PPP Montreal Invasion Eve

by Chemmy on Jun 25, 2009 12:30 PM EDT in Events

The Itinerary:

Friday, 4pm - Delta Centre-ville Hotel Lobby

Our hotel is pretty close to the Bell Centre, and will hopefully be less crowded than the exterior of the arena which should allow us to say hello and whatnot without a lot of false positives. I'll make PPP hold up a sign like "In accordance with Megan's Law I'm required to notify you of my intent to move into your neighborhood" so you'll know it's us. From there we'll stampede to the Bell Centre around 4:30 to give people time to arrive.

If you're following Wrap's plan to get draft tickets through the tweetup, they start giving out tickets at three, so you should have plenty of time to get them and meet us. [Directions]

Friday, Post-draft: Hurley's Pub

PPP and I are heading to Hurley's where the other SBNation bloggers will be gathering. You're all welcome to attend. Should be a good time. General mayhem elsewhere to follow. [Directions]

Saturday, 9am - Delta Centre-ville Hotel Lobby

We'll stage out of our hotel lobby again in case anyone didn't find us Friday night or drank so much that they forgot our names and faces. At 9:30 we'll slide over to the Bell Centre for round 2 of the draft.You're on your own after the draft, I plan to go antiques shopping. (Just kidding. Someone call the cops and bail me out if necessary before 7pm so I don't miss the free beer giveaway). From 1-5pm the NHL Tweetup will be going on. I think we're scheduled to make an appearance or something.

Saturday, 8pm: Peel Pub

It's only fitting that a PPP gathering happen at a bar whose initials are "PP". The Peel Pub Presents: Pension Plan Puppets Price-free Pint Partaking Party (The PPP: PPPPPPP). That's right. Show up at 8pm and PPP and I will buy you a beer. There should probably be some sort of legal disclaimer on this but basically if there are any questions or concerns about our offer I hate you. [Directions] *Updated thanks to a kind Montreal fan. I know, he was shocked that he helped as well.

You'll notice that the Peel Pub is on near Rue Ste Catherine, so when we're bored of the Peel Pub we'll go see a donkey show or pay midget strippers to stab each other to death or something, who knows?

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by Chemmy on Jun 25, 2009 12:33 PM EDT reply actions

POST HERE IF YOU ARE ATTENDING

Reply to this post if you’re attending and post where you’re staying.

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by Chemmy on Jun 25, 2009 12:34 PM EDT reply actions

I am going

And I am staying with Chemmy.

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by PPP on Jun 25, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I am also going

I am also staying with Chemmy.

I am also sleeping with PPP.

I am also the luckiest man in the world.

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by SkinnyFish on Jun 25, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m so jealous of you I can barely stand it.

"If this is another one of your lectures about how we should all blah blah blah and whatever, well you can save it because we all know it by heart."

by Mabel on Jun 25, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

IM ON A TRAIN!!!

I will also be attending, I dont know who im sleeping with yet, but ill work on that later

this internet is so goddamned slow and ive already gotten in trouble 3 times for taking slugs off my flask, I’m not half as drunk as id like

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 25, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

You got in trouble for that? For shame.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jun 25, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah, they want me to purrchase their booze if im gonna drink or something, but its 6 bucks for 300ml of beer
eff that noise
also I am staying at the Hotel Maritime Plaza with Wrap, Eyebelief, Archie et all

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 25, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

We expect to hear about your sleeping arrangement when you do make them, Jared.

And eff them and drink up!

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by Mabel on Jun 25, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

I am a flask ninja

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 25, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Stuff the flask in a sandwich.

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by bkblades on Jun 25, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m trying to envision this working, and coming up with a couple of scenarios. Most of them are hilarious until he bites metal or spills the liquor.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jun 25, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Leafs fans + Alcohol + City of Montreal

God help us. :-)

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by Matt Reitz on Jun 25, 2009 12:54 PM EDT reply actions

Jesus, could you guys have picked worse bars in Montreal?

by Godd Till on Jun 25, 2009 12:55 PM EDT reply actions

Peel Pub is pretty dire. I remember going as an underage drinker during a highschool exchange program.. 2 glasses of black label for 99cents!

I’d stick with the bottled beer while I’m there (and make sure you see em take the cap off in front of you!)

by LeafFanInVan on Jun 25, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Indeed. When I lived there the PP got busted for recyling half-drunk pitchers and unfinished baskets of wings. EWWWWWWWWW.

by Godd Till on Jun 25, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

That is nauseating but in the past I hope.

Also, blame Chemmy. He has an alliteration fetish.

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by PPP on Jun 25, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions

mmmmm chicken wings

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 25, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

They did that in Montreal too? I remember that happening in Kingston.

by dare_ on Jun 25, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions

It looks new and sparkly on their website. I think the old dive that I visited in first year got shut down.

