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| vadushka!!! |
With the strike looming we still may have something to look forward to...
NHLers to form Original Stars league
Canadian Press
8/16/2004
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - The Original Stars Hockey League, which says it has commitments from 78 players including Dave Andreychuk, Roberto Luongo and Dominik Hasek, will begin its schedule Sept. 18 with a tripleheader in Toronto if the NHL and its players' association are unable to get together on a new collective bargaining agreement by Sept. 15.
Teams would bear the city names of the Original Six NHL cities - Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Detroit, New York and Chicago.
Each team would have four skaters and a goalie on the ice at one time, periods would last 17 minutes, line changes would only be made on the fly, there would be no centre red-line, no-touch icing would be in effect and minor penalties would result in penalty shots.
It all depends on what happens in the NHL-NHLPA talks.
A draft would be held Sept. 16 to allocate the 72 skaters, six goalies and six coaches who committed to play, says OSHL president Randall Gumbley.
Each of the six teams would play three games a week at separate venues across Canada till Nov. 8.
Besides Toronto, games in Ontario would be played in Oshawa, Belleville, Kitchener, Mississauga, Hamilton, Barrie, Peterborough, London, Ottawa and Brampton. Other games would be played in Montreal, Winnipeg, Halifax, Vancouver and Calgary.
Other players named so far include Dan Cloutier, Chris Osgood, Patrick Lalime, Daniel Briere, Martin Lapointe, Manny Fernandez, Mathieu Garon, Mike Comrie, Jeff Cowan, Jassen Cullimore, Anders Eriksson, Chris Drury, Mike Ricci, Peter Bondra, Bill Lindsay, Scott Barney, Dan Cleary, Shawn Horcoff, Dwayne Roloson and Darcy Hordichuk.
Better than nothing IMO...hopefully they can settle |
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| MaDDHatteR |
| really hope that the strike doesnt happen. But my my, there is some talent in that pool isnt there. Would be nice to see the new york americans once again wouldnt it? lol |
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| torontotrance |
the only thing that you have to look forward to with respect to hockey is getting your asses handed to you tomorrow night
Canada vs. USA live from Montreal.
Round ???
time to get my cdn flag and cdn jersey out :) |
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| vadushka!!! |
| Damn!!! Totally forgot about World Cup action. Yeah...Canada is stacked. Hopefully USA gives 'em a good game. |
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| torontotrance |
| the cup is going back where it belongs.....HOME!!!!!...HERE!!!!! |
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| vtec junkie |
| quote: | Originally posted by torontotrance
the cup is going back where it belongs.....HOME!!!!!...HERE!!!!! |
Yep USA is going to have their asses handed to them. |
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| torontotrance |
it's a reason that ing Canadians can go hockey crazy in late summer. There won't be an NHL season till probably Jan 05, so we have to go nuts now :)
at least I hope we ing win or this country will get colder than a Canadian Winter in a hurry :) |
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| d(-_-)b |
| I like the idea of having just 4 skaters instead of 5. The NHL should consider this too... it would open things up and make the games more fun to watch. I've played hockey all my life and I can't stand to watch an entire NHL game on TV. Nothing happens and the stars can't show off their talend because everything is so congested. I'm a fan of eliminating the two line pass as well... more scoring and more action. |
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| mets4012 |
| quote: | Originally posted by d(-_-)b
I like the idea of having just 4 skaters instead of 5. The NHL should consider this too... it would open things up and make the games more fun to watch. I've played hockey all my life and I can't stand to watch an entire NHL game on TV. Nothing happens and the stars can't show off their talend because everything is so congested. I'm a fan of eliminating the two line pass as well... more scoring and more action. |
yup i agree they should eliminate the two line pass and put 4 on 4. it will put fans in the stands and the owners will make more revenue. and i think Ilya Kovalchuk would have like 100 goals in one season lol:eyes: :p |
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| torontotrance |
| you don't change the game, such an American comment to add more scoring, it is because American teams can't win, so they load up with Canadian talent and then they win. We all know most of the top European scorers are cherry picking pansies with no heart who never show up in the playoffs and you know I'm right. Gretzky scored tons of goals but you rarely found him cherry picking because he was normally going thru the entire team. |
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