FRICTION TAPE

Now is a great time to help the City of Boston become inspired again. Kudos, NHL.

Say what you will about the declining role of the heavyweight enforcer in today’s NHL … but what a slugfest!

Although the best Brian McGrattan fight ever might still be his tussle with Jay Rosehill of the Toronto Maple Leafs from the 2011-2012 season:

i-still-believe-in-detroit:

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I will never get tired of watching the Nashville Predators end the Detroit Red Wings in the 2012 Western Conference Quarterfinals. What a great moment for the franchise!

Yeah, I guess when you’ve never won the division, presidents trophy, the conference, or a Stanley Cup you have to hold on to the little things

Tell us, Hockeytown, how did all those division titles, Stanley Cups, and President’s Trophies help you last year? (Or this year?)

Hint: once the season is over, it’s over!

And how did this series win help you last year? (Hint, Nashville’s cup total is still 0)

I didn’t say this series helped us win last year. I just said I’ll never get tired of watching this series come to a close, and that it was a great moment for the franchise … because it was. And then you got butthurt and trolled my post, so I called you out.

Of course I realize where the Preds are in the standings today. We’ve been horrible this year. But the season doesn’t end today, so I’m not sure why you bring up a hypothetical to make a point about the actual world. I also didn’t say this video (or anything else) has any bearing on this season, or that it should. Detroit’s former hardware doesn’t have any bearing on this season either. Frankly, I wish we could all forget about this half season. But it is what it is.

i-still-believe-in-detroit:

stackiii:

I will never get tired of watching the Nashville Predators end the Detroit Red Wings in the 2012 Western Conference Quarterfinals. What a great moment for the franchise!

Yeah, I guess when you’ve never won the division, presidents trophy, the conference, or a Stanley Cup you have to hold on to the little things

Tell us, Hockeytown, how did all those division titles, Stanley Cups, and President’s Trophies help you last year? (Or this year?)

Hint: once the season is over, it’s over!

I will never get tired of watching the Nashville Predators end the Detroit Red Wings in the 2012 Western Conference Quarterfinals. What a great moment for the franchise!

Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche’s Milan Hejduk on 1,000 games in the NHL. The gifted winger’s career, one could argue, has been overshadowed by the careers of teammates like Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Paul Kariya, and Adam Foote — but he’s no less a star in my mind.

BOOYAH.

The opening montage from the movie BASEketball captures well how I feel about strange proposals to “fix” the NHL, like 20 of 30 teams in the playoffs.