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Post by david1 on May 6, 2022 4:26:54 GMT
The Philadelphia Ramblers were a minor league hockey club. It was rough and tumble League, lots of fights before hockey and TV thought it got too violent. When the flyers came along and started cracking heads the powers to be thought it was a good idea to soften up the game. Gotta protect the stars like the great one and many others who didn't like the flyers style of play. Since, hockey has become boring!!!!
Dave
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Post by g3750 on May 6, 2022 16:24:07 GMT
The Philadelphia Ramblers were a minor league hockey club. It was rough and tumble League, lots of fights before hockey and TV thought it got too violent. When the flyers came along and started cracking heads the powers to be thought it was a good idea to soften up the game. Gotta protect the stars like the great one and many others who didn't like the flyers style of play. Since, hockey has become boring!!!! Dave
Sorry Dave, but I completely disagree: - The NHL is run by cement-heads who think it's great that skill players are regularly bounced from the line-up due to cheap shots. The league is only marginally better now on this issue.
- Only NHL officials call the regular season in one way (even the penalties emphasized have a shorter run than that lettuce special at the grocery store) and then tears the rule book in half (eliminating the clutching, grabbing, interference, and impeding penalties) for the playoffs.
Tell me, how many Cups would Eric Lindros have lifted if it weren't for all the concussions he sustained due to the style of play you admire?
George
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Post by Traindiesel! on May 6, 2022 17:04:35 GMT
Tell me, how many Cups would Eric Lindros have lifted if it weren't for all the concussions he sustained due to the style of play you admire?
George
Still none, because the Flyers organization didn’t surround Lindros with enough good players during his tenure. Lindros’ style of play is what made him great giving him a lot of space to operate but it also caused his career to be short. This all sounds like we went to a train show and a hockey game broke out!!
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Post by david1 on May 6, 2022 17:17:32 GMT
Your right about the NHL and mostly right about Eric Lindros. The problem with Eric was that the flyers never surrounded him the best players. Also his parents were way too involved in his career. The way the referees change between the regular season and the playoffs is just bizarre. I love hockey and I hope for the best for the future of the game.
Dave
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Post by g3750 on May 6, 2022 17:37:31 GMT
No hockey fight here - I agree with you both.
I started actively watching Penguin games in the mid-80s, becoming a season ticket holder in 1987. For the longest time, it was just Mario Lemieux and a bunch of stiffs. It was only when they surrounded him with the right supporting cast that they won their cups and contended for others.
Winning championships begins with smart owners and the building of a championship caliber front office. For a long while before the drafting of Mario, Pens management would trade their stars or promising draft choices for instant cash or a bag of pucks.
I also love hockey and hope it has a great future. Unfortunately, NHL management is the biggest stumbling block to that great future. The game succeeds in spite of that.
George
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Post by ytg on May 12, 2022 22:21:23 GMT
From the beginning of the Train Collectors Association, to become a member you had to fill out the application and you were required to have two current TCA members sign your application as a confirmation that the members could vouch for your acceptance, basically. Thank God they did away with it as I wouldn't be a qualified member. I didn't even know 2 people who owned O scale trains when I joined in 2016. Come to think of it, besides the people I see on these forums, I still don't know anyone else among family, friends, or co-workers who own any O scale trains. Wait, I might be making an argument for the elite nature of our kind. Nah. I'm thinking that at a show of a few thousand people the fact 2 of them could want to come to blows is probably within the realm of probabilities. On a different note, did anyone else think the coffee at the food stand was a little too strong? Had that been a rule when I joined, I probably never would have.
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Post by g3750 on May 12, 2022 23:24:45 GMT
Thank God they did away with it as I wouldn't be a qualified member. I didn't even know 2 people who owned O scale trains when I joined in 2016. Come to think of it, besides the people I see on these forums, I still don't know anyone else among family, friends, or co-workers who own any O scale trains. Wait, I might be making an argument for the elite nature of our kind. Nah. I'm thinking that at a show of a few thousand people the fact 2 of them could want to come to blows is probably within the realm of probabilities. On a different note, did anyone else think the coffee at the food stand was a little too strong? Had that been a rule when I joined, I probably never would have. I don't think it was that big of a hurdle. I joined in the Fall of 2000. I found 2 guys in the parking lot at York who signed for me. Then I went to the Blue Hall, joined, and registered for the meet.
No big deal really.
By the way, as if to illustrate my point about cheap-shots injuring players, last night Sidney Crosby was given a forearm to the head by Jacob Trouba. It was a deliberate targeting. Crosby left the game and is believed to be in the concussion protocol. The idiot NHL has released nothing on the issue. Same ****, different day.
George
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 1:33:16 GMT
Had that been a rule when I joined, I probably never would have. I don't think it was that big of a hurdle. I joined in the Fall of 2000. I found 2 guys in the parking lot at York who signed for me. Then I went to the Blue Hall, joined, and registered for the meet.
No big deal really.
By the way, as if to illustrate my point about cheap-shots injuring players, last night Sidney Crosby was given a forearm to the head by Jacob Trouba. It was a deliberate targeting. Crosby left the game and is believed to be in the concussion protocol. The idiot NHL has released nothing on the issue. Same ****, different day.
George
Okay, on the post about having to get 2 signatures, sure, why not. Still, the coffee Thursday afternoon was undrinkable - sludge. This is the serious stuff, not membership, attendance, prices.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 3:41:56 GMT
Still none, because the Flyers organization didn’t surround Lindros with enough good players during his tenure. Lindros’ style of play is what made him great giving him a lot of space to operate but it also caused his career to be short. This all sounds like we went to a train show and a hockey game broke out!! John Leclair was a stud. Growing up in VT he was legend and as a kid he'd go up to Montreal and play in pee wee tournaments and score 5-6 goals in a game against the best kids from Quebec. He had a run of productive years in Philly where he was as good as they get.
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Post by Traindiesel! on May 13, 2022 6:01:35 GMT
Still none, because the Flyers organization didn’t surround Lindros with enough good players during his tenure. Lindros’ style of play is what made him great giving him a lot of space to operate but it also caused his career to be short. This all sounds like we went to a train show and a hockey game broke out!! John Leclair was a stud. Growing up in VT he was legend and as a kid he'd go up to Montreal and play in pee wee tournaments and score 5-6 goals in a game against the best kids from Quebec. He had a run of productive years in Philly where he was as good as they get. Leclair and Lindros, along with Mikael Renberg, The Legion of Doom line were the best line in the NHL at the time. But they couldn’t do it all themselves. Lack of production from the rest of the offense and some mediocre goaltending and coaching didn’t allow the Flyers to go deep in the playoffs except for 1997. But it was a lot of fun watching them play.
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Post by Adam on May 13, 2022 9:43:54 GMT
John Leclair was a stud. Growing up in VT he was legend and as a kid he'd go up to Montreal and play in pee wee tournaments and score 5-6 goals in a game against the best kids from Quebec. He had a run of productive years in Philly where he was as good as they get. Leclair and Lindros, along with Mikael Renberg, The Legion of Doom line were the best line in the NHL at the time. But they couldn’t do it all themselves. Lack of production from the rest of the offense and some mediocre goaltending and coaching didn’t allow the Flyers to go deep in the playoffs except for 1997. But it was a lot of fun watching them play. Especially against the Devils defense!
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Post by Traindiesel! on May 16, 2022 4:43:20 GMT
Oooof! Break up the Penguins!!
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