Hockey

I don't mean this as a rant. I'm not a fan of the shootout, any more than I want to see a home-run contest instead of extra innings in baseball, but I'm curious as to why they don't continue with 4-on-4.

I don't have the stats in front of me, but it seemed like a fairly large chunk of games last season were decided in the five-minute overtime. Given that, why not keep playing? Is it because they worry about the effects of a possible long overtime game on a team playing the next night? Is it just to add drama and possibly attract more fans?

Just curious, really, what others think.

2007-12-18 04:32:14 · 15 answers · asked by Craig S 7

I'm curious, has he been playing well for his club? Or are that just not that many Canadian goalies playing in Europe so he got selected by default? Or did the selectors just figure Cujo would help improve the Spengler Cup ratings?

2007-12-18 03:49:52 · 5 answers · asked by michinoku2001 7

2007-12-18 02:52:40 · 11 answers · asked by IllegalMexicanImmigrant 2

2007-12-17 16:43:32 · 4 answers · asked by Rob G 1

The Versus crew called him a future hall-of-famer tonight. Does he have the stats or hardware to back this claim up?

2007-12-17 14:14:01 · 15 answers · asked by TBL 6

do you think SERGEI FEDOROV made a mistake leaving the DETROIT RED WINGS?for the last few years since he left,i don't think his career has gone so well.

2007-12-17 13:08:57 · 11 answers · asked by katdandawn 4

Somebody asked this question (said his Uncle had told him this) in the last couple of days and I happened to stumble across it and pretty much every person jumped down this guys throat, calling him an idiotic racist.
I just want to say that I am not an idiot, nor a racist and I have stumbled across this theory before too. Actually have heard it out of the mouths of black people, sometimes players themselves. I have even come across some literature on the subject before, that cited studies etc. Whether that makes it true or not is another matter and I could care less but I just thought it was overboard how some people hopped all over this poster.
It is obvious that blacks and whites have different body make-ups so it is not so beyond the realm of possibilities? White people have no back-sides. Should I be offended by that as a white person? I don't think so. White people can't dance usually. Doesn't offend me. Hair is different etc, etc.........

2007-12-17 12:57:06 · 24 answers · asked by Bob Loblaw 7

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hCahUFLL0JoLZXgV9_HVz5LeGIsg

Named to the Spengler Cup team. Thoughts?

2007-12-17 12:20:02 · 9 answers · asked by Bob Loblaw 7

this idea sprung from talk of Europeon Expansion..

would it be better just to start a whole new league in Europe called the ENHL who can also compete for the Stanley cup?

it seems smart to me, gives Europeon players an open doorway between America and their own countrys.

they could allow trade between the two leagues, so for example, if the Italian Stallions wanted to trade the Toronto Maple Leafs, then they could.

so basically it's a new league that keeps an open doorway between the country's but keeps it so the NHL keeps only 30 teams.

Maybe they could treat the NHL and this invisible ENHL like conferences, so all the teams in the NHL face each other properly, which eliminates the Schedule complaints.

and then just have the odd Euro game.


i unno, this seems like a smart investment to me..

i'm suree i will have 20000 people disagree with me, but does anyone else think this would be a good idea?

what suggestions do you have?

2007-12-17 11:29:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-12-17 09:56:46 · 5 answers · asked by gypsy 3

Ah, 2007. We hardly knew you (and in my case, which I hadn't know you, but that's another story for another day). With the year in question coming to a close, what are your 2008 hockey New Year's resolutions?

2007-12-17 09:55:04 · 25 answers · asked by Snoop 5

As an intrepid businessperson, you have the power (and budget) to ice a solid expansion squad for the upcoming season. However, every good team builder needs to start somewhere. If given the wonderful task of starting a new NHL team, who would you pick (out of the current pool of players, head/assistant coaches, and general/assistant mangers) to start your team?

Player?

Coach?

General Manager?

Captain?

Broadcaster?

2007-12-17 09:52:36 · 21 answers · asked by Snoop 5

While there is a clear-cut choice for the greatest captain in NHL history (we all know it's Steve Yzerman, and there is no close second), who are the esteemed leaders of each NHL team? In other words, who were the best captains from each established club?

2007-12-17 09:48:02 · 18 answers · asked by Snoop 5

As professional (and mainly hockey) fans we live and die with our teams, more often than not. However, the general managers of our teams usually pick up a player who makes us seethe with anger. This question is relative to the aforementioned scenario: on your favorite NHL team, who is your least favorite player? Better yet, who is your least favorite currently and all time?

For me:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current- Ty Conklin (the way this guy plays, he makes Marc-Andre Fleury look like Martin Brodeur!)

