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I hopped on the bandwagon last year after the olympics got me interested in hockey again.

I have to say though this season and playoff run made me anything but want to hop off the wagon.

Professional sport in a sense has no real value to society other than entertainment. And players make thousands and millions for nothing but entertainment purposes.
With that being said though I have nothing but respect to our boys that dedicated themselves both mentally and physically to this team and city.
Honestly if a normal person suffers the injuries our players are going through he/she would be probably getting time off from work to rest or requesting short term disability payment or WCB. So nothing but respect for our boys that played through broken fingers and torn this and torn that.

Yes, we lost and a lost is a lost is a lost is a lost. And it will hurt for years to come until we actually win one.
The riot destroyed our image big time, we civil vancouvrites and canucks fans have to stand taller than ever to represent our city and support our team.

go canucks go!

You obviously don't understand how much having a local sports team effects its city.

The sadness just hit me as I shaved my two and a half month terrible Asian playoff beard. I can't grow a Leonidas but I wore that gloriously awful beard on my face-parts in honor of my Canucks. There was solidarity when you would see another fan in Canucks colors and a hobo beard.

I'm wondering if Grandmaster TSE has shaved his terrible Asian beard yet...

Yeah, I shaved last night but now sporting a Pacquiao-esque, "Post Cup Run Goatee"

I heard on the radio that one of the Canucks owners flipped out and was swearing at the reporters last night and some in the media are saying that the only players from the Canucks that showed some class were the Sedins.

you do realize this thread was started on june 14th of 2010 right?

This is where you're wrong. Sport is as valid a thing to follow as religion. There are values in sport even if we don't see them all the time. Loyalty, brotherhood, hard work. Not something you'd expect from the idiots carrying guns into locker rooms or raping people in the NBA and NFL but at the same time, there are bad apples everywhere. Jihadists don't represent Islam even though that's what most people think of just like Gilbert Arenas and Plaxico Burris don't represent all professional athletes.

What is there to be gained from all this? You obviously didn't see the hundreds or even thousands who volunteered their own time to clean up the city after a few assholes destroyed it. Many were wearing Canucks jerseys. If we felt no pride in our team and our city...if it was just a game...who would bother? Who would care about what our team or Vancouver was associated with? No, instead people were inspired. People thought about how much they loved Vancouver and the Canucks and pitched in to prove we're not all douchebags here.

Sure, the Canucks are entertainment for entertainment's sake but this is cultural value. It's a part of our city. People are always so quick to dismiss entertainment as something that doesn't matter. Would you rather be bored?

I could go on about how the millions they make are a result of supply and demand and that if you are against professional athletes making the money they do, you are a communist or a hippie but it's been argued before.

I've always thought that following a sports team is as valid a thing to do as following a religion. ...except that while people may get into a bar fight or Mike Milbury may hit a man with his own shoe, no one is starting any wars, commiting any genocide or anything else. Sports fans will trash talk each other but most won't go any further.

There are more positives that come out of sports than negatives.

LOL i was actually talking to my co-worker from the Quebec office today and I was telling him that it would be freaking sweet to see the Nucks against Canadians in the finals next year :fullofwin:

we both talked about how much we hated Boston and hes still choked about Chara's hit on Pacioretty

The seventh and deciding Stanley Cup Final game between the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks was watched by an average of 8.76 million Canadians on Hockey Night in Canada.

The mark, based on metered television audience data, represents the highest ever audience for an NHL broadcast in CBC history. The 2002 Olympic gold medal final between Canada and the United States, at an average of 8.96 million viewers, which is the network record.

Viewership for the 4-0 victory for the Bruins peaked Wednesday night at 11.2 million viewers just past the midway mark of the game, and a total of 18.45 million Canadians caught at least some portion of Game 7.

In the U.S., the contest matched the highest preliminary television rating for a Game 7 on record.

NBC earned a 5.7 overnight rating and 10 share, winning the night for them in the U.S. It tied the 2003 Game 7 between Anaheim and New Jersey.

The game was up 14 per cent from the most recent Game 7 in 2009, featuring two popular U.S. teams, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings.

Ratings represent the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned into a program. Shares represent the percentage of all homes with TVs in use at the time. Overnight ratings measure the country's largest markets.

Both CBC and NBC easily led their competitors with respect to viewers aged 25 to 49.

With files from The Associated Press

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/g...anada-record-2

Whatever. An American team won the Cup but they're not going to care. All most of America is going to talk about is how those crazy Canadians love some game played on ice so much that they tore their own home a new one.

A truly unforgettable season, tons of memories <3

http://video.canucks.nhl.com/videoce...=805&id=118346

20min recap of this year's playoff run starts soon on team1040!

I miss Canucks hockey already.

.............. wait a second, how the fuck did this turn against me?

