The Bluejackets have a ticket layaway going on….Pay $10 for 15 weeks and get two tickets for three games in the new year. (cheap really)
I have also heard that Red Wings tix can be had for 9$.
1. In your day to day life, are you seeing first hand any signs of a recession? Has it affected you?
2. Is Columbus in trouble? Only 13,000+ fans per game with some good prices and this is WITH layaway plans, they seem to have remained out of the relocation talk like Nashville……will they soon join that chatter? (just did I suppose)
3. Did anyone hear Yvon Cournoyer’s stories last night? I enjoyed the one where he and Jacques LeMaire were on their way to a game at the Forum in a major snowstorm and traffic was not moving it was so bad so they turned around and went home, hopped on their snowmobiles and started off to the Forum (20 miles) and half way there, Yvon’s snowmobile broke down and so he hopped on with Jacques and they get to the Forum and knock on the garage door and go play……classic "Roadrunner" story I thought!
4. Mats Sundin is said to be a great captain………do you think that Roberto Luongo should offer the captaincy to Sundin? Do you think he will? Do you think Sundin should accept?
5. Have you heard some of the Winter Classic Promos? Showing practice? Pre-game interviews? REPORTERS on skates? Extra cameras?
6. Apparently Michigan State is in the Capital One Bowl at te same time. If you are from Michigan, are you all hockey, all football or channel surfing??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxr9lXCfVHk
BTW….what jerseys will the players wear? Throwbacks? Probably.
7. What do you think of the Olympic mumbo jumbo that has been going on where Team Canada cannot wear their familiar Maple Leaf on their jerseys? Apparently an IOC rule now being enforced that you can’t display logos…………Nitpicking and a blow to Canadian tradition or rules are rules?
8. With the year winding down………please give one THUMBS UP to something in the 2008 hockey year and one THUMBS DOWN to something in the 2008 hockey season.
Thumbs Up……..Detroit Red Wings (Cup) and the Pittsburgh Penguins on their respective Conference championships! (Lame I know)
Thumbs Down….the abundance of bandwagoning fans who like to hop aboard when things are rosy but are nowhere to be found when things are not so rosy…the Fairweather Fan! Blah!
9. For regulars……..on this site, two years ago it was the Sabres, last year it was the Pens (Wings too) so this season……….who gets the crown for having fans come out of the woodwork to join their team’s success and brag about their players and tell you how they have no weaknesses and are bound for the cup?
IMO…..Boston Bruins
Charliman……In Philly you can pay 10$ a week for 15 weeks for a parking layaway.
JOE….I like your Thumbs up/down…..good ones!
Have a good Holiday Cdn.
Carrado’s nephew…..whatever, I’ll give ya a thumbs up anyway.
Lubers …not if it were the big PSU/ USC game? Rose Bowl is pretty big. Can you believe it THREE more years for JoePa……..will his contract expire before he does?
Leafsfan……..I said that he "is said to be have been a great captain" and by saying that, I meant in the opinion of his past teammates…..in fact Gary Valk was just saying last night how Mats and Joe Sakic were by far the two best leaders he ever played with…….he went on to give countless examples as to why.
1.Yes..and Yes big time.
2.I was told Columbus is a good hockey town because they are the only professional team in town.
3.That is a funny story and I’m sorry I missed it..I like hearing those types of stories from old timers.
4.I don’t think he should..Same reason for Forsberg or Selanne.Waiting till the md year point to sign with a team doesn’t sound like leadership qualities to me.
5.I have not….Hopefully it will have even more viewership then last years game.
6.I am not from Michigan but my friend played at MSU the last two years and I have seen first hand that it isn’t even a blip on the college football radar.Some might tune in to see Javon Ringers last game but I doubt it.
I’m thinkin throwbacks as well.
7.I guess rules are rules.
8.Thumbs up to the Young players of this league.Thumbs down to the NHL for the outlandish suspensions that have been handed out.
9.I think the Sharks fans were bad last year..I would still say the Sharks.You see some bandwagon Wings fans on here as well now.
*Bob and Lubers-With Paterno,I was at Happy Valley a few years back and they have a bronze statue of JoePa because they were hoping he’d retire.Ironic that he sticks around after a Rose Bowl bid.I REALLY hope he sticks around for many years but I don’t think he will.He is my favorite football coach ever.
