C'mon man And with the local SFU news, CH Cool Price with a triumphant comeback But tonight... Don't call it a comeback, he’s been here for years He’s rockin' his peers, puttin' suckers in fear Makin' mediot tears rain down like a monsoon Listen to the Kids go boom Explosions, overpowerin' Over the competition, they’s towerin' Wrecking shop, when the puck drops These lyrics that'll make you call the FHFucking cops Don't you dare stare You better move, don't ever compare Me to the rest that'll all get sliced and diced Competition's payin' the Price
Win or lose tonight, it's a beautiful Saint-Jean in Montreal and we hsve never been blessed with a playoff hockey game on this great holiday, where the Saint-Flanelle is everone's religion right now. Even the insular Hasids in Mile End are starting to notice! House money well spent, I say. GYFMHG and may la Belle Province's head not explode (at least, pas trop).
Sevans in a regular, full-contact jersey at today's practice. The Canadiens have already won something today.
And recall, shitfly still under suspension until after Game 1 of the 2021-22 regular season. I hope that means he's also barred from attending training camp. Would serve him right, if so.
I hear you. I am also in disbelief they have made it this far. We have become used to the bitter taste of defeat and subsequently trashing the coaching staff, management, ownership and a player or two. That's what 28 years of losing g does to a person. Especially when one is used to winning frequently.
Too many people already zeem to be counting on it. Chickens and not yet hatching and all that. I will be a bucket of nerves ecpecting things to turn pear-shaped at any moment. Lehner in nets. He looked damn tough to beat last time.
I wish I could say RIP to another 751 unnamed indigenous souls found in SK. But there can be no peace until all are accounted for, and restitution of some sort can be made. Time for the churches to atone for their genocidal sins. Old Macdonald's harm spans our country's history.
They played a letter-perfect game two nights back. They'll need to play another tonight. They have to remember the desperation they felt in those elimination games against TO, and know that's where tonight's opponents are at. Now GYFHG!!!
Even when I was 20, I'd have no interest in being in the middle of that crowd. Though there are a lot of lovely young ladies, so maybe that'd have swayed me.
@Steve, I don't think it's moe, blogger's been weird lately. I been putting out some quality well thought out posts only to see them disappear into the ether.
I dont know what I did but for sure I did it. After nearly two decades I go away with thanks, thanks to the original 4 Hf and Moeman and St Pad, and all the commenters. Go Habs Go, I will feel the collective joy when we win the cup even if I can not express it here.
dont dog it. when im at work, instead of going to online stream archives, i deliberately tune in to watch the game with steve dangle. ive said it before and you guys all say hes a homer, and he even admits it so much, but he has good observation skills. he points out stuff the cbc/sn guys are too afraid to criticize.
worth a watch if you cant catch it live or worth a watch if you are stuck w/o a good stream
agree... not bad, but coulda been better. stupid munster not marking his man = -1 goal. bbq not flipping it to nick = another -1 but cant be greedy. got first goal, so that gives em a + for the first
Army doesn't seem to be in sync with his linemates tonight, and too many plays in offensive zone messed up from lookjng for the "pretty" play. Gotta mess up that crease in a game like this. That's not Fleury back there.
i missed that. i remember the puck going down and learn-er had to use his pad to block it to the corner. but i also remember patches had that great chance in 1/2 alone. that resulted in the faceoff where carey shouldered the outlet to kidG right? how did that blown icing call influence the final 3:2 play?
take your time pickin out the correct one. u havent picked wrong so far, but choose you must, but choose wisely, for as the true avatar will bring us hope, the false avatar will take it from us
Good Morning FHFriends! I am off to the golf course shortly but wanted to stop by and say hello and thank the ones who toughed it out last night and watched until the end. It's tough on us old east coasters when it gets close to midnight. West coasters like oleg are just finishing dinner then. Fortunately, with modern technology like pvrs and the www, I can get up in the morning and pick up where I left off. Can't believe we will be watching the Habs play for the Cup in July. Incredible.
I'm happy for all the players but particularly Carey Price, Brendan Gallagher and Shea Weber, it's THEIR team and special mention to Corey Perry who I think is getting a chance second chance to win after leading Dallas to the Finals last September in the bubble. I wouldn't bet against him this time.
