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tofes
Mar 31, 2011

#1 Milpitas Dave and Buster's superfan since 2013
sorry it was a rhetorical question, I actually have to work and study for finals

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Schremp Howard
Jul 18, 2010

What attitude problem?
This was lost in the final posts of the last round

myron cope
Apr 21, 2009

Rust was Phil Kessel's hotdog for Halloween, so him owning was foretold

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

Whenever that heinz hot dog stampede commercial comes on, I imagine that's what dreams are like for Kessel.

Stretch Marx
Apr 29, 2008

I'm ok with this.
I'm torn between my desire to see Reimer and the Sharks win and seeing The Thrill officially telling everyone to gently caress off. The choices.

Veskit
Mar 2, 2005

I love capitalism!! DM me for the best investing advice!

Stretch Marx posted:

I'm torn between my desire to see Reimer and the Sharks win and seeing The Thrill officially telling everyone to gently caress off. The choices.

What about roman Polak he's a cool dude too

Habibi
Dec 8, 2004

We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.

The Sharks could be that Champion.

i am the bird posted:

Can the Sharks win and then award a ring to Kessel? Because that's the best scenario.

But of course!



How many rings would Mr. Kessel like?

ThinkTank posted:

I figure people will begin to realize that 1) the Sharks are a drat dirty team and Thornton/Pavelski and Marleau dive with the best of them 2) Joe Thornton's act wears pretty thin when you begin to realize he's a petulant man child and not a goofy stoner type that people decided he is and 3) man are their fans annoying.

How I wish it were still Passover so that I might collect your delicious, salty tears in a bowl and dip my bitter herbs in them.

Seriously, though, if we filled a pool up with your tears, would a person be able to float on them?

Veskit
Mar 2, 2005

I love capitalism!! DM me for the best investing advice!
gently caress now I miss stan's thanks guys thanks a lot

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

I am kind of new to hockeymans, and I'll probably regret asking this, but why all the hate for the Pens and their fans?

I see one SC championship eight years ago, and the previous two were considerably longer ago, so it can't be like an anti-Patriots thing where you hate on a team for long term success.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

MrMojok posted:

I see one SC championship eight years ago, and the previous two were considerably longer ago, so it can't be like an anti-Patriots thing where you hate on a team for long term success.

But it IS like an anti-Patriots thing where you hate on a team because the TV networks will not stop ramming them down your throat.

Ergo Propter Hog
Jul 21, 2014



MrMojok posted:

I am kind of new to hockeymans, and I'll probably regret asking this, but why all the hate for the Pens and their fans?

I see one SC championship eight years ago, and the previous two were considerably longer ago, so it can't be like an anti-Patriots thing where you hate on a team for long term success.

People will say they have terrible fans, but the truth is that most fans of any given team are awful, it's just that the pens tend have a relatively large fanbase and thus seem to be more terrible.



xzzy posted:

Whenever that heinz hot dog stampede commercial comes on, I imagine that's what dreams are like for Kessel.
http://i.imgur.com/yrw97QX.jpg

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

i'm trying to think of if i hate superstars who are highly marketed in other sports, and i don't think i do. mostly just like watching them do badass stuff. not sure why it's different for crosby

i might also just be a weird sportsfan, i've actually enjoyed the past few years of cup exchanges between chicago and LA just because the teams have seemed so dominant, it's just impressive to watch and lends itself to good hockey

Mage_Boy
Dec 18, 2003

This hotdog is about as real as your story Steve Simmons




myron cope posted:

Rust was Phil Kessel's hotdog for Halloween, so him owning was foretold

And that is why I live my avatar. ( The quote was from Kessel's girlfriend)

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)

Vincent Van Goat posted:

People will say they have terrible fans, but the truth is that most fans of any given team are awful, it's just that the pens tend have a relatively large fanbase and thus seem to be more terrible.

Steelers fans are the loving worst and they're everywhere and there's an overlap with Pens fans there.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
I showed Phil Kessel's ESPN.com portrait with the NHL logo shopped out to an acquaintance who knows nothing about ice hockey, and she said, "That's one of the Duck Dynasty guys, right?"

Mage_Boy posted:

And that is why I live my avatar. ( The quote was from Kessel's girlfriend)

I want Phil to quote SEB's avatar verbatim after he wins the Conn Smythe Trophy, it's my dream

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012

Sharks Eat Bear posted:

i'm trying to think of if i hate superstars who are highly marketed in other sports, and i don't think i do. mostly just like watching them do badass stuff. not sure why it's different for crosby

i might also just be a weird sportsfan, i've actually enjoyed the past few years of cup exchanges between chicago and LA just because the teams have seemed so dominant, it's just impressive to watch and lends itself to good hockey
Superstars are cool. It sucks in baseball when a team wins the World Series and it's best player is like Jermaine Dye. Crosby and Ovechkin have been the clear best players of the past decade and have rightly been marketed as such. I could see the issue when you got a guy like Tebow getting mentioned every 5 seconds for taking 2 extra reps as the third string QB but that's not what's happening here.

Wonderllama
Mar 15, 2003

anyone wanna andreyfuck?
I think that the worst part of pens fans, to me, is when they keep asking why nobody likes them.

Captain Internet
Apr 20, 2005

:love: HOTLANTA :love:
IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS
No one likes trying to explain irrational things because they slowly realize there are no good reasons and then quickly try to cover it up and double down on their original opinion.

AegisP
Oct 5, 2008
Kessel needs to win the Cup so that he can bring it to the Leafs' 50th Anniversary next year.

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

What about the Kings? They're pretty much all I ever see where I live and they're who I watch until they get eliminated or don't make it in at all. I also think Sid is badass and watch the Pens mainly because of him.

