanging with guys like Colin helped.
Adam L Silverman
@Steve in the ATL: Without a doubt! I used to go to Chicago once to twice a year for professional meetings. Would always try to catch a Blackhawks game, a Cubs game, or both while there.
ThresherK
Until my Nordiques Quebec return I have affixed myself to the Colorado Avalanche. This year I hope the big news isn’t that those “apron strings” have finally been removed from the sweater.
Also, I know they dropped out of the AHL very recently, but can’t some have made a “Hamilton Bulldogs” joke?
Omnes Omnibus
@raven: Did you catch the game last Thursday?
jacy
@Caphilldcne:
Yes, you can get NHL Gamecenter from NHL.com. All out of market games. You can get a team subscription for $119 or a full league subscription for $139. You can choose home or away feeds, and pause and rewind, plus extra camera angles. You get the subscription and then an app for whatever you’re watching it on. We’re using in on the Playstation.
Steve in the ATL
@narya: that’s the price of success!
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym: I feel like I raised her right
@Adam L Silverman: me too, though I still suffer from PTSD from the first time I saw those Wrigley urinal troughs as a kid
Steve in the ATL
@efgoldman: she’s concerned about which team he plays for
@Haydnseek: my fear is that she will go to Hamilton, love it, then start posting here!
James Powell
Right now is when baseball gets real interesting. Every at-bat matters. Sometimes every pitch.
Doug R
@Lulymay: If only the Canucks were as hard on the Broons as their fans were on downtown.
schrodingers_cat
@Caphilldcne: Renunciation.
Adam L Silverman
@Steve in the ATL: Those are kind of funky.
Joeg
Hockey at all levels is the greatest game, imo. Minor league is affordable and NHL players are fearless.
Ducks raise the Cup this year by beating Toronto. Bruins make Conf Final and Task wins Vezina. I’m probably wrong but will watch lots of games with NHL app and Roku.
Solid season: normal suspects plus Edm, Columbus, Tampa, Toronto, Min.
Surprise Flops: Ott, Dal, Fla, NYI, Winny, SJ, Det, LA, maybe Montr.
Goners: Philly, Van, Colorado, NJ, Buff, Car, Vegas
Canadian national anthem is beautiful and the fun doesn’t end til early June!
cmorenc
Thank goodness also that the EPL is back as well (English Premier League soccer). It makes getting up a little early on Sat or Sun in the US to catch the games in real-time over in England worthwhile.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
The Lynx win 85-76 for their fourth title in seven years. Any Minnesotan who says the sports teams around here suck is watching the wrong gender.
Mike J
@cmorenc: 4am is not a little early. But I do it too.
This week’s f1 race is in Japan so qualies are at 10pm Friday.
Caphilldcne
@jacy: thank you!! Will look into this. Seems way more cost-effective than what I was paying. And literally the cost of two seats at a single game. ( plus two beers)
Caphilldcne
@schrodingers_cat: argh. Between you and raven this is a tough crowd.
NotMax
“Goodness had nothing to do with it.”
– Mae West
Omnes Omnibus
@cmorenc: @Mike J: I haven’t gotten up at 4am since I was in the army. It is a time for going to bed not getting up.
NotMax
@Omnes Omnibus
Wait another decade or two; that’ll change.
;)
Mike J
@Omnes Omnibus: I usually only do if I’m racing on Saturday morning.
David VanHooser
Tired of baseball? Never!
randy khan
@David VanHooser:
Indeed.
I mean, a reliever hits a 2-run triple in a playoff game? How often does that happen?
And now he’s given both runs back on back-to-back homers. Wow.
Omnes Omnibus
@Mike J: On Saturday? No. Not even when I played rugby and/or fenced. No.
smintheus
@Lulymay: You must have been watching a different Canucks/Bruins series than Nathan Horton was.
smintheus
@Caphilldcne: I stream games via sportstream.tv
Adam L Silverman
FYI: I’m pulling the post I just put up. Hopefully someone will post something less serious and more pleasant for this time of night. That is all.
zhena gogolia
@Adam L Silverman:
Wow, I was just going to read the comments. Oh well, I guess I’ll go to bed.
zhena gogolia
@Steve in the ATL:
She will love it, of course.
Caphilldcne
@smintheus: cool. Will look into it
NotMax
@Adam L. Silverman
Pulled just as I hit the Post button on a comment there.
randy khan
That bunt was gutsy. (How often do you get to say that?)
efgoldman
@raven:
Somehow i knew it was you without even looking.
They fire the coach yet? UGA the bulldog?
Caphilldcne
im off to bed. The contradictions have not been resolved so I shall just wallow in them. Go blue! And Caps! And Wings!
PS love BJ peeps
Steeplejack
I wish a fracking truck going full speed would rear-end that Hyundai guy singing “Sweet Caroline.” Just sayin’.
BretH
@Caphilldcne:
It’s so easy. Caps in the regular season and Red Wings in the playoffs. Save yourself heartache that way.
efgoldman
@Joeg:
You’re out of your mind!
[And i’ve been a Bruins fan since they drafted Bobby Orr as a 13 year old kid.]
Too many rookies. Too many mistakes. Rask is not steady enough. There is no dependable backup goalie – none. They’ll be lucky to squeeze into the playoffs, get bounced in the first round.
Steeplejack
Is this D-backs pitcher allowed to wear his cap a little askew like that? It looks sort of . . . thuggy. Asking for a white friend.
efgoldman
@Steeplejack:
I agree with you, but could be worse. The Red Sox play it at Fenway EVERY FUCKING GAME during the seventh inning stretch – and nobody, not one single person, knows why.
Steeplejack
Why is Mom on FXX instead of Archer?!
:: shudder ::
Steeplejack
@efgoldman:
I know it’s a baseball thing, even at parks other then Fenway, I think. Google has some stories on the origin at Fenway, but I won’t insult you by passing them on here.
Joeg
@efgoldman:
the Eastern Conf is weak and Pens will fail… Leafs will be steady and pick up a couple of strong players at trade deadline. Bruins…? i just have a feeling. They wont win the div and may be 7th or 8th seed but i’m just feeling it. They don’t choke and that carries in the playoffs (see: Caps). And I HATE all Boston sport teams!
Plus they have the best American TV NHL crew and broadcasts.
BJ Peeps rulez
J R in WV
@Steeplejack:
This!!
J R in WV
@efgoldman:
I’m no Red Sox fan, but I think I know why they play Sweet Carolline. It’s because as a tiny and very attractive person, Caroline Kennedy was a huge fan. They play it in honor of her.
Or so I’ve been told… not an expert, no official offer nor contract is proffered, etc, etc.