Leafs Wish the Habs A Joyeux Anniversaire!
by Chemmy on Mar 23, 2009 1:30 PM EDT
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Zut alors, pas encore!
Ah yes, it's that most wonderful of times here at Pension Plan Puppets, a Monday afternoon Negative Nancy Notebook where the Leafs did something competent previously and we all get to delight in the tears of opposing fans. Sure, the Leafs aren't going to the playoffs but suddenly the Leafs have prospects coming out of the woodwork and it seems like the team is finally buying what Ron Wilson is selling. The bad apples are gone from the locker room, and the rebuild is well underway.
Of course, Leafs fans are all dumb for supporting the Leafs during a rebuild, whereas Montreal fans are smart because they only fill the Bell Centre when the Habs are great. Hold on, I'm getting a phone call.
What's that? Uh huh. Oh sure they sell out all the time. Uh huh. Eighth place you say? One point ahead of Florida you say? Well thanks for the call, NHL standings, I'd chat but I have to get back to writing.
Where were we? Oh right, Montreal is absolutely imploding. Their goaltender of the future's confidence is completely shot, their coach was unceremoniously canned (see editor's note) , and check out their list of UFAs: Lang, Tanguay, Koivu, Kovalev, Komisarek, Schneider, Brisebois, Dandenault, Boullion. No big deal, I'm sure all of those guys are dying to play in a building where they get booed every night and in a locker room that's clearly tight knit and functional.
Saturday’s 5-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs was the latest banana peel on the Canadiens’ sidewalk, one more gruesome example of not getting the job done against a so-called inferior team that’s out of playoff contention. - Montreal Gazette
So called inferior? The Leafs don't have any goal scorers like Koivu, Kovalev or Tanguay. They don't have goalies like Halak or Price. Luckily that means the Leafs have players who aren't Charmin soft.
Leave it to the Toronto Maple Leafs to put their archrivals from Montreal in full panic mode. With little to play for in terms of the playoffs, Toronto still took pleasure in dominating the Canadiens at the Bell Centre Saturday night. - CBC.ca
Little to play for? It's Saturday night in Montreal with the Habs desperately trying to right a sinking ship. If the Leafs won a single game all year I'd want it to be the beginning of the end for Montreal's 99th 100th season playoff hopes.
Forwards Alexei Ponikarovsky and Mikhail Grabovski both had big nights, scoring four points to hand the Leafs a 5-2 victory over Montreal.
No biggie, Montreal got a second rounder for Grabovski. They'll probably find someone in the second round to replace Grabovski, who would be tied for third in points on the Habs. Oops.
With the game out of hand, the sold-out crowd at the Bell Centre booed the Canadiens.
In the spirit of the Canadiens, I'd like to quote a U2 song: "It's a beautiful daaaaaaaaay"
Editor's note: I published an admittedly tasteless joke about Bob Gainey's daughter in place of "the coach being fired". Due to feedback from a lot of users that I personally have a lot of respect for, and hindsight being 20/20, I decided to remove it. Please feel free to let me know I'm a jerk in the comments, I'm not trying to sweep this under the rug.
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Weee!
this game was so much better since there were canandians fans also at the mexican sports bar.
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 23, 2009 1:46 PM EDT reply actions
AMAZING!
There was a Manchester United fan at the hospital Friday afternoon telling me that United were going to kill Fulham. Odd, haven’t seen him since.
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He’s like a dog with a bone. He’s not letting this go ever.
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Um, I don’t know anything about soccer, but I’m thinking that comment will result in you being banned.
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booooo Man U
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 23, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
The first thing to know about ‘soccer’ is that the game’s called football.
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- Major Mike Shearer
If I am laughing as hard as I was on Saturday morning I might not stop laughing long enough to let you get a last one in.
“Great save by Scholes!”
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that i am
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 23, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
my liver may not be so lucky
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 23, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
im doing my best
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 23, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
w00t
Jar Jar is back!
