Conference 7.286::sports_91

    
    Look for the Haafa Herrings to goon it up big time since they already
    know they're overmatched in hockey skills.  Lotta high sticks and
    goalie-running.  Probably a little arson and a rash of stabbings if
    they can get away with it.
    
    Dickstah
    

    Anyone have a schedule for the series?
    
    I just hope both teams play hockey and cut out the crap.  Whale will
    take one in the Insurance City; B's in 5.
    
    
    py

I don't think it'll goon up.  I look at the last Hartford-Boston
game.  Granted the game on Sunday will tell more, but Hartford
doesn't have the team cohesion now to goon it up.

Holik does have to take some boxing lessons in the off season.
People pick on him and he doesn't know how to fight, and we
can't keep affording a 3rd man in to help him out...

'Saw

    
    It IS interesting that the regular season ends with these two teams
    playing a meaningless game, only to face a potential 7 more.
    
    I wish they'd allow Sunday's game to count as the first playoff game.
    But since it doesn't count, I think both teams will be doing a lot of
    offensive/defensive matchup switching to get a feel for what works and
    doesn't work.  If Da Broons have their way, the series should be a
    typical grind-it-out close checking game with scores in the 3-1 range
    or so.
    
    Dickstah
    

Dickstah,

First off, GREAT p-name!

Actually, on paper, the Broons-Whale match up well, because they
both play (should play in the Whale's case) a grinding checking
game.

All of this season, the Whalers have not had an identity.  ARe we
a grinding team?  Are we a finesse team?  They'd go out one night
and win on hard forechecking and grinding play, then lose the next
because they wanted to be a finesse team.

(I think Rick Ley has had an adverse effect on the team, but that's
beside the point)....

If they'd get a little consistent, then maybe.....  Nah!


Bruins Sweep.  No doubt about it.

    FRank, you approached this topic wrong...if  you've ever been over in
    the Bruins conference, you would have noticed that the average Bruin fan is
    a moron and that any discussion of the Bruins should be lacking in
    punctuation and correct spelling.
    
    Hope this Helps.
    
    JoJ 

    Of all the conferences that need the benefits of the Apostrophe Police,
    the Bruins conference by far need them the most.  I swear, the level of
    writing ability in that conference is so low, I don't know how half of
    the participants keep their jobs.  It's by far the worst of any
    conference I read.
    
    John

    Bruins-Whalers Schedule
    
    April  3, @ Boston
    April  5, @ Boston
    April  7, @ Hartford
    April  9, @ Hartford
    April 11, @ Boston (if necessary)
    April 13, @ Hartford (if necessary)
    April 15, @ Boston (if necessary)

    The Cam_GOON Bruins in 6...
    
    REK
    
    A down and out war... The Wailers can't beat the brus playing
    hockey so a lot of time in the Pen_BOX..

Actually (TANGENT alert, TANGENT alert) the quality of many
individual's written communication has drastically dropped
in the five years I've been here.  It's the same outside the
company.

Written communication is highly important.  I've known prospective
employers who would toss out a resume for spelling errors.

While grammar is a bit tough to police if you don't know the
rules, there's no excuse for poor spelling.  At the very least
you can bind DECspell to a key on your terminal and have
it invoked via your editor.  DECspell will pick up a lot
of errors.

It's unfortunate, but in this day and age a lot of people will
judge you by the written word you produce, and if that written
word is the first thing they see, it's a first impression, and
we all know that first impressions are the strongest.....


Now bak 2 da brooons! 8^)

'Saw

    
> Actually (TANGENT alert, TANGENT alert) the quality of many
> individual's written communication has drastically dropped
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
    Apostrophe alert!  Apostrophe alert!  Deploy Ninja!  Deploy Ninja!
    
    glenn
    
    

    
    Some helpful Broonese translations:
    
    Whining = Whinning "Dey wuz whinning about the bad cals"
    
    Lose = Loose  "Dey shood not loose to da Wailers"
    
    Should have = Should of  "Cam should of punched his lights out"
    
    Capitalizations and punctuation are optional.
    
    Dickstah, Broonese linguist
    

    And some people don't have the time to do a spell check, of even use
    grammar checker!
    
    It comes from all walks -- yesterday I received a mail message from
    a secretary telling us how someone 'excepted' a job!  8^)
    
    Dickstah, ya left out one of the biggest ones in your Broonese
    translations:  definately instead of definitely.
    
    Glad to see were all so perfect we can talk about others!! 8^) 8^)
    

    oops, that should read we're!!! 

>>    Noting (for 3-4 years) has helped improve my writing skills quite a
>>    bit. 
    
>>    Hawk
    
    
    So now you might be ready to get a job, right? No wonder the company is
    losing money.
    
    JoJ

re Perfect (Future Perfect?):

Actually, grammar and spelling is one area where everyone can
improve on their own.  

Also, we have enough grammarians in here that any question I'm 
sure can be answered.

In my job, it's helpful to know that stuff since I have to turn
out specs before I can make the software, so writing skills, 
along with the typing course I took in college are really helpful.

later,
Egghaid Chainsaw

    I just have this one job...takes up about 60 hours a week though.
    
    Got an easy day today...for a change. So I figured I'd dish out some
    abuse since I've been taking alot of it for awhile.
    
    JoJ

JoJ, a charter customer of Dominatrix Pizza!

    BTW, has Dinz come through on his end of the wager yet?
    
    I don't see Hartford beating Boston, but I don't see a sweep either.
    The Broons' defense has been porous over the last 3 weeks and with
    Galley hurting, this could be worse.  Any team that can shut down the
    Janney-Neeley-* line, could quite handily beat Boston.
    
    Although Christian and Hodge have provided the additional punch,
    Carpenter being out and Poulin being day-to-day raises the question of
    scoring depth.
    
    Boston will beat Hartford and the winner of Montreal/Buffalo, but will
    not get out of the conference this year.
    
