Thats all I need. The Rangers starting losing again. It was great last season not to see them lose. However this is great news for the Canadian people. Their national sport is back http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?id=2106442
It will now be interesting to see how fans react at the box office. Certain locales were in trouble before, like Carolina and Florida; the lockout didn't help matters at all...
I hope for the league's sake that they get most of their fan base back. Speaking for myself, I used to be a die hard hockey fan, but have since discovered a new found love for soccer. I dont think I will ever follow hockey as closely as I used to.
damage is done though... I was (and notice the WAS) a big hockey fan, including a big Fantasy Hockey guy and personally it's gonna take some time before I'm "back" again as a big fan
I don't care. Call me if the leafs are in the semi's, otherwise I'll just focus on futebol. Not saying I won't watch the regular season but I won't watch every game that's for sure.
I was a huge hockey fan, but it will be a long while before I set foot in any arena to watch an NHL game...for me it is dead...
what about Ribeiro the plays for Montreal? his still on the team what about the display of Mark Teixeira the first basemen for the Texas Rangers,
I will continue to support the Leafs, as I have always done, but my love for Sporting is much, much greater now than it has ever been...I am a Sportinguista first and foremost, and everything else follows behind.
we have a lot portuguese canadians posting in our forum, and they follow both sports, with all our respect
I'm a old fart from the 6 original teams, so go Rangers still remember Rangers Leafs Bruins Red wings Canadians Blackhawks do I know Hockey? do you guys remember Bobby Orr, Phip Esposito, Giacomin, the line of Ratelle, Hadfield and Rod Gilbert
This is a soccer board it should come as no surprise what sport takes precedent. After the NHL (both sides) crapped all over the fans they expect everyone to be greatful oooh a fulham fan, the fulham boards have been so empty ever since FulhamUSA.com opened. Come on you white's (unless Boa leaves)
There's a highly rated junior prospect that may be portuguese - Tavares is his last name. He's 16 and about 6'1" and 220lbs...not your typical portuguese kid.
Good Luck my friend, I 'm hoping he comes to Montreal, but my guess is Washington or some other crap team.
I wont follow hockey as I did before. Im not a die hard fan so it wont matter. But I think they will come back to be the 4th sport
What are the leafs going to do with that payroll.. , If the cap is 38 million and the leafs are at 66 million, that means Toronto has gotta get rid of 28 million dollars in players. If I was a leaf fan i'd be pissed.
In terms of small market teams and the fans, here is one to think about. The Raleigh paper (where the Hurricanes play) had a poll for the last week about how people in the area felt. 75% didn't care if hockey returned at all. Other then the one playoff year where they went to the finals they have a hard time getting 10,000 people in the stadium. This is not a good sign. Orlando