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I'll take one of those Don. make it extra large print so the idiots can see it.

How did they taste :P Seriosuly though, nice bullies. I love them all dressed to the nine's like that.

You guys make a good point about Iginla too. I watched the games... he looked lame. Couldn't hang onto the puck, and got outmuscled at every chance. He sucked too.... if your star player can't battle through some decent defence pairings, then maybe it's time to make some changes. EDIT: this doesn't mean I am saying he sucks, he doesn't.. this doesn't mean I am saying "trade iginla".. no freekin way... BUT... he did nothing during the flames most important games 5 and 6... he was freekin invisible.

Kipper is slow and washed up. Time to move on. Nothing else to blame last nights game on but the same thing that's been hurting this team all year. Sh*tty goaltending. I cant think of even one game all season where kipper stole it.. maybe one vs colorado, but ONE... maybe. To win in the playoffs you have to have a goalie who can steal a game for you each series that you didnt deserve to win. Chicago certainly did that last night. Thanks you for 2004 kipper, but you gotta step aside now and let someone else take to the nets, becuase you SUCK now!

Smitty: turn that around this way: Great on the canadian women to beat USA despite the horrible reffing. One game. Do you think they could have won 4 of 7 reffed like that? Probably not. case in point, the flames have to win 4 of 7 despite brutal reffing every friggin game. God it's hard to be a fan of a team that gets the shaft so bad. The only other team that even comes close to getting shafted on penalties as bad as the flames is the ducks (for some reason)

LOL... yeah. sometimes ya just gotta get away too You know what GOLF stands for right? Gents Only, Ladies Forbidden. We screwed that up pretty bad now though .....

Yes but if you can get that "client" hooked... you'll have a long happy life ahead with some great joys on the water. May the fish gods smile upon your first trip down the river with her

Becuase they got a completely ridiculous 5 on 3 called against them early in game 7. I could refresh your memory of how there was ONE legit flames penalty, and then two guys tied up in the corner throwing punches at eachother, and they only sent the flames player to the bin, making it a 5 on 3 which of course tampa scored on... and in a tight defensive game as it was in '04, the stripes had done their job. They also called a flames penalty with about a minute to go when lecavlier or st louis got cut by his own damn stick on a play. Pretty hard to win playoff series when the opposing team has a 9vs5 PP all game.

Looks like BH to me. Nice pics. Some of those fish are sure pretty right now, how dare they call em "boots" in some places.!

I would add my peice here but I think max nailed it. You would have to be prepared to take a lot of criticism for any opinion you voice on internet sites like this too, and if you do very well, be prepared to have some haters too, who think they are better than you no matter what you do. Be yourself, have fun, and remember the good days when the bad days are going on, kip your chin up, always stay positive, and remember the fish are the fish, and sometimes there's nothing YOU can do to help someone else catch them, even if you know that if the rod was in your hand, you'd have a few to the net. realize that some people are born with a "fishy" sense... and can catch fish, and some people just can not, no matter what ya do. Guiding is a lot of fun... I miss it a lot. Someone criticized me on another thread for only fishing 6 different areas. My advice would be, if your going to guide, get to know 6 or 7 different areas like the back of your hand. know them, know each rock and stick, each lie, each individual fish even. Then you know what to expect.. and which clients can catch which fish... some are going to be easier than others.

That article reminded me again how many people think it's ok to quickly move a fish back and forth in the water to "revive" it. All that accomplishes is an artificial infusion of oxygen, extra stress, and the fish takes off (due to the extra oxygen) and then has a very high chance of death, becuase it never did properly recover (by resting and breathing normally for as long as it takes), instead of the opposite.

Don't even ghet me started on '04 :$*%&: It's the same this year. It's the timing of penalties, and the ones they let go. Then they call some gay even - up calls to make it look no so lop sided on the scorers sheet 2 days later, when if you watch the games you know that calgary gets royally screwed every game. So what if we had a 5 on 3 with 9 seconds left in a 4-2 win? Stuff like that...

As someone who will never know my real grandfather, thanks for this.. means a lot to me.

Yes. Do you even watch hockey? Iginla had a sh*tty year.

2 feet and still coming in southern AB right now... WHERE IS SPRING!!!!??

That's the FIRST break calgary has gotten all series is one sequence of plays that led to a goal. How about the fact that depsite our guys getting hualed down all game last night the Hawks had 4 power plays to the flames ONE?? Go check every game... Hawks PP is on the ice for about 5-10 minutes more than the flames.. have both teams been commiting fouls? yes.. Im not arguing that the flames should NOT have been in the box, but all the non calls the other way have been infuriating. If I am alone in thinking this why was the loudest chant at the game last night "we wanna ref, we wanna ref, we wanna ref"?

Looks like the flames are gonna have to battle the hawks + refs duo again tonight. what a frikkin joke. kipper gets run, and 2 blatant non calls on flames getting dumped, and 2 weak calls against calgary... and booya... tie game. doesnt help that kipper cant stop a beach ball, but neither can Habubulin tonight... so the refs are taking over. Congrats again stripes, you've made this a fun game for the good ol' USA to watch. Man the NHL makes me sick sometimes. It's so obvious every time a canadian team goes up against an american one. See how hard the stripes tried to give ST louis that game last night? lol... Kipper needs to turn in a "Luongo-esque" third...

Ummm... the VCR defence is between the pipes, and it played pretty good... good enough to dominate a series. and the clowns at TSN aren't any better. I think there all in bed with TOEWS.... don't you? They make him sound like jesus christ himself stepped on the ice...

Oh yeah. He kicked my azz.... next time I hit a river with carp in it I'm packing an 8wt

Get out there and fish ya bunch of pansies! This might be your best chance in the spring to fish a true BWO hatch. Look to the slow flats that you know hold browns, and be patient as you look for risers. they'll be in the SLOWEST of slow water in the spring, sipping these bugs. If I had the chance to be up in calgary right now, i'd be PUMPED, not dissapointed...

LMFAO weedy you just set the new world record for how far a human being can launch half melted chocolate chips from one's mouth.... I spit 'em out everywhere man... gawd... LOLOL

Nice pics. I love that area.

hehe good tune - everyone's making there own youtube vids of it LOL

Give your head a shake!! GO FLAMES GO!

I'll cry foul even when the flames win, what a absolute joke from the stripes again tonight. Anyone who actually watches these games and knows anything about hockey in general would be disgusted. GREAT effort, great intensity by the flames. They won DESPITE the worst reffing I've seen since '04