From: mattb@ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Must be fun being a Bruins fan!!!
Date: 1 Oct 92 13:46:41 GMT
Reply-To: mattb@olympus.ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Organization: Cabletron Systems INc.

Talk about a screwed up newsfeed! I just got this today. I saw several replies
to this before the original. But it was worth the wait.

(Iacurto "Even my name is backwards" Paul) writes:
>- must fight rats inside the Garden
   - No. The rats are under contract, and only bother visiting players and fans
>- make playoffs each year but never win cup
   - Just continuing a fine Boston tradition. Actually, I would rather have
     people chanting "1970" than "1940"
>- have never had a great American born player
   - Not many teams have (not many US players in the Hockey Hall yet)
>- cheapest GM in hockey
   - I hate to have to defend Harry, but he looks smart and thrifty next to
     some of the other dipstick GMs in the league. After all, he got Juneau
     and Kvartnalov on his terms, but has kept Bourque, Neely, Moog happy.
     Wesley's agent sounds like a dink. Maybe Glen will get another chance
     to play for Rick Bowness, and not see the playoffs for a few years
     Besides, I give Harry credit for promoting Mike Milbury and increasing
     the Boston GM collective IQ by 50%
>- goal judges are biased
   - Anything that fries Mike Keenan's ass is ok by me.
>- Ray Bourque, one of the great defenseman of all time, but 
>  no Stanley Cups
   - This is a bummer for Ray, but he's come closer than some other great
     players. There's still time.
>- Guy Lafleur scoring big goal in 78 final
>- petr Klima scoring big goal in triple oVertime in 89 final
   - Not fun, but there is no shame in losing to great teams in close games
>- Jay Miller losing fight against door in 86 playoffs
   - I told Jay not to fight opponents who could outsmart him, but he never
     listened.
>- do not have the team to compete with rest of the league (92-93 edition)
   - Mr. Sanderson would no doubt compare you to a piece of overripe fruit.
     We'll see. There are several teams who would love to be able to compete
     with the Bruins.
>- farm team is short on good young talent
   - That's because the young talent is good enough to play in the NHL now.
     Providence should probably have used the old team name (the Reds), given
     the number of XSoviet players they have gotten.
>- Bruin fans are among the dummest in hockey;(they litter the
>  ice for no reason)
   - This is so stupid I can't think of a response. No, there it is: 
     Boston fans are the smartest hockey fans in the NHL. They just seem
     stupid when compared to everyday people. Boston fans litter the ice
     because there are too few trash cans in the stands. Once again, NHL
     management is at fault.
>- They cannot get it into their heads that they don't have what
>  it takes to win the Cup
   - They have been one team away for just about the last 5 years. Most of 
     those years, they lost to the team that eventually won the cup. How
     much closer can you get? About 20 other teams would love to be that
     close.
>- ugliest uniform in hockey
   - Right. Bring back the purple King's and the "V for Vancouver" uniforms
     so we won't feel so bad. Or the baby blue Penguins. Come to think of 
     it, that new Ottawa logo is pretty feeble, And I've heard mixed reviews
     on the new Penguin. Me, I like the "Hub of the Universe" just fine.

     And what about the vaunted Canadiens?
     Bleu - no comment
     Blanc - no goal scoring
     Rouge - wearing make up?
     Pretty imaginative logo, too.

>For those of you simple minded Bruin fans who will reply,
>keep in mind that I am NOT a canadiens fan. So try to come
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                   I am sure they are relieved

>up with some good arguments (bande d'epais - a little
>french for you Americans)

Thanks for telling me it was French. for a minute there, I thought it
was just a misspelling.  
 
I'd have something to say for you in Boston English, but this is a family
oriented program. Let's just say that if Quebec goes separatist, Canada
won't recover for a few weeks.  Then the EuroFrench and CanFrench can get to
work on that Paris-to-Montreal tunnel they have been itching to build. And
their scientist can work on that real-language-to-French telephone so that
the French-speaking won't have to admit that anyone on the world speaks a
language other than the 20th century equivalent of Latin (Lingo Lay Mort).

Matt
Just kidding. Some of my best friends speak French (Bone jar! A doo!) 
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