It's Hockey Season!!

“I would have liked to see the game, but the NHL has decided that the Albany area's local team is the Sabers. So if Buffalo is playing the Devils, Islanders, and Rangers games are blocked. The funny thing is we don't get the Sabers games either because the local cable companies don't consider them local. In other words if the Sabers are playing, there is no hockey on TV.
>:(”

“I forgot to mention that the Devils minor league team is based in Albany. WTF”

“Sorry to hear that. That sucks!”

“Okay, now the Flutters can't lose. Limpy, your faith in the team has paid off.”

“Minutes to dropping the puck in Tampa!

Marc Andre is going back to the juniors! Obviously the Pens have written this season totally off. JS Aubin and Caron are our goaltenders. Good luck to us!”

“... and the Waddles didn't fare too well on Saturday. Sorry Tango.”

“Hee hee hee hee hee hee.”

“Artex, who roots for whatever team wins.”

“Patriots fan one year, Buccaneers fan the next, Patriots fan the next ... hey, just another game, right?”

“Tonight it's the Flutters vs. the Lightning Bugs.”

“Yep, tough game. But I do have to say how much the team has improved since the beginning of the year! They are playing so hard, good to watch, but the luck is just not there. I still watch every game!”

“can Lindros stand another concussion? I think he's had 8 now.”

“Yeah, he's a cream puff!”

“Anyone gonna watch the Preds and Red Wings tommorrow..look for us in the stands!!...screw catching a puck..i wanna catch a TOOTH!!!”

“sorry Op, I will be watching the Penguins!”

“No, no, no, no, no. The Bucs still are, and always will be, my number one football team. The Patriots are my second fav, and I would only root against them if they are playing my Bucs.

Just so it's on record, here's the deal with my other favs:

Baseball:
1. Red Sox
2. Devil Rays

Basketball:
1. New York Knicks

Hockey:

1. Tampa Bay Lightning
2. Boston Bruins

How you like 'dem apples? ;-)”

“Okay Artex, you're off the hook. No way can I accuse a Red Sux fan of being a bandwagon jumper.

#@$%^ those #$*^% Lightning Bugs!”

“"Anyone gonna watch the Preds and Red Wings tommorrow..look for us in the stands!!...screw catching a puck..i wanna catch a TOOTH!!!"
OPIE
11:18:34 PM
02/02/04

ahh! i just found this message! hey now tonights game was suppossed to be a surprise!

we just got in and had a blast even though the predators lost. it was our first pro hockey game!”

“Nothing like watching a live game.”

“What the heck are the Red Winks doing to their goalies? First the Dominator and now CuJo.”

“Thought some hockey fan would jump on this.”

“Could care less what the Red Winks do.”

“There might be a strike in the NHL...the owners and the players are standing firm...no one's budging an inch for now. Something about salary caps and revenue sharing (?). They say it could be a TWO year strike.”

“Question: would the strike affect the AHL?”

“No telling. It looks like a run of bad luck to me.

I never get to see enough hockey down here in Florida.”

“The Red Wings SUCK!!!!!


8)”

“Be careful there Mike; remember that commercial where the guy is all over some Russian player and they show his parents on the message board and he's sitting right behind them?”

“"The Red Wings SUCK!!!!!
Crazy Mike Backpacks

Why, do they car camp?”

“Yes they do Pennsy!


8)”

“Geo, I believe some of the NHL players are already talking with the other leagues...ie AHL, European leagues etc.”

“I'll watch almost any hockey games they'll show!!! I hope the 'strike' doesn't last long.


Pens got another butt kickin' tonight, poor guys!”

“Flutters won the game but lost Roenick and Primeau. Ouch!”

“Well we got a point last night ended reg in a tie with the blues! Darn it anyway!!! And to the lowly Blues JEEEEZZZ!!!”

“HA HA!!!!!!!!!!


8p”

“We still got a point I wouldn't be laughing that hard Mikey!”

“My other teams are kicking @ss so I guess I can throw a laugh or 2 in there!!!!

Ha Ha!

8p”

“St. Louis got another short handed goal last night, and leads the NHL in said category. About time we finally beat the stinkin' Panthers!”

“I will admit that the Lighting are a team that just keeps getting better I wish them the best in the Playoffs.


I am pulling for the Maple Leaves to win the cup this year.

8)”

“Oh yeah, one of the ORIGINAL SIX!!! About time they should win the cup....it's been a very long drought. Even the Rangers won one recently.”

“I love the Devils (2nd only to the Penguins)!”

“The Devils.... pitooey! Anything that's from New Jersey sucks! :-)”

“Put 'em Artex, them's fightin' words they are coming to Tampa in March wanna see 'em? Ah, I mean the Devils vs Lightning!”

“What Artex said!!!


8p”

“Hey, no comments from the peanut gallery! LOL”

“"The Devils.... pitooey! Anything that's from New Jersey sucks! :-)"
Artex


Well said Artex. Finally we agree on something about sports.

Two in a row from the Rangers after Roenick and Primeau go down, not half bad! It took two Rangers to bring down Brashear. That answers an old question.”

“His 6th slam to the head he needs to quit.I bet it is going to be hard for him but he could die if he keeps playing.


Here is the story.


Roenick considering retirement after recent injury


February 15, 2004

AP - Feb 13, 5:17 pm EST
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia Flyers center Jeremy Roenick is considering retirement after sustaining the ninth concussion of his career when he was struck in the face with a puck.

Roenick had surgery to repair a broken jaw after he was drilled by a slap shot off the stick of New York Rangers defenseman Boris Mironov on Thursday.

``I'm mulling over a lot of things right now and I'm not ruling out retirement,'' Roenick, 34, told The Philadelphia Inquirer while in attendance for the Flyers' home rematch with New York.

Roenick, whose jaw is wired shut, said he doesn't expect to return for the regular season.

``My senses have been good, but other symptoms like lightheadedness and dizziness and nausea and stuff like that have been pretty prevalent the last few days,'' he said.

``No one wants to come back more than I do, but no one has to live my life like I do. So I have to take some very cautious steps here.''

Roenick said the concussion, in the midst of a promising season for the team, is the biggest challenge of his career. But he remains motivated to return to the ice.

He hopes ``to do everything I can to try to get back when I can and help this team go to the Stanley Cup,'' he said.

Roenick, the team's second leading scorer, has 18 goals and 27 assists in 57 games for the Eastern Conference-leading Flyers.


8)”

“He probably should hang them up, but then they seem so close to going back to the finals. Live a long life or go out a Stanley Cup champ. Not an easy decision for a guy who grew up dreaming of having his name on the cup.”

“He could die though?????


8\”

“So could Lindros have died. They're jocks. They're not like us Mike.

Then again, if you were told that you could die if you went backpacking (but it was not 100 percent sure that you would die), what would you do?”

“Good point Geo!”