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Post by Skilly on Oct 17, 2016 21:41:53 GMT -5
Chris, Gabriel, Rene or Ryan Bourque? Whooda thought there'd be so many Bourques? who knew that there were two Bourques that played with Montreal? probably Skilly, but other than that? Three in the organization Claude and Rene played in Montreal Simon played for the Ice Caps |
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 17, 2016 22:51:03 GMT -5
O.D. Drinking Game
RULES
Slam a half-oz. of your preferred hooch every time a hockey player says "Obviously" during an interview.
Slam a half-oz. when he says "Definitely".
Slam a 2-oz. shot when both words are used in the same sentence.
You'll be wasted after one intermission chat with Connor McDavid.
By and large, IMO, hockey players deliver the most mundane answers of any pro athletes.
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Post by seventeen on Oct 17, 2016 23:45:17 GMT -5
That's because they get traded if they don't.
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Post by blny on Oct 18, 2016 19:40:10 GMT -5
HOTY candidate. Orlov on Duchene. Beautiful hip check.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 19, 2016 21:50:03 GMT -5
Leafs blow a 4-0 lead in Winnipeg...but you wouldn't know it listening to Hughson and Sinmpson.
In OT now.
Matthews stopped on a breakaway....then Laine goes in on a 2-on-1, keeps and scores his hat trick winner.
Another colossal collapse by the Leafs....but all is good.
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Post by blny on Oct 19, 2016 21:52:31 GMT -5
Hughson sounded pretty pumped on the Laine OT winner. Hattrick for the Finn.
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 20, 2016 15:42:12 GMT -5
When you blow a 4-0 lead in the second half of the game, and lose the second point in OT....that SHOULD be a huge embarrassment--especially in Toronto.
Nope...not under Babcock's watch. Second-youngest team in the league. 6 rookies in the lineup. Blah blah blah...
All part of the process....losing like that is to be expected...with no fall-out.
Must be nice....looking forward to another high pick next year, I guess....
Edmonton's perennial failures were due to "inept management".....Toronto's will be "by-design brilliance".
Nylander....Marner....Matthews....??
(The low "#8 Nylander finish" had nothing to do with Shanahan, as he was hired at the end of the 2014 season...but Marner at #4 and Matthews at #1 were certainly part of "the plan".)
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Post by franko on Oct 20, 2016 17:10:14 GMT -5
When you blow a 4-0 lead in the second half of the game, and lose the second point in OT....that SHOULD be a huge embarrassment--especially in Toronto. awfully quiet on the "plan the parade" front. |
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 20, 2016 18:47:06 GMT -5
Watching Leafs-Wild pre-game on TSN.
Duthie et al with apologetics and rationalizations re: the Leafs blowing that lead.
The Habs used to have "No Excuses", which is lame.
"No Expectations" is pathetic.
The message is pretty much, "Let's just sit back and enjoy watching Matthews, Marner, and Nylander."
Maybe it's the most logical stance...but still pathetic for the Centre of the Universe.
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Post by folatre on Oct 20, 2016 21:39:14 GMT -5
How is Andersen working out for Toronto? I know there are a few rookies playing up front, but five million USD per through 2021.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Oct 22, 2016 16:57:40 GMT -5
... Jared Tinordi clears waivers and is on his way to the AHL ...
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Post by Skilly on Oct 22, 2016 20:52:45 GMT -5
The Leafs are going to OT ... Again
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 23, 2016 8:11:11 GMT -5
The Leafs are going to OT ... Again Blew another third period lead. 4-2 going into the final minutes....lose in a SO. Last night, Cherry compared Andersen to Hardy Astrom. Throwing the Leafs' goalie under the bus...as he did with Colorado, 1979-80. |
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Post by blny on Oct 23, 2016 10:22:49 GMT -5
Andersen was lights out in that OT. Chicago shooters had him well scouted for the shootout though, having played him when he was with Anaheim.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Oct 23, 2016 11:07:34 GMT -5
The Leafs are going to OT ... Again Yeah, just as soon as I saw this my Pro Line ticket went kablooey ... I had the Leafs winning by one goal and that was that ... Frederick Anderson, eh ... well, he's no Al Montoya ... we've got the Leafs coming up soon and there's a pattern to their game that was familiar to us last year ... just keep pouring it on in the 3rd and they'll eventually fold up camp ... Cheers. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Oct 23, 2016 11:11:50 GMT -5
... always have time for this kind of stuff ...
