Ongoing NHL thread - Part deux

[forty_three]

Free agent D Cory Sarich hospitalized after cycling accident - CBSSports.com
The 35-year-old veteran suffered multiple broken vertebrae and severe road rash according to CTV and remains in a Calgary hospital.

i think if I was a UFA I would live in a bubble over the summer

Ouch, get well Cory.

 

[dash]

I haven't read the entire transcript, but what I have read is pretty durn funny...

Predators? Rich Clune talks penis pics, hot player wives, and more in excellent Q&A | Slam! sports blog

 

[esls79]

Figures if the title of the league has beer in it, he'd show up eventually

NHL champ shows up at beer league game, utterly dominates | FOX Sports

 

[mattola]

Figures if the title of the league has beer in it, he'd show up eventually

NHL champ shows up at beer league game, utterly dominates | FOX Sports

Markus Naslund did that in my league (not against my team) during the cancelled season. It was pretty neat to see. I asked him to play for us for $20 he said if the lockout goes any longer he might take me up on that.

 

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[IPostedWhat]

I love Wikipedia. It’s a great source for information and anecdotes about just about everything you could imagine. Granted, not all of that information is true, or vaguely accurate, or even spelled correctly. But it’s interesting, and you can learn a lot. NHL teams are no exception, and all 30 have extensive Wikipedia pages that go into exhaustive details about the franchise’s historic highs and lows.

It’s that latter category that can be especially fun. So I spent some time reading through the site’s version of each team’s history and picking out the most ridiculous passages. Here are my selections for the strangest, funniest, or just plain saddest direct quotes from each NHL franchise’s current Wikipedia page.

Going Down Wikipedia?s NHL Rabbit Hole «

 

[forty_three]

Good plan. If there's anything that Hitch loves, it's young guys who are playful.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Figures if the title of the league has beer in it, he'd show up eventually

NHL champ shows up at beer league game, utterly dominates | FOX Sports

 

[mattola]

Going Down Wikipedia?s NHL Rabbit Hole «

Tampa Bay Lightning

Rumors abounded as early as the team’s second season that the Lightning were on the brink of bankruptcy and that the team was part of a money laundering scheme for the yakuza (Japanese crime families). Its scouting operation consisted of Tony Esposito and several satellite dishes.

Tony Esposito and Several Satellite Dishes would be a good name for a band.

:/

 

[IPostedWhat]

The hockey gene kicked in for Cassandra Vilgrain on Feb. 21, 2002.

Dad is Claude Vilgrain, who played 89 National Hockey League games for the Vancouver Canucks, New Jersey Devils, and Philadelphia

She should see what's kicking inside my genes right now!

 

[forty_three]

Kane meets a young fan, covers up the Blues logo on the fan's shirt.

 

[forty_three]

 

[mattola]

I bet he dropped that hat on him as well. lol great stuff

Kane meets a young fan, covers up the Blues logo on the fan's shirt.

 

[forty_three]

The response of the Hitch.

 

[Comeds]

Lars Eller and Canadiens settle on four-year, $14 million deal.

I like it.

 

[Phantomphan]

Darn it. Now how will I argue with football fans who say every sport has their criminals?

He's a former NHLer, not a current player. A subtle distinction but still an arguable point.

 

[Phantomphan]

The odd thing is that in some cases they do care about those invisible lines. Bobby Ryan is listed on New Jersey even though Cherry Hill is about 10 miles from Philly.

They picked what they said were the 10 best American teams, so they weren't putting together a team for each one in the US. I guess that justifies having Ryan on the Devils.

 

[forty_three]

Lars Eller and Canadiens settle on four-year, $14 million deal.

I like it.

Solid signing.

 

[Abe Vigoda]

Thanks for the post!!

 

[IPostedWhat]

Kane meets a young fan, covers up the Blues logo on the fan's shirt.

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