    Mark.

    RE. 21 (Hawk)
    
    "Tree jobs!?! Listen 'ere, you layzee cooconut, waystin' yer time in de
    noots file, talkin' aboout de Wailers...Since when do the Rastaman am
    skaytin' on de ice, ehh?" 
    
    "I got TEN jobs! I don' wanna 'ere you talkin' like you work 'ard. Like 
    I say, I got TEN jobs. I do de Research, de project planin', de client 
    meetin's, de writin', de editin', de production, de proofreadin', de 
    peyge designin', de layoot, an' den I-mon am bring it to de printer-mon 
    am nice it all up! When you work as 'ard as I-mon, den you can come
    back and talk abooot it, but until den, get back to work!"
    
    A million :-) s
    
    Tom

    Hey Dinz...get outta here. Go call Ras and the two of you can talk
    about how many times you quit the notes conference.
    
    Beat it you deadbeat welcher.
    
    JoJ
    

re Tom's Ten Jobs, Mon:

	Tom, that was the best patois(sp?) I've heard.  That note
	is priceless, mon.

	All I can come back with is the cab driver we were hagglin'
	with in the Bahamas....

		Two fifty, mon?  Two fifty?  Seven days, mon, my
		situation be the same.  I've got to feed me mother
		mon, and you wouldn't want me to steal, now, would
		ya mon?

re JoJ:

	Atta boy JoJ.  No Welchin' in here.  When Dinz donz the strap,	
	then he can come back!   8^)

'Saw

    RE patios
    
    I learned that from playing on an indoor soccer team known as the
    Caribbean Panthers. They were a run-n-gun outfit, kinda like the way
    the Denver Nuggets play, except we WON a few games. (We lost one game
    25-21, in a league where 7-8 goals per team was the norm) Course, I
    wasn't playing goalie, so I loved it...
    
    Everyone on the team wa known as "Dread", including me. The captain was 
    (nick?)named "Preacher" and he would give these priceless pep-talks: "When 
    de brother-mon am maykin' mistayke, you no criticize 'im, you 'elp 'im.
    When 'e in trouble, call for de ball, let 'im know you dere..."  Then
    someone like Trevor Dread would chime in "Yah mon, it am de sayme ting
    dat am Preacher-mon am talkin aboot. When de otha team am got de ball,
    come on back to pley some D, don' jus' stan' dere, waytin' for de ball 
    to come on back..."
    
    Tom

Trevor Dread...

I love it mon, I really love it...


'Saw  (Dread?)

    In case anyone is interested, I'll be visiting the Bruins note around
    the first day of the playoffs to enter my predictions. Those guys in
    that conference love to hear from me...
    
    JoJ

    I'll say the B's in five.
    
    The BRUINS file is a joke.  As is the RED_SOX file.  Although you don't
    need a dictionary to get around in the B's conference.

    
    The Bruins file is not a joke, mainly because I participate in it!
    
    8^)
    
    And I can spell superfragicalilisticexpialadocious, so there..
    Your all a bunch of grammar gupsters, real men dosen't need not
    to know grammar! 8^)
    
    And Wardle, I will warn all the members of the file that 
    once again THE WEENDLE will be invading the conference
    with his elitus grammatical demeanor and his insipid DEBIL
    worship. Gawd I can't wait. A typical reaction! 
    
    
    Steve
    

    Chris Nilan took himself out of the running for the Lady Byng Trophy
    last night with 7 minors, 2 fighting majors, a 10-minute misconduct and
    a game misconduct.  Way to go, Chrissie!
    
    He was overheard saying on his first shift back from injury last week
    as he took the ice "Just when you thought it was safe to play hockey
    ..."
    
    Mike Milbury was asked what difference having Nilan back made and he
    said something to the effect that the bench is rowdier and harder to
    control.
    
    John
    

    Interesting to note how the Whalers management sent out letters asking
    (begging?) season ticket holders to buy playoff tix so the Bruins fans
    wouldn't scoff them up.  From what I've heard a lot of them (Whalers
    season ticket holders) have refused to buy 'em.
    
    I can hear "Here we go Bruins, here we go now!"   That ought to get
    Ricky-boy going! 8^)
    
    

    Frank,
    
    Sounds like a good reason to get a Broons-goWhaLe get together for this
    weekend......in Hartford.
    
    RTG

    	I just called and got four tickets for Sunday night's game.
    Sounds like there are plenty of seats.  Thirty two bucks with a
    three dollar per ticket service charge.
    
    RE: .42  Frank told me he's boycotting these playoff games.
    
    				/Don

>    Interesting to note how the Whalers management sent out letters asking
>    (begging?) season ticket holders to buy playoff tix so the Bruins fans
>    wouldn't scoff them up.  From what I've heard a lot of them (Whalers
>    season ticket holders) have refused to buy 'em.
>    
>    I can hear "Here we go Bruins, here we go now!"   That ought to get
>    Ricky-boy going! 8^)
    
Well, the situation was this.  The playoff tix order forms went
out just before or after the big trade.  There were many fans who
were sour on the team.

Richard Gordon sent out a letter asking the fans to suppor the team.
It didn't have anything to say about Bruins fans scarfing up the
tix.  It was more of an economic reason.  

From a financial point the Whalers will actually make out better because
the series is against Boston.  If it had been Montreal, the Whalers
were seriously looking at a half empty arena for home games.

(It seems the fans have made a statement to the ownership/management
of the team).

With Boston, at least the seats will be filled.

Many season ticket holders have refused to buy seats for many reasons.


While not strictly a playoff issue, one fan I know, when he got his
order form for the next season, inquired about paying more money and
moving closer to the ice, and he mentioned a section number where
he wanted to sit, and knew there were some openings.  He was told
"Oh no, those areas are reserved for VIPs"....  He sent his form back
with instructions written on it on how the Whalers Management should 
orient his season tickets before inserting them into their .......


