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

[Doc Holliday]

Right now, the only difference between the Leafs & the Habs, other than the Leafs having a better team, is that the Leafs have been terribly unlucky so far, while the Habs have been terribly lucky.

Carey Price saved the fort in the first two games, which the Habs should have easily lost. But what can i say? Miracles DO happen!!

Other than their couple of victories against the Isles, the Habs haven't proven anything to me other than that they are an extremely lucky team who's shown the ability to beat some of the worse teams in the NHL. The Leafs have, on the other hand, rebounded & played extremely well in their past 5 games. Most experts will admit that their record doesn't reflect how good that team is, which will only get better once Phil Kessel joins the team, probably this coming Tuesday. And the Habs?? It'll be a v-e-r-y long season for Habs fans!! They have only one line that can score....their coach is as boring as Boring Bob Gainey & his coaching reflects his personality.....it seems like these two are about to crap in their pants everytime the camera shows their faces during games....the goaltending situation is a mess....the defence sucks....they're a team with a very good first line (which is actually a second line on many other teams) & 3 other # 4 lines. And the fans......no comment!

 

[Techman]

Right now, the only difference between the Leafs & the Habs, other than the Leafs having a better team, is that the Leafs have been terribly unlucky so far, while the Habs have been terribly lucky.

Carey Price saved the fort in the first two games, which the Habs should have easily lost. But what can i say? Miracles DO happen!!

Other than their couple of victories against the Isles, the Habs haven't proven anything to me other than that they are an extremely lucky team who's shown the ability to beat some of the worse teams in the NHL. The Leafs have, on the other hand, rebounded & played extremely well in their past 5 games. Most experts will admit that their record doesn't reflect how good that team is, which will only get better once Phil Kessel joins the team, probably this coming Tuesday. And the Habs?? It'll be a v-e-r-y long season for Habs fans!! They have only one line that can score....their coach is as boring as Boring Bob Gainey & his coaching reflects his personality.....it seems like these two are about to crap in their pants everytime the camera shows their faces during games....the goaltending situation is a mess....the defence sucks....they're a team with a very good first line (which is actually a second line on many other teams) & 3 other # 4 lines. And the fans......no comment!

The Leafs, with only ONE win in 11 games have the better team? OK, if you say so.

Can you find me just ONE expert to back up your claim that their record doesn't reflect how good the Leafs are? Just one? Please? And it has to be one that isn't based in Toronto or works for the Leafs or the CBC. Just one.

You are right about one thing...the Leafs do rebound well. In fact they bounce all over the ice. They rebound very well but one thing that they can't seem to do is win games.
You talk about them catching the habs in the standings, well they're still working on getting out of last place overall. Let them do that before you talk about them catching the habs. I bet they've already started polishing their golf clubs. Maybe they should try using them instead of hockey sticks. They couldn't do any worse.

 

[joelcairo]

Your teams sucks, plain & simple. Kostitsyn sucks, Price sucks, Gill sucks, Gainey sucks, etc....the list is long!

Once again, yes, the Leafs suck right now. I admit it.

Point 1: agreed.

Point 2: agreed.

No surprise, I guess: I've been saying both things for years while delusional leaf and hab fans have been predicting nothing but rosy futures for years.

Then there's Doc, who seems to root for the leafs every year and bash the habs every year..until it becomes inevitable that the habs will once more do better than the leafs, at which point Doc inevitably jumps ship and starts ranting about his love for the canadiens.

At least iggy is committed to the leafs and at least ghg is committed to the habs. While they may not have the best choice in teams, at least they don't become turncoats at the end of every season.

 

[Jman47]

Doc, cmon, were talking about the biggest hoser fans in the world, not true hockey fans to say the least, for every goscabsgo, there is ,,,well......... a million more just like.. all they can do is point to the leafs cause well, its all they got right now to make themselves feel better about there team.... true fans stick by there team win or lose,,, see you at the game

Sorry boys, had to say this ... this total description of Habs fans is the exact description (substitute baseball for hockey and spankees for goscabsgo) of Yankees fans in baseball...
Who said Iggy doesn't listen...

Go Habs Go!!!

 

[Doc Holliday]

Then there's Doc, who seems to root for the leafs every year and bash the habs every year..until it becomes inevitable that the habs will once more do better than the leafs, at which point Doc inevitably jumps ship and starts ranting about his love for the canadiens.

The doc is & has always been committed to the Leafs 100%, year in & year out. The only time the doc has slightly pulled for the Habs was during the playoffs if the Leafs were out, only because the Habs were a Canadian team. The doc wll cheer for any Canadian team if the Leafs are not in the playoffs. The doc is a hockey fan, period. Not just a Leafs fan, but a hockey fan.

Never will the doc ever jump ship & cheer against his Leafs. Never, ever!

 

[Techman]

It seems we all agree. Doc should be committed!

 

[joelcairo]

By the way, even though the Leafs have struggled this season, they're slowly creeping up on the Habs (love it!) and with a win tonight will only be 5 pts behind the Habs, with two games in hand on top of that!

So, let's see if we have this right: IF the leafs beat the habs tonight, then they will ONLY be 5 pts behind the habs.

Wow! No wonder you're so thrilled!

