Remember in 1972, grade 7, carting out the tv to watch Team Canada with Ken Dryden in net and we went wild ! Habs vs. Russia and Tretyak on NYE, greatest game ever played. So many great playoffs and wins and awards. Rest in peace Ken.
I have a great pin-up photo of Ken from a Hockey Illustrated magazine circa 1972 that I had framed. It's hanging in my Habs shrine to this day. I can still hear Danny Gallivan's voice as Dryden was making a glove save "In rapier-like fashion..."
Thank you Ken for a memorable decade 1971 to 1979 helping our beloved Habs win 6 Stanley Cups. I will never forget it.
Ironically, Habs fans also bid farewell in a different fashion to the most recent Habs legendary goalie Mr. Carey Price aka TFS. It certainly is a gloomy day for us all.
I'm stunned! RIP to one of the greatest of all time. I was only 10 when he retired but I remember those late 70s cups like they were yesterday. I would vote that resting on his stick pose, one of the most iconic visions in sport of all time.
Moat Millenials, Gen Z and Alpha are completely book averse. It's always a struggle with my kids to convince them of the glories of reading actual books.
The Game was one of the first ones I sought out (as opposed to "was assigned by my HS teacher") and read cover to cover as a young man. I recall relishing his insights and humility in describing his talent. It has informed my love of hockey and the team of my father and grandfathers, the CH, and helped me look at the game with nuance and
...STICK HIM ON THE HEAD!!!
...er, as I was saying, a true appreciation of tge beauty and poetry of the game
...FUCK. YOU. REF!! YOU BETTMAN STINKIN WANKER SELL-OUT!!
We just can't compare. Put a dominant team in front of Price and they too would have been unbeatable. 2 all time greats that we Habs fans were lucky enough to call ours.
I was 14 in 72, the power of the 71 Habs and the Canada Russia was overwhelming. Ken Dryden was at the center in net. He also was the greatest PM we never had. RIP
Didn't get to watch any football today, visited my 90 year old aunt in Fredericton and her 83 year old sister who was visiting from Yarmouth, N.S. These are my Mom's sisters who have been close to for many, many years. Mom passed away over 30 years ago so they have provided me with some maternal continuity. Anyhow, I saw that my Giants still can't score a TD to save their lives. This season could be Daboll's last shot but they do have a brutal schedule. So, until NY becomes relevant again, Go Bills!
My son last year at 20 years old declared himself a Dolphins fan out of the blue... From whence it came I know not, but it coincided with a sudden interest in HFTV on youtube (grest vibe) and NBA, as well as trying to keep up with his old man on Habs comings and goings. I have committrd to Mrs. SiM not to get bogged down in any other spectator sport thsn my belived CH meanwhile. It's enough silliness to expect her to put up with.
A couple of the many heartfelt t ributes to #29 have mentioned how the league has really not taken his reasoned (lawyerly) advocacy for eliminating headshots seriously.
"In lieu of flowers..."
From here on out, those of us who were at any time inspired by Ken Dryden should pick up the torch and pressure Bettman and thd league to honour this titan of hockey and take his very legitimate concerns more seriously. The DOPS has a history of dismissing dangerously violent shots to the head based on such dubious criteria as "implied intent of the checker" and silliness such as "initial point of contact" and whether their skates were off the ice when contact was initiated...blah blah blah.
Maybe it's time for the NHL to cut the crap and take player safety more seriously than whether they can cash-in with blood-sport neanderthal fans, and admit that the sport is lively and entertaining based on its own merits of skill, speed, finesse and grit.
Any word on when there will be a tribute? Will they do it for the preseason game on September 25 against the leaf, since he also was part of that organization? Will the leaf do anything?
As I just watched the first three episodes of Inside the Rebuild, one of which leaned heavily on the organization trying to regain their mojo for opening night after a big fail the year before, I was wondering the same thing. Will they pivot and do a tribute during the opening of the season opener? I would think a mention during the first pre-season game and then a major tribute at the opener would be the way to go. What sucks a little, is they open their season in Toronto (again FFS!!!) and they will do a little something too.
I'm repeating myself but : by amerikan Thanksgiving, Sid will be tired of the beatings and losses and being in last place. Dubbie wants McKenna and will be tanking hard. That's when Sid says it's time. HuGo offers a protected 1st round pick in 2025, possibly a 1st in 2026, Crybaby Josh, Struble OR Engstrom, and some other picks and prospects. Sid leads the Habs to the promised land by 2027 at the latest and cements his legacy. The tranna mediots and leafools are dumbfounded.
Even Jack Todd acknowledges it's plausible. Picks would got to Pitt for sure but who would Hughes surrender to do this? I admit Crybaby Josh wouldn't get it done, it would take a C for sure so probably Hage or Beck would have to be part of a deal. Maybe Hook if Dubas is hungover or something...
