Oct 19, 2013

Our own Mean Mr. Mustard's Habs vs. Preds Game Preview and Open Thread

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 Its still October!
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160 comments:

  1. The Jets, Columbus and Preds are not real NHL teams to me. Games against them should be considered like a hockey friendly. Nevertheless the Preds are hogging all our Pure Wool.

    I still have questions for anyone who has seen Les Boys live.
    . Is DDD as useless as we TV viewers think?
    Is Danny Lite Beer ever going to ferment?
    Is Diaz softer than the mattress at a burn unit?
    Despite his awkward style is gCHuck a top NHL caliber skater?

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    1. And I think PFK now fully formed emerging from his Kentucky Chrysils gradutate to Kapt P

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    2. I am also down with Carnivol, but I heard another name on the fox broadcast for the greatest player ever to play hockey, Boone Generator. Generator we can hold in reserve and could shorten it to Jeanie, I dreamed of Jeanie, and know he is on the ice,

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    3. I am also with N31 bench Lite Beer and bring up Lebrow.

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    4. When I'm rushing on my run
      Wow, the FHF is in my blood
      And the blood is in my head
      When I put a puck into my vein
      Then I tell you things aren't quite the same
      When I'm rushing on my run
      Then the blood begins to flow, Irie
      When it shoots up the dropper's neck
      You can't help me not you guys
      All you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
      You can all go take a fucking walk
      I am not comming down
      will not take off my sailor suit and cap
      Until the mighty habs
      take the parade route back

      -Lou Steve Reed

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    5. Oh what a perfect day. I'm glad I spent it with you.

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  2. Dont hate me because I confused the preds with the panthers. Mike Hunt is no Brandon Prust.

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  3. That is an awesom book, isn't it moe? They were so good in the late seventies they were bored. Can you imagine? I took it all for granted back then. *sob*

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    1. You know it Moey, both of Dryden's books (also 'Home Game) are quintessential Canadian hockey fan must reads. Luckily, I had both signed by Ken and not one of those quick ten seconds and goodbye deals. Ken took the time (November 83or84?) to chat for a minute or two. The line-up was long at the Ottawa bookstore. Bonus, it was my birthday. Told him the origin of my name. He got a kick out of it. Great Hab. Great goalie. Great Canadian.

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    2. Good stuff moe, he was my favorite player back then. I LOVED him.

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    3. For me Ken Dryden was the greatest goalie ever and is my all time Canadien idol. The Game was a book I read years ago but is still the best hockey book I have ever read. Thanks Moemsn for the link to this new edition. I will have to get it sent over for Christmas. A small part of me died when he worked in Toronto but I forgave him long ago..we have all made mistakes...he remains my all time favourite Hab and I know that we have not seen the last of him in the Montreal organisation...

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    4. what they said, should have been the PM not Harper, stupid Liberals

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  4. R.I.P. Bum Phillips.

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  5. The Saint4:02 PM

    Save yourselves. Do NOT tune into the HNIC pregame. I've got the over/under of the 22 minutes of airtime set at 9 minutes dedicated to the mediot fabricated 'controversial' icing goal from the other night. I expect between 60 and 90 seconds dedicated to the Habs, possibly even giving Carey Price some props. Just like MT2.0 they will focus on PK's 'mistake' leading to the third goal rather than the rest of his amazing playmaking skills.

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  6. Cassie must have done her hair streaks herself. What a mess.

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  7. And Eliotte needs fashion advice, checked shirt and striped tie hurts my eyes. Meow meow meow. *hisses*

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    1. the Maritimer6:50 PM

      pjstuck looks like the great pumpkin. Butt ugly shirt and tie.

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    2. Which is why I picked a pic of the classily, fashionably dressed PFK.

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  8. the Maritimer6:52 PM

    So far no mention of the leafs being cheated of a sure victory by incompetent officials. It was mentioned that they lead the league in giveaways.....the Hawks must be licking their chops.

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    1. Let's hope that the Hawks win one for true Canadian hockey fans.

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    2. I hope the Hawks destroy them.

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    3. Yeah, free steak knives with every ticket purchased so the leaf fan can stab themselves when the wheels fall off in January.

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  9. Bonsoir fellow and feline FHFers.

    Missed some of the hnicockroach show but two things, the Montreal Canadiens has NEVER been known as the big C (nice try mclame). Also, pjstuck's neck keeps spewing out some seriously ugly shit.

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  10. Read somewhere that Vodkov's early stats are better than media doll Shea Weber.

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  11. "Montreal is sneaky that they are 5 and 2"

    - Ron MacLean

    Fuck you Ron

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  12. mclame, Provence is in France, Québec is a Province, smartass.

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  13. ... sound of remotes switching to RDS.

