I though this was going to be a serious thread like the Canadian economy grows due to high oil costs.

Acually I read that the NHL strike did of course affect the Canadian economy (by a couple tenths of a percentage point of GDP?) due to losses in hotel/restaurant/hospitality industry, reduction of business in bars, etc. (lol)

Surely the US was similarly affected, having more and higher paid teams. I know some Americans much more rabid than the typical Canadian about hockey.

But that's all behind us now, game on! (And BTW, if you enjoy the delusion and illusion of "an American team hoisting the cup" when all players of import on said 'American team' are all Canadians wearing the jersey of the highest bidder, enjoy!)

Cheers,
-Noble

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Of course the teams are full of imports, you canucks have hockey and thats wonderful. Let's just hope no elite American athletes begin getting involved, as they are preoccupied with other more athletically demanding sports.

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Let's just hope no elite American athletes begin getting involved, as they are preoccupied with other more athletically demanding sports.

Indeed. Baseball is so demanding, Jesus Christ, you gotta run and fight for hours on end. So is golf. In football, a few seconds of running and fighting - and then it's all over, have some well-deserved rest before the next 5 sec.

Don't forget poker!


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Ha. You must be kidding. Hitting a baseball is one of the toughest skills in all of sports. Football players are twice the athletes hockey players are. I don't even know why golf is even in there, perhaps try basketball? Face it, the athletes in hockey, while elite, are not nearly up to snuff of basketball and football, and argueably baseball.

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Originally posted by kush paintings Ha. You must be kidding. Hitting a baseball is one of the toughest skills in all of sports. Football players are twice the athletes hockey players are. I don't even know why golf is even in there, perhaps try basketball? Face it, the athletes in hockey, while elite, are not nearly up to snuff of basketball and football, and argueably baseball.

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!

ESPN did a study of all sports from fly fishing to gymantics and guess what was number 2 behind boxing.....yea...you guessed it....HOCKEY....

so eat it

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WOW. Because if ESPN says it, it must be true. Why was Football not ahead of hockey. Explain that to me. Granted not every position in football consists of better athletes, but on the whole it does. Why do you think the football season is as short as it is? Because it is more physically demanding.

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Originally posted by kush paintings WOW. Because if ESPN says it, it must be true. Why was Football not ahead of hockey. Explain that to me. Granted not every position in football consists of better athletes, but on the whole it does. Why do you think the football season is as short as it is? Because it is more physically demanding.

Football is more physically demanding than hockey? You have got to be kidding. The reason as to why the football season is short is due to the fact that most football players are obese. If the season was longer you would see more suffer heart attacks and more injuries due to them being fat mother******s. Hockey they don't wear any protection on their faces. It's why many players are missing lots of teeth. Also imaging being elbowed in the face with a person sprinting at you. That hurts more than having a fat 300Ib linesman falling on top of you. Hockey players are the ones who are in better shape than most football players. Football players couldn't play in the NHL because they would wear out faster and they are not fast enough.

So Kush what you got to say??

I have to say you all are sadly mistaken. Now, hockey players are no slouches. I am a hockey player. But, football players arent fat asses. You are so sorely mistaken. Some of the linemen could outsprint me, and I am a college athlete. Football players aren't fast enough. Laughable. Do some research and then try and say that with a straight face. You see players beginning to come in to the league that are Todd Bertuzzi's size. I am a goalie and I am 6 foot, which is now no longer considered tall, whereas just 5 years ago it was. Goalies are also gaining weight, we are no longer these 160 pound poles, we are expected to be elite athletes to. Once again, all happening in the past 5 years. Hockey is beginning to become a sport played by "freaks of nature" where football and boxing have had these guys around in droves for over a decade. And as far as saying football players don't have the stamina! HA. 45 seconds shifts my friend, balls to the wall albeit, but are you telling me a football player wouldn't have the stamina for less than 20, 45 minute shifts. My point is, as it stands today, hockey players are not the top athletes in the world. Oh and lastly, hockey is a tough, tough game, but to claim it is more physical than football is outrageous. Have you watched a game of hockey lately? There are just a handful of big hits in a game, very few which happen in open ice. Whereas with football, those big openfield hits happen nearly every play. Why is it said playing through an NFL game is like being in a car crash? I have never heard that be said about a NHL game.

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Originally posted by kush paintings Why is it said playing through an NFL game is like being in a car crash? I have never heard that be said about a NHL game.

Because the people who say that are football players themselves who have never played another PHYSICAL sport. I mean come on the football players in my school don't play wrestling or any hard sports, but nonetheless they say that football is hard. It really isn't, and neither is it that physical compare to wrestliing. Why, don't you think noone is doing wrestling anymore? Becuase they don't want to get hurt.