McSplooge seems to think that The Flightless Birds would want Hage Rino and a No 1 Me thinks Hugo wouldn't bite on that. If Sid wants to come let him come we shouldn't empty the cupboard for a 37 year old Go Habs
I've been saying it for some time but the US is on the verge of another civil war. The first shots have been fired and it can only escalate. They are the most heavily armed population in the world. Seems inevitable to me.
That place down there is feeding on itself. The orange baboon wallows in this kind of chaos What a fucking child Country of racist bigots I don't think there's any coming back from what that creature has done domestically and internationally He has empowered that maniac in Israel and is a Putin lover Who could have predicted this Shit show It's rapidly becoming un funny Go Habs
Speaking of free trade, on Power and Politics last night David Cochrane interviewed the head bloq-head Blanchette last night who was in D.C. to ... do what exactly? WTF? Does he think the orange pedophile give's a rat's ass about what Quebec wants? What a f_cking moron.
So regarding the possible Sid trade, there has to be money out to match the money in. Sid makes $8.7mil and I doubt Dubee wants to retain any of that. Checking all the Habs salaries at Puckpedia I have come with this scenario : In - Sid at $8.7, out - Hook at $2.9, Strobe at $1.42, Dobes at $975k = $5.3mil. Habs cap space = $4.7mil. That would leave roughly $1.3mil in cap space. It's doable financially, I haven't been this excited about an upcoming season in some time.
I agree it's very plausible that Sid ends up in Montreal, maybe by Christmas. I've been in lock step with the M on this for quite a while. I mean if a couple of old Maritimers say it is to be then it must be...
I'd give those 2 firsts. Maybe throw in a 2nd. Beck for the C that they need. Struble or Engstrom. Not Red. We have to see what he can do since they took that chance at #5 2 years ago. Doobie might actually want a pair of XJacks. I think CB Roy has no trade value.
Talking heads like McSplooge and O'Dog who think the Habs have to sell the farm for Sid are forgetting that Hughes is buying a 38 year old star not a 25 year old one. Big difference.
I watched most of that prospects game last night. Demigod is the real deal. Sure, he needs to be better defensively but, wow, the skill is unbelievable. Against other 19-20 year-olds anyway. I think Flojak aka The Deputy is a dark horse candidate to make the Habs as well. Kapanen was good as well, I can see him going to Pitt in the Sid deal.
I am all in on Demideui, let send some message to the world about superstars and culture. I am watching Foundation the Issace Asmov series I read as a child. This was three books maybe a half a million words. I read in in grade three in the library at my schoool, The librainan was fired years later for doing acid. I think Demidieu is really a God. When he walks down the path of the NHL that is at every land a place where they would not even imagine staging the Garden of Good and Evil. What I am saying is DNA has produced a hockey God and we are just here to worship. I suggest he talks to Delly Smith Pelly just to
Well the M, in my Fantasy Football league I'm sitting my Patriots rookie RB Henderson and putting in your Giants rookie RB Skattebo. I've lost two RBs to injury already. Tthey were veteran bench warmers Ekeler and Aaron Jones. But I'm already thin at the position with Derrick Henry my only true #1 (though he shat the bed last week and cost me the win).
Exhibition hockey starts on Monday. That's insane. Where the hell did the summer go...it seems we were just in the middle of a heatwave that felt like it would never end...and still no significant rain since June. But HOCKEY is back! And curling season starts 2 weeks from Monday...I best start stretching.
Yep, first Habs game is Monday and my goodness, look who's in town : The Flightless Tuxedo Birds, I wonder if Sid will be playing? Good chance for Nature to talk to him in the faceoff circle. "Sure you don't want to join us...?"
Must read: Engels interview with DaCH on sportsnet.ca
Sounds like he's matured a lot and done a ton of self-examination to go along with the hard work of productive rehab. If he can fix his face-off woes, look out.
I was only breifly a world class athelte. Even then I realized I was never going to be in good enough shape. I am so tired of these people given everthing who as so self unaware. Glad to see he is figuring out some things.
WTF is with the Rock Fast Lane Contract? Why wont he sign at 8 ish for 8? We dont need this when we have to sign Demideui next year and he want 16 mill. IF you have ten players at 8 mill you have a dynasty even the Panthers cant touch.
Agreed. KC is a mess but so are the Giants. I think Wilson might get one more start but if Daboll is going to lose his job he might as well try something new.
Summer officially over. Weather spectacular. Pre-season is what it is. New thread this weekend. Get those ice cream licks in. Get those autumn back nines done. Fruck the sfu.
Goalies you cant measure, but Goose, is one that breaks the tape measure so far. There has not been a goalie since CP that has just worked, and even he had struggles.
I remember watching DaCH vader at the world jr and whishing we could have players like that in the pipeline. Go DarCH GO you muther fucker, now is your time to soar, maybe with your knee you cant land well but dont worry about that.
