This is my Mount Rushmore of the Habs. Mount Royale perhaps, as these fine gentlemen are indeed Montreal royalty.
Question is which version should I use? Vote in the comments, even if your foursome is different. Now that I think of it, should have included 29 with glasses since he's in Theo's spot.
NM, I couldn't choose just one.
I had a plan about analyzing MB's time with the Habs. I mean a full deal by deal review. Started it but lost hope. As well as last summer's deals may have turned out, fact is 7 years in, one trip to the conference finals, missing playoffs 3 of last 4 years says it all. This MUST be his final opportunity to right the ship. If there isn't a bona fide #1C on the roster on opening day along with a steady D and a PP through the first month of the season, how can Molson keep going with this guy? Because I have no choice, I'm willing to give him one more off season to fix this team. Made some magic happen last summer but still needs a bigger trick. Hope he's got one up his sleeve.
Nature Boy! Wooo!
For Moey...kitties are so nice
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Rush Mountmore
I finished up the most recent season of Better Call Saul and the karaoke scene got me thinking of the brilliant This is Spinal Tap, hence the song of the day. Michael McKean can actually carry a tune.
ReplyDeleteWell the B's are thru. Considering I had the BJs and NYI in the east, looks good for Sharks and Blues...I didn't pick either.
ReplyDeleteI likes 'em all, but I guess I'm most partial to #3 with the classic mask. The Rocket, as depicted here, could scare many young children tourists, but is apt.
ReplyDeleteIn looking at the upside of last off-season's choices by DGMB, I am hesitant to pronounce judgement just yet. I notice lots of guys had surprisingly good numbers last season, and the injury bug was not too severe. Still big question marks for the likes of Domini, Tuna, Druid and whether their career years last year were outliers, or signs of more greatness to come. Did a lot of good luck come into play? If Juuls returns and is en forme,... if Dish can repeat... if Kidko avoids a sophomore slump... if a good backup goalie is found...
Good stuff St. Pad.
ReplyDeleteAnother inexpensive signing. Will it pan put?
Also, hilarious to see the SFU cry like two year olds in a collective crib re: ratface's replies to one of the SFUers.
theM., haven't seen the Apple commercial featuring leaf.
Love the band SiM !!
ReplyDeleteFor me, number 2 is the one you want. Classic, original mask .
ReplyDeleteAs for bbb, we have no choice but to wait and see. New signings and rookies could surprise. Poehling won't be scoring 4 goals a game but he has potential. They need a bona-fide Dean and a pure goal scorer. Use the assets they have to trade for one. Make a big trade. Dare I say "trade the French guy"...? Trade and spend like there is no tomorrow...because tomorrow is 2020 and I'm really tired watching other teams win the Stanley Cup.
Yep, #2 is the best one.
DeleteI've no problem adding Druid to a trade package. Any takers though.
Still think Duchene will be a Hab. How much is the question.
I agree - with the BJ's run coming to an abrupt end, he will most likely hit free agency with Goalie Bob and the Breadman. I expect $7.5/7 years. One can argue whether he's worth it or not, but I think that's what it takes.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJYpcaSMXEs
ReplyDeleteThat is a near perfect ending. Okay so lets look at St Louis. They fire Mike Yeo and are in last place in January. Now they are in the Western Semi. Phuctards hire Small Hands, and he brings Yeo and Empty on as assistants, its like thinking the trebucaha can defeat gunpowder.
ReplyDeleteThe Macavoy hit on a bus, it was like roller derby, the shaved ape held him and from the other side of the track that broon charged, what did he expect would happen?
Edmonton brings on a failed Deadwing to lead the charge to the future. Who says the NHL is not old school.
I want to be happy
I want to be filled
with joy like
a royal baby
knowing even
though it cant
think its a billionaire
and every whish it
wants will be true
as long as it does
not offend the city of London
But I am not happy
because the Sports Industrial
Complex favours Boston
heavily over Montreal
I have to admit its
not likely due to
them owning the pipes
Deletethe fans see worldwide
or having top executives
with nepotism
beautiful. just fucking beautiful stve --SiM
DeleteI see over at the SFU there is an article titled "7 NHL teams that could threaten to offer-sheet a superstar". One guess which 'superstar' they have pictured. Hey I like his play (in the regular season at least), but no way in hell is little Mitchy worth 4 first round picks. The only good thing about offer sheeting MM is how much it would rile up the SFU and their fans.
