Read old hockey discussions from as far back as 1981 (google groups)

[Flanagan]

Seriously? Like:

Founded just one year later, 1996.

Both those teams have the same owner today too, which is weird.

 

[Moo]

So what was said about the expansions before the teams officially took the ice, such as the early 90s with the Sharks, Sens, and Bolts, and then maybe some of the later ones, such as Atlanta, Nashville, Minnesota and Columbus. (Though by the time Minny and the CBJ played their first games, message boards as we know them today were replacing the news groups.)

 

[Moo]

"3. Glow-puck. What a crazy thing to oppose. It is a very real fact that
hockey on television is harder to watch than in person because of puck
visibility problems. USA TV standards are low resolution because they
were set so early. Because of this, there are frames when the puck does
not even register. I think glow puck is a pretty clever fix until that
glorious day when we can have hi-def TV."

That is a good find. I remember FoxTrax was so laughed at that even David Letterman would have "DaveTrax" and show a blue dot on his head as he sat at the desk.

 

[Hasbro]

Both those teams have the same owner today too, which is weird.

Anschutz was part of the Avs ownership group at the time. Those were some of the official name candidates. Before the Rocky Mountain Xtreme fiasco.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Toronto would be crazy to trade Damphousse and Marois for Sakic and Lindros(?)

-November 30, 1990

That's golden.

I see that Leafs fans still haven't changed today.

 

[seventieslord]

I see that Leafs fans still haven't changed today.

seriously???

 

[BenchBrawl]

wow , my insomnia will now be useful

who the hell had internet in the 80s?!? I don't get it

This might be useful for the ATD ( or not at all )

 

[TTOMO]

Toronto would be crazy to trade Damphousse and Marois for Sakic and Lindros(?)

-November 30, 1990

That's golden.

Possibly the funniest thing in this thread.

 

[Habsfan18]

Canada Cup '91 discussion. Remember to scroll up and click "expand all" at the top of the page.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec....ea35ead?q=team+canada+roster#423eff716ea35ead

Poster celebrates Canada winning the 1984 Canada Cup:

http://groups.google.com/group/net....bb787756b6d6dca?q=canada+cup#7bb787756b6d6dca

 

[whatname]

this is pretty fun.

Look at this great post:


L. Phan
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More options May 27 1993, 11:19 pm
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Richard John Rauser) writes:

> So who thinks Alex Daigle will be the #1 draft pick this year?

Daigle may go will go number 1, but he's been a no show since Christmas.
If anyone deserves to go number 1, it's Pronger. I would not be surprised
if Yashin is going to be the dominant rookie next season.

GO KINGS!

 

[BraveCanadian]

The most striking thing in this thread to me so far is how little people know about a tool they use every day.

 

[Habsfan18]

Denis Savard post in 1983.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/net.sport.hockey/HpxJ_RNzaG4

How many people out there have seen Dennis (Denis?) Savard of
the Chicago Blackhawks play? Is there anybody out there who
would agree that he possesses the finest fundamental skills
of any player in the NHL? Excuse me for being presumptious
but I think that given some work on his defensive game and
his acquisition of some Gretzky-like head skills, he could
surpass Gretzky as the league's virtuoso performer. Only
God and Gretzky knows what makes Gretzky go but whatever it
is, there must be a few more people capable of doing it in this
world.

And a fan doesn't like the Pens new jersey in '93.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/rec.sport.hockey/TniE-RxVVSM

People will be gouging their eyes out after seeing these new uniforms!
The black uniform is a crime! (IMHO). It has "PITTSBURGH" written
diagonally across it, just like....just like, well I can't even bring
myself to say it, but you get the idea.

The stripes on the uniform are a little too uncoventional for my taste.

Maybe we could kidnap Howard Baldwin and tattoo the old logo on his face?
Just kidding.

(a disgruntled) tom

 

[Elwood Blues]

Great topic!I find the part about salaries interesting.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/rec.sport.hockey/wU0ERzP9nAo

"Alexandre Daigle agreed to a five year contract for $12 million dollars,
Peter Forsberg for $8 million dollars over four (or three years) etc etc.

This is going crazy"

"Is it really so that you can't get a franchise player for less than $1
million dollars??? "

If they only knew....

