He was a hero in his native Austria and I flew many time on his airline Lauda Air. He would often pilot the planes. When one of his crashed in Thailand, he spent weeks in a simulator eventually proving it was not pilot error. RIP
Another great thresd moeman! I knew Scotty Bowman was the Blues coach for many years, and Big Bird is a consultant today; but Carbo, Doug Harvey, and Plante all wore the crest at points as well.
I am rooting for St. Louis as a Habs fan - it's a gimme.
From last thread - just caught wind of the Kadillak signing. A solid piece to have in place. I expect a bit of forwsrd turnover to come before October. Still need a top D too. --SiM on mobile
Gruding congrats to the Raptors. The fact that it will drive America bonkers overcomes the boost it will give the SUFA. Millions of Amercians will once again learn about a base 10 measurement system and milk in plastic bags.
Greetings FHFriends! I just got back from an annual golf trip in Rustico, PEI. Great time but 4 rounds in 3 days is tough for this old golfer.
Nice thread, I too, hope St. Louis wins the Cup biut I won't be watching any games. The Memorial Cup is tonight and then hockey season is over. Nice silver medal win for Canada at the Worlds. Go Mooseheads!!
Another Habs/Blues connection is Red Berensen, played for the Habs before the original draft and Red was picked by the Blues. He used to hold the record for most goals in a single game until broken or tied by Sittler in the 70's. He has been the head coach at Michigan in NCAA hockey for decades and continues to churn out prospects for the NHL.
I don't think I want the Habs to draft Raphael Lavoie ... looks like a Drouin clone ... they already have one too many Turnover Machines. Draft a D instead, should be a safer pick.
Can I just say, the Raptors and Drake ... who cares, more puffed up preening self-important wannabes. Get lost.
Played my first round yesterday Course was soaked, but greens were good.
I actually like this Kawhi Leonard cat with the Raptors, he doesn't suffer fools gladly. Those fools being the SFU. When they ask the same dumb questions over and over, he lets them know.
Ack 4-2.
Back to the Raptors. Drake is fucking embarrassing. Sit the fuck down. Just another self centred CotU self promoting fuck.
Oh yeah agree with the M about Raphael too. Hey if he's still there mid 2nd, sure. But he would be a big gamble at 15 and would probably be more like McCarron than not, would be my fear. I see them grabbing a D too. Maybe that Ville Heinola kid from Finland.
Speaking of the Blues, I watched the Remastered documentary Devil at the Crossroads about Robert Johnson on the weekend. I thought it was a little thin on the history of his life, but then again it seems like there wasn't much to be found out. And could have had more of his actual music. Interesting and very tragic short life, died because he refused to stop playing 'the devil's music'. What is very interesting is the bit where they list all of the musicians who have died at the age of 27 since then too, making you wonder if they all sold their souls. Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, Cobain, Winehouse, etc.
Oh yeah and congrats to Joel Teasdale on grabbing MVP of the Mem Cup tournament. Great pickup - he might be more ready for the bigs than Nature Boy. Maybe it's just the full beard makes him look more the part.
I like Teasdale too. He probably won't be a scorer at the NHL level but he will be a load for any defenceman to handle. I like the tough look as well. I say a good 3rd line guy down the road.
Abbandonato looks like a solid prospect, we should not take anyone who is not at least a good jr skater. We blew it with Le Brow, and Big Mac, lets not make that mistake again. From what I read Michalagilo Rafeal is a decent skater, he has Tom Wilson potential. That said their will be safer pics, at least one of bronberg a sweedish d man with world class wheels, Moritz a big bad Germanm with big man moves, and a Russian Sniper.
Well while your waiting for the game, some recs. First Tom Clancy Jack Ryan starring the guy from the office is now on the internets. Its great, a up tempo more kinectic Homeland. Hanna, is a show only a paranoid conspiracy theorist would like, I like it, but its more timewaster than anything worthwhile.
Go Blues, embarass yourselves Broons and hold the buttman calls
Kadillak, X-man (two-way), Folic signings make me wonder if Reilly and/or JB are out. Still have Dish, BBQ, Meat, with Josh Brook and Roma potentially winning a spot. AlZZZner, poor rich guy still not bought out yet too.
Hey kids. So when I've suggested in the past that the SFU would make things way worse and literally unbearable for non-tranna-team fans, not once did I think their tranna basketball team would be there testbed. Here we are. The utter lies, obfuscation and hilarious public cocksucking going on is truly a spectacle. Swallow hard SFU!
When they acquired Domini, and I noticed he has Type 1 diabetes, I thought that might be a negative. How stupid and wrong I was. I should've looked no farther than my old school friend who has lived his entire life with the same affliction, but never let that stop him. Still likes his beer (but knows how and when to check his blood sugar) at 50, and always aware he is one mistake away from an early demise. Didn't stop him from traveling the world, even to far-flung parts of Asia. It just always kept him honest and prepared, constantly. I think that is exactly the kind of character Domini has, and gCHuck can only be told about as it sails from one ear out to the other.
I know the musically-inclined SiM won't believe this but I've never once heard or listened to a drake song. No real bias to rap, especially great rap, (does drake actually do rap?) but the guy totally represents the arrogance and egomania of all things tranna. No disrespecting his or anyone's legitimate success but not on my playlist.
No shit! Drake is Drab!! If he was an ice cream flavour, it'd be run raisin (artificial, no booze and half a scoop of raisins). Rap can be awesome and exciting and primal like punk rock (hey there, Childish Gambino!), or it can be so bland the NDP braintrust loves it and finds the blandest song (already translated into Muzak), Cellphone, and think that'll encoolify their bland leader Thomas Mulcair.
Fucking useless awful, self-important no fun crap. I have no clue what makes him popular. None.
