New England Hockey Talk

[MGB Boy]

Well, Bryzgsmogplyx kinda won the Wild series for them. He won the first few games, played like poo in game four, gave up four goals and got pulled, and never got off the bench again. Seabass played the series clincher and there was no looking back, Borat was an observer the rest of the way. I dunno, I just think it would be a really tough sell for the Ducks fanbase to lose that guy and get nothing in return. He was the playoff MVP a few years ago, he was the best goalie in the playoffs this year, he took his team to a Cup championship. Not saying they couldn't do it, just saying it would be a pretty tough sell, especially given what's happened to Tampa since they let Khabby walk after winning the Cup. We'll see.

Ticket prices are exactly what has killed Boston hockey. Hockey in Boston was always a working class sport, the stands were filled with Lunchpail Joes. Jacobs priced the working stiffs out of the rink, the price to take the stereotypical family of four to a game, with parking, soda, and hot dogs, is so high that it's reduced to a "once a season" special treat. 2007-2008 season ticket prices for the Bruins range from $817 per seat for the last rows of the balcony in the corners, $1118 to $2580 for the rest of the balcony, $3139 to $3655 for loge. Per seat. Husband and wife want season tickets in loge, they're out $6300 to $7300 bucks. That's ridiculous. Beyond ridiculous. How the hell is Lunchpail Joe going to afford that? And worse yet, they charge premium prices for a non-premium product, trying to sell us on history and tradition and all that crap. The sense of entitlement that franchise possesses is amazing. Oh well.

-Ricardo

[bethandlouis]

We could pool our money and buy them. I have 5 bucks, how much do you have? I've always wanted to own a sports team.

[MGB Boy]

Well, I got a raise today, but I don't think the extra $230 a month will be enough to cover it. Maybe we could buy the Blackhawks, though...

-Ricardo

[bethandlouis]

Congrats on the raise. You know with power comes responsibility.

[thomthumb]

Here's a trade senario,

Wings get Seabass,
Ducks get Hasek and Bretuzzi (not that the Ducks need any more size!)

[MGB Boy]

Quote: Originally Posted by thomthumb (original)

Here's a trade senario,

Wings get Seabass,
Ducks get Hasek and Bretuzzi (not that the Ducks need any more size!)

Your Wings would love to be so lucky to pull a switch like that!

-Ricardo

[MGB Boy]

I got to watch hockey tonight! Yay! NESN ran a "Bruins classic" of the Tampa/Boston game from 11/30/06. Very UVM-centric. Perrin and St Louis both scored in regulation, then Timmy started making some insane saves (including this one). The game went thru OT and on to a shootout, where Timmy stopped all seven shooters (including Perrin and St Louis), and finally One Ball Kessel won it for the Bruins with the lone shootout goal. Nice game. They even interviewed former UVM coach Mike Gilligan during the third period. Between that, Timmy coming up huge, Marty scoring, and Eric scoring, it was like watching a UVM recruiting tape. They ought to send it out to prospects to get them to commit to Vermont...

-Ricardo

[MGB Boy]

Hat trick!

-Ricardo

[thomthumb]

Quote: Originally Posted by MGB Boy (original)

Your Wings would love to be so lucky to pull a switch like that!

-Ricardo

Tell me about it!

[bethandlouis]

I think it will be USA vs Finland tonight. Need to get to sleep. See what you've done to me! I can't believe I'm not sleeping now! Did I get old when I wasn't looking?

[MGB Boy]

That's how it tends to happen, you're minding your own business, just hanging out, and stealthily, like a cat, or perhaps a non-sneezing ninja, old age creeps up and WHAM you're old. Suddenly you need less sleep and buffalo wings can do awful things to your digestive functions. It's a shame.

On an entirely different note, file this under long long long long long term planning; Time to start looking forward to "College Hockey Night in Vermont 2007-8 edition". UVM has published their complete schedule, below are the home dates:

October
Sun 7 Acadia University 4:00pm
Sun 21 Boston College 4:00pm
Sun 28 Dartmouth 4:00pm

November
Fri 16 Boston University 7:05pm
Sat 17 Boston University 7:05pm
Tue 20 Massachusetts 7:05pm

December
Sat 1 Providence 7:05pm
Sat 8 Harvard 7:05pm
Sat 15 St. Lawrence 7:05pm
Sat 29 Holy Cross 7:05pm
Sun 30 Western Michigan or Quinnipiac TBA

January
Fri 18 Northeastern 7:05pm
Sat 19 Northeastern 7:05pm

February
Fri 1 New Hampshire 7:05pm
Sun 3 UMass-Lowell 2:00pm
Fri 15 Merrimack 7:05pm
Sat 16 Merrimack 7:05pm
Fri 29 Maine 7:05pm

March
Sat 1 Maine 7:05pm

Boiling it down to just the Saturday games (the most likely candidates):

November
Sat 17 Boston University 7:05pm

December
Sat 1 Providence 7:05pm
Sat 8 Harvard 7:05pm
Sat 15 St. Lawrence 7:05pm
Sat 29 Holy Cross 7:05pm

January
Sat 19 Northeastern 7:05pm

February
Sat 16 Merrimack 7:05pm

March
Sat 1 Maine 7:05pm

So there you go, something to ruminate on for the summer...

-Ricardo

[bethandlouis]

I'm up for anything, well almost anything

[Actual Size]

Quote:

MGB Boy;3060095So there you go, something to ruminate on for the summer...

[MGB Boy]

[MGB Boy]

Quote: Originally Posted by bethandlouis (original)

I'm up for anything, well almost anything

It should be an interesting year. Our top scorer (Torrey Mitchell) decided to skip his senior year and signed with the San Jose Sharks, but I gather that the coaching staff at Vermont knew/expected this and recruited accordingly, we've got a good group of eight guys coming with this year's freshman class. There's a trio of 6'2" defensemen, a couple big bangers up front, and a couple crafty forwards as well. The two most intersting ones are Kyle Medvec, a 6'6" defenseman who was drafted by the Minnesota Wild last year, and a highly recruited Kahnawake Mohawk with the awesome name "Wahsontiio Stacey". Apparently his final three choices were Maine, Colorado College, and Vermont. He chose little old us. According to his bio, Wahsontiio is a Mohawk name meaning "beautiful night". Should be an interesting year. Mitchell was really the only "key" player off of last year's squad that we won't have back, so the team is shaping up to be pretty good. Only 117 days until the first game!

-Ricardo