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2013-14 NHL Season - With a Wing and a Fehr

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Jon said:
I'm sure that was a legal hit, right?
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Brendan Shanahan has announced that he will suspend Shawn Thornton for another three games for Engelland's hit.
 
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Rimbaud said:
I didn't think Bruins fans could get worse....yet here we are. :D
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From Colin Cowherd of ESPN:

1. Boston is too smart. An article in Boston magazine titled "Us vs. America," which used polling information from Northeastern University, made the case that Boston is simply different from most major cities. It's more liberal. It has less gun ownership and less violence. Its population is younger, smokes less and works out more. The metro area is home to more than 70 universities and colleges. In addition, Boston is a financial, health care and banking hub. The city is full of educated people who have many interests and the disposable income to pursue those interests. Under that scenario, watching some other city's team doesn't make the cut.

2. History -- and not just sports history. Forget for a moment the Celtics' 17 NBA titles, the Bruins' six Stanley Cups, the coolest ballpark ever built and Tom Brady. Let's talk real history. Sports allegiances tend to emerge around 9 or 10 years old, when kids are aware enough to understand the rules of the games. They also coincide with the time kids begin learning about American history in school. And much of the American Revolution took place in and around Boston.

The Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the midnight ride of Paul Revere -- I learned about all of these events at an early age, but they took place somewhere else. But if you're a Boston kid, all of those events were home games. Likewise, many of the names that are synonymous with America hail from the area. Ben Franklin, John Quincy Adams and Edgar Allan Poe provide the foundation, and by seventh grade you're listening to Mrs. Hathaway discuss the Kennedys.

Now, if the seminal events in your nation's history took place in your backyard, you'd probably get the sense that your city is special. And if you spent your entire childhood being told -- directly or indirectly -- that you're just a little bit better than everybody else, wouldn't you start to believe it? Seriously, even when Bostonians vacation, they do it in their backyard. From Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is home to some of the country's most sought-after summer refuges.

Maybe some of this will help explain why most surveys of least friendly cities find Boston near the top. The word "smug" tends to come up. The city sees itself as more important, more informed and more historically relevant. The people who live there consider themselves descendants of American royalty. And in some ways, they're right.

It views itself as different, special -- perhaps even better than you.

And it sees your teams as monumentally unimportant.
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As are your complaints :D
 
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God help me I agree with Colin Cowherd. Boston sports fans are almost as obnoxiously insufferable as New Yorkers.
 
Dude Love said:
God help me I agree with Colin Cowherd. Boston sports fans are almost as obnoxiously insufferable as New Yorkers.
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As a West Coaster I pretty much find everybody obnoxiously insufferable: New Yorkers, New Englanders, Southerners, Texans, Midwesterners, Californians, pretty equal.
 
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Hawks with three goals and 9 different players getting points tonight. Balance.
 
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It would be pretty cool if the Wild could start winning in regulation against these teams ahead of them. Oh well, better than losing I guess.
 
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"Maybe some of this will help explain why most surveys of least friendly cities find Boston near the top. The word "smug" tends to come up. The city sees itself as more important, more informed and more historically relevant. The people who live there consider themselves descendants of American royalty. And in some ways, they're right.

It views itself as different, special -- perhaps even better than you.

And it sees your teams as monumentally unimportant."


The Blackhawks say "Hi." ;)
 
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