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
not till tomarrow, i am just killing time till i go zip lining 200 meters above some jungle floor,
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 23, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought mexican sport bars were for tequila drinking competitions…
Как же так может быть?
that happenet too
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 23, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t.
- cause of death of males in Sinaloa? Homicide.
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into Iraq"
- Major Mike Shearer
On your own head be it.
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into Iraq"
- Major Mike Shearer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7959247.stm
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into Iraq"
- Major Mike Shearer
Do we need a daily EPL thread?
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I would say yes, but the lines of civility will be crossed.
Alhough I think a Soccer thread woud be better than just an EPL one.
Disappointed since 1984
No
I get to hijack any thread I want.
But maybe we can start doing TFC coverage :)
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Little to play for? It’s Saturday night in Montreal with the Habs desperately trying to right a sinking ship. If the Leafs won a single game all year I’d want it to be the beginning of the end for Montreal’s99th100th season playoff hopes.
I love it when the Habs fail. It’s a happy feeling
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by blindfolded tank driver on Mar 23, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions
You know what was dope on Saturday night?
After Grabbo scored his ugly goal and was decked by O’Byrne (I think), Finger didn’t bother with no damn celebration. Instead, he went right after O’Bryne (I think it was him) and made sure that the douchebag knew that he wasn’t allowed to take liberties with our little Belarussian.
Jeff Finger for life.
A Toronto sports blog, where we unequivocally and unapologetically support the home team...
PLAYOFFS!!!!1
Finger is a bad mother, and he has some bitchen hockey hair
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 23, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
and a solid handle-bar ’stache
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by blindfolded tank driver on Mar 23, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
needs
/fail
Running over terribleness in search for something positive about the Leafs. Anything? Anyone?!
by blindfolded tank driver on Mar 23, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
then he would just look like a super sized hollweg
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by JaredFromLondon on Mar 23, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
with Talent
Like a Boss
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by blindfolded tank driver on Mar 23, 2009 2:14 PM EDT reply actions
With the game out of hand, the sold-out crowd at the Bell Centre booed the Canadiens.
They should have done it in November when it mattered.
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by article1 on Mar 23, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
So true
I mean really, booing in November would have shown that they really cared about the team and about winning. Doing it now is just way too late.
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Rec'd
I think “in November when it mattered” is quickly working it’s way towards finding a spot in the PPP DIctionary.
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Talking to some Sharks fans over the weekend about Ronnie Dub and they all said the same thing.
This team is going to be a force. All we need do is give him the time to implement his system, and Burke to sign and draft the players capable of playing within it.
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
You know Sharks fans? What are they like?
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some are family (on the wife’s side of course) and some are friends.
all, love hockey like nothing else. It was nice to have conversations about hockey and the game with fans of an opposing team without the need to talk about how much one guy on the others team sucks or smells like poop or plays for the sens…
all in all, i wish some folks were more like Sharks fans (without the whole doing the wave during a hockey game thing. That irritates me to no end.)
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
I think hating the wave is elitist. Anything that gets people used to participating in the action at games is a good thing.
Sharks fans have been adorably enthusiastic and now officially the best warm weather fans for a while.
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Tampa had fine fans until their owners ruined everything.
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it's not elitist...
it’s that I’m trying to watch a puck being moved around from the nosebleeds…
Hockey isn’t baseball, I don’t need something else to entertain me and help pass the time.
Anyhoo, San Jose really is a model hockey city, If anyone ever makes it out west during hockey season, try to take the extra few miles south bay and to San Jose. Gorgeous city, and lots of Shark support.
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
The fans at the World Juniors in Ottawa did the wave a lot. Just saying.
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I haven’t seen it on Long Island, MSG, or at the ACC.
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just saying.
it annoys me…
as in myself.
not you.
me.
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
in that case...
it was rather cruel of you to suggest San Jose and Ottawa are somehow alike.
:P
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
Yeah, it can be annoying.
