On this day, May 22nd, 50 years ago, part 1 of the most astute trade in NHL, nay all of sports, history was made. You probably know it, but it's a story that always makes me smile while simultaneously making me feel even more disappointment than usual about our more recent fortunes. Of course I'm talking about the great Sam Pollock's genius move in trading Ernie Hicke and a 1st to the California Golden Seals for the Seals' 1st round pick in 1971. Sam knew Guy was going to be drafted 1st overall that year while the Seals as a new franchise were likely thrilled to get an extra 1st asap. Of course Part Deux happened during the following season as Mr Pollock watched the Kings suck more than the Seals, so he shipped Ralph Backstrom to them to ensure they finish ahead of the Seals, guaranteeing The Flower's arrival in Montreal. One can always wonder what if they had to settle for the 2nd pick instead and ended up with Marcel Dionne. And also, the Habs' 4th pick in 1971, 20th overall was Larry Robinson so we can also thank the Seals for taking defenceman Ken Baird a few spots ahead of this rather than Big Bird.
What a history, and what a time it must have been to be a Habs fan! I was alive, but not cognizant being only a year old at the time. Sadly, unlike a hockey player whose name shall not sully this page, I don't remember watching hockey in my pyjamas with my Dad when I was 2 years old.
I could watch this clip 3000 times and not tire of it. Suck it ol' crotch!
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1970 Mustang
The other great thing to happen on May 22, 1970.
Happy Birthday Naomi Campbell
Well done St. Pad.
ReplyDeleteHope everyone is doing OK.
Can't complain about the weather.
Hitting the trails for some semi-off road biking.
4 day week (WFH) starts today until Aug. 31st.
Be safe out there and wear a mask !
The UK goes into a long weekend and I have no doubt we'll (as a nation) lose our minds and pack the beaches out as the weather is supposed to be hot and sunny...I am staying in my backyard bar with the family and I'm gonna have me a couple of pints! You guys all stay safe too. Great feature on the Flower St. Pad. I forgot he used to have those ridiculous sideburns! No team anywhere has the history of the Habs. Those pics are all classics! GYFHG!
ReplyDeleteAgree great source of pics. Some lovely ones too.
DeleteI think theM. sported those same sideburns.
CHeers !
I was downtown for work today and practically nobody is wearing a mask and the social distancing is definitely not top of mind as folks are out enjoying some long awaited warm weather. While this is bad, I was on Spring Garden Rd, the busiest pedestrian street east of QC and it wasn't THAT bad. Best of all it lived up to its nickname of Skin Garden Rd. Guys and gals alike getting their tan on.
ReplyDeleteOMG OMG OMG, this may be the most sexy relevant post of all time. Thank you Moeman. I am gobsmacked
ReplyDeletecant say more for at least 3 min.
Fucking awesome thread Saint Paddy! I am only a few years younger than the Flower so I was able to watch his whole career right up until that player/coach who shall remain nameless ended his career with the Habs. Did you know Guy was a three pack a day smoker in his prime ... and Bowman used to double shift him all the time! Incroyable!
ReplyDeleteI had long sideburns but they weren't as formidable as Guy's.
Shot an 85 today, man it was freakin' hot too had to be 28 degrees today.
Marilyn Monroe was a goddess!!
Saint Pad, thank you for bringing it back to hockey and reminding us of the amazing craft of team building. Pollock was without peer, albeit in a far different era. For Lafreniere wishers, don't fret; there is always a way to trade up if the deal is sweet enough, and MB has shown he ain't gunshy. Plus, he has some assets other GMs want desperately.
ReplyDeleteI am just happy we'll see a little hockey again soon, and a best of five against the Pens - games that have real meaning - is just the ticket for this ravaged festival-less Montreal summer. I'll take it. Gladly.
Letang, Crosby, Malkin, that new goalie... We have rested veterans with Olympic gold medals ourselves, and a whole lot of speedy youth and guts to spare. I say, it'll be a fantastic series.
