I lost the Canucks in the break up.
I am saying nothing profound when I state, “break ups suck.” Of course they do. It’s why so many people are still in relationships they aren’t happy in. No one wants to be the one who pulls the trigger. There is more glamour in being a victim in a break up.
So, I am the one with blood on my hands. I was a bit crazed. I had the bleach out and everything and I was shrieking, “out damned spot.” In the cleaning I rounded up all of his items, tossed into a box and got rid of them as soon as possible. There were tearful 3 am phone calls and sleepless nights avoided by staying up watching television. I was too emo to function.
There was something I forgot to toss in. The Chiefs season tickets.
MOTHERFUCK.
I called him when I knew I would get his voicemail. “
HigottheletterfromtheChiefsaboutnextseasonwhatwouldyouliketodoabouttheseathaveanicedayatworkokbye.”
I thought I was going to vomit. He called back quickly and I did what girls do to hide the fact they are crying; chirping about inane utter fucking shit. Weather, global warming, anything. Then actually cry once they are off the phone. I have no idea where we learn this, we just know this.
Then the conversation that should have not been face to face;
HIM: “I just don’t want there to be any awkwardness…”
ME: “Right, I totally agree…”
HIM: “And, I mean, I don’t want you to be there when I am bringing girlfriends to games.”
All bets were off. I was ready to drop gloves and perhaps fillet him afterward. I wanted to smash his precious flat screen TV, and I didn’t even care that it was his roommates. I felt compelled to snap his hockey stick. Cut the laces out of the skates that I bought for him.
But as a classy woman, all I said through gritted teeth was, “Ok, I will move my seat.”
I will be at Chiefs games next season, eyes on my pretty pretty goalie in a seat yet to be determined, by myself. But I will be there. Because, I don’t fuck around. I feel I should point out, he only went to Chiefs games because I was going. They were mine, before they were his. I have lost enough in this breakup. He can have the Canucks. But I refuse to let him have the Chiefs.
The Canucks were always his team. I liked them and all, but I was never totally committed to them. they never felt like mine. I was always the girlfriend that liked them by proxy. I mean, the Sedins are pretty cool and it would be seven minutes of heaven in a closet with Alexandre Burrows.
Fuck it. I don’t want them anymore. It’s probably a good time for me to jump ship since I have no clue what the hell they are doing next season. Locking up Sanford? Are you shitting me? Really? Sanford? Canucks, do you hate your fans? Do you like to torment us as much as possible? Can I sue you for driving me to have, what will probably be, full blown alcoholism by November? Are you the latest tool of Gary Bettman? Is he going to shut you down and move you to fucking Hawaii? Are you going to be renamed the Oahu Pineapples or some shit?
You want the seats? Take them. I want the Luongo jersey back.
Markus Naslund wasn’t the only one who had a bitter breakup this summer.
Start making your cases, boyos. Homegirl needs to know who to watch on Center Ice next season.
“it’s drag and I know it’s hard…”
EDIT: If you slogged through all that, please do me a favor and help Q-girl pick a new goalie boyfriend. AND THEN; vote in mine and “dave schultz” Hockey Hottie Dreamy Team Contest. You can vote here and then here on my page. I love promoting my friends.
Tokarski got drafted by the Bolts. Start the fandom early, while the bandwagon is empty.
…..very empty.
toronto. maple. leafs.
You already know, in your heart.
HOLY MF. I just wrote the same thing about Montreal and I almost posted it yesterday (I found that uniform and got distracted). I’ll send it to you.
Can I sue you for driving me to have, what will probably be, full blown alcoholism by November?
I’d just like to point out that since I am 1) A student at one of (allegedly) the top party schools in North America and 2) a Leafs fan and 3) a sociology student, I’m pretty much as close as you can come to being a fully trained alcoholic. With luck, by this time next year I’ll even have a diploma for it.
Tampa, obviously. Leafs cuz it’s funny. and sad. and Carolina w00t!
