Sep 5, 2019
NFL, Rookie Camp and Dorian walk into a bar
As the M said in the last post I'm preparing to batten down the hatches in Halifax. Still with doubt as most of the big storms the past few years have fizzled or changed direction before reaching us. But I did last 2 years in Boy Scouts, long enough to know to "Be Prepared." But before Dorian, the rookies have reported and there is apparently a mini tournament with Sens and Jets that one can stream if desired. And to those that care, NFL is back tonight with their headcases and inflated salaries. Love it.
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Excellent! Love the 'cheerleaders'!
ReplyDeleteI think I'll take the chairs off the deck tomorrow and put them under it just in case.
Man, it seems like forever since there's been football or hockey. Looking forward to both. I may have to check on Bianca tonight as well.
Note I added a very important pic 2nd to last. Be sure to stock up.
DeleteBe safe East Coast FHFriends.
ReplyDeleteNice addition of some Steelers gals!
saint paddy: excellent breakdown on the last thread. u right about the imperfection of usong just pts as a metric, but its still very interesting to use it as a comparison tool. thmx for doing the math!
ReplyDeletemoeman: boooooooo. anything black and yellow blows chunks
ReplyDeleteCongrats Bianca !
ReplyDeleteI will second that. This is a home grown national champion that we can all love.
Deletedid you know that though he doesn't count against the cap, Rick Dipietro's buyout pays him $1.5 million per year by the Islanders, for another 10 years until he is 48 years old. Not a bad retirement gig that started when he was 32. Just looking at my pension plan and comparing things. Hint: it doesn't compare.
ReplyDeletemy pension plan is returning my empties
DeleteSo we don't have to worry about spending cap $ on Jake Gardiner, who signed with the Canes for a hair over $4M per. Should Bergy welcome back the Grey Goose, Vodkov?
ReplyDeleteI'm torn about Vodkov... on one hand I'd like him to get his 10 games with the Habs for 1000 in the NHL. OTOH, I don't know if he can keep up anymore. If he would be OK with limited minutes it might work. I'd hate to see the young guys - Mete and Juulsen - get bumped, they need minutes to develop and they have great foot speed.
DeleteI have this feeling bbb still has a move to make, probably a trade of some kind for one of the big RFA's.
for me Vodkov is dead. Problem in the room, friend of PFK, who needs this. If we had some UTES Russian good idea. It was a good Vodkov for a long time, but me no love you long time Vodkov/
DeleteStay safe, the M and all other Maritimers. Dorian ain't fooling around. --SiM
ReplyDeleteSimilar thoughts to theM and St.Pad's and family/friends/neighbours.
DeleteKeep us posted.
A funny note on the twitter machine, if you rearrange the letters in Dorian, you get a Donair.
Our guest Dorian arrived a couple of hours ago. He's a real blowhard, and the more he drinks the louder he gets. As of now, lots of gusts removing leaves from trees but no damage yet. I expect the next 6 hours will get much worse and I won't be surprised if I don't see Bianca's finals match at 5pm our time as I've heard from friends in the west part of the province and Annapolis Valley that power is out. Got my storm chips ready and the Grey Goose is on ice. I'm talking actual vodka, not Vodkov.
ReplyDeleteBeen raining hard with strong wind gusts here in Saint John. My BBQ is now lying face down on the deck. We still have power though. In my area much of the infrastructure is underground so we don't get a lot of outtages here.
ReplyDelete' the infrastructure is underground so we don't get a lot of outtages here'
DeleteSaid Mme. theM.
Be safe FHFriends.
In Ontario much all of the wires are above ground, in my experience same in Japan. This is the lazy way to build.
DeleteB I A N C A !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteA beauty !
DeleteShe had the power to out-match Serena. That power should keep her on top for years to come.
DeleteWatched the entire match at my folks' house (cable TV, WOW!) Bianca is a beast; Serena was good, but wilted a bit, facing a competitor who plays as hard as she, and with younger legs. Great sports story.
DeleteCanada is here, I know nothing, but I have heard Serrana is in a class by herself in Ladies Tennis, Bianca should now dominate for the next ten years at least, thats not fake news. I hope she does a promo for JT.
Deleteits never too early to talk about tankin. Sens UTES wipe our asses. EAP Dancer the only hockey player we got, oh the humanity.