GYFHG
Also, Guy was the focus of undiluted hatred for my snotty-nosed francophobic Sherbrooke neighbour Jimmy Begin (his Boston-Catholic family heritage had them pronouncing it as BEAGUE-in, as if to emphasize the deep-rooted self-hatred inherent in melting-pot immigration politics they never understood themselves). The Begin family love of all teams Boston and hatred of all things found in their Québecois surroundings was what cemented my CH love for all time. Like PET and Chrétien, Guy Lafleur and the CH represented how we << 'tit gars canadiens >> could be a little faster, a little more talented, and flashier than the overbearing Amerikan juggernaut always breathing down our necks in the 70s and 80s.
ReplyDeleteSo thanks for reminding me of all that.
Speaking of both #10 and Druid, this, from Grant McCagg:
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"And into action, everybody sprang" -- Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7YHHK9WReY
ReplyDeleteI should not be doing this. I am in a secure location in case the current financial system cant keep up.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the first question than made me believe in the man. In case you missed it President E warring about a oii based economy where everthing is fungable.
I repeat, I should not be duding this, duding I owe that n
I was out in the sun today. It was baking me all day long.
I can not figure out what to do when its coooked
I need a new pharmacist because I have been self medicating for eternity, and now I have lost touch with reality. I feel there is an invisible killer around every corner and spying on me from every counter top. There is no cure, and the Man has shut down the world. How can this be true? Should I lower or increase my dose of emillroatores? I got to say I have been upping the dose and the situation just keeps getting worse. Of course except for a 24 team playoff for the covid cup. Is this real, is this Buttman just finding a way for Arizonia to win. I am Olias of sunhillow, working on my starship like Noha except god has never talked to me.
ReplyDeleteGreat read;
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dkpittsburghsports.com/2020/05/25/carey-price-canadiens-penguins-matchup-dk/
Imagine TFS getting that much credit from a Canadian sports outlet outside of Montreal!
DeleteThe writer mind you is giving the Habs (correctly imho) not the slimmest of chances against the Pens. And though I know it, seeing this in writing really brings one to reality: "The Canadiens played 71 games in the regular season and won a grand total of 19 in regulation..."
That is a great piece, really illustrating some of TFS's best attributes. It also proves how under-appreciated he is by most Habs fans.
DeleteI hope the whole Pens organization is as dismissive as this article about our FHForwards. --SiM
IF it happens, I think the whole 24 team (or any number for that matter) summertime playoffs is a farce. Will I watch the Habs play their 3 games? Yes. But that's it. And if they somehow win games and play deep into the playoffs or hell, even win the whole thing, will I keep watching? Yes. But will I still think it's really stupid? Yes. But will I gloat to no end to all of my leaf and bruin fan friends and relatives even as they argue that it's not a real cup win because the Habs didn't deserve to be there? Hell, yes.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100%.
Deleteditto we will not miss that to ten draft pick who was never devloped. This is like Herion, when we could have had methodone. Sure it will be a spectacle and where we not entertianed. But the missing skill player we crave in the wind.
DeleteI don't know if I can watch hockey in July and August, it's just not in my DNA. After Labour Day, sure, not a problem it would be reminiscent of the '72 Summit Series. Why not wait until then, see if borders open up and if there are any COVID spikes? It would be like a two month training camp but with real games that mattered. Start the next season in late Nov., early Dec. and play a 70 game season. Don't have an amateur draft, just let this crop be unrestricted free agents available to the highest bidder, Montreal has tons of cap space for Laffy, make it so buttman.
DeleteI am a hurting unit right now. The physical pain of being the black knight and having one arm cut off and quitting. The mental pain of just adsorbing the absurd new world we live in. Other than that life is the same for me.
ReplyDeleteOne good thing about the buttman finally pulling the plug on the regular season (it was never going to be played regardless) is the fawning tranna media can't suck Narcos' dick any more and he wins fuck all. Sure, they will continue to plan their Cup parade until the putrid losing leaf fall on their faces again but let them continue to whack off to their little fantasy. As for the Habs, they get to play a couple more games at least and bbb gets to save face by claiming his team didn't fail to make the playoffs 4 out of the last 5 years. But did they? Is it a playOFF or a playIN? I don't know. As for the Draft who can figure that out? The Habs will get ... somebody. Maybe hockey will be back in September, maybe not. A lot of stuff has to happen and until there is a vaccine, the players will be playing in front of cardboard cutouts if they play at all.
