Playing indoor golf for a buddy's birthday bash tonight so no game again for me.
Man, I don't understand the injury bug. Or should I say plague, that has hit the Habs. If not St Pat's curse, maybe something to do with TFS? It's really since his career ended that this has happened. He has what? Two more years on his contract after this one?
I swear the game fallout was my introduction to the Pouges. I never connected the game and the music until about ten years ago, and had a lot of catching up to do. Funny thing is there is no Dirty Old town credit in Fallout? There is a new tv series comming that should be fantastic, I will listen for the Pouges. Shane was the number on Center for me, but Joe and Van are both very close. On top of twohook going down, I just learned Powerhorse will be out indefinitely with a bad shooting eye.
Montreal takes the puck into the offensive zone, two seconds later the other team is heading up ice the other way. Seems to me I've been watching this scenario for decades.
So, 2 goals scored so far, one by a defenceman and one by a 4th line call up from Laval. Apparently it's not just Josh who is snake bit, it's the whole lot of them up front. Plus, the PP and the PK both suck. Pretty tough to win.
I saw a lot of good. Main problem is to many good plays die because of unforced errors. PK said Kid A was the worst dressed Hab. No issues there? WatCHed my friends Kodi feed on Daddylive, its in the Crew reposistory. Golden pure gold Jerry. Also watched the new LIam Nessan, In the land of saints and sinners, good old time Leeson, does he every make a bad movie? I wished we had lost in OT, got to do something about the exellent two goalies we have, trade em both. Like I say rape and pillage Edmonton, take Soupy, he can be our cooler until we are ready to make a move in four or five years.
Full marks for coming back to tie and get a point but the habs played "sof" quite a bit. Wings forecheck pressured them into sof clearing attempts all night.
Inconsistent but also no structure to their game. Coach Marty said he didn't believe in 'systems' but he may want to revisit that idea. One thing that really hurts them, and we fans have pointed it out repeatedly, is the lack of scoring forwards. They have a whole line, PoHo, Dvo and Lep that can't put the puck in the ocean. 7Evans hasn't scored since game 1, Rawhide shooting blanks, good thing the D are scoring but that isn't sustainable. Chaos in their own zone is another problem and Jake looked not so good last night although it seemed the Wings had a free pass into the habs end all night. Lots of problems.
And I don't even want to talk about the 2024 Draft because even if the Habs won the lottery, they would take a defenceman from Europe.
Goodwyn actually was born in Woodstock, NB, a small town about one hour north and west of Fredericton. But April Wine probably formed in Halifax in 1969 and moved to Montreal in 1970. I had their first album on an 8 track tape, with Fast Train and Bad Side of the Moon. I wore that tape out. Myles was recently here in Saint John doing a solo gig at a nearby pub/pizzeria. I wasn't aware he was sick. RIP to a great Maritimer.
Not only Europe but exactly the town of Thal in Lower Austria. The same village Aohnald came from. Remeber when Gainy had his Belurian thing going. Andrei Kostitsyn, little tits and Gravoski. Hugo is is into Austria. Their favorite movie is the Sound of Music.
It does not matter because the sum is greater than the parts. This is a vision I share with Hugo and Yzerman. We will make a team of 7 s beat a four pack of aces.
I just watched part one of the movie that would best descripe our protocal to win the cup without paying a single player more than 8 million a year. It was a fantastic movie as good as they get today. A rouge agent must fight a rouge AI for the future of the planet. Just like a rouge blanc and blau team must fight for the future of hockey. The movie was called Dead Rekoning part 1. It was a very long journey and it will take us a few more years to finish part one, and start the real mission.
I don't know if I read it here or elsewhere, but I too am worried about MSL's coaching curve. I thought he'd be a lot more about growing the young talent but he keeps putting Josh Anderson in positions to succeed, like the powerplay, while Slaf and Yodelin' get bottom 6 minutes. I get that the damn injury plague impacts some decisions, but they clearly have zero intention of demoting Slaf, so play him in positions you drafted him to play.
Lori Bennett mentioned it in her latest column, MSL still favours the vets even though they are doing dick all lately. It's a Catch 22 situation, if you bench your vets you will quickly lose the room. And he is trying to win games. But yes, Slaf and Yodel shouldn't be benched either. I know one thing, this 3 goalie situation has to end yesterday. Give the net to Monty, I don't care about Primeau. Waive him immediately.
I don't know why, but I keep expecting a big Habs trade. And not just a Jake Allen to team x for a fifth round pick. Something big that brings a goal scorer to the Habs. Hell, trade this year's first round pick - they can't seem to manage to pick the right guy anyway. It's a feeling I have, would love to see a big shake-up.
Teams usually don't want to trade their snipers. I would like to see HuGo snipe (pun intended) Willy Styles next summer from the pathetic leaf. That would just irritate the hell out of the SFU and leafools.
He made some big saves. I worry about some of his rebound control. TFS is still on the payroll, the club should be using him as a consultant to teach the goalies how to get the puck to stick to you at the very least. It was pretty rare for him to give up juicy ones.