It's gotta be a case of brilliant marketing, and Aubrey isn't alone in that category. A lot of stars are made, not born, because of marketing. I too could not name a Drake song, except for Cellphone and that's only because the GSW coach made a joke about it in his presser...I still didn't get it until I remembered Alec Baldwin did a Trump parody of it on SNL. But that may have been a different song? IDFK? or care.
It's not a popular trait around these parts, but I still like the Raptors' team. Just hate everything else about them, #1 being the media coverage (even the CBC daytime programs are littered with Raptors stories). #2 being Drake.
As I understand it, Drab Drake is properly categorized as hip-hop, but regardless, he and the COTU mediots are the only things pukable about this Raptors team and their appearance in the NBA finals. Jack Todd wrote a good piece about them and the sad state of Drake sucking up all their oxygen (somewhere on montrealgazette.com).
I just never got into watching a basketball game. Fun to play, meanwhile.
When I would watch the odd basketball game it was when MJ was still playing. I used to cheer for the Knicks but they've been shit for many years. I don't really care one way or the other if the Raptors win. If they do the Toronto media will be insufferable but it would be good for Canada I guess to pull the rug out from under the Americans. Meh, whatever.
Like the M I really don't care if the Raps win or lose, but what a revelation watching tonight on ESPN (via ABC). Professional unbiased game calling is a real treat. The sfu guys for both networks constantly complain about non calls.
And just now espn mentions the Habs as 5 in a row winners. Doubt you'd see that on the 'Canadian' networks.
And Chernobyl episode four is a masterpiece as well. Worth it alone for the speech from the grizzled Afghan war vet about his first kill to calm the gun-shy army kid sent to help kill all the abandoned pets in Pripryat. Can't wait for the finale.
The soviet union was a clusterfuck, but it was closer to a star trek universe than what we have today. The Fukashima movie will be far more horrifiying, but there are crickets about that.
I have never listened to a Drake song, thats not to say there is not something to a great back beat. Hey Ya is a great song. Auto tuned manufactured sounds that are the facebook of music are a threat. We have pee brains, and AI will make us all motherfuckers if there is a profit in that. The Broons are a case in point, tainted cups tainted cups, how many tainted cups can the NHL stomach?
Good Omens on Prime is fun. Never read the books, but Mrs Pad and D1 are big fans of Terry Pratchett's work and say the translation to the small screen was about as well done as possible. David Tenant makes for a good demon.
A great finale last night for the mini-series 'Chernobyl'. Professor Legasov gave a chilling explanation to what went wrong in the control room on the night of the explosion and a great account of how the nuclear reactor system operates. His refutation of the Soviet system got him censured and it was quite an exchange between Legasov and the head of the KGB.
KGB: "What you said never happened."
Legasov: "That's very appropriate ... we should print that on our money..."
Episode 5 indeed was stellar as well. So many amazing lines, eh? Reminiscent of Dr. Strangelove that way. I could not recommend it highly enough. I also kept thinking of Midnight Oil's song, "My Country (Right or Wrong)"
Also started Season Two of Bad Blood. Kim Coates and Montreal star. Fuck, even Hamilton looks decent.
Ha! There was a guy at Metro the other day with a B's car flag. He took it off and then locked the doors before going into the store. Wise move bro, your kind ain't welcome around these parts.
So according to some guy I've never heard of EK (well his hot wife at least) wants to return to Ottawa...or Montreal so she can be close to her family. Question: Is a one-legged Viking worth the risk considering the likely cost?
I'd sign him before I'd sign Duchene. The question is how much for how long? Should a medical evaluation show that he is healed up and strengthening (see BBQ), then I say get him. Can't hurt the powerplay and it would shut up leafoolSFU that say UFAs won't sign in Montreal. If people thought PFK was big in Montreal, EK could rip that to shreds ... and yes Mme. EK est très belle. She'd fit right in with the World's title of 'the City with the most beautiful women'. Hi Moey.
Dish is playing some of his best hockey right now. 2 more years at 5.5 per. I could see him being traded for a decent return if EK were signed. He's a Detroit boy, trade him to the Wings for Anthony Mantha.
Well now, finally something worthwhile to talk about. I've avoided the finals like the plague, when the Memorial Cup tournament ended hockey season was over as far as I was concerned.
I don't know moe, I think EK is looking for something like that sum of $11mil, that's Drew Doughty money and he thinks he's as good as DD. I would be OK paying him that, he's 28, a 7 year term (the max he can get from Mon) takes him to 35, he should be still effective then. Or, they can pay him all up front like the wretched putrid leaf did with pajama boy. It's all just details.
EK plays the right side like the bbq, I would say Petry would have to go and Weber can drop down to the second pair, that would probably be a good thing for him, less minutes.
Karlsson will at least take bbb's phone call unlike pajama boy.
See losing a CHaracter guy like that could be a problem. Didn't this group gel like nobody's business last season? i'me iN! just went to the K. Next season, we have EAP and on D: BBQ, Meat, Juulsen, Kadillak, Dish, B9 (Folin's new nick, a la Folic Acid), (JB? JB2?), (Radar?), (X-Man?) and if EK is added, fine, but someone gets dropped, and the chemistry is thrown off. Now, they're all pros, and they should be able to handle it. Just saying that if these signings of X-Man, B9, Kadillak, and the hope for Juulsen are all straight from the Bergevin heart, he'll have some difficult decisions to make.
I may wonder if Druid is still with us in October, but I don't think SSR is going anywhere as long as DGMB is at the helm.
It would be insane if bbb pulled out all the stops and somehow signed EK and Duchene. Obviously, some players would have to be moved out but I think we Habs fans would lose our minds and the SFU would be slightly worried that Montreal would be better than their wretched, putrid leaf. As for the players who have to leave (hopefully Turnover Machine would be one of them) as the late Red Fisher used to say: "It's not personal, it's business."