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  14. PJ on HNIC!!!!

    (the good PJ, not the bad Stock version)

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  15. An old vice of mine is back.

    Caramel popcorn.

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  16. the Maritimer7:08 PM

    I see that dirty fucker Eric Gryba took out Taylor Hall today with a knee on knee. Sens fans should be ashamed that prick is on their team.

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  17. Dinner?

    Just baked some simple baguette from scratch (flour, salt, sugar, warm water, instant yeast, a touch of honey) which I am having with canned soup. irony. Sleeman Rousse for beverage.

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    1. Nicely done.

      Scalloped sweet potatoes with a layer of curried ham and a nice sauvignon blanc. Caramel popcorn for dessert.

      http://matetic.com/en/vino/corralillo-sauvignon-blanc-2012-en/

      Moey, take note, this is a 9/10.

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    2. Ooh, nice! Homemade chicken Enchiladas with Mr. M supplying the whine (because he has to watch hickey).

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    3. Hockey. Thanks for the tip moe!

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    4. watching Pat Hickey for 2.5 hours would make me whine

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    5. The baguette came out amazing. Egg wash made a wonderful crust

      That "curried ham" layer sounds amazing moe

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    6. Id've used leftover turkey but my son won't let me touch 'his' turkey.

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  18. Whilst here and because I forgot to mention it earlier in the week, Get Well to the spectacular Anthony Calvillo.

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  19. oh god not bob cold

    /switches to RDS

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  20. FWIW, I had a huge week of 'study week' conferences which ended late this afternoon with wine and cheese with the University President Allan Rock (a big Dryden fan).

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  21. Loving Bournival btw. He was great Thursday live at the game. Did I miss his nickname?

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    1. Carnaval (for now).

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    2. Anyone have a decent iPad feed I could nick? Justin is disappointing tonight

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    3. Sorry K, don't do feeds/streams.

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    4. @kmaxx
      this one is usally gold
      http://atdhe.xxx/

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  22. Cheap dumbs goal.

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  23. Glad TFS™ is OK on that net crash.

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  24. 14-3 shots against? i hear that right?

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    1. Yup: http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2013020113

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  25. Has gaustad ever hit a big player?

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    1. No. That's why he was pissing his pants when Tinordi came up to say hi.

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  26. keeping the black man down again

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    1. Referees: Rob Martell, Chris Rooney
      Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Andy McElman

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  27. As in the ref embezzled that penalty on PFK.

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  28. Embezzlement. Freudian slip much?

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    1. Ref looked excited when he made the biased call. Fucker.

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  29. Habs media guide (Francais): http://swisshabs.blogspot.ca/2013/10/guide-media-201314-du-canadien.html

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  30. the Maritimer8:16 PM

    Hope the boys put a little more effort into this in the next two periods. This game is there for the taking.

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  31. the Maritimer8:18 PM

    I'm watching the CBC's live stream of the game, don't know if it's keeping up with cable feed.

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  32. EMBEZZLEMENT!

    No call on the blatant interference hit on Briere by the way. They called it "accidental contact".

    Accidental MY ASS.

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  33. just tuning in, looks like I missed a good goal

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  34. the Maritimer8:31 PM

    That little Gallagher has got some serious testosterone. Too bad he couldn't pass some of that on to DDD.

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  35. I was waiting for the ref to find some reason to call the goal off.

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    1. Natives already restless over the embezzlement CHarges.

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  36. No streams appear to be working. The nhl game day one does but only for 2 minutes, then they want 79 bucks to continue...so fuck that bullshit. Maybe it's the iPad limiting my access - I don't know but whatever the reason I'm too fucked off and somewhat pissed o care knight. I I'll check out the highlights in the morning.

    Go Habs go!! Go Habs Go!!!

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    1. Don't the sick fucks at cbchnic have a stream?

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    2. http://habsonlinetv.blogspot.ca/
      http://atdee.net/68063/watch-nashville-vs-montreal-fr
      http://atdhe.me/hockey/live-24e45-montreal-canadiens-nashville-predators
      http://atdhe.xxx/hockey/watch-montreal-canadiens-nashville-predators-48175
      All working for me but I am watching CBC which is better than the rest

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    3. CBC geoblocked I think
      http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hockeynightincanada/video/live/#id=2379904159

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    4. Even with http://www.hotspotshield.com/ ?

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  37. the Maritimer8:33 PM

    Briere gone? Maybe Lebrow will get a shot.

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  38. gCHuck misses another gold plated chance, oh well at least he is doing evething but score

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    1. cockroaches say 'bolland has yet to make his mark'.

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  40. Okay lets give Seth two minutes for playing while black

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  41. Nice CHarger hit.

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  42. the Maritimer8:59 PM

    That's two periods down.