The NHL schedule is baffling. We're only 1/4 to 1/3 of the way into the season, and the Sens are already 6 games behind the Habs in games played. And at least 3 games behind every team in the conference, and as many as 7 behind some. That would seem to be to their detriment as the season wears on, having this light schedule at the beginning of the season. Whereas the Habs I'm sure, will take advantage of a lighter late season schedule...
Hope there is a deeper reason for sending the X man down I see him as an integral part of our young D Everyone plays a little larger when he’s patrolling Can’t leave the Powerhorse alone in that slot it’s a young man’s game Dunno if it’s just a grumpy moment but for the first time I’m starting to sway from HuGo Three goalies one that’s old One that’s good and one that can’t catch I dunno time for reflection I guess Go Habs
So continuing with Geoff the molsons never ending quest to make more money off the backs of the fans Now your kid can get a visit in his seat from that orange thing for a mere $200 and get a photo opp and some confetti …… Be still my beating heart Go Habs
I don't listen to music all that much anymore but I've been playing some April Wine lately. RIP Myles, you are one of the best Canadian musicians ever.
Prior to their clash with the Kings, the Habs will honor Caroline Ouellette during a pregame ceremony. The four-time Olympic gold medalist was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 13 and is one of 10 women in total to receive this honor. For the low, low price of $200, fans in attendance can take a picture with the Team Canada legend in section 117 during the first intermission.
Zero goals vs the Kings in 2 games. Out of their league for sure.
But the kid is looking good on that top line. That is the one positive from what I saw of the game. And a couple of posts... might've changed their fate a couple inches the other way.
It's pretty obvious the Canadiens can't run with the big boys, yet anyway. I was only half watching until LA got their 3rd goal. I had a hunch Montreal would get skunked.
I wonder what's up with Whiskey? Some of the shots he was taking last night had me shaking my head. He either had nothing to shoot at, was at too much of an angle off to the side, his lane was blocked, etc. He can't set up on the PP, every team defends him on that left side. I think he just needs to take the puck to slot and fire it at the net, have somebody in front looking for a rebound. Corey Perry was great at that, he caused a lot of havoc in the crease.
As usal I have all the answers you do not want to hear. This team sucks in the playoffs. Sure if they make the playoff Army and Powerhorse are warriors, But that aint going to happen. Look at LA they have Quinten and thats it. But they play the trap and wait for the monster to destroy. This will neve be Slaf but if may be a light version, or maybe he is smarter. We need to get skill fucking CHaracter guys for at least two years. The Leaf did this and then the forgot about the cap.
I hope this Ohtani thing blows up in the SFUs face.
When you have the biggest gossiping clown friedman (et al and in other sports) in your crew, you know your professional integrity is shot from the get go.
It's amazing how those fools in tranna would think that a superstar Japanese baseball player would ever leave California, relatively close to home, to go to some Canadian city. Just proves how delusional the SFU are.
Ok ..I'm gonna say it...Slaf looked very good in that period. Strong on the puk, used his body to win battles - bout time! Overall, Habs played a decent period. No Sabre managed to get any glove high shots off so the score stayed tied..Just fucking win!
Yodel was strong on the left boards on that PP. I'm starting to think he needs to play higher up in the lineup. Barron is a clumsy sob at the blue line. Slaf doing better but he will never be as good as Bedard.
I wonder if Sabres GM Kevyn Adams and HuGo are chatting up in their boxes tonight? Rumour has it Buffalo are interested in the Habs goalies. Monty is out of the picture so maybe Primeau being showcased?
Watched the game this morning. Quite a game by Primeau. The two goals were each direct results of his D making big mistakes. Interesting to see if that game alone garners interest in him by other teams.
Slaf has looked great since moving to his intended position when drafted. Happy to see some fire in him but suggest he doesn't drop the mitts too often. Not sure he's much better than Semin was at fighting...look that up if you don't remember.
Overall a nice W. Keep it going vs the Preds tonight. JFW.
Not sure if I will tune in tonight. I'd hate to ruin the good vibe from last night's win if the Habs put in a shitty effort tonight. Which is very possible.
We need more. More scoring. I say trade Savard, Jake and Math. Slaf seems to be comming around. Praise God. Sturble I want to call Rubble, Wi Fi can learn, CP30 who knows. I think we are still five years from serious.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Just a bunch of sad effin losers."
Glad I stayed away from the game last night. I still have my good vibe from the win against Barfalo.
Did anyone other than a few losers in T.O. actually believe Ohtani would go there? I sure didn't. The SFU media played blow jay fans like a fiddle. Looks good on them.
Notes below from a couple threads back, I thought I'd put an update on the thread. I'm doing pretty well, I expect one of those heinous gambling sites will be hitting me up to do a bit with one of the hot young things that Rogers employs. Saint Paddy8:32 AM I just looked at the schedule for the next 21 games. Up to Jan 13th vs the Oilers. Best record I see them having is 8-10-3 over that period. And that might be generous. But I predict it starts with a W tonight.