Like I said I'm new to this and I'm just trying to figure out how much I am hated in this thread for my allegiances

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

MrMojok posted:

What about the Kings? They're pretty much all I ever see where I live and they're who I watch until they get eliminated or don't make it in at all. I also think Sid is badass and watch the Pens mainly because of him.

Like I said I'm new to this and I'm just trying to figure out how much I am hated in this thread for my allegiances

The Kings used to have a video of Cartman saying "GOW KANGS GOW" that they played constantly.

And they have Dustin Brown.


So you're pretty much Satan. Don't worry too much. It's not that big a deal, I'm Hitler.

Veskit
Mar 2, 2005

I love capitalism!! DM me for the best investing advice!

MrMojok posted:

What about the Kings? They're pretty much all I ever see where I live and they're who I watch until they get eliminated or don't make it in at all. I also think Sid is badass and watch the Pens mainly because of him.

Like I said I'm new to this and I'm just trying to figure out how much I am hated in this thread for my allegiances

The only team all of SAS hates is the Ducks.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Wonderllama posted:

I think that the worst part of pens fans, to me, is when they keep asking why nobody likes them.

same. i mean, yeah, i get annoyed at hateposts all day long, but at the same time i know why people hate.

plus if nobody hates your team it's probably because they've been too lovely to win at anything and piss off another fanbase

Schlesische
Jul 4, 2012

Veskit posted:

The only team all of SAS hates is the Ducks.

The overwhelming majority of SAS hates the Kings (for playing boring hockey and hiring people like Slava Voynov), and likes seeing Chicago not win things because they've won enough get hosed.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Yeah but the Kings do have Kite, so they do have one fan.

onemillionzombies
Apr 27, 2014

Chicago is going to win another cup with its core and you will all beg for death before the end.

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

Yeah, Slava :ughh:

And even as a noob I can see that the Kings are kind of boring. Although the way they won those series in the 2014 postseason was pretty thrilling (and agonizing at times)

But I guess basically they are not cool and good.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

onemillionzombies posted:

Chicago is going to win another cup with its core and you will all beg for death before the end.

Still won't be a dynasty though!

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

Pretty tough to do when the standards change every year.

RC Cola
Aug 1, 2011

Dovie'andi se tovya sagain

onemillionzombies posted:

Chicago is going to win another cup with its core and you will all beg for death before the end.

Yes. Unless against the Panthers. The Cats need a cup

Grimby
Sep 12, 2002

Schlesische posted:

The overwhelming majority of SAS hates the Kings (for playing boring hockey and hiring people like Slava Voynov), and likes seeing Chicago not win things because they've won enough get hosed.

They also have pretty big hate-boners for the Bruins for some reason.

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

Grimby posted:

They also have pretty big hate-boners for the Bruins for some reason.

the reason is that many franchises thought the reasons the bruins won a cup was Grit & Toughness and modeled their strategy based on that, which ultimately ushered in a dozen cups for the hawks and kings who opted for a Depth & Skill model

Schlesische
Jul 4, 2012

Grimby posted:

They also have pretty big hate-boners for the Bruins for some reason.

The Bruins seems to have a rivalry with every other team. My theory is that the "big bad bruins" really just play a dirty chripy game.

Sidebar, most of SASNHL is either HAS or VAS.

hifi
Jul 25, 2012

MrMojok posted:

I am kind of new to hockeymans, and I'll probably regret asking this, but why all the hate for the Pens and their fans?

I see one SC championship eight years ago, and the previous two were considerably longer ago, so it can't be like an anti-Patriots thing where you hate on a team for long term success.

the pens are like the pats except they tanked for like 5 years in a row to get crosby, malkin, fleury, and jordan staal instead of just lucking into brady

Aye Doc
Jul 19, 2007



LmaoTheKid posted:

Steelers fans are the loving worst and they're everywhere and there's an overlap with Pens fans there.

people really do not appreciate just how unbearable steelers fans are and how negatively it influences everything else that someone could possibly think about pittsburgh

WouldDesk
Dec 26, 2009

Wonderllama posted:

I think that the worst part of pens fans, to me, is when they keep asking why nobody likes them.

The vast majority are non Pens fans and casually hockey fans that are legitimately curious why a team "seems"* to be hated just because of having great exposure, having superstars, and having success. Not sure many Pens fans give half a gently caress what others think of the teams success.

*seems because it is internet posters who need something to complain about. Why not complain about a team that is marketed heavily, has talent, and is full of handsome handsome men? :)

Don't recall ever talking hockey in person and them whining about the Penguins.

Ergo Propter Hog
Jul 21, 2014



hifi posted:

the pens are like the pats except they tanked for like 5 years in a row to get crosby, malkin, fleury, and jordan staal instead of just lucking into brady

They traded up for MAF and staal isn't really that great, at least compared to the rest

Stretch Marx
Apr 29, 2008

I'm ok with this.

Veskit posted:

What about roman Polak he's a cool dude too

Whoa, let's not go saying things we can't take back.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
wow no love for nick spaling leafs fans? shocker...

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Captain Internet
Apr 20, 2005

:love: HOTLANTA :love:
IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS

Aye Doc posted:

people really do not appreciate just how unbearable steelers fans are and how negatively it influences everything else that someone could possibly think about pittsburgh

I give no poo poo about the NFL, which angers and confuses most people in Pittsburgh. It's not a malicious or edgy teen thing. I am a 30 year old dude and I want to dedicate my free time to a a sport that isn't going to jerk me around with beer ads and 365 day a year truck months.

Sucks getting lumped in with those idiots. It'd be like if Bama had a really good lacrosse team that you really liked.

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