Well WTF happened? We had our top two lines or No 1 goalie and our top D pairing against half a leaf. A broken hand and two groins. Are we back on the injury bus?? Pulled groins means not in shape. Broken hand means slash or puck hit. Tonight we are in the armpit of Canada with more than half a leaf. We better dress Harley Luc The Truck and Little WiFi We better have Big WiFi and Stroodle dressed I smell a shit show coming Last night better have been our wake the fuck up call. Go Habs
You know I think Hugo and Marty better watch out after Half-a-dov Playing him with two reclamation projects in The Fin and Darve Is not highlighting his stuff He's paired with a couple of questionable/loser types which is not where I'd put my guy Just sayin Go Habs
Demi and Dach need a speedster and defensive conscience on the left, Bolduc or Hook need to play on the 2nd line. Wool can be on the 3rd line and 2nd PP. Marty will give Wool a little rope but not too much.
Montreal's #1 line tonight -- Powerhorse, 7Evans and Lep -- will be the 3/4 line this season. The rest of the Habbies are Hook, Bolduc and a bunch of AHL scrubs. Probably a good night to find some other viewing...
Those three haven't been seen on the ice all first period. I see TJ, BOLD and Kapanen, Blais, Condotta, Dauphin, Veleno, Thorpe, Farrell, Beck, Belzile and so far they'rd looking pretty decent.
Engstrom is looking ready for prime time. Very good instincts.
https://www.nhltraderumors.me/2025/09/nhl-news-kraken-get-rough-injury-news.html another broken hand. I dont want to sound like Don Cherry, but why dont we have better equipment. Why dont players wear knee braces all the time? Put on some mouth guards, soft touch plastic on the boards.
Just saing and you need to move your mind into today not yesterday. ThE NFL is a huge mindfuck. Stop your mind from entering this space and you will feel more freedom. There is no freedom, my digital ID said I had to pay 20 K or go to prision from my bad thoughts
Also, whilst here, shame on the boorish american golf 'fans' at the Ryder Cup. All they do is bring more disgrace to a country that very few people like anymore.
Mrs Pad recently inherited her maternal family homestead, which happens to exit in the land of no internet (or water as we found out this weekend as the well dried up from the lack of rain). Anyway we had some work to do to it so we spent a few nights roughing it and putting some lipstick on the pig. So I missed all the weekend sports. Sorry I missed the rotten Americans lose on home soil. Fuck em all. Broken hand? I'll have to do some searching. Supposed to start curling next Monday but sounds like they're having technical issues so will be delayed a couple weeks. I don't mind, it's still golf weather.
At least Tom Watson had the class to congratulate Team Europe on their Ryder Cup win and said "shame on the asshole fans in New York." Kudos to said Team Europe for their mocking of the orange baboon/felon/rapist/pedophile. Looks good on all of those losers.
There are things that require discussion Important things Like why do the bulldoggers come in and spank the leaf when the first line Habbies cannot Discuss Go Habs
In response to Chester's last question, while I didn't see the games, it seems the Marlies beat the Habs and then the Bulldogs beat the leaf. So the answer to the question is that it's the pre-season and teams are still figuring shit out.
One of the writers expects ALLKAPS (I don't know if he has a nick yet) to make the team. I like the looks of the practice lines yesterday, putting Dach and Wool on the 3rd. Demi with Kap and TJ Hooker might be much better for our future superstar. ( though tbh I haven't seen much from Newhook yet to make me a believer).
I guess I've never been money hungry enough, hence find myself firmly entrenched in the middle class. I get the idea of feeling you're worth more than you're being paid. I was in a union for over 20 years and would be paid the same as some snot nosed kid right out of school. But I don't get the mindset of athletes prioritizing money over the team. No way in hell is that Krill guy worth $17m per. But stupid Trumper Guerin probably got advice from the orange felon who told him not to worry about it...you don't need actual money to be 'rich' so throw it around like it's confetti. We can only hope that our young superstars Demidov and Hutson are more like Crosby than a Russian Oligarch.
I am not worried about fast lane rock hard hutson. Maybe we have to go to ten and at the moment that would be a discount. I am worried about Demigod. Russian like to extact full dollar for their natural resources and even ones that are not theirs.
Of all the muggings that took place last night, Strobelight hit the mark. You wanna hit me, eat my stick first then we will talk. That is the only proper response.
I missed all the fireworks in QC last night. I did catch the hi-lites this morning, wow, the Xhekaj bros were on a mission and props to Strobe for helping them out. Travis Green was all in for a goon show it seems but it looks like Marty didn't shelter anyone. Should be quite a battle this Saturday.
I don't recall Nick Cousins being such a dirty prick when he spent that season with the Habs. But maybe that's me wearing my blue-blanc-rouge glasses? That slash on our young star, to me, was a clear intent to injure. Sens fans will tell you it is very similar to the PK slash on Microfracture. He wasn't suspended for that. But it's 10 years later. Things have changed. This rivalry is almost reminiscent of the Nordique years. So maybe Flojak needs to stay with the team, we can't leave all of the rough stuff to his big bro. Being down a D-man in a game is much more problematic. Thing is the kid also has skill, so fighting shouldn't be his primary objective but rather a deterrent to opponents.
