Anisimovs AK
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Playoff series had nothing to do with it? Just Hartnell and Duby?It is because your team has had ex Flyers, and Rangers.
Honestly why.
Okay sure
Playoff series had nothing to do with it? Just Hartnell and Duby?It is because your team has had ex Flyers, and Rangers.
Honestly why.
"Decent" regular season rivalries aren't worth nearly as much as the strong, intense, longstanding rivalries which are grown in the playoffs. Every team meets every other team during the regular season, but every team doesn't have 30 rivals. That's because very few meetings ever come close to the sustained battle of seeing the same guys four to seven times in a row in a series. Multiply that over a few series and you have what every fan here recognizes as a real rivalry. That's playoff hockey, man. Nuthin' like it!So you don't notice how fans get up for the good rivalries outside of the playoffs?
The decent rivalries like Calgary vs Edmonton, Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia, L.A vs Anaheim etc. don't need their games to be in the playoffs to get people pumped because those teams are legit rivals.
Just because teams face each other in the postseason doesn't make them rivals otherwise there would be 15 rivalries created every single playoff. Unless of course some of those playoff matches were repeats at some point in history, i guess.
People can consider every opponent a rivalry if they choose to. I don't.
Capitals and Penguins are each others biggest rivals. Not sure who Wash biggest beef is after that?
Well we have the Ducks, Sharks, Knights, and Flames.
Not really sure who's our biggest rival though.
I do feel like there is some rivalry with the Ducks. I remember being in Downtown Disney in Anaheim during the playoffs a couple years ago wearing my preds shirt, and some family of Ducks fans wearing full on gear came over and heckled me for watching the game being broadcasted on a TV. I personally didnt and dont care for the team, honestly just glad to see hockey fans in the wild especially in California, but those were some rude fans.Right now, I have to say Nashville for Anaheim. And despite their dominance over us, the feeling seems to be mutual. I notice a ton of hate from Perds fans [sic]. LA/Anaheim games have actually been pretty intense in recent seasons, so something is brewing there... but I would genuinely rather see LA win a third Cup than ever see Nashville win their first.
I agree that when rivals meet in the playoffs they go to a new level but that has nothing to do with the post you quoted, correct?"Decent" regular season rivalries aren't worth nearly as much as the strong, intense, longstanding rivalries which are grown in the playoffs. Every team meets every other team during the regular season, but every team doesn't have 30 rivals. That's because very few meetings ever come close to the sustained battle of seeing the same guys four to seven times in a row in a series. Multiply that over a few series and you have what every fan here recognizes as a real rivalry. That's playoff hockey, man. Nuthin' like it!
Capitals and Penguins are each others biggest rivals. Not sure who Wash biggest beef is after that?
For a few years there the Caps/Rangers were settling into some good mutual hate. Nobody else in the division has been good enough to really hate after those 2.
Caps/Pens is probably the premier rivalry in the league right now, but Ovi/Crosby really drive that one so it fill fall back after they’re gone.
Quite the opposite. I responded directly to your post about rivalries not requiring playoffs. We can debate what you meant by "Decent" rivalries, but this thread specifies the "Biggest" rivalries, in which case, yes, you need a playoff series.I agree that when rivals meet in the playoffs they go to a new level but that has nothing to do with the post you quoted, correct?
We certainly disagree that you followed the conversation you jumped in on accurately.Quite the opposite.
In a thread about teams' biggest rivals you stated:We certainly disagree that you followed the conversation you jumped in on accurately.
And I responded:Do you notice intense interest when the teams meet outside of a playoff matchup? A decent rivalry doesn't require a postseason meeting to get people pumped.
You're free to disagree with me, but that's an on-point response.Um... yes, a rivalry does require post-season meetings. That's where rivalries count.
No, it is not on point with somebody stating you met a team in the playoffs therefore they are your rival, which is where the conversation you included yourself in was at, at the time.In a thread about teams' biggest rivals you stated:
And I responded:
You're free to disagree with me, but that's an on-point response.
We both know you're arguing just to argue. Direct quotes:No, it is not on point with somebody stating you met a team in the playoffs therefore they are your rival, which is where the conversation you included yourself in was at, at the time.
Canada vs Toronto.
CHI - STL?
STL - CHI?
Historically it's still Boston. And I will say Boston is worse than the Nords too. Everything that happened with the Nords happened with the Bruins...only a hell of a lot more times.
Pacific games are actually really fun to watch because of this. Lots of rivalries going on in that division.For the Kings: Sharks, Ducks, Flames, and Knights. I generally think all the CA teams, the Flames, and knights just really hate each other.