ReplyDeleteAs you may have heard, one clueless individual, a health care worker no less from the Campbellton area in northern N.B. took a trip into Quebec, got infected with COVID-19 and didn't quarantine for the mandated 14 days. This person then proceeded to see patients for two weeks and spread it to who knows how many others. WTF? We could be right back where we started two and a half months ago. Fucking moron.
People are stupid this is the top operating position they take. Thats why you cant open up too soon. If people hear someplace is safe they will flock there and infect it.
DeleteI am all for this format, because we are the top odds to win. Dont call him coaCH call him Goalie. TFS could go on a two week tear and win every game with a shutout.
I am going to enter a new era of biking. Have you ever heard some asshole on a harley zoom by with the handlebar stereo blasting? I am going bluetooth speaker on the handlebars of my bike.
Move for Led Zep motherfuckers.
It's a wonder half of New York City didn't try to sneak across the Maine/New Brunswick border to escape that clusterfuck.
DeleteI don't listen to music when I am bike riding, I want to be able to hear that Harley coming up behind me so I can move over. I save the Zep for when I'm cruising in the GT!
I think the best hockey realization during this pandemic is that leafools are still not over 1993.
ReplyDeleteHow about this... 3 weeks ago, northern NB was under a snowfall warning and I believe some parts of the Acadien peninsula (Bathurst area) got up to 30cm of snow. Today and tomorrow, Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for northern NB, 32 C temperatures. Is that fucked up or what. Ha! won't take long for the snow still in the woods to melt!
ReplyDeleteWell geez, ol' Bergy sounds about as confident in his team doing anything in the 'playoffs' as we do. I tuned in briefly to Tim and Sid yesterday and surprise they were talking to Kyle Dumbass and he was lamenting that Narco didn't have the chance to have his name etched on the Rocket trophy. But no worries he'll do it plenty in years to come. Fuck off. I quickly turned it off.
ReplyDeleteI think we have the best CHance of winning in a long while.
ReplyDeleteI had a brief taste of the power of my new CLIP3 JBL speakers. I think there is a good CHance I can get back to Earth two with them and mediation. I hope so because Earth one is swirling.
ReplyDeleteSki assist exoskeleton for sale. We really are living large in 2020.
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun to see Torts and his BJ's dust off the putrid fucking leaf and listen to the SFU and all the leafools whine about how it wasn't fair that their leaf could't play the 24th team.
ReplyDeleteAnybody watching 'The Last Dance' on Netflix. Lots of interesting behind the scenes stuff regarding MJ, Pippen and coach Phil Jackson and weaselly GM Jerry Krause. I followed basketball for a time back in the 90's. I actually remembered John Paxson hitting that shot to win the 3rd championship in a row in '93.
The Last Dance is monumentally good documentary filmmaking. It is also piquing my interest in the sport of basketball more than anything before.
DeleteSome named Jack Han reams our player development. He works for the leafs, dont shoot the messenger, lots of truth to power is my read. What about the UTES oh the humanity, EAP Pole Dancer needs help to get his upper body to stop oscillation under power. Major development. Black Day in July
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Elon Musk and Space X. R is for rocket, s is for space. The trupocoyplse enters a new phase of CHaos. Will he fire off a Nuke just for shits and giggles?
Elon Musk is the ultimate recycler, he brings his rockets back in one piece. I hear he has something to do with electric cars as well.
DeleteI'd be remiss to not speak about how fucked up the USofA has become.
ReplyDeletePower structures are out of fucking hand.
You can only say you hope people speak loudly but stay safe (where possible).
Oh and fuck the NFL. Good luck opening up your season.
The USA is officially off the rails and hurtling full-speed at the rest of us, worse than the end of the USSR. Watching everything great about America under sustained attack from everything rotten about America is rather unsettling. Stay safe indeed. --SiM
DeleteAs much as the US likes to think they are the moral authority for the world they are not. They have basically descended into another civil war between white supremacy and people of colour whether of African or Hispanic decent. But let's not kid ourselves, this has been going on for over 100 years with no end in our lifetime. All I know is I'm grateful every day to be a Canadian citizen and have no intention to step foot across the 49th parallel in the foreseeable future even when the pandemic is over.
