Hockey, unpopular among fellow homebrewers?

[8pawsbrewing]

Go Caps!!!... Until the playoffs that is.

C'mon now, have a little faith. THN picked the Caps to win it all, and with the more defensive style and all the changes GMGM made this summer I think we can really do it. Of course, I thought that after the trade deadline this year too...

 

[kh54s10]

Hockey is the best. I live in RI but am a Lightning fan. I lived in Tampa when they became a franchise. Basketball - give them pads and let them go at it and then you MIGHT have a sport.

 

[arturo7]

We take this as a compliment.

TibergowingsBrew

as expected

 

[Yooper]

Oh, I LOVE hockey! It's my favorite sport.

Here's a picture of my team from a couple of years ago:

I'm in the front, right in the middle, with a bright green stick.

 

[boo boo]

As a habs fan, I hated it for so many reasons.

FML

Heh heh, I was a Habs fan until he was traded

 

[thataintchicken]

hey gang... I'm going to be putting my Hockey Jersey Collection on EBay soon.
I was wondering if anyone here would be looking for size XXXXG Pro Player Jerseys.
1- Original Logo Phoenix Coyotes
1- Original Logo Atlanta Thrashers
1- Original Logo Pittsburgh Penguins.

All in excellent condition. In airtight storage since 2001.
I lost so much weight.. so they would be freaky huge on me.

pm if you want. Pix and post in classifieds later.

 

[MattyIceGfunk]

C'mon now, have a little faith. THN picked the Caps to win it all, and with the more defensive style and all the changes GMGM made this summer I think we can really do it. Of course, I thought that after the trade deadline this year too...

Well they made the more defensive style last year too and we see how that went. I wish Varlamov would have kept healthy. He could have been amazing. I think Sasha needs to step it up big time and same with Green or I would like to see them dealt by mid season. Backstrom looked like crap in the playoffs too but I think that's a guy we(Ovechkin) needs no matter what.

 

[bjohnson29]

Ill be honest, I dont think you have much room to complain about varlamov...neuvirth played amazing last year.

 

[8pawsbrewing]

Ill be honest, I dont think you have much room to complain about varlamov...neuvirth played amazing last year.

Yeah, Neuvy is great. Plus we picked up Vokoun for a song. I like Holtby, but I'm glad we're not relying on him as part of a goalie tandem quite yet.

As for the more defensive style, that's what I meant about last year. December was so rotten and then the guys settled into things, I loved Jason Arnott, and by mid-March I was really optimistic. Then we did so well against the Rangers, and I was even more optimistic. And then they hit Tampa and I just don't even think about that series anymore. Hopefully this time we can keep it together.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

as expected

Hey, at least we're not Nashville.

 

[CanadianQuaffer]

Huge Devils fan here...been cheering for them since their '83-'84 season.
Can't wait for this season to start...I predict they'll erase last season's embarassment with a top 5 finish in the East. Then they'll prolly tank in the first round due to an aging Brodeur playing 75+ regular season games.

Regardless...LET'S GO DEVILS!

 

[ytsejam]

Count me in!

Been a Blackhawks season ticket holder for 6 years.

Hahaha! Is this the same Demon from the old Hawks boards before they sucked??? (Boards, not Hawks, Hawks DID suck then mostly)
You remember that our homebrewing and beer threads got pretty good there.

 

[Demon]

Hahaha! Is this the same Demon from the old Hawks boards before they sucked??? (Boards, not Hawks, Hawks DID suck then mostly)
You remember that our homebrewing and beer threads got pretty good there.

That's me!

 

[ytsejam]

That's me!

Good to see you sir!


Let's go Hawks!

 

[KayaBrew]

Lifelong Sabres fan here. Played from 6 years old to 26. Knee surgery ended that. My wife is going to grad school at McGill for the next 2 years, so I hope to get some Habs games in. My neighbors growing up were the Giontas. When Brian won the Cup with NJ, he brought it to the neighborhood and we had a block party!

 

[Barnzy02]

Love watching and playing hockey.

Can't wait for the season to start. Should be a rather interesting year as a Flyers fan.

