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He had it custom-made at a tailor in Mtl, who supplies him with his custom-made suits. They showed this on 24/7 a couple of weeks ago. Last week, they showed him and his brothers at his parents' mansion in Toronto. Mansion!!! I realized while watching the show that this kid grew up in a life of privilege. I guess it pays to be a school principal. But i shouldn't be that surprised PK grew up in a wealthy family, since his parents were able to enroll all three boys in hockey for most of their lives. Having a kid enrolled in hockey today costs a lot of money, which is why years ago i encouraged one of my sibblings to enroll his kids in soccer instead.
Florida is indeed playing great hockey and they're a very well-coached team. Gerry Gallant is a heck of a coach and i've been saying it since his days in the Q.
The fact they're playing that well and that people are coming back to watch them play isn't good news for Quebec City, which is looking for an NHL hockey team to play in the new arena. I don't think the Coyotes are going anywhere soon and Vegas will likely get the next expansion franchise, with Seattle also on the list. The western conference has two less teams than the east and the league will take care of the west before expanding or relocating to the east. But all they have to do is do another re-alignment of the league. Send Detroit back to the west, for one. Columbus could also join them. Detroit has a natural rivalry with St-Louis, Dallas and Chicago....the old Norris division.....so it would make sense.
The fact they're playing that well and that people are coming back to watch them play isn't good news for Quebec City, which is looking for an NHL hockey team to play in the new arena. I don't think the Coyotes are going anywhere soon and Vegas will likely get the next expansion franchise, with Seattle also on the list. The western conference has two less teams than the east and the league will take care of the west before expanding or relocating to the east. But all they have to do is do another re-alignment of the league. Send Detroit back to the west, for one. Columbus could also join them. Detroit has a natural rivalry with St-Louis, Dallas and Chicago....the old Norris division.....so it would make sense.
I thought Kansas City was in the running, as the Islanders were supposed to go there a couple years ago when Charles Wang didn't get Nassau County to bite on his idea for a new arena
KC was also supposed to be in the running for an NBA franchise, as well....
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KC was also supposed to be in the running for an NBA franchise, as well....
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What happened to Team Canada in the World Juniors ??
I'm sure the media are having a field day
http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/6216394-renney-defends-canada-s-world-junior-coaches/
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I'm sure the media are having a field day
http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/6216394-renney-defends-canada-s-world-junior-coaches/
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They shot themselves in the foot again by taking too many dumb penalties. Since 1972, Canada has proven over and over that they are among the world's most undisciplined teams. They just never learn. Canadians are also a very arrogant bunch when it comes to hockey. They are clueless to the fact that other countries develop players as good as they do. That's why many Canadian kids go play college hockey in the States instead of going the junior route. Finland and Sweden also are fine developers of hockey players, so are other countries like the United States, Russia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Switzerland has slowly made its way up the ladder and now a country like Denmark is surprising many.
Florida won again tonight and are now 3 pts ahead of the habs with a game in hand. These Panthers are for real, folks!
A whole bunch of teams are trailing the habs within only a few points and most of them have games in hand.
The Leafs won again last night against St-Louis. This is the second game in a row they beat them. The Leafs are slowly but surely climbing in the standings and if they keep on playing this way, they'll be in the playoffs, which isn't part of the plan this year. They're supposed to struggle badly in year one of the major rebuild. But Mike Babcock is stubborn and hates to lose, so the Leafs might wind up missing on a chance to draft Auston Matthews. Damn!
A whole bunch of teams are trailing the habs within only a few points and most of them have games in hand.
The Leafs won again last night against St-Louis. This is the second game in a row they beat them. The Leafs are slowly but surely climbing in the standings and if they keep on playing this way, they'll be in the playoffs, which isn't part of the plan this year. They're supposed to struggle badly in year one of the major rebuild. But Mike Babcock is stubborn and hates to lose, so the Leafs might wind up missing on a chance to draft Auston Matthews. Damn!
The Flyers just traded Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings for some stiff named Jordan Weal and a third-round pick. The Flyers have agreed to pick up half of Lecavalier and Schenn's salary this season. Lecavalier has indicated he's planning to retire after this season with two years left on his contract.
This is a great trade for Hextall. He saved a whole lot of cap space for a player who'd never play again and a defenceman the current coach had no use for.
In other news, Mike Richards has agreed to join the Washington Capitals for $1 million/1 year prorated.
This is a great trade for Hextall. He saved a whole lot of cap space for a player who'd never play again and a defenceman the current coach had no use for.
In other news, Mike Richards has agreed to join the Washington Capitals for $1 million/1 year prorated.
