hope duclair and nurse puck out in the world jrs 
Official NHL 2014-2015 Random Thoughts Thread
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Duclair looked good last night and so did canada we gon get that gold back baby!!hope duclair and nurse puck out in the world jrs
SmoothOperator88
Your friendly neighborhood coli poster
AND replaced them with interim co-head coaches.
Has this ever happened before? Co-head coaches I mean.
AND replaced them with interim co-head coaches.
Has this ever happened before? Co-head coaches I mean.
nah
lou just doesnt trust stevens and oates
SmoothOperator88
Your friendly neighborhood coli poster
nah
lou just doesnt trust stevens and oates
Low key instead of salvaging the season, I'd rather be in the Dishonor for Connor & Win Jack for Jack sweepstakes.
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Low key instead of salvaging the season I'd rather be in the Dishonor for Connor win & Win Jack for Jack sweepstakes.
dudes like connor come along like every 10 yeasr
Jamal514
In high demand
at greedy ass Hockey Canada. I can't find any tickets for the Canada-USA game for less than $124.Tickets for the Gold Medal game start at $210
They were forced to lower prices on the other games though. I got $11 tickets for USA-Slovakia.
Germany vs Slovakia tickets start at $4 a piece
Montreal and Toronto are probably the worst two cities they could have picked for this tourney, they just don't fukk with Junior hockey like that, they're NHL towns. And they have the tournament again in 2 years.
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timothy_strickland
BRUHZ
Montreal/Toronto are not hockey towns, they are Habs/leafs towns only. Other teams never get respect, attention, devotion or benefit of doubt. Its feast or famine with teams like Impact, Alouettes, Argos, Jays, etc
If they win championships, they might get, at best, 1/3 of the attention that Habs/Leafs get all year.
If they suck its like they dont exist at all
no respect
They just dont fukk with other teams and sports as much as their own NHL hockey teams, though the Raptors brand is getting stronger ONLY in Toronto, only because of their success this year.
In Montreal outside of the Habs, people be like this x 1000
Only other exception, is big time events.
(Note :Its crazy to witness how everyone jumps on the bandwagon when the Habs are in the playoffs. You see easily like 80% of quebec people, of all races, creeds, cheering the Habs hard. You see these hoes not caring about hockey or sports all year, but try to be hardcore for playoff season lol. They just want to party, follow the trend, join in the festive atmosphere, and use the Habs as excuse to do so.)
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MTL: Habs and event town, especially short term, one-time big events like a preseason Toronto Blue jays game at Stade Olympique in late march, or a preseason Raptors game at Bell centre, in late october (that game was played, october 24 in Montreal)
Montrealers are fickle, vain people, people like the spotlight, people like to see one time big events or to be seen at the one time big events.
People dont fukk with perpetually losing teams, if they are not winning champs, people drop them with the quickness, completely forget their existence, and only pay attention when they are on the verge to win it all. Loyalty and association with the team/brand is only there during times of feast.
Even the Habs dont receive special protection from that
mentality. I remember as a kid, when the Habs sucked hard back in the late 90s, early 00s, absolutely no one cared, and some of people who still bothered to watch NHL, only fukked with perennial contender teams like Detroit, Colorado, Dallas, New Jersey, Philly, Toronto(cujo/belfour years). Heck, in 2011-12, when they finished dead last in the east and missed the playoffs no one cared either, you would often see empty seats at the Bell centre, in the second half of the season.
And the student protests/free tuition thing happened in the spring of 2012. They took all the place in the media/peoples minds, since the Habs werent playing playoff hockey.
As a whole, Montreal is strictly a Habs and short term big event town(soccer world cup tournaments, that last 1 month, every 4 years, very rare preseason jays and raps games(only 1-2 games at most) Super bowl parties, Bell centre concerts, countless music festivals all year) nothing else.
If they win championships, they might get, at best, 1/3 of the attention that Habs/Leafs get all year.
If they suck its like they dont exist at all
no respect
They just dont fukk with other teams and sports as much as their own NHL hockey teams, though the Raptors brand is getting stronger ONLY in Toronto, only because of their success this year.
In Montreal outside of the Habs, people be like this x 1000
Only other exception, is big time events.