@”dave”: Apparently the Leafs nations wants me in the blue and white. But I need more convincing. They should send me a muffin basket.
well, I suppose it follows the belief that misery loves company. muffins are good. cupcakes are better.
The seat thievery was pure and utter asshattery on his part. I would have kept my seats and fanagled a deal with some friends to share seat # 2.
I am sorry but no amount of Luke Schenns should make you pick up and move into leafs-nation. The leafs and I are like civilized ex’s who get along for the sake of the kids…and also because they, along with the Sens, are what’s on TV. CBC, like the children, shall keep the leafs and I eternally bound to one another.
I have no suggestions, but I will point out that it is terribly cold down here in hell, and the Devils could use more ladies to keep them warm. The Devils are not a kindly sort, but they are reliable and have established their identity. They are not into woo, they will not spend thier money on lavish gifts. As I write this Lou is out wandering around the old CAA collecting pennies off the ground to help pay for a future with Zach Parise. Their lack of dolls and dollars is the only reason I can think of for it to cost $50.00 for a vintage style ladies NJ devils t-shirt from NHL.com store.
The Blues.
Or my eastern team, Boston. I’m not picky.
Oh, be nice, the Devils treat their fans as well as any other team in the league. They spared no expense on The Rock, and they have Zach Parise, who I’m pretty sure even I think is dreamy.
@ Steve: Q-Girl is always the nicest. That is just her humor.
By the way, we also have Doc and Chico. Doc is the friendliest master of the American language you will ever meet. Chico is Chico, he eats and he loves Marty. They are both awesome.
I didn’t believe she was being mean seriously, I just use “oh, be nice” facetiously. I don’t actually expect anyone to be nice, which in this case, means Q-girl is awesome.
Ah, just making sure. You should check out her QMJHL blog. It’s in my list under: Of Moose and Men. She is fabulously witty.
Done and done. Also, if you write Lou Lamoriello (hand write, not type), he has this weird old-school ethic where he’ll almost certainly write you back.
He took your Chiefs tickets?!!?! What a doucherocket. And I think you should give the Canucks one more chance…Burr would want you to. But I am a little bit biased. Heh.
I think the Bruins are kind of foxy as an eastern team. The Sabres are cute little buttons too.
@ Steve; that is kinda amazing. I will keep it in mind.
@ Alix; Sadly, yes. Both the tickets are in his name. So I am out of luck. I am sad because I adored the people we sat with. Their grandson was awesome. I would bring fruit snacks to games for him. We had made a cowbell for him too.
I will probably still latch onto the Canucks. Dani would love me to be a Sabre sister.
In the Devils world, lavish gifts = $10,000,000 dollar forwards.
I lubs me some Debils. I would give them all zurburts on their bellies. Marty’s belly would be the best for zurburts.
Now I will have to write to Lou. Maybe he will include a penny in his return post.
Lou still thinks pennies can get you a seat down the 3rd-base line at Fenway, so good luck.
what can i do to get you in a leafs jersey today? other than the muffin basket, of course.
@eyebleaf: You and your other Leafies to round up the cash and buy me a jersey (pick a good player to go on the back). Then y’all can call me your own.
I will say I find Vesa to be tres adorable.
i think that can be arranged…
Shake them all down too. Everyone puts money in if they want me. Ahahahah.
so that’s it, you’re going to the highest bidder? if that’s the case, i gotta put my fundraisage cap on
Not entirely. I’d like people to speech and argue. Throw some feeling into it.
we in Leafdom shall make a passioned plea.
“Hey, our players are so complacent in their mediocre money-making and living in Toronto, that they don’t want to be traded! Ever! Even if it means hurting the team!”
Good luck, sir.
oh come on steve, we’ve all heard that one before. give me something new, something fresh. that no-trade stuff is tired.
“Hey, we have a really cool Tragically Hip song about one of our players. Yeah, he died in like the 60’s but whatever… we asked them to do a sequel about Tomas Kaberle but they’re busy… I’m sure they’ll do it.”
I should apologize… Bill Barilko passed away in 1951, my bad.