Personally, I hope the Bruins sweep.  If that doesn't get rid of
Rick Ley I don't know what will.......

'Saw

Re the weekend....


I'm not sure which weekend you're talking about.  This coming?  Or
the 13-14?  If it's 13-14  I'll be in DC for the Cherry Blossom
Tournament.

This coming weekend isn't good either, because I've got an away
game in NYC.  On weekends with away games I try to keep Sundays
free because my Saturday is completely eaten up with rugby and
travel to/from rugby.


Besides, I wouln't pay the Whalers $32 of my money to see mediocre
hockey.

I'll sit at home in front of the TV and root for the Whalers, but
cheer for every Bruins goal too, hoping it's another nail in
that Stiff Rick Leys' coffin!


'Saw

PS  Tracy -- keep May 18th open for the rugby get-together 8^)

    'Saw,
    
    Its this weekend.
    
    Wednesday is game 1, so game 3 will be Sunday, the 7th, and game
    4 will be Tuesday, the 9th.
    
    I *think* the letter went out AFTER the trade, so I was told.

>    Its this weekend.
>    
>    Wednesday is game 1, so game 3 will be Sunday, the 7th, and game
>    4 will be Tuesday, the 9th.

Yeah, no I couldn't do a get together.  Sorry.

    
>    I *think* the letter went out AFTER the trade, so I was told.

I thought it did too.  But I wasn't sure when the playoff order forms
when out.  I think they went out before.

I know that many season ticket holders are just plain pissed off.

One guy wrote in the paper, in an open letter to Richard Gordon (who
made most of his money in real estate)

	Would you pay top dollar for a house with leaky plumbing,
	poor wiring, broken windows and a toilet that won't flush?
	Then why should we pay top dollar to see the Whalers play....


'saw

    A question if I may...
    
    Can you purchase tickets for the Sunday game at Ticketron or
    Ticketmaster?   I don't have plastic, so I can't really call
    for tickets. 
    
     tt

    DEBILS!!!

    No they don't...but the Bruins do.
    
    JoD

    
    	Ooooooooh!  Good one JoYuppie!  Let's see.........what can
    	I come back with.  Hmm.  How 'bout "Yeah, but the Bruins can
    	beat up the DEBILS.  Nyah, nyah"  :*)
    
    	Claybroon

	DA BROONS WILL BEET THE GOWHALE AND DEN BEET DE DEBILS!  STANLI CUP 
THISED YEER!!!!!111

    WAHT DO U MEEN TEH BROONS AR NOO GOOD! TEH DEVILS SIPAND YOU DOO TO!
    NEWJRESY IS NOT A HOCKY TONW AND NEVRE WIL BEE! COME TO BOSTN TO SE
    REEL HOCKY NOT LIEK TEHY PLEY IN NWEJERSY1!!
    

    Hey, hey, hey.....easy fella.  This is *not* the DEVILS note!

    Since it hasn't been said yet

    New Jersey is not a hockey town??? HAHAHAHAHA...

    HAHAHAHA YOUSELF YOU YUPPY NEWJERZY IS NOT A HOCKY TOWN BECASE ITIS
    NOTA CITY JUST A STATE WITH RIVERS TEH KOLOR OF ANTIFREESE AND KEMICAL
    WASTE DUPMS!!!!11 TEH DEBILS AND NEWJERSY DESERVE EACHOTHER AND SO DOO
    YU!!! TEH BRUNS RULE!!! TEHY WILLWIN THE STANLEY CUP TIHS YEAR YOU
    WATE!!!!
    
    RALF

    Hey Vaneman,
    
    You will be accepted into the Broons bandwagon, when the Pens eliminate
    the debs.
    
    RTG
                     

    Yo, RTG...no way, man. I've got alot of favorite teams who's bandwagons
    I can jump on to before I ever get to the Goons bandwagon.
    
    If the Pens do knock off the DEVILS, I'll root for the Pens against the
    stRangers assuming they hang on and beat the Caps.
    
    JoJ

    El "Can I buy a vowel Vanna?" Sid was unconscious last night as the
    Whale hung on for a 4-3 win.  As bad as the refs were (in Hartford's)
    favor during game 1, Schick and company were equally bad last night,
    but in Boston's favor.  If the Broons would have pulled this game out,
    I would have expected Whale fans to be pretty upset this morning.
    
    The Broons never skated until 3/4 of the way through the 2nd period and
    they played a great 3 period, but Sid stiffled them.  Moog made some
    pretty lucky saves.
    
    Anyway, back to Beantown on Saturday.
    
    Mark.

The Whalers radio team was livid at some of the calls.  In fact, one
of them stated that it's too bad that refs these days call the game
based on the score instead of consistency in judgement...

Oh well, it was an exciting game....

'Saw

    	Hey 'Saw, Hartford is a very charming town.  We really enjoyed
    plundering it! 
    
    			/Attila The BroonsFan

>    	Hey 'Saw, Hartford is a very charming town.  We really enjoyed
>    plundering it! 
>    
>    			/Attila The BroonsFan


Glad you had a good time.  Or course, knowing all you BroonsFans would
be down, we took all the really HOT women and hid them.  What you saw
was our leftovers ;^) ;^)

Seriously, I'm happy that so many Bruins fans came down.  It made (I think)
a loud and clear statement to Whalers management about just how the
fans think the Flounders rank.

BTW, what I saw in the game last night, shows me that this team has
talent, but is not motivated properly and is poorly coached.  There
is no precision, and a marked tendency to break down when things get
tough.  That all stems from coaching, I believe.  

'Saw

    
    'Saw, which team r u talking about? The Bruins seem to fit into 
    your statement quite nicely. Talk about lack of motivation, the
    Bruins could be the poster team. Shmucks.
    
    
    Steve

I didn't see the first period.  I was driving home and heard it on 
the radio.

