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Post by CentreHice on May 27, 2020 10:22:44 GMT -5
Thank you sir! I used to post here many years ago....probably 15 years ago. Good forum with a good bunch of dudes. Good to see you back, Schooner!
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Post by Willie Dog on May 27, 2020 11:04:25 GMT -5
I have heard the statement about the Pens possibly fearing facing a rested Carey Price. I'd be more worried about facing a healthy Sid Crosby, Gene Malkin and Kris Letang. It's also quite possible Guentzel will be back by then, too. The Pens aren't a pushover. Quite an understatement given the Pens will be heavy favourites. Our only hope is for a healthy Price. If we could steal a series vs the Pens, I think a Flyers team that hasn't played any meaningful games could be ripe for the pickings in Round 2. Isn;t the Philly goalie a huge Price fan, so you know he'll be up for it... If we get that far
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on May 27, 2020 11:56:36 GMT -5
Quite an understatement given the Pens will be heavy favourites. Our only hope is for a healthy Price. If we could steal a series vs the Pens, I think a Flyers team that hasn't played any meaningful games could be ripe for the pickings in Round 2. Isn;t the Philly goalie a huge Price fan, so you know he'll be up for it... If we get that far A pee-wee team would be 1000-1 against the Flyers, 500-1 against the Pens and slight favorites against the Hab’s.
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Post by folatre on May 27, 2020 15:23:42 GMT -5
As usual you make good points, Habitual. I agree that a short series offers more hope to the underdog. And Price is certainly capable of being a difference maker. However, I am not so sure the Penguins face greater pressure. Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Murray, etc. have Cup conquests and rings that, for me at least, reduce the pressure on them because they avoid the negative pressures associated with looking back on past failures or to the future with trepidation as time begins to run out on their career. It seems to me the Habs’ veterans have more to prove and hence more to lose. Where would a play-in phase loss leave Price, Weber, Gallagher, Petry, Tatar, and Danault? We hear all about their character and they do seem like great guys, but would Molson and the fan base want to be married to this core for another six years when they have yet to prove they can deliver anything.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on May 27, 2020 16:01:00 GMT -5
As usual you make good points, Habitual. I agree that a short series offers more hope to the underdog. And Price is certainly capable of being a difference maker. However, I am not so sure the Penguins face greater pressure. Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Murray, etc. have Cup conquests and rings that, for me at least, reduce the pressure on them because they avoid the negative pressures associated with looking back on past failures or to the future with trepidation as time begins to run out on their career. It seems to me the Habs’ veterans have more to prove and hence more to lose. Where would a play-in phase loss leave Price, Weber, Gallagher, Petry, Tatar, and Danault? We hear all about their character and they do seem like great guys, but would Molson and the fan base want to be married to this core for another six years when they have yet to prove they can deliver anything. While i agree that they haven’t accomplished anything, losing Price, Weber, Gallagher whIle keeping Bergevin isn’t the path out of the wilderness
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Post by Skilly on May 27, 2020 16:18:55 GMT -5
Ì'm wondering about the selection of hub cities. I hope it's based on the Covif-19 levels in the city. With the level of infection in Ontario, I'm really surprised Toronto applied for this. If the NHL really takes the health of its players seriously & wants to play in Canada they should go to Vancouver or Edmonton. Newfoundland... zero active cases in the community. They will be playing in front of no one, so population shouldn’t matter
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Post by frozone on May 27, 2020 16:26:21 GMT -5
The biggest difference maker in the play in round will be the "slow starters". You know, those players who just need to shake off the rust for 5 to 10 games before taking flight.
If a team's goalie is a slow starter, all best are off. And unfortunately for us, I find CP is usually a little slow out of the gate.
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Post by Tankdriver on May 27, 2020 16:44:31 GMT -5
Ì'm wondering about the selection of hub cities. I hope it's based on the Covif-19 levels in the city. With the level of infection in Ontario, I'm really surprised Toronto applied for this. If the NHL really takes the health of its players seriously & wants to play in Canada they should go to Vancouver or Edmonton. Newfoundland... zero active cases in the community. They will be playing in front of no one, so population shouldn’t matter You know, you are 100% correct. They should be going somewhere with an NHL sized ice surface with decent camera lines and dressing rooms. I don't know if the AHL rink will work but somewhere were there is little else for entertainment and less people would be the best thing. Las Vegas, Toronto.....yeah no one is staying 100% confined there. So much more risk.