I’ve got two older model Blues jerseys in my closet. One is current alternate captain, defensive bedrock and general badass Barret Jackman. The other is former pest Tyson Nash (I was young, foolish and a sucker for people who got opponents off their game).
@ Turd: I always thought Barret Jackman was just a badass name. The type you can only make a living playing hockey with.
Men fighting over me. I love it.
Meh, I’m 19 and I blog about hockey. You sure man’s the word your gonna’ go with?
Just roll with it, dollface.
steve–best. comment. ever.
and the Tomas Kaberle song(s!) are friggin awesome.
hmm, dollface reminds me of that Futurama episode where the gay professional beach bully roughs up Fry.
Still thinking “man”?
apology accepted about Barilko. that goal he scored was HUGE. another reason to adore the leafs: barilko scores a most famous goal, he dies in the summer, and the leafs don’t win another cup until the year his body is found. that’s history, baby!
and, heather, becoming a fan of the maple leafs means you’ll be part of the biggest celebration north america has ever seen once we win the cup. i mean, 47 years, you have to think we’re due in the next 5 or 10 here. and that party will be off the hook. so, as a leafs fan, you already have something to look forward to.
No one… really… no one? Okay, I’ll say it.
hey, eyebleaf, when you say 5 or 10, you mean decades right?
/tipyourwaitresses.
@leaf; Ahhhh a speech! I like orations.
That’s what she said.
no, steve, i mean years, but thanks for double checking. i appreciate your enthusiasm!
/captip.
oh, and i’ll gladly take the “men” label. who am i to argue with the pretty lady whose allegiance i am trying to win over?
You know, this isn’t a fair argument if you’re going to point out the obvious.
@Turd: Ok, your team is on my list.
@leaf: That’s the spirit.
Since I’ve just realized this probably isn’t a fair argument, remember 2000 and 2001? I loved those series so much I want to take them out behind the middle school and get them pregnant. Also, first ever playoff hockey live experiences.
And I say georgeous lady.
30 Rock reference, +1
i actually did impregnate those series.
ok, i say knockout lady with incredibly sultry eyes…(heather, any points here?)
Not unless you can do it as Rolando, the 2-foot tall Spanish Hustler.
@leaf: Partial points. I suggest sticking to wit and charm. I am a sucker for a laugh.
*Races over to 30 Rock wikiquote site*
well, you’re in luck. the leafs were good for a ton of laughs last season (raycroft, wozniewski)…and now our number one centre might be matt stajan. it doesn’t get much funnier than that.
oh dear.
no wikiquote sites, steve! come on!
@ eyebleaf: You’re right, that’s like hiring a PI to follow a girl around before a date.
Or whatever.
“You’re right, that’s like hiring a PI to follow a girl around before a date.”
whoa…that is EXACTLY what i was thinking…….
Hey man, let’s stop fighting and use our collective powers for good.
I submit that she should become a New Maple Devils fan.
Well, that is a new one.
wrap…a-rod…really? really?
pray tell how did the love affair end?
So anyway, I think the Devils should be your club because they flat-out don’t bullshit. Lou’s the old man with a plan.
yah, and Brodeur’s the old man with the doughnut and sister-in-law
So I am late to the party (SOML) anyways, I have go to vote for the Bruins, cause they’re young and scrappy, and gosh darn it we’ve got the best radio team in the country. (and besides, when the fan rebellion takes down Jeremy Jacobs, we need somewhere to send him, and tightwad owners seem to have a problem with Washington state)
hold out…become a leafs fan only if they can give you Toskala in the jersey they are offering. He needs to come fully equipped with his man purse and 31 Luke Schenn dolls.
Leafs can’t win but their prospects sure can lift kegs and toss bails of hay. That’ll make for some effective defence.
C’mon, that’s even older than the no trading jokes for the Leafs.
At least Marty married the sister-in-law.
But yeah, I think I might have a better physique.
