NHL 2024/2025

Insane ending on Long Island. With 2sec to go of the game McDonagh sends both Varlamov and a defender up into the stands with a spinorama move to get an open goal, only to see his shot be saved on the line by Pulock. the cnut.

Tampa didn't deserve to get anything from the game but it would've been so sweet to see that go in.
 
The Habs toddler big three has been good in a playoff setting. I can't wait to see the additions of Farrell, Norlinder and Guhle, also Poehling is developing. It's crazy to think that they drafted two of the best USHL players of the last decade with the 14th overall and a 4th round pick.
 
My salty self is still triggered by these divisions talks.
 
JPRouve said:
The Habs toddler big three has been good in a playoff setting. I can't wait to see the additions of Farrell, Norlinder and Guhle, also Poehling is developing. It's crazy to think that they drafted two of the best USHL players of the last decade with the 14th overall and a 4th round pick.
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The Habs are potentially 60 minutes away from the Stanley Cup finals but apparently we're pretty far removed from future success, eh? @Cheimoon :D :D
 
WeePat said:
The Habs are potentially 60 minutes away from the Stanley Cup finals but apparently we're pretty far removed from future success, eh? @Cheimoon :D :D
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I'm just happy I didn't jinx things, as @JPRouve would have been at my front door. Not that he could come in, we're still not allowed external visitors, And he'd have to quarantine first. But vengeance would have been swift-ish!

(Of course, this could still be the jinx that jinxes them all, but anyway!)
 
At this point it would be disappointing if the Habs didn't reach the final but there is so much promises due to the fact that some of the cornerstones of this team are very young and there is a bunch of prospect joining them. The situation is a bit weird because Montreal's depth chart is stacked, despite the fact that the likes of Price and Weber are close to the end, the next generation is already there.
 
If they carry this all the way, I should make sure I'm in Quebec when it happens. Somewhere, anywhere!
 
JPRouve said:
At this point it would be disappointing if the Habs didn't reach the final but there is so much promises due to the fact that some of the cornerstones of this team are very young and there is a bunch of prospect joining them. The situation is a bit weird because Montreal's depth chart is stacked, despite the fact that the likes of Price and Weber are close to the end, the next generation is already there.
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I think we had a conversation about the prospect pool last year or the year before, maybe the season Kotkaniemi was taking his first steps in the league. When everyone was talking about tanking for Lafrenière before and during Pens playoff qualifier series, I was more interested in the character building experience Suzuki and Kotkaniemi were gaining, and it looks like the Habs are benefitting from that now. The team is set up really to capitalise on this run, whether we make the final and win it all or or drop the next two games and do neither.

Cheimoon said:
If they carry this all the way, I should make sure I'm in Quebec when it happens. Somewhere, anywhere!
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I spent nearly 2 years living in Montreal several years ago. It's a fantastic place to be during the playoffs, particularly if the Habs are in it. I haven't experienced anything like that kind of atmosphere in a city anywhere else. I can only imagine what it'd be like if the team actually achieved the unthinkable.
 
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WeePat said:
I spent nearly 2 years living in Montreal several years ago. It's a fantastic place to be during the playoffs, particularly if the Habs are in it. I haven't experienced anything like that kind of atmosphere in a city anywhere else. I can only imagine what it'd be like if the team actually achieved the unthinkable.
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My partner is from the province, about an hour from Montréal, and we've lived in its suburbs for a year, so I've been there many times. I have never been there during play-off frenzy though - although one year at a visit some buses had 'Go Habs Go' on them, but that's rather low-key. :) The Habs have very successfully promoted themselves as 'Quebec's team' though, so their support is super strong all over the province, also where my partner's parents are; so I hope we'll at least be able to be there the moment they win the cup (if, etc.).

Where'd you live in Montréal btw? I was in Brossard - I could almost see their training arena in Dix30 alongside the 10 from my house.
 
