Thanks for Reminding Us Vancouver Sun
by Chemmy on Jan 19, 2012 10:59 AM EST
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PrintThere's an absolute gem of an article in the Vancouver Sun (cited at the bottom of this article) this morning:
And let's face it: the Leafs have been so long out of the loop as an actual hockey-playing force, it's hard to imagine a large chunk of America's sports viewing public turning eagerly to a match that features a team that last won the Cup when most TVs were still black and white.
This is a good point. Vancouver's Stanley Cup win last summer was a joyous occasion celebrated responsibly and with great restraint by the locals. You can take a look at the image in this post to see Daniel Sedin or maybe Henrik Sedin celebrating the Cup they must have won taking a 3-2 series lead into game six.
Vancouver's Stanley Cup Drought dates to 1970 which is probably the exact date everyone bought a color TV according to the Sun. Unfortunately for the Canucks their Cup Drought isn't since their last Stanley Cup: they've never won one.
I know that'll come as a shock to the people of Vancouver whose team won a single playoff series between 1996 and 2006, just as the Sun's inability to fact check and realize that CBS' broadcast of "The Wizard of Oz" in color in 1956 likely means that given an 11 year head start color TV adoption was doing fine in 1967.
And so, finally, our Cup Drought is 45 years. It's true. It sucks but I didn't run the team into the ground for decades. One wonders though, if Vancouver's so fucking great where's their Cup? Clock's at 42 years and ticking Vancouver.
Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Leafs+Wings+This+hardly+qualifies+Winter+Classic/6015953/story.html
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WAY TO GO CHEMMY WAY TO GO BUDDY
My degree is worthless
by Godd Till on Jan 19, 2012 11:05 AM EST reply actions 28 recs
this is why you are my favourite
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 19, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything worthwhile published in any Sun newspaper. It’s reading for idiots.
Not followin' @JPNikota on Twitter? Oh, you better believe that's a paddlin'.
The Vancouver Sun is not part of the Sun chain. It still sucks though. It and the Province (the actual “Sun” type tabloid in Vancouver) are both owned by the same company. Real vibrant media market that encourages creativity and critical thinking like this.
My degree is worthless
by Godd Till on Jan 19, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Doesn’t Cam Charron write something for the Vancouver Sun? Or is it The Province?
I will stand beside him with an axe! @theninjagreg
by theninjagreg on Jan 19, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
the province
and he writes their affiliated blog, not typically for the paper itself
passittobulis is the blog affiliated with the vancouver sun
and they are far superior to the print reporters
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
Not true
For one, they work for CanWest, so Cam Cole often appears in the National Post.
Two, the Vancouver Sun also employ Harrison Mooney and Daniel Wagner, which make up the excellent Canucks blog Pass it to Bulis.
Drop at line at The Backhand Shelf or any of the fine Nations Network blogs: Canucks Army, Jets Nation, The Leafs Nation
@camcharron
The Province is written for idiots, by idiots.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 19, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
Well, that's not nice
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You guys are really sounding a lot different than that which you are complaining about here
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by Semi_Colon on Jan 20, 2012 2:42 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Love you for writing this
"I will actually score as many times as Kulemin assists me."
-Mikhail Grabovski
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This is a good point. Vancouver’s Stanley Cup win last summer was a joyous occasion celebrated responsibly and with great restraint by the locals.
"I will actually score as many times as Kulemin assists me."
-Mikhail Grabovski
by MapleLeafMole on Jan 19, 2012 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
You tell ’em, Chemmy! You tell the world!
by NinjasFromSpace on Jan 19, 2012 11:12 AM EST reply actions
Vancouver can go fuck themselves.
"Our bottom six should be nicknamed The Intangibles." -Plea From A Cat Named Felix
Leafs fan till the end!
And that makes no sense grammatically.
"Our bottom six should be nicknamed The Intangibles." -Plea From A Cat Named Felix
Leafs fan till the end!
by whyevenbother on Jan 19, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
“Vancouver, BC: A massive inferiority complex with a city.” – TheOtherAndrew
Seriously Vancouver, a 9th place Leafs team will always have more interest in Canada and around the world, then ANY Canucks team. Get the fuck over it already.