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Yeah
There’s a time and place to do it but North American professional sports fans are so tuned into not doing anything at all during games unless the play dictates it that it’s a good reminder that you’re allowed to make noise at other times.
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a friend of mine
has gone to a few hockey games in Germany and says the atmosphere is just amazing. Lots of music and singing and other stuff….
Spengler Cup
Those games are insane especially when Davos is playing.
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We only listen to some readers’ complaints.
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Weird. Comments at the end of this post are disappearing.
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Karina had just responded to Lordosis about the difference between Gainey-gate and Heatley jokes.
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it’s fine, I expected that to be deleted. The topic need not be continued and those with ruffled feathers will be smoothened out on their own time.
On my screen it showed up as a new post all the way at the bottom, after the deletion of the big thread. Did you reply that to the deleted thread?
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I replied to that, which appeared at the bottom. Then she replied to me.
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into Iraq"
- Major Mike Shearer
Well, now that’s going to disappear.
Everyone hit refresh.
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Oh right, it was you. Lordosis had a double post I wrote a long reply to which also got eaten.
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I replied to your post with why I deleted the joke and why we deleted the comments.
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OIC
I was distracted mid-posting that, then it went to the bottom, then I posted again explaining how I thought I reply-failed, then refreshed, then realized what was going on.
I still am a bit confused, and now I have a headache. Probably from all the soccer talk.
No
That was my screw up.
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can we train it to have an appetite for soccer and baseball comments?
by daoust on Mar 23, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ok Ok
I hear you: MOAR SOCCER.
In the Chatty Cathy only.
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but...
that will get in the way of our convos about pandas and puppies and lego and cars and the economy….
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
So, uh, Barca look good…
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Scary Good
Eat it Daoust
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Great
Now it looks suspicious. Anyway, consider us chastened. And of course I managed to screw up in removing some of the bad comments and took out the ones calling us pieces of shit.
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Yeah, one of the comments that disappeared was me saying that in an attempt to remove some of the worse comments we had to delete all the comments from Kim, Godd, daoust, and 1967ers that should have stuck around.
Anyone should still feel free to call me a shithead.
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by Chemmy on Mar 23, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
you good sir
are a poopypants
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Mar 23, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
No, seriously. I wasn’t sure what to do about the post, PPP wanted to delete the joke, I wanted to leave it up because I didn’t want to just sweep it under the rug. The joke may have been tasteless but I screwed up and I’m not trying to make things disappear.
The best part about writing for this site is the community, and if I’m offending you guys then I’m obviously doing a shit job.
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seriously.
i like that idea, and I really respect you for it. I think it says a lot about you guys and your commitment to this site.
but i think in light of the subject matter, in this instance, perhaps it’s best if the “joke” did just disappear…
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
I hope Kim and Godd come back :(
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Me too. Maybe the apology/retraction will help?
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Let's just get one back
And see if we can split up CoxBloc!
Just kidding, I really like their site, even if they are dirty Petes :)
i hear they have their own website...
perhaps there is a means to contact them over there…?
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
To clarify
I wanted to prevent other people from being offended by the joke while still knowing that we are not the Pope and do make mistakes once in a while. I think that has been achieved.
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the Pope doesn’t make mistakes…?
brain, asplodded
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
It's True
It’s been true for over 100 years of history since some men decided it.
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You are aware the Pope said this
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Yeah
Ours was worse. His was just amplified through horrifically poor reporting that we went into in Chatty Cathy.
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Good thing I got rid of you making light of your own apology.
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should I
add a comment calling you pieces of shit? Would that make you feel better?
BTW, maybe next time you should tell Chemmy what you’re doing so that he doesn’t screw it all up.
I like to keep him on his toes and apparently he likes to do the same to me.
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Hey I didn’t bumble anything, I’m just apparently willfully mean.
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No, I have pretty terrible sense about stuff like this.
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You made a mistake
It isn’t the end of the world. I still love you, if that means anything.
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Well, thanks, but if I ran off two of our long term readers in ten minutes we obviously have some issues to sort out.