DeleteThis person said it much better than I ever could:
ReplyDeleteDavid Rothkopf
@djrothkopf
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Worst health crisis in a century. Worst unemployment crisis ever. Worst crisis in the streets in more than 50 years. US an international pariah, rejected by the club of democracies we helped create, the global order we sought to build for 75 yrs in shambles. That's where we are.
Yep, prof Rothkopf is a must follow.
DeleteThe eviel empire, you ever watCH pirates of the carribeian, you ever watCH who killed Rodger Rabbit, then you know. Russia is a big place, no badder than any big place. Better than the big place south. The big Chinese place, well they are going to cut your cocks off sooner or later.
ReplyDeleteIt must be a real slap in the face for Colin Kaepernick to see the crooks that run the 49ers tweeting about racial injustices and have them donating $1M of their multi-billion dollar empire to "organizations who are creating change".
ReplyDeleteTrump pardoned the DeBartolo brother (former CEO who had to relinquish the reins to his sister) in February. That's all you need to know about that family.
Much like moe says about Rogers running the NHL in Canada, the US is going to get worse before it gets better. Hard to believe it can get worse, but this might be the final straw where the story this time doesn't eventually fade into the background. I think it's also another nail for the Orange Moron whose answer is to militarize cities while hides and tweets inane comments from his bunker. Too bad the Dems don't have somebody better than Biden to take his place.
What we all must really fear is that the big house of illusion that was the USA has all the mirrors broken. We all live a life of illusion as far as goverment goes. There was a time in this fair land when the railroads ran and everyone who worked had a pension they could depend upon. Then the USA who infalted the Fuck out of everything with the war in Vietnamn decided to abandon the gold standare. Hereafter the price of money was what the people had faith in. The sons of tricky dicky soon made this the centreal pilliar of every western democracy. Weath creation and all that. We have been living this lie for 60 years and now the truth is going to be told, and you know who is going to take a beating, me and you. The masters of the universe have already moved on to the next way to shake the nickels out of people who are penniless
ReplyDeleteMan the world is going mad. The hockey world is deluded if it thinks this new formula it has come up with is going to work. Covid 2.0 will soon be upon us in one way or another and they will have to re-stop and re-start again. DOn't get me wrong or think me a negative nelly...I want hockey back - just don't see it happening in any big 'merican city any time soon. Covid didn't suddenly "stop. It's gone over to Brazil to play with them for a bit - but it will be back - and it no doubt will get back round the world via the UK, who are too busy playing games with numbers to give a shit.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Larry Robinson as he hits the magic number! After Ken Dryden, Larry is my all-time favourite Hab that I have seen play live.
Totally crazy thoughts not from me, just friends, I dont have any opion on what a friend says, its their opion. In summary. Cops have become an occupy force. More in the US but the same in Canada. The reason they deal with shit people every day. Secondly many cops are x military. They hold a hammer and see every problem as a nail needing hammering. Third, black people all around the world have over the centuries not been susseful in the white man world.
ReplyDeleteFor me, and this is not a declarative thought, just a nebuolls opinon swirling around in my wierd brain.
ReplyDeleteCovid is to 911 as the bay of pigs is to the Kennedy assassination. There is something more than natural to this event. There are winners and losers, and watCH the winners whoever they might be. Right now it looks like everyone loses.
When asked about the protests going on in the U.S. and how trump is handling it PM Justin Trudeau paused for 21 seconds before responding. Sometimes saying nothing says a lot more than some contrived answer. Plus he gave the orange tanned orangutan ZERO ammunition to use against him. JT is a leader.
ReplyDeleteAmerica has a serious problem and it ain't COVID-19.
We are very fortunate to have our PM. Honestly, these daily briefs have done wonders for his public speaking skills. His ahhs and umms have practically disappeared and the 21 second pause where you could see the wheels spinning is a far better option than spewing something off the top of the head that could quite frankly be inaccurate or worse, as you say give ammunition to the great idiot.
