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[Devilsfan2326]

200 years from now, hockey fans will be reading our posts for a glimpse into the history of the sport.


Poor bastards...I'll apologize in advance

Hahahaha I wonder which posts will be put in the hockey history book Certainly the place to research perspectives or consensus about these last few decades!

 

[tarheelhockey]

Hahahaha I wonder which posts will be put in the hockey history book Certainly the place to research perspectives or consensus about these last few decades!

Alien droids will analyze the Internet Archive and conclude that the early 21st century was a time of great progress in the analysis of hockey, led by intellectual thought leader Mulletman.

 

[Jauffre]

HF and the old BB Misc are the GOATs AINEC

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Have been reading this site for 14 years. Everyday without miss lol

 

[Monsieur Miz]

HFboards is the only ''old school'' website I have left in my bookmarks. Hopefully it never goes away.

 

[Canucks LB]

I love this place

 

[Devilsfan2326]

Alien droids will analyze the Internet Archive and conclude that the early 21st century was a time of great progress in the analysis of hockey, led by intellectual thought leader Mulletman.

Lol uh-oh, get him in this thread, stat! John "Mulletman" Connor

 

[Edgelord]

200 years from now, hockey fans will be reading our posts for a glimpse into the history of the sport.


Poor bastards...I'll apologize in advance

Some HF boards user gets cryogenically frozen, wakes up 200 yrs in the future, see the NHL stats and a new collum. Claude Giroux adjusted points......then screams MOTHERf***ER!! LOL

Alien droids will analyze the Internet Archive and conclude that the early 21st century was a time of great progress in the analysis of hockey, led by intellectual thought leader Mulletman.

I wish we had HF back in 1918-1945, it would be a literal board but none the less, it would be cool to read hockey hot takes from back then

 

[cptjeff]

I wish we had HF back in 1918-1945, it would be a literal board but none the less, it would be cool to read hockey hot takes from back then

The NHL forcing the St Louis Eagles to fold rather than allowing them to return to Ottawa to become the Senators again certainly would have been a tire fire of a thread on par with the Montreal Arena burning down.

 

[Edgelord]

The NHL forcing the St Louis Eagles to fold rather than allowing them to return to Ottawa to become the Senators again certainly would have been a tire fire of a thread on par with the Montreal Arena burning down.

The Richard riots, Conicher wining the Grey Cup and Stanley cup in the same yr would have been cool too

 

[cptjeff]

The Richard riots, Conicher wining the Grey Cup and Stanley cup in the same yr would have been cool too

The Richard Riots thread would have been a spectacular shitshow. As would the Shore on Bailey hit.

 

[Kane One]

The Richard Riots thread would have been a spectacular shitshow. As would the Shore on Bailey hit.

Add the Bernie Geoffrion stick fight to the list

 

[End on a Hinote]

That’s not a con in my eyes.

Enjoy the hate while it lasts, once a team is deemed no longer a threat, the hate slowly vanishes. And if you’re lucky it comes back or is sustained after a successful retool

Try being a Canucks fan in the 2010's. We were hated by everyone, and didn't even win shit!

 

[Edgelord]

The Richard Riots thread would have been a spectacular shitshow. As would the Shore on Bailey hit.

100%, imagine the xenophobia during the summit series, or the crap people would have been saying about Salming etc.
Also IIRC back in 77 or 78 the Habs were told that all WHA players were going back into the draft so they went and traded good players to get 1st OA, then the NHL caved and allowed the WHL teams to keep a few guys, that would have been a shit show

 

[Ladyfan]

I have been posting here for years. I live alone and appreciate the GDTs for away games. I am usually at the home games and like to read through the GDT and PGT when I get home.

I like a lot of folks here. Some I have never even met in person feel like friends. There are a few posters I could do without but the ignore feature comes in handy. I would love to meet up with our Bruin's board posters someday.

I usually travel to see one away Bs game a year and have met HF folks in arenas far from Boston.

I even like a few posters from the Hab's board!

As long as you dont post on some teams forums as other teams fan

As long as you are friendly and respectful I find posting on other team's board fun.

 

[cptjeff]

100%, imagine the xenophobia during the summit series, or the crap people would have been saying about Salming etc.
Also IIRC back in 77 or 78 the Habs were told that all WHA players were going back into the draft so they went and traded good players to get 1st OA, then the NHL caved and allowed the WHL teams to keep a few guys, that would have been a shit show

Seriously though, one of the hardest things in historical research is to learn how people felt about events in real time. Obviously nobody is going to care that much for hockey, but forums like this are going to be absolute goldmines for primary search research for historians for a long time if they're somehow maintained long enough. But even then, we've lost a lot just on HF with all the various server migrations destroying a lot of the archives.

