No hockey culture? So did I just imagine this?

I hear ya. Had a great time hanging out with Hawks fans yesterday. Excellent people. Passionate fans. Was an excellent game. That said, it ain't a rivalry. Would have been a lot more fun had it been a rivalry game. Just my opinion.

That's what happens when you have non-rivals matching up in the Winter Classic.

That was a great rivalry. Then the Caps took almost three years to beat the Pens again. Went from January 2012 to December 2014 without beating the Penguins.

Bruins played someone at Fenway not too long ago. I would have to imagine Yankee Stadium is next. Rangers-Islanders at Yankee Stadium please.

The Caps bandwagon didn't die down. Please don't arrest Capitals fans, Mr. Fan Policeman.

Huh. You mean like Blues fans did? http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance…

Yup, because Hunter and Oates were horrible coaches. Hard to call it a rivalry when the Pens dominated the Caps for roughly 2 years. And no alumni game sucked. All they had was a celebrities vs. Caps alum game. And it wasn't even televised.

Good teams have bandwagon fans. This is a fact. The Capitals sucked before they got Ovechkin. They had no fans. The Penguins sucked before Crosby. They had no fans. The Hawks stunk before Toews and Kane. They had no fans. Being good tends to give you bandwagon fans. And every single good team has them. Heck, even the…

Didn't screw up by having the Caps in it - last one they played was in 2011. Atmosphere in DC was incredible. They screwed up by:

Or actually used rivalries. Give us Flyers-Penguins. This coming from a Caps fan.

Sad that no one watched it, cause it really was a great game. Brouwer got the game winning goal in front of his dad, who due to health reasons, rarely gets to see him play in person. Can't script a better ending than that!

Actually, he was traded away because Wade Miley refused to throw a pitch at gluten's head.

Actually, I'm a Kings fan. Teams win Stanley Cups, not players. The amount of Stanley Cups a player has been a part of, when comparing him to other players, is largely irrelevant. If a player is great, you won't have to brag how many Cups a player has won. Why not show Fleury's save percentage or GAA? Allow me to…

I enjoy how the Penguins didn't tweet one relevant individual statistic when they announced his extension:

Trying to think of an appropriate punishment for being stupid enough to let your kid dress like Ray Rice in blackface... Is stoning still a thing?

This is horrible. Oscar had such a bright future ahead of him. I remember in Baltimore this year, when the Cardinals visited, he was signing autographs before the game on Friday. He told every adult that he wasn't going to sign anything for them until all the kids who wanted his autograph got theirs. And he signed for…

Did I ever say Goodell is a criminal? No, he's just a piece of crap.

Guy with tape: "Thank you for coming Mr. Goodell and TMZ. Now, I have a video of Ray Rice hitting his fiance and knocking her out. All I ask for is a dollar. Mr. Goodell, would you like the video?"

You mean the same league that deliberately lied about the long-term effects of concussions lied about a video?!?!?