... quite the photo bomb ...
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 25, 2016 21:42:59 GMT -5
Bolts all over the Leafs 7-3. Tampa let the foot off the gas with a 5-1 lead....sloppy play in their own zone made it 5-3...but a double-minor to Marner resulted in 2 PP goals.
Romanuk and Millen reminding Toronto fans that it wasn't too long ago that Tampa was young and rebuilding just like the Leafs are now.
And they're not far off. Stamkos (1st-2008) and Hedman (2nd-2009). But they've also built well around them.
So, cheer up Leafs' fans...the Bolts had only two tank years. You've had the #1, the #4, and the #8 overall in the past 3 seasons.
With your brain trust at the helm, you should be contending in a couple of years!
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Post by jkr on Oct 26, 2016 6:47:44 GMT -5
Bolts all over the Leafs 7-3. Tampa let the foot off the gas with a 5-1 lead....sloppy play in their own zone made it 5-3...but a double-minor to Marner resulted in 2 PP goals. Romanuk and Millen reminding Toronto fans that it wasn't too long ago that Tampa was young and rebuilding just like the Leafs are now. And they're not far off. Stamkos (1st-2008) and Hedman (2nd-2009). But they've also built well around them. So, cheer up Leafs' fans...the Bolts had only two tank years. You've had the #1, the #4, and the #8 overall in the past 3 seasons. With your brain trust at the helm, you should be contending in a couple of years! Is there a sarcasm emoji missing or did you mean that? |
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Post by Tankdriver on Oct 26, 2016 7:32:55 GMT -5
Bolts all over the Leafs 7-3. Tampa let the foot off the gas with a 5-1 lead....sloppy play in their own zone made it 5-3...but a double-minor to Marner resulted in 2 PP goals. Romanuk and Millen reminding Toronto fans that it wasn't too long ago that Tampa was young and rebuilding just like the Leafs are now. And they're not far off. Stamkos (1st-2008) and Hedman (2nd-2009). But they've also built well around them. So, cheer up Leafs' fans...the Bolts had only two tank years. You've had the #1, the #4, and the #8 overall in the past 3 seasons. With your brain trust at the helm, you should be contending in a couple of years! They will be. They did it the right way instead of patching it up every year and not solving the problem. In fact, this year they will still be selling parts off at the deadline to accumulate more draft picks. I wouldn't be surprised to see Bozak, Kadri, Komarov and Van Riemsdyk traded at the deadline for more 1's and 2's to go with the bunch they have accumulated already. |
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Post by CentreHice on Oct 26, 2016 7:34:59 GMT -5
Bolts all over the Leafs 7-3. Tampa let the foot off the gas with a 5-1 lead....sloppy play in their own zone made it 5-3...but a double-minor to Marner resulted in 2 PP goals. Romanuk and Millen reminding Toronto fans that it wasn't too long ago that Tampa was young and rebuilding just like the Leafs are now. And they're not far off. Stamkos (1st-2008) and Hedman (2nd-2009). But they've also built well around them. So, cheer up Leafs' fans...the Bolts had only two tank years. You've had the #1, the #4, and the #8 overall in the past 3 seasons. With your brain trust at the helm, you should be contending in a couple of years! Is there a sarcasm emoji missing or did you mean that? Tongue-in-cheek, with the "couple of years" part. But IF they have success, it'll be as Tank says above. They seem to be deliberately engineering an Oilers-type build. Good work...  |
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Post by jkr on Oct 26, 2016 7:43:35 GMT -5
Bolts all over the Leafs 7-3. Tampa let the foot off the gas with a 5-1 lead....sloppy play in their own zone made it 5-3...but a double-minor to Marner resulted in 2 PP goals. Romanuk and Millen reminding Toronto fans that it wasn't too long ago that Tampa was young and rebuilding just like the Leafs are now. And they're not far off. Stamkos (1st-2008) and Hedman (2nd-2009). But they've also built well around them. So, cheer up Leafs' fans...the Bolts had only two tank years. You've had the #1, the #4, and the #8 overall in the past 3 seasons. With your brain trust at the helm, you should be contending in a couple of years! They will be. They did it the right way instead of patching it up every year and not solving the problem. In fact, this year they will still be selling parts off at the deadline to accumulate more draft picks. I wouldn't be surprised to see Bozak, Kadri, Komarov and Van Riemsdyk traded at the deadline for more 1's and 2's to go with the bunch they have accumulated already. They can't keep trading assets though. You need players , not just picks that are always a couple of years away. Kadri, for instance, signed a long term deal last year so I don't think he's leaving. I guess I just hate the idea of the Leafs being a successful team. They can contend all they want, just no Cups please. |
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Post by Tankdriver on Oct 26, 2016 8:44:32 GMT -5
