I usually go home for lunch, but stuck with no vehicle today. So what else would I do in the middle of August, but reflect on the past 20 years or so. When I think of the Habs and I think of what they have done (or not in the case of winning a cup), some moments are touching, some funny, some frustrating. Here are those that popped into my mind in no particular order. And there are probably others I'll think of as more 'important' than these, but for now, a summer interlude of 21st century Habs memories. Hope they make you smile (for the most part).
2012 - Erik Cole high fives ref after scoring
2015 - TFS flattens Cryder and stares him down
2006 - AK27 flattens Tucker.
2002? - Gilmour smashes penalty box glass
pre-eMTy years? - PFK and TFS triple low 5. Not that I was a huge fan of this, I thought Carey was perhaps a reluctant participant, but it was a signature move for sure.
2003 Heritage Classic - Theo and the toque
2014 - Gorges says fuck you to leafs, then goes to Buffalo
2010 - PK destroys ratface
Interlude.
If you're looking for something to watch on the ol' telly and you are a fan of depraved 'superheroes' controlled by a billion dollar conglomerate, check out Prime's "The Boys". I wouldn't put it in the 'great' category, but definitely in the 'different' category.
A pug in a pool.
If you're looking for something light and don't have to think to watch it, Walking Dead alumni Lauren Cohan's Whiskey Cavalier is a 'fun' spy show. Not much depth to it, but good enough for a bit of fluff.
I see Cobie Smulders is starring in a new show this fall. Stumptown. I think she plays a PI.
And finally...Saku. April 9, 2002.
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GYMFHG.
Bravo!
ReplyDeleteNice stuff St. Pad !!!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. I just realized I have 9 moments. Let's hear some suggestions for the 10th to be added. I'm thinking Price v Tim Thomas I think it was but it didn't't really materialize into much. Patches returning from the shaved ape incident. Plexxx getting his 1000th game. Tits bros. Just for being the tits bros. The 100 year anniversary. Any of the sweater retirements. So many options. Gimme your thoughts and I'll add the one I like best because this post is a dictatorship despite my asking for your advice 😁
ReplyDeleteBTW I figured the passing of #4 and other greats is for another day.
ReplyDeleteAwesome post, St. Pad! I would add the come from behind 3rd period win over the Rags (4 goals i think) and the Ryder hattie on the last game of the season against the Laffs that didn't quite get them in, both ten or so years ago
ReplyDeleteOMG Halak and the 700,000 saves against the Caps in the second round of the play-offs!!!
DeleteWhat about the OV TFS moment? But good vibrations all around. If you like that song, there are some great new renderings out there. I would also add EAP Dancer getting a hattie in his first NHL game against the Leaf. For me the best one is for sure PFK nailing rat face. Is that not sad that I can only claim violence as a lover instead of success.
ReplyDeleteEAP's four-goal entry to match Austin Matthews in his face was a beaut. Can't wait to see him push his way up the line-up this season.
DeleteThe first game after #4's passing, his seat empty for the remainder of the season.
ReplyDeleteAnd wuddabout Kovalev losing his glove, not missing a beat, skating back around behind the goal line and scooping it up; all the while never losing control of the puck despite being chased.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking The Wink was a good one.
ReplyDeleteAlso when Larry slapped Shultz around.
Go Habs
A 20th century list of great moments in Habs' history just might break the internet.
Delete21st century...not so much.
Good post man.
ReplyDeleteIt is not a great moment but when Markov kissed PFK, that was a feel good moment. NTTAWWT.
RIP Peter Fonda
ReplyDeleteEasy Rider is above reproach as the greatest B movie ever. Sadly people will still get shot off their motercyle for being who they are.
Starting 2 weeks of vacation, week 1 at the beach in NB, with a touch of golf included.
ReplyDeleteUnless I hear of a highway robbery by ol' Bergy I'm incommunicado for a couple of weeks.
do not sleep with Dick Cheney no matter how much Haliburton he puts in your face
DeleteI have read everything written over the slow period and come to the conclusion. Our utes have more hockey IQ than artifical intelligence. Lets hope the coaches can put together a plan to occupy open space and shift when it becomes threatened at the nano second level. Do not play montreal because you do not have a second, they operate at a nano second level. Microsoft certified.
ReplyDeleteI am having a stay cation this August. Mom is unwell so going on hols seems wrong. Enjoying some down time. Following Moe and several other very cool FHF's on Twitter too. Can't wait for Moe to share a copy of his latest bit of artwork here either! K3X anon
ReplyDeleteI guess the painting I just purchased fits in with the memories theme. Added two pics to the thread.
DeleteI bought an 11x14 print of this newly created piece of hockey art done by https://twitter.com/Alemire26
She's pretty talented and unbeknownst to me she is in Ottawa.
I pick up the artwork Monday and decided to make it my iPad wallpaper.
Like K3X, on stay/vacay, working on the house, going to visit my Mom in QC, CHillin' .
its the boss
DeleteAll you workin' folks enjoy your well earned vacations. I was fortunate to retire early and I have no regrets. One of my former co-workers (same age as me) passed in June from cancer having been diagnosed 5 weeks earlier. I golfed with my former boss not long after and he told me I did the right thing leaving when I did. Bottom line, enjoy life, 'cause you never know...
ReplyDeleteyeah I know the feeling, every day I worry the company is going to come, wipe my mind and give me a fatal isotpe.
Delete@Steve, when the boss tells you to go check to see if the reactor has exploded and if any graphite is lying around, say no thanks.