Dave Shultz
She’s Brodeur’s wife now
doh…comment redux
And don’t forget, the sister-in-law thing happened in 2003. Ended up okay for Marty.
cliff fletcher’s an even older man, with brian burke’s plan! i’m telling you, the leafs are just looking great right now.
and q-girl, i saw highlights of the keg liftage and hay tossage. it left me utterly impressed. the future is bright.
I find it all very strange though considering I am pretty sure I married Brodeur 2 years ago.
Well, Marty and the sister-in-law got married at the Dominican, so you could technically still be the legal partner.
i thought the prospects looked silly pushing along large boy-sized wheels of hay, legs all a-kimbo, arms flailing.
marty married his sister-in-law? wow. i suddenly have a new found respect for him.
Ohmiblog, someone fill in Leaf on the Marty saga.
Marty cheated on his wife with his wife’s half-brother’s ex-wife. Afterwards, Melanie would call Marty before games promising to take all her money and telling her about the dates she would go on that night.
Marty and Genovieve have been living together for 5 years, and I guess Marty was dumb enough to tie the not with her last month.
I am pretty sure that anybody who gets real married and not voodoo married is a sucka…and anybody who gets real married twice - well I just don’t know what to think.
“Marty cheated on his wife with his wife’s half-brother’s ex-wife.”
you don’t understand how slowly i read that. i then read it out loud.
no wonder sean avery is all over brodeur in regards to his home life. clearly marty’s making things too easy. but, still, wow.
It was all over the tabloids. It’s the closest thing the Devils have come to putting out a full-page ad in the paper.
“It’s the closest thing the Devils have come to putting out a full-page ad in the paper.”
zing!!! well played, mon ami
The tabloids are surprisingly spry on Page Six.
The end of the season “team get together” at Scores in Manhattan is fodder for weeks.
You should be a Wild fan. Or a Sabres fan.
If you’re a Wild fan, though, you can watch them kill the ‘Nucks. >_>;
Any points if I can finagle an It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia reference in here somewhere?
pleeeease for my sake don’t be a Bruins fan, ok? pretty pleease?
All these Leaf fans don’t really care about you, Heather. I on the other hand, want what’s best for YOU.
Might I submit that throwing your allegiance behind a Canucks division rival would give you the opportunity to have a cathartic release when said team beats the crap out of “his team” 6 times a year? I dunno, say the Edmonton Oilers? Plus, they’re chock full of young talent. Plenty of options for a young, single girl like yourself.
I (we) are here for you.
P.S. - There is nothing redeeming about the Leafs. Unless you prefer to go shopping for your hockey team at The Gap.
damn you Moose…damn you…
All I can say is if you choose the Leafs or the Bruins, your status as “friend of Four Habs Fans” will be in serious jeopardy. Why anyone would actually choose to be a Leafs fan is beyond me. Why don’t you just gouge your eyes out while your at it?
24 Stanley Cups and hottie goalie Carey Price. What else do you need?
Je suis en amour.
Gotta go with the Pens. Why? Because of http://thepensblog.blogspot.com/ - you’ll feel right at home.
Time for a points round;
Domi +3 for you and all the Leafers
EWS +2, I kinda love BOOGAARD
Q-girl + many points just for you fabulous, unmatched wit.
Moose +3, ah, to throw it in his face…
HF29 +2, it doesn’t hurt that the Chiefs jerseys look just like the Habs.
Moeman +.5 for the Francais
Mvanderlasser, no points. I need more convincing.
its gotta be the penguins, you are comming off a breakup, they come off a stanley cup loss….. youre made for each other
I’ve got at least 1 point. Psh, your worse than a skating judge.
What if I wasn’t done tallying your points?
Still like a skating judge. Oh, I should be sucking up…
Take… your… time?
Sucking up is slightly advised.
May I also remind you of a certain blogger who rocked, not one, but TWO posts about ‘Toka’ this post-season. Now, who was that? Oh yeah, an Oiler fan. I didnt see any of these jackals trumpeting your boy! You guys should be ashamed of yourselves for preying on a vulnerable girl. Plus, I’m so statistically outnumbered by Leafs fans I have to appeal to your sense of loyalty.