Deletethe M, I watched that yesterday and thought at that moment, if only the narcissistic fuck south of the border would think, just for a few seconds, before speaking or tweeting. Then I thought, that's the scary part of it. Everything he says and does is contrived in a way that he thinks makes himself appear to be good and great above all. He actually gives ZERO fucks about the people of America. Zero. He is in this for himself, both during his reign and setting himself up for afterwards. And amazingly, nearly half the population seem either blind to that fact OR they're using it as a crutch to support their faaaaar right views.
ReplyDelete@Saint Paddy, in today's TJ, there is a great article in the sports section about San Antonio Spurs coach Greg Popovich and his diatribe regarding trump. He holds nothing back. It's worth checking out.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff FHFriends.
ReplyDeleteHave to respect our PM's diplomatic and media-handling skills.
Also have to respect some of the well-known celeb types with their words. Popovich and Jonathan Toews stand out.
I went into the office last week and dropped into Loblaws for some grocery items (not sold in Gatineau). On Monday I received a letter indicating that one of the store staff tested positive. Self-isolating from Ottawa until Monday. (No symptoms here).
Stay safe brother.
DeleteAs per my Mother’s orders (she’s 80 and lives 600Km from Gatineau), I am going for a test tomorrow. ; )
Deleteyeah, wouldn't hurt. I hear they are more available now than when I was denied one in April. Since returning to work, Mrs. SiM has had ZERO follow-up from any health authorities, and intermittent weird flashback symptoms that come and go. Occasional minor chest pains and muscle aches for me, to this day. Twelve more nurses on her floor in quarantine after an ice-cream party (I shit you not) that has left one male 20-something nurse in hospital.
Deleteex pres Obama gives Trump a masterclass in class and leadership
ReplyDeleteIt's not even close...
DeleteJames Mattis let 'er rip (finally). Not sure the military leadership is onboard with Herr Trump and his lickspittle Nazi wannabe bozofest.
DeleteNo Class Bobby Bass.
DeleteAll these neo-Naziis,... do they not comprehend their foolishness at failing to take stock of how that all ended for the original Naziis?
DeletePK today donated 50K to George Floyd's daughter's gofundme page, plus shook down the league to match. He still works with the Montreal Children's Hospital to raise money in line with the promise he made Montrealers the day before MaxPac got the C. His value on the ice may have dropped in recent years but the value of his heart and soul to this city has not faltered.
ReplyDeleteKid A and BBQ both made excellent statements through the Habs PR today too. Now if only the Molson-Coors brewing Co. could stop funding the Rethuglicans...
And yeah, like others, funny how much better his game was with Vodkov as his defensive partner. but i digres
DeleteAnarchy in the UK (even though they were a boy band they rocked), wrong country. Its going to get ugly in the USA. Two sides neither working with logic. BOOOM BOOOM out go the lights.
ReplyDeleteDont worry be happy, my economic model for a star trek universe will be available a few weeks after the vaccine for Ovid.
DeleteI am being considered by many goverments as the Minister of Science fiction. Main problem is the Minister of Silly Walks will not give up the office space.
DeleteDoes anyone else think scruffy looking Justin Trudeau looks kinda like bargain bin bergy when he was in the foxhole with his buddy Arrogant Fuckface and the Habs were swirling down the toilet? When they were covering up Price's injury? Hair salons have opened back up in NB, maybe JT should drop by on an 'essential' visit...
DeleteI like JT. He had the courage to legalize. He has had many hand to hand combat battles with the Orangantan, and I think he won more than Mr Harper would have. I want Canada to be a place where every race is equal. This has never been true as our Quebec brothers know. However, Quecbec today is 400 years better than it was 13 September 1759
DeleteI think two safe cities with promising summertime ice - both safely north of the exploding states of america - for this NHL restart ought to be Edmonton and Quebec City. --SiM
ReplyDeleteFuck Buttman, I am in thrall waiting for this tourny to happen. However, billionares should not dictate what the fuck they can do. For me let the climate change deniers have all the airplanes flying around their space.
DeleteIf you are on Linkenid in be careful. Trolls are out there with pretty pictures wanting to know about you. Is nothing sacricted. Now I am having to fight of pimps on Linked in. That is why I never went on face book. I want a new pimp free platform, I think I will call it STEVE.
