Why were the fans booing when that guy was presenting the trophies?
The boos were not as loud after he stopped talking.
gary bettman.
...lol i dont know where to start.
NO ONE likes him.
I just wikipedia'd him lol.
The head honchos of any league are not popular, even here in Australia
On a side note, that beard growing things with the NHL is cool lol.
I wish we got hockey on free to air TV here.
There is a high interest in the sport here, one of my friends is mad on it.
I had to watch the game on net stream.
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Congrats to the Bruins on their Cup win (even though I wanted them to lose) Damm Kaberle wins a cup, boooo :twisted:
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Tough pill for Vancouver to swallow congrats to both teams and their fans, but not to the NHL, I think your championship series should be a way to try to hook the casual fan, imo, I doubt this championship series would have hooked the casual fan. The way I see it Vancouver didn't change once the playoffs started, but the league and the way the games were officiated did. Whatever happen to the league that said post lock out the games are going to be called the same way in the regular season and the playoffs.
Unfortunately Vancouver your stuck with LU for 10 more years...send him to the AHL.
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That was AWESOME when Gary Bettman got booed! I loved how the Vancouver crowd made it quite clear they were not booing Thomas or Boston ... man was he pissed!
I had a few friends that are casual fans and didn't understand what was going on at first. My one buddy said it reminded him of a WWF heal from the late 90's working the crowd up in a Wrestlemania event ... I was waiting for Jeremy Roenick to come out from the tunnel and cold-cock Bettman with a folding chair and then announce to the crowd that he was the new NHL commissioner while White Snake blared in the background.
Congrats Boston... the Bruins played great at the right time of the season, and Tim Thomas is a god. Brad Marchand is going to thorn in the side of teams for many years to come. Kid is annoying, but he's a player.
I'm a Pens fan and still have a soft spot for Mark Recchi... man, what a career for a guy who was once though of as "too small" to play in the NHL... he had that rush coming down the right wing and he was skating like a 19 year old. You'll be missed Recchin' Ball...
I'm embarrassed for the "normal" people in Vancouver and rational thinking Canuck fans. Starting with the idiots throwing crap on the ice during the trophy presentations/celebrations, and then obviously the rioting crap. Some classless assholes in the bunch.
Oh, and someone needs to hurt Jannik Hansen... what a gutless punk...
I know Luongo will get most of the blame in the media, but they should put pictures of the Sedins on milk cartoons... Someone should start looking for the invisible Swedes.
My whole life
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
I'm embarrassed for the "normal" people in Vancouver and rational thinking Canuck fans. Starting with the idiots throwing crap on the ice during the trophy presentations/celebrations, and then obviously the rioting crap. Some classless assholes in the bunch.
yeah, everyone is embarassed this morning.
as for things thrown on the ice... not cool, but i'm pretty sure they werethrowing it at bettman.
That was AWESOME when Gary Bettman got booed! I loved how the Vancouver crowd made it quite clear they were not booing Thomas or Boston ... man was he pissed!
I had a few friends that are casual fans and didn't understand what was going on at first. My one buddy said it reminded him of a WWF heal from the late 90's working the crowd up in a Wrestlemania event ... I was waiting for Jeremy Roenick to come out from the tunnel and cold-cock Bettman with a folding chair and then announce to the crowd that he was the new NHL commissioner while White Snake blared in the background.
Suck it, Bettman!
This might be opening up a can of worms here, but I do think that Bettman gets a bad rap. The League is as financially stable as it has been in long time, and the lockout is ending up being the best thing to happen to the league. The salary cap and new rules have done wonders for the sport.
Some of the relocation/expansion has been bad, but most of it has been more successful than not (on the ice and off).
I know the Canadians are pissed because he didn't fight to keep Quebec City & Winnipeg, but he didn't fight to keep Minnesota & Hartford either... in those days it was purely a dollars and cents thing, with big money lining up to take teams that were struggling or had ownership problems.
I do wish he would let go of the Phoenix dream though... That franchise could have made it, they started out with some success and some marquee named players, but the terrible move to Glendale, the lockout and the ownership mess killed anything they had going right.
My whole life
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
THEY DID IT--DO YOU BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE LITTLE SHITS DID IT!!!!!! THE BRUINS JUST GOT HOME AND IT WAS FUN TO WATCH. NOT SURE WHEN THE PARADE IS BUT SOON. TAKE CARE AND WILL WRITE SOON--LOVE YEH KIDDO--
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THEY DID IT--DO YOU BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE LITTLE SHITS DID IT!!!!!! THE BRUINS JUST GOT HOME AND IT WAS FUN TO WATCH. NOT SURE WHEN THE PARADE IS BUT SOON. TAKE CARE AND WILL WRITE SOON--LOVE YEH KIDDO--
Cheers buddy!
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Congrats to the Bruins on their Cup win (even though I wanted them to lose) Damm Kaberle wins a cup, boooo :twisted:
i'm happy for kaberle ... not like he asked to be traded ... we got a nice pick from that trade ...
same here. as a leafs fan, i was happy to see him win the cup. kaberle was one of my favourite players on the leafs and no one deserved that win more than him.
Congrats Boston... the Bruins played great at the right time of the season, and Tim Thomas is a god. Brad Marchand is going to thorn in the side of teams for many years to come. Kid is annoying, but he's a player.
I'm a Pens fan and still have a soft spot for Mark Recchi... man, what a career for a guy who was once though of as "too small" to play in the NHL... he had that rush coming down the right wing and he was skating like a 19 year old. You'll be missed Recchin' Ball...
