NHL Playoffs

[Asher]

Wouldn't it be grand if Phil Housley and Theo Fleury got in next year? Two more Flames.

They were on the bubble this year.

[Ben Kenobi]

Theo Fleury would be the only actual Flame.

Housley was a Jet. Neiuwendyk was a Star.

[-Jrabbit]

You two are adorable.

[Asher]

Theo Fleury would be the only actual Flame.

Housley was a Jet. Neiuwendyk was a Star.

Phil Housley seasons as a Jet: 3
Phil Housley seasons as a Flame: 5

Neiuwendyk seasons as a Star: 7 (1 cup)
Neiuwendyk sessons as a Flame: 9 (1 cup)

Only you would claim a man who spent 9 seasons and won a cup with a team wasn't a member of that team. He was also drafted by the Flames and played on the Flames farm team before being called up to the bigs... He also set his career highs in goals, assists, and points with the Flames and was Captain of the team for 4 years.

You're an idiot.

PS: Calgary traded Neiuwendyk to Dallas for...Jarome Iginla.

[Ben Kenobi]

Every decent Calgary player save Iginla was dumped.

Housley spent 8 seasons as Buffalo player. He's not a Flame, and neither is Joe.

Is Messier a Canucks? Or Larionov?

[Asher]

Neiuwendyk spent more time as a Flame than any other team, and was a Flames draft pick, and set all of his personal bests with the team.

[Ben Kenobi]

And yet Fletcher still dumped him.

[Asher]

For Iginla? Yeah, what a dumb move that was.

[Guynemer]

Is Messier a Canucks? Or Larionov?

I don't recall them winning a Cup as a Canuck... Asher, do you remember Messier or Larionov winning a Cup as a Canuck? I'm sure they both won Cups, more than one... but as a Canuck? I'm just not sure.

[Asher]

I know Messier's three seasons in Vancouver were legendary. He transformed that team. Unfortunately, they did not win a cup. The league, Bettman, and the refs all conspired against him and the rest of the Canucks.

[Ben Kenobi]

For Iginla? Yeah, what a dumb move that was.

If he played more than half his time with the team, then yes. But he didn't even do that.

[Asher]

If he played more than half his time with the team, then yes. But he didn't even do that.

So because he only spent 9 of his 21 seasons with the Flames -- his best seasons, and a cup -- he's not a Flame? He's spent less time with every other team and didn't have as good numbers with any of them.

You are retarded.

Late in the 1986-87 season, after playing briefly for Team Canada following the completion of Cornell's hockey season, Nieuwendyk joined the Calgary Flames, playing in just nine games. As his first season in the NHL was a short one, the 1987–88 season became his rookie season. In that rookie season, Nieuwendyk scored 51 goals and become one of only a handful of players to score more than 50 goals in their rookie NHL season. (Mike Bossy (53), Wayne Gretzky (51), Teemu Selanne (76) Alexander Ovechkin (52) are the others to have accomplished this). He won the Calder Trophy as best rookie and was also named to the NHL All-Rookie Team.

Nieuwendyk played on five different teams in his career, and won Stanley Cups with three of them. The Calgary Flames drafted him in the second round (27th overall) in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft and he played for Calgary from 1986–87 to 1994–95. While in Calgary, he won a Stanley Cup in 1989 and set career highs with 51 goals (twice), 50 assists, and 95 points. He served as team captain from 1991 to 1995. In 1995 he was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for best exemplifing leadership qualities.

On December 19, 1995, after a protracted holdout, Nieuwendyk was traded to the Dallas Stars (in exchange for prospect Jarome Iginla) where he won another Stanley Cup

[Ben Kenobi]

So because he only spent 9 of his 21 seasons with the Flames -- his best seasons, and a cup -- he's not a Flame? He's spent less time with every other team and didn't have as good numbers with any of them.

He won a cup with the stars too. Calgary dumped him like they did everyone. BTW, you're conceding Housley?

[Asher]

Conceding what?

