Comments on: Wacky Mommy Doesn’t Care for the Fighting http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2007/01/14/wacky_mommy_doesnt_care_for_the_fighting/ Peace, Justice and Hockey Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:10:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Himself http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2007/01/14/wacky_mommy_doesnt_care_for_the_fighting/#comment-29 Himself Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:01:00 +0000 http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2007/01/14/wacky_mommy_doesnt_care_for_the_fighting/#comment-29 Hey Sig, sorry 'bout the spelling (I always make that mistake) and the dig at the Caps. I know you got a good lineup; I'm just flipping you shit. My dig about the caps not being able to make it without the luxury box revenue from lobbyists should illustrate a point, though: The most important factor in most teams' bottom lines is the corporate revenue, i.e. luxury seating, not the blue collar market. This is why Pittsburgh says they can't make it even if they sell out every night. Like it or not, most teams don't give a rip about selling out the cheap seats, and why should they? That's not where the money is. Just another reason I prefer major junior. And none of that stinkin' instigator in the last five crap, either! Hey Sig, sorry ’bout the spelling (I always make that mistake) and the dig at the Caps. I know you got a good lineup; I’m just flipping you shit. My dig about the caps not being able to make it without the luxury box revenue from lobbyists should illustrate a point, though: The most important factor in most teams’ bottom lines is the corporate revenue, i.e. luxury seating, not the blue collar market.

This is why Pittsburgh says they can’t make it even if they sell out every night. Like it or not, most teams don’t give a rip about selling out the cheap seats, and why should they? That’s not where the money is.

Just another reason I prefer major junior. And none of that stinkin’ instigator in the last five crap, either!

]]> By: John/PC/Sig http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2007/01/14/wacky_mommy_doesnt_care_for_the_fighting/#comment-28 John/PC/Sig Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:33:00 +0000 http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2007/01/14/wacky_mommy_doesnt_care_for_the_fighting/#comment-28 MHLW... I enjoy your blog. I am glad to see that you have admitted that the NHL lacks emotion. And don't get me wrong, we still do get the occasional emotion-filled game. It's just that they are few and far between these days in the NHL. And you are right, it was like this in the mid to late 90s as well. At least now, we have some end to end action! But we are still missing that emotion, the intensity, that once characterized hockey and the players that played the game. What ever happened to the characterization of "hockey tough?" It's hard to use in a league where grown men are marched to a penalty box for an obstruction call that happened away from the play. It's hard to use it in a league where guys conveniently forget how to fight through a check because they know the referee will be raising his arm as soon as they conveniently fall to the ice. Again, whatever happend to "hockey tough?" While I'm at it... whatever happened to rivalries? When was the last true rivalry in the NHL??? Does this not bother you? Does it not bother you that anticipation games are few and far between these days??? When was the last time you showed up to a game early in anticipation of some heated play between two teams that hated each other? You think this all has to do with inflated salaries? I don't think so. I think there are safeguards in place, purposefully or not, that prevent rivlaries from blossoming. I think there are barriers in the place that hinder the characterization of "hockey tough" these days. Salaries? Salaries have always been high. Yet guys still found away to genuinely hate another team back when hockey was a "tough" sport. Nowadays, if you hate a team, what exactly are you going to do to convey it? If you do what you want to do (hit the othey player in the mouth) and you do what your fans want you to do, you are going to pay the price. Enforcing is being phased out. If you want to enforce these days, your best bet is to spear the other player in the nuts (e.g. Briere on Ovechkin). Being that Gary lost his balls long ago, plays like that are not met with suspensions from the league. And it's the CapitAls... you know, the hard working team that has a number of very talented young players (OV, Semin, Emminger), a couple of bruisers (Erskine, Brashear, Sutherby, Bradley), and a coach that the Commissioner hates because he still has a set on him (Hanlon). Be sure to check out Off Wing Opinion. Great interview there. MHLW… I enjoy your blog. I am glad to see that you have admitted that the NHL lacks emotion. And don’t get me wrong, we still do get the occasional emotion-filled game. It’s just that they are few and far between these days in the NHL. And you are right, it was like this in the mid to late 90s as well. At least now, we have some end to end action! But we are still missing that emotion, the intensity, that once characterized hockey and the players that played the game. What ever happened to the characterization of “hockey tough?” It’s hard to use in a league where grown men are marched to a penalty box for an obstruction call that happened away from the play. It’s hard to use it in a league where guys conveniently forget how to fight through a check because they know the referee will be raising his arm as soon as they conveniently fall to the ice. Again, whatever happend to “hockey tough?” While I’m at it… whatever happened to rivalries? When was the last true rivalry in the NHL??? Does this not bother you? Does it not bother you that anticipation games are few and far between these days??? When was the last time you showed up to a game early in anticipation of some heated play between two teams that hated each other?

You think this all has to do with inflated salaries? I don’t think so. I think there are safeguards in place, purposefully or not, that prevent rivlaries from blossoming. I think there are barriers in the place that hinder the characterization of “hockey tough” these days. Salaries? Salaries have always been high. Yet guys still found away to genuinely hate another team back when hockey was a “tough” sport. Nowadays, if you hate a team, what exactly are you going to do to convey it? If you do what you want to do (hit the othey player in the mouth) and you do what your fans want you to do, you are going to pay the price. Enforcing is being phased out. If you want to enforce these days, your best bet is to spear the other player in the nuts (e.g. Briere on Ovechkin). Being that Gary lost his balls long ago, plays like that are not met with suspensions from the league.

And it’s the CapitAls… you know, the hard working team that has a number of very talented young players (OV, Semin, Emminger), a couple of bruisers (Erskine, Brashear, Sutherby, Bradley), and a coach that the Commissioner hates because he still has a set on him (Hanlon).

Be sure to check out Off Wing Opinion. Great interview there.

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