Originally Posted by Timmons

Yeah a the Red Sox also rival the Yankees in terms of p/r. And the AVS did do a lot of work through trades with high profile players with big salaries that most teams could not have taken on. And they resigned the good players ie...Rob Blake and let others go...ie Theo Fleury.

But oh well. The Avs might be more loyal now that the salary cap is in place and player movement might slow down. If all you love is winning Stanley Cups and getting to the playoffs then Pierre Lacroix is the GM for you. I will admit that as far as video game GMing goes Pierre is a genious. I also do the same things as he does with my pretend dynasties in videogame land.

I just wish there was a little more loyality from management, but as long as players are paper chasers what's the point? I did watch some of the Dallas game. Most of the 3rd period. I was a big hockey fan when the Avs first came to town and I follow sports and live in Colorado so you can't help but hear about the AVS on talk radio, in the papers and on TV.

My dad and his family are from Canada and he grew up playing and continues to watch the Avs. My sister is a huge Avs fan and most of my friends would beat me up if I donned a Red Wings T-Shirt (which is good). My best friend dated one the coaches daughters and took me to some games and we got to sit in with the players / front office wives before the game back tucked inside Pepsi Center. And 99% of the wives have some nice fake hooters by the way!

So I may have been an Avs fan once, but it'll take more than Stanley Cups and playoffs to bring me back. It was good to see the Avs beat Dallas in game 1, made my buddy and my sister very happy plus who likes Texas? I wont root against the home town team, but I'm still not a fan...