Saint Paddy8:34 AM I've got a graphic of my prediction saved with a W-L-O (OT loss) for each game. I'll update it and post it after Jan 13 to see how close I was and whether I should replace some of the so-called experts on the telly.
Two Monday nighters. I've got three Dolphins on my fantasy team so will be tuning into that one. Also have the GB defense so will keep an eye on that. I wrapped up first place and a buy last week, but if my opponent wins this week he finishes 2nd and gets the other buy. If he loses he drops to 6th and squeaks into the playoffs. #parity
One of my buddies texted me this morning saying the DeVito crime family has turned the Giants around. That cracked me up! Unless the kid screws up royally, how could they ever put Jones back in? I wouldn't.
Native francophone speaker Savard, in a betwixt-periods interview, unable to use tge French word "revirements" and anglicizing (like all normal québecois do) with "turnovers" mixed into a lovely franglais. Someehere Legault is seething.
Well, that was a terrible period of hockey for Montreal. They were ..... discombobulated? That's a good word. One thing is for sure, Bartlett and gawley sure are big Sid fans, they never shut up about him the whole bloody period. Sid will get his hat trick and Pitt will win it.
Speaking of Montreal, how can one team have so many forwards with hands of stone? Seriously, Anderson, Dvo, Gallagher, Evans, Armia, Pez, Ylonen, Slaf, have these guys all forgot how to score goals? Is their only function to not let the other team score? Is this the usual December funk?
Good thing the defencemen know where the net is and still remember how to shoot a puck.
He has at least one grade A chance every game and doesn't ever come close to scoring. Too bad his trade value is somewhere in the range of a bag of golf balls right now. Yep not even with pucks.
Sid is still classy and humble as ever. On not blaming Guhle for his first goal: "“Well, they weren’t really set up, so he didn’t really have a lot of help,” Crosby said.
I would gladly take an old Sidney Crosby for the last 3-4 years of his career.
While watching the second and third periods last night and trying to not get frustrated at the Habs lack of scoring talent, I was pondering if Nick Suzuki is comparable to Saku Koivu. Saku was a tad smaller but faster and more skilled. I always considered Saku an elite #2 center because of his (lack of) stature. So, I have similar feelings about Nick, a really good #2. We can only hope that if Kirby Dach can ever stay healthy he will eventually become the #1 guy in Montreal. Someone at EOTP compared Nick to Ryan O'Reilly, that's fair, and ROR led his team to a Cup in 2019.
Sounds like we can expect Mr. Lane Hutson to join a crowded habs blueline once BU's season is over whenever that may be. HuGo has to pull the trigger by then to get an elite scoring winger with all his prospects and draft capital.
One of the Habs fan sites has pointed out, correctly I might add, that forcing CC to focus on defensive play has cost him on the offensive side. Jacques Lemaire used to cover for Lafleur and Shutt. Let Suzuki cover for CC and Slaf. Turn CC loose and let him do what he does best, score goals.
Apparently some french media folks are upset that Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is now the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. And if you do the french reversal of all the words Maritimes comes before Quebec which is not allowed. When is the referendum to separate?
The only winnable game I see from now to the end of the month is in Chicago on the 22nd and that might be questionable if Luke Skywalker can fire up his troops against his old team. It's possible Marty's team can pick up a few loser points along the way. Not an easy schedule.
I hate to say it but we are like Buffalo. We tank and tank and in the end we get a Sherman. We need a Mattews or McDavid. I dont think Bedard will reach that level. We could have had Mitchkoff. Why not take the risk?
The more I read about MSL tinkering with Whiskey the more I worry Whiskey is a pure goal scoring machine when left alone Start fucking with his head and the goals stop Les boyz don’t need another backchecker We need goal scorers Just like Whiskey or just like he was Powerhorse used to score goals until MSL started tinkering I’m starting to be concerned I know we are far away from where we want to be but I suspect there must be a reason the goals have stopped I’m wondering if MSL has taken us as far as he is capable Go Habs
The Pogues & Joe Strummer
ReplyDeleteSaw them together in '88 or '89. Killer show!
DeleteTJ out 10-12 weeks, yikes !
ReplyDeleteSigh, it never seems to end.
DeleteI thought Saint Patrick lifted his curse on the Canadiens when they retired his number?
ReplyDeletePlaying indoor golf for a buddy's birthday bash tonight so no game again for me.
ReplyDeleteMan, I don't understand the injury bug. Or should I say plague, that has hit the Habs. If not St Pat's curse, maybe something to do with TFS? It's really since his career ended that this has happened. He has what? Two more years on his contract after this one?
I swear the game fallout was my introduction to the Pouges. I never connected the game and the music until about ten years ago, and had a lot of catching up to do. Funny thing is there is no Dirty Old town credit in Fallout? There is a new tv series comming that should be fantastic, I will listen for the Pouges. Shane was the number on Center for me, but Joe and Van are both very close.
