Quack, Quack!!!!

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Where's the 'broom' emoticon?

Yeah, yeah, yeah! Blah, blah, blah.

On a more serious note: are you an actual NHL fan? I lived in SOCAL for three years and never met an NHL fan that was from California.

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Rev. Daniel Kok
Pastor of Grace Reformed Church (URCNA)
Leduc, Alberta CANADA
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None of us in So Cal probably measure up to your standards of 'fandom'. In fact, I will shut up now for fear of you coming through my monitor and high sticking me.

Perhaps... In any case you are acting wisely my friend. Just ask Ryan. He hasn't forgotten the beating I gave him over a year ago.

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Sorry Canada....

When I first visited SoCal (right before I moved there, about 14 years ago) the LA Kings were in the playoffs, they were on TV in a bar in Manhattan Beach. People didn't know when to cheer.

Congratulations to the Ducks!

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BJ Mora
Grace OPC, Modesto, CA
Reformed & Presbyterian Churches & Denominations in North America

Ottawa was in no way 'Canada's team'. I really wanted Anaheim to win, partially because these guys:

Chris Pronger
Scott Niedermayer
JS Giguere
Rob Niedermayer
Ryan Getzlaf
Andy McDonald
Travis Moen
Francois Beauchemin
Corey Perry
Sean O'Donnell

are all from Canada. Go Canada, I mean, Ducks!

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David Belanger
Member, APC Vancouver
Student Minister, Associated Presbyterian Churches
Student, Haddington House Divinity School
Port Coquitlam, BC

Maybe Canada should ask itself why these Canadians go to warm weather cities to play...

Ken:

Your Ducks played well. They deserved the win...

They are not my Ducks they are Canada's Ducks! (That seems to be the argument) Is there an NHL team that does not have a Canadian majority?

No, they are Disney's Ducks!

I don't know; good question though.

Man, and I was holding out hope that the Washington Caps would pull off a late upset. Oh, well. There's always next year..and the year after that..and the year after that.

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Who will win a championship first?

The Capitols
The Redskins
The Nationals
The Wizards?

Not anymore (since 2005) - that's why they're now the Anaheim Ducks and not the Mighty Ducks.

They played an excellent series (saw game 1 against Detroit) - was much more impressed with them than I expected to be.

While I'm not particularly tied to either team, I have to admit, I was really happy to see Teemu Selanne raise the Stanley Cup. While his career isn't as long, it was reminiscent of Steve Yzerman in 1997 or Ray Bourque in 2001.

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Edie Bowman Posey
Providence Reformed Baptist Church
Toledo, Ohio

"I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to save them, to keep them happy, and to take them off to heaven at last, but not to be too inquisitive about their conduct or services." —A. W. Tozer

Well it's certainly not for the fans.

I wonder how long until the Sens move south...

How about the Seattle Senators!

The Columbus Canucks!

The Memphis Maple Leafs!

Players go south because Canada only has 6 teams When half the NHL is Canadian, where else do you go?

Thankfully the Oilers will probably never leave Edmonton as the Oilers are owned by about 34 people!

Some guy offered to buy the Oilers a few weeks ago and got shot down. He was even offering well over the market price and promised to keep the team in Edmonton. The owners weren't interested.

The paper today was heartbreaking. It had a picture of Chris Pronger holding the Stanley Cup with the headline: "What Edmonton hoped to see...last year".

Maybe the Toronto Blue Jays will win the world series 5 years in the row as revenge, or maybe the Raptors will win that Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy or whatever it's called.

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Mark Maney
Kwanglim Korean Methodist Church - 1689'er Baptist Pastor (read profile for more info)
Master of Theological Studies emphasis Biblical Studies
Trinity Western University, ACTS Seminaries
Surrey, BC. (Vancouver), Canada

Cheer Up! O'Donnell said that he was going to take the Cup to Ottawa for his 24 hours! At least it well be there for a day.

Is this a trick question? It's a famine out here, brother...

I know this is a bit late, but I do owe you an apology. Regardless of the circumstances, nothing's going to turn back the clock. I should have acknowledged this to you, but it's done and over with. AFAIAC, there's no telling if Dallas will ever win another Cup or not, and the same can be said for every other NHL franchise out there.

So, I'm going to let the bitterness go. It happened, and I'm not part of the powers that be.

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It's called the Beltway Gridlock curse.

Anyone one of the first three listed would be fine with me! You can add in the Maryland Terps in place of the Wizards and then I would say any of the four. Let the fat lady sing!

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Conrad W. Judy, Jr.
Ruling Elder, Eastern Shore Reformed Presbyterian Church, Centreville, MD
James Pepper: You know, there's an old saying, Miss Sally. There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum?
John Simpson Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there. - Chisum (1970)