I don't think the Habs need to keep FloX aka the Deputy around for duty this early in the season. They already have AX aka the Sheriff, Strobe and Powerhorse to keep things honest. However, when the playoffs start (if Montreal is in) then you can bring up the Deputy to keep around if needed in case of any TomWilsonfoolery that might occur.
The Deputy must play another season in Laval. Sure he can be a Pezzati type now, but maybe he can be something greater, and without another season in Laval we will never know for sure.
Remember in 1972, grade 7, carting out the tv to watch Team Canada with Ken Dryden in net and we went wild ! Habs vs. Russia and Tretyak on NYE, greatest game ever played. So many great playoffs and wins and awards. Rest in peace Ken.
ReplyDeleteI have a great pin-up photo of Ken from a Hockey Illustrated magazine circa 1972 that I had framed. It's hanging in my Habs shrine to this day.
ReplyDeleteI can still hear Danny Gallivan's voice as Dryden was making a glove save "In rapier-like fashion..."
Thank you Ken for a memorable decade 1971 to 1979 helping our beloved Habs win 6 Stanley Cups. I will never forget it.
Ironically, Habs fans also bid farewell in a different fashion to the most recent Habs legendary goalie Mr. Carey Price aka TFS. It certainly is a gloomy day for us all.
DeleteI'm stunned! RIP to one of the greatest of all time. I was only 10 when he retired but I remember those late 70s cups like they were yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI would vote that resting on his stick pose, one of the most iconic visions in sport of all time.
Jack Todd just now...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/montreal-canadiens/article1150407.html
RIP
ReplyDelete'The Game' is one of the best books ever written, full stop. He really could do it all.
Been a long time since I read it, probably time for a re-read.
DeleteI re-read it during my vacation in May. It hasn't aged a day.
DeleteMoat Millenials, Gen Z and Alpha are completely book averse. It's always a struggle with my kids to convince them of the glories of reading actual books.
DeleteThe Game was one of the first ones I sought out (as opposed to "was assigned by my HS teacher") and read cover to cover as a young man. I recall relishing his insights and humility in describing his talent. It has informed my love of hockey and the team of my father and grandfathers, the CH, and helped me look at the game with nuance and
...STICK HIM ON THE HEAD!!!
...er, as I was saying, a true appreciation of tge beauty and poetry of the game
...FUCK. YOU. REF!! YOU BETTMAN STINKIN WANKER SELL-OUT!!
yin/yang
https://archive.ph/M0PB9
ReplyDeleteMonumental obit!
DeleteBTW, in response to it, I think we do have a new player/poet and his name is Marty St. Louis.
Thinking of our good FHFriend HF29.
ReplyDelete~moe
https://youtu.be/b4vz9bulQRA?si=5RjEDFP7m6uJuAOw
ReplyDeleteStrombo is an excellent interviewer, especially with loquacious guests.
DeleteFinal Equatoon? 29 > 31
ReplyDeleteBut both gave their all to the CH, and when at their best, made us believers in the impossible.
We just can't compare. Put a dominant team in front of Price and they too would have been unbeatable.
Delete2 all time greats that we Habs fans were lucky enough to call ours.
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ReplyDeleteIt's a footnote in his life story, but I always appreciated his dissent from the Quebecois "nation" motion in 2006.
Agree or disagree with him, I thought it was an honourable intervention.
https://openparliament.ca/debates/2006/11/27/ken-dryden-1/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/house-passes-motion-recognizing-quebecois-as-nation-1.574359
I was 14 in 72, the power of the 71 Habs and the Canada Russia was overwhelming. Ken Dryden was at the center in net. He also was the greatest PM we never had. RIP
ReplyDeleteGood read.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/ken-dryden-was-many-things-to-many-people-he-helped-me-discover-who-i-was/article_402efd2c-3aed-4820-89e3-bd3c3438f31b.html
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ReplyDeleteSteelers squeaked that one out.
ReplyDeleteCongrats. Sorry you have to cheer for that dipshit Rodgers.
DeleteNo. Hate that tRump-loving bag of scum.
DeleteCheer for the team. Hope he gets a season ending injury.
Didn't get to watch any football today, visited my 90 year old aunt in Fredericton and her 83 year old sister who was visiting from Yarmouth, N.S. These are my Mom's sisters who have been close to for many, many years. Mom passed away over 30 years ago so they have provided me with some maternal continuity.
DeleteAnyhow, I saw that my Giants still can't score a TD to save their lives. This season could be Daboll's last shot but they do have a brutal schedule. So, until NY becomes relevant again, Go Bills!
Speaking of the orange bag of shit, I see that he is preparing to launch an attack on Chicago. I wonder if anybody down there will notice?
ReplyDeletecollingsworth is the cuthbert of the nfl.
ReplyDeleteHorrendous.
I have never given a rat's ass about the NFL and see no reason for a change to this long-standing policy. But happy for those of you who do.
ReplyDeleteI catch the moments of games of the Steelers and Bills and when the cowsucks and flaketriots get slammed.