Anyone else wondering what KolalCHuk is thinking right now? It was his acquisition that turned the losing mindset around. He was the one who tsught them to believe in themselves.
whoa SiM... really? CHucky 2.0 was great when he came onboard, but no way. i cant agree with that. that losing mindset is still around. definitely still around. thats why when something goes bad against the boys, nobody is going bezerk. knuckles referenced this on 690 a few wks ago.
the only difference i think is that the losing mindset has been offset by a winning is believing attitude MUCH LIKE THIS BOARD!
this year and ALL YEARs, its only me, Stevo, and sometimes M who are shamelessly cheerleading. the rest of ya refuse to take off your corsi-hats. this year is no different than ... that yr with halak leading the way ... the following yr when we took the bruins to OTgm7 before they beat the cucks in the final ... the yr after when we lost in 5 to the sens after winning the freaking division ... kreidered was an acceptable loss ... gotten revenge vs the rags but somehow lost in 6 ... losing to the filthy flyers was ok cuase the guys ran out of gas like the team halak had, but that again proved again any yr could be our yr as StL was a garbage crap team like our who didnt deserve to be in the dance
With or without Kucherov I'm kind of hoping for the Bolts. Keep our underdog status intact. Isles are too similar and trying to write a story about the final days of their rink. Fuck off. It's the Habs' year to shine.
StP: yes! i was thinking same thing. i had wanted the isles cuase i falsely perceived them to be an easier match-up, and it would be cool win a cup as the closing act in their special stadium. they dont make em like that anymore right guys?
then... i began to think about it more. nono... i want trampa. if the boys win the cup, we would never stop hearing about how we avoided the nordiques, and how the isles set the table for us by knocking off the defending champs.... so like StP said. FACQ OFF. bring it. gotta beat the best to be the best.
the boys have proven me plus most of us on here wrong many times just in THIS post-season run. theres nothing a good team cannot do. especially when fighting the odds against the jazz flash, we got lady luck on our side with miss soapy ass
SiM: what you referring to? that year when we smoked the cheese out of them in the regular season and they killed us in 4?
2015, second round. Lep referred to it in today's media availability. Brandon Prust probably never shuts upzbout it whdnever he has more than four beers in him.
Phew I can breathe again. It's all in the mix, the old the new. So impressed with many things. The PK, the Kids, the four solid D, and of course Mr. Price. Mrs Chester and I are a little too on in years and miles to go downtown and hoopla, sadly. Am so looking forward to The Dance. It's been too long. I was spoiled. I grew up watching the 60's and 70's Habs. Juggernauts of juggernauts. Took the parade for granted. So many bad decisions by Cory and bad management as well as blowing so many draft picks over the years. You get the feeling that the great ship Canadien is back on the rails. Even if we don't win the cup we booked our place in hockey lore and reenergized our fans. So nice to listen to the TSN blabber about how great the Habs are, not much mention about the putrid leef and how absolutely one dimensional they are. How easy to beat in a seven game series. Dunno about you but I would be wary of an Islanders team. Much rather play the bolts. Just plug in Danno, Gally and Evens/Aurtturi get them charged and ready to go. Happy days people. Per ardua ad astra. Go Habs
Fourth round, fourth Habs legend honoured with their statue framing my avatar: Howie Morenz (the first to have his jersey retired, and within the first batch of players to christen the NHL Hall of Fame. Oddly enough, next week I'll be moving to the Park Ex neighbourhood, just blocks away from the arena that bears his name.
On my way down to the phone booth, I happened to pass McLean's Pub, where I was on the day in '93 the Canadiens won their last pub. Never thoughty it would takd this long to see them in the finals again. It's pretty sweet. Good times.
Yes satisfying read. But the leef still don't get it. There was no epic collapse. They got shut down. They didn't do it to themselves, we did it to them. Our system did it to them. Just like it did it to the Jets and those golden statues. no truer words leef world, offense fills the stands defense wins championships. Suck it up. Go Habs
I don't like Kelly. I seem to remember him trashing the Habs once, can't remember the incident but I boycotted him after that.
Chester is correct. The three teams the Habs played were beat, they didn't collapse. The leaf were easy to beat once Danault's line and the D shut down m'n'm. The Jets, they weren't that good anyway and shitfly fucked them when he went headhunting. The golden streams were actually tough and an even match for the Habs but Price was just better than Fleury/Lehner. If the leefies need a blueprint they just saw it. I don't know where they will find a $10 mil goalie though. ;-)
Goddamned American sked. No Saturday game. 9pm starts here on the east coast. Guess what Gary, nobody in the west coast gives a damn now FFS. Whatever consider it another shot and use it to finish the series quicker.
Right, so let me try running this up the pole for a sex, and before we get really busy with the SCF. Reading that DD is not back until game 3. Thing is, I think he needs to stay away until the series is over. Richardson has them in a zone and DD is more likely to fuck that up than improve on it. I know this run locks BB in for life as GM but I don't belive it should automatically lock in DD as head coach. To. My mind he's not the guy to start next season in charge. He's proven himself to be a puppet while LR has actually got a pair and isn't afraid to slap em on the table if he needs to make a point.