So here it is, baby: Any Oiler jersey of your choosing (Gagner? Hemsky? Cogliano?) and I promise monthly ‘Toka’ updates on HSHS…hell, I’ll even get him on the phone and get him in a podcast! Book it!
it’s a damn good thing your pic is not you in an infinity edge push up bra. I think the boys are scoutin’ more for themselves than their team. wha? yuh? no duh!!!
I’ll bestow upon you the title of Eye on the Media’s Official “WHL Guru” if you join up with the Devils Legion. I’ll even do a post about it. Can’t buy press like that. Though I suppose you are if you agree to this.
Moose, you tug at my heartstrings. I love it. Everyone else now needs to step their game up.
I will consider the offer, Steve.
wow, moose is coming on strongggggggg…i’m going to have to go back to the drawing board…
I have read all of the attempts to bring you to someone else fan house. They are all great attempts. You have just had a horrible breakup. You are hurting, we understand your pain. Marian hurt us too, but it is time to move on, eat some Ben and Jerry’s and get back to work. Here in Pittsburgh we would welcome you not as an outcast from some other team but as a lost sister. We would welcome you with open arms, listen with a kind ear, and tell you that none of this was your fault. It was his fault. He and the Canucks didn’t appreciate your devotion, your dedication, and your love.
We want your devotion, we want your dedication, and we want your love.
Sid needs you, Geno needs you, The Flower needs, Staal needs you, and Free Candy needs you.
They are young and need you, come to the Penguins. We’ll never take you for granted.
i agree with lemme get about tree fiddy. two bitter bitter losses and you know in algebra what two negatives equal? im not saying your break up is a bad thing but you know what i mean. anyway, if you pick the Pens you are picking a perennial winner for at least the next half decade. the leafs never win(um…1967) and the devils are on the decline because there is a new king in the Atlantic and East, plus who wants to watch boring devils trap hockey? do you want to be a fan of the team that ruined hockey in the ’90s plus? as for the oilers? do you really want to get behind the biggest back stabbing gm in hockey who got rid of the second contract and is trying to ruin a CBA that is working wonders for our favorite game? Bolts? give me a break, they are the Penguins two and half years ago when they werent that good…malone, ouellet, roberts, recchi, blah blah they stink. if you want some hollywood hockey team, jump on board the bolts train. I can make an argument against any team in this league but i digress. The Pens have Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Marc Andre, Sykie, Satan, Fedotenko, Cooke, Dupuis, fan fav Mad Max Talbot. We also have prospects up the ass, the baby Pens are contenders for the Calder Cup every year and we just signed Finnish sensation Janne Pesonen!!! What am i forgetting? hmm….oh yeah, our awesome defensive corps. Gonch, Whits, Eaton, Gill, Sydor, Scuds, Orpik, Letang, Goligoski…how many teams can boast that many NHL caliber d-men?!?!? Not to mention Pittsburgh is probably the greatest sports town there is and we support everything, even those horrible Pirates! Because of us fans we saved our team from moving! of course having the greatest hockey player of all time being your owner helped a lot. God bless 66! If its skill, we got it, if its “cute” hockey players you enjoy, we got that too. the team is super young. It’s really a no brainer. Just watch a few Pens games and you will see how exciting these young players are and how they never ever give up. Watch game five of the SCF and even…ugh…game seven. HECK! just watch almost any of their games! I hope you make the right decision, sorry for the long comment.
Just, you know, we might run outta cash at some point, so do you mind paying for dinner at some point?
Too harsh?
I am a cheap date. I am always down for a Slurpee and a bag of Sunchips at 7/11.
MMM… cheap date.
PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH.
#66 and the boys are back in town!
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Ever so eloquent the Pens fans are…
How could you not pick Pittsburgh? Pens fans are the most fun, just check out thepensblog.com our fanbase is young and loyal…oh and our team freakin’ rocks! And wouldnt you want to be a part of a team the sells out every game? I should only have to say Sidney Crosby and that should already make your decision. I bet if you listened or watched Mad Max, he himself would make you fall in love with the team. LETS GO PENS!!!
