So two more of my foolish predictions failed to come through. But I'm happy for that talented Oilers team, despite my misgivings about McGod's endorsement of gambling on hockey and Evander Kane.
I would find it amusing if the 'greatest' team ever got knocked out in the 1st round. Surely that stop any comparisons to the '77 Habs team, THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL TIME! I think the Cats, with Matthew Tkachuk and Goalie Bob, who seems to have found his game, would take down the sfu darlings.
Cringe alert: The video of Joe Bowen signing ‘Happy Days are here again’ after the leaf win. Two points-Joe Bowen can’t sign and he got the words wrong. https://twitter.com/LeafsJelly/status/1652503712185630720/video/1
An all Canadian Finals is buttman and daley's plus ESPN (Disney) worst nightmare. I don't care as long as you can guarantee an Oil win. However, it's more likely a Vegas/FLA Finals, pretty sure it's already in the books...
I was too tired to stay up, but to the beaners "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Like the M said, greatest team, my ass.
And SiM, never...NEVER...cheer for the leaf. For any reason. HuGo is trading that pick anyway, wherever it is.
And the Kraken too! Lots of brackets busted last night. And the best news is it was two birds with one stone, Mackinnon and Marchand out means I don't have to deal with a damn Stanley Cup parade in Halifax. Hopefully Justin Barron is the next SC Parade host in these parts.
And in football news, the Patriots picked up a guy with the last name of Speed and another guy with the last name of Gonzalez. All I can say to that is Arriba! Arriba!
Re: Jack Edwards call of the winning goal, go to Stu Cowan's Twitter, he linked a video of it. Edwards could barely talk he was so distraught. Ha Ha, gfy Jack.
Fûck da broons. Admittedly was curious and watched at 2-2, then 3-2, then the beaners cheering 'we want the Cup!', then 3-3, then splatttttt ! Fūck your greatest team in NHL history banner. 🤡s
KMN. That's a secret acronym we text each other at work during really dull presentations. Kill Me Now. All my leaf fan friends are sooooo f'ing giddy right now with Boston and Colorado gone - they figure they've punched their ticket to the finals and the drought is about to end. It's going to be so sad for them when they end up just like Boston, more Panther fodder.
RIP Gordon Lightfoot, one of the greatest Canadian musicians to ever live. The Canadian Railroad Trilogy is his crowning achievement, I still get chills when I hear it.
Indeed! Powerhorse is the only guy in the line-up who has scored a GWG in a Stanley Cup Final for the Habs. He is a big part of this team's heart and soul, and he's got several good years left.
My last comment on PLD. I've actually seen very little of him in his career so my lack of faith is purely based on stats and his attitude whilst on his former team. I trust that Habs management and scouts have seen a hell of a lot more of him than me or any of the self proclaimed internet experts out there, and HuGo will make the correct decision for the franchise, whatever that may be.
I had broons in 5 Avs in5 Canes in 5 Vegas in 6 Stars in 6 Laffs in 6 Kings in 6 Devils in 7 I was doing well (83rd in NHL pool) but screwed now as a had Avs for a repeat Cup
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee The Laffs it is said, always end up dead When the skies of playoff hockey turn gloomy With a load of bull shit twenty-six thousand fans wore But the Gardens still always seemed empty That Laffs white and blue were always screwed When the gales of playoff hockey came early The team was the pride of the COTU side Coming back from some win in Tampa As the big wins go, it was bigger than most With a crew and captain underpants seasoned Concluding the series with a couple of more wins When they left fully loaded for Florida And later that night when the final bell rang Could it be the Stanley Cup they'd been feelin'? The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound from the hot air blowin from the panel And a tear broke over Friedman’s face And every man knew, as captain underpants too T'was the witch of playoffs come stealin' The dawn came late and the Cup had to wait When the sticks of Tkachuk came slashin
Love it and for sure Gord was a Leaf fan. I wanna Tronna win because we benifit, CUO BONO. I wanna a TO win because they are a Canadian Team and you could not find 5 people in Florida who know who the Panthers are. I wanna a TO win becuause we drafted KK instead of Kid brother. I wanna TO and EDM final because it would make Buttman get hemroids.
Should we be nervous, should we be buying that big Staples panic button we wore our ten times over the years. HUGO is the Rangers, Rangers with Gelard Gelant get busted like littel kids by little kids. DO NOT MAKE THE JEAN LUC TRADE, this is my warning to HUGO who thought they were Versache is NY.
Jeff Gorton didn't hire Gerard Gallant, Chris Drury did. I think. I always liked Gerard, he won the Memorial Cup here in Saint John. He got a raw deal in Florida and in Vegas but, like Sutter in Calgary, his time may be up as the NHL tries to modernize how the game is played. Jacques Lemaire's trap is a thing of the past, eMpTy's dump and chase, Clawed's love of 4th line players. It's all crap.
I feel Jean Luc will thrive under Coach Marty and his free wheeling style. I will take 5-4 wins every day of the week. Bring it. Like Saint Paddy said, I trust HuGo to do their due diligence.
I see nobody gave Winnipeg a chance, and no wonder. Bowness called them out publicly and then they went and cried about it when everyone could see he was only stating the bloody obvious. I can't believe PLD coming out of there would be worth pursuing, but what do I know? Only that Shit-fly's Jets were hopeless.
The officials working extra hard to get TOR a (albeit too) late PP. Where was that 3 minute huddle near the end of game 6 when a Bolt took a high stick right in front of a ref?
Biased panel of leafool hacks trying to figure out how their leaf can win game 2. I'm sure coach Sheldon is all ears as to what these losers have to offer.
To sum up leaf fans, a coworker ordered a Tavares jersey to celebrate the first round win.
I told him Mrs Pad bought me a Habs sweater for Xmas a few years back and I had her return it. And I didn't buy one to celebrate beating the leaf or making it to the final two years ago. I'll buy a premium Habs sweater when they win the only thing that counts.
Looks like Riley Kidney's time in junior might be coming to a close as Gatineau is now down 3-0 to the Remparts. Or does he have another year of eligibility...not sure? Meanwhile Hfx got their first win vs Joshua Roy and Sherbrooke, now trailing 2-1. Roy hasn't been very impressive from the game wraps that I've watched.
Two prospects left in the OHL also. And like it or not the top prospect remaining is Logan Mailloux. This guy has the offence and with a bit of seasoning on the back end, will easily be a top 4 dman, possibly a top 2. I have a gut feeling he may be dealt with that FLA pick for something, whether that's PLD or something out of left filed like HuGo pulled last year. But he's paid his dues and if he is a future Hab, I will welcome him.
Well this organization has a bad habit of trading away D men Chelios mcdonagh sergachev Prob could go back to langway Time for this to stop I understood the romonov for dach we got a return thank goodness But let’s keep this logan kid He made a mistake and he paid for it From the hockey side he’s gonna be a good one and I think he’s a righty we’re short on righties As far as our pick from the cats goes it’s far more important to stuff the leaf than to pick 17th First things first Go Cats Go Habs
I was 14 years old and I do have some vague black and white hazy memories of that win against the Blues. I looked at the picture first and the only 3 I couldn't get were Gilles Tremblay, Christian Bordeleau and Larry Hillman (an ex-leaf I think). I recognized a young Mickey Redmond and Bobby Rousseau though. In Jean Beliveau's bio, he thought that team should have won 5 in a row, like the 1956-60 team, only to be interrupted by a bunch of old men and Dave Keon in 1967.
Hey fellow Maritimer. If memory serves me correctly, you retired in your mid-50s from a public service career? I'm in the same boat, and I can retire in 2 years at 56. I'll only have 29 years of service so working a few more years obviously means earning more and increasing the pension. But every retiree I have spoken with says GO AS SOON AS YOU CAN! And Mrs Pad is already retired. I'm always looking for insight from likeminded people on their thoughts about retiring before 60.
