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[frenchblue23]

Originally Posted by Physicx

id kill for season seats. the wait list ive heard is

maybe ill ask my sister's boss to let pitch in on their season ticket pool

Same here, but every year I say I will, some new expense prohibits me.  It's an evil cycle.  

 

[hawkflight6]

Originally Posted by FrenchBlue23

Originally Posted by Physicx

id kill for season seats. the wait list ive heard is

maybe ill ask my sister's boss to let pitch in on their season ticket pool

Same here, but every year I say I will, some new expense prohibits me.  It's an evil cycle.  

I guess I'm lucky then, me and my dad are splitting a pair with my uncle

Our loyalty to the Moose paid off cause we had access to them before the general public otherwise I highly doubt we could have got any

 

[gingersaintbad]

300 for a whole season is cheap

 

[frenchblue23]

Originally Posted by hawkflight6

I guess I'm lucky then, me and my dad are splitting a pair with my uncle

Our loyalty to the Moose paid off cause we had access to them before the general public otherwise I highly doubt we could have got any

I'm like the only hockey fan in my family and among friends, so it's hard to split a season with someone.  I will see if I can split some games via the Kings/ticketmaster website with a stranger. 

 

[hawkflight6]

Originally Posted by FrenchBlue23

Originally Posted by hawkflight6

I guess I'm lucky then, me and my dad are splitting a pair with my uncle

Our loyalty to the Moose paid off cause we had access to them before the general public otherwise I highly doubt we could have got any

I'm like the only hockey fan in my family and among friends, so it's hard to split a season with someone.  I will see if I can split some games via the Kings/ticketmaster website with a stranger. 

Well, thats completely different than here, every time I talk with someone (family, friends, co-workers) and they find out I got season tickets the first thing they say is if I can't make it to any of the games they'll buy them off me

 

[bjm5295]

Originally Posted by GingersAintBad

300 for a whole season is cheap

300 INCREASE per seat. they were 1200ish a piece last year, 1500ish this year.

and i sit in row 14 of 15 rows in the balcony btw.

 

[DeadsetAce]

Originally Posted by bjm5295

Originally Posted by GingersAintBad

300 for a whole season is cheap

300 INCREASE per seat. they were 1200ish a piece last year, 1500ish this year.

and i sit in row 14 of 15 rows in the balcony btw.

ohhh...ok that makes me feel better...but im paying almost the same for half season, so i still envy you

in other news....

Updated: July 26, 2011, 11:56 AM ET

[h1]Red Wings' Kris Draper retires[/h1]

ESPN.com news services

DETROIT -- Red Wings forward Kris Draper, who helped Detroit win four Stanley Cups, announced his retirement Tuesday.

Draper, 40, was named the NHL's best defensive forward in 2004. Butinjuries limited him to 47 games and 11 points last season.

Detroit also may have run out of room at forward. Patrick Eaves andDrew Miller were re-signed, and prospects are expected to also get achance to play next season.

Draper made his NHL debut with the Winnipeg Jets during the1990-91 season and has 161 goals and 364 points in his career.

"Kris Draper has represented the Detroit Red Wings with nothing but class and dedication for the last 17 years," Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said. "His extraordinary work ethic has provided a great example for all players within our organization and his influence on the young players in our system will be felt for years to come. I cannot thank Kris enough for all he has done for us. He is a true professional."

Draper was on the Red Wings' 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008 Stanley Cup teams. Draper appeared in 1,157 regular-season games, 222 postseason games (ninth all-time in NHL history).

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

sad day, winged wheel? or was this expected?

 

[cquan05]

Jeremy Roenick was one of my favourite NHLers, and now that he's retired, he's one of my favourite ex-NHLers. In a league that's traditionally been filled with personality-free robots, JR is unapologetically loud, weird and occasionally a little obnoxious.

It doesn't totally shock me, then, that he let a fan punch him in the face at the Lake Tahoe Celebrity Golf Tournament for no reason, other than the fan asked nicely.

