Kent Hughes is doing great and is not done. He is in a can't lose situation really, the fans are on board for the rebuild for the most part, so is under no pressure to make trades for 'the now'. If Jean Luc is actually in the picture, Hughes is in the driver's seat. He's got 4 pretty centers as is, they don't really need PLD. They are over stocked with wingers though, lots of opportunity there.
Lots of Raquel, she may have been my first celebrity crush, possibly Sophia Loren as well.
Got my 2nd Covid booster last week, still feeling the effects, been pretty sluggish the last few days. Knock on wood, I haven't had covid so far, I still wear a mask when I go indoors and try to keep my distance from folks.
Great spread moeman! Hello Bo Derek from the Playboy spread the whole world was taliking about. Just another day at tge office for that horse.
Congrats to Monty on signing for two years one-way, one million per. As someone noted o the Twitter machine, that makes him tougher for other GMs to consider a waiver pickup should he need to be sent down. I love TFS but his status sure is a big mountain for the team to work around. Hope his knee comes back 100% and he's able to be used sparingly.
The leafools over at Pension Plan Puppets are touting their team as a top 4 contender and stating that the Habs have problems in goal. And they don't? They do realize their new #1 goalie won 5 games last year and spent time in the AHL? And their backup was let go for nothing? Like that survey in the previous thread point out: Most delusional fan base in the NHL.
I could be wrong but I think PLD will be a Hab this fall. He seems to be working his way out of Winnipeg and has put the GM there in a no win scenario. Winnipeg is kind of in win now mode, why wouldn't they want a veteran center (Dvo) who is good in the FO circle, a sniper (Hoff) or (G.I. Finn) or (Lep) and a prospect and a lower pick? Whatever, GM Hughes can tell GM Chev to fuck off or go shop somewhere else.
In 1977 I put on Ry if I wanted to get lucky. Ry was a much better musician than I was a seducer/ Today we have traitors on every hockey team. The name on the back supersedes everything, like the NBA or the NFL or Baseball. So you have a traitors bunch of young punks you have to cradle. Good luck, there will be four of five destinations and the rest of the league is just a development place with sucker fans. Buttman has to act, he has to defend every franchise, not let the punks rule.
Even though we are enduring a heatwave here in NB, I'm still enjoying the summer.
If you have a few minutes, listen to this podcast from the Bobcat, I am liking Jeff Gorton more and more, his honesty answering questions, some funny quips and his strong Boston accent. The Habs are in good hands with Jeff, Kent and Marty.
BBG would have been all over PLD, but why is he not called Jon Luc? I will take him in two years. We want to tank next year, we can have him for nothing in 2 years, why take him now. Same thing I told my future wife.
Plan the parade. Huber is uber ready next year to sign a hometown deal. Jean Luc will be there the following year. TFS will be fully healed. A team with three first line centers and 3 first line power forward and one all star goalie and a highly mobile analytic defense can not be stopped.
Worth repeating captain underpants is going to fly. There is already a contract in a drawer in Vegas. Vegas to Phoenix is a very short limo ride especially if your hammered.
"Here is the thing Severalli. Why isn’t Matthews saying that?
Your talking about a guy that walked himself to ufa status early by turning down a top dollar max term deal. A guy that’s building a 12.5 million mansion in Phoenix and renting in Toronto. A guy that leaves the city every chance he gets. "
WOW! That is quite the trade between Cowtown and the Swamp. I agree with Steve, The Huber is coming to Montreal next season. If Jean Luc gets his way, the Habs will be the Flying Frenchmen again. Drouin can start packing, he is gone at the TDL, if not sooner. Maybe he will be in the 'Peg by October.
And yes, Narcos is just biding his time, he is gone in 2 years or less. I didn't know he is building a mansion in Phoenix, that prettyy much settles it. The leafools and SFU will not be worshipping him for much longer. The putrid leaf will be a lottery team sooner than they think, maybe even this year with that goaltending tandem. Maybe Kallgren will save them. Didn't mclame compare him to the great Ken Dryden last year? I see lots of delicious leaf schadenfreude in the near future.
After some sober second thought, probably can't sign both of those guys. They are both going to want big bucks and they already are paying Slick Nick large, with CC on deck. If I had to pick one I would choose Huberdeau. But I'm biased, JH is a former Sea Dog.
Huber has money and as Gorden Sinclar said, nothing better in life to be a rich man in your home town. As for Jean Luc, he is a bit of a fuck up, but goole maps will serve him well to restrore his place in this world. Yeah Sussie I cant get his nick from the dat bank now. Got 8 mill from bergie who gave money out to people he loved like a preacher from hell. Anyway we can say 6 mill mother fucker take it or go play with anglos.
I dunno about Jean Luc Whined his way out of Columbus now dictating terms to the peg got talent but seems prima donnaish Remind us of someone? I don’t think we have the cap for either of these guys till we trim some salary besides we’re going nowhere next year or two Continue to tank and build Going to enjoy watching the dumpster fire in hogtown tho It’s gonna be a stinker Go Habs
The more I think about it, I'll bet Johnny H. stays in Calgary long term. Treliving will offer him a decent contract and JH is an honorable guy. As has been pointed out he will soon be 30 so he doesn't fit in the contending window. Finish in the bottom 10 again, hope Florida stumbles and get more picks for the expiring contracts at the TDL in 2023. Don't try to be leaf-like an accelerate the process.
