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TheAussiePosse

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  1. Stompin' Tom Connors "Good Old Hockey Game" would be a better goal song than anything Simple Plan could dish up.

    I was disappointed with Vertigo because the chord progs were ripped off other bands, but SP gives emos a reason to keep on living, and I don't support that one bit.

    Hell, I would listen to the entire 1812 Overture as the Habs' goal song than anything by SP. Even with the most potent offense in the league.

  2. As much as I don't want to be, that Lang video has me more excited about this season. That last goal he gets against Nashville, it shows he has speed, grit, determination, and soft hands. All this at the end of the game too.

    Perhaps Plekanec can't get points without Kovalev, which would make it stupid to split them up. I'd honestly be happy putting Koivu on our third line, behind Plex and Lang, because I'm worried he doesn't have what it takes anymore to be a consistent top-line scoring threat. His dumb offensive-zone penalties last year, and his lack of top-end points, real frustrating.

    But I could definitely see Lang and Kovalev sitting on opposite face-off dots on the PP, and our D just deciding which to feed for the one-timer. Kovalev started to get rushed last season when the other team realised he was always going to score from that spot - but if we have Lang on the other side who's just as slick, they won't know which way to turn.

    Anyway, I'm looking forward to camp. We have so many young players who I'd love to give a shot to, and I'm sure Gainey would too. But as was pointed out earlier - we are an elite team. Our top three lines are arguably the best in the league (up there with Detroit), and this year is shaping up to be pretty damn sweet.

    Viva le Habalucion!

  3. League ID:5783

    Password: habsworld

    Get in while there are still spots available. 13 GMs are currently in, but in the interest of competition, I may remove some due to a history of not lasting the distance.

    Also, be aware that this will become a keeper league. Draft wisely, because Yahoo now does Keeper, and I intend to use it.

  4. The always controversial HW H2H league is up and ready for 19 more GMs.

    If you were in last year, PM me for the League ID and password.

    If you're interested in joining, PM me with your Yahoo ID. We may have a few spots open, and would prefer friends to complete unknowns.

    But don't wait around. Spots will fill.

  5. I don't mean to pick on you sbhatt, but I am wondering why we think he put on the 16 pounds in the last 4 months. Isn't the previous weight we have for him likely to be from training camp last year?

    It's certainly possible we went Keith Fatchuk on us after our inglorious exit from the playoffs, and has been living out of a KFC bucket for the last few months.

    Sorta Ben Stiller at the end of Dodgeball...

  6. A decision has been reached by Sundin. News of this can be found at TSN's main site in the video section. It has not hit TSN/NHL. You have to go to the main TSN.ca site.

    According to the blurb, Mats has notified Toronto of intentions. Sounds like he's back in Toronto.

    Sportscenter tonight will have a feature. I find it discouraging that Toronto was contacted 1st with decision

    I'm seeing nothing, and calling your bluff.

    Screenshot?

  7. So giving serious, straight answers is amusing?

    Maybe you don't understand the Russian/Belorussian sense of humour? :?-

    When was the last time you heard a Russian throw out a hilarious in-your-face outlandish joke? That's America's style.

    Anyway, good point, it's just an article. C'mon rookie camp.

  8. I ran HWYL and it was just like SK, a points based league.

    Right, apologies, points-based.

    Anyway, Fanpuck, what are your thoughts on an SK league this year? H2H was fun, but if we're both looking at half-full leagues, might be better just to merge (WHA meets NHL style)? Might be easier to share the commish duties too.

    Anyone else who is still a YHL fanatic? Who knows, this could be the last SK league ever (before Saku leaves/retires and the 'SK' gets passed over to MK or CH ... or SKost)

  9. Yep, Sergei's got a good sense of humour. It's definitely refreshing in a world where most athletes questioned will simply respond in clichés.

    Good, more people got it.

    I'm happy to boot Kostopolous now, if Chipchura and D'Agostini and Patches are ready to play - his only other endearing feature (apart from heart and decent defensive skills) was that he was funny.

  10. Link to interview

    Basically the whole article's a cracker, but here are two of my favourites:

    Q - Why do you have a special knack against Washington, scoring every third of your goals in the regular season?

