OT: What were your previous usernames?

[jmelm]

I used to use my real name: Ray Shero.

I was a terrible GM who probably cost the team a few Cups when we should have been a dynasty. Now I don’t have a job.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I used to use my real name: Ray Shero.

I was a terrible GM who probably cost the team a few Cups when we should have been a dynasty. Now I don’t have a job.

You had one job and you f***ed it with taking Derrick Pouliot and we will never forgive you for it and personally, Esposito over Pacioretty…I hope you burn in hell.

 

[jmelm]

You had one job and you f***ed it with taking Derrick Pouliot and we will never forgive you for it and personally, Esposito over Pacioretty…I hope you burn in hell.

I hope I burn in hell, too. I was given a $50M lottery ticket and I sold it for $500K.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I hope I burn in hell, too. I was given a $50M lottery ticket and I sold it for $500K.

Wanker.

 

[jmelm]

Wanker.

You had one job and you f***ed it with taking Derrick Pouliot and we will never forgive you for it and personally, Esposito over Pacioretty…I hope you burn in hell.

Why get a Jari Kurri for Sid when instead you can get a guy who's a total bust and didn't fill a blatant need?

 

[NikolaiCakebreaker]

-> Nikolai Cakebreaker

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Stanello -> Nikolai Cakebreaker

That's awfully close to my last name/first username.

 

[Deport Ogie]

I've had a few here because I haven't really loved any of them. Not usually that u/n schizo but it is what it is. Was on the old official MB for awhile as, I think, Oglethorpe55 it was? That was many many moons ago.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

I've never changed my username here.

I have been going by this username for everything (Playstation, Xbox, HF, mobile games, etc.) since I was given an account with the name around 2002.

I'm considering changing it now though, as it's been so long and doesn't particularly feel like mine.

 

[Night Shift]

I've had a few here because I haven't really loved any of them. Not usually that u/n schizo but it is what it is. Was on the old official MB for awhile as, I think, Oglethorpe55 it was? That was many many moons ago.

When all else fails go with a line from slap shot.

Denis Lemeuix "My allergie go puke" is available

 

[td_ice]

JordanStaal#1Fan

Yeah, I had no creativity.

Wow, you and BIg with 2002 start date. That's crazy.

Never seen anyone with a start date that precedes yours.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Wow, you and BIg with 2002 start date. That's crazy.

Never seen anyone with a start date that precedes yours.

I use to spend computer class lurking on HF. I even copied their 03 draft preview for a project

Back then, they even had a website. In like 2001/02, they had a section called "Beyond Tomorrow" that was ALREADY hyping Crosby and Ovechkin. Ovechkin as early as 2001 if I remember correctly. Crosby, I remember from Air Canada Cup in 2002. He then play in SSM in 03. HF might have been talking about him as early as 2001 though. Ovechkin they did for sure.

 

[td_ice]

I use to spend computer class lurking on HF. I even copied their 03 draft preview for a project

Back then, they even had a website. In like 2001/02, they had a section called "Beyond Tomorrow" that was ALREADY hyping Crosby and Ovechkin. Ovechkin as early as 2001 if I remember correctly. Crosby, I remember from Air Canada Cup in 2002. He then play in SSM in 03. HF might have been talking about him as early as 2001 though. Ovechkin they did for sure.

Were there many posters on the site back then?

Probably grew at a great rate each year, to what it is today. Pretty cool that you were at the start, and saw its growth from month to month, year to year.

I vaguely remember their prospect rating system.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Were there many posters on the site back then?

Probably grew at a great rate each year, to what it is today. Pretty cool that you were at the start, and saw its growth from month to month, year to year.

I vaguely remember their prospect rating system.

I remember it being very active.

Remember this was before social media and probably at the top of the messageboards popularity.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

I remember it being very active.

Remember this was before social media and probably at the top of the messageboards popularity.

HFBoards was an oasis in a world where the only alternatives to discuss hockey online were chat rooms (at least 30% pedophile by volume), official message boards (that were almost universally intolerable for one reason or another), or little side rooms on unrelated sites we'd claim for our own (i.e. stuff like the IGN boards).

There's a reason I've been here for over half of my life and that's largely because of how impossible it was to find any decent hockey community before it. I hate this place a lot of the time, but it's still glorious in comparison to the before times...and every alternative I've tried that's come along since then.

 

[Deport Ogie]

I kept up with Sparrow for years. He was a really nice guy with outsized opinions to match his outsized generosity and heart. Unfortunately he passed just a few years ago.

Oh man just meandering this thread and saw this one. That's a huge bummer, I do remember him talking about some medical stuff. Great guy.

 

[Goalie_Bob]

Mine has stayed the same. And I've kept my avatar since 2009 playoffs.

I lurked for a few years before making an account and I totally agree with Big. This place while it can be crazy. It really is the best collection of people as far as discussion about hockey. Back then the Hockey's Future part of the site was way bigger than the message board. It gave me a great understanding of future prospects and the prospects for each team. They had a rating system for each prospect and a write up about them every year. I really miss that part of it and I wonder why it went away.

 

[Andy99]

I’m boring, no avatar either….just the most vanilla poster ever…call me the Chad Ruhwedel of posters

 

[Night Shift]

I’m boring, no avatar either….just the most vanilla poster ever…call me the Chad Ruhwedel of posters

Found one for you

 

[JTG]

HFBoards was an oasis in a world where the only alternatives to discuss hockey online were chat rooms (at least 30% pedophile by volume), official message boards (that were almost universally intolerable for one reason or another), or little side rooms on unrelated sites we'd claim for our own (i.e. stuff like the IGN boards).

There's a reason I've been here for over half of my life and that's largely because of how impossible it was to find any decent hockey community before it. I hate this place a lot of the time, but it's still glorious in comparison to the before times...and every alternative I've tried that's come along since then.

Coming here in the mid-2000's was like finding a honey hole. I couldn't believe there were people who were as into hockey as I was. It was a different type of community back then. A lot of those guys quit posting around the same time and they were super intelligent and knew many aspects of the league really well. I miss that.

I also loved talking football here.

 

[SomeDude]

HFBoards was an oasis in a world where the only alternatives to discuss hockey online were chat rooms (at least 30% pedophile by volume), official message boards (that were almost universally intolerable for one reason or another), or little side rooms on unrelated sites we'd claim for our own (i.e. stuff like the IGN boards).

There's a reason I've been here for over half of my life and that's largely because of how impossible it was to find any decent hockey community before it. I hate this place a lot of the time, but it's still glorious in comparison to the before times...and every alternative I've tried that's come along since then.

You miss The Beerman and you know it.

 

[HandshakeLine]

And the legendary Route66, who put the homer in hocket.

 

[Syrinx]

Buzz Penguin - Kids loved toy story and there was a set of Penguin avatars with a buzz in them that they loved when they were little many years ago
I think I had another name at some point but don't remember

 

[Syrinx]

The number of people who have been here more than 15 years is pretty impressive.

I found this place trying to get information on the 2004-05 lockout.

 

[Pens1566]

And the legendary Route66, who put the homer in hocket.

Holy shit!!! You know nothing about hocket ...

The number of people who have been here more than 15 years is pretty impressive.

I found this place trying to get information on the 2004-05 lockout.

Yeah, I ended up here as a result of looking for info on the '05 draft/prospects.