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Chicken Doodle posted:I was gonna say something similar. Let’s see, since I last came here I got married, Bo Horvat became captain, and Don Cherry got fired. Feels good man. This is what is known as "the trifecta" Congrats  edit: also, I have a potential game-changer since you've been gone: have you heard of one "Elias Pettersson" ? goldrush fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Nov 12, 2019 |
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Chicken Doodle posted:I was gonna say something similar. Let’s see, since I last came here I got married, Bo Horvat became captain, and Don Cherry got fired. Feels good man. I have watched one hockey game in the last year and a half because I minimized the whole TV thing. Hi peeps
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T.C. posted:I have watched one hockey game in the last year and a half because I minimized the whole TV thing. Sir, I ask of you, are you aware of Elias he is what is known as a "golden god" and perhaps even the next "gretzky"
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Nov 12, 2019 07:58
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goldrush posted:Sir, I ask of you, are you aware of Elias I stats nerded his first season pretty hard and enjoyed the one game I saw of him live against the Jets. I will probably go to more real life games this year.
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Nov 12, 2019 08:01
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I was a bit disappointed that The Hockey Guy was defending Grapes, especially in that really mealy-mouthed way of excusing his behaviour because of his age and the whole "if you don't like it don't watch it" argument. He normally has pretty good and fair takes on things but I've noticed he does have a bit of a blind spot with certain parts of hockey culture (see his response to the Auston Matthews thing over the summer).
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Nov 12, 2019 08:49
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grack posted:He's also got a gun pointed at his own dick. I couldn't stop laughing at that once I noticed it.
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Nov 12, 2019 08:52
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Hey guys. Remember that time when Don Cherry got fired on Remembrance Day? Good times.
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Nov 12, 2019 09:22
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The best part is there was no GDT so this filled the gap nicely
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Nov 12, 2019 09:26
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Stretch Marx posted:Hey guys. Remember that time when Don Cherry got fired on Remembrance Day? Good times. Hah, wow, I remember it like it was just yesterday...  good times.PIERRE YOU'RE NEXT YOU BALD BITCH
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Nov 12, 2019 10:31
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Chicken Doodle posted:I was gonna say something similar. Let’s see, since I last came here I got married, Bo Horvat became captain, and Don Cherry got fired. Feels good man. Congratulations 
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Nov 12, 2019 10:48
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Interestingly, news of his firing broke very shortly after the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day...
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Nov 12, 2019 10:55
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I shed a tear for the countless brain cells that died listening to that senile fuckman over the years.
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Nov 12, 2019 12:04
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JawKnee posted:Another part of it - definitely not the whole clip but a whole bunch of yikes Yeah. I mean, I feel like I still have most of it memorized anyway. But just like a symphony cannot be reduced to its individual notes and nor cannot it be re-experienced purely by memory, I need to re-discover the whole. I need to re-live the whole.
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Nov 12, 2019 12:24
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I haven't seen anyone mention that Don spent most of the playoffs opening his brief segment by showing hockey players walking into arenas and then commenting on how much better they look than basketball players for some reason. Dude loving love dogs so much I'm surprised that he didn't pass out from whistling at them on air.
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Nov 12, 2019 12:52
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T.C. posted:Almost everyone I've mentioned this to has said some variation of "Good" or "Was going to happen eventually.". So far it's just been my dad half-heartedly trying on an argument that Cherry wasn't saying specific bad racist words and quickly backing down. That's the interesting thing: but people are by and large slowly realizing that you don't have to use specific words to be racist. Hopefully this continues but I'm not holding my breath.
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Nov 12, 2019 14:03
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Not that it matters too much in this thread but did Don have a valid point with regards to wearing Poppies? I'm not sure he fully understands why he was fired & he might think it's over that rather than him believing immigrants don’t wear them on 11/11.
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Nov 12, 2019 14:11
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Island Nation posted:Not that it matters too much in this thread but did Don have a valid point with regards to wearing Poppies? I'm not sure he fully understands why he was fired & he might think it's over that rather than him believing immigrants don’t wear them on 11/11. No. Also no
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Nov 12, 2019 14:12
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Island Nation posted:Not that it matters too much in this thread but did Don have a valid point with regards to wearing Poppies? I'm not sure he fully understands why he was fired & he might think it's over that rather than him believing immigrants don’t wear them on 11/11. Long story short, a Toronto Sun columnist called him to fire him up with false info, and has been feasting for days on this. There's no dramatic poppy decline.
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Nov 12, 2019 14:25
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Island Nation posted:Not that it matters too much in this thread but did Don have a valid point with regards to wearing Poppies? I'm not sure he fully understands why he was fired & he might think it's over that rather than him believing immigrants don’t wear them on 11/11. He knows drat well. The network 100 percent told him to apologise on air and why and he refused, forcing them to finally can his rear end. He just doesn't care because he's a racist.
