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May 31, 2007
3:28:28 AM
Entry #: 2173726
| I have decided that there will be no more goodbye posts! I'm sure everybody is sick of seeing them, especially when I always eventually return! I have decided that if I ever want to leave or just need a break, I will simply stop posting! That way I can return whenever I want, or stay away as long as I wish. It will be much better this way!
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| Welcome back
May 31, 2007
7:25:05 AM
Entry #: 2173782
| You are the Voice of reason...and common sense!
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| reider
May 31, 2007
8:25:21 AM
Entry #: 2173843
| welcome back buddy.the sens in the final dont that suck.down 2 games now will they choke or win the 2 at home.hope not.i had sens in 6 that was if everything went their way like the 3 previous rounds.
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| Chosen 1
May 31, 2007
5:59:25 PM
Entry #: 2175169
| For the Sens to have a chance, Emery is gonna have to play like he did in game 2 at least 4 times! Not gonna happen! All the Ducks have to do is play the way they've been playing, and they'll wear wear them down big time! I live about an hour from Ottawa, and all you hear is Sens this, Sens that! If Anaheim wins, I'm gonna borrow a duck caller from my uncle who hunts, and I'm gonna go around town making duck noises!
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May 31, 2007
7:57:20 PM
Entry #: 2175418
| ARE YOU SHURE*
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| Chosen 1
May 31, 2007
9:14:23 PM
Entry #: 2175532
| Just my opinion. Nothing more, nothing less!
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May 31, 2007
9:22:34 PM
Entry #: 2175553
| sounds like fun to me
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| reider
May 31, 2007
9:29:58 PM
Entry #: 2175564
| are you quacked
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| Chosen 1
May 31, 2007
9:43:56 PM
Entry #: 2175586
| If the Ducks win, I'll totally quack up!
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| reider
May 31, 2007
9:58:14 PM
Entry #: 2175604
| did you see where the sens owner eugene melnyk said they where going all the way cocky or what.looks good on them.but anything can still happen.need to win both at home or there done in 5 games.
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June 1, 2007
4:30:09 AM
Entry #: 2176255
| I find that their fans are like that, as well! they kind of have this smug arrogance about them!
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| no habs fan
June 1, 2007
12:09:08 PM
Entry #: 2176777
| all most as bad as hab fans.ha ha ha
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June 2, 2007
5:31:19 PM
Entry #: 2178988
| First of all, Habs fans(at least the ones I know) aren't like that! And even if we were, we'd have reason to be! 24 cups! What has Ottawa ever won? I tell the Sens fan that even if they win this year, just think, all you have to do is win 23 more and you'll have as many as us! Seriously though, alot of Ottawa fans are kinda smug and they act like they're the only team in the league! The Ottawa media is even worse! Like I said, I live about an hour from Ottawa, and people act like everybody within a hundred mile radius should have to cheer for the Sens! It's been like that since they came in the league! I would like nothing more than for Anaheim to shut everybody up by sweeping the Senators out!
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| reider
June 2, 2007
6:14:04 PM
Entry #: 2179029
| those habs fans are the worst.they might not say anything up where you live in ontario but down here on the rock the habs fans are the worst.if they dont get something to go there way you cant find one for looking.they can give it but they cant take it.habs fans are the worst.
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June 3, 2007
3:10:43 AM
Entry #: 2179497
| I'm not doubting what you say, but think about it! What are fans supposed to do when things aren't going well for their team, go around bragging and stuff? I think most fans of ALL teams are like that! I think the reason why Habs fans are like that is because they're not used to losing, and they're probably all in shock and don't know what to do!
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| reider
June 3, 2007
12:08:33 PM
Entry #: 2179682
| they better start to get use to the losing.i dont think the gainey and carboneau style of hockey working anymore.the game has moved on from the clutch and grab style those 2 perfected.you have to let your skilled guys play now not the checkers.