I dunno. I think they took both Huberdeau and Weegar on expiring contracts with at least a potential that they won't have a good season so they can be dumped at the TDL for more good picks in a deep 2023 draft. I think JH may actually want to hit the market with a possibility of coming home. I guess we'll see.
Another stinking hot day. Week 1 of vacation over, nice time in PEI with the gang. Played a terrible round of golf while there but had a good time.
But as it is so hot here today in Hfx stayed inside this morning and watched Canadian gal Brooke Henderson win her 2nd major. While she struggled out of the gate and ended up with an 8 foot putt for the win on 18, generally they make the game look so easy. It ain't.
Another week of vacay at home doing stuff around the house...but it doesn't seem the temps are dropping too much.
Heads up, GYFHGers. On cacay herd over in Cape Breton and a dude shows up on Ingonish Beach in CH hat and shirt. Hey ho says I. Turns out Randy came out here from his Sarnia, ON home on a trip with his 10 year-old daughter. We chatted and i told him this site and its mind-set would be a blessing to him in his Laffland vacinity.
Then after they left, Mrs. SiM informed me the daughter mentioned her Mom had recently died. So if Randy shows up to comment, cheers man. Glad to meet you so briefly and trade tales of what games we'd attended at the Forum. Pull up an avatar and make ypurself at home. #GYFHG
The locals seem pretty freaked out. I guess not all that many even have AC. It's hot but not as hot as Montreal. Where are all the mosquitoes? Not very buggy at all.
Yep. Welcome to NS SiM and fam. The heat wave is over now it's just regular hot for NS. I am not a fan of the heat btw. If it could stay around 19-20 I'd be a happy camper.
Best to Randy and his daughter. True Habs fans are always welcome here. And even reasonable non Habs fans...who is the Boston guy that used to pop in now and then?
I am blown away at the beauty of this place. Everyone is wonderful, great food but not enough gas stations. So spoiled with convenience in Montreal. Very few shells on the beach too. I think there may be a sense among thise I meet here that they have an ill-understood inate need to prove themselves up to snuff in relation to Scotland. Need some castles then I suppose. Tomorrow we're off to Tyne Valley, PEI (not by ferry).
Bienvenue à Stephane Robidas! A late-blooming Sherbrooke lad that made good as a 7th round pick and spent four years in the Q before going pro is our new Assistant coach, presumably for the D-corps.
Turbines are all on the south shore of Montreal just head towards Saint Remi they are everywhere Big hello to robidas sp nice to offer safe harbour to a leafland escapee I’m so anxious for the season to start So much new and fresh Bicep bergy was so dusty and grumpy and granted his player mix got us to the cup final but his player mix didn’t get us the cup Close only counts in hand grenades His legacy tho will be one of handcuffing Hugo with his contracts Luckily they appear to have the situation in hand Go Habs
Thank you Chester. I must retract my statement regarding Québec and wind energy. I noticed some around Rivière de loup on my way back home yesterday too.
Lets look carefully at 2024. TFS with his bionic upgrades is better than ever, although the batteries run out late in the third. Jean Luc has signed at a cap friendly 6 mill, and UBER HUBER has signed for l 75000. We win two cups before TFS fades to black.
It is truly the dog days of summer. Sadly my vacation comes to an end and it's back to reality after tomorrow's holiday. And daughter 2 is back to Ottawa 😥...as soon as the airline figure out a flight, as we awoke to find hers was cancelled. But it was a fantastic 2 weeks with family and mostly good weather. What more does one need.
Sounds like Kidney and Roy might be off to the Juniors. I gotta say the revelations about Hockey Canada certainly tarnishes the game to a degree for me. But one cannot paint all with the same brush. I don't find it surprising to learn there have been numerous sexual assault cases over the years. Maybe I'm naive, but I am surprised to learn there have been (allegedly) multiple gang rapes. Sadly rape (I think the term sexual assault was created to soften this word) is prevalent in all aspects of society. It's rampant in universities as kids head out on their own. And anybody proven guilty of those offences must pay for their crimes. Because it is a crime. And the gang rape, to me, is just a heinous act. If there is proof of that 2003 incident in Halifax that an unresponsive girl was raped multiple times, there are men with families sweating bullets right now. But each one of them must pay. But with any cold case, how does one prove these allegations without evidence. I guess that is up to the law and order folks to figure out. Sorry for the diversion, I guess this has just been on my mind.
He'll be the first to say it's not about him, and that's true, but Rick Westhead deserves a Pulitzer (or some award) for bringing this culture into the light.
Not a diversion. The three leagues making up the CHL are responsible for being surogate parents for boys as young ss 16, and must provide a safe learning environment just like a high school. And Westhead does deserve high praise, indeed.
I'm back from the municipality of Digby, N.S., where I grew up. I too spent time with my family, my aunts are getting up there so I treasure my time with them. I spent time with my siblings, my sister has a cottage on the Bay of Fundy, one day was spent watching a dozen or so humpback whales frolicking about, the next watching sharks (porbeagles I think) thrashing the water while feeding on herring or mackeral.
I'm sickened by what I've read about the 2018 assault, it obviously happened because the victim was paid to be quiet. Everybody and I mean EVERYBODY involved in that incident including those that covered it up need to be held responsible and punished, just like those in Chicago, although a few of them escaped with their hides intact.