Now I know this is going to sound all negative but I don't think we should forget about what has happened in the past. Too easy to say DD won the cup so he should be coach. And there is precident Ask Al McNeil how winning the Cup worked out for him...
It's not happening. But Lucky Luke shows signs he might see the wisdom of learning French if he does have his eye on the HC job here down thd road. And I do agree with that he has proven himself in spades in this baptism by fire.
DD will be back. And signed to a 3-4 year contract win or lose. Luke may get a HC gig in an anglo city but I expect not until the following season. Not sure how many openings there are at the moment.
Mrs Pad today suggest we buy a condo in Daughter 2s back yard in Ottawa, rent it out for 5 years, then retire there. Being a 2 hour drive to Montreal is the bit that is tempting me the most about this. Oh and being close to D2 and the potential grandkids Mrs Pad is really hoping for of course. And close to Moe!
Anyone with young kids in the Ottawa area should consider relocating to Gatineau for the great benefits Quebec has seen fit to bestow upon young families: solidarity benefit and subsidized daycare, plus the drug insurance; then recalibrate once school age. There is a great amount of stupidity to tolerate with either province however.
Prices much cheaper in Gatineau. Been here for over 30 years. Soon to be Quebec’s 3rd biggest city and fastest developing. Willing to give Mme. St. Pad french lessons.
I know, I think I mentioned D2 and he bf's trials at trying to get a place. Paid a LOT for a place that needs a LOT of work. Mrs Pad is a fed so had had basic french lessons. I should learn more than "et la but!" In reality I highly doubt that plan comes to fruition.
In honour of my favourite band, favourite team, and the best blog:
Long Time Running
Does COTU tell you things Long, long when Laffs are gone? Who you talking to? Are they telling you they’re the one? It's a grave mistake And I'm wide awake Habs in's Laffs out FriedMan ugly suit on your eyes Perry pokes it out, Gally puts it in McLean don't know why It's the same mistake It's been a long time running (since 1909) It's been a long time coming ( since 1993) It's well worth the wait
We don't go anywhere Just on road trips We haven't seen a thing We still don't know where it is It's a safe mistake It's been a long time running (since 1909) It's been a long time coming ( since 1993) Well, well, it's all the same mistake Dead to rights and wide awake I'll drop a caribou on Maroon I'll tell on you, I'll tell on you Tell on you Carey’s got a boatload of nerve But I would say you've been told You work me against my fhfriends and you'll get You'll get left out in the cold It's the same mistake It's been a long time running (since 1909) It's been a long time coming (since 1993) It's been a long, long, long time running It's well worth the wait It's well worth the wait It's well worth the wait It's well worth the wait
C'mon man
ReplyDeleteAnd with the local SFU news,
CH Cool Price with a triumphant comeback
But tonight...
Don't call it a comeback, he’s been here for years
He’s rockin' his peers, puttin' suckers in fear
Makin' mediot tears rain down like a monsoon
Listen to the Kids go boom
Explosions, overpowerin'
Over the competition, they’s towerin'
Wrecking shop, when the puck drops
These lyrics that'll make you call the FHFucking cops
Don't you dare stare
You better move, don't ever compare
Me to the rest that'll all get sliced and diced
Competition's payin' the Price
Habs gonna knock you out (Huuh)
moeman said knock you out (Huuh)
Win or lose tonight, it's a beautiful Saint-Jean in Montreal and we hsve never been blessed with a playoff hockey game on this great holiday, where the Saint-Flanelle is everone's religion right now. Even the insular Hasids in Mile End are starting to notice! House money well spent, I say. GYFMHG and may la Belle Province's head not explode (at least, pas trop).
ReplyDeleteBonne St. Jean à tous.
Delete(Added the CH's Twitter account pic celebrating today)
Just Fucking Win!
ReplyDeleteSevans in a regular, full-contact jersey at today's practice. The Canadiens have already won something today.
ReplyDeleteAnd recall, shitfly still under suspension until after Game 1 of the 2021-22 regular season. I hope that means he's also barred from attending training camp. Would serve him right, if so.
The league should schedule Winnipeg's first game next season to be in Montreal or vice versa...
DeleteImagine! Hah!
DeleteOoh who do we talk to to make this happen?!
DeleteBonne St. Jean à les QHFers en Québec.
ReplyDeleteMy best shot a français.
How about the guy wearing #24 with the team with 24 cups scores on the 24th and orders a 24" pizza to celebrate! Sounds like a plan to me.
GO HABS GO.
Just win.
pls name your top 5 habs quebecois players since 2000.
