10/29: Mike'd Up/Reward for Lost Dog: The I Have No Freakin Clue Edition

[JayBee]

Originally Posted by Pitch and Catch

That's a great story. I recall she used to show up after the game started on purpose to attract attention to herself. Guess no one minded, though. I loved Tomas Sandstrom, too. The guy was a sniper. I still remember the horrific cross-check he took to the neck from Dave Smith of the Flyers. If that happened today, he would have been suspended for a year and there would be an entire Sunday OTL on ESPN dedicated to violence in hockey.

Dave Brown did that, who was suspended about 21 games I believe.

[In A Big Spot]

Originally Posted by Pitch and Catch

That's a great story. I recall she used to show up after the game started on purpose to attract attention to herself. Guess no one minded, though. I loved Tomas Sandstrom, too. The guy was a sniper. I still remember the horrific cross-check he took to the neck from Dave Smith of the Flyers. If that happened today, he would have been suspended for a year and there would be an entire Sunday OTL on ESPN dedicated to violence in hockey.

OTL is such a joke. They decry the violence and all other bad behavior in sports but ESPN is more than happy to oblige leading with highlights and corny commentary on such violence and bad behavior.

[Pitch and Catch]

Originally Posted by Roe's Emotional Friend

Dave Brown did that, who was suspended about 21 games I believe.

My bad. The memory is the first thing to go. At least I got the Dave part right. Wow, also forgot he was suspended for that long. Those Rangers-Flyers playoff series in the 80's were great. Tons of fights. And, of course the great first-round upset in '86 when we got to the conference finals.

[unfathomable]

there really is nothing going on...i really could care less about the start of the nba season. the knicks will not even smell the title, so who cares.

[JayBee]

Originally Posted by Pitch and Catch

My bad. The memory is the first thing to go. At least I got the Dave part right. Wow, also forgot he was suspended for that long. Those Rangers-Flyers playoff series in the 80's were great. Tons of fights. And, of course the great first-round upset in '86 when we got to the conference finals.

One of my favorite Ranger teams of all time. Mike Ridley, Kelly Miller, Pierre Larouche wearing #24, Greschner was the captain. Bob Brooke was my favorite on that team and I believe Vanbiesbrouck won the Vezina. Then Esposito came in the next year and made 9 million trades and that was that. Ridley and Miller for Bobby Carpenter? Really Phil? And I remember him saying one of the reasons he did it was because Carpenter was good on faceoffs. Then he turns around and deals Carpenter for Marcel Dionne. Espo was a mess.

[Gator]

Originally Posted by unfathomable

there really is nothing going on...i really could care less about the start of the nba season. the knicks will not even smell the title, so who cares.

I think you mean you could NOT care less, right? If you could care less, that would mean there is something you care less about than the NBA.

[JayBee]

Anyone want Ranger tickets for tomorrow night? I can't go.

[Gator]

Originally Posted by Roe's Emotional Friend

One of my favorite Ranger teams of all time. Mike Ridley, Kelly Miller, Pierre Larouche wearing #24, Greschner was the captain. Bob Brooke was my favorite on that team and I believe Vanbiesbrouck won the Vezina. Then Esposito came in the next year and made 9 million trades and that was that. Ridley and Miller for Bobby Carpenter? Really Phil? And I remember him saying one of the reasons he did it was because Carpenter was good on faceoffs. Then he turns around and deals Carpenter for Marcel Dionne. Espo was a mess.

Great player though and not a good, but a great announcer.

[Rick DiPeeardo]

Originally Posted by Roe's Emotional Friend

Anyone want Ranger tickets for tomorrow night? I can't go.

The fact that I didn't know you when I lived in NY is starting to really piss me off!!!

[Pitch and Catch]

Originally Posted by Roe's Emotional Friend

One of my favorite Ranger teams of all time. Mike Ridley, Kelly Miller, Pierre Larouche wearing #24, Greschner was the captain. Bob Brooke was my favorite on that team and I believe Vanbiesbrouck won the Vezina. Then Esposito came in the next year and made 9 million trades and that was that. Ridley and Miller for Bobby Carpenter? Really Phil? And I remember him saying one of the reasons he did it was because Carpenter was good on faceoffs. Then he turns around and deals Carpenter for Marcel Dionne. Espo was a mess.

Espo as Rangers GM was an uttah disastah. Loved when he fired Bergeron with 2 games left in the season and went behind the bench to lead the team to first-round sweep at the hands of the Pens. Those were the days when I never thought I'd see the Rangers win the cup.

[JayBee]

Originally Posted by Rick DiPeeardo

The fact that I didn't know you when I lived in NY is starting to really piss me off!!!