    In the immortal words of 29: HANG ON BOYS!!

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    1. both sides seem to not realize there is a game going on. I have seen more intensity from the Mexicant

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    2. His words may be immortal but the man's ovenmitts prove 29 is bread-bakingly corporeal.

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  43. How long before PJ depends dumps on PFK?

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    1. pjstuck is a chickenshit cockroach and should choke on his oversized tie knots.

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  44. Les Zexperts; 'should NJ trade Brodeur?' Almost as fucking stupid as the cockroach channel's panel.

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  45. Whilst here (where else would I be?), methinks 29 got the bread making bug from yesterday's SF.

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  46. Although across the lake, it would be fun to see how much cbchnicockroaches spent on flying/ferrying their entire fucking road crew to Chicago for a 'Canadian' Saturday night game.

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  47. Lego I think, CBC cant say yet, dumbos

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  48. judges in Toronto expect a kangaroo

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  49. MT2 needs to get his anger on (the refs).

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  50. Wait, the ref called it a goal! How can they say the 4 officials said it didn't cross the line?

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  51. How about we move the "War Room" to Montreal, or at least somewhere a bit more objective. And staff it with at least some people not from Ontario.

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    1. Heh. HHOF is in a Bank of Montreal at the CotU. Sadly hogtown's stink is bigger than any city in Canada so they get to keep the war room, which is unsurprisingly stocked with lots of ex-leaf.

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  52. Brilliant commentating, "Preds are defending the lead". Hello?

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    1. Braindead cockroaches are watching the CHI game.

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    2. I heard that as well WTF

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  53. But seriously, that called off goal just doesn't make sense. The ref called it a goal. Toronto has to definitively see that it didn't cross the line, but they say they couldn't. So suddenly all 4 officials say it didn't cross the line? That sort of revisionist history would make Soviet Russia blush.

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    1. Sorry, this won't make me popular (as if I am) but even in the slowest mo on my awesome TV you couldn't see it cross the line. They made the right call.

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    2. the rule is if the video is not definitive the on ice call is a goal, we was robbed

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  54. Mr. M has retired for the evening. Apparantly three days in Vegas can do that to you. Meh.

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  55. The Habs look completely disinterested in scoring.

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  56. the Maritimer9:45 PM

    CASH IT FFS!!!

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    1. Should have kept Brolieu up. This second pairing is vomit.

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  57. Weber just did to Eller what PK would have been called "interference" on. Because he was a few games ago.

    Weber is ignored.

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  58. the Maritimer9:48 PM

    Blech!

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  59. I have the Nashville feed (?!) and they just had a truck commercial about building a whole baseball field in your backyard. We are the 1%!

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  60. Have they even had a SOG in the last 3 PPs?

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  61. the Maritimer9:51 PM

    You got to be fucking kidding me.

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  62. my stream just died, just as well, we did not deserve to win this one

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  63. The Saint9:51 PM

    saw that coming.

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  64. mike richards will not like that celebration.

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  65. That was all on Moen. He sat there drooling on the puck by the boards instead of getting it out and gets deked out of his jock along with the rest of the group out there.

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  66. They ain't the '93 Habs. Good luck boys!

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    1. By that I mean the six on four with an empty net is a BIG GAMBLE in the words of Bob Cole. Remember the finals in '93?

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  67. the Maritimer9:56 PM

    Nashville has zero offence, both goals scored by their D. Played the ol' rope-a-dope to perfection. I swear Chokula is behind the Predators bench wearing a Barry Trotz disguise.

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  68. That's twice Markov couldn't keep the goddamn puck in.

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  69. we have been playing with the puck like its a hand grenade all night WTF

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    1. And stickhandling with telephone poles.

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  70. Shoulda.
    Coulda.
    Didn't.
    The O misses PatCHes.

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  71. Thx for hanging out FHFers. See ya next game.

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  72. Only saw the 3rd, but it was pretty terrible. Looking at the stats, it was apparently their best period. So, I guess they just didn't deserve to win.

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  73. the Maritimer10:02 PM

    This game was pretty predictable. Airtight defence, Rinne a wall and they shut down the Eller line, there was fuck all left to score for the Habs. PleXXX is out there by himself, DDD useless what do they want, BlanCHe's line to score? Oh well, they were due for a loss, thank fuck the cockroaches' faves lost as well. Thanks, Joel Q.

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    1. Eller's line was the only line that did anything so I wouldn't exactly call them "shut down"...

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    2. Agree N31

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    3. they scored two goals, but did not get there usual quota of shots, Lego missed the net all night

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    4. the Maritimer9:05 AM

      True to a certain extent N31, but that trio was looking at Weber and Jones all night long. They were the only ones Trotz was worried about obviously.