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by Redonred on Jan 19, 2012 11:18 AM EST reply actions 13 recs
Rec’d for fuck yeah.
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by jrwendelman on Jan 19, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
“Boo hoo”
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 19, 2012 11:22 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
hoo.
I shot a moose once, in upstate New York.
by not norm ullman on Jan 19, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
Nicely done. I am not at all surprised anymore. It seems that these incompetent writers are trashing our beloved Leafs on a daily basis for no apparent reason.
Yes, we are loyal.
Yes, we sell out every game.
Yes, we buy any product with the Leafs on it.
Yes, we know every player, every prospect.
Yes, we write, read, watch, listen to all things Leafs.
Sure we can be like everyone else. Only support winning teams and jump on the bandwagon. But we don’t. The reason is simple. This team is part of our identity and it represents the passion of its fans. We are not like other hockey fans, we are better. Because we care more and we will do more. I was born a Leafs fan and I will die a Leafs fan. Don’t like it? To fucking bad.
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by SPERO on Jan 19, 2012 11:23 AM EST reply actions 10 recs
The One Hundred Years War- #shorterthanthecanuckscupdrought
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 19, 2012 11:38 AM EST reply actions
flagged
The words are blocking out part of the picture
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I hope YouTube comes down to film this.
by birky on Jan 19, 2012 11:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
you really like belly butons eh?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 19, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
Everybody had their thing. Some things we can never understand.
When losing an argument on the internet, be sure to attack someones grammar. That is the only way to save face.
I think there are other holes that work better, but to each their own.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 19, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
it’s hard to imagine a large chunk of America’s sports viewing public turning eagerly to a match that features a team that last won the Cup when most TVs were still black and white.
I don’t even care about the 1967 shit. Vancouver seems to think that somehow, because they’ve gotten farther than the Leafs in the playoffs in recent years, that they are some how ‘more relevant’ to fans, and that America’s viewing public would ‘eagerly’ tune in to watch them play.
I’ve got news for you, Vancouver fans: Aside from the Canadians who seem to think that the Cup should be won by a Canadian team, everyone forgot you existed as soon as the playoffs were over. No one gives a shit about you. For every 1 Vancouver fan in the US there are probably 300 Leafs fans.
So yeah, people will care. Get over it.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 19, 2012 11:52 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
If Vancouver and Boston don’t meet in the finals, that rivalry will fizzle out I think.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 19, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
For sure. Vancouver is also getting pretty old fast. Their window is slowly starting to close. If they don’t win in the next 2 seasons. They are going to have to rebuild and start again. We will see how loyal and passionate these Vancouver fans really are.
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by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 19, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
That would be the incorrect “telephone game” version of the Mark Twain quote I posted.
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Mark Twain? I thought you were quoting Robin Hood: Men in Tights!?!?!?
/justryingtoinciteariot
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 19, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
Agree re: Vancouver’s window starting to close.
Let’s bookmark this article and be prepared to remind them that 45 years without a Cup is laughable.
jrwendelman
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by jrwendelman on Jan 19, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
I was in Philly once and some knuckle dragger brought up 1967. I was completely stunned.
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They can count that high?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 19, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
They’re learning, what with Bryzgalov’s contract and all.
jrwendelman
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by jrwendelman on Jan 19, 2012 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
BURN IT ALL DOWN
THERE’S NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
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by Semi_Colon on Jan 20, 2012 2:54 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Vancouver fans think that because they’ve made the Finals three times, their shit doesn’t stink.
Whoop dee doo. Losing in the Cup Finals doesn’t make you a winner, it makes you the best loser. Anyone at all care that the Buffalo Bills lost four straight Super Bowls? No. Why? Because THEY LOST.
So, well done Vancouver fans; three times as first loser since 1970, instead of four times as second loser. Take a frickin bow.
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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 19, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
it’s not hard to imagine a large chunk of America’s sports viewing public turning eagerly to a match that features a team that last won the Cup when most TVs were still black and white employs the GM and Coach of USA’s Olympic Men’s Hockey team in 2010.
"I will actually score as many times as Kulemin assists me."
