I forgot to post about this, but it pissed me off. I cannot recall seeing another "ceremonious" faceoff before during the Finals...but LA was allowed to have Gretzky come on the ice and drop the puck before Game 3...
Can we have Scotty come on the ice and do the exact thing before Game 5? Or is this privilege only extended to the Kings and "The Great One"?
Can we get #4 to drop the puck before Game 5??
Started by ThreeCups, Jun 08 2012 03:29 PM
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:29 PM
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:36 PM
I forgot to post about this, but it pissed me off. I cannot recall seeing another "ceremonious" faceoff before during the Finals...but LA was allowed to have Gretzky come on the ice and drop the puck before Game 3...
Can we have Scotty come on the ice and do the exact thing before Game 5? Or is this privilege only extended to the Kings and "The Great One"?
I imagine that NBC had something to do with it.
Really though, who cares. If a ceremonial puck drop has any impact on how the Devils play, we might as well forfeit the series and get our money back.
This is just another one of those, "whoa is me", "the media and the league is out to get us" threads that get more and more tedious as they get churned out.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:36 PM
Maybe we could go a step further, and have Stevens drop Gretzky 
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:45 PM
I imagine that NBC had something to do with it.
Really though, who cares. If a ceremonial puck drop has any impact on how the Devils play, we might as well forfeit the series and get our money back.
This is just another one of those, "whoa is me", "the media and the league is out to get us" threads that get more and more tedious as they get churned out.
I'm not blaming our play, our crediting theirs to this. I agree it has 0 impact on the game. But in terms of getting the fans excited, if they were allowed to do it, we should also be allowed.
Maybe we could go a step further, and have Stevens drop Gretzky
That would be a lovely sight!
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:48 PM
I'm not blaming our play, our crediting theirs to this. I agree it has 0 impact on the game. But in terms of getting the fans excited, if they were allowed to do it, we should also be allowed.
I'm perfectly happy with them just getting to the action.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:52 PM
I agree it was a classless act by the Kings. Ceremonial puck drops are for game one only. Really ticked me off
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:05 PM
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:11 PM
I agree it was a classless act by the Kings. Ceremonial puck drops are for game one only. Really ticked me off
"Classless act"? Are you serious? Dude, take a xanax and chill the fvck out.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:11 PM
I forgot to post about this, but it pissed me off. I cannot recall seeing another "ceremonious" faceoff before during the Finals...but LA was allowed to have Gretzky come on the ice and drop the puck before Game 3...
Can we have Scotty come on the ice and do the exact thing before Game 5? Or is this privilege only extended to the Kings and "The Great One"?
Lame. Wayne Gretzky is the game's greatest player. It was a big deal. Scott Stevens, while a great defenseman, would water it down.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:14 PM
Maybe we could go a step further, and have Stevens drop Gretzky
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Lame. Wayne Gretzky is the game's greatest player. It was a big deal. Scott Stevens, while a great defenseman, would water it down.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:25 PM
I am sure if the Devils requested something similar, it would have been approved. A ceremonial puck drop takes all of a minute. It was a harmless gesture that involved the greatest player to ever play the game. They used to waste much more time introducing the rosters of both teams before games 1 and 3. The only thing that bothered me about it is that the Devils didn't do it for the games in NJ.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:35 PM
"Classless" act - seriously? He's the greatest player to play of the last 30 years.I agree it was a classless act by the Kings. Ceremonial puck drops are for game one only. Really ticked me off
If it was Neids or Kenny you would have been fine with it.
Get over it.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:36 PM
I don't think it was classless, but I just want our legend to be able to do a puck drop. That's all, nothing more, nothing less...
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:38 PM
Maybe we could go a step further, and have Stevens drop Gretzky
That would have been great. He skates out before game 3, trucks Gretzky, and looks over at the Kings' bench to tell Dustin Brown "you're next."
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:41 PM
That would have been great. He skates out before game 3, trucks Gretzky, and looks over at the Kings' bench to tell Dustin Brown "you're next."
Now THAT'D be some EXCELLENT television!
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 07:40 PM
I've heard of this Gretzky fellow.
It's the whiskey talking.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 08:03 PM
"Classless" act - seriously? He's the greatest player to play of the last 30 years.
Yea absolute joke to call it "classless" lol. Total overreaction, but to fix what you said, he's the greatest player ever. Theres really no debate.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 09:35 PM
I don't get it... Brent Gretzky played what, 13 NHL games total? And we celebrate Gretzky as the greatest player? Someone told me it wasn't Brent, but his brother... but Keith didn't even make it, but claims to have taught his brother 'everything he knows'... /shrug Don't get it.I've heard of this Gretzky fellow.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 10:29 PM
get taylor stevens to drop the puck
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 11:10 PM
Get Gretzky's slam piece of a daughter to drop the puck.
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