NHL Regular Season Thread
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Stormbringer
The Brick and The Rose
Alright, agree to check back in 15 games!
And yeah... Theodore looked awful tonight. I feel bad for the Capitals
And yeah... Theodore looked awful tonight. I feel bad for the Capitals
LesCanadiens
Deity
If things get really bad they could always take a gamble on Nikolai Khabibulin. Even if that doesn't work out, he's in the final year of his contract anyways so it wouldn't hurt them for next year.
And yeah, one game isn't a season, but there's no reason to not be optimistic about the Canucks! I think we all knew Bertuzzi wasn't going to work out in Calgary. Everyone who's seen him play knows the Flames will get 35-45 points a season and two or three dumb penalties a game from him. When will people realize that his career died in the 2003 playoffs? He's done.
And yeah, one game isn't a season, but there's no reason to not be optimistic about the Canucks! I think we all knew Bertuzzi wasn't going to work out in Calgary. Everyone who's seen him play knows the Flames will get 35-45 points a season and two or three dumb penalties a game from him. When will people realize that his career died in the 2003 playoffs? He's done.
Stormbringer
The Brick and The Rose
I was actually thinking the same thing about Khabibulin and the Caps! In my view he is a better goaltender than Theodore hands down, and might even be better than Huet, so I don't know why Chicago would bother with bringing Huet in. Although I guess they got a long-term deal with him, and locked up a pretty good goaltender for a while, so it kinda makes sense.
Oh, and Canucks signed Edler to a 4 year extension! I'm glad that he is sticking around, he's played well last year.
Oh, and Canucks signed Edler to a 4 year extension! I'm glad that he is sticking around, he's played well last year.
MotezumaMan
Warlord
are you kidding sedin sedin bernier? we have demitra and alot of our defensemen score aswell GO CANUCKS GO because they are to be
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Evie
Pronounced like Eevee
Ahhhh, 6-1. Now this is more like it :-D
Raisin Bran
Cereal Killer
Talk about ownage!
Metal Alloy Man
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Yay, Canucks win again!
Evie
Pronounced like Eevee
Well, things looked headed for a repeat of the playoffs for a while, but fortunately the Habs remembered how to beat Biron in time to get away with a win.
Also, hope Serge (ok, ok. Sergei) keep it up. He's had a solid few games so far, and was already a nice player to have on your side before then.
Also, hope Serge (ok, ok. Sergei) keep it up. He's had a solid few games so far, and was already a nice player to have on your side before then.
Stormbringer
The Brick and The Rose
So much for us making fun of Theodore... We looked awful out there today. Let's hope that this was just one off game, but we've got to face big scary Detroit next.
Considering Johnson was in goal, you can make fun of Theodore still. But great defense, only 10 shots.
Evie
Pronounced like Eevee
In hockey news of the weird today, the University of Montreal has added a class entirely dedicated to the Habs to their roster.
Specifically, the class is being offered by the faculty of theology.
That is how serious we Habs fans are
Specifically, the class is being offered by the faculty of theology.
That is how serious we Habs fans are
Raisin Bran
Cereal Killer
I praise the allmighty Gainey
LesCanadiens
Deity
That's a joke right?
Evie
Pronounced like Eevee
As far as I know, not at all.
LesCanadiens
Deity
Well, then it's stupid.
Evie
Pronounced like Eevee
Actually, not that stupid.
The profile for the class says the aim is to study the Canadiens phenomenon from the perspective of whether or not it has come to take a nature and play a role (in Québec, particularly around Montreal) similar to that usually played by religion, and to that historically played by Catholicism in Québec specifically.
It's not a merit-less question. The Habs popularity hike among French Quebecers happened at virtually the same time as the Roman Catholic church fell to near-insignificance (ie, 1945-1970). The Saturday night game has, similarly, replaced the sunday morning mass as the single biggest social event of the week (by far), and being allowed to watch a full game has in a lot of families taken the nature of a coming of age ritual.
It's probably also worth pointing out that Québec's counterpart to Joan of Arc - the one great cultural hero - is, in fact, a hockey player (Maurice "The Rocket" Richard). Or that the most common french nickname for the Habs (and that for many years already) is "La Sainte Flanelle" - "The Holy Shirt". Or that during last year's playoff, email went around circulating an adapation of the Prayer of the Lord that began "Our Rocket who art in Heaven". Yes, it was a joke, but when so many jokes go around effectively comparing the Canadiens to a religious institution, it's probably legitimate to ask whether it's just meaningless jokes or whether the jokes reflect a deeper social reality.
The profile for the class says the aim is to study the Canadiens phenomenon from the perspective of whether or not it has come to take a nature and play a role (in Québec, particularly around Montreal) similar to that usually played by religion, and to that historically played by Catholicism in Québec specifically.
