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Not sure if this precludes AP from playing in the NHL next year or not. According to Bob McKenzie, the AHL suspension does NOT automatically apply to the NHL. Colin Campbell was quoted as saying that there are legal issues involved.
Also, AP will have to get IIHF approval if he wants/needs to play in Russia or anywhere else in Europe next season.
I for one hope to see him in a Habs uniform next season. The only problem is- if they let him play- what to do if he makes the team in training camp, but struggles badly later in the season.
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Obviously, AP got what TB should have gotten.
Bertuzzi's contract and union make it uncomfortable for the NHL to do what's right. So, the AHL in "consultation" with Gary Betteman decided to make an example of Perezhogin.
I think 30 games would have been fair. Any word on an appeal. BTW, how can Stafford's action been a "contributing factor" while P's actions were "indefensible". The factor that Stafford swung first is in itself a defense of sorts.
I really think that if this incident had happened with a Canadian draft pick of, say, the Laffs that the penalty woulld not have been so harsh.
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I just read on TSN.ca that Perezhogin was suspended for all of next year. Stafford got 6 games.
I hope that it can be reduced on appeal. Does the NHL automatically respect the suspensions of other leagues?
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My list before last night would have been
1. Calgary. 2. San Jose 3. Detroit 4. Tampa 5. Philly 6. Colorado 7. Toronto
Thank God both Toronto and Colorado are gone
I am cheering for
1. Calgary (heart, timely scoring and goatending- What I had hoped for from Montreal, although we got two of the three Jose had an off- playoff)
2. San Jose: same above
3. Tampa- first time I have cheered for a team that beat the Habs- that usually puts a team on my shit list for at least a decade
4. Phillly because they are the reminder to me of the decline of the Habs. Savard's terrible trade of Desgardin, LeClair and Dionne for Recchi and Martin Honneburger; Houle's incompetence in the Rechhi trades; ARRAGH ! Makes me sick just thinking about it.
I never liked this team much but I pray that they never win a cup until Recchi, LeClair and Desgardin leave the team. I would almost rather cheer for Toronto.
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Pmac
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Leafs Suck is right Leaf fans- especially those in the media are insufferable until they are humbled. Contrast the deluded ramblings of Jim Hunt before Game six
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam040504/col_hunt-sun.html
with the reality descibed by Stephen Brunt (who is, BTW, a fine Journalist and a talented writer) http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/.../BNStory/Front/
HUNT (delusional Montreal hating old hack)
"Ol' Hunt is convinced the Maple Leafs will beat the Philadelphia Flyers tonight. They just can't play as badly as they did Sunday in Philadelphia. Bryan McCabe was the goat but he was merely the worst of a bad lot. If nothing else the Leafs should be well rested. Besides they have played well in their first two games at home. This is a team that bounces back from embarrassing losses.
They'll do it again and force a seventh game which they will probably lose. Should they do the unthinkable tonight the Leafs can expect to be booed off the ice.
This isn't Montreal where the fans gave the Habs a standing ovation after they'd lost four in a row to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Leafs fans expected a lot this season. To avoid getting booed off the ice it behooves the Leafs to win tonight.
BRUNT (Talented sports writer)
"Because who knows when the next hockey year will roll around. Because who can tell how accommodating a brave new economic world might be for a team that has traditionally relied more on its vast stores of cash than on brains and innovation.
And because this incarnation of the Maple Leafs, an over-the-hill gang that for a time bore a striking resemblance to the ancient heroes of 1967 — the last Toronto team to win the Stanley Cup — in dawn's light simply looks old, and full of question marks, especially with a long, labour war looming just beyond the horizon.
Meanwhile, in Toronto, where horns honk and street celebrations erupt every time the beloveds win during the playoffs, it was dead quiet last night after Mr. Roenick scored. A scattering of fans stayed behind, battling shock, cheering their team off the ice at the Air Canada Centre. And those few who dared look ahead could imagine only winter nights with no hockey, familiar names taking off the skates and moving to their rocking chairs, a veteran coach maybe put out to pasture — and perhaps no Don Cherry, either.
On another tough Maple Leaf night, precious little comfort to be found there."
