NEW.ERA Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Dear Calgary, TANKsINCERELY,The NHL communityAs much I'd love Nail Yakupov. We're too good to tank, and not good enough to contend. NHL Purgatory! JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Last night in London (Ontario, mind you)... We have ourselves a new problem and it's called:BANANA-GATE!Also to note, the NHL has planned a press event at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia for Monday... Hm? Does that mean the Winter Classic will be at the Bank this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 A friend of mine went to that game. Disgusting display. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 A friend of mine went to that game. Disgusting display.Whoever did this should be banned from going to a NHL game for life. I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Honestly DEAD!, it's hard to tell when you're kidding or not, but I'll just say that in all seriousness, yes they should be. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Honestly DEAD!, it's hard to tell when you're kidding or not, but I'll just say that in all seriousness, yes they should be.In this case, I am DEAD! serious. There's no excuse for this type of action. I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Agreed. Kind of embarrassed for London right now. I guess this is what happens when you have a tone of drunken first and second year university students who think this crap is funny. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Unfortunately the perpetrator got away without being caught and is probably laughing about it somewhere. The way Simmonds handled it is commendable and he managed to score on his shootout attempt too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBubba Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I love it how everyone assumes he did it because he is black. It's not like he shouted a racial slur at him. Maybe he just doesn't like Simmonds, or the Flyers in general. Why is it that no one said that the man who threw waffles on the ice during a Leafs game did because he hates white people? Oh, right - because he didn't. I don't see how people can actually conclude that this was because of his skin colour. If he threw a banana at Schenn, would everyone say it was racist? Of course not! This isn't the 1930s people. Whenever something bad happens to a black person, everyone comes out and pulls the race card (but not Simmonds, he took it with class). I remember that a contestant who was voted out on Survivor a few years back said that they voted him out because he was black. I can't believe that the general public is buying into this crap. IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF HIS RACE. I don't see how hard it is to understand that, or how easy it is to draw that ridiculous conclusion. Not saying that racism doesn't happen, but you can't just throw it around for everything like this. Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Pretty sure there's a precedent for taunting black athletes with bananas at soccer games. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Just waiting for the "WHY IS IT OKAY FOR QUENTIN TARANTINO TO CALL BLACK PEOPLE N WORD BUT WHEN A DRUNKEN IRISHMAN DOES IT" defense analogue.Also, I'll assume that these guys JUST HAD BANANAS WITH THEM at a hockey game. Total coincidence, spur of the moment thing. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBubba Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Pretty sure there's a precedent for taunting black athletes with bananas at soccer games.Oh. Whoops... Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlem27 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Just thought I'd put my 2cents in on the prediction front.West:1) Vancouver 2) Detroit 3) Los Angeles4) San Jose5) Nashville6) Columbus7) Chicago 8) Anaheim-----------------9) Phoenix10) Minnesota11) Edmonton12) Dallas13) Colorado14) St Louis15) Calgary -(they will finish last overall)East:1) Washington2) Rangers3) Boston4) Tampa Bay5) Buffalo6) Pittsburgh- Crosby will NOT play this season7) Toronto8) Winnipeg----------------9) Montreal 10) Carolina11)New Jersey12) Philadelphia13) NY Islanders 14) Florida15) Ottawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEd76 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Why are some of you picking the Flyers to miss the playoffs completely? They still have plenty of offense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Eastern Conference picks1 Tampa Bay2 Pittsburgh3 Boston4 Washington5 Buffalo6 Montreal7 New Jersey8 New York Rangers9 Toronto10 Philadelphia11 Carolina12 Florida13 Winnipeg14 New York Islanders15 Ottawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I love it how everyone assumes he did it because he is black. It's not like he shouted a racial slur at him. Maybe he just doesn't like Simmonds, or the Flyers in general. Why is it that no one said that the man who threw waffles on the ice during a Leafs game did because he hates white people? Oh, right - because he didn't. I don't see how people can actually conclude that this was because of his skin colour. If he threw a banana at Schenn, would everyone say it was racist? Of course not! This isn't the 1930s people. Whenever something bad happens to a black person, everyone comes out and pulls the race card (but not Simmonds, he took it with class). I remember that a contestant who was voted out on Survivor a few years back said that they voted him out because he was black. I can't believe that the general public is buying into this crap. IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF HIS RACE. I don't see how hard it is to understand that, or how easy it is to draw that ridiculous conclusion. Not saying that racism doesn't happen, but you can't just throw it around for everything like this.It was because of Simmonds' race. It was disgusting.Unfortunately the perpetrator got away without being caught and is probably laughing about it somewhere. The way Simmonds handled it is commendable and he managed to score on his shootout attempt too.I wouldn't say they got away just yet. I'm sure he'll show up on Facebook bragging about it sooner or later. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBubba Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 In other news...Any update on the Doughty situation? Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 The NHL has decided to condone the banana-throwing, calling it stupid and ignorant.I think the best course of action here may be to ignore it, rather than to publicize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Gotta think somebody will come forward, and at least describe what the guy looked like. Their had to be at least 5 or 6 people with in arms length of the dude. Just a disgusting act, and I hope they find this a***ole. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 The NHL has decided to condone the banana-throwing, calling it stupid and ignorant.I think the best course of action here may be to ignore it, rather than to publicize it.You're trolling. It was publicized prior to the league making any sort of statement. Minutes after it happened the news was on twitter/facebook/youtube and the league would've gotten worse negative publicity for ignoring it. It had already gotten out forcing the league to make a statement. Plus it's impossible, by definition, to condone something by speaking against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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