ReplyDeleteHockey/Playoff thoughts;
ReplyDelete- I worked in the area for many months, great arena and lots of ex-pats, Go SJ. (also fun that Marleau would probably regret his hightailing it for leaf money).
- That Nick Suzuki kid, aka Suzukid, is something to watch eh? Also Teasdale but admittedly not up to speed on what he brings the big club.
- When my son was younger, we attended a lot of OTT 67s games, Couture was a fave. Also, they had really nice and friendly cheerleaders.
- Offer sheets, schmoffer sheets (SWIDT?)
- Still on SJ, EK to the Habs as a UFA? Could help the PP. Imagine him with BBQ on the points.
- The last player that deserves another Cup ring is justin williams. I won't cheer for them but broons v. Big Joe would be fun.
- How many times have I written that the SFU is nothing but a bunch of fucking jerks? Whiny fuckers too.
- Laval might just make the playoffs next year. The CH cupboard is getting full for Bouchard and his crew.
- Via the Twitter maCHine, the leaf have hit 19k days without a Stanley Cup. What a pathetic organization.
Nice stuff moe. Like SiM, I agree totally re Justin williams. Won the cup in 2006? because he took Saku's eye out. Not saying the Habs woulda won, but I think they take out the Canes. Far more egregious foul and I believe that too was Kerry Fraser with a direct line of sight.
DeleteAnd I've got Blues and Canes in final so your Sharks v Broons is prob accurate.
DeleteEK + Burns + Vlasic is proving to be as huge a trifecta as I'd guessed. Hope either they or Big Bird's Blues take it all the way home from here. Couldn't agree more on the putrid Williams. Buttman should worry he and Ratface will get into a slice & dice with their stick blades in the next series.
ReplyDeleteGreetings FHFriends! I have been off the grid for a few days, cleaning out my late father's house and staying with my sister at her cabin on the shores of the majestic Bay of Fundy. Got my first round of golf in today -- the front 9 was awful as I tried to re-acquire my swing but the back 9 was acceptable. It was very, very tiring as I walked the course, about 11k, man, I'm beat.
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched much hockey lately, but from what I've been reading, the Jeremy Jacobs team has free rein to wreck havoc again with cheapshots galore and no or little consequences. I dread them making the finals, we have to hope and pray that San Jose or St. Louis can beat them.
I always preferred Dryden's original mask -- there was just something about it that mad him look unbeatable. That, and "the pose" -- never to be duplicated.
His mask is like a friendly version of a slasher movie.
ReplyDeleteNo way the whalercanes beat broons, so I am going with St Lou
I don't want them to win the cup but I want the bunch of jerks to knock off the broons, especially after just tuning in at intermission to see ol crotch with the broon blazer on.
ReplyDeleteRe: old crotch -- Yuck! Pttewwwww!!
DeleteSo an emergency op for my mother means I am flying into tranna this weekend - 1stbtime back since 2001 - I will give you all a first person impression of what I find. Staying with my cousins who are life long Habs fans too...watch this space for an update...almost forgot...ANYONE. BUT. BOSTON
ReplyDeletePlug your nose. As Jeremy Hotz says, Toronna smells like pooh this time of year.
DeleteHoping for the best for you and your mum, K3X, and safe travels, too! Don't forget the Flowers (as Wilco sang). It's Mother's Day Sunday, after all. --SiM
ReplyDeleteI just found that out...i am the flower...
DeleteActually watched quite a bit of the game last night, and all I can say about the officiating is WOW.
ReplyDeleteGonna throw up a pic to let you know what I think of it.
So appropriate.
DeleteJust like 2011 all over again.
sucincet anyzles
DeleteAll the best with your Mom K3X.
ReplyDeleteMerci Moe...
DeleteRest In Peace, Jim Fowler
ReplyDeleteThere's a name I haven't heard in a long time. RIP indeed. Loved Wild Kingdom.
DeleteRIP I never missed it as a kid.
