And while I’m on the topic, the most famous photograph in hockey history is of No. 4 milliseconds after he scored the goal that won the Cup the last two times these teams met in a Final (and for the Blues, the last second they were actually in a final, almost fifty years ago).
When they talk about the greatest player in hockey history, there’s usually only four names mentioned, chronologically:
Gordie Howe (Red Wings)
Bobby Orr (Bruins)
Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)
Mario Lemieux (Penguins)
For shits ‘n giggles you could throw in a 5th, it might be Jean Beliveau (Habs), but it’s those four. Seems to depend on generational consensus, but those who’ve seen ‘em all swear Orr is still the best, no other player single-handedly changed the sport the way he did. He could do it all — best offense, best defense, best skater, and could drop his gloves and destroy anybody in a fight. That settles it for me.
@Hooroo said in Lord Stanley’s Cup, 2019 edition:
... my team was the Bruins and the only reason I was the Bruins is someone liked my cap in the pub and asked to swap and I agreed and it happened to be a Bruins cap. I was stoked as no0one had one like it.
Bruins uniform is awesome, I must say. Love that stylized “B” with the spokes.
Ask me to name one player in the history (Current or otherwise), I couldn't. But go Boston!
Cough! Probably the greatest player who ever lived — Number 4, Bobby Orr.
What Bob Mitchum says.
@mariner4life said in Lord Stanley’s Cup, 2019 edition:
... and i sort of adopted the Blues as my side (fucked if i can recall why)
I’ve always liked the team jersey, one of the very-very few post-Original Six uniforms I do like. Most of them are pretty awful, whereas the classic Original Six kits are easily some of the best team sporting uniforms in any sport anywhere. Blues is probably pick o’ the rest.
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Brexit:
@MiketheSnow said in Brexit:
Great call in the comments section
MaxNronnie
You could do with throwing more food fatty
Get your sugar intake down
14 hours agoIt's probably fat nards like him not foreigners who are clogging up the NHS.
If you were trying to do stock pantomime and needed a beta-male soy-boy character, he’d look just like “Milkshake Man.” Well done central casting!
Did sumbuddy really say “all” their “sexual fantasies involve handcuffs”...?
Folk-hero and savior of the Republic is about to have his dreams come true... awwwwww.
I don’t know anything about the Blues, except that the city has supported that team through some very lean times for a very long time, and for that reason alone I have always liked them. Excellent fan base, I hope they win it, but I fear they probably won’t, simply because those Bruin vets have won it before and have had a long rest. I understand that the Bruins scheduled an inter-squad game this week with real NHL refs to stay fresh and prepare for the Cup final, and have sold a lot of tickets.
I see that Brexit is gettig blamed for the collapse of Jamie Oliver’s restaurant empire. Is nothing sacred?
Bruins swept their Eastern Conference 4-0 and been waiting....
Last night St Louis Blues overcame the refs and will be in their first Stanley Cup Final since 1970, when they lost to those same Bruins.
I don’t think the Blues will win it, but at the start of the year (Jan 02) they were in dead-last place in the NHL, and now they’re in the final. Great turnaround.
Looks like he’s getting some good legal representation, this Wood barrister-dude likely knows labour law and free speech provisions inside-out.