It's just my opinion but the teenage player that bergevin drafted in 2021 should never be allowed in the NHL. I know he paid for his crime in Sweden but he is part of that tainted culture where these young men think they can act as they please toward women and it's no big deal.
If Poulin and Machabe believe he has reformed, and if he takes a leadership role in educating youngsters in hockey on why the revolting "puck bunny" culture is just an abusive objectification of women that has no place in the sport, then I'll accept him. Who knows what dark secrets are being buried even now among some within the organization? I think we might have to brace ourselves that dome we have idolized were complicit in some very bad moments in previous years. But it must be done.
LT Urah has joined the cosmos. I never thought about her or any other Star Trek characters as anything special because of race etc. Looking back Star Trek had the phasers on full against prejudice.
We Habs fans won't have the Huberdeau distraction any more. Jean Luc is another story however. I can see KH pulling the trigger on that one but it will be on his terms.
@Saint Paddy, if the Habs manage to acquire Jean Luc maybe we can call him Locutus?
Well well well, it appears there is more uber to Huber than Hugo can handle. The first dint in the glossy paintjob. How could Hugo let Huber sign for 8 years with the Flames. Now there is little CHance he will sign with a hometown discount, in fact no CHance. What a disaster.
Good old (Y) emilin still handing out howitzer hits in the K. He put highly rated and very potential Hab Matvei Michkov on the shelf for at least 6 months.
My biggest fear is that with half the league in tank mode, we will win enough to finish in the middle, the best of the worst, and once again fail to get a true super star. You need 3 superstars to win the cup. We have one with wonky knees and one potential in Slaf. If Lane Hudson is such a steal, why did he not make the USA WJM team? I still have high hopes, but I have a lot of high hopes.
Uber didn't fit the Habs time frame, the Flames are in win now mode and needed a win after losing Katchoo and Johnny non-Hockey. Treliving was backed into a corner and had to pay. Montreal has to suck one more year then they can think about trying to win.
(Y) is still a beast.
Yeah, Chicago and Arizona are in a race to the bottom this year. I feel Montreal will be a mid-lottery team and will get one more A+ player in the 2023 Draft.
Lane Hutson (Rock?) will be playing in the 2023 and 2024 WJCs and will grow another 2 inches in height and 20 more lbs. He will be the second coming of the legendary MAB.
R.I.P. Bill Graham, whom I implored to give 'em hell in the House when he was interim Opposition leader, back in 2008. He was an honest politician who served the public interest and not his own.
I remember back in the '70s, whenever the really putrid Ballard leaf would play the Broadstreet Bullies, they would beat on Borje mercilessly. I would actually feel sorry for him.
I have both his and Inge Hammerstrong Rookie card in mint condition. I will sell them for one billion dollars each. Salming was in his era like a trans player today. He took so many slings and arrows for no reason other than what he was.
Summer is slowly winding down, goldenrod is in full bloom, crickets are invading my garage. The NFL is playing exhibition games and the QMJHL is opening training camps next week. Pretty soon the Habs will be front and center, hopefully Gorton and Hughes have had a break and will be ready to wheel and deal, or just take the slow steady path to respectability, I'm hoping for the latter.
My oldest son is officially getting hitched a week from today (next Saturday) after being postponed twice due to Covid. I'll be glad when that is done, Mrs. Maritimer has been a nervous wreck the last few weeks and all she has to do is show up!
On a side note, my golf game has been on fire lately, shooting high 70s low 80s fairly regularly. My right knee is shot so I take a power cart now, I guess I have more energy at the end to close out the game.
I am signing CC to eight for 7. Yeah that is a home town discount. But lets be logical. If you want to win the cup you better be TFS or 8 mill is the ceiling, We can hire alot of players between those two like Dale the DutCH Gretzey Wiese. He goes dowin in habs history as a mensCH
There are actually quite a few Canadians going back to Russia to play in the KHL. I guess they need to work same as everyone else. I don't think any of them will be playing in a war zone so they should be OK.
R.i.P. Wolfgand Petersen. Everybody please watch Das Boot (subtitled, director's cut), and just remember that's 80s pre CGI fx and huge performances. Groundbreaking filmmaker.
I haven't watch any of the juniors tournament, just can't get into it I guess. A combination of the hot, sticky weather and the Hockey Canada scandals have really made me disinterested in hockey in August. Also, I've decided I don't enjoy August much any more, as I said, it's too hot nowadays, hard to sleep at night, you sweat doing anything, nope, bring on September and cooler drier air thanks.
Haven't been doing too much tvy viewing but watched The Old Man starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. It was decent. Checking out Yellowjackets since I hear it's getting the Emmy buzz. We'll see if i can handle all that teenage girl angst that is likely to be present. I have also not watched a moment of the Jr's and don't intend to start. We'll see at Christmas if I feel like attending in person or not ..
Looking forward to the end of the hockey dog days and seeing some movement in the roster soon.
I would imagine Kent Hughes and company are dragging out the last few days of off season downtime for as long as possible. And yeah, I'm getting tired of the same crap being posted daily on some of the Habs sites. I don't even bother reading any of that stuff. Bring on some football!
I'm having a pleasantly distracted summer. Like theM. says, not much news outside of repetitive quackery. A couple more weeks before hitting the proverbial books at the university.
Saint Paddy got his roster news, I think Monahan gets flipped, something is going on with Nashville too. However, if Monahan stays I would guess Dvo and the Hoff are the ones moving on with a sweetener a some kind, maybe the 1st that Calgary is supposedly sending to Montreal?