-Mikhail Grabovski
I don’t think the Leafs are going to be a big ratings draw on NBC.
If the Leafs * WERE * a big ratings draw they’d be on NBC and Versus more than once this year.
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i think the spectacle of 100,000+ people is the bigger draw. the Canada vs. US narrative will also play well.
Move along. Nothing to see here...
by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jan 19, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
the Canada vs. US narrative will also play well.
That’s what I was going for.
If any Canadian team is getting in on the WC first it’s the Leafs. 100 times out of 100
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-Mikhail Grabovski
by MapleLeafMole on Jan 19, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
As Wyshynski and Marek talked about on their show, the ratings for the WC have been virtually the same for the last 5 years regardless of the teams involved, day, time, or venue. Essentially it’s been the same audience tuning in simply to watch the game, and there is no reason to believe the ratings would go down with Toronto instead of a US team.
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Vancouver is the only other Canadian franchise
Where I hate:
A) The Team
B) The Fans
C) The Owner
D) The Media
Although I have a greater hate for Ottawa and Montreal, it’s usually falls under categories A and B. But the Canucks meet all the above criteria of hate.
Its funny. I dont run into many crazy Flames or Oilers fans. I hate Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal and now Winnipeg fans the most.
Being a Leafs fan makes me bipolar.
I pity the Alberta hockey fans more than anything else, to be perfectly honest… Winnipeggers aren’t so bad.
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You're just saying that because you don't wanna get stabbed.
by Tickle Me Aulie on Jan 19, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
E) Coach
If you're not a be-Leafer, you must be the anti Christ and you're going to hell.
by KeepBeLeafing on Jan 19, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
You guys are missing the obvious point here
and that is that the NHL already knows the Leafs are going to win the cup this year!
I say fuck Vancouver and Boston all together
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by KeepBeLeafing on Jan 19, 2012 12:47 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Yes, it must be both aggravating and a cause of confusion that a team that has made the finals three times in it’s 40 year history has fewer fans and less relevance than a team that has been in the League since the beginning, won cups, have more fans (even beyond the generational ones) and while not a sterling recent history, have had many competitive years in the 90s and 2000s.
Especially when the league decides to host a winter classic with one of their long time rivals that expansion utterly ruined. Yeah, no one can at all think of Detroit v. Toronto as being anything anyone would want to watch.
So, apparently I can now be followed.. but no stalking. @alsonamedphil
Is there a site that posts game-to-game viewership numbers? Cause I would be interested to see if the figures change for Southeastern Division teams playing the Leafs vs. playing other teams against how the Canucks draw against Pacific Division teams.
Doesn’t have what I am looking for, but @CdnSportsMedia just wrote something about Canadian ratings for the past week.
Monday night on Sportsnet Pacific: VAN-FLA drew 405 000 viewers
Tuesday night on Sportsnet Ontario: BUF-TOR drew 1 631 000 viewers.
that's not a fair comparison
since one is a divisional game in time-zone and one is a predictably boring cross-conference game that, because of time-zone differences, starts at 4pm in vancouver
but yeah, the point is leafs clearly have stronger viewership, by a more than comfortable margin
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
Depicted below is the Vancouver Canucks celebrating their Stanley Cup victories over the years:
Hey, does this rag smell like chloroform?
by RapleSyrup on Jan 19, 2012 3:57 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
You guys are lucky, I have to live here.
by TheDeek on Jan 19, 2012 4:02 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
why? is there a court order saying you can’t leave city limits?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 19, 2012 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
You know..job and whatnot. My hometown. Family here. Am I really going to quit my job and leave my family because I hate Canucks fans? Not that I haven’t considered it…
Went to uni in Ottawa, I still found less hostility toward the Leafs there than Vancouver. At least they are actually our rival…
I agree with this statement. Vancouverites are weird when it comes to Toronto in general and the Leafs in particular. They honestly see us as their bitter, historic rivals.
I’d invite each and every one of you to get drunk and then jump onto a chair in a Vancouver bar and shout “Stanley’s coming home!” after a Leafs win. GOOD times.
Basically
both the Vancouver Canucks and the Toronto Maple Leafs have a very sad history in the lifetime of most current fans, and it’s ridiculous for either to try and “one up” the other, and especially not the media in both cities, which are both atrocious.