DeleteMy son last year at 20 years old declared himself a Dolphins fan out of the blue... From whence it came I know not, but it coincided with a sudden interest in HFTV on youtube (grest vibe) and NBA, as well as trying to keep up with his old man on Habs comings and goings. I have committrd to Mrs. SiM not to get bogged down in any other spectator sport thsn my belived CH meanwhile. It's enough silliness to expect her to put up with.
DeleteA couple of the many heartfelt t ributes to #29 have mentioned how the league has really not taken his reasoned (lawyerly) advocacy for eliminating headshots seriously.
ReplyDelete"In lieu of flowers..."
From here on out, those of us who were at any time inspired by Ken Dryden should pick up the torch and pressure Bettman and thd league to honour this titan of hockey and take his very legitimate concerns more seriously. The DOPS has a history of dismissing dangerously violent shots to the head based on such dubious criteria as "implied intent of the checker" and silliness such as "initial point of contact" and whether their skates were off the ice when contact was initiated...blah blah blah.
Maybe it's time for the NHL to cut the crap and take player safety more seriously than whether they can cash-in with blood-sport neanderthal fans, and admit that the sport is lively and entertaining based on its own merits of skill, speed, finesse and grit.
Ken Dryden was my first sports idol. Rest in peace. Beautiful pics Moe...
ReplyDeleteSame. 💔
DeleteAny word on when there will be a tribute? Will they do it for the preseason game on September 25 against the leaf, since he also was part of that organization? Will the leaf do anything?
ReplyDeleteProbably the season opener in Montreal they will do something would be my guess.
DeleteAs I just watched the first three episodes of Inside the Rebuild, one of which leaned heavily on the organization trying to regain their mojo for opening night after a big fail the year before, I was wondering the same thing. Will they pivot and do a tribute during the opening of the season opener? I would think a mention during the first pre-season game and then a major tribute at the opener would be the way to go. What sucks a little, is they open their season in Toronto (again FFS!!!) and they will do a little something too.
DeleteHappy Star Trek Day!!
ReplyDeleteEven To radio is talking about Sid to the Habs. They say we should give up Godzilla or Demigod. I say no way. No fucking way. We give up 3 firsts max.
ReplyDeleteI'm repeating myself but : by amerikan Thanksgiving, Sid will be tired of the beatings and losses and being in last place. Dubbie wants McKenna and will be tanking hard. That's when Sid says it's time. HuGo offers a protected 1st round pick in 2025, possibly a 1st in 2026, Crybaby Josh, Struble OR Engstrom, and some other picks and prospects. Sid leads the Habs to the promised land by 2027 at the latest and cements his legacy. The tranna mediots and leafools are dumbfounded.
DeleteSaw this …
DeleteFor what it's worth, no Montreal Canadien has worn #87.
A not implausible scenario, the M. Imagine all the mentoring too, for BOLD, Beck, Dach, Velemo, Kapanen...
DeleteEven Jack Todd acknowledges it's plausible. Picks would got to Pitt for sure but who would Hughes surrender to do this? I admit Crybaby Josh wouldn't get it done, it would take a C for sure so probably Hage or Beck would have to be part of a deal. Maybe Hook if Dubas is hungover or something...
DeleteMcSplooge seems to think that The Flightless Birds would want Hage Rino and a No 1
DeleteMe thinks Hugo wouldn't bite on that.
If Sid wants to come let him come we shouldn't empty the cupboard for a 37 year old
Go Habs
Can America hold its shit together as a soviety long enough for the CH to win another Cup? Better get to it ASAP.
ReplyDeleteI've been saying it for some time but the US is on the verge of another civil war. The first shots have been fired and it can only escalate. They are the most heavily armed population in the world. Seems inevitable to me.
ReplyDeleteThat place down there is feeding on itself.
DeleteThe orange baboon wallows in this kind of chaos
What a fucking child
Country of racist bigots
I don't think there's any coming back from what that creature has done domestically and internationally
He has empowered that maniac in Israel and is a Putin lover
Who could have predicted this
Shit show
It's rapidly becoming un funny
Go Habs
You are bang on CHester. Free trade with that asshole is the least of the worries we have.
DeleteSpeaking of free trade, on Power and Politics last night David Cochrane interviewed the head bloq-head Blanchette last night who was in D.C. to ... do what exactly? WTF? Does he think the orange pedophile give's a rat's ass about what Quebec wants? What a f_cking moron.
ReplyDeleteSo regarding the possible Sid trade, there has to be money out to match the money in. Sid makes $8.7mil and I doubt Dubee wants to retain any of that. Checking all the Habs salaries at Puckpedia I have come with this scenario : In - Sid at $8.7, out - Hook at $2.9, Strobe at $1.42, Dobes at $975k = $5.3mil. Habs cap space = $4.7mil. That would leave roughly $1.3mil in cap space. It's doable financially, I haven't been this excited about an upcoming season in some time.
ReplyDeleteRemember, it's likely Dubee wants to tank for a shot at McKenna so winning is not a high priority.