I think you're right, the M, but first of all we need the backup goalie situation fixed. AlZZZner not bought out yet? Odd, but maybe (seeing the brutishness of this playoffs) it doesn't hurt to keep him in reserve, with the X-Man. But who goes? Leko maybe? I imagine EAP and Kidko will become a force. Domini, too. Tuna might be a guy to move, with his value upped and all, but in the end, we do have a lot of mid-high talent being paid very marginally for what they bring. I recall the Turgeon-St.Patrick duo, with their salaries an echelon or two above the rest of the pack, becoming a problem for team cohesiveness even before the Detroit blow-up. Ridding PK seemed like a way to forestall that sort of history repeating. Would Duchesne be that big a bonus? Would EK? This is the question.
I am stoked to get a better nic for EK and EK. I leave it in the hands of the almighty bergy. He is arguably one of the top ten players in the NHL, so I say roll the dice always bet on Sweden. Its a fantastic shortcut to Nirvana. I would trade Dish for a scoring winger. Draft Rafale to bash heads and score. Win the cup and live happily ever after. So sad the season is over for the shaved ape, can we not have a gif of the impact?
If you have ear buds get what I got for Daddy day a six pack of COMPLY FOAM ear buds.
Now he's bigger than Naslund, but a potential nick is LV2 or LPV2 en francais. Or IKEA because he's been reassembled but has some missing parts, like half of an ankle bone apparently.
I'm back and forth on the idea of signing IKEA to a big long term contract. But then you read Engels' article and at the end he lists the players currently on rosters of other teams within the division: "The Atlantic Division is brimming with talent: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and John Tavares in Toronto; Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point and Victor Hedman in Tampa Bay; Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy in Boston; Jack Eichel, Casey Mittelstadt and Rasmus Dahlin in Buffalo; Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau are potentially being joined by Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky in Florida; Thomas Chabot, Brady Tkachuk and Erik Brannstrom are on the rise in Ottawa; and Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou and Filip Zadina anchor a young, talented core in Detroit."
With the exception of Ottawa and Detroit, the Habs are clearly behind in the top-end talent pool. So it's a big Jeezly risk, but if you can sign him, you have to don't you?
no teams beat talent, but talent can beat teams.I would try to package both. Look if your making 6 or 7 or 10 mill a year its nothing. You cant buy winning a cup, so say to both take 8 for 8 we make the trades and plan the parade.
I love Engels, most of the time. Because he is sane and balanced. But he is also somewhat infected with the sportsnet vibe of pushing the fanbase to stupid conclusions, in this case, based on cherry-picking and subjectivity. Who's to say our Domini isn't of equal scoring threat to a Bergeron or Duchene? Not signing BIG players to BIG contracts pulled our Habs out of the sewer and into contention. The ones for whom the BIG money matters are the last ones we should consider anyway. That speaks to inate selfishness as a primary motivating factor anyway. Sign the ones with the BIG hearts instead. PFK was both, btw, so a hybrid.
st paddy: what SiM said is exactly what im thinking. brayden point, charlie mcavoy, casey middlestat, thomas chabot, erik barnnstrom, andreas athanasiou, filip zadina!?! come on... please... first off... this is NOT top end talent. second... there are lots of habs who are better than those guys.
like SiM said again... dont discount the talent BIG hearts bring to the dance. small guys, with huge hearts on tiny contracts is what brought us to this point. dont do something CBJ and roll the dice unnecessarily
If you have a chance to acquire a player of Erik Karlsson's caliber you have to seriously look at it. I don't think it will upset the chemistry of the current team or derail bbb's 'plan' to 'retool' on the fly. Duchene is another story. If bergevin can fit him in, so be it. He wouldn't be a priority in my books.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! So sad to see the broon fans crying about a missed call costing them a game! And I can watch Neely lose his shit over and over again. So fun! For years they've been getting away with murder and it's nice to finally see them get a taste of their own medicine. Pretty friggin' bitter ain't it b's fans. First a broken jaw, now this...maybe the hockey gods have finally turned on this bunch.
Yes indeed, it is sweet to see the b's and their Neanderthal fans get a taste of their own medicine. They won a Cup with a thousand non-calls going their way. Fuck'em.
Check out these goons... https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1136825423642419200/pu/img/roVXA-t_AhpLt2DA.jpg
The majority of basketball fans live in southern Ontario and probably concentrated in the GTA. The rest of Canada is still a hockey nation and always will be.
I'm still watching and cheering the Raptors. This despite the media shoving it down Canada's throat at every turn. Even the fucking House on CBC talked bball today.
That's right, the M. More here are following the Impact, Grand Prix, and sliding into summer. Not taking anything away from Raptors fans, but no fever being whipped up here over this run. Just like when Jays are COTU darlings. --SiM
And another thing... the fucking SFU are so focused on the officiating and the mistakes that the refs make or the blown calls. Like, that's never happened before in the history of the playoffs? The refs are human. They make mistakes. It happens so fuck off about all this fucking SFU driven bullshit about referees. Get a bunch of automatons with cameras to skate around and call every fucking little thing that occurs. See how long it takes to play a game. What bunch of whiny fucking bitches the SFU cocksuckers are. Get over yourselves ffs.
we are the dino, hip hop has replaced rock as the top selection. NBA is blowing by both the NHL and NFL. Diversity TV is all thats on the boob tube. i may be the last person on earth with a true mind:)
sorry for not checking in after our beloved were denied entry to the dance.... been busy at new job, but ive been quietly sneaking a peek once in awhile. good to see the gang is still going strong through the summer.
just wanna say: 1. happy bruin's elimination day! 2. happy international gin day! 3. happy us day (if karlsson comes aboard)?
I agree with 1 and 3. In tropical British Empire it was very common to drink a quart of gin a day to prevent malaria.