The fact is the Canucks in 40+ years of existence have never won the Cup.. and have had three patches of absolutely horrible teams for years… and our “fans” have a tendency to riot.
But the fact also is that the Maple Leafs haven’t made the playoffs since before the lockout. And haven’t made the stanley cup finals since there were only 6 teams in the league (and they had the rights to every single player from the GTA).
We shouldn’t hate on each other. We should wallow together and team up to hate teams from other cities, like Montreal or Boston or Chicago (or Detroit, which for some reason, almost no one does).
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:12 PM EST reply actions
and newspaper writers for both teams
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by elseldo on Jan 19, 2012 5:17 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Let me know when the Toronto Star writes an article about how Vancouver sucks.
Nobody cares.
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by Chemmy on Jan 19, 2012 5:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
um
tonnes of media in canada were up in arms about how the canucks are not “Canada’s team” or a team to admire, etc etc etc, all throughout the playoffs last year
…don’t know about the star, but the globe and national post printed a couple articles dissing the canucks
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
yeah but they weren’t Canada’s team.
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by elseldo on Jan 19, 2012 5:26 PM EST via Android app up reply actions 2 recs
neither were they advertising themselves as such
(but the media were all behind the oilers or flames or sens runs to the finals in recent years)
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:27 PM EST up reply actions
the media were all behind the oilers or flames or sens runs to the finals in recent years)
Which was gross. In a way, I appreciate that the Canucks all got dumped on because that’s how it should be.
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I think they got dumped on for other reasons…diving, embellishment, etc. Some of us were cheering for Boston because Vancouver winning the Cup doing all that diving etc. would set a dangerous precedent that you have to do that in order to win.
Sens, Oilers, Flames didn’t do that so much when they were in the Finals.
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The Sens got curb stomped by Anaheim in a series that saw Chris Phillips score a Cup clinching own goal and Daniel Alfredsson shoot a puck at Scott Niedermayer after the whistle because he’s a big fucking baby.
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Sens were a different animal. I hated them because they were getting so lucky that the East was crap.
Vancouver probably could have won without diving, whining etc.
1/1/11: Saw the beginning of the Optimus Reim era. And it was glorious!!!1
Oh...and Phil Kessel says YAAAAAAYYYY!!!1
bah. the fact that they didn't win
nor the fact that they might have won
has absolutely nothing to do with any perceptions of diving or whining
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
oh come on
that’s completely an invented narrative
all those teams did all those things
whatever extent the canucks dive or whine, boston is a clearly dirtier team than vancouver
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think anyone denies that, but beating people up is more acceptable to “hockey fans” than embellishing for calls.
I think Boston embellishes for calls too, just saying.
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embellishing
is something everyone does, and i don’t like that sometimes some canucks do it, but i don’t single out any other team for doing it either
my issue with boston is that they are dirty in a dangerous way—lucic, marchand and horton are among the eastern conference champions for sucker punches, elbows, dirty hits and slashes. That, combined with refs putting their whistles away in the finals, is why the Bruins won the cup (that and the fact that they’re very good at hockey, can roll 4 lines, have possibly the best d-man in the league and the best goalie).
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:52 PM EST up reply actions
it really boggles my mind
that dangerous, violent, illegal, dirty play is considered a by-product of toughness, and therefore not abhorrent, but trying to get a call when someone punches you in the head is something to despise (and again, embellishing for calls is done by players on every team)
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:57 PM EST up reply actions
Because they were in the Cup final. If the Canucks were wallowing they wouldn’t have written to tell everyone to hate them.
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The New York Yankees went 14 years without going to the postseason. It happens.
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here’s hoping it happens again soon.
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by elseldo on Jan 19, 2012 5:26 PM EST via Android app up reply actions 2 recs
sure
not sure i follow your point here?
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:27 PM EST up reply actions
You’re doing the same thing the article did: Leafs haven’t won since there were only six teams (weird that Boston, Chicago, and the Rangers won three each then if it was so easy), no playoffs since the lockout.