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I am more than 100 and maybe less than 200 hours into Castle Wolfsiten final front played every inch at normal settings, only went to the cheat sheets twice. I am a fucking amazing virtual warrior. I am starting a company to clear NAZI robots from your neighborhood. I do need a Tesla CHarger nearby or I will reject the job.
ReplyDeleteThe game goes on. As a value proposition, I give this more stars than 400 rounds of golf
To Jagmeet Singh and all those protesters today telling Trudeau to stand up to Trump ... what do you want him to say exactly? What would it accomplish? It's not up to the Canadian Prime Minister or any Canadian citizen to say anything about trump, it's up to the American people to do that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Scott in Montreal that Edmonton would be an excellent venue for the NHL's return. I don't know about Quebec City, what's the COVID situation like there? I know Moncton N.B. contacted them about using their brand new facility and they are COVID free. And, it's kinda unsettled in the U.S. right now. Get everybody to Alberta and New Brunswick, quarantine for 14 days and let's get this show on the road!
Trump is giving swirles to anyone who stands up to him. Ironic because he is giving America a swirly at the same time. The idea that a Canadian PM is going to publicly trash an American President is the height of NAIVETE.
DeleteThe M: You're talking about Centre Avenir. It's built with a ton of my company's products and it's on my to-do list to write up a Case Study on it. I've seen the "beauty pics" and it is world-class. --SiM
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ReplyDeletePosted at exactly 911 if you dont think I know something
DeleteOnly thing is: we were stripped down at the trade deadline (Scandella, Thompson, Cousins) to remove the gritty play-off players we would've needed for a run - unlike Pittsburgh of course. Not that optimistic anymore. --SiM
DeleteCrosby and Malkin will eat them alive...
DeleteNegative Nabobs of negativity. Remember the TFS that won the hart, you could put a midget team in front of him and we still win the COVID cup. Remember its a tournament, not a competition.
DeleteWorking on the house. Nice weather.
ReplyDeleteOh and my COVID-19 test results are negative (nasal test, took 48hrs for info).
Positive on life.
Be safe!
Good to hear! Fingers washed and crossed.
DeleteBest news of the week!!
DeleteI did not invent bluetooth. It was invented maybe 30 years ago. It struggled to make us love blueberry.
ReplyDeleteToday the struggle is over. I will be making a thinkingaboot post about this. However its too profound
to life CHanging, to much to do with my usual elan. This post will be concrete,and contain Faraboichi.
Thats why I cant be sponatous. Faraboichi always needs time to formulate.
https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1269755619487047680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1269755619487047680&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Feconomics%2Fminneapolis-city-council-disband-citys-police-department
ReplyDeleteCulture and Race, you can pass every law you want, but you cant change culture and race with a law.
ReplyDeleteI checked out twitter briefly for the first time in weeks, and was quickly reminded why I generally stay away from social media. People be dumb.
ReplyDeleteThough I actually learned some valuable info from the TSN parody, which sincerely reposted Auston Matthews' statement on racism. Narco is actually half Latino. It makes so much sense now.
And finally, congrats to Mr and Mrs TFS on the announcement of #3 on the way.
Thinking of putting up a June SF...
ReplyDeleteYes! We're due for a re-opening thread.
Deleteomg@! WHO DID THIS!?! you guys kicked out MAB ages ago so i know he wont be any help this cup run, so fess up, who did this!? unless this is some kinda joke about playing hartford, which one of you pp'ed into the river!?
ReplyDeletehttps://globalnews.ca/news/7020940/montreals-rare-humpback-whale-sighting-draws-crowds-and-concern/
steve: what you mean by end struggle love blutooth?
Its composite 5G total survivalist like alexa or any app. They own you they sell you and then they make you pay.
DeleteI am calling massive fraud on Covid 19. Its a signal not a catstophe, its 911 amped up and world wide.
ReplyDeletethis time half a million died or did they. People who where already dead died and covid was the straw.