(Note :Its crazy to witness how everyone jumps on the bandwagon when the Habs are in the playoffs. You see easily like 80% of quebec people, of all races, creeds, cheering the Habs hard. You see these hoes not caring about hockey or sports all year, but try to be hardcore for playoff season lol. They just want to party, follow the trend, join in the festive atmosphere, and use the Habs as excuse to do so.)
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MTL: Habs and event town, especially short term, one-time big events like a preseason Toronto Blue jays game at Stade Olympique in late march, or a preseason Raptors game at Bell centre, in late october (that game was played, october 24 in Montreal)
Montrealers are fickle, vain people, people like the spotlight, people like to see one time big events or to be seen at the one time big events.
People dont fukk with perpetually losing teams, if they are not winning champs, people drop them with the quickness, completely forget their existence, and only pay attention when they are on the verge to win it all. Loyalty and association with the team/brand is only there during times of feast.
Even the Habs dont receive special protection from that
mentality. I remember as a kid, when the Habs sucked hard back in the late 90s, early 00s, absolutely no one cared, and some of people who still bothered to watch NHL, only fukked with perennial contender teams like Detroit, Colorado, Dallas, New Jersey, Philly, Toronto(cujo/belfour years). Heck, in 2011-12, when they finished dead last in the east and missed the playoffs no one cared either, you would often see empty seats at the Bell centre, in the second half of the season.And the student protests/free tuition thing happened in the spring of 2012. They took all the place in the media/peoples minds, since the Habs werent playing playoff hockey.
As a whole, Montreal is strictly a Habs and short term big event town(soccer world cup tournaments, that last 1 month, every 4 years, very rare preseason jays and raps games(only 1-2 games at most) Super bowl parties, Bell centre concerts, countless music festivals all year) nothing else.
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I remember Habs tickets being available at the box office game day a few hours before the start during those lean years late 90s-early 2000s...
When that team sucks they dont sell the joint out...
timothy_strickland
BRUHZ
True.
A big factor is the massive immigration to the city, from countries that just dont fukk with hockey for climatic, historical and cultural reasons. Hockey is quite the expensive sport, you have to get new gear every 2 years or so, and its cheaper to play soccer, basketball.
And the Leafs are the Cleveland Browns of hockey because they have not been revelant for a long time, since the Pat Quinn era.
So there are no incentives to support the Leafs.
Also, what separates the Habs/leafs is that the Habs are profoundly tied to Quebec society/history/nationalistic feelings, in a way that Leafs are not in Ontario. Habs are a big part of Quebec cultural identity, Toronto Maple Leafs is not a big part of Ontario cultural identity. Leafs are just a team. Habs are considered bigger than that.
Habs are historically a big deal in Montreal/Quebec because players like Maurice Richard, Béliveau, etc were a big source of pride back in an eras where french-canadians folk were dominated economically and politically by the english. They felt powerless, and restricted socially because of Duplessis, the church, back then, and seeing rocket richard, beliveau, etc reppin their people by dominating hockey, establishing new records and winning cups every year, gave them A LOT of pride.
Of course winning 24 cups, having the most hall of famers greatly helped too. Its easy to be a fan when your team is winning on the daily.
But in french-canadian minds, they are not just a hockey team, they are actually treated like a ''national'' team of sorts. For example, you see polish people cheering team poland in soccer because they feel their soccer team represent their nation and folk, as a natural extension of themselves, on the soccer field. A lot of french-canadian people in quebec, cheer the Habs the exact same way the poles do with their soccer team.
And to immigrants, being an Habs fan can be a way to more or less integrate into Quebec society. They see how big the Habs are in Montreal, and supporting the Habs, talking about Habs hockey, is a nice and easy way to create bonds with ''native'' french-canadians.
For the english folk, native indians, and non-french canadian people born and raised in montreal, its a given. We like the Habs because we grew up with them, we only rep our city. Also a lot of us have a decent familiarity with hockey, played hockey so its natural for us to be Habs fans.
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USA vs canada game gon be piff fam
Tickets for the Gold Medal game start at $210
They were forced to lower prices on the other games though. I got $11 tickets for USA-Slovakia.
Germany vs Slovakia tickets start at $4 a piece
Montreal and Toronto are probably the worst two cities they could have picked for this tourney, they just don't fukk with Junior hockey like that, they're NHL towns. And they have the tournament again in 2 years.
Mcdavid vs eichel