Gotta give it to Treliving. Turning Johnny and Tkachuk into Huberdeau and Khadri in less than optimal circumstances is pretty good. Curious to see the full deal with the Habs.
And sadly, if not expectedly, the reason they can take that contract is that Hughes is pretty certain that Carey won't play this year. Sad. But it's good to have that decision.
I think TFS will get a surgically reconstructed knee, hang with his young family, and hope to play in 2023-24. If not, he can't say he didn't give it his all.
The other shoe dropped. Looks like Carey Price's career is over and that's sad. But, HuGo are setting the Habs up for lots of TDL action and are loading up on 1st round picks. Jake Allen is going nowhere, he and Full Monty will be the duo going forward. The goaltending along with a suspect defence will keep the Habs from the playoffs in all likelihood but I want to see lots of goals scored. MSL will release the hounds and it will be lots of fun! Fuck you SFU!!
Looking at the details of this trade, the team of Gorton and Hughes will lijely be courted by the UN to solve the global warming crisis and then negotiate world peace.
Hi all - Mom of K3X passed peacefully yesterday afternoon after a long and valiant fight. She defied the odds for over 3 years but eventually the battle became too much for her. Surrounded by the family that mattered, and she has now rejoined my beloved father and we will be reuniting them on the Mountain overlooking their beloved Montreal late in September. RIP Mom. ❤️😢😇
My condolences, K3X. As moeman said, it has been heartwarming reading your occasional updates, and through them, getting glimpse of your devotion and love for what I am sure was a very special woman. May she rest in eternal peace.
Music clip features Ry, Buckwheat Zydeco and Lenny Kravitz. Fucking awesome.
ReplyDeleteRy is in my top 10. Incredible musician/artist.
DeleteHappy for very good Hab Dish getting moved (with EAP). Decent return and a bit of Cap saving. Still lots to be done. Trust in HuGo.
ReplyDeleteKent Hughes is doing great and is not done. He is in a can't lose situation really, the fans are on board for the rebuild for the most part, so is under no pressure to make trades for 'the now'. If Jean Luc is actually in the picture, Hughes is in the driver's seat. He's got 4 pretty centers as is, they don't really need PLD. They are over stocked with wingers though, lots of opportunity there.
ReplyDeleteLots of Raquel, she may have been my first celebrity crush, possibly Sophia Loren as well.
Got my 2nd Covid booster last week, still feeling the effects, been pretty sluggish the last few days. Knock on wood, I haven't had covid so far, I still wear a mask when I go indoors and try to keep my distance from folks.
Great spread moeman! Hello Bo Derek from the Playboy spread the whole world was taliking about. Just another day at tge office for that horse.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Monty on signing for two years one-way, one million per. As someone noted o the Twitter machine, that makes him tougher for other GMs to consider a waiver pickup should he need to be sent down. I love TFS but his status sure is a big mountain for the team to work around. Hope his knee comes back 100% and he's able to be used sparingly.
Congrats to Full Monty on the new contract but I sure hope Jake Allen can stay healthy next season. A 50/30 split would be good.
ReplyDeleteThe leafools over at Pension Plan Puppets are touting their team as a top 4 contender and stating that the Habs have problems in goal. And they don't? They do realize their new #1 goalie won 5 games last year and spent time in the AHL? And their backup was let go for nothing? Like that survey in the previous thread point out: Most delusional fan base in the NHL.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happens as long as PLD never becomes. HAB I will be happy...
ReplyDeleteI could be wrong but I think PLD will be a Hab this fall. He seems to be working his way out of Winnipeg and has put the GM there in a no win scenario. Winnipeg is kind of in win now mode, why wouldn't they want a veteran center (Dvo) who is good in the FO circle, a sniper (Hoff) or (G.I. Finn) or (Lep) and a prospect and a lower pick? Whatever, GM Hughes can tell GM Chev to fuck off or go shop somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteIn 1977 I put on Ry if I wanted to get lucky. Ry was a much better musician than I was a seducer/ Today we have traitors on every hockey team. The name on the back supersedes everything, like the NBA or the NFL or Baseball. So you have a traitors bunch of young punks you have to cradle.
ReplyDeleteGood luck, there will be four of five destinations and the rest of the league is just a development place with sucker fans. Buttman has to act, he has to defend every franchise, not let the punks rule.
Even though we are enduring a heatwave here in NB, I'm still enjoying the summer.
ReplyDeleteIf you have a few minutes, listen to this podcast from the Bobcat, I am liking Jeff Gorton more and more, his honesty answering questions, some funny quips and his strong Boston accent. The Habs are in good hands with Jeff, Kent and Marty.
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-bob-mccown-podcast/id1518820915?i=1000570635933
I'm looking forward to Kirby Dach and PoHo on a line toggether.
BBG would have been all over PLD, but why is he not called Jon Luc? I will take him in two years. We want to tank next year, we can have him for nothing in 2 years, why take him now. Same thing I told my future wife.
ReplyDeletePLD aka Jean Luc signs a one year deal. Is this a sign and trade?
ReplyDeleteIts the opposite. Who is going to take him with no chance to lock him down. He is a rental at trade deadline.
DeletePlan the parade. Huber is uber ready next year to sign a hometown deal. Jean Luc will be there the following year. TFS will be fully healed. A team with three first line centers and 3 first line power forward and one all star goalie and a highly mobile analytic defense can not be stopped.
