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Sad day in the NHL :(

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Bad Brains

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Great, we have teams from Florida of all places winning the cup. That puck was over the line in game 6, Calgary really should of won it. I guess this is a good example of how sad the NHL has become in recent years. This kind of reminds me of 99' when Dallas "won" the cup. Bret Hulls foot was in the crease, but i guess the league dosn't like to enforce rules in the finals.

Look at those fans in Tampa, they don't even know what to do, they don't know hocky!
 
#4
GOOOOOO TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING!

Just because we're in Florida doesn't mean we can't have a hockey team.

...they don't know hocky!
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...and you don't know how to spell hockey.

What does "Look at those fans in Tampa, they don't even know what to do" mean? You know what we do in Tampa? We root and cheer for our team!

Edit by Jazzbo. I understand that the comment made toward Florida hockey was inappropriate, but try and keep it clean when retorting. Thank you.
 
#5
Exactly. No one in Florida is gonna even care.
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We had nearly 20,000 people in the Times Forum and almost as many outside. And those were just the people at the St. Pete Times Forum.

I don't understand why no one thinks Tampa has the right to have a team or that no one cares. It's just an elitist arrogant pride that a number of you seem to have.
 
#6
heh, you people havn't even had a team for a decade. The cup belongs in Canada...or at least more northern cities.

I mean if a team deserves it then i will give them credit. But lets face it, Calgary won game 6. The leauge just messed up again and didn't make the correct call. Yet another tainted cup victory. But then again who cares, boring series anyways. Lowest ratings in finals history.
 
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Bad Brains said:
heh, you people havn't even had a team for a decade. The cup belongs in Canada...or at least more northern cities.
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If it so belongs in Canada why hasn't a Canadian team won in 10 years? And I dont even remember the team disputing about the puck being over the line in game six... nobody on the ice or in the benches noticed... nobody did until they watched it over on playback.
 
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lonelyjazzbass said:
We had nearly 20,000 people in the Times Forum and almost as many outside. And those were just the people at the St. Pete Times Forum.

I don't understand why no one thinks Tampa has the right to have a team or that no one cares. It's just an elitist arrogant pride that a number of you seem to have.
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Actually there were over 22,000 inside the building alone, once again setting a record for the building. Plus the crowd outside as well.

Don't hate the team just because of their residence. Tampa is a DAMN good hockey team and deserves the cup. They play a fast exciting brand of hockey, and this was one of the greatest finals i've watched in years. Calgary was an incredibly hard working team. Much like the Ducks ala last year. They weren't expected to make the playoffs, weren't expected to win any of their series', yet still took it to 7 games in the stanley cup finals.

Tampa Bay is really breaking out of that expansion label. Last year they started making a name for themselves, now the hockey world knows what a strong team they are.

Sure the ratings may have been horrible in the US, but I got much enjoyment out of these playoffs. I just hope there'll be a season next year now.
 
#18
Eyescream said:
Isn't it a little odd that a hockey team's based in Florida, anyway?

I mean, when I think of Florida, I think of all the things that go on in Carl Hiaasen books. Not Hockey.
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Where have you been?
Antarctica?

About 10 years back, there was this trivia question(on ESPN?)-
"Which State has the most PROFESSIONAL hockey teams"?
If you said "Minnesota"...guess what-
At that time there were ZERO Professional hockey teams in Minnesota.
The answer was Florida. At the time there were, perhaps, a dozen or more Professional teams in the 'Sunshine State'.
BTW, Professional = NHL, IHL, ECHL, & something they had called the Florida Sunshine League.
I don't know about you but I like seeing shorts & tube tops in the stands...plus the sheer T-shirts, ya know with the chill in the air & all. Hi-Beams City.

IIRC, Texas was #2.
 
#19
Sofa King said:
If it so belongs in Canada why hasn't a Canadian team won in 10 years? And I dont even remember the team disputing about the puck being over the line in game six... nobody on the ice or in the benches noticed... nobody did until they watched it over on playback.
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...cause it was KICKED IN!
I know critics will say "kicked unitentionally".
I haven't heard any comments by the Calgary players. That's hockey, I guess.
I am surprised it didn't go to review.

IMO, it was a great series. Neither team deserved to be on the losing side.
 

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