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Sweetnsourpoke

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  1. Taking a slapshot directly on the bone that sticks out on the outside of your ankle and outside of your knee hurts like a sonbitch. If he took that slapshot directly on the actual collarbone, the pain must have been an incredible bitch. Not a serious injury but a good sting for 5 minutes or so.
  2. For the record, at this point in the series.....the refs have called 28 penalties on Dallas and 22 on St Louis. Aside from Game 2 (which Dallas won), they've kept it fairly even. No stat on missed calls.
  3. The ref, the ref, the ref.....blah, blah, blah. Stars have been playing like they took Nyquil after that 1st period. Blues stepping up.
  4. Don't give up on your team. Home ice is the most overrated thing in hockey. If St Louis wins this game, four games in this series will have been won by the road team. These teams are really evenly matched. Dallas could easily take this series in 7.
  5. Dear God…..the incessant bitching about officiating. You gotta work through it......play your game. Dallas will prevail. Despite having a great fanbase, St Louis has a long tradition of playoff disappointment. Fifty plus years. The tradition will continue.
  6. One of the greatest war movies of all time. The Vietnamese whore deserved a supporting actress nomination. Gripping performance.
  7. You have to keep in mind, this is the new 2018-19 National Shinny League. Old school checking and open ice hitting is a thing of the past. You want fights? Might want to hit an ECHL game. Polak led the Stars this year in PIM's with 69. SIXTY-NINE!!!! The game isn't what it used to be.
  8. "This chick announcer is seriously the worst I’ve heard since this guy, albeit she is having the time of her life." Agreed. I support the NHL's 'Hockey Is For Everyone' policy and find it pretty cool overall. Went to a game in Los Angeles last year that just happened to be LGBT Pride night. Thought it was pretty lame at first but left the arena with a positive review of the whole experience. Having said that, I get a kick out of the NHL Network and NBC almost always having a black guy in the studio. I like Anson Carter and liked Ray Emory but it was pretty obvious what was going on there. I've been to NHL games across Canada and America from Calgary to Montreal and LA to Buffalo. You know what I didn't see in any of those arenas? Black folks. Black people don't like hockey. I played the game for 28 years. One black teammate. My wife is black. Her and non of her family have any interest in the game. My FIL thinks it's a silly game. Why not put a Swede in the studio? There's tons in the game and they speak better English than Texans. How bout a Russian? The NHL has a case of the PC's.
  9. Decent slash but Bishop sold it like he took a slug to the kidney. Great performance on his part.
  10. This could end up being worse than that time Sam played Evel Knievel.
  11. Speaking of sucking......is In-and-Out the most overrated burger joint in the history of eating establishments? Way overrated.
  12. Lucky for OKC Westbrick wasn't on the court in the final minute against Philly. PG13 is amazing.
  13. Great topic. As an official old fart (47), I tend to agree with the OP. But I have also said for years that the true golden age in film was the late 70's/early 80's, not only for comedic releases. My favorite comedy of all-time is 'Slapshot'. Have seen it a hundred times. The NHL Network on Sirius Radio did a special on it recently and interviewed some of the actors and players from that movie. One thing to think about with that film was that there weren't really any comedians cast in that movie. The funniest characters in that film were real hockey players brought in to provide realism. Director George Roy Hill noticed the amazing chemistry that existed with the Hanson Brothers and decided to make them the comedic subplot. What makes Slapshot such a successful film is that is captures the authentic nature of the game. Those stories actually happened (aside from the strip scene) and hockey players in the locker room are that funny. The jokes write themselves. It's not forced. If the idea for Slapshot were thought up today, this same film would not have been made. This is one thing I hate about remakes. Let the classics remain. As for the modern era, one sports comedy that I do think worked was 'Semi-Pro'. Not a big Farrell fan but I do know a few old farts that quote lines from that one on occasion.
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