Wednesday, February 16, 2011

We're back!


ERIC

i just got an idea for how we could reviatlize THE PRAIRIE PUCK

TOPPINGS

hows that?

ERIC

well the articles thing died but every time we talk on facebook we have educated/joke-filled conversations about the nhl

what if we just posted those conversations?

it would be like a written podcast

TOPPINGS

hahaha that would be funny

ERIC

and way less work than researching for an article

and way more fun, considering we do it every time we talk

plus in this conversation i've realized one of the things that makes our conversations great is your appreciation of my disdain for shitty canadian teams

would make for some controversial conversations

TOPPINGS

i actually find i have the best conversations about hockey with Wings fans...I know two others that it goes the exact same way...they dog the Flames, I defend them, they somewhat agree with parts of what I say, they dog them some more, haha

ERIC

i think i know why that is

you know lots about hockey, so you're good to talk to

and red wings fans are obviously the smartest, since they are fans of the only team worth cheering for

TOPPINGS

hahaha that's an air tight answer right there

ERIC

i think red wings fans hate on every other team because every team is always trying to be the redwings

hahahaah

TOPPINGS

i will hand it to the Red Wings, if there's one thing I do admire, it's whoever's in charge of European scouting

ERIC

yes

also ken holland doesn't make bad decisions. ever

the one thing i wish is that detroit would get more canadians on the team. even just as spokespeople for the team, and so i could choose a canadian red wing as my favorite player

TOPPINGS

they just need to continue to develop young goaltenders like Howard...it is very possible they may lose him, but if they can pay their top stars unreal coin, and get by with young goalies making 1-2 million, then they'll continue to be successful in the Datsyuk/Zetterberg era

ERIC

yes

TOPPINGS

haha yeh they need a media guy

ERIC

i think one of the reasons why rick nash is my favorite player is because until recently columbus has never been a threat

i can't have, say, marleau as a favorite because they are a rival to the wings

TOPPINGS

and that's for the fans to relate to the team again...detroit actually doesnt do very well for home attendance

ERIC

i know, and that's ridiculous because they used to have sellouts for like 300+ games in a row or some shit

i think a company shut down and a few people lost jobs

they must have been some of the season ticket holders

TOPPINGS

yeh what was that company again? haha must not have been important if i can't remember haha

ERIC

hahaha

i think that was more of a factor than anything

TOPPINGS

very possible

ERIC

economy is shit, anyone with money moved away or lost their money

but ya, no shanahan, yzerman, or flashy fedorov

TOPPINGS

yeh it's a strange situation when one of your leading media guys is Brad Stuart

ERIC

haha ya

zetterberg is getting better fast

and he better considering he'll be captain either next year or the year after, depending when lidstrom retires

TOPPINGS

most people would say that interviews don't matter in hockey, but you and I both know it's all about how you represent yourself to your fan base and how they respond to your success or lack of....the irony is a team like Toronto would actually probably benefit if they stopped talking to the media

Burke especially needs to stop

ERIC

yes

when i watch him do interviews all i think is

asshole asshole asshole asshole asshole asshole asshole asshole asshole asshole asshole asshole

TOPPINGS

hahaha...he's a fuckin moron and doesnt know shit...in 2 and half, maybe 3 years as Leafs GM, the best move he made was trading Kris Versteeg for a 1st and 3rd rounder...what does that tell you

and this just happened last week haha

ERIC

haha ya

i wonder how many gm's laughed when he traded those picks for kessel

and probably cussed, thinking that could have been them

TOPPINGS

so urneal

unreal*

ERIC

imagine if edmonton had given hemsky

haha shit

TOPPINGS

it's completely retarded...but it's funny because the 2 guys in charge of Toronto right now Burke and Nonis, you can credit both those guys for putting together 90% of the Vancouver team we're seeing haha

ERIC

hahaha

i didn't realize that

i guess that took a really long time

TOPPINGS

Burke drafted the Sedins, but Nonis put most of the rest together..Kesler, Burrows, Bieksa, Luongo deal

ERIC

right

TOPPINGS

i gotta go here though dude

good talk haha

ERIC

definitely

later buddy

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