Hey Saint Paddy I'll see if I can help. I did retire early at 54 but circumstances regarding the pension set up are different now than back then. Two factors contributed to my decision, 1) I had the 'magic number', age and years of service added up to 85 hence I could go with no penalty. 2) I knew change to a 'shared risk' plan was coming soon so I got out before that happened. Plus, after 30 plus years I felt I needed a change of scenery. I knew I was still employable with my skill set (civil engineering) so I knew it was just a matter of time to find something. After a two year break I took some short term gigs that didn't interfere with golf season but when I hit 60 I knew I had had enough. If you don't mind going to work I would do at least to 55.
As far as 'go as soon as you can', if it works for you financially by all means pull the trigger. We don't know how much time we have left so enjoy it while you can. That's my motto. For sure take your Canada Pension at 60 though. Most financial experts will tell you that. You will take a reduced rate but if you collect it for 7 or 8 years you will get back what you lose. I always said it's free money, take it!
Thanks man that's all good stuff. Yeah we have a magic rule of 80 here so I'll have that in 2 years at 56 (and I've purchased 5 years of service from a former gig).
It's one of those things. I know we'll be fine financially. Not rich, but enough to get by.
And yeah I did the math on the CPP a while back. I think it was age 74 where the payout evens out. So taking a reduced pension at 60 vs 65, I will earn the same total amount at age 74, so beyond that age I'm making less than if I waited til 65. But I also think (hope) I'll need less then too. It's weird thinking about that next.phase of life. Not sure how I got here so fast!
Thanks man that's all good stuff. Yeah we have a magic rule of 80 here so I'll have that in 2 years at 56 (and I've purchased 5 years of service from a former gig).
It's one of those things. I know we'll be fine financially. Not rich, but enough to get by.
And yeah I did the math on the CPP a while back. I think it was age 74 where the payout evens out. So taking a reduced pension at 60 vs 65, I will earn the same total amount at age 74, so beyond that age I'm making less than if I waited til 65. But I also think (hope) I'll need less then too. It's weird thinking about that next.phase of life. Not sure how I got here so fast!
He (along with Esa Tikannen) was a cornerstone of my epic 1990/91 regular season and playoff pool office hockey pool victories, as the 'new guy' when I moved to BC.
Memorably, Klima scored the triple-overtime winner in Game 1 of the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals after not having played in the previous five periods as the Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins, 3-2. The Oilers would go on to win the series in five games.
I remember that game, I think the lights went out and it was delayed for a while.
I saw an interesting trade proposal from a Chicago perspective. The Black Hawks trade #3 and a second round pick (#56) to Montreal for #5 and #17. Presuming those picks remain as is after the lottery and the leaf beat Florida. Does HuGo take Michkov at #3? Thought provoking indeed. I think Will Smith is going before Montreal picks. If that's the case I would take the Russian kid. He's only 18, they can wait on him for a couple years. He is supposedly an elite talent which the Habs don't have.
Also, on Marinaro's podcast Tuesday night he and his guest were debating the PLD file and also whether HuGo should try to acquire Lafreniere from NY, a similar scenario to Kirby Dach, another under-achieving 21 year old.
Everything hinges on what happens next Monday night. Connor Bedard changes everybody's plans. Good times!
Speaking to Québec getting a tenner am, your namesake's Remparts nearly sold out their 18,000 capacity Centre Vidéotron last weekend, and they'll get similar numbers in their final round dates vs. the winner between our respective hometown teams. The Arizona situation is a total crock.
I'm sitting in a bar in uptown Saint John, Mrs. Maritimer is playing a gig, they have leafnet on the tv, can't hear it but I see all the leafool hacks are dressed in leaf colours 🤡🤡🤡🤡
Oh, how well wittle Nylander played! Oh, the many shots Pyjama boy and Capt. Underpants took! Oh how well they played, and hey, they haven't lost in the Sunshine State yet this playoffs (never mind it was all of two games and against a different franchise altogether). Such moronic commentary.
I read this lady's take on the Habs often, very intelligent and thoughtful.
https://t.co/CPClbbjO1f
Her thoughts on goaltending ring true. We all loved Carey Price, but how many games did he lose 1-0, 2-1, because he had no high end support up front. Bob Gainey knew he had a thoroughbred but read the tea leaves wrong after the '04 lockout and really never got a chance for a re-do because of a family tragedy. Gauthier was only concerned with diets and who ate what. Bargainbin wanted a grinding defence first team with no high end skill. All those wasted years, Price should have won 3 Cups in his career, 2010, 2014 and 2021 getting to the conference Finals and the guys up front running out of gas. Sad, really.
Lori is a great read and puts out some very interesting opinions, much of which I agree with.
Isn’t it about time the Habs learned to spend a little more for a Volvo or two instead of buying a gaggle of Chevys that sputter along and they can’t offload to save their souls?
Bang on! Just should have mentioned having the Lambo (Price) parked in the garage.
Good to see three young Habs make the USA roster. I don't know if it's by design or due to lack of interest by NHL players, but the vast majority of that team seems to be unknowns/prospects. I think that's actually a great way to go to give the future players for your country extra ice time on an international stage.
But hey, Canada will have Teapot and Pretzel from the Flames...
Blame recency bias or the fact the KMAX will be the new King of England. I am changing my tune. I would rather see the Panthers win than get a juciy draft pick.
The leaf lose because they bought Italien cars and Italien ads and who does not respect the brand Ferrei. This is the max brand in the max world that exists before we go full Madmax. Al I realy want is you, this is a Bob Dylan Song and I hope it had a climax. It starts with the Snow Mexicans, did you know Florida has 12 snow mexicans. Now a Mexican can can but as Mexicant will just piss people off. So I am telling you nobody on the leaf can drive stick and its going to sweep them like the broom they cant figure out. DIe Leafs Die come back when Bell has free internet.
I have not told anyone about this. Its been a six month project. I was pumping iron and steel and throughing titanium around like it was a mashmellow you could not cursh and evern make glow red on a camprire So I am not ready for any compition because my mind is weak. Is there not a chapter in the art of war that talks about TOE RON To. A fabled place that got took taken over by another tribe because they could not operate under pressure/
Meanwhile, in the biggest news story (most probably missed) yesterday, Putin's vaunted Mach 10 hypersonic missile - the one that was supposed to tilt the nuclear arms race and first strike capability to Russia's advantage - got shot down cleanly by the Ukrainians' first use of the US Patriot system. Putin's claim was just hot air, beaten easily with 1980's technology by a rookie team that just got trained on it. Slava Ukraini.
At the end of season presser, Jeff Gorton said they have the draft capital and assets (young players) to make a big move at the draft. If the Habs can move up, great, just as long as the player they pick is not named Dvorsky.
Well now, the Halifax Mooseheads eliminate the Sherbrooke Phoenix and the over-rated Joshua Roy. I'm not a fan of young Mr. Roy, he trashed Saint John for some reason when he was traded to Sherbrooke. The Habs can trade him as well as far as I'm concerned.
Just watched The Panel from SFU with Dummie some girl Mr Leafblower and that other guy Darrel where they all agreed it’s over for the leaf Wow Go Cats Go Habs
I am going to be completly stupid here. I want Fantalli. He is not Mc David and in the playoff its Drisital who is the better player, becaue he can beat the Ferrrira with his UNIMOG frame. Bedard is a pre NHL unicorn much like Lane Hudson and Mitch Marner. however when there is not room to tank and the tanks are comming, how many small men can take combat?
So the leaf are down 3 to zip against the worst team to make the playoffs. I am not Mitch Melnick but was that not the same against the Habs. Maybe the leaf need to play better teams to win?
I work 8 hours a day but I consume 4 to 6 hours of sports radio during the same time, should my boss ask for a refund?