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Post by franko on May 27, 2020 18:54:00 GMT -5
Ì'm wondering about the selection of hub cities. I hope it's based on the Covif-19 levels in the city. With the level of infection in Ontario, I'm really surprised Toronto applied for this. If the NHL really takes the health of its players seriously & wants to play in Canada they should go to Vancouver or Edmonton. Newfoundland... zero active cases in the community. They will be playing in front of no one, so population shouldn’t matter except Newfoundland isn't letting anyone in. or is hockey an essential service?
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Post by Skilly on May 27, 2020 19:21:24 GMT -5
Newfoundland... zero active cases in the community. They will be playing in front of no one, so population shouldn’t matter except Newfoundland isn't letting anyone in. or is hockey an essential service? No where in Canada is letting anyone in ... but as the original post posited “if the NHL is serious about the players health and want to play in Canada “. If this is the case then why not the places with the less active cases with regulation size rinks, It will never happen, but the anonymity of NL would be advantageous. But I feel Bettman only wanted big cities ... which I don’t get. Everywhere now has empty hotels , no one is travelling
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on May 27, 2020 19:51:31 GMT -5
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Post by UberCranky on May 27, 2020 20:10:47 GMT -5
I'm not too thrilled to have them in Mississauga or TO. I pass an on old people home with four dozen crosses on the front lawn....so please, while I chafe under the restrictions, we also need to prioritize what is important. As much as I hate to admit it, Newfoundland may be an ideal place to to hold them. Given a large and efficient test of the community, maybe there wont be any infections to mar the games further. Mind you, there will be something like a few thousand people involved and I don't think there is enough cod and Viking long houses in Newfoundland to house them. (Back in the day, I had a large NF crew and they either got a huge gut laugh out of NF based jokes...or hated you!)
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Post by franko on May 27, 2020 21:11:13 GMT -5
except Newfoundland isn't letting anyone in. or is hockey an essential service? No where in Canada is letting anyone in ... but as the original post posited “if the NHL is serious about the players health and want to play in Canada “. If this is the case then why not the places with the less active cases with regulation size rinks, It will never happen, but the anonymity of NL would be advantageous. But I feel Bettman only wanted big cities ... which I don’t get. Everywhere now has empty hotels , no one is travelling ah, don't get me wrong, it would be a great place (except for that time thing). not true about travel, though, one can fly from province to province but NL is forced to go to court to keep (whinny self-centred) people out.
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Post by PTH on May 27, 2020 21:29:24 GMT -5
except Newfoundland isn't letting anyone in. or is hockey an essential service? No where in Canada is letting anyone in ... but as the original post posited “if the NHL is serious about the players health and want to play in Canada “. If this is the case then why not the places with the less active cases with regulation size rinks, It will never happen, but the anonymity of NL would be advantageous. But I feel Bettman only wanted big cities ... which I don’t get. Everywhere now has empty hotels , no one is travelling IMO there's a good and a bad reason to go for larger centers... The legit reason is that logistically, they have plenty of hotels, and can be assumed to have still plenty of room over the entire summer, whereas smallish cities might get more readily booked up to the point you can't reserve room for a 1000 people easily (hotel room, restaurants, a variety of food options,
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Post by PTH on May 27, 2020 21:33:00 GMT -5
except Newfoundland isn't letting anyone in. or is hockey an essential service? No where in Canada is letting anyone in ... but as the original post posited “if the NHL is serious about the players health and want to play in Canada “. If this is the case then why not the places with the less active cases with regulation size rinks, It will never happen, but the anonymity of NL would be advantageous. But I feel Bettman only wanted big cities ... which I don’t get. Everywhere now has empty hotels , no one is travelling IMO there's a good and a bad reason to go for larger centers... The legit reason is that logistically, they have plenty of hotels, and can be assumed to have still plenty of room over the entire summer, whereas smallish cities might get more readily booked up to the point you can't reserve room for a 1000 people easily (hotel room, restaurants, a variety of food options, etc. There's also a margin for error if there's a minor outbreak. The not legit reason is optics: Bettman loves getting the press and attention, and like it or not, the city hosting this will have a lot of press covering this, if not the event directly, just all of the drama around it - which hotels are filled, which restaurants are closed off and only cater to the NHL tournament, etc, etc. If they could host this in Rimouski and Gander, they might have no Covid issues, but less press and they run the risk that a minor outbreak (within the community or the tournament) might mean there's some part of the logistics of the thing that fall apart, which might get real embarassing, real fast.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on May 28, 2020 3:10:42 GMT -5
No where in Canada is letting anyone in ... but as the original post posited “if the NHL is serious about the players health and want to play in Canada “. If this is the case then why not the places with the less active cases with regulation size rinks, It will never happen, but the anonymity of NL would be advantageous. But I feel Bettman only wanted big cities ... which I don’t get. Everywhere now has empty hotels , no one is travelling IMO there's a good and a bad reason to go for larger centers... The legit reason is that logistically, they have plenty of hotels, and can be assumed to have still plenty of room over the entire summer, whereas smallish cities might get more readily booked up to the point you can't reserve room for a 1000 people easily (hotel room, restaurants, a variety of food options, etc. There's also a margin for error if there's a minor outbreak. The not legit reason is optics: Bettman loves getting the press and attention, and like it or not, the city hosting this will have a lot of press covering this, if not the event directly, just all of the drama around it - which hotels are filled, which restaurants are closed off and only cater to the NHL tournament, etc, etc. If they could host this in Rimouski and Gander, they might have no Covid issues, but less press and they run the risk that a minor outbreak (within the community or the tournament) might mean there's some part of the logistics of the thing that fall apart, which might get real embarassing, real fast. host it in Labrador and play on outdoor rinks This is not the way playoffs should be played!
