Corp000085 Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 well, my dream has come true... i'm watching a victory parade on local tv... wait, check that... i'm officially not bitter anymore... enjoy it canes and fans. this just makes me hungrier for the day when the parade is for my team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybillsfan Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 was it held in a local gym? And did it sell out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 it was actually held in the parking lot, down from sabres alley... just from watching the tv, i'd say attendance is <10,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Was Dmitri Kalinin there, in loafers? Sorry, couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 hey PA, he was wearing loafers... i guess loafers does not equal skates. oh well. At least i didn't pull a losman and discuss dimitri's tight red shorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 A parade watched by cardboard cutouts to watch the paper champions? The Canes victory just proves that the Sabres are the best team in hockey. I am sure that will upset all seven Canes fans but it's the truth. It was funny to hear the NBC guys talking about how the Cane fans were standing most of the game and it was a sellout. What they didn't tell you was most of the "fans" were the final contestants to the "Simon Sez" world championships held in the Arena Sunday night. The Canes front office figured that since the seats were going to be empty Monday night anyway they just let them keep playing. I can't wait for the draft. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted June 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Actually, the guys had some very nice things to say about the sabres and buffalo. It was mentioned many times by the coaches and some players that the sabres series "tested them mightily" (that's code for they almost beat us and boy were we lucky to get out of that one). The tv guys gave a great story on kevyn adams and his family choosing to live either in raleigh or buffalo. Choosing raleigh would have been good for the dad's career, buffalo for the kid's hockey program. They obviously chose clarence. (by the way i don't know if this story is true) Buffalo got some major props, which was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCSabresFan! Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Great! Now we can all hug and wait for the NHL draft and our new uniforms. Hey Hockey Sherpa - I wear an XL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Here's a few video links from another board. I've seen better turnouts at local Memorial Day parades. What a joke... :lol: http://www.wral.com/index.html http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/ http://www.nbc17.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Here's a few video links from another board. I've seen better turnouts at local Memorial Day parades. What a joke... :lol: http://www.wral.com/index.html http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/ http://www.nbc17.com/index.html Yikes... Looked like a government cheese line... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Corp, I'm just giving you grief because Paul Hamilton reported that Kalinin didn't make the trip when you said you saw him (Kalinin, not Paul). The scary thing is, I'm not sure who to believe, you or Ding . :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fushetti Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Can this be the last post that makes fun of the Hurricanes fans? It only makes me angrier that those #%^$#!ers won and that those hillbillies are enjoying the Stanley Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spandrel Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 It was funny to hear the NBC guys talking about how the Cane fans were standing most of the game and it was a sellout. What they didn't tell you was most of the "fans" were the final contestants to the "Simon Sez" world championships held in the Arena Sunday night. The Canes front office figured that since the seats were going to be empty Monday night anyway they just let them keep playing. Yeah, NBC (via direct orders from Darth Bettman and the NHL) kept going on and on about the "full house" in SBC, and the great "Caniac" fans in Raleigh that "hadn't sat all game" screaming the whole time for their Canes. Talk about your over-compensating. We get it, guys. A slim minority of Carolinianites love themselves some Canes hockey, but bringing it up over and over in an effort to convince us that Raleigh really is a "hockey" town looks transparent. Maybe they were trying to convince themselves, first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Great! Now we can all hug and wait for the NHL draft and our new uniforms. Hey Hockey Sherpa - I wear an XL... IS that a Roman sized 40 toga or an extra-large? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 An AP story on the rally said about 30,000 folks showed up. Not great, but not too bad, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted June 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Corp, I'm just giving you grief because Paul Hamilton reported that Kalinin didn't make the trip when you said you saw him (Kalinin, not Paul). The scary thing is, I'm not sure who to believe, you or Ding . :) no really, that was kalinin. I didn't recognize him right away cause of his beard, but it was him. i should have taken a picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 no really, that was kalinin. I didn't recognize him right away cause of his beard, but it was him. i should have taken a picture. But you were too drunk to think straight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted June 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 But you were too drunk to think straight! yeah, those two beers killed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 yeah, those two Zima XXX's killed me. I thought you didn't drink Zima? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 An AP story on the rally said about 30,000 folks showed up. Not great, but not too bad, either. Buffalo vs. Raliegh...same population, more or less. But we'd have 20x more people at our Stanley Cup parade. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaFan Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 An AP story on the rally said about 30,000 folks showed up. Not great, but not too bad, either. About the same number we had at our ralley in '99... you know the one... John Boy says 'we'll give you the tools to finish the job.' Either way you may think it's not bad... I think it's sad. The city of Buffalo would shut down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottlecap Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 I read they had a whole 30,000 fans at their victory parade. And I'm sure at least half of them knows what an offsides is. Seriously, for the cup to go to a city that isn't truly thrilled with it is a crime. But that's what Bettman wanted, hockey to spread to places it doesn't belong in. What a man of vision. :angry: :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 I read they had a whole 30,000 fans at their victory parade. And I'm sure at least half of them knows what an offsides is. Seriously, for the cup to go to a city that isn't truly thrilled with it is a crime. But that's what Bettman wanted, hockey to spread to places it doesn't belong in. What a man of vision. :angry: :angry: The Sabres had 20,000 show up in '99 for a parade celebrating a team that DIDN'T win. The time to compare the two cities as hockey towns is a long way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCSabresFan! Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 The Sabres had 20,000 show up in '99 for a parade celebrating a team that DIDN'T win. The time to compare the two cities as hockey towns is a long way off. Ah yes. But it has been said many times on this board that you can't compare fan bases... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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