Eh, Sid just bugs me. He isn’t my style.
The pens are a veritable buffett of choices. I don’t like sushi but I love my local chinese buffett. They offer sushi, my buddy likes sushi, but I don’t. We are both very happy because they offer so much. Whatever your style the Pens offer it…come on girl, we need you. All the cool kids are doing it!
the pens have geno, sid (who’s not my style either, damn whiney baby), staal and fleury. they’re good to go for years, and just came off that final run. it’s the leafs who need you. it’s real fans, and you know, good looking fans, that the leafs need. we’re down right now. but we’re not down for good. this drought can only continue for so long. like i said, we’re due here, in the next 5 to 10 years. not decades. years. it’s going to happen, and you’re going to want to be on our side when it does.
i mean, think about it, everybody hates toronto and the maple leafs. why? i’m not sure. they hate what they can’t have…what they can’t be…and that’s the passion and pride of being a leafs fan. of knowing that it’s been more than 40 years without a cup, but that there’s nothing better than being a maple leafs fan and adoring that sweater. i mean, that’s love. that no matter how bad it gets, no matter how many times you get shitted on for cheering for the blue and white, no matter how many years go by without a championship and with the team being run by uber douchebags…you never, ever think about abandoning ship. sundin’s the excample. he was the captain of a ship taking on water, crazy water, but last season he wasn’t going on the lifeboat and going aboard the Carpathia. he was staying on the titanic, and going down with her, and his mates. he even busted out his violin and started playing music with the rest of the band. cuz that was the right thing to do. he wasn’t going to abandon his teammates.
because he loved those teammates. you want young guys? we got em. i know moose made a strong case for the youthful oilers, but we got our own young guns too. well, they’re not “guns” but you know, they’re alright. decent looking fellas, to boot! steen, antropov, ponikarovsky, stajan (even though i don’t like him, most people do), robbie earl, nikolai kulemin, jiri tlusty (i’ve heard tlusty likes to take a nude pic or too, he’s confident you see)…and we’ve got carlo colaiacovo on the back end, who’s finally going to be healthy all year, and have his breakout season. and anton stralman, who’s going to learn from tomas kaberle, the finest rushing defenseman in the nhl, who when he skates up the ice with the puck, is as smooth and sweet as a symphony playing the dopest classical music you’ve ever heard in your life. and don’t forget luke schenn. kid’s going to be a stud on the blue line for the leafs.
and in goal we have vesa. you love vesa. i love vesa. we in toronto all love vesa. the little finn who plays so big, who cuts those angles beautifully and has incredibly quick reflexes. who finally proved he can be a #1 goalie in this league, and a damn good one at that. oh, vesa. he’s a dear. so mentally tough.
it’s everyone’s favourite hobby to diss leafs fans and mock us. but you know, i dig it. i want it. i enjoy it. do it. bring it on. because when the leafs do win the cup, it will be sweet justice, and we’re just waiting for it all to go down. and it will. if the red sox can win the series, the leafs can win the cup.
me, i’m a beleafer. my license plate reads “EYEBLEAF” because no matter how bad it gets - you know, shitty non-playoff teams, sexual molestation charges against former maple leaf gardens employees (those bastards), press conferences where the president is mouthing cliff fletcher’s speech - we…never…stop…believing. next year could be our year (as long as mats stays). no one thought the flames were going to the final the year they did. no one thought the oilers were going to he final the year they did. well, except moose. he’s a dear. so don’t tell me it can’t happen for the leafs. you never know, and we’re getting better, and we’re youthful. and we’ll be led in battle by our aging captain, who’s job it is now to pass on that torch, and to make sure it shines bright.
what you’ve got to respect about leaf fans is our dedication. dedication that borders on the crazy. sure, we drink to numb the pain, but push come to shove, you know what you’re getting with leafs fans. and that’s what makes us so damn special. well, that, and a whole lot of other things i could write another essay about.
but, trust me, you want to be a part of this. when you’re at the bottom, the only place left to go is up. join us.
go leafs go.
