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Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Powershift posted:

the other game, they swapped Louie and Cassie and it was fantastic. Louie was down between the benches where he belongs, because then there's a chance down there he can get hit in the face with a puck.

The first year Cassie Campbell-Pascale started doing NHL games for CBC she was a colour announcer for a bit. I miss it dearly and wish they'd give her another shot but I can't say I'm surprised she's been relegated to sideline reporting.

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Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Pornographic Memory posted:

what series do you guys think will be the most fun to watch? i feel like i gotta binge on as much playoff hockey as possible and i'll be watching cbj-pens anyway. i'll probably watch leafs-caps to hate-root against the caps but fat chance that isn't a curb stomp series

Preds-Hawks I think. Though mind you I'm a dirty playoff poster that hasn't watched a full regular season game in over a year now.

Powershift posted:

I can't imagine the trouble of breaking into the boys club as much as she has.

Yeah :(

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

stab posted:

It sucks that most of you don't speak french because Pierre Houde is a national treasure.

He's so good i watch all my hab games in French because of him



What








The entire playoff run is on tva witha bunch of jackoffs?!?!?!?!?!






gently caress

My man. Do you still live in a world where Mike Komisarek is a top pairing defenseman?

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Furnaceface posted:

Hockey is better in any non-english language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s53eS2HFrk

I think the GOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL thing to be kinda dumb and obnoxious tbh. If it's a truly deserving goal then yea it's cool but eh.


xzzy posted:

I think the actual lesson is that hockey is better without any announcers at all. Put mics on the ice and let us hear the foul things players say to each other.

:agreed:

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Why the gently caress is Galchenyuk on the 4th line on loving Steve Ott's wing and why the gently caress is the thread title not Oilers are back baby!!!

Things never change. At least Emelin is out. :unsmith:

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

BAS warned HAS but I still believed :(

He's still better than Therrien at least

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007


Putting your #1 C on the 4th line LW is bad, whodathunk.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Pornographic Memory posted:

guess i might as well repost from the gdt since maybe somebody out there was actually watching games instead of shitposting

https://twitter.com/EvgeniMaIkinEgo/status/853060552666566656

for context the score was 4-1 pens with approximately 40 seconds on the clock

Jesus. Torts player of the game right there.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

I can't say I'm surprised Calvert is gonna get a slap on the wrist for what he did last night. loving NHL DOPS.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

OldSenileGuy posted:

So, are there any places in Montreal where I can watch the Ranger game tonight and not be stabbed?

Any decent looking bar will have it.

Also loving finally

https://twitter.com/JohnLuTSNMtl/status/853632695645216770

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Pornographic Memory posted:

small sample sizes make for really funny statistics

did you know pekka rinne has two more points than anybody on the chicago blackhawks? and matt calvert...it's gonna be tough for the blue jackets today with him out of the lineup, he's 50% of their goal scoring!

My mommy says that my small sample size isn't everything... My personality is important too. :(

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Top Hats Monthly posted:

I'm sad that the North Stars and Wild have never won cups here, but I will always be grateful that my team didn't have Wayne Gretzky along with Brett Hull and somehow not win the Stanley Cup.

Also Pronger/MacInnis

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Porrima posted:

Could someone tell a non-anglo about homerism? I know what the term means, but from where does it come from? Homer Simpson is the only homer I know but is this something older?

Homer as in home team. A Homer is someone that is completely biased for their own team.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Kilza posted:

The Jackets are frauds.

Looking forward to the torts hangover where everyone is poo poo because he ground everyone to dust

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

Either would make a worth ECF. As a round two those series would spoil us.
Although Sens/Habs would be pretty good too. Not as bloody.

Ummm...





https://twitter.com/ZachWerenski/status/853788533672333313

Xtanstic fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Apr 17, 2017

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007


Are we still posting things we like?

Related: Pre-Game fuckups

Condor in arena
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMgS84qPjIw
Sharks mascot gets stuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29U5OocM_iU

I'd post the Sens gladiator but I can't subject myself to looking for it.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

deoju posted:

Catching up with this thread after being at work all day...

Watching this I can't help but think, "Marc Messier is the platonic ideal of a hockey player." I can't think of another player that was/is as brutal and skilled simultaneously. At least not in my life time. Sure, Gordie Howe, but a lot of his peak isn't recorded.


Early Eric Lindros before his brain turns to mush is a contender for that as well. There is a YouTube video that shows all the highlights but I'm phone posting atm and can't find it.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Kalenn Istarion posted:

If Matthews doesn't win the Calder and Babs get the Jack Adams I'm going to be real loving mad
https://youtu.be/gDFkgHCdmS4

It's gonna be Laine + Torts because the voters are always the worst

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

JoelJoel posted:

Crazy idea: call lots of penalties. It'll increase scoring and if teams want a competitive edge, they can stop doing stupid poo poo that causes them to take penalties.