      Hey, its a long season, you can't win'em all yada yada. Boy, I'll bet Stevie Y is kicking his own ass for taking Drouin over Seth Jones...what a stud that kid is.

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  74. now for some comic relief
    http://clotureclub.com/tea-party-insult-generator/

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  75. The west conference is a mystery. I had no idea Brent Burns was playing wing. Good looking power forward. I know a certain team that could use a player like that.

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    1. the Maritimer9:08 AM

      San Jose is coming to the Bell Center next Saturday. Gulp. With half the team called up from Hamilton it could get ugly. Be ready Carey.

      Boone noted yesterday that Beaulieu is probably on his way to Hamilton, I hope Desharnais is on the plane with him.

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  76. What I said only more words and some that make sense, from ETOP/

    The actual game however, was very close. In fact, if it weren't for four officials deciding to rewrite the rule book on the fly, the game would have at least gone to overtime, if not been a win for Montreal.

    "HE HAD HIS GLOVE ON IT SO TECHNICALLY YOU CAN’T SEE IT INSIDE, BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN’T SEE IT OUTSIDE THE LINE, IT'S GOT TO BE INSIDE. IT’S LOGIC." -LARS ELLER
    To open the third period, Lars Eller pounced on a loose puck and scooped it into the net under Pekka Rinne's glove. The referee behind the net immediately called it a goal, which means that in order for it not to count, there needs to be conclusive video evidence that the puck did not cross the line. After deciding to review the play with video, the official went to center ice, and claimed that the call on the ice was no goal.

    Bad calls are made in the NHL all the time, and they go against every team. However as a friend of mine noted last night, this wasn't a bad call, it wasn't a judgement call, it was a clear and obvious breaking of NHL rules. Once the call on the ice is made that it's a goal, it must be overturned by video review in order to be called off. Officials further away from the net can not overrule another ref and call off a goal, that is not within their power. That an official had the gall to stand up on national television and pretend that he made a call that he didn't make is a complete embarrassment. One that should come with a demand for explanation, and some accountability from the league.

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    1. There needs to be a statement on this (yes, I know the NHL already gave a flimsy one liner). It's not about a 'bad call', it's just a clear violation of the rules. At least it appears that way, so the NHL needs to clarify what went on with the fans. Of course the league rarely cares about legitimacy, so I doubt anything will be forthcoming.

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  77. Saint6:38 PM

    I don't know if that puck was over the line. Neither does that ref. Neither do the other officials, which doesn't matter because they don't have a say. In fact, what I think happened is that the ref saw Eller hit the puck towards the net, then Rinne blocked his view before he could see where the puck went. Now here's the kicker. I believe the ref made the split second decision and reacted to Eller's celebration, though he didn't actually see the puck cross the line (he couldn't have - or if he did see it under Rinne he wouldn't need to review it). So he was embarrassed that he made the call based on Eller's reaction, so he came up with that lame, and I'm quite sure also, illegal, excuse about the 4 officials not seeing it cross the line. "Um, excuse me, but you called it a goal already."

    I was expecting to see the outrage all over TSN, but saw no mention of this at all. Weird.

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    1. the Maritimer8:49 PM

      Any disputed goal in Montreal will be overruled automatically by the leaf fans in the Toronto war room. I wouldn't bother arguing any of them it's a waste of time. TSN could care less if Montreal got screwed for the above reason and they are still mourning their leaf two game losing streak.

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  78. Swedish tourists flock to the Hammer to see local hero.

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  79. Prusty NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    (out 4 weeks)

    At this rate, KidG is the closest we have to a "power forward"

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    1. the Maritimer1:24 PM

      Do I hear a tank warming up in the background?

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  80. the Maritimer3:06 PM

    The Habs have called up Holland and Blunden for now to fill in for the missing. N31 probably knows better than me - if there is nobody on your AHL team worth bringing up to the big team I believe you can recall from the junior ranks on an emergency basis. Most of their good prospects are in the CHL. Why not try out, say, Hudon, McCarron, Bozon, Vail etc. for a few games on a rotating basis?

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  81. No hasty moves DGMB.

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  82. Thanks for your games as a Hab Hamr.

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  83. So let me get this straight...

    When Seth Jones does it, it's OMG HE'S A PHENOM!
    When PK did it, it was SIT DOWN SON! LEARN YOUR PLACE!

    Also love this sudden realization that PK can kill penalties. Heard it on NHLN last night and with Fried-man today. Hello? Y'all been asleep since his rookie season or what? He killed penalties when Count Chokula was in charge! They were top 3 on the penalty kill in the league! Only MT and his ego crew decided to hold him back".

    Whatever. I'm done with this stupid double standard shit. PK is a star. And came in like one...in the playoffs! And doesn't play for a shit dull boring team like the Perds.

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