ReplyDeleteOn top of twohook going down, I just learned Powerhorse will be out indefinitely with a bad shooting eye.
I forgot today is the anniversary of the famous Roy/Tremblay debacle. Like FDR said, a date that will live in infamy.
ReplyDeleteDec. 2...a day that will live in infamy...fuck Tremblay - POS !
ReplyDeleteJust stay outta the box and Fucking win then go Habs go...Mixing up the lines tonight in hopes of good karma.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to see Nature and Whiskey reunited and I've been advocating for MonaHab to join them. After that, let the chips fall where they may.
ReplyDeleteNice to see the Grey Cup too! Suck that SFU!
ReplyDeleteMan, talk about the gang that couldn't shoot straight. Tough to watch.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...not very impressive so far...Go Habs Go! Go Habs Go!
ReplyDeleteIf this team is getting better, I wish someone could point it out to me.
ReplyDeleteMontreal takes the puck into the offensive zone, two seconds later the other team is heading up ice the other way. Seems to me I've been watching this scenario for decades.
ReplyDeleteWow. Just wow. This is a bad team.
ReplyDeleteSo, 2 goals scored so far, one by a defenceman and one by a 4th line call up from Laval. Apparently it's not just Josh who is snake bit, it's the whole lot of them up front. Plus, the PP and the PK both suck. Pretty tough to win.
ReplyDeleteIt's an early Christmas miracle!
ReplyDeleteI saw a lot of good. Main problem is to many good plays die because of unforced errors. PK said Kid A was the worst dressed Hab. No issues there? WatCHed my friends Kodi feed on Daddylive, its in the Crew reposistory. Golden pure gold Jerry. Also watched the new LIam Nessan, In the land of saints and sinners, good old time Leeson, does he every make a bad movie? I wished we had lost in OT, got to do something about the exellent two goalies we have, trade em both. Like I say rape and pillage Edmonton, take Soupy, he can be our cooler until we are ready to make a move in four or five years.
ReplyDeleteFull marks for coming back to tie and get a point but the habs played "sof" quite a bit. Wings forecheck pressured them into sof clearing attempts all night.
ReplyDeleteInconsistent but take the point.
ReplyDeleteInconsistent but also no structure to their game. Coach Marty said he didn't believe in 'systems' but he may want to revisit that idea. One thing that really hurts them, and we fans have pointed it out repeatedly, is the lack of scoring forwards. They have a whole line, PoHo, Dvo and Lep that can't put the puck in the ocean. 7Evans hasn't scored since game 1, Rawhide shooting blanks, good thing the D are scoring but that isn't sustainable. Chaos in their own zone is another problem and Jake looked not so good last night although it seemed the Wings had a free pass into the habs end all night. Lots of problems.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't even want to talk about the 2024 Draft because even if the Habs won the lottery, they would take a defenceman from Europe.
RIP Myles Goodwyn - April Wine were my first favourite rock band, one of my first concerts and still one of my all time favourite bands.
ReplyDeleteGreat minds, eh?
Deletesaw them at the hockey Rink in Minden Ont about 1976, they had the canon that shot confetti. Super time
DeleteRIP Myles Goodwyn, Haligonian-Montrealer. He liked to rock.
ReplyDeleteNever knew he was diabetic.
Goodwyn actually was born in Woodstock, NB, a small town about one hour north and west of Fredericton. But April Wine probably formed in Halifax in 1969 and moved to Montreal in 1970.
DeleteI had their first album on an 8 track tape, with Fast Train and Bad Side of the Moon. I wore that tape out. Myles was recently here in Saint John doing a solo gig at a nearby pub/pizzeria. I wasn't aware he was sick. RIP to a great Maritimer.
RIP, one of my favourite bands when I was a teen.
DeleteNot only Europe but exactly the town of Thal in Lower Austria. The same village Aohnald came from.
ReplyDeleteRemeber when Gainy had his Belurian thing going. Andrei Kostitsyn, little tits and Gravoski. Hugo is is into Austria. Their favorite movie is the Sound of Music.
It does not matter because the sum is greater than the parts. This is a vision I share with Hugo and Yzerman. We will make a team of 7 s beat a four pack of aces.
I just watched part one of the movie that would best descripe our protocal to win the cup without paying a single player more than 8 million a year. It was a fantastic movie as good as they get today. A rouge agent must fight a rouge AI for the future of the planet. Just like a rouge blanc and blau team must fight for the future of hockey. The movie was called Dead Rekoning part 1. It was a very long journey and it will take us a few more years to finish part one, and start the real mission.
I don't know if I read it here or elsewhere, but I too am worried about MSL's coaching curve. I thought he'd be a lot more about growing the young talent but he keeps putting Josh Anderson in positions to succeed, like the powerplay, while Slaf and Yodelin' get bottom 6 minutes.
ReplyDeleteI get that the damn injury plague impacts some decisions, but they clearly have zero intention of demoting Slaf, so play him in positions you drafted him to play.