I was talking about the Whalers vs the Bruins in general.  I noticed
in Game 2 and Game 3 a general lack of precision on the Whalers parts.
When the Bruins are tight on them they get flustered.

Last night, in the third, when the Bruins were busting hump, the
Whalers ALMOST folded.  They have to come out of their end with
confidence and poise.  They haven't learned that yet.


I don't know if it will go 6 or 7 now, but the Bruins will take it.


'Saw

    ?don - so you were in Hartford!!!
    
    Guess what - you were on TV!!!!!  I was watching the game (not sure if
    it
    was Molson Hockey night in Canada or Prime Sports Northwest - but after
    one of the Bruins goals, they panned the crowd, and settled in on this
    guy - I says to myself - that's a_gott_a be /Don!!!
    
    COngrats...
    
    JD

    	It was me alright.  That happened right after I crushed a quart
    of ice tea on my forehaid to celebrate the goal!
    
    				/Don  

If the Whaler's win tomorrow night they will take the series.
If the Bruins win it will go 7 and it's anybody's ballgame.
I am not that confident in the Bruins anymore. They have developed
some bad habits and cannot seem to get rid of them.



Steve

    Forget Hendry, the Slasher, TV star of 91...

    	Actually I was there Sunday night, but not last night.  It must've
    been someone who looks like me.  Lucky guy. 
    
    				/Don

    ?don - 
    
    the guys was the spitting image of you.  Caint believe their are two of
    you...
    
    JD

    
    Maybe it was /Don's evil twin, noD\?
    
    
    Phee shot split

    Ha ha, that's a beaut, Digger!!!111  :*)
    
    Anyway, if there really is a Supreme Being, he couldn't possibly have
    made more than one before smashing the mold!
    
    Can you just see /Don and noD\ doing a DoubleMint commercial?  The
    first one to be X-rated, no doubt.  :*)
    
    lEe

    	Alright, alright, I know it's hard to believe that there could
    be another such as myself, but my modesty (blush) prevents me from
    expounding on it.  I lucked into a ticket for tonight's game so
    I'll be giving you my usual unbiased thoroughly objective analysis
    of the game.
    
    				/Don

    /Don,
    
    Should be a good game....I just read in the Bruins file that Carpenter
    will play tonight.
    
    

    	J, I only hope that those unruly, rowdy, bet welching Wailer
    fans aren't there tonight.  They really spoil things for us cultured,
    mild mannered Broon fans.
    
    				/Donald

    /Donald,
    
    I know what you mean...when I was at Game 2 lasted(tm) Friday we
    had the DISpleasure of having not one, but TWO Wailer fans in our
    row two seats over.  (In the immortal words of my favorite roommate:
    "Gag me with a Ginsu!" ;-)
    
    When Cammyhoney(tm) (hers, not mine!) got his hat-trick I couldn't
    help but peer over and enjoy the how disgusted/disappointed they
    looked!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha(tm)
    
    Jo

>    When Cammyhoney(tm) 

Now it's my turn to be gagged with a kitchen implement.

This man is living proof that the early settlers engaged in relations
with buffalos!


8^)

'Saw

    H

    I

    re: .80
    
    Hahahahaha........Well, at least we KNOW what his ancestors had
    relations with!  We're still trying to figure out what yours
    engaged with!  8^)
    
    

    Great "P" name there, Digger!!11  :*)
    
    lEe

Boy did the B's luck out lasted night. Moog won the game for them.
Hartford was killing the B's in the first period, gawd it was horrible.
The horror..the blood pressure! The B's looked like they were wearing
lead skates and had a Whaler riding piggy back. But alas they trade 
fluke goals and it's "OPEN THE FLOOD GATES!" What a turn around. A complete
180. Sievedorkawitz didn't know what hit him. All of the sudden the Bruins
can skate! It was a miracle I tell ya! 8^) 



Steve

    
    After watching the first two periods, I had two questions:
    
    1.  Where were the Whalers during the regular season?
    
    2.  Where did the Bruins go during the playoffs?
    
    Funny game, this here hockey.  One fluke goal and the game changes.
    The Broons couldn't do a thing early in the game, including getting
    some shots on net with the power play.  Boos started to rain down as
    their performance was, well, urine at the poverty level.
    
    On the Whale goal, I thought that if anybody on the ice hit the puck
    with the stick above the shoulder, the play was dead.  Certainly looked
    like Sweeney(?) tried to swat it out of the air, and it ended up
    deflecting off his stick into goal.
    
    Dickstah
    

    The way this series has gone, I'll take a "W" any way the B's can get
    it thank you.
                                 
    
    py

    Hopefully Boston's overwhelming 3rd period will have stunned the Whale
    so badly that it will carry over to Game 6.
    
    Unbelievable 3rd period, unbelievable.
    
    And how about Sweeney's 10 minute misconduct for getting sucker
    punched?
    
    Mark.

    > Hopefully Boston's overwhelming 3rd period will have stunned the Whale
    > so badly that it will carry over to Game 6.
    
    Was thinking the same thing Mark...just like when the B's came back
    from a 5-whatever deficit in one of the games last year.
    
    
    py

    The most inspiring performance last night was the Bruins scoring
    four powerplay goals.  Hartford has taken many penalties knowing
    the B's just haven't scored on the pp.   Maybe now the penalties
    will decrease.  Maybe.
    
    Is Rob Brown for real???  Thats all I wanna know.  Talk about BOZO
    in capital letters.  I hated him when he was with the Penguins and
    I'm beginning to hate him even more.

    ...but if the Bruins play like this in the next round (certainly
    not a lock) they can start booking April tee times.
    
    				/Don

    /Don,
    
    No offense, but have you seen the way the Sabres and Habs are playing?
    I cain't believe that Paddy Roo-ahh is having such a lousy post-season.
    The once defensive-minded Habs are letting Buffalo turn him into
    Swiss cheese.