ReplyDelete(this was a poll question on 690 few mins ago. ill reveal answers in a few mins)
Been thinking on this. Steve Bégin, Daniel Brière, Daniel Brisebois, Carbo, Dano, Quintal, but not sure if all of them played for CH this millennium.
DeletePetition to fire cfl over on change.org has over 3,500 signatures.
ReplyDeleteHe is the opposite of less off.
DeleteI will admit to still being somewhat in a state of disbelief that if the Habs win tonight, they are in the Stanley Cup Goddamned Final!
ReplyDeleteI hear you. I am also in disbelief they have made it this far. We have become used to the bitter taste of defeat and subsequently trashing the coaching staff, management, ownership and a player or two. That's what 28 years of losing g does to a person. Especially when one is used to winning frequently.
DeleteToo many people already zeem to be counting on it. Chickens and not yet hatching and all that. I will be a bucket of nerves ecpecting things to turn pear-shaped at any moment. Lehner in nets. He looked damn tough to beat last time.
Deleteyes. thnx SiM. i am guilty of that too. i looked at flights for the next round.
DeleteI wish I could say RIP to another 751 unnamed indigenous souls found in SK. But there can be no peace until all are accounted for, and restitution of some sort can be made. Time for the churches to atone for their genocidal sins. Old Macdonald's harm spans our country's history.
ReplyDeleteAgree, a reckoning needs to come. Hard.
DeleteFWIW Tim and Friends on SN have had great pre-game coverage this series at least. Albeit peppered with the odd SFU (lack of) personality.
ReplyDeleteive always respected tim and sid together. they play off eachother quite well and even when they dont, its b/c the topic is a perfect coin-toss.
DeleteThey played a letter-perfect game two nights back. They'll need to play another tonight. They have to remember the desperation they felt in those elimination games against TO, and know that's where tonight's opponents are at. Now GYFHG!!!
ReplyDeleteGot my second shot of vaccine today, Moderna. Not feeling anything yet. I have an 11am tee time tomorrow, we'll see what happens.
ReplyDeleteExcellent on all fronts!
DeleteGot my 2nd scheduled for July 7th, moved up 6 weeks!
Had 9 planned after work tomorrow but that fell through.
Noice! 2nd Moderna this coming Sunday afternoon.
DeleteLet's get this done boys !
ReplyDeleteMan, I'm a wreck already ...
ReplyDeleteHave a(nother) drink!
DeleteHeh.
DeleteEven when I was 20, I'd have no interest in being in the middle of that crowd. Though there are a lot of lovely young ladies, so maybe that'd have swayed me.
ReplyDeleteI usually don't pace until an OT period.
ReplyDeleteAre the 🤡 s on board ?
ReplyDeleteStained the deck.
ReplyDeleteNduja di Spilinga spaghetti.
Bourbon.
Positive vibes from snet. Weird.
ReplyDeleteAs SiM said, we have some really big issues to deal with.
ReplyDeleteTonight is about this game and to see what happens.
We must find resolution.
We will.
#12!
ReplyDeletePerfect rep/voice.
Delete@Steve, I don't think it's moe, blogger's been weird lately. I been putting out some quality well thought out posts only to see them disappear into the ether.
DeleteIts me.
Deleteme too, not the #metoo
DeleteDGMB sporting the red suit.
ReplyDeletethats his elimination say suit u know...
DeleteHeh, looks like hnit/leafnet are finally on board. Hope they don't jinx them.
ReplyDeleteThe Road Runner. My favourite player as a kid. He could shoot the puck like CC, maybe even better, he was ambidextrous.
Moe could say right now it was not me and I would be all apologies
ReplyDeleteThis is the only reply you'll ever get.
DeleteYou've proven who you are.
The panel still trying to figure out how Vegas can win.
ReplyDeleteI've always said that this is discussed in pre-game production.
DeleteMakes no sense, except they want to keep their jobs.
I dont know what I did but for sure I did it. After nearly two decades I go away with thanks, thanks to the original 4 Hf and Moeman and St Pad, and all the commenters. Go Habs Go, I will feel the collective joy when we win the cup even if I can not express it here.
ReplyDeleteLet's fucking go!
ReplyDeleteSnowbirds in Montreal. Wow !
ReplyDeleteJESUS FUCKING CHRIST PUCK DROP
ReplyDeletestill not here
Shoot early shoot often shoot well.
ReplyDeleteSomething was bothering me. Then I realized I was listening to SN. Switching to Dan and Sergio.