Uhm, +10 to eyebleaf
Burr likes to stand in the dressing room naked…so there! HA. And you just know he’s saying “I love wraparoundcurl” in that adorable accent of his.
Grabby used to be a Chief right? He was apparently blowing people away at development camp. You can be there to cheer on his NHL debut. Plus…I need a drinking buddy, even if it’s a long distance drinking buddy. You’re an alcholic if you do it alone. It’s too bad your ex boy liked the Canucks. Boys ruin everything.
But I really can’t come close to eyebleaf. That was epic.
Beleaf, I don’t think you’ve felt hatred unless you’ve been a lifelong New Jersey Devils fan. We ruined hockey. For everyone. We caused both lockouts. Even though we lead the league in goals in 2000-01, we’re considered the reason that the game has gone down. Match that up with a few thousand Ranger fans booing your players six times a year, and that’s a pretty hated team.
The Devils, if nothing else (and we are successful and consistent) are loyal, to their fans and to their players. If you show Lou you’re a loyal soldier, you can last here a lifetime. And it’s not like Lou expects you to be a Hitler youth or anything. Claude Lemieux played in our system. Holik is a quote machine. Marty was a walking-PR nightmare during the divorce years. But as long as you’re loyal to Lou, he’ll show you loyalty back, ten-fold.
The whole organization is that way. The fans seldom fight with one another, and if anything, can discuss hockey on an intellectual level that is unrivaled throughout the league. As Jerseyans, we are welcome to anyone with a sense of humor. And we like pretty, too. Though I guess scanning a Bon Jovi concert won’t prove that theory.
Anyway, the team is about winning now and readying it self for the future. Zach Parise already has the makings of a lifelong Devil, as do Paul Martin and Travis Zajac. But above all, we have Marty and a winning tradition perhaps only beaten by Detroit over the past decade and a half.
And we like to cuddle after wards.
@ Alix; Seriously, boys are ruinators.
steve, i know it’s not new jersey or their fans’ fault…well, partly the fans’ fault…but when i can walk up the arena the night of a playoff game and score some pretty dope seats and not break the bank…well, what the hell is going on in that city? and i’ve done that in new jersey. not cool.
and celebrating stanley cup championships in the parking lot of that terrible building, what was it, the prudential center…what the hell’s up with that? that was so weak. that hurt me, to see that. no parade through the golden streets of newark? i know it’s a shithole but, hell, do it in new york if you have to…but when you win the cup, you’ve gotta have a parade. not a parking lot party.
What a cage match.
Yeah, just like Anaheim and Carolina did, a parade. Exactly.
No offense, but you sound really uninformed. The Continental Airlines Arena WAS our old shithole where you could get playoff tickets. But, it was in the middle of nowhere on the Garden State Parkway, and some people just don’t want to drive to the middle of nowhere to see the Hurricanes on a Wednesday night.
We are doing MUCH better attendance-wise at the Prudential Center, which we moved into in 2007. I’d take our 16,000 over the so-called fans that sell out the Air Canada Center every night.
It will take time. But it’s simply hard to develop a large-scale fanbase when Northern and Southern New Jersey are already split into Flyers and Rangers fans. Combine that with the fact that we didn’t get really good till the early 90’s and well, now the first generation of purebread Devils fans (didn’t switch over from Flyers/Rags/Isles) are going through college and early employment, where it’s frankly quite hard to purchase season tickets.
Couple that with the fact that the team doesn’t EVER promote outside it’s fanbase, and the team has been labeled “World’s Most Boring Franchise” for the past 14 years.
We still have as good a diehard fanbase as any other team, and 12,000 season ticket holders. Now we just have to convince folks that are awesome new arena is safe to go to.
But at least sound somewhat informed on the subject, man.
So, as a Phoenix fan, I have these demands to give out:
* We will always have a team of young guys you may look at, talk to, make fun of. Even big names from having very high picks each year.