Cheimoon said:
My partner is from the province, about an hour from Montréal, and we've lived in its suburbs for a year, so I've been there many times. I have never been there during play-off frenzy though - although one year at a visit some buses had 'Go Habs Go' on them, but that's rather low-key. :) The Habs have very successfully promoted themselves as 'Quebec's team' though, so their support is super strong all over the province, also where my partner's parents are; so I hope we'll at least be able to be there the moment they win the cup (if, etc.).

Where'd you live in Montréal btw? I was in Brossard - I could almost see their training arena in Dix30 alongside the 10 from my house.
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I lived briefly in the village and then the rest of my time in Old Montreal. I was quite a young lad then. The period I spent in Montreal and the two years I spent living in Ireland (Dublin) are literally the fondest memories I have from the last 10 years. My coworker who spent a lot of time showing me around grew up in Brossard. Sounds like a cool place :)

I hadn't really paid much attention to hockey before moving to Quebec. Proper fell in love with the game.
 
Maybe my leafs aren’t as shit as I thought :wenger:
 
Cheimoon said:
My partner is from the province, about an hour from Montréal, and we've lived in its suburbs for a year, so I've been there many times. I have never been there during play-off frenzy though - although one year at a visit some buses had 'Go Habs Go' on them, but that's rather low-key. :) The Habs have very successfully promoted themselves as 'Quebec's team' though, so their support is super strong all over the province, also where my partner's parents are; so I hope we'll at least be able to be there the moment they win the cup (if, etc.).

Where'd you live in Montréal btw? I was in Brossard - I could almost see their training arena in Dix30 alongside the 10 from my house.
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I signed my kids up to the Habs hockey summer camp there this summer. They can't wait.
 
sidsutton said:
I signed my kids up to the Habs hockey summer camp there this summer. They can't wait.
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:)

Are you from around Sutton QC btw? We went hiking there last summer - gorgeous area.
 
Fun scenes in Montreal. They lifted the curfew and loosened the restrictions just in time eh! :)

Nice goal to finish it, too:

 
This a weird and probably upsetting new facts for the Leafs fans, the Canadiens have one more Clarence Campbell trophy than the Leafs. Also Clarence Campbell passed away in Montréal on June 24 1984.
 
Feck me, they actually did it. Montreal are in the finals.
 


Cole Caufield is just ridiculous.

Or should I say Goal Caufield

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Bergevin has changed a lot over the years btw!
WeePat said:


Cole Caufield is just ridiculous.

Or should I say Goal Caufield

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:lol:

I can't believe the speed of decision-making in hockey. Also for that last goal yesterday - the no-look assist at top speed, perfectly placed for Lehkonen. Soccer's got nothing on that - but got the benefit that I can actually follow the action instead. (I had no idea what Caufield was doing until I saw it slowed down in the replay.)
 
Cheimoon said:
Bergevin has changed a lot over the years btw!

:lol:

I can't believe the speed of decision-making in hockey. Also for that last goal yesterday - the no-look assist at top speed, perfectly placed for Lehkonen. Soccer's got nothing on that - but got the benefit that I can actually follow the action instead. (I had no idea what Caufield was doing until I saw it slowed down in the replay.)
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Yeah 100%. It's impressive to watch how quickly they process information and execute incredibly difficult moves at such high speeds.
 
Pretty appropriate right now:



And no, I don't believe in jinxes. :cool:
 
If Montreal can pull something out of the bag tonight in Tampa, it would cap off a truly mental day of sports.
 
Especially now they're 4-1 down with 6 min left in the 3rd period...
 
More of that please Champa Bay
 
McDavid deservedly wins the Hart trophy and Ted Lindsay award. The Hart was unanimous, 100/100 votes which perhaps isn't all that surprising given the season he's had but still pretty crazy. 2nd player in history to do it with Gretzky (of course) being the first.
 
2-0 down within minutes under a ton of pressure. Not a good start for the Club de hockey Canadien! They've picked up since and could've had one or two themselves, but they'll have to put one of those chances away soon, cause Tampa isn't going to keep letting this happen.

...and of course Danault scores while I write this. 2-1!
 
Montreal starting the second period like the first and now they're 4-1 down. Well!
 
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