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Post by Gogie on Nov 8, 2014 13:12:41 GMT -5
According to Keith Olbermann of ESPN, the Original Six is really the original ONE as the Canadiens are the only existing franchise that was part of the original NHL back in 1917. I don't know how to link the video but you can check it out on ESPN. Look for the video "KO: there is no Original Six". It's actually kind of interesting.
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Post by Willie Dog on Nov 8, 2014 14:00:49 GMT -5
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 8, 2014 14:25:57 GMT -5
I think most hockey fans know that The Original Six is historically incorrect…but seeing as those 6 franchises were the makeup of the league for the 25 years (42-43 to 66-67) prior to the 67-68 expansion…what else could the broadcasters have called them? The Silver Six (25 years)? The Stable Six?
Must've been a slow news day. Ha!
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Post by habsorbed on Nov 9, 2014 1:57:30 GMT -5
If anyone did the math during the Habs centennial they might have asked themselves "Why aren't the other 5 of the Original Six also celebrating their 100th?". Montreal is hockey and hockey is Montreal! All the rest were late to the party we respect as our national pastime.
The reference to The Original Six is disrespectful to the history of the game. The Original Team (The Habs) is accurate and explains the passion Habs fans share.
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 12, 2014 20:46:01 GMT -5
During the Boston-Toronto game, TSN did a brief feature using old footage of Leafs-Bruins encounters. Paul Romanuk introduced it using the term "Original Six".
Mike Johnson, who should know better, said, "The reason they're part of the Original Six...they've been goin' at it ever since there's been an NHL.."
I think it's a lost cause....
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Post by Willie Dog on Nov 13, 2014 8:38:15 GMT -5
During the Boston-Toronto game, TSN did a brief feature using old footage of Leafs-Bruins encounters. Paul Romanuk introduced it using the term "Original Six". Mike Johnson, who should know better, said, "The reason they're part of the Original Six...they've been goin' at it ever since there's been an NHL.."I think it's a lost cause.... The NHL in general is not interested in the truth... look at how poorly games are officiated. Why would the Toronto centric media be interested in saying their team is not an original six team.
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 13, 2014 9:48:56 GMT -5
The Leafs are an Original Six team, in terms of the era so named. (1942-67)
Olbermann's (or his staff's) beef is that when the NHL was founded in 1917, there were only 4 teams.
Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Arenas.
The Arenas went bankrupt in 1919….new owners changed the name to the St. Patricks….sold in 1927 to a group including Conn Smythe and renamed Maple Leafs.
So, in a sense, the Toronto franchise was around, but not in Maple Leaf name.
Wonder when they'll celebrate their centennial.
1917 (coinciding with their 50th year of futility) 1919 1927
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Post by franko on Nov 13, 2014 9:54:37 GMT -5
During the Boston-Toronto game, TSN did a brief feature using old footage of Leafs-Bruins encounters. Paul Romanuk introduced it using the term "Original Six". Mike Johnson, who should know better, said, "The reason they're part of the Original Six...they've been goin' at it ever since there's been an NHL.."I think it's a lost cause.... The NHL in general is not interested in the truth... look at how poorly games are officiated. Why would the Toronto centric media be interested in saying their team is not an original six team. it's all marketing. and they were "the original six before expansion".
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Post by Skilly on Nov 13, 2014 10:40:52 GMT -5
The Leafs are an Original Six team, in terms of the era so named. (1942-67) Olbermann's (or his staff's) beef is that when the NHL was founded in 1917, there were only 4 teams. Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Arenas. The Arenas went bankrupt in 1919….new owners changed the name to the St. Patricks….sold in 1927 to a group including Conn Smythe and renamed Maple Leafs. So, in a sense, the Toronto franchise was around, but not in Maple Leaf name. Wonder when they'll celebrate their centennial. 1917 (coinciding with their 50th year of futility) 1919 1927 I saw a movie last week on one of the Bell movie networks called "Canadiens Forever". It's compeletely in french, and it takes place during Montreal's centennial year. It's about a boy waiting for a transplant, who thinks he is going to die, and the boy is a huge Saku Koivu fan. In the movie Koivu visits the boy in the hospital during the Habs annual Xmas hospital visit. Koivu speaks to the boy, (yes in french) and raises his spirits. Anyway, the movie ends with Koivu scoring the Stanley Cup winning goal, shorthanded, with Kovalev in the penalty box, and tossing the boy the puck over the glass. Oh if only the centennial had of ended that way!!!
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