The Official M.E.R.B. Hockey Thread

[gohabsgo]

Winless Toronto headed for more misery as their lack of talent becomes manifest

A Montreal loss seems to provide a joyous distraction for loser Leaf fans – they don’t have to think about how shitty their team is. Speaking of Burke’s “Army of None”, the Leafs currently sit last in the division and are practically cellar dwellers in the conference. But look on the bright side of being winless so far this season Leaf fans - you will likely end up with really high first and second round draft picks next June which will help your organization in the rebuilding process. Oops, Jurke the Genius traded them away for the whiny “Phil the Shrill” Kessel.


EDIT: With Detroit and New Jersey wins tonight, the bottom feeding Maple Turds are not only the worst team in their division and conference but now last in the league! 30th overall! Boston G.M. Peter Chiarelli probably can't wait for next years draft when he makes the first overall selection (compliments of idiot windbag Brian Jurke)

 

[G1GBallday]

6-1 loss on home ice.

Honeymoon's over Habibis fans! Lol. Routed tonight.

Hey SK, I missed the score of the Bruins versus Saku and his buddies tonight. Can you fill me in?

 

[Special K]

Hey SK, I missed the score of the Bruins versus Saku and his buddies tonight. Can you fill me in?

Haha..I've forgotten it already.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Theo Fleury admits to sex abuse past

Former Flames star Theoren Fleury says he was sexually assaulted dozens of times by convicted pervert coach Graham James -- crimes the ex-NHLer claims led him to later squander virtually all his hockey wealth on inebriated rampages.

In excerpts from his new book in Maclean's Magazine, Fleury tells of how James wore down resistance to the coach's advances while he spent two nights a week at the older man's home in the 1980s.

"Graham was on me once or twice a week for the next two years," Fleury told Maclean's, confirming what many have suspected for years after Fleury's one-time minor league teammate Sheldon Kennedy blew the whistle on James in 1996.

He also describes a road trip he and Kennedy took with James to Disneyland in which his teammate was sexually abused in the car's front seat while he slept in the back.

"Think about how sick that is," said Fleury, while also recalling taking turns sleeping with James in motel rooms on the same trip.

The interview comes a week before the release of Fleury's book Playing with Fire in which he alleges harrowing years under James' tutelage as a member of the WHL's Moose Jaw Warriors, which he joined at the age of 16.

The ex-Flame said he decided not to reveal his secret in the 1980s for fear the stigma attached to it would have aborted any hope of an NHL career.

Instead, Fleury said he numbed the trauma with vast amounts of booze, drugs, gambling and strip club romps that he believes consumed most of the $50 million he'd made in the NHL.

"I would go five, six, seven, eight levels below the streets of New York and party with freaks, transvestites, strippers and all kinds of shady people," he said.

Following Kennedy's revelations he'd been assaulted by James 350 times, his former coach was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison.

It's believed James now lives in Montreal.

Fleury -- who thrilled hockey fans with a gritty bid at a comeback with the Flames this fall -- said he's made peace with his parents who he once accused of allowing him to fall into James' clutches.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Calgary/2009/10/09/11359721-sun.html

 

[EagerBeaver]

There was an article on ESPN claiming James is now coaching junior hockey in Europe:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4545993

"James, a well-known Canadian junior hockey coach, served 3½ years in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing some of his players, including Sheldon Kennedy, the only player prior to Fleury to go public. James currently coaches junior hockey in Europe."

 

[gohabsgo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dry6bqzZbFc

 

[Doc Holliday]

Right back at ya!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO4HAiUcrTk

 

[Doc Holliday]

And again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TglklO-YMZY&feature=related

(GHG, do you realize that the Habs should actually be 0-4 right now if it wasn't for Carey Price's masterful goaltending in the first two games? I'm surprised you haven't gone into hiding yet. Will a loss in Edmonton tomorrow do it? )

HABS REALLY SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[lgna69xxx]

geez Doc,,,,, why are you always repeating what i say first? ........ Just Kidding, if its a slam against a cowardly bandwagon scabs fan then repeat all you want my friend!

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(GHG, do you realize that the Habs should actually be 0-4 right now if it wasn't for Carey Price's masterful goaltending in the first two games? I'm surprised you haven't gone into hiding yet. Will a loss in Edmonton tomorrow do it? )

HABS REALLY SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gohabsgo]

HABS REALLY SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take a look at this fool, now tell me who really sucks ...

http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?type=lea#&navid=nav-stn-league

When Burke said "truculence" he meant "suckulence"!

 

[Doc Holliday]

Any average hockey fan with a brain who's watched every game both teams played would easily come to the conclusion that with a bit of luck (and less bad luck), the Leafs should be 2-1 right now. They dominated the Habs in their first game, did lose their 2nd game against Washington, but easily could have beaten Ottawa in their last game, who got both their goals on flukes. The Leafs scored once & could have got their 2nd goal in the third when Komisarek hit both posts with a slapshot.

The Habs, meanwhile, were lucky to beat both Toronto & Buffalo after being grossly outplayed by these two teams, and most knowledgeable Habs hockey fans will admit to this. Carey Price played like Jacques Plante in those two games. A young Jacques Plante, i should add. They played better than people expected against Calgary but still lost to the superior team. You want me to analyze the Vancouver game? I think not.