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Post by Boston_Habs on May 28, 2020 8:13:19 GMT -5
I hate the format. Not creative at all. The best idea is coming from NBA circles where they are talking about doing a World Cup style group format and scrapping the conferences this year. If you are playing games at designated sites then the travel issue isn't a concern.
Proposal: + 20 teams make the playoffs based on regular season record (maybe a play in to break a tie at the bottom) + Teams are ranked 1-20 and slotted into 4 groups of 5 teams (do a snake draft). + Teams in each group play each team twice, so a total of 8 games + Top 2 teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals + For the final 8, you would reseed the teams and move to series play (maybe best of 5 for the quarter finals, and best of 7 for the semis and finals)
Here's how it would look:
GROUP A: Boston, Vegas, Edmonton, NY Rangers, Calgary GROUP B: St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Dallas, NY Islanders, Vancouver GROUP C: Tampa Bay, Philadelphia, Carolina, Winnipeg, Nashville GROUP C: Colorado, Washington, Toronto, Columbus, Florida
The great thing about the World Cup format is it creates buzz for every game, since every game matters and you have these mini tournaments within a bigger competition. The top seeds might complain about potential upsets, but i the Bruins can't be one of the top 2 teams coming out of their group after 8 games then that's their problem.
The Habs don't make the cut in this scenario.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on May 28, 2020 9:13:44 GMT -5
I saw in Berg’s presser that he can have 28 skaters and more than two goalies. Both the Habs and the Rocket were trending towards missing the playoffs (although the Rocket were in for a really good fight down the stretch, but had to get past a few teams). Even if it is for a short play-in series, that means a number of guys (including the old guard and some key young players who will be part of the future core) will get a taste of meaningful hockey.
From a hockey player’s perspective, all they think about in the fall is a chance to play for a championship. The Habs and their farm team have not provided that chance to its players in a long time. Now some weird scenario provides that little taster, with a chance for more. We talk about player development sucking for a while, well getting a taste of playing meaningful hockey is a big part of development. I see no downside for our players. Even if they lose out to a stronger Pittsburgh team, they will come back to next season a little hungrier than if they had missed out on any post-season hockey...yet again.
Do I think this whole play-in thing is a bit bogus? Yuppers. Do I really dislike that a chance at a top 8 player in this draft is at risk, as are our chances at the top three? Absolutely table-thumping yes. However, it is what it is and now I want to see our current players at least gain for having something to play for. Wise Weber said it best: it is likely not fair to those teams in playoff positions for the Habs to be there, but they are excited for their chance (paraphrasing).
Push the Pens to the limit, give them a heckuva scare, and still get a top eight pick. Great. Or go on a run and eventually pick 16th. A big draft bummer for such a bad season. But, if it helps teach some of our playoff unproven what it takes to win in the postseason, all is not lost.