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Island Nation posted:Not that it matters too much in this thread but did Don have a valid point with regards to wearing Poppies? I'm not sure he fully understands why he was fired & he might think it's over that rather than him believing immigrants don’t wear them on 11/11. Did you actually watch the clip or read the transcript? Cause it sounds like you’re reacting to the headlines
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It's like when the old people in your life get in trouble for saying and posting dumb shut on Facebook, but in this case, the old man in question had an unfiltered segment on national television.
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Nov 12, 2019 14:36
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Gotcha, didn’t realize he was fed a load of bull. Not that it matters too much anyway.
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Island Nation posted:Gotcha, didn’t realize he was fed a load of bull. Not that it matters too much anyway. It does make it more amusing though
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Nov 12, 2019 14:44
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AsInHowe posted:Long story short, a Toronto Sun columnist called him to fire him up with false info, and has been feasting for days on this. Even if there was, how do you prove that more/less/the right number of people are wearing poppies anyway? You can't, so anybody getting agitated about it is just being a jackass to prove how "patriotic" they are.
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Nov 12, 2019 14:46
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Really wish Ron's apology was more along the lines of "I want really paying attention to what he was saying because frankly I've been tuning him out for the last 15-20 years."
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AsInHowe posted:Long story short, a Toronto Sun columnist called him to fire him up with false info, and has been feasting for days on this. You mean this whole thing is the result of Don getting trolled and he believed it? Not that he isn’t a racist gently caress anyway, but lmao.
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Cartoon Man posted:You mean this whole thing is the result of Don getting trolled and he believed it? YES.
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Cartoon Man posted:You mean this whole thing is the result of Don getting trolled and he believed it? Not that he isn’t a racist gently caress anyway, but lmao. I wouldn’t call it a troll considering it’s the Sun. They were making bullshit up because they are the Sun and figured he’d make a good quote to support their bullshit. They were legit hoping Cherry would help their case.
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Island Nation posted:Not that it matters too much in this thread but did Don have a valid point with regards to wearing Poppies? I'm not sure he fully understands why he was fired & he might think it's over that rather than him believing immigrants don’t wear them on 11/11. Assuming this is in good faith tell me how he knew which people without poppies were immigrants?
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grack posted:Not quite true. Burke's a vocal LGBTQ+ advocate. just like his love for dogs doesn't forgive cherry, burke's pro lgbtq stance doesn't make up for him being a total piece of poo poo
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Nov 12, 2019 16:56
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'liking dogs' and being an lgbtq+ advocate are not really the same thing
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also what proof is there that brian burke is a lovely person other than being grumpy in public a lot and being bad at building hockey teams
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a false posted:'liking dogs' and being an lgbtq+ advocate are not really the same thing One likes dogs, the other likes dogging. Confirmed totally different.
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inferis posted:Assuming this is in good faith tell me how he knew which people without poppies were immigrants? This is my guess but he likely assumed anyone who wasn’t wearing one wasn’t Canadian (or in the Commonwealth) and therefore should be ashamed of themselves for not conforming to his idea of social norms. He sounded like his brain was trying to pick out a group of people that wouldn’t have one on their person and came up with the broad stroke of immigrants.
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Dogs are very good, put a barking dog next to Rob MacLean, and have Ron respond as if the dog was talking hockey
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a false posted:also what proof is there that brian burke is a lovely person other than being grumpy in public a lot and being bad at building hockey teams POONERMAN has a lot of powerful friends around these parts.
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Island Nation posted:This is my guess but he likely assumed anyone who wasn’t wearing one wasn’t Canadian (or in the Commonwealth) and therefore should be ashamed of themselves for not conforming to his idea of social norms. He sounded like his brain was trying to pick out a group of people that wouldn’t have one on their person and came up with the broad stroke of immigrants. Lol, nah, man. It's people he sees downtown Toronto vs people he sees in small town Ontario. Difference ain't where they were born, difference is skin tone.
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inferis posted:Assuming this is in good faith tell me how he knew which people without poppies were immigrants? More non-white people in his country must mean there are less patriots It’s really ironic that white dudes from countries (USA and Canada) that haven’t seen a domestic war in 200 years LOVE to preach patriotism and the sacrifices of war to immigrants who many have lived through actual warfare in their home countries. The biggest sacrifice Don Cherry ever made was sacrificing good hockey in Canada by villainizing the worlds best players for decades
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pseudodragon posted:I wouldn’t call it a troll considering it’s the Sun. They were making bullshit up because they are the Sun and figured he’d make a good quote to support their bullshit. They were legit hoping Cherry would help their case.
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JoelJoel posted:Lol, nah, man. It's people he sees downtown Toronto vs people he sees in small town Ontario. Difference ain't where they were born, difference is skin tone. He probably wanted to use a racial epithet but realized that wouldn’t fly on TV. It’s why he stopped himself before he said “that come here” thinking he successfully stopped himself but no one bought it
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