ReplyDeleteWorth repeating captain underpants is going to fly. There is already a contract in a drawer in Vegas. Vegas to Phoenix is a very short limo ride especially if your hammered.
ReplyDelete"Here is the thing Severalli. Why isn’t Matthews saying that?
Your talking about a guy that walked himself to ufa status early by turning down a top dollar max term deal. A guy that’s building a 12.5 million mansion in Phoenix and renting in Toronto.
A guy that leaves the city every chance he gets. "
In two years the leaf self destruct.
He is as good as gone.
WOW! That is quite the trade between Cowtown and the Swamp. I agree with Steve, The Huber is coming to Montreal next season. If Jean Luc gets his way, the Habs will be the Flying Frenchmen again. Drouin can start packing, he is gone at the TDL, if not sooner. Maybe he will be in the 'Peg by October.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, Narcos is just biding his time, he is gone in 2 years or less. I didn't know he is building a mansion in Phoenix, that prettyy much settles it. The leafools and SFU will not be worshipping him for much longer. The putrid leaf will be a lottery team sooner than they think, maybe even this year with that goaltending tandem. Maybe Kallgren will save them. Didn't mclame compare him to the great Ken Dryden last year? I see lots of delicious leaf schadenfreude in the near future.
After some sober second thought, probably can't sign both of those guys. They are both going to want big bucks and they already are paying Slick Nick large, with CC on deck. If I had to pick one I would choose Huberdeau. But I'm biased, JH is a former Sea Dog.
DeleteHuber has money and as Gorden Sinclar said, nothing better in life to be a rich man in your home town. As for Jean Luc, he is a bit of a fuck up, but goole maps will serve him well to restrore his place in this world. Yeah Sussie I cant get his nick from the dat bank now. Got 8 mill from bergie who gave money out to people he loved like a preacher from hell.
DeleteAnyway we can say 6 mill mother fucker take it or go play with anglos.
I dunno about Jean Luc
ReplyDeleteWhined his way out of Columbus now dictating terms to the peg got talent but seems prima donnaish
Remind us of someone?
I don’t think we have the cap for either of these guys till we trim some salary besides we’re going nowhere next year or two
Continue to tank and build
Going to enjoy watching the dumpster fire in hogtown tho
It’s gonna be a stinker
Go Habs
TFS can not be a Javelin to our Tank. He has kept us in the medium department for years.
DeleteThe more I think about it, I'll bet Johnny H. stays in Calgary long term. Treliving will offer him a decent contract and JH is an honorable guy. As has been pointed out he will soon be 30 so he doesn't fit in the contending window. Finish in the bottom 10 again, hope Florida stumbles and get more picks for the expiring contracts at the TDL in 2023. Don't try to be leaf-like an accelerate the process.
ReplyDeleteI dunno. I think they took both Huberdeau and Weegar on expiring contracts with at least a potential that they won't have a good season so they can be dumped at the TDL for more good picks in a deep 2023 draft. I think JH may actually want to hit the market with a possibility of coming home. I guess we'll see.
DeleteIf Johnny H. wants to come to Montreal, 5 years max.
DeleteIf Pierre Luc Dubois ever becomes a Hab, his nickname should be Jean Luc.
ReplyDeleteI don't see the upside to him but if he lands with the Habs, "Make it so."
DeleteAnother stinking hot day. Week 1 of vacation over, nice time in PEI with the gang. Played a terrible round of golf while there but had a good time.
ReplyDeleteBut as it is so hot here today in Hfx stayed inside this morning and watched Canadian gal Brooke Henderson win her 2nd major. While she struggled out of the gate and ended up with an 8 foot putt for the win on 18, generally they make the game look so easy. It ain't.
Another week of vacay at home doing stuff around the house...but it doesn't seem the temps are dropping too much.
Take er easy and stay hydrated folks.
RIP Paul Sorvino... Paulie from Goodfellows was his greatest role..
ReplyDeleteRIP. Loved him in Montreal-filmed/set Mambo Italiano
DeleteHave I mentioned that I would prefer that PLD stays in the peg...?
ReplyDeleteHeads up, GYFHGers. On cacay herd over in Cape Breton and a dude shows up on Ingonish Beach in CH hat and shirt. Hey ho says I. Turns out Randy came out here from his Sarnia, ON home on a trip with his 10 year-old daughter. We chatted and i told him this site and its mind-set would be a blessing to him in his Laffland vacinity.
ReplyDeleteThen after they left, Mrs. SiM informed me the daughter mentioned her Mom had recently died. So if Randy shows up to comment, cheers man. Glad to meet you so briefly and trade tales of what games we'd attended at the Forum. Pull up an avatar and make ypurself at home. #GYFHG
Hey SiM! Welcome to the maritimes bud! Been a little hotter than usual lately, stay close to the water and you'll be ok.
DeleteThe locals seem pretty freaked out. I guess not all that many even have AC. It's hot but not as hot as Montreal. Where are all the mosquitoes? Not very buggy at all.
DeleteNot many mosquitoes near the ocean. Just stay out of the woods.
DeleteYep. Welcome to NS SiM and fam. The heat wave is over now it's just regular hot for NS. I am not a fan of the heat btw. If it could stay around 19-20 I'd be a happy camper.