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Post by BadCompany on May 28, 2020 10:24:54 GMT -5
I saw in Berg’s presser that he can have 28 skaters and more than two goalies. Both the Habs and the Rocket were trending towards missing the playoffs (although the Rocket were in for a really good fight down the stretch, but had to get past a few teams). Even if it is for a short play-in series, that means a number of guys (including the old guard and some key young players who will be part of the future core) will get a taste of meaningful hockey. From a hockey player’s perspective, all they think about in the fall is a chance to play for a championship. The Habs and their farm team have not provided that chance to its players in a long time. Now some weird scenario provides that little taster, with a chance for more. We talk about player development sucking for a while, well getting a taste of playing meaningful hockey is a big part of development. I see no downside for our players. Even if they lose out to a stronger Pittsburgh team, they will come back to next season a little hungrier than if they had missed out on any post-season hockey...yet again. Do I think this whole play-in thing is a bit bogus? Yuppers. Do I really dislike that a chance at a top 8 player in this draft is at risk, as are our chances at the top three? Absolutely table-thumping yes. However, it is what it is and now I want to see our current players at least gain for having something to play for. Wise Weber said it best: it is likely not fair to those teams in playoff positions for the Habs to be there, but they are excited for their chance (paraphrasing). Push the Pens to the limit, give them a heckuva scare, and still get a top eight pick. Great. Or go on a run and eventually pick 16th. A big draft bummer for such a bad season. But, if it helps teach some of our playoff unproven what it takes to win in the postseason, all is not lost. What he said. Yeah, I had accepted the sucky season, and yes, I was looking forward to a top 8 pick in a draft where the top 8 are considered elite. But if it is not to be, then it is not to be. As you said, if you subscribe to the theory that winning begets winning, then by all means, let's hope they win. While it would drop us down in the draft, let's not forget that we do have a deep prospect pool already, and while it can never be deep enough, we're not starting from scratch here. And the potential benefits that come from any sort of playoff run could be extremely useful down the line. Playoff University, as Bob Gainey used to say. * Motivation for guys like Weber and Price. Much is made (mostly by fans) of them "running out of time, and maybe they won't try hard for a losing team", especially in the case of Price. While I don't believe that, a nice playoff run could galvanize them for next year. * Proof of better days ahead for our free agents, like Gallagher, Petry, and Tatar. Maybe even Kovalchouk or other UFAs watching from afar. Yeah, we say it every year, but for our internal free-agents-to-be's a nice playoff run might convince them that better days are just around the corner. In a troubled economic time, that could be the difference between getting a fair-market deal, or overpaying just to keep them happy. * Redemption for guys like Domi and Drouin. They have histories of being big-game players, now would be the time to salvage what were, for both of them, terrible seasons. A poor playoff run (or lack thereof), and the internet crucifies Drouin and trades Domi for a bag of pucks. Strong playoff performances, and all will be forgiven. * Experience for guys like Suzuki, Evans, and Primeau, who will certainly be on the team, and maybe guys like Kotkaniemi and Mete (if healthy), or Leskinen and Poehling, who will probably be Black Aces. Suzuki, in particular, I am interested in seeing play. He's another guy with big game history. * Enhanced trade value for guys with possibly no future in the organization. Maybe Lehkonen gets hot. Maybe Jordan Weal pulls a Dominic Moore and shuts downs Malkin. Heck, maybe even Karl Alzner shows that he is still capable of playing in the NHL. Kulak, Juulsen, Lindgren, there are a few guys that might draw interest with an extended playoff run. I'm torn. I wanted the 8th overall. Actually, I wanted the #1, but who doesn't, amirite? But if it is not to be, then there are still a lot of positives that can be taken from us making a run. Just beating a potential Cup favorite in Pittsburgh and drinking the tears of all the "it ain't fair!" cry-babies alone will be fun. Winning is winning. Enjoy it if it happens.
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Post by UberCranky on May 28, 2020 13:41:47 GMT -5
So many people.....with half full glasses. I'm shutting off the water....... Winning ONE series is not worth losing out on a top 6 forward or top 4 defenseman. Given the odds are less then 50% that we will win that series, I rather have a bird in hand.
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Post by UberCranky on May 28, 2020 13:44:50 GMT -5
Winning is winning. Enjoy it if it happens.Which do you prefer... Drafting a top 4 defenseman or top 6 forward or winning ONE series? Please go on record because I'm old and forget very easily.
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Post by jkr on May 28, 2020 13:57:51 GMT -5
Winning is winning. Enjoy it if it happens.Which do you prefer... Drafting a top 4 defenseman or top 6 forward or winning ONE series? Please go on record because I'm old and forget very easily. The high pick has more value to this team than 3-5 games of playoff hockey.
