Lovett's Magnatones
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Total garbage. A week after trading for the pre-eminent Quebecois superstar, the jackals of the French Media complain about not drafting a Francophone.
http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/06/24/sombre-page-dhistoire-pour-le-canadien
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13 hours ago, xXx..CK..xXx said:
The thing is, you guys are saying that you don't mind a player doing coke, as an example and then showing up to the rink and dominating. What happens when such a player gets 76 points in the regular season but then has an off night in game 7 of the playoffs for the same reason? Do you care then? It's hard to imagine that living such a lifestyle wouldn't have a negative impact from time to time, and it just as easily could happen during the most important moments of our season. I don't expect it to be difficult to actually be relatively productive living such a lifestyle if you're used to it. Andre Agassi is one of the greats in tennis and he was doing Meth throughout the 90s. On the other hand, I wouldn't blame an organization for wanting to prevent the type of thing I mentioned before it actually happens. I'll admit that I wasn't fully happy with the way the Kassian incident was handled though and that we do seem to have a stricter policy than most teams.
I agree with you here. Tiger Woods was really tearing it up and tearing up sluts, but when his wife found out and he had that accident, his career unraveled. I do wish people would stop craving the downfall of the best people in society. Nowadays, a hero can't be a hero. There has to be a sinister angle to their personal life.
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10 hours ago, xXx..CK..xXx said:
De la Rose used to be compared to Jordan Staal as well, albeit potentially wrongly so.
You almost have to laugh as they list players like Pavel Datsyuk and Erik Kalesson as comparables. They should try Patrik Stefan, Hugh Jessiman, and Louis Leblanc for laughs.
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2 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said:
I don't recall anybody saying galchenyuk is doing hard drugs. There's a difference between partying, drinking and a young guy making a poor choice in who is going out with.
the issue in Montreal is that the tabloid style media and rumour mill makes mountains or if
molehills
Yeah, I mean, he played an indifferent game or two with his next vacation in Sunny Isles on his mind, and then went out and groped some strippers at Chez Paree. Which of us would have done any differently? What the hell is wrong with that!
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1 hour ago, BCHabnut said:
Are your numbers accurate to 2017? Trudeau 44% and Nutley bracket in Alberta must have evened the field with even the most communist states like new York and California.
They don't call him "Comrade DeBlasio" for nothing!
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This has been the lousiest draft I can remember. My takeaway will be all the Finns. Uhro this, lainen, kainen, painen, that. After the second pick, I was lost. And it's not all to do with the draft, but moreso the circus of the expansion draft and the NHL Awards that stole the entry draft's thunder.
I feel for the kids. The league usually sets them up with a few PR spots to showcase the top picks and maybe help those kids relax. They looked more like B celebrities at an expo center than top hockey prospects. What a sorry state of affairs.
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5 minutes ago, tyberius67 said:
this Galchenyuk stuff scares the crap out of me, smells like Tyler Seguin after the trade from Boston. And I don't want to be scratching my head when this kid explodes with 70 point seasons in his mid twenties.
He doesn't have the same ceiling. At his age, Seguin already had two PPG seasons and a Stanley Cup.
What I'm grappling with here is that Galchenyuk had his best year, and the best part of that season when the Habs were almost a lottery team. I think he's a 20/50 winger. He's barely a first liner and he's lousy on the other side of the puck. If NJ will trade Severenson and the #1 overall for him and Petry, I take it in a heartbeat.
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Just now, zumpano21 said:
If you read the reviews on Yelp, all the reviews from the Americanos are usually gushing.
They do things differently in La Belle Province
Maybe that's part of the maturity issue? He's dumb enough to make it into "a dinner thing."
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Just now, zumpano21 said:
27 strikes me as a little immature.
The work ethic isn't quite there. Dates strippers....
Those things will disappear with time. Let the boy grow up and give us a Cup.
Isn't it "full contact" in Montreal? You would think he could just pay for it.
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13 minutes ago, JoeLassister said:
and Kovalchuk
I think the Panthers have a shot at Kovalchuk. They have a lot of cap space, and they just moved out two forwards.
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Dreger now reporting (after Pierre LeBrun yesterday) that the Devils have interest in Galchenyuk.