I am excited about the next 30 days. Montreal has no CHoice but to go all in on IKEA. No I dont mean refurbish the Bell Center, I mean the Swedish D man who was put back together and has some parts left over.
Our first 3 picks are going to be studs. I still say its the Renaissance. Would that not be the longest nic ever?
No offense Steve, but after the longest, coldest damn spring I can ever remember, I want a good 3 months of heat before I start thinking about hockey again. They're still issuing frost warnings down here ffs.
Hah! Rask made two saves on four shots. Hat tip to my old Concordian colleague Geoff Baker, who notes the last time z team overcame a first period 2-0 deficit in Game 7 of a Cup final was rhd 1971 Habs, vs. the Hawks.
Having completely failed to take his man, Ratface selfishly left the ice for a line change on that Pietrangelo goal too - with 10 seconds on the clock when he made that veteran decision. Suck it, Broons! --SiM
So my boss is a big broon fan. So is his brother. They're in the 35th year of an annual pool with 9 buddies. Winner gets $500 and 2nd place gets his $50 back. He's pretty much had his winnings spent for the past 6 weeks...until this series. Before this game he was up by 1 on his brother. They each have 3 broons and his brother might have tyler bozak. So he was worried . Then he says oh yeah so and so is 6 points behind and has 3 blues i think it was. So unlless the blues win 6-0 as he snickers and trails off. Can't wait to hear how this turns out. Be the cherry on top if he loses out on the big win.
Blues in 6
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ReplyDeleteLike Gilles Villeneuve, the man was fearless, back when F1 was actually exciting.
I was in Monaco in 1996, as part of a corporate gift, and attended the race. It was incredible. F1 hasn't been exciting in years.
Having said this, I will be up early to see the Monaco race and follow that up with the Montreal Grand Prix.
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He was a hero in his native Austria and I flew many time on his airline Lauda Air. He would often pilot the planes. When one of his crashed in Thailand, he spent weeks in a simulator eventually proving it was not pilot error. RIP
DeleteBlues in 6 - or 7 ...
ReplyDeletei dont just want the Broons to loose , I want them to be punished.
DeleteAnother great thresd moeman! I knew Scotty Bowman was the Blues coach for many years, and Big Bird is a consultant today; but Carbo, Doug Harvey, and Plante all wore the crest at points as well.
ReplyDeleteI am rooting for St. Louis as a Habs fan - it's a gimme.
From last thread - just caught wind of the Kadillak signing. A solid piece to have in place. I expect a bit of forwsrd turnover to come before October. Still need a top D too.
--SiM on mobile
Gruding congrats to the Raptors. The fact that it will drive America bonkers overcomes the boost it will give the SUFA. Millions of Amercians will once again learn about a base 10 measurement system and milk in plastic bags.
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DeleteWho are the worst cocksuckers in the whole world, San Fransisco Cock suckers. After 13 years Deadwood come back from the dead.
ReplyDeleteGreetings FHFriends! I just got back from an annual golf trip in Rustico, PEI. Great time but 4 rounds in 3 days is tough for this old golfer.
ReplyDeleteNice thread, I too, hope St. Louis wins the Cup biut I won't be watching any games. The Memorial Cup is tonight and then hockey season is over. Nice silver medal win for Canada at the Worlds. Go Mooseheads!!
Another Habs/Blues connection is Red Berensen, played for the Habs before the original draft and Red was picked by the Blues. He used to hold the record for most goals in a single game until broken or tied by Sittler in the 70's. He has been the head coach at Michigan in NCAA hockey for decades and continues to churn out prospects for the NHL.
Some great ex-Hab >Blues memories.
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I don't think I want the Habs to draft Raphael Lavoie ... looks like a Drouin clone ... they already have one too many Turnover Machines. Draft a D instead, should be a safer pick.
ReplyDeleteCan I just say, the Raptors and Drake ... who cares, more puffed up preening self-important wannabes. Get lost.
Dang 3-2 Huskies. Go Moose!
ReplyDeletePlayed my first round yesterday Course was soaked, but greens were good.
I actually like this Kawhi Leonard cat with the Raptors, he doesn't suffer fools gladly. Those fools being the SFU. When they ask the same dumb questions over and over, he lets them know.
Ack 4-2.
Back to the Raptors. Drake is fucking embarrassing. Sit the fuck down. Just another self centred CotU self promoting fuck.
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DeleteOh yeah agree with the M about Raphael too. Hey if he's still there mid 2nd, sure. But he would be a big gamble at 15 and would probably be more like McCarron than not, would be my fear. I see them grabbing a D too. Maybe that Ville Heinola kid from Finland.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of the Blues, I watched the Remastered documentary Devil at the Crossroads about Robert Johnson on the weekend. I thought it was a little thin on the history of his life, but then again it seems like there wasn't much to be found out. And could have had more of his actual music. Interesting and very tragic short life, died because he refused to stop playing 'the devil's music'.
ReplyDeleteWhat is very interesting is the bit where they list all of the musicians who have died at the age of 27 since then too, making you wonder if they all sold their souls. Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, Cobain, Winehouse, etc.
What a great kid!
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Oh yeah and congrats to Joel Teasdale on grabbing MVP of the Mem Cup tournament. Great pickup - he might be more ready for the bigs than Nature Boy. Maybe it's just the full beard makes him look more the part.
ReplyDeleteAnd I imagine undrafted Abbandonato will be taking some calls in the near future. Wonder if Bergy tries to sign him too?
DeleteI like Teasdale too. He probably won't be a scorer at the NHL level but he will be a load for any defenceman to handle. I like the tough look as well. I say a good 3rd line guy down the road.
DeleteAbbandonato looks like a solid prospect, we should not take anyone who is not at least a good jr skater. We blew it with Le Brow, and Big Mac, lets not make that mistake again. From what I read Michalagilo Rafeal is a decent skater, he has Tom Wilson potential. That said their will be safer pics, at least one of bronberg a sweedish d man with world class wheels, Moritz a big bad Germanm with big man moves, and a Russian Sniper.
