Any hockey fans here?
 

It's the only professional sport I'm interested in anymore. Blackhawks fan since I was a young kid (although in those days it was the Black Hawks). If so...might be fun to chat about the playoffs this year.

I'd like to start with an observation about Milan Lucic. He scored this empty net goalthis afternoon and started beating his chest like a fucking monkey. The puck was dropped in his lap in center ice with nobody within 20 feet of him. WTF did he do that warranted the display? Nothing. On the other hand, when Brian Bickell got his empty net goal Friday night, he actually had to finesse it past a defender right in his face. Bickell's reaction...a big grin. Lucic is a schmuck.

I used to go to a lot of Black Hawk games when I lived in Chicago in the 70's. I even had season tickets for a couple of years. Next opportunity I had was when I lived in Montreal for a year or so in the 80's and went to several games at the Forum. I had access to two season tickets any time I wanted, center ice second row.

Here in the 90s' I started going to Sharks' games but then lost interest. IMO, one can only appreciate ice hockey live to see the plays developing. FWIW, I went to the very first Stanely Cup playoff game at the Shark Tank.

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Nope. Not a hockey fan, sorry.

Love the skill, hate the other stuff.

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I love the violence, the game is okay I guess.

Dave

OK...I guess I'm the only one really watching the playoffs. So thanks for the feedback. I thought somebody might like to see this though, a thing of beauty it was. He's the most dangerous player in the league on a rush...nobody knows what he's gonna do...he doesn't know what he's gonna do. Watch when he crosses over in front of Sharp, everybody in the building (including all the Wild defenders) are certain he's going to drop it back for Sharp, even Kane thinks he's going to drop it, and then halfway through dropping it, he changes his mind, reaches back and grabs it, and puts it in.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkQXYzBuq1c

Something like this...even though it's only now and then, is what keeps me interested.

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Not really. Like soccer the difficulty to score turns me off.

Best game in the whole of sports!