Thread: Four days in

Originally Posted by RezDog

My sources say this is the new normal for six to eighteen months.

Got no sources but won't disagree from what I have been reading.

Bob

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

... But if your apologizing apologize for wanting hockey back on, there’s much better things to do than watch a bunch guys skating, like watching cars rust

Don't think of it as a bunch of guys skating. Think of it as a fist fight brawl on ice skates.

More text conversation with my epidemiologist surfing buddy.

Me: Hey B. Hope you're well. Keep safe.

B: You too Paul. Plan your sick leave cuz it's gonna happen

Me: Well that's not very reassuring but I guess I'd rather get an, "INCOMING" than not.

B: Usually its mild to moderate. But you will be out for awhile. Peak in July.

Me: Roger that. Taking all the precautions I can and trying to keep my immune system flush. So hopefully not too bad. Thanks for the heads up. Take care of yourself.

Seriously though TC If you like sports at all you might reconsider hockey. It's faster than baseball or basketball It's rougher than football and physically more demanding than any team sport. Those guys are big and tough and work really hard. They go up to 30 mph on those skates and slam each other into the boards hard enough to send most football players to the locker room and then jump back up and keep playing. They hit that puck so hard it goes over 100 mph and they will jump in front of it to keep it from going in the goal. Steven Stamkos last year slap shot a puck and it hit a defender's stick and snapped it in half and kept going. It's not a sissy thing like some pantywaist figure skaters. Most people complain that they can't follow it because it moves too fast.
Just sayin'.

Yeah, back when I used to go see the Aeros I could not BELIEVE how rough it was! Even the fans would get into it.
Reminded me of that movie 'Rollerball'! Put em in the box for a bit and they come-out swinging again.
I am surprised that PC has not caught up to it?

If you ever go to see it up close you will be a fan I garantee it. If you sit within 10 rows of the ice you just can't believe how fast it is and how hard and rough they play

Case in point


At least there's archived games

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Don't think of it as a bunch of guys skating. Think of it as a fist fight brawl on ice skates.

Season seat holders to the St. Louis blues. Dad had them and seats to the cardinals ( football and baseball ) plus when the rams came to town not to mention season seats to Kansas City Chiefs when they moved to KC. Watched hundreds of games when all the greats were playing, ( the Bobby Hull days all the way to Brett Hull ). And they don’t fight near as much nowadays and they all got headgear on so mostly just a schoolyard fight all blow and no go, yea. Got bored with it, just like I now don’t care for football and I lived a breathed it. We have allowed these sports to become above the law and idolize a mega rich guy who just plays a game.when I watched hockey they didn’t make that kind of money till Wayne and Brett got the big contracts . I still go watch pee wee league games, and high school football. I’m just not going to put up with these millionaires tantrums, political stances and their abuse of the legal systems their teams allow. If it wasn’t for fans paying so much to idolize them then the only ones playing would be the ones who truly love the game.

When I inherited the season season seats I promptly sold them. Hey it cost nothing to go to the high school or the rink and watch the ones who really love the game

All the pro stick and ball stuff has gone that way it seems.

Well I'll give you that some of them think they're above the law. Especially basketball and football players. The other stuff I think is debatable. At least you could argue that because the owners and the venue make such a tremendous amount of money that the players are entitled to a piece of that. After all if it weren't for them nobody would make any money. Also they have a tremendously short career and could be out tomorrow with an injury. Then it's "would you like fries with that sir" for a lot of them. I feel the same way about actors though. Why we idolize them I have no clue, make them God like status and they think that the world owes them. All of that is in flux now though. I don't know if I would call it "the great leveling" but this virus is certainly going to have a leveling effect at least for the short term.