DeleteBest to Randy and his daughter. True Habs fans are always welcome here. And even reasonable non Habs fans...who is the Boston guy that used to pop in now and then?
I am blown away at the beauty of this place. Everyone is wonderful, great food but not enough gas stations. So spoiled with convenience in Montreal. Very few shells on the beach too. I think there may be a sense among thise I meet here that they have an ill-understood inate need to prove themselves up to snuff in relation to Scotland. Need some castles then I suppose. Tomorrow we're off to Tyne Valley, PEI (not by ferry).
DeleteGood call not taking the firey...er ferry.
DeleteI spent last week on PEI. Great weather, very windy, which kept the bugs away at least.
Glad to hear you're having a good trip through the Maritimes.
John Lu and his wife own some little cottages on the Parrsboro shore of NS, I might check them out next year, nice part of the province.
Bienvenue à Stephane Robidas! A late-blooming Sherbrooke lad that made good as a 7th round pick and spent four years in the Q before going pro is our new Assistant coach, presumably for the D-corps.
ReplyDeleteSo, he finally escaped from leaf invented Robidas island.
DeleteVery good hiring.
DeleteHello!
ReplyDeleteThat you, Randy?
DeleteOh the mosquitoes are all in PEI evidently.
ReplyDeleteLol, why I was more than happy to have it windy AF last week.
DeleteSo much more emphasis on renewable energy in the Atlantic provinces. Quebec has virtually no solar panels or wind turbines to be found.
DeleteTurbines are all on the south shore of Montreal just head towards Saint Remi they are everywhere
DeleteBig hello to robidas sp nice to offer safe harbour to a leafland escapee
I’m so anxious for the season to start
So much new and fresh
Bicep bergy was so dusty and grumpy and granted his player mix got us to the cup final but his player mix didn’t get us the cup
Close only counts in hand grenades
His legacy tho will be one of handcuffing Hugo with his contracts
Luckily they appear to have the situation in hand
Go Habs
Thank you Chester. I must retract my statement regarding Québec and wind energy. I noticed some around Rivière de loup on my way back home yesterday too.
DeleteLets look carefully at 2024. TFS with his bionic upgrades is better than ever, although the batteries run out late in the third. Jean Luc has signed at a cap friendly 6 mill, and UBER HUBER has signed for l 75000. We win two cups before TFS fades to black.
ReplyDeleteIt is truly the dog days of summer. Sadly my vacation comes to an end and it's back to reality after tomorrow's holiday. And daughter 2 is back to Ottawa 😥...as soon as the airline figure out a flight, as we awoke to find hers was cancelled. But it was a fantastic 2 weeks with family and mostly good weather. What more does one need.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Kidney and Roy might be off to the Juniors. I gotta say the revelations about Hockey Canada certainly tarnishes the game to a degree for me. But one cannot paint all with the same brush. I don't find it surprising to learn there have been numerous sexual assault cases over the years. Maybe I'm naive, but I am surprised to learn there have been (allegedly) multiple gang rapes. Sadly rape (I think the term sexual assault was created to soften this word) is prevalent in all aspects of society. It's rampant in universities as kids head out on their own. And anybody proven guilty of those offences must pay for their crimes. Because it is a crime. And the gang rape, to me, is just a heinous act. If there is proof of that 2003 incident in Halifax that an unresponsive girl was raped multiple times, there are men with families sweating bullets right now. But each one of them must pay. But with any cold case, how does one prove these allegations without evidence. I guess that is up to the law and order folks to figure out. Sorry for the diversion, I guess this has just been on my mind.
He'll be the first to say it's not about him, and that's true, but Rick Westhead deserves a Pulitzer (or some award) for bringing this culture into the light.
Not a diversion. The three leagues making up the CHL are responsible for being surogate parents for boys as young ss 16, and must provide a safe learning environment just like a high school. And Westhead does deserve high praise, indeed.
DeleteI'm back from the municipality of Digby, N.S., where I grew up. I too spent time with my family, my aunts are getting up there so I treasure my time with them. I spent time with my siblings, my sister has a cottage on the Bay of Fundy, one day was spent watching a dozen or so humpback whales frolicking about, the next watching sharks (porbeagles I think) thrashing the water while feeding on herring or mackeral.
DeleteI'm sickened by what I've read about the 2018 assault, it obviously happened because the victim was paid to be quiet. Everybody and I mean EVERYBODY involved in that incident including those that covered it up need to be held responsible and punished, just like those in Chicago, although a few of them escaped with their hides intact.
It's just my opinion but the teenage player that bergevin drafted in 2021 should never be allowed in the NHL. I know he paid for his crime in Sweden but he is part of that tainted culture where these young men think they can act as they please toward women and it's no big deal.
If Poulin and Machabe believe he has reformed, and if he takes a leadership role in educating youngsters in hockey on why the revolting "puck bunny" culture is just an abusive objectification of women that has no place in the sport, then I'll accept him. Who knows what dark secrets are being buried even now among some within the organization? I think we might have to brace ourselves that dome we have idolized were complicit in some very bad moments in previous years. But it must be done.
DeleteLT Urah has joined the cosmos. I never thought about her or any other Star Trek characters as anything special because of race etc. Looking back Star Trek had the phasers on full against prejudice.
ReplyDeleteYep. RIP Lt Uruha...Nichelle Nichols.
DeleteRIP Lt. Uhura, Star Trek was so far ahead of its time...