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June 3, 2007
12:57:29 PM
Entry #: 2179743
| You obviously didn't watch the Habs play too many games this year! Carbo lets the skilled players play! Gainey and Carboneau never played the clutch and grab style, it's called smart, responsible defensive hockey, playing hard in all 3 zones! I don't think Carbo would've had much success playing the cluth and grab style, as he stands about 5'11" and about 175 lbs! Don't forget, he was a top scorer in junior, and even though he excelled more in the role of checking/defensive forward, he still managed to score a number of really nice goals in his career! The Habs will be fine! Players like Higgins, Ryder, Latendresse, plus a few good ones in Hamilton and they locked up Markov for the next little while! Goaltending also solid! Huet needs to stay healthy, but I think every team can say that about their starter. Carey Price will be ready soon! Like I said, the Habs will be fine! But for saying this, this just makes me another cocky Habs fan, right? lol!
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| reider
June 3, 2007
6:50:15 PM
Entry #: 2180140
| yeah thats ok though i am use to listning to the habs fans.how come kovalev and the other russian whos name escapes me now where always complaing about not playing enough or the style didnt suit the game they played.did the bulldogs win saturday night they were up 1 game to none last time i checked.will you go to hamilton to take in a game of the calder cup final.when the baby leafs played adirondack red wings in the final it was the best hockey i ever saw.was even better then the 2 games i see in montreal.
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June 3, 2007
9:13:06 PM
Entry #: 2180376
| I said that Carbo lets the skilled players play, but you also better be damn well ready to play a complete game! Kovalev is one of the more gifted offensive players in the league, but like alot of other star players, especially Russians and Czechs, has been known for his backchecking, or lack thereof! It doesn't mean you can't be creative offensively, but when you play on a team where the coach and GM have half as many Selke trophies as the team has cups, then you also better be responsible defensively as well!
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| reider
June 4, 2007
9:02:03 AM
Entry #: 2181003
| dont matter what team you play for you better be able to play in your own end or you shouldnt be in the nhl.but the habs back in carbo's days where all plumbers except richier who had 2 50 goal seasons.st patrick won most of there games for them.see the habs play flyers live when there best line was the crazy eights.lindros was hurt didnt play fedyk got hurt in first period the rest of the game carbo had his sticked planted between recchis legs more time than it was on the ice.i wasnt that impressed with the 2 games i saw in montreal.would have rather gone to see the ahl games in st johns.
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June 4, 2007
2:22:27 PM
Entry #: 2181807
| Plumbers? I wouldn't exactly consider Mats Naslund, Bobby Smith, Russ Courtnall, Kirk Muller, Brian Bellows, Vincent Damphousse, Denis Savard as plumbers! I have read and heard the skilled players on the habs state many times that Carbo lets them be creative offensively! I guess they all must be lying! The only type of player that would complain about playing for Carbo are the type of players that don't like playing at both ends! As far as the "plumbers" go, no team will win with all superstar offensive players. You need players that will dig and muck and pay the price! As for Carbo against Philly's big line, who cares what happened in a game 15 years ago? What bearing does that have on his coaching now? Besides, you're a self-confessed Hab-hater! If Carbo was playing for any other team, you'd probably say that it's good, smart, defensive hockey! As for Lindros, he ranks right up there with Joe Thorton, Ray Bourque and many others as one of the most overated players of all-time!
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June 4, 2007
2:33:39 PM
Entry #: 2181840
| As for the AHL, I went to a game in Cornwall back in the 94-95 season. I went once! The game was between the Cornwall Aces, who was Quebec's farm team, and the Syracuse Crunch, who was Vancouver's affilliate. Quebec and Vancouver at the time were two of the most exciting teams in the league, so you figure their minor league teams would be the same! Not on this day! It was the most boring hockey I had ever seen in my life! I'm not saying that all the AHL games are like that, but all the game that day did was cure my insomnia! I think the main problem with the AHL is is that the players are either getting near the end and are playing out the string, or are young and talented and think they should be in the NHL, and that they shouldn't be in the minors and they don't wanna be there!
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| reider
June 4, 2007
4:29:36 PM
Entry #: 2182142
| we can go on debating this till where blue blanc and rouge in the face.you will never convince me other wise.i agree on lidros and jumbo joe being overrated lindros more so than thorton but bourque you cant be serious one of the best most durable of all time.would that be because he was a bruin not a hab.you can only wish he could have been a hab.maybe could have won 26 OR 27 CUPS BY NOW.the leafs will probaly win the cup before the habs win another.when i was in montreala started up a conversation with the man next to me.he said his family where season ticket holders for 40 years his father and grand father stopped going to the games because it wasnt fit to watch.this from die whos family who was die hard fans for 40 years.and yes they were francophones.