I'm embarrassed for the "normal" people in Vancouver and rational thinking Canuck fans. Starting with the idiots throwing crap on the ice during the trophy presentations/celebrations, and then obviously the rioting crap. Some classless assholes in the bunch.
Oh, and someone needs to hurt Jannik Hansen... what a gutless punk...
I know Luongo will get most of the blame in the media, but they should put pictures of the Sedins on milk cartoons... Someone should start looking for the invisible Swedes.
Rex is a class act and it is a shame he is leaving. Nice way to leave though going out on top. That rush he had was great too bad he was unable to finish that would have been something
for the same reason we have people yelling out stupid things at eddie solo concerts ... lots of aholes think they can do whatever they want and think they are cool for doing it ... but really they aren't ...
unfortunately, those hosers hang around other douchebags and the cycle doesn't really end ...
Red Wings could give Jaromir Jagr a shot, if the price is right
Only, and I mean ONLY, if he has the mullet with him! Without the mullet, he is of no use to us.
hahaha!
i'm sure its written in the fine print
Tomas Holmstrom could teach Jagr to work the front of the net ... his secret weapon would be to keep his helmet loose so it gets knocked off easily and then BLAMMO ... a giant sea of mullet! Aint no goalie going to be able to see past that!
Fogrive me for calling out all of Canada for the riots in Vancouver just the Canuckleheads who specifically came to the game to start trouble whether the Nucks won or lost.
Vancouver IS a beautiful city and a city FULL of LOVE even in the MIDST of chaos as seen below.....
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I just wikipedia'd him lol.
The head honchos of any league are not popular, even here in Australia
On a side note, that beard growing things with the NHL is cool lol.
I wish we got hockey on free to air TV here.
There is a high interest in the sport here, one of my friends is mad on it.
I had to watch the game on net stream.
1. moving teams from canada to the southern us
2. having not 1 but 2 lockouts and thusly killing the sport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Bettm ... mmissioner
the above link will give you an idea as to why hockey purist hate bettman
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Does not seem right to me that there are only 6 Canadian teams when it is a Canadian sport.
Unfortunately Vancouver your stuck with LU for 10 more years...send him to the AHL.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
I had a few friends that are casual fans and didn't understand what was going on at first. My one buddy said it reminded him of a WWF heal from the late 90's working the crowd up in a Wrestlemania event ... I was waiting for Jeremy Roenick to come out from the tunnel and cold-cock Bettman with a folding chair and then announce to the crowd that he was the new NHL commissioner while White Snake blared in the background.
Suck it, Bettman!
i'm happy for kaberle ... not like he asked to be traded ... we got a nice pick from that trade ...
I'm a Pens fan and still have a soft spot for Mark Recchi... man, what a career for a guy who was once though of as "too small" to play in the NHL... he had that rush coming down the right wing and he was skating like a 19 year old. You'll be missed Recchin' Ball...
I'm embarrassed for the "normal" people in Vancouver and rational thinking Canuck fans. Starting with the idiots throwing crap on the ice during the trophy presentations/celebrations, and then obviously the rioting crap. Some classless assholes in the bunch.
Oh, and someone needs to hurt Jannik Hansen... what a gutless punk...
I know Luongo will get most of the blame in the media, but they should put pictures of the Sedins on milk cartoons... Someone should start looking for the invisible Swedes.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
as for things thrown on the ice... not cool, but i'm pretty sure they werethrowing it at bettman.
This might be opening up a can of worms here, but I do think that Bettman gets a bad rap. The League is as financially stable as it has been in long time, and the lockout is ending up being the best thing to happen to the league. The salary cap and new rules have done wonders for the sport.
Some of the relocation/expansion has been bad, but most of it has been more successful than not (on the ice and off).
I know the Canadians are pissed because he didn't fight to keep Quebec City & Winnipeg, but he didn't fight to keep Minnesota & Hartford either... in those days it was purely a dollars and cents thing, with big money lining up to take teams that were struggling or had ownership problems.
I do wish he would let go of the Phoenix dream though... That franchise could have made it, they started out with some success and some marquee named players, but the terrible move to Glendale, the lockout and the ownership mess killed anything they had going right.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
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'til a new season begins!
Cheers.
GO CANUCKS!
same here. as a leafs fan, i was happy to see him win the cup. kaberle was one of my favourite players on the leafs and no one deserved that win more than him.
congrats boston and congrats kaberle
Rex is a class act and it is a shame he is leaving. Nice way to leave though going out on top. That rush he had was great too bad he was unable to finish that would have been something
why? :?
for the same reason we have people yelling out stupid things at eddie solo concerts ... lots of aholes think they can do whatever they want and think they are cool for doing it ... but really they aren't ...
unfortunately, those hosers hang around other douchebags and the cycle doesn't really end ...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=c ... re-7171545
Read this story and must say I'm very impressed with your GM and the job he did building this team
I really expect Boston to be around and possibly repeat next year...a young team who had a number 2 overall pick last year, the ninth pick this year.
I am not a Boston fan...I think your GM deserve's executive of the year or whatever they call it.
This made me laugh
Red Wings could give Jaromir Jagr a shot, if the price is right
http://www.freep.com/article/20110617/S ... ext|Sports
I can see a Boston vs Canuck repeat finals next year as well.
Congrats to the Bruins fans here...looks like you'll have many more years of success.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
I quote Don Cherry..
"Hey, there's Mario and his sister Jaromir"
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
i'm sure its written in the fine print
Vancouver IS a beautiful city and a city FULL of LOVE even in the MIDST of chaos as seen below.....
http://dy.snimg.com/story-image/5/87/18 ... 50-366.jpg
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)