* We will have a situation where you can wear skirts and summer attire to games, in December.
* We will have a wannabe Hollywood atmosphere while maintaining a District 5 sort of play.
* There’s a lot of fun stuff to do just outside the arena. I mean, the Margarittaville resturaunt is within site of the front door.
* No matter how horrible a team we put on the ice, the pro team next door is SO much worse.
* We have the best current collection of former Edmonton Oiler greats than any other franchise!
* When you attend a game, you can be in a select few that could probably tell us Teemu Selanne once was a member of our franchise. No, seriously, it’s a select few. Most people think the Coyotes were an expansion team.
* Janet Gretzky can help you get the over/under on each game.
* You want a jersey? Have them. You want a replica 1980s CCCP jersey? just take off the logos.
* You really only have to casually go for the Coyotes since most of our other fans do anyways.
* The major talk of defense in Phoenix is about a large fence on the border.
* Special teams? More like Special Ed!
* At least there’s a minor league team in a horrible building for 1/4 the cost you can see.
Anything else?
I think there’s a Victoria’s Secret in the shopping area by the arena, you can stab some bitches while on a road trip.
- Puck
ouch! the good old “uninformed fan” label. lay it on me, steve. i’m a leafs fan, there’s nothing i haven’t heard.
all i have to say is that no toronto maple leafs playoff game would be full of fans wearing the other teams sweater. rangers fans took over the prudential center this past season in that playoff series, at least that’s what it seemed like on tv. where were all the devils fans?
jersey averaged 15,564 last year…good enough for 23rd in the league, and behind the hotbed of hockey known as atlanta.
in 2007, jersey averaged 14,176 and in 2006 jersey averaged 14,230…
that’s what kills me. new jersey runs shit. always competitive. always a cup contender. multiple championships to celebrate in the last 15 years…yet still always near or at the bottom in attendance…
wrap: leafs leafs leafs!
Years and years of playoff appearences have given us complacent casual fans, and a sports market with 11 other competing teams, including 2 in your own sport. We drew 16-17,000 a night during the mid-to-late 90’s, outdrawing your precious Leafs in 96-97 and 97-98, and every Canadian team aside from Montreal.
15,664 is pretty good considering the capacity is 17,625. We sold out games during the NFC Championship Game even. Plus bouncing-around ownership during the early 00’s that saw George Steinbrenner have a stake in the club, chances are people are still concerned MacMullen’s moving us to Nashville.
As for the Rangers fans… well, assholes travel in packs. I’m sure there are quite a few Sens fans at the ACC, Habs fans, and vice versa at their buildings.
We still beat you in both playoff meetings too. All that matters is what’s going on on the ice.
“We still beat you in both playoff meetings too.”
why’d you have to go there, man? why? why!?
play nice.
I’m sorry that the facts burn so bad. Care for an icepack, sir?
no, but thanks for asking. you’re such a sweetheart.
I pride myself on being a sentimental fella.
By the way, celebrity fans: Kevin Smith (NJ) > Mike Myers (TOR).
/celebrity’d.
Holy shit, a few of the comments are tl;dr. I read the first sentence and last of your wall of text, eyebleaf.
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Yes I’m a bit late to this party again (mostly because I work, and at this moment have an impressive case of insomnia) but if you pick the Blues you get past (Kariya) and future (Stempniak, Boyes, Oshie, Berglund) goodness.
And if you decide to make this more open and shack up with my boys in the East the Bruins, you can attempt to overcome any fears you had of Milan Lucic when he played for the Vancouver Giants. He’s less threatening now.
i sincerely apologize about the length. i’m just all about impassioned pleas. and wrap said she likes orations, so i had to get up behind the podium and deliver.
How about this. You should pick the Pens precisely because we don’t need more fans. We sell out every game (hear that, Steve) and the atmosphere surrounding the team is electric. It’s impossible to be here and not be caught up in it.
There’s a family awaiting you in the Burgh. Join us and you won’t be disappointed. You know you want to.