DeleteOnly 3 of the original cast left, Kirk, Sulu and Chekov.
Two more management people form the Boston area hired. That has to be annoying some pure lainers. I don't care as long as they win.
ReplyDeleteSo our sole Ruskie has been introduced to his new digs in Brossard and tried on #63. I will dub him the Dadaist
ReplyDeleteWe Habs fans won't have the Huberdeau distraction any more. Jean Luc is another story however. I can see KH pulling the trigger on that one but it will be on his terms.
ReplyDelete@Saint Paddy, if the Habs manage to acquire Jean Luc maybe we can call him Locutus?
Heh, at least you and I can. Make it so! I say we see what he does this year...he has really done nothing to impress me to date.
DeleteGreat deal for JH getting the Carey Price contract, but a year sooner at 29.
Well well well, it appears there is more uber to Huber than Hugo can handle. The first dint in the glossy paintjob. How could Hugo let Huber sign for 8 years with the Flames. Now there is little CHance he will sign with a hometown discount, in fact no CHance. What a disaster.
ReplyDeleteGood old (Y) emilin still handing out howitzer hits in the K. He put highly rated and very potential Hab Matvei Michkov on the shelf for at least 6 months.
My biggest fear is that with half the league in tank mode, we will win enough to finish in the middle, the best of the worst, and once again fail to get a true super star. You need 3 superstars to win the cup. We have one with wonky knees and one potential in Slaf.
If Lane Hudson is such a steal, why did he not make the USA WJM team? I still have high hopes, but I have a lot of high hopes.
Uber didn't fit the Habs time frame, the Flames are in win now mode and needed a win after losing Katchoo and Johnny non-Hockey. Treliving was backed into a corner and had to pay. Montreal has to suck one more year then they can think about trying to win.
Delete(Y) is still a beast.
Yeah, Chicago and Arizona are in a race to the bottom this year. I feel Montreal will be a mid-lottery team and will get one more A+ player in the 2023 Draft.
Lane Hutson (Rock?) will be playing in the 2023 and 2024 WJCs and will grow another 2 inches in height and 20 more lbs. He will be the second coming of the legendary MAB.
Rock Rocks
DeletePocket Rock!
DeleteNailed it Pocket Rock he is
DeleteI'm still waiting for HuGo to re-sign Paq'o'smokes...
ReplyDeleteR.I.P. Olivia Newton-John. No more of those summer nights.
ReplyDeleteYes, I cant really remember how I felt about her, but she was something, RIP
DeleteR.I.P. Olivia Neutron Bomb, I've never seen any of her movies but she was big in her day.
DeleteSad news. Such a beautiful woman and fantastic artist.
DeleteR.I.P. Bill Graham, whom I implored to give 'em hell in the House when he was interim Opposition leader, back in 2008. He was an honest politician who served the public interest and not his own.
ReplyDeletehttp://randboro.blogspot.com/2008/03/all-crap-sshits-can-dish-in-just-one.html?m=0
Met him a couple of times. Respectful and great Canadian.
DeleteMake it stop! R.i.P. Lamont Dozier
ReplyDeleteCatalogue of songs is incredible. R.I.P.
DeleteOne of the few likeable leaf, get well Borje Salming.
ReplyDeleteThat's too bad about Salming.
DeleteI remember back in the '70s, whenever the really putrid Ballard leaf would play the Broadstreet Bullies, they would beat on Borje mercilessly. I would actually feel sorry for him.
I have both his and Inge Hammerstrong Rookie card in mint condition. I will sell them for one billion dollars each. Salming was in his era like a trans player today. He took so many slings and arrows for no reason other than what he was.
DeleteHmmmm..... Sly Lefevbre is now an assistant coach for the Florida Panthers. That 2023 1st round pick might be worth something after all.
ReplyDeleteHow's thaf exactly? Habs get their 1st round pick if they miss the playoffs or something?
DeleteSly could make them finish lower than expected thus Montreal gets a higher pick in 2023. I was/am being somewhat sarcastic.
DeleteMontreal owns that pick from the Chiarot trade.
DeleteAh, merci
DeleteHockey Canada. I have heard enough, lets let the courts do the rest, and let the kids play hockey.
ReplyDeleteRIP Anne Hecht and best wishes for a full and speedy recovery to Salman Rushdie.
ReplyDeleteWould that hockey may soon get back on the radar.
Summer is slowly winding down, goldenrod is in full bloom, crickets are invading my garage. The NFL is playing exhibition games and the QMJHL is opening training camps next week. Pretty soon the Habs will be front and center, hopefully Gorton and Hughes have had a break and will be ready to wheel and deal, or just take the slow steady path to respectability, I'm hoping for the latter.
ReplyDeleteMy oldest son is officially getting hitched a week from today (next Saturday) after being postponed twice due to Covid. I'll be glad when that is done, Mrs. Maritimer has been a nervous wreck the last few weeks and all she has to do is show up!
On a side note, my golf game has been on fire lately, shooting high 70s low 80s fairly regularly. My right knee is shot so I take a power cart now, I guess I have more energy at the end to close out the game.
Cheers all!
Once a child is married to a women, it means that she has to take care of the kid and the parents can relax,
DeleteI am signing CC to eight for 7. Yeah that is a home town discount. But lets be logical. If you want to win the cup you better be TFS or 8 mill is the ceiling, We can hire alot of players between those two
ReplyDeletelike Dale the DutCH Gretzey Wiese. He goes dowin in habs history as a mensCH
Paq'o'smokes signed with a KHL team. That's desperation. Hope he stays safe.
