Dee Lux DX7's World of Hockey

Moore cheap shotted our captain Moore knew he had to answer Moore fought worst fighter on our team and KNOWS that doesn't get him off the hook The GOOD fighter on our team comes straight for him, and after a LIFETIME IN HOCKEY...Moore turns away, screwing both himself and the guy coming for him Bertuzzi goes to engage in a fight like both he and Moore have countless times in countless games spanning their entire lives, there is a code of conduct that governs how this is done, it exists to mete out justice but ALSO to make sure that Justice stays within the game, everyone goes home that night to fight another day Moore breaks the code, he turns away, Bertuzzi attacks as anyone especially Moore knew he would, I expect Moore thought he might get Bertuzzi ejected or suspended by turning away, he broke the code he gambled and EVERYONE LOST Bertuzzi breaks his neck, THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD HE WOULD HAVE WANTED Moore's dishonorable actions scar t...

Whaa...? Don't tell me Benning has been extended? That's a death sentence. I never planned to move away from following the team, but just find myself with better things to do than watch their games. They aren't exciting, emotional, or ballsy...they aren't sore losers, The Sedins want to keep their parking spots at the country club, the people running this thing think that what we want is "THE PLAYOFFS" and is willing to sign every Vanek and Del Zotto down-and-outer every summer in a misguided attempt to do it. They don't get it, it's not "THE PLAYOFFS" fans want, Hockey is cyclical, one era ends, you go down you come up, a new era with hungry new payers with new personalities come up. THOSE guys take their shot, That whole ride is part of enjoying the story of following an NHL franchise, it's no different than a movie, you need act 1 act 2 and act 3 sometimes (all the time with this team) the story ends up a trage...

Seattle, welcome to the NHL! I'm sure you're excited and nervous,  Don't be scared, there are very few things an NHL franchise can do to absolutely kill its self. But, of those few things, there is one you NEED to avoid. Make sure your arena is centrally located, with bars and restaurants close by, so people can "make a night of it" There was a team once that decided to fly in the face of this wisdom and they toil in purgatory to this day. You've heard of the Coyotes? Consider their cautionary tale: First of a;; people need to let go of the idea that the NHL "Doesn't work" in Miami or Phoenix. The Coyotes were doing JUST FINE until, in one of the worst moves in pro sports history, they decide to cheap out and build an arena way out in the middle of nowhere. To give this some context, Ottawa did the same thing and have ALWAYS had attendance issues because of it, even in the playoffs. People are NOT willing to sit in an hour and...

I have feelings too you know,  Maybe not about other people (I was raised in Vancouver, I have to be at least PART sociopath, right?) but when you tease me about hockey......man, that's crossing a line. (Does it cross the: Sue Canada for 10.5 Million in Bumhurt damages line? If a terrorist can do it, why can't I?) No one seems to enjoy line crossing these days more than Toronto Maple Leafs fans, especially when talking to (Laughing, taunting etc.) observers of the Vancouver Canucks (see what I did there?) They like it when AUSTON MATHEWS receives a pass at the opposition blue line, or when AUSTON MATHEWS shot crosses the goal line, they like lines on scrap paper because it gives them somewhere to write AUSTON MATHEWS name, And most of all the like the "Comments" line on message boards, they LOVE that line, that's where they get to remind Canucks "associates" how their team had rebuilt the right way, while our team hired a talking monkey. O...

So, The Mark Messier Leadership Award? What a complete farce and egregious example of NHL revisionist history, where should I even start? Let's start with dispelling the myth that Messier was some tough guy power forward, he wasn't. There is a reason he is never mentioned in discussions about players like Lindros or Stevens He was nothing like Lindros. Lindros was a force of nature who could run people over, Messier snuck up from behind and chopped their ankles or ribs, he was the beneficiary of being put in the middle of incredible talent and he picked up the garbage. He was nothing like Stevens who was a skilled master of lethal body checking, Messier didn't have the skill or the balls to line guys up. He wasn't a hitter, again, he would chop you from behind. "Ok" you say "I get that he was dirty" but didn't he stand up for himself and his teammates?" No, he didn't, he never fought for his teammates, he fought when he had a...