Uh, but gee, I DO see a little cause for concern:

1. The leafs haven't yet won the game! (Sure, they might win it, but you can't really count on it can you Doc? Especially since they've only won one game all season...and that one game wasn't against the habs, since they lost to them on opening night in their own barn!

2. Even IF they win, they're STILL several points behind!

3. They're still several points behind the HABS, who - as you keep reminding us - "suck"...so if the habs suck, the leafs must suck a lot more.

 

[joelcairo]

Go Leafs go!!!!!!! Go Komi!!!!!!

Agree 100% !

The leafs and Komi should both GO! (My suggestions: Iran or Pakistan!)

 

[lgna69xxx]

your too easy jman69...... red sux fans are ALMOST as bad as scabs fans, but scabs fans still take the cake so to speak...... and i knew you were gonna say that, you or Special K

Go Yanks/Go Leafs! off to the Bell Centre

Sorry boys, had to say this ... this total description of Habs fans is the exact description (substitute baseball for hockey and spankees for goscabsgo) of Yankees fans in baseball...
Who said Iggy doesn't listen...

Go Habs Go!!!

 

[Jman47]

your too easy jman69......

Go Yanks/Go Leafs! off to the Bell Centre

LOL...
What's the saying, you can be easy or cheap, but never be both...I'm only easy when I want to be Iggy23 and I'm never cheap ...
Enjoy the game...Go Habs Go!.

Need some Kleenex???

 

[lgna69xxx]

trust me fair weather jman, your both rookie........... consider yourself schooled lol man

love ya

LOL...
What's the saying, you can be easy or cheap, but never be both...I'm only easy when I want to be Iggy23 and I'm never cheap ...
Enjoy the game...Go Habs Go!.

 

[Techman]

Leafs lose. Again. I have to admit that they put up a good fight and they didn't give up, but the final result is still...Leafs lose. Again.

Now all that's left is to see what excuses the Leafs fans can come up with for this one.

 

[Jman47]

trust me fair weather jman, your both rookie........... consider yourself schooled lol man

love ya

Dry your eyes Iggy...that had to be tough for ya...
But you can thank Joe.t....he jinxed the Leafs with a bold prediction...

Your Yanks are not doing much better, so far...

 

[lgna69xxx]

leafs lost nothing, its the scabs who found out how bad they are......... leafs have been playing everyone tough and have no lucky bounces like the scabs have in their wins
, but scabs are proud to BARELY beat a 1-7-3 team?????? ahhhh OUI typical scabs delusional fans............... go scabs go!!!!!!!!!!! bring on the parade!!!!! bwahahahahahaaha.........
and .......

Leafs lose. Again. I have to admit that they put up a good fight and they didn't give up, but the final result is still...Leafs lose. Again.

Now all that's left is to see what excuses the Leafs fans can come up with for this one.

 

[lgna69xxx]

jman, you lil silly roid suk fan, testing the big boys in the nhl i see........ shall we school you like we do in the baseball thread lil boy,.......... this should be fun,....... tell me your a bru sux fan right? bwahahahahaha....... nice season last yr,,,,,,,,,, just couldnt close the deal at the end ehhhhhhhhhhh?

Dry your eyes Iggy...that had to be tough for ya...
But you can thank Joe.t....he jinxed the Leafs with a bold prediction...

Your Yanks are not doing much better, so far...

 

[Jman47]

leafs lost nothing, its the scabs who found out how bad they are......... leafs have been playing everyone tough and have no lucky bounces like the scabs have in their wins
, but scabs are proud to BARELY beat a 1-7-3 team??????

So if you win by 1 goal or if you win by 5 goals, its still a W...right?
LOL By admitting how poor the Leafs are and that the Habs beat them you can say how bad the Habs are ... ?!?
Here comes the excuse parade...

 

[lgna69xxx]

such a funny lil rookie you are , bwhahahahaha........

So if you win by 1 goal or if you win by 5 goals, its still a W...right?
LOL By admitting how poor the Leafs are and that the Habs beat them you can say how bad the Habs are ... ?!?
Here comes the excuse parade...

 

[Jman47]

jman, you lil silly roid suk fan, testing the big boys in the nhl i see........ shall we school you like we do in the baseball thread lil boy,.......... this should be fun,....... tell me your a bru sux fan right? bwahahahahaha....... nice season last yr,,,,,,,,,, just couldnt close the deal at the end ehhhhhhhhhhh?

Who's easy?...

 

[Techman]

The Leafs are really a 1-11 team. Giving that point for a regulation tie just makes things look better than they really are.

1 win and 11 losses and there ain't anything you can say that makes that any less embarrassing. It's pitiful really.

 

[Jman47]

tell me your a bru sux fan right? bwahahahahaha....... nice season last yr,,,,,,,,,, just couldnt close the deal at the end ehhhhhhhhhhh?

Nope, sorry Iggy...wrong again.
Actually I have not followed hockey too much lately, but figured I'd start a little. So to pick a team to root for I used the logic employed by most Yankee fans. I went out and found the team with the most championships and picked 'em as my new fav...
Besides, if I'm gonna travel to Montreal, what the hell...go with the tradition...
Go Habs Go!