http://www.deshead.com/index.php/7253 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:49:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.deshead.com/index.php/7253#comment-1588 Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:31:20 +0000 http://www.deshead.com/index.php/7253#comment-1588 The Free Stanley history page (<a href="http://www.freestanley.com/history.html,">http://www.freestanley.com/...</a>) mentions the FA cup, for which 600 teams compete. How wild would that be for the Stanley Cup? An NHL team would probably still win it every year, but if the London Knights or <shudder> The Mississauga IceDogs were eligible (as Lord Stanley envisioned,) imagine the boost to hockey at ALL levels. The Free Stanley history page (http://www.freestanley.com/…) mentions the FA cup, for which 600 teams compete. How wild would that be for the Stanley Cup? An NHL team would probably still win it every year, but if the London Knights or <shudder> The Mississauga IceDogs were eligible (as Lord Stanley envisioned,) imagine the boost to hockey at ALL levels.

]]> http://www.deshead.com/index.php/7253#comment-1587 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:35:09 +0000 http://www.deshead.com/index.php/7253#comment-1587 I for one am down with taking the cup away from the NHL - why not make it a true world cup of hockey? If Lord Stanley was so enamoured of Canada's game would he not be interested in seeing it played for at the top level - with no stoppage? If the Soccer leagues of Europe can get it together - what with their many different languages, zealot fan bases and gianormus salaries then the trustees of the, nay, OUR cup need to as well. I for one am down with taking the cup away from the NHL - why not make it a true world cup of hockey? If Lord Stanley was so enamoured of Canada’s game would he not be interested in seeing it played for at the top level - with no stoppage? If the Soccer leagues of Europe can get it together - what with their many different languages, zealot fan bases and gianormus salaries then the trustees of the, nay, OUR cup need to as well.

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