And fire Alex Burrows.
Lori Bennett mentioned it in her latest column, MSL still favours the vets even though they are doing dick all lately. It's a Catch 22 situation, if you bench your vets you will quickly lose the room. And he is trying to win games. But yes, Slaf and Yodel shouldn't be benched either. I know one thing, this 3 goalie situation has to end yesterday. Give the net to Monty, I don't care about Primeau. Waive him immediately.
DeleteGame day ...
ReplyDeleteMonty gets the net tonight.
ReplyDeleteHopefully Raquel brings them good luck this month.
I don't know why, but I keep expecting a big Habs trade. And not just a Jake Allen to team x for a fifth round pick. Something big that brings a goal scorer to the Habs. Hell, trade this year's first round pick - they can't seem to manage to pick the right guy anyway. It's a feeling I have, would love to see a big shake-up.
ReplyDeleteWould be fun and interesting buy not seeing it until the summer.
DeleteTeams usually don't want to trade their snipers. I would like to see HuGo snipe (pun intended) Willy Styles next summer from the pathetic leaf. That would just irritate the hell out of the SFU and leafools.
ReplyDeleteYou guys see the Wild's North Stars themed unis? Those are real beauties.
ReplyDeleteFor once I agree about a different uni. They are pretty cool!
DeleteWork night...so just fucking win boys
ReplyDeleteSlafshot in the top line with Nature and Whiskey. Time to show what you got kid! Don't find Marty a reason to put you back on the 4th mid game.
ReplyDeleteMoney!
ReplyDeleteMonaHab! It's been awhile.
ReplyDeleteGoalie came all the way out of his crease.
ReplyDeleteJust when you think Sportsnet couldn't get any worse, they add Justin Williams to their panel.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if he nearly blinded Sundin, ruining the Leafs chances in the 2006 playoffs if he'd be on the panel and how often we'd hear about it?
Giddyup, Rawhide!
ReplyDeleteRawhiîiiiiiiiiiiiide! Been awhile
ReplyDeleteMo' Money!
ReplyDeleteMoneyHab!!
ReplyDeleteGet that monkey off that Powerhorse's back.
ReplyDeletePowerhorse!
ReplyDeleteFINALLY!
Good W.
ReplyDeleteNice win! Monty is a Monster. Slaf was strong and sloick.
ReplyDeleteHe made some big saves. I worry about some of his rebound control. TFS is still on the payroll, the club should be using him as a consultant to teach the goalies how to get the puck to stick to you at the very least. It was pretty rare for him to give up juicy ones.
DeleteTFS not interested in earning his pay I guess. There's huntin' and full-time parentin' to do out West where he heart is.
DeletePowerHorse scores check
ReplyDeleteMonaHab scores check
Rawhide scores check
Gold Dust twins get points check
Monty gets the W check
Nobody got injured check
A good night indeed!
Forgot, scored a PP goal check
DeleteThe NHL schedule is baffling. We're only 1/4 to 1/3 of the way into the season, and the Sens are already 6 games behind the Habs in games played. And at least 3 games behind every team in the conference, and as many as 7 behind some. That would seem to be to their detriment as the season wears on, having this light schedule at the beginning of the season. Whereas the Habs I'm sure, will take advantage of a lighter late season schedule...
ReplyDeleteI remember Montreal had the toughest schedule in the league down the stretch last season, it pretty much guaranteed them a bottom 5 finish.
DeleteAs for Ottawa, the Sweden trip screwed up their schedule, jet lag a factor.
Does every team still get a full week off at some point in the season?
DeleteMerci Raquel.
ReplyDeleteOui.
DeleteNicely done...and a Powerhorse long range chip in to boot
ReplyDeleteYeah, PH was about 180 feet away, that's 60 yards, I would have needed a sand wedge from that distance... : )
DeleteHope there is a deeper reason for sending the X man down
ReplyDeleteI see him as an integral part of our young D
Everyone plays a little larger when he’s patrolling
Can’t leave the Powerhorse alone in that slot it’s a young man’s game
Dunno if it’s just a grumpy moment but for the first time I’m starting to sway from HuGo
Three goalies one that’s old
One that’s good and one that can’t catch
I dunno time for reflection I guess
Go Habs
Pretty sure WiFi is doing a conditioning stint in Laval as he isn't quite fully back at full power
DeleteNo waivers on LC, unlike CP30
DeleteSo continuing with Geoff the molsons never ending quest to make more money off the backs of the fans
ReplyDeleteNow your kid can get a visit in his seat from that orange thing for a mere $200 and get a photo opp and some confetti ……
Be still my beating heart
Go Habs
That is pretty bad. Not a good look Geoff. Better talk to your marketing people. Ugh.
DeleteYeah, they're gonna take a hit for this one, and well-deserved too (unless the profits get earmarked to charity, like women's shelters, say).
DeleteThe song that changed my life, came out today in the UK in 1979.
