Recent content by pboily

I would definitely have taken Drouin. I wonder whether the expansion draft rules would have been much different if two teams had been accepted instead of a single one. I can't imagine that teams would have been too keen on losing 2 roster players, and getting only 15 players apiece would not...

Hopefully they'll win the Cup before the team moves to Milwaukee or Hampton Roads.

That's the thing with Ottawa, we don't have a natural place to hold a parade. They'd be down Elgin Street after 10 minutes (I guess they could go up and down a few times). What did they do for the Redblacks? EDIT...

That was a great explanation. +1; would read again. The fanbases must be quite strong at the neighbourhood/ward level, then. One cheers for the Cats (the only AFL team I can remember off the top of my head) because one was born in Geelong, sort-of-thing? Are "interfaith" friendships/marriages...

That's part of it, I'm sure. There's definitely a large number of Ottawans who weren't born here (my parents moved here when I was 13 y.o.) and typically they'll bring their old allegiances with them. I have a vague memory of Oda N. moving here from Montreal (or Sherbrooke?) a few years back...

It seems like the Hockey Gods were fast asleep tonight...

Melnyk IS a penny pincher who talks too much. But the plan is to build a new arena closer to the downtown core. The National Capital Commission has a huge tract of land it wants developed at LeBreton Flats. Two groups were bidding on ... well, on the right to negotiate with the city to see if...

Hah, Matthews probably scored more goals this season than Pageau has in his entire career, playoffs included... I stopped at a little pub in the village to watch the overtime periods on the way back from the library, and it was glorious. Even after 10 viewings, that Turis block on Nash in the...

this team is giving me a little heart attack every game.

It's good news for the Sens, mind you (well, at least, better news). I don't think they would have matched well against the Canadiens, whereas the odds against New York are more favourable. It's a moot point however: even with a 2nd round win, Washington or Pittsburgh are waiting in the 3rd...

Buffalo and Edmonton sure look like they'll be better than next year. On the Sens front, I'm not sure why they let Condra go, especially with Chiasson going to arbitration. You could have gotten a better player to anchor your third line (with Pageau and Lazar) for relatively cheap. Chiasson...

It didn't take that long, eh? I remember wondering if you'd come to that point of view when you first moved here for school. Funny thing is, it's quite amazing how often I've heard something to that effect from Québécois who moved here. Anecdotal, for sure, but my Canada has always been...

Yeah, I just read on RDS.ca that White had a perforated lung... that's just plain crazy. Well, I liked my theory better when I thought it meant they didn't have character, but injuries would probably really do that to you.

I'll tell you something that really, really, really surprised me: in the blowouts (score-wise, not necessarily play-wise), the Habs seemed to stop trying halfway through the third. It's somewhat easier to understand beer-leaguers taking it easy when they are down 3, 4 or 5 goals, or if they...

If the NFC was so great, it would be the NFL.