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June 5, 2007
11:22:43 PM
Entry #: 2186101
| You have to remember something; there's alot of fans in Montreal who hate the Habs, and Montreal fans are probably the pickiest of all fans! However, I'm sure this person doesn't speak for all Habs fans! I'm sure there are fans like that in every NHL city, so don't single out the Habs! As for Bourque, I DO feel that he was overated! Look at the way he played in the '84 and '87 Canada Cups! He was the worst defenceman on the roster! He must be a fan of the "Red Hot Chili Peppers", cause his favorite song had to be "Give it away"! If he played for the Habs, they would probably still be stuck on 22, because they wouldn't of won in '86 and '93! He would've made a giveaway at a crucial time! Remember the series against Buffalo in '93? Takes a penalty in overtime in game 3 that results in the winning goal! In game 4, Brad May makes him look like a pylon! Brad May! In fact, I feel that Boston would've had a better chance at cups in '88 and '90 with a better defenceman! So he joins a mega-talented Avalanche team and is along for the ride in 2001! Big freakin' deal! So you think the Leafs will win a cup before the Habs? I don't know, maybe they will, maybe they won't! But I want you to honestly answer this one question. Who would you rather have for a GM, the person responsible for building a winner? John Ferguson, Jr. or Bob Gainey?
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| reider
June 6, 2007
9:20:33 AM
Entry #: 2186588
| i would take gainey over JFJ anyday gainey did a good job building a team in dallas i think they won the cup while he was there.i would of let JR go before last year not a big fan of jr. a hab running the leafs will never work dryden could not do it either.when gainey was in dallas no salary cap difernet rules the stars loaded up with great players they had no fiscal responsability spent at will to win.besides they stole the cup from the SABRES that year.why do i think you posted this message just to get a rise out of meknowing gaineys stars beet my sabers in the final that year.dallas back then was a second home for exhabs who could spend at will with no worries about losing there job.they were a new team with fans who didnt care as long as they win and didnt know the difference with unlimited money by an owner with no conscience for the rest of the league.just like the leafs and rangers once did.you have to build your team now not raid other teams free agents.times have changed .
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June 6, 2007
12:20:52 PM
Entry #: 2187009
| if ray played for habs the habs fans would be saying he is a living legend.just like they do with lafleur robinson beliveu and a good many more.i could not even watch a habs game with dick irvin announcing all he would talk about was the glory days from his dads coached teams. i think he must have gone senial or something always talking about ghosts in the forum.talk about needing a reality check.this 07 not 57.the great habs teams are a thing of the past get over it people.there will never be a dominant team like habs of the 50's and 70's or islanders of the 80's again.thats the way the powers to be want it its a business now not just a sport need all teams to be financial stable for success.
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June 6, 2007
1:56:47 PM
Entry #: 2187274
| If Ray Bourque played for the Habs, maybe some fans would think of him that way! However, if he played the way he played for the Bruins at times, I certainly wouldn't be one of them! As for Dick Irvin, I listened to him for years announce games on TV and radio, and I never minded his announcing! At least he was never one-sided in his commentary, like so many today! In fact, he nit-picked the Habs at times more than some fans! I would take his commentary over Bob Cole any day! All Cole is is a glorified Toronto Maple Leaf fan, and at the moment, a glorified Ottawa Senators fan! Don't get me wrong, Bob is a pretty good announcer, but is only bearable as long as the two teams playing are Nashville and Pheonix or something! Speaking of one-sided, isn't CBC's coverage sickening? Everything is Ottawa! I'm not kidding, before game 3, if someone turned on the TV at about 7:45 or so(Eastern time!) during pre-game coverage and you weren't following the series all that close, it would've taken about 15-20 minutes to realize that there is another team playing besides Ottawa! Oh well, they have no choice but to Acknowlage the Ducks after they're carrying around the cup! I thought it was bad for the Leafs, but this is much worse! When the Habs last played for the cup, the media tried their best to focus the attention on the Kings! You know, with Gretzky and Kurri and so forth! It was kinda funny, because when LA played the Leafs, the network(CBC) hated the Kings and wanted them to lose, but they all of a sudden became huge Kings fan in the final! They always turn it into a Canada-U.S. thing, unless the Habs are the one Canadian team, then they do whatever they can to try to get the fans on the other team's side! I'm not whining or complaining, but that always seems to be the way it is! The thing I don't get about this year is that Anaheim has more Canadian players than Ottawa! Wasn't that a bush league move what Alfredsson did to Niedermayer? It's funny how when Alfredsson does something like that, it's all kinda swept under the rug and pushed aside? Could you just hear all the Ottawa fans and media if the situation was the other way around? They'd be whining til next year at this time!
