peterboroAvatars are for posersPremium
join:2006-11-03
Peterborough, ON | The Official "Who cares if hockeys back?" thread. Three games tonight. Big deal. It was a nice reprieve while it lasted from the Canadian institution that drags on ad nauseam each winter. |
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 donoreoPremium
join:2002-05-30
North York, ON | It will not be so bad this year. I do wish it ended earlier, dragging into June is silly. Even May is silly. Season should end at the end of February and have March and April for playoffs. |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand | reply to peterboro
NFL is over in 3 weeks (Superbowl)
Baseball training camps begin in a few weeks.. that says plenty. |
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I don't give a flying puck they are back, the NHL is dead, not sure when it did, it’s been on a slow death march with rule changes, and the endless monetization of every aspect of the game. Watch OHL or any of the other junior leagues to see a game that still matters and players that aren't prima donnas, no bullshit, no 3rd jersey and no round table discussions of dickheads voicing their irrelevant opinions about a sport they played 20 years ago – just the game – period. |
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On the plus, it gave local economies that host OHL and junior A games a bit of a boost with club owners reporting an increase in ticket sales. |
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 FaxCap
join:2002-05-25
Surrey, BC | reply to peterboro
Rumour is there will be free beer at the Canucks game tonight. I'll be
there so maybe I'll get a free barley pop.
FaxCap |
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 Mike2009
join:2009-01-13
Ottawa, ON
kudos:3 | I actually enjoy watching my kids play hockey at the local rink to watching NHL hockey. |
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Screw the greedy pricks. Won't be watching or following NHL for a long time. UFC tonight and 2 NFL playoff games Sunday for this guy. |
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Got a text from Boston Pizza saying if you show up tonight to watch the Leafs/Habs there's some sort of free shit. |
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 DKSDamn Kidney StonesPremium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
kudos:2
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said by elwoodblues:NFL is over in 3 weeks (Superbowl)
Baseball training camps begin in a few weeks.. that says plenty.
Then there is NASCAR.
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DKSDamn Kidney StonesPremium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
kudos:2 Reviews:
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said by Last Parade:Got a text from Boston Pizza saying if you show up tonight to watch the Leafs/Habs there's some sort of free shit.
Coming out of the kitchen?
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Robrr
join:2008-04-19
Mississauga, ON | reply to DKS
said by DKS:said by elwoodblues:NFL is over in 3 weeks (Superbowl)
Baseball training camps begin in a few weeks.. that says plenty.
Then there is NASCAR. Longest sporting season of the year! 
It's nice only having about 90 days of downtime in between seasons. You could argue it is even less with winter testing that is televised in January 
As for the NHL, they lost me after the 2004 lockout. |
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 LazManPremium
join:2003-03-26
canada | reply to peterboro
Been watching the testing on and off all week... 
Planning this year's race - my heart says Las Vegas - combine two of my favourite things... But there's so many to choose from. Been to Michigan, Charlotte, and Martinsville so far.
As for NHL - I'm a casual fan at best, I have friends that own a sports bar, so I'm glad hockey's back for their sake, beyond that, didn't really bother me one way or the other... |
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 vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS | I'll be watching the NBC game this afternoon - Pens & Flyers and most likely the Habs & Leafs on HNIC....
To be honest I really didn't miss hockey as it gave me some time to catch up on my 3D modeling/rendering, photography and reading... Still got a ton of raw photos from last year's car shows I need to process...
Hockey's back (or more likely NHL) and I'll be watching a few games a week... Go Blues GO!!!!! |
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FaxCap
join:2002-05-25
Surrey, BC Reviews:
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I'll go against the wave here.....I missed hockey. Went to some BC
Junior games and enjoyed them but the speed and skill of the NHL
just wasn't there.
Greed....if I was talented enough to play in the NHL and knew my
career would last about 10-15 years I would want to make as much
as I could.
The billionaire owners....they locked the millionaire players out.
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand Reviews:
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said by FaxCap:Rumour is there will be free beer at the Canucks game tonight. I'll be
there so maybe I'll get a free barley pop.
FaxCap
Can't do that in Ontario, social responsibility and all.. |
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| said by elwoodblues:said by FaxCap:Rumour is there will be free beer at the Canucks game tonight. I'll be
there so maybe I'll get a free barley pop.
FaxCap
Can't do that in Ontario, social responsibility and all.. Someone better tell the Sens that then... Molsons is giving out a "coupon" for a free beer for everyone over 19years of age that attends the home opener...
They probably get around any rules by giving out the coupon and not the actual beer first
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 kingb71
join:2000-10-09
Mississauga, ON | haven't they changed the rules recently regarding this sort of thing? I was handed a can of beer as a promotional thing after a TFC game last summer. |
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand Reviews:
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| I could be wrong... I swear they couldn't give booze away in Ontario.
But check this perverseness out.
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Vendors are required to pay RST at 12 per cent on any alcoholic beverages taken from inventory for own use or provided free of charge. RST is payable on either the actual cost or on 50 per cent of the regular selling price, and is to be reported on line 3 of the RST return covering the period of use. The option chosen must be used consistently
Yeah ok... I can't count the number of times I've gotten "free" booze at a friends bar, I pretty sure he didn't pay "tax" on that free booze.
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donoreoPremium
join:2002-05-30
North York, ON | said by elwoodblues:I could be wrong... I swear they couldn't give booze away in Ontario.
But check this perverseness out.
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Vendors are required to pay RST at 12 per cent on any alcoholic beverages taken from inventory for own use or provided free of charge. RST is payable on either the actual cost or on 50 per cent of the regular selling price, and is to be reported on line 3 of the RST return covering the period of use. The option chosen must be used consistently
Yeah ok... I can't count the number of times I've gotten "free" booze at a friends bar, I pretty sure he didn't pay "tax" on that free booze. They claim it as spoilage or spillage or breakage. No tax on those.
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