DeletePierre le Brun noted earlier today the Blues had a vigorous morning skate and the Broons (at least those who cared to show up) putzed around the ice.
ReplyDeleteI highly recommend this Michael Farber pre-series piece in Sports Illustrated
Hey kids!
ReplyDeleteHope all is well and you are enjoying your spring. Just popped in to say GO BLUES and DIE BRUINS DIE FUCK THE BS IN THEIR FUCKING FACE DIE YOU FUCKERS
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Go Blues.
Well while your waiting for the game, some recs. First Tom Clancy Jack Ryan starring the guy from the office is now on the internets. Its great, a up tempo more kinectic Homeland. Hanna, is a show only a paranoid conspiracy theorist would like, I like it, but its more timewaster than anything worthwhile.
ReplyDeleteGo Blues, embarass yourselves Broons and hold the buttman calls
Chernobyl. Holy fuck. So good I feel like I am gonna get radiation poisoning if i finish out the last two episodes --SiM
DeleteHi Scott, Chernobyl is crazy good. The acting and cinematography are outstanding. Pretty scary what could have happened...
DeleteKadillak, X-man (two-way), Folic signings make me wonder if Reilly and/or JB are out. Still have Dish, BBQ, Meat, with Josh Brook and Roma potentially winning a spot. AlZZZner, poor rich guy still not bought out yet too.
ReplyDeleteHey kids. So when I've suggested in the past that the SFU would make things way worse and literally unbearable for non-tranna-team fans, not once did I think their tranna basketball team would be there testbed. Here we are. The utter lies, obfuscation and hilarious public cocksucking going on is truly a spectacle. Swallow hard SFU!
ReplyDeletePlus Sideshow Drake is a fucking moron. Those wads are swallowing all his jizz too.
DeletePretty sure when the Habs trade for Domini we did not expect this level of a great human being;
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The simple fact that he loves being a Hab and letting everyone know it is one thing, to see how Max is engaged in so much good is crazy good.
Love Max. He is a true Hab ... like Squid before him, he gets what it means to wear that sainted flannel. I hate to say it but ... gCHuk who?
DeleteWhen they acquired Domini, and I noticed he has Type 1 diabetes, I thought that might be a negative. How stupid and wrong I was. I should've looked no farther than my old school friend who has lived his entire life with the same affliction, but never let that stop him. Still likes his beer (but knows how and when to check his blood sugar) at 50, and always aware he is one mistake away from an early demise. Didn't stop him from traveling the world, even to far-flung parts of Asia. It just always kept him honest and prepared, constantly. I think that is exactly the kind of character Domini has, and gCHuck can only be told about as it sails from one ear out to the other.
DeleteSo, the M, I heartily concur!
Great story SiM.
Deleteagree everything. especially that reference to squid being the same
DeleteOh look who has gained home ice advantage? Why yes, it's the Blues. SUCK IT, BROONS
ReplyDeleteDie broons DIE, I want you to die (Independence Day)
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ReplyDeleteI know the musically-inclined SiM won't believe this but I've never once heard or listened to a drake song. No real bias to rap, especially great rap, (does drake actually do rap?) but the guy totally represents the arrogance and egomania of all things tranna. No disrespecting his or anyone's legitimate success but not on my playlist.
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No shit! Drake is Drab!! If he was an ice cream flavour, it'd be run raisin (artificial, no booze and half a scoop of raisins). Rap can be awesome and exciting and primal like punk rock (hey there, Childish Gambino!), or it can be so bland the NDP braintrust loves it and finds the blandest song (already translated into Muzak), Cellphone, and think that'll encoolify their bland leader Thomas Mulcair.
DeleteFucking useless awful, self-important no fun crap. I have no clue what makes him popular. None.
It's gotta be a case of brilliant marketing, and Aubrey isn't alone in that category. A lot of stars are made, not born, because of marketing. I too could not name a Drake song, except for Cellphone and that's only because the GSW coach made a joke about it in his presser...I still didn't get it until I remembered Alec Baldwin did a Trump parody of it on SNL. But that may have been a different song? IDFK? or care.
DeleteIt's not a popular trait around these parts, but I still like the Raptors' team. Just hate everything else about them, #1 being the media coverage (even the CBC daytime programs are littered with Raptors stories). #2 being Drake.
CBC radio that is. Programs like Q and I think Sunday Edition even drank the kool-aid.
DeleteAs I understand it, Drab Drake is properly categorized as hip-hop, but regardless, he and the COTU mediots are the only things pukable about this Raptors team and their appearance in the NBA finals. Jack Todd wrote a good piece about them and the sad state of Drake sucking up all their oxygen (somewhere on montrealgazette.com).
DeleteI just never got into watching a basketball game. Fun to play, meanwhile.
When I would watch the odd basketball game it was when MJ was still playing. I used to cheer for the Knicks but they've been shit for many years. I don't really care one way or the other if the Raptors win. If they do the Toronto media will be insufferable but it would be good for Canada I guess to pull the rug out from under the Americans. Meh, whatever.
DeleteLike the M I really don't care if the Raps win or lose, but what a revelation watching tonight on ESPN (via ABC). Professional unbiased game calling is a real treat. The sfu guys for both networks constantly complain about non calls.
DeleteAnd just now espn mentions the Habs as 5 in a row winners. Doubt you'd see that on the 'Canadian' networks.
And Chernobyl episode four is a masterpiece as well. Worth it alone for the speech from the grizzled Afghan war vet about his first kill to calm the gun-shy army kid sent to help kill all the abandoned pets in Pripryat. Can't wait for the finale.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the talented Barry Keoghan from the Killing of a Sacred Deer as the kid soldier.