Toronto radio dominates my media sphere, I live here. Let me give you an analogy or some other elite term to describe what I here. I listen to the enemy every day and it does not make me more sphembic, it makes me hate them more. Like every rational Hab fan I wanted Toronto to defeat Florida. We get a better, much better draft pick it makes us stronger. However like most if not all HABS fans given teh 3 game collapse of the leaf, I want to see the coup de gros. This is a very primal feeling, the same one that many politicians tap into. I am sure you have read The trouble with Kansas by Tomas Frank. This was written in 2004 and so precinct.(just so you dont call me a smarty pants I want you to know I never read the book, or many others I use in arguments, the word does not matter its the symbol) You know what else happened in 2004, the leaf won a playoff round.
The leaf not only have the trouble in Kansas they got a trouble in Arizona. They got trouble in Etobicoke, they got a trouble in Calgary and maybe some towns I cant spell or pronounce in Russia. If you are still following the Leaf Media are carving up the leaf like a beached whale that was supposed to penetrate the whaling ship whose sailors were molesting the local women and Shagahing the men. I was Shanghaied myself numerous times but they sent me biz class.
So right now you are saying, Steve WTF are you trying to say?
I put my self interest aside to see the leafs suffer, does that not make me some kind of bad person? Yes it does, and sport is the actualization of the non combat combat mode of civilization. We need to solve the problem of sports fans hurting themselves because they take so much pleasure in the destruction of rivals. With your help and a couple of UN initiatives, for sure we could get money from F1, Olympics and numerous world cups. we could get humans to act rationally about sport, and that would extend to things that really matter. I look forward to your proposal to implement that. I ask for nothing, okay maybe a stipend in the low 7 fingers.
Well Steve, I'm not sure what you are talking about, other than the leaf stuff, But I get the gist of it. It would be great if the Habs get the Bedard unicorn but I would be happy with Fantilli. The leaf and the SFU can all eff off. As for that Florida pick, this Hab fan would never sell his soul for a lousy draft pick, lose leaf lose!! People forget that Florida were President's trophy winners last season, so beating the heartless leaf is no surprise to me. The leaf are a poorly constructed team, narcos is a bitch, the defence is as porous as a sponge and the goaltending is laughable.
Regarding the FLA pick, let them lose to Carolina and Habs pick at 29. The Habs' most recent 50 goal scorer is also their most recent #29 pick, one Mr Stephane Richer. And there is a certain lawyer that skulks around here from time to time that might make that number even more magic.
So 5 it is. Then some sketchiness with the announcer telling us CBS has dropped to 3 but we didn't see the card flip. Fucking dirty Chicago is getting hm aren't they?!
Yep. Effin Chicago. They've just tanked after nearly 2 decades of good hockey because of prime high picks in Kane, Toewa, Keith. Makes the Debribcat and Dach deals look pretty brilliant.
No problem with #5, will be a great player. If miCHkov is available, take him. ChiHox ain't winning the Cup any time soon. Trust HuGo. Fûck bettman. Go Panthers !
So, Bedard to Chi, Fantilli to Ana, Carlsson or Smith to CBS, SJ takes whoever CBC doesn't, Mtl takes ..... if it's not Michkov I'm prepared to be disappointed. I would like Benson but Bobrov will probably trick HuGo into taking another Slovak kid.
OK I just watched my first Michkov highlite pack. Just from watching 15 minutes of him playing against grown men gives off serious 1B vibes to Bedard. If the Russia issue wasn't a thing, he is a slam dunk at #2 and going #1 wouldn't be inconceivable. Connor and MiCH are this generation's Sid and Ovie. Take him at 5 if he's there. He is worth the risk and the wait.
100% agree. I think there is a chance Michkov goes before 5. From what little I've read or seen, he is right there with Bedard. The Habs need a player of that caliber. If he is at 5 they better grab him otherwise they are doing a disservice to the franchise. Other young Russian players have signed recently, I don't think it's a problem.
“Marner is paid US$11-million a year. Leon Draisaitl is paid US$8.5-million.
Right now, Draisaitl looks like he will score every time he touches the puck, even one that is handed to him on the team bus. Marner, on the other hand, is the only healthy scratch in league history who keeps showing up to games in his uniform.”😂😂😂
So, the top 5 are considered Tier 1 players. Bedard, Fantilli, Smith, Carlsson, Michkov. For the love of God, pick one, any one of those five. Do not 'reach' for a Slovakian center or an Austrian defenceman. Among those previous five are four centers. You already are hip deep in D men. It ain't rocket science.
We are guarnted a player who will likely be better than Slav. Leo the Hulk and Slav on a line with Cpt Picard, wow, lets see how the leaf dispsy doodle changing on the fly.
For their later pick, I wonder if this guy who just shut out the Sherbrooke Phoenix might be a guy to think about. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/577924/mathis-rousseau
Yeah, while I haven't attended a Moose game in years, I keep tabs on them and he's had an unbelievable season. Teams like big goalies these days, so I don't know what will happen with him. I can see him getting selected in 5th or later round. I think there are a number of other goalies ahead of him.
There is a video out there of Paros shooting pucks through a sumoi wrestler, The concept still works , as a goalie you can never be to big. Even if your slow you know the shooter is going for off the crossbar and in, you just reduce his angle where he cant dangle. NO ONE DRAFTS A GOOLIE UNDER 6 3.
I am at a crossroads. The diehard fan in me wants to keep an eye on all things Habs all the time. But for my sanity, I'm staying away from all social media related to the Habs during the off season. You go on there and basically see people yelling, if not threatening, Hughes to SIGN CAUFIELD NOW or if you don't select player A or B, IT'S TERMS FOR DISMISSAL (and much of it worded far harsher than this).
It's not worth it. Like I've said many times, in the end whether my teams are in a 30+ year drought or if they've won 6 championships since 2002, it actually has zero impact on my overall well being and life in general. I don't know, maybe a cup would haul some real diehards out of a deep depression or something, but I get the sense it would be short lived for those folks and they'd be back on the hate train by training camp.
Good luck to Habs' Management. I hope they get the player they want and the team needs.
I assume you mean Twitter now owned by a Twit. I just read posts by a select few and seldom read the replies where the idiot fringe is. Keeps the blood pressure down.
Heading out for round 5 today, I've only broke 90 once, it's been bloody cold and windy as all get out plus, I'm learning to hit new irons.
loving the leaf season so far, can they end this capivating series tonite. I sure hope so. I want to see the blow it up real good in real time. I donna like the idea that 4 players get paid and the serfs should reward them. Hockey is a team game and the players should get payed as a team. The most realistic alternative universe that I could live by, was an 18th century whaling ship. The crew got paid by how much whale they brought to market. It was all deataild down to the cabin boy, and propably if he was a good fuck he got a bonus.
I think people have no defence against advertising. I know it made me do many stupid things. I am not against gambling. I love to gamble, I know that I will always lose. However as an entertainment like going to a movie or something, as long as I keep it on that scale, I will not lose everthing. I hate this advertising, its despicable, and for super rich retired players to sign up it reveals their character.
F the leaf. Watching them lose at home would be good too. But all of Rogers's paid leaf flunkies tell me it's not happening and the leaf have a real good chance of winning this series. So it must be true.
F the SFU. F the gambling ads (and I like to gamble a bit) And F everybody who sold their souls to peddle those ads. That list is long.
Do you thin FLA would want another home game more than winning the series in TO. In the day it would be a ridiculous suposition. Today, everything everthing, including the war in Ukraine is a business deal.
I see some BS poll saying 53% of Canadians support the Leafs in the playoffs and that is 70% in Atlantic Canada. That is laughable and inaccurate. The poll also stated.that 24% of Canadians are leaf fans and 22% are Habs fans. So yes, clearly a very accurate poll...
They got the call right. The angle showing the puck crossing the line proves it only happened well after Bob had frozen the puck.
Super bad form on the ACC to show it on the Jumbotron where it's context-free and gets the crowd feeling victimized. Crass, cheap and unprofessional (so, in other words, on-brand).