DeleteSorry Steve, gotta call you out on this. I had it, nursed Mrs. SiM through a scary moment or two when she had it. She has been looking after patients (including a previously healthy young male colleague who just got transferred to ICU), and she saw patients succumb. She would be the first to call BS if it was BS. Not a productive line of inquiry, my friend. --SiM
DeleteI am not saying that it was not bad, worse than Sars, but it was not as advertised.
DeleteNFL want to hire more black coaches. This is an understandable as we hiring only french coaches.
ReplyDeleteTrama Center on Netflicks with Bruce Willis. Grade A trash.
ReplyDeleteI've been watching a couple of episodes of Community before bed each night. Much silliness. But a bit of levity to end each day is welcome. Beats the hell out of watching the news.
ReplyDelete'Montreal Canadiens owner Geoff Molson re-affirmed his confidence in general manager Marc Bergevin and revealed that he won't be hiring a president of hockey operations during a conference call with reporters on Wednesday.'
ReplyDeleteDiscuss.
There's not much to discuss really. Seven years of mediocre results at best and no playoff success to speak of except for a short playoff run in 2014 which obviously blinded bergevin to what he (thought) he had. Geoff Molson? He's a fan who happens to own the team, is loyal to a fault to his hockey heroes and has no acumen to run a team. Refusing to hire a President of Hockey Ops shows his ego is bigger than we thought. The Habs will continue to go nowhere and we will be told 'the future is bright'. I'm not buying what they are selling and I'm also not buying any hockey cards of these so-called future stars. They eventually get traded some where else anyway.
DeleteI think DGMB has convinced Geoff he doesn't need a Prez.
DeleteI think DGMB convinces Geoff of many things. I'm not sure if it's a Jedi mind trick or something like it.
DeleteGM's immodesty (they put me on the Board of Governors so I must be a respected hockey mind) does not breed confidence. Maybe you're on that board out of respect for your club's historic relevance - and to make sure nothing upsets the apple cart of southern markets getting a leg up from profitable teams with nestablished fan-base - like his. If Geoff can't see that, what else is escaping the attention of his superior mind and executive skills? --SiM
DeleteAfter this post I am going to avoid commenting on the Habs until at least after they get actual ice in Brossard..Everyone needs to remember that the last time the Habs played Karl Alzner was back in the lineup. Half the team had already had Covid and the so called second coming of Guy Lafleur had a sore wrist... Or hand... Or arms... I can't remember. KidA was beat up but playing, Max was in cloud kukooland from reading his own reviews and KK was serving a misconduct in Laval. I can't even remember who was backing up TFS... Might have been Cayden but equally could have been the other guy... No one should expect BBB to to make any changes now given he has made the show. Geoff Molson doesn't even know which players will make it to Montreal so any thought of getting a real hockey mind to run the show won't even have made his radar. That is all...
ReplyDeletewe are winning this covid cup, take that to the bank, cause its worth more than fiat money.
DeleteOver at the toronto sports network there is the question - "which Canadian team will the next to win the Stanley Cup?" I didn't click on the article because I'd bet my last dollar the answer is the fucking leaf.
ReplyDeleteI started reading Stu Cowan's report on the Geoff Molson press conference from yesterday. I didn't get very far when I realized I was reading the same spin doctoring that's been spun for the last 11 years under Molson's watch. Basically, it comes down to this: 1)We know what we're doing 2)We have a plan 3)We have good young players, good prospects and lots of draft picks. Same old story. OK, I agree the league is a whole different animal now with parity the rule. I don't buy the excuse of injuries for two 8 game losing streaks. Boston lost Bergeron and Marchand for stretches and kept right on rolling and were the No. 1 team in the league at the pause. They have more or better talented players and I would submit better coaching. Definitely a better GM. So don't tell me you have a 'good' team when you could only manage to win 19 games all fucking season. So, thanks for the update Geoff. Your loyalty to Bergevin and Julien is admirable but a losing proposition. Maybe try to get some hockey people from outside the limited pool you swim in.
ReplyDeleteI'm taking bets that Seattle will have a better team and better record than Montreal in their inaugural season led by Ron Francis and maybe Gerard Gallant?
All Montreal problems lie at the farm. Its so old school. Sink or swim. How about you are great at that, lets make you better, your weak here lets try and bring you to the threshold of NHL level
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