2011-2012 NHL Season Thread: FUCK COREY PERRY

[Thoronas]

Thorny, all seriousness, is Schneider worth hanging on to in any fantasy league now? October's over and Lu looks pretty good.

I don't think so. He'll see 25-30 starts this season probably but it could honestly be 6-7 games between starts at times. You could probably find a better use for the roster slot.

[Ishido]

So the Wings did a thing. This thing was losing. Again.

Please bench Bertuzzi next, he is useless and takes penalties. Hudler is only useless.

[Bregor]

Lydman hit on Brouwer:

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[Izzy]

Lydman hit on Brouwer:

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It doesn't even look like Brouwer hit the wall tbh.

[Sepukku]

So, even though I now live 30 mins outside of the Philly, its ok that I can't stand them at all? I was going to catch some Flyers games this year outside of the LA vs Flyers game just because they are close but was going to go every time to root against them.

Can I be an honorary Pens fan every time the Pens play them? XD

Do so at your own risk. They are not tolerant of fans of the other team - and will express as such with way more than just words. Philly has a very immoral history of crowd misbehavior, most notably including dumping a beer on the pre-teen grandchild of the opposing team's manager in the World Series a few years ago.

[NynJa]

During the Canadiens-Penguins game a week ago, they ran a text poll... Who is the Penguins biggest rival? Canadiens / Flyers / Capitals...

Flyers took almost 80% of the vote. Even Capitals-Penguins hate isn't even close to Flyers-Penguins.

If ovechkin somehow got moved off the caps or crosby off the pens, this caps/pens rivalry would cease to exist, since it only started post lockout of "whos the better player".

I dont even know why habs on that list...really pens our biggest rival?

[Sepukku]

If ovechkin somehow got moved off the caps or crosby off the pens, this caps/pens rivalry would cease to exist, since it only started post lockout of "whos the better player".

I dont even know why habs on that list...really pens our biggest rival?

I guess cause the whole Price/Fleury thing with Fleury mocking Price's win gesture and the playoff series a couple years ago and Subban slicing a couple people with his skate, one of them being Staal and him missing half of the next season. I felt it was a real reach, too, to suggest a rivalry, but whatever. If you saw some of the shit they put on FSN-Pittsburgh/Root Sports, you'd roll your eyes at a lot more than just that poll.

[Judai]

If ovechkin somehow got moved off the caps or crosby off the pens, this caps/pens rivalry would cease to exist, since it only started post lockout of "whos the better player".

I dont even know why habs on that list...really pens our biggest rival?

As a Caps fan, I have hated Pittsburgh since I can remember. Every year we made the playoffs back when we had Dale Hunter, Peter Bondra, Steve Konawalchuk, Kolzig, etc, the Pens always seemed to be the team to knock us out. Jagr even took the rivalry to a new high when he signed with the Caps for crazy money, sucked for a couple years and then went beast mode again when he left to the Rangers. I hate the Pens so much I still nightmares about Peter Nedved's 3rd OT goal to knock the Caps out of the playoffs. There is a deeper rivalry there for those who remember before the lock out, but the new fans only know the current Crosby/Ovie stuff and the media hype around it. I've hated the Pens for a long time.

and be careful rooting for away teams in Philly Jornna, those fans are complete trash. They threw snowballs at Santa Claus at an Eagles game. Can't get much lower then throwing beer on kids and snowballs at Santa.

[Selamis]

They also throw batteries at people but yeah, I'd avoid wearing away team colors to any Philly sporting event lol.

[Thoronas]

Just in case people had forgotten how long since their team had won/not won the cup.

[Izzy]

Just in case people had forgotten how long since their team had won/not won the cup.

thx4that

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I honestly hope I don't die before Buffalo wins something

[Bregor]

As a Caps fan, I have hated Pittsburgh since I can remember.

This, the memories of going up 3-1 on Pittsburgh and losing in 7 are still there. But like I said, I'd much rather have Tampa as our primary rival. Same division, star player is just as big (if not more so) of a douche, playoff clashes, etc.

[Bregor]

On Black Friday, women go shopping. Men watch hockey.

