Guy Lafleur: Euros staying in motherland after the lock-out, "a bonus"

[acdcrocksno1]

Originally Posted by fcm

How ironic from Philly fans, the team with the biggest amount of "euro-lite" players.

What a ****ing pansy-ass european Lappy was, he shouldn't have played concussed and should have continued to play after getting the second puck in the face. Not mentionning he should have fought more often with only 25 fights a year.

He sounds about as smart as the test of you frogs trying to play through a concussion ****ing idiot

[Phila26Flyers]

Originally Posted by fcm

How ironic from Philly fans, the team with the biggest amount of "euro-lite" players.

What a ****ing pansy-ass european Lappy was, he shouldn't have played concussed and should have continued to play after getting the second puck in the face. Not mentionning he should have fought more often with only 25 fights a year.

I'm obviously talking about the Max Lapierres and Alex Burrows of the league when I talk about embarrassments. Max Talbot isn't much better either if you want to talk Flyers.

[fcm]

Originally Posted by acdcrocksno1

He sounds about as smart as the test of you frogs trying to play through a concussion ****ing idiot

Originally Posted by acdcrocksno1

Making the best save of the season... with his face and returning to the game missing 7 teeth and 60 something stitches, knows when to fight if not how, great guy all round some scoring in him still and great on the oenalty kill, who would not want this guy on their team?

[fcm]

Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers

I'm obviously talking about the Max Lapierres and Alex Burrows of the league when I talk about embarrassments.

There are about 40 to 50 Quebec players in the league. Of COURSE there are names like Burrows or Lapierre in the list.

P.K. Subban is a bitch. He is from Ontario. All Ontario players are bitches.

Hey Halifax NS gave us Brad Marchand and Cindy Crosby. I should paint the 300 000 inhabitants of Halifax as whiny bitches too.

[Stevens Lindros]

Originally Posted by ChiefJunior

Come on now, if you live in Canada you know all about (hardcore) Quebecers. They like to believe in this little fantasy that they are/will be a country of their own. No one outside of Quebec really cares. Now with this being said....

I fully agree with Lafleur. The more North American players, the better. There are so many talented players that for one reason or another never get/got the chance to show that they have as much skill as the next guy. Plus, more North American players should lead to a more North American style of hockey that we all love.

I am ok with Euros as long as the NHL adopted an import rule.

I live on the west coast, have never met one. This is news to me [except the independent country part].



God Save The Queen!

[Wadubbin]

I agree with Lafleur.But I saw in the article that Rick Dipietro signed with a team in Germany and he broke his hand signing the contract...........Actually I like how it said that if the Isles can't convince him to stay in Germany they would be on the hook for the last twenty years of his contract...

[theknuckler]

Originally Posted by Wadubbin

I agree with Lafleur.But I saw in the article that Rick Dipietro signed with a team in Germany and he broke his hand signing the contract...........Actually I like how it said that if the Isles can't convince him to stay in Germany they would be on the hook for the last twenty years of his contract...

lol. how many years are left on that? 5?

god ''poor'' rick dipietro. lmao he'll probably go to play a puck, trip, and be out forever.

[Tucker_316]

Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers

French-Canadian players are Euro-lite, so while Lafleur's sentiments are nice, he's not one to talk when some of his brood are among the biggest embarrassments in the NHL.

This coming from a yank, with your little college ncaa ***** leagues and no fighting.
Thinking about it, how many tough guys came into the NHL as compared to those from Quebec alone? Quebec wins in a landslide.

You yankees wish to copy Canadas style so badly and yet cannot. And thing is, Quebec is a part of Canada too, so...

[Phila26Flyers]

Originally Posted by Tucker_316

This coming from a yank, with your little college ncaa ***** leagues and no fighting.
Thinking about it, how many tough guys came into the NHL as compared to those from Quebec alone? Quebec wins in a landslide.

You yankees wish to copy Canadas style so badly and yet cannot. And thing is, Quebec is a part of Canada too, so...

Look no further than the Canadiennes fans crying for penalties every time a Canadiennes player falls. You guys love Euro-style hockey. There have been a few tough French-Canadian players in the NHL in recent years, though Ian Laperriere and Donald Brashear, both of whom fcm cited as examples, retired several years ago. However, Quebec has produced just as many softies and divers as any European country. I agree with Guy Lafleur's comments, but I also see the irony in them.

[Killah_punk]

Originally Posted by fcm

There are about 40 to 50 Quebec players in the league. Of COURSE there are names like Burrows or Lapierre in the list.

P.K. Subban is a bitch. He is from Ontario. All Ontario players are bitches.

Hey Halifax NS gave us Brad Marchand and Cindy Crosby. I should paint the 300 000 inhabitants of Halifax as whiny bitches too.

Hey Halifax has also produced Eric Boulton.

[Phila26Flyers]

Originally Posted by Killah_punk

Hey Halifax has also produced Eric Boulton.

