2024-2025 NHL season

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Considering the actual team in place for the Habs , maybe Jim Montgomery was just not interested in getting thrown in the city’s furnace. He is well aware of how things are going here and how the medias have a magnifying effect on everything concerning the situation with the team.

 

[gaby]

Quelques surprises hier.....
NSH 4 JETS 1....les JETS reviennent tranquillement les 2 pieds sur terre.
CBJ 5 CAR 4
EDM 6 NYR 2.....quant à moi la grosse surprise....domination totale et CONNOR a fait la loi avec 2g1a
COL 7 FLO 4....avec le retour des NICHUSHKIN----DROUIN/ qui retrouve la touche----TOEWS---LEHKONEN/toujours une menace.......les AVS vont redevenir une équipe dominante....leur seul et GROS problème est dans le net....doivent trouver une solution...car
doivent toujours scorer une tonne de buts pour gagner.....et dans les moments importants ça va les rattraper..lol

..et sans oublier UTA 6 PITT 1...bien content pour TOURIGNY/ 5ème dans sa division....une équipe combattive à son image....et consolation pour SYDNEY avec son 600ème but....au moins lui y lâche pas.....lol.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Considering the actual team in place for the Habs, maybe Jim Montgomery was just not interested in getting thrown in the city's furnace. He is well aware of how things are going here and how the media have a magnifying effect on everything concerning the situation with the team.

I think Montgomery probably was contacted by many teams (including Montreal) and he viewed St. Louis as his best opportunity.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Considering the actual team in place for the Habs , maybe Jim Montgomery was just not interested in getting thrown in the city’s furnace. He is well aware of how things are going here and how the medias have a magnifying effect on everything concerning the situation with the team.

It’s possible. To be honest i don’t even think the Habs even considered signing him. I firmly believe that Gorton-Hughes would rather lose games this season in order to improve their odds in the 2025 entry draft. They’d prefer picking in the top 5 than in the top 15. Winning is not one among their priorities this season. Of course publicly they won’t admit this or else they’d risk the building emptying out if the fans knew the actual truth.

As for Monty the Bruins did confirm that they had tried to extend him during the offseason. Now people are speculating that either the Bruins were not ready to accept his contractual demands or maybe he simply preferred to let his current contract expire & see what his options were. I wouldn’t be surprised if he felt that the current Bruins management team weren’t easy to work with (especially Cam Neely) and simply considered there were easier markets to work in out there. He was also likely looking at job security which the Bruins may not have been crazy about.

Monty got this yesterday when the Blues gave him a guaranteed 5-year contract. And considering how much they wanted him the Blues likely made him one of the league’s highest paid coaches. Monty also knows the area & the organization having once played for the Blues & was hired by Doug Armstrong just a few years ago to be one of Craig Berube’s assistants prior to being hired by the Bruins. It seems that the best-case scenario just happened for Montgomery & he probably can’t believe it happened so fast!

As for Doug Armstrong he has no regrets about firing Drew Bannister since hiring a quality coach like Monty is a chance that rarely presents itself & when you can seal the deal now you do not hesitate. By the way considering what a fantastic job Pascal Vincent is doing in his first season coaching Laval i’d be very surprised if another team doesn’t snatch him up prior to mext season. This would be very unfortunate for the Habs simce he fits the perfect profile of what the franchise looks at when looking at hire a head coach.

 

[gaby]

St-Louis is playing NYR tomorrow....good challenge for the new coach....a game to watch.

 

[Doc Holliday]

St-Louis is playing NYR tomorrow....good challenge for the new coach....a game to watch.

The Blues have been riddled with injuries this season. It’ll probably take Monty months to turn this ship around. Robbie Thomas just returned from injury so that will definitely help. After their total collapse against Edmonton i can’t fathom the blueshirts will lose to St-Louis!

 

[Doc Holliday]

St-Louis was a dream destination for Jim Montgomery. He knows the franchise quite well having coached there in the past, his wife is from St-Louis, they own a house in St-Louis & have lived there during the offseason. Had the Habs wanted him they likely would have struck out simce St-Louis was where he wanted to coach & they called him the day after he got fired. He had at least one other offer & possibly more.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

St-Louis was where he wanted to coach & they called him the day after he got fired. He had at least one other offer & possibly more.

It was certainly already planned since Monty had refused a few proposals from the Bruins. Of course marauding is illegal but we all know it’s still being done.

 

[Doc Holliday]

It was certainly already planned since Monty had refused a few proposals from the Bruins. Of course marauding is illegal but we all know it’s still being done.

