Sources also told Tedesco that George Gillett, the outgoing owner of the Montreal Canadiens,...

Sources also told Tedesco that George Gillett, the outgoing owner of the Montreal Canadiens, hammered Balsillie for telling a French-language newspaper in November of last year that the Canadiens were for sale, claiming that Balsillie's comments destabilized the franchise and directly contributed to Montreal's failure in the playoffs.

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And another thing

I love how pathetic this franchise is that they blame a person not even in the NHL for their playoff failures. You know who else is to blame? Hitler, that’s who.

by lordosis on Jul 30, 2009 9:57 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

You

totally Godwin’ed your own fanshot…

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Jul 30, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Is that bad?

by lordosis on Jul 30, 2009 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions

no

its just funny

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Jul 30, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Funny how? What’s funny about it?

by lordosis on Jul 30, 2009 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions

nevermind

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Jul 30, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions

You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it’s me, I’m a little fucked up maybe, but I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

by lordosis on Jul 30, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Now go home and get your fuckin’ shinebox!

He's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes.

by Mattblack on Jul 30, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm a little slow

these days but is lordosis actually pissed?

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Jul 30, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Goodfellas reference fail?

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Jul 30, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Ah Winkle

I could never be pissed at you. Go watch Goodfellas, brother, then come back and swear back at me.

by lordosis on Jul 30, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions

ok

that was my suspicions but I no longer trust my diminished mental capacity so was playing it safe

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Jul 30, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Have you seen Goodfellas? Cause if not, we may have issues.

by lordosis on Jul 30, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions

You’re gonna like this guy. He’s all right. He’s a good fella. He’s one of us.: You understand? We were good fellas.

by general borschevsky on Jul 30, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m not slow I’m just stupid. by Winkle on Jul 29, 2009 2:58 PM EDT

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Jul 30, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions

i am

a shell of my former shelf

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Jul 30, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

:(

I miss your angry, Winkle.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 30, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions

wow...

self

i should go commit harakiri

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Jul 30, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions

how does one commit this?

by lordosis on Jul 30, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions

I can’t see the picture, but I’ll suggest: become a Sens fan

Because they’re already dead inside

by Its Cold In Here on Jul 30, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Rita Rudner funny

by Its Cold In Here on Jul 30, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Seriously?

A Toronto Maple Leafs fan calling another team a “pathetic franchise”?

Dude.. c’mon.

by SlovakHab on Jul 31, 2009 4:59 AM EDT up reply actions

oh not this old chestnut

Relying on Nonsense and Cheap Gimmicks Since 2006

by JaredFromLondon on Jul 31, 2009 8:41 AM EDT up reply actions

while the Cup history of the Canadiens might not be pathetic (although your Stanley Cup is old enough to drive) blaming some guy who’s not on the ice nor in the NHL for your playoff failures, burning the city after a playoff loss, considering Celine Dion as an owner, having the Lollipop Guild (Gionta, Gomez, Cammalleri) as your go-to guys, treating your former captain like garbage, having Carey Price as your goalie, and crying when the Kostitsyn brothers got destroyed by Grabbo certainly is.

A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.

by furcifer on Jul 31, 2009 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

also they smell funny

Relying on Nonsense and Cheap Gimmicks Since 2006

by JaredFromLondon on Jul 31, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Well said Furcifer.

I'd rather be insufferable and them have nothing - Karina

by Mabel on Jul 31, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Furcifur gets Mabel’s stamp of approval, the highest praise when responding to Trolls!

Looks like there are a lot more of them around during the offseason…

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."

Albert Einstein

by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 31, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Mabel’s stamp of approval, the highest praise when responding to Trolls!

So true. My stamp of approval is the highest praise.

I'd rather be insufferable and them have nothing - Karina

by Mabel on Jul 31, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Have you been paying attention over the past 16 years?

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jul 31, 2009 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions

so in Montreal its everyones fault BUT the teams / fans

sounds like its opposite land from toronto

Relying on Nonsense and Cheap Gimmicks Since 2006

by JaredFromLondon on Jul 30, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions

This is too funny to leave out of the spotlight.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jul 30, 2009 10:39 AM EDT reply actions

THE TEAM MAY BE FOR SALE OH NO I STINK AT HOCKEY NOW

Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.

by Chemmy on Jul 30, 2009 10:41 AM EDT reply actions

I’M WORRIED ABOUT MY INSURED AND GUARANTEED CONTRACT

Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.

by Chemmy on Jul 30, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions

See now, this completely goes against what the Charleston Chiefs did in Slapshot. Reg made up the lie that they were being sold, and those bastards played their guts out all the way to a championship.

For not following such a pillar of hockey, I say “Shame on you Montreal. Shame on you.”

Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by truculent osmosis.

by SkinnyFish on Jul 30, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions

seriously...

hasn’t he seen Major League? They shoulda won the whole damn thing, then.

This is approimately 1000 times funnier if you imagine Charlie Sheen playing Carey Price.

by pevans on Jul 30, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

wild thing

i think i love you…?

"If you are going through hell, keep going." Sir Winston Churchill, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Jul 30, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions

If the motivational ploy was slowly uncovering a scantily clad George Gillett, I’m pretty sure I’d resort to cocaine too.

Resident Capologist

by clrkaitken on Jul 30, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

it’s a helluva drug

"If you are going through hell, keep going." Sir Winston Churchill, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...

by blurr1974 on Jul 30, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions

They have no excuse.

It’s not as if their Blog was affected, what would we do if the OTPP said they were going to sell the Leafs, what would happen to PPP?

OLAS would probably start screwing up, worried about where his worshippers would gather in the future; the Canucks would become unstoppable as Wellwood would no longer hear our mocking voices whenever he went to refill his plate at Tucker’s Marketplace, the low-grade roast beef translating into hundreds of assists; and Jason Blake’s fist pump would lose the magic our comments imbued it with, and would therefore no longer make our opponents tremble in fear.

THAT, is why only the Leafs could ever blame poor play on a sale, and why the habs, much like the sens, continue to be pathetic whiners both on and off the ice.

by Shield on Jul 30, 2009 10:51 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

It’s not as if their Blog was affected, what would we do if the OTPP said they were going to sell the Leafs, what would happen to PPP?

SBN actually asked me about the odds of that when I signed up and I said “Who sells a cash cow?”

If I am wrong though we’ll have to hope that the new owners’ names make for a catchy url.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jul 30, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions

…the new owners’ names…

As long as it wouldn’t be Celine Dion, thus making a mockery of this fine blog, I think you’d be fine.

Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by truculent osmosis.

by SkinnyFish on Jul 30, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Gillett’s a moron, plain an simple.

by kri on Jul 30, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions

Ha!

So the Habs’ crappy defensive play, goalie issues, player malaise and comical lack of size and toughness, not to mention shoddy coaching and GM work, were not the fault of the players or coaching & management staff, but it was an ill-advised comment by Balsillie that led to the Habs’ spectacular “centennial” season flameout?

Interesting!

Being a Leaf fan here requires one to be sufficiently lubricated... and truculent!

by stucky on Jul 30, 2009 11:05 AM EDT reply actions