We as Habs fans talk about the failure of seasons: pity the poor Leafs fans humiliated at the continuation of DECADES of failure
[Edited on 2004/5/5 by PMAC]
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Bad news. I just read in the online version of the Gazette( sorry I didnt copy the link) that the T&C Islanders arent keen on joining Canada. They feel that our taxes are too high and the dollar too low. Did you know that the T&C asked to join Canada in the 1980's but that $%@$@!*!&*!!))(!&^^%$!!!!!!!!! Scumulrooney's government turned them down flat. :mad:
Oh well. I would have been nice the Golden Seals could have been reborn on a floating ice rink and they could move the Expos there and play their exhibition games in Cuba:)
Pmac
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The Leafs haven't won the cup since 1967, the year I was born. I hope that they continue their tradition of "excellence" for another 60 or 70 seventy years. I would particularly enjoy celebrating the centennial of their last Cup victory along with my own. As they say here in the UAE "In'Shallah"- God willing.
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It would be wonderful of some kind soul could ease the suffering of those of us who cannot see the Habs in action.
I haven't seen a live hockey telecast since the 2002 Olympic final and it took a lot of effort to find place in Dubai that was broadcasting the game. It was worth it though.
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How could tbey punish AP more than Bertuzzi?
The Baron's player has a concussion. Steve Moore has fractured vertebrae.
For those who say they never want to see AP in a Habs uniform: does that mean you would be unhappy if Mr. Gainey somehow acquired TB from Vancouver?
AP made a mistake that will follow him the rest of his career. Thank God the other player wasn't hurt more. Suspend him for the same time as TB or less and get over it.
The simple, unfortunate, fact is that it probably will take a catastrophic injury on the ice to cause serious changes. Don't think that these kinds of things didnt happen in the past. The only difference is that now any incident is replayed thousands of times on the cable sports channnels.
I hope that this incident does not permanently damage the career of either player.
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[Edited on 2004/5/4 by PMAC]
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I think BG will wait until he has some idea of what the labour market will be and what will be available before making any decisions. What happens to AP will also be a factor.
I'm sure his focus right now is deciding what to do with the restricted free agents and making decisions on option players such as Dags. I wouldn't be so quick to dump PD, an offseason of skating school and hard training could work wonders and he could come back to haunt us.
That said, I think that Yannic Perrault and Sundstrum are useful players if they can be re-signed relatively cheaply.
Whatever happens I am confident in Gainey's judgement.
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Fan Puck33: you are wrong about the terrorists being happy if the US leaves Iraq. The US presence in Iraq is the biggest boost to terrorists yet. It gives credence to the fundementalists claims that the USA wants to dominate the Muslim world and every civilian casulty and every image of tortured prisoners just adds to it. GB provided terrorists with the recruitment campain of their dreams.
I dont know what kind of advice GB was getting or if he listened to it, but as someone who has lived in the Middle East for the last five years I can tell you that anyone who has lived in the ME for more than five minutes would have predicted what happened in Iraq.
Bush is an idiot and he wanted to oust Saddam from the very first. WMD were just an excuse. It is a leaders resoponsibility to establish an exit plan before beginining this kind of action and it has been painfully clear the GB and co have been making it up and they go along.
If they had of devouted all the resources wasted in Iraq to hunting down Bin Laden and the other terrorists world opinion would still be on the side of the USA and the terror network might have been eliminated or at least seriously weakened.
GB has no credibility in the world except with Tony Blair and Sharon. His election would be a disaster for the world.
Don't take my word for it read some of Michael Moore's books, read some of the English papers from the ME. Study some history, but don't take the Republicans word for it because lying or not they obviously don't have a clue.
Pmac
[Edited on 2004/5/3 by PMAC]
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Any word on what's up with Scott Flory?
Does anyone know a good site for Al's information because the Gazette is driving me mad?
Any chance that HB could or would give the AL's a separate forum of their own?
PMac
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They speak English in the Turks and Caicos. It is a noted tax haven so the government probably wants it so it can get its hands of all the tax-free Canadian $$ that are there.
Seriously though it would be great to have a Carribean province then maybe we could annex Greenland and then Alaska and ......