    A - I don't know, it just happens. Although it's a pity that Henlon left Washington. I would have scored not three but six against them. Let him see who is "too young for the national team".

    :lol:

    Q - Do you remember the most original question American journalists have asked you?

    A - You should not expect originality from them. Every other time they ask the same: "How do you like to play with your brother?"

    :clap: zing! :clap:

    Man, HW needs an exclusive interview with this guy pronto!

  11. OK, now let me second Easy Ryder's statement.

    Like Easy said, this is an AHL signing. This is a guy signed to help the minor league team. KoZed talked about the fact that when he was drafted he seemed to have good upside. KoZed hopes that he is a reclamation project, and I certainly don't know enough to disagree with him. I think everyone agrees that the kid has a pretty horrible shot to ever make an NHL team at this point.

    Seriously Aussie, as far as your last statement, are you saying:

    1) The Canadiens are going back to a Quebec over skills strategy, or

    2) People on this board want more Quebecois on the team no matter what and assume Quebecois will be better when wearing the tricolore.

    I read you as saying #2 and dude, c'mon. This is overwhelmingly an anglo board and the number of people who advocate something even close to a blind quebecois policy number in the single digits. Easy certainly isn't one of them.

    Haha, c'mon man, really? I'm having a dig at most of the comments on this board, from him being a reclamation project (like Traverse was), to him being brought back because he's Quebecois, to him being too good for the AHL.

    Obviously it's not a serious post. Just like I'm not a serious poster. Just like Vancouver is not a serious cup contender.

    So go Dogs.

  12. I don't understand why the sarcastic comments on Lehoux signing, i think

    Julien Brisebois is building a team to contend for the Calder Cup and a prooven

    scoring centre was needed.

    Next move for the Dogs is to have a veteran defense and Dandenault could fill Karl Dykhuis old skates.

    That's like asking Mario Lemieux to come back and lead our forward corps - a man among boys

    No, I'm sure we can get Patrick Traverse from the Sharks. He's 6'4, and hasn't yet peaked. He's got a future on him, if only we can give him a chance!

    And best of all, he's Quebecois! I mean, isn't that the way we're going anyway? Tanguay, Laraque, Denis ...

  13. Here in England there's a huge kerfuffle about the Equality Bill, which grants employers the right to choose job applicants with certain attributes over others to improve the workplace diversity.

    If only countries and companies could emulate an NHL team like Montreal, where it is not only the most diverse in its class, but also has the greatest export (goals anyone?), with the largest band of shareholders (21,000+ each game), as well as a large crop of Hi-Pos ('high potentials') and a management board that is two steps ahead of most rivals.

  14. Hmmm, let's see...

    You've got a

    1 D who had an impressive 1st pro season (Carle),

    2 kids who burned the ECHL (Beauregard & Desharnais),

    3 hyped College players (McDonagh, Pacioretty, Fisher),

    4 College dark horses (Paquet, Wyman, Trotter, Conboy)

    5 players who were top players in their respective junior leagues (Fortier, Maxwell, Subban, Weber, White),

    and some extras...

    That's what we've got in the system. That's the youth we've got after half the guy under 25 who are already in Montreal.

    Don't recall this team ever having this much talented youth piled up.

    And a partridge in a pear tree?

  15. The compensation has to be Grabovsky. Gainey all but said it himself on the first day in Ottawa.

    Uncharacteristically Gainey had two quotes that tipped his hand.

    "We are here (in Ottawa) to see if we can acquire a player, through trade, that we like"

    When asked about Grabovsky's future with the Habs "It's hard......a mix really... yes and no"

    So if we can follow these in hindsight, Gainey was talking about trading for Tanguay (possibly Sundin) that he had worked on for three weeks with the first quote.

    And with the second quote maybe he was talking about Grabovsky as compensation for Sundin's signing, that's why it was "hard to say".... Yes he has a future here, but no he doesn't have a future here if Sundin signs before July 1st.

    Agreed. It's not Plekanec or Higgins or anyone we're freaking out about. Fischer is an interesting possibility, given that he doesn't appear to be likely to fulfill his 1st-round potential as a top 2 Dman. Then again, he could well pull a Hainsey on us.

    Anyway, insert metaphor about chickens and hatching eggs.

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