dark_faerie87 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Wow, I didn't know this, but apparently back in 1984 Tretiak wanted to play for the Habs, but because of the Soviet government, he wasn't given the chance. Now he hopes his grandson, a goalie, will one day have the chance of donning le bleu-blanc-rouge. Very cool! http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=194120&hubname=nhl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Wow, I didn't know this, but apparently back in 1984 Tretiak wanted to play for the Habs, but because of the Soviet government, he wasn't given the chance. Now he hopes his grandson, a goalie, will one day have the chance of donning le bleu-blanc-rouge. Very cool! http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=194120&hubname=nhl All true. Too bad about the Iron Curtain eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Yep he was drafted by the Habs I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathieu30 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Yep he was drafted by the Habs I believe. Yep, 138th overall (7th round) in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Here's little Max Tretiak http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/s...21-1f739fe37800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mont Royale Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 From the link: "Just before the 1972 Summit Series between teams representing Canada and the Soviet Union, a couple of Toronto Maple Leafs scouts went overseas and came back saying the Soviets looked weak in goal, that the young Vladislav Tretiak wasn't very good." NOW I understand why Team Canada got off to such a bad start in that series! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Hilarious ! I bet those scouts must have felt pretty lowsy after watching that first game.....and if Trietiak wasn't enought of a bad surprise......what about the Infernal Machine playing in front of him... this was as scary and as beautifull as anything can ever be....I was too young to get it all but the peoples around me just couldn't believe their eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyhasbeen Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Take it you are surprised that Leaf scouts missed the boat ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_faerie87 Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 From the link: "Just before the 1972 Summit Series between teams representing Canada and the Soviet Union, a couple of Toronto Maple Leafs scouts went overseas and came back saying the Soviets looked weak in goal, that the young Vladislav Tretiak wasn't very good." NOW I understand why Team Canada got off to such a bad start in that series! Oh the irony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Puck Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 From the link: "Just before the 1972 Summit Series between teams representing Canada and the Soviet Union, a couple of Toronto Maple Leafs scouts went overseas and came back saying the Soviets looked weak in goal, that the young Vladislav Tretiak wasn't very good." NOW I understand why Team Canada got off to such a bad start in that series! I read somewhere that they watched him play one game and he was truely horrible. What they didn't know was that they watched him play the night before his wedding and so his focus wasn't on the puck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revvvrob Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Yep he was drafted by the Habs I believe. i remember those years - we were waiting desperately ... HOPING he'd join the HABS. dryden had been gone a few years, and a superstar like Tretiak would have been amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortcat1 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 In a Canadian Press interview recently, Tretiak reminisced about his ‘relationship’ to the Montreal Canadiens. He talked about his 1st game at the Forum in the 1972 Summit Series. But, most importantly, he talked about the fact that he had hoped to come over and play for the Canadiens after the 1984 Olympics. (He was selected by the Canadiens in round 7 (#138 overall) in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.) He was very disappointed because the “stupid” government of the former Soviet Socialist Union wouldn’t let him go. Now, he says he has a 10-year old son, Alex, who plays hockey in the Russian minor hockey system and Tretiak's dream is that his son will, one day, play for the Canadiens. I don’t know if he said that because of the occasion - the ceremony for the retirement of Dryden’s number - and location - Montreal, but, if it’s true, it certainly shows how much of an impact our team and the ‘community' surrounding it has had on him. GO :hlogo: GO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chips Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Lets hope his feelings show when the russian's come to terms on an agreement with the NHL. Allowing his grandson to one day have a chance at playing in the league hopefully for the canadiens. Go HABS GO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_Habs_Fan Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 We cant blame you for getting old http://forums.habsworld.net/index.php?showtopic=10395 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpSamsonov Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 We cant blame you for getting old http://forums.habsworld.net/index.php?showtopic=10395 Yeah this thread should be scrapped. We have an identical one here already. What you been smoking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpSamsonov Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortcat1 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 (edited) Yeah this thread should be scrapped. We have an identical one here already. What you been smoking? Oh welllllllllllllllllllllllll, what can I say? I got this from an article in the Tuesday January 30, 2006 of our paper. So, for me, smoke never got in my eyes... (not since my university days, anyway). I did check the list of topics and dark faerie's didn't jump to my eye... blame not my age, dutchie, if anything, blame my glaucoma. Life's a b*tch, isn't it... In any case, check this out... it was shown to me in another forum: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedi.../content.9.html GO :hlogo: GO! Edited February 1, 2007 by shortcat1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathieu30 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpSamsonov Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I did check the list of topics and dark faerie's didn't jump to my eye... blame not my age, dutchie, if anything, blame my glaucoma. Hey man if you got glaucoma then you should be smoking something. You're legally allowed to because it helps treat the disease. Go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_Habs_Fan Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Oh welllllllllllllllllllllllll, what can I say? I got this from an article in the Tuesday January 30, 2006 of our paper. So, for me, smoke never got in my eyes... (not since my university days, anyway). I did check the list of topics and dark faerie's didn't jump to my eye... blame not my age, dutchie, if anything, blame my glaucoma. Life's a b*tch, isn't it... In any case, check this out... it was shown to me in another forum: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedi.../content.9.html GO :hlogo: GO! Our Leader of the Pack!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaos Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Hey man if you got glaucoma then you should be smoking something. You're legally allowed to because it helps treat the disease. It actually doesn't treat it. THere is no scientific evidence that it lowers the intraocular pressure in the eye preventing optic nerve damage. Basically pot smokers just use it as an excuse to get high, much like everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortcat1 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Our Leader of the Pack!! and what a burden it is......... it's the 'almost blind' leading the 'seeing'. it's a good thing wisdom come with age... age, i've got lots of... enough to share... anybody interested? GO :hlogo: GO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaos Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 ITs too bad they didn't take Dominik Hasek with that pick instead of wasting it on Tretiak....Future might have been a whole lot different...although were he would have fit in with Patrick Roy there would have been interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpSamsonov Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 It actually doesn't treat it. THere is no scientific evidence that it lowers the intraocular pressure in the eye preventing optic nerve damage. Basically pot smokers just use it as an excuse to get high, much like everything else. Do I detect an anti-marijuana sentiment? I don't know, I've always heard that it helps people with glaucoma. It is also said to help people who are getting chemo get there appetite back and prevent nausea which is very important because they are in a weakened state and can't afford to not eat. It is also said to relieve pain in some cases in which convention meds do not work. If anything they should make alcohol and cigarettes illegal because they kill a lot more people than marijuana ever did or ever will. The only reason it's illegal is politics nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 A bit off-topic but am I the only who realized that Tretiak sounds exactly like Borat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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