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Post by BadCompany on May 28, 2020 14:50:10 GMT -5
Which do you prefer... Drafting a top 4 defenseman or top 6 forward or winning ONE series? Please go on record because I'm old and forget very easily. Well, like I said... I'm torn. I wanted the 8th overall. Actually, I wanted the #1, but who doesn't, amirite? But if it is not to be, then there are still a lot of positives that can be taken from us making a run. Just beating a potential Cup favorite in Pittsburgh and drinking the tears of all the "it ain't fair!" cry-babies alone will be fun. Winning is winning. Enjoy it if it happens. I would prefer a top 4 defenseman or a top 6 forward. Well, actually, I'd prefer a top 2 defenseman or a top 3 forward, which is what I think we will get if we stay in the top 10. Having said that, the point of my post- and others - is that it is not the end of the world if, god forbid, we actually win a playoff round or two. There would still be a lot of positives to take away from it. And besides, while it's unclear how exactly the brackets will play out, if we beat Pittsburgh it looks like we will play Philadelphia next. And if we can beat Pittsburgh, do you really think we can't beat Philadelphia?? And if we beat Philadelphia, we'd play whoever comes out of the Boston/Islanders/Columbus bracket. I mean, if ever there was a year for a Cinderella run... Ah, hope springing eternally, and all that. Let's face it, the only reason why people are getting upset about this is because we CAN actually make a playoff run here. If this was Detroit we were talking about nobody would be concerned. It's only because it wouldn't really be a huge upset to beat Pittsburgh. Which, by inference, means we're not that bad a team, and that certain players are not as bad as some would like hope think they are. Given my druthers (I will never, ever, pay for druthers again, they must always be given to me for free), I will take a top 8 pick. And since we're dreaming, let's just win the lottery and take Lafreniere. But I won't rend my clothes and gnash my teeth if we win our way into the semi, or even conference, finals. So let me get this back on record from you then; if we lose to Pittsburgh, which seems to be the hope of many, will you refrain from criticizing Price/Weber/Drouin/Domi etc. for not playing well in the playoffs? We can't have it both ways, we can't complain about how badly they play if they lose, while at the same time preparing to complain about how well they play if they win. (well, I suppose we can, and will - we are Habs fans afterall)
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Post by jkr on May 28, 2020 15:23:17 GMT -5
Who said anything about hoping they lose or hoping that players perform poorly? I never hope that they lose. Under Bergevin they just have rarely been good enough to win.
It's a question of merit, they just don't deserve it.
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Post by BadCompany on May 28, 2020 15:30:42 GMT -5
Who said anything about hoping they lose or hoping that players perform poorly? I never hope that they lose. Under Bergevin they just have rarely been good enough to win. It's a question of merit, they just don't deserve it. Last year we had 96 points, more than three playoff teams. We had one less win than the eventual Cup Champions the St. Louis Blues. We deserved to be in the playoffs then... but weren't. This year we don't deserve to be in... but are.
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Post by UberCranky on May 28, 2020 16:01:47 GMT -5
Which do you prefer... Drafting a top 4 defenseman or top 6 forward or winning ONE series? Please go on record because I'm old and forget very easily. Well, like I said... I'm torn. I wanted the 8th overall. Actually, I wanted the #1, but who doesn't, amirite? But if it is not to be, then there are still a lot of positives that can be taken from us making a run. Just beating a potential Cup favorite in Pittsburgh and drinking the tears of all the "it ain't fair!" cry-babies alone will be fun. Winning is winning. Enjoy it if it happens. I would prefer a top 4 defenseman or a top 6 forward. Well, actually, I'd prefer a top 2 defenseman or a top 3 forward, which is what I think we will get if we stay in the top 10. Having said that, the point of my post- and others - is that it is not the end of the world if, god forbid, we actually win a playoff round or two. There would still be a lot of positives to take away from it. And besides, while it's unclear how exactly the brackets will play out, if we beat Pittsburgh it looks like we will play Philadelphia next. And if we can beat Pittsburgh, do you really think we can't beat Philadelphia?? And if we beat Philadelphia, we'd play whoever comes out of the Boston/Islanders/Columbus bracket. I mean, if ever there was a year for a Cinderella run... Ah, hope springing eternally, and all that. Let's face it, the only reason why people are getting upset about this is because we CAN actually make a playoff run here. If this was Detroit we were talking about nobody would be concerned. It's only because it wouldn't really be a huge upset to beat Pittsburgh. Which, by inference, means we're not that bad a team, and that certain players are not as bad as some would like hope think they are. Given my druthers (I will never, ever, pay for druthers again, they must always be given to me for free), I will take a top 8 pick. And since we're dreaming, let's just win the lottery and take Lafreniere. But I won't rend my clothes and gnash my teeth if we win our way into the semi, or even conference, finals. In lieu of that half can of Coke, please share your secret to such optimism. So let me get this back on record from you then; if we lose to Pittsburgh, which seems to be the hope of many, will you refrain from criticizing Price/Weber/Drouin/Domi etc. for not playing well in the playoffs? There is no such thing as "hope" to lose. It's a gene infused impossibility. We can't have it both ways, we can't complain about how badly they play if they lose, while at the same time preparing to complain about how well they play if they win That just blew my logic fuse to smithereens. I hereby promise not only to "not blame them", I will lose the Cranky meme for an entire year and praise Bbinz to high heavens....IF THEY WIN THE CUP. IF we win the cup, seriously, I will blow so many kisses in Bbinz direction, that it may well be considered creepy in many parts of the world. Seriously. I may even change my avatar to show my new found affection for him. Heck, I bet even Seventeen will sacrifice his rubber doll and go celibate for a year....IF we win the cup.