DeleteYou know I got away from going to the junior games 5-6 years ago. Buddy I used to go with moved away and it just wasn't the same. And even with the Memorial Cup coming to town next week, I'm kind of meh about it. However, with Nature Boy carrying his team on his back and now tied with the might 67's at 2-2...if Guelph happens to make it to the show, I might just try to snag a ticket or two to go see him play. Doesn't need to be against Halifax even. Some of the things he's done this playoffs are so very promising. Plenty of kids excel in junior and fail in the bigs so I'll never put the cart too far in front of the horse, but it sure seems like he's the real deal. Wooo!
ReplyDeleteNature Boy seems ultra talented, he should be able to play in the NHL ... whether he can score at a high level is the question, hopefully julien won't turn him into a 4th line checker which is what the habs usually do with those types of players.
Deleteits an accelerated leauge, these kids are playing hockey faster than 10 year vets. I predict he will get 20 goals next year as a right winger. Fuck I hate to support right wingers.
DeleteK3X best wishes for mum, and despite what you read OHIP has the best doctors in the world.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. Sunnybrook is looking after her extremely well so yeah - all strong and positive from me.
Deletelast night Boston won on a Buttman call. The hit was on a player without the puck and Carolina gets the call????? no need to wonder.
ReplyDeleteI gotta thermometer. If we bring back JB/wrong Benn, I will boil over. Nothing agaist him, but we have a thousand 5,6 D men to work through.
ReplyDeleteiron sky the coming race, must see tv in the tradition of National Lampoon. This is the sequel to the Iron Sky movie. Very funny takes on Apple.
ReplyDeleteIts a little disconcerting though to see the space lizards reveal themselves. Not since V has the truth been so evident.
Putting it out there before it gets taken;
ReplyDeleteJoT-KidKo-SuzuKid, aka Fun Boy 3
JoT = Joel Teasdale
Then they'd have to pay Farm Yard Connection every time they score points points points points points points points points points. --SiM
DeleteHow about CHristmas because he is an unexpected present. Also with another Joel we are only one short from a whole chours of carolers.
DeleteI am just about to watch Triple Frontier for the second time. There are not many movies I will watch twice. I think the movie I have watched the most times in the last decade is Lone Survivor.
ReplyDeleteMarky Mark and Matt Damomes buddy have made a mark, and they both come from the gritty side of Boston. Just saying, maybe if we did not have a social safety net we would have won more cups and oscars.
R.I.P. Peggy Lipton.
ReplyDeleteR.I.P.
DeleteI remember the Mod Squad.
A natural beauty.
DeleteHappy Mother's Day to all FHFMoms!
ReplyDeleteditto
DeleteYes, Happy Mother's Day!
DeleteRIP- I loved the Mod Squad. Mostly for her.
ReplyDeleteDeepish thoughts - GOT is real, its never going to warm up. Thank goodness Jon Snow is already PM. With littlefinger ruling Alberta and Walder Frey in Ontario he has his hands full.
ReplyDeleteSomething exiting will happen. We will do a salary dump for talent trade? Will it be pretzel lurCH with Jesse Puljujarvi. Will it be a bag of pucks with Rangor Lothbroke? Nathan Horton and Kappa Kappo?
Jake Gardier is a a givaway machine, will we get him to take the pressure of the Druid? Would you overpay for DuCHe? At 15 with the choice of an aerodynamic Russian Sniper, a pure wool power forward and a huge man child Kraut D man, what will we do? (Hint always bet on the sheep)
San Jose says now way they are losing to St Lou. I think they can beat the broons.
Empty touted as the good cop in Fuctardville. His only move, dump the puck, just dump the puck. Rim it up the boards and dump the puck until the other team gets board and scores on their own net.
Bonne CHance the leaf miss the playoffs. The D will be worse, they will have to move a top six forward, and still no backup. HA HA..
1. Jon Snow will be replaced by Euron Greyjoy as PM, the whole country will soon be as blue as the fucking leaf. I'm a right winger but even I need a bit of colour...
ReplyDelete2. Expect the unexpected.
3. I think Jake Gardiner will be a Rag, they have tons of dough as well. The Turnover Machine will get some backcheckers to play with, even Scotty Bowman couldn't get the Flower to skate uphill. I would give the DuCH a ton of money short term, 5 years max and pay it all up front like Pajama Boy. I take the pure wool flyboy at 15.
4. Jumbo Joe will finally get his revenge on the bearshit br00nz.
5. Yeah, eMpTy, what a fucking joke that is, he shouldn't be allowed back in any rink but he will surely put the philthy phucktards in a deep hole.
