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7 hours ago, Floyd said:
Um don’t tell me whether I saw hawerchuk play or not... I was a massive fun thru those days and went to tons of games
ducky was a great player and yes he could lift that team on his back... but he was ‘soft’ in terms of corners and giving up the puck midice
maybe it was macouns fault
You want to argue about a player in a series over 30 years ago saying he was soft? Just enjoy the team we have now & what they are trying to accomplish.
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Just now, Floyd said:
He never went in the corners...
Hawerchuk carried the Jets on his back a lot of times. Especially in 81-82 when there wasn't much talent. You never saw him play & I did. I don't agree.
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1 hour ago, Floyd said:
I had really convinced myself otherwise... until I actually watched the game again
Hawerchuk was never soft. I had Jets season tickets & watched him play many games. He could be lazy at times when he was a younger player if things didn't go his way he matured as he got older & more experienced but he was never soft.
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On 4/10/2018 at 9:28 PM, Floyd said:
Replaying on Sportsnet right now...
Anderson was such a scumbag... kneeing Essensa in the fkn face
Refs let Oilers get away with everything
Took some courage to stand in front of the goalie back then - Dmen laid the wood on pretty heavy...
If anyone thought Scheif was 'soft' a couple years ago... they should watch Hawerchuk ha
Beauregaurd... NNNNNOOOO!!!!!
Murdoch.... NNNOOOOOO!!!!
Its like reliving a nightmare
Hawerchuk soft? What?
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15 hours ago, 17to85 said:
Oh way up north eh... You want to talk deep south try Cranston, or as I refer to it, North Okotoks.
Ha, you're in Parkland, right? Just a stone's throw away from me. Across Canyon Meadows Drive from Bonavista. Do you still live there? I was in Winnipeg 3 weeks ago. My son came to check on our house & there was a Bobcat standing in our front yard. He took a picture of it from the safety of his car.
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23 minutes ago, jazzsax said:
Not sure I agree Speed, but then again I live in the deep south of the city where we love our beer, love our guns, love our sports, and and don't give a **** about Nenshi and the asshats at city hall.
All the complainers must live north of Glenmore and south of 32nd. LOL
I live in the Deep South (as we call it here) in Lake Bonavista.
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9 hours ago, tracker said:
If its any comfort, the winter here hasn't been ideal either and spring is about 3 weeks late. Did you know that in Calgary, there is only one month in which there has never been snow? Its July.
Watch, this year...
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2 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:
Thanks Joe!
That was 30 years ago. Different team. We could never match up with the Oilers of the 80's. Now, teams have to match up with us.
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1 hour ago, tracker said:
You have our sympathies about the Calgary part.
The weather here always drives me nuts. Snow in August. Golfing in February. Plus 15 in January & minus 15 in April. This year is the worst winter I have ever experienced.
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On 4/16/2018 at 9:42 AM, The Unknown Poster said:
Yeah Im sure WWE has tons of backstage video that could have shown how hurt and pained Andre was. Perhaps HBO chose to go more general to make it more accessible to the public. But I think you're right, the struggle aspect was most interesting. WWE did a lot to protect the myth of Andre has a tough guy though. Im sure most people here could have taken him by the late 80s. Its a shame he got bad medical advice as far as not getting help for his acromegley.
Big Show did. That guy in NXT who's name escapes me right now, just had surgery for the same thing.
I think Big Show would be dead by now had he not have had surgery. He's a lucky man that he was diagnosed & was taken care of.
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6 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:
He was NXT Champion. He was actually really good when he was in WWE years ago as Vince's "Chosen One" but pushed too hard too fast. When he left WWE, he worked all over and became a lot better. His run in NXT was very good.
He has everything. He's gigantic, has a great look, is a good worker and decent promo. Way way better than Cass (which isnt a knock on Cass since he's not nearly as experienced as Drew). They might be going for a Shawn/Diesel dynamic with Ziggler and Drew.
But its interesting how WWE thinks. Of course, their unwavering desire to push Roman but in the main event of RAW, they presented Roode and Lashley like top guys and neither guy got a reaction from the crowd. Drew did though.
I was really thinking they should do Lashley/Brock. But man...next week, if they want to shake thing sup, have Drew interrupt and confront Brock. Crowd will go wild.
Yeah, those 2 got a small reaction that's for sure.
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On 4/16/2018 at 7:35 AM, The Unknown Poster said:
Good point...so as a casual fan, you have heard of Omega because people talk about him in a wrestling thread on a sports forum.
Absolutely. If it wasn't for you & others here I'd have never heard of Kenny Omega.
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On 4/16/2018 at 9:52 AM, Jimmy Pop said:
Geeeez move back to Winnipeg already.
My wife has a great job with the Tom Baker Cancer Centre here in Calgary. I also work here. One of my 2 sons was born here. The other one is married & they live here My other son is getting married this summer & will be living in Seattle. Short 12 hour drive to the Emerald City or a bit over an hour by air. My teams are the Jets & Bombers but our lives are in Calgary.
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12 hours ago, jazzsax said:
I doubt that's why they don't want to have it. Reality with fan forums in every city is you only get the die hards. Die hards don't sell tickets, a good football team and mass engagement do.
I live in Calgary. I see just as many stamps logos on cars as I do flames logos. People here love their team. They hate the choking, but eventually they know the stamps will take home a GC. The bigger issue in my opinion is weather. The stadium is wide open... in bad or cold weather it really SUCKS sitting in that stadium. No much covering from wind. Or rain. Or snow. Or rider fans. Those asshats are everywhere.