ReplyDeletedont dog it. when im at work, instead of going to online stream archives, i deliberately tune in to watch the game with steve dangle. ive said it before and you guys all say hes a homer, and he even admits it so much, but he has good observation skills. he points out stuff the cbc/sn guys are too afraid to criticize.
Deleteworth a watch if you cant catch it live or worth a watch if you are stuck w/o a good stream
BBQ!
ReplyDeleteBBQ!
ReplyDeleteBBQ Baby !
ReplyDeleteBBQ
ReplyDeleteB B Q !!!
ReplyDeleteGreat screen by KK
ReplyDeleteAnd Mexican with the assist heh
ReplyDeletewat!? the mexicant it here!?!
Delete(& fwiw... hof nickname. credit = M?)
omg... u mean tyder's former teammate from the silver & black days! oh!!!!!
Deletekinda feel bad for him btw. terrible timing to have that sequence happen like that. them's the breaks right?
Bah!
ReplyDeleteScheiße
ReplyDeleteOk, ok. Not bad.
ReplyDeleteIntermission, time to check out the strawberry 🍓 🌙
agree... not bad, but coulda been better.
Deletestupid munster not marking his man = -1 goal.
bbq not flipping it to nick = another -1
but cant be greedy. got first goal, so that gives em a + for the first
Zebras had to give the next penalty to Montreal no matter what.
ReplyDeletewowowoowow... good catch refs! thnx for doing your job!
ReplyDeleteC'mon boys, cash it!
ReplyDeleteNeed more urgency...
ReplyDeleteCC!
ReplyDeleteCC !
ReplyDeleteWow !
ReplyDeleteWhisky a Go Go!!
ReplyDeleteCC!!
ReplyDeleteWHiskey Goalfield
ReplyDeleteGuess Lamer skipped that chapter of the Caufield book.
ReplyDeleteWhiskey smooth baby. Suck on that Lehner.
ReplyDeleteMan, that was Lafleuresque.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah
Delete22 looking like 12 we saw pre-game.
ReplyDeleteBeauty move, wicked shot! WHISKEY CHASER
ReplyDeletebeauty play before to to chip and chase also!
Deletelove this kid!
SNET misses Underpants' ugly mug so much they're using microfracture as a fill-in.
ReplyDeleteHeh.
DeleteHow hard is it for then to fire up the Cole-cam ?
TFS !
ReplyDeleteDid you see the look on the Kid?
ReplyDeleteIce Cold Caufield.
Whisky on the rocks
Deleteicc. wow. thats a great nick! i like it a lot. its 'criminal' how good whiskey can be...
DeleteGood one lehab.
DeleteWell lets see if the panel has come up with any new ways to help Vegas...
ReplyDeletecASSie and fridgeman tried.
DeleteI DO NOT understand why they do this.
Pressure the Habs D.
DeleteScreen Price.
The winning strategy by leafnet dimwits.
OK then.
hay!! i see what u did there!
Deleteis that guy here lurking around?
ReplyDeletestupid M blocking me...
ReplyDelete(reply comment meant for moe)
sorry. ignore that mess. im drunked.
DeletekidG ftw!
Re: the Cole-cam, I'm sure they still have the Kessel-tracker laying around somewhere. They could dust that off and rename it.
ReplyDeleteAll the pressure on Tampa tomorrow I would think.
ReplyDeleteAll on Chia
ReplyDeletei wish i wish i were a fish...
ReplyDeleteor if kidG would cash, that would be cool
Comeon Dish, you're due. GYFMHG
ReplyDeleteI'm looking to the KK line to win this in regulation. I'll be too tired for OT.
ReplyDeleteRally, man, rally!
DeleteTime to shorten the bench. It's nearly bedtime for the seniors. I won't make OT either.
ReplyDeleteman up M! im sick of u e.coast loafers living off the blood and sweat of good old newfies working hard in our oilsands!
DeleteWhisky!
ReplyDeleteSloppiest period since game 1
ReplyDeleteTrue. Not happy to see that.
DeleteArmy doesn't seem to be in sync with his linemates tonight, and too many plays in offensive zone messed up from lookjng for the "pretty" play. Gotta mess up that crease in a game like this. That's not Fleury back there.
DeleteArmy needs to slow down to be in sync with them
DeleteKK. Within 5 minutes. Please.
ReplyDeleteThat was not icing.
ReplyDeletei missed that. i remember the puck going down and learn-er had to use his pad to block it to the corner. but i also remember patches had that great chance in 1/2 alone. that resulted in the faceoff where carey shouldered the outlet to kidG right? how did that blown icing call influence the final 3:2 play?
DeleteLeko!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFINALS BABY !
ReplyDeleteL E K O ! ! !
ReplyDeleteHoly fuck!