I wouldn't say he's most famous as a Flame, no. But he was a Flame for years.

Nieuwendyk is most famous as a Flame. His longest tenure, long-term captain, his first cup, he was drafted by the Flames and developed within the system, his best seasons were as a Flame, etc. He was rumoured to be Calgary's new GM if the Flames ownership had the balls to fire Sutter earlier.

[-Jrabbit]

This is hilarious. Boston-based band Dropkick Murphys just finished two sold-out shows in Vancouver, and were simply unrelenting in rubbing it in...

The tone was set at the start of the show, with Queen's "We Are The Champions" piped in as the curtains parted to reveal a dark stage with spotlights on the kick drum, emblazoned with a Bruins logo. It went on from there...

Concert Review: Dropkick Murphys at Commodore, Vancouver, B.C., 6/25/11
By GutterCandy, BLOGCRITICS.ORG
Published 09:31 p.m., Wednesday, June 29, 2011

In the aftermath of Vancouver hockey riots, which ignited when the local team (the Vancouver Canucks) lost the Stanley Cup Finals to the Boston Bruins, there has been a great deal of analysis going on, as the town's civic psyche has been under the microscope to determine just how such mayhem ensued. Mass shame and embarrassment has clouded over most of the 604 area code.

Boarded windows have become "apology walls" where citizens write notes to right wrongs, providing a communal coming together to mourn the rioters' actions in an attempt to collectively heal. Yes, it borders on the new age, but there's something endearing about it.

In this light, the arrival of Boston's Dropkick Murphys for two sold-out shows at the Commodore couldn't have been more ill-timed. Instead of sympathy, the Celtic punks delivered a sound kick to the stitches.

The first scab-pick occurred before the curtains parted, with its choice of "We are the Champions" for fanfare. The open curtains salted more wounds when they revealed a Bruins logo on the bass drum and bassist/singer Ken Casey sporting a Bobby Orr jersey.

A Boston Bruins season ticket holder, who came to Vancouver to see Game 7 and subsequently witness the riot, Casey proved to be unrelenting in his ridicule.

Before throwing a picture of himself with the Stanley Cup (taken on the Vancouver rink) into the crowd, he blessed the Vancouver faithful with "From the bottom of my heart, f*ck you."

Early in the show, he also offered up scathing hockey advice: "You need a better goalie" and, "Our 20-year-old rookie [Brad Marchand] punching your leading scorer [Daniel Sedin] in the face and having nobody stick up for him said a lot about your team's character." While a scant smattering of boos rose up, nobody could argue with the man on his second point.

The last pointed jab was at the merchandise table, which featured a t-shirt in Bruins' colors with the words "Bite This Burrows," a snide, direct reference to the Vancouver winger (Alexandre Burrows) who bit a Boston player's (Patrice Bergeron) finger earlier in the Stanley Cup Finals.

When the stream of onstage hockey commentary of evening started to choke the life out of the gig with gloating and smugness, singer Al Barr brought the music back in focus by thanking Vancouver fans for the sell-out crowds and their long term dedication to the band.

Once focused on the songs, the group demonstrated why sell-outs are the norm here. As relentless as the Beantown sports mockery was, its high energy sonic assault resoundingly overshadowed it. "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya," "Skinhead on the MBTA" and of course, its huge hit from The Departed (which is more relevant than ever with the recent arrest of Beantown crime legend Whitey Bulger) hit hard. "I'm Shipping Up to Boston," albeit truncated, whipped the packed crowd into a fervor, maybe, just maybe making them forget recent events.

Encore choice AC/DC's "TNT" was the ultimate catalyst, as the mob exploded in delight and appreciation before going peacefully into the Vancouver night to walk amongst the remaining few remnants from the last time a Boston outfit kicked ass here.

Call the show cathartic, therapeutic or evidence of maturation, especially after the events of 10 days earlier; Vancouverites might choose to call this night, and their participation in it, simply "progress."

Link to review