DeleteI agree it's very plausible that Sid ends up in Montreal, maybe by Christmas. I've been in lock step with the M on this for quite a while. I mean if a couple of old Maritimers say it is to be then it must be...
ReplyDeleteI'd give those 2 firsts. Maybe throw in a 2nd. Beck for the C that they need. Struble or Engstrom. Not Red. We have to see what he can do since they took that chance at #5 2 years ago. Doobie might actually want a pair of XJacks. I think CB Roy has no trade value.
Talking heads like McSplooge and O'Dog who think the Habs have to sell the farm for Sid are forgetting that Hughes is buying a 38 year old star not a 25 year old one. Big difference.
ReplyDeleteDemigod wears # 93.
ReplyDeleteRemember 93.
R.i.p. Don Everly.
ReplyDeletehttps://streamlabs.com/hockeyjunkie/merch/4315879
ReplyDeleteIf Arber is the Sheiriff, the Florian must be the deputy, maybe his nic could be slowhand.
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ReplyDeleteGreat tribute.
DeleteDemidieu!
ReplyDeleteDemidieu it is . On pace for 81 goals
DeleteI watched most of that prospects game last night. Demigod is the real deal. Sure, he needs to be better defensively but, wow, the skill is unbelievable. Against other 19-20 year-olds anyway. I think Flojak aka The Deputy is a dark horse candidate to make the Habs as well. Kapanen was good as well, I can see him going to Pitt in the Sid deal.
ReplyDeleteI am all in on Demideui, let send some message to the world about superstars and culture.
DeleteI am watching Foundation the Issace Asmov series I read as a child. This was three books
maybe a half a million words. I read in in grade three in the library at my schoool, The librainan was fired years later for doing acid.
I think Demidieu is really a God. When he walks down the path of the NHL that is at every land a place where they would not even imagine staging the Garden of Good and Evil. What I am saying is DNA has produced a hockey God and we are just here to worship. I suggest he talks to Delly Smith Pelly just to
Disappointing loss to the hated cowturds. Giants deserved better.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace Eddie Giacomin
ReplyDeleteRiP Robert Redford, portrayer of two of U.S. journalism's finest (Bob Woodward and Dan Rather), both of whom have survived him.
ReplyDeleteGreat actor. A favourite. Rest in peace.
Delete~moe
Absouletly on the Mt Rushmore of actors. RIP Sundace
DeleteTraining camp is in full swing. Exhibition games probably very soon. I expect to see Sid in the Sainted Flannel sometime in the new year.
ReplyDeleteGo Habs Go!
Well the M, in my Fantasy Football league I'm sitting my Patriots rookie RB Henderson and putting in your Giants rookie RB Skattebo. I've lost two RBs to injury already. Tthey were veteran bench warmers Ekeler and Aaron Jones. But I'm already thin at the position with Derrick Henry my only true #1 (though he shat the bed last week and cost me the win).
ReplyDeleteSkattebo looks good so far. I'm out of fantasy football this year. Hoping for a hockey pool though...
DeleteExhibition hockey starts on Monday. That's insane. Where the hell did the summer go...it seems we were just in the middle of a heatwave that felt like it would never end...and still no significant rain since June.
ReplyDeleteBut HOCKEY is back! And curling season starts 2 weeks from Monday...I best start stretching.
Yep, first Habs game is Monday and my goodness, look who's in town : The Flightless Tuxedo Birds, I wonder if Sid will be playing? Good chance for Nature to talk to him in the faceoff circle.
Delete"Sure you don't want to join us...?"
Must read: Engels interview with DaCH on sportsnet.ca
ReplyDeleteSounds like he's matured a lot and done a ton of self-examination to go along with the hard work of productive rehab. If he can fix his face-off woes, look out.
I was only breifly a world class athelte. Even then I realized I was never going to be in good enough shape. I am so tired of these people given everthing who as so self unaware. Glad to see he is figuring out some things.
DeleteWTF is with the Rock Fast Lane Contract? Why wont he sign at 8 ish for 8? We dont need this when we have to sign Demideui next year and he want 16 mill. IF you have ten players at 8 mill you have a dynasty even the Panthers cant touch.
ReplyDeleteR.i.P. Bernie Parent
ReplyDeleteRIP.
DeleteRough couple of weeks for legendary tenders.
The modern game is be big and do a lot of caluculaos. Old stye stand up goalies. Yeah
DeleteOne of the few likeable phlyers.
DeleteSteelers/Pats ... any side bets today on this match?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't bet a nickle on my team.
DeleteTurnovers galore today...
DeleteI think it's time for the Giants to give the Dart kid the ball. Wilson is terrible.
DeleteAgreed. KC is a mess but so are the Giants. I think Wilson might get one more start but if Daboll is going to lose his job he might as well try something new.
DeleteDa Bears !
ReplyDeleteI know it's early but... f_ck the sfu!!
ReplyDeleteNever too early.
DeleteWTB!
ReplyDeleteNot sure if Beck had a nick yet or not
DeleteBeck is like a Heni in many circles so we should call him Hopper
DeleteFowler looks good.