Toronto went to three conference finals since losing to Vancouver in 1993. Vancouver’s been to one. It’s our down period now for sure, but it’s hysterical how everyone in this pile up ignores that the Leafs were legitimate contenders right before the lockout.
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THE LEAFS SUCK THE LEAFS HAVE ALWAYS SUCKED IT’S GREAT TO BE A CANUCKS FAN WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT DON’T QUOTE HISTORY AT ME YOU DIDN’T SEE YOUR FAVORITE PLAYER ON BLU-RAY LA LA LA LA LA
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well come on
i didn’t do that
i just pointed out that neither team has a great heap to be proud of in the last 40 years, so it’s silly to hate on each other
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
There’s more to be proud of than “won the Cup over and over” unless you’re a Detroit Red Wings fan.
“You haven’t won the Cup” and “you missed the playoffs for six years in a row” aren’t points well made by people purporting to be fans or media affiliated with the Canucks.
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agreed.
there are few if any good arguments to be made by canucks fans as an attempt to talk down to other teams. we’ve got nothing to stand on.
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
fair enough
my point is
the original article is idiotic
neither of our franchises are in any position to belittle the other
and certainly neither of our god-awful “journalists”
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
(by original article, I meant the one in the Vancouver Sun, not your response)
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
Who Wins?
Showdown for awful local MSM, pick one, no ties: Vancouver or Toronto.
I vote Toronto in a landslide.
can i assume your user name means you are a canucks fan in Boston?
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by elseldo on Jan 19, 2012 5:53 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
no, i lived in boston when i first created this account, which was like 4 years ago, back when i had no notion to hate the bruins. moved to new york 2 years ago, and i’m indifferent to the hockey teams here and am more focused on hating the yankees.
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
thats the spirit.
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by elseldo on Jan 19, 2012 5:59 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Boston’s a fantastic city, hated living near New York.
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i've liked living in both
but new york beats boston
by Beantown Canuck on Jan 19, 2012 6:11 PM EST up reply actions
I’d move back to Boston in ten seconds, I’d never move back to New York.
I like the restaurants in NYC and that’s about it.
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look at you guys, all indignant
completely unaware of how ironic you’re being.
I don’t approve of the cam cole’s article, but maybe you guys could recognize how much our two cities have in common in terms of hockey culture before you react… well, react like a bunch of Canucks fans.
what? none of that makes sense
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 19, 2012 6:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ironic in what sense?
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by Chemmy on Jan 19, 2012 6:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
As Chemmy said above:
Let me know when the Toronto Star writes an article about how Vancouver sucks. Nobody cares.
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by SkinnyFish on Jan 19, 2012 6:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This is a fallacy. As Beantown says above, it’s already happened. Damien Cox loves bashing the Canucks.
And I’ve watched a Canucks hockey community react EXACTLY the same way.
damien cox bashes everyone
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 19, 2012 7:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Cam Cole's a dope
He should go back to Edmonton to sniff Gretzky’s jock.
by Jyrki Lumme Suicide Rush on Jan 20, 2012 12:40 AM EST up reply actions
Brian Burke is more overrated than Dion Phaneuf
Even a dumb-a** from vangroovy like myself knows that no Cup since 1967 is longer than no Cup since 1970.
Clownucks been to the finale three times since then, have the Laffs even made the playoffs in the last 40 years?
How’s that fraud Brian Burke treating all y’all… we got tired of his tired act in like the 90’s, he’s super super played out.
Tell ya what, if the Toronto Stars and Stripes win the Cup this year I’ll fly out and light the first car on fire to celebrate!
HAHAHAHAHA…. 1967!!!!!
by Jyrki Lumme Suicide Rush on Jan 20, 2012 12:34 AM EST reply actions
Is this fake? There’s no way this is real.
Flugenweb, space code, twit zone, ass mode, check ze tweets.
it’s all too real, Shield, but you Leaf fans won’t admit to yourself that your team stinks and that your genius general manager is the most overrated fraud in the history of the game. Canuck fans learned that the hard way a loooong time ago.
Leaf Nation envy of the Canuck franchise is just sad. Your team is a middling squad competing for 9th place in the east. That’s the sad fact. You got a couple good players, but your manager wouldn’t know a quality goalie if Primadonna Luongo landed in his lap!
