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Post by Black Cat on Jun 9, 2009 13:46:36 GMT -5
Oh, Martin has more experience than any other previous coaches of the Habs since Jacques Demers in 1995. I think it will be good. Finally someone that will know how to act behind the bench! Not that Carbo, Therrien, Julien, Vigneault, Tremblay didn't know what to do, it's just that weren't experienced coach when they arrived with the Habs and probably made mistakes that in the end cost them their job. Now, apart from Carbo, all these coach have found a new job somewhere else and all have some success: Therrien led the pens to the Stanley Cup final last year, Julien led the Bruins to the first place in the East, Vigneault brought the Canucks to the respectability level, and Tremblay was part of why the Minnesota Wild was good ever since they joined the NHL.
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Post by Simey on Jun 9, 2009 18:00:55 GMT -5
Good - sounds positive then.
Are there likely to be many team changes over the summer? (Can't remember exactly how the drafting and stuff works.)
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Post by Black Cat on Jun 10, 2009 11:44:15 GMT -5
There are five players that will be restricted free-agents (that is, if they decide to sign somewhere else, the other team will have to pay the Habs a certain amount of money) and ten that will be unrestricted free-agents (that is, they can sign anywhere!). That's a lot since the team has 24 regular players. Thing might change a lot starting July 1st.
As for the draft, they are very the players can are drafted and then play in the NHL the very same year. I doubt the Habs will get such a player this year so it's not even worth thinking about what might come from there for next season. What will be interesting during the draft are the trades that will be made. Very often an impact player was trade during the draft (Alex Tanguay, as an example, was trade twice during drafts, the last time from the Flames to the Canadiens).
Back on the Stanley Cup playoffs, there will be a game seven. Now, chances for the Pens to win the Cup are slim. The stats talk all by themselves: the Wings suck when they are not at home but they are unbeattable in Detroit. Pittsburgh should had won at least one game in Detroit because they too are unbeattable at home. By winning one game in Detroit, they might have won the Cup yesterday. Now, having the last game played at Joe Louis Arena is a big disadvantage for Crosby and his gang.
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Post by Black Cat on Jun 15, 2009 12:25:37 GMT -5
We have a winner: the Pittsburgh Penguins! Wow, the last 5 minutes of game 7 were gold! Let's not forget THE save by Fleury when there was only 2-3 seconds left to the game. We will see it again and again in the decades to come.
Hehe, I finish the playoffs with 11 good guesses on 15 series. Not too shabby! ;D
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Post by Simey on Jun 16, 2009 18:59:19 GMT -5
Finally get to post this having the internet back running: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! It didn't seem likely, but Pittsburgh did it! Terrific stuff! I think maybe if they'd played well but narrowly lost Game 5, they wouldn't have stood as much of a chance in Game 7. As it was, they were hammered in Game 5 and only really played one period properly - that was a major wake- up call that they had to be 100% committed for every second of the last two matches. They were, and they came out on top - brilliant! MVP went to Malkin, and fair enough, but I would've picked Fleury any day (the goals in Game 5 were mostly his team's fault - especially Malkin actually - not his). And that save was stunning! So then, who feels sorry for Marian Hossa? Me? Nah - not really! ;D
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Post by Black Cat on Aug 2, 2009 21:50:20 GMT -5
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Post by blazingsaddle on Aug 3, 2009 3:33:47 GMT -5
Douchebag....
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Post by Black Cat on Aug 3, 2009 16:59:07 GMT -5
Someone is jealous, hm?
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Post by blazingsaddle on Aug 3, 2009 18:30:43 GMT -5
Surely Hossa man.
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Post by Doomy on Aug 3, 2009 18:40:24 GMT -5
Nice drinking fountain. Was that picture taken just prior to its installation in your office?
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Post by Black Cat on Aug 4, 2009 12:26:08 GMT -5
Nah, it's the CEO of the Pittsburgh Penguins that brought the Cup to the little municipality where he owns a secondary house, and it happens to be on the territory that I cover for the newspaper.
I love my job! ;D
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Post by Simey on Aug 4, 2009 15:52:05 GMT -5
Woooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!! Okay, that's amazing! Is it really real!? That has to have been incredible, looking at all the names over the years - how long did you get with it? Did they have to prise you off?
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Post by Black Cat on Aug 5, 2009 12:10:35 GMT -5
I wasn't able to stay long I'm afraid. People were in line to take pictures with it and the cup was there for only 90 minutes, so I had to hurry up.
As for the trophy, it is the "real" one. In fact, there are three Stanley Cups: the first one is the original one that was bought in London in 1892 and used until 1963. It stays now in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The second one, the authenticated one, is the one that is currently used by the NHL and given to the winning teams. It is the one that you see on the picture. The third one is the replica cup, put on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto when the authenticated one is out of town.
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Post by Simey on Sept 30, 2009 16:40:55 GMT -5
Nice little first warm up towards the beginning of the new NHL season here. Some really amusing stuff early one.
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Post by Black Cat on Sept 30, 2009 18:41:38 GMT -5
Going to Vancouver next week and, guess what? The Habs will be playing there on Wednesday! And dammit! No tickets left... for now! Because the ticket company says that as gameday come closer and closer, more tickets could become available. So I will have to go back to there website often to see if they have new ones left. Problem is, I still don't have the net at home (I'm writing this post from my parents' house). Well, I cross my fingers!
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