Other Hockey Players With Unpopular Beliefs

by RudyKelly on Jan 23, 2012 10:00 PM PST

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Tim Thomas isn't the only hockey player with unpopular beliefs. Let's take a look at the controversial opinions of some of hockey's biggest stars:

-Steven Stamkos refuses to say "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance because he's not quite ready to rule out Quetzacoatl.

-Joe Thornton believes the State Animal of California should be the wooly mammoth. He also believes the State Flower, State Mineral and State Name should be changed to wooly mammoth.

-Anze Kopitar really misses the Kings Castle.

-Joffrey Lupul thinks that it is sometimes appropriate to commit a crime, like shoplifting to feed your family or rape if you're bored.

-Ryan Getzlaf plans on raising his kids in the "Greek tradition."

Pavel Datsyuk believes it is perfectly acceptable for the female to decapitate the male after copulation.

-Jason Spezza loves dogs; when asked what kind was his favorite, he replied, "Probably sauteed."

-Before making a free agent signing, Dean Lombardi makes prospective players see his phrenologist.

-Patric Hornqvist will continue to be stridently against the death penalty until they start putting them on the internet so he can watch.

-Dan Ellis believes in lower taxes on all yachts and yacht-related purchases.

-Robyn Regehr refuses to celebrate Martin Luther King Day because he hates non-violence.

-Mathieu Schneider is Jewish.

-Brent Burns believes national science education standards should be replaced with three hours playing with Skylanders every day.

-When informed of Jerry Sandusky's crimes, Ryan Kesler reportedly exclaimed, "Wait, that's illegal?!?"

-Brandon Dubinsky believes it's important for all humans to be cognizant of their carbon footprint. He also believes it's hysterical to force bums to fight for vials of crack.

-Corey Perry thinks he isn't a bitch.

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Jesus

I am dying of laughter. That caption is fucking brilliant. Next favourite:

-Mathieu Schneider is Jewish.

then

-Before making a free agent signing, Dean Lombardi makes prospective players see his phrenologist.

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by PPP on Jan 23, 2012 10:04 PM PST reply actions

-When informed of Jerry Sandusky’s crimes, Ryan Kesler reportedly exclaimed, “Wait, that’s illegal?!?”

Oh my.

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by RedOscar on Jan 23, 2012 10:17 PM PST reply actions

Best one.

-Corey Perry thinks he isn’t a bitch.

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by SharksFanEst.1994 on Jan 23, 2012 10:20 PM PST reply actions

MVB! MVB! :)

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by Earl Sleek on Jan 24, 2012 12:09 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs

Plus Ilya Bryzgalov.

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by Earl Sleek on Jan 23, 2012 10:35 PM PST reply actions

Great work! I like how the ones on the BoC teams are relatively harmless and all the other ones are way more offensive.

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by pooponastick on Jan 23, 2012 10:37 PM PST reply actions

And isn’t that really What BoC is all about…

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by Steven Hida on Jan 23, 2012 10:40 PM PST up reply actions

I thought he was pretty harsh on the Ducks

by Briceratops on Jan 23, 2012 11:55 PM PST up reply actions

That yacht joke offended me.

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by brokenyard on Jan 24, 2012 1:48 AM PST up reply actions

Your finest work this season, Rudy!

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by DodgerBlueBalls on Jan 23, 2012 10:43 PM PST via mobile reply actions

Is the castle gone?

I’ve been saying for years that they won’t win a Cup while that dumbass thing is still around

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by Carl Johnson on Jan 23, 2012 11:10 PM PST reply actions

You really went out on a limb, there, and you were so right!

by meetyourmako on Jan 23, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

It's hard being this smart

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by Carl Johnson on Jan 24, 2012 7:32 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Pure. Fucking. Gold.

-Anze Kopitar believes the Kings should change their name to the Raccoons.

-Detroit fans think Osgood is the greatest goaltender ever.

-Maple Leafs fans think assisted suicide is ok.