I think all you read from my post was " bandwagoner" and "sport has no value".

I DID NOT say professional sports have no positive effects or useless. I SAID if you think about it, professional sport at the end of the day it's just a GAME, it's entertainment.
Yes, it inspires people to "reach for their dreams", and "push harder! stronger", but at the end of the day it's just a game.
The intrinsic value of professional sports is measured by how much society cares about it.
Does the canucks have a positive effect on the city of vancouver? YES
i DID NOT say sport doesn't motivate or inspire, DO NOT put words in my mouth.


what I SAID in my post was i had nothing but RESPECT for our hockey players, who fully dedicated their bodies and minds for their profession.
what I SAID in my post was our players played through pains and injuries that the common folks like you and I would be missing work or getting WCB for.

What I SAID in my post was that the riot that happened HAS ruined our team image and our city image to the world, and that CIVIL fans and vancouverites need to REPRESENT our city and our team in positive light, how it SHOULD have been instead of having rioters ruining our names.

what i SAID was a lost is a lost, and it was a heartbreaker. And it hurts to not see our team win. But when we win one we will finally get over it.
THATS ALL.


i do not know what you were reading to think i am shitting on our team or our city or in sport in general, so let me rephrase what i said:

-watching the olympics got me interested in hockey again,
-the passion and vibe from this city during this run got me hooked into hockey.
-professional athletes aren't doctors, they aren't the farmers that produce our food, they aren't the soldiers that keep maintain peace; they are people that are really good at what they do, and what they do is entertainment in the form of sport. But their dedication and professionalism earn my respect and how they played the game, WHICH IS AN ENTERTAINMENT, have gotten my attitude and respect.
-riot happened, a lot of the rioters were in canucks gear, not a good image to represent vancouver to the world. It will take time to repair, so those of us that can enjoy and celebrate or mourn in civil and relatively peaceful manner should represent our city and our team well to erase the negative rioting images that are broadcasted all over the world.

So i basically got shit on by you after i said i aint hopping off the wagon because after watching this year's hockey i am interested by it?
wow

You mean their gonna be talking about how James lost it for Miami right
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True true, the fall of James is a much more interesting story....

I dont think you understand what i wrote.

It seems like you are stuck on my phrase of "sport has no real value" and decide to fail me.

Professional sports have positive and negative effect on city and society, but at the end of the game, its importance is only as relevant to how much people have interest on it.
It's a game. It doesn't cure AIDs, it doesn't solve food shortage in the world, so am i saying sport is useless? NO.
It gives reasons for people to cheer for something together, it gives reasons for people to talk, its entertainment, it's exciting to watch, it has the collateral effect of boosting retail sales and local business.
but does professional sports by itself have real value towards the progress of the human race? directly, no.

that's all i am saying.

i fucking hate that argument Doctors VS pro athletes etc. and who makes more and is more "worthy" i got into an argument with a chick that we pretty much broke up over for the same thing

the way i look at it, who's to say a pro athlete ISNT entitled to everything he's WORKED for?

the upper echelon of pro athletes are more rare than brain surgeons, they have natural "god" given ability and were born to do what they do, much like how somone with a highly educated profession was born with the ability to learn and achieve such status

don't know if this has been posted...but here goes!
smells like bs, but real or not i find it quite funny lol
http://intenttoblow.com/2011/06/kesl...s-celebration/

I miss the games every other day :(

oh for fuck sakes forget it.

All i basically said was "it's just a game, it's just entertainment. But i respect our boys for playing through injuries and their dedication towards their profession and i think i will watch more hockey next season because i enjoy watching the canucks, and oh i will be a civil fan to not embarrass my city and my team.

I have nothing but the utmost respect for the Sedins and the professional manner in which they conduct themselves, the leadership they've shown, and their refusal to change their standards to what people think they should be even if it means that they are going to be taken advantage of. They make an infraction upon them more obvious for the refs to pick up on and they are embellishers. They get run, chopped, and speed bagged and they are pussies. These guys just cannot win.

Some will say their passion does not come through, others will call them soft, and others will undoubtedly consider them career underachievers if they don't bring home the cup. What I saw were two men who understood their roles, understood what they had to do for their team, and owned up that they simply were not good enough this time around--nothing more nothing less. They could cry about it, but they know that won't change a thing. The only thing they can do is learn from this experience and work on their game in the offseason to come back better next season.

Their professionalism and faith in the league and refs to dole out appropriate justice for the abuse they take concerns me especially if we make another deep run in the future. But these guys are true class, living example of true sportsmanship, the role models we want our kids to look up to, and for that I tip my hat and hope you never change, not even for Lord Stanley's Cup.

whens game 8?

FUCKKKKKKKKKKK
cant believe its over :(

oh well. sigh

fml i searched up "sore"
and here is the top searched on google.
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1100633_n.jpg