ReplyDeleteThe Clash
I don't listen to music all that much anymore but I've been playing some April Wine lately. RIP Myles, you are one of the best Canadian musicians ever.
DeleteThat is some extra special Raquel.
ReplyDeleteHopefully the boys are awake at the start of this one otherwise Sammy LightningBolt might get lit up in a hurry.
G Y F H G !!!!
Prior to their clash with the Kings, the Habs will honor Caroline Ouellette during a pregame ceremony. The four-time Olympic gold medalist was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 13 and is one of 10 women in total to receive this honor. For the low, low price of $200, fans in attendance can take a picture with the Team Canada legend in section 117 during the first intermission.
ReplyDeleteI may have added that bolded part myself :-|
🤑 brutal...
DeleteFingers crossed but not hopeful tonight. Just fucking win boys!
ReplyDeleteMonty is not having a great game so far...Habs pressing but both goals against have been sof...
ReplyDeleteGuhle didn't look too good on both goals either.
DeleteToo bad Slaf missed the open net on the PP.
Devo just git two minutes for a King falling near his stick. The Kings should get a match penalty for those tinfoil helmets.
ReplyDeleteThose chrome domes are butt ugly. But that was a trip by Devo. And a dumb luck play for the goal.
DeleteMore importantly, Pats up 7-3 on the Steelers at.the half. High scoring affair compared to last week.
ReplyDeleteEnd of first quarter I meant.
DeleteZero goals vs the Kings in 2 games. Out of their league for sure.
ReplyDeleteBut the kid is looking good on that top line. That is the one positive from what I saw of the game. And a couple of posts... might've changed their fate a couple inches the other way.
It's pretty obvious the Canadiens can't run with the big boys, yet anyway. I was only half watching until LA got their 3rd goal. I had a hunch Montreal would get skunked.
ReplyDeletePretty much. Stopped at 2-0.
DeleteF'n Steelers.
I wonder what's up with Whiskey? Some of the shots he was taking last night had me shaking my head. He either had nothing to shoot at, was at too much of an angle off to the side, his lane was blocked, etc. He can't set up on the PP, every team defends him on that left side. I think he just needs to take the puck to slot and fire it at the net, have somebody in front looking for a rebound. Corey Perry was great at that, he caused a lot of havoc in the crease.
ReplyDeleteAs usal I have all the answers you do not want to hear. This team sucks in the playoffs. Sure if they make the playoff Army and Powerhorse are warriors, But that aint going to happen. Look at LA they have Quinten and thats it. But they play the trap and wait for the monster to destroy. This will neve be Slaf but if may be a light version, or maybe he is smarter. We need to get skill fucking CHaracter guys for at least two years. The Leaf did this and then the forgot about the cap.
ReplyDeleteSabres tonight.
ReplyDeleteProbably near impossible (maybe not, see Roy trade) but I'd love to somehow see HuGo grab Levi from Buffalo.
That would be a great acquisition (Levi) but I think HuGo are committed to Monty for the time being and I'm OK with that.
DeleteI hope this Ohtani thing blows up in the SFUs face.
ReplyDeleteWhen you have the biggest gossiping clown friedman (et al and in other sports) in your crew, you know your professional integrity is shot from the get go.
I was going to post something similar yesterday but decided not to. I've read the Dodgers are the front runners, we can only hope. F*ck the SFU.
DeleteLike Jack Todd says, the Blue Jays fucked the Expos, so fuck the Blue Jays.
Delete2nd party of the weekend for me tonight (while my 51 other weekends are free...), so no game. JFW.
ReplyDeleteBeen watching clips from the Shane McGowan wake - amazing music and a fitting tribute.
ReplyDeleteThe Irish (and New Orleans folks), no how to do a proper send-off of one's life.
DeleteCongrats L.A. Dodgers on signing Ohtani ($700M/10) WOW !
ReplyDeleteAlso, eat shit SFU and then eat some more.
Ha ha ha, fuck you blue jay's.
DeleteIt's amazing how those fools in tranna would think that a superstar Japanese baseball player would ever leave California, relatively close to home, to go to some Canadian city. Just proves how delusional the SFU are.
ReplyDeleteNo galley tonight (may his mother rest in peace), so watching in English (tva is garbage anyways).
ReplyDeleteGood play by play.
Who falls at the blue line trying to keep the puck in the offensive zone more, Matheson or Barron?
ReplyDeleteSeems to be frequent...
Ok
ReplyDelete..I'm gonna say it...Slaf looked very good in that period. Strong on the puk, used his body to win battles - bout time! Overall, Habs played a decent period. No Sabre managed to get any glove high shots off so the score stayed tied..Just fucking win!
Yodel was strong on the left boards on that PP. I'm starting to think he needs to play higher up in the lineup. Barron is a clumsy sob at the blue line. Slaf doing better but he will never be as good as Bedard.
ReplyDeleteStrobe is really good. Barron goes down, probably concussed, should see AX back tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteStrobelight!
