Only the dropped prices of PS2 Games I find useful.
That's my vote.
Ya'll are stupid
Only the dropped prices of PS2 Games I find useful.
That's my vote.
Skullfucked the ecosystem
Sprung, I've never made a thread with a purpose in all my time here and you know it.
Paranoid Schizoid
That used to be me as well, but since I've sobered up I just can't seem to start a funny thread anymore. Being happy and moving towards a positive future has utterly ruined my insane sense of humor.Originally Posted by Cyberxion
I was tempted to start a thread about it, but it wouldn't have been the least bit amusing.
Cyber Husky!
But On Topic: No surprise its not like its a conspiracy its just coincidence that a few snuffed it
Off Topic: Id have to admit useful threads wise the mods have a point
Bulba~
On Topic: it is a pure coincidence, especially since none of the players (at least in my memory) have played together in recent years. Rick Rypien had been battling depression for over 10 years, and Boogaard had received a concussion about six months prior to his accidental death and hadn't returned to playing as of that time. The general consensus that I've heard was that he was still in a fair bit of pain, which is why he was taking oxycodone -- albeit not prescribed by the team's physician. He died from a fatal mix of alcohol and oxy.
Wade Belak, from what I've been reading, was in a similar boat as Rypien. He has a documented history of dealing with depression in the past, and apparently something along the lines kind of... fell apart. I don't remember exactly when he retired from playing hockey, but I think it was only a couple of years ago.
Lord only knows what lead any of them to what they did, but it's still a bit of a shock to the hockey community -- three deaths in four months is a lot to take in.
Jackass Penguin
Your children miss you and are starting to ask questions...
What am I to tell them?
The Spuzziest of Spuzzes
All those players were probably trying so hard to be the next Gretzky. Instead they just became Deadsky.
Bulba~
Considering one of them was retired, I don't think that's really a fair analogy. But sure, let's go with that.
Anyways: as if this summer hasn't been bad enough: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=5...pid=nhl-rxl-fb
Honestly, there are a few names in there that I know and a few that I don't. Pavol Demitra played a couple of seasons with the Vancouver Canucks before returning to Russia this last year. He's also played for the Los Angelos Kings and Minnesota Wild.A plane crash near the city of Yaroslavl in Central Russia has claimed the lives of at least 43 people, according to Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry. The majority of victims are believed to be members of the Kontinental Hockey League club, Lokomotiv.
The crash occurred at 12 noon Moscow time and the weather was sunny and clear, according to reports.
Eight crew members are also among the dead, according to reports. According to Russian aviation officials, two passengers survived the crash, but are in critical condition. According to Sovetsky Sport, one of the survivors is Russian forward Alexander Galimov.
Lokomotiv has confirmed that the entire main roster, plus four players from the youth team, was on the plane.
"We have no team anymore," Vladimir N. Malkov, the team spokesman, said in a telephone interview with The New York Times. "All our starting players, and all the service people, they all burned in the crash."
Coach Brad McCrimmon, forward Pavol Demitra, forward Josef Vasicek, defenseman Karel Rachunek, forward Jan Marek and forward Alexander Vasyunov are among the confirmed fatalities.
The agent for Demitra, an ex-NHL star, confirmed he was killed in the crash.
"This is just awful," Matt Keator said. "He was such a popular guy with everyone he has ever played with."
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The Czech embassy in Moscow confirmed the deaths of Vasicek, Rachunek and Marek.
The Lokomotiv roster was full of players with NHL ties.
McCrimmon, played in the NHL and most recently served as an assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings before taking the Yaroslavl job in May. The Russian Times confirmed that McCrimmon also died in the crash.
Defensemen Rachunek, Ruslan Salei and Karlis Skrastins, as well as forwards Demitra and Vasicek all spent a good deal of time in the NHL.
Vasyunov, a forward, played in 18 games with the New Jersey Devils this past season. Devils GM Lou Lamoriello confirmed that Vasyunov died in the crash.
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McCrimmon played defense for six NHL teams -- Boston, Philadelphia, Calgary, Detroit, Hartford and Phoenix -- in a 17-year career, appearing in 1,222 regular-season games in the NHL, collecting 81 goals, 322 assists and 1,416 penalty minutes.
He was an assistant coach with the New York Islanders, Calgary Flames, Atlanta Thrashers and the Red Wings. He also served as head coach of the Western Hockey League's Saskatoon Blades.
According to the reports on the crash, the plane, a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger jet, went down and caught fire shortly immediately after taking to the air, crashing less than 2 kilometers from the airport.
The short- and medium-range Yak-42 has been in service since 1980. It was en route to Minsk, Belarus for a Thursday night game against Dynamo Minsk, Yaroslavl's opener to the 2011-12 KHL season...
Clearly, someone upstairs has it in for hockey players this year.
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I don't think a Yakovlev crashing has anything to do with the guy upstairs really.
Getting on one of those is like playing Russian roulette
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