ReplyDeleteif only I was single, she is now
ReplyDeleteHow are things East Coasters ?
ReplyDeleteAll good here. Lost a few trees in historic Kings' Square.
DeleteI'm wondering how Saint Paddy is doing, maybe still off the grid. N.S. took a big hit.
I wonder how his Pats are going to make out with whackjob A. Brown?
Good news.
DeleteSteelers got a few picks for him, hope he isn't in tonight's game.
the pats have a slot for wack jobs, they dont care about in the room, they care about winning, when will the rest of the world figure it out
Deletespeaking of Van the Man who I had the pleasure of my life to see at Massey Hall a lifetime ago.
ReplyDeletewww.youtube.com/watch?v=KBoFVOSRnWk
I'm alive! Lost power at 4:30 on Saturday and it was restored last night at 9pm just in time to watch the massacre in New England. Sorry moe. Internet just restored this morning. AB is either going to have the best season of his career and lead the Pats to another super bowl or he's going to take Josh Gordon and implode the team. Flip a coin.
ReplyDeleteOur neighbourhood fared pretty well, only a few trees down here and there. No property damage for us, other than the back neighbour had a big limb land partially in our yard, but missed my garden so my beans and carrots are OK. Lots of bigger street trees down in the older part of the city, taking power lines with them. And you may have seen the video of the construction crane toppling. Thankfully it seems there have been no major injuries or any deaths with this one. Compared to Juan in 2003, this was a cakewalk.
Glad you're OK!
DeleteMy Giants took a shit kickin' yesterday as well. I'm hoping Daniel Jones gets some time at QB as the season wears on. Eli is just about done.
Yeah from the hi (low) lites that I saw, Eli looked a shell of his former self. Send him to the Jags.
DeleteSt. Pad !!!
DeleteJust read a blurb where Bergy says he offered Gardiner a contract and won't be offering one to Vodkov. Well that's good, we can shelve that topic. I think Vodkov might get a PTO somewhere, not sure another team will take a flyer on a 40 year old dman either with a contract.
ReplyDeleteHey it's the 37th anniversary of the Rod Langway trade. I remember being upset about that.
ReplyDeleteIt's the 1st anniversary of the Pacioretty trade. I was not so upset about that.
You know, I wasn't too upset by that trade, they got back Rick Green and one of my favourite Habs, Ryan Walter, in that deal. I hated to see Dougie Jarvis traded but it paid off with the '86 Cup win. Now, the Kirk Muller trade really upset me. That landed two less than stellar players in Pierre Turgeon and head case Vladimir Malakhov.
DeleteMy neighbour has invited me over to his place tonight to meet Doug Gilmour. I might have to do it just to tell Dougie no matter how often leafools and the fucked up tranna media like to say they would have beat the Habs in '93, no fucking way anybody was beating Saint Patrick that year.
do it!
DeleteBreaking News at TSN!
ReplyDeleteMatthews the best bet to unseat Ovechkin for Rocket Richard Trophy
Ha Ha. Dream on SFUckers.
DeleteGlad to hear the East Coast wasn't too badly hit and that Saint Pad and The M are OK. So it took me ages to discover that the Tennis was being shown live in the UK on Amazon Prime - I tuned in at 5-1 in the second set and thought - Oh well - I've missed it all!...Then watched the mini-melt by Bianca before she came back and won it - I loved how, in typical Canadian fashion, she apologised to the fans for winning. What a great start to her career. Long may she reign!
ReplyDeleteSo Hockey is almost back - I see that Poehling got an invite to the golf tourney - says something about his chances of making the team. My concern remains on D - I see Meat having a better year and actually scoring some goals...but is there enough D to get the job done? I hope so and I won't slate anyone until they deserve it. Let's hope BBB has it right. THE TIME IS NOW BOYS!
How's Mom of K3X ?
DeleteShe had a whole new set of tests and scans yesterday as it happens - so results will be back later in the month - more waiting...spoke to her last night - she's in good spirits and feeling pretty good - so that's something. The waiting around for results is the tough part...Thanks for your concern Moe - Much appreciated!
Deleteglad everyone made it through the big blow. The next quote has no typos
ReplyDeleteThe second year pro got just enough of the puck to chip it by Outhouse and tie the game up.
The Jets goalie is named Outhouse?
