scott4117 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Hey there one and all! This is my third post, something I plan to make a lot more of. I often find, that during the month of August, I get an insane craving for Canucks news, because, well, there really is very limited news with anything related to hockey. Most of the big trades and signings are done, and I mean you can watch the highlight plays of the young stars, (damn, Shinkaruk looks insane!) or you can keep coming back to the CDC website to see if there has been any new stories up, but for me it just gets painful sometimes. Now, Budweiser every year puts up all the highlights from all our games of last year on Youtube. The downside to that is that we did not have to many absolutely stellar games, and having to rewatch the highlights of the 9-1 Annaheim outing, the 7-5 Islanders outing, and most embarrassingly (IMO), the Calgary Flames fiasco, it just gets to be a little upsetting. Sometimes, you can find full games on youtube, but by now, they are usually taken down. It is much like during the NHL Lockout last year, every day, almost every hour, I would be opening google, and searching NHL Lockout, craving for some news, anything that showed a changed, something that would be bringing hockey back to my TV. So, my question to you, what do you do to help with the hockey hangover, the craving for more of it? Besides what I've mentioned above, I often find myself rummaging through thrift stores or memorabilia, (I actually found a Greg Adam's '94 jersey at Value Village a couple of days ago for 15 dollars!) or just buying jerseys or hats, posters, cups, plates, Boston Bruins dart boards (Joking!) or anything that reminds me of hockey. I have 21 Canucks jerseys, ranging from Kurtenbach to Smyl, all the way to Vrbata now. Maybe it is just tougher living out in Calgary, in Flames Territory, and not having someone to talk about the latest trades, or the draft day, or how cool it was to see Jim Benning mic'd up during the draft or during the Kesler trades, but I still wonder what other people do to help with missing hockey? I appreciate all your responses from my previous posts, and am happy that they all have been pretty uplifting of others. Please, lets keep it this way! Also, if anyone knows how to make a nice signature, please Message me! A Canucks Fan Living In A Sea Of Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Go outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott4117 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Go outside. haha yeah, I suppose that might help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex425 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Sleep a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyM Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Play Be a GM Mode in NHL 14 and wonder why they can't make the same champion making moves in real life cause they're so easy to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I pretty much hang around here and talk hockey to every single possible person I can find in person. Also lots of road hockey. Hockey should never have an off season. I need entertainment all year long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spur1 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I do something even more frustrating....I golf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks_fo_life Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hXN8U1nYceY Watch stuff like this lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hXN8U1nYceY Watch stuff like this lol Damn, I miss this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I don't mind not watching hockey for a few months. I love tennis so it's nice to be able to follow another sport in the summer. My biggest problem is not playing hockey. Ice hockey season ends in April or so, and ball hockey season goes till around mid-July. That leaves a gap of about 6 weeks or so when there's no hockey to be played. I'm in the middle of that right now and I"m going nuts. Seriously, it affects my mental stability to not play hockey. It's sad but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William_Clarkson Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Play Be a GM Mode in NHL 14 and wonder why they can't make the same champion making moves in real life cause they're so easy to make! Then they post their ideas on the Proposals forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I fish. Plus football just officially started for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Ride my motorcycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Go outside. I second. Plus drink, barbeque, and hang out with girls. It all works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Play some footy with my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Hey there one and all! This is my third post, something I plan to make a lot more of. I often find, that during the month of August, I get an insane craving for Canucks news, because, well, there really is very limited news with anything related to hockey. Most of the big trades and signings are done, and I mean you can watch the highlight plays of the young stars, (damn, Shinkaruk looks insane!) or you can keep coming back to the CDC website to see if there has been any new stories up, but for me it just gets painful sometimes. Now, Budweiser every year puts up all the highlights from all our games of last year on Youtube. The downside to that is that we did not have to many absolutely stellar games, and having to rewatch the highlights of the 9-1 Annaheim outing, the 7-5 Islanders outing, and most embarrassingly (IMO), the Calgary Flames fiasco, it just gets to be a little upsetting. Sometimes, you can find full games on youtube, but by now, they are usually taken down. It is much like during the NHL Lockout last year, every day, almost every hour, I would be opening google, and searching NHL Lockout, craving for some news, anything that showed a changed, something that would be bringing hockey back to my TV. So, my question to you, what do you do to help with the hockey hangover, the craving for more of it? Besides what I've mentioned above, I often find myself rummaging through thrift stores or memorabilia, (I actually found a Greg Adam's '94 jersey at Value Village a couple of days ago for 15 dollars!) or just buying jerseys or hats, posters, cups, plates, Boston Bruins dart boards (Joking!) or anything that reminds me of hockey. I have 21 Canucks jerseys, ranging from Kurtenbach to Smyl, all the way to Vrbata now. Maybe it is just tougher living out in Calgary, in Flames Territory, and not having someone to talk about the latest trades, or the draft day, or how cool it was to see Jim Benning mic'd up during the draft or during the Kesler trades, but I still wonder what other people do to help with missing hockey? I appreciate all your responses from my previous posts, and am happy that they all have been pretty uplifting of others. Please, lets keep it this way! Also, if anyone knows how to make a nice signature, please Message me! A Canucks Fan Living In A Sea Of Red I live life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I post on CDC. ... Plus drink, barbeque, and hang out with girls. It all works out. Oh, that too of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BI3KSA- Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Go outside. I second. Plus drink, barbeque, and hang out with girls. It all works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Actually getting a life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedish elite3 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Work.. Work and more work and die in the Kamloops heat at least my tow truck has AC but to get through without hockey I read every possible article written about the NHL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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