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Satchmo Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 14 hours ago, Grinch said: My wife who never watches hockey came into the room yesterday during the game and asked why FLA was Florida and why it wasn’t FLO been bugging me ever since Call me a nerd (and I'll agree) but I looked it up: The official postal abbreviation for Florida is FL, and it's been that way since October 1963. It was only FLA for a few months in 1963; it was Fla. from at least 1874 to 1963. There are several other state abbreviations that take the first and last letters of the state name, rather than the first two or three letters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 24 minutes ago, Satchmo said: Call me a nerd (and I'll agree) but I looked it up: The official postal abbreviation for Florida is FL, and it's been that way since October 1963. It was only FLA for a few months in 1963; it was Fla. from at least 1874 to 1963. There are several other state abbreviations that take the first and last letters of the state name, rather than the first two or three letters. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integra250 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 15 hours ago, Grinch said: My wife who never watches hockey came into the room yesterday during the game and asked why FLA was Florida and why it wasn’t FLO been bugging me ever since What about Arizona? Why is it ARZ and not ARI? or WIN instead of WPG? MON instead of MTL.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumb Nuck Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 35 minutes ago, Satchmo said: Call me a nerd (and I'll agree) but I looked it up: The official postal abbreviation for Florida is FL, and it's been that way since October 1963. It was only FLA for a few months in 1963; it was Fla. from at least 1874 to 1963. There are several other state abbreviations that take the first and last letters of the state name, rather than the first two or three letters. Wait til we play Calgary, that'll really blow her mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilgore Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 28 minutes ago, Satchmo said: Call me a nerd (and I'll agree) but I looked it up: The official postal abbreviation for Florida is FL, and it's been that way since October 1963. It was only FLA for a few months in 1963; it was Fla. from at least 1874 to 1963. There are several other state abbreviations that take the first and last letters of the state name, rather than the first two or three letters. I was going to have the same response as stawns. But it is a little quirky, when you look at all the NHL 3 letter abbreviations. There is no rhyme or reason. Some use the first three letters of the city: VAN, ANA, BUF, OTT. Some use other letters in the city name usually the last one, but not necessarily. WSH, MTL, FLA. I can see that for some teams to avoid confusion like WSH becoming WAS. But what struck me was why do some teams include the actual team name and some do not. Teams with their name in it like NYR, CBJ, NJD. We could be VCR or VRC depending if we wanted Canucks in there or not. But VAN? This could be why we've never won a Cup here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satchmo Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 28 minutes ago, kilgore said: But what struck me was why do some teams include the actual team name and some do not. Teams with their name in it like NYR, CBJ, NJD. We could be VCR or VRC depending if we wanted Canucks in there or not. But VAN? This could be why we've never won a Cup here. I can only come up with a nerdy answer in the form of a question. What else could they have done for the final letter? Especially in NY where there is also a NYI? I also ask myself, what the hell did I start here? You just may be on to something as to why we have no cup wins (yet). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Shackleford Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 56 minutes ago, Dumb Nuck said: Wait til we play Calgary, that'll really blow her mind. Had a friend ask once "who's OGY?". yeah he had glasses lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr. Crossbar Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Cheeta ... Bita ... Sacroiliac ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 2 hours ago, stawns said: We need an Ogre reaction for those damn jfresh charts if nothing else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 4 hours ago, -dlc- said: It's like you can read my mind. It's TOO LONG in between games. The scheduling has been the shits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) Look! We,re on record pace for best pairing defense Partners. Nice to best at something sometimes! Edited October 23, 2023 by Rip The Mesh 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Crossbar Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Rip The Mesh said: Look! We,re on record pace for best pairing defense Partners. Nice to best at something sometimes! I wonder if anyone is happy with Hronek yet. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barn Burner Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 9 minutes ago, Dr. Crossbar said: I wonder if anyone is happy with Hronek yet. There's probably some who are eating a lot of crow! Now all we need to do is clone these guys, time 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawbone Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 20 minutes ago, Barn Burner said: There's probably some who are eating a lot of crow! Now all we need to do is clone these guys, time 3. Silly hypothetical question. If we really had 3 Hughes and 3 Hroneks, what would you put our Stanley Cup odds at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barn Burner Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 24 minutes ago, Strawbone said: Silly hypothetical question. If we really had 3 Hughes and 3 Hroneks, what would you put our Stanley Cup odds at? Based on those stats, so far, it would have to be really solid. However, as much as they've been amazing, not allowing any 5-on-5 goals, I would always want to have some bigger, tougher, stay at home D, to blend in with those two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawbone Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 12 minutes ago, Barn Burner said: Based on those stats, so far, it would have to be really solid. However, as much as they've been amazing, not allowing any 5-on-5 goals, I would always want to have some bigger, tougher, stay at home D, to blend in with those two. We could also clone Myers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANJR Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 19 hours ago, Grinch said: My wife who never watches hockey came into the room yesterday during the game and asked why FLA was Florida and why it wasn’t FLO been bugging me ever since OK going to bring out the big guns here. There is a scientific methodology behind this. If you use FLo to complete a phoenetic word you have to add a few sylables. if you use FLa you can just insert a d in between and then it becomes FLda hence florida Using the first one you have to insert FLo-duh duh.....so simple everyone should get it. Go Canucks Go! Yes my entire post was a pile of malarkey, hope it made someone either scratch thier head or laugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarneyKook Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Dr. Crossbar said: Cheeta ... Bita ... Sacroiliac ... was just listening to this a few days ago... Iconic Canadian Hip Hop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANJR Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Really interesting stat line here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Crossbar Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, BarneyKook said: was just listening to this a few days ago... Iconic Canadian Hip Hop Last game against the Panthers was like rap-sack, backpack ... Wic-wic-whack! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dr. Crossbar said: I wonder if anyone is happy with Hronek yet. Will they re-sign him m or deal him at the deadline? He's probably going to be in the $6m range Edited October 23, 2023 by stawns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, stawns said: Will they re-sign him m or deal him at the deadline? He's probably going to be in the $6m range 8 years at 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, stawns said: Will they re-sign him m or deal him at the deadline? He's probably going to be in the $6m range You like to have these types of problems to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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