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NHL October 2014 |OT| Leafs Suck, And Then You Die
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ZeroGravity
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I know it feels like it, but losing to the Oilers isn't the end of the world.
Does anyone else here even live in Montreal? Alucard? I don't remember...
I don't know what my schedule is gonna be like since we're moving into our new house soon etc. etc. but if I have any free time I'd be down for a mini MTL NHL gaf meetup for some boozin' or anything really. I think I have a final that Friday morning. Not yet sure if I'm working the weekend or not.
Anyway, lots of time to see. Your trip is gonna be pretty badass. What hotel you looking at for Montreal? I used to stay at the Sheraton a lot before I moved here, and that's pretty central (and basically directly across from The Bell) but can be pricey. I don't know what your budget is or if you're even doing hotel vs. hostel. A friend of mine who visited a few months back stayed at Zero 1 which was pretty cool for the price. Worth checking. Also conveniently about 2 blocks from an awesome bar my friend owns. =P
A Serious Man
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It could be. Under the new CBA, if a team loses to the Oilers twice in a season they get relegated to the CHL.
SmackCrackleNPop
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Oilers are legit this month
Unhandled Exception
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What about Florida and Winnipeg 6 days apart?
T.M. MacReady
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4 in a row for the first time in a really long time, I hear.
I just booked at the HI Hostel in both Montreal&Toronto. Since I'm travelling by myself I figure it's easier to get hooked up with activities that way and it's a lot cheaper lol.
Let me know if you're available! thanks for responding ha
T.M. MacReady
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I wouldn't mind meeting up if time permits.
ZeroGravity
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You're here in the middle of the week though. D: Except for the Sunday.
I'm a winter person and I'll be going to Switzerland afterwards anyway, so I'll have all my warm clothes packed.
KAT THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE QUICK
I will probably disappoint everyone.
We've had some milder winters in recent years but last year was pretty cold.
I'm a winter person and I'll be going to Switzerland afterwards anyway, so I'll have all my warm clothes packed.
KAT THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE QUICK
LIES
See?
Dastardly Jerks
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lol why are you in BC then ? Move to east coast and chill out with Don Quick.
I've asked myself that too... But I'm here and it's nice. lol.
Also
Fun fact:
The last time the Rangers came back from a 3-goal third period deficit was against the Minnesota North Stars.
Dastardly Jerks
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HEATLEYS BACK HEATLEYS BACK #50in14
SmackCrackleNPop
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Damn I was just listening to the Johnny Cash version of Hurt.
The real season begins. Heater. Hmm probably not against Chicago?
AV when asked after the game tonight if the decision to keep or send down Duclair is becoming more difficult:
“Well, when he plays the way he did the last two games, it’s not hard. He played a real solid game in Montreal, and tonight the minutes that he played, he played well. Talent has no age. When you’re talented and you go on the ice and you perform, you play.”
Kid's not going anywhere.
“Well, when he plays the way he did the last two games, it’s not hard. He played a real solid game in Montreal, and tonight the minutes that he played, he played well. Talent has no age. When you’re talented and you go on the ice and you perform, you play.”
Kid's not going anywhere.
ftfy
No but srsly they'll all be cold. We're supposed to have an awful Winter in Quebec this year according to whoever determines that shit so far in advance. Farmers and their fucking almanac =/
I'm not staying in a Hostel in Philly, I value my life too much for that. Staying at the Sheraton. Also I have to look presentable since I'm actually there for work so there's no way I'm not sleeping in a proper bed :lol
This can't be serious. *Looks at username* Riggghhhttt. The only reason Edmonton has won any of their past 4 games is because Scrivens is standing on his head.
I would still go, Price is starting and I have a hard time seeing them coming out flat after being shut out by the Oilers of all teams.
Calamari41
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It turns out Quick actually was Kessel this whole time.
"oh..."
Dany Boy!
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Oh, fucking please. It was a dirty hit and he full extended his arms to knock him. He's not some goddamn hulkish freak who can't understand his strength and he tapped him and the dude went flying. He gave a solid hit and nearly injured someone again. Stop making excuses.
http://m.imgur.com/hRnM4YA?tags
According to Bob McKenzie, the Rangers are burning a year on his contact no matter what they decide to do with him.
Must as well keep him. At the worst he gets to train with the NHL club.
Calamari41
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Yeah, I have to agree. Kreider is a professional athlete playing at the highest level who seems to always be injuring people... he knows his own strength. He's not Lennie from Of Mice and Men.
Kuro Madoushi
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I've been giving it to the Montreal coworkers today over that
BUT........
This can't be serious. *Looks at username* Riggghhhttt. The only reason Edmonton has won any of their past 4 games is because Scrivens is standing on his head.
I would still go, Price is starting and I have a hard time seeing them coming out flat after being shut out by the Oilers of all teams.
Pretty much this. Scrivens can't keep up this play, and the Oil will regress sure enough back to the bottom 3-10 (NOBODY can be as bad as Buffalo and Carolina...).
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Exactly, and unless he's never played hockey before, I'm pretty sure he knows or has seen this before. You can't blame shit like that on inexperience.
Eh, no real excuses. It was a bad play that he didn't need to make in a bad spot on the ice, and it was a deserved major. All I'm saying is that he didn't go full force or drive him into the boards. By the standards of what Kreider can do, that's a relatively light play, but it's from behind, in the numbers, at speed, and it was still too much strength. What I'm saying is that he has to understand just how much force he's really throwing around out there and how and when to use it better. That was not the time or place.
John Moore will having a hearing with the NHL (automatic due to match penalty). I'm guessing 4-5 games.
I only remember him really injuring one player off the top of my head, and that was entirely Alexei Emelin's fault, so...
EDIT: Ok, strike that, make it two. I forgot about Craig Anderson.
Calamari41
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I could very well be wrong, but as someone who doesn't really follow the Rangers it seems like I have heard his name a lot in conjunction with injuries and cheap shot type plays. Maybe I was wrong to specifically call out injury frequency. But my point is that this isn't a Paul Kariya or something involved in a fluke hit that sent someone flying head first into the boards.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Which is stupid and irrelevant to everything. Did anyone argue if Cooke could have clocked Savard harder in the head? It's a dirty fucking hit, it doesn't matter if he didn't use every ounce of strength into the hit, he hit him more than hard enough and it was a dirty hit. You're not agreeing if you have to keep adding a caveat that he doesn't know his own strength like it's OK or excuseable. If this is inexperience then how is he not a rookie and what the hell did he do when he played again weaker/younger players? He only doesn't know his strength now but not before in his career?
Dirty hits really piss me off and I don't understand how any actual hockey fan can try to rationalize or defend them. They hurt your teams and they hurt the sport. This shit is unnecessary and needs to be removed, these aren't accidents.
:lol
It's mostly just that the instances have been pretty high profile. He also plays a very aggressive game and is kind of like a bull in a china shop when he's at his best. He has speed that's second only to Carl Hagelin's, but the difference between him and Hagelin is that Hagelin usually peels off (and he doesn't have the same strength Kreider does). He doesn't usually take his speed in on net or into the dirty dangerous areas, so he doesn't lose control of his speed as often, and when he does he tends not to bowl into goalies/high traffic areas. Kreider on the other hand goes full tilt right into the boards, right into the paint. Which is really the best thing about his game. It's what you want him to be doing. But it also can get him into a lot of trouble, especially if he's tripped up or somehow taken out of his stride. When he loses control of that speed, it gets dangerous.
That's not what happened last night, though. He just made a dumb fucking decision.