Stupid move by the Caps..... They have the best team in the NHL and great chemistry and they bring in a cancer like Mike Richards? Idiotic! I was talking to the sexiest blonde Caps fan on Merb just now and she is not happy with this.
It'll depend if he's got his act back together. He'll be the Caps' 4th center for the time being. It's strictly a depth move for their upcoming playoffs run. Who knows when he'll join the team. He's got tons of playoffs experience, represented Canada on several of its national teams, and was once a captain. And if the move doesn't pan out, they'll simply release him since he came cheap.
In other news, i just heard that the Jackets traded Ryan Johansen to Nashville for Seth Jones. What a trade!!! :thumb:
PK Subban speech before the Winter Classic (funny):
http://www.gohabsgo.com/2016/01/09/video-pk-subban-with-the-greatest-pregame-speech-e/
http://www.gohabsgo.com/2016/01/09/video-pk-subban-with-the-greatest-pregame-speech-e/
I watched the final episode last night. The PK Subban Show, as i call it. And he made his family proud by dressing up like pimp on the day of the game. His parents must have been very proud of him! lol
The kid loves the camera, there's no doubt. Many are saying that he's got no business going to the all-star game, but i disagree. The all-star game is made for extroverts like Subban, more so today in an age where there are cameras nearly everywhere. Every team is forced to send at least one player to the game, so that's why Subban is going. Who else could they have sent? Carey Price may be out for the year, and the only players who've been playing well are the no-names they recently called up from the minors.
But unfortunately for Subban, it's no big secret that a quarter of the players on his team can't stand him (Plekanec, Markov, etc) and that the fact he constantly craves the camera and off-ice engagements may have greatly negatively affected his play this season.
He's got only one goal this season (one goal!!!), and it was a controversial goal where many claim the puck never even went in. It was in an October game against Toronto and they had to go to video review to reverse the goal. The replays were inconclusive, so the initial call was allowed to stand. This is troubling to Habs management since Subban gets tons of ice time....he played around 27 minutes in his last game. And he will play for the entire two minutes of a powerplay when his team goes on the powerplay. The Habs are likely wondering: "Why are we going to pay this guy $11 million in the next two seasons?? What does he bring to this team when he doesn't score?? Are we paying him to be the king of giveaways? Are we paying him to take all those stupid penalties?? Are we paying him to irritate the hell out of nearly half of our own team?? Why??
I could easily name you ten defencemen i'd take on my team before Subban. Heck, i could name you twenty. And yet, Geoff Molson overuled his general manager a year-and-a-half ago and ordered him to give in to Subban and Don Meehan's demands or else risk getting fired. Marc Bergevin didn't have much of a choice in the matter and made Subban the highest-paid defenceman in the history of professional hockey. Unbelievable!!
p.s. I also can't believe they agreed to pay Jeff Petry, who has averaged 17 points over the past 3 seasons, $7 million this season and next season. Crazy!!
The Rangers collapsed today again in the final minutes, after coming back from a 2-0 deficit to take a 3-2 lead
Why- because we have no toughness on defense or even the forwards
The only guy who hits is Tanner Glass, and little Mats Zuccarello
Derek Stepan is a total waste of roster space this year
When Ovechkin had the puck in OT, I knew it was over
And to give him some credit- what a total defensive turnaround on his part from 2 years ago
Stat of the game- the Rangers are the SECOND WORST team in hockey in giving up goals with 5 minutes left in the period
TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE !!!
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Why- because we have no toughness on defense or even the forwards
The only guy who hits is Tanner Glass, and little Mats Zuccarello
Derek Stepan is a total waste of roster space this year
When Ovechkin had the puck in OT, I knew it was over
And to give him some credit- what a total defensive turnaround on his part from 2 years ago
Stat of the game- the Rangers are the SECOND WORST team in hockey in giving up goals with 5 minutes left in the period
TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE !!!
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The Rangers seem to parallel the habs this season. I give them credit for coming back against possibly the best team in hockey. But Ovechkin scored an absolute gem in overtime right after the Rangers seemingly had it won.
Lundqvist is having an average season so far. For the Rangers to succeed more, he'll have to be at the top of his game.
Lundqvist is having an average season so far. For the Rangers to succeed more, he'll have to be at the top of his game.
Latest Jonathan Drouin rumour is that he's close to heading to Minnesota for Jonas Brodin.
In other words, the Oilers have recalled Zack Kassian and the Preds have put Cody Hodgson on waivers.
In other words, the Oilers have recalled Zack Kassian and the Preds have put Cody Hodgson on waivers.
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