Maybe you’ll do well with a first round draft pick this year. Or did Burkie trade your first rounders to a divisional rival in perpetuity?
Time for someone to ‘drive Burke to the airport’!!
1967….
by Jyrki Lumme Suicide Rush on Jan 20, 2012 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
Okay, has to be fake, who behind this amazing and hilarious parody!?
Flugenweb, space code, twit zone, ass mode, check ze tweets.
Someone who also tweets @BrianBurke
The Leafs are my Rushmore
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I also write things about stuff over at the Leafs Nation
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 20, 2012 2:50 PM EST up reply actions
Its too dumb to be him
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole and a proud member of the PPPPP
Follow me on twitter: leafer1984
No I meant one of the people he RTs.
The Leafs are my Rushmore
Certified Grabbo Lover and member of the PPPPP
I also write things about stuff over at the Leafs Nation
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 20, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
It's totally fake
This:
Leaf Nation envy of the Canuck franchise is just sad.
And This:
1967….
Give it away.
Flugenweb, space code, twit zone, ass mode, check ze tweets.
same person that is behind your sad but hilarious simulacrum of an NHL team.
The sooner the league moves the Phoenix Bettmans to the GTA the better for all the fans that’ll have something to cheer for.
You Leaf fans remind me of a golden retriever who has been abandoned roadside and waits loyally and eternally for his master who shall never return.
The Cup’s not coming back whilst the overrated blowhard is in charge…. the sooner y’all cotton on to that fact and get some heads rolling, the better!
Maybe you should hire Don Fairy as yer next coach buncha dopes!
by Jyrki Lumme Suicide Rush on Jan 21, 2012 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
We call him Celine in TO!
I think Burkie must have really pissed off the Clownnucks faithful ( probably was too brutally honest for the fickle/thin skinned fan base) because they can’t seem to get him out of their blood- such ingratitude for drafting the Sedinery Sisters and basically setting them on a 10 yr course to challenge for the Cup. Oh well i’m sure Ole Burkie is enjoying a Bushmills at The Rail with some Ukranian babe on his lap… BTW….Lumme is about as good as Bieksa…not.
by Inge Hammartrom's Dozen Eggs on Jan 20, 2012 12:49 AM EST reply actions
you leaf fans are such dopes! Keith Ballard is the modern day progenitor of the Suicide Rush, not Beeska.
Beeska is a turnover machine, let you have him straight up for Schenn.
by Jyrki Lumme Suicide Rush on Jan 20, 2012 1:01 AM EST up reply actions
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Resident Internet Tough Guy
by JaredFromLondon on Jan 20, 2012 6:13 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Okay, Jyrki and Inge has to be the same person arguing with themselves. Split-personality and all.
/smeagel’d
by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Jan 20, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
how’s the view from 9th place, leafnation?
by Jyrki Lumme Suicide Rush on Jan 20, 2012 12:01 PM EST reply actions
Riot free.
The Leafs are my Rushmore
Certified Grabbo Lover and member of the PPPPP
I also write things about stuff over at the Leafs Nation
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jan 20, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
Yeah I’m in a windowless cubical… so the view IS kind of depressing
by Chi-town leafs on Jan 20, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
How does it feel to be the Jan Brady of Canadian hockey franchises?
Cynically Sarcastic
Сертыфікаваны Grabbo Палюбоўнік
by clrkaitken on Jan 20, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions 10 recs
Holy shit
Fairweather fans can go to hell
Equal oppurtunity asshole and a proud member of the PPPPP
Follow me on twitter: leafer1984
well I’m keeping that one
Resident Internet Tough Guy
by JaredFromLondon on Jan 20, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
I believe you just won the internets.
by Nigel Cadbury on Jan 20, 2012 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
about as nice as the Leafs turn as the star of Sunset Boulevard!
washed up and played out!!!
by Jyrki Lumme Suicide Rush on Jan 21, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
Within expectations
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/10/6/2472629/where-will-the-leafs-finish-in-2011-2012
No no, dig UP stupid.
by nhlcheapshot on Jan 21, 2012 4:52 AM EST up reply actions
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