Nice to see former cup of coffee Hab Nick Cousins playing with FLA. One of those hard working guys. I got to wondering how he left the Habs.
Well he was traded at the deadline to Vegas for a 2021 4th round pick. At the 21 draft that pick was traded to TB for a 2022 4th round pick. And at the 22 draft that pick was traded to Vegas for a 2023 4th round pick. So maybe this year they will actually grab a player to replace Nick Cousins.
This panel of leaf fanboy hacks, what a bunch of whiners .... that puck is in it's not fair Wah! Wah! Wah! Fried-man .... we need more technology this means jobs money boo facking hoo woe is us!!!
Good idea.
ReplyDeleteSo two more of my foolish predictions failed to come through. But I'm happy for that talented Oilers team, despite my misgivings about McGod's endorsement of gambling on hockey and Evander Kane.
ReplyDeleteFúck da leaf and the sfu.
ReplyDeleteI would find it amusing if the 'greatest' team ever got knocked out in the 1st round. Surely that stop any comparisons to the '77 Habs team, THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL TIME! I think the Cats, with Matthew Tkachuk and Goalie Bob, who seems to have found his game, would take down the sfu darlings.
ReplyDeleteCringe alert: The video of Joe Bowen signing ‘Happy Days are here again’ after the leaf win. Two points-Joe Bowen can’t sign and he got the words wrong. https://twitter.com/LeafsJelly/status/1652503712185630720/video/1
ReplyDeleteSign=sing*
ReplyDeleteI lilve int th4 GTA So as much as I do not want see s0metyhg I dont want t see
ReplyDeleteI want to See ana alll CADNASD CADSNA Canada final
An all Canadian Finals is buttman and daley's plus ESPN (Disney) worst nightmare. I don't care as long as you can guarantee an Oil win. However, it's more likely a Vegas/FLA Finals, pretty sure it's already in the books...
DeleteRefs are letting the Panthers get away with murder in this 3rd period and now a chintzy call on McAvoy
DeleteAnd they're hoing to OT. Gotta say, it's been an entertaining game, despite the CBC/Sportsnet dipshits calling it.
ReplyDeleteCall it a hunch but Florida wins it.
ReplyDeleteBoston was playing like morons who thought everything that worked in Regular Season Hockey applied to Playoff Hockey but guess what... heh!
DeleteFlorida wins. That's hilarious.
ReplyDeleteOh dear.
ReplyDeleteGreatest team ever, eh?
This sucks though cuz now we have to root for the Leafs so our 17th pick doesn't drop to 29.
ReplyDeleteNever. I could care less about that pick.
DeleteNo...never...absolutely not...be better The M...
DeleteDear Coach Maurice,
ReplyDeleteThanks for getting rid of the stinking beaners. Please do the same to the fucking leaf.
Thanks,
Habs fans
The Panthers are going to the Final 4.
ReplyDeleteWow, the Kraken advance too! That's crazypants.
ReplyDeleteBye bye beaners bye bye
ReplyDeleteGo Habs
I was too tired to stay up, but to the beaners "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Like the M said, greatest team, my ass.
ReplyDeleteAnd SiM, never...NEVER...cheer for the leaf. For any reason. HuGo is trading that pick anyway, wherever it is.
And the Kraken too! Lots of brackets busted last night. And the best news is it was two birds with one stone, Mackinnon and Marchand out means I don't have to deal with a damn Stanley Cup parade in Halifax. Hopefully Justin Barron is the next SC Parade host in these parts.
Oh, and the one time I wish we would have had the Jack Edwards feed. I might have to search some of that out later for entertainment purposes.
DeleteI will never openly cheer for the Leaf. Not to worry. But if they do advance, that higher value pick will be a consolation.
DeleteThat sympathy card is the greatest thing ever!!!! It should be archived.
ReplyDeleteI concur. Everyone on that '77 team was blocking out the fake hooplah with their many Stanley Cup rings in their ears anyway, as someone once said.
DeleteI think the description for the beaners is: 'paper tigers'
ReplyDeleteAnd in football news, the Patriots picked up a guy with the last name of Speed and another guy with the last name of Gonzalez. All I can say to that is Arriba! Arriba!
ReplyDeleteRe: Jack Edwards call of the winning goal, go to Stu Cowan's Twitter, he linked a video of it. Edwards could barely talk he was so distraught. Ha Ha, gfy Jack.
ReplyDeleteFûck da broons. Admittedly was curious and watched at 2-2, then 3-2, then the beaners cheering 'we want the Cup!', then 3-3, then splatttttt ! Fūck your greatest team in NHL history banner. 🤡s
ReplyDeleteI could literally feel it in my bones Florida was going to win. Sure were a lot of long faces in that beaner crowd. Fuck'em.
DeleteKMN. That's a secret acronym we text each other at work during really dull presentations. Kill Me Now.
ReplyDeleteAll my leaf fan friends are sooooo f'ing giddy right now with Boston and Colorado gone - they figure they've punched their ticket to the finals and the drought is about to end. It's going to be so sad for them when they end up just like Boston, more Panther fodder.
But should the unthinkable ever happen...KMN.
I expect some dispince from the FHF team. Leafs win we win with the draft pick, We hold our nose and expect the Rags to kill the leaf.
ReplyDeleteRIP Gordon Lightfoot. You wrote many of my favourite tunes.
ReplyDeleteCredit to a fellow Haligonian and Habs fan on Twitter:
ReplyDelete"If Florida bans Leaf fans, how will Sportsnet broadcast the games?"
Ne'er were truer words spake.
DeleteThat is pure genius.
DeleteRiP Gordon Lightfoot. A Canadian King of greater standing than anyone being royally coronated next week.
ReplyDeleteMan, I was a wrong again! Devils advance.
ReplyDeleteRIP Gordon Lightfoot, one of the greatest Canadian musicians to ever live. The Canadian Railroad Trilogy is his crowning achievement, I still get chills when I hear it.
ReplyDeleteYep, one of the greatest.
DeleteThe voices of our country, Gordie and Gordon gone.
Rest in peace.
So many rumours, so much bullshit, non to Lafreniere oui to PLD. And please stop with the trading Powerhorse nonsense, that guy is going nowhere.
ReplyDeleteIndeed! Powerhorse is the only guy in the line-up who has scored a GWG in a Stanley Cup Final for the Habs. He is a big part of this team's heart and soul, and he's got several good years left.
DeleteRIP Gordon Lightfoot...:(
ReplyDeleteI will lightly root for the oil...but only lightly...
ReplyDeleteA nice light EVO.
DeleteMy last comment on PLD. I've actually seen very little of him in his career so my lack of faith is purely based on stats and his attitude whilst on his former team. I trust that Habs management and scouts have seen a hell of a lot more of him than me or any of the self proclaimed internet experts out there, and HuGo will make the correct decision for the franchise, whatever that may be.
ReplyDeleteOkay, here are my EFP (Even Foolisher Predictions) for Round 2:
ReplyDeleteCanes in 5
Florida in 6
Stars in 4
Oilers in 7
While we each sucked, we did as well as most of the so called experts paid to do this on tv.