 

[Edgelord]

Seriously though, one of the hardest things in historical research is to learn how people felt about events in real time. Obviously nobody is going to care that much for hockey, but forums like this are going to be absolute goldmines for primary search research for historians for a long time if they're somehow maintained long enough. But even then, we've lost a lot just on HF with all the various server migrations destroying a lot of the archives.

It's crazy to think how what we may consider mundane discourse will be a literal gold mine in the future.
I just hope there are server farms and somewhere all of the internet is stored.
Now its got me thinking about all of history and how amazing it would be to have a cultural snap shot, like what we may produce.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I wish we had HF back in 1918-1945, it would be a literal board but none the less, it would be cool to read hockey hot takes from back then

One of the forgotten stories in hockey lore:

Back in the 1910s and 1920s before sports radio broadcasts were common, away game scores would be “broadcast” to the visiting team’s hometown in real time by telegram. The recipient of that telegram was typically a local store or pharmacy, which would post the score — or any other update like a goalie injury — on a physical announcement board.

Naturally this led to local fellows hanging around the board, waiting for updates to come in. This was especially the case for big rivalry games and championships, which would draw an actual crowd and create a local buzz. Imagine following a team all season, and they’re playing for the championship 500 miles away, and this is how you have to follow the outcome of the season.

Which is all to say: imagine 100 years ago, the regulars gathering down by the local sporting goods store and talking hockey while waiting on score updates to get posted every 20 minutes — then debating what they thought had probably happened, and at the end of the game either pouring out into the streets in a celebratory mood or slouching away angry into the night. A literal HF Board with pretty much all the same dynamics as our team forums in 2024.

 

[Devilsfan2326]

It's crazy to think how what we may consider mundane discourse will be a literal gold mine in the future.
I just hope there are server farms and somewhere all of the internet is stored.
Now its got me thinking about all of history and how amazing it would be to have a cultural snap shot, like what we may produce.

Even just the last page of this section is rather interesting about how hockey has changed. There's a thread from 2014 with comments saying Malkin couldn't take the physicality of the western conference, so his point production would plummet if he played there. Now, I don't think of physicality much at all lol. And everyone's point production has risen.

 

[Faterson]

Hmm I'm not sure if the OP is sarcastic or not.

He extolled freedom of speech, so he must be. (Wherever free speech exists, it most certainly ain't here. You gotta walk on eggshells here all the time, or you're punished/banished instantly.)

 

[Viqsi]

That's a very, very astute point. Even further some people get agitated if you just say agree instead of just liking now I think they're a little backwards. I think liking without saying anything is the lame way. Like you said, if someone starts with typing agree, it's an investment of sorts that most posters would want to follow up on a little bit. Just "liking" something is easy to forget that you ever did. And for other people there's a lot less to read, which defeats the point of the whole reason we're here.

Also come to think of it, the ones liking something may not ever post why. But the ones who dislike something are incentivized to post because they can't just hit a button. And they shouldn't be able to either, but this could make discussion more combative or one sided. Which could reduce posts overall, at least from new users who will be more anticipatory about negative feedback. The like system just makes it more natural to only ever reply to someone when you have a little criticism. I kind of like the like buttons sometimes when I don't have the brain power to think much because I'm tired, but it's easy for me to see how it reduces actual participation.

And this is a long post just to say: I agree.

I tend to use it for just the simple agremeent stuff. If something more nuanced comes to mind, I'll both like and post. Shocking, I know.

Mostly the effect it's had on me is that I don't give away as many cookies as I used to.

 

[Viqsi]

The Richard Riots thread would have been a spectacular shitshow. As would the Shore on Bailey hit.

Gentlemen (and ladies, and etc): The Eddie Livingstone Debate Thead.

Oh, and the WHA merger discussions in BoH would be EPIC.

 

[Devilsfan2326]

I tend to use it for just the simple agremeent stuff. If something more nuanced comes to mind, I'll both like and post. Shocking, I know.

Mostly the effect it's had on me is that I don't give away as many cookies as I used to.

We could always use more cookies

 

[Angry Little Elf]

Ryder, Halak and a 2nd

This is outhouse

 

[Frank Drebin]

HF and the old BB Misc are the GOATs AINEC

bb misc was fantastic till covid hit then it got really weird