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I know, but they were angry. They might cool down and be able to see that it was a mistake, you apologized, and come back. That’s what I hope happens.
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also
it wasn’t purely chemmy, the series of jokes that continued and their apparent endorsement by those running the site contributed.
They’ll come around, since you can admit the mistake.
Ewww
Imagine if we just kept going with it? We’d be like those filthy football fans in Europe.
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Seconded
Karina hit the nail on the head with her comment above Godd’s. Now we can all get back to making fun of the Habs for the right reasons. Like Carey Price.
Carey Price?
Don’t even get me started on that guy…
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Thirded (?)
Epic lapse of judgement caused by overzealous hab hatred, but it’s all good. So where were we? Oh right…Carey Price sucks, and Bob Gainey totally fucked up by not keeping Huet.
Or not replacing Robert Lang since he knew he was kind of important to their offence.
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problem is
it’s more than Lang, something else is at work. Sure Lang went down right before the implosian started, but a lot of other stuff went as well.
Also, it’s interesting if you look at it as a Lang for Huet trade. Who won, do you think? Huet’s hardly been lights out for Chicago.
What’s sad is, I was going to leave Lang off the list, since he’s not that great, but without Lang the Habs have just been garbage.
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simple solution...
Gainey needs to higher a coach with some cajones.
Same problem Murray’s got in Ottawa.
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
The Left Coast Lock
If I recall correctly, the Habs were just shaking off a little bit of a funk when Gainey asked Carbo not to be coach anymore, since then the Habs are 1-3-2 I believe.
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Yeah
They had won 5 of their last 7. Weird weird timing. Apparently an interview Carbo did noted that the truth of his firing would come out eventually.
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I think it’s going to be that Gainey chose Kovalev over Carbo, or something to that effect. If not Kovalev specifically, it’ll no doubt be that the players wanted Carbo gone or something similar.
Why would they want him gone?
I’m asking seriously. I don’t know enough about the room in Montreal.
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Really?
Um, isn’t a coach supposed to be critical and hard?
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There’s a fine line, and it’s why coaches have expiration dates. After a while if someone’s always on your case you just ignore them.
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Especially when you make a few million a year and have a multi-year contract.
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Oh yeah, it’s not just Lang. Tanguay being gone is bad too.
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Tanguay played 16:07 on Saturday.
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20082009/TH021071.HTM
He’s just invisible.
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hahahaha
I didn’t think he was back yet. or I misread something TLP wrote at Puck Daddy.
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I didn’t notice him until I clicked on the Montreal Gazette article linked in the post and saw Brad May destroying him.
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Phew
Welcome back boys.
And it’s Jim Carey Price.
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I’m not sure if it’s been mentioned in the comments already but Montreal won’t even get a chance to replace Grabs with the 2nd round pick in 2010. They traded it away for Lang, LOL.
Great Note
Did not realize that. That makes Saturday’s game that much better.
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Did I miss
the hug it out….?
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
I think the hug it out is all still here.
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PBF for the win.
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by Down Goes Brown on Mar 23, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
Guess I missed the asplosion entirely. Don’t know what the joke is, don’t know the nature of the objection of those who read it, but I do know this: recognizing that offence was taken, that words can be hurtful and that sometimes you make mistakes is a sign of mature and intelligent reasoning (which makes me seriously question whether Jammies could possibly have been involved – oh, come on, it’s just a joke, I kid because I care).
I respect all the triple-P peeps involved for self-policing (ensuring none of us steps over the line in service of a joke) and – where appropriate – in manning up, moose, and admitting that mistakes were made.
I know there are some blogging traditions out there about not altering the post, etc. and I understand the reason for those traditions. It sounds to me like, in this case, discretion was the better part of valour. Good on you guys for fixing it and good on Godd, Kim and anyone else who was offended for coming back and putting it behind you.
It is important to maintain that sense of civility in our little community here; as long as that civility continues, I will be happy to come here and pass some time with y’all.
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