haleyrules
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There is only one real hockey team and that is Montreal.
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haleyrules
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There is still a team on Long Island?? That's almost as bad as...say...L.A.
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Brooklyn now.There is still a team on Long Island?? That's almost as bad as...say...L.A.
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Brooklyn?? Really. For how long and they have an arena there? How did that come about?
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Too much losing, fans on the Island got bored i guess. I think there was a financial situation with the local government for funds to improve the Coliseum or build a new arena, they said no, and off to Brooklyn the Islanders went.
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Interesting. I haven't followed hockey very closely for years and have lost touch with what has gone on.
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And they choose Vegas over a real hockey city like Quebec City...Quebec and Montreal was simply the greatest rivalry in sports at the time...
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Agreed and Quebec City was great for hockey also with its unique culture. Great City.
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Atlantic is wide open
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Agreed...Montreal suddenly moved into a playoff with a victory at Detroit, I thought they were finished after that horrible start...
Detroit is struggling now, Toronto doesn't look nearly as good as they did in the first month...
NJ and Vegas are my early season surprises...
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Patrick Roy's Last Game In A Montreal Canadiens Uniform. December 2nd 1995
...and exactly 22 years later Montreal finally got revenge 10-1.
And, just maybe this game has lifted the St. Patrick curse
that was a sad day in Montreal. Tremblay should have been shot the next day. Losing a Star for a couple useless Russians.
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Kings are looking great, John.
Sorry I haven't been posting in here, folks. I have been following the league closely, tho.
Karlsson is having an atrocious year. Drew is leading the NHL in D scoring, 2nd in TOI, and a plus 17. He is getting another Norris.
Quick may get the Vezina this year, too. Kopi is top 5 in Goals and Points. Probably another Selke, at least.
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Yea they are. Definitely rejuvenated after getting rid of Sutter. Figured they were over him when they locked him out of the lockerroom back in 15. lol.
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Yeah, and that was Brownie that lead that endeavor. Props to you for knowing about that, John.
Brown has been a new player this year. Finally having fun again. When we get Carter back, our top 6 wingers can interchange on any top-3 line. We are crazy deep at FWD with Carts' return. It will be, essentially, like getting a mid season/trade deadline acquisition.
Still, we do give the puck away, a lot. We haven't filled the hole that Voynov left us.
With that said, Kuemper has been amazing as a back up to Quickie. 6-0-2. And Quickie is playing out of his mind. We always knew he had a low save % because he often faced 20 shots or less. Now that we left the Sutter-mold, and are giving up more shots, Quick's save % has skyrocketed. We knew it all along. Plus Iaffalo and Kempe are top-6 FWDs that are blossoming, and rookies.
Still, our club is caught in between transition/schemes, so we have made some mistakes.
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