It's not a merit-less question. The Habs popularity hike among French Quebecers happened at virtually the same time as the Roman Catholic church fell to near-insignificance (ie, 1945-1970). The Saturday night game has, similarly, replaced the sunday morning mass as the single biggest social event of the week (by far), and being allowed to watch a full game has in a lot of families taken the nature of a coming of age ritual.
It's probably also worth pointing out that Québec's counterpart to Joan of Arc - the one great cultural hero - is, in fact, a hockey player (Maurice "The Rocket" Richard). Or that the most common french nickname for the Habs (and that for many years already) is "La Sainte Flanelle" - "The Holy Shirt". Or that during last year's playoff, email went around circulating an adapation of the Prayer of the Lord that began "Our Rocket who art in Heaven". Yes, it was a joke, but when so many jokes go around effectively comparing the Canadiens to a religious institution, it's probably legitimate to ask whether it's just meaningless jokes or whether the jokes reflect a deeper social reality.
LesCanadiens
Deity
That's not a question for an entire class. That's a question for maybe a half hour's worth of discussion during a 100 level sociology course. It is not worth a class. I know that easterners are snobs and like to pretend that no one else is capable of loving hockey as much as they do, and that Westerners aren't real hockey fans, but come off it.
Quick question for you: what was Canada's largest ice arena in 1915? I'll give you a hint: it wasn't located in Eastern Canada. Western Canada has just as much hockey tradition as the East, but even we won't let college kids screw around watching hockey in class and excuse it as a course.
Quick question for you: what was Canada's largest ice arena in 1915? I'll give you a hint: it wasn't located in Eastern Canada. Western Canada has just as much hockey tradition as the East, but even we won't let college kids screw around watching hockey in class and excuse it as a course.
Evie
Pronounced like Eevee
Nobody's talking about watching hockey in class. We're talking about studying a social and possibly religious phenomena relating to a hockey team.
And frankly, "WE HAS MORE HOCKEY TRADITION"? Nowhere did I claim the east has the most hockey tradition. Of course you out west have a great deal of hockey tradition, you're Canadians too. You might even have more than we do, I don't know.
What I claimed - what I continue to claim - is that Quebec has an extremely *integrated* hockey tradition. That is, you can't just separate hockey tradition and ignore it while studying Quebec. It plays a central, defining role in our history and culture.
There's a reason Maurice Richard got a state funeral and provincial flags flown at half-mast when he died. The 1955 Richard riots (French-Canadians banding together over French-Canadian Richard's suspension by English-Canadian league comissioner Campbell) are a major turning point in the history of Québec, leading to the 1960s Quiet Revolution (you know, that time we stopped being Conservatives Roman-Catholic and became Secular Social-Democrats), and, perhaps more importantly, the rise of modern Québec nationalism, built on the same idea that we French-Québecers must band together against the English and the ROC. Hence the twin independence referendum, the ongoing lack of Québec in the constitution, the Parti and Bloc Québécois, etc.
What I also claimed is that Québecers have a tendency to use religious terms in reference to hockey in general, and the Canadiens specifically.
When you have something that takes a central role in a culture, and people of that culture refers to it in religious terms, then it's not altogether dumb to analyze it from the point of view of a religion.
And frankly, "WE HAS MORE HOCKEY TRADITION"? Nowhere did I claim the east has the most hockey tradition. Of course you out west have a great deal of hockey tradition, you're Canadians too. You might even have more than we do, I don't know.
What I claimed - what I continue to claim - is that Quebec has an extremely *integrated* hockey tradition. That is, you can't just separate hockey tradition and ignore it while studying Quebec. It plays a central, defining role in our history and culture.
There's a reason Maurice Richard got a state funeral and provincial flags flown at half-mast when he died. The 1955 Richard riots (French-Canadians banding together over French-Canadian Richard's suspension by English-Canadian league comissioner Campbell) are a major turning point in the history of Québec, leading to the 1960s Quiet Revolution (you know, that time we stopped being Conservatives Roman-Catholic and became Secular Social-Democrats), and, perhaps more importantly, the rise of modern Québec nationalism, built on the same idea that we French-Québecers must band together against the English and the ROC. Hence the twin independence referendum, the ongoing lack of Québec in the constitution, the Parti and Bloc Québécois, etc.
What I also claimed is that Québecers have a tendency to use religious terms in reference to hockey in general, and the Canadiens specifically.
When you have something that takes a central role in a culture, and people of that culture refers to it in religious terms, then it's not altogether dumb to analyze it from the point of view of a religion.
Raisin Bran
Cereal Killer
Amen !