    	Okay J, then they can start booking tee times for mid May. 
    8^)
    
    				/Don

    
    Simply amazing.  The B's suck pond water for the first two periods
    (especially the first) and manage to sneak into the third only one goal
    down.  Then, Ray gets his fluke
    goalandDaveChristiancomesrightbackwithin18secondstoscoreagoal and the
    Bruin's go into overdrive, stop Hahtfud's skating, checking and D and
    go on to win the game.  Gee whiz.
    
    Nice to see 4 power play goals, 2 goals by defensemen (with at least
    one assist from Galley) and Cammyhoney (tm) get two.
    
    Rob Brown - get a real haircut, you schmuck.  You're ugly and your
    mother dresses you funny.  Not to mention the fact that you're a pansy,
    fighting with your shield on.  Scumbag maggot.  (can ya tell that I
    don't think too highly of Mssr. Brown?)
    
    Laytah,
    
    Cath

	Hawk, Wesley got in the fight with Brown.  Brown landed quite a few 
punches but all were of the "Sugar Rim" variety.  Bob Sweeney had a black 
eye before the game from a hit in the previous game.

				/Don

    .95:
    
    Cath, I want to party with YOU.
    
    Hawk, Sweeney was suckered from behind which caused him to fall face
    first into the ice.  This opened his eye up.
    
    The funny thing is that he landed a ten minute misconduct for it.
    
    Mark.

    Markie,
    
    If ya wanna party with her you better look like her Cammyhoney(tm)
    OR have lots of Jack Daniels/Kahlua. 8^)
    
    Jo

    
    Mista Lufay,
    
    Anytime, son, anytime!!  And ya don't hafta look like Cammyhoney (tm)
    who is actually not very attractive....I tend to prefer men with noses
    fairly centered on their face.  Call it a pet peeve, but that's how I
    am.  As far as the Kahlua and J.D. (and SoCo; Jo forgot to mention
    SoCo), sure!  Bring all ya like.  And don't forget the Diet Pepsi and
    Pepto Bismol.
    
    Happy long weekend, Massachusetts!  Gawd, I can't wait until the
    Marathon is over!  Talk about overkill!
    
    C-meister

    
    >>  -< ;forgot the soco...SO KILL ME! *^) >-
    
    
    Nah.......
    
    
    
    
    Then who would pay the other half of the rent??????
    
    
    
    
    ;-)  
    
    Cath

    I ain't going nowhere with Lufay - especially partying with Broons
    fans.
    
    J.D.

    Lufay isn't hittin' on the Cath-meister is he? What would Karen think?

    
  At least I got the winner right and in the right anmount of games...
    
    REK
    
    DO I get a prize???? :-}
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    The Cam_GOON Bruins in 6...
    
    REK
    
    A down and out war... The Wailers can't beat the brus playing
    hockey so a lot of time in the Pen_BOX..

Sorry folks, was out sick on Friday....

And NO, it wasn't because of the game Thursday night.  I was legitamately
sick.....


My reactions to the Series.

	If you look at the overall results of the series, it was as
	bad as last year -- another first round defeat.

	However, the Whalers are about a step away from being a serious
	contender.  There were many single periods where the Whalers outplayed
	the Bruins handily.  They hit harder, they played better.  Moog
	was what kept that Bruins in it -- that and the fact that winning
	is an art.  If winning is an Art, then the Bruins are Michaelangelo
	and the Whalers are still working with Crayolas....

	The Whalers have finally got that Paul Coffeyish Offensive Defensemen
	in Zalapski, and have the playmaker they need in Cullen.  What they
	need now is a mean Defenseman (kind of like Manson) and a center
	who's good at O and D to back up Cullen (ironic that they should now
	need a Ron Francis type of center 8^))

	Most of all, the Whalers need a GREAT goaltender.  The DORK is not
	it, and while Reaugh would be an adequate backup, he's not first
	line caliber.  For my money, I'd make a trade with Edmonton, to
	get either Fuhr or Ranford, hopefully getting rid of Dineen in
	the process....

	Whalers still need to learn to play away from the puck, and need
	work on their poise.


	They are on a great brink right now.  This could be the start of
	this team building itself into a contender, or it could be yet
	another in a long line of disappointments.  The scary part is that
	six years ago, after taking Montreal to OT of the 7th game of the
	Adams Division final, they were at the same brink, and fell on the
	side of perpetual mediocrity.....

	Finally, it pains me greatly that the Whalers played just well enough
	for them to retain Rick Ley as coach, I fear.....

'Saw

    
    RE .103   Ya haven't pahteed til ya've pahteed with Broons fans, I tell     
              ya!  'Specially crazed Broons fans like me n Jo.  (please
              note the poor grammar!)
    
    RE .104   I'm sure he's not.  I'd have to call Ripley's if that were
              the case.  And then my mother!!!  And who's Karen?
    
    
    
    C-meister, now a non-smoker!!!!!!!!!!!!!  3+ days and counting!
    
     

>>    C-meister, now a non-smoker!!!!!!!!!!!!!  3+ days and counting!
    
     
 Good luck to you!  It's a hard road, but one you'll be so glad of
 in the long run!


 'Saw

    
    I too thought that it was a good series, 'tho a bit of a nail-biter for
    we Broons fans.  I really felt that if the B's lost game 6, they would
    have lost the series.  
    
    This Hartford team is the best I've seen in a long while.  The addition
    of Cullen, Zalapski, Houda and the play of the rookies Yake, Sanderson,
    and McKenzie have added so much depth that the Whale (I can't believe
    I'm actually saying this - and it's in writing, no less!) could be a
    serious threat in the Patrick.  They do need goaltending in a HUGE way,
    although as I've said a hundred times in the past, I like Kay "Mom, why
    do I have a girl's name" Whitmore and think that the organization is
    not giving him what he needs to play at an NHL level.  Sid isn't
    consistent enough, and I haven't seen too much of Reaugh to be able to
    comment.
    