ReplyDeleteKapanen looking the Heineman replacement.
ReplyDeleteRDS needs to refresh their bench.
ReplyDeletebrunet is a lazy piece of useless air.
pjstock, why ?
Summer officially over.
ReplyDeleteWeather spectacular.
Pre-season is what it is.
New thread this weekend.
Get those ice cream licks in.
Get those autumn back nines done.
Fruck the sfu.
Rest in peace Claudia Cardinale.
ReplyDeleteSpectacular beauty.
The one thing about the old beauties is they were beautiful. Same goes for singers you had to sing. Now, you have no idea what your getting.
DeleteGoalies you cant measure, but Goose, is one that breaks the tape measure so far. There has not been a goalie since CP that has just worked, and even he had struggles.
ReplyDelete76 and 79 on the ice tonight. Feels like 2015.
ReplyDeleteVeleno is almost a doppelganger for Joé Juneau in #90 too.
DeleteFloX, Tuch and Thorpe line is a load!
ReplyDeletePay attention Tom Wilson your days are numbered...
Love watching the two Xhekaj bros on the ice together. A little like the reoncarnation of the Rocket & Pocket Rocket.
ReplyDeleteFrank and Pete Mahovlich...
DeleteHockey Junkie calls Thyorpe The Dumptruck
ReplyDeleteF _ c k the leaf.
ReplyDeleteI remember watching DaCH vader at the world jr and whishing we could have players like that in the pipeline. Go DarCH GO you muther fucker, now is your time to soar, maybe with your knee you cant land well but dont worry about that.
ReplyDeleteOn word.
ReplyDeleteEmbarrassing.
Could have used #29 tonight.
One...
DeleteWell WTF happened?
DeleteWe had our top two lines or No 1 goalie and our top D pairing against half a leaf.
A broken hand and two groins. Are we back on the injury bus??
Pulled groins means not in shape.
Broken hand means slash or puck hit.
Tonight we are in the armpit of Canada with more than half a leaf.
We better dress Harley Luc The Truck and Little WiFi
We better have Big WiFi and Stroodle dressed I smell a shit show coming
Last night better have been our wake the fuck up call.
Go Habs
You know
DeleteI think Hugo and Marty better watch out after Half-a-dov
Playing him with two reclamation projects in The Fin and Darve
Is not highlighting his stuff
He's paired with a couple of questionable/loser types which is not where I'd put my guy
Just sayin
Go Habs
Demi and Dach need a speedster and defensive conscience on the left, Bolduc or Hook need to play on the 2nd line. Wool can be on the 3rd line and 2nd PP. Marty will give Wool a little rope but not too much.
ReplyDeleteWool has to shave off those one on one attempts. He dekes like McDavid on horse tranquiersers.
ReplyDeleteMontreal's #1 line tonight -- Powerhorse, 7Evans and Lep -- will be the 3/4 line this season. The rest of the Habbies are Hook, Bolduc and a bunch of AHL scrubs. Probably a good night to find some other viewing...
ReplyDeleteThose three haven't been seen on the ice all first period. I see TJ, BOLD and Kapanen, Blais, Condotta, Dauphin, Veleno, Thorpe, Farrell, Beck, Belzile and so far they'rd looking pretty decent.
DeleteEngstrom is looking ready for prime time. Very good instincts.
Forgot Riley Kidney. 3/4 Laval Rockets forwards.
DeleteI think Marty pulled the old last minute switcheroo with the forwards.
DeleteTJ!
ReplyDeleteKidney!
ReplyDeleteHutson !
ReplyDeleteFarrell!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't expecting much tonight.
ReplyDeleteWhat do I know?
Nothing.
https://www.nhltraderumors.me/2025/09/nhl-news-kraken-get-rough-injury-news.html
ReplyDeleteanother broken hand. I dont want to sound like Don Cherry, but why dont we have better equipment. Why dont players wear knee braces all the time? Put on some mouth guards, soft touch plastic on the boards.
Steelers wheelin’.
ReplyDeleteSWIDT
Just saing and you need to move your mind into today not yesterday. ThE NFL is a huge mindfuck.
ReplyDeleteStop your mind from entering this space and you will feel more freedom. There is no freedom, my digital ID said I had to pay 20 K or go to prision from my bad thoughts
GIANTS WIN!
ReplyDeleteGIANTS WIN!
Go Packers.
DeleteFor sure!
DeleteSteelers win, Pats win, Giants win, a good day all around at the fourhockeyfans site football wise.
ReplyDeleteLast night's Habs win was gravy.
Also, whilst here, shame on the boorish american golf 'fans' at the Ryder Cup. All they do is bring more disgrace to a country that very few people like anymore.
ReplyDeleteSick fucks.
Delete~moe
Mrs Pad recently inherited her maternal family homestead, which happens to exit in the land of no internet (or water as we found out this weekend as the well dried up from the lack of rain).
ReplyDeleteAnyway we had some work to do to it so we spent a few nights roughing it and putting some lipstick on the pig.