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Post by jkr on May 28, 2020 16:45:38 GMT -5
Who said anything about hoping they lose or hoping that players perform poorly? I never hope that they lose. Under Bergevin they just have rarely been good enough to win. It's a question of merit, they just don't deserve it. Last year we had 96 points, more than three playoff teams. We had one less win than the eventual Cup Champions the St. Louis Blues. We deserved to be in the playoffs then... but weren't. This year we don't deserve to be in... but are. Ya, that's true but last year everyone played 82 games & had an equal shot. This season it's like picking names out of a hat.
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Post by Willie Dog on May 28, 2020 17:24:29 GMT -5
Well, like I said... I would prefer a top 4 defenseman or a top 6 forward. Well, actually, I'd prefer a top 2 defenseman or a top 3 forward, which is what I think we will get if we stay in the top 10. Having said that, the point of my post- and others - is that it is not the end of the world if, god forbid, we actually win a playoff round or two. There would still be a lot of positives to take away from it. And besides, while it's unclear how exactly the brackets will play out, if we beat Pittsburgh it looks like we will play Philadelphia next. And if we can beat Pittsburgh, do you really think we can't beat Philadelphia?? And if we beat Philadelphia, we'd play whoever comes out of the Boston/Islanders/Columbus bracket. I mean, if ever there was a year for a Cinderella run... Ah, hope springing eternally, and all that. Let's face it, the only reason why people are getting upset about this is because we CAN actually make a playoff run here. If this was Detroit we were talking about nobody would be concerned. It's only because it wouldn't really be a huge upset to beat Pittsburgh. Which, by inference, means we're not that bad a team, and that certain players are not as bad as some would like hope think they are. Given my druthers (I will never, ever, pay for druthers again, they must always be given to me for free), I will take a top 8 pick. And since we're dreaming, let's just win the lottery and take Lafreniere. But I won't rend my clothes and gnash my teeth if we win our way into the semi, or even conference, finals. In lieu of that half can of Coke, please share your secret to such optimism. So let me get this back on record from you then; if we lose to Pittsburgh, which seems to be the hope of many, will you refrain from criticizing Price/Weber/Drouin/Domi etc. for not playing well in the playoffs? There is no such thing as "hope" to lose. It's a gene infused impossibility. We can't have it both ways, we can't complain about how badly they play if they lose, while at the same time preparing to complain about how well they play if they win That just blew my logic fuse to smithereens. I hereby promise not only to "not blame them", I will lose the Cranky meme for an entire year and praise Bbinz to high heavens....IF THEY WIN THE CUP. IF we win the cup, seriously, I will blow so many kisses in Bbinz direction, that it may well be considered creepy in many parts of the world. Seriously. I may even change my avatar to show my new found affection for him. Heck, I bet even Seventeen will sacrifice his rubber doll and go celibate for a year....IF we win the cup. Somebody better pin this post.... just in case 😁
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Post by Skilly on May 28, 2020 17:30:03 GMT -5
Philly is not guaranteed in the next round. It could be Boston, Tampa or Washington too.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on May 28, 2020 18:36:43 GMT -5
Philly is not guaranteed in the next round. It could be Boston, Tampa or Washington too. For me its about being fair, not about watching games on tv from a rink to be determined with rosters to be negotiated (under contract, call up etc) schedule to be determined and rules tweaked. It’s like playing a round of golf and after 16 holes deciding that we wont count odd numbered holes and play best ball not individual score for $10 a hole not $100. It is a bastardized tournament created by a bas@#$%!
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