    I hope they can Rick Ley, who's coaching was the worst thing to happen to
    the Whalers (IMO).  I do feel badly for the Whalers, but I'm glad that
    they're the ones out on the greens, and not the Bruins.
    
    Cath-(meister)
    
        

Again, the Whalers are on the brink.  Not only with their team, but with
the fans as well.

I sincerely hope ticket prices don't go up again, because they'll lose
even more fans if they do.

Rick Ley is a inane coach.  He has shown ability in Milwaukee, but it's
on thing to coach in a minor league, where players are bustin' hump to
make the bigs, and willing to eat dog shit if the coach says so, and
another thing to take a bunch of different high paid athletes and
motivate them to act as a unit...

Ley can't do that.  But, mark my words, he'll be back next year (sigh)....


'Saw

>>    C-meister, now a non-smoker!!!!!!!!!!!!!  3+ days and counting!

   ME TOO!  About three weeks now. The reason? I thought I had a heart
   attack! I was skiing. After about three or four hours, I stopped and
   went in to get a Pepsi (I got the right one Baby, uhuh!). Started
   getting these tremendous chest pains, and getting dizzy. Scared the
   shit out of me. Back home, I took all kinds of tests. They said I'm
   extra healthy. So then I did a treadmill. I told the Doc I was an
   inactive old fart. On the treadmill, he said any heartrate over 150 was
   good. I was up to 195 when I quit, and could have gone some more (but I
   was definitely feeling it by this time... he had already increased the
   speed and raised the slope eight times, and I was really motoring.) The
   chart he had, said that 195 rate was a 25 year old with an extrememly
   active lifestyle.  

   So. What the hell caused the chest pains? 

   Nobody knows. However, I figured it might have been a secret message
   from Odin, so I decided to quit smoking. 

   I've noticed I tend to be quite a bit testier lately, and it feels like
   this huge empty place inside me is screaming SMOKE you @ssh*le! But
   aside from that ... no problem.


   Mike JN

Smokers can be really fit.  

After the Waterloo game in the Bahamas, we get back to their clubhouse, 
and these guys that were running all over hell and back on the field
(and they were keeping up with us AND beat us 13-8) almost all of
them light up butts.  I couldn't believe it.

No way could I play rugby and smoke....


Mike JN, good choice....Whisky tastes better when ya don't smoke 8^)


'Saw

    Caffiene?

    
    Caffeine what?  
    
    >> "What happened to Leif Garrett?"
    
    Wow, there's a blast from the past, directly from the front cover of
    "Teen Mag" and other various and assorted pre-pubescent rags!!!
    
    Where do you come up with these????  I have to check every day just to
    see what new person you've come up with!
    
    Cath

    Leif Garrett rose to fame by playing Leonard Unger, Felix' son and
    younger brother of Edna in the famous Maxamillion the Jumping Frog
    episode where Felix accidently injured and lost Max the night before
    Leonard was preparing to enter him in a frog jumping contest.  Felix
    and Oscar went to buy a new frog in the all-night pet store and the
    highlights of the show were with Richard Stahl playing the part of the
    pet shop owner.
    
    Leif did nothing else of significance in his life.
    
    Dan, All-Time Odd Couple trivia buff

    Speaking of insignificant life, you shouldn't necessarily take pride
    for being the "all-time Odd Couple trivia buff".
    
    And a Dead Head to boot.
    
    Sheesh.
    
    Mark.

    Not that I indulge in any of them, but I've heard from reliable sources
    that watching the broons is on a level with dental surgery and cathater
    removal.
    
    Dan

    Real men can handle cathater removal (& insertion for that matter) 

    I've heard of people having heart problems because of too much caffeine
    in their system.  He said he had a Pepsi, wondered if it was more
    related to that than smoking...
    
    Where do I get them?  I don't know, they're just there....
    
    -Walt

I was in the ER one time when they brought in a gunshot victim.  Obviously
a gunshot is serious, but this guy was conscious and alert.  

The nurse inserted a Foley catheter.  If you know anything about catheters,
a Foley has an inflatable bulb on the end, which is inflated after it's
inserted to hold it in place.

Well, at one point later on during the procedure, the patient became
somewhat combatitive, and was giving this nurse a hard time.  She looked
the guy square in the eye and said "If you don't stop giving me shit,
I'm gonna remove that catheter....WITHOUT deflating the bulb!"

Never saw a guy quiet down so quick in my life......


The second best thing in the world to do is rucking.  Nothing like a good ruck.
The BEST thing in the world to do rhymes with rucking......


8^)

'Saw

    Saw, 
    
    I know what you mean - besides from rucking, nothing beats shucking.
    
    Whether it be ears of corn or clams or oysters, a good shuck makes ya
    feel great.  Shuck, shuck, shuck - ya cain do it fer hours.  
    
    After rucking and shucking, of course comes ducking.  
    
    JD

Actually JD, I was thinking of clucking.  Why, to strut around your living
room clucking like a chicken just relieves stress so well...

Then again, there's always bucking, but you have to be near a horse farm to
do that....

'Saw

    Fuddrucking?

Truckin'

    'Saw,
        Clucking is only enjoyable if your doing it to attract
    chickens for plucking.
    
    Pohe stih plesh
    

No, no, I disagree....

A good cluck for clucking's sake is fine by me....


Then of course, we've totally neglected mucking.  Mucking is a fine thing
to do in a stable on a cold, rainy afternoon.  The dampness brings out
the finest bouquet of that which you are mucking, and fills your nostrils
with the smell of nitrogen rich materials....

I'd say that mucking is even better than clucking.......


'Saw

    The Broons were pucking(tm) awesome last night!

    So, how are my Bruins doing?
    
    JOj

    The Pens beat them 4-1 last nite...........
    
    Series tied at 2 games apiece....
    
