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And who says a 0-0 can't be a good game? Italy's semifinal vs. Germany in 2006 is widely regarded as one of the best games of this past decade, and it was 0-0 until the 119' minute

Until the 7-1 Maracanazo II Germany put up against Brazil last year, I'd never seen a home, World Cup crowd so stunned and saddened by a World Cup game outcome as on that day when Italy opened up the floodgates near stoppage time in that 2nd extratime in that 2006 semifinal.

Can be, but aren't always. Aren't the Brazil venues now lying vacant?

It'll be good to have the World Cup in the US, with all the new SSSs.

None of the soccer-specific stadia in this country are large enough to host World Cup matches.

Maybe for practices and scrimmages can America's SSS be used for the a World Cup.

For example, for all the lore the Home Depot StubHub Center has, the more likely World Cup stadium in Southern California would be Pasadena's Rose Bowl or the new, LA-area NFL mega-stadia which will exist by the next decade.*

*we all know this is a lie

Can I call it now? The NHL announces two expansion teams, netting the Coyotes ~$30M in expansion fees before they can reach the magical $50M threshold.

How's about this; the NHL announces two expansion teams because it wants so damn badly to have those stupid Coyotes stay in Desertland, and is hellbent on never being proven wrong on the obvious.

FIFA is anti-American, I hear that the 2026 World Cup will be in North Korea.

FIFA is many things. Anti-American is not one of them. FIFA was openly praising the US ratings for the last World Cup.

Rumor also has it that such ratings praise could lead to FIFA awarding the United States the 2026 World Cup*, in celebration of America's 250th birthday.

*on the contingency that the USSF pays a handsome amount to FIFA officials and supplies their own slave workers from Latin America to build stadiums funded 100% by taxpayers to be used only for one summer month, of course

This is just sad.

These are the kinds of banners you'd see for franchises who've won a championship, maybe two, tops. But hey; management has to find someway, anyway, to bring Devils fans to Newark this season.

Is there a business that treats its best customers worse than the NHL does?

American colleges and universities.

This WC of Hockey thing sounds absolutely stupid and I'm not shocked in the least.

"Today we salute you, Mr. Triple-Lockout Overseeing Moron."

"Mr. Triple-Lockout Overseeing Moron!!!"

If the playoffs started today, Panthers would be in. How did that happen?

A full 28% of their games have ended in overtime or shootout losses. They have the same number of wins as Buffalo.

Ottawa does seem like the kind of town where a big parcel of downtown land could sit undeveloped for fifty years. "Hey, can we put some condos here?" "Condos? Oh, I don't know if we're ready to think that big."

So Ottawa is Canada's Los Angeles, I see...

The Panthers had a pregame video that mocked the snowstorm in Buffalo, you know, the one that killed people. Nice ship you're running. Hope it sinks, you pricks.

Is it fair game for the Sabres to make fun of South Beach when a Katrina-like storm wipes out the greater-Miami area because of climate change?

Following Bettman's logic, the next expansion shall be... (drum rolls)

Ciudad Juárez

TAKE THAT KHL!

Not before San Pedro Sula, Honduras submits its own expansion bid!

Look at the terrible crowd in so-called "hockey market" Buffalo. This is an embarrassment. Give up and move this team already! wait what?

I'll give them a pass since it was a Tuesday. If this were a Saturday game, Buffalo fans would make homemade snow plows out of their Chevy trucks and house roofs to get to the Sabres game.

Florida fans, meanwhile, wouldn't sell out their place on their own if it was the Stanley Cup Final on a Saturday and it was 85°F.

Man, it keeps getting worse.

They called that 10,010 people.

I call that bull

The Panthers are releasing their attendance figures in binary now.

If that's binary, then only 18 people showed up to the game. The rest are either cardboard Fatheads of the same fans or robots posing as human beings.

A Las Vegas-Arizona ice hockey game sounds like something from the fake future of an old movie.

This sounds like the 2015 sports universe portrayed in "Back to the Future II," only that it actually does come true.

Corey Perry has the mumps. THE MUMPS. How the

I think I found the source of it:

i wish the NHL allowed 0 and 00... i always thought 0 would be a really cool number for a super confident roy-esque goalie.

Well if you care, attendance tonight vs San Jose: 8,075

"That attendance is too damn high!"

Jam your wang in the 6-hole for Snapchats.

This just takes the meanings of 'high-sticking,' 'crosschecking,' 'roughing' and 'boarding' to a whole, other dimension...

So about Florida's "Hispanic Heritage Night," here's the game-winning call in Spanish:

http://deadspin.com/even-hockey-highlights-are-better-when-called-by-spanis-1653530376

A post in the biggest upgrade/downgrade thread reminded me of this one. I really liked the Suns previous set of uniforms. The Barkley era set is still my favorite, but I liked these and they don't get much love around here.

The real unpopular opinion would be for someone to approve of these Phoenix monstrosities:

On Lexus Rink at BB&T Center presented by Party City and sponsored by Viewers Like You.... Arizona Coyotes @ Florida Panthers

"Funding for this National Hockey League game is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting."

Here's a photo of the attendance for "Hispanic Heritage Night"

Nothing says 'Hispanic Heritage' like a sport invented by Canadians, in a league virtually no Latinos know about, in a region in America also known as "God's Waiting Room," between teams in which even serious fans of the sport have no interest in.

You know your team is particularly bad when the current Oilers and Sabres field better squads than yours. *snicker*

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The Coyotes desert unis were one of the coolest unis in the league. They went from one of the most unique looks to one of the lamest.

I don't know how much of an unpopular opinion that really is. For everything visually-bizarre of the Picasso-'Yotes look, it did scream 1990s to everyone. It was one of the best looking styles from that decade in the NHL, and very fitting for the Phoenix region. Then they Glendaleified their logos to be one of the worst in the entire league.