(12-02-2019, 03:00 PM)Rico Wrote: Been a Flyers fan since the true Broad Street Bully days.  Hard to follow them now unless I pay for some sort of hockey package...which I won't do.

ESPN+ isn't bad really. You don't get all the games obviously but there's a much better selection than waiting for the 2-3 games NBCSN plays a week.
And it offers a lot more than just some extra hockey if you're into boxing or MMA (I'm not, I basically pay the 5 bucks a month for the extra hockey)

OT:
I'm more of a fan of the NHL than NFL for a lot of the same reasons most people are falling away from the NFL. Rule changes, quality of product (and reffing).


Been a B's fan since 03 when hockey was really introduced to me by a co-worker who hated football and wanted to convert me to hockey. (It's more of a man's sport than football he used to say, in more words than I'm allowed to use)
Well the full conversion never happened (I can't quit my Jags, though sometimes I think I should lol) but I picked a team, not based on my Florida location which ultimately was my reasoning for following the Jaguars (after being a childhood Cowboys fan), but because after doing some research I really liked the history. Also, I always liked the Boston area but could never...ever... ever... root for the Pats or Celtics. Was really just a casual hockey (and baseball) fan at that point. Barely keeping up with the ins and outs, but whenever I'd catch a game I'd root for the Bruins.

I became a much more serious hockey fan in 08. Started finding ways of watching more games online and in bars. 
The B's rewarded my new found fandom with a championship in 2010-2011. Given me a lot of good seasons since. (And a heartbreaking finish vs the Blackhawks in 13)
Now I consider myself more of a hockey fan watching more hockey than I do football. And been to more live hockey games than football games. Pensacola actually has a solid SPHL team that has given us a few championships and very good seasons.

As long as they don't completely take fighting out of it... Hockey will always have me.
Go B's, and screw the Habs!!

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