ReplyDeleteThere are actually quite a few Canadians going back to Russia to play in the KHL. I guess they need to work same as everyone else. I don't think any of them will be playing in a war zone so they should be OK.
DeleteR.i.P. Wolfgand Petersen. Everybody please watch Das Boot (subtitled, director's cut), and just remember that's 80s pre CGI fx and huge performances. Groundbreaking filmmaker.
ReplyDeleteI love sub movies and this is the grand daddy of them all. RIP.
DeleteI haven't watch any of the juniors tournament, just can't get into it I guess. A combination of the hot, sticky weather and the Hockey Canada scandals have really made me disinterested in hockey in August. Also, I've decided I don't enjoy August much any more, as I said, it's too hot nowadays, hard to sleep at night, you sweat doing anything, nope, bring on September and cooler drier air thanks.
ReplyDeleteDitto. Best purchase I've ever made was a heat pump a few years back. The A/C has been a lifesaver...well a sleep saver at the very least.
DeleteI've had a heat pump since 2015, it is a life saver, especially for Mrs. Maritimer.
DeleteHaven't been doing too much tvy viewing but watched The Old Man starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. It was decent.
ReplyDeleteChecking out Yellowjackets since I hear it's getting the Emmy buzz. We'll see if i can handle all that teenage girl angst that is likely to be present.
I have also not watched a moment of the Jr's and don't intend to start. We'll see at Christmas if I feel like attending in person or not ..
Looking forward to the end of the hockey dog days and seeing some movement in the roster soon.
I would imagine Kent Hughes and company are dragging out the last few days of off season downtime for as long as possible. And yeah, I'm getting tired of the same crap being posted daily on some of the Habs sites. I don't even bother reading any of that stuff. Bring on some football!
ReplyDeleteLadies and gentlemen, we have a trade (?) Sean Monahan a Hab ?
ReplyDeleteI'm having a pleasantly distracted summer.
ReplyDeleteLike theM. says, not much news outside of repetitive quackery.
A couple more weeks before hitting the proverbial books at the university.
Saint Paddy got his roster news, I think Monahan gets flipped, something is going on with Nashville too. However, if Monahan stays I would guess Dvo and the Hoff are the ones moving on with a sweetener a some kind, maybe the 1st that Calgary is supposedly sending to Montreal?
ReplyDeleteIn HuGo we trust.
DeleteYea! Action! Waits patiently for the details to unfold...
Deletefor sure a first, but a very late first, so we might as well buy beer and take the cans back.
DeleteGotta give it to Treliving. Turning Johnny and Tkachuk into Huberdeau and Khadri in less than optimal circumstances is pretty good. Curious to see the full deal with the Habs.
ReplyDeleteIt's official. Welcome to Montreal, Sean MonaHAB!
ReplyDeleteAnd sadly, if not expectedly, the reason they can take that contract is that Hughes is pretty certain that Carey won't play this year. Sad. But it's good to have that decision.
DeleteI think TFS will get a surgically reconstructed knee, hang with his young family, and hope to play in 2023-24. If not, he can't say he didn't give it his all.
DeleteThe other shoe dropped. Looks like Carey Price's career is over and that's sad. But, HuGo are setting the Habs up for lots of TDL action and are loading up on 1st round picks. Jake Allen is going nowhere, he and Full Monty will be the duo going forward. The goaltending along with a suspect defence will keep the Habs from the playoffs in all likelihood but I want to see lots of goals scored. MSL will release the hounds and it will be lots of fun! Fuck you SFU!!
ReplyDeleteLooking at the details of this trade, the team of Gorton and Hughes will lijely be courted by the UN to solve the global warming crisis and then negotiate world peace.
ReplyDeleteIf he turns out to really deliver the goods in clutch situations, he vould even become MoneyHab, or $Hab
ReplyDeleteRemember when you couldn't get good centers? HuGo must have a newer version of Playstation. All of a sudden he's got too many.
ReplyDeleteComedy gold: https://twitter.com/boringmonahan
ReplyDeleteHi all - Mom of K3X passed peacefully yesterday afternoon after a long and valiant fight. She defied the odds for over 3 years but eventually the battle became too much for her. Surrounded by the family that mattered, and she has now rejoined my beloved father and we will be reuniting them on the Mountain overlooking their beloved Montreal late in September. RIP Mom. ❤️😢😇
ReplyDeleteBless Mom of K3X, may she Rest In Peace. My condolences to your family.
DeleteSorry for your loss K3X. Condolences to you and your family.
DeleteFirst and foremost, sympathies to Kev and his entire family.
DeleteI dreaded this day but am comforted in K3X's updates on how his Mom was doing and how she was being cared for.
I hope she had a wonderful life and knowing she is in a better place after leaving us with goodness in the likes of K3X and his family.
I am sending bountiful peace and love my brother.
My condolences, K3X. As moeman said, it has been heartwarming reading your occasional updates, and through them, getting glimpse of your devotion and love for what I am sure was a very special woman. May she rest in eternal peace.
DeleteCondolences K3X and family, a difficult time to endure. God bless you all.
Deletehttps://fourhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2022/08/life-lesson-1.html
ReplyDeleteI have no words guys... Thank you all... 🙏❤️
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