Delete1st round picks
Scott in Montreal6:40 AM
My foolish playoff predictions (no Cdn team gets to the second round in Buttman's NHL this year):
Broons in 6
Bolts in 5
Hurricanes in 6
Rags in 7
LA in 7
Avalanche in 6
Kuh-nigguts in 5
Wild in 7
Saint Paddy11:22 AM
BOS in 4
TB in 7
CAR in 5
NYR in 7
COL in 5
DAL in 5
VEG in 6
EDM in 7
My 2nd round foolishness:
DeleteCanes in 6
Panthers in 6
Stars in 5
Oilers in 6
I had broons in 5
ReplyDeleteAvs in5
Canes in 5
Vegas in 6
Stars in 6
Laffs in 6
Kings in 6
Devils in 7
I was doing well (83rd in NHL pool) but screwed now as a had Avs for a repeat Cup
My 2nd round thoughts are Laffs (refs) in 7
ReplyDeleteCanes in 6
Oilers in 6
Stars in 5
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
ReplyDeleteOf the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
The Laffs it is said, always end up dead
When the skies of playoff hockey turn gloomy
With a load of bull shit twenty-six thousand fans wore
But the Gardens still always seemed empty
That Laffs white and blue were always screwed
When the gales of playoff hockey came early
The team was the pride of the COTU side
Coming back from some win in Tampa
As the big wins go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and captain underpants seasoned
Concluding the series with a couple of more wins
When they left fully loaded for Florida
And later that night when the final bell rang
Could it be the Stanley Cup they'd been feelin'?
The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound from the hot air blowin from the panel
And a tear broke over Friedman’s face
And every man knew, as captain underpants too
T'was the witch of playoffs come stealin'
The dawn came late and the Cup had to wait
When the sticks of Tkachuk came slashin
Love it and for sure Gord was a Leaf fan. I wanna Tronna win because we benifit, CUO BONO.
DeleteI wanna a TO win because they are a Canadian Team and you could not find 5 people in Florida who know who the Panthers are.
I wanna a TO win becuause we drafted KK instead of Kid brother.
I wanna TO and EDM final because it would make Buttman get hemroids.
Well done sir, golf clap for you.
DeleteSteve is right, an Edmonton/tranna Finals would give Gary and the executives at ESPN a stroke. However, I see a Florida Krakhead Finals just because.
DeleteCanada will never win a Cup as long as the littlest commissioner is in charge. But, he will always take our coin.
Bang on, le hab! Nicely done.
DeleteShould we be nervous, should we be buying that big Staples panic button we wore our ten times over the years. HUGO is the Rangers, Rangers with Gelard Gelant get busted like littel kids by little kids.
ReplyDeleteDO NOT MAKE THE JEAN LUC TRADE, this is my warning to HUGO who thought they were Versache is NY.
Jeff Gorton didn't hire Gerard Gallant, Chris Drury did. I think. I always liked Gerard, he won the Memorial Cup here in Saint John. He got a raw deal in Florida and in Vegas but, like Sutter in Calgary, his time may be up as the NHL tries to modernize how the game is played. Jacques Lemaire's trap is a thing of the past, eMpTy's dump and chase, Clawed's love of 4th line players. It's all crap.
DeleteI feel Jean Luc will thrive under Coach Marty and his free wheeling style. I will take 5-4 wins every day of the week. Bring it. Like Saint Paddy said, I trust HuGo to do their due diligence.
So I had:
ReplyDeleteRags in 6
Canes in 5
Bolts in 6
Bruins in 5
In the west I had
Oil in 6
VGK in 6
Mining 5
AVS in 6
So what the f doninknow...
So now I go
DeleteCanes and Panthers
Oil and Kraken
I see nobody gave Winnipeg a chance, and no wonder. Bowness called them out publicly and then they went and cried about it when everyone could see he was only stating the bloody obvious. I can't believe PLD coming out of there would be worth pursuing, but what do I know? Only that Shit-fly's Jets were hopeless.
ReplyDeleteThe officials working extra hard to get TOR a (albeit too) late PP. Where was that 3 minute huddle near the end of game 6 when a Bolt took a high stick right in front of a ref?
ReplyDeleteThat's one. Thank you Cats. Pick be damned.
ReplyDeleteHah hah! Florida takes Game 1 in TO.
ReplyDeleteSad ass refs trying their hardest to their leaf a win. Ha ha ha suck it sfu.
ReplyDeleteRowwwwwwrrrrrrrrrr......
ReplyDeleteBiased panel of leafool hacks trying to figure out how their leaf can win game 2. I'm sure coach Sheldon is all ears as to what these losers have to offer.
ReplyDeleteTo sum up leaf fans, a coworker ordered a Tavares jersey to celebrate the first round win.
ReplyDeleteI told him Mrs Pad bought me a Habs sweater for Xmas a few years back and I had her return it. And I didn't buy one to celebrate beating the leaf or making it to the final two years ago. I'll buy a premium Habs sweater when they win the only thing that counts.
I think the leaf have already slain their dragon. Florida in 6.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Riley Kidney's time in junior might be coming to a close as Gatineau is now down 3-0 to the Remparts. Or does he have another year of eligibility...not sure? Meanwhile Hfx got their first win vs Joshua Roy and Sherbrooke, now trailing 2-1. Roy hasn't been very impressive from the game wraps that I've watched.
ReplyDeleteTwo prospects left in the OHL also. And like it or not the top prospect remaining is Logan Mailloux. This guy has the offence and with a bit of seasoning on the back end, will easily be a top 4 dman, possibly a top 2. I have a gut feeling he may be dealt with that FLA pick for something, whether that's PLD or something out of left filed like HuGo pulled last year. But he's paid his dues and if he is a future Hab, I will welcome him.
This is Kidney's last year of junior. He will be in Laval next year or part of a trade. Same with Roy. LM hopefully part of a package as well.
DeleteHe really ignited the Olympiques upon his arrival and made them a dangerous team. He is a player.
DeleteWell this organization has a bad habit of trading away D men
DeleteChelios mcdonagh sergachev
Prob could go back to langway
Time for this to stop
I understood the romonov for dach we got a return thank goodness
But let’s keep this logan kid
He made a mistake and he paid for it
From the hockey side he’s gonna be a good one and I think he’s a righty we’re short on righties
As far as our pick from the cats goes it’s far more important to stuff the leaf than to pick 17th
First things first
Go Cats
Go Habs
The Delusion of King Charles can eat my shit, frankly. Coronate this!
ReplyDeleteMay the fourth be with you!
ReplyDeleteOn this date in 1969 (when I was about 7 weeks old so remember it well), the Habs won their 2nd of 10 Stanley Cups since the Leafs last one.
Beauty of a pic. I was only able to identify four without looking at the names. Should have known 7 if I'd taken my time.
https://twitter.com/Dave_Stubbs/status/1654071047929442309/photo/1
I was 14 years old and I do have some vague black and white hazy memories of that win against the Blues. I looked at the picture first and the only 3 I couldn't get were Gilles Tremblay, Christian Bordeleau and Larry Hillman (an ex-leaf I think). I recognized a young Mickey Redmond and Bobby Rousseau though. In Jean Beliveau's bio, he thought that team should have won 5 in a row, like the 1956-60 team, only to be interrupted by a bunch of old men and Dave Keon in 1967.
DeleteHey fellow Maritimer. If memory serves me correctly, you retired in your mid-50s from a public service career? I'm in the same boat, and I can retire in 2 years at 56. I'll only have 29 years of service so working a few more years obviously means earning more and increasing the pension. But every retiree I have spoken with says GO AS SOON AS YOU CAN! And Mrs Pad is already retired. I'm always looking for insight from likeminded people on their thoughts about retiring before 60.
DeleteHey Saint Paddy I'll see if I can help. I did retire early at 54 but circumstances regarding the pension set up are different now than back then. Two factors contributed to my decision, 1) I had the 'magic number', age and years of service added up to 85 hence I could go with no penalty. 2) I knew change to a 'shared risk' plan was coming soon so I got out before that happened. Plus, after 30 plus years I felt I needed a change of scenery. I knew I was still employable with my skill set (civil engineering) so I knew it was just a matter of time to find something. After a two year break I took some short term gigs that didn't interfere with golf season but when I hit 60 I knew I had had enough. If you don't mind going to work I would do at least to 55.
DeleteAs far as 'go as soon as you can', if it works for you financially by all means pull the trigger. We don't know how much time we have left so enjoy it while you can. That's my motto. For sure take your Canada Pension at 60 though. Most financial experts will tell you that. You will take a reduced rate but if you collect it for 7 or 8 years you will get back what you lose. I always said it's free money, take it!
