Noeller Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 I don't give two shits what NHLers say... I love Winnipeg (well most parts of it) amd Manitoba in general. **** anyone who disagrees. FrostyWinnipeg and JCon 1 1
blue_gold_84 Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 13 hours ago, Noeller said: I don't give two shits what NHLers say... I love Winnipeg (well most parts of it) amd Manitoba in general. **** anyone who disagrees. Remember: ESPN polled 50 of them. 50... out of around 700 in the entire league. Of those 50, 21 don't like coming to Winnipeg. ESPN then extrapolated that data. So, you're right: **** what a handful of these privileged, overpaid wieners have to say. Noeller 1
SpeedFlex27 Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 So then, based on the spoiled athletic snowflakes who now play pro sports, only teams in the Sun Belt of the US deserve to have teams.
JCon Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said: So then, based on the spoiled athletic snowflakes who now play pro sports, only teams in the Sun Belt of the US deserve to have teams. That's not really fair. If you were to ask athlete's 30 years ago, they would have said the same thing. I don't blame them. It is cold, it is dark and it is dirty (with all the sand that we put on our streets). I still love our city and so do the players that play here. They also had to pick one city and they picked many different ones. I blame the lazy journalists at ESPN asking ridiculous questions. blue_gold_84 1
SpeedFlex27 Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 I don't recall when the World Hockey Association burst on the scene in 1972 Winnipeg having any trouble signing free agents. Bobby Hull was the best power forward in the world & he signed with the Jets. Other NHL stars followed like Thommie Bergmann, Serge Savard, Randy Carlyle, Chris Bordeleau, Ted Green, Ernie Wakely & Joe Daley followed. Then there was the influx of Euros that came over in the mid to late 70's. No one ever complained about the cold weather. Or how dirty it was. I'm sure most didn't like minus 35 temperatures but they shut up about it. Just a different generation of players today.
JCon Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said: I don't recall when the World Hockey Association burst on the scene in 1972 Winnipeg having any trouble signing free agents. Bobby Hull was the best power forward in the world & he signed with the Jets. Other NHL stars followed like Thommie Bergmann, Serge Savard, Randy Carlyle, Chris Bordeleau, Ted Green, Ernie Wakely & Joe Daley followed. Then there was the influx of Euros that came over in the mid to late 70's. No one ever complained about the cold weather. Or how dirty it was. I'm sure most didn't like minus 35 temperatures but they shut up about it. Just a different generation of players today. It helps if you're signing a million dollar contract at Portage & Main. blue_gold_84 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted November 7, 2019 Author Report Posted November 7, 2019 16 minutes ago, JCon said: That's not really fair. If you were to ask athlete's 30 years ago, they would have said the same thing. I don't blame them. It is cold, it is dark and it is dirty (with all the sand that we put on our streets). I still love our city and so do the players that play here. They also had to pick one city and they picked many different ones. I blame the lazy journalists at ESPN asking ridiculous questions. It's only ridic in that its an easy question. Here's another easy q...whats your favorite city...bet it's Vegas. Bet! Get it? The other questions were more interesting... Which team has the worst/best visiting locker room? The NHL doesn't punish for recreational drugs. Is that good or bad? Given the league's approach to recreational drug use, does the NHL have a cocaine problem? Do you have a burner Twitter account? JCon 1
blue_gold_84 Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 Did a sports media outlet do pointless surveys back in the 70s, 80s, or 90s...? Although, I'm sure at some point during that 30-year span, someone complained about the weather while being employed by a professional hockey team here in Winnipeg. Sweet Jesus. Noeller 1
Noeller Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 Also, because of Twitter, we hear about this nonsense more. ISOs 1970s ramblings done really have any weight here....
iHeart Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 22 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: Are they still at the Fairmont? The one guy who liked it mentioned the casino and im like what casino? Would have thought The Alt is where they stay now. Yeah, they don't need to chit on Winnipeg. we do that already. As for rest of poll I'm shocked that EDM(WEM) and CAL(red mile) even got votes. Hey at least no one called us the murder capital of canada...yet. well unless they're going through the underground walkway to go to cityplace to go to shark club
FrostyWinnipeg Posted November 7, 2019 Author Report Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/leafs-place-martin-marincin-nic-petan-waivers/ Nic closer to the KHL today. Edited November 7, 2019 by FrostyWinnipeg
Floyd Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 40 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/leafs-place-martin-marincin-nic-petan-waivers/ Nic closer to the KHL today. Bring him back blue_gold_84 1
iHeart Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, Floyd said: Bring him back oh good I wasn't the only person thinking that when I heard the news
JCon Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, Floyd said: Bring him back No, no, no... FrostyWinnipeg, Goalie, blue_gold_84 and 2 others 1 4
Goalie Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Floyd said: Bring him back Maurice would sit him
kelownabomberfan Posted November 7, 2019 Report Posted November 7, 2019 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/maple-leafs-place-petan-marincin-on-waivers/ar-BBWqkIX?ocid=spartanntp Any interest in the D-man they put on waivers?
SpeedFlex27 Posted November 8, 2019 Report Posted November 8, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, JCon said: It helps if you're signing a million dollar contract at Portage & Main. True but the other guys didn't make millions although at the time it was more money than they probably ever dreamed they'd make. Average players went from $20,000 a year to $75,000 a year back in the early 70's & I know that was a big deal to the players who didn't come from the NHL. The other thing is, they'd have got the money from other teams if Winnipeg never had a team. Guys today are so spoiled in comparisons to that era. Especially when you compare the minor leaguers who signed with WHA teams. They were used to low pay, long drives to far flung places on the bus, cheap hotels, cheap food & being treated like **** by their minor league teams. The dream of playing in the Big League wasn't easy but they still pursued it hoping for a break that for most of them would never come. Then the WHA came along, Hull signed with the Jets, legitimized the WHA, big contracts were being offered to veteran journeyman minor league players & suddenly playing in the Peg with the cold & dirty streets wasn't that big of a deal. Edited November 8, 2019 by SpeedFlex27
SpeedFlex27 Posted November 8, 2019 Report Posted November 8, 2019 The only pleasure I take from that list we're on is that according to NBA players, Toronto is the fourth worst city to play in. Not much to do & the weather is nasty & cold. Players don't want to play in Canada. That's probably why Vancouver will never get another NBA franchise. Does my heart good when I see the Centre Of The Universe means nothing to some kid born & raised in Charlotte or Los Angeles. Kawhi Leonard was one & done in Toronto. Gone to LA the first chance he got.
FrostyWinnipeg Posted November 8, 2019 Author Report Posted November 8, 2019 3 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/maple-leafs-place-petan-marincin-on-waivers/ar-BBWqkIX?ocid=spartanntp Any interest in the D-man they put on waivers? Hurry up Chevy and pick this guy up then we can go 3 for 3.
FrostyWinnipeg Posted November 8, 2019 Author Report Posted November 8, 2019 45 minutes ago, JCon said: No one wants Petan. Can't believe we not pick up that big D man.
JCon Posted November 8, 2019 Report Posted November 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: Can't believe we not pick up that big D man. How many contracts do we have? And, I think some of the d are coming back now.
HardCoreBlue Posted November 8, 2019 Report Posted November 8, 2019 51 minutes ago, JCon said: No one wants Petan. Another reminder of how hard it is to make the show. blue_gold_84 and JCon 1 1
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