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Welcome Thread

I usually don't have time to post much anymore, and as we don't go game day threads because the games have tended to be abysmal as of late I've been a lurker only for he most part. Great idea for a thread.

I remember Floyds party's and going to Boston Pizza to watch with a bunch of fan home peeps. Some no longer post with us, some have changed monikers and some have moved on to the big gig in the sky. Floyd took my to my one and only Leafs playoff game. It was amazing and we suffered a huge loss when he left us.

It's been thirteen years for me with this group and through its ups and downs, still my go to place for valid opinions and info on our team. Plus the entertaining whack a troll that happens on the regular. So, welcome new friends. Fresh flesh keeps things interesting.

Ps. Nice post CtheBigPicture. :thumbup:
 
What happened to "LeaferSutherland"?:smilewinkgrin:

(still remember the infamous hockey pool fiasco a long time ago....in a galaxy far, far, away...)
 
I joined the hockeyboards forum in 1999 when I got my first real 'job'. I was given a nice office with a new computer and was one of the first to have live internet on at their desk. I joined a Canadian stock market forum (kind of work related) and I feel like Floyd and Teeds were on that forum and through conversation (either hockey or Leafs related) I was steered to the Leafs board. I would have been in my late 20's at the time.

I was married 3 years later, and moved to Aurora (from Thunder Bay) in the summer of 2003. It was then that we started the meet-ups (mostly for the play-offs I believe). First couple of gatherings were at Floyd's apartment, then we moved to a bar downtown. Wish I still had the photos from those events but I think they are long-gone.

Many fond memories of the 3 years we spent in that area of Newmarket-Aurora and then Keswick-Sutton (my wife taught in the York Region). Got to meet lots of great people, got to visit Toronto regularly, and got to see a lot of cool stuff (LOTR stage preview not withstanding). I never had problems getting Leafs tickets and saw many games with friends and family. Best game though was game 7 of the first round in 2003-04 against the Sens.

Of course the tickets for a game 7 never go on sale until the day(s) before the game, and I just happened to be under-employed at the time. Meaning I was able to have myself setup at home on Ticketmaster just waiting for the tickets to go live. I aimed for a pair of tickets in the upper bowl, and was lucky enough to be offered a pair of "obstructed view" seats. The next challenge was seeing if the credit card company would approve the online purchase. No hiccups. Electronic tickets emailed and printed. I was sure that the credit card company would eventually catch on and cancel the purchase - so I called them directly and pleaded them to let the over-limit charge go through and that I'd make a payment ASAP. It worked, and my wife and I attended the glorious game. It was the last series win for the team, and the league was subsequently locked out the entire next season.

Gotta say, it really was the hayday of the boards. Great management, great coach, great team. Was so much more to talk and speculate when the team was a major buyer at the deadline. Barrasso, Leetch, Nolan, Housely, Francis, Gilmour... post-lockout it was a lot of talk about the cap, and the focus on contracts. Lately it's been talk of the future.. can't wait until the team can again be a regular post-season lock.

Cheers guys and gals.
 
oscarheyman said:
What happened to "LeaferSutherland"?:smilewinkgrin:

(still remember the infamous hockey pool fiasco a long time ago....in a galaxy far, far, away...)
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He was a mod here for a bit and seemed very cool for a bit. Then one day he decided that he didn't like the way we ran the board and decided to take his ball and go home. He made his own site, spammed us and took a few people with him.

I have a hunch that he has a new handle and still posts or lurks here.
 
I remember lurking on his board once....

It made me sad. It was basically him talking to himself.
 
Habspatrol said:
He was a mod here for a bit and seemed very cool for a bit. Then one day he decided that he didn't like the way we ran the board and decided to take his ball and go home. He made his own site, spammed us and took a few people with him.

I have a hunch that he has a new handle and still posts or lurks here.
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The precedent was that a community of "fans" could be sold to major media sites as new social media took hold.. I have no doubt that he thought he could strike it rich.
 
Just checked out his site. Pretty professional looking actually, No soul though. But he definitely has either hired someone or put a lot of work into it. Kudos to him I suppose.
 
He wanted tighter control on posters. We didn't. We left Scoreboards because of it. Can't start a site because you dislike over-moderation and then do exactly the same. Hypocritical.
 
Habsy said:
I think you guys are intimidating to be honest. Razor sharp jabs at each other might have the onlooker think twice about joining the melee. That's not a slam either, it's the nature of the beast. There are some highly intelligent hockey fans here and they don't suffer fools gladly. That being said, you lurkers should sign up, it's a great board.
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Yeah I think one of my first posts was defending Chad kilger's hockey sense and the response made me go back to lurking for a while. But I was 15 or so and didn't know shit so that was not necessarily a bad thing. This community has a definite sense of quality control at the expense of being accommodating of immaturity or ignorance
 
What happened to FRANTIC?

I'm still not sold on these "new" posters being new.

I've been posting since fanhome. I was 13 at the time. I did more lurking back then. Don't even remember my username from that site. I don't think it was Leafin'.
 
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