All Time- Petr Nedved (this jerk had the gall to hold out for a contract after having the two best seasons of his career, being the benefactor of the talents of a certain Hall Of Fame center/captain/team owner...)

2007-12-17 09:45:37 · 32 answers · asked by Snoop 5

NHL for 7 teams, in 770 games he has 144 goals, 161 assists, 305 points and 1,816 PIM. He already has 6 suspensions from the NHL, and is about to get another one after his attempt to injure infraction the other night where he purposely stepped on a guys ankle with his skate. He's probably looking at a 20 game suspension. Enough is enough. I know Coach Ted Nolan is a Canadian Inuit Indian just like Simon, but this guy has to be cut. He's a goon and long past his prime. The days of goons like Domi, Ray, Barnaby are over. Simon, Brad May and Brashear are the last of the dying breed. But it's time for this guy to take a permanent vacation. Go back to Wawa, Ontario, and start drinking again. What do you think?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=Atdentx93Yn08gJMmQ1j1kJ7vLYF?slug=ap-islanders-simon&prov=ap&type=lgns


http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/595/career;_ylt=ArQD_q6C37R7lCR3g0M_UpNivLYF

2007-12-17 09:37:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

You know, when the asker doesn't choose best answer. Someone goes around voting for them, how many of you do it? Who decides the best answers around here? I know I don't lol (should probably start though...). Turns out LITY even has a "don't pick LITY" campaign as described here; http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoeBp47hymnquFIhWp_nfNzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071217092135AAOHROX&show=7#profile-info-1eYyQmVsaa I didn't even know that! I thought the only voting campaign was the "get puck a badge" campaign, why does no one tell me these things? lmao. Don't worry LITY, I haven't been voting for you.......or anyone else for that matter lol.

2007-12-17 09:14:08 · 19 answers · asked by N/A 6

The St. Louis Blues have the deepest prospect pool in the nhl by far. They have five first round picks coming up next year (Marek Schwarz, Ian Cole, T.J. Oshie, Patrik Berglund and Lars Eller), they have the last years college point leader(Jay Barribal), Three second round draft picks (Tomas Kana, Simon Hjalmarsson and Aaron Palushaj), Three current first round players (Erik Johnson, David Perron and Hannu Toivnonen), Second rated college goalie (Ben Bishop) and a group of current and future prospects, (Roman Polak, Steve Wagner, Jonas Junland, Cade Fairchild, Alexander Hellstrom, Anthony Peluso, David Backes and DJ King)

2007-12-17 09:04:21 · 9 answers · asked by blues_22 1

It doesnt seem like they have any fans and us Rangers fans are always traveling up to that shitty arena every time we play there. What are the chances they ever relocated?

2007-12-17 08:36:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-17 08:28:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

He took a leave of absence from the Isles today. Seeking some anger management perhaps? Hopefully he is not back on the bottle becuse him and the booze don't mix too well.

2007-12-17 08:19:14 · 12 answers · asked by Bob Loblaw 7

and why are they the best and worst?

I've heard the Edmonton Oilers have the best and the Islanders have the worst.

2007-12-17 08:13:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i dont think it is really fair that women can't play in the NHL with the guys. Women can be tough to, strong, and fast. Plus we could take the beatings the guys dish out, we would hit them twice as hard then. Just tell me why women cant play NHL hockey.

2007-12-17 07:58:21 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-17 07:09:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw an article on tsn aboput a new league a russian tycoon might start up. It would surely rival the nhl for european players and there couldbe a game between the champions of each league. Your thoughts? Here's the article http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=225259&hubname=nhl.

2007-12-17 07:08:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Because im cheering for them and i hope they make it!

2007-12-17 06:28:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love watching the World Juniours on TSN and I want to watchas many teams as possible, especially the US. Who is the American Broadcaster for the 2008 World Juniour Hockey Championships?

2007-12-17 06:14:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-17 05:54:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are some opinions on these guys? Can they go deep in the play-offs this year? They are pretty tough to beat now, ranked 4th in the Conference and 4th in the NHL, that's really good for the Bruins if you've been following them for your whole life (17 years).

What is in these guys' future? They have good young talent and some pretty good coaching.

2007-12-17 04:26:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

You know…….. you are still getting “best answers”, from the voting system.

Question:
Who makes you laugh the hardest on the Y! Hockey section? I have been getting some good chuckles on here a lot lately.

2007-12-17 04:21:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would say wrestling, because they never fight "for real", but then I remembered that wrestling is not a sport.......*ba, da, dum, dum, cymbal crash*.

What other sport do you think with would benefit from fighting during the game, other than hockey? Why?

PreEDIT: Sammy: Please don't bother answering this. We all know you hate fighting, and no one cares.

2007-12-17 04:00:37 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous