NHL '09 - '10 Thread

[mithrilG60]

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

all I can say is, called it!
I also believe they will handle the Habs. Provided the games are called with no bias.

Pah, if any game in the NHL is ever with bias it's far more likely to be in the favour of whatever US team is involved than in favour of a Canadian team. Bettman knows he has the Canadian market locked up no matter what happens, it's all the southern US market's where hockey has questionable drawing power than he's in trouble. He can probably better market an all US team final to those markets than he can one involving a Canadian team, and that's the direction he's been vainly attempting to grow the league and game.

Might be a little different with Montreal this year considering how well he could spin the whole underdog story combined with fact that the Habs are hockey's NY Yankees, but I digress.

Bettman is pretty universally hated up here North of 49th in case you couldn't tell I would love to see a Canadian team win the Cup simply to hear Bettman get booed during the Cup presentation.

[icehog3]

Unbelievable comeback in every way by Philadelphia...congrats to the Flyers and their fans.

Originally Posted by mithrilG60

Bettman is pretty universally hated up here North of 49th in case you couldn't tell I would love to see a Canadian team win the Cup simply to hear Bettman get booed during the Cup presentation.

It ain't just in Canada, Geoff...Bettman is roundly booed in every U.S. rink I have ever seen him in, including when I have seen him in Chicago. Unfortunately, I haven't yet witnessed him being booed while handing the Cup to a Blackhawks captain...but I hope this might change this season.

No offense to the Flyers, but I would love to see the Hawks and Habs in the Finals...a chance to correct the biggest heartbreak of my childhood, Game 7 of the 1971 Finals.

[icehog3]

SUNDAY Baby!

[mithrilG60]

Originally Posted by icehog3

It ain't just in Canada, Geoff...Bettman is roundly booed in every U.S. rink I have ever seen him in, including when I have seen him in Chicago. Unfortunately, I haven't yet witnessed him being booed while handing the Cup to a Blackhawks captain...but I hope this might change this season.

I'll make you a deal, let's both boo Bettman regardless of what jersey the man that little slime ball is hands the Cup to is wearing.... thought I hope it's colours are red, white and blue

Originally Posted by icehog3

No offense to the Flyers, but I would love to see the Hawks and Habs in the Finals...a chance to correct the biggest heartbreak of my childhood, Game 7 of the 1971 Finals.

I'd love a Habs v Hawks final purely for the history of it. There hasn't been an Original 6 final in 31 years since the Habs last beat the Rangers in 1979. The stats are also pretty good for my side considering the Habs have won every single Original 6 final they've contested since the league expanded . If the Hawks win they get to extinguish the longest Stanley Cup drought in the NHL. If the Habs win they notch up their 25th Cup in the 100th year of their franchise, a win percentage that only the the NY Yankees and the NZ All Blacks surpass.

Both the Hawks and the Habs have tough series in front of them, but I really hope they both make it to the Final.