This one puzzles me. To the naked eye, they only have three pieces that could interest the Habs:
-#1 overall, of which the player selected might not be NHL ready next year.
-Pavel Zacha, who played left wing last year and got 25 points in a decent rookie year.
-Adam Henrique, a solid #1B/#2 center.
They don't have much in the prospect pool. Don't see a deal happening that is a win for the Habs.
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1 hour ago, hab29RETIRED said:
Hey how dare you say it's a debacle in development. It's all on the players remember. It's not lefebve' fault that he wasn't able to develop a single player for the habs?
You know....you can draw a straight line from the development woes to Lefevbre's hire. The Habs never had issues before Sly, Breezer, Farty Lapointe and the rest of the know-nothings.
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5 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said:
I guess this will be another thing that Don will be doing the dance of joy for, since he supports every decision MB makes
You would think this is the limit for everybody. I can't think of one reason Sylvain Lefevbre should be retained.
Bergevin is his presser today said "we need help everywhere." That's not a good look for a GM after five years. What's worse, tying this back to the debacle of development, is that nobody is coming to help the big club.
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Louis Jean is reporting that Sylvan Lefevbre will be back next year. Yeah baby! Schlemko and Sly on the same day. Thrill me, Bergy!
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41 minutes ago, Machine of Loving Grace said:
Maybe Chris Thorburn doesn't accept a contract with Vegas so they send him to Montreal.
Bergevin has his eye on Mean Matt Greene. If only he was a Chicago guy...
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3 minutes ago, Meller93 said:
Cause he's in high demand, duh!
Maybe not, but he's new! That's the next best thing to "good."
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1 minute ago, Meller93 said:
Only 30, younger than Emelin, at nearly half the price. Until he's 33.
I'd prefer one year of a mediocre defenseman to three. There's a reason five teams have gotten rid of this guy.
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He's old...he stinks...he's signed until 2020. Queue the yearly influx of third pairing D and 4th liners. They got backed into a corner by the expansion draft, and downgraded from N8 and Emelin.
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Lots of hype around Jordie Benn. Can anybody think of a reason why, besides his cap hit?
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12 minutes ago, Chris said:
Me too, He was one of my favorites too.
his physical play will be sorely missed.
Who brings physical play now? Byron?
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6 minutes ago, dlbalr said:
He was a good player for a while - it's just that the contract was iffy. I think a lot of people will miss him and his physical style.
As for the leaks, I wish they'd have just done a half hour show to announce it or issue a press release this morning. This way, I know who the Habs are picking (and can have the HW piece ready to post when it's announced) without suffering through the total joke of an NHL Awards show.
I think they should have announced it immediately after the players found out they were being selected. I'm sure angry players were all too happy to leak. Or perhaps the US State Department and 97 intelligence agencies got a hold of the list.
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I'm sorry to see Emelin go. He was one of my favorite Habs before his knee injury. Since then, he hasn't been as effective.
PS...all of these leaks are a serious buzzkill. Couldn't they have just waited? With the draft being what it is, hockey fans have free agency, and that is it until preseason.
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3 hours ago, dlbalr said:
He's a winger, not a centre. I've voiced my concerns about him before - I don't think he's worth close to the contract he apparently is seeking. He put up very good numbers on a stacked KHL team for a couple of years but was largely a bust in his first NHL stint.
Ugh. Another guy under 6 feet.
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38 minutes ago, dlbalr said:
Marian Hossa's playing days may be over - he's out for next season due to a skin disorder.
https://www.nhl.com/blackhawks/news/medical-update-on-marian-hossa/c-290029810
Didn't Mario Tremblay have the same problem?
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My take from the office of Dr. Mark Recchi is that concussions are such a varied injury to try to predict lasting effects. There's severity and the different parts of the brain that are affected. Which is why you can have Patrice Bergeron on one side of the fence and Simon Despres on the other. I also think that they (players) aren't being honest and are trying to play with them or hiding them.
“Well, I was sensitive to light,” Despres told the Orange County Register’s Eric Stephens before the season began. “Sensitive to noise. More emotional. I had headaches. Dizziness. Close to fainting. Stuff like that…It was a challenge. It was dangerous.”
He came back in this condition and played in the playoffs...not good.