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Koivu still does not get the respect he deserves. As I noted in my post on Al Strachan, that idiot wrote that K is not an outstanding talent because he has been slowed by his lack of size and his knee injuries. I bet most NHL players wouldn't mind being slowed to a point a game pace in the play-offs. The job he did against Thorton was amazing. From the Bruins excuses; from K nothing but grit and production.
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PMac
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I know that some of you are happy to see JJ gone, but I agree with DJ Stang that we owe Joe a thank you for his efforts on behalf of the:hlogo:
Have a nice retirement Joe and I hope the back problems clear up.
PMAC
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Leafs Suck:
I love the Hockey Sweater avatar but....
Bring back Calvin, that was the best Leafs put down I've ever seen.
PMAC
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This link is to AS' drivel on Slam Sports
http://canoe.ca/Slam040501/col_strachan-sun.html
He actually says of Koivu that " size and knee injuries have limited his effectiveness"! Can you believe it? Is he the only person in Canada who didnt see what Captain K accomplished while seriously injured? :-^ AL
He does however mention that the Canadiens forwards need an upgrade- now that's insight for you. How does this guy get paid to write???!!!!!
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Originally posted by Leafs Suck
Can't wait to move out of the GTA. I have been all over Canada and they don't shove their teams right down your throat like the Idiot Nation does. [end quote]
You could always move overseas, that would take care of the fans, but there is almost no hockey on TV here and if they ever do show a Canadian team its always the accursed Leafs
My problem with TO and Philly is I can't decide which one I want to lose more. I can't believe I am writing this but GO Tampa GO.
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So quickly adding the link to the petition is yet another example of the incredible attention to details at this site. Thanks guys for all the hard work and for keeping us up to date every minute. Being outside of Canada, Habs World was my lifeline to Les Canadiens.
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[Edited on 2004/4/30 by PMAC]
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I think that saying the season was a failure is bashing the team. Of course most people are proud of the team and its accomplishments; however, it is just not realistic to expect a Stanley Cup every season. I am never happy when the Habs lose, but I think that for a rebulding season the team has done remarkably well.
I know that everyone has a different opinion and thats fine. I may have made my point a little too strongly, but when you are talking about failure remember the last five years and consider what failure really is.
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For those of you who consider this season a failure:
WAKE UP!
This is 2004, not the 40's, 50's, 60's, or 70's. The days when Montreal could expect to win many cups a decade are over and they won't be back until the labour situation is improved.
May I remind you
1. that many picked this team not only to miss the playoffs, but also to be out of contention by Christmas!
2. that we were all happy that they made the playoffs
3. that this team accomplished what NONE of the great dynasty teams in the past had done and came back from a 3-1 deficit to win a series.
4. that with a few breaks or with Theo outplaying the Bulin Wall even for one complete game this series would still be going.
5. that Koivu played the entire playoffs with broken ribs, torn cartiledge and a bruised lung. Think about what Big??!! Joe Thorton did with his rib injury
6. Imagine what this young team will be able to do with a year's more experience and another season of BG's adjustments
Last and finally: Knock off the trashing of the team collectivelly or individually and be PROUD of the Habs. They may have lost but they went down fighting. If you want to moan about failure go become a fan of the Senators.
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PMAC
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Leafs Suck Why are you so anti-Juneau?
He has played his heart out for the CH and he is still an effective defensive player. I have heard that his chronically bad back may force him into retirement, but this is not something we should be hoping for. What would be good is for one of the youngsters to be good enough to take his spot at training camp next year. Either way Habs fans owe JJ nothing but thanks. I hope he scores tonight.
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I hope all the HABS on the ice tonight feel the same way. They had better win this game or I will be pissed. :ghg:
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Although he has been pretty durable, he missed almost all of last (2002-2003) season (played only 5 games). I agree thought that the trade would look good if StLouis paid half of his salary and threw in another player, but there is no way that they would do that. They would be curing their goalie woes by opening a huge hole on the defense- especially if McInnis does the expected and retires.
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HABS Avatars And Sigs
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I really like the banner listing all of the Canadien's Stanley Cups. How do I add an avatar to my profile?
Thanks
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