One thing I liked about the Stamps is how they run the Red and White club. Every member has assigned reps that come to the tables and ask for feedback every game. They engage and find out how the members business is doing, what they can do to increase engagement / involvement, referrals, etc.
The argos can learn alot from other teams. I was living in Toronto from 2005 to 2011... the first few years fan support was great. In game entertainment was great, the team made an effort engage with fans, get them on the field after and create a "family" atmosphere. Something changed after 2007 when the 100th cup hangover was over and then it went downhill from there.
Don't you think the name of the place should be the RedBlack Club? Oh wait. Just sayin'.
The CFL has 9 teams. It used to be that there were two teams named Roughriders or Rough Riders just with different spelling. People used to think that was stupid. Now we have 9 separate team names . However, we have 2 teams with the same colours & virtually the same uniform design in Calgary & Ottawa. That only happens in the CFL.
I have lived in Calgary nearly 30 years. I don't see the support for the Stamps that you claim there is. The City doesn't love the team. I see nothing but indifference. Kids don't wear Stamps jerseys to school. People don't wear Stampeder ball caps or tee shirts. At the water coolers, in offices & businesses around the city, the Stamps don't come up in conversations. Cars & trucks don't have as many white horse logos as there used to be 20 years ago. Nobody talks about the Stamps except how they choke & to be honest they certainly do a fine job of that. To the point that The Choke is expected now by Calgarians.
The Flames really do suck so that explains the tepid reaction of the fans to the hockey team. The Flames owners don't care about the Stamps. They have no plans for a new stadium. I don't believe they ever had. The Mayor & City Council don't care about the Stamps. They won't spend a penny towards a new stadium. Season ticket sales are down. Casual fans stay home. Do fans here love the Stamps? More like a core of 24-26,000 in a city of 1.4 million. They are looked upon as chokers. A team with outstanding talent, great coaching & a respected GM but seemingly always falling short the last game of the season. So, 13-5, 14-4 & 15-3 mean nothing to football fans here if the Stamps can't win their very last game of the season. They've seen it too many times as The Choke is in. That's how I see it having lived here since 1990.
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When Lyle Bauer was with the Stamps he started a fan forum here. When he left the Stamps were quick to cancel it permanently much to the chagrin of Calgary fans. They had at least 300 fans at the last one three years ago & it was a huge success. However, the Stamps Choke is always on year after year & they keep blowing playoff games & Grey Cups to inferior teams. The way I see it, the Stamps are out of touch with their shrinking fanbase. I don't think management wants to hear it in spades from disgruntled Stamps fans demanding answers. Easier to cancel, claim all is fine with the world & not be accountable to their fans.
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Tyler was my facebook friend but we seldom, if ever talked. I followed his twitter account. I have other friends on facebook who knew him very well & are devaststed. So sad. RIP Tyler.
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6 hours ago, Atomic said:
I think that's really it right there. I know plenty of guys who watch only the big four, or just Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania. And there is no chance they have any clue who Kenny Omega is.
I only watch WWE. TNA I never watch. ROH if nothing else is on. As Sweep The Leg said, if Omega's name didn't come up here, I'd have never heard of him.
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22 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:
Of all the things to be embarrassed while watching? Lol
No, Adam Rose was someone else. He was released awhile back. Similar gimmick as far as having an entourage dancing him to the ring
That's what I meant. His character is just recycling the garbage Rose did. Maybe instead of him feuding with a bunny, it'll be a goose.
22 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:Agreeing with an incorrect fact doesn’t make it true.
You're hardcore. As well as in the business. You have to look at the person who could take it or leave it as far as wrestling goes. It's not WWE so they don't follow. I missed the discussion above so I'm probably covering ground already discussed,
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Just now, Goalie said:
Nah. Its the norm... Goalies name is chanted usually on a nightly basis.
Better hope it doesn't inspire him to play even better.
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15 hours ago, Atomic said:
...because he is the other team's goalie? What?
No, I've watched Winnipeg crowds for decades. This was different. I think some fans still think of Dubnyk as an Oiler.
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On 4/9/2018 at 5:58 PM, Goalie said:
Marshall University 75 fatalaties
KHL 45 fatalaties but 44 died instantly.. 1 lived for about 5 days but died
Andes = 29 but several died days later in an avalanche.
Humboldt = 15.
So is it the biggest accident in deaths in Canadian sports history? Very likely but in terms of overall sports accidents its pretty low on the list...
Im not including soccer stadium collapses or things like that cuz theres been a few.
What makes Humboldt so tragic is the fact that these people were just kids really... 16 to 20 not including bieber and the coaches. The majority were still teenagers.
Also.... The other major sports deaths are pretty much Airplane Crashes.
I think what gets to a lot of us is we've all been on buses with sports teams on the road. It could have been us or our kids.
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5 hours ago, Atomic said:
I feel like they overthought this one.
They didn't want another failed cash-in after they did it with Corbin. And they didn't want Asuka's first loss to be in a MitB cash-in. So Charlotte beats Asuka for a respectable first loss and Carmella cashes in on Charlotte.
It seems silly to me to have this big undefeated run for Asuka and she never even wins the title. The first loss should have come after a lengthy title reign. I personally am not a big Asuka fan but they wasted that opportunity.
Carmella is simply unbearable but she won't be champ for long.
Carmella is eye candy only. She is an awful wrestler.
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