NHL, Discover create 'Black Friday' tilt

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- The NHL is hoping to turn Thanksgiving weekend into a hockey holiday as it did with New Year's Day.

Looking to build on the success of the Winter Classic, which has quickly become a New Year's staple, the NHL announced on Wednesday a renewal of a multiyear partnership with Discover.

The familiar credit card company will become the title sponsor of this year's "Discover NHL Thanksgiving Showdown," which takes place on the traditional shopping-heavy Friday after the holiday.

The "Black Friday" matchup features the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings in an Original Six matchup on NBC.

Discover and the NHL also will debut a co-sponsored float during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC as part of promotion for the game.

"We are looking to build an entirely new platform around Thanksgiving and have it include not only a game broadcast but something more," said David Lehanski, the NHL's group vice president of integrated sales. "That (parade) is chock full of the most iconic brands. To be a part of that for hockey is great."

Thanksgiving belongs to the NFL -- in the sports world -- much in the way college football has owned New Year's Day for generations. The 2012 Winter Classic, featuring the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers, was bumped to Jan. 2 along with the bowl games because the NFL is playing a regular schedule the day before.

The NHL isn't taking on the NFL on Thanksgiving, either, but the league and Discover are aiming to give hockey fans an appetizer with the parade, heading into the featured Friday game.

"This was one of those ideas that had natural synergy," said Jennifer Murillo, the vice president of brand communications for Discover. "The whole idea came together through the partnership.

"We know our card members are passionate hockey fans. As the idea materialized to create a new nationally televised game during Thanksgiving weekend, this was a natural extension for us."

The Thanksgiving Friday game begins NBC's coverage of the NHL for this season. It is the league's earliest start date on network TV since NBC acquired hockey broadcast rights in 2005.

An estimated 50 million viewers are expected to watch the parade on television.

"We're proud to work with our partners at the NHL and participate in some of America's favorite holiday traditions, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and watching a great hockey matchup on NBC," Murillo said.

The parade float, 36-feet long by 20-feet wide and called "Frozen Fall Fun," will showcase the partnership between the NHL and Discover and include past NHL stars, a synthetic ice rink, a 12-foot tall turkey that serves as a hockey goal, and a colorful fall look.

Grammy Award winner Cee-Lo Green will perform live on the float.

"This is part of the overall strategy," Lehanski said. "The more events we can create, if they can be tied to holidays or high-level days when people are home watching television, if we can bring hockey to their faces, we're going to generate more fans."

Discover will offer card members the chance to redeem their Cashback Bonus rewards for tickets to the upcoming Winter Classic in Philadelphia, and card members also will receive discounts to Shop.NHL.com, the NHL Powered by Reebok store in New York, and NHL GameCenter Live subscriptions.

"Having a new ownership platform on a day that is synonymous with shopping was a natural fit to renew our partnership with Discover, but we wanted to make it even bigger," Lehanski said.

Discover will remain the official card of the NHL, All-Star weekend, the Winter Classic, NHL awards, and the draft.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/71...nksgiving-game

[bluefan]

Just in case people had forgotten how long since their team had won/not won the cup.

I take it the new Jets logo should be where the Thrashers one is, the the Coyotes logo where the Jets logo is. If we're going by the franchise route.

[Ishido]

Technically the Jets should be in both places and the Yotes should be from 1996.

[Ishido]

Also when I think NHL I think Cee-Lo and the Macy's parade.

[Bregor]

Protip: When celebrating a goal, don't hug the other team.

[Bregor]

Also, no structural damage for Brouwer's shoulder. Didn't practice today but he could tomorrow and it's likely he'll play Friday.

Green skated for 10 minutes this morning and is still day-to-day with a bum ankle.

[Deader2818]

Flyer fans are so bad they seem to turn on each other, lol. On my way to the bathroom after the Kings won in ot vs the Flyers, like a group of 10 flyer fans started a fist fight. Almost had a fight right next to me during the game because a flyer fan spilled beer on another.

[Callisto]

bleh PD got my hopes up saying the Black Friday game was going to be Hawks/Wings, not Bruins/Wings

at least I don't have to worry about missing that when I go see the Muppets movie