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by PPP on Jun 25, 2009 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I think you recommended Peel Pub.

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by Chemmy on Jun 25, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Definitely wasn’t me.

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by PPP on Jun 25, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions

twas lordosis…

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by blurr1974 on Jun 25, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I blame society

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 25, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Well fine, but it wasn’t me.

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by Chemmy on Jun 25, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

holy shit nay

the only place I suggested was Bar-B-Barn for awesome ribs. I gave a description of many bars, but didnt suggest any.

by lordosis on Jun 25, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Someone asked if there was a Leafs hangout.

I said ‘not that I know of, the Peel pub is Bruins -friendly’

In no way did I endorse the cleanliness/greatness of the place.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 25, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions

IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jun 26, 2009 3:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Also if Peel Pub sucks we’ll bail.

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by Chemmy on Jun 25, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Omen says Tampa willing to deal #2

Then again, there’s also a sweet deal here for Tampa. If I’m Brian Lawton, I would surely look seriously at a deal that gave me Tomas Kaberle or Pavel Kubina, Mikhail Grabovski and the Leafs No. 7 pick (potentially defenceman Jared Cowan, which is what Tampa needs).

Most important, however, Lawton should insist on getting the Leafs’ No. 1 pick next year. That could be a lottery pick and possibly even a top three selection, and that would be the kind of Sam Pollock-like move that could really set up the Lightning down the road.

Why stop there? If he got Kaberle, Grabovski, the 7, next years first-rounder, Luke Schenn, Jiri Tlusty, and the rights to Wendel’s mojo, Lawton would inducted as a builder by Sunday night!

by Godd Till on Jun 25, 2009 12:57 PM EDT reply actions

How many kids does Burke have? I’m sure can part with a couple.. Plus he has two arms, he can chop off one to give to him, right??

by LeafFanInVan on Jun 25, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Also

Is it that hard for Cox or his editor to spell the kid’s name properly just once? He’s written it as ‘Cowan’ in three different stories so far in the run up to the draft.

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by PPP on Jun 25, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Did you read the comments?

Oh Damien,
I can’t belive that you are writng about NHL,bush organization where three people changed rules of the game, forced refs. to call the game so Detroit loses.It would be better that few of you put effort to uncover how they preranged Cup Final.Hint: check text excange between Campbell and two people from NY.head office after second game, when they where scrambeling how to avoid Malkin suspension!!

Someone has their tinfoil hat on way too tight.

Also, kinda disappointed that Cox didn’t wish us a fond farewell…

by Kim Jorn on Jun 25, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Did you e-mail him to let him know that he was free from your oppressive fact-checking and historical accuracy?

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by PPP on Jun 25, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Not that is some first class inchoherent babbling

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by SkinnyFish on Jun 25, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm so jealous...

I wonder if I could talk Bettman into having the draft in Florida next year? You peeps have fun, and I want to see some Leaf jerseys scrapping with police on CNN.

Is it October yet?

by floridaLEAF on Jun 25, 2009 3:13 PM EDT reply actions

I wish I had gone to the one in Vancouver in 2006. Perhaps I could have attacked JFJ and averted the raycroft/rask trade.

by LeafFanInVan on Jun 25, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

The Jared has landed, its going to be at least an hour before the others get here

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 25, 2009 3:48 PM EDT reply actions

I am going with FantasyRealm and a buddy that is not a PPPer.

My buddy is going back around midnight because he is playing ball hockey in Ottawa first thing Saturday morning.

If FR and I don’t get tickets to the draft, we are going to jump on the bus back at midnight, drunk as F*&k.

On the other hand, if we do get tickets, we may just stumble into a hotel lobby and have them cart us up to the nearest available room.

We should arrive in MTL shortly before 2PM Friday

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 25, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions

For those of you not already there

be sure to bring an umbrella or rain coat. It’ll be wetter than Carey Price’s pants in a shootout.

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by SkinnyFish on Jun 25, 2009 4:54 PM EDT reply actions

I would love to work in meteorology, It is the only profession where you can be wrong 80% of the time and still have a job.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 25, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions

It works 80% of the time, every time!

by LeafFanInVan on Jun 26, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Well I'm glad to read

That you crazy kids took my advice on venues.

It’s also probably for the best that you saved the Peel Pub for the Sunday. Recycled Beer Hangover would’ve ruined your weekend if you’d planned it earlier.

Enjoy Hurley’s. Try the upstairs section if you can, but it’s hard to get a seat if there’s a crowd.

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- Sir Winston Churchill

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.

by Steve Burtch on Jun 26, 2009 1:49 AM EDT reply actions