Oh yeah, can't wait for Fear 2. I tried the demo and it was all I could've hoped for (plus giant robots!).
But I've really gotta concentrate on my current backlo
it was announced yesterday that metro, moore, bergeron and mara will not be returning to the canadiens next season. mara not that big a deal, and bergeron i liked at first but later on he just got on my nerves with his inability to do anything right. i could of sworn i saw him pass the puck to crosby during the playoffs, right in front of halak too.
i'm sad to see metro and moore go. they'll be easily replaced but still missed.
now let's talk NHL slapshot. aside from the stupid piece of plastic that comes with the game to hold the wiimote, this thing looks pretty awesome.
aside from the nicely styled graphics, the idea of having to work your way through backyard/pond hockey all the way to the majors really appeals to the kid in me. seeing those kids play outside reminds me of when i was a kid.
and who doesn't want wayne gretzky as a coach?!
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Alex 7:37 - 11th, May 2010 public 2446 hits 11 Comments
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They're nice but...history hasn't been made yet.
I guess I got the ol' ...
holy cow that lapierre goal almost makes up for the shitty season he had. almost.
hall gill out, georges and subban pull up their socks. did an excellent job. spacek back, scored a great goal but aside from that was just ok.halak looked shaky in the 2nd.
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Alex 9:13 - 3rd, May 2010 public 3279 hits 7 Comments
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Subban yes.
Weber maybe (well, he'd be my pick for Bergeron's spot).
Carle...
Montreal wins one in Pittsburgh against the penguins.
the game was a typical Jacques Martin game. get ahead by one and try to get all the players in front of the net to block the shots.
surprisingly, it worked. and what\'s more is that cammy scored two goals. the second was after the 1 goal lead.
Gil played great and got a couple of boos from his old fans when he took care of Crosby a couple of times.
Moore... more is just fun to watch and i think he brings lapierre back to his old self. they really compliment each other well.
my only gripe about the game was there was no coach\'s corner. i guess it was too early to wake up don cherry. made up for it with good company though. dan, jay, Christophe and vikie all screaming at the TV when something happened. nice to not be alone with these things any more.
then watched the Detroit - San Jose game which had so much more physical and much faster. with the way the west is playing i really think someone from there will win it.
jay dan and i were talking about this yesterday. 2 outcomes i\'d love to see:
1. detroit wins and goes on to play the hawks. detroit wins and hossa loses to his old team
2. hawks make it to the finals and lose to the east. hossa loses in the finals again
would be so funny.
it\'s too bad dan won\'t be here for world cup. i think he\'d be great fun to watch the world\'s game with
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Alex 21:40 - 28th, April 2010 public 2499 hits 3 Comments
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detroit hockey town?
alright, but then we're the mecca of hockey
i can't believe it. it seems impossible. came back from a 3-1 deficit in the series they beat the best team in the league. and the game winning goal in game 7 by lapierre and moore was just incredible.
WOOO!
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Alex 10:24 - 20th, April 2010 public 2702 hits 5 Comments
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Martin would be a idiot if he didn't start Price. Jaro's been out of gas since Game 2 an...
yup, lost 5-1. a friend here next to me paid big money for good seats during the playoffs and she gets to watch the habs crash and burn.
terrible terrible game.
i was over by my bros who don\'t have cable. my dad and i wanted to watch the game and by the time we got around to getting an internet version of the game working we were down 2-0 and said \'fuck it\' and turned it off.
where are your seats next game schu?
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Alex 10:02 - 7th, April 2010 public 2318 hits 5 Comments
cordelia -
i really don't know what happened, but your
who saw the game? not me. it's actually kind of disappointing when i think about it because i thought i would catch every single game this season. i've probably only caught 30-40 of them.
last i saw i was checking out nhl.com and saw that montreal was up 2-1 in the 3rd. but nay, they don't tend to keep leads of a single goal (or two goals for that matter) when playing in the third.
so what happened?
halak in net, i haven't read any papers yet but i would imagine now one is calling for his head the way they do price...
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Alex 9:42 - 2nd, April 2010 public 1905 hits 1 Comment
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At least his teammates have his back. Hal Gill is a solid human being for calling out the ...
Yesterday, Martin was asked whether he was angered or in any way upset by the heckling of his goaltender.
"I respect the fans. They pay good dollars to be entertained and they have a right to an opinion," he replied. "As a professional athlete, or a coach, you have to work within the framework.
"Sure I'd like to see better results (for Price), as he would. At the same time, I can't say we lost the game because of him."
And with that answer, Martin badly let Price down.
I expected the coach to rise in some fashion to his goalie's defence. Not necessarily in the guns-blazing manner of former general manager Bob Gainey, who called fans "gutless bastards" for relentlessly booing rearguard Patrice Brisebois during the 2003-04 exhibition season.
But after two strong efforts, this was Martin's opportunity to give Price a public pat on the back, an atta-boy, and to call out the Bell Centre ignoramuses who might as well be attending a monster-truck rally for all they understand about hockey.
Martin could have done so in his own mild way, saying that Price didn't deserve the abuse. That might have been a little too subtle for the loudmouths in the cheap(er) seats, but it would have been a message nonetheless.
what the fuck is that? what kind of coach doesn't get behind his players when his players are actually trying to win games.
the more shit like this happens the more i think there's some kind of conspiracy against price.
gainey always stood up for his players through thick or thin. price has been playing his heart out and people just don't see that. it's getting to the point that i hope he gets out of here and does great things somewhere else , he really doesn't deserve this.