So I missed all the weekend sports. Sorry I missed the rotten Americans lose on home soil. Fuck em all.
Broken hand? I'll have to do some searching.
Supposed to start curling next Monday but sounds like they're having technical issues so will be delayed a couple weeks. I don't mind, it's still golf weather.
are you all pych ops virgins or what? Trump is trying to establish a war justification against the world.
ReplyDeleteand Canada is the prime target.
At least Tom Watson had the class to congratulate Team Europe on their Ryder Cup win and said "shame on the asshole fans in New York."
ReplyDeleteKudos to said Team Europe for their mocking of the orange baboon/felon/rapist/pedophile. Looks good on all of those losers.
Hey
DeleteTime for a new thread
With some Ana and many other babe-a-licious creatures
CHester awaits
Go Habs
There are things that require discussion
DeleteImportant things
Like why do the bulldoggers come in and spank the leaf when the first line Habbies cannot
Discuss
Go Habs
In response to Chester's last question, while I didn't see the games, it seems the Marlies beat the Habs and then the Bulldogs beat the leaf.
ReplyDeleteSo the answer to the question is that it's the pre-season and teams are still figuring shit out.
One of the writers expects ALLKAPS (I don't know if he has a nick yet) to make the team. I like the looks of the practice lines yesterday, putting Dach and Wool on the 3rd. Demi with Kap and TJ Hooker might be much better for our future superstar. ( though tbh I haven't seen much from Newhook yet to make me a believer).
And Slaf better F off with his slow starts or he might just find himself replaced by said future superstar sooner than later.
DeleteHapenin'!
ReplyDeleteOr ALLKAPS? Let's take a vote
DeleteOr just KAPS!?
DeleteI guess I've never been money hungry enough, hence find myself firmly entrenched in the middle class. I get the idea of feeling you're worth more than you're being paid. I was in a union for over 20 years and would be paid the same as some snot nosed kid right out of school.
ReplyDeleteBut I don't get the mindset of athletes prioritizing money over the team. No way in hell is that Krill guy worth $17m per. But stupid Trumper Guerin probably got advice from the orange felon who told him not to worry about it...you don't need actual money to be 'rich' so throw it around like it's confetti.
We can only hope that our young superstars Demidov and Hutson are more like Crosby than a Russian Oligarch.
I am not worried about fast lane rock hard hutson. Maybe we have to go to ten and at the moment that would be a discount. I am worried about Demigod. Russian like to extact full dollar for their natural resources and even ones that are not theirs.
DeleteWooly Bully!
ReplyDeleteCarrier! I forgot your nick
ReplyDeleteRoCH
DeleteAh, RoCH!
DeleteArber, the One-Eyed Jack looking pretty good on PK
ReplyDeleteAnd the refs have totally lost control of this game.
ReplyDeleteBeatin' them on the ice and in the trenches.
ReplyDeleteThat said, big miss by the refs on Strobelight's cross check to the chin...
DeleteOf all the muggings that took place last night, Strobelight hit the mark. You wanna hit me, eat my stick first then we will talk. That is the only proper response.
DeleteSo Basu calls him 'Kuh-pannin' rather than 'Kap-a-nun'.
ReplyDeleteIf the former, is he 'pannin' for gold? Miner! Keep pannin'!
Fast Lane!
ReplyDeleteDaCH! Good game by him overall too.
ReplyDeleteI missed all the fireworks in QC last night. I did catch the hi-lites this morning, wow, the Xhekaj bros were on a mission and props to Strobe for helping them out. Travis Green was all in for a goon show it seems but it looks like Marty didn't shelter anyone. Should be quite a battle this Saturday.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall Nick Cousins being such a dirty prick when he spent that season with the Habs. But maybe that's me wearing my blue-blanc-rouge glasses?
ReplyDeleteThat slash on our young star, to me, was a clear intent to injure. Sens fans will tell you it is very similar to the PK slash on Microfracture. He wasn't suspended for that. But it's 10 years later. Things have changed. This rivalry is almost reminiscent of the Nordique years. So maybe Flojak needs to stay with the team, we can't leave all of the rough stuff to his big bro. Being down a D-man in a game is much more problematic. Thing is the kid also has skill, so fighting shouldn't be his primary objective but rather a deterrent to opponents.
Cousins and Hodgson got fined for their goonery at least that's something.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the Habs need to keep FloX aka the Deputy around for duty this early in the season. They already have AX aka the Sheriff, Strobe and Powerhorse to keep things honest. However, when the playoffs start (if Montreal is in) then you can bring up the Deputy to keep around if needed in case of any TomWilsonfoolery that might occur.
ReplyDeleteThe Deputy must play another season in Laval. Sure he can be a Pezzati type now, but maybe he can be something greater, and without another season in Laval we will never know for sure.
DeleteRest in peace Jane Goodall
ReplyDeleteRIP a person who cared. Now we dont need no stinkin people who care.
DeleteShe did good.
Deletehttps://fourhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2025/10/almost-sexy-hockey-time-have-beer.html
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