ReplyDeleteNature!
ReplyDeleteNice goal by Strobe, scored on his old Northeastern teammate. He ain't going back to Laval anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely more Habs fans in the building.
ReplyDeleteSurprising that it has been this way for years or maybe not as the French Connection turned Buffalo onto the game.
DeleteGood period.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely.
DeleteTypical Sabres scrum.
ReplyDeleteNice second period...good hustle and a couple of actual goals!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Sabres GM Kevyn Adams and HuGo are chatting up in their boxes tonight? Rumour has it Buffalo are interested in the Habs goalies. Monty is out of the picture so maybe Primeau being showcased?
ReplyDeleteBarron lucky he's not concussed. Gotta get tighter to the boards on those plays. NHL forwards are not going to let up.
ReplyDeleteWhew, a point at least.
ReplyDeleteI'll give credit where it is due. Quite a night for young Mr. Slafkovsky. Well done young man.
ReplyDeleteBarfalo are a bunch of dirty fucks. Need AX and the Pez for the next game,
Goals are fun.
ReplyDeleteWatched the game this morning. Quite a game by Primeau. The two goals were each direct results of his D making big mistakes. Interesting to see if that game alone garners interest in him by other teams.
ReplyDeleteSlaf has looked great since moving to his intended position when drafted. Happy to see some fire in him but suggest he doesn't drop the mitts too often. Not sure he's much better than Semin was at fighting...look that up if you don't remember.
Overall a nice W. Keep it going vs the Preds tonight. JFW.
Still basking in the glow of your win over the Steelers? Sorry moe...
DeleteI can take it.
DeleteAlways nice to get a W. Also be nice to have a top 3 pick...
DeleteNot sure if I will tune in tonight. I'd hate to ruin the good vibe from last night's win if the Habs put in a shitty effort tonight. Which is very possible.
ReplyDeleteAdded some Raquel ...
ReplyDelete... and a hilarious take on making a big salary in pro sports.
'TheGumper' is one of the funniest cats around.
We need more. More scoring. I say trade Savard, Jake and Math. Slaf seems to be comming around. Praise God. Sturble I want to call Rubble, Wi Fi can learn, CP30 who knows. I think we are still five years from serious.
ReplyDeleteThat Bears v. Lions game was a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteWatched the second half. The Bears are not a bad team.
DeleteSavard back tonight, one of the D will be sitting, I would guess Gus. Rawhide out, Pez in. Jake in the net.
ReplyDeleteNRFPT deserves a second start after last night. Alain has been sof...so fingers crossed
ReplyDeleteSevans!
ReplyDelete7evans!
ReplyDeleteThat Gumper rant is epic. I'll have to check him out for sure!
ReplyDeleteHe rarely posts but when he does always funny ...
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Meant to comment on the Jays/Ohtani thing:
ReplyDelete"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Just a bunch of sad effin losers."
Glad I stayed away from the game last night. I still have my good vibe from the win against Barfalo.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone other than a few losers in T.O. actually believe Ohtani would go there? I sure didn't. The SFU media played blow jay fans like a fiddle. Looks good on them.
That was a yawnfest.
ReplyDeleteNotes below from a couple threads back, I thought I'd put an update on the thread. I'm doing pretty well, I expect one of those heinous gambling sites will be hitting me up to do a bit with one of the hot young things that Rogers employs.
ReplyDeleteSaint Paddy8:32 AM
I just looked at the schedule for the next 21 games. Up to Jan 13th vs the Oilers. Best record I see them having is 8-10-3 over that period. And that might be generous. But I predict it starts with a W tonight.
Saint Paddy8:34 AM
I've got a graphic of my prediction saved with a W-L-O (OT loss) for each game. I'll update it and post it after Jan 13 to see how close I was and whether I should replace some of the so-called experts on the telly.
I mean I was perfect until this weekend where I had the OT loss to the Sabres and the W vs the Preds.
DeleteYou're doing quite well! I would have to agree with the rest of your picks as well, except maybe the Wild and Philthy, they are playing better lately.
DeleteGiants vs. the Pack tonight. It's going to be close, I'll say Giants win 16 -10.
Two Monday nighters. I've got three Dolphins on my fantasy team so will be tuning into that one. Also have the GB defense so will keep an eye on that. I wrapped up first place and a buy last week, but if my opponent wins this week he finishes 2nd and gets the other buy. If he loses he drops to 6th and squeaks into the playoffs. #parity
DeleteTouchdown Giants! Don't get to say that too often LOL!
ReplyDeleteNice W. Maybe you have your man in Tommy 'The Penguin' DeVito. Or do you prefer to call him Louis?
DeleteOne of my buddies texted me this morning saying the DeVito crime family has turned the Giants around. That cracked me up! Unless the kid screws up royally, how could they ever put Jones back in? I wouldn't.
DeleteLast day of work until Jan 10th.
ReplyDeleteG Y F H G !
Enjoy the break!
DeleteG Y F H G ! !
