Category: hockey
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Just call him Captain D.
The Maple Leafs have had more than their share of missing parts over the past two seasons but they are about to get their first captain since the retired Mats Sundin wore the “C” for the embattled franchise. And it couldn’t happen to a more visible defenseman. The Toronto tradition … Read the rest
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Patriotism only counts if it’s US patriotism.
A couple Canadian residents living in the US, upon Canada’s winning of the gold metal against the US during the olympics, took it upon themselves to replace a US flag with a Canadian one in response to a bet they’d entered into in a bar. In response to that, they … Read the rest
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Chicago wins the cup, we win the longest current cupless stretch. I approve of this.
The blackhawks hadn’t won the Stanley cup since 1961. My Leafs haven’t won the cup since 1967. Near the end of the playoffs, chants of “1967! 1967!” sounded off amongst blackhawks fans. For that, I offer a hearty thank you. The cup was won in 6, by the Hawks, apparently … Read the rest
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Gordie Howe is now ‘doctor Howe’. The essay topic lives on.
When I was in highschool, I wrote an essay on those people I considered to be highly influencial Canadians. I don’t even remember exactly what the content of the essay was, and I’m not sure I even still have the original copy. One of the topics in question was hockey … Read the rest
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We don’t need no Stanley cup. We have the olympics.
It started out innocently enough, when I got a front row seat to the Sens’ big choke. Then, contrary to the predictions of one politician who I’m right now sort of at odds with, Vancouver got stomped rather soundly. And, just to drive the point home, Montreal bought it … Read the rest
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The playoffs fix themselves; Montreal is done.
It only took until way, way too late, but Montreal went sideways at the hands of the Flyers last night. The joy in this apartment could have filled a stadium. Even more so after reading some of the headlines this morning. All I’ll say, and I’ll say it again, is … Read the rest
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The eastern conference is coming to a head. Boston gets dumped from 3 0.
This is the perfect situation for a Montreal Canadians meltdown. They haven’t won the cup since 93. No team has come back from being down 3 games to none in a series since 1975. Prior to that, it was since 1942–the 1942 Maple Leafs, to be exact. Boston had a … Read the rest
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Montreal cheats, gets into conference finals. The hell?
In a twist that could only be carried out on TV–until this week, anyway–Vancouver gets tossed out on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, Montreal puts the Penguins on ice. This after just about everyone pretty much ruled the latter out of the playoffs after, say, the last game of the season. … Read the rest
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the NHL playoffs just broke. No, really.
Canada’s team got walked over on Tuesday. I mean, really walked over. In the clearest demonstration of the hockey gods’ hatred of us, Vancouver is now a member of the golfing elite. Yes, this means the only team north of the border still in the playoffs is those other people. … Read the rest
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Could make it seven really be for real?
There be a nasty little rumour floating around that says there’s a tentative schedule being poked at that shows a potential team–possibly formerly from Phoenix–in Winnipeg. It’d join the same division as Vancouver, which I do believe is where the last team to call Winnipeg home was based out of. … Read the rest
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