E: bonus: when teams stop doing dumb poo poo, scoring will also probably go up!




E2: lol, Jk. Just make the nets bigger or rounded or something.

but but but but the refs can't decide the game!!!!

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Looks like emelin is gonna be in tonight. He's skated on the bottom pairing with Beaulieu at practice today urgh.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

I regret coming back to root for this sorry sack of poorly mismanaged lump of sandpaper character potatoes. Sports fandom is perpetual misery.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

MononcQc posted:

we have forgotten the unhealthy regular cynicism mandatory for a realistic Habs fan since the day Julien replaced Therrien. Back to the roots.

Yeah... the trade deadline moves should have been the forebodding to warn us off... and yet... :smith:

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Suspicious posted:

Hmm yes. But where could they find such a defenseman?? 🤔

Dunno but I'm sure we can trade Sergachev and Galchenyuk to find one

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Furnaceface posted:

My team has been eliminated so I am now free to cheer for the chaos option and root for the team that will bring the most misery to everyone else.

Go Leafs.

Hmm I'm pretty sure a Bruins win is worse

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Galchenyuk back at wing. Beaulieu probably scratched. Fitting that we get eliminated tonight and we misuse our talent because they've been ruined by Therrien.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

yellowcar posted:

welp gg rags

e: And Shaw is injured so Flynn and McCarron are in :rip:

And yet Galchenyuk will remain on the wing based on practice lines

Jordan7hm posted:

Fitting that Habs fans are still whining about Therrien months after he's been fired.

Yeah it's not like he's the catalyst for PK loving Subban leaving or anything

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007


Eh don't let her get to you. Anyone not living here would be hard pressed to realize that Blackface in the Quebecois arts scene is still a thing and still a problem and urhguarghruaghruh

Matt Zerella posted:

Taking notes on the chicken littles who don't get to be happy tonight if the Habs win.

I won't be happy because it'll set up the inevitable game 7 shitshow anyway :v:

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Suspicious posted:

Julien hasn't been around for that long and the zone transitions look much better. Hopefully he can unfuck AGally & co during training camp and the early season. Or right now too, I wouldn't mind.

Brian Flynn is centering AGally says it all really.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

grack posted:

Not quite as stupid but equally topical -


Quoting this while I still can post in this thread

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Drunk Canuck posted:

gently caress the Oilers, they don't deserve this.

grats oilers on falling backwards into multiple 1st overalls, trading away Yak and Hall and finally making it

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

mich posted:

I just wanted to share this as a cheer-up to HAS.



I like https://twitter.com/ChartingHockey/status/855252143170826240 better but I take your point

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Ginette Reno posted:

With no Murray or Letang it'd be pretty bad if the Caps can't win this.

Also MAF

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

bump_fn posted:

excellent thread title

Doesn't apply to the Rangers/Ottawa series though

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Red Red Blue posted:

Multiple overtime games that go well past midnight are the best part of the playoffs, you're crazy

I fondly remember staying up on the East coast to watch a loving Sharks-Oilers triple OT game in 2006 that secured my place on their bandwagon for that year.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Aye Doc posted:

I remember sneaking out of bed to come downstairs and watch the 3OT game between the canucks and flames in 2004 and waking up all normal the next morning. now I start getting tired during the first intermission of a game and overtime is usually the signal for me to go to sleep. getting old stinks, especially in the context of hockey.

I fell asleep during the 2nd period for games 4-5-6 of NYR-MTL :negative:

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

kalensc posted:

Same, what a great game despite the result.

Between Lalime, Tugnutt, and Hedberg the Pens had some interesting runs with journeyman / flash-in-the-pan netminders.

I skimmed your post and was like wtf you're missing the best one Damian Rhodes but then realized you were talking about the Pens not the Sens. I completely forgot about the shitshow they had in goal before they snagged MAF.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

iospace posted:

I remember staying up really late to watch BRETT loving HULL CHEAT HIS WAY TO A CUP. :argh:

I was pretty young back then so all I remember from that season was foot in the crease video reviews every loving second.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007


Aww it's missing the clip of Ovechkin dumping Kadri and the refs going 'he's got strong legs eh'. I can't track it down I saw it on Twitter the other day.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

fancy stats posted:

Nobody trades players like that, man.

https://twitter.com/MarcPDumont/status/857429775333380096

This guy lacks the will to win

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Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Benson Cunningham posted:

You mean healthy, top tier defensemen for concussed, broken necked defensemen who average like 40 games a season?

How dare they not fulfill my yahoo fantasy trade suggestion. Or are we just making fun of Montreal? It's not clear what's happening here.

The latter

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