Hope that helps.
Thanks man that's all good stuff. Yeah we have a magic rule of 80 here so I'll have that in 2 years at 56 (and I've purchased 5 years of service from a former gig).
DeleteIt's one of those things. I know we'll be fine financially. Not rich, but enough to get by.
And yeah I did the math on the CPP a while back. I think it was age 74 where the payout evens out. So taking a reduced pension at 60 vs 65, I will earn the same total amount at age 74, so beyond that age I'm making less than if I waited til 65. But I also think (hope) I'll need less then too. It's weird thinking about that next.phase of life. Not sure how I got here so fast!
Thanks man that's all good stuff. Yeah we have a magic rule of 80 here so I'll have that in 2 years at 56 (and I've purchased 5 years of service from a former gig).
DeleteIt's one of those things. I know we'll be fine financially. Not rich, but enough to get by.
And yeah I did the math on the CPP a while back. I think it was age 74 where the payout evens out. So taking a reduced pension at 60 vs 65, I will earn the same total amount at age 74, so beyond that age I'm making less than if I waited til 65. But I also think (hope) I'll need less then too. It's weird thinking about that next.phase of life. Not sure how I got here so fast!
Never retire, wtf are you going to do. Work until they fire you, you get the pension plus the payout.
DeleteR.I.P. Petr Klíma
ReplyDeleteRIP.
DeleteHe (along with Esa Tikannen) was a cornerstone of my epic 1990/91 regular season and playoff pool office hockey pool victories, as the 'new guy' when I moved to BC.
R.I.P.
DeleteMemorably, Klima scored the triple-overtime winner in Game 1 of the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals after not having played in the previous five periods as the Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins, 3-2. The Oilers would go on to win the series in five games.
I remember that game, I think the lights went out and it was delayed for a while.
Yeah in every hockey pool RIP
DeleteI saw an interesting trade proposal from a Chicago perspective. The Black Hawks trade #3 and a second round pick (#56) to Montreal for #5 and #17. Presuming those picks remain as is after the lottery and the leaf beat Florida. Does HuGo take Michkov at #3? Thought provoking indeed. I think Will Smith is going before Montreal picks. If that's the case I would take the Russian kid. He's only 18, they can wait on him for a couple years. He is supposedly an elite talent which the Habs don't have.
ReplyDeleteAlso, on Marinaro's podcast Tuesday night he and his guest were debating the PLD file and also whether HuGo should try to acquire Lafreniere from NY, a similar scenario to Kirby Dach, another under-achieving 21 year old.
Everything hinges on what happens next Monday night. Connor Bedard changes everybody's plans. Good times!
It's only a snapshot in what is hopefully for him a long career, but Lafreniere's playoff stats were less than dismal.
DeleteMan I wish Quebec City could have a team.
Hard to throw shade at the kid when guys like $11mil Panarin, Tarasenko and Kane were doing nothing.
DeleteI would trade our first for him, we get the Rags first and he agrees to and 8 at 4 M,
DeleteSpeaking to Québec getting a tenner am, your namesake's Remparts nearly sold out their 18,000 capacity Centre Vidéotron last weekend, and they'll get similar numbers in their final round dates vs. the winner between our respective hometown teams. The Arizona situation is a total crock.
DeleteI'm sitting in a bar in uptown Saint John, Mrs. Maritimer is playing a gig, they have leafnet on the tv, can't hear it but I see all the leafool hacks are dressed in leaf colours 🤡🤡🤡🤡
ReplyDeleteI bet the atmosphere turned sour with all those Leaffools there now. Break a leg, Mrs. the M!
DeleteIt's shameful, hockey has sold its soul to this gambling bullshit. Every fuck8ng ad is a betting site.
ReplyDeleteSuck it Leaf!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHA!
ReplyDeleteF THE LEAF!
F THE SFU!
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove it.
leaf blowers making lots of excuses. Bottom line: you lost suckers.
ReplyDeleteOh, how well wittle Nylander played! Oh, the many shots Pyjama boy and Capt. Underpants took! Oh how well they played, and hey, they haven't lost in the Sunshine State yet this playoffs (never mind it was all of two games and against a different franchise altogether). Such moronic commentary.
DeleteHappy to see Domini helping the Stars. I hope they advance. Dallas has true hockey fans.
ReplyDeleteOh my
ReplyDeleteDown two at home
Oh my
Go Cats
Go Habs
I read this lady's take on the Habs often, very intelligent and thoughtful.
ReplyDeletehttps://t.co/CPClbbjO1f
Her thoughts on goaltending ring true. We all loved Carey Price, but how many games did he lose 1-0, 2-1, because he had no high end support up front. Bob Gainey knew he had a thoroughbred but read the tea leaves wrong after the '04 lockout and really never got a chance for a re-do because of a family tragedy. Gauthier was only concerned with diets and who ate what. Bargainbin wanted a grinding defence first team with no high end skill. All those wasted years, Price should have won 3 Cups in his career, 2010, 2014 and 2021 getting to the conference Finals and the guys up front running out of gas. Sad, really.
Lori is a great read and puts out some very interesting opinions, much of which I agree with.
DeleteIsn’t it about time the Habs learned to spend a little more for a Volvo or two instead of buying a gaggle of Chevys that sputter along and they can’t offload to save their souls?
Bang on! Just should have mentioned having the Lambo (Price) parked in the garage.
SchadenFreUde
ReplyDeleteGood to see three young Habs make the USA roster. I don't know if it's by design or due to lack of interest by NHL players, but the vast majority of that team seems to be unknowns/prospects. I think that's actually a great way to go to give the future players for your country extra ice time on an international stage.
ReplyDeleteBut hey, Canada will have Teapot and Pretzel from the Flames...
Kudos to lehab for an amazing Lightfoot parody.
ReplyDeleteI hope HuGo wins one of the lotteries, I couldn't take it if they pick another Slovak 'project'.
ReplyDeleteBlame recency bias or the fact the KMAX will be the new King of England. I am changing my tune. I would rather see the Panthers win than get a juciy draft pick.
ReplyDeleteI hope the Habs get to pick either Bedard or Fantilli but, if they stay at #5, take Michkov.
ReplyDeleteThe leaf lose because they bought Italien cars and Italien ads and who does not respect the brand Ferrei. This is the max brand in the max world that exists before we go full Madmax. Al I realy want is you, this is a Bob Dylan Song and I hope it had a climax. It starts with the Snow Mexicans, did you know Florida has 12 snow mexicans. Now a Mexican can can but as Mexicant will just piss people off.
ReplyDeleteSo I am telling you nobody on the leaf can drive stick and its going to sweep them like the broom they cant figure out. DIe Leafs Die come back when Bell has free internet.
I have not told anyone about this. Its been a six month project. I was pumping iron and steel and throughing titanium around like it was a mashmellow you could not cursh and evern make glow red on a camprire
ReplyDeleteSo I am not ready for any compition because my mind is weak. Is there not a chapter in the art of war that talks about TOE RON To. A fabled place that got took taken over by another tribe because they could not operate under pressure/
Kid Ko had him self a dumpster diver blue plate special made by a French Chef born in Switzerland.
ReplyDeletesteve, you make me LOL, I wish I could figure it all out.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, in the biggest news story (most probably missed) yesterday, Putin's vaunted Mach 10 hypersonic missile - the one that was supposed to tilt the nuclear arms race and first strike capability to Russia's advantage - got shot down cleanly by the Ukrainians' first use of the US Patriot system. Putin's claim was just hot air, beaten easily with 1980's technology by a rookie team that just got trained on it. Slava Ukraini.
ReplyDeleteSource: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/6/ukraine-downs-russian-hypersonic-missile-with-us-patriot-system
DeleteAt the end of season presser, Jeff Gorton said they have the draft capital and assets (young players) to make a big move at the draft. If the Habs can move up, great, just as long as the player they pick is not named Dvorsky.