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June 6, 2007
2:52:57 PM
Entry #: 2187392
| they would be screaming blue murder all most as bad as when kyle mcklaren hit zednik a few years back.you know they were going to favour the great one when kings and habs played that was away to keep the U.S. fans watching.if gretzky was on the habs it would have been the same.without gretzky back then hockey in the U.S. was in trouble.the NHL would have been in trouble.nhl cant survive with teams in canada only.
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| reider
June 6, 2007
3:01:20 PM
Entry #: 2187417
| as for alfie and the sens i never liked them to start with always thought he was a bit of a cheap shot type hitting tucker from behind in the playoffs a few years back and the guy on the sabers this year.he will get his eventually maybe tonight i hope.unfortunatly i wont get a chance to watch the presentation of the cup tonight will be working.the sens are scared to death of the ducks only a few guys showing up to play.they have shown they are to soft again if you dont pay the price you dont win the cup.
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June 6, 2007
4:21:06 PM
Entry #: 2187612
| You make some excellent points about Gretzky and the U.S. hockey market! As for McLaren on Zednik, that was a dirty cheapshot regardless of the teams! As for Alfredsson on Tucker, yeah that was questionable! I'm no Alfredsson fan, but you gotta admitt Tucker had it coming! He low-bridged Then-Islander Mike Peca and tears his ACL, but none of the Leaf fans complained about that! Roberts takes a 40-foot run at Jonsson from behind and knocks him out of the playoffs, yet everybody whined when he got 5 minutes! He should've been suspended at least 5 games! Yeah, I'd say Tucker had it coming, and still does! All he did and still does is skate around like an idiot looking for someone to cheap shot! You mentioned that I was taking a shot at you and your Sabres losing in the '99 finals? I never even thought of that when I made those comments! I also wanted the Sabres to win that series! But I have to disagree when you said that Dallas stole the cup! I admitt the goal was very controversial! But if I recall corectly, the Stars were the only team getting any scoring chances, so you know that eventually they would've scored even if the goal was waved off! Even if the Sabres had pulled out a win in game 6, I'm afraid the Stars would've only smoked them at home in game 7! Oh yeah, there's also something else Tucker does! He stands at the side of the net when the Leafs have a two-man advantage and waits for Sundin to feed him! 90 percent of his goals are scored that way!
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June 6, 2007
5:35:24 PM
Entry #: 2187802
| dont matter as long as they go in.i think he had 30 or more this year not bad for a cheap shot artist.oh yeah he was drafted by the habs remember.that leaf islander series a few years back that was great hockey that was a vicious series great to watch though.the isles done there share of nasty play also.hockey has to be the best sport when it is played on the edge like that.the leafs had nothing in the tank after that.just in case you forgot intimadation is part of the game.if a player is constantly looking to get rid of the puck before getting hit or trying to avoid the hit usually leads to scoring chances for the opposition.thats how u fore check dump it in get on top of the dmen make them pay the price tire them out.thats smart hockey if you ask me.
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| reider
June 6, 2007
5:40:07 PM
Entry #: 2187819
| of all people to score the cup winning goal in that game brett hull.the biggest loud mouth to ever play the game.
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June 6, 2007
5:49:51 PM
Entry #: 2187843
| i would have liked to take my chances in game 7.remember the best team dont always win.most of the games the habs won in there run to the cup in 93.10 overtime games they were not always the best team on those nights.st patrick won most of the games and a flukey john leclair scored some timely goals to win a few for them.