    REK

       Leave it to Wardle! He jumps on da waggin and the team goes in the
    dumper!
                                                           Denny

    I'll tell ya, the bruins are ok, but those Northstars are red hot!!
    
    JoJ

    Yo Jo*, a true fan would know that the correct moniker is "North
    Stars" as in 2 words.

    HTH,

    Mark.

	I'll tell you who I really feel glad for.  The 3K-4K fans who stuck 
with the North Stars when nobody else gave a damn for them.  I hope those 
hearty few got playoff tickets because they deserve this miracle ride.

				/Don

    What amazes me most is that for the past two games the announcers keep
    saying that they(Met Center personnel) keep adding seats/tearing walls
    down to accommodate more people!!!
    
    The other night they stated in the paper there was a full-page ad that
    read: "If you're too hoarse to call for season tickets, send in the
    form below"  Un-freakin'-believable!!!!!!!!!!

    Oh oh, I sense that the Wardleshooter is taking aim on the North Stars!
    I predict that if the Broons get knocked out in the next game, or that
    the Stars win their series, it's goodby to Wardle in this note, and
    we'll see him as the basenoter on a new one for the Stars!  Any takers?
    
    :*)
    
    lEe

    Well, I'm in here to plead that he doesn't....if the Broons are gonna
    get bumped by the Penguins, I hope the Stars kill the Penguins.
    
    BTW, isn't it funny that the Penguins are playing so well and the
    teams for sale?????

    im rooting for the pens for the ex-whaler factor, if anyone deserves
    
    a shot a champeenship [tm]  its Ron Francis
    
    
    dinz

    Why does Francis "deserve" a shot at it?  He couldn't "lead" the Whalers
    near the Promised Land.
    
    MikeL
    

    	You gotta remember MikeL that this is the same guy who idolized
    Scott Brunner!  8^)

 Alright Bruins is 7....

 the mostest powerfullest KOD ever exhibited in sports has spoken...

 ;^)

Because Ron Francis is a very classy guy, who gave a lot more to 
Hartford than just his ability on the ice.  He worked tirelessly
in the community, and people here miss him because of that as well.

He was treated like SHIT by the Whalers organization, and that, 
more than the trade is what has people pissed off.

Unlike most prima donas who complain about cheap shots, Francis
goes out there night after night, gives 100%, and does his best.

He's no Gretzky or Lemieux, but he's got talent, and tries to maximize
it every play.  He's done well since going to Pittsburgh.

As to whether he could lead Hartford to the Cup, look at what he's
had to play with, look at the history of Hartford's #1 picks over
the last ten years, and tell me that anyone short of Gretzky or
Lemieux could have led the Whalers to the Cup.


In fact, I will predict here that you won't see a Cup in Hartford
in the next 5-10 years......


'Saw

    'Saw,
    	You're making a case for players such as Ratelle,Park,
    Red Berenson et all who "deserved" a shot at the Cup because
    they had some of the same qualities as Francis. As you know,
    being on a Cup winner sometimes is being in the right place at
    the right time as well as having the talent. I don't begrudge
    Francis having a shot at the Cup. He is finally contributing in
    a manner (second or third line center) that is commensurate with his
    talent level. He ain't feeling the leadership crunch that he lived
    with ( and dealt with not-too-well in the playoffs) at Hartford.
    As far as he "deserves" a shot at the Cup, Nah, not any more than
    half the guys in the NHL.  His presence ( yes and Meatball's too)
    have made Pittsburgh a better team and may bring a Cup to that town.
    Just as Zalapski,Cullen, and Brown will make Hartford a better team.
    If the Whalers can get a decent goalie, they'll compete in the Adams
    for the top twp spots. All without Francis. 
    
    MikeL
    

Nope.

I was making a case for Ron Francis from someone who watched him for many
years, enjoyed watching him grow as a hockey player, who saw him provide
leadership in MANY different ways besides on the ice (A captain's playing
field duties are about 5% of the job), and as someone who likes him
immensely.

It's obvious he was never going to get a shot at the Cup in Hartford,
so it's nice to see him in a role where he can do it.  He's not as
untalented as you'd like to make him out to be.  He's not a LeMieux or
Gretzky, but he has a defensive side a lot of people overlook.  He's
been consistently aroundt the 100 point mark the last couple of years,
which is nothing to sneeze at.

I'm just glad he's getting a shot...

'Saw

    But Frank, can he play rugby?
    
    Joj

    Its over.. Pitts win fourth straight 5-3....
    
    Minny and Pitts to go for Lord Stanly's Cup...
    
    REK

    ALRIGHT!!!!! 
    
    LETS GO NORTH STARS !!!!!!

re Ron Francis and Rugby --


That doesn't matter.  Actually, he'd probably make a pretty good rugby
player 8^)

At any rate, Pittsburgh is going to the finals and it should be a different
Cup, that's for sure.

Really nice to see some brand new blood in there for a change!

'Saw

Frank,

Can you help?

I understand that Pits-burgh made the Francis trade, Lemieux is le mieux again,
and other things have made them surge ahead in the playoffs. No problem there.

The NoStars, however, leave me completely befuddled.  How the hail does the
16th place team come through to the finals??  What has happened to change
them so quickly?

thanks for any insight into this...

rick

Wow, that's a tough question.

I think sometimes what happens is that a team can get hot and peak at
the right time.  That's one part of what happened....

Here's my theory:

In the Campbell conference, there were some tough divisional races at the
top.  In the Norris, it was St Louis and Chicago battling for first place.
In the Smythe, Edmonton, LA and Calgary all were beating the piss out
of each other.

Now the playoffs start.  Everyone had counted Minny out of it early on.
That in itself is a BIG motivational factor.  Tell a team that no one
thinks they'll do very well, and it can make monsters out of them.
While Chicago might have been a tad too cocky, I think they and St Louis
were "off" from all the battling during the last part of the season.