DeleteThe soviet union was a clusterfuck, but it was closer to a star trek universe than what we have today. The Fukashima movie will be far more horrifiying, but there are crickets about that.
DeleteI have never listened to a Drake song, thats not to say there is not something to a great back beat. Hey Ya is a great song. Auto tuned manufactured sounds that are the facebook of music are a threat.
ReplyDeleteWe have pee brains, and AI will make us all motherfuckers if there is a profit in that.
The Broons are a case in point, tainted cups tainted cups, how many tainted cups can the NHL stomach?
Holy San Fran Toronto Boston Cocksuckers, the Deadwood movie is in the wind. The deadwood movie is in the wind.
ReplyDeleteDeadwood Movie Meh, I dont think they said San Fran Cocksucker once.
DeleteBoo St. Loo. Come on already!
ReplyDeleteAlso, whilst here, I just thought of a nick for the upcoming Josh Brook; Beyond Meat.
Beyond Meat? Good only if he takes Meat's spot in thd line-up. --SiM
DeleteHow about 'Babbling" or 'Rill'?
DeleteJust kidding, I meant as in as maybe better than meat ...
DeleteAnd if he plays like crap, it gets shortened to BM.
DeleteIf they remake the graduate, it will not be two words "plastic" it will be kinsey lowinski.
ReplyDeleteI like Beyond Meat. I have this feeling just like margine they will find it kills you faster than what your dna wants you to eat.
Good Omens on Prime is fun. Never read the books, but Mrs Pad and D1 are big fans of Terry Pratchett's work and say the translation to the small screen was about as well done as possible. David Tenant makes for a good demon.
ReplyDeleteHanna picked up from watchable to maybe interesting to people with a certain skill set.
DeleteSt Louis is going to get the Vikings spread eagle tonite. I cry a bit when I say it just to prove to the AI I should not be a suspect.
ReplyDeleteA great finale last night for the mini-series 'Chernobyl'. Professor Legasov gave a chilling explanation to what went wrong in the control room on the night of the explosion and a great account of how the nuclear reactor system operates. His refutation of the Soviet system got him censured and it was quite an exchange between Legasov and the head of the KGB.
ReplyDeleteKGB: "What you said never happened."
Legasov: "That's very appropriate ... we should print that on our money..."
Episode 5 indeed was stellar as well. So many amazing lines, eh? Reminiscent of Dr. Strangelove that way. I could not recommend it highly enough. I also kept thinking of Midnight Oil's song, "My Country (Right or Wrong)"
DeleteAlso started Season Two of Bad Blood. Kim Coates and Montreal star. Fuck, even Hamilton looks decent.
Nice win by the Blues. Shame to see the shaved ape take a puck to the face. Die broons die.
ReplyDeleteI saw a disgusting Bruins tribute on some poor feckless soul's bay window, facing the highway near Valleyfield, QC on the weekend. Made me wanna puke.
DeleteGO BLUES! Happy their fans finally witnessed a Stanley Cup final win on home ice. May it not be their last (until facing the Habs in 2020, at least).
Ha! There was a guy at Metro the other day with a B's car flag. He took it off and then locked the doors before going into the store. Wise move bro, your kind ain't welcome around these parts.
DeleteAre we ever going to get two warm days in a row? It's the Bruins and their shitty karma, all will be well when they're done.
ReplyDeleteAck, 5º this morning. Methinks Sept-Oct are going to be hot!
DeleteSo according to some guy I've never heard of EK (well his hot wife at least) wants to return to Ottawa...or Montreal so she can be close to her family. Question: Is a one-legged Viking worth the risk considering the likely cost?
ReplyDeleteI'd sign him before I'd sign Duchene. The question is how much for how long? Should a medical evaluation show that he is healed up and strengthening (see BBQ), then I say get him. Can't hurt the powerplay and it would shut up leafoolSFU that say UFAs won't sign in Montreal. If people thought PFK was big in Montreal, EK could rip that to shreds ... and yes Mme. EK est très belle. She'd fit right in with the World's title of 'the City with the most beautiful women'. Hi Moey.
DeleteLapresse.ca notes he'll need $M11 and shoots and plays right. Dish is half the cost, close to equal value. BBQ is 7.5 Million. I say nyetski
DeleteDish is playing some of his best hockey right now. 2 more years at 5.5 per. I could see him being traded for a decent return if EK were signed. He's a Detroit boy, trade him to the Wings for Anthony Mantha.
DeleteDisagree SiM. I think EK knows he isn't worth $11M/per.
DeleteWell now, finally something worthwhile to talk about. I've avoided the finals like the plague, when the Memorial Cup tournament ended hockey season was over as far as I was concerned.
DeleteI don't know moe, I think EK is looking for something like that sum of $11mil, that's Drew Doughty money and he thinks he's as good as DD. I would be OK paying him that, he's 28, a 7 year term (the max he can get from Mon) takes him to 35, he should be still effective then. Or, they can pay him all up front like the wretched putrid leaf did with pajama boy. It's all just details.
EK plays the right side like the bbq, I would say Petry would have to go and Weber can drop down to the second pair, that would probably be a good thing for him, less minutes.
Karlsson will at least take bbb's phone call unlike pajama boy.
I think EK would/will take less than $11M per. No other team would offer that anyways.
DeleteFront-loading the contract is doable and I think Molson said just today that money is not an issue, with him.
For me, I want EK to want to be a Hab, long term. Enjoy the benefits of the money, the city, the fans, the ....
No worries as skilled players deserve it.
I think Dish stays until he is UFA eligible.
I don't and never have bought into this LD RD bullshit. Just some fucking Blabs via SFU hockey nerd garbage.
To this day both Lidstrom and Chelios laugh at Blabs and his incredible hockey mind.
Should the Habs find a way to sign EK (to a decent contract), I will be FHFucking stoked baby!