ReplyDelete*looking for flights. Winnipeg to Montreal
ReplyDeleteext your search to include the vcr portion! ill come pick u up!
DeleteIsn't Clarence Campbell the prick that suspended the Rocket?
ReplyDeleteSomebody be sure to tell BBQ the only etiquette for a Canadien is to spit in the fucking thing.
DeleteI'm pretty sure nobody touched the dirty thing, right?
Deleteyes. that bad CC was the bad guy who incited the riot
DeleteLooks like I'll have to update my avatar again. We're going to the Finals, baby!
ReplyDeleteGYFHG
Do it !
DeleteI'm moving on Canada Day, so pretty preoccupied but fuck it, I gotta find a chance to do it.
Deletetake your time pickin out the correct one. u havent picked wrong so far, but choose you must, but choose wisely, for as the true avatar will bring us hope, the false avatar will take it from us
DeleteWell to hell with bed. I gotta stay up until I see Dano eating pizza.
ReplyDeleteits ok. u can go sleep. i went to get a few slices and scarfed it down in your honour
DeleteJust seeing that replay again. Fantastic pass by Dano.
ReplyDeleteBeauty shot too. So glad a Québecois had a hand in it. It means a lot for Quebec pride. We could usd tge confidence boost.
DeleteMama say KNOCK YOU OUT !
ReplyDeleteyes... u did post that YT link. u do get credit.
Deletehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1TjyhM-N3SI
On ne va jamais avoir encore un Saint-Jean (Béliveau) comme ça-là. / There will never be another Saint-Jean (Béliveau) like this one. Wow.
ReplyDeleteBien dis mon amis !
DeleteAu revoir you silly Vegas Kuh-nnnnnnnnnnnniggets! Your mother was a Trumpster, and your father smelt of elderberries! Phhtpt!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd now the honking. Might have to go for a walk with the dog and soak it in.
ReplyDeleteyes... soap it in. tm afterall is gonna be the soapiest SF in the history of this awesome sick disgusting board!
DeleteWHAT A WAY TO START THE DAY! Ms. Soapy Butt does it again!
ReplyDeleteHoly shit! To top it off, they won the Clarence S. Campbell Cup on the anniversary of the man's death. Forum ghosts are engaged!
ReplyDeleteIf any of you use or are familiar with QR codes, check this one out...Moeman you might want to consider adding this onto the header...?
ReplyDeletehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4qzL70XwAcDzMS?format=jpg&name=medium
Good Morning FHFriends!
ReplyDeleteI am off to the golf course shortly but wanted to stop by and say hello and thank the ones who toughed it out last night and watched until the end. It's tough on us old east coasters when it gets close to midnight. West coasters like oleg are just finishing dinner then. Fortunately, with modern technology like pvrs and the www, I can get up in the morning and pick up where I left off. Can't believe we will be watching the Habs play for the Cup in July. Incredible.
I'm happy for all the players but particularly Carey Price, Brendan Gallagher and Shea Weber, it's THEIR team and special mention to Corey Perry who I think is getting a chance second chance to win after leading Dallas to the Finals last September in the bubble. I wouldn't bet against him this time.
Anyone else wondering what KolalCHuk is thinking right now? It was his acquisition that turned the losing mindset around. He was the one who tsught them to believe in themselves.
ReplyDeletewhoa SiM... really? CHucky 2.0 was great when he came onboard, but no way. i cant agree with that. that losing mindset is still around. definitely still around. thats why when something goes bad against the boys, nobody is going bezerk. knuckles referenced this on 690 a few wks ago.
Deletethe only difference i think is that the losing mindset has been offset by a winning is believing attitude MUCH LIKE THIS BOARD!
this year and ALL YEARs, its only me, Stevo, and sometimes M who are shamelessly cheerleading. the rest of ya refuse to take off your corsi-hats. this year is no different than
... that yr with halak leading the way
... the following yr when we took the bruins to OTgm7 before they beat the cucks in the final
... the yr after when we lost in 5 to the sens after winning the freaking division
... kreidered was an acceptable loss
... gotten revenge vs the rags but somehow lost in 6
... losing to the filthy flyers was ok cuase the guys ran out of gas like the team halak had, but that again proved again any yr could be our yr as StL was a garbage crap team like our who didnt deserve to be in the dance
With or without Kucherov I'm kind of hoping for the Bolts. Keep our underdog status intact. Isles are too similar and trying to write a story about the final days of their rink. Fuck off. It's the Habs' year to shine.
ReplyDeleteYeah, plus we have a score to settle with Tampa.
