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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 18 2008, 07:46 AM (983 Views) | |
| clebo99 | Nov 18 2008, 07:46 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sp...8e-bcb07d1b9a43 Maybe this is one of the reasons why the Isles play the kind of game they play. We can't be a fast team if the ice is bad. Read the link. They are just tearing the quality of the ice to pieces. |
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| 4CUPZ | Nov 18 2008, 07:58 AM Post #2 |
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OH WELL IF THE VANCOUVER PAPERS SAY IT IT MUST BE GOSPEL AFTER HEARING FROM HOWIE AND BILLY WHAT THE VANCOUVER PAPERS HAD TO SAY PRIOR TO THE GAME LAST NIGHT IS ANYONE SURPRISED THAT SINCE THEY LOST IT WAS THE POOR ICE SURFACE SCREW THEM GLAD THEY HAVE SUPER ROBERTO CAUSE THEY'LL NEVER WIN SQUAT WHINING LITTLE BITCHES WHO'S YOUR DADDY PUNKS???? THATS RIGHT JOEY MAC AND THATS A FACT |
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| Webb20 | Nov 18 2008, 08:16 AM Post #3 |
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Mac Attack!!! Those fans this morning are shaking their heads going, 'Joey who?'
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I sold it all, retired and moved to Fabulous Las Vegas! "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."-Ben Franklin "Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."-Ronald Reagan | |
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| Mariner81 | Nov 18 2008, 08:20 AM Post #4 |
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The ice at the coliseum has been terrible all year. Last night especially, there were players flopping around all over the place for no reason. Maybe that's why the team is cursed with all these crazy hip, ankle, knee injuries. Skates are getting caught in potholes out there. |
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| 4CUPZ | Nov 18 2008, 08:21 AM Post #5 |
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WITH A BITCH BITCH HERE AND A BITCH BITCH THERE HERE A BITCH ' THERE A BITCH EVERYWHERE A BITCH BITCH YOUNG MACDONALD HAD YOUR NUMBER E-I-E-I-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO |
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| MNIslander13 | Nov 18 2008, 08:27 AM Post #6 |
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I just read that and was going to post it here. beat me to it.I've come to really hate Van- down by the river -couver after watching the Wild duke it out with them over the years. Really can't express it.
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| 4CUPZ | Nov 18 2008, 08:35 AM Post #7 |
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NEVER SEEN A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE ICE AT THE NVMC WONDER IF ITS SOMETHING NEW THEY ARE DOING I COULD UNDERSTAND IT IF THE CONSTRUCTION PART OF THE BARN WAS UNDERWAY BUT SINCE ITS COMING FROM THE LOSING LOCKER ROOM I'LL TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT |
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| puckhead | Nov 18 2008, 08:45 AM Post #8 |
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Yeah Howie said it earlier in the year that the ice wasn't in good shape during one of the other games. Must be something to it. |
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| 4CUPZ | Nov 18 2008, 08:48 AM Post #9 |
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HE SAID THAT SUTURDAY BECAUSE OF THE CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT |
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| dragoneye | Nov 18 2008, 09:08 AM Post #10 |
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Those excusing chucking pansies... The Islanders had to play on the same ice. As if bad ice is good for the Isles system of over-speed. Is this a real newspaper or is it a blog? I can't tell the difference and the writing obviously isn't very good... Either way they need to stop whining about their team. You like apples? It stands that, as of last night, indeed, the 2008 NYI are the better team head to head. How about them apples? Hahahah (apple reference attributed to grandpa). |
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| 4CUPZ | Nov 18 2008, 09:17 AM Post #11 |
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HAS TO BE A NEWSPAPER TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT NOW IF IT WAS A BLOG....... |
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| dr_eagle | Nov 18 2008, 09:21 AM Post #12 |
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Fu@k you "Lockout" Bettman!!
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Ya, its too bad that only Vancouver had to play on the bad ice!
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| klynch | Nov 18 2008, 09:25 AM Post #13 |
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Gordon made a comment about it after the Ottowa game saying how bad it is. |
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| dragoneye | Nov 18 2008, 09:45 AM Post #14 |
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Blogs are more about personal opinion and you should expect more bias. Whatever happened to objectivity in journalism? I guess the blogs are winning in popularity so newspapers are following suit. I hope it is part of the last gasp for air of modern media. |
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| stevedepot | Nov 18 2008, 09:51 AM Post #15 |
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I emailed the bastid.
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| dragoneye | Nov 18 2008, 09:58 AM Post #16 |
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That'll show him! The bastid.
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| Webb20 | Nov 18 2008, 10:05 AM Post #17 |
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Steve, you are da man. You dropped him like a Mike Tyson right. |
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| Craving_the_Cup_Since_1992 | Nov 18 2008, 10:21 AM Post #18 |
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You should have added "booya-kasha" to the end. Excellent email.
Lucky this writer says?! Because the big bad Vancouver Canucks will the puck into the net with the magic of Sedin twins. If the Lighthouse project is going to take forever, I think that during the off-season Wang should at least try to get the ice replaced. We may actually have an Islander team with fewer injuries then. |
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| nyhockeyreport | Nov 18 2008, 11:18 AM Post #19 |
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To be honest, the last few years, the ice has gotten worse. But again, both teams play on the same ice. When puck wobble and can not stay flat only a few minutes into a period, you know there is something wrong in this state... You take what you get... |
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| Islander4cups | Nov 18 2008, 11:26 AM Post #20 |
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Gotta disagree with you there. Criticizing the ice at NVMC is nothing new. It has always been considered one of the poorer ice surfaces to play on. One of the issues from what I've read in the past is that they haven't updated the refridgeration unit in a long time and thus, it does give a consistent temp to the ice. Apparently, the refridg unit fluxuates as much as 5 degrees and that effects the quality of the ice. In addition to that, let's face it...it is easier for candian rinks to keep a cooler air temp because it is cold there more often. However, with the "pristine" ice conditions they apparently have always had in Vancouver, I haven't seen it help them win a cup...EVER!!!! SI and other magazines have done surveys of players on ice quality and the rink that has always come up first is Edmonton. The rink that has consistently come in last is MSG...and that is easy to figure out. Does the place ever go unused? Worst boards was Washington...have you ever seen a game there where the glass doesn't pop out? As far as what Vancouver's press says...who gives a @#$%. Bunch of whiny Canadians that only get to see the Cup when someone else lifts it.
Just sour grapes from those clowns. |
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