Yeah what a terrible point he tried to make with that. We can point to any one player and say his whole ethnic group plays like that. Unfortunately for French-Canadians, we're talking about an entire culture of hockey players where whining, diving, and cheapshots are a deeply-rooted tradition, with a few exceptions like Laperriere and Brashear breaking that mold.

[BullyFan]

Originally Posted by theknuckler

lol. how many years are left on that? 5?

god ''poor'' rick dipietro. lmao he'll probably go to play a puck, trip, and be out forever.

I think there's 9 years left.

[acdcrocksno1]

Originally Posted by fcm

Doesn't sound like a post I'd make I reckon you just made that up

[fcm]

Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers

with a few exceptions like Laperriere and Brashear breaking that mold.

The exception isn't Laperierre, it's Burrows.

There is a list of 80 french-canadians in the league who played at least one game last season. The exception is Burrows and Lapierre. The rest of the list is filled with normal players. There are about 4 "pests" on a 80 players list in Burrows, Lapierre, Dumont and Talbot.

François Beauchemin – Anaheim
Éric Bélanger – Edmonton
Marc-André Bergeron – Tampa Bay
Patrice Bergeron – Boston
Jonathan Bernier * – Los Angeles
Steve Bernier * – New Jersey
Martin Biron – New York-Rangers
Alexandre Bolduc * – Phoenix
Pierre-Marc Bouchard – Minnesota
Francis Bouillon – Nashville
Marc-André Bourdon * – Philadelphie
Gabriel Bourque * – Nashville
Derick Brassard – Columbus
Daniel Brière- Philadelphie
Martin Brodeur- New Jersey
Alexandre Burrows – Vancouver
Jordan Caron * – Boston
Sébastien Caron * – Tampa Bay
Philippe Cornet * – Edmonton
Corey Crawford – Chicago
Yann Danis* – Edmonton
Mathieu Darche – Montréal
Jason Demers – San Jose
Guillaume Desbiens * – Calgary
David Desharnais – Montréal
Simon Després * – Pittsburgh
Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers * – Anaheim
Gabriel Dumont * – Montréal
Pascal Dupuis – Pittsburgh
Philippe Dupuis – Toronto
Marc-André Fleury – Pittsburgh
Simon Gagné – Los Angeles
Mathieu Garon – Tampa Bay
Bruno Gervais – Tampa Bay
Jean-Sébastien Giguère – Colorado
Alexandre Giroux * – Columbus
Marc-André Gragnani * – Buffalo et Vancouver
Jean-François Jacques * – Anaheim
Pierre-Cédric Labrie * – Tampa Bay
Maxim Lapierrre – Vancouver
Guillaume Latendresse – Minnesota
Louis Leblanc * – Montréal
Vincent Lecavalier- Tampa Bay
Kristopher Letang – Pittsburgh
Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond * – Calgary
Matthew Lombardi – Toronto
Roberto Luongo – Vancouver
Maxime Macenauer * – Anaheim et Winnipeg
Kevin Marshall * – Philadelphie et Washington
Torrey Mitchell – New Jersey
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau – New York-Islanders
Mathieu Perreault – Washington
David Perron – Saint-Louis
Alexandre Picard *- Pittsburgh
Jason Pominville – Buffalo
Kevin Poulin * – New York-Islanders
Marc-Antoine Pouliot * – Phoenix
Mikael «Mike» Ribeiro – Dallas
Stéphane Robidas – Nashville
Frédéric Saint-Denis * – Montréal
Martin St-Louis – Tampa Bay
Jérôme Samson * – Caroline
Maxime Sauvé * – Boston
David Savard * – Columbus
Marco Scandella * – Minnesota
Paul Stastny – Colorado
Maxime Talbot – Philadelphie
Alexandre «Alex» Tanguay – Calgary
José Théodore – Floride
Stéphane Veilleux * – New Jersey et Minnesota
Antoine Vermette – Columbus et Phoenix
Marc-Édouard Vlasic – San Jose
Craig Adams – Pittsburgh
Adrian Aucoin – Phoenix
Paul Bissonnette – Phoenix
Michael Blunden * – Montréal
Daniel «Dan» Boyle – San Jose
Grant Clitsome – Columbus et Winnipeg
Cal Clutterbuck – Minnesota
Patrice Cormier *- Winnipeg
Sean Couturier * – Philadelphie
Stéphane Da Costa * – Ottawa
André Deveaux * – New York-Rangers
Claude Giroux – Philadelphie
Érik Gudbranson * – Floride
Travis Hamonic – New York-Islanders
Josh Hennessy * – Boston
Emmanuel Malhotra – Vancouver
Jamie McGinn – San Jose et Colorado
Marc Méthot – Columbus
Dominic Moore – Tampa Bay et San Jose
Daniel Paillé – Boston
Benoit Pouliot – Montréal
Derek Roy – Buffalo
Steve Sullivan – Pittsburgh
Jonathan Toews – Chicago
Francis Wathier * – Dallas

[Machinehead2k5]

Technically Francis Bouillon is French-Canadian via New York City and Haiti...