ReplyDeleteNo more 'reaching' for certain players like Kid KoHo and the big 'project'. I would rather they take Reinbacher or Axel Rose the Pelican.
DeleteThe big move is we get Helleybuck and PLD for a bunch of picks and pucks.
DeleteI would give them Josh Roy and the guy from London for PLD.
DeleteRIP Brian McKenna, a great broadcaster.
ReplyDeleteWell now, the Halifax Mooseheads eliminate the Sherbrooke Phoenix and the over-rated Joshua Roy. I'm not a fan of young Mr. Roy, he trashed Saint John for some reason when he was traded to Sherbrooke. The Habs can trade him as well as far as I'm concerned.
ReplyDeleteThe Core 4 for the leaf are trash tonight. Beauty, eh Grapes?
ReplyDeletebutthurt excited that marner got a shot on goal!
ReplyDelete3-0 Cats!
ReplyDeleteSuck it leaf and SFU!
SFU, 3-0
ReplyDeleteSuck it SFU!!!
ReplyDeleteHilarious watching all the leafools leaving the rink. Spent all that dough just to watch those losers fail again.
ReplyDeleteUh oh
ReplyDeleteGo Cats
Go Habs
Just watched The Panel from SFU with Dummie some girl Mr Leafblower and that other guy Darrel where they all agreed it’s over for the leaf
ReplyDeleteWow
Go Cats
Go Habs
Hahahaha hahahaha,
ReplyDeleteChris Wideman was right, the putrid leaf are getting what they deserve. So is their arrogant fan base.
ReplyDeleteRIP Vida Blue
ReplyDeleteCool cat, great name.
DeleteBest description so far is calling them 'The Toronto Toronto Maple Leafs'.
ReplyDeleteFûcking 🤡 organization.
Lets Go! Good vibes ~~~~~~~~~~~
ReplyDeleteBédard!
Bédard!
Bédard!
Bédard!
Bédard!
Bédard!
I am going to be completly stupid here. I want Fantalli. He is not Mc David and in the playoff its Drisital who is the better player, becaue he can beat the Ferrrira with his UNIMOG frame. Bedard is a pre NHL unicorn much like Lane Hudson and Mitch Marner. however when there is not room to tank and the tanks are comming, how many small men can take combat?
ReplyDeleteSo the leaf are down 3 to zip against the worst team to make the playoffs. I am not Mitch Melnick but was that not the same against the Habs. Maybe the leaf need to play better teams to win?
I work 8 hours a day but I consume 4 to 6 hours of sports radio during the same time, should my boss ask for a refund?
Toronto radio dominates my media sphere, I live here. Let me give you an analogy or some other elite term to describe what I here.
I listen to the enemy every day and it does not make me more sphembic, it makes me hate them more. Like every rational Hab fan I wanted Toronto to defeat Florida. We get a better, much better draft pick it makes us stronger. However like most if not all HABS fans given teh 3 game collapse of the leaf, I want to see the coup de gros.
This is a very primal feeling, the same one that many politicians tap into. I am sure you have read The trouble with Kansas by Tomas Frank. This was written in 2004 and so precinct.(just so you dont call me a smarty pants I want you to know I never read the book, or many others I use in arguments, the word does not matter its the symbol) You know what else happened in 2004, the leaf won a playoff round.
The leaf not only have the trouble in Kansas they got a trouble in Arizona. They got trouble in Etobicoke, they got a trouble in Calgary and maybe some towns I cant spell or pronounce in Russia.
If you are still following the Leaf Media are carving up the leaf like a beached whale that was supposed to penetrate the whaling ship whose sailors were molesting the local women and Shagahing the men. I was Shanghaied myself numerous times but they sent me biz class.
So right now you are saying, Steve WTF are you trying to say?
I put my self interest aside to see the leafs suffer, does that not make me some kind of bad person? Yes it does, and sport is the actualization of the non combat combat mode of civilization. We need to solve the problem of sports fans hurting themselves because they take so much pleasure in the destruction of rivals.
With your help and a couple of UN initiatives, for sure we could get money from F1, Olympics and numerous world cups. we could get humans to act rationally about sport, and that would extend to things that really matter. I look forward to your proposal to implement that. I ask for nothing, okay maybe a stipend in the low 7 fingers.
Well Steve, I'm not sure what you are talking about, other than the leaf stuff, But I get the gist of it.
DeleteIt would be great if the Habs get the Bedard unicorn but I would be happy with Fantilli.
The leaf and the SFU can all eff off. As for that Florida pick, this Hab fan would never sell his soul for a lousy draft pick, lose leaf lose!!
People forget that Florida were President's trophy winners last season, so beating the heartless leaf is no surprise to me. The leaf are a poorly constructed team, narcos is a bitch, the defence is as porous as a sponge and the goaltending is laughable.
Regarding the FLA pick, let them lose to Carolina and Habs pick at 29.
ReplyDeleteThe Habs' most recent 50 goal scorer is also their most recent #29 pick, one Mr Stephane Richer.
And there is a certain lawyer that skulks around here from time to time that might make that number even more magic.
Anything going on?
ReplyDelete5th ain't bad though, not in this deep draft.
ReplyDeleteSo 5 it is. Then some sketchiness with the announcer telling us CBS has dropped to 3 but we didn't see the card flip. Fucking dirty Chicago is getting hm aren't they?!
ReplyDeleteYep. Effin Chicago. They've just tanked after nearly 2 decades of good hockey because of prime high picks in Kane, Toewa, Keith. Makes the Debribcat and Dach deals look pretty brilliant.
ReplyDeleteBetter than a backwater buttman franchise like the Cactus Canines or the former Disney Quackers. Eff that.
DeleteNo problem with #5, will be a great player.
ReplyDeleteIf miCHkov is available, take him.
ChiHox ain't winning the Cup any time soon.
Trust HuGo.
Fûck bettman.
Go Panthers !
Yeah, the good news is both Bedard and Fantili will be in the Western conference.
DeleteSo, Bedard to Chi, Fantilli to Ana, Carlsson or Smith to CBS, SJ takes whoever CBC doesn't, Mtl takes ..... if it's not Michkov I'm prepared to be disappointed. I would like Benson but Bobrov will probably trick HuGo into taking another Slovak kid.
ReplyDeleteMaybe SJ would take #5 and a sweetener to move up to 4.
DeleteOK I just watched my first Michkov highlite pack. Just from watching 15 minutes of him playing against grown men gives off serious 1B vibes to Bedard. If the Russia issue wasn't a thing, he is a slam dunk at #2 and going #1 wouldn't be inconceivable. Connor and MiCH are this generation's Sid and Ovie. Take him at 5 if he's there. He is worth the risk and the wait.
ReplyDelete100% agree. I think there is a chance Michkov goes before 5. From what little I've read or seen, he is right there with Bedard. The Habs need a player of that caliber. If he is at 5 they better grab him otherwise they are doing a disservice to the franchise. Other young Russian players have signed recently, I don't think it's a problem.
DeleteWe are not getting Mitch Tranquility base, that would be a moon shot. We are getting Leo the Lion and lets nick him Wolf after wolf of buttmans ass.
DeleteAre we all forgetting Big Tits?
DeleteFrom todays Globe and Mail:
ReplyDelete“Marner is paid US$11-million a year. Leon Draisaitl is paid US$8.5-million.
Right now, Draisaitl looks like he will score every time he touches the puck, even one that is handed to him on the team bus. Marner, on the other hand, is the only healthy scratch in league history who keeps showing up to games in his uniform.”😂😂😂
The knives are out early in the COTU
DeleteSo, the top 5 are considered Tier 1 players. Bedard, Fantilli, Smith, Carlsson, Michkov. For the love of God, pick one, any one of those five. Do not 'reach' for a Slovakian center or an Austrian defenceman. Among those previous five are four centers. You already are hip deep in D men. It ain't rocket science.