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June 6, 2007
8:11:59 PM
Entry #: 2188193
| Flukey John Leclair goals? You just said yourself it don't matter how they go in as long as they go in! Yeah, the Habs drafted Tucker, but even inept Rejean Houle was smart enough to get rid of him! All you keep saying is that Patrick Roy won most of the games for them in their '93 cup win. What's your point? Was Roy not a member of the Montreal Canadiens at the time? The Islanders wouldn't win any cups without Battlin' Billy! The Flyers wouldn't have won their 2 cups without Bernie Parent! The Habs wouldn't have won their 4 straight in the 70's without Ken Dryden! New Jersey wouldn't have any cups without Brodeur! I can go on! I just don't understand your point! It's extremely rare when a team wins a cup without an outstanding goalie! The Pens with Barasso maybe, but it just hardly ever happens! And I'll bet you anything that you never called him "St. Patrick" until after he was traded! You probably called him alot of things, but I'll bet you never called him "St. Patrick" when he was a member of the Habs! As far as the deal that sent Patrick to the Avs, I think there was alot of childish on the part of both Roy and the Habs! I was very happy when Trembley and Houle were let go! I know you hate the Habs and all, but their management and coaching is pretty solid! Carboneau, Gainey, Green, Muller all won at least one cup!
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June 7, 2007
8:48:12 AM
Entry #: 2189094
| enough about the habs you are making my stomach turn.we will have to wait till october to see whats in store for the 07 08 season.i dont think we will have much to cheer about.and you say habs fans dont gloat.
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June 7, 2007
3:59:51 PM
Entry #: 2190222
| I'm not gloating, I'm just saying that I think their management is solid now! As you well know, that wasn't the case a while back! Houle and Trembley? I'm still trying to get over that noghtmare! Even Serge Savard got a little goofy towards the end of his term as GM before he got canned! Andre Savard wasn't too bad as GM! The coaching hasn't been too bad the last 10 years or so, but could be better! I think Carbo will be okay! By no means am I saying that Montreal is the only team in this situation, as there are alot of teams who have very solid management and coaching! Take your team, the Sabres, for example. One of the best coaches in hockey! If Reigier can sign all or most of the star free agents, then he should be named GM of the year! I think the Sabres need a little more grit though, do you agree? I think when a team is out-gritted by Ottawa you need an upgrade in that area! Speaking of coaching, have you ever noticed the best coaches are the ex-players that were not superstars? Good two-way players, defensive defencemen! How many former superstar players in the last 30-40 years have been good coaches? Even Gretzky is only in Pheonix to draw fans! We can argue or talk back and forth for years, but the bottom line is that the Habs have always been my favorite team and always will be! And you hate the Habs and probably always will!(unless you smarten up! lol!) Every time you say something bad about the Habs you know I'm going to defend them! That doesn't make me cocky or arrogant or anything like that! I'm sure if people started bad mouthing your Sabres you'd do the same thing! All I know is that when I say things about teams or players, it only applies to their activities on the ice, and has nothing to do with them as people! The reason I say this is that one time I heard someone say that they wished a certain team's plane would crash! I don't recall who they cheered for or who they were referring to, but those type of people(I refuse to call them "fans"!) should never be allowed to watch sports, and in fact should be locked up!
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June 7, 2007
4:36:53 PM
Entry #: 2190326
| no chance the sabres resigning all there free agents.i agree they need to add some size and grit.they missed mckee on defense need a big body presnce in front of the net.should have traded for hatcher at the deadline and let him do what the ducks let pronger do play with a nasty edge to his game.the sens top line would have been scared to death to go handy the net.will have to wait till next year.
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June 7, 2007
5:49:19 PM
Entry #: 2190565
| Yeah, it should be an interesting year! Everyone's a contender in October! I'm just so happy the Sens didn't win!
