It had nothing to do with a cup, it was finally beating the hawks, your nemesis, after they had walked all over us in the past and to be up three nothing then be forced to a game 7 against your most hated rivals and FINALLY overcome them.
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I know. Still not dragon-worthy

Just my opinion is all... I'll absolutely agree to disagree on this one :)

That moment feels as if we won the stanley cup :emo:

That OT goal vs Bruins is painful to watch now, knowing what happened after that.

NHL
NHL

waivers lol

Kevin bieksa's twitter:
" Well deserved Burr! Your right @Ryan_Kesler maybe we'll see him out for a dinner on the road instead of eating Subway in his room saving $."

LOL
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I'm not a Canucks fan but I agree with you %100. Kinda hard to say they slayed the dragon when when the Blackhawks roster was pretty much a shadow of the one the year before. Sure, they beat the "team", but they didn't beat the players that did them in.

I'm gonna be honest. I have all 7 Finals games on my PC and once in a while I'll watch the Game 1 and 2 OT winners and for a moment still believe fuck yea we are going to win our first cup! Then after a few minutes reality sets in and I get all :okay:

Shorty made the dragon comment because all the local sports media were referring to them as the dragon before the series started. 1040 morning, mid day, afternoon show hosts were all saying that the Canucks had to "Slay the dragon that is the Chicago Blackhawks" pretty much every day.

Not that 1040 is repetitive or anything... :badpokerface:

Official. Not even trying anymore.

:okay:

I have zero idea what the significance of those two guys are, inside joke?

former 1st round picks and highly rankED prospects :fuckthatshit:

never heard of them before...
:lawl:

Well, "Boychuk" does ring a bell... :suspicious:

Lockout is officially on.. this sucks

brb going on the NFL thread, first time learning the sport of football :badpokerface:

Im more disappointed than angry

according to capgeek

177 contracts were handed out after July 1st, combining to a total of 1.5billion (excluding Kane)

of the 177, 38 were worth more than 10m, and 21 being over 20m

18 players made a combined 250m in salary in the past 7 days(their tweet says 219m, but Evander Kane just signed 6yrs for 31mil)

projected 1.795billion of lost salary this season for the Players

Don't know how much the league will lose

I saw this in the elevator news ticker in my building, Canucks front office staff will take a 20% pay cut, but with that comes less work. I actually know a few people affected by this, whether they are host, parking or actual front office.

So its not just about real hockey fans, people that depend on the sport(aside from the players) do need the NHL to be operating at 100% in order to make a living.

It has a trickling effect on the local economy as business will take a dive.

source: https://twitter.com/capgeek

A lot of the arena staff count on working NHL games to pay their bills. They are losing the most from this.

i feel really bad for the staff at the arena, having worked there prior to the 04 lockout and into it, pay took a big dive as there were no events meaning no shifts.

What do u want to know? I'm a pro and have been winning fantasy pools for years lol
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Same here, I usually only watch big NFL games but will watch a lot more now. I need some sort of sport to watch.

This...

As someone here mentioned earlier, what a joke, a bunch of billionaires whining with a bunch of millionaires.

hopefully this happens sooner rather than later

I dont know, I've just been paying attention to players who have high ranks on fantasy draft lists :lol

A lot of businesses are affected by the lockout. Liquor stores, bars, jersey/retail stores, cabs, restaurants, etc.

For the last 2 years I've been going down to the states to catch some games, did Phx the first year and SoCal teams last year. Was hoping to get to do the New York teams this season, that's gonna happen anymore...:okay: