Stanley Cup Discussion Thread

eh, it could be worse...you could be a caps fan

So true, but if they can get some folks around A.O., the Southeast Division could be even more interesting.

[screaming_emu]

eh, it could be worse...you could be a caps fan

[A332]

More like isn't a deserving team for the Cup.

Whatever... the Hurricanes sat up on top of the Eastern conference pretty much the whole regular season... they outplayed every other team right til the end.

Your Atlanta Thrashers were simply inferior in 2006... get over it.

PS - Carolina isn't a deserving city for the cup, IMO.

More like isn't a deserving team for the Cup. I absolutely despise the Carolina Hurricanes, mainly because they are the Thrashers' biggest and hated rival (The team that should really be our biggest rival are the Preds since Nashville is closer to Atlanta than Raleigh [Stupid NHL conferences]). I feel as though the bad blood between the two teams was why they phoned it in the last week of the season to help keep us out of the playoffs. I went to one of the late season games against the Hurricanes, and some of their fans that made the trip were the most annoying and rude away team fans I have ever encountered. I paid good money for my seat (well over $100 as I decided to treat myself to a great seat one row back from the glass) and could barely watch warmups because of Canes fans getting in my way (they were probably sitting in the cheap seats) as I tried to watch and take photos. The game in question was quite physical, and on the hockey forum I post on things got a little chippy between Thrashers and Canes fans. They were saying the Thrashers were "playing dirty" and Hartley was "bush league", meanwhile, the same was being said by Thrashers fans about the Canes. I almost picked up a 7 day ban on the site because of this game (I posted in the Canes forum on this site in a thread about the game, and got nailed for "trolling" and "spamming" for defending the Thrashers and complaining about their fans who were at the game [Some of their folks knew who I was talking about and agreed that a few were annoying]. I also got warned for discussing warnings in the forum [This particular site does not list a rule about "discussing warnings", and one of the moderators for the Thrashers forum thought the warning points I got were b.s., but couldn't do anything about them because they were issued by a global moderator {the guy even edited some of my posts on the Thrashers forum as well, which irked some of the members}).

[Cam]

Two words sums up why they're so interested in the cup down there...


shiny object

Bling Bling..Let's make spinners!

[screaming_emu]

As soon as basketball and NASCAR start, they are going to forget about the cup. Their fan base during the regular season is laughable. They are all front-runners...The cup belongs to Canada.

Two words sums up why they're so interested in the cup down there...


shiny object

[herpa2003]

As soon as basketball and NASCAR start, they are going to forget about the cup. Their fan base during the regular season is laughable. They are all front-runners...The cup belongs to Canada.

Couldn't be more wrong. The very first game of the season was sold out, long before there was any talk of the Hurricanes competing for the Stanley Cup. Last night over 30,000 people took to the streets to celebrate, and a similar number participated in a parade through downtown Raleigh. Like it or not, for the next year the Stanley Cup belongs to Raleigh.

[Cam]

NBC covered the presenting of the cup for like 15min, while CBC had coverage for about another hour!

Toronto better clean up their act. They sucked shit last season.

[YYZPICS]

NBC covered the presenting of the cup for like 15min, while CBC had coverage for about another hour!

[Cam]

As soon as basketball and NASCAR start, they are going to forget about the cup. Their fan base during the regular season is laughable. They are all front-runners...The cup belongs to Canada.

[avro_arrow_25206]

Still living in the past, eh? Seems to me that the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup...

If this trend continues, the Phoenix....errr Winnipeg Jets will win it soon

Now Raleigh, on the other hand, is very deserving of the Stanley Cup. The fans have been in this thing from the beginning

...beginning of Stanley Cup final Game 7?

Parade is in downtown Raleigh today at 6:30 pm, and free parking! If I wasn't having my wisdom teeth taken out today I would be up there in a flash...

Man, there must be TENS of people celebrating!

[eagle334]

I'm just glad there was no ceremonial "burning of the city" that seems to have become prevelent lately after a city wins a major sports title.

[Top_Gun]

I agree. I have never heard of a city named Carolina, and a city that doesn't exist certainly doesn't deserve a cup!

Same could be said for the "New England Patriots", but 3 Super Bowls hasn't stopped them

As far as them not deserving it, people said the same about Tampa Bay last year.....

[herpa2003]

PS - Carolina isn't a deserving city for the cup, IMO.

I agree. I have never heard of a city named Carolina, and a city that doesn't exist certainly doesn't deserve a cup!

Now Raleigh, on the other hand, is very deserving of the Stanley Cup. The fans have been in this thing from the beginning, even showing up at the airport at 2 or 3 AM to greet the Hurricanes' plane arriving from away games. The 'Caniacs have been waiting for this, and I'm glad that they finally got their wish. Parade is in downtown Raleigh today at 6:30 pm, and free parking! If I wasn't having my wisdom teeth taken out today I would be up there in a flash...

[JJR]

Congrats to both teams.... I hate that there had to be a loser, what a series!!!!