Good for you moe! Enjoy the time off.
DeleteHoliday potluck day at the office. Good thing I wore my stretchy pants today.
Savard!
ReplyDeleteStrobelight! Light the lamp!
ReplyDeleteCrosby teaches Ghoul a lesson
ReplyDelete$Hab!
ReplyDeleteNative francophone speaker Savard, in a betwixt-periods interview, unable to use tge French word "revirements" and anglicizing (like all normal québecois do) with "turnovers" mixed into a lovely franglais. Someehere Legault is seething.
ReplyDeleteRevirenover (sounds like a political party).
DeleteJust tuned in, wow, three goals in one period? Marty must have lit a fire under them yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI would trade Suzuki and Caufield straight up for Sid. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteWell, that was a terrible period of hockey for Montreal. They were ..... discombobulated? That's a good word. One thing is for sure, Bartlett and gawley sure are big Sid fans, they never shut up about him the whole bloody period. Sid will get his hat trick and Pitt will win it.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Montreal, how can one team have so many forwards with hands of stone? Seriously, Anderson, Dvo, Gallagher, Evans, Armia, Pez, Ylonen, Slaf, have these guys all forgot how to score goals? Is their only function to not let the other team score? Is this the usual December funk?
Good thing the defencemen know where the net is and still remember how to shoot a puck.
About those defencemen, it would be good if they also remembered how to defend.
DeleteOne point at least.
ReplyDeleteThat's some sad shootout attempts. Not one fake shot/Deke. Just shoot shoot shoot
ReplyDeleteOh yeah except that Devo head shot
DeleteThe longer it went the more Pitt was favoured to win.
ReplyDeleteJosh will never score again in the NHL.
He has at least one grade A chance every game and doesn't ever come close to scoring. Too bad his trade value is somewhere in the range of a bag of golf balls right now. Yep not even with pucks.
DeleteSid is still classy and humble as ever.
ReplyDeleteOn not blaming Guhle for his first goal: "“Well, they weren’t really set up, so he didn’t really have a lot of help,” Crosby said.
I would gladly take an old Sidney Crosby for the last 3-4 years of his career.
At 36 years of age he is still far superior to anyone on the Canadiens roster.
DeleteWhile watching the second and third periods last night and trying to not get frustrated at the Habs lack of scoring talent, I was pondering if Nick Suzuki is comparable to Saku Koivu. Saku was a tad smaller but faster and more skilled. I always considered Saku an elite #2 center because of his (lack of) stature. So, I have similar feelings about Nick, a really good #2. We can only hope that if Kirby Dach can ever stay healthy he will eventually become the #1 guy in Montreal. Someone at EOTP compared Nick to Ryan O'Reilly, that's fair, and ROR led his team to a Cup in 2019.
ReplyDeleteSounds like we can expect Mr. Lane Hutson to join a crowded habs blueline once BU's season is over whenever that may be. HuGo has to pull the trigger by then to get an elite scoring winger with all his prospects and draft capital.
Just a couple of natural scorers in that SO.
ReplyDeleteId've given the puck to Savard and/or Ghule for a try.
So the SFU, after last night's suckfest of a SO are suggesting making changes.
ReplyDeleteFunny, their leaf was in a 13 player SO earlier this season (and won) and not a word.
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One of the Habs fan sites has pointed out, correctly I might add, that forcing CC to focus on defensive play has cost him on the offensive side. Jacques Lemaire used to cover for Lafleur and Shutt. Let Suzuki cover for CC and Slaf. Turn CC loose and let him do what he does best, score goals.
ReplyDeleteToronto has the core 4, it is a proven failure. Montreal only choice is 4 second lines. It has never been implented. Its our only hope.
ReplyDeleteApparently some french media folks are upset that Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is now the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. And if you do the french reversal of all the words Maritimes comes before Quebec which is not allowed. When is the referendum to separate?
ReplyDeleteColumbus beating up the leaf cancel the parade.
ReplyDeleteOops, spoke too soon the parade is back on.
DeleteThe only winnable game I see from now to the end of the month is in Chicago on the 22nd and that might be questionable if Luke Skywalker can fire up his troops against his old team. It's possible Marty's team can pick up a few loser points along the way. Not an easy schedule.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say it but we are like Buffalo. We tank and tank and in the end we get a Sherman. We need a Mattews or McDavid. I dont think Bedard will reach that level. We could have had Mitchkoff. Why not take the risk?
ReplyDeleteThe more I read about MSL tinkering with Whiskey the more I worry
ReplyDeleteWhiskey is a pure goal scoring machine when left alone
Start fucking with his head and the goals stop
Les boyz don’t need another backchecker
We need goal scorers
Just like Whiskey or just like he was
Powerhorse used to score goals until MSL started tinkering
I’m starting to be concerned
I know we are far away from where we want to be but I suspect there must be a reason the goals have stopped
I’m wondering if MSL has taken us as far as he is capable
Go Habs
Agree, plus Whiskey isn't a good backchecker.
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