I'm not against them picking up EK - if they can make the contract work and hang onto both BBA and Dish. Certainly would help the PP. --SiM
DeleteEven bigger question: is SSS willing to give up his 65? --SiM
DeleteSiM I think if EK is signed, SSR might be some money heading out the door anyway.
DeleteSee losing a CHaracter guy like that could be a problem. Didn't this group gel like nobody's business last season? i'me iN! just went to the K. Next season, we have EAP and on D: BBQ, Meat, Juulsen, Kadillak, Dish, B9 (Folin's new nick, a la Folic Acid), (JB? JB2?), (Radar?), (X-Man?) and if EK is added, fine, but someone gets dropped, and the chemistry is thrown off. Now, they're all pros, and they should be able to handle it. Just saying that if these signings of X-Man, B9, Kadillak, and the hope for Juulsen are all straight from the Bergevin heart, he'll have some difficult decisions to make.
DeleteI may wonder if Druid is still with us in October, but I don't think SSR is going anywhere as long as DGMB is at the helm.
He gave up two second round picks for SSR and watching how he's brought KidKo up to be a man, no way do we let SSR go now.
DeleteIt would be insane if bbb pulled out all the stops and somehow signed EK and Duchene. Obviously, some players would have to be moved out but I think we Habs fans would lose our minds and the SFU would be slightly worried that Montreal would be better than their wretched, putrid leaf. As for the players who have to leave (hopefully Turnover Machine would be one of them) as the late Red Fisher used to say: "It's not personal, it's business."
DeleteThe business of winning, that is.
I think you're right, the M, but first of all we need the backup goalie situation fixed. AlZZZner not bought out yet? Odd, but maybe (seeing the brutishness of this playoffs) it doesn't hurt to keep him in reserve, with the X-Man. But who goes? Leko maybe? I imagine EAP and Kidko will become a force. Domini, too. Tuna might be a guy to move, with his value upped and all, but in the end, we do have a lot of mid-high talent being paid very marginally for what they bring. I recall the Turgeon-St.Patrick duo, with their salaries an echelon or two above the rest of the pack, becoming a problem for team cohesiveness even before the Detroit blow-up. Ridding PK seemed like a way to forestall that sort of history repeating. Would Duchesne be that big a bonus? Would EK? This is the question.
DeleteMan, I love how Hamlet it is to be a Habs fan.
Hablet.
I am stoked to get a better nic for EK and EK. I leave it in the hands of the almighty bergy. He is arguably one of the top ten players in the NHL, so I say roll the dice always bet on Sweden. Its a fantastic shortcut to Nirvana. I would trade Dish for a scoring winger. Draft Rafale to bash heads and score. Win the cup and live happily ever after. So sad the season is over for the shaved ape, can we not have a gif of the impact?
ReplyDeleteIf you have ear buds get what I got for Daddy day a six pack of COMPLY FOAM ear buds.
Now he's bigger than Naslund, but a potential nick is LV2 or LPV2 en francais.
ReplyDeleteOr IKEA because he's been reassembled but has some missing parts, like half of an ankle bone apparently.
IKEA is bingo
DeleteI'm back and forth on the idea of signing IKEA to a big long term contract.
ReplyDeleteBut then you read Engels' article and at the end he lists the players currently on rosters of other teams within the division:
"The Atlantic Division is brimming with talent: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and John Tavares in Toronto; Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point and Victor Hedman in Tampa Bay; Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy in Boston; Jack Eichel, Casey Mittelstadt and Rasmus Dahlin in Buffalo; Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau are potentially being joined by Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky in Florida; Thomas Chabot, Brady Tkachuk and Erik Brannstrom are on the rise in Ottawa; and Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou and Filip Zadina anchor a young, talented core in Detroit."
With the exception of Ottawa and Detroit, the Habs are clearly behind in the top-end talent pool. So it's a big Jeezly risk, but if you can sign him, you have to don't you?
no teams beat talent, but talent can beat teams.I would try to package both. Look if your making 6 or 7 or 10 mill a year its nothing. You cant buy winning a cup, so say to both take 8 for 8 we make the trades and plan the parade.
DeleteHablet. Exactly. To pay, or not to pay? That is the question.
DeleteI love Engels, most of the time. Because he is sane and balanced. But he is also somewhat infected with the sportsnet vibe of pushing the fanbase to stupid conclusions, in this case, based on cherry-picking and subjectivity. Who's to say our Domini isn't of equal scoring threat to a Bergeron or Duchene? Not signing BIG players to BIG contracts pulled our Habs out of the sewer and into contention. The ones for whom the BIG money matters are the last ones we should consider anyway. That speaks to inate selfishness as a primary motivating factor anyway. Sign the ones with the BIG hearts instead. PFK was both, btw, so a hybrid.
Deletest paddy: what SiM said is exactly what im thinking. brayden point, charlie mcavoy, casey middlestat, thomas chabot, erik barnnstrom, andreas athanasiou, filip zadina!?! come on... please... first off... this is NOT top end talent. second... there are lots of habs who are better than those guys.
Deletelike SiM said again... dont discount the talent BIG hearts bring to the dance. small guys, with huge hearts on tiny contracts is what brought us to this point. dont do something CBJ and roll the dice unnecessarily
R.I.P. Dr. John
ReplyDeleteIf you have a chance to acquire a player of Erik Karlsson's caliber you have to seriously look at it. I don't think it will upset the chemistry of the current team or derail bbb's 'plan' to 'retool' on the fly. Duchene is another story. If bergevin can fit him in, so be it. He wouldn't be a priority in my books.
ReplyDeleteHabs have to serious consider making an offer.
DeleteHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! So sad to see the broon fans crying about a missed call costing them a game! And I can watch Neely lose his shit over and over again. So fun! For years they've been getting away with murder and it's nice to finally see them get a taste of their own medicine. Pretty friggin' bitter ain't it b's fans. First a broken jaw, now this...maybe the hockey gods have finally turned on this bunch.
ReplyDeleteLots of ex leaf on those Blues.
DeleteYes indeed, it is sweet to see the b's and their Neanderthal fans get a taste of their own medicine. They won a Cup with a thousand non-calls going their way. Fuck'em.
DeleteCheck out these goons... https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1136825423642419200/pu/img/roVXA-t_AhpLt2DA.jpg
The Raptors are turning Canada into an NBA nation. This is what hockey did to lacrosse.
ReplyDeleteThe majority of basketball fans live in southern Ontario and probably concentrated in the GTA. The rest of Canada is still a hockey nation and always will be.
ReplyDeleteI'm still watching and cheering the Raptors. This despite the media shoving it down Canada's throat at every turn. Even the fucking House on CBC talked bball today.
ReplyDeleteThat's right, the M. More here are following the Impact, Grand Prix, and sliding into summer. Not taking anything away from Raptors fans, but no fever being whipped up here over this run. Just like when Jays are COTU darlings. --SiM
ReplyDeleteAnd another thing... the fucking SFU are so focused on the officiating and the mistakes that the refs make or the blown calls. Like, that's never happened before in the history of the playoffs? The refs are human. They make mistakes. It happens so fuck off about all this fucking SFU driven bullshit about referees. Get a bunch of automatons with cameras to skate around and call every fucking little thing that occurs. See how long it takes to play a game. What bunch of whiny fucking bitches the SFU cocksuckers are. Get over yourselves ffs.
ReplyDeleteI think like Philp K Dick, so lets have pre pentaly calls, like when a broon or a fucktard step on the ice its a penaltly.
Deletewe are the dino, hip hop has replaced rock as the top selection. NBA is blowing by both the NHL and NFL.
ReplyDeleteDiversity TV is all thats on the boob tube. i may be the last person on earth with a true mind:)
hey bytches!!
ReplyDeletesorry for not checking in after our beloved were denied entry to the dance.... been busy at new job, but ive been quietly sneaking a peek once in awhile. good to see the gang is still going strong through the summer.
just wanna say:
1. happy bruin's elimination day!
2. happy international gin day!
3. happy us day (if karlsson comes aboard)?
I agree with 1 and 3. In tropical British Empire it was very common to drink a quart of gin a day to prevent malaria.
ReplyDeleteI am excited about the next 30 days. Montreal has no CHoice but to go all in on IKEA. No I dont mean refurbish the Bell Center, I mean the Swedish D man who was put back together and has some parts left over.
Our first 3 picks are going to be studs. I still say its the Renaissance. Would that not be the longest nic ever?
Go you fucking Blues go!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Rory for dominating the Canadian Open, and nice showing by a few Canucks.
ReplyDeleteNo!
ReplyDeleteThe apocalypse is nearly upon us!!!
ReplyDeletethe best day of the season for all Habs fans is Wed. Yes its the next year starting.
ReplyDeleteNo offense Steve, but after the longest, coldest damn spring I can ever remember, I want a good 3 months of heat before I start thinking about hockey again. They're still issuing frost warnings down here ffs.
DeleteGO BLUES !
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/1138607226510348288
ReplyDeleteBlues fan here
Noice !
Deletehttps://www.newonnetflix.ca/rolling-thunder-revue-a-bob-dylan-story-by-martin-scorsese-2019/
ReplyDelete2-0 Blues baby!
ReplyDeleteOutplayed by a wide margin? Just tuned in the moment STL scored their first. Shall keep watching unless it takes a turn for the worse.
DeleteBinnington is;
Deletehttps://www.nhl.com/video/1971-cup-final-dryden-wins-mvp/t-277350912/c-42264103
Hah! Rask made two saves on four shots. Hat tip to my old Concordian colleague Geoff Baker, who notes the last time z team overcame a first period 2-0 deficit in Game 7 of a Cup final was rhd 1971 Habs, vs. the Hawks.
ReplyDeleteGYFBluesG!
--SiM
+29
DeleteHaving completely failed to take his man, Ratface selfishly left the ice for a line change on that Pietrangelo goal too - with 10 seconds on the clock when he made that veteran decision. Suck it, Broons! --SiM
ReplyDeleteThe disgusting SFU is flummoxed as their broons are losing.
ReplyDeleteHaven't tuned into that shitfest at all. Been watching all games on a surprisingly unbiased NBC.
DeleteI get sn or tva. Both putrid.
Delete3-0.
ReplyDeletebroons death is near ...
3-0!!!
ReplyDelete6:50 left in the third. Rask has made 10 saves on 13 shots; Binnington has stopped all 31 shots faced. --SiM
ReplyDelete4-0
ReplyDeleteCongrats St. Louis Blues !
Fuckin A! And moe I see ypu're on it 😀.
ReplyDeleteYa-fucking-hoo! I don't have to deal with no fucking ratface parade in Halifax.
ReplyDeleteOr fucking leafools !
Deletehttps://fourhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2019/06/congrats-to-st-louis-blues-stanley-cup.html
ReplyDeleteSo my boss is a big broon fan. So is his brother. They're in the 35th year of an annual pool with 9 buddies. Winner gets $500 and 2nd place gets his $50 back. He's pretty much had his winnings spent for the past 6 weeks...until this series. Before this game he was up by 1 on his brother. They each have 3 broons and his brother might have tyler bozak. So he was worried . Then he says oh yeah so and so is 6 points behind and has 3 blues i think it was. So unlless the blues win 6-0 as he snickers and trails off. Can't wait to hear how this turns out. Be the cherry on top if he loses out on the big win.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Blues.
ReplyDeleteExcellent. That officially leaves one winless franchise since the 67-68 season.
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