Deletejust got the new Bruce Western Stars. First listen I am okay, nothing here that makes me want to drive my car real fast.
ReplyDeletethree deep into the boys, love the t shirts, and Janes Addiction, the rest is okay, but compared to everything else in current rotation its shakesphere.
ReplyDeleteI M N O T H I N I M N O T H I N
ReplyDeletenew vid of Violent Femmes song I somehow never heard before, even though I was a hige fan since the 80's. No one rocks better on acoistic guitars and a BBQ. Could be Habs' anthem for 2019-20 with expectations so low (according to "experts" anyway). --SiM
Reminds me of Nomeansno's two Lips Two Lungs and One Tongue, come to think of it. --SiM
DeleteNoice!
DeleteNot to be negative, but I'm keeping my expectations 'low' as well. I am definitely interested to see how some of the youngsters perform, EAP, Nature Boy and Kid KoHo in particular. It would be nice if Drouin showed up for a change. That's about it I guess.
DeleteI have always been a raisin in the Sun. My expectations are huge. We are younger than any of Epstiens girls in the hockey world. TFS is TFS. Our stats are skewed by a PP that is urine. Watch out NHL, we are going to make some noise.
DeleteI like your take, Steve. Our young guns are stoked, under-appreciated, and ready to tear it up.
DeleteHere's the link for the gray-haired but still high energy VF vid, as re-released last month
there are Zero protest songs in the mainstream today. Maybe Rap has a message, lost on me. FOUR DEAD IN OHIO
DeleteCountry Joe and the Fish ... Viet Nam war song at Woodstock. Best protest song ever!
DeleteAlso ranked up there ... Steppenwolf's "Monster" about Uncle Sam's drug raids...
Aaahhhh, those were the days. Music up there with the likes of Mozart and Brahms...
No protest songs in the mainstream? I agree. Arcade Fire aside...
DeleteI blame Spotify
Billy Bragg is still at it: "The Kids are Alt-Right"
Steve Earle is brave too: Srinivas
Mine (lyrics only): Untermenschen
Many, many,...
ReplyDeleteaye, many..
indeed quite a few...
dictionaries...
endeavour to define the word...
yes, the word...
tight
but this, I think, defines it better: NOMEANSNO
Aye
And back to Habsdom: Did, (ahem) you fuckers bring back a Cup this year? No?
ReplyDeleteWell then
And speaking of never promising to grow flowers in the desert, this will be my own personal Canadian anthem, thanks kindly
ReplyDeleteLove it!!
DeleteI dont know which version I have, but I have a hot dog MP3 player with APTX to my Senny headphones, this song come on and starts with a sonic SHOCK. Yeah its a great song, and it still sounds fresh.
DeleteThe more I think about that song, In a Big Country, and the whole concept of the band, the more I get that this was a worldview that Stuart Adamson (RIP) saw as a way to bond all humankind, a sort of roadmap to understanding the pettiness of any and all tribal grievances. Together with the lines from East of Eden: "I looked West in search of freedom / And I saw slavery
Delete"I looked East in search of answers / And I saw misery"
...this song exemplifies a hope for humanity to live without divisive solitudes, and for me, the hope and promise that Canada offers, and has always offered. My ancestors came here when all hope was lost in Europe, the only home they'd ever known. We found our niche and our home with others we did not recognize as kin, but with whom kinship was found anyway.
You know, I go to the MAXI & CIE in the eastern end of Montreal island, and the white faces are outnumbered by the non-white. It is almost like an amalgram of the whole world. You guys would be chuffed to know how many of them or their kids are wearing the CH btw. This is a huge and prosperous land that has so much hope and freedom to give to the refugees of the world. I so so so welcome that. Peace to you all.
Love this SIM.
Deletethank you Jamie. And och, I guess I meant amalgam, not "amalgram"
DeleteSo my nephew's little league team, the Annette Blacks, have won their way to the provincials in Cambridge, ON. By Labour Day, we'll know if they're the 11-year-old Ontario champs.
ReplyDeleteWish I could be there. I wanna go, I wanna go to Ontario!
My old home town.
Delete#7 is my nephew, who at about the 12' mark, check-swings his way to a single, then takes third and then Home on successive PB's. So FUCKIN' proud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDfmyJZ3efM&feature=youtu.be
And this one goes out to the mediots in the COTU. They Wrong
ReplyDeletest pad: eric, yes. dougie, yes, the hit, very yes! all good choices. great memory SiM: the comeback was also part of a great year cut short.
ReplyDeletefor me, the dark ages start in yr2000 b/c that marks the longest since theyve won the cup. though im honestly not deliberately trying to frame it that way. this video shows two of my top moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG99I9iY-bI (#10, #4)
apologies but i cant think of anything in particular of CHucky though...
and besides a lot of poor quality crap, this is the best i could find of big TiTs and lil tIts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiep6c38jDI
The Boys, I am stalled at Ep 2, Chernobly, I am not watching cause who needs more reinforcement that we have idots in Charge. I think I may have reached peak watCHing. If I start on the baCHoler call a doctor I have dementia.
ReplyDeleteI have had people recommend the Boys to me as well, just today. Don't give up on Chernobyl. There is good stuff there, and it is bleak, yes, but tolerably so. No hopelessness; but supremely important to learn the lessons of it all. And captivating to boot.
DeleteDomini, you rock! This link works, hopefully: https://twitter.com/timandsid/status/1164665381077884928
ReplyDeletehttps://fourhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2019/08/still-sexy-summer.html
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