6. I agree, the leaf will have some turmoil next year, the youngsters will get tired of ol' squinty eyes act, they will tune him out and little dumbass will have a revolt on his hands. The SFU will be so focused on their leaf bullshit they won't even notice the habs blowing by their pathetic team.
Happy Mday to all the Moms/Mums out there.
ReplyDeleteFinally heading to Endgame tonight, getting difficult to avoid spoilers.
I'm in that sweet spot right now where I don't really give two flying fucks about anything hockey related. That said, I hope Tuna Tataaaaaar does well at home. Good to see him score one in their foist game.
R.I.P. Doris Day
ReplyDeleteI was shocked...to learn she was still alive until now.
DeleteRIP.
Happy Birthday PFK!! The big three oh -- like Weber you are on the downhill side now...
ReplyDeleteVodkov is in town to help celebrate, I wonder if bargainbin bergy got an invite?
they should sign him for sure, lots of money to spend and he may be just a urologist, but making the playoffs is not small pee. Lets have some evidence there is not an anti russian bias on this team. Maybe we could draft and develop a Russian some day.
ReplyDeleteI thought Endgame wasn't great. Too schmaltsy in places. Did see 3D Imax for the first time. As far as 3D goes, that experience was far above other 3D things I've seen. Mostly done with that though.
ReplyDeleteAlso GoT was dumb this week too.
DeleteBut at least the Raptors gave us 'the shot'.
DeleteCan't help cheering for them even though they're a SFU brand.
Now they will play that moment to death, and unless they go all the way in the end it means nothing. Like Jose's bat flip walk off a few years ago. A game mid way through the playoffs means nothing if you don't finish the job.
I liked Endgame. The battle between Cap, Tony, Thor and Thanos was epic and I enjoyed "the moment" with Mjolnir. I'm ambivalent towards GoT -- if I have never seen the show I wouldn't have missed anything. Still, the turn of events with Queen Daneryrus was interesting. She is her father's daughter after all.
DeleteWith apologies, I could care less about any team from hogtown.
Not a single team in tranna is worth cheering on, ever.
DeleteI should but have yet to watch a GoT episode.
DeleteI will say that Emilia Clarke is crazy cute.
Its not business its personal. St Pad. GOT is not a tv series. It is RR MARTIN raging against the machine. Dany gets the choice of burning down the village to save it or accepting surrender, fuckit burn it.
DeleteR.I.P. Tim Conway.
ReplyDeleteSome of his comedic work on The Carol Burnett Show literally had me crying tears of laughter.
Oh no! Tim and Harvey are my absolute favourite comic duo. Siamese elephants...SCHNORK!
DeleteRIP to one of the greatest.
Tim and Harvey had me in stitches many times. The ad libs during flubs are classic.
DeleteImprov genius;
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY
Doesn't get funnier;
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_C3bO8WZ0
A classic person that has no substitute, same for Don Knotts. We will never see this kind of true generated by character comedy again.
ReplyDeleteRodney Dangerfield ... one of the funniest guys who ever lived.
DeleteYep, Rodney was a blast.
DeleteHe got no respect I tell ya.
DeleteLoved him too.
Comedy is dead because offending is so hurtful
DeleteI am not reffering to Tim and others, they just made a simple thing hilarious. I mean in general.
DeleteLike Andew Sheers penis enevy has him looking for Treudau sized reinforce carbon fiber condoms.
BTW, while I like watching them, in no way, shape or form do I want the Raptors to win. We know how insufferable the SFU are while supporting losers. I can't even fathom the amount of splooging if one of their teams were to actually win something that mattered. Fortunately nobody cares about soccer, so that was kept to a minimum when they won a couple years back.
ReplyDeletewe are going to be asked in the future, do you think Montreal will ever win the cup again? We will also be asked whose cock do you want to suck long time, USA or China? I pick USA as in China they cut your cock of at birth if you show any sign of truculance.
ReplyDeleteYou think the opioon wars where just an addiction problem?
RIP Dr. Douglas Kinnear
ReplyDeleteBehind the scences person but as I understand it, if a shaved ape runs your head into a stanchion, Montreal has the best medical staff to deal with it. Mostly due to Douglas/
https://fourhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-spring-in-your-sexy-step.html
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