Can I ask the Canadiens something?

[CB4]

Dunno, Im canadian but I don't watch hockey.

[chazmaniandevil]

hockey is definitely canada's sport, im not canadian BUT

look at all the good hockey players, i can guarentee more than half are canadian

EDIT - as for franchises go, none of the teams other than maybe the rangers or red wings have as big of a fan base as the canadian teams, toronto sucks ass and they are the only sports team with an entire tv channel dedicated to them and have a long ass season ticket waiting list.....its like the packers but hockey

they're even saying that in order for the nhl to continue, a second team will move to toronto, best examples now are the islanders or thrashers

[Macken]

Candians* or Canadiens however it is spelled...I do one day want to get it right. Here's my question.

Why, oh why...do I hear constant BS like... "Oh hockey is our sport, stupid americans. They don't know hockey,"?

I mean seriously...most Americans may not know hockey, but we sure know how to keep a franchise in our country.

you just lots 1 pt in the coolness comp...

canada has NOTHING give them hockey at least

[killgod]

Fuck the cool points, I don't need them.

I'm not taking anything away from Canada. I just want to know why in the hell Canadiens say America sucks when it comes to hockey...yet we go to the games and not cause our teams *cough*Winnipeg*cough*Quebec to move to a different country.

I'm just saying, if it was such a big thing in Canada...you'd think they'd keep their teams.

Do you realize how many american franchises are about to go belly up? Phoenix is on life support and should move within 1-2 years. Nashville already made it's bed and will move within 1-2 years. Dallas' ticket sales are down 30% this season, not only that....they are playing like shit thus it'll get worse. Florida and Tampa Bay are struggling. Atlanta can't even fill half their building and you see nothing but empty seats if you watch a home game.


Winnipeg is 300k people big in the middle of fucking nowhere. It has nothing to do with Canada, it's simply to small of a market for the increasing costs of running a pro franchise.

The hell are you talking about yo?

[Kuzzy Powers]

KG we know Phoenix aint going nowhere as long as Wayne is involved.

I always have this conversation with my friends.. how the fuck do you fire Wayne Gretzky? Hah.. maybe contraction would be the only way.

[Krebs]

ummm, just send wayne with them, im sure wayne would love to back to canada...

[killgod]

ummm, just send wayne with them, im sure wayne would love to back to canada...

exactly.

he'll go where they go or he'll go elsewhere. based on the growing development of the Coyotes players he's looking like a decent coach so he could probably find another team willing to take him.

but i'm sure wayne likes being close to his family in Cali so who knows.


there's nothing Wayne can do to stop the Coyotes from going...he's not the one that's lost 200 Million.


oh and I thought the person that could fire Wayne....was Wayne? or is he no longer GM of the coyotes?

[Kuzzy Powers]

Hes the "head of hockey operations", and hes still got a ton of pull with the league. Only way he goes elsewhere is if its on his own regard.. I cant picture anyone ever firing Wayne. Yeah he would go with the team, but if desires that they stay in Phoenix (close to Cali as you said) im sure they'll find a way to make it work. But its retarded to play hockey in a place like Phoenix anyways. Who wants to watch hockey in a dessert atmosphere?

[Wildcard]

toronto sucks ass and they are the only sports team with an entire tv channel dedicated to them and have a long ass season ticket waiting list.....

The YES Network.

Yankees Entertainment, and Sports. Or something like that.

Whenever a Yankee's game isn't on they are showing re-runs of old, and classic games. Or Wilkes-Barre AAA Yankees, or Interviews with Yankee players.

When I'm flipping through the channels, I hit up on my Remote control. However YES is like 366, and when I get to 365, I type in 367, because any glimpse of the Yankees makes me want to blow my brains out.

They ruined baseball.

[JMeist]

The coyotes are the joke of arizona. Only the hicks in Arizona go to the games.

[chazmaniandevil]

The YES Network.

Yankees Entertainment, and Sports. Or something like that.

Whenever a Yankee's game isn't on they are showing re-runs of old, and classic games. Or Wilkes-Barre AAA Yankees, or Interviews with Yankee players.

When I'm flipping through the channels, I hit up on my Remote control. However YES is like 366, and when I get to 365, I type in 367, because any glimpse of the Yankees makes me want to blow my brains out.

They ruined baseball.

the YES network isnt dedicated to only the yanks

it deals with the nets as well

[chazmaniandevil]

the problem is that the nhl should have never left espn

[inthecards21]

im american and i like hockey and i dont care if most americans dont. Canadiens are a blessing to the NHL because of how passionate they are and how much they care. they keep it afloat up north

[chazmaniandevil]

I'm just going to throw this one out there but....We have Free Health Care...

about that....hows your taxes?

[chazmaniandevil]

lol ok......free health care sounds kick ass but i heard taxes were really high

watched the movie Sicko