Peter Puck

This is just deliberately misquoting me. It says the opposite of what I said in my post. I have no time for such dishonesty.

I never said that Subban never faced racism. Everyone faces racism, many face much more than others. My point was that we don't have any real evidence that PK's problems (which I interpret as his causing us to trade him) were due to his race.

Maybe it was a slip of the tongue? Is this proof Pang is racist? One time I heard Bob Cole say a player made a "dumb in" instead of a "dump in". Can we conclude that Cole was biased against that player? I certainly didn't. I forget who the player was but if he was from Newfoundland would that make a difference? Accusing people of racism just because it fits your narrative is very uncharitable.

Maybe Richards just thought Subban was uppity. Does every criticism of Suban have to be because he was black? Even if Richards is racist does this mean the reason we traded PK was due to racism?

I think its very lazy and unfair to just attribute (part of )PK's problems to racism. We have no evidence at all that his teammates or coaches mistreated him due to his race. The Habs exec I heard from indicated that his teammates felt he put himself ahead of the team. Whether he did or not, it is a problem in team sports if your teammates don't have your back.

Man is Lehkonen ever having a great series. I haven't seen much of the Aves since their cup run 2 years ago but I am really impressed with his play. This is a guy people said was good defensively but had very little offensive upside. Was that ever wrong.

For me we took pretty big risks choosing Caufield and Mailloux. Both risks look to have paid off. I think its a mistake to take those wins and exchange them for another risk (picking 3rd). Of course the third pick overall is a safer risk but its still a risk. When we pick Demidov and he turns out, will we be trading him and Newhook for the 2026 second overall? Take the win or eventually we end up holding a bust.

I hope Dominique Ducharme isn't holding his breath.

Yes @xXx..CK..xXx is the 2023-2024 winner having got the exact total of 76 points. There were a number of close predictions this year. Seems HabsWorld is becoming more realistic about our team.

In the 10 Thoughts (which I always love) on tonight's game, Brian expresses some displeasure that the Habs put out our top PP unit during the power plays late in the 3rd. Normally I agree that teams should not do this when the outcome of the game is already determined. But tonight I was in favour of it. If the Panthers are going to goon things up and take cheap shots we shouldn't pull our punches.

I don't think trading Mailloux is realistic. Whatever team would acquire him will want a discount because of his history. Its not fair but that is the situation. We will never get what he is worth. We have had to endure a lot of criticism for drafting him and trading him would mean we did that for nothing.

Or wait 10 days for a better offer. Given the minimal risk in waiting, I think they should have watched to see how things play out. I'm confident they could have gotten a 2nd and a 3rd anytime they wanted.

I think this is terrible for Calgary. I expect Grushnikov to top out as a number 5 Dman, although I confess I haven't seen him play. Dallas got Tanev 75% retained for a late 2nd round pick plus some scraps. Why wouldn't Calgary hold out till the deadline is nearer? I

Actually the game was in Ottawa and the fact that 2/3 of the the crowd were Leaf fans was part of the reason he used a slapshot. I see nothing wrong with the slapshot. It's legal, it's not dangerous and if Reilly didn't like it he could just start throwing punches.

A great memory. I have seen about 10 Habs games live and this was one of them!