ReplyDeleteWe are guarnted a player who will likely be better than Slav. Leo the Hulk and Slav on a line with Cpt Picard, wow, lets see how the leaf dispsy doodle changing on the fly.
DeleteFor their later pick, I wonder if this guy who just shut out the Sherbrooke Phoenix might be a guy to think about.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.eliteprospects.com/player/577924/mathis-rousseau
Yeah, while I haven't attended a Moose game in years, I keep tabs on them and he's had an unbelievable season. Teams like big goalies these days, so I don't know what will happen with him. I can see him getting selected in 5th or later round. I think there are a number of other goalies ahead of him.
Delete5-11 at 18. He could easily still reach 6-1 or more. I really haven't been paying close attention to draft-eligible players though.
DeleteThere is a video out there of Paros shooting pucks through a sumoi wrestler, The concept still works , as a goalie you can never be to big. Even if your slow you know the shooter is going for off the crossbar and in, you just reduce his angle where he cant dangle. NO ONE DRAFTS A GOOLIE UNDER 6 3.
DeleteI am at a crossroads. The diehard fan in me wants to keep an eye on all things Habs all the time.
ReplyDeleteBut for my sanity, I'm staying away from all social media related to the Habs during the off season. You go on there and basically see people yelling, if not threatening, Hughes to SIGN CAUFIELD NOW or if you don't select player A or B, IT'S TERMS FOR DISMISSAL (and much of it worded far harsher than this).
It's not worth it. Like I've said many times, in the end whether my teams are in a 30+ year drought or if they've won 6 championships since 2002, it actually has zero impact on my overall well being and life in general. I don't know, maybe a cup would haul some real diehards out of a deep depression or something, but I get the sense it would be short lived for those folks and they'd be back on the hate train by training camp.
Good luck to Habs' Management. I hope they get the player they want and the team needs.
Entering meditation mode...hummmmmmm.
I assume you mean Twitter now owned by a Twit. I just read posts by a select few and seldom read the replies where the idiot fringe is. Keeps the blood pressure down.
DeleteHeading out for round 5 today, I've only broke 90 once, it's been bloody cold and windy as all get out plus, I'm learning to hit new irons.
Good luck. I'm heading out on Friday for round 3. Still waiting for the lessons to pay off. Also hitting new irons.
DeleteIf Whiskey wont sign for 8 then trade him to the PEG for PLD, because he is already lost.
DeleteWill today be LED? leaf elimination day' !!!
ReplyDeleteMight have to rev up my parody skills ...
Aaron Ward on TSN690 couldn't hide his wish that the Panthers put the Yonge St. Parade to the graveyard. Go Cats!
DeleteIs Joseph Woll the new 'Ken Dryden' as per the braindead mclame?
ReplyDeleteloving the leaf season so far, can they end this capivating series tonite. I sure hope so. I want to see the blow it up real good in real time. I donna like the idea that 4 players get paid and the serfs should reward them. Hockey is a team game and the players should get payed as a team. The most realistic alternative universe that I could live by, was an 18th century whaling ship. The crew got paid by how much whale they brought to market. It was all deataild down to the cabin boy, and propably if he was a good fuck he got a bonus.
ReplyDeleteRod Brind'Amour looks like a man who was born with a broken nose.
ReplyDeleteTuna will score the winner for NJ tonight. I feel this to be likely.
ReplyDeleteNo more North-Eastern teams left.
ReplyDeleteSportsNet is now SportsBet and Gary is now Bet-man.
ReplyDeleteI hope PFK's dad gets all that shit off the air.
Go Florida. Fûck the leaf.
Must read stuff on the cbc/sportsnet gambling issues.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/article-cbc-says-it-has-no-control-of-gambling-ads-during-hockey-broadcasts
If you don't have access just use reader mode in your browser of choice.
DeleteI think people have no defence against advertising. I know it made me do many stupid things.
DeleteI am not against gambling. I love to gamble, I know that I will always lose. However as an entertainment like going to a movie or something, as long as I keep it on that scale, I will not lose everthing. I hate this advertising, its despicable, and for super rich retired players to sign up it reveals their character.
F the leaf. Watching them lose at home would be good too. But all of Rogers's paid leaf flunkies tell me it's not happening and the leaf have a real good chance of winning this series. So it must be true.
ReplyDeleteF the SFU.
F the gambling ads (and I like to gamble a bit)
And F everybody who sold their souls to peddle those ads. That list is long.
Do you thin FLA would want another home game more than winning the series in TO. In the day it would be a ridiculous suposition. Today, everything everthing, including the war in Ukraine is a business deal.
DeleteThe owners perhaps. The players, no effing way. End the leaf asap.
DeleteHey M I shot a 91 today!!!
ReplyDeleteOK...it was a par 60 course (12 3's and 6 4's), but it's an improvement over my usual double bogey average.
Beauty of a day for it and only 3 hours.
Good job Saint Paddy. I shot 92 today, I'm still struggling with keeping my head still, swinging easy and following through. I'll figure it out.
DeleteI see some BS poll saying 53% of Canadians support the Leafs in the playoffs and that is 70% in Atlantic Canada. That is laughable and inaccurate. The poll also stated.that 24% of Canadians are leaf fans and 22% are Habs fans. So yes, clearly a very accurate poll...
ReplyDeleteHa Ha that is utter bullshit.
DeleteNey Ney High High say goodbye
ReplyDeleteIf you did not know the score and watched the MCLAME panel you would think the leaf where up 2 zip, its incredible
ReplyDeleteBieksa, who I used to like, has become a complete leaf shill, praising Narcos for 'trying hard'.
DeleteBelieve it or not I remember when Friedman was new and credible too.
DeleteI recorded the Canada/Latvia game earlier, Justin Barron played OK and Sammy Lightningbolt with the shut out. Go Canada!
ReplyDeleteGotta check out some of the American games. I'm interested in seeing Hutson play.
DeleteSean Farrell too.
DeleteNot allowed to advertise cigarettes, alcohol?, weed, gambling is just as addictive, get rid of it.
ReplyDeleteThe Captain Penguin from the animated film, Madagascar... In human form, is the Laffs coach.
ReplyDeleteDubas is an entitled asshole.
ReplyDeleteThey got the call right. The angle showing the puck crossing the line proves it only happened well after Bob had frozen the puck.
ReplyDeleteSuper bad form on the ACC to show it on the Jumbotron where it's context-free and gets the crowd feeling victimized. Crass, cheap and unprofessional (so, in other words, on-brand).
Oh God, Hrudey is the only one making sense.
ReplyDeleteNice to see former cup of coffee Hab Nick Cousins playing with FLA. One of those hard working guys. I got to wondering how he left the Habs.
ReplyDeleteWell he was traded at the deadline to Vegas for a 2021 4th round pick. At the 21 draft that pick was traded to TB for a 2022 4th round pick. And at the 22 draft that pick was traded to Vegas for a 2023 4th round pick.
So maybe this year they will actually grab a player to replace Nick Cousins.
That's almost like crypto. Maybe it's a thing (someday), or maybe it's never anything.
DeleteNow Bieksa's sad the long review took away the Laffs' momentum. Retch
ReplyDeleteThis panel of leaf fanboy hacks, what a bunch of whiners .... that puck is in it's not fair Wah! Wah! Wah! Fried-man .... we need more technology this means jobs money boo facking hoo woe is us!!!
ReplyDeleteTestify!
ReplyDeleteAnthony Wilson-Smith
@awilsonsmith
May everyone be as adored in life as the #HNIC broadcast crew adore the #Leafs
That's it for me. Go Panthers!
ReplyDeleteIce cream/new thread
ReplyDeletehttp://fourhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2023/05/offseason-thread-2-suck-it-sfu.html?m=1