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Offline Michael Hardner

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« Reply #30 on: May 19, 2019, 06:38:11 pm »
49 years later they can get revenge on the Bruins ?

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« Reply #31 on: May 19, 2019, 08:13:30 pm »
49 years later they can get revenge on the Bruins ?

The Blues were an OK team in an incredibly weak division, going against Bobby Orr and a number of future Hall of Famers. It was a complete mismatch. Bruins easily swept the Blues in 1970.

This season, the Blues are a strong and skilled team, and bigger and stronger than the Bruins. Boston will have to use speed and skill to beat them.
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« Reply #32 on: November 26, 2019, 10:38:37 pm »
After Mike Babcock was fired from the Maple Leafs, a lot of former players made comments about him being a generally crappy person. Mitch Marner talked about an incident in which Babcock asked him to rank his teammates in order of hardest-working to laziest.  Marner did as he was told, and Babcock proceeded to tell the whole team how Marner had ranked them, making an extremely uncomfortable situation for Marner.

Former players have been talking about what a prick Babcock is.

And Mike Commodore absolutely went off on Twitter, calling Babcock all kinds of things that are unprintable and saying that he was spending the night celebrating when he found out that Babcock had been fired.  Commodore also said that if he ended up at a charity golf tournament with Babcock, he'd pound the daylights out of him.

But that was just the start.  Former Calgary Flame Akim Aliu said "Not very surprising the things we’re hearing about Babcock. Apple doesn’t fall far from the Tree, same sort of deal with his protege in YYC. Dropped the N bomb several times towards me in the dressing room in my rookie year because he didn’t like my choice of music." 

"His protege in YYC" refers to Calgary coach Bill Peters, who coached Aliu in the AHL in 2009.  Akim Aliu is black.  Another black player who played for Peters, Sean McMorrow came out to make similar claims.  And a number of other former players who played for Peters have come forward to make claims regarding physical altercations between Peters and players.  One player, Michal Jordan (not THAT Michael Jordan ...this Michal Jordan is a white Czech) said that Peters kicked him in the back while he was on the bench during a game with the Hurricanes. Other former Hurricanes layers confirmed the incident and others to TSN.

As of right now, Bill Peters' assistant coach Geoff Ward is running the Flames practice, and Flames GM Brad Treliving says that they are investigating. Longtime Flames reporter Eric Francis says: "After touching base with various stakeholders in this ugly situation, I can no longer see any scenario in which Bill Peters remains coach of the Flames."


It seems kind of like the Harvey Weinstein situation, where once the genie got out of the bottle, a whole lot more accusations became public.  Once players started talking about what a crappy person Mike Babcock is, other players started telling their own stories.  And like the Weinstein situation, one can't help wonder if there is still more to come.


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« Reply #33 on: January 13, 2020, 11:34:47 pm »
Brad Marchand was unbelievable in the shootout tonight.  I don't think words can do this justice. You have to watch it to believe it.





Just beautiful. I think fans around the NHL love to see one of the NHL's most beloved players have a breathtaking moment like that.

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« Reply #34 on: January 14, 2020, 02:59:35 am »
the culture of ratphackers... like Calgary Flames Matthew Turtlechuk... 3, count em... 3 cheapshots/intent to injure hits from Turtlechuck to Oilers Kassian - vids of 2 follow:

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with the latter vid showing Kassian taking charge to 'ragdoll' Turtlechuck

the league has lost control - the Dept of Player Safety is a sorry joke! Turtlechuck doesn't get a penalty for any of the 3 hits - Kassian is dealt 4 minutes (double roughing) and a 10 minute misconduct... and ultimately, today, receives a 2 game suspension
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« Reply #35 on: January 14, 2020, 04:55:55 am »
The waldo likes the hockey ?  ???

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« Reply #36 on: January 14, 2020, 01:54:12 pm »
the culture of ratphackers... like Calgary Flames Matthew Turtlechuk... 3, count em... 3 cheapshots/intent to injure hits from Turtlechuck to Oilers Kassian

the league has lost control - the Dept of Player Safety is a sorry joke! Turtlechuck doesn't get a penalty for any of the 3 hits - Kassian is dealt 4 minutes (double roughing) and a 10 minute misconduct... and ultimately, today, receives a 2 game suspension

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« Reply #37 on: February 02, 2020, 10:46:20 pm »
Tkachuk got was was coming to him Wednesday.   ;D  Seeing the Oilers go Globetrotters on the Flames last night was sweet.

McDavid and Draisaitl might be able to drag the into the playoffs.  Draisaitl is actually producing even more points centering his own line than he was when he was playing wing with McDavid.  He is coming out of McDavid's shadow. Yamamoto has been quite a surprise. He's a midget but he makes a lot of trouble.

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« Reply #38 on: August 10, 2020, 05:37:40 am »
Anybody watching hockey ?

I'm not but Toronto... JFC... 16 years since series win and now tied for ALL TIME CUP DROUGHTS.

https://www.680news.com/2020/08/09/latest-toronto-and-columbus-underway-in-winner-take-all-game-5/

JFC... I can't believe I was a fan for so long.

Go Habs ?

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« Reply #39 on: August 10, 2020, 12:23:05 pm »
Anybody watching hockey ?

I'm not but Toronto... JFC... 16 years since series win and now tied for ALL TIME CUP DROUGHTS.

https://www.680news.com/2020/08/09/latest-toronto-and-columbus-underway-in-winner-take-all-game-5/

JFC... I can't believe I was a fan for so long.

Go Habs ?

JFC?


Yes, I’ve ben watching a lot of hockey.  Happy to see the Maple Leafs lose. 

Canucks play the defending Stanley Cup champs.  It will be a tall order for them to get into the next round. 

The hockey has been good.  I missed it. 
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« Reply #40 on: August 10, 2020, 01:14:13 pm »
Jeebus Fackin Chroist
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« Reply #41 on: August 10, 2020, 06:12:50 pm »
JFC?


Yes, I’ve ben watching a lot of hockey.  Happy to see the Maple Leafs lose. 

Canucks play the defending Stanley Cup champs.  It will be a tall order for them to get into the next round. 

The hockey has been good.  I missed it.

Playoff hockey. The best kind.
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« Reply #42 on: August 11, 2020, 09:58:28 am »
I think I will watch *some*...

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« Reply #43 on: August 13, 2020, 03:54:01 pm »
Canucks beat the Blues in game #1.....    dare I hope they win the series....??


Re: Maple Leafs - I think that playoff hockey brings out the character of a team...  raw skill isn’t enough, unlike other sports like basketball...   and it’s not about the talent of being able to run precise routes like in football...  in hockey, you have to want to take hits, give hits and throw punches for your teammates, so more goes into the team makeup than in some other sports, in my opinion. 

Who wants to drop the gloves for Matthews, a guy who thought terrorizing a woman would be funny?
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/auston-matthews-truly-sorry-summer-incident-security-guard/
 
Who wants to take a check for Mitch marner, a guy who said he wasn’t really engaged in the games this playoff?
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/marner-the-first-game-i-wasn-t-engaged-at-all~2012470

Not engaged?  Wow...

I think that team has a serious lack of character with some of the top stars, which then probably translates to the effort on the ice throughout the team.
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« Reply #44 on: August 13, 2020, 03:56:34 pm »
Canucks beat the Blues in game #1.....    dare I hope they win the series....??

They continue to impress for a young team, it will be interesting to see how far they go.
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