Canadiens1131
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Time for contraction
Canadiens1160 said:Time for contraction
zoney! said:And, I feel kinda bad for forgetting that I did see an NHL game last year....one that two posters in this thread blew off because there was no free beer!
They were GREAT seats at a great arena, provided by a great interferencer!
I'd try Craigslistthetitans2k said:Can any one from montreal recomend the best and cheapest way to get tickets to a sold out game. I want to go to a game when I'm there in February. It seems like the brokers are charging much more for the penguins game than the others.
RavenBlue said:The Sens vs Canadiens game this afternoon is really heated! Flying fists and great pace!
MsMofoGone said:The Chicago Blackhawks took the win from the Detroit Red Wings tonight.
RavenBlue said:Sens played well Saturday.. the Leafs did what they usually do. Put on a good show, make me feel like I like them again, and then lose.
The Leafs raising hopes only to have them dashed again : A Proud part of our Canadian heritage!
elevated_u2_fan said:
fuckin' Leafs!
Originally posted by LarryMullen's_POPAngel
Before last night we had won 9 in a row, with more than half of those games being on the west coast.
So, you're welcome.
MsMofoGone said:
Yeah, I KNEW the Wings record that's the reason for the hmm.
If it would have been ANY other team, I could say 'OK, they had an off-night'.
But, the Hawks ?? I couldn't believe they had to lose to the Hawks !! Sad, very sad.
Originally posted by BonoManiac
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the Blackhawks are one of the best up-and-coming young teams in the NHL, led by the dynamic rookie duo of Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. It shouldn't be a surprise that they beat the Wings, or anyone else for that matter.
The Hawks are 7 points behind the Wings, with three less wins. The post-lockout NHL has brought on a level of parity that hasn't been seen in years. The gap between cellar-dweller and top-tier teams is shrinking by the day. For example, last week the worst team in the East, at least point-wise, the Washington Capitals, defeated the best team in the league, the Ottawa Senators.
MsMofoGone said:
The Hawks' record doesn't mean 'Skippy Peanut Butter' to some of us Chicagoans. There have been 'years' of denial towards the Hawks and the organization, in general. The fact that Bill Wirtz died, now it seems the organization is changing ... finally for the better, or at least they're trying to change things ... but, rather slowly. Still, mind you ... it will take alot more time before alot of us 'give in' to rooting for the Hawks, or go to see their games (or now watch them on SportsNet) or even to say we have an interest in that team ... Period.
MsMofoGone said:The Hawks' record doesn't mean 'Skippy Peanut Butter' to some of us Chicagoans. There have been 'years' of denial and resentment towards the Hawks and the organization, in general. The fact that Bill Wirtz died, now it seems the organization is changing ... finally for the better, or at least they're trying to change things ... but, rather slowly. Still, mind you ... it will take alot more time before alot of us 'give in' to rooting for the Hawks, or go to see their games (or now watch them on SportsNet) or even to say we have an interest in that team ... Period.
Originally posted by elevated_u2_fan
you'll never be a Leafs fan with that attitude
Originally posted by BonoManiac
Ah, alright. So that's what you meant. I thought you meant it in a "wow, the Hawks suck, they couldn't possibly have beaten the Wings" sort of way.
ladywithspinninghead said:What are people's predictions for tonight's Habs vs Leafs game?
If the Habs win, it will be their first victory against the Leafs this season (third game).
The Leafs have a piss-poor record at home so my CDN$ is on the Habs
MsMofoGone said:But honestly, the Hawks DO suck ... it must be MY 'denial and resentment' showing through !!
MsMofoGone said:
But honestly, the Hawks DO suck ... it must be MY 'denial and resentment' showing through !!
Originally posted by CTU2fan
But you should be happy, your boy Ondrej is on fire for the Thrashers
Lusty Tlusty
Leafs rookie winger embarrassed after raunchy self-taken photos create Internet frenzy
Wed, November 14, 2007
By STEVE SIMMONS
Maple Leafs' rookie Jiri Tlusty has been caught with his pants down.
And the naked images of him leave little to the imagination.
Tlusty, the once-hot Leafs callup, is suddenly the centre of hockey attention after naked photos appeared on the Canadian gossip website isthishappening.com late last week.
The photos were actually shot by Tlusty, according to his lawyer, Jerome R. Morse.
"Mr. Tlusty took these photographs of himself with his camera phone last year," Morse wrote in an letter, e-mailed to Zack Taylor of isthishappening.com. "As such, Mr. Tlusty is the owner of these photographs and any unauthorized publication of these photographs is a violation of his copy-right."
Tlusty couldn't be reached for comment yesterday morning but, in an earlier e-mail response to the website, he wrote: "I feel like s--t right now."
"I used poor judgment in this instance last season and I have learned a valuable lesson," Tlusty said in a press release issued by the Leafs last night.
"It will not happen again and I have no further comment."
Leafs GM John Ferguson added: "He made a naive mistake as a teenager. It's a lesson in how something private can easily become very public in the Internet age."
The photos have since been removed from the website after Morse threatened legal action, but they still appear online in other places. Other photos, including one of Tlusty sticking his tongue out close to a male friend, are still on the isthishappening.com website.
According to a number of sources, Tlusty took numerous photos of himself, posted them on his Facebook website and actually e-mailed a full-frontal nude photo of himself to a woman he met online.
'MISTAKE WAS MADE'
All that happened before he joined the Leafs earlier this season but after he was the first-round draft pick of the team in 2006. The photos, circulated electronically among friends, wound up on the gossip website.
Czech-born Tlusty is only 19 years old and improving in his ability to speak English. "A mistake was made and it has been dealt with," said Paul Dennis, the Maple Leafs player development coach, who refused to confirm any of the details surrounding Tlusty's indiscretion.
"Everyone in this case has responded in the appropriate fashion (since it happened). The important thing for people in these situations is seeing the silver lining here and growing from it."
The Tlusty story is just the most recent example of youth tripping over technology and celebrity all at the same time. This has happened with people more famous, like Paris Hilton, and less famous, like the Saugeen stripper a few years back at the University of Western Ontario.
Leafs' coach Paul Maurice admitted yesterday he was made aware of the Tlusty situation recently and indicated the matter was being dealt with internally by the Toronto club.
"(Jiri's) handled it as well as anyone could handle it under the circumstances," said the coach. "It's an excellent learning experience for a young man.
"There has to be a new awareness (about new media). When you're in the public eye, you have to guard how you behave. I hope this young man can put this behind him quickly. I hope he has already."
Since posting the original photos, representatives of isthishappening.com have been interviewed by ETCanada and Much Music and website hits have grown from 50,000 daily, according to Zack Taylor, to more than 100,000.
'A GREAT KID'
"I feel bad for the kid," said Taylor. "But he's a professional athlete -- this is what happens."
Taylor called the reaction to the Tlusty photos "insane."
Tlusty's junior coach, Craig Hartsburg, wasn't surprised to hear that a player had been exposed online, but admitted to be stunned that the player was Tlusty. "This is bizarre," said a shocked Hartsburg. "He's a great kid, a great kid. I never had any issues with him.
"Does it surprise me that something like this happened? No. Does it surprise me that it happened to him? Absolutely."
Messages left for Bobby Orr and Rick Curran, Tlusty's agents, were not returned.
Tlusty, who was in the lineup last night when the Leafs played the Montreal Canadiens, became almost an overnight sensation earlier in the season when he scored the first goal of his NHL career off of his butt against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Yesterday, however, it was other body parts people were talking about.