Well if you and your wife are ever in the area and want to go to a game let me know, I have 2 seats upstairs. Last year I hardly went, my wife was pregnant and we moved into a new house, but I found a good contact on craigslist and he bought up a lot of games. This will be the 2nd game already I couldn't make that the tix are going unused, last year I had 1 game, opening night when I had a cold that was a disaster.

[JayBee]

Originally Posted by Pitch and Catch

Espo as Rangers GM was an uttah disastah. Loved when he fired Bergeron with 2 games left in the season and went behind the bench to lead the team to first-round sweep at the hands of the Pens. Those were the days when I never thought I'd see the Rangers win the cup.

He even traded for Bergeron (#1 pick who I'm sure Quebec turned into some all-star). He traded for everything. He was bad, in one year he really set the team back. Neil Smith had to come in and build it back up before he tore it down years later.

[Rick DiPeeardo]

Originally Posted by Roe's Emotional Friend

Well if you and your wife are ever in the area and want to go to a game let me know, I have 2 seats upstairs. Last year I hardly went, my wife was pregnant and we moved into a new house, but I found a good contact on craigslist and he bought up a lot of games. This will be the 2nd game already I couldn't make that the tix are going unused, last year I had 1 game, opening night when I had a cold that was a disaster.

I was supposed to have a little work up there right around now (well, mid-October) but it just didn't work with all the traveling I did this summah. Maybe next season. I'm sort of stuck here for the rest of the winter now.

But I REALLY APPRECIATE the offer.

[Pitch and Catch]

Originally Posted by Roe's Emotional Friend

He even traded for Bergeron (#1 pick who I'm sure Quebec turned into some all-star). He traded for everything. He was bad, in one year he really set the team back. Neil Smith had to come in and build it back up before he tore it down years later.

The pick they traded for Bergeron ended up being the #5 pick in the 1988 Entry Draft. Quebec took Daniel Dore, who only ended up playing 17 games in the NHL. But, had the Rangers kept the pick, Martin Gelinas, Rod Brind'Amour, Teemu Selanne and Jeremy Roenick all would have been there at #5. Of course, Espo wouldn't have been smart enough to take any of those guys, anyway.

[Floyd Merryweather]

It's just great the Mike's mush on Greg 'Sam Bowie' Oden threatens to destroy my fantasy league team on the first night. I dropped the guy 12 spots in my pre-draft order and he still gets picked and is the only center on my team.

And oh, he looked terrible even before he left the game.

[Jerry Rello]

Originally Posted by Floyd Merryweather

It's just great the Mike's mush on Greg 'Sam Bowie' Oden threatens to destroy my fantasy league team on the first night. I dropped the guy 12 spots in my pre-draft order and he still gets picked and is the only center on my team.

And oh, he looked terrible even before he left the game.

nobody drafted Shaq...incredible!

[unfathomable]

Originally Posted by Gator

I think you mean you could NOT care less, right? If you could care less, that would mean there is something you care less about than the NBA.

you are correct. bad job outta me with the whole abusing the english language scenario.

[devils950003]

Originally Posted by Roe's Emotional Friend

When Greschner played he did not make a lot of money. I remember reading my old Ranger yearbooks from the 70s and early 80s and under their personal information it had a spot for "Off season job." Most were stockbrockers or worked at banks. Probably no-show jobs or whatever, but they still had to work.

That's true. With the money these guys make today, you forget that back in the day (especially before free agency) they didn't make much more than the people in the stands who were watching them. Sometimes they made less, especially if the owner was a cheapskate. That was pretty common 40-50 years ago. I was reading a book about the great Colts teams of the late 1950's and they all had off-season jobs. The 1973 Dolphins' America's Game episode talks about how **** Anderson would close business deals in the locker room after practice. I think he sold insurance or real estate. It was a different world back then.

[Rick DiPeeardo]

Originally Posted by Floyd Merryweather

It's just great the Mike's mush on Greg 'Sam Bowie' Oden threatens to destroy my fantasy league team on the first night. I dropped the guy 12 spots in my pre-draft order and he still gets picked and is the only center on my team.

And oh, he looked terrible even before he left the game.

The Mike Mush is a VERY powerful force. I penetrates all sports, fantasy leagues, drafts, elections, gambling, tv shows, movies, etc.

This is why Duncan is such an amazing player, he's actually conquered it a few times, although it's bit him a few times too.

[Rick DiPeeardo]

Originally Posted by Jerry Rello

nobody drafted Shaq...incredible!

I almost picked him up on waivers in my other league where no one drafted him either, but he's just not a great player anymore, plain and simple.