 

[Habsfan18]

Post from a guy who was watching the 1992 NHL Entry Draft live on TSN.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/rec.sport.hockey/L0xCcsU3UpE

Some trade rumors from 1991!

http://groups.google.com/group/rec....2ba7f94b568?q="trade+rumors"#4f8f02ba7f94b568

More Lindros trade rumors:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec....cb607aeb72/ff6efae7633a0088?#ff6efae7633a0088

 

[Sanf]

Post from a guy who was watching the 1992 NHL Entry Draft live on TSN.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/rec.sport.hockey/L0xCcsU3UpE

Also announced at the Montreal meetings is that former assistant coach
Alpo Suhonen (Don Cherry is gonna love it!) has returned to the Jets
organization. When Bob Murdoch won the coach of the year award in 1990,
it is widely believed that the actual great motivator of the team was
Suhonen, and his return to Finland following the 1989-90 season was
partially responsible for the Jets' fall the following year.

Very intresting piece of information (if true?) that I had no idea. It has always been a big mystery to me how Suhonen from all coaches managed to be the first European head coach in NHL.

Thanks for linking this.

 

[JSmith81x]

Post from a guy who was watching the 1992 NHL Entry Draft live on TSN.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/rec.sport.hockey/L0xCcsU3UpE

Sergei Gonchar
"Not a goal scorer. Highly Skilled Physical Defenceman."

 

[Habsfan18]

A poster gives his predictions for the 1983-1984 season:

http://groups.google.com/group/net.sport.hockey/browse_thread/thread/968094e76c4261e3#

Guy Lafleur retirement talk:

http://groups.google.com/group/net.sport.hockey/browse_thread/thread/14673a52bdc01ee3#

Talk/speculation about a potential Hextall/Belfour swap in '92.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/rec.sport.hockey/uqPoXVMy-ig

Posters in '92 discuss the worst trades of all-time:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/rec.sport.hockey/2DgUUDY0KHA

 

[Nalens Oga]

Ken Wregget for two 1sts? Wtf were Toronto thinking.....puts the Kessel trade into perspective I guess.

 

[jigglysquishy]

Some interesting things I've read so far

Lemieux and Lafleur comparisons were very commonplace
Gordie Howe seemed to be the consensus best player ever with Orr and Rocket Richard coming in afterwards.
People doubted Gretzky and thought he couldn't win
So many people *****ed about the 80s as a quality of league. It seems like every second post is about how good the O6 NHL was.

 

[seventieslord]

Ken Wregget for two 1sts? Wtf were Toronto thinking.....puts the Kessel trade into perspective I guess.

Uh, they traded Wregget for two firsts.

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Wow. The term "journeyman winger" was being used in 1986!?

Yes, and we had electricity, too.

These are great, I wish my conversations from those eras were recorded somehow. I know I doubted Mario Lemieux for the first couple of years, and would have put every penny I had into betting Bryan Fogarty was the next great defenseman.

People doubted Gretzky? Yes, and they hated him. People around here think the Crosby and Ovechkin hate is bad....it was worse for Gretzky.

 

[gudzilla]

a gold mine, thank you guys

1992-93 1993-94 Avg.
-Saskatoon 4 games (avg.8948) 11429,10801 9670 (6 games)
-Hamilton 4 games (avg.12071) 17008,17526 13803 (6 " )
-Halifax 9584 7000 8292 (2 " )
-Phoenix 12276 8143+11393+14684 11624 (4)
-Sacramento 12724 7144+10117+14182 11042 (4)
-Cleveland 13382+18752 6956+ 8312 11850 (4)
-Minnesota (North Stars) 14058+10855+8764 11226 (3)
-Milwaukee 16292+9836 13064 (2)

-Miami 12842 (Florida Panthers)
-Atlanta 12572
-Dallas 11251 (Dallas Stars)
-Oklahoma City 11110
-Providence 10864
-Peoria 9013
-Indianapolis 8792
-Cincinnati 7973

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.sport.hockey/florida$20panthers/rec.sport.hockey/NPbaRiMn9Ng/Y40zqaGOdRoJ

this is very interesting

 

[rfournier103]

Just goes to show that NOTHING ever disappears from the interweb.

 

[octopi]

Wayne Gretzky, the notorious choker

Reading posts from the 80s is a surreal experience

I'm sure there were more on Yzerman the choker and no leadership skills captain.

 

[Pominville Knows]

haha, i love the different choice of words in 1985 and that they obviously had'nt axess to all the things internet can teach you today.