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June 7, 2007
6:44:02 PM
Entry #: 2190705
| I don't think Hatcher would be as affective as Pronger! The thing is, Pronger is a much more all-around defenceman, he joins the rush, plays the point on the powerplay and is a good skater for someone his size! He is much more than just an intimidating physical force! Don't get me wrong, Hatcher is very intimidating, but is very slow afoot and has to take alot of hooking and holding penalties! He may help to clear the front of the net, but he is definately not made for the new NHL! It reminds me of the 1990 movie "Night of the living dead". In the movie, a bunch of people are trapped in a farmhouse, surrounded by zombies trying to get in and get them! They're trying to find a way to get out and go for help! They all realize that if the zombies get a hold of them, they're dead! The "Barbara" character, while realizing this, also realizes something else! She realizes and tells the others that the zombies are so slow in moving that you can walk right past them! Hatcher reminds me of those zombies!
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June 7, 2007
7:09:06 PM
Entry #: 2190778
| at least he might have knocked some of the guys on there butts who skated to the net at will.sometimes a well timed hit is as good as a goal in turning around the momentum in a game.sometimes you just have to let the opposition know your there.if down by 2 or 3 goals late in the game why not send the message your going to show up the next game and if the opposition wants to win the next game they will have to pay the price.makes sense to me.
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June 7, 2007
7:15:26 PM
Entry #: 2190791
| brier or drury have to resign one of them.vanek is a rfa he has to be resigned.need size up front grier to the sharks was a big loss up front.cant see the sabres improving maybe a drop back in the standings anywhere from 4 to 6.need a experienced backup goalie to.its probaly a litttle early for hockey predictions yet.habs no better tha 11th.ha ha ha.thats if all the players have career years.
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June 7, 2007
9:52:38 PM
Entry #: 2191148
| Maybe dropping a spot or two in the standings wouldn't be such a bad thing for Buffalo! Not as much pressure in the playoffs! The year they played for the cup in '99, what were they, 4th or 5th? I think the Habs will be higher than 11th! Don't forget, they went down to the last weekend before being eliminated, and they also had to play a couple of months without Huet, their #1! I saw another post where you said they choked! I disagree! They may have overachieved the first part of the season, but losing your top goalie is never good! Halak played well, but you figure with Huet there they would've picked up a few more points, and that would've moved them up 2-3 spots! That's the key for every team, stay healthy! It was the same for the Leafs in '05-'06. If Belfour stays healthy, the Leafs are more than likely in the playoffs! Speaking of choking, I don't like to think that's what the Sabres did, but it appears that's what happened, they buckled under the pressure of being #1 and expecting to win! Like I said, maybe a little drop in the standings would be the best thing for them!
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June 7, 2007
9:59:19 PM
Entry #: 2191155
| As for Hatcher sending a message to the opposition at the end of a one-sided game, that won't make alot of difference, because the next game, he is still gonna be one of those zombies that you can get by with ease! And if he wants to play a whole game like that, all that will do is give the other team's powerplay a workout! Besides, I don't think Hatcher is as tough as people think! In the '04 playoffs against Calgary, Iggy made him look kinda foolish when the gloves were dropped!
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June 8, 2007
11:09:25 AM
Entry #: 2192180
| i wasnt refering to hatcher in paticular.i was refering to any of the big dmen or forwards for that matter.i know you cant win from the box.to go far in the playoffs you have to have 4 lines and a some depth in case of injuries.like what happened to the nucks this year.as for iggy he is a great player one of the best all around players in the nhl.he has made more than hatcher look pretty stupid.he can throw them.dont know if its wise for him to do that.let mccarthy and goddard look after that kind of stuff.but if a challenge arises he will step up.thats why he gets a little more room out there.
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June 8, 2007
11:18:56 AM
Entry #: 2192198
| i knew that 11th place finish in the conference would get a rise out of you.i was being kind maybe even 12th or 13th.LMAO.the playoffs were not that good this year didnt play close attention to them.no habs no leafs is very boring.because i just love to rag on people.yeah the higher you are in the standings the more pressure especially the #1 seed.i think you just need to get on a good roll a month or so before the playoffs.would be nice to get first round home ice advantage hope a few higher seeds get upset maybe get home ice in next round.that sounds familiar to me 93 rings a bell.yeah i know you only have to beat who you play.