DeleteStP: yes! i was thinking same thing. i had wanted the isles cuase i falsely perceived them to be an easier match-up, and it would be cool win a cup as the closing act in their special stadium. they dont make em like that anymore right guys?
Deletethen... i began to think about it more. nono... i want trampa. if the boys win the cup, we would never stop hearing about how we avoided the nordiques, and how the isles set the table for us by knocking off the defending champs.... so like StP said. FACQ OFF. bring it. gotta beat the best to be the best.
the boys have proven me plus most of us on here wrong many times just in THIS post-season run. theres nothing a good team cannot do. especially when fighting the odds against the jazz flash, we got lady luck on our side with miss soapy ass
SiM: what you referring to? that year when we smoked the cheese out of them in the regular season and they killed us in 4?
2015, second round. Lep referred to it in today's media availability. Brandon Prust probably never shuts upzbout it whdnever he has more than four beers in him.
DeletePhew I can breathe again.
ReplyDeleteIt's all in the mix, the old the new.
So impressed with many things.
The PK, the Kids, the four solid D, and of course Mr. Price.
Mrs Chester and I are a little too on in years and miles to go downtown and hoopla, sadly.
Am so looking forward to The Dance. It's been too long.
I was spoiled. I grew up watching the 60's and 70's Habs.
Juggernauts of juggernauts. Took the parade for granted.
So many bad decisions by Cory and bad management as well as blowing so many draft picks over the years. You get the feeling that the great ship Canadien is back on the rails.
Even if we don't win the cup we booked our place in hockey lore and reenergized our fans.
So nice to listen to the TSN blabber about how great the Habs are, not much mention about the putrid leef and how absolutely one dimensional they are. How easy to beat in a seven game series.
Dunno about you but I would be wary of an Islanders team. Much rather play the bolts.
Just plug in Danno, Gally and Evens/Aurtturi get them charged and ready to go.
Happy days people. Per ardua ad astra.
Go Habs
Good stuff.
DeleteFourth round, fourth Habs legend honoured with their statue framing my avatar: Howie Morenz (the first to have his jersey retired, and within the first batch of players to christen the NHL Hall of Fame. Oddly enough, next week I'll be moving to the Park Ex neighbourhood, just blocks away from the arena that bears his name.
ReplyDeleteOn my way down to the phone booth, I happened to pass McLean's Pub, where I was on the day in '93 the Canadiens won their last pub. Never thoughty it would takd this long to see them in the finals again. It's pretty sweet. Good times.
*won thruf last Cup, of course. They didn't award pubs in those days...
ReplyDeleteMust read stuff;
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-the-montreal-canadiens-success-is-another-low-key-humiliation-for/
Kelly is a great writer. Some really good lines/shots in this piece.
If you get blocked from reading it, open it up in Firefox.
One of the best lines I've ever read;
Delete"The Leafs are built from the front to the back, like male-pattern baldness. If the front disappears, the back doesn’t have a chance."
Great read. Great line. Thanks Moe!
DeleteYes satisfying read.
DeleteBut the leef still don't get it.
There was no epic collapse. They got shut down.
They didn't do it to themselves, we did it to them.
Our system did it to them. Just like it did it to the Jets and those golden statues.
no truer words leef world, offense fills the stands defense wins championships.
Suck it up.
Go Habs
I don't like Kelly. I seem to remember him trashing the Habs once, can't remember the incident but I boycotted him after that.
DeleteChester is correct. The three teams the Habs played were beat, they didn't collapse. The leaf were easy to beat once Danault's line and the D shut down m'n'm. The Jets, they weren't that good anyway and shitfly fucked them when he went headhunting. The golden streams were actually tough and an even match for the Habs but Price was just better than Fleury/Lehner. If the leefies need a blueprint they just saw it. I don't know where they will find a $10 mil goalie though. ;-)
Decent article. I liked the Pension Plan Puppets guy's take too.
DeleteKelly, a Toronto scribe has taken shots at tHabs but he enjoys sticking it to the leaf.
DeleteI like great writing.
Oh and by the by.
ReplyDeleteYou'll notice nobody touched the trophy.
Not one.
Go Habs
Not even Daly. Ha!
DeleteGoddamned American sked. No Saturday game. 9pm starts here on the east coast. Guess what Gary, nobody in the west coast gives a damn now FFS. Whatever consider it another shot and use it to finish the series quicker.
ReplyDeleteShows how fucking week snet is.
DeleteRight, so let me try running this up the pole for a sex, and before we get really busy with the SCF. Reading that DD is not back until game 3. Thing is,
ReplyDeleteI think he needs to stay away until the series is over. Richardson has them in a zone and DD is more likely to fuck that up than improve on it. I know this run locks BB in for life as GM but I don't belive it should automatically lock in DD as head coach. To. My mind he's not the guy to start next season in charge. He's proven himself to be a puppet while LR has actually got a pair and isn't afraid to slap em on the table if he needs to make a point.
