NHL Thread

[BastardofYoung]

Originally Posted by Ian E Coleman

If I'm not wrong Bruins and Canucks have similar numbers of Canadian players.

Bruins:
***=especially important player
Canada (22): Arniel, Bergeron***, Boychuk***, Campbell, Caron, Ference***, Harnill, Hnidy***, Horton***, Hutchinson, Kelly***, Lucic***, Marchand***, McQuaid, Paille, Peverley, Recchi***, Ryder***, Savard***, Seguin***, Thornton***, Whitfield.

USA (4): Bartkowski, Kampfer, MacDermid, Tim Thomas***

Others: Russia (2), "Czechoslovakia" (1), Czech Republic (2), Finland (1), Germany (1)

Canucks

Canada (16): Bieksa***, Bolduc, Burrows***, Glass, Hamhuis, Hodgson, Lapierre***, Luongo***, Malhotra***, Oreskovich, Raymond***, Rome, Tambellini***, Tanev, Torres***, Volpatti

USA (6): Alberts, Ballard, Higgins, Kesler***, Schneider, Sweatt

Others: Sweden (5), Germany (1), Denmark (1), Finland (1), Russia (1)

from Boston, Lucic and Harnill are actually from Vancouver, lol... I was hoping one of them would get the winning goal, would of been funny for a hometown Vancouver boy to win the series for them, lol.

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Burning Down

Ummm yeah. Most of the players on the Bruins are Canadian. In fact, the majority of NHL players are Canadian.

why must you all rain on my parade with technicalities? The Canadian players won on a team from Boston.

it's as simple as that.

[pourmeanother]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

why must you all rain on my parade with technicalities? The Canadian players won on a team from Boston.

it's as simple as that.

****in' 'Merica!

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by pourmeanother

****in' 'Merica!

I think you mean.

AMERICA **** YEAH!

[captaincaptain]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

why must you all rain on my parade with technicalities? The Canadian players won on a team from Boston.

it's as simple as that.

The American is the most valuable.

[captaincaptain]

According to this list my team is the 11th best in the North American major 4 sports.


Ultimate Team Rankings - All Sports - SportsNation - ESPN

[djchameleon]

17, 19 and 90 are my teams

[captaincaptain]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

17, 19 and 90 are my teams

109 is also my team. Betwen 11 and 109 I think I have the largest disparity. We have cheap seats though, regardless of the team.

[Thom Yorke]

So apparently the cap's going up to $64 million next year, which makes me think of a possible repeat for Boston.

Rex is retiring, Marchand is an RFA, and Kaberle and Ryder are UFA's. Other than that, everyone else is signed. Kaberle, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. I'm kind of indifferent to Ryder. He can be great at times, but is very inconsistent. I wouldn't say no to something like $2-2.5 million though. Marchand is obviously a must sign, and I can't even begin to imagine what he'll make. Could be $2 million, could be $3 million with that run. I'm also assuming Savard will retire.

So, if Savard retires, Marchand resigns at $3 million, you include Seguin's bonuses, and Ryder and Kaberle walk, that would leave:

Lucic-Krejci-Horton
Marchand-Bergeron-X
Peverley-Kelly-Seguin
Paille-Campbell-Thornton

Chara-Seidenberg
Ference-Boychuk
McQuaid-X

Thomas
Rask

With just over $10 million to fill in the two X's. Although I wouldn't advise it because Krejci and Rask will be up for new contracts next year, you could go after Richards at about $7 million and still sign a solid top 4 defenseman as well.

Peverley-Richards-Seguin
Lucic-Krejci-Horton
Marchand-Bergeron-Kelly
Paille-Campbell-Thornton

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by Burning Down

Ummm yeah. Most of the players on the Bruins are Canadian. In fact, the majority of NHL players are Canadian.

True.

I'll make a prediction though. Boston has won, in the past 10 years, 7 championships in one sports team or another. We had parades everytime and I don't think I've ever seen a crowd like this. Reports coming in now say there was an estimated 1.5 million who came down. For a long time when the Patriots were steamrolling everything in their way, people asked "So are we a football town now, or are we still a baseball town?"

After Saturday, I dare say we're a Hockey town. Boston fans will turn just about anything into an "us v. them" style battle. I wouldn't be surprised if you see the profile of Hockey rise a little higher on this side of the border. Sounds like a long road, but these people are rabid for victory whether it be in a professional sport, or some highway road game.