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June 8, 2007
2:26:36 PM
Entry #: 2192662
| The first thing people always say when a team wins the cup or has a good playoff run when that team doesn't have to play the top seeds because they were eliminated is that they were lucky they didn't have to play the top teams! I totally disagree! The way I look at, when playing a team that knocked off the top team or teams, you're playing a team that is really playing well and is a pretty damn good team! When a number 8 seed knocks out a number 1, there's no reason why that team can't go all the way, because every other team they play is a lower-ranked team than the one they just knocked out! I get a kick out of the Ottawa fans and media saying the Sens(their defence in particular!) were tired! Anaheim played one more game than Ottawa and they go with the big 3 on defence mostly! The Ducks other 3 defencemen, Huskins, DiPenta and O'Donnell, all played junior A in our league! I probably turned on the goal light for all three at one time or another!
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| reider
June 8, 2007
6:55:59 PM
Entry #: 2193285
| i agree a tired defence what a LAME DUCK excuse.they had 9 days off before the final started.they did not want to pay the price coughed up the puck.threw it away to many times.those big 3 dmen look good in anaheim they are horses.the habs use to own beachemin's rights they gave him away.bet he would look good in the red white and blue of the habs now.saw him play in the ahl lots of times he looked solid to me had a bit of a mean streak to a little on the dirty side.he ended marc moros season with a knee on knee hit.that needed surgery he paid for it the next year.give him credit he knew moro was looking for him so he stood in there anyway.i like that in a player if you know you done wrong and you have to pay the price you dont run and hide you pay the piper.
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| reider
June 8, 2007
7:18:00 PM
Entry #: 2193311
| let me tell you about a guy i know who is a DIE HARD HABS FAN.his brother and him actually have a shrine made that they take out for the playoffs if the HABS MAKE IT.they actually pray and worship this shrine.these guys are nuts.i went to montreal with him and 3 more habs fans in 93 it was 5 days off pure torture listening to them good time though.thought he was getting us arrested at the baby leafs and baby habs game we attended while there.he was hammered we were walking in the area of the habs dressing room he saw jacgues demers that was it he had to talk to him.there was cops and security everywhere he pushes staggers and shoves his way threw the crowd determined to get to demers all the while the cops and security keeping a close watch to him he could bearly walk or speak.finally FIGHTS his way through the crowd reaches out his hand to shake hands with demers falls into him bumping him but not hard whispers in demers ear to this day i still dont know what he said.we have to pull him out saying to the cops we will look after him.wasnt the way i wanted to start my holiday in montreal the first night locked up.you say you follow ball hockey story on terry ryan in yesterdays paper the telegram he is going to play for team canada at the worlds thought you might like to read it seeing you are a habs fan.
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| Chosen 1
June 9, 2007
12:23:35 AM
Entry #: 2193711
| That sounded like a very interesting weekend! I've heard that when you're not from Quebec, dealing with french police can be a real adventure!
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| reider
June 9, 2007
10:02:33 AM
Entry #: 2193928
| 3 of the 5 days we were in montreal it was nasty weather.very big snowstorm and about minus 30 with the wind chill.it was something to see 5 crazy newf's dressed in only small jackets and sneakers on the street all hours of the night.one night coming home from out clubbing about 4 in the morning walking up st catherine street we were having a snow ball fight and throwing and burying each other in the snowbanks .you should have seen the guys who were snow clearing look at us they just stop what they were doing they were bundeled right up in survival suits.they just loked at us shaking there heads they must have thought we were nuts. one guy got out in the middle of the street pretending to be fighting a bull with his jacket off waving it like a matador.buddy jumped out of the snowblower shouting something in french.he starts lacing the driver with snowballs.next thing we know he is on the phone calling the cops we scatter pretty fast.on the way running back to the hotel the cops stop us give us some dirty look when they stopped to talk to us .i thought we were in deep shit.they give us a good blast of shit but they sent us on our way.
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| reider
June 9, 2007
10:19:03 AM
Entry #: 2193938
| about the person who said they would like to see the plane go down.thats just the heights of stupidity.had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know some of the guys who played and coached for the baby buds.they where real good down to earth people.some of them at times would stop by and stand with us as we watched the game.one of the players his name was marek posmyk would come up every game i think he liked one of my freinds little sister who would go to the games with us.after we got to understand what he was saying he had an accent i think he was from czech republic just like talking to one of the boys.
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