-Glen Sather thinks it is perfectly ok to pay the CEO of a company 150 million dollars.

-Owen Nolan thinks it is perfectly ok to kill small, cute, harmless, fuzzy animals.

-Milan Lucic thinks it is perfectly legal to perform a hit and run.

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by Diamondback15 on Jan 23, 2012 11:48 PM PST reply actions

-Milan Lucic thinks it is perfectly legal to perform a hit and run.

Like I always say about defensive driving: The best defense is a good offense.

by meetyourmako on Jan 24, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions

but yeah Lucic is a shitbag.

by meetyourmako on Jan 24, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions

Mark Bell knows its perfectly Illegal to perform a hit and run

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by angryjay93 on Jan 24, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions

-Owen Nolan thinks it is perfectly ok to kill small, cute, harmless, fuzzy animals.

I think he mostly hunts ducks.

by meetyourmako on Jan 24, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions

Wait … have we established that these are actually all unpopular beliefs? I don’t think so.

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by Angy on Jan 23, 2012 11:56 PM PST reply actions

totally unrelated, but who cares !!

by Freakle on Jan 24, 2012 6:35 AM PST reply actions 5 recs

Tim Thomas doesn’t believe in recycling.

That’s not a joke.

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by RudyKelly on Jan 24, 2012 7:15 AM PST reply actions

I have Tuuka Rask on my fantasy team, with any luck he just picked up a few more starts.

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by Nut on Jan 24, 2012 8:39 AM PST up reply actions

He also thinks global warming is a conspiracy by the “green” industry. That’s awesome

by meetyourmako on Jan 24, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions

God damn he’s a tard.

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by Megalodon on Jan 24, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

He’s probably right, there’s gotta be more money in the green industry than there is in Oil

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by Nut on Jan 24, 2012 5:13 PM PST up reply actions

As someone who is taking AP Environmental Science, he's just dumb.

It is the saddest class. For instance, today my teacher scared the shit out of me by saying that we’re depleting our water supply in the US and we’re not really doing anything about it and she showed us these graphs that show what our water supply was compared to what it is now. Yayyyy

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by pooponastick on Jan 24, 2012 2:52 PM PST up reply actions

Good-bye humankind. :)

by Angy on Jan 24, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions

If there's anything sadder, it's environmental engineering classes.

Every lecture is learning just a new thing in the environment to be scared shitless of.

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by Kuzcotopia on Jan 24, 2012 6:04 PM PST up reply actions

I’ll admit, I’m not ready to rule out Quetzacoatl either.

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by Kuzcotopia on Jan 24, 2012 8:40 AM PST reply actions 2 recs

I would like to announce that everybody (like me) who liked Tim Thomas before they found out he was an idiot should transfer all their good feelings to Brian Elliott.

His all-star mask honors Casey Jones of the Ninja Turtles, which is awesome, and he left room on it for autographs because he secretly knows he sucks at hockey and will never be back in the all-star game again.

All hail Brian Elliott!

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by Megalodon on Jan 24, 2012 5:25 PM PST reply actions

Second

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by RudyKelly on Jan 24, 2012 5:31 PM PST up reply actions

grrrr! I don’t agree Tim Thomas is an idiot for standing up the White House.

by Angy on Jan 24, 2012 5:50 PM PST up reply actions

No you don’t understand the problem is that he DIDN’T stand up at the White House.

Oh wait I get it.

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by Megalodon on Jan 24, 2012 5:58 PM PST up reply actions

It’s even funnier when you realize that Tim Thomas is from Flint, Michigan.

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by RudyKelly on Jan 24, 2012 6:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

If I were from Flint, Michigan, I wouldn’t trust the government either. In fact, I don’t.

by lnickerson88 on Jan 30, 2012 6:15 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, worshipping at the altar of Glenn Beck, not the smartest idea Thomas ever had…

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by Paul Udani on Jan 24, 2012 5:52 PM PST up reply actions