Edmonton had a tough fight to win their playoffs (I think) and we no
match for the Minny Momentum.

(Kind of like UCONN in their Dream Season in Basketball -- everyone picked
them to finish last, but they won the Big East and performed well in the
tourney,  that's what I think happened to Minnesota).


Hope this helped.  I might be right, but I could be wrong as well 8^)

'Saw

 I'm SHOCKED!!!!! Not by the Bruins' loosing I mean that why they hang all them
 cheap divisional championship flags from the rafters but in the fact that the
 DINZ'S KOD didn't work!!!!!!!!!

 mike

    Actually, this is the first Cup finals in a long time that is
    featuring the two most boring teams in the league.
    
    It won't even be worth watching. Well, maybe just to root for the
    NoStars since they don't even belong in the playoffs.
    
    JoJ

    Minny had a lot of veteran players who came back from injury at the
    end of the season/beginning of postseason.
    
    I think that Minny was sitting and waiting for the playoffs to begin.
    What with all the hoopla going on with St. Louis and Chicago duking it
    out for first in the Norris/League, Minny was completely overlooked.
    
    Also, don't forget that last year Minnesota managed to take the
    Blackhawks to seven games.
    
    St. Louis had to battle back from a 3-1 deficit with Detroit.  (To
    which Game 7 came down to the L-A-S-T minute).
    
    I think that the Oilers (another team coming back from a 3-1 deficit)
    had tough series against the Flames and Kings; with all kinds of
    overtimes.  Not to mention that Messier was hurting, Sandstrom suffered
    a broken leg, etc.
    
    The Stars have the momentum....I'm hoping for them to win the Cup
    and finally have Brian Propp be part of it.
    
    This series could be decided on the powerplay....Minnesota is
    absolutely hot and the Penguins have looked pretty good on the
    pp themselves.
    

    Wardlevane, the Stars are anything but boring.  If you'd have watched
    even one of their games (rather than rollerblading whilst holding your
    wife's hand through the park with your yuppy dog and pushing a baby
    carriage), you'd certainly agree.
    
    But I guess after watching so many DEVIL'S games, you wouldn't know
    exciting hockey if it bit you in the arse.
    
    Mark.

    GO RONNY GO...

Mark --

Don't you konw that's NOT what JoRB holds whilst persuing that
manliest of manly sports -- rollerblading....

When JoRB goes out rollerblading (with his buddies Blaine and
Antoine) he's just trying to hold his own.....


;^)

'Saw

	The North Stars were in the Lindros race right up to the Some Star 
game.  After the Some Star break Minnesota had the third best record (I think) 
in the NHL.  The hockey writer for the National picked them to upset the Black 
Hawks.  And while neither team is from a big media market neither team is 
boring to watch.  Both teams feature great skaters with the Penguins having 
a better offensive team and the Stars having the better defensive team.  It 
actually could be a good series, but very few people will watch it.

				/Don

    RE: JD
    
    Funny.  At least we didn't get beat out by Washington!!! Hahahaha...
    
    At least it'll only be 20 years since the Cup was last in Bahston
    as opposed to *50* for the stRangers!  You've still got 30 years
    on us.  Hahahahahhaha..........
    
    

    and having the Stanley Cup finals only on SportsChannel won't help the
    ratings much either.

    Wheel,
    
    Don't bother me none.  The Strangers are like the cubbies or Sox, you
    don't expect them to win.
    
    The Broons however, are always near the top in record.  Their fans
    spout out about the Cup coming home and all that crap.  They raise
    their players to diety level.  They stuff the NHL all-star ballot box.
    
    TAnd then the Broons choke in the playoffs, and the fans make excused
    for another excellent_loss by the Brooons.   Makes my season ;-)
    
    JD

    JD, although I know yer just yanking our chains, I challenge you to
    find any evidence of us claiming the Cup would come back to Boston. If
    you care to go back and look at the predictions, you'll find that I
    predicted the B's wouldn't make it out of the Conference Finals.  And I
    also called the Minnie/St. Louis series, as well.
    
    Mark.

    >JD, although I know yer just yanking our chains, I challenge you to
    >find any evidence of us claiming the Cup would come back to Boston.
    
    /Don's p_name.
    
    Dan

             <<< Note 128.167 by AXIS::ROBICHAUD "Homey The Man" >>>

    You mean this one?
    
    Mark.

    re: Dan
    
    Good reply.../Don was spouting about the Broons being a show-in to win
    the cup.
    
    And Lufay, you ain't no Carnac.
    
    Joj
    
    

    JD,
    
    Each NHL team is provided with the same amount of ballots for the
    All-Star Game......so much for your theory of "stuffing the ballot
    box."
    
    

    Re:175 Thats may be true BUT how are they handed out? How are they
    collected? If its anything like baseball's "Ballot honestity" then
    it as honest as pro-wrastling.... A BIG JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    REK

    JD, who would you have selected on the starting 5 in place of Neely and
    Bourque?  Neely finished tied for 2nd in scoring, and Bourque is
    perennially one of the best defensemen in the NHL?
    
    Mark.

    Mark,
    
    Wasn't Nilan an all-star?  I realize Pillbury picked him - but c'mon.
    Neely is overrated.  
    
    Neely probably deserved it this year, but in pasted years he hasn't.
    
    (Of course, I'm against all fan voting for all-stars in all sports)
    
    In fact, I could live without all-star games.  They are just popularity
    contests
    
    JD

    JD, you claimed we stuffed the ballot boxes.  Wheels and I proved you
    to be wrong.
    
    Milbury selecting Nilan and Galley was ludicrous.  However, that has
    nothing to do with fan voting.
    
    Mark.

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>>                     -< I've always been a big fan of... >-

>>    ALRIGHT!!!!! 
    
>>    LETS GO NORTH STARS !!!!!!

    Thanks for the Wardle Kod.  Pens in 6
    
    JaKe