Of course it’s what people do. There’s folks in Oklahoma City who swear it’s the best sports city in the world. Like, whatever, man.

Not Pittsburgh (which is a fine city in other respects, but honestly, fuck any city which claims to be the best sports city).

Agreed that puck possession is a major factor in shots on goal, but shitting on the rest of the defense save for Letang sells everyone else short. Letang may be out there for 30 minutes a game, which is noteworthy, but he only plays one of two d-man spots at any given time, so the other five guys have to bring solid…

Saying the Pens defense sucked, and then noting it only allowed 23 shots a game in the finals, is pretty contradictory. No team averaging less than 10 shots a period is going to score many goals. Their defense was solid.

How’s your NBA team doi.... Oh, that’s right. You don’t have one. Kinda tough for the NBA to support giving the “best sports city in the world” a franchise when your hockey team has had to file for bankruptcy twice in its history. Best sports city in the world, indeed.

Not all bears live in the woods.

Even if you take away the stats, Gordie was still something special. I’ve heard some of these stories throughout four decades of Red Wings fandom, but a few here I didn’t know. If all you know is the records, read these and you’ll learn a lot about Howe and old-time hockey in general.

As a ten year old Detroiter, I still remember this moment vividly:

Good point, and an awful one. Damn you for bringing that up. Cherish the time we have left with Downie.

Who is the bigger coward:

Correction: this game proved, without a doubt, that the Cards lost. Keep the up the futile defense and unrealistic predictions coming though. We’re all really enjoying them.

Counterpoint: The difference between “okay” and “good” goaltending is making the playoffs. The difference between “good” and “great” is winning a Stanley Cup. Goaltending is only interchangeable when you separate goalies across the league into tiers.

There’s no defending this post.

Starred for the dirty sanchez reference.

+1 magic bullet

Unless he played for the Cardinals, amirite? Oh, wait. Like the Cards this year, he’s not very good at baseball either.

Okay, so clearly you think you know more about the fight game than HamNo. Can we see your credentials please, or are you just a lazy fucking commenter?

So based on your comment, you’re saying that given the choice between shooting a stranger or doing three years in the joint because you didn’t want to kill another man, you’d shoot someone.

Great. That skater kid I knew in high school who back in 1988 told me “skateboarding is totally gonna be in the Olympics, dude” turned out to be right.

Jeebus. That’s not even good trolling.