Well it’s not really marauding since the Bruins made the decision to fire him.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Trouba & Kreider on the trading bloc
The NY Rangers have advised every NHL team that they are willing to part with Jacob Trouba & Chris Kreider. Personally i was aware that they had been shopping Trouba throughout the offseason however I’m surprised that they have now put it oit there, especially when it comes to long time Rangers veteran Kreider. Other teams have confirmed being advised of their availability by the Rangers. What i’m hearing is that there is quite a bit of internal turmoil going on within the team & upper management decided its time to make some changes in order to change the culture. Their demolition in Edmonton the other night is what led to management to finally decide to make some changes now.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Well it’s not really marauding since the Bruins made the decision to fire him.

I obviously meant prior to the firing

 

[gaby]

WOW...what a start for MONTGOMERY with a 5-2/win......belle façon de ses joueurs de lui souhaiter la bienvenue....lolll....

And another big big wow....TBAY 8--COL 2......HAGEL with 5 pts.....and GEORGIEV au bord de la dépression....lol....venu en relève il a sauté sa coche en fracassant violemment son bâton.....et pour cause...lol.

 

[Doc Holliday]

The Avalanche are playing terrible hockey & it wouldn’t surprise me if Bednar got the ax although as usual it’s not his fault. They have the same problems the Sens have: their defencemen are all one-dimensional offensive defencemen, the goalies suck & the bottom 6 also suck.

As for the Blues beating the slumping i’m also not too surprised. They have Rangers are presently going through some things internally & they’re frustrated. Two veterans are likely to get traded soon in order to shake up the team & Shesterkin can’t always carry the team on his shoulders.

As for the Bruins they were still a playoff team when Monty was fired so it wouldn’t surprise me if they started to win regularly again as soon as Swayman finds his game. He’s sucked so far this season!

And finally Nashville is awful & looks old. Stamkos & Marchessault have struggled fitting in. Their goalie Saros has also struggled & he needs to play up to his talent level. Over the past few seasons he’s been considered as one of the league’s best. I think it’s only a matter of time until they start trading veterans. The current formula ain’t working!

 

[EagerBeaver]

Guys, our favorite hockey analyst Paul Bissonnette was assaulted at a Scottsdale Steakhouse after coming to the aid of the restaurant manager:

Former Arizona Coyotes player, Paul Bissonnette, assaulted at Scottsdale restaurant | FOX 10 Phoenix

Former Arizona Coyotes player, podcaster and TNT hockey analyst, Paul Bissonnette, was assaulted by six men at a Scottsdale restaurant on Sunday night, the police department said.

www.fox10phoenix.com

BIssonnette explains the incident:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1861238006092349950

 

[Doc Holliday]

Biz talked about the incident on the recent Spittin Chicklets podcast. He says he’ll sue the asses off those 6-7 drunks who assaulted him. He added that if any of them agrees to fight him alone inside a barn for 5-10 minutes he’ll waive suing whoever agrees to fight him!

By the way very happy to see my old buddy Jeff Marek co-hosting the Chicklets podcast. He’s one of the best!

 

[EagerBeaver]

The Scottsdale police have acted upon Paul Bissonnette's request and publicly identified all 6 men with mugshots:

Police ID 6 men arrested for assault of former Coyotes player Paul Bissonnette in Scottsdale

Police have released the identities of six men arrested for the assault of former Phoenix Coyotes player Paul Bissonnette at a Scottsdale restaurant.

www.azfamily.com

 

[Doc Holliday]

I wonder which one of them is the bald fuck who instigated the whole thing whom Biz referred to.

I was caught up in a similar situation about 20+ years ago & it’s incredible how these things can escalate. You just want to come to the defence of an innocent bystander as a peacemaker & the next thing you know you’re in the middle of a full- scale brawl fighting 5-6 different guys at the same time! And then if you’re the one who came out on top & caused the most damage these assholes threaten you with lawsuits & death threats when they started the whole mess in the first place! Good on Biz for making this thing public & controlling the message before they did!

 

[EagerBeaver]

I wonder which one of them is the bald fuck who instigated the whole thing whom Biz referred to.

If you want to know which one was charged with the felony all you need to do is read the article. He is identified as the one in the lower right corner. None of the perps look bald.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Timo Meier suspended one game for this hit:

For me the video is inconclusive as to whether Meier's stick or glove connected with the face of L'Heureux. Due to the inconclusive video, my ruling is no suspension and a $5,000 fine.

 

[Doc Holliday]

If you want to know which one was charged with the felony all you need to do is read the article. He is identified as the one in the lower right corner. None of the perps look bald.

Biz kept mentioning a bald fuck that he knocked out or something on his podcast & added the cops were still looking for a seventh person. Maybe he’s the one (the bald fuck) if his assessment is accurate since none of the guys pictured look like a ‘bald fuck’ although a couple of them habe a receding hairline. Anyways i hope at least one of them agree to his offer to beat the crap out of them in return for dropping the charges. Or else risk his promise that he’ll totally ruin their lives.