They will be. They did it the right way instead of patching it up every year and not solving the problem. In fact, this year they will still be selling parts off at the deadline to accumulate more draft picks. I wouldn't be surprised to see Bozak, Kadri, Komarov and Van Riemsdyk traded at the deadline for more 1's and 2's to go with the bunch they have accumulated already. They can't keep trading assets though. You need players , not just picks that are always a couple of years away. Kadri, for instance, signed a long term deal last year so I don't think he's leaving. I guess I just hate the idea of the Leafs being a successful team. They can contend all they want, just no Cups please. I just get the feeling they want to build around Matthews, Marner and Nylander, Zaitsev, Reilly and Andersen. It depends on if they see Nylander as their second center. I feel they are trying to build up Kadri's value like they did with Phaneuf and will ship him out for something more in the same age group as their core. |
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Post by The Habitual Fan on Oct 26, 2016 8:45:37 GMT -5
Nylander jumped out of the way of a shot last night that ended up as a goal , if Galchenyuk had done that he would have been nailed to a post and caught on fire not just by the coaches but memebrds of this forum.
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Post by Tankdriver on Oct 26, 2016 9:13:36 GMT -5
Nylander jumped out of the way of a shot last night that ended up as a goal , if Galchenyuk had done that he would have been nailed to a post and caught on fire not just by the coaches but memebrds of this forum. With a Michel Therrien voice: It's a process. Ah those old Galchenyuk days where it was always process with getting him to be that number 1 center. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Nov 3, 2016 21:10:03 GMT -5
Was watching the Oilers/Rangers and then turned it onto Ottawa/Vancouver ... there's about 3 minutes left in the game and it's 1-0 Ottawa ... Mike Condon with some big-time saves ... the Senators are playing a 1-2-2 very effectively ... Condon ...
Cheers.
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 3, 2016 21:16:00 GMT -5
Yep, Condon not in control of every save...but a really strong game. 1-0 final.
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Post by seventeen on Nov 4, 2016 12:22:41 GMT -5
Nylander jumped out of the way of a shot last night that ended up as a goal , if Galchenyuk had done that he would have been nailed to a post and caught on fire not just by the coaches but memebrds of this forum. Not me. I think blocking shots is a great way to get injured (Gallagher last year as a perfect example, RNH in Edmonton as well) Coaches have to figure out a different way to defend those. It's too costly to have a good player miss a couple of months because he possibly saved a goal, or not. Players shoot too hard these days. I'd make coaches go out there and block shots to give them an incentive to work out a different solution. My solution? Try and get your stick in the way, but do so by standing well out of the way of the shot so the goalie can see it coming and be prepared for a fake. Should be possible. |
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Post by Gogie on Nov 7, 2016 15:57:37 GMT -5
Nylander jumped out of the way of a shot last night that ended up as a goal , if Galchenyuk had done that he would have been nailed to a post and caught on fire not just by the coaches but memebrds of this forum. Not me. I think blocking shots is a great way to get injured (Gallagher last year as a perfect example, RNH in Edmonton as well) Coaches have to figure out a different way to defend those. It's too costly to have a good player miss a couple of months because he possibly saved a goal, or not. Players shoot too hard these days. I'd make coaches go out there and block shots to give them an incentive to work out a different solution. My solution? Try and get your stick in the way, but do so by standing well out of the way of the shot so the goalie can see it coming and be prepared for a fake. Should be possible. I've read/heard some discussion about outlawing players going down to block shots as a way to increase scoring. Not sure it will ever happen, though. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Nov 8, 2016 21:08:51 GMT -5
... wasn't expecting this from Malcolm Subban ...
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Post by seventeen on Nov 13, 2016 17:27:11 GMT -5
In the category of things you never thought you'd see - in the Nucks/Stars game, Tyler Seguin got sent away on a breakaway right between Erik Gudbranson and Ben Hutton who were even with Seguin, but a couple of yards to either side of him. Did he score you ask? Nope, Gudbranson caught him and forced him to lose the puck. Yeah, Gudbranson. I'd heard he outraced Hutton in a Canucks skills competition, but until you see him stride for stride with Seguin, it doesn't hit home.
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