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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    rearviewross wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Pavel Bure while with the Canucks was "The Russian Rocket". Not exactly creative, but it did the job.

    The Rocket or the nickname? :o
    I guess I meant the name.... but he was a massive superstar to Canucks fans, so him too I suppose! (Unless that was some kind of penis reference, in which case I just don't know :lol: ).
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Pavel Bure while with the Canucks was "The Russian Rocket". Not exactly creative, but it did the job.

    Pretty sure he was called that his entire career

    I could be wrong
  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Pavel Bure while with the Canucks was "The Russian Rocket". Not exactly creative, but it did the job.

    Pretty sure he was called that his entire career

    I could be wrong

    Except when he was in Russia. Then he was just The Rocket. :lol:
    Forced to endure, what I cannot forgive.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,315
    Butterbean

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    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Pavel Bure while with the Canucks was "The Russian Rocket". Not exactly creative, but it did the job.

    Pretty sure he was called that his entire career

    I could be wrong
    The Canucks picked him up 6th round in the draft. Before that he played for a Russian league team. So unless the Russians named him that, pretty sure he got the name when he got to the NHL. I could also be wrong, but it makes a bit more sense.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Pavel Bure while with the Canucks was "The Russian Rocket". Not exactly creative, but it did the job.

    Pretty sure he was called that his entire career

    I could be wrong
    The Canucks picked him up 6th round in the draft. Before that he played for a Russian league team. So unless the Russians named him that, pretty sure he got the name when he got to the NHL. I could also be wrong, but it makes a bit more sense.

    I meant his NHL career

    I wasn't counting the Red Army team
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Pretty sure he was called that his entire career

    I could be wrong
    The Canucks picked him up 6th round in the draft. Before that he played for a Russian league team. So unless the Russians named him that, pretty sure he got the name when he got to the NHL. I could also be wrong, but it makes a bit more sense.

    I meant his NHL career

    I wasn't counting the Red Army team
    Okay, so he was named that when with the Canucks, since it was the first NHL team he played on. tongue0015.gif
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Okay, so he was named that when with the Canucks, since it was the first NHL team he played on. tongue0015.gif

    Thank you

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Okay, so he was named that when with the Canucks, since it was the first NHL team he played on. tongue0015.gif

    Thank you

    tongue0019.gif
    :lol: That one makes me giggle every time.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Michael "The Stilt" Jordan.

    one of the best!
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,314
    billy "fuckface" ripken
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,887
    Tiger "The Truth" Woods.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,440
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Tiger "The Truth" Woods.

    Someone stole that from Paul Pierce.

    Among my personal favorites

    Dollar Bill for Bill Bradley

    The Human Eraser for Marvin Barnes
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,887
    Who were those pitchers back in the 80's?

    Oh yeah.

    Dizzy and Daffy Maddux.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • pjscreamer
    pjscreamer Posts: 616
    One from da past from da ny mets catcher "CHOO-CHOO"Coleman
    Let's Go Yanks!
    96)Randalls Island I,II
    98)NJ,MSG I,II
    00) Virginia Beach Jones Beach I,II,III Saratoga Springs Seattle I
    03)Nassau Camden I MSG I,II NJ
    04)Boston I,II Reading
    05)Montreal Ottawa Toronto Borgata I,II Philly
    06) Irving plaza Albany Hartford Camden I,II NJ I,II LA I,II Gorge I,II
    07)Lolla
    08)Roo Camden I,II MSG I,II Hartford Beacon
    09)Chicago I,II Philly II,III,IV
    10)Hartford Newark MSG I,II
    11)PJ20 I,II
    13)Wrigley Brooklyn I,II Hartford
    14)Moline,milwaukee
    15)Central Park
    16)MSG I,II
    17)Wrigley I,II
    18)Wrigley I,II
    22)MSG,Camden
    24)MSG I,II
    25)Hard Rock I,II
  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    imalive wrote:
    billy "fuckface" ripken

    :lol: I remember there was a valuable baseball card of his because the bat he was holding said fuckface on it. :lol:
    Forced to endure, what I cannot forgive.
  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    George "pants shitter" Brett
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    LloydXmas wrote:
    George "pants shitter" Brett
    Is that the guy who had uncontrollable diarrhea outside of the Waldorf hotel or something like that? :lol::lol:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    LloydXmas wrote:
    George "pants shitter" Brett
    Is that the guy who had uncontrollable diarrhea outside of the Waldorf hotel or something like that? :lol::lol:
    http://www.jest.com/video/1354/george-b ... -his-pants
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    LloydXmas wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    LloydXmas wrote:
    George "pants shitter" Brett
    Is that the guy who had uncontrollable diarrhea outside of the Waldorf hotel or something like that? :lol::lol:
    http://www.jest.com/video/1354/george-b ... -his-pants
    :lol::lol: Oh yeah. The Bellagio. Not the Waldorf. :lol: I love this video.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata

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