I was gonna call FAKE NEWS on ya Steve - but then I googled it and found Griffen Outhouse, who played for Victoria in the WHL and is an undrafted 21 year old on a tryout with the Jets. There are at least 4 other goalies ahead of him (including Hellebuck) but who knows...
Delete25 snet hometown games, 2 in Quebec, 10 in Ontario. POS.
ReplyDeleteCrap, I see they're in Halifax. That will probably create work for me.
DeleteRIP to Rusty and Jerome. Rod Coneybeare, the voice actor and puppeteer died yesterday at the age of 89. Look waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay up and you might just find them in the clouds.
ReplyDeleteYou know they cancelled The Friendly Giant because Rusty was always half in the bag.
I refrain from reading and commenting on the SFU sites mostly, but just thought I'd take a jab today and see what happens. One of their apparently regular posters stated
ReplyDelete"Sn sure is running a lot of articles about guys turning down the Habs..." to which I replied
"It's a known fact that most leaf fans have an inferiority complex towards the Habs. SN is no different."
CONTENT DISABLED lol. It sure doesn't take much to hurt their poor little feelings. Too funny.
I was happy to see TSN get the rights to Habs games last year, by far the lesser of two evils.
Which is why the Twitter machine is (somewhat) better. Hang with like-minded Habs folk and block any/all pinheaded leafools and SFU.
DeleteWe are going to win the cup hands down. Maybe you dont have the time to read hear and watch everthing like I do and brew it down into a very small tea.
ReplyDeleteWe are going to do something no one else has ever done.
We are going to make our number 2 D man transactional based upon a coaching algorithm.
Go Justin Go GO GO GO GO
ReplyDeleteYes, please just go.
DeleteIf any politician comes knocking on my door asking for my vote, I have just two questions:
ReplyDelete1. Why should I?
and
2. How are you going to make my life any better?
I know we should all be concerned and engaged, but I'm just not a political minded person. My family leaned Liberal so I lean Liberal is what it comes down to. That said, if I thought for a moment that one party over another was going to make an actual real difference in my life, I'd change my vote. But I cannot honestly give one real world example of either party being elected in the past 30+ years that I've been voting and my life suddenly changing. Not for the better, nor for the worse. I know there are grander issues that we as a global society need to care about, but if I think of me as a person or for my family, generally speaking there isn't a lick of difference. My wife being a Fed has a little more stock in the game, for example when the previous government slashed the science budgets, while she kept her job, it was greatly affected on how her work could be completed. And I think the next government, whichever stripe, might be doing some more slashing of the government at the worker level.
DeleteMulroney sold out to Exxon, your life would be like a Norwegian had PET got another term. Legal Weed was a huge change, even if your not a user, it means the crime is going to go from the weed market, its like the lottery, nobody run numbers anymore. However I agree, the next PM is only going to play in the margins of citizens lives.
DeleteAll I know is, every year my disposable income gets smaller and smaller because corporations/shareholders and governments want more and more from me.
ReplyDeleteOff topic, whoever thought weed would be a windfall was fucking delusional. The province of New Brunswick has the oldest population in the country, 20.8% 65 and older, even more between 60 and 65 plus about 10% unemployment rate. If you discount children under 19 who the fuck did they think was going to buy that stuff? One thing for sure they'll never make a nickel off me.
RIP Eddie Money, it was a one hit wonder, but what a great hit.
ReplyDeleteBilly signs, he saw that one eyed spittig whale/
15 Habs forwards paid at just under $37.5M
ReplyDeletelaffs 'big 4' making over $40M
2 different fiscal strategies and finished 4 points apart last year.
I haven't checked the sked but I imagine we'll see how they match up on the first Saturday. And I imagine that will be in tronna.
For the first time this season GYMFHG!!!
Trahna headin for some serious cap-space indigestion. I like the Bergevin model, thanks. --
DeleteSiM
dont laugh to hard, KidKo, Domini, are going to be a 20 mill bill in 3 years. However the cap will go out when the league is once again diluted to the sound of mammon.
Delete$11 million bucks doesn't get you much these days. A 94 point midget winger... what would Gretzky and Lemieux be worth? Or Guy...?
ReplyDeletewho no one really knows can play in the playoffs?
Deletehttps://fourhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2019/09/baby-hold-on-season-is-almost-here.html
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