 

[Seb]

Lifelong Sabres fan here. Played from 6 years old to 26. Knee surgery ended that. My wife is going to grad school at McGill for the next 2 years, so I hope to get some Habs games in. My neighbors growing up were the Giontas. When Brian won the Cup with NJ, he brought it to the neighborhood and we had a block party!

Good effin luck. It's almost impossible unless you pay 3x the ticket value on stubhub.

One of the few cons of being a habs fan

Gionta is awesome, great guy. And he's my height, what's not to love?

 

[Germelli1]

Another die hard caps fan here! Although I was born in Detroit so the wings are my second favorite team. I pull for the wings in the western Conference (unless they get moved over in the next few years from the thrashers-to-jets move)

 

[paradoxic]

Lifelong hawks fan here. Just got my tix for the home opener this morning. Setup a hd tv in my garage (brewery) just so I can watch games while brewing this fall and winter. Heavily looking forward to this season.

 

[jds]

I'm an Avalanche fan, going all the way back to Patrick Roy's famous fit in Montreal. Still hoping against hope for some of the "young guys" to start producing a little more. After five years or so, the phrase "rebuilding season" starts to get a little stale.

 

[wildwest450]

Born a Red Wings fan, not a fanboy. Grew up 50 miles from Detroit and support all local teams, even the Lions.

_

 

[KayaBrew]

The Lions! I love water polo!!

 

[8pawsbrewing]

Another die hard caps fan here! Although I was born in Detroit so the wings are my second favorite team. I pull for the wings in the western Conference (unless they get moved over in the next few years from the thrashers-to-jets move)

My entire family is from Detroit & suburbs of Detroit so I pull for the Wings in the west too. Drives my husband crazy; he's still bitter about the Caps Stanley Cup loss to the Wings in 98.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

My entire family is from Detroit & suburbs of Detroit so I pull for the Wings in the west too. Drives my husband crazy; he's still bitter about the Caps Stanley Cup loss to the Wings in 98.

I remember those playoffs like it was yesterday. I traveled to D.C. like a month after that and saw a sign on a restaurant that said, "Congrats Red Wings, thanks Caps for a great season." That was classy as hell.

 

[Puckhead]

I run lighting production for the panthers. Fam is from Detroit always been a winger. Got to bump into gordie this year... Pretty sweet day for me!! My men's league team loves my beer but no one is ready to jump in just yet...

 

[8pawsbrewing]

I run lighting production for the panthers. Fam is from Detroit always been a winger. Got to bump into gordie this year... Pretty sweet day for me!! My men's league team loves my beer but no one is ready to jump in just yet...

Awesome! We're coming down for a Caps/Panthers (and a Caps/Lightning) game in February. I'm very excited.

 

[Zorin]

I love hockey, I played as a junior Red Wing/Compuware for 2 yrs, so that makes me a Wing Nut as well. Go Wings!!!

 

[HighCountryBrewer]

Count me in as a rabid hockey fan. Grew up in Sask. always pulling for the Blackhawks.
Glenn Hall was my idol. Moved to CO. 27 years ago so now it is AVS ALL THE WAY.

 

[Seb]

I run lighting production for the panthers. Fam is from Detroit always been a winger. Got to bump into gordie this year... Pretty sweet day for me!! My men's league team loves my beer but no one is ready to jump in just yet...

I feel for Panthers fans.

Last year I went to a habs/panthers game and it was 4/5 habs fans. There even were ads on the panthers website asking people from other teams to come to Florida watch their team play.

It was sad.

Not to mention they haven't gone to the playoffs in over 10 years.

What a mess.

 

[ScootersAle]

Nice to see other Caps fans on here. Although I feel they are a big bandwagon team right now. Basically before we got Ovie, you didn't want to admit you were a caps fan, and most of the time you could get free tickets because people couldn't sell them. Caps were the joke of DC sports (skins' 3 superbowls were still fresh in people's mind). Now they're the only team worth watching; but I have a feeling the Wizards will be a great team in a few years with the new ownership.

I'm glad to see varly go. He is probably the best goalie we've ever had on pure skill, but so fragile. I just feel bad for the guy that got that huge tattoo of him (with the number #40 even - he wore #1 during most of his time with the Caps). Now that has got to hurt.