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nutman said:Well that looks like crap. Why are they selling the ice? Adds do not belong on our ice.
Nik the Trik said:nutman said:Well that looks like crap. Why are they selling the ice? Adds do not belong on our ice.
When's the last time you actually looked at the ACC ice?
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:That's funny, I've gotten so adept at shutting out ads that I didn't even notice there were any these last few years.
CarltonTheBear said:Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:That's funny, I've gotten so adept at shutting out ads that I didn't even notice there were any these last few years.
Seriously. If somebody actually asked me before today if there were ads on the ice at the ACC last season I would have just guessed yes or no. Absolutely zero impact.
cabber24 said:Scotiabank Arena? Meh... I will probably still call it the ACC like I call the "Rogers Centre", Skydome.
hockeyfan1 said:cabber24 said:Scotiabank Arena? Meh... I will probably still call it the ACC like I call the "Rogers Centre", Skydome.
Bland name. Should be "Scotiabank Centre" not "Arena". Sounds better. Still bland in my book. Corporate named arenas have never sounded good, save for a few.
The ACC, Air Canada Centre, Skydome -- classy sounding. Rogers Centre not so much either.
Only Madison Square Garden is still staying classy. Sigh.
Nik the Trik said:I think Berard was a pretty good player and if we had possession numbers back then maybe he'd look even better but he was never really a #1 defenseman in any meaningful sense. Could he have been absent the eye injury...maybe? But I think you're remembering him as better on both sides than he really was.
So, no, I don't think he would have been the difference vs. teams like the '02 Red Wings or any of those Devils teams.
Significantly Insignificant said:Anywas, I guess losing Berard wasn't that big of a hit. Maybe it was all the churn. The trading of Markov, and the loss of Yushkevich also wasn't great. My feeling about those years is that the team had a group of forwards that could compete, and they had the goalies to get it done, but they defence just wasn't up to snuff.
Nik the Trik said:No, I think that's fair. I think the team needed two things to really take the step forward in those years. One being a legit #1 type Norris-y defenseman, the other being an All-Star level #2 C behind Sundin. With both of those I think they're real contenders.
Nik the Trik said:Over at Yahoo they're doing off-season "What If?" scenarios for all of the teams and the one they did for the Leafs is not making the Kurvers trade and whether or not having Scott Niedermayer would have been the difference between a Cup and no Cup. Even then though I'm pretty skeptical.
cabber24 said:Scotiabank Arena? Meh... I will probably still call it the ACC like I call the "Rogers Centre", Skydome.