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NHL 2013 regular season thread!

#401
Strat-Mangler said:
I did... and in typical fashion, gave him another chance.


The "my team is better than yours" thing is stupid. It's frankly kindergarten stuff. Unfortunately, there are people like that everywhere. On the hockey message board I'm on, I avoid a few teams' forums because of the collective atmosphere that is there. Most forums are fine and logical civil conversations are the norm even with differing opinions/ideas, but the 3 forums I have to avoid are the Bruins, Flyers, and Leafs. Anything ever said in a negative tone towards any player, staff member, or the team itself automatically triggers an endless deluge of verbal attacks onto the poster who eventually gets banned from that particular forum, regardless of whether that person had a point.

Consequently, the remaining members are over-the-top homers who belittle every team and every fan who doesn't cheer for that particular team. I hate fanboyism and find it to be a waste of time. I indulged the previous poster and hopefully he got the msg and will have learned to curtail his attitude.

To me, that whole concept is beyond ********. I love hockey with a passion, but I don't passionately hate any team or player. There's no player or team that benefits from my unconditional admiration, either.
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Strat-Mangler,

This is the third year of this thread, you may wish to read this year and the two previous to get a better sense of the vibe and personalities here. It is great to have a passionate Montreal fan on this thread and if you have actually played the game, I didn't, that would be valued here as well. I understand that you may still be a little sensitive from some bad experiences in other forums, I hope that you will get all of the that anger out of your system.

Here are some suggestions to improve your experience here.

Avoid the following words:
stupid, kindergarten, homer, fanboy, laughable, ******** (using this word interchangeably with stupid is insensitive to folks who have developmental disabilities and to those who work with this population or have family members with developmental disabilities - this is similar to the TB convention that basses made in Japan are referred to as "MIJ" or "Japanese" not "MIJ").

Avoid restating posts in a misleading manner, I will respond if you twist any of mine too far and no one wants to read a restated version of any of posts.

If all else fails, kindly put me back on your ignore list.
 
#405
Strat-Mangler said:
All true, but the Red Wings management had pushed for years to be in the West. I wrongfully assumed that the ownership would have held onto that same preference.

Unfortunately, the East now gets the Blue Jackets. :(

And there's also the awkward discrepancy between the number of teams in the East VS the West.
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Better check your history. Detroit went to the West kicking and screaming only on the promise that they would be brought back East. Ilitch kept reminding Bettman of that every chance he got.
 
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#413
dangnewt said:
This is the third year of this thread, you may wish to read this year and the two previous to get a better sense of the vibe and personalities here.
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I'm assuming you weren't aware of the fact that I posted many times in the previous threads. Though I personally thought it to be boring to be surrounded by people who were not knowledgeable in the least or cared to be enlightened about any topic not involving their home team, I had never encountered abrasive users. So I simply became exasperated and left... I'm happy that the general attitude seems to have changed and there's more interest in players, games, and events that do not involve people's home team. Infinitely more fun... IMHO anyway. :)

Everybody has an opinion, but it's all in the way that it's presented. For instance, you agreed with Julien and I mentioned that I didn't and explained why, even going so far as to mention a trick most NHL use to created hooking penalties. I wasn't expecting the violent shift in tone and rants which belittled myself, Canadians, the Habs, and other teams in my country as a reply to that. Maybe you typed something in the heat of the moment, but if you read our earlier exchanges and then re-read your replies, the difference in tone is obvious.

This post of yours, for instance, is in stark contrast to your latest replies to me... and I welcome the change. :)

The terms I used in my post to Mike (such as "stupid") were used to indicate how counterproductive and pointless it was to verbally attack other users. If, in spite of the terms that were used, you got the point of my post, great!

I'm looking for interesting and intelligent conversations about NHL hockey. Nobody comes to a msg board with the purpose of wanting to be insulted. If you have a differing opinion than mine, feel free to express it as long as it's done in a civil tone. Throwing random insults in your posts isn't very conducive to a fun loose dialog.

So, let's wipe the slate clean and try again. :cool:
 
#415
mkandolf said:
Western Conference, Easter Conference.

Divisions A, B, C, & D.

That absolutely SUCKS!!!

Bring back the history please!
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Agreed.

Read a funny suggestion about the naming scheme for Division A which could be called the Gretzky division.

- He had his glory years with the Oilers.
- Brought the Kings to the Stanley Cup finals.
- Coached the Coyotes.

What say you? :ninja:
 
#416
Strat-Mangler said:
I'm assuming you weren't aware of the fact that I posted many times in the previous threads. Though I personally thought it to be boring to be surrounded by people who were not knowledgeable in the least or cared to be enlightened about any topic not involving their home team
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The people you're conversing with in this thread are many of the same people you're describing in this paragraph.

Nobody comes to a msg board with the purpose of wanting to be insulted. If you have a differing opinion than mine, feel free to express it as long as it's done in a civil tone. Throwing random insults in your posts isn't very conducive to a fun loose dialog.
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Indeed.
 
#418
Strat-Mangler said:
I'm assuming you weren't aware of the fact that I posted many times in the previous threads. Though I personally thought it to be boring to be surrounded by people who were not knowledgeable in the least or cared to be enlightened about any topic not involving their home team...
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Wow. Did you just finish reading Dale Carnegie's "How To Win Friends and Influence People"? FWIW, there are a number of people in both the old and the new threads who are a lot more knowledgeable about hockey than you give them credit for. But to hear you tell it, you're the only one with anything of value to offer. I know that you've never liked anybody who happens to have the audacity to be a Flyers fan, but I didn't realize that your disdain covered everybody who is not you... :rollno:
 
#420
Jeff K said:
I know that you've never liked anybody who happens to have the audacity to be a Flyers fan, but I didn't realize that your disdain covered everybody who is not you... :rollno:
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*sigh* You're assuming quite a bit. I have nothing against Flyers fans. It is being misinterpreted, although you are free to believe this, if you want.

Can we get back to talking about, oh you know... hockey? lol!
 

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