Joe N. gets traded to Devils

[Beeeej]

Hm... Devils @ Isles, Monday, April 1.  Tickets available.  :-))

Beeeej

[RichS]

agreed! :-D

[CowbellGuy]

That would be almost as bad as watching Harvard play Dartmouth. I guess you could root for a 0-0 tie. Or a 3-3 tie with a Nieuwy hat trick ::rolleyes::

[Josh '99]

Jeffrey "Beeeej" Anbinder '94 wrote:

Hm... Devils @ Isles, Monday, April 1.  Tickets available.  :-))

There should be a law against that much sucking at one place at one time.  I hope Nieuwy isn't consumed by it.  ;-)

[RichS]

http://www.dallasstars.com/

Its the Stars home page but it was at nhl.com too.  Let's see how he adjusts to the Eastern conference.

[PRR94]

The only way there could be more sucking is if someone invites the Rangers.  :-D

[Josh '99]

Parag Raje '94 wrote:

The only way there could be more sucking is if someone invites the Rangers.  :-D

And, of course, Harvard.

[RichS]

no one has to "like" the devils...nor should they! :-D

[DeltaOne81]

Niewy's in New Jeeersseeyyy...
Niewy's in New Jeeersseeyyy...

sorry, couldn't resist

[CUlater \'89]

19-94, 19-94, 19,94.....

[RichS]

and...??

[rhovorka]

Ack! Now how am I supposed to root for him?

Welcome to my world.  IMO, any team that abandoned a rabid hockey base to go to the desert, Dixie, or anywhere else where the word "puck" isn't in the local vernacular (Coyotes, Stars, Whore-icanes) is evil.  And in general, I hate all teams south of St. Louis.  And while I've got the soapbox all dusted off, let me say that Gary Bettman's regime has completely stripped me of any passion that I once had for the NHL.

So take it from me, it's possible to root for a specific player, but hate a team.  I've been doing it for 7 years now...

[RichS]

So I take it you'd like to "forget" Bettman's alma mater?  :-))

Don't forget where Bob Goodenow played in college!  ::rolleyes::

[rhovorka]

So I take it you'd like to "forget" Bettman's alma mater?

No, I'd just like to forget Bettman as a fellow alumnus.  I'd be interested to know how often he actually attended hockey games as a student.

[Greg Berge]

I haven't had any problem rooting for the Stars with Joe.  New Jersey will test me -- it would be hard to overestimate my loathing of the Devils and NJ in general.  I suppose it could be worse.  (Thinks about it.) Yes, if Joe were traded to a Florida or California team it would be worse.

On the upside, the Devils truly suck right now, and Joe could be a savior.  Hopefully he will play out his contract and then bring it home one last time with a real team.