Now I know this is going to sound all negative but I don't think we should forget about what has happened in the past. Too easy to say DD won the cup so he should be coach. And there is precident Ask Al McNeil how winning the Cup worked out for him...
It's not happening. But Lucky Luke shows signs he might see the wisdom of learning French if he does have his eye on the HC job here down thd road. And I do agree with that he has proven himself in spades in this baptism by fire.
DeleteFair comments... I just think he's a breath of fresh air is all. Lucky Luke should be the Habs next head coach.
DeleteFair comments.
DeleteHeh...pole...sex...what now?
ReplyDeleteDD will be back. And signed to a 3-4 year contract win or lose. Luke may get a HC gig in an anglo city but I expect not until the following season. Not sure how many openings there are at the moment.
Saint Pad has his finger on the pulse of reality.
DeleteI see what you did there.
DeleteBring on the fucking Dolts
ReplyDeleteMrs Pad today suggest we buy a condo in Daughter 2s back yard in Ottawa, rent it out for 5 years, then retire there.
ReplyDeleteBeing a 2 hour drive to Montreal is the bit that is tempting me the most about this. Oh and being close to D2 and the potential grandkids Mrs Pad is really hoping for of course. And close to Moe!
Anyone with young kids in the Ottawa area should consider relocating to Gatineau for the great benefits Quebec has seen fit to bestow upon young families: solidarity benefit and subsidized daycare, plus the drug insurance; then recalibrate once school age. There is a great amount of stupidity to tolerate with either province however.
DeleteA wise man once said... Never meet your hero's...
DeletePrices much cheaper in Gatineau. Been here for over 30 years. Soon to be Quebec’s 3rd biggest city and fastest developing. Willing to give Mme. St. Pad french lessons.
DeleteI know, I think I mentioned D2 and he bf's trials at trying to get a place. Paid a LOT for a place that needs a LOT of work. Mrs Pad is a fed so had had basic french lessons. I should learn more than "et la but!"
DeleteIn reality I highly doubt that plan comes to fruition.
GI Joel in COVID protocols ... how, he's already had it. SEvans back in with les anciennes.
ReplyDeleteHey @stevesimmons GFY you entitled prick.
ReplyDeleteAnother leaf-loving mediate.
DeleteIf he was entitled, he would of taken French lessons in his almost 60 years of pathetic life.
(No, I wouldn't give him French lessons).
mediot
DeleteHe's really getting an online wallopping for this, bien deservé.
DeleteIf Cox and Simmons had a biggest moron cafe match, who would would reign as king of the Idiots?
ReplyDeletemirtle
DeleteIn honour of my favourite band, favourite team, and the best blog:
ReplyDeleteLong Time Running
Does COTU tell you things
Long, long when Laffs are gone?
Who you talking to?
Are they telling you they’re the one?
It's a grave mistake
And I'm wide awake
Habs in's Laffs out
FriedMan ugly suit on your eyes
Perry pokes it out, Gally puts it in
McLean don't know why
It's the same mistake
It's been a long time running (since 1909)
It's been a long time coming ( since 1993)
It's well worth the wait
We don't go anywhere
Just on road trips
We haven't seen a thing
We still don't know where it is
It's a safe mistake
It's been a long time running (since 1909)
It's been a long time coming ( since 1993)
Well, well, it's all the same mistake
Dead to rights and wide awake
I'll drop a caribou on Maroon
I'll tell on you, I'll tell on you
Tell on you
Carey’s got a boatload of nerve
But I would say you've been told
You work me against my fhfriends and you'll get
You'll get left out in the cold
It's the same mistake
It's been a long time running (since 1909)
It's been a long time coming (since 1993)
It's been a long, long, long time running
It's well worth the wait
It's well worth the wait
It's well worth the wait
It's well worth the wait
Wow !
DeleteGreat job lehab!
DeletePretty cool!
DeleteSo close to ice cream.
ReplyDeleteIce cream will melt in Tampa
ReplyDeleteIf I was around I would have had to Click More to see this comment
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/DanRTSN/status/1409544779768213505?s=19
ReplyDeleteGI Finn cleared to play and currently en route to Tampa, per Dan Robertson.
Army,leavin on a private jet plane
ReplyDeleteCan't wait 'til he's on the ice again
lehab
Gonna take a few for the team...Stayin' up for Game 1...
ReplyDeletehttps://fourhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2021/06/i-scream-for-fucking-stanley-cup-game-1.html
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