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    2023/2024 season playoff discussion

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    1 hour ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:

    I just don't think the Bruins are overly strong.  Their #1 center is Charlie Coyle whose career best is 60 points (this year) and he is 32 so he has had a few years to reach his potential. If that is your #1 center then you are not that strong up the middle. 

     

    I am disappointed like most here that the Bruins didn't finish the Leafs off but I think the Leafs are the more talented team, especially up front. I will likely find myself cheering for Florida in the next round. Florida has Barkov and Reinhart as their top 2 centers, massive difference. 

     

    Series ain't over yet.

     

    Crowd will be wild on Saturday!!

     

     

    2023/2024 season playoff discussion

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    6 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

    WOW!!! 

     

    Epic theft by Vancouver!! 

     

    "Team of destiny" vibe starting to emerge...if they can win the series after losing two goalies, that is massive.

     

    Hughes quietly makes huge plays at key moments to make it happen


    I swear I knew it as soon as Sissons hit that post. 
     

    That was insane. 

    Where are they now? News on past Habs prospects and players

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    1 hour ago, huzer said:

     

    You and me both! There have been two times in my life that I've randomly hitched on to a playoff season and went along for the ride. While still a huge fan, 92-93 season was especially so for me. Senior at university, had a job, bought tickets for every single home game that year. The retail store I worked in (Radio Shack) had a touch tone phone, so I'd go to the store to make the call to purchases tickets from the box office the second they went on sale. My boss was an avid fan too, and she'd be on the other line, and would hand me the phone if she got through first. (I mention this because my home phone was still a rotary dial. For round 1, it was so slow to dial that I was only able to get standing room tickets). That was a magical year for 20-something year old me.

     

    2 years ago, we decided to jump on the Avs train and missed only one home game (the first one). We bought tickets for every game afterward. We even went to the watch party at the rink when they broadcast the game from TB on the scoreboard. While a very cool feeling to be part of that Cup run, it still doesn't match the raw emotion of the '93 playoffs. For me, nothing in the sports world, as a fan, will match the Habs winning a Cup. 


    Although I never experienced the Habs winning a cup from a fan perspective I did get to experience Greece winning the Euro in 2004. 
     

    That was without a doubt the GREATEST team sport upset in the history of all team sports. 
     

    Over 100k Greeks taking over the the city, from ParkEx down park Ave through downtown. 
     

    I still get goosebumps. 

    Where are they now? News on past Habs prospects and players

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    16 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

     

    Different time, when a grad student working part-time could afford a standing-room ticket. I would have driven a bus through the doors to see that game, though. Nothing was going to stop me.

     

    As cherished as that memory is - I can still see Roy looking right at us and raising the Cup, roaring in triumph - I was also there for Game 2 of that series. The McSorely stick/Desjardins game. No single moment has ever been more ecstatic for me as a hockey fan than to be in the building when Desjardins blasted it past Hrudey to tie it up with a minute left. It was INSANE.

     

     


    I’ve been on this forum for almost 20yrs and every time you mention this I hard core envy you. 
     

    I was a high school junior living in Greece, pre internet, with ZERO hockey coverage other than the 2 day old USA Today’s that our school library had on those newspaper sticks. 
     

    My cousin in Montreal called our house at 5am waking me the whole household up to tell us the news. 
     

    Luckily for me he taped game 5 on VHS and sent it to me via mail so I could watch. 
     

    I am turning 48 next month and have still not seen the Habs win the cup live. (Was in Greece on vacation in 1986)

    Permanent Rumour Thread

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    3 hours ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:

     

    That is an interesting trade proposal. It certainly gives Anaheim something they are looking for. To get something you have to give something up and CC is certainly a very good piece. This is actually one of the better trade proposals I have seen as it made me think a lot about who is getting the better deal. I think it's pretty fair. Well thought out. 

     

    I would think both teams want to see how the ping pong balls fall before entertaining something like this. 


    As interesting as it may be there is no way Hugo trade CC.  

    2023/2024 season playoff discussion

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    Just now, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:

     

    That pretty much sums up how I feel. Not the 1st time I have cheered for Boston in the playoffs and as long as they keep playing the Leafs in the playoffs, it won't be the last time.  Doesn't feel weird at all. 


    Trust me as someone who lives in New England it pains me tremendously. 
     

    However I will root for the bruins 100 times over than having Toronto slay one of their many demons. 
     

    Also, TO better hope nylander is back asap otherwise this reeks of sweep. 
     

    He’s their only proven big game player. 

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