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Alex 14:48 - 31st, March 2010 public 1970 hits 8 Comments
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Yea there were some idiots loud in the rafters that booed him when he got the 3rd star. Th...
Anyone know why price switched from Red pads and gloves to the white ones?
wasn't there big stink about him using the red ones in the beginning of the season? why the sudden switch?
helmets come and go, but pads are forever ;)
price also gets the start in net tonight against the canes.
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Alex 22:27 - 24th, March 2010 public 1926 hits 9 Comments
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What. Third time this season they blew his shutout. First (1-0 vs Boston) Spacek dumps Cha...
watching the toronto v montreal game and they were just talking about the number one goalie for the canadiens. i didn't catch it all of it but they basically said that price was on the ice before the game, got the call telling him he wasn't playing tonight and was pretty upset about it. for price to show emotion like that means something is up.
CBC is convinced that because he's not in means halak has pretty much captured the number 1 spot.
i'll admit that the habs play better with halak in net but i still think price is the better goalie...
habs are finally picking up their play but so far a pretty slow game.
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Alex 12:23 - 17th, March 2010 public 3386 hits 6 Comments
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vancouver is so annoying, every time luongo touches the puck everyone is chanting LUUUU
what a slow boring game. muller and metropolit said it best during their interviews on RDS, they were playing a relaxed game. montreal was absolutely fierce when it came to the rangers' zone though. was fantastic to see them fight for the puck and win most of the time. get a shot or two and go after the puck again. then clamp down on the rangers as they went the other way down the ice.
halak was lucky, as is typical. didn't face anything really threatening from my point of view.
i loved the reaction between metropolit and markov when they scored the first goal though.
gomez wins the face off back to markov.
markov shoots the puck at the net
metropolit deflects it (intentionally?) and it goes in. beautiful
metropolit turns to markov with a huge smile on his face, hands in the air in celebration and then points to markov who points back at him.
just funny.
oh, i HATE Sean Avery. 7 seconds left he slashes gomez behind the play. WTF?! gomez never even had the puck to begin with. ref's are getting smarter though. through him out the game.
meanwhile the crowd in NY is cheering 'AVERY! AVERY!'
are they retarded? and to make things worse, RDS before the game interviewed Gomez and asked specifically about avery. he said he's a tricky player, someone almost to be admired for the emotion he plays with when the going gets tough.
i'm on Don Cherry's side, through him out the NHL.
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Alex 12:28 - 15th, March 2010 public 2053 hits 14 Comments
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The whole losing another great/promising player because of petty stupidity/poor management...
Big win last Saturday against the bruins.
1st period, awesome sauce. everyone played like they wanted it, like the could taste it.
2nd period, less sauce still awesome.
3rd period, picked up the socks and kept at it.
3 complaints,
jaro is one lucky fucker. some of his big saves we're so much big saves as they were he happened to be there by chance type of moments. some can argue that that's part of being a goalie, knowing where to be and when to be there. but RDS was going on about a 'big save' he made where he got a good piece of the puck. we wasn't in position, his shirt sleeve did the blocking for him, not pads, not arm, shirt sleeve.
2. sergei is good, and scores nice goals, but this game he was lucky. once again being in the right place at the right time. same argument from above can be used here though there's no real defence against it this time.
3. bruins? what bruins? where were they most of the night? has savard injury really crippled them so?
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Alex 11:13 - 10th, March 2010 public 3079 hits 2 Comments
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Realistically I think the playoffs are doable if they continue to play team games like the...
Montreal played Tampa last night here in Montreal. generally speaking Tampa was not there most of the game.
i still would of like to have seen price in net but the team just seems to want to play when halak is in. it's like he's a hero on the team and his very presence on the ice gives the players a +2 to their want to play.
Gomez with 3 points (i think RDS said he has 7 points in his last 3 games, must be more than that by now)
Metropolit with a goal and assist
Darche with 2 goals.
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Alex 11:34 - 11th, February 2010 public 2701 hits 5 Comments
during the game yesterday ovechkin knocked gill off his feet and into price who then slid into the net. the goal was called off but there's been a lot of debate about it.
here's the video of the event.
the reason the goal was disallowed was because ovechkin interferred with price. nhl network actually explained it really well compared to rds who said the goal should of been allowed.
nhl said that because ovechkin did not go for the puck but that he went straight for gill (and with the intention to knock him onto price) that the goal didn't count. the reason why he didn't get a penalty is because gill had the puck between his legs so technically he checked a player with the puck, which is allowed.
surprising thing about the call is the refs never went to a replay.
but i've lost respect for ovechkin for the play, not that i had much for him to begin with anyway.
other news from the game...
Price played a fantastic game, he seemed a little shaky through the whole ordeal but it's nice to see him show some emotion on the ice (when the last goal went in he looked like he was going to break his stick)
Georges was hit in the head with a slapshot from Green, here's the video.
was a scary moment, especially with all the players on the ice around him. i think that's when you can tell it's bad. news is that he's ok, but nothing more concrete about him yet.
on the whole though, the game was fantastic. lots of scoring despite the relatively slow gameplay. and the goals, on both ends were beautiful.
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