JR

 

[DeadsetAce]

JR is the man

 

[winged wheel]

Draper will be missed, but more so for what he has meant to the organization over the years. Last year was brutal for Drapes and I was not surprised when the news broke. It's time for some new blood to step up, with Drape's & Raffi stepping down in the same offseason, It really makes you realize how fast careers fly by.

 

[DeadsetAce]

im JUST getting around to watching 24/7 road to the winter classic. awesome stuff.

 

[scuse7]

Originally Posted by DeadsetAce

im JUST getting around to watching 24/7 road to the winter classic. awesome stuff.

Expect more from you da

 

[DeadsetAce]

i know, i know...pathetic on my part.

 

[physicx]

i still havent watched the last episode. kept telling myself id catch the re-run...but no

as for JR, i didnt like him as a kid cause i thought he was a %#@%. plus my dad didnt like him. (OT, but when i was a kid i blindly liked/hated a player just cause my dad liked/hated them)

but nowadays i appreciate his personality and outspokenness. most nhlers are about as interesting as a wall or cant speak english

 

[True Blues]

Originally Posted by DoubleJs07

The hard-partying ways of Flyers captain Mike Richards and center Jeff Carter played a major role in the organization's decision to trade both players in June, say two Flyers who played with the pair last season.

Carter was sent to the Columbus Blue Jackets for free agent forward Jakub Voracek and first- and third-round picks in the draft, and Richards was traded to the Los Angeles Kings for Wayne Simmonds and Brayden Schenn.

The two unnamed players said that the Flyers front office was disappointed in Carter and Richards' longstanding party lifestyle and that teammates were concerned about the pair's drinking.

Shortly after his arrival in December 2009, coach Peter Laviolette instituted what players came to call the "Dry Island." Laviolette asked team members to commit to not drinking for a month, and each player was asked to write his number on a locker room board as a pledge. No. 17 (Carter) and No. 18 (Richards) were absent from the board on the first Dry Island, as well as the estimated five more times the policy was instituted.

Link


I also heard this from various sources. (The Downie trade was for similar reasons.)

 

[sosly]

Lol at JR, now I wish Pierre Mcguire got hit in the face [multiple times]. 

 

 

[doublejs07]

Ovechkin's whip....

 

[DeadsetAce]

love AO

speaking of him, the part in 24/7 where one of his teammate cross checks an opposing player and cuts the guy. i love AO's plea to the ref, with a straight face and tone, "well he probably has sensitive skin, no?"

 

[hawkflight6]

^

I remember that, it was hilarious

Hopefully they do 24/7 this year too, last years was really good

 

[cquan05]

To add fuel to the fire....

 

[sosly]

^lol. the card opening pack video is bizarre too.

 

[doublejs07]

From earlier this summer....

UPDATE: The girls in the pic asked to be removed... but, according to both the reader who sent this and the girls, that is indeed Carter.


It's been a while. Lots of trade rumors seem to have caused Carts to keep a low profile this summer. And that is exactly what he was trying to do here... when he brought two lady friends to buy some Mike's Hard Lemonade.


http://www.crossingbroad....-mikes-hard-edition.html

Carter is gonna be on the prowl again when tOSU football starts up.....dude is gonna be a FIXTURE on the bar scene

 

[gingersaintbad]

I really don't get what the big deal is with Richards and Carter. They're bot young, rich, and single. Throw in being an incredibly gifted hockey play and I'd be doing the exact same thing.

 

[frenchblue23]

Originally Posted by GingersAintBad

I really don't get what the big deal is with Richards and Carter. They're bot young, rich, and single. Throw in being an incredibly gifted hockey play and I'd be doing the exact same thing.

I don't get it either.  That's part of the whole "blowing things out of proportion" Richards refers too.  I hope it's all true, and it's just that, because it's gonna be pretty laid back in L.A., no media pressure or anything. 

 

[addictedtofreshkicks]

3 year contract for Cally is kind of strange