So with a bit of luck & less bad luck, the standings should read Toronto at 2-1, and Montreal at 0-4. Even most 'Habs experts' i've listened to on tv & radio talk shows admit that the Habs in reality could easily be 0-4 right now.

THE HABS SUCK AND HAVE BECOME AN EMBARASSMENT TO MONTREAL

 

[EagerBeaver]

Reality Check 101

I am not the hockey fan that all of you guys are, but isn't it true that both Montreal and Toronto stink? Isn't it true that TO has severe goaltending issues and Montreal has severe defensemen issues? Who really cares which team stinks worse if neither one is playoff calibre?

There should be more discussion in this thread about the winners in the NHL and less dwelling on the losers. Pittsburgh is defending Stanly Cup champion and it appears as thought the Capitals and perhaps the Blackhawks could mount a serious challenge to them this year. These young teams are teams that will at least sniff the liquid in the Stanley Cup. The only think that either Toronto or Montreal will be sniffing is the horrendous odor of their shitty performances. Let's stop dwelling on the losers in the NHL and start talking about who the winners will be.

 

[Doc Holliday]

True, both teams currently suck, and both teams have goaltending issues (among other problems). But i see the light in Toronto. This will be a great team in a couple of years. It's a team with a vision. Montreal, on the other hand, is going opposite ways & i doubt the GM will be named Gainey next year, unless his first name is Steve. Yes, Mtl has major problems at defence & things were only slightly better when Markov was healthy. The offense is okay. In Toronto, the defence is okay, but they're struggling offensively, even though they were 10th in the league last year in offense with basically the same group, minus Nik Antropov & Dominic Moore. But the offense should stabilize itself once Phil Kessel joins the team in mid-to-late November.

I agree that there are other teams in the league who are very good to great teams. I welcome all feedback on those teams. I agree with your assessment that Pittsburgh, Washington & Chicago are on the way up or already are at the top. I'd also want to mention the NY Rangers, who will surprise a lot of people this season now that they've found a sucker to rid them of that cancer Scott Gomez. With the addition of Marian Gaboric, they'll be one of the top teams in the east, along with the Flyers, the Pens & the Caps, whom i predict will wind up in the Eastern Conference finals this year IF the core of the team remains healthy. A case could be made that Alexander Ovechkin might simply be the most spectacular hockey player we will ever see in our lifetimes.

I don't know what's going on in Boston. The Bruins have been absolutely terrible up to now. Was last year an abberration? Did they play over there heads? Has the departure of Phil Kessel & the injury to David Krejci hurt that much? Will Tim Thomas be a one-season wonder? Have the players tuned off to Claude Julien like they did back in New Jersey and previously in Mtl? Or will they bounce back?

By the way, a study released yesterday showed that the Leafs are the most expensive ticket in hockey, followed by the Habs. Amazing!!!

 

[Special K]

Will Tim Thomas be a one-season wonder?

This I can agree with for certain! Tim Thomas had a crazy fluke season last year. He's an awful goaltender and relied on an absurd amount of luck last year. The Bruins completely fucked up in signing him long term for an absurd price. He sucked the year before last and he sucks this year, same old goalie, different streak of luck so far. Bring on Tukka!!

 

[Doc Holliday]

Theo Fleury's admission to sexual abuse (upcoming autobio) excerpt from Maclean's

http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/09/...d-an-absolute-nightmare-every-day-of-my-life/

 

[gohabsgo]

with a bit of luck (and less bad luck), the Leafs should be 2-1 right now. but easily could have beaten Ottawa in their last game, who got both their goals on flukes.

The Habs, meanwhile, were lucky to beat both Toronto & Buffalo So with a bit of luck & less bad luck, the standings should read Toronto at 2-1,

Absolutely hilarious! Yes, luck and fluke goals are to blame (how about adding biased officiating, poor ice and bad bounces?). More of the same lame excuses from loser Leaf fans.

 

[gohabsgo]

By the way, a study released yesterday showed that the Leafs are the most expensive ticket in hockey, followed by the Habs. Amazing!!!

Fan Cost Index

Toronto Maple Leafs $411.30

four straight seasons without making the playoffs (soon to be five) - amazing that idiot Leaf fans pay those prices to see such a piece of on ice crap!

Montreal Canadiens 361.25
Boston Bruins 352.60
New York Rangers 348.84
New Jersey Devils 339.60
Minnesota Wild 338.12
Vancouver Canucks 334.43
Philadelphia Flyers 322.80
Calgary Flames 312.44
Chicago Blackhawks 312.38
Florida Panthers 309.44
Edmonton Oilers 294.61
NHL AVERAGE 288.23

 

[lgna69xxx]

Sadly, that statement is reality

THE HABS SUCK AND HAVE BECOME AN EMBARASSMENT TO MONTREAL

 

[G1GBallday]

THE HABS SUCK AND HAVE BECOME AN EMBARASSMENT TO MONTREAL

Sadly, that statement is reality

 

[EagerBeaver]

This will be a great team in a couple of years.

Do you think Toronto can be great with Jonas Gustavsson and Vesa Toskala as their goalies? These two are worthy successors to the likes of Eddie Belfour and Curtis Joseph?