Good Read

VegasVic · Jul 31, 2005

If you haven't seen this yet, check it out. Great writing and humor.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/050729&num=1

Jambruins · Aug 12, 2005

thanks

VegasVic said:
If you haven't seen this yet, check it out. Great writing and humor.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/050729&num=1

BlueWolf · Aug 16, 2005

Vic, that was hilarious. Especially this part:

"They should have gone with Plan B -- tying the goalie to the net with a 10-foot chain, almost like how you would tie up your pet rottweiler outside. Wouldn't that be fun to see goalies occasionally forgetting about the chain, skating towards an errant puck, then cruelly getting yanked backward when the chain extends too far? Plus, they could potentially get caught up in the chain, or use it to trip other players … really, I see no downside here."

:lolBIG:

Thanks for the link.

BlueWolf

docmercer · Aug 16, 2005

Very funny read indeed. Right at the end however Simmons uses a term that is a pet peeve to myself and many others (most Canadian I assume) when it comes to describing the sport.

(You're telling me that competitive cycling has a TV deal and professional ice hockey doesn't? What's happening to this country?)

Has the NHL fallen so far off the map in the US that we need to tell people that its the type of hockey thats played on ice?